Include specific numeric targets for Testing Capacity, supply chain capacity and projection of shortages . Thank you for that question and statement, senator is murray yes, we are, as ive stated, we continue to have a work in progress as we build the Testing Capacity we have established the targets with the states of over 12 million tests over the next four weeks. We think those targets are going to be good in may and june, but as dr. Fauci said, we really have to be evidence based. We expect those targets to go up as we progressively open as communities go through phase one and then into phase two, and certainly those numbers will feed to go up significantly again if the fall when we potentially have influenza circulating with covid yes, there will be targets the targets will need to change based on the evidence that we see, but we are highly committed to securing the supply chain weve worked daily with every manufacturer and im just pleased were in may and june able to get ahead of t
All across the east. Not much of a bounce back as of right now. Lets bring you up to speed on the flight to safety, gold has retreated to the tune of 23 an ounce now are well shy of 1700. But the yield on the ten year treasury, that remains stubbornly near its lows. That indicates the move into safe u. S. Bonds remain intact, 136 on the tenure right now. Move on to politics, the democrats debate tonight right before 7 00 p. M. , at the South Carolina primary, Bernie Sanders will be attacked. Especially after he doubled down on his admiration for fidel castro. Also crunch time for Mike Bloomberg, he can show he could debate, and joe biden has got to show hes up for the fight ahead. As usual in the hectic times, a big show on the way for you, and a moment you will see the president go after cnn, what a putdown it was. Varney company is about to begin. How can you justify to their American People have an acting dean i would note intelligent. First of all i want no help from any country an
charles: americas is not only from what they put in. feeling great about themselves but they believe respect for charles: right. america is increasing. also the consumers are happy money. and structure to the bike charles: major indices hitting according to gallup, global all-time highs as investors respect for america is at the highest level in two decades. sharing. charles: i did read two billion. sitting out the last couple weeks over the coronavirus have that goes against what we keep we ll not talk about numbers. now reentered the market. hearing from politicians and ray j, my man. thank you very much. certainly the media. for that i would like to bring god bless. as fed chair jerome powell charles: god bless you as well. testifies on capitol hill for a in senior advisor at the yes, sir. charles: salute. exec day. heritage foundation, meanwhile treasury secretary he is reiterating two key words steve mnuchin saying just genevieve wood. when it comes to the corona
To wage a war against the pandemic. He spent three weeks working harder than he ever worked in his life as he put it to over turn the election. That he lost. Here he is earlier today. This was like from a third world nation. And the case has been made and now we find out what we can do about it. A lot of big things are happening. According to the New York Times the president is moody. And sometimes depressed. He barely shows up to work ignoring health and economic crisis afflicting the nation and clearing his public schedule of meetings unrelated to his bid to rewrite election results. Theres no one with the state of the presidency more than rudy giuliani. Who has been hospitalized with coronavirus after crossing the country with misinformation campaign. Trump leadership absence forced members of the task force to fill the void. The blip from thanksgiving isnt even here yet. So were getting those staggering numbers of new cases and hospitalization before we even feel the full brunt of
Tested. We are literally scouring looking for medical supplies. Plus new images of covid19 as we learn more about how it attacks patients lungs. A very good morning on that note to all of you. Welcome. It is sunday, march 22nd. Im alex witt. As of this morning 24,026 cases across 50 states. The death toll climbing now to 297. This morning at least 80 million americans are virtually in lockdown as they dramatically ramp up restrictions. New jersey becoming the latest to order people to stay home. We must flatten the curve and ensure residents are practicing social distancing. As i have said before, we can no longer maintain a sense of business as usual during this emergency. Again, i repeat, just as it is no time to panic, it is time to be smart, proactive, transparent, aggressive, it is also no time for business as usual. On capitol hill, bipartisan notions resumed negotiations resumed for direct payments to taxpayers. Sources tell nbc news, the big four congressional leaders will meet