95000 people ultimately we may be juggling about something more than that. Venezuela charges 2 americans with terrorism and conspiracy to overthrow the government. Accusations of slavery see indonesia demands answers off the deaths of fishermen working on chinese boats. And a new ships remembrance loci commemorations take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war. We begin in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april saying the biggest spike in close to 90 years more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone in the month of april alone has coronavirus lockdowns. The economy of the Unemployment Rate has tripled to 14. 7 percent with no sign of slowing down this is already worse than the socalled Great Recession that followed the 2008 financial crisis and its a new post war record which was previously set in 982 when the Unemployment Rate hits nearly 11 percent and is no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression when
Evictions beneath the shiny veneer of saudi arabias planned mega city and a virtual vigil in the us for a black man shot dead while jogging in georgia after the arrest of a father and son but his murder. For weeks we have seen the lines of the food banks stretching for kilometers the job center is overwhelmed with people it is given us a picture of how badly the u. S. Economys been hit by covert 19 but now we have the most concrete figure yet and it is 14. 7 percent that is the Unemployment Rate for april which tripled from the month before put another way were talking about more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone and some perspective now this is worse than the financial crisis old a recession which followed the financial crisis of 2008 it also creates a new post will recall that was previously set in 982 when unemployment regionally 11 percent so it is no exaggeration to say going right back this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression of the 930 s. When one in e
This hour. Spain announced 6,500 new coronavirus infections, bringing the countrys total to 39,000. 2,600 people have now died in that country, and madrids skating rink is being used to store bodies. Japans Prime Minister says an agreement has been reached to postpone the 2020 olympics in tokyo. The ioc board is scheduled to meet later today. The head of fema is addressing the federal governments response to coronavirus. Hes reassuring americans the agency is doing everything it can to help provide states hit the hardest. Jobina fortson is in the news room with details. We have much more than the 8 million. Every day we find new sources of masks, so whether they are in federal stockpiles, foreign ports or donations, we have every day continued to build up our supply of n95 surgical masks, and that happens every minute of every day. He says he is telling all governors if they find a source for the muchneeded supplies to buy it and fema will reimburse them. He expect to declare more disa
Weve got the latest on the coronavirus this morning, im darya folsom and im James Fletcher lots of angles to cover most importantly you probably the schools that are being impacted around the bay area number of them closing over fears of coronavirus and more are deciding that this not safe for the kids to be in school. The west Contra Costa County unified School District. Is the newest and biggest says they are out as of noon today kron fours will tran live in el serino with more. Yet classes are only be a few hours from now were in front of el serino high school in the lights are on but. New name out so shut it off because they will know they will not be any school for the next 3 weeks but the kids they could be dropped off a lot of parents have no choice and we will get their reaction which is give you a map of how big were talking about the School District encompasses dozens of schools, thousands of students in cities like hercules richmond else or read open all. No positive tests o
Session. Catherine has been involved with our museum for over a ecade and just two months ago, she helped organize a program where we had scholars from around the continent come for a daylong program. Catherines information is in your program. I point out that in addition to being a professor at Mississippi State university she is the author of two fine books, one entitled, the battle of kursk and the other, strategy and tactics. Ladies and jump in, dr. Catherine barbeeand liza mundy. [applause] good morning. Happy to see all of these nice faces outfront. This is a fantastic event and im excited about being part of it. I would like to introduce liza mundy, a journalist and author of four books and you can read her bio the program. She is going to talk to us about an amazing book, code girls the untold story of the american women code breakers of world war ii which i recently read and highly recommend. So im looking for to her presentation. [applause] liza thank you so much, dr. Barbier