Weeks with these alarming words much attention was given today to the White House Task force briefing fronsac has all the details on this shes been following the story so apparent tell us more about what the white house is message actually was so when all of the actual Coronavirus Task force its actually still going on right now and there were a couple of key points that President Donald Trump made but his big particular focus was on advances in a vaccine mascon medical supply shortages and Health Care Workers in particular calling them the true heroes on the front lines take a listen. And theyre going in there and theyre putting the outfits on of if putting their masks on and theyre its incredible its no its chilly its like no different than you watch the war movies you watch the old clips of war running uphill so its to me its the same thing. Men and women young and old but a lot of young people just going in there then at thinking about oh gee this is dangerous im not saying hello i dont want to go in there warriors theyre running through those doors its the most incredible thing that. Now the death toll stands at within the us with more than 10000. 00 people dead and President Donald Trump says the u. S. Quote a tremendous amount of hydroxy chloroquine adding there are strong signs that it can treat the virus but it has yet to be confirmed now on the Business Front trump talked about the major u. S. Companies stepping up to help in the aid of medical supply shortages in particular 3 making and delivering masks apple manufacturing plastic face shields and sales force distributing gallons to Health Care Workers across the country now trump also added that at this moment the u. S. Has done the most testing for the virus out of any country conducting nearly 1800000 tests worldwide sees me nationwide notrump than reiterated that these are going to be difficult weeks ahead but it could also mean that the u. S. Could be turning a corner in the fight against covert 19 after the Surgeon General called these next 2 weeks ahead another 911 or another pearl harbor manila. Trump also had a surprise phone call with former president Vice President rather joe biden whats up with that so you have an electron didnt really go into specifics on what was said in the phone call but he did say that him and the likely democratic president ial nominee did speak on the phone for about 15 minutes again didnt really go into any specifics of of the phone call but he did say it was a very good productive honest conversation and that he does look forward to speaking with him again soon manila fair project in the newsroom thank you. Ok more than 10000 coded 19 reported deaths here in the u. S. Nearly half of those numbers are from the state of new york now state officials there are on close watch as the Surgeon General warns this week will be a difficult one for all americans and new yorks apacs just days away are trying to be chavez has the latest today to Javits Center now americas largest hospital officially taking cruel new virus patients. Originally dedicated to 90. Patients the now 2500 bed facility is staffed with over a 1000 doctors nurses and other medical staff to help care for the drastic influx of infected patients Governor Andrew Cuomo reporting the total number of confirmed cases in new york now surpasses 130000 with over 4700 confirmed deaths nearly 3000 new cases in new york city alone overnight its very hard to see the number of deaths were having. Its frightening its disturbing that amount of loss the undeniable truth here is that this virus is a deadly enemy and we will lose and we are losing people who are vulnerable to the virus new york City Hospitals feeling the crush many overflowing facilities having to store bodies of virus victims in street trailers this as officials warn they may begin burying the citys code in 1000 dead in local parks but im not going to go into those kind of details im only going to say we will have the capacity need we need as i said over the weekend. A way we may well be dealing with temporary beurre else. So we can then deal with each family later but again im just not going to detail when we have something to say we will doctors and nurses around new york city sounding the alarm demanding additional protective measures and much needed personal protective equipment as they remain on the front lines we are demanding that we get all the hoarded supplies that exists a p. P. S. So that we can protect ourselves our families and our beloved patients and communities we cant do it if were dead every day when i go to work i feel like im going to slaughter my colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament im 28 years old we fear that we may not survive this pandemic and yet we show. Every day to this hospital to take care of our Community WellOfficials Say they have enough and 95 masks to last through the week the mayor says that the city still needs because hospitals are at risk of running out to be a tough week people have to be careful and conserve on the crisis standards working on. Meantime the governor is also calling on local governments to crack down on social distancing violators increasing violation fines from 500. 00 to a 1000. 00 and i want to be frankly more aggressive on the enforcement because all the anecdotal evidence is people are violating it a higher rate than before well the governors extending new yorks pause once again this time until at least april 29th the state posted its 1st drop in daily deaths suggesting that social distancing is working and flattening the curve reporting in new york Trinity Chavez r. T. All right it is morning now in asia and markets will soon react to the impending death ration of a state of emergency by japanese Prime Minister shinzo abbay expected any moment hard hit prefectures like tokyo and osaka and 4 others will be impacted by this declaration and see a government stimulus package of some one trillion u. S. Dollars to counter the pandemic which japanese citizens are feeling similar impacts to bear economy like here stateside so for more on asia and the markets will turn to steve innes and bangkok thailand hes an asia pacific Market Strategist steve thank you for being with us so it is morning where you are and we are expecting the japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abbate to declare a state of emergency across multiple prefectures in japan when this announcement comes how do you see this impacting markets in asia. You know theres an interesting dynamic valving around the whole covert 19 narrative that is that containment measures stricter containment measures are actually being viewed more favorable by the markets. Situation here is theyre using china as a blueprint basically china went to some what were called at that time extremely direct tony and measures but theyre proving to be effective theyre starting to see this play out in the rest of the world and this is why markets are reacting a little bit more favorably because the coronavirus case count curve is flattening because of the stay at home narrative now listen japans a different kettle of fish altogether the job cultures immensely different people are so used to going to the office and they stay at the offices all hours of the day but these stricter measures to have people stay home are going to be viewed affective not withstanding the mass of unprecedented stimulus thats going to be awaiting them when they emerge from that selfimposed. Now lets switch gears over to oil here how do you see this game of oil chicken shaking out between the russians and the saudis have is trying really going to be able to broker some sort of a deal between them. You know were all sitting here waiting you know obviously without a deal youre all prices are likely going to fall into the Single Digits so i dont think all producers can withstand even oil in the twentys so our expectations that something is going to happen will be effective enough to bring gold prices much higher obviously i dont think so i think were going to have to see the lights turn on in the Global Economy again to get all prices moving on the up side here but the objective is to stop prices from that death spiral into the Single Digits levels now what were seeing here is were seeing you know old contentions reemerge here of were looking at some verbal jabbing going on between saudi arabia and russia thats actually gotten personal and this is the problem this is why the markets remain quite negative and of course this morning we got probably a really good peek into the future of oil prices when jan skate revealed that there is a huge build in the Permian Basin oklahoma. Kansas filled to 5800000. 00 barrel barrels this week so this is. Negative for all on the surface and might. Get the guys thinking on a more positive tangent to get a deal done quicker but no President Trump says that hes going to try to work out a deal between the 2 but he is refusing to back off of any shale shale activity here stateside so what do you need to see coming from the Trump Administration in regards to shale. You know there has to be some sort of voluntary commitment on the shale industry i think because the legal ramifications the president doesnt have the immediate oversight over that industry however my view here is such a 11 or the other youre going to ultimately get a forced closure shut ins because the wells are just going to have to close because its not feasible to run an operation into especially when you are below 40. 00 a barrel or they make the voluntary cuts in a piece to trumpet minister a generation for larger bailouts this is my view here this is where i think the piece of the puzzle comes into play and lastly steve the lockdown in india is getting pretty fierce specifically for so many Migrant Workers there how much of a contraction will this be for that burgeoning Indian Economy or other brics nations for that matter. Its going to be enormous and were going to were going to be climbing out from a deep deep hole were still very worried about india just because the close proximity of a lot of People Living here and the thought here that we could be on the verge of a super spreader its always a concern and its just our Worst Nightmare a nature that that would happen fingers crossed that the Health Measures are going to work affectively this is what it really boils down to are sort of putting the economic concerns on the on the backburner right now and really addressing the Health Concerns that i think thats where the bulk of the focus is going to be right now optimistically they can contain and then with the amount of stimulus is getting thrown at the other side of the curve hopefully the economys can lift not to any normal level as we knew them because hopefully they can lift to some level are right hopefully we can all balanced. Back from the steve steve it is over in bangkok thailand asia pacific Market Strategist thank you so much for your expertise. Thanks for having me. And iran is vowing to never seek help from the u. S. In its fight against the corona Virus OutbreakForeign Ministry spokesman rejected the possibility and accuse the us of trying to use the Current Situation to force iran into negotiations now in the middle east iran is the worst hit by the virus and is an urgent need of medical equipment the country currently has about 60000 confirmed cases about 3000 reported deaths. And over to the philippines where a man was shot dead at a cologne a virus checkpoint that man who was reportedly intoxicated at the time was confronted by a village official for not wearing a mask the man then threatened Law Enforcement using a site police shot him dead at the scene this is the 1st incident of Police Shooting a civilian after president. Warned that troublemakers and those defying orders be shot dead. And white house officials are describing this weeks covert 19 as a pearl harbor moment but not really a fair comparison were going to discuss and then later at the sports h. Q. Regina hamm brings us some memories from the world of Major League Soccer as we wait for the season to resume hopefully well hear about. I dont trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with our immune disorders so my suggestion to people who have Health Issues they cant figure out if theyre going to see a medical professional and theyve been going for 10 years and theyre still in the same place they should probably take it upon themselves to Start Testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own. What is the difference between embarrassing and elder abuse joe biden certainly excels at the former and maybe is the victim of the law we are told mention of Mental Health is off limits to what degree is the public the right to. Trumpet ministration and its officials have begun likening the coronavirus to pearl harbor theyve also measured the number of deaths against those of 911 eliciting anger from many who actually survived those events meanwhile the Mainstream Media not thinking twice to run with those comparisons because guess what can save them and gets clicks joining us to discuss all of this a veteran journalist who has been on the scene of disasters like Hurricane Katrina rick sanchez host of the news with rick sanchez so rick you have been a journalist for a long time youve covered a myriad of topics and issues what do you make of the trumpet ministration. Likening coronavirus to these manmade intentional attacks on our country such as 911 or the sneak attack on pearl harbor are those fair comparisons or an attempt to politicize the sentiment behind the spiralis. Theres no question that theres always going to be some politicization of Something Like this as well as over you know terry terminology its hard to fathom that just 2 and a half short months ago this white house was calling the coronavirus fake news hoax and now theyre referring to it almost as if it were world war 3. Thats quite a leap to go from one place to another without having people at least want to question what was there in between that made us go from one to the other so thats what politics are we also historically as a country. This is not the 1st president to do this tendency to want to militarize things that are necessarily. Better necessarily best with military action we have a Surgeon General who decided one day to have his mother wife show him a uniform so he can look like a general even though hes a dark area actually in this case he was a pediatrician so you have a clue oh you refer to our attorney general in this country as general even though thats completely wrong it means attorneys in general so we have a tendency in this country oftentimes more than we need to to militarize things when they should be militarized in this particular case were dealing with science were dealing with a story thats going to be dealt with and finally saw through science and unfortunately were looking for political and military answers yeah i think thats rather i agree reckon it looks maybe its for optics for the you know the people view the military as a sense of Authority Figure maybe perhaps but you know rick i hate to bring up. Passed but you have been at a few big networks in this country so youve seen how this is done and there really hasnt been any pushback from the Mainstream Media on this not from any side of this so why havent they said anything. But let me tell you about me through media in a situation like this and this is really a rudimentary fault with our media right now and i can make it very easy for people to understand. People like yourself and myself i actually went to Journalism School and studied how to be reporters you know what he was ingrained in the principles the ethics the 5 w. s questioned us so that you can share new information with people and theres a little thing called news gathering and storytelling those are the 2 most important elements of what we do well some of the folks who are bringing us the news nowadays especially at the Network Level are not reporters are not journalists and theyve been hired to keep long political conversations going sometimes for 24 hours with panels of people who also are not necessarily experts on fields like this so surely when real news breaks out and its not just a political to some discussion about whether nancy good news. Good bye and bad truck good truck bad for 24 hours and they actually have to delve into a story like this and break it down and find the 5 ws and gather the information they fail miserably because theyre not trained they dont know how to do or its not something they do for a living and that is a pretty good observation and im going to say and now assess because a lot of people put t