President trump the coronavirus which is very well under control in our country. There are very few people with it and the people that have it are, well in all cases i havent heard anything other. The people are all getting better. We brought in some americans from a ship because it was the right thing to do in their quarantine and we think they will be in very good shape very soon. Dana at this, it coming before the latest from Health Officials. Chad pergram is standing by on capitol hill with reaction from lawmakers after the president sent them an urgent budget request to respond to the outbreak. But we begin with Jonathan Serrie who is live in atlanta, home to the cdc. Cdc Officials Say they are concerned about increasing supportreports of severe illnesd sustained a persontoperson spread in italy and other countries. These meet two of the criteria for a pandemic. As a Community Spread is detected in more and more countries, the world moves closer to meeting the new criteria, worldw
Bill how do we look at this . The up and down and we have to expect constant volatility. Up 1,000, down 1,000. A lot of back and forth. Why . Theres so much nervousness on wall street and throughout the country. We dont know enough. We have not gotten enough administration. The administration tried to get ahead of that. They said we will see more cases. My sources are telling me and i dont want to panic me, were going to see tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of cases in the united states. This is going to happen. Thats why the administration is trying to get ahead of it. Bill over which period of time the next six months to a year. Well see hundreds of thousands of cases. Bill are you going to see the market go up and down . Well see that kinds of volatility until we understand what it means. One thing to add with that hundreds of thousands of cases, not everybody will get deathly sick. Theres therapeutics, theres therapies that will treat this. A vaccine is a year away. Were
Dana perino in this is the daily briefing. The president said he will be joined later today by representatives from the cdc and others. The white house looking to compeers over the virus that the number of cases around the world continues to increase. Also, they are looking to clear up the mixing from the administration. The president saying things were under control in the states. Shortly after federal Health Officials say americans can get ready for the virus to spread in communities across the country. But today, the white house and since everyone is on the same page and the president s task force as they are ready. There is a danger that this will turn into a true pandemic. And if it does, we will have to deal with it. Although things are under control now, we need to be prepared for the eventuality that we will have cases here that may turn into community spread. We have preparedness plan. We need to dusted off and get ready to implement at. Dana the latest numbers to more than 2,
Okay. That will do it for today. Good news we just heard from a high executive at Fox News Channel were back tomorrow. Have a great thursday. Sandra cdc confirming the First American case of the Coronavirus Spread through community transmission. The person had no links to International Travel or exposure to another patient raising brandnew questions about the spread of this illness at home. Good morning, im sandra smith. Ed im ed henry. The news about this case in Northern California coming amid growing concern around the world. The number of confirmed people sick topping 82,000. The outbreak rattling markets this morning. Dow futures lower again. The president looking to ease some concerns at his News Conference. Watch. President trump the number one priority from our led outside the United States recently and has not knowingly been in co we are a family here in milwaukee, and this is unthinkable for us. Ive had a chance to speak to some of the employees that were here when i arrived,
Second man dies near seattle. At this point we do not know how this gentleman contracted the illness. He was in a hospital. This hospital is one where the nursing home sends patients. There are cases in the nursing home also. Right now there is a large investigation going on in the nursing home and hospital, Contact Tracing to try to determine where that disease was introduced and how it might have spread. You dont know. At this point this is a community transmission, somewhere out in that community in kirk land, washington it is a sus peted community transmission. Yes. Good morning, david. Good morning. Officials here in washington and at the white house and National Institutes of health in bethesda continue to hold highlevel meetings as more cases come into the spotlight. Vice president mike pence is the point person for the Trump Administration on coronavirus. He held a meeting yesterday and on saturday he led a situation room meeting with cdc officials along with President Trump. P