And Lisa Abramowicz. Tom good morning, everyone. It is news packed. Politicsng things on and international relations. The operative word this morning is stimulus. It is stimulus in europe, an announcement shortly, and presumed stimulus meetings in washington. Jonathan in europe, it is about signal, not size. Making progress, they meet again at four clock p. M. Local time, 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. In the United States, it is about size. Theres a 2 trillion spread between democrats and republicans as Congress Returns to work in washington. Not small change. Tom what do you see in the bond to 4 when it devolves trillion, ive even seen a 5 trillion deficit . What does the bond market look like into the end of the year . Lisa it is wide open. Basically, saying we will give you money at the lowest ring cost on record in order to borrow money. You see that for the u. S. Government, also for u. S. Corporations. Right now, the cost for investmentgrade companies to borrow in the United States i
Im Christine Wonderwall come to the program calls are growing in germany to crack down on the meat packing industry after more than 1300. 00 people tested positive for corona virus at a meat packing plant thousands of people most of the romanian and bulgarian have been quarantined in the western city of war to try to prevent the disease from spreading state leaders say they hope to avoid reimposing a wider lockdown. Its an outbreak that has shocked germany day after day the number of infected 10 u. S. Employees has risen to over 1300 today but there are indications that the planned to may have ignored warning signs ahead of the outbreak. This video shows the Company Canteen in april of this year overcrowded despite germanys supposed social distancing restrictions and this widely circulated recording and employ you can be heard voicing her concern about the situation this is tenuous she says in the video that was leaked online how are we supposed to protect ourselves. 10 years as one of
Under the spotlight state governors act against the use of chokehold and types of restraints plus. Forces loyal to libyas un recognized government celebrate the collapse of Khalifa Haftar as 14 month offensive to take tripoli. Hello here the u. S. President donald trump has been criticized for invoking George Floyds name while taking a victory lap over lower than expected jobless numbers his likely election rival joe biden called his remarks despicable floyd was killed in Police Custody after a Police Officer knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes the death has led to 10 days of protests right across the u. S. Hopefully george is looking down right now and saying this is a great thing thats happening for a country theres a great day for him its a great day for everybody this is a great day for everybody this is a great great day in terms of equality so the new figures for may suggest the American Economy is already starting to recover from the pandemic but its not great news for everyo
A country out of its economic spiral. And put Us Birthday Party has been postponed will suffer the South Koreans will have to wait until next month to celebrate. The sport paris man is set to be crowned champions in france is the Domestic League season is cancelled. Just 1500 hours g. M. T. Will start this news in the United States where the economic numbers just keep getting worse the u. S. Labor department has released yet another bleak unemployment report more than 3800000 americans filed for benefits in just the past week taking the total number of jobless to more than 30000000. 00 over the last 6 weeks the Unemployment Rate hold it around 3 and a half percent between december and february but in my. Watch it jumps to a 2 and a half year high of 4. 4 percent thats roughly more than 7000000 people the state governments now begin to restart their economies the easing lockdown measures all the hoff of the 50 states including florida or partially reopened by the end of this week as the
Its the exact opposite. It says that would be a king. Robert next. Annocer this is Washington Week. Corporate funding is provided by life isnt a straight line. And sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. Delity is here to help you work through the unexpected with Financial Planning and advice for today antomorrow. Aughter] announcer additional funding is provided by the estate of arnold adams, and koo and patricia yuen, through the yuen foundaon committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. Theti corpo for public broadcasting and by contributis to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thanu. Once again from washington moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. It was a critical week for the trump presency. At its core it was about his decision to encourage the reopening of america. He veered from claiming total authority toultimately leaving it in the hands of states. But theres no doubt about where he stands. Earlier friy, te president tweeted