Eyewitness news. Interstate closed. three different crashes. Creating a mess. And forcing people from their homes. how long itll take for the highway to re open. And the School System delaying classes tomorrow. The latest details just in. Plus the final showdown. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton go all in in vegas. The major change to protocol even before the debate got underway. And. Call for help. The one action by a Texas Police Officer that save Eyewitness News starts right now. developing right developing right now a crash shuts down a 16 mile stretch of i95 in Johnston County and at least one part wont reopen until friday morning. Good evening. Im steve daniels. And im tisha powell. The wreck involves this tanker truck. That crashed in the. The carolina outlets exit in smithfield. An rv hit the truck hauling hazardous materials. Causin b both to catch fire. I95 is closed in both directions between exits 81. The i40 interchange. And exit 97. The ramp for highway 70. The northbound
States where its hit the hardest this. Action will give them maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability. And freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. The federal government has deployed hundreds of tons of supplies from our National Stockpile to locations with the greatest need in order to assist in those areas, i approved the state of new yorks request for a major disaster declaration, something which Governor Cuomo has been asking for, and which i agree. And we had it done in very rapid fashion. We approved this on friday evening. And we are working very, very hard to get all of these things not only signed up, but completed and finished and win. The request from the state of washington for a major disaster declaration was approved just a little while ago. Went through the process, and we moved it very quickly. The request from the state of california was just received. And w
Topping 14,000. We have Fox Team Coverage tracking all angles of this worsening epidemic. We want to begin with steve harrigan. Steve . Jon, the u. S. Numbers have been rising all day. Right now they are over 31,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the u. S. The death toll in the u. S. Has now topped 400. Weve seen a number of state governors order all nonessential workers to remain at home. This morning there were five states on that list. Now its up to eight, with ohio and louisiana joining the list of people now ordered to go out only for food or medicine. The cdc former head was on Fox News Sunday this morning. He was critical of the administration saying it had basically side lined the cdc during this crisis. Fighting this without cdc central to the response has never been done with an Infectious Disease threat in the u. S. Before and it is Like Fighting with one hand tied behind your back. Some potential positive news on the horizon, the fda has approved an on site testing for the
La alarm in the rapid spread of coronavirus. In an hour we will hear from the white house about the federal governments response to the pandemic. Rand paul is the first senator to test positive for coronavirus. Announcing today hes feeling fine and in quarantine. Two members of the house tested positive in the past week. There are more than 29,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States and 368 people have died. New milestone today, estimates show nearly a billion people across the world are confined to their homes right now. One billion. In the u. S. , more than 96 Million People are being told to stay home with seven states announcing orders, including two today, ohio and louisiana. The treasury secretary is warning millions of americans could be forced to stay home until june. We need the money now. I would say weavre looking at this from a 10 to 12 week scenario. This situation is moving quickly. We need to get the money into the economy now. If we do that, we think we
Maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. The federal government has deployed hundreds of tons of supplies from our National Stockpile to locations with the greatest need. In order to assist in those areas, i approved the state of new yorks request for a major disaster declaration, something which Governor Cuomo has been asking for and which i agree, and we had it done in very rapid fashion. We approved this on friday evening and we are working very, very hard to get all of these things not only signed up, but completed and finished and win. The request from the state of washington for a major disaster declaration was approved just a little while ago. Went through the process, and we moved it very quickly. The request from the state of california was just received, and we will have it approved very quickly. Well be working. I told t