Again, thank you for being here. It we look forward to your remarks. President trump thank you very much. It is great having fema involved. We have had tremendous success working together and we appreciate all the people here. It is an honor to be here with all of you and you are doing a fantastic job, by the way. As of yesterday, when we gave a lot of progress is being made. I look forward to speaking with the governors. From what we understand, we have close to 50 governors. We have just about everybody showing up. That is very nice. We will put them on the screen as soon as you want. Mike, you want to Say Something . Pence thank you, mr. President. Thanks notdd our only to fema, because fema takes. He lead on the policies but as you do, continually, mr. President. And i want to thank the governors today, talking about the progress we are making on mitigation. On testing, on supplies. As femas mission, this effort through fema will be executed and state managed and federally supporte
Thats about one in eight americans. We need to bend the curve in the state of california, and in order to do that we need to recognize the reality. Reporter it comes as the number of people infected with the coronavirus throughout the u. S. Continues to rise. If we can slow the spread, we can buy days. And when we buy those days, that means that we can get ventilators, and we can get beds and kits and masks and tests. And this will save lives. Reporter pennsylvania is shutting down nonlifesaving businesses. Hundreds of contract workers at Philadelphia International airport have already been laid off. Herbert stewart fears hes next. Im a father. This is going to hit dramatically. Reporter in washington, d. C. , republicans and democrats start negotiations today on a stimulus package to help American Workers and businesses. Corporations should not get a bailout and then be allowed to fire employees or cut their salaries. Reporter the republican proposal gives every american up to 1,200.
To recognize the reality. People in the entire state of california are being ordered to stay home in a bid to curb the coronavirus pandemic. I dont view it as an act of god. I would view it as something that just surprised the whole world. There may be new hope in the desperate race to find a treatment for coronavirus. And it couldnt come soon enough. President trump says he is slashing red tape, ordering the fda to fast track the use of two drugs for sick patients. Italys reported death toll from this coronavirus has surpassed chinas. A cemetery northeast of milan has been so overwhelmed, the military had to transport bodies to neighboring towns. Several u. S. Senators are accused of profiting off the pandemic. At least four sold stock in the weeks following a briefing on the coronavirus. No greater moral crime than betraying your country in a time of crisis. These days its difficult to find toilet paper but in pennsylvania, a bakery has a new twist on tp. Toilet paper cakes. All that
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 kearns goodwin, and david welcome t
Drastic measures to combat the coronavirus are forcing dramatic changes across the country. Well bring you the very latest this morning. Our guest the fema administrator now spear heading the nations response. And new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Plus, two former members of trumps Homeland Security team, tom bossert and Kevin Mcaleenan and dr. Jennifer ashton what you need about the pandemic. And Chris Christie and rahm emanuel are handling a nation in crisis. From abc news, its this week, here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and thanks for joining us this sunday. As we come on the air this morning, alarming and sobering numbers from across the globe. There are now more than 300,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 13,000 deaths from coronavirus. And in the u. S. , there are now over 26,000 cases and at least 340 have died. New york, the city that never sleeps has gone quiet. Now the epicenter of this crisis with more than 12,000 confirmed cases, one of least five stat