Remember. But thats how we heal. Its important to do that as a nation. Bret in the meantime president elect joe biden now in washington remembers the more than 400,000 americans who died of covid19 peered welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Americas capitol is in lockdown ahead of what troops and officers will try to ensure what is a peaceful transition of power, hours away from the inauguration of joe biden as the 46th president of United States. Final hours of a donald Trump Presidency thats sparked unprecedented rancor and controversy and ended with the fallout of a riot through and if i building. President trumps farewell message released a short while ago by the white house, former Vice President dan quayle will join us and the way forward. We are keeping a close eye on the pardon situation tonight. White house correspondent Kristin Fisher joins us live from the north lawn. Good evening. Good evening, bret feared that may be the last time we hear from President Trump speaking in
State of emergency. There are now more than 1,400 confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States, and at least 37 people have died. President trump responding by reassuring americans that we as a country will get through this pandemic. Here he is earlier today talking about restricting travel from europe. President trump we get along very well with european leaders but we had to make a decision and i didnt want it takes a long time to make the individual call. They raised taxes on us, they dont consult us, and for americans coming back or anyone coming back, were having testing. We have a tremendous testing setup. If people are positive it will be a pretty strong enforcement of quarantine. Look, the key is, you have to have separation. You have to have separation or this thing takes longer to go away. Jesse it seems like in the last 24 hours it just got a lot more intense, greg, over val office Oval Office Address and restrictions from the pond. The important thing is you cant make f
Least 37 confirmed deaths in the u. S. As of tonight, 29 of them are in Washington State. The number of confirmed infections in this country right now is at least 1444, that we know of. Globally according to Johns Hopkins university, more than 68,000 people have recovered from the virus. 50,000 in china, well talk more about that in just a moment. Well talk to democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez about what congress is doing. Details on another market meltdown today, john roberts on what the president is saying and doing but we will begin with Jonathan Serrie in atlanta with the latest. Georgia reported its first death today, the Georgia Legislature announced plans to suspend indefinitely after tomorrow. Maryland is closing all Public Schools statewide in the name of Public Health, every day life is about to change. As Public Health officials were offloading the remaining passengers from the grand princess, the president of the cruise line announced a pause in operations. W