Been directed to stay at home, the telecommuting and virtual teaching for many will begin next week. Reportedly, school is closed for more than 8 million k through 12 students. Landmarks shut down. Broadway darkened. The masters Golf Tournament joins an alphabet soup of leagues cancelling competitions. More states are limiting the size of public gatherings. The stock market though is back up after the dow suffered its worst drop since 1987s black monday. What may not be improving is the lack of testing. Many of the sick and possibly exposed continue to say they cannot find out if theyre carrying the virus, even though they strongly believe they are. As the nation adjusts to its new normal, u. S. Coronavirus cases have risen to more than 1700 with 41 deaths. Worldwide, there are more than 132,000 people infected but then keep in mind, Johns Hopkins tallied nearly 70,000 people have recovered from the virus. And with confirmed recoveries in illinois, wisconsin, washington state, arizona
People have been put into quarantine after responding to calls at that nursing house. And President Trump defending the administrations response and mike pence, calling this an allhandsondeck effort. Major developments tonight. Reporter up until this point the focus has been on the west coast of this country. 20 confirmed cases here in california, three in oregon and 18 in Washington State but within the past hour we have heard of one more case from mgsmous. Somebody who had been on a school trip to italy and two more cases in georgia. Those people were being told are being held in isolation in their homes. And you mentioned that White House Task force this afternoon. The one message loud and clear out of that, anderson. There will be more kacases in t United States. Six now dead in Washington State. Four of them residents of the nursing home near sooetd. At least 48 schools now closed for deep cleaning. And a warning from the governor. We think folks should start beginning to think ab
This is cnn tonight. I am don lemon. We got a busy hour ahead coming up. Covering all the angles of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, the president declaring a National Emergency and freeing up billions of federal dollars to combat the outbreak. The pandemics disruption of the economy is leaving millions of americans vulnerable to Food Insecurity. We are going to look at programs meant to make sure that americans in need have access to food during these difficult days. Coronavirus changing life as we know it by the hour. Many schools are closed. Peoples jobs are impacted. Sports and entertainment, shut down. Were going to see if americans are prepared for whats still to come as the outbreak worsens. And well take a look at how coronavirus is having a direct Economic Impact on Household Budgets and on american businesses of all sizes. But what have we all been told, ever since we first heard the word coronavirus . Wash your hands and dont shake hands. Wave wave. Elbow bump. Just dont sha
Thank you again geagain for joi. William barr is facing harsh scrutiny over whether he handles cases involving President Trump and his allies based on justice or politics. And there is word the attorney general has ordered the reexamine nation of several high profile cases near and dear to the president. Jim acosta reports from the white house. Reporter the president is finding that his convicted associates have friends in key places as william barr has called on prosecutors to review the case of Michael Flynn who plead guilty of lying to the fbi. Mr. Trump has repeatedly complained about the Justice Departments handling of flynn and also the trial of roger stone who now faces a lighter sentence after barr intervened in that case. He is a good person. And what they did to him is very unfair in my opinion. And what they did to general flynn is very unfair in my opinion. Reporter still the president isnt getting everything he wants out of the Justice Department. White house official said
The key is we have to have separation for this thing takes longer to go away. I think we can say this for a lot of countries, it goes away. We want it to go away with very few deaths. People have cases, how many cases do you have . Well, relative to other countries, we have few cases and certain of the major countries that have a bigger problem than us. We offered just interestingly, we have the greatest doctors in the world, we offer iran assistance. We offered iran assistance. Should they expect a respond . I rather not say. But lets put it this way. You will see. Again, i cant say. I was working on that last night also. A lot of rockets have not been fully determined. It was a rebel group. But most likely looks like it could be backed by iran and well see what the responses. Would you like to see the Prime Minister return to the white house next year . I always want him to return, hes a friend. We have been doing this for quite a while. We started off both new to the job and yes, i