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Fast track, our exclusive look inside the labs where researchers are working on a vaccine they hope could be ready by the fall. Volunteers already lining up for trials. I thought, oh, gosh, this is a nobrainer for me because it seems like i could potentially qualify. Straight ahead, is this the breakthrough the world so desperately needs . Ready to stand down the. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg hospitalized after receiving treatment for gallbladder condition. Planning to hear cases to...

Very trying weeks and even they have, but what been doing is working. You go back a month, month and a half, we heard report after report saying it was just a stter of time until Florida Hospital system was completely overwhelmed with covid19 patients. There was an article in march saidthe miami herald that this week in april florida could 465,000 people hospitalized throughout the state of florida. The reality slightly more than 2000. Those predictions have been false. Our work is succeeding. W...

Good afternoon. Let me begin by thinking folks throughout florida for all their hard work over these long and eks. Ng we what they have been doing is working. Month and ack a half, we heard a reports saying it was a matter of time before floridas Hospital System was overwhelmed with covid19 patients. There was an article in the miami herald that said this week in april, florida could see 465,000 people hospitalized. , slightly more than 2000. Those predictions have been false. Our work is succee...

And the dramatic increase in those applying for jobless benefits. We want to hear from you. If you are a medical professional, we want to hear from you. Tweet andso send us a we are on facebook at facebook. Com spaceman. Facebook. Com cspan. We begin with the numbers tonight courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Now, more than one million cases worldwide and nearly 52,000 deaths. Rapidly. S. , we are approaching a quarter of a million americans infected with this disease as we outpace every coun...

Watched cspans washington journal. Live at 7 00 eastern this morning. Join the discussion. Good evening. The world past a grim milestone today with more than one million confirmed cases of coronavirus across the globe. It is thursday, april 2 and this is a prime time edition of the washington journal. One person and every 1000 americans are infected. We speak to the author of the deadliest enemy. And the dramatic increase in those applying for jobless benefits. We want to hear from you. If you a...

With james hodge who is director of the center for Public Health law and policy at Arizona State university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Is next host good morning. This is washington journal for tuesday, march 17, 2020. There is very little celebrating planned due to the shutdown of bars and restaurants nationwide because of the coronavirus and further restrictions and limited by the federal government, the white house, State Governments and localities. We would love to hear what you ar...

People staying in their homes, no restaurants, no bars, no congregation. The United States has been very slow to that. Particularly, the federal government has not been urging it. Just two days ago for the first time, the cdc recommended that there should be no gatherings of 50 people or more, which is way too many. The president yesterday said that we should try to avoid gatherings of 10 people or more. That is probably too many also. But this indicates to me that we are in whole new territory....

Saw a briefing yesterday by the White House Task force and a number of news outlets have reported a ramping up, this turn from the president. What did you hear in terms of extra measures that came out of the briefing that caught your ear . Host many countries have been aggressively getting guest many countries have been aggressively doing social distancing. The u. S. Has been very slow to that. Particularly the federal government has not been urging it. Just two days ago for the first time cdc r...

Lets head straight to blake urman at the white house. The president declaring a National Emergency over the coronavirus. I love that of a loved the economic message that the president spoke about afterwards as what might come next in terms of help with the economy. First off the National Emergency declaration this flexibility for the hospitals and hhs health and Human Services which as you knows at the forefront of trying to tackle the corona virus but this would allow for increased beds in hosp...

Vice president pence we just completed another meeting of the White House Coronavirus task force. It has been a very busy and productive day here at the white house. President trump has no hire priority than the safety and health of the American People. And president has directed our task force employing a full resource of the federal government in full partnership with state and local Health Authorities to make that priority a reality. As i stand before you today, we have more than 100 coronavi...