He is the Ranking Member of the energy committee. Here in the studio is bob cusack, editor in chief of the hill newspaper. I want to begin with fridays vote and the procedural moves forced in part by congressman massey. A number of your colleagues became very upset they had to make a trip back to washington to force the vote. What were you hearing . Rep. Walden well, it was unfortunate, unfair and unnecessary. We all get a voting card. We have a right to privileges on the house floor. He exercised his. It was just not necessary at all. We have the votes. We had the quorum in the house, as was easily identified and we moved on. In the end it did not have a delay in effect, but it did discomfort some members. You know, frankly, we are 435 actually we are down a couple of members. There are a lot of members that have certain illnesses and are dealing with things that make them even more vulnerable to the virus. I dont know. It was a waste. It is really unfortunate. Host so did that move p
Of covert 19 but 1st lets start by talking about. The global death toll still on the rise with more than 25000 people and nearly 555000 back to the United States now lead with the most confirmed cases in the world with more than 86000 infected and nearly 1300 fatalities new hotspots are emerging across the u. S. And chicago detroit and new orleans Vice President mike pence downplayed trumps comments over reopening the economy by easter saying the president expressed really an aspirational goal as we continue to follow the data on thursday g. 20 leaders held a Virtual Meeting where they vowed to Work Together to combat the virus we talked about the problem. Really wont be a problem for. The United States is working with their friends and partners around the world to stop the spread of the virus and coordinate their efforts we just go so vitally important is for all of our nations to immediately share information and data and weve been doing that to a large extent but will do it even mor
A nationwide lockdown earlier this week which many predict could last up to fix months for more numbers and information on the coronavirus be sure to check out our portable the t. V. Up and look for the section trucking coronavirus and were going to bring in. To tell us more about the Global Impact but its having on the economy. Now once again the market isnt buy the rumor sell the news mode as the historic rally of nearly 20 percent in the previous 3 trading sessions faded and where once again timely 600. 00 points off the open market moves or the past 3 weeks have been fast and furious and the volatility has no indication of slowing down the temporary euphoria from the stimulus shot has subsided and were left with the grim reality that the u. S. Is now the new epicenter of the coronavirus now after much delay the house on friday passed a 2 trillion dollar terrorist act which stands for the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act and the now has to present trump to sign into
Infections. Nearly 1600 people have died in california there are now over 4600 cases and 94 people have died. Today the u s and asked mercy arrived in the port of los angeles to help ease the burden of hospitals that are trying to treat coronavirus patients. The Navy Hospital ship contains a dozen fully equipped operating rooms and a 1000 hospital beds. It will be used for relocating patients who are undergoing treatments that are unrelated to covid 19. And we had a somber warning from los angeles today as the city there prepares to be the epicenter of coronavirus cases in the United States that saw a significant surge of kelvin 19 cases kron fours kate rooney has the very latest. With 257 new confirmed cases in los anles today and 5 new deaths la is readying for an even greater expected surge in the coming days, yesterdays increase though of over 50 would of course have a doubling rate of less than 2 days. By that measure we would be where new york city is number ofases per capita in
This graph. It tracks the outbreak here in california and you can see in february. The numbers were low Health Experts say thats because there was not as much testing look how the numbers climb today there are more than 4800 confirmed cases and 98 related deaths in california and those numbers are expected to rise as a number of coronavirus cases grows across the bay area and the state continues to go up. We are hearing from medical experts about what will happen and what it needs to happen to flatten out the curve. Cases are expected to grow but just how far up will they go before they finally level out kron fours dan thorn has the story california saw its biggest jump in coronavirus cases friday as almost 800 new cases were reported. As the state climbs towards 4,000 casein total what will it take to turn the tide experts say following publi Health Guidelines and continue to stay separated. California remains one of the states hardest hit by the coronavirus 2 weeks ago the state had