Yet to come. Africans in Southern China say theyre being targeted by coronavirus racism. More youll lose the movie. Also had a very different Easter Sunday for the worlds catholics this year as the popes holy mass is streamed online. And im piece able to do sports in a summation 1900000000. 00 has been wiped off the value of English Premier League squads as the coronavirus threatens long term financial problems for football. We begin this news with the u. S. Which has now surpassed its elites a half the worlds highest coronavirus death toll more than 20600. 00 people a known to have died since the outbreak began Public Health experts are warning that figure could reach 200000 within months if stay at home orders are lifted too soon. You can see that the numbers somewhat. Stabilizing but it is stabilizing at and horrific rate. 783 people 777799 these are just incredible numbers depicting incredible loss and paid one from the us kristen salumi reports on new yorks worsening Economic Situ
Is working on billions of allars of aid to help salve plundering economy. Even elections are being affected. Of of this is in the hope keeping coronavirus from getting worse. Our question for you this morning, what do you think about President Trumps declaration of a National Emergency on covid19 . Late, or soon, too justintime . We are going to open up regional lines this morning. If you are in the eastern or central time zones your telephone number is going to be 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. Thisve a special line open morning. This will be a line for medical professionals. If you are in the medical field we want to know what you are seeing out there. If you are in the medical field we want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind you can always text. S at 202 7488003 and we are always reading on social media. This now, late last night the house of representatives passed a billiondollar aid package for figh
Nationwide. It has been hard to keep track of the number of colleges switching to virtual instruction because the changes have come so rapidly over the last week. Theres one crowd source document that a scholar has put together that has identified more than 200 colleges around the country that have posed or a move to virtual instruction. We are seeing it all over the place, all types of colleges. Some of the nations most elite colleges have moved to virtual instruction for the remainder of the semester, places like harvard, princeton, cornell. Also, we see a number of public universities doing this. Collegesee community doing this. In seattle, virtually all of them have moved to virtual instruction. Host what are we losing by these colleges and universities going to online classes . We know online instruction is becoming more and more popular in the higher ed community anyway, but what are we losing by these campuses closing, and specifically, what are students losing by these campuses
Universities in the washington, d. C. Area, in the capital region, have basically closed their campuses and are going to virtual and online classes. Is that something only happening here or are we seeing it all over the United States . Guest its happening nationwide. It has been hard to keep track of the number of colleges switching to virtual instruction because the changes have come so rapidly over the last week. Theres one crowd source document that a scholar has put together that has identified more than 200 colleges around the country that have posed or a move to virtual instruction. We are seeing it all over the place, all types of colleges. Some of the nations most elite colleges have moved to virtual instruction for the remainder of the semester, places like harvard, princeton, cornell. Also, we see a number of public universities doing this. Collegesee community doing this. In seattle, virtually all of them have moved to virtual instruction. Host what are we losing by these co
Democratic and republican members of the House Armed Services committee over the pentagon plan to devote 3. 8 billion to construct more border wall. The pentagon is asking congress to approve a 705 billiondollar budget for fiscal year 2021. This hearing is three hours 35 minutes. We will go ahead and call the committee to order. Good morning, everyone. We are gathered here this morning from secretary of defense doctor mark esper and chairman joint chiefs of staff general to hear about the proposal for the department of defense. I will start with some good news or start by thanking the witnesses for being here and further service to the country. Both served their country in various capacities for a long time, not an easy thing to do. I appreciate that and look forward to continuing to work with you. Unlike last year, we have a budget agreement, and last year we spend a lot of time talking about how difficult it is to run while anything in the government but certainly the department of d