During the coronavirus emergency and pandemic. This is fox news continuing coverage of coronavirus pandemic. Im leland vittert. Live pictures of White House Briefing room. A picture that has become customary if not a daily occurrence now over the past 9 or so days. The president and his task force expected to brief reporters and the nation now. We have about one fifth of the country under a shelter in place order, call it what you want, but one fifth of america is living incredible by different life than they were a couple of days ago and watching the president walking out. Thank you very much. A lot of things going on. We will be going over to the hill and have a lot of meetings. From the financial, this is a medical situation, not a financial situation. Financial, though, is moving along very nicely. I want to thank you for being here and update you on the progress weve made after a week of extraordinary mobilization in war against the virus. Governors, mayors, businesses, charities
Also, that news out of florida that you just mentioned. There are no Domestic Travel restrictions really in place right now in the u. S. But what the governor of florida just did comes pretty close. This massive Manhattan Convention center, about to be converted into four field hospitals. A thousand beds between them. We have not even begun to see the influx of patients. This is still the relative quiet before the storm. Every hospital in new york was just ordered to increase bed capacity by 50 . New york state now home to around half the confirmed cases in this country. Now, more than 20,000. Thats tripled in three days. And more than 150 have died already. If we dont get the ventilators in particular, we will actually start to lose lives who could have been saved. The state says many cases are
ages 18 to 49. Experts suggest vaping might be a factor. You can get it. The numbers show you can get it if you are a young person. And there is yet more conflicting messaging from the administ
Tonight as if america could be ready to open up shop as soon as a week from today. What is the reality of where things stand in the home of wall street . The new york governor knows the answer and we will get Straight Talk from him on where are we really . How long are we looking at . Most likely . We also have the former acting Homeland Security chief to lay out how hard is what government is trying to do. How hard is it . And what still needs to be done . Now, for the rest of us, we know the remedy for what ails us, dont we . We have to be informed, we have to be ready and we have to be our best. Together as ever as one. Lets get after it. President trump says he will not let the cure be worse than the problem. The problem is, there is no cure yet, and the only thing that every expert from everywhere in the world, the only thing they say we can do to stop the spread is what, isolate. And it seems like the president thinks he may have a better idea. Our country wasnt built to be shut
It commences. Meantime, we have our experts standing by and we have the facts for you as weve been doing every night on the beat. We begin with these latest facts on the coronavirus. U. S. Cases now topping 40,000. That is more than double since friday night, heading into the weekend. The markets are continuing to struggle. You can see it here today, the dow down another 3 . Thats despite, of course, the new stimulus measures that are already on the way and schools in 38 different states ordered closed. Now, when you talk about the impact on americans, this is continuing to shift and we have the shape for it of it for you. You can see here roughly 100 million americans now under orders, guidelines, or rules to stay home. You may be one of them. All of this providing a backdrop for an escalating clash in the congress, which is now quickly passed, we should note, two bipartisan bills which many people feel was a type of progress. But on this big third bill, they are deadlocked over some
U. S. Is approaching 500 more than 41,000 infractions, the death rate here is 1. 34 . Close to south korea considered a Success Story in the world. That is where it begins tonight. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts spoke from the north lawn. Good evening, john. We began with an awful lot to chew over this evening whether or not the president s 15 day guidelines to reduce the spread of the virus are having any effect on how long the guidelines can stay in effect before the economy really starts to suffer. And whether congress can ever come together on a fiscal stimulus plan. President trump and i absolutely believe for the sake of the american workers, for the sake of the American Economy and for the sake of seeing our country through the coronavirus, the senate and the house must act to pass the care act this week. It is time they got to work. The road to agreement on a fiscal stimulus was a rancorous one today, tensions and the rhetoric running hot. We dont have time for th