Prices preparing for a 2nd wave of attack farmers in east africa try to battle millions of locusts that destroyed farm lands early in the sea. Thank you very much for joining us millions more people have been added to the queues of americas jobless as the wider effects of the coronavirus pandemic become clear and now the 6600000 claimed that Employment Benefits last week alone that takes a total to nearly 17000000 people in the past 3 weeks and theres fear the rate could rise to numbers not seen since the end of the Great Depression and some cities drive ins have been created for people to collect unemployment forms john hendren has more from chicago. The president came out saying that the u. S. Was at the top of the hill when it comes to the coronavirus and in some cases going downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims an
Downward but thats not the case when it comes to the economy of and of course thats a lagging indicator here 6600000 new jobless claims 17000000 over the past 4 weeks out of work and filing new jobless claims and an Unemployment Rate of 12 to 13 percent thats a level not seen since the Great Depression forecasters are saying they expect that to go up to at least 15 percent and 11 said that this is really essentially the Great Depression 2 here in the United States one sign of that is the trouble of the u. S. Airline industries the president did address that in that briefing today he said details will come out over the weekend over the u. S. Aid package for those airlines he said the Airline Industry has hit very hard as everyone knows and we are going to be in a position to do a lot to help them but of course no details on that until the weekend so were looking forward to see what the president has to say on that british Prime Minister baraks johnson is out of intensive care after impr
On slowing the spread of the virus. New cases of it on the decline in major hot spots including new york. Dr. Tony fauci saying the death toll in the u. S. Could be 60,000 versus earlier estimates of 240 people dying. Donald trumps Approval Rating hit alltime high for him amid coronavirus pandemic and also showing an overwhelming majority of americans are concerned about a recession. The virtual opec plus meeting which included saudi arabia and russia ending in a tentative agreement to temporarily cut production by about 10 millionbarrels per day. But mexico could derail the plan. Oil declining near the trading session over concerns about the Production Cuts that they wouldnt be deep enough. U. S. Markets are closed today in observance of good friday but yesterday u. S. Stocks rallied, dow, nasdaq, s p all up more than 10 for the week. S p having the best week since 1974. In asia overnight markets were mixed, you can take hang seng and hong kong closed for good friday. European markets
Of league has the west rest of virginia. Our goal is to service the chief federal Law Enforcement official or our respective areas. That is bringing together our Law Enforcement partners and prosecuting any manner of criminal violation as well as defending the government on the civil side. Host as we look at the coronavirus, how has your job changed since the pandemic and what are your Biggest Challenges right now . Guest ive got an amazing team of about 350 employees across the Eastern District. That number grows exponentially when you include all of our Law Enforcement, investigative, and agency partners. Like much of the country we have moved to a telework model. Essential, but we are part of the National Security apparatus. We are still working. We have a skeleton staff in the office to ensure that every anything that cannot be done remotely, whether related to National Security, whether it involves a Public Safety arrest, we are still moving forward. It is a challenge under the ci
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