Good morning. This hearing will come to order. , want to thank eyewitnesses first of all for your service to this nation. On behalf of the committee, if you can thank the men and women who worked with you and apron pretty tremendous effort, trying to deal with an overwhelming situation, as a nation, we need to be grateful for your effort. Had thebly have not days off. I really do appreciate that. Toant to ask for consent have my statement entered into the record. Just a couple of facts. Just to lay out how extraordinary and overwhelming this effort has been. Not thatanuary 21, long ago, we had the first case reported of covid and eight days later on january 29, the administration established the task force. At that time, we only had five cases and zero deaths. Two days later, President Trump announced travel restrictions in china. That was not a popular decision, but it probably saved many lives and but as time to flatten what bought us time. Fema began assisting hhs. 12 cases and zero
This is the federal that passes 24 trillion federal debt passes 24 trillion. Can find us on twitter and facebook. For being with us. We want to begin with the numbers from johns hot and university, which has been covid19sck of january. More than will and. The death five countries has surpassed 203,000. That this morning from Johns Hopkins university. The comments this past week from the Senate Republican leader on the states declaring bankruptcy, getting a lot of attention across the country. Here is what he told the radio talkshow last week. [video clip] i would be in favor of allowing states to use the bankruptcy route. Theres no good reason for it to not be available. Is that it would be for federal government to send it down to future generations. Host that from the Senate Republican leader, Mitch Mcconnell. Lets get right to your phone calls. Marvin is joining us from philadelphia. Good morning. I thinknk it caller they should get the states money. At this point right now they are
Understand that what the u. S. Supports the who to do is nothing that can be easily substituted to other organizations. The who is not like a nonprofit International Rescue committee that is implementing programs. They are providing Technical Advice to health around the world, setting strategy and in partnership with those. In the developing world. Role ins an integral advising for help crises like this one. They will not turn to an ngo for that. When the World Health Organization is not getting the money it needs from the United States government, it will have an effect on every developing country in the world that will be dealing with a weaker who office and will be less equipped to fight the outbreak. Host the criticism is the who was slow to react to this pandemic and even slower to hold china accountable. Are those fair charges . Guest they are not. Let me tell you why. The whos behavior in a situation like this is governed by an illegal document. That is an agreement between all
But theyre also finding empty shelves. It is clear the coronavirus has caught everyones attention and is prompting changes. Local businesses and schools are making difficult decisions in the midst of this emergency. We have a lot to get to. Lets begin with that new case in Santa Clara County. How did the patient contract the coronavirus . Much like that case in Solano County, right now no one knows. She didnt travel overseas, and shes not aware of having any contact with any infected person. Nbc bay areas ian cull is live at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View where theyve confirmed they treated a coronavirus patient there. Ian . Reporter thats right, janelle. The hospital and Health Department are not sharing many specifics. We do know in this most recent case it is an older woman who has Chronic Health conditions and was hospitalized for trouble breathing. She had difficulty breathing. Officials say they are changing the way that they respond to the coronavirus, and Everyone Needs to
Potential changes to the u. S. Political system which he writes about in his book. [video clip] for this for ready anything whether it is going to be a breakout of larger proportions or whether or not we are at that very low level and we want to keep it that way. Yesterdayident trump flanked by white house officials reassuring americans about the response to the coronavirus. We want to get your thoughts on that. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Ndependents, 2027488002 text us with your first name, city, and state at 2027488001 or you can go to twitter at cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. Before we get to your calls, lets begin with more of that News Conference from yesterday. The president rom talking about the state of the coronavirus. [video clip] earlyhave through decisions, closed our borders to flights coming in from certain byas, areas that were hit the coronavirus and hit hard. We did it early. A lot of people thought we should not do it early and it turned out to