Couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor sunshine its something we all could use right now, second only to moonshine. And while i cant legally give you my homemade backyard hooch, i can give you some good news of the day. Lets kick things off with chuck e. Cheese ground zero for the next pandemic. While most restaurants in the age of coronavirus have switched over to delivery, chuck e. Cheese was faced with the ultimate dilemma how do you get people to order your crappy food when the only reason they ever came to your establishment was to entertain their kids and buy weed from the assistant manager . Well, it turns out, all it takes is a little oldfashioned american reporter chuck e. Cheese is accused of tricking some grubhub users. Several customers say they placed orders at pasquallys pizza wings. They thought they were supporting a local business. Every address for pasquallys routes back to a chuck e. Cheese. Well, turns out pa
Relations should not be used as a diversion. Four of the victims in the crash that killed kobe bryant and his daughter gianna have filed wrongful death suits over the helicopter company. Bryants widow sued the company in february. Those are some of the top stories on this monday, april 20th. Thank you for starting another week with us. We do begin with the push to curb the coronavirus and reopen the country. Congress appears to be nearing a massive new deal for a second wave of loans to Small Businesses crushed by the pandemic. President trump saying an agreement could come today. As the white house looks to restart the economy, mitt romney is the only republican senator excluded from a new Bipartisan Task force. The president admitted hes holding a grudge after romney voted to convict him at the impeachment trial. Abcs rachel scott has more. Reporter lawmakers signaling they may be just hours away from a deal on the next round of relief. Were close. Again, we have common ground. Im ve
Sharon, any action so far . Reporter well, marcus, mayor london breed made the announcement yesterday that the shelter in place will be extended through may 1st. Now, several county boards of supervisors are taking on the issue this morning. Theyre doing virtual meetings. Ive been watching this meeting with the Contra Costa County board of supervisors and Public Comments sent in earlier are now going into the second hour of the meeting. So many pleas for help, residents describing how theyve lost their jobs and are worried about how theyre going to pay for rent and food, worried about evictions. And some suggesting criminals with minor offences should be released to relieve overcrowding in the jails. Those were just some of the comments. Thats why, though, acknowledging how difficult it is for all, mayor breed says the shelter in place must be extended until may 1st to help flatten the curve. Health experts say this will allow time to see if social distancing is working throughout the
Eve. Other concerts, you have beach blanket babylon. You haveant to stay home. I dont know. What do you years working, now when i dont have to work or when we have to be up very early in the morning, its nice to stay home. Ill be here tomorrow so i think ringing it in at home is a good idea. Its already 2020 in many parts of the world. At about 3 00 this morning new zealand rang in the new year followed by sydney, australia at 5 00 this morning. North korea at 7 00. Then hong kong at 8 00. Right now i want to bring in a live picture from bangkok, thailand as folks there are stepping into the new decade. Weve seen about a half dozen of these ceremonies making their way west different parts of the world ring in 2020. In the next few hours, india, pakistan, afghanistan will all ring in the new year. I havent been anywhere else but here in the bay area to celebrate. I know new york city has obviously got the biggest in the country right now. Is that a place youd go . I have. Ive done it. I
10 in its debut, valued at 1. 9 trillion the largest listed company in the world. Plus, the fed and a trade waiting game stocks poised for a muted open as investors seek further tea leaves on trade and the fate of monopolies arent bad if they are not abused tim cook coming to the defense of business but said apple isnt one. Saudi aramco strong public debut. Shares jumpedon the open, the maximum 10 on the Stock Exchange in riyadh limit up. The state owned oil giant is the worlds most valuable company list at 1. 9 trillion, thats about 6 exxons and above apple which has a market cap of almost 1. 2 trillion. Well placed deal. A lot of people in saudi arabia decided to buy this stock. And that boosted it. I think sometimes you get deals and they pretty much determine where it is going to be. So now the question is, yield. And whether the yield exceeds what mike worth is offering on chevron. I think it will. I dont think it makes people suddenly all excited about the oil stocks, but it does