Breaking News: Nearly 17 Million US Jobs Lost In Just 3 Weeks; First Relief Checks For Ameircans Set To Arrive Next Week

NBC ID: MAAAABR4NZ | Production Unit: Nightly News | Media Type: Aired Show | Air Date(s): 04/09/2020 | Event Date(s): 04/09/2020

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Event Date(s): 04/09/2020 | Event Location(s): Potomac, Maryland, United States, Topeka, Kansas, United States, Texas, United States, Albany, New York, United States | Description: EJ: INT AND EXT DAY MS: Multiple images of newly unemployed in Skype interviews. INT MS: In Skype interview newly unemployed woman says “We were already living paycheck to paycheck. So it just kept snowballing.” MS: In Skype interview newly unemployed man says “I never thought that I would be out of a job.” EXT DAY MS: In interview from her car, newly unemployed woman says “All the bills are coming and they’re calling me and I have no money to pay for that.” GFX: Unemployment chart showing rise upwards. GFX SUPERS: Supered unemployment numbers. GFX: Unemployment chart showing the rate at 3.5% a month ago. GFX SUPERS: “Unemployment claims March 21-April 4, 16,780,000 seeking benefits” EXT DAY TEXAS MS: Newly unemployed single mother who has been unable to get through to file a claim, Kelly Thompson (ph), walks on her lawn. MS: In a backyard interview Thompsons says “It’s very frustrating and it’s very overwhelming.” MS: Thompson on her patio. MS: In a backyard interview Thompson says “"I've tried at 1am 3am 5am. I've set, you know, set my alarm to try to do it at different times. I've done it right before 8am when they open and there's just no getting through." GFX: Government checks. GFX HEADER: “The Problem” GFX SUPERS: “States don’t have staff, Phone lines jammed, Websites crashing” GFX: Images of an unemployment office, of cell phones and of a laptop with images of not being able to get through. INT TOPEKA, KANSAS MS: In a Skype interview from her office, Kansas Labor Secretary Delia Garcia says “The technology in this whole situation is not good. I was born in the late 1970s, and so was our mainframe system.” GFX: Map of the United States highlighting Kansas and New York State with GFX Amazon logo with Kansas and GFX Google logo with New York State. INT ALBANY, NEW YORK MS: At a press conference Governor Andrew Cuomo says “Whenever you sign up, your benefits are going to be retroactive." GFX: Paper money. GFX: Government checks on a printing press. MONTAGE (CNBC): “Breaking News” graphic, reporter reporting on-camera from his home, and CNBC’s Steve Liesman reporting from his home “I have never seen anything like this.” GFX: Paper money. GFX SUPERS: “$2.3 trillion” INT MS (BROOKINGS INSTITUTION): In interview Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says "This is what the great fiscal power of the United States is for." STILLS: Woman recently unemployed before the pandemic and is now unable to get through to extend her benefits, Alison Jessie (ph). INT POTOMAC MARYLAND MS: In split screen Skype interview from her home in Maryland with NBC’s Tom Costello at his home in Potomac, Jessie says "I'm going through my savings and so I really need to figure out how to get some money coming in." Costello reports live on-camera from his home in Potomac (does no sign-off).

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