A treatment for cope at 19 and maybe even preventing the virus or show you whats being done in the battle to find a cure all right lets boost your i hear. The state of florida a top Tourist Destination is getting hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic the city of miami and International Destination has now ordered people to stay home as the cases of the disease continue to rise our correspondent john huggy brings us the latest numbers and how workers on the front lines are putting their own lives at risk. There were still some stores open last Week Starbucks was operating of course restaurants were still open and serving delivery and takeout well now that areas really shut down the number of coronavirus cases has gone from 214. Last week to now more than 1700 and growing as of today in the city of miami issued an emergency stay at home order that went into effect at 11 59 pm last night so basically that requires miami residents to stay home to stay in their homes to stay in their apartme
Being done in the battle to find a cure all right lets boost your i hear. The state of florida a top Tourist Destination is getting hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic the city of miami and International Destination has now ordered people to stay home as the cases of the disease continue to rise our correspondent john huddy brings us the latest numbers and how workers on the front lines are putting their own lives at risk. There were still some stores open last Week Starbucks was operating of course restaurants were still open and serving delivery and takeout well now that areas really shut down the number of coronavirus cases has gone from 214 as of last week to now. More than 1700 and growing as of today and the city of miami issued an emergency stay at home order that went into effect at 11 59 pm last night so basically that requires miami residents to stay home to stay in their homes to stay in their apartments unless theyre doing something essential like going to get gas going to
Being done in the battle to find a cure all right lets boost your i hear. The state of florida a top Tourist Destination is getting hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic the city of miami and International Destination has now ordered people to stay home as the cases of the disease continue to rise our correspondent john huddy brings us the latest numbers and how workers on the front lines are putting their own lives at risk. There were still some stores open last Week Starbucks was operating of course restaurants were still open and serving delivery and takeout well now that areas really shut down the number of coronavirus cases has gone from 214 as of last week to now more than 17 high. And growing as of today in the city of miami issued an emergency stay at home order that went into effect at 11 59 pm last night so basically that requires miami residents to stay home stay in their homes to stay in their apartments unless theyre doing something essential like going to get gas going to
Market. In the we want to begin in washington, where the u. S. Passed a record 2. 2 trillion economic rescue package. The house will vote potentially on friday. Going this is kevin cirilli. Walk us through some of the highlights here. Kevin shortly before midnight, the senate, in a resounding 960 trillionsed the 2 economic stimulus bill. That puts pressure on the house of representatives to get this done quickly. Theres been some comments from farleft progressives and far right republicans that they may have some issues with this version of the bill. I do not it is about that being enough to significantly stop this from being passed, based upon my reporting. I can tell you that the likely vote will come friday, and President Trump has said he is going to sign this virtually immediately once it lands on his desk. Alix thanks so much. As i mentioned earlier, europe really stepping up its effort to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus. The latest is the ecb started buying bonds, but
Mr. President , this is a commonsense piece of legislation. It does not saddle Small Businesses, American Business with a new mandate that they dont have a great deal of confidence and then they would actually be funded 100 by the federal government. By the way, the house bill doesnt fund this 100 , it leaves gaps, and it would definitely be temporary and utilize an existing program in the states, sitting on top of it providing federal support for the workers that are going to actually need it as we go through this unprecedented event in our nations history. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor to the senator from pennsylvania. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. And i want to thank the senator from wisconsin for leading on this effort. I rise in strong support of this amendment, mr. President. The two of us, and i expect most everybody in this chamber, fully support the idea, the goal, the need to provide relief to workers