We are thrilled to have our authors and conversation chief at the wall street journal and leads a team of euros across the west covering, among any one many issues with them pandemic policy and economics state and city news immigration and in her career though wall street journal and editing positions london dallas pittsburgh and featured authors melissa korn Higher Education reporter for the wall street journal. Previously will for dow jones newswire and a graduate of cornell and Columbia University graduate school of journalism. We also have Jennifer Levitz National Reporter for the wall street journal previously she wrote and has a number of two Pulitzer Prize and graduated from loyola maryland and in their review she wrote the authors highly readable expose goes well beyond the tabloid level and examination of the intersection of ambition and money and Higher Education. A fastpaced account of the massive College Admissions scam. This indictment of contemporary American Culture offe
Everybody, despite the very bad news, was harboring some sort of hope that we would be just able to hunker down and defeat the crisis, much as some of the european and Asian Countries have done. Now were coming to terms with reality. Reporter professor walker says the end of the covid relief bill and the 600 it provided each week is really going to hurt. When we looked at the numbers, we found that without the 600, about half of Unemployment Insurance claimants in california were below the poverty line. Reporter he said it may mean job seekers are going to have to retrain and look at other fields. Something bernard said hes already doing. You cant be too picky. I had to lower my standards and an hourly rate and hope this would be a steppingstone. Tougher for a lot of people. A notable announcement from the state that impacts many small businesses. A hard freeze for the watch list. The Health Department says it will not add or remove any county from the watch list until that computer gl
On slowing the spread of the virus. New cases of it on the decline in major hot spots including new york. Dr. Tony fauci saying the death toll in the u. S. Could be 60,000 versus earlier estimates of 240 people dying. Donald trumps Approval Rating hit alltime high for him amid coronavirus pandemic and also showing an overwhelming majority of americans are concerned about a recession. The virtual opec plus meeting which included saudi arabia and russia ending in a tentative agreement to temporarily cut production by about 10 millionbarrels per day. But mexico could derail the plan. Oil declining near the trading session over concerns about the Production Cuts that they wouldnt be deep enough. U. S. Markets are closed today in observance of good friday but yesterday u. S. Stocks rallied, dow, nasdaq, s p all up more than 10 for the week. S p having the best week since 1974. In asia overnight markets were mixed, you can take hang seng and hong kong closed for good friday. European markets
Judy please greet tonights candidates, they are businessman andrew yang, south bend, indiana ,ayor Pete Buttigieg massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, former Vice President , vermont senator minnesotaders, andtor amy klobuchar, businessman tom steyer. Welcome to all. We will be back to begin the debate. American workers are being stifled. It has to end. We are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all people. That is what it takes to be part of americas middleclass. Everybody deserves a living wage in this country. The proposals i am putting forward would make me the most progressive president in my lifetime. Tired of ourare politics, they have a home with me. We have a broken government in washington. We need a new voice and a new set of solutions. Announcer this is the pbs democraticlitico president ial debate. Live from los angeles, judy woodruff. Judy welcome back. A quick reminder of the rules. Each candidate has one minute and 15 seconds to answer direct ques
Yang, south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, former Vice President joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders, minnesota senator amy klobuchar, and businessman tom steyer. Welcome to all. We will be back to begin the debate. American workers are being stifled. It has to end. We are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all people. That is what it takes to be part of americas middleclass. Everybody deserves a living wage in this country. The proposals i am putting forward would make me the most progressive president in my lifetime. If people are tired of our politics, they have a home with me. We have a broken government in washington, d. C. We need a new voice and a new set of solutions. Announcer this is the pbs newshourpolitico democratic debate. Live from los angeles, judy woodruff. Judy welcome back. A quick reminder of the rules. Each candidate has one minute and 15 seconds to answer direct questions from moderators. And