Weeks of a downward trajectory many agree with the president to open the economy as there seems to be a push from the right and from many in the economic sector to do just that but theres also another if not equal push from the other side that saying that opening the economy would be both dangerous and irresponsible and that is the thinking of many in the Public Health sector and many on the left now whos right well were going to bring you a debate on this matter to take up whats going on but before we do i do want to share some numbers with you that i think might kind of help to put things in on to me 1st as the economy goes heres the latest 22000000. 00 americans have lost their jobs that would bring the Unemployment Rate to a record 15 percent and according to economists this is huge it could reach 20 percent if the president trends continue in a word dismal right now lets look at lethality. Some call it mortality or the death rate or whatever you want to call it its the death rate
Country want to talk about that and more all right its time to boost your news i q. Opec and their allied Oil Producers held a Virtual Meeting today seeking an agreement on Oil Production cuts in response to a slowdown triggered by the coronavirus pandemic but can all the key players make a deal that will actually last r. T. S. Rachel blevins has been following this story and the high level meetings taking place shes joining us now from the news room with more of the details so rachel whats going on while manila the price war between russia and saudi arabia appears to have reached a cease fire as 2 of the Worlds Largest oil producer seem to have reached a Historic Deal on thursday now this according to reports that saudi arabia agreed to remove 4000000 barrels of oil. A day from its april production levels while russia has agreed to cut 2000000 barrels a day the deal was made during a Virtual Meeting between opec members and other alloy Oil Producers amid a need to respond to the drop
Production next week. Now we dont know which ones are going to be built but we just know for boeing which has had rapid troubles over the past year and a half or so to say nothing of the virus shutdown here, but this is welcome news, certainly for the markets and of course the biggest advance today is Gilead Science drug that is showing promise, or could be effective against the coronavirus, its out there a number of other medical concerns that are also involved in the hunt for a vaccine or a treatment and there are a variety of them out there half a dozen is coming up here and i will explain a little bit later but its what gilead is doing thats getting a lot of attention as we stressed so many times here regardless of the stimulus around the virus, what will really move the markets and connell ly proven to be the case is progress on dealing with and or treating the virus so this gilead news is big news in need, Jackie Deangelis on that and much more. Jackie theres optimism in the mark
Weeks of a downward trajectory many agree with the president to open the economy as there seems to be a push from the right and for many in the economic sector to do just that but theres also another if not equal push from the other side that saying that opening the economy would be both dangerous and irresponsible and that is the thinking of many in the Public Health sector and many on the left now whos right well were going to bring you a debate on this matter to take up whats going on but before we do i do want to share some numbers with you that i think might kind of help to put things in perspective numbers dont lie usually so lets talk economy 1st as the economy goes heres the latest 22000000 americans have lost their jobs that would bring the Unemployment Rate to a record 15 percent and according to economists this is huge it could reach 20 percent if the president trends continue in a word. Word dismal right now lets look at lethality or some call it mortality or the death rate
A text with send us your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Facebook twitter and to post your comments. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. How was your governor doing . According to a New Washington post poll, governors are getting high marks for their responses to the coronavirus outbreak. With 72 saying their governor is doing an excellent or good job. 26 saying the governor is doing a not so good or poor job. Compare that to the federal government, 49 say is doing excellent or good, while 51 give the federal government low marks. President trump gets 44 of excellent and good marks. 54 say the president is not doing a good job in responding. How do you rate your governor . Lets begin with alabama ivey. Nor kay [video] they are all eager to open up. The comment is we are alabama. A challe testing is a challenge for them as well. We cant fully reopen the economy but we are working together and sharing ideas. Some states are opening sooner than others but every governor i