After that, conservative syndicated radio show host Kevin Jackson talks about President Trumps 2020 Campaign Strategy and his handling of the coronavirus out rate. [video clip] today i am officially declaring a National Emergency. Ost good morning the president on friday taking yet another step to get ahead of crisis that has put the u. S. Economy at a standstill, changing the ways that all americans live and work in the days ahead, testing Trump Presidency. Ahead on the washington journal, your assessment of this Health Emergency that is impacting every aspect of our lives. On capitol hill, the senate picking up a house passed bill this week including paid emergency leave for up to three expanding medicaid funding. With president ial support it is expected to pass easily. We want to hear from you and of thesessment president s handling of the coronavirus outbreak. If you support how he does the job, 202 7488000. If you oppose, 202 7488001. We are taking your Text Messages. Hat at 202
Also asking congress for a tax cut and other measures to ease the financial burden caused by the outbreak and concern over the virus. The arch diocese of San Francisco says theyre closing all 90 catholic schools. Diocese of San Francisco says theyre closing all 90 catholic schools. Some schools will already close this week for spring break. Course content will be delivered via the diocese Distance Learning protocol. Health officials in Contra Costa County declared a state of emergency today because of the coronavirus. They announce new cases and say most people who have tested positive were infected by community spread. Andre senior here with more on that. And also the school that is set to undergo a deepcleaning because of one of their students is now in quarantine. Reporter on tuesday afternoon, Health Officials announced nine covid19 cases. And a tenth person with a presumptive case of the virus. Two of which were on the grand princess cruise ship during its trip to mexico in februa
Updated numbers. 157 people have tested positive for coronavirus. Thats up 24 from yesterday. Two people have now died. One in Santa Clara County. And one in placer county. The state is monitoring 10,300 people who came into california on evacuation flights. This afternoon, Contra Costa County joined other bay area counties and declared a state of emergency saying that the virus appears to be circulating in the community. Contra Costa Health Services and public recommend that Large Community events be postponed or canceled. That means gatherings where 50 or more people would be within arms reach of each other. Concert, sporting evens, celebrations, services and other community events. We have Live Team Coverage tonight. We begin with tom vacar, once again monitoring the situation at the port of oakland and that cruise ship. Reporter the news that you just told us about, all these various stories, suggest one thing. That this is nowhere near being over. It is a situation which is develo
Thank you for the call. The cruise liner the grand princess became one of the epicenters of the early stages here in the United States. Joining us on the phone is Theresa Duncan johnson, she was on the cruise line and is being quarantined in georgia. Thank you for being with us on this sunday. Good morning. Story. Ell us your where was the cruise originating from . Where did you go . What transpired . Last leftuise San Francisco on friday, favorites when it first. It was a 15 day cruise and we were headed to the hawaiian islands. We went to hawaii and on wednesday, i believe march the fourth, all the days feel like they are running together these days, on march the fourth we got a telecommunications newsletter under the door of the cabin saying that we were bypassing the final stop in sonata, mexico because previous passengers on the same ship that had gone to mexico prior to our trip had been identified with the coronavirus and, though they didnt tell us this, one person had died in s
Disease yet when people are hundreds of passengers continue most contagious. Do we have any sense though to disembark from the grand at this point about how much princess cruise ship. More contagious the coronavirus is compared with other viruses, all are headed to quarantine but not all will be tested for lets say the seasonal flu . The coronavirus. Some will just be monitored. So it seems to be a little bit more transmissible than the seasonal flu. A little bit more contagious, but its unclear. To keep in mind the big difference between it and the reporter a lot more people today got to make their final seasonal flu is that for the journey to their final quarantine of two weeks. Coronavirus, everybody is and then they can finally call susceptible. Its like you have its like their home home. A forest fire. And for a disease, the fuel, every day the passenger population of the grand princess dwindles as more what would be the dry turned for the fire, is the people who people leave the