Well thanks for having me on. You know this is its not an opportune time to start to defund any efforts at Public Health i think that should be hopefully obvious to most people you know donald trump is no fan of Global Institution and i think he certainly would want to take steps to make sure that blame is placed didnt places other than where he is im not suggesting that the w. H. O. Did its job perfectly here i think the weather today b. H. O. The c. B. C. Or anybody else plenty of blame to go around but in the middle of a crisis to take the feet up the street that you need in the middle of a global epidemic doesnt make a lot of sense to me was the obama admin and what the Obama Administration is you know would have been prepared for this. Well look its hard its hard to prove a negative i think i think id say 2 things one is there was a. Structure in place that would have been able to respond more quickly and i think thats thats the 1st thing the 2nd thing is that. They would have pro
U. S. We will get the latest on the research and learn how the pandemic is affecting how you shop for groceries. Join in on the conversation our phone lines are open. Good monday evening, a lot to get to, but we will begin as we always do with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Northern 3 million confirmed cases around the world, 185 countries and regions. 210,000 deaths in the u. S. Deaths. Death toll athe about 55,000. Joining us from philadelphia is the director of the vaccine and Immunotherapy Center on the campus of the university of pennsylvania. Thank you for being with us. Guest my pleasure. Host let me begin with where you are at in terms of the research for vaccine. As i understand, you are among the most aggressive in finding a vaccine. Of a program,part coalition for epidemic preparedness and innovation. They have assembled a coalition of many different parties to ame together to develop vaccine countermeasure for covid19, and our particular focus of this gro
, 27, we welcome you to the primetime addition of cspans washington journal. A number of states beginning the process of gradually reopening. Congress set to return with the house and senate back in session one week from today on may 4. As new numbers indicate, about one third of the coronavirus cases in the world are in the u. S. Return with the house and senate back in session one week from today on may 4. As new numbers indicate, about one third of the coronavirus cases in the world are in the u. S. We will get the latest on the research and learn how the pandemic is affecting how you shop for groceries. Join in on the conversation our phone lines are open. Good monday evening, a lot to get to, but we will begin as we always do with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Northern 3 million confirmed cases around the world, 185 countries and regions. 210,000 deaths in the u. S. Deaths. Death toll athe about 55,000. Joining us from philadelphia is the director of the vaccin
Other thanks for joining us here with your global news update this is r. T. Starting with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic over 2200000 cases have now been registered will wide and 147000 lives have been lost the United States has the highest death toll followed by italy and spain and so far almost 560000 people have recovered from the virus globally. Russia has seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases with 4000. 00 defections register over the past 24 hours and brings the total in the country 232273 faith tallaght the president has postponed the annual victory parade on red square due to take place on may 9th this years event would have marked 75 years since the defeat of nazi germany and speaking late on thursday night in a pigeon said the pandemic has made preparations simply impossible. Were now facing a tough choice the 9th of may is a special day for us but the life of every Single Person is priceless to hold the parade on the 9th of may we need to start rehearsals now
Restrictions in areas where there is a load transmission of the virus while holding the line on hard hit areas at least thats the way its being conceptualized the white house calls it a guideline to be used by governors as they make the decisions about when and how to open the communities in their states governors call the shots thats a direct quote those words came out of the president s mouth as he shared his 3 phase plan to deal with corona virus while trying to restart what has turned into just a dismal economy phase one it will go into effect in communities that have shown improvement for 2 consecutive weeks it will allow people to gather in groups of 10 allow some businesses to reopen and will allow limited but more travel none the less limited but more trouble than we have now face to social distancing. Continues under this phase with gatherings of no more than 50 people 1050 right more businesses are going to be added to the list and travel can resume thats face d to face 3 inv