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To more than 12,000, and confirmed cases here in the u. S. Are now approaching 400,000, although new york says it is utarting to see the curve flatten there. There is also breaking news here in washington. Today, the president fired the Inspector General appointed to oversee that 2 trillion relief bill. The watchdog gone, just as the White House Asks Congress for another 250 billion for small businesses. And, as we come on the air tonight, we are learning the acting secretary of the navy has resigned. His departure comes after an uproar over his insulting the captain of the u. S. S. Theodore hosevelt, who had sounded the alarm about the coronavirus. There is a lot of news to get to tonight, and our team of correspondents is standing by to cover it all. We begin again tonight with mola lenghi, who leads us off in new york city. Mola . Reporter well, norah, as you mention, there are both hopeful and troublesome signs, especially here in new york city. These field hospitals, like the medi
The acting Navy Secretary resigns after blasting the captain who warned, sailors do not need to die from coronavirus. Voting in a pandemic. Wisconsin voters in masks and gloves waited for hours to cast their ballots today. What this could mean for the general election. Bridge to a vaccine . Could antibody drugs buy us time while we wait for a longterm solution . And, a truly uplifting story. Youll have to see it to believe it. The outbreak couldnt stop best friends from celebrating a birthday. From the nations capital. Odonnell good evening. Thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news tonight, and it is dire. The u. S. Has again set a record for deaths in the u. S. In a single day of this pandemic, more than 1,700 americans have succumbed to coronavirus since we came on the ure now approachin00though nsaye flatten there. There is also breaking news here in washington. Today, the president fired the Inspector General appointed to oversee that 2 trillion relief bill.
The dow is down 538, s p, nasdaq red as well. Now, right now, i want to show you live pictures of the white house. We have just been told that we are going to be waiting for the president to sign the 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, the house just passed that about an hour ago. Liz is going to have some info on some of the beatendown businesses left out of the massive rescue plan. We are watching the white house. We are going to bring you that event when it starts live right here on fox business. And the work and learn from home culture gets off the ground. There is one company thats working to get your business set up for this new reality. We have got a fox business exclusive with the ceo of avaya and the Remote Work Solutions its been using from wuhan to italy to here at home. Plus avoiding the Doctors Office is a big priority as the u. S. Becomes the epicenter of the covid19 pandemic. A Company Delivers Telehealth Services to doctors and patients, they do all of this remotel
We are going to go through a very tough two weeks and then hopefully as the experts are predicting, as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard, we will start seeing real light at the end of the tunnel but this will be a very painful, very very painful two weeks. Stuart the president s top medical advisers project a death toll in america of up to 240,000. Everyone is now paying attention. Now weve got to focus what will likely be the worst Economic News coming at us in generations. Millions of people will not be paying their rent this month. How will that ripple through . Millions of people have just been laid off. New unemployment claims coming out tomorrow will again show millions added to the jobless list. The airlines, they are reporting passenger traffic levels down 88 in two weeks. And Mortgage Applications down 24 from last year. The market, of course, reflects these new uncertainties. The dow dropped over 400 yesterday and this morning, its likely to o