Last night President Trump said the u. S. Is looking to build two brandnew hospital ships. That process would take years. Two cruise ships with hundreds of sick passengers and crew members are due to arrive in florida today. Several people have tested positive for the coronavirus, and four are dead. Floridians will be allowed to disembark, but the fate of the others is unknown. Abcs gio benitez has more. Reporter as the two Holland America cruise ships approach the florida coast, Amy Lee Jones fears time is running out for her parents on board. Her father has severe pneumonia, her mother has a fever. Theres no time. These people need to get off the ship. There are people even more ill than my father. Reporter the zaandam left buenos aires nearly a month ago. 233 are sick, four passengers are dead. Everyone on board desperate to dock in florida. But floridas Governor Desantis reluctant to let nonfloridians into the state. Clearly were going to be willing to accept any floridians on boar
All the overnight developments right now on america this morning. Good thursday morning, everyone. Vice president mike pence says it could be memorial day before we get through the most challenging part of this National Coronavirus crisis. Nearly 1,000 americans have died in just the last 24 hours. Heres the map this morning showing the death tolls by state. New york is reporting more than 2,000 deaths. New jersey and michigan each have more than 300 followed by louisiana, washington and california with over 200 each. President trump says the Strategic National stockpile of ongo one we. Nlqpmsey 40in y five states have not yet issued a stay at home order or some kind of statewide close. They include arkansas, missouri, nebraska and the dakotas. Abcs ines de la cuetara begins our coverage. Reporter with more than 5,000 deaths reported from covid19 across the country, President Trump striking a grim tone. Difficult days are ahead for our nation. Were going to have a couple of weeks start
And we have to be apart of each other. And and we are looking at some of the most blue sky we have seen in weeks. And coming our way tomorrow. Because today, we do have cloud cover coming in today, and tomorrow, picture perfect. If you are getting a couple minutes to do meditating, jogging or kick the ball around with kids, blue sky. And live look now in San Francisco and we have mostly clear skies and fog and low cloud cover. And when to start off cold now, and widespread 40. And the bay area, and i think were going to be hand to han the it just fine. No one is expected to go near the freezing mark. Here is what i know youre going to love. Look at the future cast and what i want to show you there is cloud cover well off shore and flow t notice at 8 00 in the monk, we are starting from the north bay to the south bay. As i advance to the afternoon, there is not any cloud cover expected. We are in store for a sun fli day tomorrow. Temperatures will respond accordingly. We will go about a
Of the last tools inour arsenal, we reach the point where. The cases have exploded in the washington region here in mayland, virginia and the District Of Columbia more than quadrupled just a couple of days experts on the White House Coronavirus task force say even if the number of cases drops over the warm summer months we could see a resurgence in the fall. Although by then Authorities Say they hope to be equipped with thsupplies d the knowledge needed to better manage another wave of cases in washington, im whitney wild cnn anchor chris cuomo has been diagnosed with the coronavirus the news came out earlier today in a memo to cnn employees. Its as though that hes feeling well and still plans to anchor his show from his home. The vast majority of cnn employees have been working from home for the past several weeks with acres broadcasting from small studios and home offices. As well work to curb the spread of the coronavirus the efrt to treat those already infected is getting harder ne
Formula is to get the gears of economy running again. Well hear from new york governor andrew cuomo, heads of neighboring states on their plan to reopen the region. Last week was our America Works together virtual town hall where we answered your questions. Today we answer more, including responses from the administration. All that and so much more on making money. Charles well stocks are turning lower today as the market enters earnings season. We expect bottom line disasters and very little guidance. How of bad news is already baked into the market . How should investors handicap this market Goldman Sachs now says has in fact hit a bottom . Lets bring in Capital Wealth Planning chief strategist jeff saut, along with Gibbs Wealth Management cio erin gibbs. Erin, let me start with you. Enough has been done between the stimulus from the government and maybe whatever else but now goldman says the bottom has been put in. Well i think, you know, theyre still saying we could test the lows a