Not showing any signs of slowing down as daryn mentioned new york is the hot bed right now we have John Lawrence with the very latest. The covid 19 pandemic is growing exponentially we see cases doubling every 3 to 4 days for 4 consecutive days this week the us had its deadliest day of reported deaths due to the virus mrs. They 5 of corn teen in day 5 of widow, good for me. And then were clicking off one day at a time and now the United States is the epicenter of the disease with the most cases in the world youve got to hunker down nail down mitigate mitigate mitigate. Get the people taken care of thats what you got to concentrate on you have to go with the data vaccine trials are underway and the shutdowns and restrictions across the country remain in place to slow the spread of the disease. But no state has seen a decrease in cases which means the us probably has yet to hit the peak. I want to be clear the worst days are still ahead despite the uncertainty of what lies ahead the medi
Bars and restaurants close . V. P. Pence thank you, mr. President , and good afternoon. Than 2900 cases of coronavirus in 49 states around the country, i want to assure the American People that this administration, all of our partners at the state level and local Health Officials have no higher priority than the health and safety of the American Public. Cap the president s direction we will continue not only a whole of government approach, but as we discussed today, we will continue to build on a whole of america approach to confront the coronavirus across the country. The Health Experts continue to groom firm confirm, based on the latest information, for the American People as a whole the risk of serious illness remains low. But because the risk is heavily weighted to the most vulnerable, to people with immunodeficiencys and to i and peopleencies with serious Underlying Health conditions, our administrations, state administrations will continue to focus on the most vulnerable and we w
Coronavirus testing. Why frustration is building. We were promised at the state and federal level everyone would be tested and that is in reality. Breaking news right now on h 7 pm. In the past hour or so a woman in her 80s from Santa Clara County who was hospitalized four days ago has died from coronavirus. She is the second person in that county today after a woman in her 60s with Chronic Health conditions died monday. Long lines and empty shelves at markets across the bay area. Good evening. People were already staying home from work but now the kids will be staying home as well. A lot of School Districts. Families are stocking up tonight on basically everything. Andrea live at costco in san leandro. It has been crazy there all day long. Reporter Parking Spaces are still a premium right now. We are in one space to do our live shot. Someone asked us can we move we need to get in there and shop right now . Lots of people are concerned about having their family home constantly and bein
Decision to temporarily lower Interest Rates to zero. Beautiful day outside. I think we have some great things to talk about. The federal reserve, as you know, it just happened 10 minutes ago but to me it makes me very happy and i want to congratulate the federal reserve. For starters, they lowered the federal rate from what it was, from 1 to one point 25 , and 0. 25 . Down to 0 , to so 0 to 0. 25 . Thats a big difference, quite a bit. And in addition, very importantly, the federal reserve, they are going to be purchasing 500 billion of treasuries and 200 billion of mortgagebacked securities, and that number can increase, but they will start with that. Thats really good news. Really great for our country. Something that were very happy, i have to say, im very happy. They did it in one step. They didnt do it in four steps over a long period of time. They did it in one step, and i think people in the market should be very thrilled. Were the strongest country in the world by far, financia
From 1 to one point 25 , and 0. 25 . Down to 0 , to so 0 to 0. 25 . Thats a big difference, quite a bit. And in addition, very importantly, the federal reserve, they are going to be purchasing 500 billion of treasuries and 200 billion of mortgagebacked securities, and that number can increase, but they will start with that. Thats really good news. Really great for our country. Something that were very happy, i have to say, im very happy. They did it in one step. They didnt do it in four steps over a long period of time. They did it in one step, and i think people in the market should be very thrilled. Were the strongest country in the world by far, financially and in every other way, and that brings us in line with what other countries are. They actually have negative rates, but we get it down to potentially zero. Thats a big step, and im very youy they did it, and will not hear anything bad about me unless it is a month or two from now. So i congratulate the federal reserve. It is ter