Minutes and length will be calling in town, the president wants to assure the nation the federal government in conjunction with the private sector has things well in hand and he will say we are at an Inflection Point and how this goes will depend on what we do now. One of the things the president will address, new possible travel restrictions, advisers for European Countries and getting ahead of it by restricting travel from china brought valuable time for america in comparison to what european nations did, who are having a difficult time with this but local communities need to take more aggressive action. In addition to having that, the president will call for unity and optimism. Sean john roberts, we now go to the oval office where the president is prepared to address the nation. I want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world. Today the World Health Organization announced this is a global pandemic. We have been in frequent contact with our allies and we are marshaling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the American People. This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. Im confident that by continuing to take tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. From the beginning of time nations and people have faced unforeseen challenges including largescale and Dangerous Health threats. This is the way it always was and always will be. It only matters how you respond and we are responding with great speed and professionalism. Our team is the best anywhere in the world. At the start of the outbreak we instituted sweeping travel restrictions on china and put in place the first federally mandated quarantine in over 50 years. We declared a Public Health emergency and issued the highest level of travel warning on other countries and the virus spread its horrible infection. And taking early, intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States been are now present in europe. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hotspots. As a result a large number of new clusters in the United States after consulting with our top Government Health professionals i have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and wellbeing of all americans. To keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspended all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days. The new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. These restrictions will be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground, there will be exemptions for americans who have undergone appropriate screenings and these prohibitions will only apply to the tremendous amount of trade but various other things as we get approval. Anything coming from europe to the United States is what we are discussing, these restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom. At the same time we are monitoring the situation in china into south korea as their situation improves we will reevaluate the restrictions that are in place for a possible early opening. Earlier this week i met with the leaders of Health Insurance industry who have agreed to waive all copayments for coronavirus treatments, extend Insurance Coverage to these treatments and to prevent surprise medical billing. We are cutting massive amounts of red tape to make antiviral therapies available in record time. These treatments will significantly reduce the impact and reach of the virus. Additionally last week i signed into law and 8. 3 billion funding bill to help cdc and the Government Agencies fight the virus and support vaccines, treatment and distribution of medical supplies. Testing and testing capabilities are expanding rapidly day by day, we are moving very quickly. The vast majority of americans, the risk is very very low. Young and Healthy People can expect to recover fully and quickly if they should get the virus. The highest risk is for Elderly Population with Underlying Health conditions. The Elderly Population must be very very careful. In particular we are strongly advising Nursing Homes for the elderly suspend all medically unnecessary visits. In general are americans should also avoid nonessential travel in crowded areas. My administration is coordinating directly with communities with the largest outbreaks and we have issued guidance on school closures, social distancing and reducing large gatherings. Smart action today will prevent the spread of the virus tomorrow. Every Community Faces different risks and it is critical for you to guidelines of your local officials are working closely with federal Health Experts and they are the best. For all americans it is essential that everyone take extra precautions and practice good hygiene. Each of us has a role to play in defeating this virus. Wash your hands, clean off new surfaces, cover your face and mouth if you sneeze or cough and most of all if youre sick or not feeling well, stay home. To ensure that americans impacted by the virus can stay home without fear i will soon be taking Emergency Action which is unprecedented to provide Financial Relief. This will be targeted for workers who are ill, quarantined or caring for others due to coronavirus. I will be asking congress to take legislative action to extend this relief. Because of the economic policies we have put into place over the last two years we have the greatest economy anywhere in the world by far. Our banks and Financial Institutions are fully capitalized and incredibly strong. Our unemployment is at a historic low. This fast Economic Prosperity gives us flexibility, reserves and resources to handle any threat that comes our way. This is not a financial crisis, this is just a temporary moment of time the we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. However, to provide extra support for American Workers and businesses, tonight i am announcing the following additional actions. I am instructing the Small Business administration to provide liquidity to firms affected by the coronavirus. Effective immediately the sba will provide economic loans in affected states and territories. These low interest loans will help Small Businesses overcome economic disruptions caused by the virus. Im asking congress to increase funding for this program by an additional 50 billion using Emergency Authority i will be instructing the Treasury Department to defer tax payment without interest or penalties to certain individuals and businesses negatively impacted. This section will provide more than 200 billion of additional liquidity to the economy. Finally i am calling on congress to provide americans with immediate payroll tax relief. Hopefully they will consider this very strongly. We are at a critical time in the fight against the virus. We made a lifesaving move with early action in china. Now we must take the same action. We will not delay. I will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives, health and safety of the American People. I will always put the wellbeing of america first. If we are vigilant and we can reduce the chance of infection which we will we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus. The virus will not have a chance against us. No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States. We have the best economy, the most advanced healthcare and the most talented doctors, scientists and researchers anywhere in the world. We are all in this together. We must put politics aside, stop the partisanship and unified together as one nation and one family. As history has proven time and time again americans always rise to the challenge and overcome adversity. Our future remains brighter than anyone can imagine. Acting with compassion and love we will heal the sick, care for those in need to help our fellow citizens and emerge from this challenge stronger and more unified than ever before. God bless you and god bless america. Thank you. Sean donald trump in his second Oval Office Address wrapping up the address about the coronavirus, the World Health Organization calling a pandemic. In my opening monologue in a moment, first we go to john roberts who is at the white house, senior white house correspondent, a lot of what we have been hearing, the president taking it to another level. He did within 3 weeks put in a travel ban, quarantined, in place, now save for the protection of the American People we have taken additional steps. This is bigger than i imagined or any of my colleagues imagined, we thought there might be new travel advisories involving travel to europe but the fact the president said a lot of the cases we see in the United States, europe did not put in the same travel restrictions from china that the United States did in january that the president is suspending all travel from europe to the United States with the exclusion of the United Kingdom beginning friday at midnight for the next 30 days. That is a huge move that is sure to shock a lot of people in the European Union who were planning on making visits to the United States in the coming months. You will probably get some reaction from european leaders as well as the president reiterating the country despite what is going on with the stock market is not in a financial crisis, he said this is a moment in time that we will get through. And address and to addressing the health aspect of this which the president s coronavirus taskforces been doing, the president addressing the economic side of this, the Small Business administration will make available to Small Businesses that are suffering because of this low interest loans and called for immediate payroll tax relief. We should point out this is the 12. 4 combined, 12. 4 combined employer and employee tax that is paid into social security, this does not include medicare and unemployment insurance. This is the same withholdings addressed in 2010 for the 2 point cut, the president cut the whole thing until the end of the year. Not a lot of support for that in congress at least at the moment in the president also saying he wants to make sure people who are either in quarantines, people who are ill or taking care of someone who is ill are still receiving a paycheck, the president plans on addressing that was the president called 50 billion to be added to the pot with the Small Business administration which may cause consternation from some people that the price tag for this is beginning to mount quickly but residence is how we address this now will have an impact on our future goes and with democrats calling so loudly for the president to do Something Different than he has been doing and criticizing him so roundly the president called for everyone to put politics aside, for america to come together on this saying we can beat this thing but we need to pull together, take prudent steps to limit infections, with special admonition to elderly people to not go to places that there are large crowds of people, it has been found the elderly are the most susceptible. Sean thank you. Facts, truth matters. More Decisive Action and leadership from donald trump as we begin our monologue, full coverage throughout this hour. Here is something the media will not tell you, democrats are been playing politics will not so you we should all listen, this is not about politics, this is there will be plenty of time for politics down the road. From day one this president took aggressive and even unprecedented steps to prevent the spread and mitigate the impact of what is now a global pandemic. We have pandemics from time to time. In 200910 in the Obama Biden Administration can we will give you that information in a minute. The president s mission to protect the lives of the American People. This should not be a partisan issue, this is not a political talking point. The coronavirus does not discriminate, republicans and democrats, conservatives or liberals, a moment we should all work together. A lot of people scared, protect American Workers from this disease and those that are most susceptible and get back to normal. In serious situations truth matters, facts matter and there has been too much politicizing of this, too much untruth being sold and even some weapon arising a global pandemic, that needs to stop. I hope it will. Heres what you need to know. There are around 120,000 individual cases of coronavirus worldwide including an estimated 81,000 in china where new cases are steadily declining. China did not do the world a favor by not acting sooner. They should have acted earlier, they should have been more forthright, they should have been more honest, they were not. There are 10,000 cases in italy, 8000 in iran, 8000 in south korea, 4300 people in the world have died from the disease. As we now speak there are 1200 cases in the United States including 30 american deaths most of which were from one noticing home in the state of washington was the average age of mortality is 80 according to officials, the death rate estimated at one . Those most at risk are people with underlying medical conditions, the elderly, those with compromised immune systems, people going through chemotherapy or immune diseases of some kind. So far this season there have been 34 million cases of the flu, 20,000 deaths just in the us alone. There have been 1200 cases of corona versus 34 million cases of the flu. As a senior director at Johns Hopkins pointed out, the flu is having much more impact than coronavirus. These are facts. For perspective we go back to 2009. That year more than 1000 americans died in a 6month period from h1 n one, swine flu. 20,000 americans had contracted the pandemic before president obama declared a national emergency. One of his Health Officials said it was an emergency, they released some funding. Got to tell the truth on all cases. Ultimately that disease killed 12,000 plus americans in its first year. Our current President Donald Trump is not leading from behind. More facts, more no president has acted more quickly to prevent the spread of the disease, the coronavirus wasnt identified in china until they gave it a name on january 7th, december 30th of last year, we see there is a virus that is showing symptoms of pneumonia, we labeled on january 7th, on january 30 first of this year, three weeks later the Trump Administration declared a Public Health emergency. No president ever acted that fast. Americans returning from areas most impacted were subject to mandatory foreign teams on military bases, the travel they went into effect, the president ordered that on february 2nd for all nonus citizens who recently visited china even though most officials feared it was too soon for travel restrictions on the political side joe biden suggested that ban was enough of it, cnn said we are stigmatizing people from other countries and in the following days the president formed a task force field with top scientific, medical professionals, the best in the world and led by the Vice President , mike pence and every day has been updating the country. On 320 ninth the state departments new travel restrictions for italy, south korea and iran. At the same time the fda cut regulations allowing more Rapid Testing capacity for coronavirus. On march 2nd donald trump met with pharmaceutical executives to discuss treatment and vaccination plans. On march 3rd the administration ordered the cdc to lift all restrictions on testing. On march 6th the president signed an 8 bon to be specific. On march 10th the president met with the Insurance Industry representatives who agreed to waive copays for every american as relates to corona related treatment. This afternoon the president met with banking executive to discuss plans for coronas Economic Impact and potential economic and tax relief for workers, businesses that are directly impacted by this virus and just moments ago we had the president announced that a temporary travel ban will be extended to the continent of europe excluding the uk. That means there are not restrictions, travel restrictions on continental europe, south korea, iran and china. Will we see new cases of corona in the <