Local news station. Now in i just minutes ago the Senate Passed a 2 plus trillion dollar economic stimulus package. Thanks for joining us. Everybody, im grant lotus and i think you will kiss this historic bill was just voted on minutes ago. The highlights include direct payments of up to 1200 for working people. An additional 500 per child married couples earning up to 150,000 will get 2400. This bill provides billion in Small Business loans. 250 billion in Unemployment Insurance benefits and billion in loans for distressed companies. This stimulus package now heads on to the house which is expected to vote on it tomorrow. The latest coronavirus numbers in the bay area Santa Clara County continues to have the most trouble locally 459 cases along with 17 deaths. Tonight we also know that the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office has 5 confirmed cases in that department. The latest case there deputy who had been assigned to the Custody Bureau that deputy is now selfisolating at home meanwhi
Countries that have gone through various phases of their individual outbreaks. And you could learn something from them about where you are in your own outbreak. For example, when china went up, what happened is they just didnt turn around, they went from going to ill just take an arbitrary number 500 new cases a day. The next day 1,000 cases. Then 1,500. Then 2,000. But once the number of new cases each day starts to flatten out, thats when you get to that point where the inflection goes down. So things we want to look for, the things that dr. Birx had mentioned, that doesnt mean you declare victory when it does that, but you know youre at least on the way where you want to go. I think thats really very important. The third and final thing that i think gets back to the question that many of you in the audience have asked of us is about, would this possibly become a seasonal, cyclic thing . Ive always indicated to you that i think it very well might. And the reason i say that is that wh
How citizen soldiers from the National Guard are helping to combat the coronavirus. But first, heres todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Every day when i go to work, i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. Confirmed coronavirus cases now top 1 million worldwide. I know you have seen the slope in the United States versus the slope in italy. And we have to change that slope. Certain areas of michigan, detroit, looked like it was doing pretty good and then all of a sudden, it went up. The nations top Infectious Disease expert says the whole country should already be under orders to stay at home. If you look at whats going on in this country, i just dont understand why were not doing that. We really should be. Another historic surge in unemployment claims. More than 6. 6 Million People filed for benefits. A mindblowingly horrible, recordbreaking number. Two cruise ships carrying passengers with flulike symptoms have been allowed to dock in florida. After coming to an agreement wit
Host how does this 2 trillion stimulus package, how is it going to help our economy . What can we expect to see . There of bad to be news. All it does is club a whole in the u. S. Economy. Hole in the u. S. Economy. You are going to see shocking Economic Data over the next few months where you might see upwards of a million jobs lost. The stimulus package is a big number. It just prevents a lot of companies from going bust and the stock market from coming under increasing pressure. A lot of the sources i talked to on wall street see this as a down payment for something intentionally larger in the second half of the year just to get the economy accelerated, getting things going well into 2021. Host you are seeing people on wall street and in the Business Community saying they are going to need another stimulus package just to get things back on track. This 2 trillion is not enough . Guest you are right on. That is the reality of it. Marriott, one of the Biggest Hotel chains in business,
Interview. Mass cancellations. We see the teams heading back to the locker room. The nba suspends its season after a player tests positive just moments before a game. Something out of a movie, and you just dont expect it to happen in real life. March madness tournament still on but without crowds. One of the nations largest parades postponed for the first time in 258 years. How america is adjusting to the new normal of social distancing. And stunning announcement. Hollywood legend tom hanks and his wife rita wilson revealing they have the coronavirus, the couple now in isolation. Their message to fans on their health and what its like to have the virus. Today, thursday, march 12th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today, were happy you joined us on this thursday morning. Nice so see you on a busy morning. A lot has happened when it comes to the coronavirus. Its now been declared a glo