If this goes on much, much longer then we could start to see actual starvation in america. Were doing far, much worse than any developed western nation. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight linu and sometimen find yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice foroday, and tomorrow. Carnegie corporation of new york. Supporting innovations in education, democratic engagement, and the advancement of International Peace and security. At carnegie. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff economic wreckage from the pandemic is on painful thdisplay again tonight, i late government data. Theres also new talk about how, and how much, to help state and lo
Financial crisis and experts say this is probably going to get a lot worse kron fours rob fladeboe joins us live to tell us about the growing demand for help from local food banks dropped. And thats right catherine does give you kind of a snapshot of a the demand for help putting food on the table Second Harvest food bank. Which services santa clara and San Mateo County i would normally provide food for about a quarter of a Million People per month. This month. The number is a 100,000 people. Lets take a look. The California National guard is helping Second Harvest food bank crack and distribute thousands of boxes of food to hungry people across and the tail and santa clara counties as the demand for food amid the covid19 pandemic keeps growing every day says Vice President casts then go see for the month of april we think were going to distribute 9 Million Pounds of food. Before this it was about 5 and a half million per month. That kind of need is only going to continue this was the
And guidelines to get this we can reopen very very quickly but weve got to weve got to lpmake sure we can get this right. Tonight governor newson is saying california is getting closer to reopening, but hes also expressing frustration with groups crowding the beaches in Southern California, at least some parts of it. Thanks for joining us tonight at 8 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and Vicki Liviakis tonight, beaches and some state parks across the state. Will remain open except for one county. The decision is a drastic change from last night when a memo from the Governors Office circulated warning that all beaches throughout the state would be closed our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala explains. Still perturbed by its packed beaches last weekend governor Gavin Newsome thursday ordered a temporary closure of beaches in Orange County only have to own that and you have to figure that out Orange County area. Republican senator john moore lock released a statement saying in part Go
Hiring fluctuations. The raw number was 3. 5 million Cnns Jim Acosta report. Okay, thank you very much hysteria what is shaping up to be the worst us economy since the great depression, President Trump said he has a feel for what americans are going through i feel that i think sometimes what i feel is better than what i think i view what we have now is obviously a period of. In here we are just it is what it its just a very tough situation for the people of our country. All the loss the death. Nearly 4 million americans filed unemployment claims last week making for a staggering 30 million over the last 6 Weeks White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said the numbers havent been this bad since the great depression. The fact is that right now you know 30 Million People have while for unemployment insurance. The Unemployment Rate is probably up around 19 and those numbers are startling as anything weve seen since the great depression. The president has been lashing out at age in recen
Morning. But there were cars backed up for more than a mile for folks waiting to get in here once they got in a they presented a ticket that had to register ahead of time and they present their tickets and then they are given boxes of food which contain canned goods, a chicken all kinds of different items here and it is completely free now had a chance to talk to the organizer of this event who says the demand now has just skyrocketed a year ago they were dealing with about 800 families per month and now here in the daily city areas up to about 9,000 per month. So the demand is great. She says theyve even seen people who used to volunteer here now showing up asking for help. So that really hits home because i see these families that use to help us. Volunteer once a month. Now theyre just. The representative jackie spear was also here she wanted to send out a message that the need is great and shes asking that if anyone can help out that they should do what they can to help those in its