Today as a new whistleblower, dr. Rick bright, harshly criticized the white house response to covid19. He was recently removed from his post as head of the biomedical authority, and replaced with the guy who makes trumps omelets at maralago. This was a scary hearing today. He warned us the window is closing to address the pandemic. Unless that window is a drive through window at kfc theres no way trumps going to bother. Bright said if we dont get our act together the United States could be headed for the darkest winter in modern history. The good news is hes saying we might make it to winter. Dr. Tanhatton of course was watching tv and stopped on the lawn this afternoon to yell about him. I dont know him. I never met him. I dont want to meet him. And he looks like an angry, disgruntled employee. Who frankly, according to some people, didnt do a very good job. Jimmy thats right. I dont know him, never met him, but he sucks. At this point, does donald trump have any gruntled employees .
Numbers, 8 30 this morning. We knew it was going to be bad because bricks and Mortar Stores have been largely shut down, and it was bad. April sales down 16. 4 in april after dropping 8 in march. So heres the market, with just minutes to go to the opening bell. Red ink all over the place but not as bad as it was. The dow off about 180, 25 down for the s p, 121 down for the nasdaq. Thats of course inspired by apple, which is way, way down this morning. What were looking for is how fast we can rebound on the other side of this really bad Economic News. Thats the other side of the coin. The great reopening. Which gathers steam this weekend. There are only a handful of states that are still trying to enforce a complete lockdown. This will be a test of our willingness to get out and about, our willingness to travel, eat out and shop. This is important. We need to open the economy. We need to get back to work. This weekend, i think its a prelude to memorial day next weekend which is the unof
Us with your first name and city , youate at 202 7488003 can also join the conversation on twitter or facebook. Yesterday follows the news that the Unemployment Rate the highest rate since the great depression. We want to hear from all of you. Becomingy about unemployed because of the pandemic. We begin with the debate on the floor. Here is David Schweitzer, the republican from arizona making the argument for the legislation. Phone calls last couple weeks talking to that Small Business person and you could almost hear the tears on the others of the call. You could hear the stress, the almost panic that they are about to hurt the very people they work with. Because their business is playing. A promise that payroll protections money that ran out a couple weeks ago. That and we engaged in a type of cruelty because we sat here and engaged, we are better than this. We knew what we had to do. Lets never do this again. For arizona, what we are about to vote on is 202,000 jobs. They shouldve h
Why they think its okay to fly. And pen pals. Students are reaching out and providing comfort to isolated seniors the oldfashioned way. Something to be said about the oldfashioned way. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. He wants to play all sides of the equation. I was surprised by his answer, actually, because, to me, its not an acceptable answer. President trump at odds with the nations top Infectious Disease expert over when to safely reopen schools. The president views this as a political problem. He doesnt view this as a Public Health problem that hes got to solve. Another nearly 3 Million People filed for Unemployment Benefits last week alone. The National Bureau of Economic Research predicting that 42 of the layoffs now could be permanent. According to nsa documents released by two, obama officials requested flynns identity be released. The fbi has served a search warrant on North Carolina senator richard burr. Theyre investigating his stock trades. Al
Thing back. In the new york, new jersey, area, some promise that the worsthit states are at least pondering openings as soon as tomorrow. The very latest read on all of this from jackie deangelis. Hey, jackie. Reporter neil, as reopenings continue in slow phases across the country, reminder this mornings weekly jobless claims added three million more people to the list of unemployed. The number was higher than expectations but it was lower than it was last week. So that was positive. Remember the total number of jobs lost in eight weeks, more than 36 million. That is a backdrop here. That is why reopening is so important. The sooner the country can do it, the more people can get back to work. Now in florida universal orlando is partially reopening today. The citywalk portion is going to be on reduced hours but masks are a must. There will be temperature checks. On may 20th, the plan is to open disney springs. That is where the shopping and dining complex is. The rest of the park is clo