1. 2 million leisure and hospitality jobs were added in may. The number of workers reported being on temporary layoff decreased 52. 7 million in may. More than that, this was a great number that was pointed out jobs were created for black americans in particular. Sot was a 1. 7 increase, very encouraging numbers from. Mays jump in average weekly hours also was an encouraging sign because increasing hours is a sign that employees employers need to hire more workers to meet demand. For all private sector employees, average weekly hours hours,ed by. 5 to 34. 7 the highest level since it began in 2006. 73 of Small Businesses are open. That is up from the 52 right before the april jobs report reference period. Upo, workplace visits were roughly 40 from a pandemic low. The stock market is absolutely soaring. We saw with the s p, it had its greatest 50 day rally. The markets clearly have confidence in President Trump, the jobs president who created the hottest economy in modern history once.
And current affairs. Aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clemons and i never question. Can america ever not to be racist lets get to the bottom line. The killing of george floyd by a white policeman in minneapolis was the spark that brought people to their feet and protests worldwide it came after a string of killings of many black americans basically to Briana Taylor of kentucky and often army of georgia millions of americans have been in the streets in cities and towns all over america protesting against the systemic racism that hasnt been fully confronted for decades or even centuries here so how did we get here and campaigns get better in the future and as americas way of policing and incarcerating so many black and brown americans working for this society we are fortunate today to be speaking with Martin Luther king the 3rd son of Martin Luther king jr who has spent his life advocating for human rights here in the United States and all around the world mr king thank you so much for joining us
Land maintenance. And on cspan3, the Senate Homeland security and Governmental Affairs committee holds a hearing on federal buying and distribution strategies in response to covid19. Mondays white house briefing, press secretary touted the may 2020 jobs report released last week. She was asked about the Congressional Democrats Police Reform bill. The ongoing protests around the country, and senator mitt romney joining the margin washington, d. C. An hour. Hello. The transition to gr the jobs in this country, we had more than 2. 5 million added. The prediction was at 7. 5 million jobs will be lost. Towards the Positive Side and the greatest number of jobs created in a single month on record. That is extraordinary. 225,000 manufacturing jobs. 464,000 construction jobs. 1. 2 million leisure and hospitality jobs were added in may. The number of workers reported being on temporary layoff decreased 52. 7 million in may. More than that, this was a great number that was pointed out jobs were c
Instead of going to school many kids work long hours to help their families pay the bills. And good to have you with us fears over a 2nd wave of Coronavirus Infections have sent Global Markets tumbling again in new york on thursday. Plunged 7 percent the worst days since the march. Had surged over the last month as easing. Hopes that the Global Economic recovery was on the horizon but now markets are losing. European shares. For closer look at those markets im joined now by our financial correspondent coned bose in frankfurt corette share prices around the world collapsed when the pandemic hit then they surprised us all by bouncing back again but it seems they got a bit ahead of themselves. Oh yes terry of course this morning here in frankfurt it looks like the slump has momentarily at least come to a halt but obviously the optimism expressed by the rising stock prices in recent weeks was over down you know the german share index stacks from the middle of march to the beginning of this
Thursday as washington awaits. Youre right, the ecb will be very important. Jonathan ferro made clear to me the optionality that madame lagarde has is extraordinary. Weve got claims at 8 30 washington time, new york time. That will be a precursor for jobs day tomorrow. All of this is overwhelmed by the historic moment. All i can tell you, just one vignette, francine it was extraordinary to see the handwritten note by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff yesterday, to his officers and his troops. That was truly an historic moment. Francine we will spend a good amount of time talking about the military, given what we heard and general mattis esper. Lets get to bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Leighann good morning, francine. As you were discussing, President Trumps former defense sayingry, jim mattis, is the president misuses the military and is dividing the nation. He also said the country must reject those who make a mockery of the constitution. President