Best practices and in many cases requirements to assure from an hr perspective that staff and all stay informed and stay safe. But we, theres a fair amount of rumors circulating, just as there are throughout many cities , society, certainly media and the news. But there are no real cases that have been, have been validated throughout the capital. Everybody is taking precautions. This is a busy place. We have got thousands of people coming in and out. Yesterday was one of the most busy days on the capital ever, some people felt. Certainly my office was jampacked, as was the capital. People are coming in. There are cancellations taken place. So, i think in the next few weeks we will likely see a downturn. But very much in general, rumors, we are doing a lot of communicating. I meet up on coronavirus at least twice a day. Last week i met with the Vice President twice. I met with dr. Fauci two or three times. I met with the former fda director, gottlieb. I also met with the former cdc dire
The white house will give an update on the spread of the coronavirus later today. Vice president pence has been leading the task force and will offer remarks. We expect to see him this afternoon as well shortly as he meets with a number of hospital executives. That could be at any moment. We are planning live coverage of that here on cspan 3. The Vice President s update from the white house on the coronavirus pandemic is set for 5 30 eastern. We are planning to bring that to you live when that starts here on cspan 3. Again, at 5 30. Also online at cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Congressional democrats believed reporters earlier today about the federal response to the outbreak and paid sick leave. We will have that for you later here on cspan 3. Pennsylvania republican dan muser a freshman member who serves on the budget as well as the Veterans Affairs and labor committees. First, whats happening here on capitol hill amid the coronavirus outbreak . Roll call ha
Some of the doctors say it will wash through. It will flow through. My guests this morning, dr. Anthony fauci, head of the National Institute of infectious dewreess, mike dewine of ohio, and j. P. Prits 0. Were headed there, a surge on hospitals. Ill talk to two experts about how prepared our Health Care System is for the coming spike in cases and whether our hospitals could become overrun with patients. Kn and the great shutdown. Chaos at u. S. Airports as travelers return from europe. Schools closing, Sports League cancel, theme parks going dark. Still, are we doing enough to slow the disease. Joining me are peter baker, chief White House Correspondent for innew york times, kasie hunt, david brooks, columnist for the new york times, and yamiche alcindor. Welcome to sunday and a special edition of meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. This is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Ameri
Good evening. The San Francisco Unified School District will close it schools for three weeks. Starting monday. We need the time to plan prepare and train staff on how to operate schools during this epidemic. If there was somebody who was affected by the virus it would spread quickly in a school. Lets take a couple weeks where we dont have school and lets figure out what we need to do next. Students who qualified for free lunches will continue to get those meals. Details on that have not been released yet. The district serves more than 55,000 students. St governor is advising school close only as a last resort. Emergency room doctor nurse Nurse Practitioner and you have kids you have no capacity to have those kids at home without your own presence being there. About an hour ago we learned the west contra costa Unified School District will also be closing down on monday for three weeks. They are moving up spring break into the closure period. To try to minimize the disruption on the Ove
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