Room with more information. Ive been on the phone with family members all night long. This is a tough one for them. Here we are two months later and they are learning new information about their loved one, patricia daoud. She passed away on february 6. Shes from san jose. It was initially thought to be a heart attack, but now according to the l. A. Times it is being classified as covid19. Daoud worked at Lamb Research and her family tells me she loved her job because she was able to travel the world. It would be the first u. S. Death from covid19. Back in early february as you may remember, we did know that we had had covid19 in our county, but we had not yet identified our first case of Community Transmission. That didnt happen until february 28th. What these deaths tell us is that we had Community Transmission probably to a significant degree far earlier than we thought. I talked with patricias brother who said that his sister is someone who is healthy and involved in spin and aerobi
The numbers have been in the millions for weeks after weeks. We can actually say its worse than we first thought. Take a look for yourself. Not only does 6. 6 million americans file for Unemployment Benefits last week. The new estimates say in the first week of the shutdown, theyve had too revise that number way upwards. It turns out one of the very first things that American Business did in the face of the coronavirus was fire workers. This is the largest number of americans all tolled, receiving Unemployment Benefits in history. Next weeks numbers will likely be bad as well. We know a lot of employees inem. The companys ceo accepting out a memo that reads today we will leave 1,000 people go and furlough approximately 1,100 more. Lets take you outside new york city. You mentioned marcus, more positive movement on the dow. The s p 500 up 23 from its coronavirus lows. Now, there were positive moves this morning as the Federal Reserve announced new maneuvers to get money to banks and ban
So americans can get back to work. With social distancing guidelines set to expire at the end of this month, what will the country look like in may . Virtual prayer. This easter, tens of millions of americans are now planning to stay home and pray as most houses of worship stay closed this weekend while floridas governor comes under fire for refusing to ban large religious gatherings. Staying mindful. With so much unease and uncertainty, its almost impossible to find time for ourselves. Dr. Deepak chopra tries to help us find spiritual balance. Saturday night special. Its saturday night live. Saturday night live with an unprecedented new show tonight, the performers performing remotely and will it really be live . Fans cannot wait to find out today, saturday, april 11th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Peter Alexandera Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Im flying solo in our washington studio and kristen is at home. Nice to see you, good morning. Peter, nice to see you
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The banks and government begin to roll out a 350 billion loan relief package Consumer Staples just turned positive rest of sectors are negative 59 minutes left of trade coming up on the show, well speak exclusively with Jeffrey Katzenberg well ask him about the Coronavirus Impact on the entire Entertainment Industry plus, the ceo of go daddy yoins us with a look at how Small Business clients are dealing with the kris and of course with job losses but we begin with breaking news in washington. President trump meeting this hour with executives from Energy Giants like exxon and chevron at the white house. Brian sullivan joins us now with more about what we know, brian, about this meeting yeah. What we know, what we dont, thank you very much. A couple of things here, one of which is obvious, one less obvious. These oil executives, the ones weve talked to, that ive talk ed to off the record, said theyre not looking for a bailout. They dont want any kand kind of a bailout. Theyre being reque