On friday, President Trump declared a National Emergency to deal with the coronavirus. Members of the White House Coronavirus task force and Industry Leaders joined the president for the press conference in the rose garden. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States accompanied by the Vice President of the United States. Trump thank you very much, everyone. Thank you. Beautiful day in the rose garden, appreciate everybody being here. Today, i would like to provide an update to the American People on several decisive new actions we are taking in our very vigilant effort to combat and ultimately defeat the coronavirus, weve been working very hard on this. We have made tremendous progress. When you compare what we have done to other areas of the world, its pretty incredible. Thet of that had to do with early designation and the closing of the borders. As you know, europe was just designated as the hotspot right now and we closed that border it a while ago. So, that was lucky
Anything on the market. Reporter it accelerates our capacity to test for the coronavirus. Will bring 1. 4 tests on board next week. And 5 million in a month. I dont think well need anything like that. Trish the state of new york thanks to Governor Cuomo is becoming a template on how to test setting up driveby stops. The president praising comores efforts the president praising cuomos efforts. This is the bipartisanship we need. President trump i just spoke with Governor Cuomo. We had a good conversation. We are working strongly with many states including new york. Trish Governor Cuomo doing the same. I want to thank the president and Vice President for their receptivity to the idea. And i want to thank them for their quick turnaround. Rib its an important step. Its critical we know who has this. We must test for the virus to stop the threat of it. South korea helped stop the spread of the virus by discovering who had it. The left and the right united to fight this crisis. This is what
Anything on the market. Reporter it accelerates our capacity to test for the coronavirus. It will bring 1. 4 tests on board next week. And 5 million in a month. I dont think well need anything like that. Trish the state of new york thanks to Governor Cuomo is becoming a template on how to test setting up driveby stops. The president praising comores efforts the president praising cuomos efforts. This is the bipartisanship we need. President trump i just spoke with Governor Cuomo. We had a good conversation. We are working strongly with many states including new york. Trish Governor Cuomo doing the same. I want to thank the president and Vice President for their receptivity to the idea. And i want to thank them for their quick turnaround. Rib its an important step. Its critical we know who has this. We must test for the virus to stop the threat of it. South korea helped stop the spread of the virus by discovering who had it. The left and the right united to fight this crisis. This is wh
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
Anything on the market. Reporter it accelerates our capacity to test for the coronavirus. It will bring 1. 4 tests on board next week. And 5 million in a month. I dont think well need anything like that. Trish the state of new york thanks to Governor Cuomo is becoming a template on how to test setting up driveby stops. The president praising comores efforts the president praising cuomos efforts. This is the bipartisanship we need. President trump i just spoke with Governor Cuomo. We had a good conversation. We are working strongly with many states including new york. Trish Governor Cuomo doing the same. I want to thank the president and Vice President for their receptivity to the idea. And i want to thank them for their quick turnaround. Rib its an important step. Its critical we know who has this. We must test for the virus to stop the threat of it. South korea helped stop the spread of the virus by discovering who had it. The left and the right united to fight this crisis. This is wh