Good evening. The house will gavel back in tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time to vote on the massive, 2. 2 trillion bill to help americans during the pandemic. So far more than 3 Million People have already filed for unemployment benefits. And now the u. S. Is leading the world in cases of coronavirus. It is thursday evening, march 26, and this is a prime time in ofition edition washington journal we get the latest on the spending bill, then your calls and questions for the Stanford University medical dean, dr. Lloyd miner, joining us from california. Our phone lines are open. 202 7488000, 202 7488001, we also have a line for medical professionals. 202 7488002, and you can join on facebook. Or good thursday evening. Thank you for joining us for an evening edition of the washington journal. We begin with the numbers from john hopkins university, now worldwide more than 530,000 cases across the globe, 24,000 deaths, the u. S. Surpassing china with more than 8700 cases 8507 confirmed cas
Thank all of those who have made this extraordinarily possible in such extraordinary measures. Extraordinary conditions. It is difficult to understand the degree to which the world has changed since the last time we met. In just the wink of an eye, a virus that appeared at the other corner of the world has become a pandemic, killing across the world, including here in europe, from one day to the next. Our lifestyles have changed. We have seen the shelves empty, the doors closed, and we have moved from a daily routine to a fight for our life. At the moment, we have seen the way in which we have come so fragile and susceptible. We have seen a tragedy at the heart of europe at a scale that was completely unimaginable just a few weeks ago. My heart goes out to a of those victims and families. And we would like to pass on our best wishes to those who are fighting for their lives at this very point in time or who are ill and at home. But if the virus is hitting is hard, european citizens are
I hope in mind all of the people protecting us around the state. We appreciate their heroism and we hope to match it with our commitment to stay home and stay healthy. As of midnight 11 hours ago, our stay at home porter has completely gone into effect, and we are convinced that over the ust two weeks, it will aid tremendously in lowering the trajectory of the infection rate in our state. With more than 4 million registered businesses in our state and even more workers in various industries, my office and cabinet agencies have received many requests for guidance from the black businesses that want to be in compliance with this order, and i am very pleased at the response so far, that people very much want to be part of Team Washington in this stay home, stay healthy mission. We really appreciate that. If people have questions, we direct it to confide or iris two coronavirus. Wa. Gov. It is both my intention and direction to state agencies to be helpful and patient with anyone who is tr
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Coming up, more on the coronavirus outbreak on the u. S. Response with dr. William schaffner from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and we will get your reaction by phone, facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Guest republicans 2027488001 independents 2027488002. The conversation on twitter cspan wj or facebook. Com cspan. Here speak House Speaker nancy yesterday sounding confident that the house would vote. I dont think well get consent. Theres some other people who that. Bject to were not worried about that. Our members want to come back in debate and wethe expect to have a voice vote on it. Preparedt, well be for whatever it is. One way or another, with losing no time, we will be passing the bill tomorrow. Thank you. Host speaker of the house yesterday. David when they gaveling in at next . M. , what happens guest they will pass this as quickly as they can. The question is whether or not, is going to have force rollvoice and call voice. Theres parameters in place to r