Look, any way you take it, employment in april was a disaster. We are looking at an Unemployment Rate that is likely approaching 20 . We get those numbers, the unemployment numbers for the whole country, next friday. However, got to tell you the backtowork movement is really gathering steam. States across the nation are modifying their stayathome rules. Businesses are reopening. Oklahoma reopens some businesses tomorrow. California will allow some elective surgery. This, however, is receiving mixed messages. President trump says georgia is reopening too soon. He says he strongly disagrees with georgias decision. However, he will still leave it up to the states. Heres a positive. The Field Hospital built specially for virus patients in houston, texas, may be dismantled, not needed, underused. Lets get to the markets. First im dealing with oil. Look at this. Moving back up again in price. 16. 71 is the production price right now, but production is being scaled back very very sharply. Sup
It m mandatory for people to wer masks on publicc transpoport. Hello. Welcome back to the france 24 newsroom. Firsrst to our top story. E. U. Leaders will meet later thursday to examinine financinga Recovery Fund for the bloc, a package of anywhere from one trillion euros to 7 trillion euros. There are divisions over how the money should be handed out, as loans or as grants. The Commission Says it could borrow against the security of the future e. U. Longterm budget. Bringing e. U. Economies out of the covid19 pandemic will require a stimulus package of hundreds of billions of euros. No one is questioning that, but how it should be funded is a different matter. Southern countries like spain and italy demand solidarity, financial help from the richer north. Pushing for corona bonds, a mutual icu debt. [speaking foreign language] other countries, including germany and the netherlands, argue any, debt instrument would end up punishing countries that have the foresight to save in anticipat
Washingtons effort to address job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Is next. N journal one month ago today, President Trump declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. With wyoming over the weekend, all 50 states have been declared Disaster Response areas. Good morning, its monday, april 13, 2020. This first hour we will ask about your thoughts on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic so far and how your state governor is handling the crisis. We will look at joe bidens just published plan to reopen america. Heres how to be a part of the discussion this morning. In the eastern and central time zones, but linus 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, that line is 202 7488001. We welcome medical professionals, to hear from you. That live is 202 7488002 that line is. Is 202 7488002 you can text us at 202 7488003. We have facebook posts ready, we will show you those. As we begin the program yesterday, the New York Times had published a lengthy story on the lead up
Hospital system is not set up to enormous surge of patients pretty much anywhere. Full capacitystly and health care in the u. S. Is so expensive they cant afford extra beds hang around waiting for something to happen. The idea behind the National Strategic stockpile government eral would stockpile supplies and edication and as we have heard recently ventilators because hospitals themselves couldnt. Places are seeing is in that are very hard hit with people with a lot of are ications hospitals overwhelmed. We are seeing e a grinding e to lawsuit. Opped doing elective surgeries with things like hip replacements. Things that they make most of their money from. People are afraid to go to the doctor unless they have covid19. We are seeing primary care practices and specialty practices and things that are not respiratory basically start to lay people off. Host looking at the Health Insurance, is this overwhelming the Health Insurance part . Keeping in mind, as i understand it, didnt tested o
It is so extensive that they cannot afford to have extra beds hanging around, waiting for something to happen. This is part of the idea between the National Strategic stockpile that the federal government would stockpile supplies and medications. As we have heard recently, ventilators. Is, in placeseing that are very hardhit, people with a lot of complications, hospitals are completely overwhelmed. At the same time, we are seeing the rest of the Health System come to a grinding halt. Hospitals have stopped doing elective surgeries with things like hip replacements. Things that they make most of their money from. People are afraid to go to the doctor unless they have covid19. We are seeing primary care practices and specialty practices and things that are not respiratory basically start to lay people off. Host looking at the Health Insurance, is this overwhelming the Health Insurance part . Keeping in mind, as i understand it, didnt tested or having covid19 related expenses will be cove