Gov. Edwards how are you doing today . Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for being here. This press conference is going to serve as a briefing both on the Severe Weather experienced across louisiana yesterday and also my Daily Briefing on covid19. I want to thank all of our local officials that have joined us today. Mayore mayor jamie mayo, mitchell and other elected officials including senators Katrina Jackson and senator j kathy and senator stewart and representative ackles. We also have representative jones, i think. We do. Right there. Good to see you. Can hear from you congressman Ralph Abraham and we also have here today with us as i have had every day in baton rouge, the doctor from the department of health you can answer specific questions related to covid19 testing. And other things related to the coronavirus. We just completed a tour of some of the tornado damage across north louisiana. Tornadoese two confirmed in this parish though the main one was an ef to that had win
U. K. Alone sports stadiums are turned into hospitals. And a cease fire comes into effect in yemen with the say it tax havent stopped. We begin this put it in there with live pictures from here in the u. K. Where people are coming out of their homes to clap for the countrys Health Service workers during the pandemic lets have a little listening. So this is become an event has happened over the last 3 weeks on a thursday evening people are paying tribute to all the workers in the n. H. S. Looking after kurt of ours patients and you saw there Dominic Robert who was standing in for the Prime Minister the moment. Now the number of worldwide grown in virus deaths is edging closer to the 100000 mark as lockdowns continue to threaten the Global Economy there are signs that any recovery in the u. S. Economy the Worlds Largest is going to be slow as Consumer Confidence collapses and unemployment skyrockets in europe leaders appear to be getting closer to agreeing a half trillion dollar economic
Are here in the bay area. As soon as the governor starts speaking, well bring you. And more numbers for you right now. The Labor Department reported 6. 6 million americans applied for unemployment just last week. Now, that is in addition to the nearly 10 million unemployment claims filed over the previous two weeks. 10 of American Workers are now unemployed as businesses have been forced to shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Many people have been unable to file a claim because state unemployment offices are overwhelmed by the volume of people trying to file. You yelp planning to lay off or furlough more than 2000 employees. The Online Review plattform made that announcement saying they had plans to let go of 1000 workers and furlough 1100. The state of california. Those are the real heroes of this moment. And we need to talk more about care for our care gives. We have talked rhetorically meeting the need of psychological first aid by extending our appreciation, a good wor
Gov. Edwards how are you doing today . Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for being here. This press conference is going to serve as a briefing both on the Severe Weather experienced across louisiana yesterday and also my Daily Briefing on covid19. I want to thank all of our local officials that have joined us today. Mayore mayor jamie mayo, mitchell and other elected officials including senators Katrina Jackson and senator j kathy and senator stewart and representative ackles. We also have representative jones, i think. We do. Right there. Good to see you. Can hear from you congressman Ralph Abraham and we also have here today with us as i have had every day in baton rouge, the doctor from the department of health you can answer specific questions related to covid19 testing. And other things related to the coronavirus. We just completed a tour of some of the tornado damage across north louisiana. Tornadoese two confirmed in this parish though the main one was an ef to that had win
A Health Care Decision its a political and economic one to the restrictions are costing british businesses billions and the prospect of a deep recession looms arriving at number 10 the foreign secretary dominic you standing in for Boris Johnson whilst he was in hospital struck down by the virus rob chaired a meeting of the governments Emergency Cobra Committee to decide whether to extend the 3 week long down a decision wont be made until next week but now the message remains clear the most important thing right now is that people continue to follow the governments going to us until weve got the evidence that the virus is firmly under control so that means please do stay at home to protect our n. H. S. And to saved lives. After all the efforts that everyones made after all the sacrifices so many people have made its not ruling it now this is the 1st Coronavirus Crisis meeting to take place without the countrys chief Decision Maker the Prime Minister the committee normally meets here at