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In an effort to fight those rising numbers here in this country the u. S. National guard has been activated to 3 of the hardest hit States New York california and Washington State now almost half of the u. S. Cases about 20000 of them are all in new york state alone now several states have issued a stay at home orders for its residents with some even ordering nonessential businesses to shut their doors this means stay at home and avoid going out as much as possible unless its absolutely essential now current restrictions include the 3 biggest cities in the country new york city los angeles and chicago now overall the policy is going to affect millions of people so here in the Nations Capital republicans and democrats all clashing in the senate as the coronavirus rescue bill fell short of the votes needed to advance on sunday night theyre back at it today debating on that bill while debating the bill. President trump and the Coronavirus Task force team a bare Daily Briefing where they emphasized america will not remain on lockdown and looks forward to getting society back to running as usual take a listen we also have a large team working on what the next steps will be once the medical Community Gives the region the ok meaning the ok to get going to get back lets go to work our country wasnt built to be shut down this is not a country that was built for this it was not built to be shut down. My administration continues to work with democrats and republicans to reach an agreement on an urgent relief bill for the millions of American Workers and Small Businesses and Large Businesses that were badly affected by the medical difficulty that weve had. Arties fair and from zach joining me a little earlier heres our discussion. He actually signed an executive order that prevents hoarding and any price gouging of supplies needed to fight this virus also there is been an about face with trump actually monella who last week called himself a quote wartime president against an invisible enemy that was one of the things now trump seems open to standing down some of the stricter guidelines like social distancing staying the cure can actually be saying that the cure cant be worse than the disease now this is trump is being bombarded right now by projections of up to 30 percent unemployment rates while the Economic Growth rates are dropping by 30 percent but task force aides say that trump hasnt made a final decision yet on lifting those social distancing guidelines because Health Experts right now are saying that they are still needed monella so all this while you know all this going on you have the senate voted down again corona virus relief bill any word yet if if something can get through soon so earlier today the 2 trillion dollar economic rescue package it failed again 4947 this after it failed to get the votes sunday night because it was at a standstill 47 to 47 was that vote now congress has had time to work this out because this bill was actually introduced by Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell last thursday but you can see that now there has been a wrench thrown into the mix because you have House Speaker nancy pelosi and her fellow democrats theyve released a counterproposal thats more than a 1000 pages long so some fun reading there theyre calling this the take responsibility for workers and families act now pull his is the Current Senate bill drafted by republicans puts corporations 1st not workers and families but some elements in this new bill already exist in that bill that the senate is still trying to work out so in this new democratic bill corporations would not be allowed to use any taxpayer money for stock buybacks it would boost unemployment ensure. And strengthen child tax and earned income tax credits and inject 40000000000. 00 into schools and universities now it would it would direct payments of 1200. 00 this is looking at the republican bill now 200 dollars to each and every american 500. 00 for each child 350000000000. 00 toward Small Businesses which would push billions toward hospitals in the Unemployment Insurance system along with a 500000000000. 00 program for businesses states and cities now democrats say that this 1. 00 trillion dollars rescue package that doesnt go far enough to get health care and unemployment aid to americans and it gives a 500000000000. 00 quote slush fund for corporations when that money they say should go to hospitals medical workers and supplies however republicans say the economy needs to be revived otherwise it could just send the u. S. Into a massive depression that could be impossible to get out of so one of the reasons that actually this bill fell short sunday night is you actually had 5 republicans you know that were not present because of self quarantine which now has posed the question should senators be able to vote remotely while president says that he sees no problem with it as long as its a certain amount of time until we finally get out of this coronavirus crisis. Now what about whats whats Going Forward i mean we know that some of the people quarantine for example was rand paul right who. Did that obviously that probably impacted the vote and i think a lot of people also want to know fair and if he was asymptomatic why was he tested so here is one of the things that i actually forgot to mention too with this new bill a lot of people are saying that this is actually this new bill a lot of people are saying that this is actually a big power move brought forth by Speaker Pelosi to get something done. But when it comes to rand paul a lot of people are saying that you know why wasnt he tested and hes actually facing a lot of backlash especially on twitter you know he was tested because they said that to believe that a lot of people that he was in contact with might have tested positive as well one of those people who was actually just tested him along and is why. Vice president mike punts who tested negative but they want to have tested rand paul and its one of those things where theyre saying that why is it that is it a congress to be a senator can write a test with his showing no symptoms whatsoever but you know you had a dad who was like new york my daughter has 104 degree fever and i cant get her a test it was a lot of backlash is exactly the anger coming from the American Public towards politicians on capitol hill so are there any similar to similarities rather between whats coming out of the democrats and the republicans yes so one of the things is actually the amount of money that each of american would get its just 1. 00 of the things thats in both of these bills but again its all about the age old argument between democrats or republicans corporations versus people so you have regrets republicans trying to also throw some last minute stuff in these bills to try to get them you know pass through knowing that they havent passed before so its a tit for tat here ok real quick bottom line are people going to get checks and when can they get it so actually most americans again would get at least a 1000. 00 but theyre still talking about different brackets for example if you make less than 60 5000. 00 or 75000. 00 but u. S. Treasury secretary steve he says that his department would be responsible for either sending out the checks via mail or direct deposit if hypothetically lets say a bill gets passed within that least this week americans could actually see money starting april 6th well yeah all right so well see how that goes very project thank you for following this very complicated issue right now. Our while the impact of the coronavirus is being felt across the country it has left a wave of uncertainty here in the Nations Capital where businesses have been forced to close and across the country unemployment numbers have skyrocketed Rachel Blevins continues our coverage on code 19 with this report. As the United States prepares for the worst of the coronavirus hundreds of thousands of businesses have been closed and boarded up like this one behind me resulting in massive job loss that experts warn will have a devastating impact on the u. S. Economy while residents are ordered to stay home and practice social distancing at all costs the increasing list of business closures and layoffs are coming at a major cost to the u. S. Economy from popular Clothing Stores famous restaurants to historic easy and the National Push to halt all gatherings of more than 10 and the boarded up businesses here in the Nations Capital are a reflection of what is happening across the country with stocks falling and unemployment numbers skyrocketing in response to the latest calls to the economy the president of the st louis Federal Reserve is warning that National Unemployment could hit 30 percent higher than it was during the Great Depression and 3 times more than the 2007 to 2009 recession experts are now warning that the shutdown from the coronavirus could cause a layoff like the United States has never seen before they note that while the worst month for job losses during the financial crisis was 800000 in march 2009 forecasts for april 2020 range from 5000025 1000000 while cities across the u. S. Are moving to protect residents by expanding debility for Unemployment Insurance offering Financial Assistance for businesses and stopping evictions and utilities cut off Many Americans of war not will be newly enough that they face life without a paycheck i have 2 kids at home i got to take care of a few them and get through this we dont know how long when you have no idea how long that will be how can you predict if you will make it shelter in place orders are being put in place across the nation from philadelphia to dallas here in washington d. C. The attorney general shared his support for the move and said he believes it would reduce the spread of coronavirus and keep residents safe but with millions of americans staying home as the closure of all nonessential businesses is implemented. Be impacted the coronavirus many worry that its impact on the economy is only just beginning reporting in washington rachel. And florida is among the states being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as the cases there continue to grow and their economy relies a lot on tourism some are criticizing the states governor for not doing enough to stop the spread r. T. Correspondent john harvey has the latest for us from miami. Well the case is here in florida continue to increase sharply thats the bottom line to give you an example last week Milling Around this time there were roughly about 150 cases of confirmed cases of corona virus here in the state of florida well today right now at this moment as we speak the state is reporting 1171 confirmed cases that number continues to grow and one number that i keep looking at very closely are the number of pending tests and there are more than 500 at this point more testing is being done slowly but more of the drive through testing locations have been set up particularly here in south florida so as that continues expected that the numbers are going to continue to increase dramatically said last week in the city of miami and Miami Dade County but it could shut down all nonessential Government Operations and then the order was given for all nonessential businesses to close were talking about bars and nightclubs also the city and county parks and beaches have all been shut down that basically happened throughout last week from about tuesday on now the restaurants that do remain open are open only for takeout and or delivery youre not seeing anybody going in and sitting you know and having having drinks and having cocktails or having dinner in the restaurants that is not happening here one of the problems in miami and basically throughout florida particularly central and northern florida has been keeping people. Sickly has been getting them to self isolate keeping them off the beaches out of the parks. Basically in self isolation some parks particularly here in south florida in the miami area have been crowded over the weekend we really saw that a lot of parks as crowded as ive ever been walking paths in many areas especially overrun with teams of joggers and people who you know even out there with personal trainers people doing yoga that kind of thing there was also the controversy of course speaking of last week and the video that went viral of all those spring breakers in south beach basically partying away with some defiantly saying that they continue to party regardless of the coronavirus well Miami Dade County tried to basically put an end to that by shutting down the bars and nightclubs and ultimately the beaches throughout the county though some say that wasnt done quick enough and it should have been done a lot sooner theres also controversy here over the weekend mail about the party boats and yachts still taking groups of people out on biscayne bay i saw a numerous ones on saturday doing exactly that also to one particular sand bar off my beach that was essentially packed with people partying in some areas shoulder to shoulder in response the mayor of Miami Dade County closed their marinas and boat ramps to try and stop that from continuing Florida Governor Rhonda Santos though has not issued a state wide order closing the beaches instead essentially leaving it up to the various cities and counties even today he said he doesnt think a mandatory shelter in place policy would be good for the state one thing he did do though and this just came out a short time ago is that hes basically saying if anyone is traveling from new york to florida then they will be required to have a mandatory 14 day self quarantine ok so that order was just put through. At this point though as far as not basically giving the order to close all the beaches taking a lot of hate. That he continues to with at this point one lawsuit being filed against the governor of the santos demanding that he close all the beaches and that it wasnt done soon enough but so far Miami Dade Broward and palm beach counties here in south florida have all essentially shut down today a group of more than 75 emergency room doctors nurses and physicians physicians assistants here in the miami dade area issued an open letter to the residents of Miami Dade County policing with them to stop going out to stop going to the parks to stop going out and basically fraternizing and basically dismissing the threat of this disease saying that this testing ramps up quote the number of confirmed cases will explode it is a dangerous threat to all of us and quote i know about to just mind blowing john that people are just disregarding all of us john how do you live for us in miami thank you. Next more cocaine 1000 coverage from 2 of the hardest hit states in the country of all reports coming up and then later at the sports h. Q. Regina hamm highlights the wild grand final in australia top women i believe will be right back. When those truths seem wrong. Why dont we just dont. Let me. Get to shape out these days become active. And engaged with equals betrayal. When still many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. Well the past 5 or 6 years very aggressively people have sold dollars to buy these emerging market currencies because they can get a better yield on those currencies suddenly when all the liquidity disappears during during the heisenberg uncertainty for x. Market schrodingers cat of markets everyone is then short dollars they have to buy those dollars back because theyre losing catastrophic play and all their non dollar plays on the market and this is causing a runaway Freight Train of the u. S. Dollar going higher. And over in california there is a troubling trend that has a lot of consumers up in arms are to correspondent natasha sweet has more from l. A. Even though there are laws against price gouging some stores are taking advantage of the situation and now 1. 00 liquor store in fresno was fined 10000. 00 as a result as people are scrambling to stock their houses up with food water and cleaning supplies some businesses arm playing by the rules super liquor store in fresno was fined 10000. 00 for allegedly attempting to sell bottled water around 4 times the normal cost and the same thing is happening in Los Angeles City officials are looking to bring attention to stores driving up the prices of items in high demand like bleach in Hand Sanitizer City Attorney mike fay or says Los Angeles City prohibits price increases of more than 10 percent during an emergency he says quote no retailer no seller can sell a good Service Medical supplies and so forth but more than 10 percent more than they sold the item before the emergency according to his office staff came across to one leader containers of Hand Sanitizer for 140. 00 they also discovered 8 half gallons of bleach for a whopping 100. 00. Similar stories are being reported from around the country some even online retailers offering toilet paper for 10. 00 a roll and facemasks for 40. 00 even major online retailers like amazon and e bay have implemented policies against price gouging the only problem some of these listings are posted faster than they can be taken down further legislation to combat price gouging was introduced in the house last week california is one of the hardest hit states with 30 deaths and more than 600 confirmed cases of covert 19 now President Trump has activated the u. S. Naval hospital ship mercy in route from san diego it will be docked in los angeles for those not infected with copd 19 this will free up existing hospitals for those with the virus according to l. A. Mayor eric are said this will become the largest hospital in the city with more than 1000 beds this will allow Health Care Workers to focus on krona virus patients while increasing the amount of much needed ventilators now there are other major changes happening up and down the coast of california beaches in san diego the center monica pier and beach parking lots in santa monica have been closed hoping to better enforce social distancing reporting in los angeles suites r. T. And lets turn to new york where there were that number there the coronavirus cases is the highest in the country officials bracing for that wrap an influx of patients when the virus hits its peak they say in a matter of weeks arties trying to chavez continues our coverage on covert 1000 from new york city. State officials sounding the alarm in new york of our andrew cuomo issuing an emergency order mandating all hospitals to increase their capacity by 50 percent as they prepare for a dramatic surge in coronavirus patients in the coming weeks this as the number of coronavirus cases in new york continue to climb there are now more than 20000 cases statewide including 5 that. As a new cases new york city has become the epicenter of the outbreak with more than 12300 confirmed cases they see it is an upward trajectory i see it as a wave that will break at one point when the question is what is the point of the break already hospitals across the country are reporting a surge in coronavirus patients and a looming shortage of critical supplies like ventilators and masks mayor bill de blasio saying hospitals have only a number of days to get critical supplies before doctors will be unable to save lives of those who might otherwise survive over the weekend the president approving a major disaster declaration requested by Governor Cuomo the order that brings the National Guard and approximately a 1000 medical beds to new york this as officials look to turn hotels into makeshift hospitals and large event spaces for hospital supply storage but you have to reduce the spread of the range of the virus the rate of spread of the virus youre not really going to control the spread but you can reduce the rate of the spread so you can handle it in your Hospital System the Javits Center which is home to auto shows and trade conventions now its 1800000 square feet of space transforming into 4 temporary hospitals with a 1000 beds and then elaters other sites include State University of new york campuses at stony brook westbury on long island and the west Chester Convention Center meantime the governor continues to call in the federal government saying its time for President Trump to inforce the defense production act to order manufacturers around the country to produce more protective equipment for Health Care Workers reporting in new york treated each other as r t. R the u. S. Has unsealed criminal cases against 2 former officials at venezuelas state oil monopoly american Officials Say this is part of a new round of charges and sanctions against the government prosecutors also charge a businessman associate. With a subsidiary of the Company Better known as. U. S. Secretary of state my tail has landed in afghanistan today in an effort to end the political crisis that has stalled u. S. Efforts to end the war there pump ale met with afghan president ashraf ghani and got his chief rival. Who have been a locked in a power struggle since afghanistans september elections. Lets head over to the world of sports with regina hamm womens professional soccer has wrapped up its season down under in australia who did we crown the new champion its actually a pretty familiar name but close doors wouldnt stop the grand final of australias top womens Soccer League as it came down to one goal deciding the newest champion it was all smiles and waves for these ladies but that was gone the moment the ball hit the pitch 50 minutes in melbourne sea captain Stephanie Catley sending a dangerous cross across the these of the goal to break open spring her team is pretty happy about that cally just attacks in the box in matildas already bledsoe just catches the ball in her glove and ends up being an only goal matildas not to let themselves be shut out sophia where the cross in the right corner stopped by kathleens r i promise she is ok city f. C. Trying to find any sort of offensive action a break ironical lets go shell take the shot but its blocked by Larry Williams cleared off the line really carpenter matildas just completely fall apart by Melbourne City and the premiers keep their unbeaten streak as the clock winds down shutting out sydney f. C. One nil with the when Melbourne City comes the 1st westfield. To lift the trophy 4 times im so excited im sure of my word stadium so are without fans for pretty much the norm in australias top mens Soccer League but that didnt stop an upset game for the Newcastle Jets on their home pitch and the stadiums with no fans that just seemed to boost news castle jets at all 1st chance against Melbourne City f. C. Cross shot from khan. Tool 3 done and done with that beautiful bicycle kick no good though but it still is an impressive attempt but hes not happy so the jets answer back to stop time Nick Fitzgerald taking the pass from. His former side he slams across tom glover no dice footwork there is just too little too late jets up one mill after half time Melbourne City looking to drop even primed for a very different hes headed for the equaliser does his teammates close your firm no one else is there the host looking for goal number 2 and its a bomb of a shot from stephen or got to vic just cant get there hes going to fall behind its a Beautiful Group just held the lead to upset 2nd place Melbourne City 21 in likely the last game for a while as the Football Federation of australia postponed the rest of the season. And with many sports impacted by the current of ours its a great time to see the future athletes pick up the mantle and no one does that better than this young boxer 8 year old. Showing off some pretty impressive skills on social media calling himself the future of german boxing he trains with his dad on a job that is uppercuts his desert actually. Is a w. B. S. Champion with 12 knockouts to name and a 150 record high fees looks up his dad as a role model for his training and sees american muhammad ali as an idol when asked why he thinks sharing his sport with the world on social media in this time is so important a few says because when everything is bad the world needs something to stay together. And hes absolutely right youre seeing sport as we know it is not quite the same so a lot of people are taking to social media see young there hes pretty impressive i think i would get knocked in the face with that little guy and you see a lot of other people the social media there is a video of a room by and a broom saying that this is the new curling you know people are getting inventive and i think thats the future Going Forward have to be creative i mean were in a new norm we dont know how long were going to be locked in this new norm but seeing young kids like. I mean just rock it wow i mean arent we can pull him back up but look how fast this kid is impressive i dont think he he doesnt think out of i wish you could see i know but hes moving faster there you go hes there than a lot faster than any of us were and you know thats the beauty hes getting now hes being active and get having a dad a pro boxer that is godly that doesnt hurt either right but like hes good hes set very cool thank you for that regina ok thats it for us right now but you make sure you keep up with everything in question at all times by downloading our brand new free app it is called portable t. V. For watching 247 people but all the news there i know it can be about smart. You know what im going to get there so you can think about alaska to romania i guess that roman not new dorp or. Kind of where i want to be on course if im not big now i think its higher than i. Africa mafias them safe and quick passage to europe but once they. 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