Weekend. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave an update on the confirmed coronavirus cases and deaths. The Governor Also Announced Public Schools in the state would be closed for another two weeks until april 15. Good morning everyone. Let me introduce who we have with us today. To my far right we have the president of Empire College who i worked with for many years and has been helpful here on this mission. Our commissioner of health to my left is the general Patrick Murphy who will say more in a moment and to his left is general shields. Thank you for being here today for this is an amazing a compliment transformative in just one week this center looks entirely different and this was a place that is literally going to save lives. Let me go through some facts if i can on a daily update of where we are and then i want to make some comments to all the women and men who are assembled and did such a great job on this facility. The increase in the number of cases continues. We still see tha
Rl bbc news america. President trump has signed a 2 trillion deal, the largest relief package in american history, coming as the u. S. Has more cases of the coronavir then any other country. Hospitals across the nation are preparing for the worst. Plus, aid agencies warn of a potential catastrophic coronavirus outbreak in warravaged northwestern syria. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to bbc world news america. President trump has approved a 2. 2 trillion aid package to fight the coronavirus as the u. S. Becomes the epicenter of the pandemic. The country haseay 100,000 cases, and over 1000 deaths, according to john hopkins university. In new york, the death toll is 500, andanheovernounced plans to build eight temporary hospitals for tssurgeon pati to start her coverage coming york. Bryant reports from new new york, new york, affected city in what is now the worst affected country. There was always a sense this pandemic would end up ravaging this global t hub
[applause] [crowd chanting usa] this is my 13th during myennsylvania administration which is more than any other president to this point in the term and i love pennsylvania, went to school in pennsylvania. Philadelphia. We love this state and i love the union and the workers and when i built buildings in new york i build them exclusively with unions. People do not understand. Last really great election, our election of 2016, we did great with the union workers, great. We did not do good with the leadership. The leadership said we have always gone democrat. Lets go that way. That did not work out too well for some of them. As gretchen said, this would never have happened without me and us, this would never have happened. I am with you. Remember that and remember that pennsylvania, pennsylvania has the best numbers they have ever had in the history of the state. That is for a very good reason and you know what that reason is, hello, here i am. And i am truly honored to be here with the A
That im proud to be an american where at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her to the day there aint no doubt i love this land god bless the usa and im proud to be an american where at least i know im free and i wont forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her till today the right now doubt no doubt i love this land god bless the usa [applause] usa usa usa usa usa President Trump well, thank you very much. Thank you, gretchen. It is great to be back in the incredible commonwealth of pennsylvania. Great place. And this is my 13th visit to pennsylvania during my administration, which is more than any other president to this point in the term, and i really love pennsylvania, went to school in pennsylvania. Philadelphia. So we love the state. And i love the unions and i love the workers. When i built buildings in new york, i built them exclusiv
Cornell. This is the first time well talk to him since last weekends events where so many cash registers were shut down and Stores Across the country. Also well talk about what the consumer is doing now because last august when we talked to brian he said he had never seen a better retail environment. Also as you can see, former secretary of state, condoleezza rigs will be joining us and g e given the incidents last week in the straits of hormuz with the tanker attacks, well talk to her about what this means. Joe, i know youve been watching the markets closely. I am watching that sun come up beautiful. Youre on the 18th thats the green behind you. Condi will tee it up, i have no doubt. She is pretty good shes a fantastic golfer. But, yes a lot happening here its nice to be on a golf course where the sun is coming up as we start the show youre a midwest type you know i am. You travel the midwest. You see the country. You see what other people not only that, my best friend from when i was