If you do think there should be, the number is 202 7488000. If you dont, 202 7488001. A special line this morning to hear specifically from those who have recently lost their jobs, 202 7488002. You can send us a text, 202 7488003 is that number. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise catch up with us on , andl media, cspanwj facebook,. Facebook. You can start calling in now on those phone lines as we show you a chart about what congress and the president have approved so far from it comes to coronavirus relief. Thattrillion, including inst spending bill from back march, followed by the Families First Coronavirus Response act, the bulk of it coming from the , 2. 7 trillion, and the additional money approved in the paycheck protection program, additional money needed to heat that going last month. Of course, the unemployment numbers we learned on friday, stand like this as of april. 14. 7 jobless rate, 27 million in the month of april. Economic projections
He serves as president of the National Medical association. Good morning to you. Remind folks what the National Medical association is and who your members are. Guest the National Medical association is the group that represents the 50,000 African American physicians in the country. We are the oldest incorporated since 1895. This is our 125th year. Our role is to ensure there is proper health, equity, and inclusion for African American physicians who were denied access to residency programs and being on staff at hospitals for many years. And also to ensure the African American community is well represented so the health has proper care and you are not excluded. Host some of the data makes it clear there is a disproportionate impact of covid19 diagnoses and deaths in the African American community. What is the latest data saying now about how wide that gap is . Guest it is variable from new york, chicago, milwaukee, new orleans, los angeles. In general, i like to look at it on a Nationa
Its monday the 22nd april, our main story. The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence has told the bbc that the investigation into his death should be reopened, after the metropolitan Police Issued another apology for the way theyve handled the case. Stephen was 18 when he was stabbed to death in a racist attack in south london 31 years ago today. The metropolitan Police Commissioner has apologised to Doreen Lawrence after questions were raised about another suspect in a bbc investigation. Daniel de simone reports. The racist murder of Stephen Lawrence took place 31 years ago today at a south london bus stop. Two of the original five prime suspects were convicted almost 20 years after the murder. But the met s disastrous handling of the case means no one else has been brought to justice. Last year, the bbc publicly identified a sixth suspect matthew white, who died in 2021 and revealed multiple failures by the met to properly investigate him. Now, stephens mother, baroness Doreen
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Lets look back to the 80s and 90s when asset prices were rising and they were happy. If in fact trumps appointees leave them richer, because of what they brought to the office, the economy is bert off and economy is much happierments people are very rich, they were very successful in the private sector, they got rich as a result of that, a number of them are billionaires, is that a good thing . Not necessarily. David, i wouldnt like to see george soros face up there and hes one of the richest in the world. Not all rich people make the right decision . Exactly. Im more interested in people who believe in the principles of the constitution and favor individual liberty. Beyond that, theyve been successful in business, it could be a plus. One of the things i like about his top cabinet picks, hes much more heavily tilted towards people with business experience who had an also not been in government, but weve had for the past eight years is exactly the opposite. Rich, were a free market syst