More likely to die from coronavirus than white people. Toxic gas leaks again from a factory in india where earlier leaks killed at least 11 and left hundreds in hospital. And the war on drugs has failed a global team of experts says hardline policies are actually fueling organized crime around the world. The devastating Financial Impact of the corona virus pandemic continues to unfold as governments across the world struggle to restart the whole to the economies in the u. S. Where more than 75000 people have died of the virus a staggering 3200000 more people filed for unemployment that means 33500000 or one in 5 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when the corona Virus Outbreak forced many businesses to close their doors. Here in the u. K. The bank of england warns the economy could shrink by 14 percent by the end of 2020 the worst slump in move 300 years is this is the economy could bounce back by 2021 if the pandemic is brought under control its a slightly better picture in
Again from a factory in india where an earlier leak killed at least 11 years and left hundreds in hospital. The devastating Financial Impact of a coronavirus pandemic continues to unfold as governments across the world struggle to restart the halted economies in the u. S. Where more than 75000 people have died of the virus a staggering 3200000 more people have filed for unemployment that means 33500000 or one in 5 workers have lost their jobs since mid march when the corona Virus Outbreak forced many businesses to close their doors here in the u. K. The bank of england warns the economy could shrink 14 percent by the end of 2020 the worst slump in more than 300 years but it says the economy could bounce back by 2021 if the pandemic is brought under control its a slightly better picture in china though exports unexpectedly rose 3 and a half percent in april partly driven by sales of medical equipment but analysts warn a 14. 2 percent fall in imports signals more trouble ahead as the Glo
Now is posing a major threat to d. C. s Cherry Blossoms. Why this night is so critical down at the tidal basin. And the northeast in the grips of this cold air but in some cases digging out from more than a foot of snow. Last night it was snow and sleet. Bitter, bitter cold. Im wendy rieger. Ithe question is how good wil those roads be . Opm says federal offices in washington are open and most of the major School Districts are opening two hours late. We have the full list on your screen and on our nbc washington app. We have Team Coverage on our roads and concerning those Cherry Blossoms. We will start with doug with the latest on the forecast. You mentioned the cold. This could be record cold temperatures the way we are going to be tomorrow was back in 1993 after another major noreaster. That one the storm of the century. This was a monster of a storm for everybody across the northeast and the mid atlantic. For our region we kind of dodged a bullet as far as heaviest snow but we saw a
And whiteout conditions along sections of the new york thru way and in scranton nearby homes power lines all coated in ice. I cant even remember weve northeast. Feels like. And youre not going to like it either. Its going to be a really, really cold weekend across many spots. We are looking at some dampgngerous cold. This is the leading edge of the arctic air. 19 below for the wind chill in International Falls and normally that would stay up in northern minnesota. It will sweep down the south and east and all the places under that means how it feels will drop to 35 below zero. Thats dangerous cold. You need to layer up. And it looks like areas of the southwest will be in the 80s this weekend. So, its not everywhere. Thank you very much. Next to politics as the two democratic president ial candidates faced off in milwaukee last night. From civil rights and even Henry Kissinger. She talked about getting the approval or support or the mentoring of Henry Kissinger. Now, i find it rather am