You know what i thought made him take it seriously . The stock market. 10 drop in the stock market because thats what he pays attention to. And the second piece of it is his inclination to think that this is a foreign disease. He said it in his oval office speech, he continue to make references to china and europe and italy. At some point its a Public Health issue, just deal with it. Its here on your shores. New york, oregon, texas, florida. The idea of foreigners as dirty, germ ridden all that stuff, thats as old as the hills. Can you stick around . I will as always. I want to say good morning to all of you and welcome you to a. M. Joy. And there is no mincing words this morning as weve just discussed. We are in the midst of a Global Pandemic that shows no signs of slowing down. World wide there have been a total of 147,000 confirmed cases and more than 5,000 deaths according to John Hopkins Center for system science and engineering. Here in the u. S. There are now more than 2,200 kno
Has banned all social gatherings and told all nonessential workers to stay home. That covers more than 8 Million People. Thats a live look, outside of our studios on sixth avenue on a friday afternoon, that place would normally be packed, not now. The number of cases around the world has now topped a quarter million, italy just reporting 6e day. Staggering. The biggest oneday total so far. Meanwhile, on the hill, the senate trying to figure this out, voting on a massive stimulus bill that could include checks for up to 1200 for many americans. Reporting a sour from coasttocoast begins on capitol hill with chad pergram there, chad, good afternoon. Good afternoon, bill, theyre trying to get this bill, phase s legislative response is so they have an agreement tonight. Possibly start that procedural machinations off tomorrow, again, the bill is not written, they were looking at about 50 billion in some capacities for the airlines, democrats have balked at being a straight bailout. They are
Rules and procedures will not impede lawful trade and commerce. Furthermore, mexico has taken action to secure our own southern border and suspend air travel from europe. The actions we are taking together with our north American Partners will save countless lives. Dana this also comes after the state department issued a level 4 advisory telling all americans they should not travel internationally. And if they are abroad, come home or be prepared to stay where they are for a long time. The president also saying the fdas fast tracking possible treatments for covid19, but members of the task force push back on the idea they are close to approving a malaria drug for that purpose but everyone is working on it. That is as states increase their own measures were fighting the spread. In new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo telling him 100 of nonessential workers they have to work from home. A number of cases in the state tops a 7,000. In california, gavin newsom telling everyone to stay home, only
International space station while down below engineers are scrambling to find answers and solutions to a critical breakdown. Abcs Clayton Sandell is right there where the decisions are being made. Houston station reporter tonight engineering a tricky repair job, 230 miles above the ground. What is actually going wrong reporter Mission Control today troubleshooting how to fix a faulty critical component, one of two cooling loops that keep the station from dangerously overheating. A valve in one of them is stuck, forcing the six astronauts on board to rely on the duplicate. Now theres no backup if that fails, too. This is a position we dont want to be in longterm. Reporter during their Daily Briefing nasa said for now the two americans, three russians and one japan astronaut living on the station are not in danger. Weve got a good stable configuration, the crew is in good shape. Reporter engineers say they have two options, first upload new software to reboot that stuck valve. If that do
Exquisite president ial leadership. Mr. President , thank you. Youre one heck of a leader. I want to thank you, mr. President. I want to thank you with congratulations and thanks. The price of admission is sucking up and treating him like hes the most insecure autocrat on the globe. Millions of americans will soon feel the impact. Some are already. Surprise bonuses for hundreds of thousands of workers. Theyre doing something, but theyre literally doing the least they can do. If firing the special counsel or interfering with his investigation is unacceptable and would have immediate and significant consequences. Were fully cooperating with special counsel and will continue to. Reports on secret meetings by a group of House Republicans focused on corruption and bias on the upper ranks in the Justice Department and fbi. This clown is the one that is going to be questioning the integrity of the fbi . Fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe is slated to be interviewed behind closed doors by the h