The daily show host tells us how this helped m prepare for the challenges of today. Noahs ark, i like that, anthony. First, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Tremendous death and economic devastation because those tasked with protecting us by being truthful and transparent failed to do so. Reporter President Trump has announced he is halting funding to the World Health Organization while a review is conducted. He accused the w. H. O. Of severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the virus. So much dea bed he idacowledged that individual statese the powi powish power to reopen or not. We say this unequivocally. There is no question that testing anywhere in our country is not nearly where it needs to be. Reporter former president barack obama has endorsed his v. P. , joe biden, for president. Joe has the character and the experience to guide us through one of our darkest times and heal us in a long recovery. Reporter senator sanders and cardi b. Both threw their
Conducted in commercial labs. The increase of cases appears to be less a sign of exponential growth over the last couple of days and more a sign of a logjam for commercial labs that have developed over a long period of time. And so many of these tests were taken several days, if not longer ago. It is a very good thing that the louisiana has been able to rapidly wrap up testing. In fact, depending on the day, we are somewhere between the third in the nation or fifth in the nation in terms of per capita testing. That said, the reason weve been able to wrap up is weve got more and more commercial labs that have been able to come online. But our different data systems have to be able to talk to one another, and that is a part of the problem. A bigger part of the problem is that with private testing, those labs have greatly exceeded their capacity in terms of the tests that they have taken in and they are waiting through their labs. So what were seeing is a logjam and these tests are coming
Laez mayor made a similar announcement overnight. And the white house is considering making that recommendation in hot spots across the country. It is a dramatic shift in guidance, designed to stop the spread of the virus. And it comes as confirmed cases now top one million worldwide. Nearly a quarter of all of those infections are right here in the u. S. More than 5,000 have died across the country. And theres another stunning number, 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats double the number of claims from the week before, and it is historic. Take a look at this chart that puts it in perspective. Earlier this year, weekly claims numbered in the thousandss. Tonight, they reach into the millions. In the outbreaks epicenter, new york and new jersey, some hospitals are now diverting patients as those i. C. U. S fill up. Our team is covering all of the headlines, and well get to that new guidance on the mask in just a moment, but Mark Strassmann leads us off
E white house isuse is considering making that recommendation in hot sp acro s a dratic shift in guidance, designed to stop the spread of the virus. And it comes as confirmed cases now top one million worldwide. Nearly a quarter of all of those infections are right here in the u. S. More than 5,000 have died across the country. And theres another stunning number tonight, more than 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week. Thats double the number of claims from the week before, and it is historic. Take a look at this chart that puts it in perspective. Puts it in perspective. Earlier this year, weekly claims numbered in the thousands. Tonight, they reach into the millions. In the outbreaks epicenter, new york and new jersey, some hospitals are now diverting patients as those i. C. U. S fill pa. Our team is covering all of the headlines, and well get to that new guidance on the masks in just a moment, but Mark Strassmann leads us off tonight and, mark, we just hear
Month. Regents financial down 18 just catastrophic week this is a week chicos down 43 the kohls. Gap down 28 these stocks have been cut 50 or more in the last couple of weeks. Utilities another sector look at plain old run of the mill electric power companies. Regulated e lelectric power company. Believe it or not, this is a calmer week than it has been in the prior three or four weeks. The volume is about 30 lower than prior weeks the intraday swings are two to three below. The vix is below 50. We were 80 three weeks ago guys, i take no solace in saying were down 2. 4 on the week. In terms of all the craziness we saw two and three weeks ago, this is calmer a month ago i would have thought myself crazy to say that but it is true. Back to you. I think you should try out the vest, bob, thanks. Lets get over to steve who is digging into this devastating payroll plunge as tons of americans are left without work during this pandemic kelly, i got to advise you and tyler to save your adjectiv