Deadly pandemic. Our guests, Maryland Governor larry hogan. The fda commissioner on antibody te testing. Dr. Jen ashton and tom bossert. Plus, a closer look at hardhit minority communities. For some of us, its a luxury to have social distancing. And how some in the middle of the country are watching uneasily whats happening thousands of miles away. Were under the impression that were safe, we truly are not. K. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and welcome to this week. Nearly three weeks ago, President Trump said he hoped to have the country opened up by this Easter Sunday, but this morning, with Virtual Services now scheduled for this easter morning, america has hit a grim milestone with more than a half a million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the country, more than 20,000 people have died. There are encouraging signs new york might be flattening the curve, but other areas across the country like maryland and detroit are still bracing for the surge to come. And y
We do know some options that they have. Well explore that a little bit later. Meantime, i was telling you about a lot of depressing economic news. Latest home sales are expected to fall at least 15 this year. That adds to a string of stunningly weak numbers. I say stunningly weak. Wall street was bracing for some bad numbers but to connell mcshane, i dont think they were bracing for this bad. To you, my friend. Connell i think that is the point, neil. In many ways to your point what we learned on both the economic front and when it comes to earnings is soar of confirmation what we already knew. That this economy, thanks to the coronavirus inspired shutdowns is in very rough shape. But when you look at things like retail sales and drop we saw there, this, is even worse than we thought. I mean the largest drop that weve ever seen in retail sales on a monthly basis. So thats march. Economists know april is likely as bad or worse. This comes from the commerce department, only been tracking
Efforts to stem the bleeding. Quarantine, will people be flocking to netflix . Massachusetts becoming the latest u. S. State to declare a state of emergency along with new york, california, and more. Italy remains in a nationwide lockdown. U. S. Stocks rally on hopes the Trump Administration will institute stimulus measures. To get all the latest on where the market closed, we are joined by abigail doolittle. Better than yesterday. Abigail it was. Also a wild day. Day, the indexhe closed up about half a percent. When we dig into technology, the tech index had a monster rally. But that comes after yesterday. Yesterday, this index plunged. Since 2008. Y tons of uncertainty as to the true impact and fallout will be. Some relief perhaps around the idea that you have that potential stimulus. It is hard to know what will help when the problem is unknown. We just do not know the true extent of the impact. Psychologically, it helps. We take a look at some of the individual movers, apple up in
Residential primaries. Also kyle kondik, the managing editor of sabatos crystal ball will talk to us about the developments in the 2020 president ial race. Washington journal is next. Host it is the washington journal on the super tuesday. Biden gaining joe the endorsements of Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and beto orourke. Bernie sanders is looking today and get dashed again delegates from those participating today and hoping to do well in california. This as President Trump held a rally in North Carolina where he not only talked about the november election but the administrations action on testing and developing a vaccine against coronavirus. You can make comments on either super tuesday or the u. S. Coronavirus response on three lines. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. If you want to text us, you can do so at 2027488003. Wj can tweet us at cspan and follow along on facebook and facebook. Com cspan. When it comes to our coverage for t
The bloomberg candidacy. He is bypassing the caucuses and primaries. His eye is on super tuesday. Our phone lines are open, 202 7488001 is the line for republicans, 202 7488000 if you are a democrat and 202 7488002 if you are an independent. We are also taking her text messages, that phone number is 202 7488003. Be sure to tell us where you are texting from and your good name. Good sunday morning. We begin with president ial politics. We are in the february season of caucuses and primaries. All eyes are on the nevada caucuses a week from saturday. Virginia is a key state for bloombergs super tuesday strategy. If there is a state or Democrat Michael bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is virginia. By investing millions, bloomberg helped democrats take back the statehouse last fall with full control of government in virginia, democrats have started pushing through legislation on everything from gun control to gayrights. The state could serve as the centerpiece of the strate