We are already approaching the highest percentage of unemployed since the great depression. Now more than ever, americans need to know that their leaders are working for them, and they have voices as we work to navigate in this pandemic. In a world where it is no longer safe to be within six feet of each other, congress has to learn how to adapt. It is not the first time we have made do to ensure the continuity of congress. With the Nuclear Threat during the cold war, the u. S. Government constructed a large bunker for congress. We would be required to meet outside of washington. This may either first time in the modern area where there is not a physical meeting location at risk, but rather elected officials themselves and others we would be in contact with. We are a subcommittee of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, which has jurisdiction over congressional organizations. Its important we look at this issue on how to govern during these sorts of times. From that
On the nations food supply and Meat Processing industry. On why, dr. James hamlin some people who contract coronavirus get sicker than others. Oft this, the last day april, jay powell says he expects an unprecedented drop in Economic Activity over the next few months after it was reported yesterday that the u. S. Economy shrank at a 4. 8 pace in the First Quarter and economists are decked in additional 3. 5 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance last week. The Labor Department will release those numbers officially later on this morning, which brings us to the question in the first hour, how has your financial situation been since the pandemic . Perhaps you have saved money or asked for financial help. We want to get a take on how you have been doing financially over the last few weeks. 202 7488000 if you are better off. 202 7488001 if you are worse off. If it stayed the same, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. You can also post to our twitter feed and Facebook Page.
Net change, down. Thats good news. Intubation is down, thats good news. Covid hospitalizations, new ones, flat, up to a tick, not good news. What we are watching right now is how fast it climbs and how low it goes. We would like to see it in the low hundreds, ideally, of new cases every day. Death rate, terrible news. 330. You see the decline has been slow at best. And still disgustingly high. So, we are making progress for sure, but we are not out of the woods yet and we are proceeding with caution. There are signs of caution out there that we should Pay Attention to. Singapore is talking about a second wave, with 900 new cases. This is after they controlled the beast. They were on the decline. They are now looking at new cases. Germany is a situation we should also watch and learn from. They relaxed and started to reopen and they are now seeing an increase. These are interesting. The rate of infection, which is what we watch, was at. 7. One person infecting. 7 . Obviously less than o
I am joined by Health Commissioner judy. To the right, dr. Ed lifshitz. Great to have you both. To my left, the superintendent of the state police. The director of the office of Homeland Security and preparedness is in the house, and i suspect he will be joined by chief counsel plotkin at some point. Update, late yesterday afternoon, i received a call from eric hagen, the deputy secretary of the u. S. Department of health and humans services. He informed me that of the 395 hospitals hardest hit nationally by covid19 and which collectively will share 12 billion under the latest distribution of federal funds, 53 of those hospitals are in new jersey. Altogether, these 53 hospitals will be receiving 1. 7 billion directly from the federal government. That is the second largest amount of funding awarded only behind new york. This funding will be deposited automatically, no further paperwork required, with the hospitals in the middle of this upcoming week. Getting more critical Financial Aid
This, we are going to get through this together. I know it looks a little bit different today. Atts because we are over our Emergency Management operations center. Muchis the area where so do in response toin battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and every challenge we face and everything that happens here. An opportunity to show you a little bit to show the inside of our response. I want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management in kentucky. Gives him an opportunity to welcome you to the center. He has been doing a great job. Thank you, governor. Christened the building in 20 13. We have about 25,000 square feet on the roof. Currently at level three. We are under unified command. About 100 personnel working. If you have an opportunity to see some of the floor, we are spread out over a number of buildings to social distance and do our work. For this event, we are in support of our department of Public Health, also colocated with u