World Health Organization suggests an adequate test positive rate should be somewhere between 3. 12 . But right now in the u. S. , its about 20 . This comes as the death toll has skyrocketed in the u. S. Last week was the deadliest sent on to say the death toll was just over 25,000 but its sort of 4300 deaths from wednesday to thursday. And over 4500 people died on friday alone. Last night we closed in on 39,000 deaths and thats more than the number of people who died in the korean war. For weeks now federal and state officials have been talking about testing shortfalls and why patients who have symptoms cant get tested. Well now we have new insight into how testing got off to such a slow start here in the u. S. Karen caifa has more. President trump says a few states are ready to ope businesses within the next week we continue to see a number of positive signs. The virus has passed its peak. The president pointing to vermont and montana and texas where the governor says a phased reopen
Host good morning. It is saturday, march 16, 2024. The house passed a bill this week that has the potential to band tiktok in the United States, but the legislation faces a tougher time in the senate. Increasing tensions between top u. S. Democrats and israels leadership first into the open with a speech from Chuck Schumer calling for a change in leadership amid the ongoing conflict in gaza. We want to hear your top new story of the week. 202 7488000. Republicans on 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003. Please be sure to include ynd where you are writing from. On social media facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. That tiktok legislation passed with bipartisan support in the house. Republican Mike Gallagher who cosponsored the bill to regulate the app and is the chair of the flex committee on the u. S. China competition defended the legislation on the house floor. Tiktok is a threat to our national security, because it is owned b
Band tiktok in the United States, but the legislation faces a tougher time in the senate. Increasing tensions between top u. S. Democrats and israels leadership first into the open with a speech from Chuck Schumer calling for a change in leadership amid the ongoing conflict in gaza. We want to hear your top new story of the week. Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. Republicans on 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. If you would like to text us that number is 202 7488003please be sure to include your name and where you are writing from. On social media facebook. Com cspan or on x cspanwj. That tiktok legislation passed with bipartisan support in the house. Republican Mike Gallagher who cosponsored the bill to regulate the app and is the chair of the flex committee on the u. S. China competition defended the legislation on the house floor. Tiktok is a threat to our national security, because it is owned by bytedance which does the bidding of the communist party in china. We know th
for healing and justice. how does memphis move forward? and the pressure cooker on american teens s college admissions season kicks into high gear. the only thing that could matter to parents and families right now. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. and it is on, the president and house speaker going one-on-one to talk raising the debt ceiling. before the u.s. default on its debt for the first time ever, which, of course, if it did would mean economic disaster. president biden wants to raise the limit without any conditions while speaker mccarthy and house republicans say there will be no increase without spending cuts. the speaker spent more than an hour with the president at the white house. this afternoon mccarthy said this about that meeting. we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get to, and i believe after laying it all out, i can see where we can find common ground. there is nothing
how does memphis move forward? and the pressure cooker on american teens as college admissions season kicks into high gear. the only thing that could matter to parents and families right now. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. and it is on, the president and house speaker going one-on-one to talk raising the debt ceiling. before the u.s. default on its debt for the first time ever, which, of course, if it did would mean economic disaster. president biden wants to raise the limit without any conditions while speaker mccarthy and house republicans say there will be no increase without spending cuts. the speaker spent more than an hour with the president at the white house. this afternoon mccarthy said this about that meeting. we both laid out some of our vision of where we want to get to, and i believe after laying it all out, i can see where we can find common ground. there is nothing there of me walking awa