He said theyre running out with a few days of supplies left and no more help skpexpected from t federal government. In truth, i dont believe the federal stockpile has enough to help all the states. Because you cant buy the material at this moment. 300 ventilators per day is the rate. If you find 300 excess ventilators, you found another day. Help for Small Businesses begins, part of the 2 trillion relief package but the rollout could be rocky because of a lack of guidance from the government. The waves of equipment shortages and hospitals across the country and needs rise as the cases continue to rise from city to city. Our nick watt in santa monica, california, this week. All people should wear masks outside and today, ordered for the lapd. Whats the latest, nick . Reporter that is right, anderson. Some officers already out on the streets wearing those masks, and lapd says it is for the protection of the officers, but also, the public. If an officer has the virus, and he or she is wea
First a note about uncertainty. Hard times like this call for hard truths. The hard truth is that covid19 will be with us for a long time. Until theres a cure or vaccine it will pose a unique threat. Experts are talking in terms of years. No one likes this. But Everyone Needs to know the truth. The hard truth. The leads who are acting like this is almost over are not leading at all. Theyre failing to tell the hard truth. Thats irresponsible. Im looking at you jared kushner. He said the federal government rose to the challenge. He called it a success story. The hard truth is anyone who talks about this pandemic in the past tense is lying to you. This is present tense crisis. No amount of propaganda can change that but it can confuse people. It is confusing people and thats reckless. The hard truth is that shutdowns and social distancing measures have slowed the spread of the virus but the virus is still winning. Someone from america died every 44 seconds in april. The true toll is worse
Which is far less than the rate from last week. About 20,000 new cases were reported pushing the total well over 1. 5 million americans. Back at the white house, President Trump made a very surprising announcement yesterday telling reporters he has been taking the drug hydroxychloroquine to protect him from the coronavirus. That is despite the fact that there is no proof that this drug works. But there is proof we can increase the risk of a heart attack. The Trump Administration has also signed a 354 million deal putting a startup Pharmaceutical Company in charge of creating the countrys first strategic stockpile of drug ingredients. The idea is to cut americas dependence on other countries for getting those ingredients. And finally, the president says the World Health Organization must make substantial improvements or risk losing u. S. Funding for good. He sent a letter late last night accusing the organization of being too cozy with china and blaming w. H. O. For costly missteps in t
Hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First. Queen elizabeth has made a televised address marking the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in europe at the end of a day of muted commemorations across the continent. The british monarch said the message of ve day was never give up, never despair. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. This is london. His majesty king george vi. It was a not a nation gave thanks as it emerged from a terrible struggle and the king recalled the many thousands who would been lost. We have come to the end of our tribulation. And they are not with us at the moment of our rejoicing. 75 years later, the queen recalled her fathers and rejoicing. 75 years later, the queen recalled herfathers and britains great from tyranny. At the start, the outlook seemed bleak. The end distant. The outcome uncertain. But we kept faith that the
To the president s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care act or obamacare. Supporters of the law cheered outside the courthouse as the decision came down. A few blocks away at the white house, the president also celebrating. The white house photographer capturing these photos of the president s reaction after hearing the ruling. And a few moments later, he spoke in the rose garden. Today after more than 50 votes in congress to repeal or weaken this law, after a president ial election based in part on preserving or repealing this law, after multiple challenges to this law before the Supreme Court, the Affordable Care act is here to stay. The court rejected the argument brought by opponents of the law that the language in the bill dealing with subsidies to low income americans was meant only to apply to consumers in the 16 states that set up their open exchanges. That would have taken away the financial benefit to more than 6 Million People in the other 34 states that ar