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Troubled global oil market tanks amid pandemic's demand drop
Economic damage from the novel coronavirus pandemic has knocked the bottom out of the oil market. The cost of benchmark U.S. crude oil, for delivery in May, actually fell below zero -- dragging down the entire stock market. And in some places, producers are running out of places to store unused oil. Special correspondent Ryan Chilcote joins Judy Woodruff to discuss the unprecedented numbers.