Right in. And we leave the program with the International Monetary funds announcement that the Global Economic downturn due to the corona virus pandemic will be worse than initial estimates. So compared to the april and Economic Outlook we are projecting a depot downtown in 2020 and a snow to company in 2021 to growth to 2020 is projected at minus 4 point one percent which is 1 point one percent is points below our april focused now this reflects the fact that in the 1st tough economic outcomes came in somewhat worse than we had anticipated and because there is no medical see you should we are expecting social distancing to persist for more for a long time into the 2nd half. And downgrading the growth forecasts for 2021 the i. M. F. Expects a growth rate of 5. 4 percent instead of earlier estimates of 5. 8 percent the fund is predicting an 8 percent contraction in the United States. Gates in 2020 while the eurozone economy will decline by 10. 2 percent brazil will take a 9 point one pe
A fact think about that for more than 10 years the words the expression assad must go has been the u. S. Mantra our official why well because hes been accused of using chemical weapons by the only independent arbiters in the syrian war a group thats called the White Helmets. But heres the problem with that they closer look as revealed but the White Helmets are really not so independent they may be arbiters but theyre not independent and to the accusations of chemical weapons usage. That too did not really hold up to scrutiny in fact look at that video right there you see that it said to purport victims being treated from a chemical attack guess what a b. B. C. Producer on the scene later came forward after the 28 team video was shot to reveal that this is fake that scene is staged to make it look like a hospital scene after a chemical attack that apparently never really happened. See the problem all along for the United States is credibility say some middle east experts is that our sta
Transmissible and weve heard dr felt she call it extremely efficient and they call covert 19 a novel virus because literally weve not experienced anything like it so at the outset Public Policy was better safe than sorry knowing what we now know was the shutdown to extreme our 1st guest thinks so and if you listen to talk radio in the Dallas Fort Worth area his will be a familiar voice if youre in east texas you will recognize paul glazer from fox 51 and because paul owns radio stations he has been a ground 0 for this economic crash because when people stay home businesses close and they stop advertising so paul take me back to early march when the shutdown 1st hit everybody was told to stay home how suddenly and how severely was local commerce in texas whacked and how close did your business come to the edge of the cliff well to get from the media when we got the urge essentially was going to be. It had an Immediate Impact and a lot of advertiser say well if im going to be closed i ca
A change all right its time to boost your i knew. This years Independence Day celebration is expected to look a little different as the country deals with a surge of coronavirus cases that have led local officials to discourage public gatherings arties Rachel Blevins has the latest from the Nations Capital Independence Day is typically a day of celebration here in the Nations Capital but even as president promised the fireworks will go on in washington the mayor of d. C. Is calling for residents to stay home we continue to urge you to stay at home or near your home for this years celebration we want to emphasize that the virus is still in our community and poses a threat to washingtonians similar for across and. Being taken in states across the country with local governments canceling parades and festivals closing parks and encouraging residents to wear masks and social distance here at the National Mall in d. C. Massive crowds are expected but it wont just be to celebrate the holiday
Edition of news. Where of all the leaders gone. Happy friday i am scouting the use and 9 joining you again as america has changed since the last time we talked now we are all adapting to this new normal but it seems like for every step forward we make you take 2 steps back we are seeing the politicians a message in conflict with the c. D. C. And even doctors in conflict with each other confusion and chaos continue to dominate but whose responsibility is it to not only create a plan and more importantly see it implement it well to help me find a clarity i want to bring in ned bryant c. Of america majority and former president ial writer for george w. Bush and democratic strategist jan ronis who is also going to help us get the 360 view of this very important issue thank you for joining me gentleman. My pleasure good to be with you well annette i want to start with you because its easy to ask where of all the leaders gone but is it more accurate as considering how quickly we crumble both