gene did a lot of that also when he was at the department of labor. i think we need to talk to gene about what he did over there. >> the two departments have a shared goal of safety. >> absolutely. >> so how are you measuring safety? how are you getting these safety outcomes in the most economical way possible? >> we're actually performing. performance based. some departments they go out and they have quotas on how many inspections, how many reviews, how many audits. we are performance based. we're fact based. so we focus on the bad actors and a lot of the bad actors are responsible for the majority of the infractions. we're focus and see what our actions will actually yield in terms of overall performance in deterring the kind of behaviors we want to discourage. >> yeah. that's important to us. look, we're focused on the welfare of the american worker. that is the heart of the mission of the labor department and the single most important thing the federal government can do for american workers is support and sustain a vibrant economy and that's what t

they're not part of the labor department.an agency within the labor department, but we do have an auditing and some degree of an oversight program for the thrift savings plan. the issue you're raising, yes, you've raised it in the past, and members of congress is are raised the question you have which is should the investment options in that plan include any form of indirect investments to entities in china that are engaged in some of the activities that you described. the questions have been raised, and i think as we contend with coronavirus and look toward the future, there are going to be a lot of questioned asked about supply chains, about our reliance, dependence, investments a abroad and perhaps particularly in china. maria: secretary, thanks so much for your time today, and thank you for your leadership, sir. >> thank you, maria. maria: we will see you soon. secretary gene and scalia. don't go anywhere, more "wall street" right after this. ♪ ♪ hey, can i... hold on one second... sure. okay... okay! safe drivers save 40

i should mention a couple of rule makings we've venture at the labor department. one is an ongoing rulemaking come to find who is an independent contractor for purposes of the fair labor standards act. we propose that earlier this year. we are looking to it sometime soon, and that rule is intended to recognize and respect that as an example you gave, a number of people like the flexibility that comes with being independent contractors and when they generally are independent contractors rather than workers without respect that status rather than force them to be employed, to be employees. we adopted a rule last your phone call association health plans which made it much easier for small businesses to band together and get a better price and more tailoring on healthcare, and actually the self-employed were also eligible to participate. that program was stayed by the court here in washington if we're still waiting for the court of appeals to rule, the case was argued more than your code which is unusual. that was something else that we did two of independent contract

[applause] i tried to strengthen the labor department. republican platform from they would build up a strong labor department." do you know what they have done to the labor department? they have torn it out. there is only one bureau left that is functioning, and it can't hardly function. i recommended in increase in the minimum wage. what did they get? nothing. absolutely nothing. schools in that the this country are crowded, teachers underpaid, that there is a shortage of teachers, one of the greatest national needs. more and better schools. i asked congress to provide $300 million to aid the states in meeting the present educational crisis. congress did nothing about it. time and again, i have recommended improvements in the social security law, including extending protections to those not now covered, increasing the amounts of the benefits, reducing the eligibility age of women from 65 to 60 years. congress studied the matter for two years, but could not find to extend or increase benefits. it did find time to take social security bene

these are principles we are already pursuing in the labor department. in the same week as the president's order we took four notable regulatory actions. one of those by itself will save $3.2 billion. how? simply by letting employers give workers information about their retirement accounts online rather than by mail. workers and retirees who do want to get information by mail can still do so but millions more will find it convenient to have the information online and that will save a lot of money as well by the way and a lot of trees. the last three months have been a period of exceptional and essential government intervention. with families first coronavirus contact in the cares act donald trump and congress enacted a swift, sweeping bipartisan plan for protecting american workers in our economy from the measures necessitated by the virus. there is now discussion of a possible final bill later this summer. the senate minority leader has described his ambitions for an additional bill that is rooseveltian. for me that statement called to mind two monument

development department took in more than 4 million claims for benefits but as of the end of april, the labor department figures showed it had only issued payments to about $2.2 million californians pick the department is looking to hire people to process claims and handle more phone calls . >>> the labor department today says one .9 million people filed for unemployment claims and we are still have new information coming against the labor department and the unemployment rate could be a 20% . >> just as a covid-19 pandemic is hit the african-american and latino communities especially hard, minority owned businesses a feeling a one-two punch following riots and looting that have devastated their shops, restaurants and livelihood. they are mobilizing to raise donations to help businesses rebuild. let's talk about this more by welcoming jean-paul's about a to the nine. good morning, jean-paul . >> good morning >> what's the state of business affairs in oakland? what you hear from oaklanders who own businesses? >> the past few months have been difficult on business owners, starting with covid-19 and had to

hong kong's labor department stressed it's illegal to deny domestic workers is one day off but the women like the son back in indonesia is relying on her income contradicting employees and often feel like a risk not worth taking. indonesia and other countries such as the philippines have been affected by the corona virus outbreak a member of the philippines as u.n. delegation in new york tested positive for the virus sending the entire delegation into quarantine in manila or saudis will begin implementing a travel ban and one of dean of the capital's 12000000 people despite less than 40 cases indonesia too is ramping up its response to the virus beginning with a massive disinfection campaign. this is in an eater's biggest mosque it can accommodate more than $10000.00 worshippers and it's an icon for the nation's believers but in times of the novel coronavirus it's a threat to public health which is why a drive is under way to disinfect this and thousands of other mosques under the watchful eye of the indonesian president we have rolled up and removed all the carpets because they are a po

amy: the labor department reports nearly 1.4 million u.s. workers filed for initial unemployment assistance last week, a sharp risfrom the previous week, as the worsening pandemic continues to hammer the u.s. economy the latest figures come as 12 million unemployed people are set to lose all their benefits at the end of december. about 19 million people are

labor department is reporting the single worst month for u.s. jobs on record.lls in april plunging by 20,500,000. is in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the economy, wiping out a decade of gains in one month and sending the unemployment rate to its highest since at least the great depression. coming up, we will be going through these numbers with the u.s. labor secretary. our conversation with eugene scalia is coming up next. how some businesses built around big crowds are rethinking their future. live nation is selling tickets for its first concert with social distancing in place. more on that ahead. amanda: we have a positive session in the market. the stocks looking past the jobs data even though many economists saying that things will get worse before they get that her. stocks of the hive for the session, but not too far. once again, energy is leading the way. consumer staples and industrials right behind. a sign that investors are piling into the names that they like, procter and gamble up 3%. the 10 year up .66. vonnie: the nasdaq is in

labor department released the jobless claims over an hour ago.ere's what we're looking at. 6.6 million people filed for unemployment. that's more than 16 million claims in the past three weeks. 10% of the u.s. labor force is now out of work. economists are expecting job losses will continue with the unemployment rate peaking somewhere in the double digits some time in the next few months. if that is the case, it could take at least a couple of years for unemployment to return to its prepandemic levels. kumasi, i'll send it over to you. >> thank you. >>> berkeley is turning off those pedestrian push buttons in nearly 50 intersections. surfaces that get touched a lot and can create the chance of spreading coronavirus. the walk signs will cycle through automatically now and special push buttons for the visually impaired will still work. >>> governor newsom is asking the state legislature to approve almost $1.5 billion to buy personal protective equipment for front line workers. part of that money will go to acquire the 200 million masks that he anno

i tried to strengthen the labor department. republican platform of 1944 songthey would build up a titled labeled department -- titled labor department. they cut the appropriation on that so it cap hardly function. i recommend an increase in the minimum wage. what did they get? nothing. absolutely nothing. i suggested that the schools in this country are crowded. there's a shortage of teachers. we need more and better schools. irish the congress to provide $300 million to aid the state in meeting the educational crisis. congress did nothing about it. time and again i recommended improvement in social security laws, including those not now covered. increase the amounts of the benefits, reduce eligibility age of women from 65, 60 years. congress could not find time to extend it. but it did find time to take social security and benefits away from 150,000 people. they passed out over my veto. i have repeatedly asked the congress to pass a health program. the nation suffers from lack of medical care. everybody knows that i recommende

we hear the number, the jobs created -- particularly now -- the jobs created number, does the labor department, the bureau of labor statistics, did they set aside -- well, these are the jobs that are returning jobs. these are folks returning to their previous work, and these are absolutely new created jobs? >> yeah. the bureau -- let me say the bureau of labor statistics is the premier statistical agency in the world. i don't just say that because i use today to oversee them, it's true. they're a terrific organization. they are able to pars out the reasons why people lost their jobs and the reasons why people are going back to work. for example, with the june numbers, we know that the 4.8 million jobs that were created were entirely people returning from temporary furlough to their former jobs. the big concern that we should have is that the number of people on permanent furlough, meaning they've lost their job and they're not going back has been increasing. that number has been increasing, and the percentage of unemployed people in that category has been increasing. so that's something to wat

the labor department website crashed a couple times because there was so much demand for people trying to file for unemployment. as you mentioned, kendis, goldman sachs came up with a number they estimate this week, $2.4 million. that's massive. a huge jump from the previous week. >> something after unprecedented meltdown, i need a glimmer of hope. tell me who is hiring? >> that's the good news. there's some companies that need a lot of people because they need to get the goods out, shipped, delivered to those staying at home. among those companies, amazon, d domi domino's, walmart and blue apron. those that don't want to cook a meal from scratch. they want a frozen meal and cook it as quickly as possible. >> amazon, hiring up to 100,000 people over the next few months. sabile marcellus, thanks so much. and ali velshi will have more on the massive stimulus package and if the companies deserve bailouts from taxpayers. >>> as cases spike in new jersey, the governor orders everyone to stay home. this as one of the testing sites was forced to close just minutes after opening. >> woman: wha

we have a consistent report they cannot get through to operators at the department of labor. what sort of insurance can you offer residents that they can get these benefits, particularly in times of economic hardship? gov. cuomo: yes. look, the technology at the department of labor, the system just crashed because of the volume, right? it is one of those unanticipated consequences of a situation like this. again, nobody has been here before. we will learn for the next time, governmentou have a shuts down the private sector economy. you have millions out of work. the next shoe to drop is going to be millions of people call in for unemployment benefits, crashing the system that handles the unemployment benefits because you've had one hundredfold increase which is what has happened. we have 1000 people who are now working on just personnel for that incoming system. think about that. on0 people who are working processing applications for unemployment benefits. that was like the number we used to get of applicants. now we have 1000 people processing applications. we are working wit

one business show you can't afford to miss i'm sorry montevideo in washington coming up the labor department reported a steady hold from the week before on jobless claims but still higher than expected well discuss what this means for the overall economy and markets. for u.s. companies may be closer to finishing the deal for tech talk but other trumpet ministration may just have to wait for china to give the ok we'll get the latest from the dean of the miami herbert business school and we have a lot to get here. we begin with the unemployment numbers as weekly jobless claims took an unexpected turn for the worse now for the week ending september 19th labor department reported 870000 americans filed for unemployment that's up from the week prior with 166000 the labor department remains stuck at a pretty high level here still above their peak 65065000 during the great recession that was between 20072009 the data comes as u.s. lawmakers still haven't come to an agreement on a new round of stimulus something the federal reserve argues is needed for economic recovery earlier this week federal res

one business so you can't afford to miss i'm sorry monteith aopa in washington coming up the labor department reported a steady fall from the week before on jobless claims but still higher than expected well that's because what this means for the overall economy and market. to u.s. companies may be closer to finishing the deal for tech top but out trump and ministration may just have to wait for china to give the ok we'll get the latest from the dean of the miami harvard business school and we have a lot to get here so let's get started. we begin with the unemployment numbers as weekly jobless claims took an unexpected turn for the worse for the week ending on september 19th labor department reported 870000 americans filed for unemployment that's up from the week prior with 866000 the labor department remains stuck at a pretty high level here still above their peak 65065000 during the great recession that was between 20072009 the data comes as u.s. lawmakers still haven't come to an agreement on a new round of stimulus something the federal reserve argues is needed for economic recovery earli

that's been important for us at the labor department to assure safe workplaces but customers want things to be safe, too. if we do the reopening correctly people will gain confidence. we know some of the jobs will come back very quickly we lost 1.4 million positions in health care last month we know that those jobs will come back. they have to come back and so i think a lot of these jobs that are shown as lost jobs are jobs that are there, waiting. and the task now to safely bring people back. the president had news a position where the economy was just roaring through february and so we know the policies to get us there and what we want to do now is safely bring people back to work, keep the policies in place of tax cuts we had. reasonable approach to regulation and get that economy humming again. >> i'm enjoying the conversation honestly i am. coming back jobs in the medical profession is one thing. coming back in hospitality is going to be another. >> will take longer. >> it will take longer but let's pray that that chart is right and that those furloughed workers actually are going t

labor department said that more than 200,000 workers filed for benefits in the state. so far 1.76 million californians have filed unemployment claims since stay- at-home orders took effect. >> we had a steady pace of job losses, a high in february and march , and it was declining, that 2.4 million is 50 states there is also another million that we need to add through the federal government there is a pandemic and employment assistance program that will bring us to 3.4 million, and we have new programs for independent contractors and self-employed people that would add 5 million to that number. that means it's closer to 44 million. >> we are seeing states across the country beginning to reopen. do you think that that's going to do anything to slow the job losses that we see week after week? >> every week that adds to the cumulative number. we hope to get some green shoots popping up as people return to work safely, it's all needs to be a game plan to mitigate risk. otherwise if that curve does not flatten we will be back to where we are , everyone staying at home. and w

department of labor earned the obama administration from 2013 to 2017. now with the economic policy institute. thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. host: wanted to talk about the impact of the pandemic on workers. what do you see? >> it's pretty grim. it's really bad right now. so as of mid april, the official unemployment rate had jumped to 14.7%. but because of some misclassification and undercounting of people who had lost their jobs as a result of the virus, i think that a more accurate description of where we were in mid april is more like a 23.5% unemployment rate. and we've had another five weeks of deterioration since then so it's pretty grim. really sachs which has a good economics research shop, they are forecasting that the unemployment rate average 30% in may and june. so it's going to get worse before it gets better. it's pretty grim for workers out there right now. host: phone numbers at the bottom of the screen. if you lost your job or were laid off recently, (202) 748-8000. essential workers (202) 748-8001 . eve

the labor department says the u.s. of may and the unemployment rate actually fell to 13.3%. this is a massive turn around from the historic job losses recorded back in april. cbs news business analyst jill schlesinger joins us. jill, what happened? >> well, it is just a stunner, as you said, and what we know is that as parts of the economy opened up, some folks went back to work. now, what's interesting about this is food and drinking establishments, 1.4 million jobs added, so more than half of this total. there is some worry that the report itself is not capturing the true picture of the labor market. in fact, in the bureau of labor statistic notes at the bottom of the report it says that part of that unemployment rate being down a 13% or so could be understating the issue. that's because we're relying on people to tell us whether they are out of work for other reasons or temporarily so. so the labor department actually says the unemployment rate it could be as much as 3 percentage points higher which would actually b

women now outnumber men in the workforce that is according to new data from the labor department in today's consumer watch meredith wood has a closer look at the industry seeing the most growth and why experts say this is a growing jobs, trent. >>yeah, women dominating the workforce women now hold more jobs than men, it's a minuscule yet massively interesting piece and anna buried in the labor department's december jobs report it found women now occupy more than 50% of non farming positions. experts say this trend is expected to grow as the number working women increases while the number of men in the workforce, declines so what's behind the shift experts point to the economy moving away from traditional male dominated jobs in sectors like manufacturing, it was a service-based business the jobs report found more female dominate industries like education and health services added 36,000 jobs, meanwhile jobs in the mining and manufacturing sectors lost about 21,000 jobs. perhaps another reason for the shift report by catalyst finds women are earning more degrees than men census figures show t

the labor department released the weekly jobs report in the last hour.r coincides with the several million u.s. workers who were laid off last week at about 40 states. to give you some perspective here, the number is more than the population of chicago. and a reminder, this is data for just one week. we know some of the claim systems in some states have been crashing and there are likely many who are planning on filing and haven't started that process yet. now, we want to take a live look right now showing you the big board where you can see we're up just over 400 points there and stocks are up right now, despite the jobless claims which may be surprising to some. according to the associated press, wall street could be reacting positively to the $2 trillion stimulus bill and the unemployment numbers apparently are not as bad as predicted, even though we're talking about over 3 million people here. one economist told abc news this morning, our economy was hit by a virus in a drive by and the unemployment numbers is a first indication of how bad the bleedi

development department took in more than 4 million claims for benefits and as of the end of april labor department says they only issued payments to 2.2 million californians. the department is looking to hire 1800 people to help process claims and handle the backlog of phone calls. >>> american airlines made its final departure from oakland international airport for the foreseeable future. the flight to phoenix took off yesterday afternoon with air travel taking a major hit in the airline says flying out of oakland is not profitable anymore and american airlines will fly out of san francisco in san jose. mother in oakland said the recent violence and looting of the street has put the health of her young daughter in jeopardy. rob roth introduces us to the family who cannot get the medicine the little one needs because her pharmacy is now closed. >> this four-year-old girl has become an unlikely victim of the recent vandalism and violence in oakland. thomas has cerebral palsy among other serious health problems. it's very successful as a parent and emotional. caleb takes the medication every day. he

we speak to the former chief economist of the labor department, betsey stevenson. that is next.s is bloomberg. ♪ [ "one more time" by daft punk ] woo! [ laughing ] woo! play pop music! ♪ no way dude, play rock music! yeah! -woah! no matter what music you like, stream it now on pandora with xfinity. and don't forget to catch "trolls world tour". let's party people! ♪ one more time wordoomberg held headquarters in new york. i'm taylor riggs. markets rebounding after wednesday's selloff as oil prices surge. president trump saying russia and saudi arabia will cut output, sending brent crude up more than 40% before paring some of those gains. oil is down more than 50%. another record-setting week for u.s. jobless claims. more than 6 million americans filing for unemployment, almost 10 million over the last two weeks as the economy reels from the coronavirus. infections in the u.s. now topping 200,000. vice president mike pence is taking an optimistic tone as virus testing picks up, telling bloomberg he expects a strong economic rebound in the u.s., highlights from that conversation c

and the labor department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims. filing foreople their unemployment benefits for the first time. and those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june and recently have begun to take up a little bit. which is an indication that there are more people losing their jobs in the economy. those indicators suggest that while we may see some jobs growth, it's going to be a low number at best and that's going to suggest that this recovery is going to take a good long time. >> in this discussion and our anticipation of the jobs number on friday? that $600 benefit from the federal government. looking beyond the next few weeks, how long do you think additional unemployment whether it be $600 more or less will be needed for americans? >> the answer is we are going to need the benefits as long as extremely high rates of unemployment continue and the unemployment is going to continue as long as the economy is in trouble and that will be true as long as we have the pandemic with us. there is no separation between m

the labor department says u.s. employment jump to 14.7 in april, the highest since a great depression. today president trump rejected the economy will start to come back by the summer. >>> in the north bay some stores are back open but it's not business as usual. sonoma, napa and solano counties eased restrictions on many nonessential businesses. it allowed for curbside service and face covering is required along with social distancing. >> businesses in santa cruz county have been allowed to reopen. they are hearing from people over the hill in santa clara county and beyond. a floor said she got 10 to 20 calls from outsiders. the shop had to cut off orders because they were sold out for the weekend. struck you are watching ktvu fox 2 news at 6:30. officials in san jose are proposing a new ordinance that will allow businesses to operate out doors once they get to reopen. >> the ordinances will allow restaurants to expand beyond their storefront. >> in san jose the streets are quiet, the sidewalks practically empty.

the labor department says it rose 14.7 percent in april. the u.s. has not seen numbers that high since 1939. the labor department says the u.s. lost 20.5 million jobs in april. that is the worst loss on record. our reporter says the actual job losses could be even bigger. >> let me assure you those numbers understate the employment rate. >> is a labor your your and a former director. >> there likely to be even higher. >> it is north of 20 percent. >> they listed five reasons why they should not freak out. first jobless claims are trending down. 1 million layoffs in a week in early april are down to 321,000 a week now. >> 321,000 job losses is still eight times the number we were averaging in the first two months. >> they could skyrocket again if washington does not replenish state and local governments.>> that is the sector that is largely going to come up to now. >> second, temporary layoffs may be back. they have bounced back. 750 points this week.>> that helps in terms of job reconstruction. >> spending is starting to recover. >> is the consumer

it was a subject of a number of department of labor audits back in 2013 and 2014. there was a department of labor intervention. there was audit after audit, and the most recent one in 2019 was on the governor's desk, and we recently also learned that on his way into office, governor desantis was advised of the stretchy -- this teaching threat of our employment system that the de eo it posed to the state of florida. if i will i will mention specifically, i spoke to constituents in the miami area and how they've been impacted by the failures of the system. but there are other aspects of this as well. employers who've had to lay off workers are horrified watching their former employees face eviction once our eviction moratorium is lifted. the last thing that i will mention is that the state of florida is leaving millions of dollars on the table. we are implementing the pua program. >> how many dollars in your estimation are you guys leaving on the table? >> it's hard to estimate. if i could quickly repeat a picture with regards to the pua, which protects the self-emplo

but the labor department issues that an unusually high number counting themselves as employed but not at work. that might increase the unemployment rate by three percentage points. some of those people who say they are employed but not at work are not being paid. if you are not being paid, you are not, in fact, employed. i think a lot of people will be rehired, but we are increasingly that -- i talked to an accountant and she was originally like go from a hotel chain. it started as a temporary layoff, and then they called and said this was a permanent separation. unfortunately, i think that story might play out in some of these hard-hit industries. host: we have a statement from the bureau of labor statistics that says exactly what you are saying. the number of unemployed persons on temporary layoff decreased by 2.7 million in may to 15.3 million following a sharp increase of 16.2 million in april. among those not on temporary layoffs, the number of permanent job losses continue to rise, increasing by 295,000 in may to 2.3 million. there is always a question about how exactly these nu

. >>> all eyes will be on the labor department's weekly jobless claims report this morning and who'srg's billionaires list? naomi ruchim has today's money watch report. [ bell dinging ] >> reporter: wall street rose on wednesday. the dow added 83 points and the nasdaq gained 198 and the s&p 500 was up 35. >>> investors will be watching federal reserve chairman jerome powell's highly anticipated speech this morning at the central bank's annual jackson peed the feds' plan to let inflation run slightly higher than its 2% goal. also out this morning, the labor department's weekly jobless claims. >>> the food and drug administration has approved a $5 coronavirus test from abbott labs. the test is about the size of a credit card and can deliver results in just 15 minutes and according to abbott, has 97% accuracy for positive tests. the company hopes to have 50 million tests available by october. >>> jeff bezos is now worth more than $200 billion according to bloomberg's billionaires index. the amazon ceo is the first person to eclipse that mark. he is $78 billion richer than bill gates. he

. >>> and just a few hours the labor department will roll out the latest jobless claims numbers plus a rice brand getting a new name amid the push for racial equality. diane king hall has these stories and more in today's money watch report. [ bell dinging ] >> reporter: the tech lead selloff continued on wall street wednesday. the dow skidded 525 points. the nasdaq tumbled 330. s&p 500 fell 78. >>> today investors will be watching federal reserve chair jerome powell and treasury secretary steven mnuchin. also happening this morning the labor department releases the latest jobless claimants data. >>> uncle ben's is changing its name to ben's original. the latest to take action this year. ben's original will also have a new image to go along with the new name scrapping the black man in a bow tie who some say looks like a racial stereotype. parent company mars says new packaging will debut next year. watch report. for more, head to cbsmoneywatch.com. at the cbs broadcast center, i'm diane king hall. >>> to the coronavirus now. there could be stricter guidelines for emergency authorizat

data that indicates the percentage of americans who are employed is declining again, and the labor department puts out data about initial weekly unemployment claims, people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time. those numbers have been pretty stagnant since the beginning of june, and recently have begun to tick up a little bit, indicating more people are losing their jobs. those indicators tell us that while we may see some jobs growth when we get the numbers on friday, it will be a low number at best and that will suggest this recovery will take a good long time. happeningconversation in anticipation of the jobs number on friday, as negotiations are continuing, the $600 unemployment benefit from the government, looking out beyond the next few weeks, how long do you think unemployment, whether 600 dollars, more or less, will be needed? will: the answer is we need the benefits as long as extremely high rates of unemployment continue, and the unemployment will continue as long as the economy is in trouble, and that will be true as long as we have the pandemic with us. there is no

what is your position in terms of the response of the labor department? really the safety standard coming out of the department of labor right now is nonexistent and that is a problem. i think that the response in terms of dr. birx unemployment e has been positive. in general, the guidance came out quickly, but we have not seen anything about refusal of suitable work, protecting public health, and safety guidelines. at a hearing that i testified at at the senate finance committee, only side -- one citation have been issued in health and safety --response to

labor department. employees should 700,000 jobs. and again, this is expected to be just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the job losses. they april and may jobs report coming to clearer picture of the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic. now, before all of this, u.s. employers had been adding jobs every month for the past nine years. but because of coronavirus, things have taken a sharp and dramatic turn. in california, 880,000 people file for an opponent just last week. and those are the people who are able to get through to the state's deployment office to file a jobless him. there's so many can see right now, the office is struggling to keep up. >> we have average 111,000 deployment insurance claims on a daily basis in this state over just the last seven days. >> those few days, pretty much, you can tell that story just with the panic attacks. because i was down to my last hundred bucks. >> california's implement development department released this video of one of their call center

americans stimulus checks cannot come soon soon enough today, the labor department said a another 6.6 million americans. >>filed for unemployment benefits last week and add that to the 6.8 million who filed for unemployment, the previous week, altogether more than 14 million american workers have applied for aid since mid-march workers continue to suffer from devastating job losses furloughs and reduced hours connected to the coronavirus pandemic but there is some good news for taxpayers. the first wave of stimulus checks are being sent out today to find out if you are one of those taxpayers we turn to kron four's haaziq madyun. >>the first wave of coronavirus tax relieve checks could soon be on the way eligible taxpayers who file tax returns for either 2019 or 2018 will automatically receive an economic impact paid according to the irs taxpayers who file electronically will have to do anything but take a look at their bank accounts to see if they deposit has been bay those who did not file electronically will have to keep an eye on their bill boxes with their checks to arrive at a la

home cause labor department stressed it's illegal to deny domestic work is one day off but to women like the son back in indonesia is reliant on her income contradicting employees and often feel like a risk not worth taking. these are images of the lighting of the olympic flame and the beginning of the torch relay day the ceremony in greece went ahead as planned to demonstrate that all is well with you coming summer games in tokyo even as the coronavirus pandemic shuts down international sports but now everything has been cancelled because of greece's containment measures despite this limbic organizers are insisting the games will go on is i received president thomas back. but there is so many measures that are being taken by you as so many governments in the authorities around the world to contain the virus and no 19 there we were before the games and. also making good use for these time over these 19 weeks so were we are in support there we are fully committed to. really encouraging fleets are to go were hurt there with their preparations well he said sure enough will you know take a c

it is something that we have been very focused on at the labor department, osha, that's the occupational safety organization is a part of our department. we have been working with the cdc putting out guidelines for a number of different industries on how to keep their workers safe. we helped with the meat packing plant earlier this week to give them guidance that they can follow as they reopen with the president's directive, there are steps that need to be taken. a lot of them are familiar, we we will keep workers safe and if companies are not taking it seriously with the labor department, we do have enforcement tools. >> bill: paycheck protection program, what i am hearing from companies is we need longer than eight weeks to pay the money back. would you consider going back and changing that? give them 12 weeks or even six months so that they can plan? >> as you know, the paycheck protection program bill was an act as labor set -- secretary, it has been very vital to keep people on the payroll and those loans are forgivable if they kem on payroll, if they keep them on, they won't have t