Boston. But, we talk first to nancy pelosi. Good friday evening. And you are for being with us. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Worldwide, 3. 9 million confirmed cases of covid19. Globally, 270 4000. Here in the u. S. , the death toll 1. 2surpassed 77,000 with million confirmed cases. Up next, our conversation with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Seen theaker, we have shortterm changes to congress during the pandemic but im wondering if you think this will result in any fundamental, longterm changes to the house of representatives . Speaker pelosi thank you for focusing on how we do our congressional work to represent the people of our country and to bring their views to washington, d. C. We have had quite a challenge. Of ourthe great guidance capitol physician and the sergeant at arms. On two occasions, one with the voice votes and one with the recorded votes when we had a large number of members here to make the decisions necessary to pass legislation. In
Federal agencies. Order your copy online today at cspanstore. Org. Journal. Your questions and comments about the pandemic start now. The economicent of impact this pandemic has had on our country including a record job loss. Unemployment at its highest rate since the great depression. A decade of Economic Growth wiped away in a single month. Friday, may 8, we welcome the you to this addition of washington journal primetime edition of washington journal primetime. Michaele will talk to boston. But, we talk first to nancy pelosi. Good friday evening. And you are for being with us. We begin with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Worldwide, 3. 9 million confirmed cases of covid19. Globally, 270 4000. Here in the u. S. , the death toll 1. 2surpassed 77,000 with million confirmed cases. Up next, our conversation with House Speaker nancy pelosi. Seen theaker, we have shortterm changes to congress during the pandemic but im wondering if you think this will result in any fundam
Worst jobs report since the 1930s and the great depression, how do we dig ourselves out of this hole . Michael it will take a variety of things. We have a government ordered supply side shutdown of the economy, so we could not produce a lot of services because people could not go to work. At least substantially for good health reasons. And that morphed into an added demand side problem as people were not getting incomes, etc. The congress and the president have taken action to try to cushion on the income side. The fed and to some extent the congress with various Small Business loans have tried to enable firms to bridge to the other side. Many of whom have retained workers even though demand for their products is way down. But this unprecedented shutdown of the economy has caused a substantial amount of harm. We have got lots of people unemployed. The data that came out today of course is a snapshot of what was going on in the middle of april. Since then, additional people have filed c
A punishment or a redeployment a u. S. Decision to remove Patriot Missile batteries from saudi arabia is making the kingdoms leadership nervous they were supposed to protect riyadh from iran so whats changed and this poil politics at play this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby the United States is removing its Patriot Missiles and other Weapons Systems from saudi arabia the us President Donald Trump says its part of an effort to scale back on a military presence that he says doesnt benefit the u. S. American weapons and fighter jets were sent to the kingdom last year after Saudi Aramco Oil facilities were attacked they were also intended as a deterrent as tensions rose between tehran and washington but the reduction in the u. S. Military presence is believed by some to be based on assessments iran no longer poses an immediate threat to u. S. Strategic interests when asked about the decision President Trump stayed away from giving specific details well i d
That could be delay ad little bit. May 15th, on time could be pushed back a little bit for presumably that portion of new york. He doesnt spell it out. The fact that he was talking about maybe having the state sort of bifurcate a little bit open up sooner up state than down state, saying the may 15th deadline is moving target for down state that includes the worlds Financial Center and that is going to be a big issue. Well see how all of that goes. Well hear very soon from new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Remember new york, and new jersey, much like connecticut, pennsylvania, massachusetts, rhode island, and delaware are among those states that will sort staffinger in kind if you will. Theyre keeping to the same rough schedule. Whether the garden state, which is the most densely populated state in the country subscribes to the same rules as new york might be considering is anyones guess. New jersey, like neighboring connecticut and new york, opening up many of its marinas. Keep with th