should the extreme measures in china be used here in the u.s. we ll get the latest on the government bail out for everyday americans and when those checks will be in the mail. early today starts right now good morning on this friday, march 20th i m cori coffin. i m frances rivera. as testing becomes more widely available, america is getting a clearer picture of the scope of the coronavirus outbreak in california the governor warns that a model city planners are using shows that 56% of californians could be infected over eight weeks that s more than 25 million people the entire state has been issued a stay at home order and in florida where beaches have been packed over the past week the governor says party is over. he says every single beach will have to follow cdc guidelines of gatherings of no more than ten people some are closing beaches new york city had to be shut down after an employee tested positive that person is receiving medical care and is under quaranti
maricopa county, arizona all right, good morning, welcome to the cross connection, i am tiffany cross. as you heard right now, house speaker nancy pelosi s husband was attacked yesterday. a 42-year-old man broke into those tight offices go home, hit paul pelosi in the head with the hammer multiple times, that s according to law enforcement, and the man says he is going to tie him up and quote, until nancy got home. that poured is quoted to a pelosi family member. thankfully she said paul pelosi is expected to make a full recovery, this is after he has to undergo surgery to repair is gold fracture. we don t know the precise motive at the law enforcement, they say he is still investigating, with officials saying that the suspects social media posts shows a quote, mixed ideology of both anti establishment, and more recently, far-right extremist ideas. the attacker does come amid but capital police say the huge spike in threats against members of congress. this is where we are.
it s going to get better and better. results from this preliminary trial show remdesivir improved recovery time for coronavirus patients. 15 days in the hospital. taking the drug, only 11. and while fauci admits the drug did not show a statistically significant benefit in whether patients actually died as of yet, i just spoke to a doctor involved in the remdesivir trial. he is much more optimistic. he says the expectation is that the more data that they have coming through is going to show a statistically significant improvement of people living. sent the dow soaring today. but all of this comes in the context of americans dying. tonight, more than 60,000 americans have died from coronavirus. it is more than a quarter of all deaths around the world. out front now, i want to begin our coverage this hour with a coronavirus patient who was treated with remdesivir. chris kaine was put on oxygen right away when he got to the hospital on march 9th. his wife told us he was in such
Supreme court will hear arguments regarding the race conscious admissions policy at harvard university in the university of north carolina. a long time, affirmative action critic edward bloom is bringing this before the court for the seventh and eighth time, claiming these policies violate the constitution on federal law, even when their purpose is to help women and people of color, who have historically been victims of discrimination. now, with the court s conservative majority, this case has a real chance, you guys, of dismantling affirmative action in a country where despite this quote, racial reckoning everyone loves to talk about, we re still very much on the journey to equity and equality. so, joining me now to get into all of this is chris kaine. he s the founder and co-counsel of demand justice. he also served as the deputy white house counsel for deputy president barack obama, and the president and executive of the directors committee on arguing this topic on the court o