Ill hop of here and let everybody get started. Thank you so. All right. Well, good evening or hello, whatever time of day youre watching this. Ive got a brief power point im going to use to get into this book. Its based on academic study presented in a nonacademic manner. That was my job as a collaborator. I have been studying this science for a little over a decade and written an earlier book on it, as ill mention. So my job was to keep my co lab to keep it for a lay audience. Before i get into the book i discovered a very interesting study done by the democratic fund, their voter study group, that is actually an examination of attitudes in america of authoritarianism, and i will define authoritarianism for us. We could spend i could do a whole book on that subject alone. But i think most people have a pretty good idea what it is. Larry diamond at stanford shared this information with me and its fascinating. Americans are overwhelmingly love their quote democracy, but that overwhelmin
Pandemic and accusations of slavery at sea in the leisure demands answers from china after the deaths of fishermen working on chinese boats. First begin in the us where numbers released china employment has surged in april the biggest in close to 90 year tens of millions of jobs were wiped out right across the country as coronavirus lockdowns bats of the economy unemployment skyrocketed to 14. 7 percent it was 4. 4 percent in march in april 20 and a half 1000000 jobs were lost the worst results in the Great Depression which began in 1929 far exceeds the 2008 global recession when 8700000 jobs were wiped out its going now to our White House Correspondent kimberly. So kimberly its another day and another round of depressing numbers and it comes to employment right. Yeah not unexpected but certainly not what this white house wants to hear at the jobs all of the jobs created 6 donald trump came into office and even the ones created by the Previous Administration barack obama those have all
As. We read in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april saying the biggest spike in close to 90 years tens of millions of jobs were wiped out across the country this coronavirus lockdowns battered the economy lets take a look at those figures for unemployment surged to 14. 7 percent it was just 4. 4 percent back in march 20 point 5000000 jobs were lost in april along the worst losses since the Great Depression which began in 1929 and it far exceeds the 2008 global recession where 8700000 jobs were wiped out the White House Correspondent Kimberly Hawk and joins me now kimberly just put these unemployment figures into context for us. Well they certainly are not what this administration wanted to hear and i can tell you the u. S. President is trying to put a positive spin on these numbers acknowledging that they are unacceptable and also well he didnt address it directly certainly we have to point out that these numbers reflect all of the gains that he created in terms of jobs th
95000 people ultimately we may be juggling about something more than that. Venezuela charges 2 americans with terrorism and conspiracy to overthrow the government. Accusations of slavery see indonesia demands answers off the deaths of fishermen working on chinese boats. And a new ships remembrance loci commemorations take place to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the 2nd world war. We begin in the u. S. Where unemployment skyrocketed in april saying the biggest spike in close to 90 years more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone in the month of april alone has coronavirus lockdowns. The economy of the Unemployment Rate has tripled to 14. 7 percent with no sign of slowing down this is already worse than the socalled Great Recession that followed the 2008 financial crisis and its a new post war record which was previously set in 982 when the Unemployment Rate hits nearly 11 percent and is no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression when
Evictions beneath the shiny veneer of saudi arabias planned mega city and a virtual vigil in the us for a black man shot dead while jogging in georgia after the arrest of a father and son but his murder. For weeks we have seen the lines of the food banks stretching for kilometers the job center is overwhelmed with people it is given us a picture of how badly the u. S. Economys been hit by covert 19 but now we have the most concrete figure yet and it is 14. 7 percent that is the Unemployment Rate for april which tripled from the month before put another way were talking about more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone and some perspective now this is worse than the financial crisis old a recession which followed the financial crisis of 2008 it also creates a new post will recall that was previously set in 982 when unemployment regionally 11 percent so it is no exaggeration to say going right back this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression of the 930 s. When one in e