Hospital. 1,000 beds brought in to handle the overflow. That navy ship bringing help to hardhit los angeles while more governors bring their states to a standstill. Now younger americans stricken with the illness warning their generation to take it seriously. It can get really real really fast. And the race to get those critical supplies to Health Care Workers on the frontlines. Fema administrator, peter gaynor, joining us live. Stimulus stalemate on that nearly 2 trillion rescue package. Both sides now say a deal is close. Markets rising on hope. But will it be enough . Senator and former president ial candidate Amy Klobuchar reveals her husband is fighting the coronavirus, in the hospital and on oxygen. She joins us live with the latest on his condition. Overseas britain on lockdown, a glimmer of hope in devastated italy, and our reporter on the ground in south korea showing us what they did there to flatten the curve without locking down the country. What could it mean for the Unite
News writer thomas frank discusses how clean and the army corps of engineers are responding. At 9 50, representative danny davis of illinois on the pandemic in the state. Host good morning, this is washington journal for april 3. We are showing you footage from d. C. Terryton , Cherry Blossom festival last year. We want to know how you are responding to the covid19 outbreak, particularly in positive ways. Maybe there is a search of volunteerism in your community, or assisting others who are desperate and needy during this time. Tell us your story on two lines this morning. 202 7488000 for the eastern and central time zones, and 202 7488001 for the mountain and pacific time zones. If you want to tweet us, it is 202 7488003. Make sure you put your name, city, and state if you text on that line. You can tweet us at cspanwj and post on our Facebook Page at facebook. Com cspan. Even in these dire times, there are several positive stories in the papers across the United States. Just a couple
Television news, talking about the role agencies provider. The other thing that fs virus . Guest because of the disaster is really not relevant to fema. Whether it is a virus, a pandemic, hurricane, and , it is sort of agnostic when it comes been what we think of as natural disasters. Deal with any sort of disaster. That is the design of fema. It is this allpurpose agency. Host is a power that is currently being applied to covid19 from fema . Guest they have got about 1200 people out of a workforce of 14,000 assigned to covid19. Actually, fema has had some staffing issues in the past. They are in relatively decent shape right now. Toyou go back a year ago, when we had these massive floods in the great plains and upper midwest, fema was stretched a lot more thinly and they have done an ok job in the last year adding staff. They are ok, for now. The question will be, what happens in the coming months when the spring flood season arrives and you start getting all of these communities in m
Emergencies our nation has faced innico generations. Andq around the world. U military vehicles needed to cart off the dead in italy. Testing kits and medical in short xd supply. Younger americans being struck harder than expected. Many still ignoring social distancingu pleas. If i get corona, i get xecor. At the end of the day, im not 1 going to let it stop my from partying. President tz . Fu changing hisu tone. We have it very well under control. Its something g haveok tremendous control over. But now if youre talking about the virus, thats not under control for any place in the world. The u. S. Facing an invisible enemy with no end in sight. My guests this mora mg, new york cityo0dayor bille1 de blasio, governor larry hogan of maryland, senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, and fema administrator peter gaynor. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc News White House correspondent kristen welker, former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, president ialu historian doris ke