To lou and welcome to crossfire all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle at this point no one knows when the cold crisis will abate however it is undeniable that this Health Crisis has negatively impacted the economy what does it mean to return to normal is that even possible now and will the divide separating the rich from the poor can. Discuss the economy and more im joined by my guest peter early grave very. Can he is an economist at the American Institute for Economic Research in miami and we have made rezko he is seen as chief investment strategist and we also have Eric Townsend he is host of the macro voices podcast gentlemen crossed the rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciated ok lets go 1st to peter you know in looking at the very the. The broadest picture of whats going on in the economy right now i think we all have to be very honest with ourselves that the election cycle influenced people how they look at the economy how bad it is or ho
With the u. S. Deeply divided ahead of the president ial election in november of americans say theyre desperate for an alternative to the 2 main runners on the country. One minute past 8 pm here in moscow this wedding to stay september the 2nd my names you know neal and youre welcome to our team international. We begin with breaking news the German Government is claiming that russian opposition figure say novell knew he was poisoned we induced coma in a birth in hospital after being early if they had from russia 2 weeks ago the kremlin has said its received no communication from germany on the findings. But our europe correspondent peter all over is in early in right now with all the latest peter brick time for us this statement from the German Government and indeed the developments aligned to that. German chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to the press on wednesday afternoon she said that germany had clear big u. S. Evidence that a novel nerve agent had been used in what it called an atta
Money. For broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is R T International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us the bell or Ocean Capital has one again become the focus of antigovernment protests thousands of people have converged on minsk laying flowers in tribute to a demonstrator killed in the unrest that followed last sundays disputed president ial election video has now emerged reportedly showing the moment of that tragedy and a bit of a warning you might find the following footage disturbing here you can see a group of riot police who were just a few meters away from the alleged victim and shortly after comes the apparent moment the protester was killed. Interior ministry has previously claimed the victim had tried to throw. Explosive device at officers but it went off in his hand. And throughout the day people have been coming to the scene where the incident happened to his family had asked those who wanted to pay respects to gather there instead of at
A virus long gone badas and restaurants in italy are be open and its a big part of tourism in kenya how the pandemic is affecting its why my freezer. Thank you for joining us according israel has found a jewish settler guilty of a 2015 awesome a time that killed a palestinian toddler and its parents the man fired on their home in the village of duma while they slept a 4 year old son survived lets go straight to our correspondent Terri Fawcett who is outside the court in israel this was a very controversial case harry remind us of what happened and what have been the reactions to this verdict. Indeed it was that the highest profile remains the highest profile attack by socalled jewish terror on palestinians although quite importantly in this case the the convicted man has not been convicted of being part of a terror group what took place according to this verdict is that on the 30th of july 2015 this man i mean new leo and a younger a minor had conspired together to carry out some kind
Launching another attack on tripoli the libyan warlord after says his forces will stop fighting during the holy month of ramadan. Levon on sunday will bank under attack again during another nights of protests across several cities. Welcome to the Program Still early days in the worldwide recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic but we do have a better sense of the damage it is doing the u. S. Economy the Worlds Largest a scene a decade of growth wiped out in just 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent the u. S. Plane maker boeing has reported 1st quarter losses of more than 600000000. 00 over the same period its main european rival airbus losing 515000000. 00 and the e. U. s biggest economy just. Many forecasting its worst year since the end of world war 2 well begin with the u. S. We have this report from she have a tendency. The 4. 8 percent decline for g. D. P. Between january and march represents the largest decline since the 2008 recession Consumer Spending which accoun