Doesnt mean anything to me because they dont tell the truth. But cdc reported, january 31st, not one person has died. And i issued a travel restriction from china. Think of it. So nobody died. And i issued. You cant get earlier than that. So we have nobody died, and i said china, you cant come in im sorry, because i saw what was going on. Wasnt so much what i was told. It was that i saw what was going on and i didnt like it. But i didnt speak to tony about it. I didnt speak to very many people about it. I didnt like it. So what did i do . Ready . January 31st, in the United States, not one person had died because of the, again, the wuhan virus. So i issued travel restrictions on that date even though nobody died and i got brutalized over it by the press, because i was way too early. I shouldnt have done it. Brutalized by the press. But you know, ive been brutalized for the last four years. I used to do well before i decided to run for politics. But, i guess im doing okay, to the best o
Hello and welcome to a covid 19 special. South dakotas have a lot of questions about the coronavirus. They also have questions about the decisions being made in an effort to slow down the spread. Joining me to help answer some of those questions live, we have governor kristi noem, secretary with the south Dakota Department of health, kim malsamrysdon, and the commissioner of the Governors Office of Economic Development, steve westra. Welcome to all of you. Thank you. We are going to continue to take questions tonight. You can send those via text or email. Our phone number to send a text is 9567372. We are going to get started. We have been receiving questions for the last day and a half. All of those that we will be asking tonight have come from south dakotas except this first one. Governor, i will start with you. You shared some encouraging news with south dakota during your first conference. You spoke to the number of projected hospital beds that we thought would be needed when south
Surgeon general is issuing this stark warning when it comes to the pandemic. Everyone needs to act as if they have the virus right now. Test or no test, we need you to understand you could be spreading it or getting it from someone else. Stay at home. General powell spoke sternly with the today show saying the public is not taking it seriously and again, if you are not infected Everyone Needs to act like they have coronavirus to stop its spread. New at 111, students return to belongings left behind in classroo classrooms, picking up books and computers as Online Learning should start as soon as tomorrow for students. One dad says its hard for the graduating class. So no graduation. How do they feel about that . They dont like that. They miss their friends, they know its the last year together. A lot of emotion as well. Most parents are saying they are hopefully getting classes it start as soon as possible and kids will be ready because theyre restless at home. In bay area more than 790
Governors orders. Kind of frustrating to see because i dont think people are taking it very seriously. And defying those orders. What our cameras spotted in San Francisco today. And a new warning from San Franciscos mayor. And are you out of work and in need of a life line . We are here to help. Our consumer reporter is answering unemployment questions. Scale, scope, and speed. This is what were all dealing with. Another staggering night of new developments. Thanks for being with us. Im raj mathai in the studio. And im janelle wang in the newsroom. The governor projects more than half of all californians could get infected in an eightweek period. That would lead to a major shortage of hospital beds. So the state is acting swiftly, and that includes taking over a local hospital. Janelle, thats not all. Nbc bay areas Sergio Quintana joins us now in daly city with all the late details. Sergio. Reporter lots of big announcements from the governor tonight including that statewide stay at ho
Scue e ecnow om the coronavirus. The deal comes as President Trump is looking to get americans in many parts of the country out of the house and back to work. Reporter the senate expected to approve a more than 2 trillion stimulus package today. This is not even a stimulus package. It is emergency relief. Reporter the bill includes a onetime cash payment of up to 1200 for most working americans, 3000 for the average family. It also expands Unemployment Insurance from 26 weeks to 39 weeks for most people and boosted benefits by 600 a week through july. These benefits will be much easier to access and will be expanded to include parttime, selfemployed, freelancers and get economy workers. Reporter the plan contains nearly 400 billion in loans and grants to Small Businesses to keep workers on the payroll,i loans for Major Industries like the airlines. The Aviation Industry is flat on its back. Some 90 of the passenger load has disappeared. Reporter it also provides more than 130 billion f