After that, conservative syndicated radio show host Kevin Jackson talks about President Trumps 2020 Campaign Strategy and his handling of the coronavirus out rate. [video clip] today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. Ost good morning the president on friday taking yet another step to get ahead of crisis that has put the u. S. Economy at a standstill, changing the ways that all americans live and work in the days ahead, testing Trump Presidency. Ahead on the washington journal, your assessment of this Health Emergency that is impacting every aspect of our lives. On capitol hill, the senate picking up a house passed bill this week including paid emergency leave for up to three expanding medicaid funding. With president ial support it is expected to pass easily. We want to hear from you and of thesessment president s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. If you support how he does the job, 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. We are taking your Text Messages. Hat at 202
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Indexes are down more than 6 . Stocks cratered after oil prices plunged more than 20 because of fears of an Oil Price War between russia and saudi. Now, the saudis wanted to cut oil production, but they reversed course, after russia balked at the move and decided to flood the market with more oil. Now, the s p 500 fell more than 7 after the opening bell this morning, tripping a Circuit Breaker. Thats what its called. It halted trading on all three indexes for 15 minutes. The shock, as you can see there, alarming. Cnbc reports that President Trump will meet with wall street executives later this week to talk about the response to the coronavirus. But i want to get to nbcs Erin Mclaughlin whos joining us now from the port of oakland. Has been following this ship for quite some time. Erin, there are so many passengers onboard right now that want to get off that ship as it comes into dock at oakland. Bring us up to date as to what youve been seeing so far. Reporter hey, yasmin, thats right
Assure americans this would all be over soon. Were prepared and were doing a great job with it and it will go away. Just stay calm. Everyone has to be vigilant and has to be careful. Be calm. Its really working out. And a lot of good things will happen. Its really working out. But today the World Health Organization alarmed by the lack of action by governments around the world officially declared the outbreak to be a pandemic. In the days and weeks ahead we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries climb even higher. The w. H. O. Has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and were deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction. We have the assessment that covid19 can be characterized as a pandemic. To date the coronavirus has swept through at least 114 countries. With more than 120,000 infections and more than 4,200 people dead. Today german chancellor Angela Merkel warned u
You were upset, didnt like what was going on but wait a minute its not just you. Your colleague next to you and next cubical, down the hall. You got so upset with the way things are in the workplace you just kind of wanted to give the boss the finger and left. You wanted to make a statement because you care. And youre not really sure if you can go back in that building. A bunch of americans across this country today walked out of work, taking a chance, not sure if theyre going to have a job tomorrow with no guarantees as to whether or not theyre going to be retained. Who knows, maybe the boss went home and is looking at videotape to see whos out there. He wasnt at work, he might have been playing golf or something, you know, weathers getting nicer around the country. I congratulate all of these workers for showing some real guts. You know, all of these polls saying nobodys energized for the midterms, really . When i see what happened today i get kind of encouraged. In fact i wish the e