i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, new york city. the coronavirus pandemic continues its relentless expansion in almost every corner of the globe, with the number of confirmed covid-19 cases worldwide rapidly approaching 1 million people -- though the true number is certain to be far higher due to a critical lack of testing. the largest number of confirmed cases is in the united states, where coronavirus deaths have topped 5000. managers of the ststrategic nanational stotockpile warn emergency y supplies o of medicl equipment, including life-saving ventilators, are all but exhausted. the intercept reports that even as the pandemic reached u.s. soil and began to spread, the trump administration allowed a steady flow of ventilators and ppe -- that is personal protective equipment -- supplies to be sent abroad, with a shipment as recent a as march 17. meanwhil a all b thehe skest atients and the weahiest americans contue to o ruggle to learnhehei

i'm amy goodman. the global death toll from the coronavirus has topped 120,000, with o over 1.1.9 million confid cases. the united states represents the largest percentage of known cases with over 587,000 and also leads in the death toll, which is nearing 24,000. here in new york, the statewide death toll has topped 10,000, as total confirmed cases near 200,000 -- over half of these in new york city. latinx people represent 34% of those who have died of coronavirus in new york city, the highest death toll in the city, while african-american residents 28% of deaths. new york governor andrew cuomo said that despite the rising death toll and the high number of current hospitalizations, around 19,000, other indicators of the outbreak's progress such as daily death toll and new hospitalized patients, appeared to be leveling off. cuomo warned the trend could easily start to reverse if new yorkers ease up on social distancing and quarantining measures. despite the glimmers of hope, new york city hospitals sa

i'm amy goodman. the white house coronavirus task force projected tuesday between 100,000 and 240,000 people will die of covid-19 in the united states, but only if the strictest quarantine measures are kept in place. president donald trump, who this week extended social distancing guidelines through the end of april, said the worst is yet to come. pres. trump: we are going to go through a very tough two weeks, and then hopefully, as the experts are predicting, as i think a lot of us are predicting having studied it so hard, we will start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel. at this is going to be a really painful, very, very painful two weeks. amy: president trump said without efforts to mitigate the spread of coronavirus, up to 2.2 million americans could die of covid-19. the grim assessment stood in stark contrast to trump's repeated claims in recent weeks that the virus was under control and that it would miraculously go away by april. as of today, april 1, the united states has the hig

i'm amy goodman. the worldwidide death toll from the novel coronavirus has topped 207,000 with nearly 3 million confirmed cases across the globe. more than a quarter of the deaths havave beenen here inin e united statates where ththe recd death toll has topped 55,000 but the actual number is believed to be significantly higher. in europe, spain, italy, and france -- three of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic -- are starting to loosen some restrictions as indicators of the coronavirus toll continues to tend downwards. in spain, children under the age of 14 were allowed outside for the first time in six weeks sunday. under the relaxed rules, they are allowed to leave home for up to one hour per day. with a parent wearing masks. italy, which has the second highest confirmed death toll after the united states, says manufacturing could restart as soon as next monday though schools will remain closed until the fall. here in the united states, the white house's coronavirus task force coordi

i'm amy goodman. in the united statates, deaths from the coronavirus have topped 42,000, and confirmed cases are approaching 800,000. worldwide total confirmed cases are closing in 2.5 million with 171,000 recocorded deaths. president trump said monday he is shutting down immigration to the united states by executive order. it is his most drastic move yet to cut entry of foreigners into the country. he announced the move on twitter last night but did not offer specifics on the legal basis for the decision. more southern states announced plans to start rolling back lockdowns. georgia's republican governor brian kemp said gyms, hair and monday nail salons, spas, and tattoo parlors a massage therapist will be able to start operating friday. restaurants and movie theaters will reopen next monday. kemp acknowledged his decision would make more georgians sick. >> we have more people moving around, we're probably going to see our cases continue to go up. but we are a lot better prepared for that now that we

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, new york city. the coronavirus pandemic could 600 milliontional people into poverty unless urgent action is taken to bail out poor countries. that's thfinding of the british charity oxfam, which is calling on worldld leaders to fd a $2.5.5 trillion rescue package to prerevent global l economic collapse. the e proposal wouould cancel $1 trillion of popoor countries'' debts to free up cash for fofood and medicicine. oxoxfam warns that witithout mae intervention, half of all jobs in africa could be lost to the pandemic. worldwide, the coronavirus continues to spread exponentially, with over 1.5 million documented cases and nearly 90,000 deaths, though the true rate of infection is certain to be far higher due to a critical lack of testing. in europe, there are signs that social distancing measures are flattening the curve of new infections, , with spain, italy, and france all recording fewer deaths over the past

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from new york city, the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states. i'm amy goodman. the united states has recorded nearly 1200 deaths from covid-19 in just 24 hours, the worst daily death toll for any country since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. nationwide, over 6000 people have died, with more than 1500 covid-19 deaths in new york city alone. medical workers report chaotic scenes of patients overflowing out of hospitals that have run out of beds with bodies quickly filling refrigerated trucks serving as makeshift morgues. in the bronx, doctors and nurses wearing surgical masks and scarves held a protest thursday to protest the critical lack of ppe -- that is personal protective equipment. of angrye a lotot nurses. everyone is frustrated. of course people come off the end of their shift and they are cryingng because they don't know what they're taking home potentially to their families. they do not know what they are coming into the next day. we are se

i'm amy goodman. the known death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 184,000 with the united states continuing to lead the world in confirmed cases and fatalities. according to johns hopkins researchers, more than 46,000 u.s. residents have died of covid 19, more than 10,000 of the deaths have occurred at nursing homes and other long-term care centers. in new york, where the death toll from covid-19 has passed 15,000, six prisoners have died in state prisons -- four of them at the notorious sing sing prison north of new york city. in chicago, , six prisoners s ad one e guard have died ofof covi9 at the c cook cocounty jail, whe hundreds are sick. in ohio, a federal judge has ordered the release or transfer of hundreds of elderly or vulnerable prisoners held at the elkton prison, where six people have died of covid-19. this comes as the american civil liberties union warns u.s. models for the spread of coronavirus may be underestimating future deaths by nearly 100,000 unless counties take imm

i'm amy goodman. the united states has the highest number of recorded covid-19 deaths, at over 22,000, after it surpassed italy's death toll on saturday. all 50 states now have a major disaster declaration in place. over half a million cases have been identified nationwide, but testing remains limited, making the true number of cases unknown. worldwide, there are over 1.8 million confirmed cases and over 115,000 deaths due to the coronavirus. over easter weekend in the united states, many churches and families held virtual celebrations, though some pastors defied social distancing guidelines to hold in-person gatherings. meanwhile, a g grim pipicture is emerging of the coronavirus's impact on nursing homes, where over 2200 deaths have been reported, though the true number is also expected to be much higher since many states either do not report this data, or in some cases, do not even track it. here in new york city, nearly 6000 news cases over the last day has put the city's total number of coronaviru

i'm amy goodman. members ofof congress returned o washington, d.c. and votedd , thursdaday nearly unanimouslyo approve half a trillion dollars in new covid-19 emergency funding. the relief bill adds anothther $310 billionon for the small business p paycheck protection program just as the small business administration reports some 1.6 million small businesses received funding from the program, but hundreds of thousands more still waiting to just hear back about their application status after the program ran out of money last week. much of the money was allocated to large corporations. the new relief bill also provides billions in aid to hospitals and for testing. but critics say it falls far short on providing funding for states and cities, and additional money to expand the supplemental n nutrition assistance program. more than 30 state attorneys general say the move could force 3 million people to go hungry in the middle of a pandemic. just one democrat voted against the bill. congressmember alexandr

i'm amy goodman. an international aid group is warning as many as a billion people worldwide could become infected with the novel coronavirus unless urgent measasures are taken to stop its spread. the finding by the international rescue committee, based on u.n. data, came as the global death toll from the pandemic topped 217,000. in the united states, over 58,300 people have died from covid-19 -- more than the number of u.s. troops killed in the vietnam war. officially, the u.s. has confirmed over 1 million cases of novel coronavirus, but that figure is just a small fraction of the number of u.s. residents believed to haveve been infectc. the u.s.s. accounts for a quauar of all reported covid-19 deaths worldwide in one third of ththe confirmed cases. top infectious disease scientist dr. anthony fauci on tuesday warned states not to reopen businesses prematurely, and said the united states will likely face a resurgence of covid-19 in the fall. in california, governor gavin newsom on tuesday ouineded pl

i'm amy goodman.he u.s. death toll l from the covid-19 outbreak has topped 56,000 but more evidence is emergingng that the actual death toll is far higher. a new study by a team at the yale school of public health found there were over 15,00000 excess deathths in the uninited states during the month ofof mah and first days of april. the figure is nearly double what officials have been citing as the death toll from the pandemic during that period. worlrldwide, the known death tol has topped 21211,000, thougugh e trueue number is also expected o be much higher. this comes as "the washington post" is reporting intelligence agencies warned president trump about the threat of the coronavirus in over a dozen classified briefings in january and february. the warnings came in the president's daily brief, which trump regularly skips reading, according to "the posts's" sources. despite the warnings, the president continues to downplay the severity of the threat into february. on monday, president trump was ques

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the epicenter of the pandemic and in the united states, new york city. the global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 70,000 with over 1.3 million confirmed cases. the u.s. has by far the highest number of known cases, with over 336,000 reported, as the country's official death toll approaches 10,000. but public health and medical experts say the true number of covid-19 fatalities in the u.s. is much higher than reported due to inconsistent protocols on reporting, early failures to identify covid-19, and unreported deaths in victims' homes. the pentagon says it is procuring 100,000 body bags as demand increases from morgues around the country. as hospitals around the country continue to report dire equipment and staffing shortages, the u.s. surgeon general jerome adams warned sunday the weeks ahead would be the toughest in ththe fight againsththe pandemicic. >> t this is going to o be the hardest t and the saddest week f mostst americans livese

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the epicenter of the panandemic in e united states, new york city. the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 83,000 with united states now the most impacted country in the world with more than 190900 u.s. f fatalities reported in jt the past here in new york, 24 hours. governor andrew cuomo reported 731 people died of covid-19 since monday -- new york's highest one-day death toll so far. but the true toll is likely far higher with new york city's fire department reporting about 130 people per day are dying in their homes, most of them of suspected covid-19. those deaths remain uncounted in official statistics. this is new york paramedic anthony almojera. >> yesterday i worked 16 hours and i had 13 cardiac arrests. that is a lot ofof deaths. momost of us are pretty good abt handlingng death. it is the e nature of the job. you kind of role with it. but nothing like this for anyone. amy: about 500 new york city fire department have tested

i'm amy goodman. rest of theing the hour with congressmember ocasio-cortez.s is the congresswoman speaking on the floor of the house about the $500 billion corporate bailout part of the massive coronavirus stainless package. >> we have to go into this vote eyes wide open. funding for one of the largest corporate ballots with a few strings as possible in american history. shameful. that fight is wrong for crumbs, for our families and the option that we have is to either let them suffer with nothing or to allow this greed and billions of dollars to be leveraged into trillions of dollars to contribute to the largest income inequality gap in our future. juan: that was congresswoman alexandrdria ocasio-cortezez prr to the vote on the s stainless package. congresswoman, could you talk about the debate he had with yourself whether to support this package given the enormous tax breaks and the direct t grants d loanans to corporate america? ultimimately, this debate -- it was up to each a ad every member. i don't like any member for how they voted. member forslight ne

i'm amy goodman. the white house is unveiling new guidelines today aimed at rolling back states' stay-at-home orders prprotecting against the spread of coronavirus. president trump's call to wind down social distancing came as the united states recorded more thanan 2400 dedeaths in just 24 hours, the highest one-day total for any nation since the start ofof the pandemic. pres. trump: the battle continues but the data suggest that nationwide we h have passed the peak on new caseses. amy: across the united statess there are ovever 644,000 confird cases of covid-19, though the true number is likely far higher due to a critical shortage of tests. more than 28,500 people have died of the disease nationwide in just a matter of weeks. despite that, president trump said some states could begin relaxing social distancing restrictions before the end of april. the plan has drawn fire from medical professionals and even corporate executives tapped by trump to advise on reopening the economy. they said wednesday f

i'm amy goodman in new york city, the epicenter of the pandemic. ined by my co-host, nermeen shaikh, who is staying home to help stop cocommunity readad. hi, nermeeeen! nermeen: good morning,g, amy. welcome to all of f our listenes and viewers fromom around the country and around the world. today we look at how the coronavirus pandemic has shone a light on inequality around the world. the world food program warns the pandemic could lead to a massive spike in global hungnger, and a new report predicts more than 100 million people in cities worldwide will likely fall into poverty. the united nations labor agency said wednesday some 1.6 billion workers in the informal economy "stand in immediate danger of having their livelihoods destroyed" by the global economic catastrophe triggered by the pandemic. well, for more on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the most vulnerable and whether this crisis could be a catalyst for change, we are joined from paris by french economist thomas piketty, whose work focuses on wealth and income inequality. his 20

i'm amy goodman. gonzalelez.s we mark this 50th anniversary of earth day started have a century ago. 10% of the u.s. population particicipated in evenents. we are joined by bill mckibben, ,ho is the founder of 350.org authoror, educacator, envivironmentalistst. his latetest book "falter: has e , , human game begun to playay itself out?" hihis recent piece in the new yorker "how we can build a , hardier world after the coronavirus." in the nation "this earth day, , stop the money pipeline." bill, we hope we have a better connection. talk about the significance of this earth day 50 yearss later anand what neededs to happen non the midst of this pandemic. >> thank you for bearing with me in the midst of all of the rearrangements we are all making in our lives. 50 years ago come as you say, probabably thehe biggest day of polititical action i in american history. it came out of the fury over the dirty air and the dirty water that marked our country. people were wearing surgical too, but tors ago, protest the almost b

i'm amy y goodman. deaths from covid-19 in the united statetes surged to anotor recocord high thursday, neararly doubling to surpass the previous record set just a day before. 4591 u.s. residents died over a single 24-hour period, with another 31,000 newly confirmed coronavirus cases across the u.s. worldwide, over 145,000 people have died of covid-19 according to data compiled by john hopkins university. at the white house, president trump on thursday outlined federal guidelines for states to reopen their economies, saying it was up to individual governors to decide when and how to relax social distancing measurures. pres. trump: some states are not in the kind of trouble that others are in. now that we have passed the peak startingses, we are our life again. we are starting rejuvenation of our economy again in a safe and structured and very responsible fashion. amy: trump told governors in a conference call thursday, "you're gonna call your own shots," reversing his claim last monday he has total auth

i'm amy goodman. coronavirus caseses are surging across the united states, the epicenter of the pandemic, with one person dying of covid-19 every 47 seconds. nearly 16,700 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the united states, with the number of confirmed cases s approaching hf a million -- more than italy,, spain, and france combined. the true rate of infections is far,r, far higher dudue to a critical l lack of tesesting. the e u.s. laboror departmenentd thursday ovever 6.6 millllion americanans filed fofor unemplot benefits ovever the e past weeks the e pace andnd scale of u.s. b losses is set to rival the great depression. officially, 17 million americans -- or more than 10% of the workforce -- are currently out of a job, though that statistic doesn't count immigrant workers or millions more who've tried and failed to file unemployment claims while state labor departments buckle under a tsunami of paperwork. around thehe united states, food pantries are reporting record demand even as donatio

i'm amy goodman. president donald trump said tuesdaday he would c cut off u.. support for the world health organization, even as the dedeah rate from the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate, with worldwide confirmed deaths topping 127,000. speaking from the rose garden, trump sought to shift blame for his administration's disastrous handling of the pandemic onto the united nations public health agency, accusing the who of helping chinina to cover up the spread of the coronanavirus when it emerged l late last year. pres. trtrump: the world depends on the who to wowork with countries to ensure that accurate information about international health threats is shared in a timely manner. and if it is not come at independent until the truth about what is happening. the who failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable. amy: trump's decision sparked international outrage and condemnation. richard horton, editor-in-chief of the lancet medical journal tweeted -- "president trump's decision to defund who is simply this -- a crime against humanity. every s

i'm amy goodman.d today's show herere in nw york citity, where the death tol frfrom the cororonavirirus has d 11,0,000. every night at 7:00 p.m., new yorkers take to their balconies, fire escapes, and windows to cheer for the medical workers on the frontlines of this crisis. but inside the hospitals, medical staff are continuing to fight for their basic rights and protections while on the job. after a weeks-long effort demanding more personal protective equipment, new york city health workers now have a new challenge ahead of them -- a new policy at the city's public hospitals that requires medical workers who call in sick produce a doctor's note. the directive was sent out friday by health & hospitals corporation, which runs 11 public hospitals and has lost at least five nurses to covid-19. the memo, which was first reported on by news outlet the city, reads in part -- "in some places we have also identified very high rates of call outs and absences that do not appear to be consistent with patterns o

irrelevant this is what i don't get about the progressive media so let's talk about jimmy door amy goodman. juncker sync juncker and to some lesser extent joe rogan right they look at these numbers and they look at what's happening in the economy but they make no connection to the federal reserve bank of money printing jimmy doors never mention the central bank the federal reserve bank never ever ever ever and yet the progressives if they want to be progressive and they want to progress be dialogue forward they need to talk about the central bank that is the key component of the global economy the american economy and the key crisis that we're experiencing today so not to mention it is willfully ignorant exactly we have 2 different categories happening that government and the treasury and on the federal reserve and basically neither of them have oversight and they're pouring trillions of dollars to the corporate headquarters of huge corporations not the small medium sized enterprises that are being funneled into these crazy sort of online systems that don't work but the. major corporations

i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from epicenter of the pandemic, new york city.president trump estate governors s clashehed over plano roll back lockdowns and other protective measures, new figures show more than 22 million americans have filed unemployment claims since mid-march. many are still waiting to receive the financial lifeliline the government promised in the $2 trillion relief package last month. delays may be even longer for the self-employed and gig-economy workers who are not normally eligible for unemployment benefits but are covered in the relief package. this comes as grocery stores have become onone of the froront lines of thehe coronavirusus pandemic, with store workers and gig economy shoppers often working without protection, as demand for groceries soars and millions of americans stay home. last week, i spoke with a persrsonal shopperer who formery worked for the delivery app instacart about the risks grocery store and delivery workers face. instacart workers went on strike in march to demand the company implement appropriate safety measures