we ve inquired if mar-a-lago is going to undergo a deep cleaning and we re waiting for the answer. david? terry, thank you. meantime at this hour congress racing to approve a relief plan to help americans, and there is word tonight of a breakthrough. let s get to mary bruce on the hill tonight. reporter: david, nancy pelosi has just announced a deal has been reached. this is a deal intended to provide immediate relief. it includes free testing for the coronavirus and paid sick and family leave. and it would boost unemployment insurance, but it does not include measures the president has been demanding, like a payroll tax cut. this was intensely negotiated between the speaker and treasury secretary. the two of them speaking more than a dozen times just today. david. mary bruce on the breaking headline from the hill. mary, thank you. there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this friday. dr. jen ashton back to answer your questions. when should you get tested and h
economic fears over the coronavirus back in this country. saying today, stay calm and it will go away. tonight, the proposals on the table to ease the economic burden. mary bruce, asking the president how long should americans be prepared for the economy to suffer as well? reporter: on capitol hill today, the president pitched an economic recovery plan to counter the uncertainty sparked by coronavirus. mr. president, how long should americans be prepared for the economy to suffer? well, this was unexpected. it will go away. just stay calm, it will go away. we want to protect our shipping industry, our cruise industry, cruise ships, our airline industry, very important. but everybody has to be vigilant, has to be careful, but be calm. it s really working out and a lot of good things are going to happen. reporter: a key part of the president s plan a payroll tax cut. but even some republicans are skeptical, suggesting it s more of a band-aid than a solution.
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defend himself. but i believe that republicans should move to censure schiff for lying and making up what the president said, i think we have need to learn you know what who was leaking within the white house. we can t have that done. i agree with that, but i think there is an opportunity for president to also show he still wants to get positive things done. with people talk about payroll tax cut, i am for that to keep economy going, constant drum beat of positive things to though home up show them up for not wanting to do anything eexcept this impeachment. you are right. if he is too thin skinned, he is allowing himself to get pooled down to this horrible meyer, and
defend himself. but i believe that republicans should move to censure schiff for lying and making up what the president said, i think we have need to learn you know what who was leaking within the white house. we can t have that done. i agree with that, but i think there is an opportunity for president to also show he still wants to get positive things done. with people talk about payroll tax cut, i am for that to keep economy going, constant drum beat of positive things to though home up show them up for not wanting to do anything eexcept this impeachment. you are right. if he is too thin skinned, he is allowing himself to get pooled down to this horrible meyer, and