Another 6600000 people in the u. S. Filed for Unemployment Benefits just last week that means 10 percent of the countrys workforce nearly 17000000 is now unemployed because of the fallout from the pandemic for more on this spring in our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett in washington d. C. And so kimberly these numbers put another huge strain on the economy. Huge strain on the economy and we hear that the numbers are only going to continue to get worse this is the 3rd consecutive week of massive job losses in the United States but what were told is that really could be in the 10s of millions even up to 46000000 people when all of these claims are filed the reason that we dont have those numbers now is that the states and employment offices are overwhelmed of people simply cant get in there to file the claims they cant get through on the telephone they cant even seem to file on live so we expect this number to continue to climb and its across all sectors were seeing the Hospita
Cspan. Org coronavirus. Host another briefing late yesterday at the white house of the Coronavirus Task force. We will show you bits of that throughout the morning and we will hear from you as well. Here is the reporting on that briefing, the front page of the Washington Times. Shut down. U. S. To the president changes tone as coronavirus threat to america grows more serious. They write that President Trump implored americans to stop eating inside restaurants, bars and food courts to avoid groups of 10 or more for the next 15 days as the u. S. Tries to avoid the fate of china and italy in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. The guidelines say americans should avoid discretionary travel and stay home if they are sick. President trump also wants americans to work from home if possible to disrupt chains of transmission. The Washington Times writes it was a shift in tone from mr. Trump relate in february protected that the u. S. Would tackle all of its cases swiftly, he now sa
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We are thrilled to have the panel of four here including our author Charles Barber and instead of listening to me talk were going to getstarted. First up is ivan cusick. Is nice to be here in new haven. My name is ivan cusick. I want a criminal Justice Research agency. Well, unit for the state of connecticut. Thank you. I want a Small Research unit syndicated to understanding the criminal Justice Systemin the state of connecticut. I work for the office of policy and management and one of my responsibilities is to look hard at the present system and to reduce recidivism studies and other studies related to people coming out of connecticut presence over time. And ive been doing these studiesfor about 10 years for the state of connecticut. And one thing that ive kind of come to accept working in criminal justice is its an area which doesnt prepare people to see a lot of good news. Mostly the outcomes are generally not so good. So in terms of recidivism, for the threeyear period following
Tonight, we will be talking about the 75th anniversary of the battle of the bulge. Tonight is also probably my farewell introduction, if that isnt a contradiction in terms, for the ongoing signature series with the History Department of the general staff college. The director of the command school, scott green, is here tonight. Scott, can you wave your arm . Thank you. [applause] in uniform, at the back of the room. This lecture series, which is about great military events, great commanders and sometimes great controversies in the art of war, has been ongoing since almost the beginning of my tenure 15 years ago. It has been our great series on in the library. This is probably my last introduction, because i have been drafted by the president , so, if you can identify with that, to go to washington to save the republic, which as you know needs saving. But as i always like to say, the command school is the intellectual center of the army. It is selfcritical, selfaware, it plays no favori