Not just for Pete Buttigieg, for a lot of these campaigns as they look forward to super tuesday when a third of the delegates are at stake. Sources inside the campaign and close to the campaign tell me they looked at the situation and believed there was no path forward for Pete Buttigieg. He was not going to be able to compete in a way that would make him more likely to be the democratic nominee and one of the big concerns that he had, according to a source i spoke to, is he would stand in the way of a potential stronger candidate being able to cut into any kind of delegate lead that senator Bernie Sanders would be able to accumulate on super tuesday. Right now the way that the situation stands is that Bernie Sanders stands to accumulate a huge haul. What buttigieg had been saying on the campaign trail for some time, for several days now, has been that the goal his goal and that the of other candidates must be to limit that haul as much as possible. Buttigieg believe sanders inflexible
We continue our live aroundtheclock coverage of the Global Pandemic. The past 24 hours have brought an onslaught of new developments as our federal and local governments raise to get the upper hand on a growing health and economic crisis. A deadly disease that is Holding Americans hostage in their own homes. Over the next few hours, here are some of the stories well be looking at with our team of reporters and Health Experts here in this country and abroad. In washington, a call to arms as to members of Congress Test positive for cove at 19. President trump compares the coronavirus threat to a foreign attack. Employees rarely used hours with medical supplies with reinforcement bills from congress. The government hopes to soon unleash an economic arsenal to help suffering americans. Relief is on the way for overworked Health Providers facing shortages and supplies and hospital beds. Hospital ships sailing to the rescue on both coasts. On an unprecedented move, the u. S. And canada shut
We now have this information fear, and panic which is as contagious or more contagious than the virus. Trace hi, everyone, im trace gallagher, 1 00 a. M. In new york city, the next few hours will be covering the Fast Breaking headline surrounding the killer disease that has been infecting not just 14,000 americans, but our economy as well. If we begin our Nations Capital where there is a glimmer of hope with a desperate race to find a cure. On thursday, President Trump awarded the sba to fasttrack Clinical Trials on two drugs that have shown promise in the treatment of coronavirus patients. But doctors werent even without the red tape, their findings could be months away. Capitol hill, congress came closer to unleashing 1 trillion relief package which is expected to put some money in the pockets of hurting families. How much . And one . Its still very uncertain. If this as unemployment claims jumped by more than 280,000. Through it all, a call for action for volunteers and businesses s
Is temporarily shutting down monday. The short term picture is challenging at best. More americans may apply for Unemployment Benefits than on any previous week on record. Hello. Welcome to fox new night. Im Shannon Bream in washington. We get a picture of the Economic Impact of trying to contain the coronavirus. Lawmakers are trying to work to a midnight dead light for financial relief. Leland vittert has more. A little less than an hour away. 59 minutes. The lights are still on in the capitol. Were told negotiations will continue throughout the night. Mitch mcconnell working with democrats and republicans in the house and leadership there but also trying to talk as well with the white house to see what their prioritieses are. Normally easy in washington to get agreement on spending more of your money, this is coronavirus bail out number 3. It could go well north of a trillion dollars, including 1,200 per adult, married couples receiving 2,500, 500 per child. The first checks could a
Im alicia acuna in denver. The president and his team had expected to see massive crowds at the rally. Instead, they now are touting the events digital reach. David spunt is at the white house with more. Hi, david. Reporter good afternoon to you. President trump is golfing on this fathers day at his club in sterling, virginia. But yes, the campaign is playing down some of the numbers a day after because over the past week they were really touting those numbers, Campaign Manager brad parskol said a Million People had requested tickets to actually come to tulsa for the event. That actually never happened. Vice president mike pence and President Trump were supposed to be on of that stage right there, you see thats outside. Thats the overflow crowd for people that could not fit inside the arena. That never happened. Crews took the stage down after it was clear that the crowds were not showing up. The campaign blamed protesters for keeping trump fans away from the arena and overflow crowd.