In about ten minutes well have newswatch, but first on bbc news its time for click. This week marks three months since the world first heard about a newly identified disease. I am of of course talking about covid i9, which is caused by a new type of coronavirus. To date there have been over 3,000 deaths from nearly 100,000 confirmed cases in 81 countries. And this is how i know that. This is Thejohns Hopkins University covid i9 dashboard. And since it went live injanuary, it has gone. Viral, in a good way, by demystifying the stats and the numbers behind the spread of this disease. It is amalgamation data from many of the Worlds Health agencies, and so for example right now i can see the total number of confirmed cases isjust over 93,000, these are the countries where they have confirmed cases by numbers, and just as importantly i think, this is the total number of people who have already recovered completely from the disease. And this is just one of the pop up projects that have appea
Higher because of the slow testing. New jersey is the first state to impose a curfew. Governor murphy says he wants no travels between the hour of 8 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. New york is closing theaters, and bars and banning gatherings over 50 people. The people avoiding gathering 50 or more the next eight weeks. We expect to hear more later this afternoon, we are hearing the Trump Administration rec me mending nationwide curfew targeting restaurants and bars. The Supreme Court will delay hearings and oral arguments in any of the cases. The white house announced they cancelled the easter egg event. More than 30 million kids, more than half the children are home today. The happiest place is among the quiet. This is a video taken a short time ago of Walt Disney World of orlando. All parks and lego land are closed for at least two weeks. We need to stay away from large public gatherings. We should stay away for at least the next eight weeks. I want to bring in elizabeth cohen. There are se
It is very important because we want to get our economy back. It passes, we can be pretty quickly up to where we were and it gives us a stepping stone, i think we are going to ultimately top where we were but the longer it takes some of the longer we stay out, the harder that is. Bill more with my oneonone interview with the president later this hour 25 minutes away on that. Capitol hill at this minute, Top Democrats arguing they can strike a deal with the white house today on a massive stimulus package to help American Workers and businesses help write out the current storm. Last night, i thought we were on the five yard line. Right now, we are on the 2. Bill republican senator will join us in a moment, his reaction from the hill. First, chad pergram reports live up the road here in pennsylvania avenue and at this hour 3 00 east coast time, where do things stand on a 2 trillion package . They are rushing to get a universal agreement on this, that includes the senate, the house of repr
State of new york alone. But there are also signs of encouragement in the pandemic epicenter. Steve the number of new yorkers now being admitted into the hospital and placed on breathing tubes is dropping and that is encouraging. Meanwhile the percentage of new cases also in new york also continues to fall. Good morning, everybody. It is wednesday, april 8th. And as we just heard from the president in that soundbite, its going to be a painful week, we are right in the middle of holy week as christians celebrate it. Today is the first day of passover. But when you look at the numbers, and the numbers are grim for the number of people died yesterday alone 1800. When you look at the curve, outside of new york, new jersey and connecticut, impacting cities lyinimpactingcities like. The curve is flatter. What it means is social distancing is working. And it could save lives. Ainsley exactly. When you look at the numbers. The deaths were up yesterday. Highest day yet in those three states at
Moment. This is going to be it is hardest and the saddest week of most americans lives, quite frankly. This is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9 11 moment, but its not going to be localized, its going to be happening all over the country. I want america to understand that. We are struggling to get it under control and thats the issue thats at hand right now. The Surgeon General and the president s top Infectious Disease specialist, they were right, the numbers are bleak. The projection is that the peak of the deaths here in the United States will come on easter sunday. But a look at the numbers does offer a prayer that while the pandemic will stay with us for a long time, the worst could be behind us. Lets look at the numbers. New york state alone has more cases than the top two countries in europe with cases, more than spain, more than italy just in new york state, the epicenter here in the United States. Those numbers are stunning. The timeline of the cases here in the Unite