Me response to a new Commission President criticizes Member States for their lack of solidarity as the coronavirus sweeps across the continent. And in a time of crisis everyone is pitching in like this german manufacturer its retold in its factory to make face masks instead of sportswear. Im phil gal welcome to the Program United States now has more confirmed cases of corona virus than any other country including china almost 86000 people in the u. S. Have become infected and then the 1300 have died the crisis has hit the American Economy hot fueling a wreck or unemployment plummet to claims on the countrys the biggest. City new york is struggling. These are desperate days in new york with more than 3 and a half 1000 new cases in the last day alone medical facilities a critically overstretched a long line of worried people wait outside this hospital in the borough of queens just to be tested for the virus. Almost any scenario that is realistic will overwhelm the capacity of the Current
About cities, towns andville eamings have a tremendous opportunity to usher pofe activity and in a time of growing change in washington. The best way to move our communities forward is to promote partnership, leading together with other local, state, federal leaders. We can all overcome the toughest challenges that is facing our communities. This is our charge and our residents have elected us and why we have come to washington every single year. In fact, the last 55 years, we have come to this congress collectively one voice. You know, issues like the outbreak of the coronavirus, i would be remiss if i didnt talk about cities being on the front line of dealing with this Ongoing Public Health emergency. Local elected leaders have the responsibility to ensuring the health and safety of their residents. We are thankful for the federal spending package passed last week to allot 8. Billion in this Public Health crisis and looking forward to meeting with Vice President pence on wednesday at
Recordbreaking attendance numbers here. Over 2,000 attendees from all cross the country. Different size cities. Look at the beautiful faces behind me. Excitement that we are here, we are loud, and were proud of the fact that we have come together to bang on the door here of the federal government, to make sure that our federal partners listen to us and they act and they act quickly. Local leadership is critical to creating cohesive cohesion throughout our country. Cities, towns and villages have a tremendous opportunity to usher Forward Partnership and positivity in a time of growing gridlock and change in washington. The best way to move our communities forward is to promote partnership, leading together with other local, state, federal leaders. We can all overcome the toughest challenges that are facing our communities. This is our charge and our residents have elected us and why we have come to washington every single year. In fact, the last 55 years, we have come to this congress c
World reacts to the pandemic asia closes in the red and europe so far is in the green will have a live update from the United States. The Financial Impact of the outbreak is also being felt in latin america a struggling economy as there are put to the test. Lets get going the Health Authorities in the u. S. Expect the number of coronavirus cases to pick up to accelerate as they plan to roll out what theyre calling a large scale testing operation one of the Top Health Official says coronavirus testing will increase in the coming one week it follows criticism but testing kits werent being made available fast enough in the world of sport more and more events are being counseled or perspire and english footballs premier league has now been suspended until early april while the Champions League and the. Europa League Matches have also been postponed meanwhile the markets open positively in europe so far with stocks improving in paris and in london but it does follow a rocky day across the a
Outbreak. This is 25 minutes. Thank you all for joining us. On the Councilmember Joel vizcaino from the city of los angeles and are proud president of the nationally good cities. Welcome to our 2020 congressional cities conference where this year recordbreaking attendance numbers here, over 2000 attendees from all across the country, different sized cities and look at the beautiful faces behind me, excitement that we are here, we are loud and where proud of the fact that we come together to bang on the door here of the federal government to make sure that our federal partners listen to us and act and act quickly. Local leadership is critical in creating cohesiveness cohesion throbber country. Cities, towns and villages have tremendous opportunity to usher Forward Partnership and positivity and a time of growing gridlock and change in washington. The best way to move our communities forward is to promote partnership, leading together with other local, state, and federal leaders. We can