The voters turned out in record numbers and delivered an historic victory. Earlier today senator kerry called with his congratulations. We had a really good phone call. He was very gracious. Senator kerry waged a spirited campaign. He and his supporters can be proud of their efforts. [ applause ] laura and i wish senator kerry, teresa and their whole family our best wishes. America has spoken, and im humbled by the trust and the confidence of my fellow citizens. With that trust comes a duty to serve all americans, and i will do my best to fulfill that duty every day as your president. [ applause ] there are many people to thank and my family comes first. [ applause ] laura is the love of my life. Im glad you love her, too. I want to thank our daughters who joined their dad for his last campaign. I appreciate the hard work of my i especially want to thank my parents for their loving support. [ applause ] im grateful to the Vice President and lynn and their daughters who have worked so h
Nation. Number seven, not again, not ever will americans rely solely on the centers for Disease Control for testing. When called upon, our private sector has an incredible multiplier effect. Number eight, not again, not ever will we allow public misrepresentation and confusion concerning a health issue. The American People deserve timely, incredible, and accurate information, the same as for tornadoes, hurricanes, and other disasters. Number nine, not again, not ever will we be dependent on china for trade and goods, especially not for Critical Infrastructure and technology. And number ten, mr. President , not again, not ever will a Previous Administration leave an Incoming Administration without an updated, forwardlooking bipartisan policy and Preparedness Program on pandemics. And without a pathway for the products and equipment needed to go along with it. By taking these sensible steps, we will be able to protect the health and the wellbeing of the American People. These ten priorit
Bullishness as manifested by a huge part of the market, i call it the 11 11. 5 trillion portiono the market, which is related to the cramer covid index you cant get enough of these stocks these are the companies that do best when you stay at home whether it with General Mills, a surprise preannouncement that was extraordinary yesterday or a lot of the apple number bumps today. Even just out of the woodwork abbvie put on the recommended list why . Now you can stay at home and go get your botox there is just absolutely a level of bullishness about this stay at home, work at home market then theres the rest of the market, which is just awful. And astonishing. Well get to calhouns comments on the today show in a moment i know you have logitech on tonight. Sales up 13. Theres a lot of web cams, mice, and keyboards that are being bought right now if you want logitech. Its so interesting because soi. They have a particular mouse that is almost as good as a wired mouse. People want that becaus
With the coronavirus pandemic. The total spending is about 2. 5 trillion thats already been spent. The speaker of the house proposed a new piece of legislation this week that i think the house will vote on on friday thats another 3 trillion. So its actually more than the previous four combined. And the legislation that she is proposing has a lot of items that arent directly related to the covid19 crisis. They are, as some have said, a wish list of priorities and others have said in the media that its more of a messaging bill. So well see. Among other things, it says as an example that they want to change the current law which says that youre limited in terms of how much of a federal Tax Deduction you can take for state and local taxes. Thats called the salt issue. They want to repeal that. That cost, by the way, is about 180 billion, Something Like that. And it would result in about 50 of the benefit, the tax benefit going to the top 1 of taxpayers. So if that doesnt sound like its som
Virus. A councillor that tested positive discusses his experience. And your text and tweets. Washington journal is next. Us coronavirus cases have jumped. Returns at noon as they return to push a response package totalling over 1 million. Good morning, welcome to washington journal, this friday morning. March 20th. Well open up the phone lines, hearing from you, and your experience, response to the federal effort on the coronavirus. Of you in the central time zone, the line is welcome to your input if you are a medical professional tell us your name and where you twitter, ing from on facebook posts. There is a reporter from the mike baker, mes, stationed in the northwest. Part ofg the northwest the us, mike baker tweeting on the numbers, more than he said on the 132. More than 4,000 new cases in the us. Youll see his number at the there 12,336. When we started the programme 9 4509,450. 9,450. Checking the map. 245,484. 10,000, th toll over with 86,000 confirmed recoveries. 14,250. Us i