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Right. The number of cases growing by the day. The march of the coronavirus across this country is undeniable. As you mentioned, at least 13 states have now issued stayathome orders following in the footsteps of california and new york. That means a quarter of the u. S. Population is being asked to stay home. By midweek, when all these measures have kicked in, it means that four in ten people in america will be staying home. Its shocking to have to say this. Even just a few days ago i thought we...

Getting some new information that bankers may think that that is a little bit too much of an acceleration of the schedule. Earlier today, the president saying that he think he could get it done. Listen here. I think its actually possible now. People are going to have to practice all of the social di shake hands and wash her hands and all of the things that we are doing now. But we have to get our country back to work. He is saying that when people eventually do go back to work at wheat right now...

18. Meanwhile new york now the hardesthit state, pleading for help. Governor andrew cuomo blasting the administrations response, saying the state needs 30,000 ventilators, far more than the government is offering. As the number of american cases grows, the World Health Organization is now warning that the United States could be the next epicenter of the pandemic. But President Trump is increasingly anxious about the economic toll of the unprecedented nationwide shutdown and now talking about hav...

States of america. We havent seen this anywhere else. New rochelle at this point is probably the largest cluster in the United States of these cases. Todd 108 cases in west chester county. The National Guard there is going to clean public spaces. Even deliver food to homes under quarantine. In Washington State, the governor there expected today to restrict gatherings of more than 250 people in three counties, including king county where at least 19 people connected to a nursing home have died. T...

In the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Were following breaking news. Were standing by for a White House Briefing on the coronavirus pandemic. Well have live coverage. Just a little while ago President Trump invoked the defense production act, for the first time requiring General Motors to produce ventilators to deal with the increasing number of hospitalizations. The u. S. Leads the world in the number of cases, close to 100,000 and more than 1,500 deat...

Hello, everyone, and welcome to americas news headquarters, im eric shawn. Arthel and im arthel neville. The president , by the way, is scheduled to take the podium with at 4 30 p. M. Eastern time. Well bring it to you live as this growing number of state issuing states issuing stay at home orders. The number of cases tops 30,000, the death toll growing to at least 380. We have Fox Team Coverage now. Molly henneberg is in washington, alec hogan is live in new york city, and we begin with steve h...

Issues to iron out. Some republican lawmakers warning the bill has a serious error to encourage employers to actually lay people off. We cannot encourage people to make more money in unemployment than they do in employment. All unemployment 24. 70 an hour in South Carolina. There are a lot of jobs in South Carolina did that do not pay 24. 07. This bill pays you more not to work then if you were working. Dana so those senators say they are working on an amendment to fix that issue. Bernie sanders...

Production act, that is a law that was enacted in 1950 during the korean war. It gives the president the authority to mandate that private industry produce and manufacture certain things for the national defense. The president and the white house lurched to the invoication of this. As weve heard, he hasnt triggered it yet. My guess is that when they announced that they were going to be invoking, the president probably heard from his friends in private industry to say please hold off on this. And...

Crucial equipment, and three more states, new york, illinois, connecticut join california ordering people to stay home. Now 75 Million People across the country are on lockdown. Stay where you are. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. Has surged to more than 18,000 and 258 people have died. In a new stunning report from the Washington Post says the president and other lawmakers were warned by u. S. Intelligence about a possible outbreak as early as january but took no action, e...

Guidelines the white house issued last week were meant to slow the spread of coronavirus. But they also shuttered businesses and put Many Americans out of work. With an eye on the economy, trump is now indicating he may ease them when they expire next week. For our country and very destabilizing for our country and we have to go back to work. Reporter but Public Health experts say that may be too soon. Doctors have warned that the nation could see a massive spike in coronavirus cases if american...