Louisiana, which now has nearly ten times as many cases as a week ago. New yorks governor says he is seeing some signs that those unprecedented stayathome orders now in 20 states may be working and helping to slow the rate of the virus spreading. But he warns hospitals are still not ready for the dramatic increase in infections expected to come in the next three weeks. On wall street today, an agreement on that 2 trillion Financial Relief package now working through congress sent stocks soaring, but tonight on capitol hill, theres this news. It appears the deal may have hit a snag. Our team is covering every angle of this, and meg oliver leads us off tonight from new york city. Meg . Reporter norah, we just learned that 13 covid19 patients at one New York Hospital died in the last 24 hours. This after the governor said today that the aggressive social distancing enacted this week appears to be making a difference. We can slow it, and we have slowed it. Reporter Governor Andrew Cuomo sa
Slowing infections in the empire state, but no one is immune. Prince charles, the heir to the throne, tests positive. Is Queen Elizabeth now at risk . And as spain surpasses chinas death toll, surprising good news from italy. The growing Mental Health crisis. As stress and anxiety rise, medical advice on how to get through it. And portraits on the porch. Photographers lifting spirits and capturing memories using a slightly wider lens to capture this new world. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell reporting from the nations capital. Good evening, and thank you for joining us. Were going to begin with breaking news and a grim milestone. This has been the deadliest 24 hours in the u. S. Since the pandemic began. More than 900 people have been killed by the coronavirus nationwide, and cases here now top 64,000. While the majority of infections are still in new york, tonight there are new hot spots emerging including in louisiana which now has nearly ten times as many cases than
Coronavirus bill. This as the white house is now floating a new trillion dollar stimulus package that may meann confirmed coronavirus cases continues to grow here in the bay area and beyond. Nationwide there are now 6,000 cases and more than 100 deaths. And the new number just in within the last few hours, there are now 200,000 infections worldwide. Staggering numbers that were dealing with right now. A look at our forecast. What are we in for today . Its going to be raining but off and on. Its on right now for much of the bay area. Well take a break by late morning and see it redeveloping for the afternoon. We are seeing the showers anywhere from parts of Solano County down to marin county, and then just north of san jose. So well see it spreading as we go into the next few hours. And then taking a break as we head through about 1 00 to 2 00. Well start to see popup showers that could bring in heavy rain along with small hail so ill be tracking that for you. Youre seeing flashing ligh
A vote failed again and as new york becomes a epicenter of the outbreak in america, more states are taking strict measures to keep residents at home including michigan, massachusetts and louisiana. As we stand, the market is down 3. 4 on the s p 500. The dow is down 60 poin60 59 minutes left of the session weve got a huge lineup of guests coming up including the ceo of Quest Diagnostics to break down the latest on testing for the virus and former bank of america governor, mervy nn king he was governor of the bank of england during the financial crisis we are covering every angle of this crisis for you mike is tracking the mashlgt moves. Kayla has the latest on the stimulus bill. Steve liesman is covering the feds historic moves again today and meg is following the latest treatment developments mike, first to you on the market another big sell off despite another big fed intervention yes, definite ly a big sell off. Though i have to say the intentionty of it, i dont know if this is much
Relative sense yes yes. Yes, and they are. Theyre at home as they have been all week and focusing on on frankly theyre not symptomatic and there was the need for testing. Bill ackman on our air earlier today suggested the nation should shut down for a month or so, an extended spring break. If that were to happen, and i know you dont think someones voice is coming through to us, and i know you dont think that is the right course of action, if that were to happen, do you think that would be supportive of market levels or not . I dont think so. I think we need to make sure people need to have access to the markets and i dont think we would reduce concern about how events are unfolding in the coming weeks we have a few weeks of uncertainty and we will get through this and well see how quickly it evolves, but every single day we learn more every single day we put in new protections and new measures and people are taking this very seriously and thats an important thing to highlight well get