The last 19 seconds. We are up 52. The nasdaq up 223. So heres the situation. We are indeed about to get an update from the president s physician on the president s condition and breaking news of the timing of his discharge. We will take you straight to Walter Reed Army Medical Center as soon as the briefing begins. We are told 3 00 p. M. Eastern. Its right now, 3 00 p. M. Eastern. We are watching it. Little moving target but we have the cameras set up. The testing storm that whipped through the white house since the president tested positive last friday is shining a bright light on xpresspa at this hour. Tomorrow it will roll out its Rapid Testing site at jfk in new york. Diagnosis in five minutes for anybody at the airport now, passengers, workers and first responders. Ahead of that, you are about to get an exclusive first look, the walkaround at the brand new Testing Center from the ceo who is there on site. A full 24 hours before they open. And the latest entrant in the electric ve
Experts suggest vaping might be a factor. You can get it. The numbers show you can get it if youre a young person. Reporter there is yet more conflicting messaging from the administration. Here is the Surgeon General on the today show. He strongly supports social distancing. I want america to understand, this week its going to get bad. It means Everybody Needs to be taking the right steps right now, that means stay at home. Reporter but just last night the president on twitter suggesting strict rules on staying inside might be relaxed just a week from now. The restaurant and Food Industry alone estimates 7 million could lose their jobs. Jay bokan already has. People are not going to be able to support their families. Reporter and stayathome orders still spreading. Ohio, louisiana, connecticut, indiana, west virginia, and michigan among the recent additions. Not everyone, apparently, taking social distancing seriously enough. We cant have the kind of social distancing that parts of ital
The governor, andrew cuomo, says the state has 53,000 beds but expects to need 140,000 as the pandemic peaks there. But he also says theres evidence suggesting that social distancing is, is helping slow the spread of the virus in new york. The World Health Organization says theres still time for the country to, quote, turn it around and avoid becoming the next global coronavirus epicenter. While we wait for the White House Briefing to begin, we dont know if the president will show up, i anticipate that he will, lets go to our National Correspondent erica hill joining us from new york. Erica, that state is an epicenter in the United States right now. But other states are now seeing a very rapid rise in the number of cases. Reporter yeah, wolf, thats absolutely right. The World Health Organization a short time ago warned of a significant shortage of critical supplies. Thats what were hearing from Governor Andrew Cuomo in new york, saying the single greatest need in this state is still ve
AP – Technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street on Friday, capping another strong week for the market, as investors welcomed solid profits from Apple and other companies. The S&P 500 rose 2.5 per cent and posted its first back-to-back weekly gains since August. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.6 per cent […]