Teleconference. The white house woking on new guidelines with those governors to put restart plans into operation. The cdc and fema reportedly coming up with recommendations. Advising states to come out of mitigation in a controlled way with robust Monitoring Systems in place to contain new cases and outbreaks. Adding leaders at all levels will need to prepare communities for occasionally returning to mitigation measures for a brief period to continue containing the disease. President trump is suggesting some states that are the least hard hit may be able to reopen by the end of the month and some perhaps sooner. President trump it will be very, very close maybe even before the date of may 1. So that will be for some states. Actually there are over 20 that are in extremely good shape. And we think well be able to get them open fairly quickly. Others will follow. The federal government will be watching them closely. And well be there to help. Lou the deadly wuhan virus that shut down mu
Hospitals during the pap. Ndemic. He talked about actions hes taking to temporarily suspend all immigration into the u. S. Due to the virus. President trump thank you very much, everyone. Big day today. I want to start by saying that our love and prayers to every american continue to be with our fellow citizens who lost a cherished friend or Family Member to the virus. We are making tremendous strides against this invisible enemy thanks to our Aggressive Campaign gets the virus and the talent of our medical professionals. Mortality rate remains half of that of many other countries and one of the lowest of any country in the world. And thats due to a lot of things but our medical professionals have been incredible. Since we announced our guidelines on opening up america as we call it, opening up america and i think we can add the word probably again, but thats what it is. We are opening up america. 40 of the u. S. Population have announced they are making plans and preparations to safel
Need both democrats and republicans to come together to get this legislation the legislation completed and it looks like its on its way but we need both and it should be for people that are working for the workers and if you look and you see we have a lot of people that are affected by that and its a very positive development so we have to get a bipartisan approval of that and hopefully that will happen today the department of education is also announcing the availability of more than 6000000000 dollars in emergency Grant Funding to assist College Students impacted by the cancellation of classes and the suspension of housing. A lot of people had. A lot of things suspended housing is one of them previously we waive student loan payments for 6 months of student loan payments have been waived for 6 months and will discuss it after that may go further although this medical war separated our citizens for a period of time its also united our entire nation i think i can say like almost never
Test test we are back with video of a violent confrontation over social distancing. One shopper on the elevator at a washington, d. C. Walmart using pepper spray on another. She didnt want anyone else on the elevator with her. The police and ambulance were called. The woman sprayed in the face refused treatment. The battle against the coronavirus is about to take to the skies. Drones could soon be monitoring our every move and even our health from high above. Whos monitoring our privacy . Wabcs dan krauth tries to answer that question. Reporter its called a pandemic drone, and youll find it hovering in westport, connecticut. As you can see outside this grocery store, it can measure whether people are social distancing. Circles determine if theyre six feet apart. Green good, red bad. There shouldnt be a police chief or anybody sitting in my seat right now, with everything going on, not looking for a way to do things differently. Reporter the police chief taking part in a threemonth pilo
Testing and what governors do offering guidelines. Pres. Trump thank you very much. I would like to begin by saying that we are continuing to negotiate with the democrats to get our great workers and Small Businesses all over the country taking care of. Tohink we are getting close a deal. Could happen, could happen. A lot of good work has been going on. We could have an answer tomorrow. We are going to see what exactly does take place. We are also looking at helping our hospitals and our rural hospitals who have been hurt very badly. The rural hospitals, for a long time, havent been treated properly. We are looking to help them and beyond. We are looking at hospitals as part of the package. We will see how that all comes out. But a lot of good things are happening, very good negotiations. I just got off the phone with the secretary of the treasury, and we have very good negotiations going on right now. I think you could have a nice answer tomorrow, but we will see. America continues to