There are now almost 1. 6 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus with the global death toll so passing 95,000. These numbers according to the Johns Hopkins global coronavirus tracker. At the u. S. At the center of the pandemic the one World Trade Center tower in new yorks which the colors of their lights. 2 blue tonight to this part of the light it Blue Campaign honoring essential workers on the front lines in the coronavirus pandemic this comes as the state reported a record increase in coronavirus deaths for a 3rd consecutive day. More than 7,000 people in new york have died. But Officials Say social distancing and stay at home orders do appear to be working today, the Labor Department said another 6. 6 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits last week and that to the 6. 8 million who filed for unemployment, the previous week, a staggering 16. 8 million americans have now lost their jobs in just 3 weeks as stay at home orders have force businesses to lay off american wo
Tick. Pope francis arrives in philadelphia in less than two months. And many of have you less than one hour to enter the lottery for septas Regional Rail papal passes. Online lottery ends at 11 59 tonight. Im ukee washington. Im jessica dean. Those passes are required if you plan on using Regional Rail to get into philadelphia the weekend the pop is in town. Todd quinones is live outside septa headquarters with how this process is going. Just little time left now, todd. Reporter well, jessica, despite all the publicity our of surrounding this Online Lottery we found people who remain on the fence about it. Time is running out the papal pass lottery for Regional Rail ends at 11 59 tonight. Do you plan on trying to enter the lottery . Um, i was giving it some thought. But i mean time is running out. I know. September tra indicates there are about a thousand entries per hour for the one day Online Lottery. And there are those who are hoping for some Devine Intervention g were on plan b. S
Todd quinones is live outside septa headquarters with how this process is going. Just little time left now, todd. Reporter well, jessica, despite all the publicity our of surrounding this Online Lottery we found people who remain on the fence about it. Time is running out the papal pass lottery for Regional Rail ends at 11 59 tonight. Do you plan on trying to enter the lottery . Um, i was giving it some thought. But i mean time is running out. I know. September tra indicates there are about a thousand entries per hour for the one day Online Lottery. And there are those who are hoping for some Devine Intervention g were on plan b. So plan a was try to get the tickets with everyone else when the system didnt work. Reporter after crushing demand crash the original ticket site, septa came up with a lottery idea. The hope is to try and make things as fair as possible and also buy eliminating the first come first serve system tamped down the mad rush to log on to get tickets. Things are goin
Frompoll was conducted friday to monday, so the shooting in orlando occurred while in the field, making it the first Telephone Survey conducted since the attack. Yesterday, we added a few questions, including asking which president ial candidates they think would be better as commanderinchief handling an event similar to the one in orlando. Saidaid trump and 41 Hillary Clinton. 15 said they were not sure. We will have more on this poll later in the program, but just from a we have discussed so far, what do you think and what do you find most striking about these numbers . The survey shows what a lot of democrats and republicans have been saying privately. In the runup to orlando and in the runup to orlando, Hillary Clinton is showing herself at her best and donald trump is struggling with all but his core supporters. Is her ceilingt and his floor and republicans certainly hope thats not the is a spread thats about as wide as you can imagine. Our poll is going to confirm what a lot of p
Friday to monday, so the shooting in orlando occurred while we were in the field, making it the first major Telephone Survey conducted since the attack. Yesterday, we added a few questions related to the tragedy including one that asked which president ial candidate they think would be better as commanderinchief in handling an event similar to the one in orlando. 45 said donald trump and 41 said Hillary Clinton. 15 said they were not sure. Mark, we will have more on this poll, but just from the little that we have discussed, what do you think and what do you find most striking about these numbers . Mark the survey shows what a lot of democrats and republicans have been saying privately which is the run up to orlando based on the last days, Hillary Clinton is showing herself at her best in donald trump is struggling. Clinton at 49 and trump at 37 . I will not say that is her ceiling and his floor and republicans of that is not the case, but that is a spread that is about as wide as you