Chunk of that gain happening after the News Conference started and continuing throughout. All of this comes on a day of more cancellations and postponements affecting major sporting events, Worship Services and educational facilities. As well as increasing strain on businesses and consumers. America has dramatically changed how it operates. In the span of just a few days. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight on the north lawn with what the Emergency Declaration means and what comes next. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening to you. Indeed, things have changed quite significantly in just the last few days. President trump was hoping it wouldnt come to this but with public concern growing and political pressure mounting on him to show that the white house is making maximum effort to deal with the coronavirus, the president today moved to get out in front of it. I am officially declaring a National Emergency. Two very big words. The declaration of a National Emergency will unlock tens of billions of dollars put toward Coronavirus Response and cut through red tape with medicare, medicaid amend the Childrens HealthInsurance Program expanding hospitals ability to care for patients. We will remove or eliminate every obstacle necessary to deliver to our people the care that they need and that they are entitled to. No resource will be spared, nothing whatsoever. The president also announcing a new google website launching this weekend to help people assess whether they should be tested. And urging americans to only get a test if they are sick. We dont want everyone the running out and taking it only if you have certain symptoms. The president today met with the kro zs oceos much target wa. Testing has taken weeks a fault the president said today of the previous administration. I dont take responsibility at all because we were given a set of circumstances and we were given rules, regulations and specifications from a different time. The president s point person on Infectious Disease dr. Anthony fauci said today things will likely get worse before we get better, but he hopes that the u. S. Is now wellpositioned to bend the infection curve. That curve that i refer to that goes up, we dont want to have that curve. We want to suppress it down to that small mound. As the virus continues to spread, negotiations on capitol hill to craft a bipartisan coronavirus bill are stalling again. The president still opposed to what House Democrats are proposing. All of a sudden they didnt agree to certain things they agreed to. We could have something but we dont think they are giving enough. They are not doing whats right for the country. The house bill would provide free coronavirus testing and expand paid home leave and unemployment insurance. This morning the treasury secretary said more help would be needed for severely affected Industries Like the airlines. And he, again, pushed for the president s idea of a payroll tax holiday. The president is very interested in the payroll tax cut because its a giant stimulus. We are working with congress on that. If Congress Wants to do the stimulus in a different format, we will consider that. The president was also pressed today about his exposure to coronavirus from a brazilian delegation at maralago last weekend. President ball son narrows son told fox news his father tested negative for the virus. President trump had first said he had no plans to get tested himself. Well, i dont know that i had exposure but i dont have any of the symptoms. But later said he probably would. Well, i didnt say i wasnt going to be tested. Are you going to be . Most likely, yeah. Not for that reason but because i think i will do it anyway. As states across the nation begin to close schools and limit the number of people who can collect together at public gatherings, the president said today that he believes the next eight weeks with the virus will be a critical period for the United States. One in which he hopes the country can turn the corner on the coronavirus. Bret . Bret john roberts live on the north lawn. John, thanks. It could be a long two months. The list of postponements cancellations and closings is growing exponentially tonight. America has mentioned along with much of the world is becoming a very different place because of the coronavirus. Correspondent Jonathan Serrie is in atlanta tonight. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening, bret. Just minutes ago colorado reported another death. This brings the u. S. Death toll from coronavirus to at least 47 and Public Health officials warn more infections are on the way. The covid19 pandemic is already having unprecedented disruption on daily life in the u. S. In recent hours, multiple governors and mayors have made Emergency Declarations. Even broadway has gone dark and this may be just the beginning. You would hope that you wouldnt have to resort to these draconian moves of actually locking down a city, but it depends on what happens. I hope we never get to that, but you never take anything off the table when you are dealing with protecting the health of the american public. Despite a nationwide lockdown, italys case count continues to rise with more than 15,000 people infected and more than 1,000 deaths. Germany and spain are also seeing cases spike. Today europe is yesterdays china. When you really look at it, you know, over 50, 60, 70 of the new cases that are coming in to the world today are coming in europe. In an exclusive interview with robert news Robert Redfield said President Trumps travel restrictions on china that began february 2nd helped slow the introduction of coronavirus into the u. S. New travel restrictions on much of europe go into effect at midnight. We felt from a Public Health point of view it was important for us to begin to sort of turn off the import of the cases while we are now trying to aggressively confront the cases that we are identifying now. Covid19 continues to hit the sporting world. With the Boston Marathon postponed until september. Nascar is rescheduling its next two events. And formula 1 expects to delay its season into late may. Organizers called off todays australian grand prix after a race member tested positive. We are all disappointed not to have it but these are challenging times and we made the decisions we have to make. In golf the Masters Tournament has also been postponed with fred ridley explaining ultimately the health and well being of everyone in these events and citizens of the g. Gus that Community Led us to this decision. We are now to the point where the balance has shifted and appropriate path is to close schools. Today the Los Angeles Unified School district joined a growing list at least 18,700 schools nationwide are either closed or closing for the outbreak affecting at least 1. 8 Million Students according to education week. The National Guard says it expects to deploy nearly 1,000 troops in six states by the end of the day. They will assist with disinfection, Meal Delivery and transportation of medical personnel and supplies. And today amc announced it will be cutting Seating Capacity at its u. S. Movie theaters starting this weekend to allow more space between individual movie goers. And at t has announced its providing unlimited data to its Home Internet customers. That in anticipation of more americans spending more time at home in the coming weeks. Bret . Bret jonathan, thank you. Today stocks posted their biggest rally since 2008, almost 9. 5 in the three major exchanges. The dow exploding for a gain of 1982 points as i mentioned. A lot of it during that News Conference in the rose garden. The s p 500 surging 230. The nasdaq jumped 672. For the week the dow still lost almost 10. 5 percentage points. The s p 500 dropped 9. The nasdaq fell around 8. After a rough couple of weeks so far this year, the dow is down almost 19 . The s p 500 has lost 16 . The nasdaq is the best of the bunch losing more than 12. President trump spoke at length today about improving the testing for the coronavirus. Its a major focus for an administration that has taken heavy criticism really up until today. David spunt updates us on that tonight. We want to make sure that those who need a test can get a test very safely, quickly and conveniently. President trump making it clear the testing for coronavirus will improve over the next several days. A priority echoed by both sides of the aisle. The three most important parts of this bill are testing, testing, testing. The top medical experts in the country admit the United States is behind the ball. It is a fail. Lets admit it. As of thursday, federal officials logged nearly 14,000 completed tests. Cdc guidelines require tests to be given to people who have visited the affected geographic areas or if a person believes they came into contact with someone who tested positive. The problem many people have come into contact with a positive case. They just dont know it. Now states are getting more thio up to a capacity of about 6,000 tests per day. The actual test is a mouth or throat swab that takes a mucous sample. The swabs are shipped to labs and in most cases it takes a day for a result. Private companies are looking to change that. We stand ready to deliver a rapid screen test. One company is working to develop a bloodbased test that can provide results in 15 minutes. Our private solutions and Public Infrastructure is second to none. And you can anticipate our numbers will surpass all others. Bradley isnt alone. Swiss Company Roche with a footprint in the u. S. Announced it developed a swab test that could provide results in three and a half hours. The food and Drug Administration granted an emergency authorization for the test. Normally getting approval to develop such a test could take more than a year. Roche was able to do it in just a few weeks. The Company Hopes to start sending out the tests this weekend. Bret . Bret david spunt, thank you. We are just getting word of a deal, according to the speaker of the house, a deal with the white house on a bill, a coronavirus bill. We will get some more details about whats in there. We heard in johns piece and earlier today there was some pushback from republicans on that. We will see whats in there. Chad pergram our senior producer up on capitol hill will get him to a camera and get into the details. The coronavirus is having effect on the election. Arizonas largest county is mailing ballots for next weeks democratic president ial primary to every voter who normally participate paeufts at the polls. The plan in Maricopa County is to ensure citizens can vote with minimal exposure to the coronavirus. Louisiana meantime is postponing its primary election, scheduled for april 4th. The governor wants to reschedule to reschedule to june 20th. Louisiana is the first state in the nation to do so. The coronavirus pandemic has sparked many conspiracy theories. One of them put chinas ambassador in a very tough spot today here in washington. State Department Correspondent rich edson has that story tonight. Good evening, rich. Good evening, bret. The state department summoned chinas top diplomat in the United States as american officials blame the Chinese Government for spreading conspiracy theories about the coronavirus. This morning ambassador kai left the state department not answering our questions as he left headquarters. Do you believe the u. S. Military brought this virus to wuhan, sir . Officials here say the ambassador met with assistant secretary for east asian and Pacific AffairsDavid Stilwell who objected to what Officials Say is chinas blatant Global Disinformation Campaign on the coronavirus. American officials have pointed to this tweet from a spokesman for Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying, quote it might be the u. S. Army to brought the epidemic to wuhan. Be transparent. Major your public data. U. S. Owes us an explanation. There is notified u. S. Soldiers visiting wuhan in october carried the virus. Senior state Department Official says china is trying to deflect criticism for hiding information about the coronavirus at the onset of mass infections in wuhan. President trump says the accusation does not represent the views of chinas leadership. I did read one article, but i dont think that article was representative, certainly not in my conversations with president xi. And they know where it came from. We all know where it came from. An editorial in Chinese State media this month suggest china could ban exports of medical products to the u. S. And the world should thank china for the aggressive. Praise chinas cooperation in coordination with the u. S. Government. Disinformation about this virus remains a challenge. Recent state Department Report showing more than 2 million tweets worldwide across six weeks earlier this year spread coronavirus conspiracies. The most prolific lies that the bill and Melinda Gates foundation created it and that the virus was manufactured as a biological weapon. Officials here say they are working aggressively to combat disinformation about the coronavirus in particular from iran and china. The Chinese Embassy refused to respond to requests as to what exactly the ambassador discussed today. Bret . Bret interesting. Rich edson, live at the state department. Rich, thanks. Again, breaking news a deal according to the speaker of the house on the coronavirus bill. We will get details. Havent heard from the g. O. P. Side. Chad pergram is working the phones. Up next, details on that u. S. Retaliatory airstrike following this weeks deadly rocket attack on American Military personnel in iraq. First here is what some of our fox afill i cant say around the country are covering tonight. Fox 9 in twin cities halt teachers and their strike minnesotas second largest School District have reached tentative contract agreement. Students will return to class monday, at least we think so. Fox 13 in Salt Lake City where woulutah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion as the state Legislature Ends its work for the year. One measure would ban most abortions if roe v. Wade is overturned. Lawmakers also made major changes to the states polygamy statute revised a voter approved redistricting law and reached a compromise on education funding. And this is a live look at philadelphia from our affiliate fox 29. The big story there tonight, Authorities Say a Police Officer was shot and killed as he served a homicide warrant at the home in at a home in the citys frankfurt section. Corporal James Oconnor was shot around 6 00 this morning. Two people in the home were shot and wounded by police. They are expected to survive. That is tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. There is other news. Well be right back. Give me your hand i can save you. Lots of money with Liberty Mutual we customize your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. A lot of folks ask me why their dishwasher i doni kept putting it off. Screened a long time ago. What was i thinking . Ok, mr. Jones. Were all done. I told you it was easy. At life line screening, we use Ultrasound Technology to help check your risk for stroke and heart disease. 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