Administer chinas takeover of hong kong. Blake burman is at the white house as we await the president s remarks. Blake, what are you hearing from the folks at the white house about what he will be telling us . Reporter hi, there, lou. One source telling me the president will make remarks about china, upcoming a press conference from the rose garden we expect to hear from the president moments from now. You mentioned reuters report about hong kong, the autonomy act passed by congress. Keep in mind with one thing on that, the president , that was signed or passed, rather by both the house and the senate, overwhelming support earlier this month, without getting too granular, the way that it works is, the president has to sign that into law or at least take action on that, give or take within 10 days. That puts the clock at about that time that the president would have to take some sort of action as today, on the hong kong autonomy act which would allow, call for sanctions on certain indiv
Administer chinas takeover of hong kong. Blake burman is at the white house as we await the president s remarks. Blake, what are you hearing from the folks at the white house about what he will be telling us . Reporter hi, there, lou. One source telling me the president will make remarks about china, upcoming a press conference from the rose garden we expect to hear from the president moments from now. You mentioned reuters report about hong kong, the autonomy act passed by congress. Keep in mind with one thing on that, the president , that was signed or passed, rather by both the house and the senate, overwhelming support earlier this month, without getting too granular, the way that it works is, the president has to sign that into law or at least take action on that, give or take within 10 days. That puts the clock at about that time that the president would have to take some sort of action as today, on the hong kong autonomy act which would allow, call for sanctions on certain indiv
Administer chinas takeover of hong kong. Blake burman is at the white house as we await the president s remarks. Blake, what are you hearing from the folks at the white house about what he will be telling us . Reporter hi, there, lou. One source telling me the president will make remarks about china, upcoming a press conference from the rose garden we expect to hear from the president moments from now. You mentioned reuters report about hong kong, the autonomy act passed by congress. Keep in mind with one thing on that, the president , that was signed or passed, rather by both the house and the senate, overwhelming support earlier this month, without getting too granular, the way that it works is, the president has to sign that into law or at least take action on that, give or take within 10 days. That puts the clock at about that time that the president would have to take some sort of action as today, on the hong kong autonomy act which would allow, call for sanctions on certain indiv
While e enforcing lockdown measures. And adrift foror two monthths. Hundreds of refugees are rescued but 24 die of starvation. Thank you for joining us. We begin in the u. S. Who a decade of employment games have been wiped out in a matter of weeks. Since donald trump declared a National Emergency on the 13th of march, that is just over a month ago, 22 million americans have filed for unappointed benefits. 5. 2 million of them in the last week. For the pandemic, unemployment in the Worlds Largest economy was at a near record low. Lets cross to our white house correspondent, kimberly. Obviously these are worrying figures. How do you think the numbers will be received in the white house . Kimberly it will not be received well. This is a white house that continues to try to put a negative spin a positive spin under negative news. That will be increasingly difficult. The numbers are expected to continue to rise in terms of the number of americans filing for employment claims in the united
The u. K. An inquiry is launched by gerry as Security Forces killed 18 people while enforcing lockdown measures thats more deaths than the fire sits down and the drift for 2 months hundreds of are hinges refugees are rescued but at least 24. 00 die from starvation. In the thank you for joining us as we begin in the u. S. Where a decade of employment gains have been wiped out in a matter of weeks since stalled from declared a National Emergency on the 13th of march thats just over a month ago 22000000 americans have filed for Unemployment Benefits 5200000 of them in the past week before the pandemic unemployment in the Worlds Largest economy it was at a near record low lets cross to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett kimberly obviously these are worrying figures how do you think the numbers will be received in the white house. Well theyre not going to be received well and this is a white house that continues to try to put a positive spin on very negative news but thats going