March 8th marks International Women's Day, and Cosmopolitan joins us to talk about the many different ways people are celebrating. We also look at the Texas primaries, where more than half of the women running for congress won or advanced to runoffs. We get a look behind the scenes of ABC's biggest hit franchise with the author of "Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure." We also talk to actor Josh Henderson from the E! series, "The Arrangement."
U.S. weekly jobless claims rose to 362,000 for the week ending September 25th, higher than the 335,000 economists had expected. This figure is also slightly higher than the 351,000 reported a week earlier. Louis Cordone, Senior Vice President of Data Strategy at AST joined Wake Up with Cheddar to discuss.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of illegal campaign financing linked to his 2012 bid for reelection after $54 million was spent on fake invoices. Sarkozy was sentenced to one year in prison.
The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill that will finance the government through December 3. The bill now moves onto the House where it is expected to pass as well.
On Monday, the FBI unveiled a report showing a 30 percent increase in homicides in 2020. Cheddar's Chloe Aiello looks into the bureau's numbers that show a steep increase in gun violence amid the growing pandemic.
