Conference in the white house rose garden is imminent. Hes expected to declare a National State of emergency over the deadly coronavirus pandemic that has taken the lives at last count of 41 americans and infected more than 125,000 people around the world. As we await the president to appear before the m cameras, we will take it the second it happens, markets on the verge of closing out the worst week since october 2008. We are firmly still in a bear market right now. What if anything can the president say to pull the markets out of this weeklong tailspin . To our floor show traders. We are teeing it up in front of the president. You have been on the markets front line. Tom at the nyse, phil at the cme. What Market Indicator will you most closely watch as the president speaks . Well, we saw extreme fear yesterday and they always say when no ones worried, thats the time to worry. Well, yesterday everyone got worried and they came out with massive action. Mnuchin reminded me of mario dra
Will open up access to up to 50000000000 dollars of very importantly for important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities in our shared fight against this disease in furtherance of the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately youre going to be hearing from some of the Largest Companies and greatest retailers and medical companies in the world as to anyway. Behind me and that side of me im also asking every hospital in this country to activated some urgency prepared as planned so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged in new york and various other places are also very sing gauge i just spoke with Governor Cuomo we had a very good conversation and were working very strongly with many states including new york. The merging see orders im issuing today will also confer broad new authority to the secretary of health and Human Services the secretary of h. H. S. Will be able
Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by the Vice President of the United States. Pres. Trump thank you very much , everyone. Thank you. Beautiful day in the rose garden. Appreciate everybody being here. I would like to provide an update to the American People on several decisive new actions we are taking in our vigilant effort to combat and ultimately defeat the coronavirus. We have been working very hard on this, we have made tremendous progress. When you compare what we have done to other areas of the world, it is pretty incredible. Thet of that had to do with early designation and closing of the borders. As you know, europe was just designated as a hot right now. And we closed that border while ago, so i was lucky, through talent or luck, call it whatever you want, but through a very collective action and shared sacrifice, national determination, we will overcome the threat of the virus. I announced wednesday night, following the advice of our medical
Information. Its free, it is easily accessible, and its all there at cspan. Org. Vice president pens gave an update on the coronavirus outbreak with members of the White House Task force. They spoke about new travel restrictions, the level of risk for most americans, and the timeline for possible a possible vaccine. Good afternoon. We just finished the monday meeting of the White House Coronavirus task force. Since the time the president established the task force here at the white house, it has literally met daily. We continued that effort today. We added the head for the center of medicaid and Medicare Services seema verma to the task force today as well as Robert Wilkey with the va. First a few basic facts and reports and then well hear from other members of the task force about ongoing efforts. At the present moment we have 43 domestic cases of the coronavirus. 48 cases of individuals who have returned to the United States. Of the domestic cases, 29 of the 43 are either in californ
The senate live here on cspan2. Next, a look at the challenges of caring for Senior Citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable longterm care for the elderly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] would members and their guests please take their seats . Ways and Means Committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome. We are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation, and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. It is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter or in november, which is alzheimers Awareness Month and u. S. National Family Caregivers month. It is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, and for those who havent personally struggled to insure an older relative receives the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. Navigating a fragmented and insufficient longterm care system can be not only confusing and emotionally taxing, but also