Doctors to decide whether to release him from hospital just a day after a surprise and risky short strenth by the infected u. S. President s. One of 10 people worldwide may have contract aids the coronavirus a stock estimates by the World Health Organization. And the scientists behind the discovery of the hepatitis a sci fi risk at the 2020 nobel prize for medicine and in sports the miami heat hit by king game 3 of the n. B. A. Finals heat beating the bron james in the l. A. Lakers to revive their hopes of winning the championship. But 1st for the 9th day in a row the battle between armenia and azerbaijan over nagornokarabakh is escalating. Cities and towns are coming under attack stepparent here its the disputed regions largest city has come under sustained bombardment and both sites are accusing each other of killing civilians there azerbaijan says forces have attacked the cities of ganja and ninja chevre with missiles meanwhile iran has warned the warring parties that it will not to
Positive signs on the economic front as the u. S. Nonmanufacturing index expanded and treasury yields breaking higher today much more on that move in just a bit. 59 minutes left to two in the session, and the dow is up more than 400 points. Thanks, sara. Lets get to the big stories we begin with amon javers. Reporter we dont know about the president s condition at this hour, but we know about his intent at this hour. He is ready to go home he has been at Walter Reed Medical Center since friday evening, and hes ready go he said, i will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6 30 p. M. Feeling really good. Dont be afraid of covid dont let it dominate your life. We have developed under the trump administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than i did 20 years ago. That came in the hour in which we were told we would get a briefing from the president s doctors explaining what his condition is exactly its not clear whether the president is preemptin
Open they are opening someone leaving there maybe just at the end of their working day but the word is that u. S. President will leave via those doors of the Walter Reed Medical Center any time from now head to his motorcade his motorcade which will take him to marine one the helicopter the official helicopter for a i believe its about a 10 minute flight very short distance from bethesda maryland to the white house 13 kilometers as the crow flies and he will head back to the white house all of this happening 28 days before the United States goes to the polls who would have thought our attention would be on a hospital in bethesda maryland which the parish president had spent 3 days in just a month before this election mike hanna is our correspondent in washington d. C. With us this hour it is extraordinary isnt mike as we wait for this to happen to think were so close to an election the fear because thats gone on for the past few days around a man who is on will. Indeed yes well it has
Has had with lawmakers this week. This is what he said in the last hour. We cant do too much here. We can do too little. We can do too little and sputter. The end result is, its not just a Macro Economic impact on the economy and our ability to compete internationally. Its peoples lives. Real live people are hurting. We can fix it. We got the first jobs report out under President Biden. Its a better report than december. Overall though, we have a long way to go. 49,000 jobs were added last month. The Unemployment Rate fell to 6. 3 in january. We will take a closer look in moments. I want to start with the action in the capitol. We have monica alba at white house, jo ling kent with the jobs report and leigh ann caldwell. President biden will deliver economic information later this hour. What can you tell us about the president s economic focus today . Its the first event, the fact that the white house is having these coronavirus briefings now three times a week from Health Experts and o
A star like the rest of the world has been affected by. Our 1st response was effective. Media lockdown as the 5th of march we were among the very 1st nations to actually apply lockdowns. National. Organization. The Quick Response and we were able to avert a. Mate with very minimal numbers is much worse at the numbers of both infections. Is very high and while we were very successful in actually continuing controlling all of us came the occupation where the switch has started so this all of us the biggest horse was palestinian workers working and. We were trying to actually communicate either should stay. What or should they come back. And since joined up has been the biggest source of infection. And that was back of the floor of the white house the hope you question of though inability to control on board those not allowed us are going to continue with a very effective and efficient way of the game with the white house having said all the priest to the program to convey or. To do it fo