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in michigan, to win in washington, maybe some other states as well. we begin with breaking news. the new word on the coronavirus outbreak from the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. take a listen, everyone. we re having, obviously, an acceleration of cases now. if you look at it, every day we get more and more. we have around 350, probably close to 400 if it isn t there. we have at least 18 deaths. they keep coming on every day that goes by. what we re seeing is what is called community spread in certain regions of the country, particularly in the area of washington state, seattle. it s already there. the last count is 466. we will confirm that in this hour. all of this as the coronavirus cruise ship off the coast of california will now be docking tomorrow after being held at sea for days. a live report from that scene in a moment. we start in iran. that s where 49 people have died from coronavirus in less than 24 hours. that ....
cases of coronavirus here in the united states. the death toll now climbing to 297. across the country, local leaders sounding the alarm, warning of a dwindling number of supplies to protect those on the frontline of the pandemic. if the president doesn t act, people will die. we need millions of masks and gowns and gloves and the rest. unfortunately, we re getting still just a fraction of that. we will continue to see these numbers go up exponentially. the problem that we have right now is that we don t have enough test kits. i heard your conversation with the man from fema. we need test kits. this as the administration works to reassure state officials that help is on the way. the resources that are being marshalled are going to be clearly directed to those hot spots that need it most. clearly, that s california, washington state and obviously new york is the most hard hit. not only is new york trying to get resources themselves, but we re going to be pourin ....
officially in all 50 states, and the death toll in america has topped 100. 6,000 plus cases now. that s five times as many as just on friday. health care workers are on edge, as supply shortages loom from hospital masks to hospital beds. and all we need to treat the critically ill. we re also seeing the major economic fallout. right now, u.s. stocks plunging despite the white house pushing for a $1 trillion stimulus package to try to battle this. treasury secretary steven mnuchin warning lawmakers yesterday that we could see unemployment reach 20% if they don t act. now, that is only the worst case modeling. if nothing is done, but it s still startling because that is near great depression era levels. jetblue just announcing it is slashing 40% of its schedule and calls financial losses, quote, stunning. more states and cities taking aggressive steps to stop community spread. nearly 8 million people in northern california alone are on day two now of shelter in place. new ....
was good for south dakota. we had millions missing. potential $140 million fraud. the former secretary of the governor s office of economic development committed suicide. we just heard saying that it couldn t have been a suicide. i don t believe that squares well with the people here in south dakota or anywhere in the country. good to have you with us. thanks for watching. well, in three weeks voters will decide if republicans will control both houses of congress. some have been predicting doom and gloom for the democrats for months. tonight i ll show you what the beltway just might be missing. i spent last week in iowa and in south dakota. in the hawkeye state, new polls shows joni ernst slipping to a one-point lead over congress and bruce braley, mike rounds is sinking like a rock in his bid to fill senator tim johnson s seat. prairie pop you list rick wallace former senator and so-called independent larry pressler brings up of here. these put in over $2 ....
alert. after facing major criticism for its message or lack thereof following the first ebola diagnosis on american soil and subsequent infections of two nurses, the white house is now appointed this man, ron klain, to be the obama administration s ebola czar. now, the problem is klain is not and never has been a doctor and he has no extensive background in health care. instead, he has served as a senior white house aid to president obama, chief of staff to vice president biden and chief of staff former vice president al gore. not surprisingly the appointment is being slammed by republicans. take a look at what texas senator ted cruz had to say about this over the weekend. mr. klain is not a doctor, he s not a health care professional. he doesn t have background in these issues. we should be less concerned about giving the public the feeling that the government is on top of this and more concerned about the government actually being on top of it. this is a manifestati ....