And i said, i dont want the cure to be worse than the problem, the problem is the problem. You could destroy a country this way by closing it down. It literally goes from being most prosperous, we had the best economy in history of the country three weeks ago, then were supposed to shut it down. David president hopes to have nation back open for business went weeks. Senate and house, we seem to be getting as long as much as you can, now on a bill. I think that may be had even less of an impact than the fact that were opening up this incredible country. Because swrewe have do, that i o have it open by easter, i would love to have it open by easter, i tell you that right now, i would love to have that, such an important day for other reasons, but i will make it important, i would love to have country opened up and just raring to go by easter. That is april 12. David april 12. President s hope for an american reopening by easter, booyed by administration effort to make a deal with resisti
Of the more than 53,000 cases across the u. S. About 700 people have now died nationwide. Another sign of how dramatically the world has changed the summer olympics have been postponed until next year. On wall street today, the dow had its biggest oneday gain since 1933, after congress signaled it is very close to an agreement on the largest stimulus bill in history. Were talking about more than 2 trillion. So were going to begin tonight with meg oliver, who is at the center of the crisis there in new york city. And, meg, i understand there is some breaking news tonight for people who have been in new york in the last two weeks, right . Reporter thats exactly right, norah. We just heard a stunning announcement from the White House Task force. Anyone who recently left new york city or who has spent time here in the last few days should selfquarantine for the next 14 days, just proving how quickly this virus is spreading. We havent flattened the curve, and the curve is actually increasin
So, Health Care Workers absolutely need to be wearing masks. They wear very hightech masks. We have a shortage of those. But theres a second benefit of masks. If we all wear masks in the public, even if theyre crude masks theyre just made out of cloth then the reasoning goes that we will all collectively breathe less particles into the air and be less likely to infect each other. Odonnell so to answer the question, people will ask, why hasnt the recommendation been clear on this from the beginning . I think there have been a number of concerns. The first is that cloth masks, that they dont really protect the awarer very well from anything. So people should not have the sense that if they go out in public with the cloth mask that theyre suddenly protected. Theyre not. They need to do social distancing, just like everybody else. But there is this recognition that people can spread the disease and dont even know it. Thats why there now is were moving in the direction many more Public Heal
I dont want to be muted because the people need to speak. For those of you who are just joining you, this is the march 17th, 2020 Commission Meeting and were doing this for the first time using microsoft. Please excuse us if we have any technology issues. This process may be different than we normally do. If i may, i may move on to item 2, the approval of the march 3rd, 2020 minutes. Do we need to do a call to order and role call . Yes, thank you. So ill start with you, commissioner. role call . Well move on to item 2, the approval of the march 2 minutes. Reviewing the minutes of the previous meeting, does anybody have a motion to approve . So moved. Second. All those i in favor . Do we need to do a role call . role call . Thank you. Item 3, the directors report. The directors report is in front of you and i would ask that if you have any questions, of course, im happy to answer them, but given that the majority of our meeting with focus on covid19, i will not need whats in front of yo
Nations economic and physical health. Then, as cases in the United States search to the most in the world, are we anywhere near the end you met where drawn by dr. Tom ingalls be, director of the John Hopkins Center for Health Security. End. You cant put a time line on saving peoples lives. Chris we will sit on with larry hogan, one of the state leaders on the front lines. Plus our sunday panel on the response so far from the president and congress. And our power player of the week. Yes, theres uncertainty. Chris pastor joel osteen with a message of hope in these uncertain times. We dont know what the future holds but we do know who holds the future. Chris all right now now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. The u. S. Is now the epicenter of the global coronavirus outbreak with more thanths and the Nations Health care system struggling to keep up. Here are the latest developments. The cdc now urging residents of new york, new jersey, and connecticut to avoi