Coronavirus. He also spoke about the california wildfires. Pres. Trump yesterday i approved a major disaster declaration for california as they battle to of the worst wildfires in the history of their state. That continues. The federal government has already deployed over 26,001st responders and personnel to battle the wildfires. We are working very closely with closely asr and very a lot of great state representatives and local representatives, and we will take care of the situation. We have 26,001st responders already. Our hearts go out to the thousands of families who have this week. Homes we grieve for the families of two First Responders and five residents who have tragically lost their lives. It has been a very horrific fire , one of the biggest we have ever seen. My administration is already closely monitoring hurricane marco and Tropical Storm laura, which are coming in rapidly. Hurricane marco is expected to make landfall in louisiana two days later. This is somewhat unprecede
Apparently some 70,000 americans have already been treated. And now heres the president of the United States. Thank you very much. And its good to see you all. Hope you had a great weekend at your convention. And were going to have a Great Convention coming up, and i look forward to it. But before i discuss a very historic breakthrough in our fight against the china virus, id like to provide an update on the recent wildfires in california and the storms in the gulf of mexico. Yesterday, i approved a major disaster declaration for california. I spoke to Governor Newsom as they battle two of the worst wildfires in the history of their state. That continues. The federal government has already deployed over 26,000 First Responders and personnelnm to battle the wildfires. Were working very closely with the governor and very closely with a lot of great state representatives and local representatives, and well take care of the situation. But we have 26,000 First Responders already. Our hearts
It is official. The pandemic has triggered the steepest Economic Contraction in history, but markets in this final hour dont look nearly as bad as they did when the number for gdp q2 came out earlier. Right now, the dow is down 193 points but the low had been a loss of more than 500 points. Yes, we saw that the covid had created a stunning collapse in growth but nowhere at the moment where we see the nasdaq up 56, thats where we see some real strength. But the reaction is most prevalent in safe haven government treasuries. To the tenyear yield which moves, by the way, inversely to the bonds price, diving into a hole. We are at. 55 for the tenyear yield, as worried investors decide it is risk off. All right. So President Trump is making comments right now at the headquarters of the American Red Cross in washington, d. C. Lets listen in for a moment. These therapies transfuse powerful antibodies from the blood of recovered patients to help treat those battling the current infection that
Good afternoon. It is great to be in Central Florida. The reason we are here today is because so many floridians have asked what else can i do to be helpful in the fight against covid19 . Obviously, folks have been faceently wearing coverings, looking out for senior citizens, and we want you to continue to do that, but there is another way that you can help, and that is for those who have been infected with covid19 and developed antibodies for the disease, to donate your blood. One blood here is really leading the charge on this. When we started this in march, there was not a lot of information about how to treat somebody that was infected with covid19 and required hospitalization, and there has been a lot of Different Things along the way that have been done. There have been a lot of great inroads that have been made. One of the treatments that many physicians around the state believe is very effective is the use of convalescent plasma, so this is blood that is donated from somebody w
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