And do the right thing its been almost 3 weeks since governor Gavin Newsome issued the first statewide stay at home and 8 in the country in his Daily Briefing governor newsome described a steady but slow growth in covid19 cases in the state he also talked about securing supplies like and 95 math and ventilators that as of wednesday, the governor announced the highest death rate in the state and a plea to take the coronavirus seriously depends on you it depends on 40 million others in the state of california and their commitment. To following through on the stay home orders. Their commitment to have appropriate face coverings its a message Public Health officials and leaders have been echoing Santa Clara County was first he would cover 19 in the bay area. And saw early signs of Community Spread that led to aggressive restrictions. There is a pretty bold thing to do. But in retrospect its these are decisions that saved thousands of lives. Doctor wachter says its not a time to declare vic
Yet planning to postpone even as pressure grows. Closer violence in getting ahead of a controversial referendum the could extend the president s term in office. Good to have you with us welcome to aljazeera a lockdown of indias major cities has begun and one of the biggest single government moves to slow the spread of the coronavirus its capital new delhi the Business Capital moment by as well as chennai and calcutta amongst them curfews are also in place nationwide and International Flights have been banned for a whole week and so grounding their fleets as the crisis hits International Travel Singapore Airlines for example is the latest to cut back on operations taking 96 percent of its fleet out of commission and it follows decisions by emirates. Turkish airlines to hold the all passenger flights japanese Prime Minister shinzo has conceded that the Tokyo Olympic games may need to be possible thats after weeks of insisting that the major sporting event would go ahead as planned in jul
The coronavirus pandemic puts the pressure on some of the walls. Because with more countries imposing lockdowns many people without sick leave a stable income say they cannot afford to stay so how should they be protected this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Maryanne Demasi the world is experiencing unprecedented events right now as the coronavirus pandemic affects the lives of millions of people governments are pushing cities into lockdown and they are urging everyone to avoid public spaces and to work from home if possible but many low paid workers around the world dont have that option as shops and restaurants are deserted people face weeks without pay the shutdown is affecting the socalled gig economy a growing sector in many countries and those who are couriers ride share drivers on the self employed say they cant afford to miss work because many of them dont get sick pay or medical insurance or some companies have started to take action but workers are already sa
U. S. Naval Institute News reporter sam lagrone talks about the role of u. S. Navy hospital ships in the coronavirus response. Washington journal is next. The men and women of the greatest country on earth are going to defeat this coronavirus and reclaim our future. After sleep deprived nights and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan rescuent on the largest package in American History. Host republican and Democratic Leaders in the u. S. Senate announcing a deal at 1 30 a. M. This morning on a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Good morning. We will get your thoughts on that this morning. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Youcan join us as well if text us with your first name, city and state that 202 or8003 at 202 7488003 go to twitter at cspan wj. We have learned about what is in the deal the lawmakers have reached. Theres 500 billion for major corporations. 360 7 billion for Small Business loans. 130 billion for hospitals across
Income homeowners and renters there are in america . Guest sure. At the National Low Income Housing Coalition will look at extremely low income renters and their housing needs, and we know that nationally we have shortage of 7 million homes, affordable and available to the lowest income people. Another way of saying that same number is for every 100 of the lowest income renters, seniors, people with disabilities, others, 3100, there are 36 Homes Affordable and available to them. So because of this shortage of homes for the lowest income people, there are over 8 million extremely low income households who are paying more than half of the income towards rent. Many of them are pink 50, 60, 70 of income every month just to keep a a roof over their he. When youre such limited income to begin with, it is more a financial emergency away from not being able to pay the rent than facing potential eviction or homelessness. For many of these families, coronavirus will be that financial emergency.