Youll be credited for the next time you fly so as a result of the pandemic airlines have had to cancel hundreds of flights every single day and in fact the t. S. A. Has reported that as of this past sunday only 122000 passengers were screened through all u. S. Airport security checkpoints and thats compared to 2400000 last year on the same date now the number of operating commercial flights down significantly a whopping 95 percent so whats no surprise that as Airline Companies continue hemorrhaging money passengers are seeking a refund for those canceled flights that were initially denied any cash back so thats why the department of transportation reached and demanded out to the airlines that they comply with passenger requests and give them back their money so its a rare step to see the government step in and tell big private companies how to treat customers until now and. Is this the new normal so are to your parent project has been taking a deeper dive into all of this apparent the
Battle against the virus with the numbers continuing to rise essential workers are putting their lives at risk well tell you all about it all right its time to boost your news i q. U. S. Navy warships are heading to the caribbean and off the coast of venezuela in what could become dangerous new escalation between both countries the u. S. Claims its navy present in the region is to counter narcotics operations meantime the venezuelan government says theyre preparing for any battle r. T. Correspondent john hardy has more from miami. Americas war on drugs is taking aim at venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his socalled cartel of the sons the Trump Administration indicted majeure and several others on Drug Trafficking and narco terrorism charges march 26th an extraordinary announcement that diverted attention at least briefly anyway from another ongoing war the coronavirus war then last week President Trump announced u. S. Navy ships were heading to the caribbean and the coast of vene
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
Rosemary is standing by with a look at weather. If you are up in the sierra, you may not be coming home for a day or two. The snow is piling up. For us, we have seen a good amount of rain. The Santa Cruz Mountains picking up 2 inches of rain in the last 24 hours or so. We have got mostly cloudy skies and a very gray outlook. We do begin to get daybreak by the afternoon. Here is a look at Storm Tracker where you can see it is widespread. Some light rain falling over highway 101 and then in true the central part of the area we have the peninsula covered from San Francisco all the way to san mateo. East bay, scattered showers. Into the north bay, widespread here as well. Nevada, petaluma, and just about areas over sanapa getting at the moment. We will continue with the possibility of showers throughout the morning. By the second part of the day, a bit of a break. Today, Sonoma County officials will be disrupting details about the countys First Community spread of the coronavirus. Sonoma c
Quarantine it, will be a pretty strong enforcement of quarantine. The key is you have to have separation. We have to have separation or this thing takes longer to go away. But the real, really important, and i think you can say this for your country, i think we can say it for a lot of countries, for all countries hope fullly it is going a way. We want it to go away with very, very few deaths. You know, we call it cases, how many cases do you have . Relative to other countries we have very few cases. Relative to certain of major countries that really have a bigger problem than us. Interestingly i think we have the greatest doctors in the world. We offered iran assistance. Iran is having a tremendous problem and we have offered iran assistance if they would like it. We will help them. We would be glad to help them. Reporter mr. President , pentagon determined that iranian backed militia fired rockets that killed two american solders in iraq. Should they expect a response . I would rather