Trade iing at levels we havent seen in nearly two decades amid falling demand and an expected jump in production and the virus itself remains front and center. President trump e iine ining gus until the end of april as the u. S. Cases top 150,000 weve got great guests join ing us, the ceo of medical supply Company Henry Schein and the head of amid this turbulent market with 59 minutes left, we are up 2. 8 led by helhealth care, tech and Consumer Staples lets focus in on the big stories. Meg is going to join us with the latest on testing and treatment. Kayla has the latest from lawmakers and mike is tracking all the Market Action but meg, first to you hi, guys. Lets start with Johnson Johnson. That news theyve selected their lead candidate for Vaccine Development. Really moving their stock higher and causing a lot of optimism that well see a vaccine in timelines that are faster than expected companies saying it plans to tart human Clinical Trials in september. Months faster than they pr
U. S. And the world with interactive maps and charts. Watch briefings with Public Health specialists and a time unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. Earlier today President Trump invoked the defense production act in response to the coronavirus pandemic. He announced other measures to help those impacted financially for the virus. [camera shutters] pres. Trump thank you very much. I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the chinese virus. We will be invoking the defense production act just in case we need it. In other words i think you all , know what it is. It can do a lot of good things if we need it. We will have it all completed. Signing it in just a little while right after i am finished with this conference. I will be signing it. It is prepared to go. So we will be invoking the defense production act. And which activated femas National Response coordination center. Fema now is fully engaged at the highest levels. Today, fema is activate
Washington journal live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Join the discussion. Tonight on cspan, President Trump gives an update on the coronavirus outbreak. That is followed by canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and british Prime Minister Boris Johnson on how their countries are responding to the global pandemic. And later, the World Health Organization provides the latest numbers on confirmed coronavirus cases. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, President Trump announced he was invoking defense production act to have American Industries start manufacturing medical equipment but is in short supply. The administration also announced the suspension of foreclosures and evictions until the end of april, and a temporary ban on nonessential travel at the u. S. Canada border. I would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the chinese virus. The chinese virus. We will be invoking the defense production act just in case we need it. In other words i
Three residents of a san mateo nursing home have tested positive for coronavirus and have been transferred to the hospital. Iteam reporter dan noyes has this exclusive report. San Mateo County Health confirms to the iteam that it is investigating how the coronavirus infected at least three residents at atria burlingame. The nursing home is closed to visitors and family. The families are freaking out. And also because they cant see their loved ones. They cant see them physically, at all. And we dont know when we will. Both of julie berkes president s are atria residents. Her 103yearold father is in the hospital and just happened to take her 83yearold mother home for dinner sunday. She would like both to be tested for coronavirus, but atria and the county say they wont give tests unless the patient shows symptoms. Im not happy about it, but i dont know what i can do about it. Why would it help you to have your mom tested . So i know she doesnt have it both for her sake and my sake and my
Pres. Trump i would like to begin by announcing some important developments in our war against the chinese virus. We will be invoking the defense production act just in case we need it. In other words, i think you all know what it is, and it can do a lot of good things if we need it. We will have it all completed. Signing it in just a little while right after i am finished with this conference. I will be signing it. It is prepared to go. We will be invoking the defense production act. Last week, i signed an Emergency Declaration under the stafford act, which as you know, we invoked previously and which activated femas National Response coordination center. Fema now is fully engaged at the highest levels. Today, fema is activated in every region. We are at level one, level one being the highest level, which we will work with. Level, which we will work with. We have been working with fema. I have done a lot of work with fema. They are incredible. It has always been on hurricanes it has a