Just like every other consequential meeting these days. Nbc news has also confirmed a reuters report that trump plans to place new restrictions on travel between the u. S. And mexico. Americas health care professionals, of course, remain on the front lines of this battle against the outbreak. Tonight groups representing hospitals, medical professionals are warning they are quickly running short on supplies. Nbc news reporting theyre now asking congress for at least 100 billion in Financial Aid right now. At the white house, trump, who yesterday described himself as a wartime president , was asked why he hadnt yet put into effect the law allowing him to tell manufacturers to make more medical equipment for starters. You enabled, i guess is probably the best way to put it, the defense production act, but you didnt pull the trigger on it. No, because we hope were not going to need that. Whats the rationale for not doing it . First of all, governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this w
Administration. 224 days now until our president ial election. Its been 12 days since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. Again tonight, if you saw the White House Briefing earlier this evening, then you know the news is basically good. The president sees a light at the end of the tunnel. Hes thinking we can start making our way back to work, start circulating again round about Easter Sunday. He says hed like to see churches packed on east every sunday. In fact, hes been thinking even sooner than easter. At minimum, hed like to be able to clear large sections of our country that its safe to get back out here. Mike pence reported today mcdonalds is doing Curbside Pickup at select locations. And it turns out apple had 9 million masks, more than the u. S. Strategic reserve. Apple has now decided to donate those masks for use by our medical workers. And this caveat. Again tonight back in the real world, the coronavirus news is grim. We are now north of 53,000
Double the number since just tuesday of this week. The death toll in italy has now overtaken the death toll in china. The u. S. State department issued an extraordinary warning today, telling americans to avoid overseas travel. The upcoming june g7 summit at camp david has been canceled. It will be a Video Conference just like every other consequential meeting these days. Nbc news has also confirmed a reuters report that trump plans to place new restrictions on travel between the u. S. And mexico. Americas health care professionals, of course, remain on the front lines of this battle against the outbreak. Tonight groups representing hospitals, medical professionals are warning they are quickly running short on supplies. Nbc news reporting theyre now asking congress for at least 100 billion in Financial Aid right now. At the white house, trump, who yesterday described himself as a wartime president , was asked why he hadnt yet put into effect the law allowing him to tell manufacturers t
Easter is april 12th. It is now march 24th. Its less than three weeks away. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo whose state has the high test number of coronavirus cases in the country sharply disagreed with the president s view. If you ask the American People to choose between Public Health and the economy, then its no contest. No american is going to say, accelerate the economy at the cost of human life. Because no american is going to say, how much a life is worth. Job one has to be save lives. Lets take a closer look at where things stand in the United States right now. There are now more than 50,000 confirmed cases in the United States. At least 637 deaths. The World Health Organization said today at this rate, the United States could become the next epicenter of the virus. As all of this is going on, so do negotiations over a massive emergency package to deal with the economic fallout. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said earlier today, negotiations were, quote, on the two yard l
The president sees a light at the end of the tunnel. Hes thinking we can start making our way back to work, start circulating again round about Easter Sunday. He says hed like to see churches packed on Easter Sunday. In fact, hes been thinking even sooner than easter. At minimum, hed like to be able to clear large sections of our country that its safe to get back out there. Mike pence reported today mcdonalds is doing Curbside Pickup at select locations. And it turns out apple had 9 million masks, more than the u. S. Strategic reserve. Apple has now decided to donate those masks for use by our medical workers. And this caveat. Again tonight back in the real world, the coronavirus news is grim. We are now north of 53,000 cases in this country. The u. S. Has found a way to lead the world yet again. Sadly, thats us at the top in red, the highest trend line of new cases. As the Financial Times put it today, we continue to set the pace. Its still true that we have no idea how Many Americans