In washington coming up the rate in new unemployment claims may be leveling off but congress and the white house look to be stocked yet again on a stimulus plan and the pressures continue to rise across the globe due to the pandemic swine flu and unpredictable weather well tell you what this could mean for those who are already struggling to get enough to we have a lot to get through to a lot of markets. We begin today with jobless claims as u. S. Unemployment fell just slightly for the week ending on october 3rd to a fresh pandemic low the u. S. Labor department reported initial jobless claims at 840000 worse than expected showing the labor market is still experiencing a slow recovery while the economy is still growing its been a gradual comeback as concerns rise over another wave of layoffs without another federal relief package still some 25500000 americans are collecting some sort of benefits so for more on this and the overall state of the economy and markets we bring in boom bust
Thing you need to know when voting by mail early today starts right now good thursday morning, im phillip mena. Im frances rivera. The u. S. Coronavirus surge continues as of today the nation is closing on 8 million infections the latest numbers come as onethird of the country is now reporting some of its highest case counts since the start of the pandemic. One of which being the state of wisconsin which is seeing an alarming rise in the number of new covid cases. On tuesday it set a new state record, 34 reported deaths and to handle the overflow of cases the state has opened a 500bed Field Hospital this as a new Research Suggests that there may be a link between blood types and covid19 risks researchers in denmark found that people with type o blood team to be slightly less likely to be infected research out of canada found types a and ab were more likely to need serious treatment. The nation continues to be hit hard by a fall surge just as the Holiday Season approaches. Here is nbcs
Pandemic response. We got the gowns, we got the masks, we made the ventilators, you wouldnt have made ventilators and were weeks away from a vaccine. Were doing therapeutics already. Fewer people are dying when they get sick. Far fewer people are dying. Weve done a great job. The president has no plan. He hasnt laid out anything. He knew all the way back in february how serious this crisis was. He knew it was a deadly disease. What did he do . Hes on tape acknowledging he knew it. He didnt tell us or give a warning about it because he didnt want to panic the american people. This year has seen a dramatic rise in racial unrest sparked by Police Killings of black americans. Biden accused trump of fueling racist sentiment while the president attacked bidens views on law and order. This is a president who h ha used everything as a dog whistle to try to generate racist hatred, racist division. This is a man who in fact you talk about helping African Americans. One in one thousand African Am
Your record deal is 800000 businesses that have permanently closed their doors so unfortunately its going to be at least 2 years were getting back to we were and by the way thats if you believe the Prescription Drug hell. And a viable economy comes from or rolling trillions upon trillions of dollars and drinking it all right the number were looking at still its lower than a 1000000 that we were saying at the beginning of the pandemic but its still pretty high its just over 800000 still closer to a 1000000. Why are we still losing 840000 people i mean were supposed to be underwhelming route to recovery by the way if you look at continuing claims including pandemic unemployment assistance were at 20000000 people there are still seeking dont really need and this should not be the case for an economy that is supposedly in a violent the shape recovery just not james well its definitely not. The case christine meanwhile after pulling the plug on stimulus negotiations the Airline Industry is
Dan was asked to investigate and he is live with answers tonight, dan. Dan and ama, most experts agree the amount of voter fraud is very small compared to the 156 Million People expected to vote this year. Still, its worth checking out every complaint. She came to this country taijuan and became a u. S. Citizen. Shes concerned about following the rules in this very important election but look, shes received two ballots, exact same spelling of her name and address. When you got the second ballot, what did you think . Im thinking what happened . Went wrong . Which one should i vote . Then she was like which one is real . Which one do i use . Are they going to throw out my vote because i have two ballots . Reporter she and her boyfriend contacted the iteam to get to the bottom of it. She didnt know what to do so i contacted you, dan. Ive seen your shows over the years and what you do is helpful to society. Reporter they want to know could this be an example of potential problems with the