Coronavirus pandemic. Talks aboutakabas the u. S. Economy and the Record Number of job losses as a result of the virus. Camila dechalus good morning. It is wednesday. Four weeks since the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a pandemic. As of today, nearly 13,000 americans have died of the disease, 400,000 americans have been diagnosed, and a 360 Million People in 42 states in the district and in the district of columbia are living under stayathome orders. We are asking how you are dealing with social distancing . Let us know how it has impacted you, your family and job. We have split up the phone lines by age. If you are under 25, 202 7488000. 2650 years. And if you are 5170 years old, the number is 202 7488002. And if you are over 70 years old, 202 7488003. You can catch up with us on social media. Wj on twitter. And regis on facebook. Reach us on facebook. Call now as we show you the map from the New York Times of the states in which residents have been told the stayathom
Today is a day in the state of new york with very mixed emotions based on two very different pieces of information we have. I am trying to work through the mixed emotions for myself. I will present the facts and we will go from there. There is good news and what we are seeing. What we have done, and what we are doing is actually working and making a difference. We took dramatic actions in this state. New York Pause Program closed down schools and businesses, social distancing. And it is working. It is flattening the curve. And we see that again today, so far. Meaning what . Meaning, that curve is flattening because we are flattening the curve by what we are doing. If we stop what we are doing, you will see that curve change. That curve is a function of what we do day in and day out. Right now it is flattening. The number of patients hospitalized is down. Again, we dont just look at daytoday, you look at the threeday trend. But that number is down. The threeday average trend is also dow
Conventions. You get the big crowd and on the other side, the early mornings, the 4 00 a. M. Wakeup call so you can catch a plane. In the early states are not easy to get to. From ohio you have to go to chicago and iowa, charlotte into South Carolina or atlanta. The travel, packing and unpacking the bags, that is the hard part. Being away from the family. The one thing that has been interesting is there is almost a consensus in the country not just how screwed up washington , but the challenges of the country. You can be in a Manufacturing Center in youngstown the , hospital has closed, they lost jobs, challenges with opiates, some kind of drug addiction, issues around the environment, algae blooms, water, whatever , and you can go into rural iowa and it is the same thing. They are losing a Maternity Ward in the hospital. They are dealing with a methamphetamine issue. They are losing manufacturing, downtown needs rehabilitated and old theater needs renovated. The commonality to me has
You can catch a plane. In the early states are not easy to get to. From ohio you have to go to chicago and iowa, charlotte into South Carolina or atlanta. The travel, packing and unpacking the bags, that is the hard part. Being away from the family. The one thing that has been interesting is there is almost a consensus in the country not just how screwed up washington , but the challenges of the country. You can be in a Manufacturing Center in youngstown the , hospital has closed, they lost jobs, challenges with opiates, some kind of drug addiction, issues around the environment, algae blooms, water, whatever , and you can go into rural iowa and it is the same thing. They are losing a Maternity Ward in the hospital. They are dealing with a methamphetamine issue. They are losing manufacturing, downtown needs rehabilitated and old theater needs renovated. The commonality to me has been really striking. I thought people were all same thing, but the level of detail as to whats happening to
I need you to hold on here. Saturday is not really going to be the best day. Temperatures slightly warmer. Going to continue with a little rain and a snow mixture. I promise you, youre going to put a big smile on your face when you see my 7day. Lets take a look whats happening. The sun is out. You can tell daylight is gaining as we get closer to spring. Very well defined here. Going to sweep in cooler air as we head into the rest of the day. Take a look at our heavy snow detector. These are big bands of moisture. The air is too dry to be accumulating snow. Lake, gee august bay, youre seeing some light accumulation, but this is sweeping out fairly quickly. The talker today, still need the winter coat, the gloves handy, because look at our test. At the airport, 27 degrees. 29 goes to akron. Thats the warm spot this morning. Were going to see this thermometer go up just a tad for daytime highs. Well be into the mid to upper 30s for most locations. Take a look at our hour by hour. Going to