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Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 04/08/2020, including: As oil price crisis grips the globe, small Texas producers feel the ripple effects.
Plummeting demand and an international price dispute have forced Texas oil producers to begin shutting wells. Coronavirus Is About To Explode In Mexico. It’s time to secure the border. Experts predict that the coronavirus will soon overwhelm Mexico’s unprepared health system. Texas City nursing home residents with coronavirus are being treated with unproven hydroxychloroquine drug.

Jimmy Barrett and Shara Fryer take you through the stories that matter on the morning of 04/07/2020, including: When will this end? America needs a lockdown-ending checklist. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pushing for a new stimulus bill that would roll back the state and local tax deduction (SALT) cap, a proposal that would predominantly help wealthy individuals — including most residents in Pelosi's district and perhaps even Pelosi herself.