I want to discuss the actions that i have taken towards protecting our more vulnerable populations, specifically focused on the black community who have suffered a vastly disproportionate effect of covid19. Years and decades after this pandemic, we will surely look back and examine all of the biological and medical questions about the virus. The data accumulating over the last few weeks has shined a bright light on what seemed like a uniquely american problem. Have told you what it would highlight as long as it drew a picture. Generations of systemic disadvantages health care of communities in color and black unities in particular are now amplified in this crisis. In the city of chicago, and greater st. Louis, across our state and nation. First, we need more ubiquitous test. We are working hard to expand our Testing Capacity and thinking hard about where and how these tests are available. I have end, my team and worked to set up a partnership in the city of chicago and with more qualif
Minister spends a 2nd night in intensive care he said to be in a stable condition. And infections on the rise in rwanda despite a total lockdown being ordered nearly 3 weeks ago. And im santa claus now have all the sporting proving the world governing body sees us say theyll step in if clubs and flares can notice all the pay disputes caused by the Global Crisis. Nearly 3 months after it was sealed off from the world has opened its doors again tens of thousands of people have been allowed to leave the city at the epicenter of the corona Virus Outbreak but it remains under close watch with tight Health Restrictions in place to avoid a 2nd wave of infections so our clock begins our coverage. Packed and ready for departure tens of thousands of people from the city of woo han are on the move after 76 days holed up in their homes and i was here with a plan to go home during the Chinese New Year but because of the epidemic i didnt get to do so my family asks me every day when i come home the
Join us on washington journal primetime monday night, 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Illinois governor jb pritzker gave an update on how his state is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. This is about an hour. Good afternoon and thank you for joining todays public update. I am here with dr. Horace smith, dr. Tor and a doctor suzette mckinney, executive director of the Illinois Medical District and the operations lead for our alternate care facilities across chicago and the state, and bishop simon gordon,. I want to discuss the actions i our taken toward protecting more vulnerable populations, specifically focused on the black community, who have focused a disproportionate effect of covid19. For months, years, and even decades after we defeat this pandemic, we will surely look back and examine the biological and medical questions about this virus. Beyond that, we need to examine what americans learned about ourselves. The data accumulating over the last few weeks has shined a bright lig
We will be speaking to. When we could start to get a vaccine. We hear there are some in clinical trials, wondering if perhaps that is the next hope to look forward to. Francine from the conversations i have had, and they are very preliminary, it looks like a vaccine will be a couple years away unless they can speeded up. But there seemed to be three drugs that are working and fighting it off once you catch the coronavirus. We will delve deeper and see if it will make or break drug companies. Lets get to first word news with viviana hurtado. Viviana we begin with President Trump, who did a 180 on the coronavirus p he now says it is so bad, it may drive the economy into recession. He tried the president spent weeks minimizing the impact, which led state and local into the initiative to take a response. The republicancontrolled chamber will take up a house bill. It includes paid sick leave and now to the french president , Emmanuel Macron, who told the french people, we are at war. The fr
Institutions but also internationally with the United States and other countries and obviously. Being the only other son of the late king faisal and being a significant figure with respect josh and his executive director of arab center of washington he thinks this seems like an attempt by the crown prince to consolidate more power. Gooden sama who is the most senior of thats 3 and has actually overseas for many years came back couple of years ago to kind of try to calm things down. After b. S. Took over and there were some. Kind of turmoil in within the royal family. And of course the the previous crowned prince and his brother were also involved in these 3 arrests the accusation of course. Or the implication is that there was an attempt at a coup i dont think the possibility of a coup is even. Feasible at this time in terms of where the military is and its potential participation and that i think this is another 10 but i meant in some amount to kind of exert in a paranoid way has full