Economic recovery im joined by my guest Benjamin Cowen lubbock he is the director of the Free Market Institute professor of economics at Texas Tech University as well as a senior fellow with the independent institute and in los angeles we cross to he is an independent economic and geopolitical analyst as well as a former commodities trader all right gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciating lets go to los angeles 1st here i said in my introduction i guess probably the most important question there is as we come out of this pandemic and its all going to be about the economy and its everything were going to think about for the next few months if not years is about recovery so infer a very simple question will it be a v. A you or an l go here well weve been in an l. Shaped depression since the 2008 financial cry. Basis i mean only that true Economic Data on unemployment inflation g. D. P. And the like have been warped or hidden
Economic downturn. Abuse claims affecting two Major College sports teams. Colorado state suspended football activities. Texas tech firing its Womens Basketball coach. What the universities are saying this morning. Crash investigation. Mangled wreckage littering the runway after an air india plane overshoots its landing. The plane splitting in two. Survivors telling their stories. Hold onto that kid and dramatic rescues. Strangers banding together to help a family trapped by rising floodwaters. Stay there. Come over slowly. How they got them to safety. One of the heros describing those harrowing moments this morning. Go mning, america. Were going to start with the latest on the pandemic. As the world nears 20 million coronavirus cases, deaths here in the u. S. Are increasing in 28 states and the puerto rico. Hospitalizations are up in 27 states, d. C. And puerto rico. With the race on to develop a vaccine, a gallop poll finds 65 of americans would get the vaccine if it were fda approved
Presence there to monitor turkeys activities in what are the disputed waters. Good afternoon from russia life martin to nationals World News Center here in moscow my names kevin though in here for the next 30 minutes or so with all those stories and a lot more detail if you stay with me to 1st then belarus has started releasing protesters who were detained during the unrest that followed sundays disputed president ial election these are the 1st images of by the russians walking free from detention some people have been held for 4 days that the interior ministry has pledged to release all detainees today friday around 6000. 00 were arrested during the 1st 3 days of the unrest and ambulance doctor released overnight described to us what she says she witnessed inside. As it was the women were lying on the floor and the men were in the next out they were constantly so badly that they just how long it was a terrible how the blood froze in my veins just what we heard every night it was terri
6 oclock here in the capital of russia moscow could have a company watching international now protesters detained during a week of antigovernment demonstrations in better reduce over what they claimed was sundays rigged election have started to be released early today to the final official results of the vote was given handing president because a landslide victory so lets get more on all of this now from joins us. Has been happening today just bring us up to speed then on how events have unfolded over the last few hours. All this friday night well see a lot of family will lets see their loved ones after almost a week long absence and thats because the bill russian authorities began releasing all those protesters who were. Means in that mass rallies that on sunday right after the right after the president ial election in the roost now many of the detainees are being released right now have been sharing their harrowing experience this take a look. At us to tell you i was just telling you
To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is. Okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll