Welcome to the program our top story the u. S. Federal reserve us cut Interest Rates back to near 0 in an effort to boost the american and Global Economy during the course of this and demick President Donald Trump congratulated the central bank during an announcement at the white house it lowered the fed rate. From what it was which was 121425 and its been lowered down to 020. 24 or point 24 so its 02. 2 for. A big difference its a. Quite a bit of a point. Lets go live to mike hanna now hes in washington and this is really the most drastic step taken by the u. S. Federal reserve since the financial crisis of 2008 i guess it gives you a sense of the shock the coronavirus pandemic is about to cause or is already causing in d. D. s senate also follows weeks if not months of urging by President Trump for the fed to drop its rates virtually on a daily basis the president has been insisting that the fed is airing by not dropping its rates so certainly this now is a major step in terms of cre
Infections that nears 14 found. And israels president to ask the Opposition Leader betty guns to form the next government to end a year of political style. So then its italy has recorded the 25 percent increase in coronavirus deaths its largest single day uptick 368 people died on sunday putting the total past 1800 thats nearly a week after a nationwide lockdown was declared on 16000000 people restricting travel and banning public gatherings italy is the worst affected country outside china journalist julie unlikeness explains the strain on the Health System in northern italy. Biggest emergency is still quite contained to the north of italy the region lombardy especially. And its slowly spreading south thanks to the emergency measures that the government has put forth but lamberti is there for me every day ask for help because their hospitals are overcrowded they have been moving some of their patients to sow than hospitals because they do not have any more beds for people with coronav
Of the outbreak and italy reports 368 deaths in 24 hours the highest number of course of our state alison there in a single day so. Thank you for joining us the u. S. Federal reserve has announced emergency measures aimed at containing the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic its cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to near 0 the same rate in place during the 2008 financial crisis the virus is also causing major disruptions in the biggest cities the songes has not followed new york in ordering the closure of restaurants bars and nightclubs alan fisher has more from washington. From the president of the United States was comforting americans relax with doing great it all will pass. From the man heading the drive against the virus a starkly different message the worst is yes good for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Is no more than 3000. 00 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the fa
Shelves a cost europe including the u. K. Where the government is accused of not acting quickly enough to contain the strain. Thank you for joining as the United States is stepping up its efforts to combat the spread of corona virus and the Economic Impacts from it mayors of some of the largest cities have already ordered the shutdown of bars and restaurants and the Federal Reserve bank has stepped in to try to provide relief for businesses but the head of the Coronavirus Task force is warning the worst is yet to come alan fischer reports from washington. From the president of the United States was aimed at comforting americans relax doing great it will pay us moments later from the man heading the drive against the virus. Starkly different message the worst is yes the head for us it is how we respond to that challenge the number of confirmed cases in the us is no more than 3000 states are shutting down bars and restaurants curfews are starting to be introduced the face of america is c
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