Adults are most at ristic. Twothirds of the senate is over the age of 60. And the average age of house members is nearly 60 years old. Right now three men over the age of 70 are in contention for the white house. The president has no rallies in his schedule but both Bernie Sanders and joe biden do. Given the risks, were wondering how long politics as usual can be politics as usual. They have made a commitment of their life to serve publicly, and thats what theyre doing. There are just risks that people take. And there are relative risks. And each individual makes up their mind for their own safety. Youre saying that they, from where you sit, they are putting themselves they are taking a risk . Well, i dont know really hardly anything about the underlying conditions of these people. Im not just talking about elderly people. Im talking about elderly people, particularly those with underlying conditions. Though the president is not Holding Still interacting with supporters. Today in ore l
Everybody. We have knemade it, everybod. Yesterday was quite a day. I feel like it was warm up monday or super tuesday, it is march 3rd. It is super tuesday, and im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside my colleague Ayman Mohyeldin. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus as more testing confirms more new cases in the United States. The total number of confirmed cases is now 110, including the first positive tests in georgia and in new hampshire. Experts warning that the number will grow as more people are being tested, revealing just how much the virus was able to spread going undetected for some time. Four more deaths have been reported in Washington State bringing the death toll in the u. S. To six, even as the number of confirmed cases in china appears to be slowing down, the virus is moving fast across the globe. Heres dr. Anthony fauci speaking with chief Foreign Correspondent richard engel. Were dealing with an evolving situation. Were dealing with an emerging Infectious Disease that
Instead, is it the symbol of a country that is shutting down. Earlier, the president announced new sweeping guidelines urging the public to effectively hunker down. Public Health Officials now want everyone in the country, even healthy individuals, to avoid gatherings of more than ten people to avoid any unnecessary travel, and to avoid eating at bars and restaurants altogether. There is growing concern that the u. S. Hospital system is going to be overwhelmed unless we all act with a sense of collective urgency not seen since world war ii. And public Health Officials are warning that these measures will not be effective unless everyone follows them. The guidelines, when you look at them carefully, i believe if the people in the United States take them seriously, because they were based on some rather serious consideration back and forth, some may look at them and say, theyre going to be really inconvenient for people. Some will look and say, well, maybe weve gone a little bit too far.
Big three auto makers, g. M. , ford and chrysler, announcing they are temporarily closing down all u. S. Plants. All of that as a new internal report from the department of health and Human Services first reported on today by the new york suggests a sobering time frame for recovery saying the pandemic, quote, will last 18 months or longer and could include multiple waves of illness. That timeline makes it extra alarming that were already seeing Health Care Workers turning to twitter to beg for help in obtaining the personal protective equipment they need. Quote, get me ppe, one of the most worrying hashtags imaginable, especially in the early stages of a pandemic. In Washington State which has seen the most deaths in the nation from the coronavirus, Health Care Workers are improvising their own masks and face shields out of office supplies. And, new york citys Emergency Management commissioner told the times that new york city also put in a request for more than 2 Million Masks and rec