The America Held Hostage Podcast is a daily news show co-hosted by Jeff Dornik and Jon Hinton. Each news story is explained and broken down from a conservative and Christian perspective. gatekeepersonline.com

Some of today's stories include:

Bank of England’s Bailey Says 35% Drop in Second-Quarter U.K. GDP is Plausible
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bank-of-englands-bailey-says-35-drop-in-second-quarter-u-k-gdp-is-plausible-11587134378?mod=e2twe

Canada, US extend border restrictions for another 30 days
https://kwwl.com/2020/04/18/canada-us-extend-border-restrictions-for-another-30-days/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter_KWWL

Vietnam says that China is mislabeling products as Vietnamese to avoid U.S. tariffs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2019/06/10/vietnam-alleges-china-faking-made-vietnam-skirt-us-tariffs/1408023001/

Black Hawk County Republicans pass resolution saying Governor’s office doesn’t have authority to restrict right to peaceably assemble
https://theiowastandard.com/black-hawk-county-republicans-pass-resolution-saying-governors-office-doesnt-have-authority-to-restrict-right-to-peaceably-assemble/

President Trump announces $19billion in aid for farmers during the pandemic as harrowing pictures show workers plowing their crops back into the soil because demand has plummeted
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8232677/Devastated-farmers-plow-crops-soil-lack-demand.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

Guggenheim’s Scott Minerd Sees Chance of S&P Falling as Low as 1,200
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-17/guggenheim-s-minerd-sees-chance-of-s-p-falling-as-low-as-1-200?utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

Americans may soon lose beer, seltzer and SODA as CO2 supplies go flat because of drops in ethanol production during the pandemic - with 34 out of 45 US plants cutting down
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8232281/Beer-lose-fizz-CO2-supplies-flat-pandemic.html?ito=social-twitter_dailymailus

US May Pay Shale Drillers Billions To Leave Oil In The Ground
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-may-pay-shale-drillers-billions-leave-oil-ground

Average gas prices $1 per gallon lower than a year ago
https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/average-gas-prices-1-gallon-lower-year-ago#.XpuWwlFNfr0.twitter

THE SUBWAYS SEEDED THE MASSIVE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK CITY
http://web.mit.edu/jeffrey/harris/HarrisJE_WP2_COVID19_NYC_13-Apr-2020.pdf

Spain to Join Italy in Extending National Lockdown Into May
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-18/spanish-lockdown-to-be-extended-by-two-weeks-pm-sanchez-says?sref=DOTC0U32&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic

And more...