Coronavirus pandemic. Talks aboutakabas the u. S. Economy and the Record Number of job losses as a result of the virus. Camila dechalus good morning. It is wednesday. Four weeks since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. As of today, nearly 13,000 americans have died of the disease, 400,000 americans have been diagnosed, and a 360 Million People in 42 states in the district and in the district of columbia are living under stayathome orders. We are asking how you are dealing with social distancing . Let us know how it has impacted you, your family and job. We have split up the phone lines by age. If you are under 25, 202 7488000. 2650 years. And if you are 5170 years old, the number is 202 7488002. And if you are over 70 years old, 202 7488003. You can catch up with us on social media. Wj on twitter. And regis on facebook. Reach us on facebook. Call now as we show you the map from the New York Times of the states in which residents have been told the stayathom
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Today, we had a series of meeting at the white house and on capitol hill. We met with executives of the airline industry, executives of commercial labs, executives of Nursing Homes. And our team also met with the republican and democrat caucuses in the house of representatives. And we were pleased to learn that just shortly ago the house of representatives passed a federal funding bill by virtually unanimous margin. It will now move to the senate. The legislation implements the president s vision to ensure that not only do our federal agencies have the support and resources that they need, but also that our state and local partners have their support. And my conversations with governors all the way through this afternoon, i know theyre grateful for the bipartisan spirit that has characterized this funding bill. And well continue to work through that process. As President Trump said, were all in this together. And we deployed a whole of government approach. But thanks to the president s
both hypothesis including the lab leak they ended up hurting the credibility of science. dana: the debate over the origins of covid and credibility of our health officials leading the charge comes back today. dr. fauci is about to testify before a house panel on his response to the virus in his first public testimony in nearly two years. remarkable. it has been two years. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: good morning. i thought dr. redfield was very interesting last hour. i m bill hemmer. the pandemic may be officially over but the world may never fully recover from the damage it posed. a lot of questions finally getting more pointed. republicans on that committee are digging into the lab in wuhan china and whether a key fauci advisor was looking to evade laws, a cover-up. dana: the founder of public vcc. you follow it closely. i want to play some sound from democratic lawmakers questioning the conduct of dr. morens last week. what
regarding the grant termination. does that violate policy? it was inappropriate for him to go doing that for a grantee as a conflict of interest, among other things. on march 29, 2021, dr. morens edited a letter that dr. das yak was sending to nih. does that violate policy? yes. he provided him with advice regarding how to mislead nih on eco health s late progress report. does that violate policy? it was wrong and inappropriate and violated policy. on december 7th, 2021, dr. morens wrote to the chair of eco health s board of directors to quote put in a word, end quote, for the doctor. does that violate policy? should not have done that. that was wrong. it violates policy. i m not sure of a specific policy. i imagine it does. he should not have been doing that. in addition to all those actions dr. morens wrote to the doctor peter from tony s recent comments to me they are trying to protect you, end quote. did you ever talk to dr. morens about dr. daczak and e