The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h
Enforced. Im dan ashley. And im dion lim. Today was another record day for covid19 cases in the u. S. According to the tracing projects, more than 5,688 new cases were reported. Thats out of 721,000 tests. They reported 588 cases yesterday. Our part of building a bigger bay area is focusing on your health and we are being asked to protect ourselves and others by avoiding crowds. Several bay area beaches are closed, and in pacifica, you could face a hefty fine for not complying. Well have more on that story in just a few minutes. First in the south bay, gilroy is moving forward with fireworks despite requests from the state for communities on the watch list to cancel those plans. Now, crowds will not be able to watch where theyormay buabc7 reporter christer christs nguyen talks about the steps theyre taking to be in compliance. Reporter for residents in gilroy, the past year has been even tougher with last summers tragedy at the citys famed garlic festival still on the minds of many. To
Are doing. Their back and forth just ahead. Arthur on approach the first Tropical Storm of the season inching closer to North Carolina packing heavy rain and high winds millions along the east coast feeling its impact al has the very latest on where it could be headed. Start your engines detroits Auto Industry begins reopening plants this morning. 60,000 workers returning to the line in a new world. This camera gives you a realtime reading of your temperature. Just ahead our exclusive look at new safety precautions in place and our interview with the ceo of ford. What i know is were ready. Why he says today marks a vital step for the entire country. And back in the swing. Major sports return over the weekend with golf and nascar and the crowds go wild. Won the race, and its dead silent out here. We miss the fans. From home today, monday, may 18th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza good morning, everybody.
A country out of its economic spiral. And put Us Birthday Party has been postponed will suffer the South Koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. The sport paris man is set to be crowned champions in france is the Domestic League season is cancelled. Just 1500 hours g. M. T. Will start this news in the United States where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u. S. Labor department has released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than 30000000. 00 over the last 6 weeks the Unemployment Rate hold it around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in my. Watch it jumps to a 2 and a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies the easing lockdown measures all the hoff of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of this week as the
Government extends lockdown instructions for at least 3 more weeks. And Brazils Health minister is fired over his handling of the coronavirus price. So join his crate of eyes crisis has tipped its economy into sharp decline quarterly Gross Domestic Product figures showed that demand for its goods and services has plummeted by 6. 8 percent in raises yet more pressure on beijing to prop up growth and made mounting job losses in 40 exports in the worlds 2nd largest economy lets go straightaway to beijing correspondent katrina youre standing by for us they could train almost 7 percent these are extremely serious figures. Thats right this is a historic plunge this is the biggest contraction weve seen for the 1st quarter growth in china since records began and its not entirely surprising it is especially due to this corona virus pandemic now chinas economy was already slowing last year was it slowed to its slowest growth since the 1970 s. Now this has really this pandemic has really brought