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Mta chairman and ceo pat foy. good to have you with us. hes joining us by the phone. let me bring you in by asking you how are you feeling after testing positive for the coronavirus? >> good morning, thank you for having me. im feeling fine. i appear to be fortunate and am suffering from a mild case. im more concerned about my 582 colleagues at the mta who are confirmed and we mourn the deaths of the eight mta family members who died as well as one of our operators who was murdered in a fire fri...

We have decided not to take that advice going -- as far back as last week and indeed the world health organization yesterday confirmed the same advice. were distributing north of 75,000 masks to our front-line workers. that number, thats a weekly number. that number we expect -- that number will grow. we put a number of steps in place. weve disinfecting all workplaces, stations, subway cars, commuter rails. we have reduced the number of people working. weve sent basically half our folks home so ...

Subsidies, this is part of our annual operating statement in a normal year. those subsidies are economic and transaction-based and they have declined significantly. i described the disinfecting were doing in workplaces, subway cars, et cetera on an analyzed basis, the $4 billion that the federal government is allocated and thank you to senator chuck schumer and the new york state delegation, much more will be needed as we go forward. but this is an important down payment in terms of recognizing ...

>> im scared for her. >> with 20% of the ems force out sick, theing nearly nonstop, sometimes with only limited protective gear, many afraid of infecting their families at home. >> dozens and dozens of members who are sleeping in their cars because they dont want to bring it to their families. >> john hasnt seen his son in a week. >> last night he said when you going to come get me. i told him, when becoming sick or they stop going to heaven. right now every call is a risk he and his fell first ...

Number. it is very clear though over the next few weeks they will be many, many more deaths in the united states and it seems president trump has been looking at that data and that is why he has justified clamping down. a different story to just a week ago he said he was hoping, he didnt predict it, he said he hoped that america would be adding back to work at around easter when he now says there will be a peak in the number of people dying. there is still a lot of criticism about the federal re...

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5:00. thanks for your time. >> thanks for invit tonight, president trumps surprise warning. saying he may impose a two-week quarantine for parts of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. new yorks governor responding. caught off-guard during his own briefing, saying, i dont like the sound of it. tonight the u.s. navy hospital ship sailing this way, hoping to ease the burden on hospitals. the outbreak taking a toll on first responders. three members of the nypd dying in 48 hours. and hear...

A000 bed unit. why here, why now? quite simply because london has become the epicentre of the uk coronavirus outbreak. more than a000 positive tests. angus, thank you very much. angus crawford at the excel centre, which will be one of the first new hospital facility in the country. its probably worth saying as well, you will know if you are watching regularly, we will be speaking to doctors, medics, scientists as well. answering some of your questions. if you have got some today, we will be spea...