Do you consider to be at a wartime footing in terms of fighting this virus . I do. Im looking at it that way. I view it in a sense a wartime president. Thats what were fighting. The president invoking powers created at the start of the korean war giving him the authority to speed up production of badly needed medical supplies. He also wants to send Navy Hospital ships to new york and the west coast, but it may be days before theyre ready to sail despite the president s comments. The president also signed a new measure into law making Virus Testing free and giving emergency paid leave to people who are sick or caring for someone infected. Now the focus shifts to the massive trilliondollar package the administration is seeking in an attempt to get checks sent direct three struggling americans. The Treasury Department will ask congress for a measure that would send half of that package thats 500 million to the American People in the form of direct payments in april and may. The other half
Secretary xi jinping will be confirm as president and li keqiang should become premier. This week were taking a closer look at the country they will inherit in our special series china, change and challenge. James tengan reports for us. The npc has wrapped up its third day and there are indications the incoming government will be different from those of the past. Are you seeing any indications . Reporter yes, gene, delegates inside the great hall of the people are talking behind closed doors, but elsewhere in beijing we are seeing signs of how things are already changing under the incoming regime. Business as usual in beijing, even with the biggest political event of the year under way. But unlike past years, you cant Tell Congress is in session just by looking around. When i was here last november, this area was full of flowers and decorations for the National Party congress, but all that pomp and circumstance are gone, except for that red sign over there which says, long live the peo
Okay . Thank you all very much. I appreciate it. Thank you. Press, lets go. Make your way out President Trump just a few minutes ago in the oval office, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Youve been listening to the president talking about the extraordinary scene in the oval office that we saw earlier today. Democratic leaders, nancy pelosi and Chuck Schumer did something we havent seen a politician do in a couple of years. They directly challenged President Trump on his policies, its insults and falsehoods. The meeting came amidst their fight over government funding and the very real risk of a Government Shutdown ten days from now if President Trump refuse to say budge from his demand for 5 billion of funding for the border wall he wants to build. President trump in the heat of the showdown delivered a line that could haunt him and the Republican Party, saying that he will proudly own the shutdown if it happens. If we dont get what we want, one way or the other, whether its through
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Gillibrand condemned the raids. Kids are coming home from their first day of school to find out a parent has been taken away. Its inhumane, its unconscionable, its wrong, and it doesnt make us safer. It actually undermines local Law Enforcement. They wont actually be able to do their jobs. So this is all for President Trumps political points. We begin our coverage with Julia Ainsley. Julia, we know that hundreds of the workers who were detained have now been released. Why have they Blood Pressure ee reporter its not because they can necessarily move on with their lives as normal, ali. They have a court date in the future. Now because we have a backlog in this country of over 800,000 immigrants waiting for their day in court, it could be a long time before they actually face any charges or would have to be deported. But it doesnt change the fact that they are now living in fear and would have a very hard time, near impossible time, of trying to go back to work and make a living for thei