Do you consider to be at a wartime footing in terms of fighting this virus . I do. Im looking at it that way. I view it in a sense a wartime president. Thats what were fighting. The president invoking powers created at the start of the korean war giving him the authority to speed up production of badly needed medical supplies. He also wants to send Navy Hospital ships to new york and the west coast, but it may be days before theyre ready to sail despite the president s comments. The president also signed a new measure into law making Virus Testing free and giving emergency paid leave to people who are sick or caring for someone infected. Now the focus shifts to the massive trilliondollar package the administration is seeking in an attempt to get checks sent direct three struggling americans. The Treasury Department will ask congress for a measure that would send half of that package thats 500 million to the American People in the form of direct payments in april and may. The other half