President declared a National Emergency while at the same time taking, quote, no responsibility for the failures in the United States response, stemming the free fall on wall street while main street remains in disarray. As the number of coronavirus cases here in the United States has exploded to nearly 2,400 in the space of a week t, the numb of known deaths to 51. Schools have closed across the country at the primary and University Levels and Health Care Workers are bracing for the outbreak to fully run its course in the days to come, knowing that its likely to at least temporarily overwhelm them. And thats where id like to start tonight with those already on the margins of our systems as this catastrophe claims more of our economy and stands to claim more of our health care resources. What does the response look like for already impoverished communities, the communities of color that were already on Economic Life support . Joining me now democratic senator gary peters of michigan, t