Confirmed cases within the United States. Thats a jump of about 1,000 give or take in just the space of today. Over 80 people have now died from it. We have no idea how Many Americans would test positive even if they could get tested, and for millions thats still a far off fantasy. The alarm over the pace of infection brought much of the nation to a halt just today, emptying normally teeming streets in our cities and forcing officials to shut down restaurants and bars and gyms and movie theaters. Some 35 states have already declared formal emergencies. About the same number have closed their schools, moves that leave some 30 Million Students out of the classroom. Officials in the bay area have just laid down the most extreme measures thus far. 7 million residents have been ordered to shelter in place, stay home, avoid other people for the next three weeks. This comes as President Trump suggested new rules of behavior for all of us during todays briefing at the white house. Were announc
Eyes. The president gave himself a ten today in terms of the response thus far. The truth is we are badly behind, of course. Were not ready for the worst of it, not even close. And the bestcase scenario is since we have no idea what were preparing for, it wont be as bad perhaps as the most dire predictions. Tonight there are over 4,400 confirmed cases within the United States. Thats a jump of about 1,000 give or take in just the space of today. Over 80 people have now died from it. We have no idea how Many Americans would test positive even if they could get tested, and for millions thats still a far off fantasy. The alarm over the pace of infection brought much of the nation to a halt just today, emptying normally teeming streets in our cities and forcing officials to shut down restaurants and bars and gyms and movie theaters. Some 35 states have already declared formal emergencies. About the same number have closed their schools, moves that leave some 30 Million Students out of the c
Thus far. The truth is we are badly behind, of course. Were not ready for the worst of it, not even close. And the bestcase scenario is since we have no idea what were preparing for, it wont be as bad perhaps as the most dire predictions. Tonight there are over 4,400 confirmed cases within the United States. Thats a jump of about 1,000 give or take in just the space of today. Over 80 people have now died from it. We have no idea how Many Americans would test positive even if they could get tested, and for millions thats still a far off fantasy. The alarm over the pace of infection brought much of the nation to a halt just today, emptying normally teeming streets in our cities and forcing officials to shut down restaurants and bars and gyms and movie theaters. Some 35 states have already declared formal emergencies. About the same number have closed their schools, moves that leave some 30 Million Students out of the classroom. Officials in the bay area have just laid down the most extre
Im victor blackwell. We do have breaking news we need to tell you about this hour. The crisis in ukraine, it is intensifying by the hour it seems. The countrys Prime Minister accusi accusing russia of crossing air space multiple time sfwls they are ready to release a round of additional sanctions. Were live in the ukraine with the latest. Reporter well, as youre saying, the situation here does grow more tense by the moment. The government in kiev continues to say they are launching what theyre calling their antiterrorism operation. Just an indication of how chaotic the situation is, the organization for security and cooperation in europe had mandated a military Verification Mission here. 13 people were taken hostage, detained by these pro russian groups. Amongst them are eight europeans, five ukrainians. The mayor saying they dont believe they are part of the osce, that they are in fact spies. Placing the onus of responsibility on the government in kiev saying it took place within ukra
Airlines investigation breaking his silence. Malaysias Prime Minister today sat down with richard quest, his First Television interview since the plane disappeared 49 days ago. Its a bizarre scenario, which none of us could have contemplated. Now the Prime Minister would not confirm to richard that the plane actually crashed. Richard quest is in kuala lumpur tonight. And richard, as the search has become, you know, more and more targeted, a lot of people have been saying look are, they focusing too much on one area . Do they actually know where the plane went . I want to play one of the most incredible moments from your interview. This is very, very different from the air france incident, very different from the silkair incident. This is totally unprecedented. What do we have going for us . What is the evidence . The evidence simply lie with the pings, the handshakes that we have analyzed. Thats all we have. Thats all we have, he says, richard. Thats pretty incredible. Absolutely extra