Why did he decide to use the wartime measured . Details on that coming up. I am Shannon Bream in washington. Kevin cork texas to the trump administrations economic help is on the way. If you are like millions of americans and anxious about getting that stimulus money to soften the economic blow caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The white house has the wait is almost over. It took months and months. I am assuring the American Public they need it now. Money in hand, that was the message from treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin at the coronavirus briefing. This is never been done between us and the fed to put into the economy to support American Workers and american business. The promise meeting the needs of americans displaced by the economic devastation caused by the coronavirus pandemic which was the reason behind the latest jobless claims record. A whopping 3. 3 million new claims. Record seasonally adjusted 6. 6 million bringing the total from new claims to 10 million. The highest level in history. Among the hardest it sectors, the Airline Industry which at this experts expect to shed over 252 billion in revenue this year alone and while the government cares act does set aside 58 billion for us carriers a employees wages, the leader of the Flight Attendant union says the trump administrations plan is too cumbersome. We need to streamline and supply things, these payroll grants to be going out the door as soon as corporations sign the agreement as they wont take the stock buybacks are dividends. Its not up a lot for the airlines. Anything we do with the airlines they have to maintain substantially all of their employees. Any money we provide them will go to pay their employees. , mesons, starbucks and whole foods have rolled out anticoronavirus measures to protect employees, amazon is expanding its import temperature checks and confirmed cases of the virus, get more than a dozen facilities in recent weeks which fronted employees at some facilities to stage walkouts. People coughing and sneezing if you are walking, something needs to be done. We are going to be standing sidebyside, working sidebyside. Ali want to do is clean the building. Does not seem like a giant ask to most people. One of the more important aspects of the government money they are sending out is this reminder if youre a Small Business owner, an independent contractor, llc owner or even a freelancer you are eligible for some of that money so they encourage you to go to website sba. Gov and they want you to click funding at the top of the page. Shannon thank you so much. The president meeting with Oil Executives across the industry starting tomorrow and through the weekend aiming to send losses from global prices that have collapsed by 2 thirds thanks to the coronavirus and intense disputes between russia and saudi arabia. The wall street journal reporting the president is expected to discuss a range of options including the possibility of some remote of hitting saudi arabia with tariffs on crude imports. Donald trump ordering 3m to start steering production of an 95 masks to the us and not foreign buyers which it has been accused of doing. This could turn into a global backlash against beijing. We are learning the great mask shortage might not be a shortage of masks, initial production but rather out location. American company now accused of not looking out for americans. It started with the florida director of Emergency Management, hello, director of Emergency Management here. I have money, you have masks yet you wont sell them, stop selling to foreign governments which he was affronted this report in Forbes Magazine as they investigate the manufacturing broker and Dealer Networks of masks. It said on that report on one day, 280 Million Masks in warehouses around the United States been purchased by foreign buyers, earmarked to leave the country according to a broker forbes talked about in one day. Tonight we have the president ial tweet, we hit 3m hard after we saw what they were doing with their masks. Big surprise to many in government as to what they were doing, he is referring to the defense production act which allows the president to force American Companies to keep their products here which could lead to a ban on expectation of in demand medical supplies that action against 3m might come quicker. Weve had some issues can make a making sure all the production around the world, enough of it is coming back here to the right places so what is going to happen, we are going to resolve that issue probably by tomorrows close of business. Is for 3 and we called for comment and havent received anything back but almost at the same time as that soundbite they tweeted this. To get critical supplies to frontline workers, we are working with partners to expedite distribution including air shipping and 95 masks to areas in the United States where they are needed most. They had a picture of the play with masks being loaded. But thats not enough for one of the original whistleblowers. The idea that an American Company is selling masks away from their hospitals, away from our doctors, way from the real heroes on the front lines is something that will long be investigated after this but it is really criminal. This issue could become more important over the coming days. It has been reported the cdc will recommend certain members of the public, especially those in places with widespread infections of the virus where masks for everything outside the house, even going to the grocery store. Shannon we will see where the recommendation goes. The us works out a deal is you heard from Million Masks from china. They arrived on the new England Patriots claim but having the pandemic concern is growing, so much of want and need every day is made in china. One of the things this crisis has taught us is we are dangerously over dependent on Global Supply chain. If we learn anything from this crisis, it should be never again should we have to depend on the rest of the world for medicines. It is the coolest irony that this nation is dependent on china for production for many of these products. Many of these products were being produced in china. Shannon Matt Whitaker has been very vocal on the issue. Good to have you with us. China has us over a barrel. They do and this will be one of the major lessons once pandemic passes, weve been too reliant on china and other parts of the country to produce medicine and personal protective equipment and other things we need desperately in this country. Kudos to the president for leading American Companies like anheuserbusch and others to start producing stuff we need like masks but we have to evaluate our relationship Going Forward with china because it is costing american lives. American conservative right western companies cannot compete successfully because the free market doesnt exist in generic drug and chemical ingredient manufacturing. Chinas cartel rules by government subsidies undercut us and other companies driving them out of business. Western firms arent competing against chinese companies. They are competing against the chinese government. Is there any way to change that equation . There is and we have to get tough with china. I wrote in fox news. Com our reliance on china and their unfair advantage in acting like a country that is trying to put america out of business is dangerous for our future and i dont think we can stand for it anymore with what weve been doing a relationship so far. It seems several times every century we have to be painfully reminded of the perfidy of communist parties. During the cold war we learn to disbelieve most soviet decisions, we need to relearn the lesson with china, we should have never forgotten it and we have seen over the last few weeks different organizations from the who to a number of media organizations, you want to believe china is being cooperative in getting us the right information but it turns out most of what theyve been telling us or much of it is simply not true. We can tell based on our experience in the United States with the coronavirus that what china has told us is not true in the way they reacted to it cannot be true. I know tom condon and others shared the same view that we are not getting the truth from china and we will get the truth and it will not shine a favorable light on them. This is abington post headline in january 30 first said dont listen to senator tom cotten, the gop senator has spread misinformation and panic in a weeklong meltdown over the disease, we all know a lot more about what this disease can do and what china was hiding from us. Here is what tom concert this week. The president was right in january when he shutdown travel with china. We all need to remember who is responsible for this pandemic, the Chinese Communist party who has been lying and deceiving the world from the very beginning. Shannon there are questions about who thing early on china has found no persontoperson transmission. Very much themes they were taking chinas statement at face value and now there are questions whether organizations like that the whole world relies on is too cozy with china or duped by them as well. Very concerning what we were hearing early in this pandemic and senator cotten is right, we cant trust the communist chinese for anything. He was an early person who spoke out that this was serious pandemic that was going to eventually come to the United States and hes right, the president did take a lot of action that was criticized but probably protected a lot of lives in the United States. This is the florida Emergency Management director trying to get handson these masks that our medical workers need so desperately and being unable to get them from an American Company that he says was selling them overseas. Is what he said. Us companies are telling you the reason our orders are being pushed down is because Foreign Countries are showing up with cash to purchase the orders and when i told you that not only did they not disputed, this is about the executives who decided not to put America First and is going to have a devastating consequences. There was a lot of tweeting after that. The president saying we are dropping the hammer on 3m, using the defense production, 3m saying were sending these supplies directly to us companies that need them. Your reaction to this back and forth . This is not good for 3m and im certain they are going to adjust their behavior accordingly. My understanding is worldwide there probably are enough supplies and it is just a matter of people taking the opportunity to make more than would be reasonable in this situation. I hope the Global Supply chains can quickly get reconciled, that the American Companies that are pitching and can get up to speed and Companies Like 3m realize the people of their hometowns are going to be assisted by this and they need to supply these people with the necessary protective equipment. Shannon sounds like they are routing these internally within the us so we will keep an eye on that. Thank you, always good to have you. As states ramp up testing the Coronavirus Task force is keeping a close watch on emerging hotspots. Some 35 of all coronavirus tests administered in new york and new jersey coming back positive indicating significant outbreak in both of those states, in louisiana 26 of all tests coming back positive. In michigan, connecticut, indiana, georgia and illinois their positive results are hitting 15 . California and Washington State at 8 and there were most of the started initially. Alarming new guidelines from new york city area paramedics. Regional emt group instructing First Responders not to take patients in cardiac arrest to the emergency room they cant be first revived in the field. Look relevant all with this new reality for medical workers on the ground. It is standard procedure when someone suffers a heart attack if a paramedic cant restart their hard on scene they transport them to the hospital so they can continue their lifesaving efforts. This new guidance issued to ambulance crews in new york city and long island is a slap in the face reminder of how stark and grim things have become here. Hospitals and ers are overwhelmed by covid19 and are being forced to minimize the most difficult cases with the lowest chances of survival. The guidance issued by the Regional Emergency Medical Services council instructs emts to not bring cardiac arrest victims to hospitals if their hearts cant be restarted at the scene. The commissioner released a statement saying these orders are binding and the fdny will devise a plan for implementation. There are new warnings from the governor tonight that new york city will run out of ventilators in 6 days if it cant acquire more. Coronavirus cases continue to climb, places you need the ventilators cant get them will likely die. There is also the ongoing shortage of masks and gloves which prompted another protest of doctors and nurses in the bronx today. We are demanding that we get all the supplies that exist so that we can protect ourselves, our families and our beloved patients and communities. We cant do it if we are did. Every day when i go to work i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. My colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament. Im 28 years old. We fear we may not survive this pandemic. Reporter new guidance that took new yorkers by surprise that all new yorkers could wear a facial covering when they walk outside, a scarf or bandanna or mask, saving those for medical professionals, a new policy designed to keep people from infecting others who dont know they are sick. Anyone who doesnt have to get it doesnt get it. Face covering is a simple way to protect other people and reduce the speed of Community Spread and hopefully keep the number of people from being affected who dont have to be affected. Reporter the latest numbers in new york, 93,000 infected statewide, 51,000 with juul covid19 new york city, closing on 2400 deaths. Only spain, italy and america have more total cases. Some bit of good news, the Javits Center with 2500 beds will now accept covid19 patients but we learned the naval ship comfort that was brought in with 1000 beds to take overflow patients only have 20 patients on board at last count because of all the red tape in getting patients onto that ship. Shannon thank you for your reporting on the grounds. Tonight two cruise ships stuck at sea for two weeks finally got to florida so the most critical coronavirus patients can get Urgent Medical care. Trace gallagher is on the case. Reporter the ships arrived in south florida this morning but took several hours of political wrangling before the ships were allowed to dock in fort lauderdale, nine people on board tested positive for covid19. The critically ill were taken by ambulance, local hospitals, the 50 or so passengers with symptoms will stay on board until they are medically fit to travel to the other 1200 guests will the partnership on saturday and be flown to their various cities and countries which meantime the captain of the to the roosevelt has been relieved of his command. He wrote a memo to his superiors demanding they allow him to take the Aircraft Carrier to a port in guam to offload sailors with covid19. He was in fact for writing the memo but because the memo was leaked to his hometown newspaper the San Francisco chronicle which reported that he wrote in part, quote, we are not at war, sailors do not needs to die. If we dont act now we are failing to properly take care of our most trusted assets from our sailors. Military Officials Say there is evidence he leaked the memo but acting Navy SecretaryThomas Mosley says he has no evidence saying the captain was relieved for creating panic on the ship. Today he was questioned by National Security correspondent jennifer griffin. How does this not have a chin effect on other Navy Captains . What he did by doing this and not being careful with who that information went to, it did go to his Task Group Commander to the air boss. It was copied to 20 or 30 other people. Okay . That is not acceptable. He did not take care and what that did is create panic, a little bit of a panic on the ship. The decision to remove him did come as a surprise to some navy leaders, democratic congressman andy kim on the Armed Services committee demanded that he be reinstated. Shannon thank you. The Coronavirus Vaccine race getting a boost from tobacco plants. We discuss how big tobacco may be close to a plantbased solution to the covid19 crisis. He is live next. Robinhood believes now is the time to do money. Without the commission fees. So, you can start investing today wherever you are even hanging with your dog. So, what are you waiting for . 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