On capitol hill the house is set to gaveled into the top of the hour. Conversation from this morning with a passenger on board the grand princess cruise ship talking about the coronavirus. Host joining us by phone is gina, from the grand princess. Good morning to you. What has life been like for you and i believe your husband is with you aboard the cruise ship . Caller thats correct myself and my husband. It has been frustrating and we will be very excited to get off the ship. We have been on the ship for 18 days now. I think today is the 19th. We are quarantined to our rooms. Not allowed to go out. All of our meals are brought to us on a trade. Someone knocks on the door and they walk away and we come and get the tray. Luckily we have a balcony so weve been able to go outside, so that has been a huge relief for us. But we are just frustrated. For a lot of different reasons. One of the things youre frustrated over was how President Trump has her furred to the ship and not wanting us to
A 30 day banned by the u. S. And old flights from europe excluding the u. K. And ireland has just come into effect theyve been reports of long queues at some european airports as people try to beat the deadline President Trump announced the ban on wednesday in a bid to combat the spread of coronavirus he says the e. U. Has been too slow to react to the outbreak and blame travelers from europe for infections in the u. S. Lets go live to rob reynolds hes in los angeles for us now rob so youre there at one of the busiest airports in the u. S. Tell us whats been happening. There and im at the Los Angeles International Airport International terminal of the tom bradley terminal things are fairly busy right now despite the ban having gone into effect just moments ago many of the people that you can see behind me inside the doors of the terminal are lining up for ticket counters at korean air thats not one of the countries yet that has been affected so a lot of people seem to be. For whatever
Solidarity how people are doing their bit to ensure social distancing does not lead to loneliness during times of the pandemic. Welcome to the program has just become much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now ins of dollars to fight the pandemic to unleash the full power of the federal government that the sefer today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of. Very importantly. A large about of money for states and territories or look at all of these in our shared fight against this disease well the travel ban comes as the World Health Organization declared europe as the epicenter of the pandemic hasnt factional rates so low in china schools businesses and sporting events are all being shut down one in spain a National Emergency is giving all 30 is there more powers to contain the outbreak meanwhile new zea
Corner, and these are all people who have worked like the devil to get us elected. Thank you. Thank you. [cheers and applause] mr. Biden thank you to my sister valerie, my soninlaw, and folks, look. We were planning a big rally in cleveland tonight, but the governor of ohio asked the president ial campaigns to cancel their indoor Public Events in cleveland, where there are large crowds of people, and that is what we did, due to the coronavirus. He was concerned about that. As i said all along, that we would follow the guidance of the cdc, state and local officials and Public Health officials with respect to our Campaign Events we will continue to do that. , this whole coronavirus is a matter of president ial leadership. Later this week, i will be speaking to you on what i believe the nation should be doing to address this virus. Tonight i went to speak to you from philadelphia, where we announced our campaign at the front end, where we did our announcement. To all those who have been k
The more common peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up finally home over 100 South African nationals arrived back from china. Where the outbreak began. Was. Also heard singing in solidarity of people are doing their bit to ensure social distancing doesnt lead to loneliness during this pandemic. Has now become much harder for most europeans to enter the United States with a one month long travel ban on people arriving from 26. 00 countries now in affect the u. S. President donald trump took the drastic measures saying the e. U. Was too slow in reacting to the Virus Outbreak hes also declared a National Emergency freeing up billions of dollars to fight the pandemic. To unleash the full power of the federal government that the separate today i am officially declaring a National Emergency 2 very big words the action i am taking will open up access to up to 50000000000. 00 of very importantly very important and large about of money for states and