Families and businesses impacted by the economic shutdown as a result of the coronavirus. It is friday, march 27, and this is a prime time addition of washington journal. The u. S. Conference of mayors reporting 200 cities report a dire need for facemasks, ventilators and medical equipment. The president today formally invoking the defense production act to require General Motors to produce more ventilators. In miami, the first curfew taking effect at 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Residents told to stay home until 5 00 a. M. , some of the developing as this pandemic spreads coast to coast. We want to focus tonight on the impact it is having on Grocery Stores of the food supply and the Restaurant Industry. For the first halfhour here are 2027488000. S, and if you are a grocery worker or employed by a grocery tour Grocery Store chain, 2027488002. And also at facebook. Com cspan. A lot to talk about the next hour and we thank you for joining us for this evening addition of washington journal. Two
The viruss global spread and confirmed cases in the u. S. County by county. Our coronavirus webpages youre fast and easy way to watch cspans unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. Good evening, the house today passed and the president signed a 2. 2 trillion emergency stimulus bill to help families and businesses impacted by the economic shutdown as the result of the coronavirus. Friday, march 27. Nearly 200 cities, reporting a dire need for taste masked, ventilators, and other medical equipment, in part because of that, the president today invoking ormally invoking the defense production act to require General Motors to produce mo miami, the firstever curfew taking place at 10 00 p. M. Tonight. Developing as this pandemic spreads coast to coast. We want to focus tonight on the impact it is having on Grocery Stores of the food supply and the Restaurant Industry. For the first halfhour here are 2027488000. S, and if you are a grocery worker or employed by a grocery tour Grocery Store chai
This report. Distant Artillery Fire the situation in Soledar Depends On who you ask. Its under control as of this morning according to this ukrainian commander. They will never break us, says his injured comrade. We are winning. But if you ask these two, wagner are clearing the city, they say. Russian, yes, but not from the regular army. Theyre from a private Military Group called wagner, a network of mercenaries who do a lot of russias fighting. Its boss, yevgeny prigozhin, has recently recruited convicts from russianjails, and theyve been spearheading the attack on soledar, claiming to now be in full control. We chat to one ukrainian soldier on the front to see if thats the case. Dont believe russian propaganda. Its not true. Bakhmut and soledar have ukrainian control. Kyiv has described the Battle For Soledar and bakhmut as the bloodiest scenario yet. And thats all we can say with real certainty. Small amounts of territory are being fiercely fought over and the human cost is huge. B
Live from new york city, good morning, good morning. Equity futures positive on the s p 500 by. 5 . Coming into thursday, looking to reclaim alltime highs. It is a beat, it is a raise. Nvidia does what nvidia always does. Morgan stanley, overweight. No signs of slowing down. Another quarter of excellent growth. Wedbush, outperform. No signs of any pause in demand. Lisa we always talk about how much the share price has gone up in the last 12 months. Profit rose 628 in the last year. This is a company that relies on amazon and alphabet, and that is a feature at this moment. Jonathan that stock in the premarket up by 6. 6 . Dan ives joining us later on. Annmarie he says that is a masterpiece that needs to be hung in the louvre. What you are seeing this morning is not just everyone continuing to say bye, but Goldman Sachs saying we are going to raise our price target. Even though it was just this week they raised their price target. What was so clear on this call last night is that demand
Fortunes . Also on this earth day, our favorite baseball playing environmentalist, former giant hunter pence and his wife alexis will share their latest sustainability efforts and why you should go to tonights giants game. But first, frustration with sanctioned line cutting at airport checkpoints. A New California bill that goes after the security screening company. Clear. Youre watching, getting answers. Im kristen sze. Thanks for joining us. Youve seen it at the airports. No doubt. Long lines to go through security checkpoints. And youve probably noticed some people cutting to the front of the line using clear, a biometric Identity Verification system near the checkpoint. That arrangement has many travelers. And now some california lawmakers crying foul. And theres a new bipartisan bill to change the way that pay to play process works. Joining us live now to talk about it is jim lights, executive director of the california airports council, that is an organization that advocates for