Director, kari watkins, discusses the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Its sunday, april the 19th. Ahead, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has surpassed 700,000 in the u. S. And the death toll in our country, nearly 39,000. A number of states are beginning to bend the curve, leading to a new debate on how quickly can or should reopen. That is the starting point on this sunday morning. Join in on the conversation. If you live in the eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. Ut west, 202 7488001 is your state ready to lift restrictions . Tell us where you live and what you think. You can always send us a text , onage, 202 7488003 twitter, or on facebook. Look at the numbers around the world, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university with total confirmed cases at 2. 3 million and deaths around the world in excess of countries. Ths in 185 yet today at the white house and the Daily Briefing the president at this about sta
Increase the budget gap by 1. 6 trillion this fiscal year. We knew it would be expensive. We now have a number. Act, to makeres sure we get relief to individuals and businesses affected. Romaine obviously, a lot of folks are looking at what is happening with the budget. We did close higher again. How much you want to read into these numbers, that is up to you on a personal level. The nasdaq 100 did close higher on a yeartoyear basis. Losses itll of the had i believe going back to march 20. Of buyinging a lot here. David, when you take a look at not only the earnings season but some of the rallies we have gotten out of some of these things. Names like tesla, amazon. I can sort of understand why some investors would look for a little bit of safety and growth. We may be getting a little too far ahead of ourselves. How these companies are going to perform in an environment where business spending might look a lot different than what we are used to seeing. David those are two very different
If you are recently unemployed, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. 1. 9 million confirmed cases. The death toll around the globe, 125,000. In the u. S. , 600,000 confirmed cases. The death toll has now exceeded 25,000. This is a piece from the wall street journal that is focused on the pandemic. The headline is, Coronavirus Crisis legacy mountains of debt. He writes the following. The full impact of the coronavirus pandemic may take years to play out. One outcome is already clear. , andnment, business households will be loaded with mountains of Additional Debt. The federal government budget deficit will reach 3. 6 trillion in this fiscal year. 2. 4 trillion the year after that. Businesses are drawing down Bank Credit Lines. Preliminary signs are emerging that some households are turning to credit for funds. The debt surge is set to shape how governments and the private sector function long after this virus is tamed. He joins us from his home i
And the dramatic increase in those applying for jobless benefits. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, we want to hear from you. Tweet andso send us a we are on facebook at facebook. Com spaceman. Facebook. Com cspan. We begin with the numbers tonight courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Now, more than one million cases worldwide and nearly 52,000 deaths. Rapidly. S. , we are approaching a quarter of a million americans infected with this disease as we outpace every country including china. The death toll in the u. S. 6000. s 6000 nearly and the Unemployment Rate as the continues to spike. Six point 6 million americans are filing for unemployment and if its come at doubling what we saw nearly a week ago. The economy collapsed. Heather long writes the following the past two weeks have a race nearly all of the jobs created in the last five years come a sign of how fast and deep and painful the shutdown has been on Many American families. Job losses have skyrocket
That our Health Care Workers critically need to save lives. Now, obviously, the suggestion of using homemade mask, the recommendation of covering your nose and mouth and use the n95 for First Responders, use a handkerchief or bandana, and if the debate continues to be about masks, then the area will be addressed for enforcement. There are 3,000 confirmed cases in the bay area and santa clara passed the 1,000 mark today with confirmed cases. San mateo county added 47 more cases today. For a total of 435. While it is monday boggling more than a million californians have applied for Unemployment Benefits just in the last two weeks. The Labor Department says last week alone, more than 870,000 people in the state filed for unemployment. Across the u. S. , 6. 6 Million People are out of work, and have filed for Unemployment Benefits. Now, it was tis important to remember that behind those staggering numbers, are real people many who arent sure how theyre going to see or when they will see th