Streams. Unite get extra content and more questions in, with that, lets get started. As you probably heard, nearly 3. 3 million americans applied for Unemployment Benefits two weeks ago, economists predict the Unemployment Rate could approach 30 it says 13 in the script, but ive seen numbers saying as high as 30 . Thank you for making yourself available today, angela. Thank you for having me on. Absolutely. A lot of people are either losing their jobs right now. They have a lot of questions with regard to unemployment. Ive seen some numbers with regard to 13 , ive seencreeze could send our unemployment soaring toat . Well, i agree with you, ive seen the same numbers that have us at about 30 at the height of this pandemic. I think the reality is, that the story is unfolding every day, as we speak, businesses large and small are making decisions about whether they can continue to keep the doors open. Or working remotely from home. There are different statistics out there, predictions out
Through a process and youll be fine donald trump tries to reassure americans after the u. S. Records its 1st coronavirus death. Turkeys president urges russia to get out of syria reiterate this call that the borders of europe are open to migrants. Hello after more than 18 years of for a deal between the u. S. On the taliban has put up gonna start on the path to what many hope will be a Permanent Peace one of the key components of the deal plans for a complete withdrawal of all u. S. And nato troops within 14 months if the taliban sticks to its parts some a bunch of aid begins our coverage. We destroy a new chapter move open for afghanistan the United States has agreed on a deal that could see the complete withdrawal of its troops from its longest running war in the next 14 months. We recognize america should fight in perpetuity in the graveyard of empires if we can help afghans forge peace and we have respect we believe that the Afghan People are ready to shirk their own course forward
The United States is stepping up efforts to combat the spread of the corona virus and its Economic Impacts 2 of its largest cities new york and los angeles have already ordered the shutdown of bars and restaurants and the Federal Reserve bank has stepped in to provide relief for businesses but officials are warning that the worst is yet to come out of there as alan fischer reports. From the president of the United States words aimed at comforting americans relax were doing great it all will pass moments later from the man heading the dr against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yet to head for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced. Face of america is changing at airports as the extended european travel ban kicks in here the. Staff carrying out Health Screenings have been overwhelmed the governor of illinois blamed a Tru
Trumps controversial comments about china. Governments around the world are doing whatever it takes to stop the spread of covert 19 the question is are they going too far. More than 200000 people have been infected by the corona virus around the world but there is cause for some hope out of china its reporting no new local cases for the 1st time since the outbreak began in december. Province which has seen 3130 deaths has 0 new local infections all new cases 34 of them involve people arriving in the country. It was yellow even sure that we are delighted to see this double 0 increase this means today weve seen the dawn after so many days of hard efforts it also means our control measures and medical treatment methods have been working very well. Things have deteriorated across europe the current of the pandemic italy recording 475 deaths on wednesday the highest number of fatalities on a single day for any country in the United States President Trump has taken another drastic measure to
Its almost 2 weeks since italians were ordered to stay home as italy battles its worst National Crisis since the 2nd world war the lock down has crippled the worlds 8th largest economy but the Prime Minister says its the only way to fight a virus thats killed nearly 3000 italians from mr shes happy content says that he will extend the lockdown italy has ripped reported a record 475 deaths thats more than any nation on a single day it is the worst affected country in europe outside of europe malaysia has put 31000000. 00 citizens on the partial lockdown until the end of the month the government says that it could deploy the army to enforce the measures the country has reported 2 deaths and 900 infections meanwhile china is easing its restrictions after no new home grown infections were reported on wednesday all new cases were. Returning home from other countries and here are all what arbus on the interactive map by the Johns Hopkins university it gives live updates on the total number a