Prompting new warnings from the w. H. O. And britains Prime Minister has ordered cafes bars and this is to close a move he describes as upsetting but essential. The coronavirus pandemic has hit another grim milestone with global deaths passing 11000 and italy more than 600 people lost their lives in just the past 24 hours in spain the army is on the streets the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Has reached 19000 and our borders between the u. S. With mexico and canada will close to all nonessential travel mike hanna reports from washington d. C. The trumpet ministration continues director top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting. Traffic across the countrys northern and southern borders President Trump was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nations Top Health Care officials are extremely concerned about the Great Public Health consequences of mass uncontrolle
New warnings from the w. H. O. Britains Prime Minister has ordered restaurants bars and passes to close a movie he describes as upsetting but essential. The coronavirus demick has hit another grim milestone with global deaths passing 11000 initially more than 600 people lost their lives in just the past 24 hours in spain the army is out on the streets the number of confirmed cases in the u. S. Has reached 900000 the borders between the u. S. With mexico and canada and now closed to all nonessential travel i can a from washington d. C. Has our 1st report. The trumpet ministration continues to wreck to top preventative measures in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic the latest action aimed at cutting traffic across the countrys northern and southern borders President Trump was at pains to emphasize this was done in consultation with the governments of canada and mexico the nations Top Health Care officials are extremely concerned about the Great Public Health consequences of mass uncon
7 00 a. M. At join the discussion. Earlier this afternoon, Mitch Mcconnell briefed reporters at the capitol about the coronavirus economic aid package making its way through congress. This is 15 minutes. Sen. Mcconnell good afternoon, everyone. Let me give you a report of where we are. Obviously, we need to act. We finally got a completed bill from the house yesterday. We need to continue ensuring the Frontline Health care workers have all the resources they need, we need to directly help American Workers and families face this uncertain period. In particular, we are examining policy tools to put money quickly and directly into the hands of american families. We also need to move swiftly and boldly in a major way to help americas Small Businesses survive this disruption and thrive on the other side of it. We are preparing bold steps to make sure main street can access liquidity and credit during this extraordinary time. So let me outline what we have been doing. I have divided i have c
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Decision to temporarily lower Interest Rates to zero. Beautiful day outside. I think we have some great things to talk about. The federal reserve, as you know, it just happened 10 minutes ago but to me it makes me very happy and i want to congratulate the federal reserve. For starters, they lowered the federal rate from what it was, from 1 to one point 25 , and 0. 25 . Down to 0 , to so 0 to 0. 25 . Thats a big difference, quite a bit. And in addition, very importantly, the federal reserve, they are going to be purchasing 500 billion of treasuries and 200 billion of mortgagebacked securities, and that number can increase, but they will start with that. Thats really good news. Really great for our country. Something that were very happy, i have to say, im very happy. They did it in one step. They didnt do it in four steps over a long period of time. They did it in one step, and i think people in the market should be very thrilled. Were the strongest country in the world by far, financia