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Of tests that were positive was 5. 3 , which is encouraging. Have 61 newy, we do deaths to report today. You have been hearing me report similar numbers for a long time now. I do not want anybody to think that these are really numbers. These are people. This is very tragic. Forwardy much looking to the day when the number of deaths is zero. It is true as we reported last week that the number of deaths is higher than we would expect it to be, given the number of cases that we have and the rate of transmission. We are continuing to look at. Hat and figure out why that is currently, we have 1006 hundred 1056tients hospitalized patients hospitalized. Interestingly, today we look back to number five in the nation. We had slid down to six yesterday. We traded spots with rhode island today. Speaking of testing, the best ins that we had yesterday the White House Coronavirus task force telephone conference with the nations governors was the commitment that the federal. Overnment made native. Lo
Association of American Railroad president on Railroad Freight and passenger travel during coronavirus. President trump is expected to name a commission on reopening the u. S. As the coronavirus abates. Plans are in place to coordinate reopening. Good morning. Welcome to washington journal. Who should take the lead in the reopening of the u. S. Here are the lines. Mountain and pacific, send us the reporting this morning of the wall street the two groups of governors said they would coordinate efforts to gradually sociald as this is andes distancing. President trump said he had authority on restarting the economy. This comes after a decline in daily infection rates, propped officials to express cautious optimism. The same reporting in the Washington Times. Control of the reopening. West coast box trumps claim of ultimate authority. They are crafting plans for reopening schools and businesses in their state, putting them on a collision course with President Trump. He said he had the ulti
Guest good morning, sir. Host tell us about on the ground in new orleans and louisiana, very hard hit by the coronavirus. How do you view things there . Guest well, it is kind of a study state the last couple of days, but we still have a lot of people who are losing their lives from the coronavirus. Ofhave the capacity in terms hospital beds, but it is still a challenge for the medical people to continue to operate at this high rate of operations, and the concentration is in new orleans with some increase in baton rouge. But the largest loss appear to be in the vulnerable populations, a disproportionate amount in our Nursing Homes and our Veterans Home to that vulnerable population. Host numbers from Johns Hopkins on that from this morning, confirmed cases in orleans 244 deaths. With do you think new orleans in particular, louisiana, has been so hard hit . Guest well, it is the concentration of people. I think most people agreed to the fact that mardi gras brought a lot of people toget
[no audio] click select look at the white house rose garden where President Trump will be briefing reporters on the coronavirus response. We expect Vice President pence and members of the task force to also join the president. The briefing was supposed to start at 5 00 p. M. Eastern but as you can see, it is running late. Until we see the president , here is a portion of todays washington journal. Continues. From batonng us rouge is retired Lieutenant General russel honore, former commander of joint task force katrina, here with us to talk about the Current Crisis and the administrations response and his states response. General, pleasure to have you with us this morning. Thanks so much. Guest good morning, sir. Host tell us about on the ground in new orleans and louisiana, very hard hit by the coronavirus. How do you view things there . Guest well, it is kind of a study state the last couple of days, but we still have a lot of people who are losing their lives from the coronavirus. Of