Across parts of the bay bridge. As we head to our afternoon we are looking at cool tor 40s to low 50s and all of us will be in the 50s this afternoon, below average we will track the rest of our future cast coming up. Lets check in with gianna who is working from home this morning. December Olympic Games will be pushed or 2041. The ioc has been under impressed center live look from capitol hill. Senators will be back at the negotiating table today. A 2 trillion economic stimulus package is the focus once again. The third senate vote on the matter could come sometime today. House democrats are working on their own Coronavirus Response legislation, which is adding pressure on the senate to reach an agreement. Atten curve. This is not the time for a party, for a play date. You cant do that at a pickup basketball game. You cant do that when you are recreating as you have in the past. You are putting lives and stick. You are putting Public Health in jeopardy. The goal is for fewer people to
Question. Spring break canceled. Distancing storm of seriously enough. And making the best of it, people around the world finding ways to entertain themselves, their families and even perform some good deeds for our Furry Friends in whats quickly become our new normal, today, saturday, march 21st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this is a special edition of today, the coronavirus pandemic, with Peter Alexander, Kristen Welker and dylan dreyer. Welcome to today and thank you for joining us on this saturday morning. Peter and i are joining you once again from our bureau in washington, d. C. And are keeping the appropriate social distance from one another. I got the tape measure out its a strong 6 feet separating us today. We thank you for joining us. A lot of the news youre hearing these days will be overwhelming, we will do you our best to bring you the latest headlines and also some stories that we hope will make you smile. Nice to be here in d. C. Near our families. Thats right, we hope
Reporting at least 13 deaths in 24 hours. Desperate for supplies. The frustrating thing about all this is it really feels like its too little, too late. Like, we knew. We knew it was coming. A nurse passing away from the virus. All this after Governor Cuomo offers a small sign of hope. The evidence suggests that the density control measures may be working. Saying the rate of hospitalizations may be slowing. The faces of the crisis. The real people battling coronavirus, and fighting for their lives. A 25yearold athlete now in a medically induced coma. The husband and father dying days before his 45th birthday. Five members of the same Missouri Family testing positive, and tributes pouring in for influential celebrity chef floyd cardoz days after he said he was checking himself into the hospital only as a precautionary measure. New details this morning about Prince Charles testing positive for coronavirus. What the palace is doing to p protect the also this morning, telemedicine for pets
Deliveries Important Information for keeping you and that hardworking delivery person safe in the times of selfquarantine. And the pets youre probably spending more time with while quarantine iing at home. How the coronavirus is impacting our dogs and cats early early early today kwtsz starts right now. On this monday morning, 80 million americans are virtually under lockdown as confirmed cases surge to over 35,000 almost half of those are in new york heres what you need to know at this hour President Trump approved a disaster declaration for california sagt states issued stay at home orders pharmacies and Grocery Stores are exempt from the shutdown nonessential businesses found oech could be fined. President trump has activated additional troops in new york, california and washington as cases in those states surge drastically. And breaking overnight, kha a da and australia become the first countries to pull out of the the olympics both countries will not send athletes to tokyo if the
Plus price of gasoline continue to go plummet. Mornings with maria begins right now. Lets check markets this morning. Closing out the week in europe, european indices are higher across the board. Ftse 100 is up 173 points, cac quarante up 231 and dax up 349 points. Bank of england cut rates of wasnt tenth of a percent, marks rally in asia overnight. China keeping lending rate unchanged but said the future easing the likely. Markets in japan are closed and the markets were higher across the board. Korea up 7 and a half percent overnight. Hong kong, better than 5 . Check out oil prices. They are surging. The price war is racing on. Take a look at crowd oil, 267 higher at level of 27 a barrel. Yield of 10year treasury currently lower but at 1 even 1. 050 . Thats down 10 basis points this morning on 10year. Senate republicans announcing covid19 relief plan complete with checks to american citizens and Small Business protections. Here is how the direct payments break down. 1,200 for individ