This morning, to top negotiators join us exclusively, House Speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin how close is a deal. How long will americans have to wait. Plus, the latest on covid crisis with tom bossert and dr. Jennifer ashton and our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning, and welcome to this week. Country remains dee throes of a pandemic, closing out the worst month for cases and hospitalizations so far. And marking a grim milestone, more than 154,000 lives lost, the cdc warning it will only get worse in the coming weeks. This devastating reality, compounded by Economic Uncertainty after enhanced Unemployment Benefits expired friday, some 30 million americans are facing a perilous financial cliff. That 600 means money for rent, to put food on the table, to make ends meet, Democratic Leaders and Senior Trump Administration officials met saturday calling it a productive meeting, but each sid
Deadly pandemic. Our guests, Maryland Governor larry hogan. The fda commissioner on antibody te testing. Dr. Jen ashton and tom bossert. Plus, a closer look at hardhit minority communities. For some of us, its a luxury to have social distancing. And how some in the middle of the country are watching uneasily whats happening thousands of miles away. Were under the impression that were safe, we truly are not. K. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and welcome to this week. Nearly three weeks ago, President Trump said he hoped to have the country opened up by this Easter Sunday, but this morning, with Virtual Services now scheduled for this easter morning, america has hit a grim milestone with more than a half a million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the country, more than 20,000 people have died. There are encouraging signs new york might be flattening the curve, but other areas across the country like maryland and detroit are still bracing for the surge to come. And y
Ing a noncelebrity reboot of hollywood squares. Easters a tough one during a pandemic. Every two minutes were telling our kids to wash their hands. Then all of a sudden were like yes, go ahead and eat those jellybeans you found under a bush. Our 5yearold, jane, told my wife for real, i promise if i see the easter bunny i wont hug him. So some lifelong psychological traumas are definitely being formed here. I will say that as a parent easter makes you realize what a solid backstory santa claus has. Santa lives at the north pole. He has elves who make toys. He flies around with reindeer. My kids asked where the easter bunny lives. I was like, i dont know. The sewer . This is good. This is what the easter bunny was up to in new jersey yesterday. [ siren ] whoa oh, no. Code red jimmy sorry, kids. Everything you believe is a lie. It looks like the president has another enemy inside his administration. And unfortunately, that enemy is dr. Anthony fauci. Dr. Fauci was on cnn with jake tapper
Symptoms, hanks says he and his wife and rita wilson feel better. In a tweet announcing their improvement, hanks reiterates sheltering in place and says this too shall pass. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 23rd. From abc news, this is world news now. Thank you for jning us on this monday. We begin with the battle over that rescue package to address the pandemic. Talks on the economic rescue bill resumed this morning after democrats and republicans failed to strike a deal. As the virus continues to spread across the country, President Trump activated the National Guard in the three hardest hit states, saying the federal government will pick up the cost. And after one of the worst weeks on wall street, s p 500 futures fell 5 minutes after opening gaining the maximum drop allowed. More now from abcs zachary kiesch. Reporter talks resumed on capitol hill as lawmakers worked to put together a package, now expected to provide at least 2 trillion in Economic Relief ami
Drastic measures to combat the coronavirus are forcing dramatic changes across the country. Well bring you the very latest this morning. Our guest the fema administrator now spear heading the nations response. And new Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. Plus, two former members of trumps Homeland Security team, tom bossert and Kevin Mcaleenan and dr. Jennifer ashton what you need about the pandemic. And Chris Christie and rahm emanuel are handling a nation in crisis. From abc news, its this week, here now coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning and thanks for joining us this sunday. As we come on the air this morning, alarming and sobering numbers from across the globe. There are now more than 300,000 confirmed cases worldwide and more than 13,000 deaths from coronavirus. And in the u. S. , there are now over 26,000 cases and at least 340 have died. New york, the city that never sleeps has gone quiet. Now the epicenter of this crisis with more than 12,000 confirmed cases, one of least five stat