Another sign of how dramatically olympics postponed. The world has changed the the summer games ito 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. Were going to begin tonight with meg oliver at the center of the crisis there in new york city. And meg, i understand theres some breaking news for people who have been in new york in the last two weeks, right . Reporter thats exactly right. We just heard a stunning ain a moment from the White House Task force. Anyone who has been to new york city or spent time the last few days should selfquarantine for spreading. We havent flattened the curve, and the curve is actually increasing. Reporter today a stark warning with the peak of the pandemic just 14 to 21 days away. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told the country to sit up and Pay
Biggest stimulus bill in history 2 trillion. Whats in it, including how it impacts your family and health care workers. Olympics postponed. The summer games in tokyo are pushed back to 2021. What does it mean for americas athletes . Pregnancy and the coronavirus. What expecting parents need to know to keep mother and baby safe. And our interview with country superstar garth brooks. Giving online concerts in the age of coronavirus and why he says the lesson in life is that adversity makes us stronger. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news because President Trump says he is ready for americans to get back to work by Easter Sunday even though the World Health Organization now says the u. S. Could soon be the global epicenter of the outbreak. Today the governor of new york said cases in his state are growing so rapidly there wont be enough beds in hospital icus
N2, initial proposal from International Federation of professional and technical engineers, local 21 to San Francisco unified school district, theres no discussion. Item o, memorial adjournment, we have none. Welcome, everyone. Press mute if you come on to the phone. The first item on the agenda 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
Welcome, everyone. Press mute if you come on to the phone. The first item on the agenda 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
Across the continent all suspended due to coronavirus. Fellow around the world countries are ramping up their response to the virus imposing increasingly drastic measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic the u. S. Has banned arrivals from mainland europe from friday and italy has strengthened its lock down closing bars restaurants and shops other than pharmacies and shops selling food several more countries have announced full School Closures including france which has reported nearly 8000. 00 cases norway which has seen more than 600. 00 and even arland with just 70 infections so far well a move to stop large gatherings has led to major restrictions on sporting events the National Basketball association thats. The n. B. A. And spains top Football League have all suspended games for now Global Markets have continued to tumble on fears of the impact londons footsie 100. 00 suffer its biggest daily fall in more than 30 years and trading was automatically halted in new york after a larg