The First Time Since the nationwide state of Emergency Declaration was lifte in may. 40 of hospital beds allocated for serious covid19 cases are occupied. Officials plan to double the number of such beds from 150 to 300. But its not clear how quickly hospitals can do that. Translator were on the verge of a serious situation, where ordinary Health Care Must be sacrificed. Strict measures should be taken immediately to prevent the spread of infection. Experts are requesting people take basic preventive measures. Theyre also cautioning against nonessential travel to and from areas where the virus is rapidly spreading. Tokyo officials have asked bars and restaurants that serve alcohol to close earlier starting this weekend. Local officials are making the same request for businesses in osaka, sapporo, and nagoya. More than 140,000 people have tested positive in japan since the outbreak began. More than 2,000 have died. Many restaurants in the capital are now facing a difficult decision abou
You see behind us, it is cooled off a bit. The dow is down about 15 points. But keep in mind, folks, we have seen huge moves in stocks, bonds and the dollar. Just since the election. And watch out for oil. Crude oil hitting a new threemonth low. Well have more on what is driving oil prices down straight ahead. Tyler . Thank you very much, brian. Tyler mathisen here. Here is what else is happening at this hour. Strong after shocks continue to rock new zealand following sundays 7. 8 magnitude earthquake. U. P. S. , air maintenance workers, voting to strike as contract negotiations stall. And the Transportation Department is setting new rules requiring electric and hybrid cars to emit sounds by 2018. So they cant sneak up on you anymore. We got a busy two hours ahead and we kick it off with the market, the dow, as brian mentioned, briefly hitting a record high at the open. It has since pulled back a bit. Despite the pullback, there are some notable standouts, often are, almost always are.
The mayor. That he was just simply trying to stand up for securing the kocountry and the world. There was another back and forth over this subject of the travel ban for months the administration has been telling us that the president was not trying to impose the travel ban in that order that seeks to block travel from six muslim countries. Rerp they were calling travel restrictions. E he did so from a briefing on jan 31st. Then the president starts tweeting in the aftermath of london we need a travel ban. I dont care what anybody call it is. I call it a travel ban. Today basically started to adopt that language in the briefing return and turned on a dime. Heres more of what happened. I dont think the president care what is you call it. He cares that we call it National Security and that we take steps to protect the poem of this country. Its real simple. Everybody wants to get into the labels and the semantics of it, but the bottom line is hes trying to protect the citizens of this coun