Governor new some tonight, acknowledging the human toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening everyone, im Frank Somerville working from home tonight. And im julie haener. The white house did issue a statement. It said President Trumps prayers were comfort and strength are with all of those grieving the loss of a loved one or friend. As a result of this unprecedented play and his message remains one of resilience and hope and optimism. The u. S. Reached 100,000 deaths in the last four months. But for the most deaths of the virus in the world. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee joe biden expresses sympathies. Most of you werent able to be there when they died. With the pain and anger the frustration. No wonder people arent getting anywhere for better. It is made all the worse, by knowing that this is a fateful milestone we should have never reached, and could have been avoided. Biden cited a study that showed 36,000 deaths might have been averted, if the u. S. Had enacted
Californians who have filed has fallen to the lowest rate in two months. The Labor Department says 212 thousand workers in the state filed for firsttime Unemployment Benefits last week. The Development Department is looking to boost staff to handle the flood of unemployment claims brought on by the shutdown. The department is looking to hire 1800 people along with the 3000 workers on the job. The edd needs people to help process claims and handle phone calls. They are looking for people with accounting and auditing experience. Demanding justice for george floyd. The unarmed africanamerican man who died while in Police Custody in minnesota. An officer seen with the knee on his neck. Protests are planned right here for today and tomorrow and all this taking place after demonstrations from los angeles to minneapolis turned violent and William Montanez has the story. Reporter smoke was out of building of minneapolis after another night of calling for justice for george floyd. The black man
Stalling, the origins of the coronavirus outbreak, this as the white house is still blaming beijing. Elon musk scoring a win in his battle with california really Alameda County getting green light to open alameda factory after orders to stay close. Futures are searching for direction. This after markets gave up early gains over concerns about a possible spike in coronavirus cases, that leading to a selloff yesterday. Uber looking to take over grubhub in possible all stock deal as food demand surges during lockdowns. More controversy in the Michael Flynn case, a federal judge delaying a decision on the Justice Departments move to drop the case against the former National Security adviser. One programming note, tomorrow, do not miss marias sitdown with President Donald Trump. Latest on getting america back to work, more stimulus, china, the 2020 race and a whole lot more, you dont want to miss any moment of it right here starting at 6 00 a. M. Eastern. Meantime mornings with maria is liv
Restrictions but many businesses and states are seeking additional financial assistance. 8 30 a. M. Eastern treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin will join me live on how to help recover from the pandemic. Retail continues to struggles. J. Crew to file for bankruptcy this morning. We are expecting that. Take a look at futures, indicating a decline 266 points and nasdaq lower by 73 on top of selloff on friday which led the u. S. Markets in the red for the week, take a look, mornings with maria is live right now. Tensions between the United States and china are growing. Dax index in germany down 368 points right now. Sharp decline there. Manufacturing and construction starting back up in italy today. Shops set to reopen in ten days followed by bars and restaurants in june, in italy. In asia overnight losses in hong kong and south korea. Hong kongs gdp for the First Quarter decreasing, much steeper fall than expected. Hong kong down better than 4 . Markets in china closed for holiday as well
Wilford frost in this final hour of trade markets rallying again today, stocks at their highs of the day around 3 , although we did see yesterday anything can happen in the final minutes or hour of trade. It can evaporate at a moments notice 59 minutes left. Driving the action this hour, encouraging numbers from the u. S. As the government lowers its projection model for the devastation from coronavirus and after fauci says the government is planning ways to, quote, ease back to normal fed minutes out from the last meeting showing the u. S. Central bank intends to keep rates near zero until the economy has weathered the Coronavirus Impact and senator Bernie Sanders suspending his president ial campaign, removing a mesh huasuf uncertainty before novembers election coming up on todays show, well speak with mark cuban. His read on how Small Business is faring and this i take on the market volatility ahead. And the ceo of etsy will join us as many etsy sellers pivot to homemade facemasks w