Treaty conference that went on on the frontier of new york in the mohawk valley. You did a reading today that featured a fellow named william johnson, not a lot of contemporary American Students of history know much about him, but he was a very interesting figure in the 18th century. An irish immigrant, settled on the mohawk frontier of upstate new york in 1740, and became very friendly with mohawk indians, who were his neighbors. Ultimately, grained a great deal of influence among them and was appointed by the British Crown to serve as the agent to the iroquois nation. This painter in the early 20th century wanted to depict one of these treaties that johnson convened with native americans. Think about the reading you did for today. It is providing you with a mental image of that. It was at johnson hall, which was this georgian mansion he built on the mohawk frontier that still stands today. If you are in upstate new york between albany and syracuse, new york, you can visit this site a
Hardpressed drillers . We will ask. Now we are quoting the next contract for june delivery. The price coming in at, where was it moments ago, what was it, 15, 16 a barrel. The president will fill the Strategic Petroleum reserve with up to 75 billion barrels. That helps storage capacity. But it makes no impression on collapsing demand which is at the heart of the oil price problem. A lot of people expect that that price, the one we see right now, what was it, 16, 15 a barrel, expect it to down from here. Well see. Stocks, theyre down in part because of the Oil Situation. Its another indicator of how badly the virus is affecting the economy. Investors not happy about the demise of Americas Energy industry. The dow will be down 500, s p, lets see, 54 points down and the nasdaq down about 82. A small loss in percentage terms compared to the dow and the s p. Well, the president s twitter account active last night, late last night. He called the virus the invisible enemy and said he would is
Its 5 00. Lets go back to dave. All right thank you. New this morning the chp is investigating a pleasant crash just off interstate 5080 eastbound. It happened before 1 30 this morning a car fly off a freeway and crashed in to a light pole. A Security Guard that was work nothing the area heard the crash. I came here and saw some debris. I did not see the car at first. When i went back, i saw a car in the bush. Went up to the vehicle. Did not open the door,found that there was an still inside of there. The driver was the only person in the car and was pronounced dead at a hospital. The chp at this point has not said what may have led to the crash. Well, today the Labor Department will announce the latest jobless report. Ktvu alicia is joining us now and millions of americans are expected to feel the fallout of the pandemic. Good morning, alicia. Good morning. Thats right. Economist an miss pate another bad week. Pandemic has led to widespread lay offs. Theres no timeline when its going
Plus another white house shakeup. The president ousts his acting chief of staff and appoints another. Search for answers, the mother accused of escaping to hawaii as the nation searched for her two missing children faces a judge back in idaho. Well have the latest on the case. And driving dangerously. With an increasingly older population around the world, an epidemic of Car Accidents is popping up. Well go to japan to see the interesting tactics that the country is using to combat the problem. First, we begin this morning with a look at the days eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. Risk is changing by the hour. Any time youre in the public space, you have to know you may be at risk. Coronavirus cases spread in the u. S. We know its still spreading. If we cant figure out where the cases are coming from, we cant isolate and stop that spread. You have to be calm. It will go away. President trump signed off on 8. 3 billion in emergency spending. I like this stuff. I really get it. Maybe i
Thank you. Im going to try not to start dancing. But im happy. How are you feeling . Great. Well, detroit, im thrilled to be here with you because i felt better in the last ten mays than i have in months. Do you feel me . And here is why. I decided to jump on and endorse joe biden and you know why . Because joe knows michigan. Joe cares about michigan. He caress about people like michigan all across the country. We know health care is personal. Right . Well, got to tell you, as a 29yearold i became a member of what is known at the sandwich generation. That means i was sandwiched between two generations of my own family for whom i was the primary caregiver. My mom, she was dying of brain cancer, my daughter who was a newborn. That doesnt make me unique because there is a lot of people that are doing that. But i was also fighting an Insurance Company that was wrongfully denying my moms chemotherapy. I have commiserated with joe biden about that because the brain tumor that killed my moth