But broadly, what does your organization focus on . Michael well our organization , was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal in the first instance in those days with principally counterterrorism issues. Days with principally counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our 18th anniversary on may 15, 2002. , still do counterterrorism, but also we do controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues like ransomware. And since 9 11 the natin the world has not seen a epidemic like this. In your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far of how the u. S. Has responded, the federal government, to the coronavirus outbreak . Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we face going all the way back to 2001. We have had an
From over. In fact, its only beginning. We have learned that within the past 24 hours, there was a 105 increase in patients admitted to the icu. During that same time period, a nearly 40 jump in hospitalizations. That is fueling a push tonight to get even more medical equipment into the state. And all of that coming as the u. S. Reaches a very grim milestone. More than 2,000 people have now died in the u. S. From coronavirus. Just thursday, there were 1,000 deaths. A startling jump in just two days. Lets begin our Team Coverage with nbc bay areas marianne favro. Governor newsom toured a south bay company and theres a new plan that could help a lot of people. Reporter thats right, terry. Before coronavirus, bloom energy was making fuel cells. But now employees have switched gears entirely, and they are now refurbishing ventilators. Now, dozens of those ventilators are on their way to hospitals across the state. Governor gavin newsom says with covid19 sending more californians into inten
Well, i definitely miss you guys. Since we have a little bit of cabin fever let me show you a different view outside the windows. The south bay, peninsula, trivalley. Lets get right to those views outside in case maybe youve been seeing your view too much. Enjoy it. Soak it all in. The clouds make for a beautiful sight. Look at the south bay, 50 degrees. We do have the showers sweeping through the peninsula, 45, very cool, comfortable. The trivalley, 48. In the east bay check out the cloud cover. 53 degrees. San francisco a little bit of shower activity as well as areas in the north bay. A chance of showers because of all of this instability still. Its not going to be a very powerful storm. Its the remnants of that system you saw pushing through yesterday. That will continue to make its exit out and we should see good clearing by this evening. Overall i will take you through a look at your temperatures and the dry trend ahead. For now, kira, back to you. All right. We look forward to s
The move comes after italy reported 342 new cases on monday, bringing the total number of infections there to 2,032. It said the number of deaths jumped from 18 to 52. Some towns in the countrys north have been placed on virtual lockdown to stop the spread. Portugal and luxembourg have also reported their first infections. In some parts of france, schools are closed and residents have been advised to stay indoors. Elsewhere, u. S. Authorities say the number of patients there has reached 43 while the death toll has risen to 6. New york state, rhode island, and florida have all reported their first infections. There south korea the government has announced the number of infections has exceeded 5,000. The death toll there stands at 28. President moon jaein says the government has set up a new facility to accept people with mild symptoms. Nhk calculates that outside Mainland China and japan, the number of deaths has topped 160 and more than 10,000 people have been infected in dozens of cou
Sick of green arrows. We have a big week coming up. The dow up 40 points right now. Earnings season kicking off of the big banks reporting Fourth Quarter results. Well dig into those numbers. The u. S. And China Signing phase one of the trade deal. That will be on wednesday. The delegation actually just arrived within the last hour in washington. There is still though, a lot of questions about what exactly is in the first phase of the deal . What is the language really look like . One thing we know, the economy, still booming. The trade war didnt have consequences many predicted that it would. Edward lawrence from washington with a live report. Edward. Reporter cheryl, im told after the signing happens, the phase one trade deal will be posted on line, we all get to read exactly whats in it. A lot of questions what could be in it but this has been a long road to get here from tariffs to, threat of possibly recession that could happen. Administration has been able to thread the needle, t