Strips him of his powers. Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im stephanie si, its one of the worst lateseason storms to hit americas heart land in decades spreading death and destruction across 12 states, in a few hours on sunday 75 tornados ripped through the midwest with winds approaching 200 miles per hour. Some of the hardest hit areas were in illinois where the governor declared a state of emergency in 7 counties monday. Emergency officials are still assessing the damage. They say its still not safe to go back into the most devastated areas. 8 people were killed, 6 in illinois and two in michigan. Thousands across the region are starting down the long road to recovery now and al jazeera and did has details. Reporter from the air the damage is easy to see, miles of flattened areas where homes once stood. On the ground a devastating sight for hundreds of residents standing in front of debris where they used to live. Its just hard to believe. Its almost like can i wake u
The state Department Says theres concern the american supplies had been seized by fighters not backed by the u. S. Humanitarian aid to the countries continue. Nelson mandelas casquette was returned to a military hospital. In the morning his body will be transported to the union building. Thousands are expected to line up one more time to pay respects. Those are the headlines. Consider this with antonio mora is up next. See you back here is the 11 eastern, 8 pacific time and you can get the latest on aljazeera. Com. Is the Glass Ceiling beginning to shatter. Young women are leading the way. Less than 4 of fortune ceos are female. Gm put a woman in the drivers seat, so what are the obstacles in the way. Employers snoop on email and technology use. How far is too far when it comes to bosses tracking workers. It was a handshake seen around the world, what if anything does president obamas handshake with raul castro mean for u. S. Cuban relations. Are you interested in a oneway ticket to ma
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Treated much differently than it was. And i think it is treated very unfairly. Yes please in the back. Lets go. Patient Protection Program saved an estimated 15 million jobs, run out of money. The democrats specifically nancy pelosi have been blocking that funding. Do you know why Speaker Pelosi is drag her feet on that. Well she thinks it is politics. I dont know if it is good politics. Nancy pelosi has been blocking it. Schumer has been blocking it. And i think they think it is good politics. It is so great for our country. Because were going to have all of these companies. It is a bigger employer. Lets say it is the same. Essentially the same power all of these Small Businesses added a together as the big companies. It is about 50 50. And it is so important. And they will be scattered if we werent able to do what were doing. And essentially were giving these Small Businesses that wont make it. They cant because they are closed. Were giving them money to take care of their employees.
Administration. 131 days to go until the president ial election. Today donald trump was politicking in the state of wisconsin. As the director of the cdc reported that the number of americans who have been infected with coronavirus is likely ten times higher than reported. That would put the number well north of 20 million americans. Over 123,000 people have lost their lives thus far. Tonight trump was asked about the impact of the pandemic during a town hall on fox news, and he once again made the erroneous connection between the rate of testing and the surge in cases. We have more cases because we do the greatest testing. If we didnt do testing, wed have no cases. When you do 30 million, youre going to have a kid with the sniffles and theyll say its coronavirus, whatever you want to call it. If we didnt do tests, wed look great. But you know what . Its not the right thing to do. Treatment, vaccine, where are we . Were going to have an answer very soon, very soon indeed. I think it wi