2027488001. And if youre a medical professional, call 2027488002. Good friday evening. Well begin, as we always do, was with the numbers. Curment of johns hob kinls university. 2. 2 million cases across the globe and more than 153,000 depths as a result of covid19. In the United States, 692,000 confirmed cases and nearly 7,000 deaths in the u. S. Joining us from baltimore is dr. Leana wen, the former president of planned parenthood the city commissioner from baltimore. Shes the author of a book and the visiting professor of Health Policy and management at George Washington university. Dr. Wen, thank you for being with us on cspan. Guest of course. Happen happy to join you and thank you for the invitation. Host there are reporters that in the city youre in, in philadelphia, in chicago and washington, d. C. , we have not reached the peak yet. What does that tell snull guest two things. One, when we hear we have yet to reach the peak, it definitely brings a level of fear because we dont k
Thank you very much we just attended a very important Task Force Meeting on the virus, that everybody is talking about all over the world no matter where you go that is whats on peoples minds and we are going to take care of it happened to be taken care of the American Public and the american economy, we are going to be asking tomorrow we are seeing the senate. We are going to be meeting with past republicans rich mcconnell everybody, and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief substantial relief very substantial relief it is a big number. We are going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where that nikki never miss a paycheck. Will be working with companies and small companies, Large Companies a lot of companies. So that they dont get penalized for something that is not their fault. It is not their fault, our countrys fault. This was something that we were thrown into and we have been handling it very well. The big decision was
It seems to be working his magic when it comes to boosting sentiment on the markets. When it comes to the growing power, it is pretty good. s are talking about china manufacturing pmi numbers coming in at record lows. These are all falling into contraction territory. As heidi mentioned, the markets are ignoring all of this because of the latest hints we got the boj action. A check on the markets and how they are tracking with sarah. There is nothing like higher coordinated central bank stimulus. We have seen this dark shift in sentiment. We see the pacific Index Trading modestly higher. The nikkei 225 is higher after falling as much as 1. 5 . We see Mainland China stocks leading gains. This is of more than 1 after the beating we saw last week. Off. 3 . Re theme point, we saw training back in positive territory. We are seeing some fluctuation. Gold is coming off of its highs and trading lower than 1600. At the same time, we see the japanese yen trading a little higher against the dollar
County. The county Health Department says the cdc has transferred the patient, that tested positive for the virus to an unidentified medical facility in that county. Is a the patient was repatriated to the united states, but did not give further details. A dozen school superintendents, in San Mateo County focus their monthly meeting on efforts to prepare for the virus. Some schools including the Sequoia Union High School District say they are disinfecting and cleaning, in common areas as a precaution. We recognize that our School Districts and our families have concerns. They also have great trust in our communication and our protocols. We want to remind everyone that the risk remains low. Officials say their priority for the san mateo schools is to keep students healthy and safe. Questions remain in Solano County where Health Officials announced the First Community transmission case. Downtown vacaville is not far from Travis Air Force base where people were quarantined. Right now, lif
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