The United States just a week ago, only a few thousand cases. Now look, number of deaths are rising, hospitals running out of everything they need. Doctors and nurses pleading for help, pleading for supplies. Massachusetts and michigan now the last couple of hours becoming the ninth and tenth states to issue a stayathome order. Several other major cities are doing the same. The senate also trying to get involve helping the economy with a massive stimulus. Right now returning to session for their attention, a massive stimulus package for the price tag around 2 trillion, we expect to hear from Mitch Mcconnell and Chuck Schumer as the senate comes into session momentarily. Lets bring in Kaitlyn Collins and manu raju. Where are we . Intense negotiations happening all morning long. Secreta secretary mnuchin and meeting with schumer. They have been going back and forth at schumers office. And talking to the snarts and also mnuchin meeting with some key Democratic Senators were not at the senate. Democrats are concerned of some of the language in the bill namely how to deal with funds that would go to distrust industries and democrats are criticizing that proposal. Theyre arguing restrictions. Manu, i am sorry, Mitch Mcconnell is speaking on the floor of the senate. To our healthcare heroes and American Workers and families. Democrats and republicans sat down together, we crafted this version of a proposal together. This compromise package will push tens of billions of dollars to hospitals to Healthcare Providers. It will send a direct check to millions of american households. It would stabilize industries to prevent mass layoffs. It would deliver historically to Small Businesses to help main street employees from being totally crushed, crushed by this pandemic. Yesterday when the time came to vote on these urgent measures, our democratic colleagues show the block. Why are the American People still waiting . It is a good question to ask. I hear the market is not doing well today. Theyre not going to ask the question of us. Why not move . Why are democrat filibuster into bipartisan bill to help write . The appropriate question to ask as this morning the country waits on us. Let me give the american a taste of the outstanding issues we woke up to this morning. Habeas corp here is some of the items the democra democrats wish list over they choose to block this legislation last night. Tax credits. Division to force employers to get special new treatment to big labor. Listen to this, are you kidding me . This is the moment the debate of new regulation and it had nothing to do with this crisis. Thats what they are up to over there. American people need to know it. Democrats wont let us fund hospitals or save Small Businesses unless they get the dust off the green new deal. I would like to see democrats tell new york city doctors and nurses who are literally over run as we speak that they are filibustering more funding and more masks because they want to argue the airline over the footpri footprint . People are being laidoff everyday. Democrats special interest friends want to squeeze employers while they are vulnerable. Squeeze in employers while they are vulnerable. I would like to see Senate Democrat tell all american seniors seeing all their savings literally melt away. As the market crashed since the worst month of 1931. Theyre continuing to holdup emergency measures over texas credits for solar panels. Tax credits for solar panels. The Federal Reserve announcing further extraordinary steps today. The markets are tighten once again because this body cant get their act together. The only reason they cant get their act together is right over here on tp side of the isle. These are some of the wish list items they are rallying behind preventing us to get the emergency relief to the American People right now. Democrats decided it is more important than american paychecks and personal safety of doctors and nurses. Speaker pelosi said a few days ago and this is a direct quote. This is a tremendous opportunity to restrict things the fit our vision. Fit our vision. That was the democratic work in the house just laying it out there. We heard something similar on the senate floor just last night, here with one of our democratic colleagues, how many times are we going to get a shock that a 1 trillion plus program right there on the floor . I dont know how many trade packages we are going to have. In other words, lets dont waste the opportunity to take fully guided and get our wish list done. They ought to be embarrassed, mr. President. Some of them were embarrassed. Talking like this is some juicy political opportunity. This is not a juicy political opportunity. This is a national emergency. We have bipartisan talks to get to this point. Senators negotiated furiously to get to this point. The bill contains a huge number of changes that our democratic colleagues requested including major changes. We were this close. This close. And yesterday morning and speaker of the house flew back to san francisco. This process turned into an episode of super market soup. Unrelated issues left and right. I will tell you what will lower our Carbon Footprint mr. President , if the economy continues to crumble, hundreds of thousands of americans are laid off because democrats wont let us out. Thatll lower our footprints all right. This is no time for this nonsense. A surgeon in california says we are working with no ammo. We are at war with no ammo. A surgeon in fresno and an intensive care nurse in new york city says if we dont get equipment soon, well get sick. Democrats are filibustering more masks and aid for hospitals . More americans wake up to the news that their jobs are gone. Their jobs are gone. Theyre fill bibustering a huge Unemployment Insurance. Hundreds of dollars per week to laid off workers on top of existing Unemployment Benefits and doctors are bloemocrats are . This is a shock. Today is the day it has to stop. Our country is out of time. We sped it into the senate and pass ed it quickly without amending it. Republicans understand their National Crisis calls for urgency and calls for bipartisansh bipartisanship. It is time for that good faith to be reciprocated and time for democrats to stop playing politics and step up to the plate. Small businesses in their own state deserves it and their own states emergency room doctors deserve it. Their own constituents who have lost their jobs deserve it. My whole state of kentucky, commerce across the state and our unemployment system crashed due to demand. Kentucky needs help now and we are not alone. I heard police and healthcare workers in new york and seattle and i listened to Small Business owners crying out in brooklyn, chicago a chicago. There is only one side to understand that this is urgent. Why does only one side understands that this is urgent. Why are the hard hit cities, our own senators are happy to keep this slow walk going on in definite definitely . Thats really something folks on the other side are comfortable with, slow walking all of this . How can how half the senate are not rising together at a time everybody is pulling together. Examples are all over the country that we ought to look to. Healthcare heroes, neighborhood volunteers and everybody is unifying and pitching in, what about here in the senate . Time to get with the program. Time to pass historic relief that we have built together. The country does not have time for these political gains. It needs progress. We are going to vote in just a few minutes. I assure you mr. President the American People will be watching. Mitch mcconnell blaming Senate Democrats with nancy pelosi holding up a 2 trillion stimulus plan. Mcconnell is saying this bill is being held up with unrelated issues. Democrats are insisting for tax credits and solar and wind energy and new protection for labor unions in the United States and new emissions standards for the airline economy. Mitch mcconnell says are you kidding me . He demands for swifter action. We expect Chuck Schumer to come with us. We have Kaitlyn Collins. Chuck schumer is here to give his response. Thank you, mr. President. Well, every time we hear the majority leader come out it is a partisan scream. Well, i am in my office with the president s secretary treasury, the president s Congressional Liaison getting things done. We democrats are trying to get things done and not making partisan speech after partisan speech. The past 24 hours, we got word that a member of this chambers, senator paul has tested for coronavirus. And senator klobachars husband also tested positive, hes in the hospital. I want to let them know both of them that the senate is thinking of them and praying for their speed b speedy recovery. As we are for tens of thousands of American Families who are confronting the same situation right now. Whether you are afraid for sick Family Member or older relatives in the hospital or struggling without work, income or the knowledge of when your isolation may end, our thoughts are with you right now. These are primetitrying time fof us. The scorch of this disease will pass and the American People will always prevail. As the number of confirmed covid 19 cases in the United States gone up to 35,000, the Senate Continues to negotiate what will likely be the largest emergency funding bill in american history. We have almost continuous discussions with secretary mnuchin. He left my office about 12 15 last night and was there about 9 00 this morning. The white houses liaison has been in and out of the office as well. We are very close to reaching deal. Our goal is to reach a deal today. We are hopeful and confident that well meet that goal. We have been working on a few issues that are no surprise to everyone. From the beginning democrats insisted on a marshal plan for our medical assistance. More money for hospitals, Community Health centers and Nursing Homes and Urgent Medical supplies like gloves and masks and icu beds and testing kits and ventilators. Since our negotiations, the numbers have gone up dramatically because the hospitals, our healthcare workers need the help. We are fighting hard and making progress for funding for states and local governments. They are propping up local Care Networks on their own. Venues are declining. If we can help the big corporations, we can help our local towns and villages and the taxpayers they represent. On Unemployment Insurance, the bill moving into direction we outlined. The original bill has the outstanding Employment Benefits lasting only three months. We need to make it longer because the dislocation caused by this crisis will not be over by 90 days. People who lose their jobs need help. Every americans lose his or her jobs that you will get your full pay from the federal government. You can be furloughed by your employer, that means you will keep your benefits health and otherwise, you will be able to come back for the business, we can reassemble itself quickly after gods will this crisis ends. The bill still includes something that most americans dont want to see. Large corporate bail out and no strings attached. We think it is fair to ask for those. Those are not extraneous issues. Thats a wish list for workers and nobody else. And so we are looking for protection. We are looking for oversight. If this federal government is making a big loan to someone to big companies, we ought to know it and detail it immediately of the bill that was put on the floor by the republican leader, no one would know a thing about those loans for six months at least. In those socalled bailouts, we need to protect workers. Workers employed. We have been guided by one plan, worke workers first. Thats the name of our proposal. The bill needs to reflect that priority. Now, we are working on all these items in good faith as we speak. We hope and expect to conclude the negotiations today. This vote in the senate is no surprise is about to take a nearly repeat of a vote that failed last night. Mcconnell continues to set arbitrary vote deadlines when the matter really important is the status, bipartisan n negotiations. Let me be clear, the negotiations continue no more than 30 feet away from the floor of the senate in our offices where the Real Progress is taken place. Once we have an agreement, that everyone can get behind, we are prepared to speed up the consideration of that agreement on the floor. So i am going to get back to negotiations. We all know time is of the essence. The country is facing our crisis. We have an obligation to get the details right. Get them done quickly. That does not mean blindly accepting republicans only bill. That was the bill we were givenment a lgiven. A lot of things we did not know about. That means working to make this bill better. Better for us Small Businesses and better for our working families and better for our healthcare system. Democrats, democrats will not stop working with our republican Counter Party until we get the job done. I will continue to update the senate on the progress of our negotiations. Chuck schumer calling it a partisan speech and he said hes actually working with the president s team. Lets go to manu raju. We are in the middle of a pandemic and an election year. Mitch mcconnell are saying democrats are adding extraneous items and schumer is saying i will get this going. Calm down. His view is irrelevant. The real negotiations are happening in his office. The vote is going to happen one and move forward on this proposal probably will fail if wont reach a deal by one. Negotiations are happening between him and secretary mnuchin of the treasury of the white house says they are close to a deal. Once there is an agreement between the administration and himself and presumably Mitch Mcconnell, too. Thats when he would agree to speed up consideration for a final vote. He would allow this vote, if they do get a deal for move to a final vote as soon as today. Even if this fails, well get it done. He did indicate a few outstanding issues dealing with funding for hospitals and changes Unemployment Insurance program and dealing with how industries are seeking money and how that program is structured. Democrats are circulating and nancy pelosi is planning t to the question now is senator schumer does reach a deal with the administration and does agree to allow this bill to move forward. Nancy pelosi agrees to let that senate bill to pass the house and let it go into law quickly. Thats still an outstanding question or she will push forward on her proposal and protract a negotiation for some time. It is uncertain for how the end game is looking like here. Democrats are trying to push their liberal agenda into this measure and so well see how it plays out. Democrats are optimistic that a deal can be reached. You can say the market is down 560 points right now. They were down much more. Coming back, well see the in action or if this can affect our financial market. Kaitlan collins. A safety net under the economy and at the same time he seems to be agitating thinking one week from today and we hit the 15day mark and recommendations from the white house, and sounded like the president thinks 15day is enough. Thats not what we have been hearing from Health Officials. Thats the main focus of why the treasury secretary has been the one leading the negotiations and talking to Chuck Schumer and he pointed out yefseveral times yesterday. The president seems to be operating under this idea that potentially these guidelines that he put out and fronted himself may have done more harm than good and now she seems to e rethinking them. There is a question of what they are supposed to do one week from today. They were clear to say this is for 15 days and here is how we think you should operate and well up this another time in 15 days but now thats coming into question, john. The reason it is so significant is that people on the president s task force, the Health Experts and scientists dont think it is a smart way to go. Dr. Fauci is the most recognizable face whos been push tg for more restrictions internally. Hes making the argument it is better to be safe and sorry here and you saw the surge in general on nbc saying it is going to get worse and look pretty bad. They should not favor any kinds of easy restrictions here. The main reason the president is doing that is hes worried of the economic blows and having these guidelines of not having too many people in one place is cause. The question is which side prevails and all that goes. Theyre waiting to see when this bill will happen. This deadline we have today by the legislation was imposed by the treasury secretary. The reason the market reacting because they saw him teased a potential deal today. Thats a question when well get that. Manu and kaitlan, appreciate that. Come back to us when you hear more. Our dr. Sanjay gupta, the president putting the 15day guidelines in place. The guideline says dont be in crowd more than 10 people, theyre due to expire a week from now. Can they expire . Some may say they can be expire but should not expire. When the 15day went into place some time ago, the thought at this point that was going to possibly get more stringent after two weeks and not be re x relaxed. Thats the conversation i had with