Azar, secretary of housing and urban development, ben carson, who are the way, was fantastic over that weekend in various interviews you did, then, really good job, i appreciate it. Secretary of veterans affairs, robert wilkie, administrator seema verma, chief postal inspector of the United States postal infection inspection service, gary barstow, and he has done a great job especially spotting drugs come into our country. My administration is working tirelessly to stop the depraved criminals who seek to defraud american seniors of which there are many but we are doing a very strong number on a lot of them. And nobody has ever done what we have done. Three month ago we have launched the National Elder fraud hotline , which has already received 1800 calls. In three years we have charged 1000 defendants involving 2. 2 billion in fraud against our seniors and this afternoon the doj has announced a 2 million grant to help enforcement identify victims and bring lawbreakers to justice. These
Education and the jobs. Thank you all very much. I hope you have a nice weekend. March 13th live to the effect the coronavirus is having on Nursing Homes. Live coverage here on cspan3. We join it in progress. Said, under no circumstances should a hospital discharge a patient to a nursing home that is not prepared to take care of those patients needs pap clear directive. Unfortunately on march 24th Governor Cuomos Health Department issued this directive in contradiction to the cms dai take covid19 patients. New jersey essentially copied the same directive from norcal order with similar deadly results. Two weeks earlier Governor Desantis in florida prohibited transfers kv s covid19 patient were positive to Nursing Homes. Very different orders resulting in very different results. And pennsylvania, continued to accept new admissions and readmissions including patients covid19 positive. While defending this decision even Pennsylvanias Health secretary moved her mother out of a nursing home.
This is just over two hours. Let me begin by thanking our panelists and members of at todays briefing. 40,000, the latest estimate of how Many Americans in Nursing Homes and other longterm care facilities have lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The men and women who died at these Nursing Homes were parents and grandparents, who sacrificed to provide for their families. Some were veterans who fought to protect our country. Many were essential workers who kept showing up to care for the elderly and the sick, even when it meant risking their own lives as our nation faced more deaths from coronavirus than any other country. Lets be clear. These 40,000 americans deserve better. Their deaths in our nation to protect our people. There were warnings. In february the coronavirus attacked the Life Care Center in kirkland, washington. Three quarters of the residents at that facility became infected, along with dozens of staff. 37 people died. Four months later nursing home
Truckers, essential to our daily lives, are finding their lives harder and more dangerous than ever before. And streets of silence. As new york continues its unprecedented shutdown, well take a ride high above the city to see the shocking changes before and after the restrictions. First, we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Weve already built sufficient Testing Capacity nationwide for states to begin their reopenings. Reporter the white house and states are clashing over whether theres enough tests to go around. The emphasis that weve been hearing is essentially testing is everything, and it isnt. Its the kinds of things weve been doing, the mitigation strategies. Reporter President Trump fired off several tweets taking aim at new yorks response to the virus. For him to say to anyone, well, you relied on projections and the projections were wrong, your projections, mr. President. Reporter the u. S. Stock market continues to bounce back after
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