Come to order. I just want all members to know that our Witnesses Today have to leave at 5 00 p. M. The questions for the first panel on the hhs budget with secretary, and, welcome, mr. Secretary, will be limited to four minutes. The second panel on the minutesl case, but only 10 members will be able to ask questions during that round. I will have to be strict with the gavel, since the witnesses have a tight timeframe. I know that you will all cooperate with that. Let us begin. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We are glad that you are here. We have a lot to take up. Every bit of it is, obviously, serious. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me begin with mr. Secretary. I think that the confusion is the enemy of preparedness. Confusion is the enemy of preparedness. I believe that the administrations lack of coordination to the Coronavirus Response is on full display. We all know that. Markets are reacting, i think, at least in some parts, to the lack o
Bucks from you. Thank you. Mey will be added to the nearly 6 million that was previously pledged by various companies and corporations. All going to be used for Santa Clara County residents because of the pandemic. We are back at a 6 00. Breaking news tonight bracing for the worst. The dire warning from the nations top doctor next week is going to be our pearl next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. Its going to be our 9 11 moment. The surge in coronavirus cases and deaths now expected to peak within days on the front lines governors warn they still do not have enough supplies louisiana saying it will run out of hospital beds this week as tens of thousands of medical workers offer to head to new york to help the new rule on face masks for all military personnel scam warning, counterfeit masks, sold to hospitals. The fake testing sites
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For u. S. Viewers, breaking news on the coronavirus spreading in the u. S. New day continues right now. This is cnn breaking news. Good morning. Welcome to your new day. Thursday, february 27th. Its 8 00 in the east. Breaking overnight, a significant and Troubling Development in the coronavirus outbreak right here in the United States. We now have what appears to be the first person to catch the virus through what is called Community Spread. It means the patient did not travel to any high threat region or country or come in any known contact with someone else who was infected. It seems that he or she just caught it out there in the course of daily life in the United States. This means that the coronavirus might be circulating here undetected. All of this continues to reality stock markets around the world. U. S. Stock futures pointing down. Very down, to another ugly day. Goldman sachs just warned that a recession is possible in the United States if the coronavirus is not contained. It
Wake up, get ready. This virus may be on its way. For its part the white house is caught between hoping for a miracle and bashing the press for covering the crisis. Heres donald trump lasts night. Its going to disappear one day, like a miracle. And from our shores t could get worse before it gets better. Well see what happens. And the prts chief of staff had advice for worried americans. So, youre seeing so much attention to it today is they think this is going to bring down the president. Thats what this is about. I got are report from the reporter saying what are you going to do to calm the markets . What i might tell them to do is turn off their televisions for the next 24 hours. Trumps charge is to calm rather than con. But now in his fourth year in office he lacks credibility, the sort of safety net many of his predecessors could fall back on in a moment of crisis. The president s credibility crisis with the public only half of his problem. The American Work force apparently doesn
Four more countries announcing their first cases. Croatia, austria, switzerland, now algeria in north africa. Today in tenareef, Canary Islands part of spain. A luxury hotel was locked down, turned into a Quarantine Zone after one of the guests at the hotel was diagnosed with the virus. In britain today, a high school was shutdown after the school freaked out about a bunch of students returning from a ski trip they had taken to the alps. In venice they shutdown the filming of Mission Impossible 7. I cant believe there are seven Mission Impossible movies already. She shutdown the filming of Mission Impossible 7 because they were shooting in venice and now venice has coronavirus cases, too. Big hollywood action shoot involves a lot of people, so i guess it seemed like the responsible thing to do. In iraq, the radical shiite cleric called off massive street protests in baghdad, telling his followers that they should not turnout in the streets to protest their government today. They should