Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
President respond to it today. I am not going to go into it at length, but let me cut to the chase. And arizona are where new york and new jersey were 85 days ago. That is what you need to know. It is extremely important to understand that something has changed in the last 24 hours. This is the story front and center today. Jonathan the numbers are worrying. They are concerning. I am not going to get excited about 3 billion of trade between the eu and the United States. This has got to be about the reopening process. Does it constrain policymakers ability to push forward in states like texas . It. you just nailed consumer confidence, i think, is probably going to be one of the biggest drivers. We are already seeing this anecdotally across the country. Meanwhile, we have economists trying to get their hands on around just what this means. We will get projection from the imf on their latest earth outlook. They already pretty good the deepest recession globally and almost a century. We ar
President trump has said, enough, here are the tariffs on the outcome of june, and other selected items in europe. Francine we were talking about it when the news broke on those tariffs. 3. 1 billion dollars, it is limited in size, but it is very targeted and it seems to be on luxury projects. Which is why we are looking out the likes of burberry and lvmh down 2 50 . And a lot of the beer things. We all can survive it. [laughter] ever allow you back in the u. K. Kamali we can discuss shopping here in london instead. Tom i will have to see. You may joke about it, folks. But it is not only the idea of tariffs, but coming at this time of Global Economic struggle. Much to talk about. Guestl go to our next in a moment on the virus and get his prognosis for america. First with the first word news in new york city, here is ritika gupta ok, we have a technical difficulty right now. Francine, a data check. Francine, pick it up, please, lets look at the markets. Francine a lot going on in the ma
We will talk the markets, fx, and the dollar, but overwhelming all today is the news on the virus. Our team in brazil out with a terrific article on the pandemic in brazil. Jon, i know it is not equivalent , but it is the same energy about the sunbelt in america. At a pandemic, but it is worsening condition of the virus in the sunbelt. Jonathan youre right to say it is not equivalent because it is not, but it certainly is concerning regardless. For many Market Participants, theyve had confidence there is a higher bar to shutting down these economies once again. That teller into policy makers is beginning to be tested over the next several days. Will it constrain the reopening process . Will it hit his mrs. And consumers hit businesses and consumers . That concern is top of the mind. Tom i know we are within a range, but im sorry, i observed gold really out but your stop out,st and really up against an 1800 price target. Lisa i cannot say for gold, but i will just say, taking a step bac
Quicker reform from sudans Transitional Government. Nothing in the briefing that we have just received led me to believe it is a hoax Democrats Press the white house on just how much donald trump knew about allegations that russia paid taliban fighters to kill american soldiers. European union is opening its doors to visitors from 14 countries but not the u. S. Amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases that. Everybody has to chill and revisit a town and bresson where work is becoming increasingly scarce as paris johnson lays out his plan to rescue the economy. China is just about to impose a new security law on hong kong 23 years after it took back control and promised a one country 2 systems policy its now been signed by chinese president xi jinping and will be enforced in the coming hours critics say the legislation erodes hong kongs freedoms our correspondent adrian brown reports. It normally takes a year for Chinas Parliament to pass legislation this time it happened in record time ju