We have a real plan. We developed a plan of preparedness. From that, a plan of action. A plan to be ready as this terrible virus got closer and closer to our shores. It is a serious time. Just moments before i was able to come on tonight and talk with you, our Health Officials came to me and said now, we do have our first positive confirmed in the eastern panhandle. From that, i would tell you this, we knew it was coming. Weve prepared for this. And we shouldnt panic. We should be cautious. We should be concerned, but we should not panic. We should go ahead and try to live our lives as best we can. But again, we should not panic. We should not be fearful. We should not be afraid. We should be smart at this time. We should absolutely not be weak. And we ought to be West Virginia mountaineer strong always. I know at this time, there has been all kinds of inconvenience. Our kids have been out of school, we canceled the state basketball tournament. You want to go to a nursing home and see
Healths on the States Harris ofthen drew Thomas Jefferson university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Sweep for joe biden in tuesdays primaries in florida, illinois, and arizona. It raises the question of when Bernie Sanders might withdraw. Washington journal this is this is washington journal for march 18. We will talk about that and the latest in the coronavirus responds with a near trillion dollar package likely. For those in the eastern and central time zones, the line is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific region, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, really appreciate on yourfrom you experience. That line, 2027488002. Tell us where you are texting from in your name and the line is 2027488003. At c on twitter it is cspanwj. And on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. The president this morning saying for the people who are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, the shutting down of hotels, bars, and restaurants, money will be com
Flattening the curve. You write it you wrote it is to remember this helps limit the surge and gives hospitals time to prepare and manage, it is the difference between finding an icu bed or ventilator or being treated in a parking lot tent. Looking at flattening the curve and extending the time of treating people, how do you think the u. S. Is doing so far . Guest i think time will tell. Good morning. How well we doon at this point. Right now we are sort of in a Holding Pattern waiting for pay waiting for these cases to move in and we have not seen the kind of surge in cases like italy. The idea of flattening the curve is trying to reduce the peak number of cases. Maybe not the total number, but reduce the peak and spread that over a longer period of time and perhaps the best analogy is imagining a subway car, everyone is trying to get into the car at once and as a result, not everyone can get in. If we spread out rush hour and make sure not Everyone Needs to get on at the same time, th
Announcer Senate Democrats also held a briefing with reporters at the capital speaking about the Coronavirus Response and the economic aid package making its way through congress. This is about 25 minutes. Cleaning a podium is not a political comment. [laughter] we know you have a reputation. Ok. Thank you all for coming. We all know how serious this crisis is. We know it in our states, we know what with our families. My wife and daughter, and daughter, and daughterinlaw and grandsons are in my house each time to work. Worried in a way that they never have in a very long time in this country. Having lived through 9 11, having lived through the crisis the Banking System in 2008, people are more worried about the future and their own health, their own economic viability today than they were any the road those crises. So we need to act, and we need to act quickly and strongly. We, democrats, have proposed a big, bold comprehensive package of what needs to be done right now. We are looking
I would like to speak about what the department of defense is doing in response to the coronavirus. I want to remind everyone that the United States military is is remains ready and capable of meeting our requirements. I just returned from a visit to fort detrick seeing how theyre advancing treatments for the coronavirus. I was tpwhreevend Army Medical Research cutting edge covid19 response and then visited the Army Medical Research institute of Infectious Diseases to learn about its ongoing experimentation and testing. The armys work on a vaccine is one of the many ways the department of defense is supporting president trumps whole of government approach to fight the virus and substantially slow its spread. Many of the policies and guidelines we have released go hand in hand with the president s 15day plan. We have issued international and Domestic Travel restrictions to all d. O. D. Personnel and families that should dramatically reduce exposure to the virus. Inside the pentagon we a