Thank you for coming, i am joined by the woman to my right the commissioner of, judy and to her right department of Health Medical director doctor ed. Good to have you with us. Into my left superintendent col. Pat callahan. Director of the Department Office of homeland security, we will get right to the numbers and we have a lot of ground to cover. So you could please bear with us. Since our briefing yesterday, we have had 1982 new positive tests bringing our statewide total to 8825. In addition, we have lost another 27 precious souls of our fellow new jersey population to covid19 related complications. We have now lost a total of 108 precious lives. We mourn with these families and indeed with our entire state every precious life that has been lost. God rest their souls and as usual, judy will be giving you more color and the details of these both positive cases as well as General Information about the lives that we have lost. My thoughts indeed our thoughts are also with the women an
As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning, it is monday , april 6, 2020. The u. S. President warned americans to prepare for a pivotal week, with the Surgeon General drawing comparisons to the 1941 pearl harbor attack in the 9 11 terror attacks to describe the dark days likely ahead. This morning we are doing what we always do, opening up our phone lines and letting you talk about it. If you are in the eastern or central time zones, text messagesand this morning, if you would like to join us that way, the number is 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. You can get us on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good monday morning, the front page of usa today with a picture of Surgeon General jerome adams on meet the press yesterday when he was asked about of the advice he has given to governors who have not issued stayathome orders. Say. Is
Scrambling to get some u. S. Citizens home. Don dahler joins frus an empty Newark International airport to tell bus those efforts. Don. Reporter empty, indeed, norah. Its safe to say that pretty much every major city in the world has american tourists trying to figure out how to get home before it becomes impossible to do so. And what they seem to be getting for the u. S. State department is either very Little Information or very expensive flight options. Some of the thousands of americans stranded in morocco are on their way home today. We spoke to two of them, floridians, Lauren Davenport and daniel fernandez, before they left. There wasnt any warning. For us, there were 48 hours. In other countries we heard thrurp only 24 hours. It was a shock that this could go into place so quickly. Reporter last night, the u. S. Embassy in morocco sent word that anyone wanting to leave could get a seat on a charter flight connecting through london for 1,485. In some cases, thats twice what their
Years. For 102 years. We have completely, lawenforcement, changed the way we do business on a daily basis. We have civilian personnel working from home. We conducted daily briefings and roll calls either outside, distance six feet apart or more, or conduct them ella john ackley. Electronically. We are taking more Police Reports over the phone or directing people to Online Police reporting, stopped all of our classroom training. We are really changing the way we do business. Reassigning people from specialty positions back to patrol to fill in for those positions being vacated because officers are sick. Host what is the International Association of chiefs of police and what are you telling departments around the country on how to keep officers safe themselves during this crisis . Guest the iacp is the largest and oldest Law Enforcement Leadership Organization in the world. 1893 informed in chicago. We have over 31,000 numbers in 150 five countries, and we are not just chiefs of police.
Healths on the States Harris ofthen drew Thomas Jefferson university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Sweep for joe biden in tuesdays primaries in florida, illinois, and arizona. It raises the question of when Bernie Sanders might withdraw. Washington journal this is this is washington journal for march 18. We will talk about that and the latest in the coronavirus responds with a near trillion dollar package likely. For those in the eastern and central time zones, the line is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific region, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, really appreciate on yourfrom you experience. That line, 2027488002. Tell us where you are texting from in your name and the line is 2027488003. At c on twitter it is cspanwj. And on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. The president this morning saying for the people who are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, the shutting down of hotels, bars, and restaurants, money will be com