Now. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im Garvin Thomas in for terry mcsweeney. From the federal level to the state level, new action tonight to protect americans from the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as the number of covid19 cases rise in the bay area. Within the past few hours, Alameda County has now added 26 new cases. New road closures are in place in marin county to deal with the people flooding the parks and beaches this weekend. And Governor Newsom announcing several new steps to help slow the virus spread. That includes a new executive order that allows the state to increase its health care capacity, in other words, find places to put patients. Plenty of venues are being called on to participate including santa clara a convention center. Nbc bay areas roz plater has the latest. Reporter as the number of covid19 cases rises, weve learned the Santa Clara Convention center is being prepped as a justincase scenario for a temporary hospital. A federal medical stat
And today, wall street took a beating. The dow fell about 3,000 points, its largest oneday point drop in history. And tonight, americas streets are empty, from new york city to los angeles. Bars and restaurants have been told to close or only serve takeout. The president admitting late today the country may be headed into a recession. As businesses are forced to layoff millions of workers. And the World Health Organization said there is still not enough testing being done. Eome governors say they dont have enough hospital beds. There is a lot of Important Information to report as we come on the air tonight, and our correspondents are covering it all. Ben tracy is going to lead us off tonight from the white house, and ben, the president says these next two weeks are critical . Reporter thats right. This was a very different President Trump today. Gone was the leader who said the virus will pass and everyone should just relax. Today, the president had stern warnings for all americans. Th
As reports of the coronavirus cases continue to grow there are strict new recommendations on americans on how they should live their lives. President trump recommended avoiding groups of more than ten people and the u. S. May be headed for a recession. Stocks fell sharply after his comments. Wall street suffered its worse losses since the 1987 market crash. Well have more on this. In the meantime number of reported infections in the u. S. Tops 4,500 and 88 people have died. In new york, a coronavirus scare forced a seattle bound flight to be grounded at jfk airport. The plane returned to the gate after a passenger received word they may have been exposed to the virus. In canada an unprecedented step to halt the spread of the outbreak. Prime minister Justin Trudeau is sealing off the countrys borders to most foreign travellers including americans. What new measures are the cdc recommending for people who live here in the u. S. . Reporter simply put, americans are being asked to stay hom
Cspan. Org coronavirus. Host another briefing late yesterday at the white house of the Coronavirus Task force. We will show you bits of that throughout the morning and we will hear from you as well. Here is the reporting on that briefing, the front page of the Washington Times. Shut down. U. S. To the president changes tone as coronavirus threat to america grows more serious. They write that President Trump implored americans to stop eating inside restaurants, bars and food courts to avoid groups of 10 or more for the next 15 days as the u. S. Tries to avoid the fate of china and italy in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. The guidelines say americans should avoid discretionary travel and stay home if they are sick. President trump also wants americans to work from home if possible to disrupt chains of transmission. The Washington Times writes it was a shift in tone from mr. Trump relate in february protected that the u. S. Would tackle all of its cases swiftly, he now sa
Today and we welcome them. Lieutenant dingell, rear admiral bruce gillingham, surgeon of the u. S. Navy. Lieutenant general dorothy hogg, Surgeon General of the United States air force. Mr. Mccaffrey, assistant secretary of defense for Health Affairs and lieutenant ronald j. Pace director of Health Agency and mr. Bill tinston Program Executive officer of Defense Health care and management systems. Today we have serious questions on how medical reforms have been accounted for in the president s budget for fiscal year 2021. We will have members coming in and out. We are getting briefings on covid19 as we speak and theres a few other meetings going on. Your full testimony is available and i know members had it like i did last night to read through it. Well get start. Across is the spectrum of the military health care to benefit care in many cases the budget justifications lacks adequate detail for the subcommittee to make informed decisions. We hope the Witnesses Today can address the sub