Television news, talking about the role agencies provider. The other thing that fs virus . Guest because of the disaster is really not relevant to fema. Whether it is a virus, a pandemic, hurricane, and , it is sort of agnostic when it comes been what we think of as natural disasters. Deal with any sort of disaster. That is the design of fema. It is this allpurpose agency. Host is a power that is currently being applied to covid19 from fema . Guest they have got about 1200 people out of a workforce of 14,000 assigned to covid19. Actually, fema has had some staffing issues in the past. They are in relatively decent shape right now. Toyou go back a year ago, when we had these massive floods in the great plains and upper midwest, fema was stretched a lot more thinly and they have done an ok job in the last year adding staff. They are ok, for now. The question will be, what happens in the coming months when the spring flood season arrives and you start getting all of these communities in m
Stimulus checks are heading to Bank Accounts starting today. The coronavirus has claimed the lives of 6 people and infected other another 85 a to nursing home facilities in alameda county. We begin our coverage with that story can see huge outbreak is very concerning kron 4 Sarah Stinson is in San Francisco with the details. You guys very concerning especially i mean can you imagine for the family members you know have someone there at the 2 separate Nursing Homes that have had coronavirus outbreaks still very developing situation over there as the only the county Health Department or to help us staff get through this with resources as well take a look at your screen we put all the details for you on there where you can see the numbers there at least 59 people have tested positive for coronavirus at gateway care and rehab center in hayward 24 Staff Members and 35 residents of the 35 residents 6 have died each then at east bay postacute in Castro Valley 17 employees and 9 residents have
Studies. Welcome to our viewers online. My name is jacob kurtzer, im the acting director of the humanitarian agenda here, a project that we seek to leverage the expertise of our scholars and programs to offer policy solutions to humanitarian problems in the world today. I would like to direct everyones attention to our emergency exits, its part of our safety and security plan, and encourage you also to take this opportunity to turn your phones to mute. I want to acknowledge before we begin the partnership that our program has with the agency for International Development office of foreign Disaster Assistance, whose support allows us to put on event, such as todays discussion. We have a short time today so ill be brief. All of us here today are keenly aware of the immense human suffering taking place in idlib and across syria right now. Families and individuals have been forced into multiple displacements, with targeted attacks ongoing on innocent civilians and on hospitals and clinics
Continues on a global scale. A worldwide their market, the 11 year bull run here is over. The dow is heading to the 22,000 level. A month ago it was 29,000. It is the fastest selloff in history. The s p will hit bear market territory at the open today, down 20 from the february high, the same story with the nasdaq. More money is still moving into safe treasury securities pushing the yield down to 0. 69 as of right now. The latest news on the virus brings its impact home to all of us. Sport dramatically affected. The nba has suspended the season indefinitely. A few days ago they banned reporters from locker rooms. Now the whole sport is shutdown. The Seattle Mariners will not be playing any home games. The early baseball season is in question. There will be an announcement later on the nhl. Social distancing is apparent across the country. You can see it and businesses are feeling it. Theres a long list of conference and meeting cancellations that is barely hurting airlines, hotels and
U. S. Naval Institute News reporter sam lagrone talks about the role of u. S. Navy hospital ships in the coronavirus response. Washington journal is next. The men and women of the greatest country on earth are going to defeat this coronavirus and reclaim our future. After sleep deprived nights and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan rescuent on the largest package in American History. Host republican and Democratic Leaders in the u. S. Senate announcing a deal at 1 30 a. M. This morning on a 2 trillion coronavirus aid package. Good morning. We will get your thoughts on that this morning. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Youcan join us as well if text us with your first name, city and state that 202 or8003 at 202 7488003 go to twitter at cspan wj. We have learned about what is in the deal the lawmakers have reached. Theres 500 billion for major corporations. 360 7 billion for Small Business loans. 130 billion for hospitals across