Pres. Trump thank you very much. Thank you. Very comfortable here. A lot of room. And we appreciate you being here. Yesterday i announced we would be extending our social distance guidelines through the end of april. This is based on modeling that shows the peak in fatalities will not arrive for another two weeks. The same modeling also shows that by very vigorously following these guidelines, we can save more than one million american lives. Think of that. One million american lives. Our future is in our own hands, and the choices and sacrifices we make will determine the fate of this virus and really the fate of our victory. We will have a great victory. We have no other choice. Every one of us has a role to play in winning this war. Every citizen, family, and business can make the difference in stopping the virus. This is our shared patriotic duty. Challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days. This is a very vital 30 days. We are sort of putting it all on the line, this 30 days.
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 you, but im happy to answer any questions you see fit to raise at the time. Any commissioner questions . Im not receivining a Public Comment request. Commissioners, if not, we can move on to the next item. Item 4, the coronavirus update. S
A Novel Concept in the land of the hardworking salary man. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program italy has held a minutes silence to remember the 11 and a half 1000 fellow citizens who have died in the corona virus pandemic. Car car. Flags nationwide were lowered to half mast as here in rome as overburdened hospitals and Health Care Workers struggled to cope italy remains the epicenter of the pen to make in europe with almost 102000 people infected a nationwide lockdown has been in place for weeks and the government has warned. But it could go on for much longer. And joining me now from rome is correspondent seem a good death so you know its striking really to see this shift in italy since the outbreak began i mean we had videos a few weeks ago of residents of a balcony singing and now silence and youre absolutely right sara i mean its from singing to silence singing for solidarity and sign and really to remember all the victims the more than 11500 victims people who have died with cop
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