Easter is april 12th. It is now march 24th. Its less than three weeks away. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo whose state has the high test number of coronavirus cases in the country sharply disagreed with the president s view. If you ask the American People to choose between Public Health and the economy, then its no contest. No american is going to say, accelerate the economy at the cost of human life. Because no american is going to say, how much a life is worth. Job one has to be save lives. Lets take a closer look at where things stand in the United States right now. There are now more than 50,000 confirmed cases in the United States. At least 637 deaths. The World Health Organization said today at this rate, the United States could become the next epicenter of the virus. As all of this is going on, so do negotiations over a massive emergency package to deal with the economic fallout. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said earlier today, negotiations were, quote, on the two yard l
The president sees a light at the end of the tunnel. Hes thinking we can start making our way back to work, start circulating again round about Easter Sunday. He says hed like to see churches packed on Easter Sunday. In fact, hes been thinking even sooner than easter. At minimum, hed like to be able to clear large sections of our country that its safe to get back out there. Mike pence reported today mcdonalds is doing Curbside Pickup at select locations. And it turns out apple had 9 million masks, more than the u. S. Strategic reserve. Apple has now decided to donate those masks for use by our medical workers. And this caveat. Again tonight back in the real world, the coronavirus news is grim. We are now north of 53,000 cases in this country. The u. S. Has found a way to lead the world yet again. Sadly, thats us at the top in red, the highest trend line of new cases. As the Financial Times put it today, we continue to set the pace. Its still true that we have no idea how Many Americans
Pandemic. Again tonight, if you saw the White House Briefing earlier this evening, then you know the news is basically good. The president sees a light at the end of the tunnel. Hes thinking we can start making our way back to work, start circulating again round about Easter Sunday. He says hed like to see churches packed on Easter Sunday. In fact, hes been thinking even sooner than easter. At minimum, hed like to be able to clear large sections of our country that its safe to get back out there. Mike pence reported today mcdonalds is doing Curbside Pickup at select locations. And it turns out apple had 9 million masks, more than the u. S. Strategic reserve. Apple has now decided to donate those masks for use by our medical workers. Ea again tonight back in the real world, the coronavirus news is grim. We are now north of 53,000 cases in this country. The u. S. Has found a way to lead the world yet again. Sadly, thats us at the top in red, the highest trend line of new cases. As the Fi
Headed for very hard times. The United States set a new singleday record for coronavirus deaths today, and one prominent White House Correspondent came away from the long White House Briefing tonight saying the president seems scared. Inside and indeed the president darker in tone and demeanor warned a surge is coming. He said the next two weeks will be very tough. He called the coronavirus a plague. He went on to assign blame, however, give voice to his own victimization, and attempted to change recent history. For starters, he said, for whatever reason, new york got off to a late start, then added about new york and with a straight face youve seen what happens when you get off to a late start. About ventilators, he said his team has done a great job. He said some people frankly think they need them, and they dont need them. He relitigated his impeachment at todays Coronavirus Briefing, called it a hoax a couple more times, complained about comey and mccabe again. He indicated if he d
Mostly good news from the president unless, that is, you live in one of the states. The president said just today we have states, a lot of states, territories too. The problem is hes not happy with the states. He took a swing at governors for not being thankful enough. He thinks the states should have been prepared for this pandemic even though he seemed upbeat on the pandemic. Just today he said, its not going to be long. This is ending. This will end. Youll see some bad things and youll see some very good things. Were healing, he said. Were Getting Better. Were Getting Better very quickly. He reminded everyone this was artificially induced, not his fault, and insisted out loud it is going away. He and his people announced today the cdc now recommends we cover our faces when we go out. The president then went on to say he wont be covering his. Dont imagine he would love that photograph. And then he said six times that wearing a Face Covering is voluntary and that its for a period of t