meantime, more than one in four americans have lost their jobs during the pandemic.stunning figure. labor department reports another 2.1 million americans filed unemployment claims in the last week pushing the total number to nearly 41 million since mid-march. fox business network susan li reporting from new york city, how are you doing, good afternoon to you, really tough news but we are seeing some silver linings in here. let's start with the news of today. the lack of bright spot that you mention, over 2 million jobless claims but that trend has actually been declining for the past eight weeks. remember, we had jobless claims close to 7 million at the end of march and another bright spot here is that is are slowly getting better as state start to reopen. we have something called continuing claims, those have been collecting benefits for at least two weeks, that number dropped sharply by 15% in just one week so 4 million coming off jobless benefits, and that is significant and shows workers are being recalled. still, wall street forecast and that includes predictin

emily: meantime, you've got warehouses in france that remain closed.en in a dispute with the french government. what is the latest there? matt: amazon says those warehouses are going to stay closed through this week in france. if you order anything from amazon.fr in france, you will probably get it delivered from a depot outside that country. amazon does not like the idea of having to essentially pay fines for delivering items employees might want. it is not clear where this one goes from here. again, similar to amazon's defense in the u.s., they said they want to keep folks safe and france -- in france. meantime, jeff bezos is called to testify before the house over antitrust and competitiveness issues tied to how amazon treats third-party sellers. we have seen mark zuckerberg testify for congress. we have seen sundar pichai, the ceo of alphabet, testify. somehow, jeff bezos has avoided the congressional hotseat. do you think this will actually happen? matt: i think that conventional wisdom is now that the house is invoking potential use of subpoena p

they may lose their jobs in the meantime. >> it's always great to have you on the show. thank you for coming on this

emily: meantime, you have the u.s.se passing this bill approving sanctions against chinese officials for how they treat muslim minorities and --ker populations -- weaker populations. what can the u.s. do in the midst of an already tense relationship between the two countries, but what has been up to this point a sort of trade to ?aunt -- trade detente >> i think the options available to the u.s. are pretty limited and pretty weak. matter are facing is a that the beijing leadership has pretty well committed to a course of action and is unlikely to be turned back or deterred. the hong kong issue is one of central importance to the prc, and they thought that as long as things were moving or could appear to be moving in a favorable direction or at a minimum were not moving too quickly in an unfavorable direction, there could be a lot of flexibility and the government and hong kong, the local government, could be held responsible or made responsible for managing the issue, but when things spiraled out of control and the cen

emily: meantime, even as much as we have been pushing back on these comments from u.s.fficials, there are analysts and consultants out there, yesterday i spoke with a withegic consultant expertise on u.s. china relations. listen to what she had to say about huawei. bad actor,s a there's lots of intelligence showing that they are very close to the chinese military and intel. this particular export control that you just mentioned really seems designed to put huawei out of business, so it is quite draconian. emily: seems she can see two sides of the same coin. >> i think the effort to try to focus on the facts and the impact of these escalating efforts by the u.s. government to her china by hurting huawei, escalation is a terrible thing. looking at this, saying how can the u.s. compete effectively. i would love to see advantages maintained. we need the effort not just with huawei, but to promote technology innovation in the united states. we need technology industrial to drive the benefits of technology through the organization. that should be a major priority and it doesn

core a controversial standardized testing program already implemented in new york and other states meantime in washington d.c. president trump is meeting today with restaurant executives to discuss the impact social distancing and say at home orders are having on their bottom line and i get to speak to restaurateurs every single day and i can confirm we desperately want to reopen. our restaurants or just in our hearts broken at this time we can provide the support in the comfort to communities in which we serve still those smaller rush from business owners argue that any financial help in the form of legislative relief packages may not be enough to reopen reporting in new york r.t. . monday tens of thousands of u.s. auto workers are headed back to factories in detroit chicago toledo louisville and kansas city as the 3 big automakers known as the detroit 3 have started building cars again but is this a smart move at this time when west coast and investigative journalist ben swan join me a little earlier to discuss here's our conversation. the majority of people are not interested right now i

meantime, congress wants answers from jeff bezos. some of his past statements may be coming back to haunt him. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ the house antitrust committee is calling on jeff bezos to testify. the concern -- about how amazon has treated third-party sellers. i want to bring in our bloomberg news reporter ben brody who has been following this story. statements that were made by amazon's general counsel that might be coming back to haunt amazon and get jeff bezos in the hot seat. what is the latest here? ben: the house judiciary committee sent a letter to bezos after the report we have been seeing all week that amazon systematically collected data on third-party merchants to improve its own pride of. an amazon employee testified last year saying they don't do that all. the judiciary committee is saying you have to come in and clarify this. if you don't, we have the capabilities to subpoena you. they said we are willing to. look, this could have been perjured. execs we've seen big tech testifying in washington over th

meantime the investigation into how the coronavirus got started continues. a senior intelligence official tells fox chief white house correspondent jon robertss that the majority believe it was in a chinese lab this release was accident not intentional. there are still reports of no smoking gun, though. qhows says it is possible that u.s. can impose additional commitment punishment on china bow no final decision has been made. as we mentioned president trump at camp david back here in d.c. tomorrow participating in a fox news town hall tomorrow evening and then hitting the road jon, going to be heading out the to arizona on tuesday. jon. jon: mark meredith at the white house. thank you, mark. meanwhile chinese commune fist party tactics shifting now to resemble classic russian disinformation campaigns. u.s. state department official says it's all in an effort to pin the blame for the the coronavirus on america. rich edison has more. reporter: official chinese government spokesman pushing russian propaganda. >> the u.s. establish multiple biolong call laborat

we'll stay on that in the meantime, twitter flattening the trump tweet about minneapolis, in fact this morning, about those protests saying that he was glorifying violence, this coming just a day after president trump signed an executive order to make it easier for social media companies like twitter and facebook to be held liable for the content that's posted on their platform, susan li joins me now with more. susan? >> the timing is curious, but you're right it's the first time the social media platform has shielded one of president trump 's tweets from public viewing a day after the white house executive order which removes some of the liability shields of the social media platforms like twitter like facebook, that they enjoy their protection from being sued for either content on their platforms, twitter says this tweet will not be deleted but it's important for the public to see it so you can't like it, reply to it or retweet it and twitter justifies this by saying we've taken action in the interest of preventing others from being inspired to commit violent acts. now this is the se

stay tuned for that in the meantime, this: all eyes on the skies today in colorado as more than 30 planes both military and civilian aircraft will fly over the state for two hours in a salute to essential workers. the air parade was inspired by military flyovers across the nation, just like this one. the thished thunder birds salutg medical workers in austin. steve: awesome. ainsley: it is. so pretty. a group of watergate prosecutors are will to judge weigh in on michael flynn case.

in the meantime, sir, you are absolutely right. we are going back to the moon. we are going sustainably. we are following president's space policy directive. as you announced a year ago -- not only the next man, but the first woman on the moon by 2024. we have been moving forward very rapidly to achieve that. i want to go through the different elements of that and we have been making great progress. we all know the rocket program has been met with challenges and delays and cost overruns. i want to be clear. we are very happy right now that the s.l.s. is complete. i want to say that again. the s.l.s. is complete and all 3 -- all four engines have been integrated. it is now assembled at the space center in mississippi. it will be going through a green run test this summer and the fall. i will tell you, we would have completed it by the end of summer if it was not for the coronavirus, which set us back. the rocket is looking very positive. we will be ready to launch the capsule around the moon in 2021. that is a year away. by the end of 2021, we will put a crew cap

and the president is using this political easter teacher glee to his advantage and meantime we have to search for a treatment to search for a vaccine and at the white house president trump surprised reporters as he was wrapping up a meeting to announce that he's taking hydroxy chloroquine that's of course the b n t malaria drug that he's been touting to ward off corona virus what happened there. yes good question what happened this is kind of a little bit as a surprise for everybody. as you said he's promoting hundreds are scoring for the last 2 months something people should really use and you remember this came before just shortly before he then also suggested that people should maybe drink some disinfectant to clean their lungs and to be preventing any infection from from the coronavirus and repeat drinking this but you're right. still the f.d.a. and government agency does not recommend anybody using hydro rucks or clearing. in a not controlled dr with doctors and a clinical environment of the president he also sees and finds that he is that those rules are recommendations do not ap

well meantime here's a roundup of some of the latest developments in the pandemic worldwide the world health organization has warned that the outbreak is still picking up speed across africa despite efforts to contain it russia has recorded its biggest daily rise and confirmed cases with almost 8000 new cases registered malaysia will allow the majority of businesses to reopen next week as the pace of new cases has slowed in recent days and a 1000000 people are now known to have recovered worldwide about a 3rd of all recorded infections it's unclear how many patients have permanent health damage due to the virus. for one group affected by clover 19 like no other as health workers doctors and nurses around the globe have been working relentlessly to help patients and in addition to physical exhaustion they also have to deal with the emotional strain of seeing so many people die some are also risking their own lives because of a lack of personal protective equipment we look now at the difficulties facing community health workers in india specifically they have suddenly found themselves o

who's making a comeback drive ins are opening up for the summer and that's kind of cool but in the meantime we've been stay at home mode and you know who else has given us a free sample is sling t.v. and you tube t.v. which is a stake through the heart of your cable company because they live in fear of cart what other than internet access do we really need the cable company for anymore other than baseball. well ok dick you got me on that one but we have talked for years on the show long before the pandemic that thousands of people were cutting that cord people want those are like card as you mentioned choices that you just don't get with cable of course cord cutting is but a double edged sword people cut the cord because of the high price of cable but nowadays with seemingly every network coming out with their own streaming service and each charging their own subscription fees it's very easy to approach the same monthly cost for the content you want once you've subscribed to all the sources that you want content from yeah yeah and it gets a little nuts you know i want to watch this where do

meantime there are mixed feelings over the rush to get the world's worst affected country up and running again the united states has recorded nearly 75000 deaths of more than 1200000 infections more more state solution in the lockdowns though after public pressure even after health experts fearing it could trigger a 2nd wave most cautions perhaps seen in the worst affected state new york the subway system usually a 24 hour operation as a recently because the closure is for the 1st time it's to give the trains trains a deep clean but there's an added in cope with that it's affecting the thousands of homeless that are usually accustomed to sleeping there nationally more than 30000000 americans have been thrown into unemployment headache for the white house and knowing what to do best next are to america's treat each of us explains. just one day after president trump said the coronavirus task force would be phased out today he's striking a different tune saying the task force will remain in place the rather shift its focus to reopening the economy then i think next year i think we're going

experts are warning that there could be another wave over the coronavirus on its way and in the meantime the german government will be relying on the population here to make sure that a daring to the social distancing measures to try and limit the spread of this virus kate thank you so much political correspondent kate brady there well another much anticipated decision here in germany is whether the bonus league soccer season can resume play that's also up for discussion today we'll have more on that later in this program. with the summer holidays right around the corner here in germany those in the tourism sector hope travel bans will be among restrictions eased today already the credit crisis is expected to cost the industry around $24000000000.00 euros he to be a business has been to see how the lockdown is making itself felt in the rural economy. it is a children's paradise without the children. a relaxing retreat longing for tired periods. an animal lovers dream and fulfilled. for more than 2 months now. farm one hour from berlin has been closed to guests and the coronavirus lock do

china in the meantime has plenty of alternatives to buy from.ep is going to be in appeal to the wto. shery: the list of potential buyers for version australia is narrowing. who is still in the race? paul: officially from administrators of deloitte, there is a small list they will discuss. a small number of very well-funded parties with strong aviation credentials. unofficially, we had a report from one of the local newspapers , the australian financial review, that bain capital, u.s. aviation indigo partners -- the short list of fitters. notable absentees, the queensland government, the iron ore magnate, and brookfield has also said to be unhappy with the process. interglobe holds the largest taken india's indigo airlines not on the list. the next round will start next week and we should have final provision due on june 12. shery: paul allen the latest from sydney. we have a major interview coming up later today. the malaysian opposition leader joins us exclusively at 1:30 p.m. in sydney, 11:30 a.m. in hong kong. that is 11:30 p.m. in new york.

in the meantime, workers in rome italy have been testing a new smart helmet which scans the temperature of passengers while they're moving. security officers can wear devices to scan people as they enter the airport or wait in line the high-tech visor can check the temperature of visor with in a 7 m radius . >>> authorities hope the temperature scans and other health measures will make things safe to fly again once travel restrictions are lifted . >>> new this morning, with most gyms stick into the orders and keeping doors closed its force many americans to exercise at home amid the shortage of dumbbells and kettle bells, jordan has weighed in on the opportunity, making the on gym equipment and telling a gap in the local market. normally china make 65% of exercise equipment shipped to the u.s. that the supply chain broke down because of the pandemic . >> these things come in as steel strap and we take the scrap and melted in furnaces at high temperatures and we pour the iron in and it builds up to make a casting. so every kettle bell is going to be unique . >> they found the reuse to ma

that's it you're up to date i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime as always the web site w dot com of good. combating . corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and news. hour carona update. covert 19 special next on d w. i'm going crazy thing in all the time. how to handle mule.

meantime the u.k. has seen the highest death toll from covert 1000 in europe over 30000 people have died since the pandemic began a disproportionate number of them from ethnic minorities for example black people in the u.k. are 4 times more likely to die from the coronavirus than caucasians and also among health care workers there's a significantly higher fatality rate for people of color charlotte potts has the details from london. dr this has had enough which is why she came here to downing street to protest even though she's 6 months pregnant she had to fight full protective gear and a hospital because it just wasn't enough. and we had today all the doctors nurses and health care workers. tragically and senselessly to pull over more than 200 health care workers have died in britain so far 2 thirds of them were ethnic minorities. here in the united kingdom data has shown that the virus does indeed discriminate even though everybody has access to free health care experts are unsure about the reasons b

let's get the read in the meantime about the worries for the market going forward here, and that will be in another couple of hours or so, the president outlining his plans to respond to china, presumably on this crackdown going on in hong kong and throwing in their concerns the president has about how the chinese handled the coronavirus, something is up which has a lot of stocks that depend on trade with china down. blake burman with the latest. hey, blake. reporter: hi there, neil something is most certainly up we just don't know exactly right now what this announcement from president trump is going to be. we believe in a couple hours time later this afternoon as the white house is being very tight-lipped leading into this. china, a spokesperson for china 's foreign ministry in the lead up to this announcement said the u.s. shouldn't be doing anything at all. this was their response today, they said, "we urge the united states to recognize the situation and stop interfering in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs. if the u.s. insists on harming china's interests, china wil

in the meantime, here in new york.ovid-19 has now killed more people in nursing homes than we know about. the governor's office not reported more than 1700 previously undisclosed deaths at northinnursing homes. laura ingalls at a nursing center in long island, new york. outside of the city. laura. >> hey bill. well, yet another staggering number to try to comprehend during this crisis. it shows us that there are far more elderly people who have died in the last two months in the state of new york. new facts coming out this week. a new york governor, andrew coverecuomo, previously undiscld deaths at nursing homes, which includes people believed to have died by covid-19 before their diagnosis could be confirmed by a lab test. now, and today's press briefing, cuomo says his team is still working on the best way to tackle the ongoing issue of how to keep vulnerable seniors safe in facilities that have increasing cases while managing visitation concerns. ppe and testing shortages in some areas. >> what can you do better goi

meantime hollywood has announced some major changes before stars and crew members alike can actually get back to work or to correspondent atocha sweet has more on the adjustments and the work to do this pandemic. the movie an entertainment capital of the world is taking the covert $1000.00 pandemic seriously but just like the rest of the economy hollywood is struggling with reopening business well keeping the safety of its employees front and center after nearly 2 months out of work during a time when people are watching movies and shows more than ever industry executives are looking for ways to slowly pick production back up the stakes are even higher for some companies like walt disney and warner brothers as their new streaming platform is in dire need of new content by your name poppy you know who are you guys the movie trolls hit theaters just before the pen demick broke out universal pictures released the video on demand calling the digital release a success but movie theaters like amc disagree some movie insiders say the release was perfect for movie like trolls when families h

continue to decline in part hit new york but there are no immediate plans to ease restrictions there meantime video of a new york cops hunting for violating social distancing rules is drawing a lot of outrage nationwide protesters took to the streets in major cities with lock down measures due to the pandemic they're rallying cries demanding governors or reopen those states then over to canada now banning assault style weapons following the deadliest mass shooting in that country the prime minister not mincing words about that move and often. let's be honest our with the lobel fight against coated 19 today the worldwide pandemic now tops over 3500000 cases with about 249000 reported deaths now about one 3rd of those cases here in the u.s. in the nation there are now over a 1000000 a confirmed cases with about 68000 deaths so let's take a closer look here based on the data from johns hopkins daily confirmed cases are still up here in the u.s. meaning the nation is still battling to flatten that curve while other countries have seemed to decrease their numbers a few cases meantime in hard hit n

in the meantime, the global response, i think, answer.ntime, the global response, ithink, is answer. in the meantime, the global response, i think, is quickening and this response is in the medical field where people are putting all theirenergies and field where people are putting all their energies and brainpower on trying to find a vaccine as soon as you can. and that is where i am quite hopeful we might eventually have a breakthrough, not too far away. scientists are saying that we are cooperating. the who says there are some 80 efforts around the world to develop a vaccine in a period of months which would normally take years. but what happens when that vaccine is found and there are clinical trials and then you have to develop it at scale and at speed. who gets the vaccine? who decides who gets the vaccine? what will be the cost of the vaccine? that is again where there has to be global response. it cannot be a race among the rich. we are going to park that question for now because we can come back to it next week or the week after b

in the meantime, he's filed a federal lawsuit against the county.nusual in our governmental system for a county to have the authority to nullify the governor, but these are unusual times and neil, as you and i have discussed in the past, we're not talking about laws enacted from the california legislature. we are talking about executive orders enacted by governor newsom. not to pick on him because he's not much different from other governors, but these executive orders are not consistent with the constitution of the united states, of the state in which the governor's located, and they change from time to time. neil: you are hearing the grief a lot of people say, for example, they go into an establishment and they are not wearing a mask when states require them or they are even walking on sidewalks and not aware of that in the local time, to what degree is the punishment justified either whether they are given tickets or there's a salon owner in texas who was threatened with jail, but how far do they go? i wonder about how things are going to change

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in the meantime, santa rosa 88 today, 99 tomorrow, 79 downtown san francisco, that's respective. you're bumping up against 80 degrees, which you will see in some of the verbs out there, some of the neighborhoods. and warm-up, 92 in concord, san jose will go to 89. this time of year i would call that hot. here is a look at the sunset tonight. this was taken on my twitter account. very little fog out there, if any. a beautiful night, temperatures on the mild side. tomorrow will be warmer and friday warmer still. the five day forecast is coming up. we are looking for rain. is there going to be rain or cooldown? i will have that when i see you, next. >>> gunfire on san francisco's market street this evening. coming up tonight, how it could be linked to a report of a robbery moments earlier. plus- >>> a deadly confrontation on main street at half moon bay. me explain what happened when deputies arrived. thanks for sharing your diy haircuts. thanks for sharing your savage moves, and especially your awkward ones. thanks for sharing your cute kids. and your adorable pets. now it's our tu

meantime, a lot of people are saying we want our businesses open. it's time. as tesla employees arrived to work today, they were greeted by a crowd of supporters who want to see our businesses back to work. >> we are here to support elon musk and his ability to open and have is workers make money so they can save their family. >> we are the people. we want shelter in place. we want safety. we want our people to have their jobs back >> reporter: tesla and alameda county came to an agreement safety measures for its employees. the factory is allowed to ramp up operations with specific guidelines. but this group doesn't agree with that protocol. >> i think we need to industries aside under what condition can they safely operate under the current situation. >> we should not let our health officer tell us what to do. they should make recommendations on how we open. a budget deficit are looming. everybody is going to hurt. the business is already hurting. >> reporter: those who obey the health order say this reopening system doesn't seem fair. >> we don't have to ope

. >> meantime, white house officials say they are still planning for the president to host world leadersor a g-7 summit later on this summer. that meeting was supposed to happen in early to mid june, now we're being told it will happen at the end of june. it will happen here at the white house, as opposed to most of it taking place at camp david. fox news has also confirmed that the u.s. ambassador to germany will be leaving his post in the next several weeks ahead. although an exact timetable on when that will happen hasn't been announced. jon? jon: mark meredith thank you. religious leaders reacting to president trump's announcement that he is deeming churches as essential services and threatening to override the governors who prevent them from reopening. lauren green has more from new york city's upper west side. lauren? >> hey, jon. for many churches, it's a move that's long overdue. the complaint has been if grocery stores were deemed essential, this which nourishes the body, nourishing the souls would be just as important. >> i call upon governors to allow our churches and places o

meantime, i want to move to gaming, a business that has fared quite well.orted its best first quarter indicator this week. i want to bring in the ceo, frank gibeau, who joins me on the phone. break it down for us. obviously your games are social, mobile, and mostly free, which is what people want right now. what kinds of trends in activity are you seeing? frank: right now, as people are sheltering in place, they are really turning to games like never before. they are finding that games are incredibly engaging. it is a refuge from the stress. at the same time, it is a compelling way to stay socially connected with friends and family. it is breaking down the social distancing people are experiencing now. saw was intrends we our first quarter, it was normal in terms of performance. toward the end of march was when you started to see the effects of shelter-in-place. we saw large jumps in audience engagement, the number of times people play the games per day, how often they will be playing and how long, and that has carried into april strongly. you see a large a

so get ready for a lot more sunshine just around the corner but in the meantime umbrellas this morningwe've still got some showers just around the corner back to you guys. >>thanks a lot john it's 5.18 in new this morning, san jose police are investigating the city's 12 homicide of the year. it was a fatal stabbing that happened last night on north capitol avenue. 2 men were stabbed there one died at the hospital and the other just was injured the attacker has not been arrested. >>a devtlopment now in the amman aubrey death case in georgia a text message glynn county police officer told the owner of a home that was under construction that he could contact gregory mcmichael for help with a potential trespasser. months later gregory mcmichael and his son travis would be arrested for the february 23rd fatal shooting of arbery who was jogging through the neighborhood at the time we have martin savidge now with the very latest in the case. >>several 100 protesters made the roughly 300 mile trek from atlanta to brunswick georgia demanding for the resignations of the first 2 district attorney

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meantime, today a protest is scheduled at solano county skilled nursing facility. we first told you on "today in the bay" 11 residents of the windsor vallejo care center have died from the virus. more than 130 people have tested positive including 99 residents and 33 staff members. california's nursing homes continue to be very vulnerable to covid-19. new this morning "the chronicle" is reporting 35% of all people who have died from the virus died in nursing facilities. more than 1,100 residents and workers have been lost. they are giving until june 1st to submit a testing plan. critics say that's just too late. >>> 15,000 san francisco hotel employees now out of work. one industry expert tells "the examiner" he believes it will be years before hotels make a full recovery. recovery can only start when tourists and convention crowds come back. right now that's not happening. according to one union before the pandemic occupancy rates were at 85% citywide, and it is now below 5%. >>> santa rosa plans to move forward with a plan to raise their minimum wage. beginning i

meantime, near a small town on the danish border, admiral doenitz, self-styled new fuhrer of germany,ss of state. ♪ the surrender of his once great u-boat fleet, one by one they enter british ports under taken over by men of the royal navy. these germans, once the terror now like shipping, are all their colleagues in arms, nothing but prisoners of -- their comrades in arms, nothing but prisoners of war. ♪ the news of germany's surrender reaches the people of brussels five years almost to the day after the german invasion of the country. city houseay, every is alive with flags, every street alive with inhabitants. smoke flares, no longer needed for warfare, make effective fireworks. paris, from notre dame, from every church goes out the resounding message of peace and hope for the future, and joyful thanksgiving. [crowds cheering] in the rue. ♪ while general de gaulle approaches the arch of triumph to pay homage from the people of france at the grave of the unknown soldier, to pledge their victory with the men who died to gain it shall for all time be preserved in peace. ♪ to fieldulat

in the meantime let's get the first word news with mark crumpton. mark: thank you so much.ouse democrats are still drafting their plan for another round of economic stimulus but the will will not be ready for a vote until friday. the price tag could be more than $2 trillion. the centerpiece of the legislation is money for states and cities. president trump and senate republicans have said there is no rush to spend more. the trump administration has taken another move that may raise tensions with china. it is blocking investments in chinese stocks by a government retirement savings fund. the thrift savings plan was set to transfer about $50 billion to mirror the msci all country indexindex that captures emergig markets, including china. -- new infections for the first time since it's lockdown was lifted. six locally transmitted cases were found in people already under quarantine. spain is seeing its number of cases and deaths increase. the country has been slowly easing its lockdown restrictions after more than eight weeks of confinement. that brings the country's total --th

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in the meantime, big jobs report.e is neil, on that. >> president trump: it has never been anything like this in the history of our country. but they did -- with the obama administration did is unprecedented. it's never happened. never happened. nothing like this has never happened before in history of our country. i hope a lot of people are going to pay a big price because they are dishonest crooked people. i sang a lot. they are scum. they are human scum. it should never happen in this country. >> neil: case dropped. more than two years after general michael flynn had pled guilty to lying to the fbi, the justice department gives up. says that it's dropping its case against the president's first national security advisor. we've got you covered fro

in the meantime, many businesses across the country remain closed. the paycheck protection program enough to give small businesses afloat? and at the italics comic dallas mavericks owner mark cuban will weigh in on both topics, next. these are extraordinary times, and we want to thank the extraordinary people in the healthcare community, working to care for all of us. at novartis, we promise to do our part. as always, we're doing everything we can to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you have any questions at all, call us, email us, visit us online. we're here to help support you when you need us. take care, and be well. to learn more, call one eight four four cosentyx or visit cosentyx.com >> ed: at the paycheck protection program designed to keep businesses afloat and protect jobs has mixed results in mark cuban says will help temporary stimulus that will give americans $1,000 every other week for two months but it comes at the big catch. here to explain, mark cuban, owner of the nba's dallas mavericks. as i understand that you are s

countries may reopen businesses .nd schools in orderly fashion in the meantime, international macroeconomic policy of coordination should be set up and the global industrial and supply chain should be kept stable. six, we must translate the international corporation. solidarity and the corporation is our most powerful weapon for defeating the virus. these are the key lessons the world has learned from fighting .bola and the solidarity and corporations are a sure way that we, the people of the world can defeat novel coronavirus. mr. president, china stands for building amenities for the future of mankind. china will ensure adjusted life of not just its citizens but also global public health. for the sake of boosting international corporations against covid-19, i would like to announce the following. china will provide 2 billion u.s. dollars over two years to help with covid-19 response. with economic and social development in the affected countries, especially developing countries. china will work with the u.n. to set up a global humanitarian response in china. ofensure the operations anti-e

in the meantime, a number of u.s.ches open this weekend for the first time for in person services. issued by the cdc on friday. despite this, some governors are pushing back saying it is still too early at this time for indoor gatherings of more than 25 people. >> i would hope we get two houses of worship sooner than later, doing it too fast. and >> business as usual in many tourist areas, including lake of the ozarks in missouri where some video showed a real lack of social distancing, has said that the virus is not likely to spread through water, but it does spread through proximity and has more than 11,000 positive cases. back to you. >> ed: steve harrigan, thank you. >> sandra: we are watching arlington national cemetery where a ceremony is underway on this memorial day. we are awaiting them at a wreath laying the ceremony there. the ceremony is underway. we expect to see the president and the vice president and the defense secretary mark esper short time from now. we will continue to bring about life. >> ed: we'v

meantime democrats want to include coronavirus testing in the next stimulus plus state aid, food stamps, hazard pay for first responders. republicans are concerned about the added costs. >> we need to take a pause here. we can't borrow enough money. >> hunger doesn't take a pause. the rent doesn't take a pause. the hardship doesn't take a pause. >> reporter: congress prepares to hear from the three health experts today who are on the white house coronavirus task force, and they are quarantined, self-quarantined because they had exposure to someone in the white house who had the virus. they are not believed to be ill. meantime, an unpublished white house report is showing this virus is still spreading and spreading rapidly in some rural areas getting better in some areas, worse in other areas. one as high as 650% more cases compared to the week before. laura? >> something to watch. thank you very much, tracie. >>> 6:04 for you this morning. and tesla has now reopened its fremont plant this is defying the alameda county's shelter in place order. bob redell is near the plant. how is the co

meantime, has we have discussed u.s.soaring once again, 3 million more people filing for unemployment this week, bringing the total number of jobless claims in the last million.ks to 36.5 experts now say on employment could peak around 25%, which would make it as high as it was during the great depression. meantime, some headlines that have been rolling in, the new york stock exchange has announced it is planning to reopen its trading floor partially on may 26. it will be operating with a reduced headcount. it will reopen partially on may 26. stay tuned for bloomberg daybreak: australia. that starts next. that's it for this edition of "bloomberg technology." ♪ haidi: good morning. welcome to "daybreak australia." amid concernebound about bleak economic data and rising trade tensions. global virus cases approaching 4.5 million, with deaths above 300,000. u.s. infections rise more than expected.

in the meantime, it will be tough.e way the restaurant economy works, it's been pretty hard with decreasing margins for many years to make money, anything less than, i would say, 85% occupancy. to make it safe to bring people inside our restaurants, we are looking at 50% or 40% occupancy. i don't really know how restaurants can do that for very much time. what we are going to wait for is sorry,essarily -- i'm somebody keeps calling me. david: we are all having this experience wherever we are. we're all familiar with it. danny: at least we don't have a dog barking in the background. what i was going to say is, a vaccine will be nice. i do believe there are many steps that can create that kind of consumer demand and safety before that. for example, if we find we are going to have some type of remedy, so that if people really believed, seeing all the data, if i were to get the virus -- i have taken all the precautions i know how to take, masks, distancing, washing my hands, and i were still to get the virus, there is a re