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President trump i will be invoking the defense production act in case we need it. It can do a lot of good things if we need it. Well have it all completed, signing it in just a little while of after im finished with this conference. Its prepared to go. Well be invoking the defense production act. Lou President Trump meeting with doctors and nurses at the white house. They committed to an increase in Safety Equipment including masks for healthcare workers. President trump american manufacturers are repurposing factories. One major manufacturer has doubled capacity and we asked Construction Companies to donate unused masks, and they have quite a few of them, the Construction Companies. Who would think that. But they will be donating unused masks. Th ....
And i said, i dont want the cure to be worse than the problem, the problem is the problem. You could destroy a country this way by closing it down. It literally goes from being most prosperous, we had the best economy in history of the country three weeks ago, then were supposed to shut it down. David president hopes to have nation back open for business went weeks. Senate and house, we seem to be getting as long as much as you can, now on a bill. I think that may be had even less of an impact than the fact that were opening up this incredible country. Because swrewe have do, that i o have it open by easter, i would love to have it open by easter, i tell you that right now, i would love to have that, such an important day for other reasons, but i will make it important, i would love to have country opened up and just raring to go by easter. That is april 12. David april 12. President s hope for an american reopening by easter, booyed by administration effort to make a deal with resisti ....
Iceberg with probably millions of layoffs still to come. On monday the first big wave hit the Retail Sector with macys, kohls and gaps announcing they would furlough tens of thousands of mows. The closure of stores to prevent the spread to have virus has taken a heavy toll on its business. And President Trump had to give up on his hope expressed just a week ago that the u. S. Could be opened up by easter. Hes now saying the company will have to keep practicing social distancing for the entire month of april, and he add added that we should prepare for a very painful two weeks ahead. Meantime, his top medical advisers warn that up to 240,000 americans could die from this disease even with current Safety Measures in place. On wall street stocks ended their worst First Qua ....
Hoarders of medical supplies for those in desperate need in the nation, republicans doing their part, bringing a 2 trillion stimulus package to senate floor to provide aid for american working families. But democrats are blocking relief, playing politics with the well being of the american worker, Mitch Mcconnell today railing against democrat partys effort to use this stimulus package for their partys pet projects. Here are some items on the democratic wish list over which they choose over which they choose to block this legislation. Last night. Tax credits for solar energy and wind energy. Provisions to force employers to give special new treatment. Too big labor. And listen to this, new admission standards for the airline. Are you kidding me . David democrat resistance to a stim less stimulus bill felt on wall street. You can see. Congress attempts to pass a major relief package for the coronavirus, u. S. Surgeon general, jero ....
Well find out very, very soon. Clinical trials are already under way for new therapies. We are work on scaling these to allow many more americans to access different drugs that have shown really good promise. Lou two of the drugs President Trump mentioned, the antimalarial drug, color quinn and recommend chloroquine and remdesivir, they have shown effective early results against the virus. The president called the drugs possible game changers. American scientific optimism and ingenuity running full tilt. The university of minnesotas medical School Testing the Blood Pressure drug to treat the wuhan virus. They say the results of the early tests are likely in weeks, not months. The virus killed 176 americans, infected more than 13,000. Worldwide 242,000 people contracted the virus. Nearly 5,000 people have died as a nearl ....