Ruined by the coronavirus pandemic new figures out of the u. S. Are 26000000 people have now lost their jobs. Looting and rioting in south africa troops deployed in cape town to enforce a citywide. Latin american code 1000 cases begin to soar it could all and peru stop to see the effects of the outbreak. Now the u. S. House of representatives has passed a new 484000000000. 00 relief bill to help keep Small Businesses afloat during the pandemic and also to provide funds for hospitals now passed with a big bipartisan support and will now go to President Donald Trump the final approval and follows a 2 trillion dollars stimulus package that was already passed last month. U. S. Workers are struggling as the outbreak takes a toll on the economy and just 5 weeks all of the jobs created since the end of the 2009 recession have been wiped out more than 26000000 americans are now unemployed it really cant change my life drastically. So my mom put it away. Into like my savings account hinske its
If you are a medical professional, we hope to hear from you. Good monday evening. The doctor will be joining us. He will be going to a different location in washington dc for the interview. We want to begin as we always do with numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Confirmed118,000 deaths. Of coronavirus. The death toll surpassing 23,000. From the university of alabama, the school of medicine. Therote a piece for washington post. This is the headline. He wrote the following, despite all of my knowledge of Infectious Diseases and how this virus was addicted to behave, i was not prepared for the toll it takes. It is less about how i felt moment to moment but rather the fear of the unknown. Ofas plagued by my knowledge what was happening biologically. I knew that my symptoms were this will not be the last time a virus skips from animal to human. It should be the last time we are so unprepared. The experience has been a humbling lesson. We can modify and lessen the symptoms, but h
Director, kari watkins, discusses the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Its sunday, april the 19th. Ahead, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus has surpassed 700,000 in the u. S. And the death toll in our country, nearly 39,000. A number of states are beginning to bend the curve, leading to a new debate on how quickly can or should reopen. That is the starting point on this sunday morning. Join in on the conversation. If you live in the eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. Ut west, 202 7488001 is your state ready to lift restrictions . Tell us where you live and what you think. You can always send us a text , onage, 202 7488003 twitter, or on facebook. Look at the numbers around the world, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university with total confirmed cases at 2. 3 million and deaths around the world in excess of countries. Ths in 185 yet today at the white house and the Daily Briefing the president at this about sta
Increase the budget gap by 1. 6 trillion this fiscal year. We knew it would be expensive. We now have a number. Act, to makeres sure we get relief to individuals and businesses affected. Romaine obviously, a lot of folks are looking at what is happening with the budget. We did close higher again. How much you want to read into these numbers, that is up to you on a personal level. The nasdaq 100 did close higher on a yeartoyear basis. Losses itll of the had i believe going back to march 20. Of buyinging a lot here. David, when you take a look at not only the earnings season but some of the rallies we have gotten out of some of these things. Names like tesla, amazon. I can sort of understand why some investors would look for a little bit of safety and growth. We may be getting a little too far ahead of ourselves. How these companies are going to perform in an environment where business spending might look a lot different than what we are used to seeing. David those are two very different
If you are recently unemployed, 202 7488002. We begin with the numbers, courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. 1. 9 million confirmed cases. The death toll around the globe, 125,000. In the u. S. , 600,000 confirmed cases. The death toll has now exceeded 25,000. This is a piece from the wall street journal that is focused on the pandemic. The headline is, Coronavirus Crisis legacy mountains of debt. He writes the following. The full impact of the coronavirus pandemic may take years to play out. One outcome is already clear. , andnment, business households will be loaded with mountains of Additional Debt. The federal government budget deficit will reach 3. 6 trillion in this fiscal year. 2. 4 trillion the year after that. Businesses are drawing down Bank Credit Lines. Preliminary signs are emerging that some households are turning to credit for funds. The debt surge is set to shape how governments and the private sector function long after this virus is tamed. He joins us from his home i