That is on top of hundreds of thousands of hospitals. In new york you built 2,000 hospitals, 900 beds, nobody say anything like it. Fortunately we have not had to use too many of them. That is okay. Probably better news than using them at all, right. A lot of good things are happening in new york and elsewhere. Through the Public Private partnerships and deregulation the federal government has made immense testing capabilities available but some states need to take action to fully out advertise it. To date the United States has conducted millions more tests than any other country. You can add them all up and they dont catch us. Our numbers are doubling certainly on a monthly basis, but almost on a weekly basis, were moving very rapidly, at a number nobody thought possible. Well double the number of daily tests that the governor brings states online through the capability they have. We have tremendous capability out there already existing and we explained that to the governor today, mik
Originated in wuhan. Xi and Chinas Communist Party are clearly to blame for their refusal to warn the world of the deadly virus they spread all around the world. What else are they responsible for . Did they engineer the virus in the Wuhan Laboratory . If so, for what purpose . Were they conducting research . Or did they engineer a wave upon of mass destruction. The actions of xi and his government imply guilt and their stream of lies are inexcusable. As are their conscious decision to deny the truth when they could have saved millions of people from sickness and death. The wuhan virus infecting 2. 5 Million People around the world. It killed at least 168,000 more. In this country 141,000 41,000 have been killed and 776,000 infected. The price of crude oil fell 300 as demand if collapsed. And on the final day of the trading contract the price actually turned negative. As the wuhan virus wreaked havoc around the world, within President Trump galvanized its allies to hold child today acc
Billion for testing labs for the virus. The president urged both parties to pass this legislation. The president tweeted this. I urge the senate and the house to pass the Paycheck Protection Program and healthcare enhancement act with additional funding for the payroll protection, hospitals, testing. After i sign this bill he tweeted well begin discussions on the next legislative initiative with Fiscal Relief to state and local governments for lost revenues from covid19. And much needed infrastructure, tax incentives for restaurants, payroll tax cuts to increase economic growth. After the package does pass the senate it moves to the house where its expected to be voted on and passed by thursday. After that its on to the president s desk where he will definitely sign it. Our first guest has been at the epicenter of all of the discussions to funds that critical Paycheck Protection Program, also demanding Speaker Pelosi establish a plan to reopen congress as they are entering their fourth
Lauren simonetti watching markets for us. Edward lawrence with new reporting from washington. Same story for Hillary Vaughn on capitol hill today for us. Lauren, lets begin with you on the markets . Lauren i cant hear but i can tell you what happened in the markets today. A lot of whiplash. The market was fixing positive news with negative news. The big news today was the fed stimulus, right . Also the numbers from the coronavirus seem to be improving. So at the end of the did i we cannot say that the dow is up the best since 1938 but it was higher by 281 points. Check out the s p 500. It squeaks out its best Weekly Performance since 1974. What a week for the stock market. Despite the negative news, one in 10 American Workers has lost their job. We got those jobless claims this morning. Take a look at the airlines, guys, it has been a spectacular week for them. Names like american airlines, united up. Some of them double digits. Up all week. I have do have to tell you as you know the n
Billion for testing labs for the virus. The president urged both parties to pass this legislation. The president tweeted this. I urge the senate and the house to pass the Paycheck Protection Program and healthcare enhancement act with additional funding for the payroll protection, hospitals, testing. After i sign this bill he tweeted well begin discussions on the next legislative initiative with Fiscal Relief to state and local governments for lost revenues from covid19. And much needed infrastructure, tax incentives for restaurants, payroll tax cuts to increase economic growth. After the package does pass the senate it moves to the house where its expected to be voted on and passed by thursday. After that its on to the president s desk where he will definitely sign it. Our first guest has been at the epicenter of all of the discussions to funds that critical Paycheck Protection Program, also demanding Speaker Pelosi establish a plan to reopen congress as they are entering their fourth