Pauley good morning. Im jane pauley, and this is sunday morning. Introduced this memorial day weekend by the United States army band. Its the weekend for honoring all who died while serving in our nations military. Its also the weekend marking the unofficial start of summer. Most years that means curtain going up on a season of theaterpacking new movies. Of course, this is not most years. Still, the show must go on, as lee cowan reports in our cover story. Vie era hs hollywoodent been, well, this silent. Getting the cameras rolling again is no easy task. I, honest to god, have no idea what it isng to look like. There is no onesizefitsall in terms of what to do safely. Reporter will this be the first summer since that summer, without a blockbuster . Ahead on sunday morning. Pauley singer song writer josh groban is off the live concert stage for the moment, but he is hardly silced. With tracy smith this morning, well take note. You raise me up reporter josh groban is used to playing in a
To 20 percent of the countrys workforce out of their jobs these are not just numbers they are people who are suffering well not out in the. Financial and. Also makes things. Or. Also trying to. Make rent out and the number is likely higher because of old filing systems many people have yet to be able to file for unemployment data samone has been trying for 2 months ariane of patients im still one of the millions i do understand. But its ridiculous some politicians are anxious to reopen the economy like iowas governor trying to force people back to work if you are an employer and you offer to bring your employee back to work and they decide not to thats a valid terry. And whats more im looking for part of a quit ok about see we dont have happen very often its a valid terry quit and so therefore they would not be eligible for the unemployment the employment money and the us president is promising a quick rebound as well were going to rebuild it were going to rebuild it back as fast as we
We have severe storms moving across the deep south of the u. S. And that slide is way towards florida over the next couple of days now ahead of that we have wildfires burning in the north of the state this was pensacola where we have some very nasty conditions as this system does make its way through you can see this area cloud harrowing across the Southern Plains that will continue to slide further southwards and ace was down across the panhandle as we go on through saturday and slowly just stagger its way further south so as i said its as far as the fos concerned hopefully that will help out further north it is generally dry on the coast id say fresh for the time being 9 celsius in new york and they say and cold still north of that into new england cold enough for a touch of may snow with the place and snow there too its east and parts of canada go somewhat weather just pushing across the midwest over the next thousands sinking down towards the ohio valley further west it is generate
A virtual vigil in the us for a black man shot dead while jogging in georgia after the rest of a father and son for murder. Welcome to the program for weeks weve seen lines at the food bank stretching for miles and job centers overwhelmed with people its given us a picture of how badly the u. S. Economy has been hit by cope with 19 but now we have the most concrete figure yet 14. 7 percent thats the Unemployment Rate for april which tripled from the month before to put it another way thats more than 20000000. 00 jobs gone for perspective its worse than the global recession which followed the 2008 financial crisis and it created a new postwar record previously set in 1902 when unemployment reached nearly 11 percent so its no exaggeration to say this is the worst crisis for the u. S. Economy since the Great Depression of the thirtys when one in every 4 American Workers had no job from washington d. C. Particle reports. Its a remarkable statistic 20500000 americans are out of work numbers
Pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. This is bbc world news america. Im reporting from new york city. Im laura trevelyan. Jobless and homeless, with 33 million americans unemployed, new york subways, a haunting symbol of the impact of the pandemic. Coronavirus once a day after a white house eight tested positive. Mr. Trump says he does not have covid19. Germany is cautiously reopening its economy amid worries about a second wave of infections. Plus, life under lockdown. The story of a person who lives crammed in new york, but a big change is coming. I just committed to cornell. Well, im probably abouto cry. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbc world news america. Every thursday, the staggering impact of the coronavirus outbreak on the American Economy is revealed. 3. 2 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last week. More than 33 Million People