Wall street and otherwise as mitigation efforts under discussion in washington. So if you will, we have gone from containment to can we mitigate the circumstances breaking out . We will keep a close eye again on the market if they react to this news coming in. And this fox news alert, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has hit 1,000. Nearly double what was reported two days ago. And across the globe, there are now more than 18,000 confirmed cases including more than 4,000 deaths at this point. In the u. S. , at least 30 americans have died due to the illness with the majority of those deaths coming from the state of washington. And across america major universities from coasttocoast or closing their doors telling students to take their classes online. New york state, the Governor Andrew Cuomo has dispatched the National Guard to set up a containment zone around a new area called new rochelle just a few miles east of manhattan. Meanwhile dr. Anthony fauci a m
Count goes to 1100 cases. The ncaa basketball tournament, march madness announcing today that will take place without fans and Congressional Democrats are working on their own version of an economic stimulus bill rejecting President Trumps a call for a payroll tax cut. Good evening to you, in his address tonight to the nation at 9 00 eastern time, President Trump will talk about decisions he has made today to respond to the coronavirus both from a health standpoint and from a financial standpoint, the president insists his number one priority is the health of the nation but that the economy needs to remain healthy as well. President trump hosting ceos at the worlds biggest banks today, the goal to reinforce confidence in the American Economy is been as the stock market takes another dive off the high board. There will be pent up demand when this is gone, people are leaving their homes thinking that well see tremendous pentup demand which hopefully wont be in the too distant future. The
President s announcement but still down 19 for the year. This is not like the financial crisis. This is about providing proper tools and liquidity to get through the next few months. Chris we will discuss what the president and congress will do next to contain financial fallout with secretary Steven Mnuchin live only on Fox News Sunday, plus we will ask our sunday panel how the coronavirus is reshaping the race for president. And our power player of the week, a 100yearold hat maker, she and her designs are one of a kind. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris hello again from fox news in washington. The spread of the coronavirus here in the u. S. Has dramatically changed the way americans live. Its shaken the markets and left washington scrambling to provide care for the sick and ease the financial fallout. Here is the latest. The president s doctor announced mr. Trump tested negative for the virus after coming into contact with several people who tested positive. The president also e
Country. [reporter questioning] ill be letting you know that a little bit later. Martha good evening everybody, i martha maccallum. The World Health Organization labeled the virus a pandemic today, not surprising given the spread of this virus that we have watched move around the globe and the top Infectious Disease doctor for the nation says its ten times more lethal than the flu. We will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now. Bottom line, its going to get worse. Martha dr. Fauci says infections and deaths in this country are totally dependent on how we respond. At a separate closeddoor briefing, one expert said most americans may at one time or another be exposed to this vir virus. Another said he thought this estimate was too high. At german chancellor Angela Merkel warns that 70 of her countrys population, some 80 million people, could contract the virus. As calls here grow louder for the president to step up. As for the dow, it is in bear market territor
Assure americans this would all be over soon. Were prepared and were doing a great job with it and it will go away. Just stay calm. Everyone has to be vigilant and has to be careful. Be calm. Its really working out. And a lot of good things will happen. Its really working out. But today the World Health Organization alarmed by the lack of action by governments around the world officially declared the outbreak to be a pandemic. In the days and weeks ahead we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries climb even higher. The w. H. O. Has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and were deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have the assessment that covid19 can be characterized as a pandemic. To date the coronavirus has swept through at least 114 countries. With more than 120,000 infections and more than 4,200 people dead. Today german chancellor Angela Merkel warned u