See youre practicing social distancing. That looks very nice. Thats very good. I want to thank everybody for being here today. This morning i spoke with the eaders of the g7 nations, and they really had a good meeting. I think it was a very productive meeting. I spoke with our nations governors, also. This afternoon were announcing new guidelines for every american to follow over the next 15 days as we combat the virus. Each and every one of us has a Critical Role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. This was done with a lot of very talented people, some of whom are standing with me and thats available. And dr. Burks will speak about that in a few minutes. Its important for the young and Healthy People to understand while they may experience milder symptoms, spread this ly virus and will indeed by putting others in harms way and we worry about our Senior Citizens and the task force meets every day and updates guidelines based on the fast evolving situation this
With james hodge who is director of the center for Public Health law and policy at Arizona State university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Is next host good morning. This is washington journal for tuesday, march 17, 2020. There is very little celebrating planned due to the shutdown of bars and restaurants nationwide because of the coronavirus and further restrictions and limited by the federal government, the white house, State Governments and localities. We would love to hear what you are seeing in response to the outbreak. The7488000 is the line in eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific residence, 2027488001. In the line we have set aside for medical professionals. Your line, 2027488002. We would love to hear your experience. You can text us a message. That is 2027488003. We would love to hear where you are texting from, your name as well. Andwitter we are cspanwj post your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. There was a briefing yesterday with the Cor
Major industries that our nation relies onua have seen business virtually dry up overnight. Again not getting any business decision they made but because of appropriate directives from Public Health experts. And, madam president , most important of all our Healthcare System and our d doctors, nurses and other frontline professionals are gearing up for what seems very likely to be the most significant nationwide challenge they have faced in generations. At every level this new challenge is testing our nation and our institutions. Yesterday my home state of kentucky reported its first coronavirus related death. Our thoughts are with the family, friends and neighbors in Bourbon County who are morning. I spoke with the Governor Beshear yesterday and were continuing to stay in close touch. The bluegrass is now confirmed 25 total cases to date. And we are keeping sobel warning of dr. Fauci. This is what dr. Fauci said. Things willr. Get worse before they get better. It is abundantly clear th
Well. What it means basically is, they have Sovereign Authority to respond realtime to a slate of different powers you see put into effect as we speak. That is the constitutional system at stake. We reserve those state powers. They use them in emergencies like this. Host we have seen states act. New york, maryland, california. What have you seen so far of note . Guest it is important to observe one thing we have never seen before in u. S. History to my knowledge. Every single state, all u. S. Territories, simultaneous declared state of emergency. We have never seen that. This is that serious. We have unleashed Public Health powers traditional things we might do we are now using those on expedited basis. Everything in relation to testing, screening, social distancing, measures pursuant to quarantine, isolation, very aggressive measures out of San Francisco and other regions, all thanks to those emergency declarations and what they authorized. Authorize. Host what about civil rights when
It is important we distinguish between federal and state roles but the state is is at. He action they are the possessors of the broadest Public Health powers that you can actually have in the United States. Some states delegate those two locals. They have got the Sovereign Authority to respond in real powers thaterent you are seeing put into effect as we speak. They use those the extensively in an emergency like this. We have seen states act across the country, thinking of new york state, maryland, california, obviously. Of note soou seen far . It is important to observe one thing we have never seen before in u. S. History to my knowledge. Every single state, all u. S. Territories, simultaneous declared state of emergency. We have never seen that. This is that serious. We have unleashed Public Health powers traditional things we might do we are now using those on expedited basis. Everything in relation to testing, screening, social distancing, measures pursuant to quarantine, isolation