We kick it off with blake and the latest from the mt. Reporter melissa and connell, President Trump has threatened to pull federal funding from schools should they not fully reopen in the coming weeks. The president would not go that far when he was asked about the situation out in los angeles and san diego, breaking news from this hour, when the president was asked about it moments ago over here at the white house. Los angeles, los angeles the nations second largest public school, there will be Remote Learning to start off the school year. This is part of the reaction from President Trump, watch. We have to open the schools. We have to get them open. I think there is a lot of politics going along. Think i they will do better if they keep the schools closed in the election. I dont think it will help them frankly. They feel that by keeping schools closed that that is a bd thing for the country. Therefore that is good thing for them. Reporter the white house for the most part has spent t
As we take the steps to reopening the state, your city club is continuing with our virtual forums and still presenting here our friday forms from the studios. We are very grateful for their partnership and support. Tem. A shortage of supply and Health Care Workers, declining revenues from the cancellation of a lecture of procedures and Massive Health insurance losses due to unemployment has shaken the foundation of our countrys health care infrastructure. As states begin to reopen and the number of coronavirus deaths and cases is expected to plateau, we have the chance to examine what is working, and more importantly, what is not working when it comes to the ways in which we deliver health care. Today, we will talk to two local hospital ceos who are physicians about the pandemic, changes their hospitals needed to make and what the future of Health Care Delivery might entail. Before i introduce our speakers, i want to thank our generous generous donors who support these virtual forums.
Cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, ceos from the Cleveland Clinic and metrohealth system on how the coronavirus will change Health Care Delivery, public confidence, and telemedicine. The city club of cleveland hosted this event. Hello and welcome to the city club of cleveland. I am the chief executive of the city club and proud member. As we take the steps to reopening the state, your city club is continuing with our virtual forums and still presenting here our friday forms from the studios. We are very grateful for their partnership and support. We all know the coronavirus pandemic has put an incredible amount of pressure on the American Health care system. A shortage of supply and Health Care Workers, declining revenues from the cancellation of a lecture of procedures and Massive Health insurance losses due to unemployment has shaken the foundation of our countrys health care infrastructure. As states begin to reopen and the number of coronavirus deaths and case
He was joined by the task force coordinator, dr. Deborah birx. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Good afternoon. We continue to see a number of positive signs that the virus is past its peak. It has been devastating all over the world. 184 countries, probably more. That number was as of one week ago. Dr. Birx will walk through some of these trends in a moment. But they are very positive trends, for winning. We are going to win and we are going to close it out. While we mourn the tragic loss of life, and you cannot mourn it any stronger than we are morning it, the u. S. Has produced Better Health outcomes than any other country with the possible exception of germany. Anyyou cannot mourn it stronger than we are mourning it, i think we are as good or better. On a per capita basis, our mortality rate is far lower than other nations of western europe. With the lone exception of possibly, germany. This includes the u. K. , switzerland, belgium, the netherlands, italy, france. Spain has a mort
Good evening. The house will gavel back in tomorrow at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time to vote on the massive, 2. 2 trillion bill to help americans during the pandemic. So far more than 3 Million People have already filed for unemployment benefits. And now the u. S. Is leading the world in cases of coronavirus. It is thursday evening, march 26, and this is a prime time in ofition edition washington journal we get the latest on the spending bill, then your calls and questions for the Stanford University medical dean, dr. Lloyd miner, joining us from california. Our phone lines are open. 202 7488000, 202 7488001, we also have a line for medical professionals. 202 7488002, and you can join on facebook. Or good thursday evening. Thank you for joining us for an evening edition of the washington journal. We begin with the numbers from john hopkins university, now worldwide more than 530,000 cases across the globe, 24,000 deaths, the u. S. Surpassing china with more than 8700 cases 8507 confirmed cas