Reporter can you give us your thoughts on the briefing . I think excuse me of course, we are concerned. Good news is 10 days ago, there were 14 cases in the united states, and today, there are 14 cases in the u. S. , plus the 39 from the cruise ship in japan that are all quarantined. To day the news is good. The bad news is it is a very aggressive virus in the last. 10 days, the number of cases in china is up significantly, we see cases in italy and iran and other places. So we need to redouble efforts that have made, which have been the unusual quarantine, first one in 50 years, off american citizens all american citizens. Congress will be considering additional money to make sure it is a privately funded. Enough . is the request it is 2. 5 billion. If it is not enough, we will appropriate more. We have to have a balance. 10 days ago we had 14 cases. Today we have 14. Doing period of time, except for cruiseship. During that same time, cases in japan went from 48,000 in 48,000 78,000. So it is up in the world and it is level in the u. S. It is inevitable that we will have more cases in the united states. We have to continue what we are and using quarantine our tremendous state and local Public Health efforts to make sure it does not spread. Your position on epidemics at the National Security council and the nhs, that physicians have been vacant for a while now . I did not notice that is a problem. We had maybe 10 administration witnesses here today. The doctor has 25 years of experience in dealings with these pandemics. It is important for the American People to know that congress, and president obama, president bush and President Trump have taken steps to prepare for this, and that we have done a good job so far. Ago, 1414 cases 10 days is prettyy remarkable given the nature of this virus. The problem is that it is very aggressive and spreading in other countries. It will inevitably spread here. We want to contain the spread when it comes. Reporter do you think 2. 5 billion is enough . We dont know yet. It is a good start. We have already appropriated 105 million. Given the authority to the departments to spend more if they need more, and we will appropriate it. [chatter] announcer live wednesday on the cspan networks, the house takes up several suspension bills, including legislation making lynching a hate crime. The house returns on cspan at 10 00 a. M. On cspan two at 930, the first of to the appearance with health and Human Services secretary alex is our, on the governments preparedness on the outbreak is prepared to be discussed. At 9 30 a. M. , he appears before the House Appropriations committee. On 10 00 a. M. , the director of the centers of Disease Control and prevention, dr. Redfield, and the n i h. On cspan3s, the House Armed ServicesCommittee Hears from defense secretary mark esper and joint chiefs of staff chair general mcneely on the budget request for the defense department. The 2020 democratic president ial candidates held their 10th debate this election cycle, hosted by cbs news from carolina. , south senators bernie, amy klobuchar, and elizabeth warren, plus pete buttigieg, joe biden, Michael Bloomberg and tom steyer took part in the debate. [cheers and applause] tonight, the battle for the tony tony democratic possession of the nation the 22 democraticti president ial nomination is online020. I am gayle king. Lets get started [applause] the time has come to turn the page and open up a new chapter in the american story