Staying at home is exactly what many of us across the country are doing staying at home and going on strike yes in recent days weve seen average u. S. Citizens from all walks of life suddenly spring to life as they are rising up against the many forms of financial oppression they face in these very oppressive times across the country from california to new york city and a great many cities in between on april 1st many of them more than 40000000. 00 who wrote rent homes and apartments the United States are taking part in rent strikes with hashtag rent strike trending social media pages have been filled with pictures of strikers hanging white sheets from their windows and showing their neighborhood then the world that they will not be paying rent during this time of crisis casey james out of atlanta who is advocating and organizing that no 1. 00 pay rent until the pandemic ends somethings up pretty simply to the Washington Post stating its not fair everything is shut down you cant work o
Record high in history. The dow, nasdaq and s p having worst week since october of 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Checking on Global Market action, pmi out earlier, below 50, but that was up from 47. 9 in last month and we have losses across the board. The biggest loser there is the ftse 100 in england, down 2. 6 . Checking asian markets overnight, chinas manufacturing getting slammed by the coronavirus. Private measuring of Manufacturing Activity released monday record low for february. 40. 3 reading in february. The lowers since the survey started in april 2004. Nevertheless asian markets are close but agreeing across the board. Hong kong retail sales fell 21. 4 year over year, 12month of declines. Could led to worse number for february. Market rebound in asia. All eyes on the coronavirus. Two deaths now reported in the United States due to that virus. Cheryl casone has the details, cheryl. Cheryl thats right, dagen, Washington State has confirmed the second coronavirus
Afghanistan. Could it mark an end in americas longest war . And bound for trouble. Hear the emergency calls when a small plane full of people is forced to land with no landing gear. But, first, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. There could be 10,000 people with it right now. We wont know for another few weeks. There should be more testing. Cases of the coronavirus appear in the u. S. If you look at what is going on in the rest of the world, that will ultimately dictate the impact on us. We are ready. We are ready. The future of the democratic party. Voters will head to the polls for the South Carolina primary. It is the last before super tuesday. Who is easier to beat . Crazy bernie [ laughter ] or sleepy joe . Emergency landing. The small passenger plane comes down hard at san jose fear train station in paris. It was started by demonstrators protesting a concert. Tony romo reups with cbs for a reported 17 million a year. Im excited to be
Spending to help the nation recover from the devastating bushfires despite some a racy easing of the of the weather authorities are warning that the situation may worsen again later this week and the trial of former Film Producer Harvey Weinstein begins in new york he faces charges of rape and Sexual Assault after dozens of women including several top hollywood actresses claimed that he sexually assaulted them. Plus the world war one epic 917. 00 takes the best drama and best director awards stealing the top prizes from the nights expected big winners winner netflix we will report from a star studded line. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program u. S. President donald trump has a vow to impose severe sanctions on iraq if it expels u. S. Troops deployed there are rocks parliament has called for all foreign troops to leave but trump said that baghdad would have to pay for the cost of an air base if that happened meanwhile irans leaders have presided over the funeral of general kasam so the
Killed millions contending with floodwaters and buildings collapsing his monsoon rains sweep across the whole india and bangladesh plus the congo is Ebola Outbreak spreading with the death toll already at 1600 the virus reaches the crowded city of goma on the border with rwanda the World Health Organization describing the new case as a potential game changer. I bring to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome germanys arsal of fun and has announced that she will step down as the countrys defense minister and a big gamble for her hope is that the European Parliament will vote tomorrow to give her a new job as the 1st. Female president of the European Commission now that outcome is far from certain underlying faces skepticism from parliamentary groups angered at the way she was forced on them by National Leaders as a 3rd choice candidate so she has been on a Charm Offensive making promises to win over. Keeping up with. Not an easy task last week. She