No. Absolutely not. What is the target you have set for your department for call back time . We are trying to get out of the business of doing callbacks and that is why we are upgrading the call center so we can have fully trained staff from eight a clock to eight a clock. Reporter she wouldnt say when exactly that would come online and meanwhile this week the state saw more than 470,000 new claims. We see a combination of the initial furloughs now turning into layoffs given the continuation of the lockdowns and we also see businesses that have tried to hang on closing and not only closing but closing permanently. If i was not married, i dont know what i would be doing. I would be homeless. The governor is saying he will send a strike team to help the massive backlog. When will that happened . Reporter we are told within 45 days, that is when his team is expected to deliver recommendations and solutions to the ed and the edd has said that while it has hired 5000 new people, 2500 have c
Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an apparent ultimatum already wow this shutdown of the consulate is only the latest sign in a growing trend of countries being punished by the u. S. State department in fact its not just china. As of this writing the United States has a whopping 7967. 00 sanctions and place 7967. 00 sanctions its a somewhat bizarre and almost a stunt to shing list that includes not to. Countries but even individuals People Stores Small Companies and tire corporations governments types of governments even branches of governments the usual suspects of course on the sanctions list are countries like iran and north korea russia venezuela turkey on and off and now the biggest target of all china but then there are
People the right to end their own lives even if they are not suffering from any medical condition. The u. S. Accuses china of sponsoring. American Companies Working on a vaccine for 900. On the back with more headlines in about an hours time but right now it is news with rick sanchez coming up. Live from the World Headquarters of the r t america our Nations Capital this is the news with rick sanchez. Hi everybody im rick sanchez i want to welcome all of you who are watching us from all over the world including those of you who are watching us on your phones using the portable t. V. You are there this morning in a dramatic escalation at apparent breach of diplomatic protocols the. U. S. Has ordered china to close one of its most important consulates in the United States you see it there in the video the fires burning are apparently the folks there in the embassy burning some of their personal papers the chinese consulate in Houston Texas is shut down and china is responding with an appa
Sure that unemployment, enhanced unemployment continues has been rejected not once, but multiple times. What are you doing . First of all, they dont even have the votes for in the senate. Republicans are also resisting more stimulus for cashstrapped states and cities. Speaker pelosi and other Democratic Leaders are said to meet in the Speakers Office tomorrow morning. When the 600 supplement runs out at midnight, i will have a great effect on millions of americans. We spoke with two recipients who are wondering what comes next. And a whole bunch more. In its simplest terms, failure to renew this program right away will be yet another Major Economic disaster. Reporter when the 600 weekly federal unemployment supplement and on friday, come saturday morning, 30 million recipients including more than 3 million in california will fall on an average of 65 . Despite this reality, congress is still not acting to renew the benefit as yet. That will be grievous financial grievous and will affect
She said not all employees needed the 600 per week and hopes the next stimulus plan makes revisions. I wish that now we could investigate who needs what and it will be distributed differently. Some think that is discouraging people from getting back to work. The 600 would drop to 200. July is going into the books as the worst month so far for california during the pandemic with the state recording the most cases and deaths yet. This is a chart showing the number of cases each month for california. April, may, doubling in june. There may be testing that wasnt so widespread. In april and may, drops down in june to about 900 and then a spike up to 2,800 deaths, 1,000 more than the month ahead. Several Health Experts said they are seeing the worst of their outbreak right now. A Record Number of cases and hospitalizations and deaths this week. One doctor sent out it is not just the elderly dying in nursing homes. We had a shift in the demographics that we noticed younger people are dying. W