Mystery of where, when, and from whom he contracted the virus is growing, as is a number of those in mr. Trumps inner circle who have tested positive. The race to Contact Trace is now potentially a matter of life or death as attendees attended this rose garden public event. Its a Sobering Development for a white house that has downplayed the severity of the virus. This is not a matter of politics. It is a brazen replientd to alreminder toall of us we hae this virus seriously. Brennan well talk with Robert Obrien and nancy pelosi. And Scott Gottlieb will be with us, as well as Adam Schechter of labcorp. Plus a face the nation focus group 2020style. Can i see a show of hands from those of you who believe that the news of the president s illness will affect the president ial campaign . So when i heard that he had coronavirus, i guess i wasnt surprised. Im a Firm Believer in karma. The president has never taken this seriously. Brennan it is all just ahead on face the nation. Brennan good m
Pres. Trump thank you very much , everyone. Thank you. Beautiful day in the rose garden. Appreciate everybody being here. I would like to provide an update to the American People on several decisive new actions we are taking in our vigilant effort to combat and ultimately defeat the coronavirus. We have been working very hard on this, we have made tremendous progress. When you compare what we have done to other areas of the world, it is pretty incredible. Thet of that had to do with early designation and closing of the borders. As you know, europe was just designated as a hot right now. And we closed that border while ago, so i was lucky, through talent or luck, call it whatever you want, but through a very collective action and shared sacrifice, national determination, we will overcome the threat of the virus. I announced wednesday night, following the advice of our medical professionals, who are doing a tremendous job and we appreciate it very much, that we are suspending the entry o
Market rs doing because they did see a significant bounce around about midday when the president said he would be addressing the nation at 3 00 p. M. And with it came the eck peckation that he would declare a state of emergency. That took us off the lows of the session. Were splitting the difference it was up 1339s at the high, 85 and currently 865 points lots to discuss. Straight to eamon javers who is outside the white house. Eamon, what are the key things we might be expecting from this from the president well one of the things were going to be looking for is whether he makes any mention of the bill na that nancy pelosi said hes going to pass as early as this afternoon in terms of dealing with the virus a Senior Administration official told me that the white house still objects to several provisions in that measure will the president embrace it or discard it thats a key question. Lori ann is reporting that Steven Mnuchin was on the phone with speaker of the house nancy pelosi shortl
Will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of very importantly for important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately youre going to be hearing from some of the Largest Companies and greatest retailers and medical companies in the world as to anyway. Behind me and that side of me im also asking every hospital in this country to activated some urgency prepared as planned so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged in new york and various other places are also very sing gauge i just spoke with Governor Cuomo we had a very good conversation and were working very strongly with many states including new york. The merging see orders im issuing today will also confer broad new authority to the secretary of health and Human Services the secretary of h. H. S. Will be able