Welcome you to this primetime edition of washington journal. House Speaker Pelosi outlining a new stimulus plan. The price tag, 3 trillion. Votes this friday. Live on cspan. We will get the details later this hour with a wall street journal congressional reporter. A leading Public Health expert on what is next as some areas of the country begin to slowly reopen. The impact this virus is having on native American Communities with representative deb haaland of new mexico. Our phone lines are open. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, please dial in. We would love to hear from you. Good tuesday evening. We begin with the official numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Worldwide, the number of cases, 4. 25 million. The death toll in excess of 291,000. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen. She is the visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced the Washington Post new opinion contributor and Baltimore City Health Commissioner
Saying it was the right choice. This is about 45 minutes. Virginia made sacrifices, but everything you have done has truly made a difference. We must figure out a path forward, but we must always be aware that this virus is still with us. Togood morning and welcome live. Gton post i am bob costa, National Political reporter of the post. This morning we continue our leadership during crises series with two governors who have been giving with the pandemic for days and weeks on end. We begin with virginias democratic Governor Ralph Northam then we will hear from arkansass republican governor, asa hutchinson. First, Governor Northam is a medical doctor and has recently announced plans to reopen virginias economy. Governor, welcome. Governor northam good morning to you and all your viewers, thank you so much for doing this. So important that all americans and in my case, virginias, have access to up did it information so i appreciate the opportunity to be with you today. Mr. Costa thank you
Package. She said the House Democratic proposal is largely based on the four previous part bipartisan bills. The house is expected to vote on the legislation on friday. Ms. Pelosi good afternoon. In february, sadly we learned that the first known coronavirus death in the united states. Since then, over 80,000 americans have died and nearly 1. 4 million have been infected. 33 million americans have filed for Unemployment Insurance. We all know these numbers. We face the biggest catastrophe in our nations history. Setting aside how we got here, we must approach this tragedy with the deepest humanity as we go into the future. All of our hearts are broken by the loss of life. The number of 33 million americans who have filed for Unemployment Insurance is almost unimaginable. This is a moment when many this is a moment when many millions of our fellow americans are in deep suffering. We must have empathy for our heroes. The Health Care Workers for how exhausted and how stressed they are in
We will get the details later this hour with a wall street journal congressional reporter. A leading Public Health expert on what is next as some areas of the country begin to slowly reopen. The impact this virus is having on native American Communities with representative deb haaland of new mexico. Our phone lines are open. We want to hear from you. For those of you out west if you are a medical professional, please dial in. We would love to hear from you. Good tuesday evening. We begin with the official numbers courtesy of john hopkins university. Worldwide the number of cases, 4. 25 million. The death toll in excess of 291,000. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen. She is the visiting professor at George Washington university. Today it was announced the Washington Post new opinion contributor and Baltimore City Health Commissioner from 2014 to 2015. Dr. Wen happy to be with you. Host i want to begin with new projections new 4, the withy august death toll could exceed 147,000.
Nada this is b world news america reporting from new york, i am nada tawfik. President trump announces he is virtually shutting down americas border with mexico, as a new way of life in the u. K. , as Prime Minister orders pubs and restaurants closed to prevent the spread of the disease. Rforgn on your wedding day imagine a global pandemic. The story of one cple whose wedding day, today, isnt happening. By now would be eatinges cheese and nib without parents with r parents. But noto be. Nada for all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. The world is limpin into the weekend with the fight against the coronavirus taking place on multiple fronts. In italy, the death toll sort by moreha600. The country had the most fatalities from overtaking ciena the day ea the british Prime Minister ordered bars and restaurants closeds of this evening. Here in the united states, Financial Markets closed the an restrictions of fal crisis, as those especially in big ci