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Hi, everyone, im Trace Gallagher live in los angeles with Global Development that are shaping and reshaping the way that we work and socialize. The numbers keep climbing and so does the fear. As of this hour, there are more than 181,000 cases of coronavirus worldwide. 4400 of them right here in this country. I say as of this hour because the figures seem to escalate minutebyminute. The global battle to contain the coronavirus has reached a new level of urgency as a governments lockdown borders. ...

The virus to other facilities. As the white house pushes congress to pass a trillion dollar stimulus plan to help contain the economic fallout. Sandra President Trump is teasing a big announcement from the fda this morning. We may learn more about that i Coronavirus Briefing thats happening two hours from now. We will have that for you live. Meanwhile, here is the yesterday. President trump i can announce further steps to expand capacity. We are working with several groups to determine if a self...

Over 600 people have died. The World Health Organizations warning that america could become the epicenter of the outbreak. And trying to find a balance between Public Safety and protecting the economy and jobs. Its not built to shut down. People are full of vim and vigor and energy, they dont want to be locked into a house or an apartment or some space, thats not for our country. You can destroy a country this way by closing it down where it literally goes from being the most prosperous. We have...

And 50 500 dead. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell calling out democrats for prioritizing their wish list instead of backing a clean stimulus bill. Here is just some of the backandforth. Its time for democrats to stop playing politics and step uup to the plate. The entire economy continues to crumble. Here are some of the items on the democratic wish list over which they choose to block this legislation. Tax credits for solar energy and wind energy, provisions to force employers to give spe...

The group that needs to new york struggles under the weight of the most coronavirus absolutely social distance and cases in the country, the numbers of cases nationwide and self isolate at this time. The alarming global spread have today new yorks governor led to the postponement today of andrew cuomo at a press the summer olympics. Conference of a convention japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe saying in a statement this center turned field them to morning, quote, in order to ensure that athletes...

Topping 14,000. We have Fox Team Coverage tracking all angles of this worsening epidemic. We want to begin with steve harrigan. Steve . Jon, the u. S. Numbers have been rising all day. Right now they are over 31,000 confirmed cases of the virus in the u. S. The death toll in the u. S. Has now topped 400. Weve seen a number of state governors order all nonessential workers to remain at home. This morning there were five states on that list. Now its up to eight, with ohio and louisiana joining the...

Illness, well be watching them very, very closely. And we can do that and have an open economy, have an open country, and we have to do that because that causes other problems. And maybe it causes much bigger problems than the problem were talking about now. You understand. Jeff, please. Mr. President , following up on that same topic, and on your tweet, do you think that the cure so far has been worse than the problem . I think the cure has been very tough. This has been very tough. This was an...

Rob we are watching fox and friends first thursday morning. Carley thank you for starting the day with us. Rob a historic vote on the senate floor. Gays 96, nees 0, the bill is passed. Hours ago the Senate Unanimously passing a 2 trillion covid19 relief bill that could put cash in americas hands, Griff Jenkins live in washington with the reaction. A rough road of brutal negotiations but the senate got their largest relief package in history, both sides tailing is a critical lifeline for an econo...

It is very important because we want to get our economy back. It passes, we can be pretty quickly up to where we were and it gives us a stepping stone, i think we are going to ultimately top where we were but the longer it takes some of the longer we stay out, the harder that is. Bill more with my oneonone interview with the president later this hour 25 minutes away on that. Capitol hill at this minute, Top Democrats arguing they can strike a deal with the white house today on a massive stimulus...

Development, the fda authorizing a test that can detect the presence of the virus in 45 minutes. That test expected to be available as early as next week. Medical workers across the country are warning theyre running low on very critical supplies. But the white house, once again, promising that private companies are stepping up to assist with that. Also here in washington, the Vice President , mike pence and his wife, are getting tested for the virus after one of his aides in the white house bec...