Continue paying their workers they continue paying their workers as we want we want them to keep their workers and pay their workers this will help businesses keep workers in the payroll little our economy to quickly seller and as soon as we defeat the virus 300000000000. 00 in direct Cash Payments will be available for every american citizen earning less than 99000. 00 per year that would be 3400. 00 very quickly for the typical family of 4 nothing like thats ever been done in our country up to 250000000000. 00 in expanded Unemployment Benefits the average worker who has lost his or her job will receive 100 percent of this salary for up to 4 full months unlike normal Unemployment Benefits independent contractors and the selfemployed will be eligible so you have independent contractors. And self employed people will be eligible for this over 100000000000. 00 to support the heroic work of our doctors nurses and hospitals have been incredible 45000000000. 00 for Disaster Relief fund so we are setting up a fund to 45000000000. 00 for Disaster Relief thats more than doubling the amount available to support my National Emergency and disaster declarations its a doubling up 27000000000. 00 to build up the Strategic National stockpile with critical supplies including masks respirators pharmaceuticals and everything you can imagine because it was very depleted like our military was depleted now we have a brand new military Nevada Military like this we have. A clip indeed theyre coming or its already come for the most part its already come but we have a lot of things that will soon be coming planes missiles rockets lots of the things but the stockpile was very depleted like Everything Else this will also include significant funding for the development of vaccines on top of the 8000000000. 00 we approved several weeks ago over 500000000000. 00 in support for the hardest hit industries with a ban on corporate stock buybacks which is something i insisted on and frankly at a the republicans. Wanted that and the democrats one of that we want to use the money for the companies and the planes or whatever they may be helping to get over this rough patch and i dont think its going to end up being such a rough patch i think its going to when we open specially we can open the sooner the better its going to open up like a rocket ship i think its going to go very good or very quickly. And youre going to have some tough new limits on executive compensation once and they need the money. Theyre going to have to sort of just make things work because were interested in the workers the jobs and were just in the companies because thats really what what feels the workers in those great we also 16000000000 dollars in funding for the purchase of personal. Protective equipment you know about that such as masks and respirators through the Strategic National stockpile i encourage the house to pass this vital legislation and send the bill to my desk for signature without delay i will sign it immediately we will have a signing and it will be a great signing and a great day for the American Worker and for American Families and frankly for American Companies some of which were having the best years theyve ever had his last few years and then the little bit less than a month ago. They went into a position that they havent seen because of the hidden enemy the virus earlier today i spoke to the leaders of many of americas amazing nonprofit organizations i thank them for their unwavering and unwavering devotion to american. People American Families to our nation. And they have been fantastic theyve been collecting supplies distributing food supporting Health Care Workers caring for vulnerable workers and families i encourage them to continue to do it but i wanted the nonprofits have been fantastic they have been great theyre great people actually i know a lot of them finally i want to provide a brief update on the critical supplies through fema the federal government has delivered or is in the process of shipping 9400000 and 95 respirators think of that 9400000 to 20000000 surgical masks and we have others that we think are going to be delivered pretty quickly the whole world you know its not just us its not just the states the whole world is trying to get these things will come in competition with many many countries i believe today you broke 150 mark for the virus we have 150 countries over 150 countries where you have this virus and nobody would ever believe a thing like thats possible nobody could have ever seen Something Like this coming but now we know we know it can happen and happen again and if it does somebodys going to be very well prepared because of what weve learned and how weve done its been incredible weve remember this more tests than anybody by far. And. The news the reporters the media it was like to bring south korea they called me and they told me its amazing your testing procedures are amazing plus we have a test thats a very high level test and its a test thats very accurate 3100000 facials 2600000 surgical ganz 14600000 lives and almost 6000 ventilators which go to the areas of greatest needs we sent over the last day 4000 ventilators to new york. And i spoke with the governor about that he was happy i spoke with the mare also about that murder blasio whos very happy its hard not to be happy with the job were doing and i can tell you throughout this National Emergency everyday heroes continue to step forward and demonstrate the extraordinary character of our nation including the people behind me by the way. These people are amazing they are amazing people and they become i dont know maybe i should just think for myself but to me theyve become friends maybe theyre likely it may be that all maybe they do i dont know all i can tell you is if theyre talented people they work very hard in maryland a 7 year old boy used his own birthday money to buy meals for dozens of Senior Citizens in nevada a College Student recruited 90 of her friends to help deliver groceries and supplies to the most vulnerable this is happening all over the country thousands and thousands of instances i could stand up here all day and tell you about other things in minnesota hundreds of medical students have volunteered to provide child care for hospital workers helping to keep our doctors and nurses on the front lines fighting to save lives these inspiring americans remind us that we all have a role to play in winning the a scrape National Battle and its really a worldwide battle were dealing with other nations all the time the people here are i am a little bit they take calls from a lot of people theyre in trouble a lot of countries are in big trouble so now we will hear from our great secretary of the treasury hes been working rather hard i will tell you stephen its in his. Fantastic guy he loves our country and hes been dealing with both sides republican and democrats he sort of lived over in that beautiful building its a very beautiful building to me one of the most beautiful buildings actually in the world that hes got to know it steve very well so if we could have a little updates they would be from stickers to how were doing and what its looking like thank you. Thank you very much mr president youve been listening that president. Up to date for the coronavirus pandemic effort that is been going on the United States he said that the more aggressively we commit to social distancing the more lives we save the sooner people back to work school and back to all but he also talked about large sections of the country being able to get back to work sooner than others and is going to mike hanna whos in washington so this kind of a deal message here he did he distressed social distancing but hes still very keen on getting people back to work and this being over isnt me. Yes he is indeed making very clear there that he wants this all to be over soon as possible he wants to open up the country as soon as possible parts of the country perhaps the motivation for him is to stimulate the economy he believes at the moment that the cure cannot be worse than the result he sees through economic eyes perhaps that this is indeed the case of the country remains and the shut down in many parts this despite the advice of his medical advises weve made very clear that no timeline can be established at this particular point the key to establishing such a timeline is widespread testing testing in areas where the virus is not prevalent at this particular stage so all of these arguments going on and meanwhile another argument going on is one going on in the senate late last night it appears the white house and the senate come to a complete agreement on the stimulus package of 2 trillion dollars stimulus package but still its being held up in the course of the day a group of republicans arguing against the fact that the unemployment amounts provide small then possible employment would so the bull once again held up the President Trump the spent a large part of that News Conference extolling the virtues of this particular bill once again not mentioning that that was once again stalled within the senate he only made reference to the fact that it must be passed in the house well that only happens after it gets passed in the senate so here weve got a situation where 2 trillion dollars being held up over within argument within the senate the president extolling the virtues of this bill drawn up by his administration as he puts it but at the same stage no sign at this particular point of the bill making passage through the senate and mike a mention during the News Conference he said were now doing more testing than anyone its really good is that something that thats actually true because in the past the United States has been criticized for the for the lack of testing. Well very much so the rollout of testing was abysmal the slow fall behind most of the countries in the world and its only within the last 14 days perhaps that tests kids are going out there but theres still an immense shortage of test kits now the difficulty of seeing whether what President Trump is correct or not is that no direct testing figures are being provided the central the centers for Disease Control no longer publishing any record of how many tests are being done this is all now being done on a state level not a federal one it is not centralized in any form so the corelation of the amount of tests being done very difficult to know obviously in a country of more than 330000000 people once the testing protocols get underway then yes there will be more tests done because of the vast size of the population however there is no record to be able to fact checked what President Trump was saying there mike hanna thank you very much indeed we want you yorks governor says dealing with the pandemic as for an expensive and hes appealing for a bigger share of the proposed stimulus package response to this virus has probably already cost us 1000000000. 00 it will probably cost us several 1000000000. 00 when were done new york city only gets 1300000000. 00 from this package that is a drop in the bucket as to need i spoke to our house delegation congressional delegation this morning i said to them just doesnt do it. And speaking of arizona whos in new york. The President Trump said admitted that it was bad in new york but how bad is it really. Well new york has certainly become the epicenter but not only the epicenter of the pandemic in the United States not only the epicenter in the western hemisphere but now given some new numbers that are coming in you could say new york is one of the world epicenters of this numbers dont lie lets go see some of the numbers here in a 24 hour period the number of confirmed coronavirus cases is just in new york jumped by about 5000 people bringing the total just in new york to 30811 thats more than half of the total number in the United States that total number is just a little over 55000 now back here in new york the governor is saying theres a whole host of problems are trying to deal with but one is of the respirators ventilators that are needed for hospitals the governor says 30000 of these are needed urgently for people that are going to be coming into the hospital by the thousands that are going to be needing these devices to breathe to stay alive right now new york only has about 10000 ventilators about 40000 short the governor saying this is the most critical thing we are facing right now whole host of problems in new york just to give you an idea of how bad it is here. They need 140000 hospital beds they only have 50000 and these are all numbers here but these are real people that are going to be sick according to the trend lines and they are going to be coming into the hospital in huge numbers as they already are right now but even more so in the next 2 weeks according to the trend lines that are seen here so the governors talking about opening up. Hotels that are empty to be possible hospital beds also opening up College Dorm Rooms to be take over as hospital beds and even already opening this week or starting to open a Convention Center in new york to take in some of the people that are sick and going to be sick in the coming days and weeks here in new york gave his own death and you very much indeed. My. Doctors in spain say theyre struggling to cope with the rising number of Coronavirus Infections many are overworked and under protected with a country facing a severe shortage of medical supplies food friend reports now in a situation across europe. Its a very a chore hospital in madrid coronavirus patients now occupy almost every available space. There are beds for 80 patients at this unit as many as 280 people at a time of being treated here and that means chairs trolleys and even floors will have to do is putting unsustainable pressure on spains medical staff 14 percent of whom have themselves become infected. You are afraid for yourself and you are afraid of bringing the virus home because of your family to hear the most the most we are emotionally overwhelmed because we are spending more time at work and working doubly hard because the patients are scattered throughout the hospital. Spain has now joined its early and surpassing chinas death toll from corona virus and the upward curve of the infection shows no sign of slowing even low sensitivity toward the italian Prime Minister is hopeful that stringent restrictions are helping to flatten the upward trajectory of the death toll but in the face of stubborn pockets of noncompliance anyone called leaving their home without good reason now faces an increased financial penalty as much as 3200 dollars. Care homes for the elderly have become the latest battlefront in the war with the virus all of spains 5500 homes are in quarantine some residents are left to die in their own beds in france at a single care home near vote 21. 00 elderly residents became fatalities but he too would it be. Something people at 1st we thought it was just a simple flu in looked like everything with the thing before but after just 3 days of confinement we realized it wasnt at all the same as usual phina usually in 3 days we can fine and the number of cases decreases reputably that was not the case here it was the opposite after a week it was still rising. According to an internal e. U. Document seen by the reuters. News Agency Member states are struggling with limited stockpiles of medical and protective equipment and limited capacity to scale up or production the document warns the traditional supply chains can only provide 10 percent of whats needed the European Union leaders meet in a video summit on thursday to consider that issue and more than one proposal for a special e. U. Crisis center to be established paul brennan aljazeera the u. K. Is working to increase its capacity for corona virus patients ahead of the countrys expected peak in 2 to 3 weeks time we have mentors call for a quarter of a 1000000 volunteers to help the National Health service manage during the outbreak and a major Convention Center the capital has been transformed into a temporary hospital turner hole has more from central london. With enormous gaps having been identified in the ability of the National HealthService Across the United Kingdom to cope with a crisis on the scale after a decade of austerity there is under way now a massive effort to upscale capacity within the n. H. S. Part of it is happening over there the xcel london its a huge conference an event facility in which military planners and engineers a currently at work preparing an Emergency Hospital 500. 00 beds available next week scaling up to 4000 in the weeks ahead and there are plans for similar sites elsewhere in the country apart from that theres been a call out for 250000 volunteers to help behind the scenes of the n. H. S. Do its work we believe 170000 or more people have answered that call and thousands of retired n. H. S. Staff are being brought out of retirement reregistered and ready to go back to the front lines if required now in that context some very good news emerged out of a parliamentary hearing during the course of the day an eminent scientist an expert on coronavirus and Neil Ferguson told m. P. s that he believes that the combination of this upscaling effort and new rigid stay at home and social distancing ru