Transit. Bloomberg and Chris Christie is reiterating why its like nothing weve seen before. This is a massive storm. When it comes in tonight, we cant come in and rescue you. Its going to be dark, electricity most likely will be out if its not already. Im krystal ball. Its not just mere in the tristate area. Capitol hill is shut down as washington weathers the storm. President obama is tracking developments from the white house where he spoke this afternoon. Please listen to what your state and local officials are saying. When they tell you to evacuate, you need to evacuate. Do not delay. Dont pause. Dont question the instructions that are being given, because this is a serious storm and it could potentially have fatal consequences. This storm is so massive, so unlike anything weve seen before that parts of the country like here in West Virginia are bracing for blizzard conditions. We begin our breaking coverage with nbcs ron allen. Hes along the jersey shore. Ron, describe the conditi
Will they get picked out . Today, no answers to that question. Sarah Huckabee Sanders could not or would not answer questions about whether Current Service members will be removed. The president has a lot of support for all americans and certainly wants to protect all americans at all times. The president has expressed concerns since this obama policy came into effect. But hes also voiced that this is a very expensive and disruptive policy, and based on consultation that hes had with his National Security team, came to the conclusion that it erodes Military Readiness and Unit Cohesion, and made the decision based on that. The decision is based on a Military Decision. Its not meant to be anything more than that. At a white house event an attempt to get clarity from the president later went ignored. People in the military . Shes very rude. So all we have on this Policy Change that will profoundly affect thousands of Service Members lives are the president s three tweets, which mention th
Out break. Holding an hour long press conference trying to reassure the country the markets and voters. Mike will be working with the professionals and doctors and everybody else working. The team is brilliant. I spent a lot of time with them over the last couple weeks. They are brilliant and were doing really well and mike will be in charge and report back to me. The president is first and foremost a businessman. When wall street talks, he listens. And wall street is talking big time. Markets are rattled by the spread of the coronavirus around the world. Especially in china. And just three days the dow jones is down 2,000 points. Remember he is running for reelection on the strength of economy. And the coronavirus out break is a threat to the economic strength. And he cant afford to look like hes not paying attention to a very Serious Health issue that could have serious consequences for the economy. Cnn chief medical correspondent asks the president if hes worried about the spread of
Virginia state capital in richmond to demand that states economy be reopened. Demonstrations took place as lawmakers held a special oneday session to discuss ways to deal with the fallout from this pandemic. New york is getting some help in its efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus. Michael bloomberg is donating 10 million to develop a regional and Contract Tracing program to reach out to people who may have been exposed. You dont have months to plan and do this. You have weeks to get this under way. Super ambitious undertaking. And mayor bloomberg will help coordinate the entire effort. Hell be working with the state. Were also keeping an eye this hour an california and maryland. Those two governors are set to hold their daily news briefings at this hour. We will monitor their comments and turn around any notable developments for you. So again were coming on the air 3 00 p. M. East coast time, noon in the west to cover the breaking news in this fight against the coronavirus. Happy
One of them came to gunning down a Border Patrol agent. Plus police say he brutalized a family before killing them for money. Prosecutors were even ready to present evidence but then court came to a sudden stop. Well explain why. Good afternoon. Already on edge amid growing fears. At 7 29 this morning, a report of shots fired at the navy yard here in washington put the entire city in virtual lockdown. Police and fbi a little went room to room searching for any sign of a gunman before giving the allclear. Yesterday another indication of just how concerned National Security officials are about an isis launched or isisinspired strike on the homeland. It comes as a british air base used by american troops cancels its july 4th celebration. Lets get to jim scuitto. Why the lastminute changes in plans . Im told this order came from the u. S. Air force in europe to this base specific to this billed, raf feltwell. You have a u. S. Fighter wing of f15s based there. Were told also by people at th