There are now more confirmed cases of covid 19 in the United States than in any other country in the world. According to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins university, the us now hasjust over 83,000 cases, overtaking both china, and italy. It comes as the total number of confirmed cases around the world has now passed half a million. In terms of lives lost, countries in europe continue to be worst affected the death total in italy is more than 8,200. There was a jump in deaths in spain too. Meanwhile, another 115 people have died in the uk after testing positive for the virus, taking the total to 578. There are now approaching 12,000 confirmed cases. Lets stay with the total number of us cases though a short while ago, President Trump was asked about the numbers. Its a tribute to the amount of testing that were doing. Were doing tremendous testing, and im sure youre not able to tell what china is testing or not testing. I think thats a little hard. 0ur north america correspondent, p
Million americans have filed for unemployment. Thats roughly 11 of the entire American Work force. The economic Ripple Effect is why the president hopes, he says, that he can open the country sooner than most thing. The press secretary will brief the president on attempts of an Airline Bailout plan. New cdc guidelines issued wednesday for essential workers could offer a test case what a return to work may look like for all workers. When will that be . The experts say we need a ton of more testing first. The president says asap, but he does add we have to be careful. Today dr. Anthony fauci, the top Infectious Disease expert in the country, says yes, by summer life could look somewhat normal, but he warns there is a lot to do between then and now. It can be in the cards, and i say that with some caution, because as i said, when we do that, when we pull back and try to open up the country as we often use that terminology, we have to be prepared that when the infections start to rear thei
People file for unemployment benefit and well take on one of the most talked about theories right now whether theres any possibility at all, that the virus came from a lab in china. Welcome. The British Government has announced that Strict Lockdown measures will be in place for another three weeks. The announcement was made by the foreign secretary dominic raab earlier today. You can see him there on the left, showing his support for the countrys front line workers. These pictures are from just over an hour ago. Each thursday night during lockdown, people have been clapping to show their appreciation. This was the scene at one hospital. And people were showing their support in other ways. These are ambulance trucks on Westminster Bridge over the thames in london. For once, they are not taking people to hospital instead, they are wailing their sirens in appreciation for their colleagues and others on the front lines. Unfortunately, this looks like being something the uk will have to do
Hawaii. Its tense. Its sad. Everyone behind me is gone. Glor and on the road with Steve Hartman. Some people cant wait to retire. Not benny. I dont take no breaks. Reporter no breaks . No breaks. Glor good evening, im jeff glor. And this is our western edition. The leaders of u. S. And russia have spoken for the First Time Since the Mueller Report came out. They talked about nuclear weapons, china, and the 2016 election. One subject not discussed the next one. Heres weijia jiang. We didnt discuss that. Reporter President Trump did not ask russian president mpadimir putin to refrain from interfering in the 2020 president ial election. More than 200 pages of special counsel Robert Muellers report byussian oratitostematic effort reporr instethe f evesoat a leaders celebrated muellers conclusion that the Trump Campaign did not conspire with the kremlin. He actually sort of smiled leen he said something to the tfect that, it started off as a mountain, and it ended up being a mouse, but he k
A huge tax fight is looming as a slew of 2017 Republican tax cuts are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025 — and, as Natasha Sarin writes at The Washington Post, the government’s budgetary scorekeepers will play a key role in determining how that fight plays out. “Analysts at the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Joint Tax Committee and other groups ‘score’ the cost of — and savings from — different policy options. How much money would a tax on the rich bring in? How much would eliminatin