BREAKING
BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. WE ARE LEARNING THAT BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON HAS
TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONA
VIRUS. THIS INFORMATION COMING
IN JUST MOMENTS AGO THE PRIME
MINISTER MAYOR'S OFFICE AS HE
WENT THROUGH TESTS AFTER
SHOWING MILD SYMPTOMS. HE IS IN
SELF ISOLATION WHILE HE LEADS
THE COUNTRY'S RESPONSE TO
THE OUTBREAK AGAIN. BRITISH
PRIME MINISTER. TEST POSITIVE
FOR CORONA VIRUS ERIC. THANKS,
STELLA. NOW WE WANT TO GET TO
THE LATEST NUMBERS HERE FROM
THE JOHN HOPKINS CORONA VIRUS
OUTBREAK. THE U.S. NOW HAS MORE
REPORTED CASES OF CORONA VIRUS
THAN ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
SURPASSING EVEN CHINA AND
ITALY. SO HERE ARE THE NUMBERS
TODAY. YOU CAN SEE US IS AT
THE TOP THE LIST WITH EIGHTY
FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED
NINETY SIX TOTAL CONFIRMED
CASES HERE IN THE U.S. A TOTAL
OF THIRTEEN HUNDRED DEATHS. BUT
I WANT TO POINT OUT SOME GOOD
NEWS HERE. MORE THAN HALF OF
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY
RECOVERED. GLOBALLY WE ARE
LOOKING AT MORE THAN FIVE
HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE THOUSAND
CASES WITH JUST ABOUT 25000
DEATHS RIGHT NOW. IN A LETTER
TO THE NATION'S GOVERNORS,
THE PRESIDENT SAYS HE WILL BE
CATEGORIZING DIFFERENT PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY AS HIGH RISK,
MEDIUM RISK OR LOW RISK. NOW IN
AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL
LEADERS TO BE REOPENING THEIR
BUSINESSES DURING THIS
PANDEMIC. BUT HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE EXPRESSING SOME CONCERN
ABOUT THAT. THEY SAY IT'S MAYBE
TOO EARLY TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF
THE VIRUS. NEW YORK CITY
REMAINS THE PANDEMIC EPICENTER
IN THE US. PEOPLE ARE DYING. WE
DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS THAT WE
NEED IN THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT AND IN THE HOSPITAL
TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. THIS
DOCTOR'S VIDEO POSTED BY
THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOWS
THE GRIM REALITY THAT NEW YORK
IS DEALING WITH BEING
THE EPICENTER ELMHURST HOSPITAL
IN QUEENS IS BEING CALLED
GROUND ZERO OF THE KORAN
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK AS
THE DEATH TOLL JUST THERE
RISING TO THREE HUNDRED AND
SIXTY FIVE HERE IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED
CORONAVIRUS CASES HAS NOW
REACHED THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY
ONE. THAT IS THE LARGEST ONE
DAY INCREASE AND DOUBLE
THE NUMBER SINCE SUNDAY. BUT
LOCAL LEADERS ARE STRESSING
THE CRITICAL NEED FOR EVERYONE
TO CONTINUE SOCIAL DISTANCING
BECAUSE THE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY
GOING TO BE MUCH WORSE THAN
THAT VERY SOON. WE NOW HAVE
WHAT I WOULD CALL SUBSTANTIAL
TRANSMISSION OCCURRING HERE IN
OUR COUNTY. SO TO PREPARE FOR
THE EXPECTED ONSLAUGHT OF NEW
CASES IN THE COMING WEEKS,
MASSIVE EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY TO
INCREASE HOSPITAL CAPACITY HERE
IN SAN DIEGO. THE COUNTY IS
EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SUPPLIES
FROM THE STATE TO HELP SETUP A
250 ROOM MOBILE FIELD HOSPITAL.
WHILE RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IS ALSO STEPPING UP, STELLA
ERIC, THANK YOU SO. ANOTHER
CRUISE SHIP HAS ARRIVED TO SAN
DIEGO WITH MORE THAN THIRTEEN
HUNDRED PASSENGERS ONBOARD.
MUSIC SAID AROUND FOR IS
COVERING THIS STORY FOR US. I
THINK THE FIRST THING THAT CAME
TO MY MIND WAS I THOUGHT THAT
CRUISE SHIPS HALTED VOYAGES.
WHAT'S GOING ON NOW? NOW THIS
ONE'S COMING BACK EARLY BECAUSE
IT CRUISES ARE NO LONGER
ALLOWED ACROSS THE SEAS. SO A
LOT OF THESE SHIPS HAD ALREADY
SET SAIL AND THEY ARE NOW
RETURNING TO THE PORT OF SAN
DIEGO BEFORE THEIR SCHEDULED
ARRIVALS. SO A LOT OF THESE
SHIPS ARE NOW DOCKED HERE OR
OUT OF THE BAY. SO RIGHT NOW ON
THIS SHIP HERE BEHIND ME IT'S
THAT MASS.. IT'S A HOLLAND
AMERICA CRUISE LINE. THIRTEEN
HUNDRED PEOPLE ONBOARD. EIGHT
HUNDRED FORTY TWO OF THEM ARE
PASSENGERS, 500 42 ARE CREW
MEMBERS AND A LOT OF THE CREW
MEMBERS WHO MAY BE UNDER
CONTRACT STILL. WE'LL BE
STAYING ON THIS SHIP. BUT THOSE
PASSENGERS EXPECTED TO GET OFF
THE SHIP AT SOME POINT TODAY
AND TOMORROW. IN FACT WE DID
SEE A COUPLE OF PASSENGERS
LEAVING ALREADY. SO THIS WAS
RIGHT AROUND 430 THIS MORNING.
YOU SEE A COUPLE PEOPLE GETTING
OFF THE SHIP WITH A COUPLE OF
THEIR SUITCASES AND A CABS
ACTUALLY WENT IN THE B STREET
PIER ENTRANCE AND ABLE TO TAKE
THEM MOST LIKELY TO THE AIRPORT
THAT SOME PORT OFFICIALS ARE
SAYING A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE
WILL BE BOARDING CABS AND BUSES
TO GET TO THE AIRPORT SO THEY
CAN EVENTUALLY GET HOME. PORT
OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THEY'RE
WORKING WITH EACH CRUISE LINE.
THEY HAVE STRICT NEW RULES IN
PLACE TO MAKE SURE PASSENGERS
ARE HEALTHY BEFORE THEY ARE
ALLOWED OFF OF THE SHIPS. IN
FACT, THEY DO SAY NO ONE ON
BOARD THIS SHIP IS SHOWING ANY
SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF HAVING
COVERED 19 THE MAZDA AND WAS
SAILING AROUND NEW ZEALAND IN
THE SOUTH PACIFIC. IT LEFT
AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND MARCH 1ST
WAS SCHEDULED TO END HERE IN
SAN DIEGO APRIL 3RD. BUT NOW
BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OF CORONA
VIRUS SPREADING ON CRUISES ARE
CHANGING COURSE FOR THAT
HOLLAND AMERICA CRUISE LINE.
THE CDC IS ALSO RECOMMENDING
PASSENGERS SELF QUARANTINE FOR
14 DAYS ONCE THEY ARE BACK
HOME. AND LAST WEEK THE DISNEY
WONDER CRUISE SHIP ARRIVED.
THEY HAVE UPPED CLEANLINESS
EVEN MORE THAN THEY ALREADY HAD
.SO ON TUESDAY PASSENGERS WERE
ABLE TO DISEMBARK FROM
THE DISNEY CRUISE SHIP. THEY
WERE NOTICING A LOT MORE SAFETY
AND CLEANLINESS MEASURES BEING
TAKEN AND CRUISE SHIP LINES
HAVE SUSPENDED THEIR OPERATIONS
UNTIL AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF
APRIL. BUT AGAIN, THAT CALL WAS
MADE WELL, MANY OF THE SHIPS
WERE STILL OUT ON VOYAGES. SO
YOU WILL NOTICE SOME RETURNING
HERE TO THE PORT OF SAN DIEGO
BETWEEN NOW AND THE END OF THIS
MONTH. SOME DOCKING FOR FUEL
AND SUPPLIES. THEY'LL BE
STAYING HERE UNTIL THEY'RE
ALLOWED TO SET SAIL AGAIN.
THE REGENT SEVEN SEAS SPLENDOR
IS ONE OF THEM CURRENTLY DOCKED
AT THE NATIONAL CITY MARINE
TERMINAL AND THE CELEBRITY
ECLIPSE IS ARRIVING LATER ON
THIS MONTH AS WELL. SO BACK
HERE LIVE IF YOU TAKE A LOOK.
THAT'S THE B STREET PIER
ENTRANCE RIGHT THERE AND JUST
BEHIND THAT TRUCK THAT JUST
PULLED UP. THERE'S A FEW CABS
THAT ARE WAITING. A FEW CAB
DRIVERS SAY THEY'RE EXPECTING
TO TAKE SOME OF THESE
PASSENGERS OVER TO THE AIRPORT.
SO THEY GOT HERE EARLY. ONE OF
THEM SAID HE BELIEVES THEY
SHOULD BE GETTING OFF THE PLANE
OFF THE SHIP EXCUSE ME HERE
MOMENTARILY. SO THEY ARE ON
HAND READY AND THE PORT
OFFICIALS DO SAY THEY'RE ALSO
GOING TRANSFERRING MANY OF
THESE PASSENGERS BY WAY OF BUS.
ONCE THEY DO THAT TRANSFER THEY
WILL DISINFECT THE BUS. THEY
SAY THEY'VE SANITIZED THE PORT
OF SAN DIEGO AS WELL AND
THEY'VE ALSO ADDED MORE
HANDWASHING STATIONS, ALL NEW
SAFETY MEASURES OUT HERE TO
PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH. THAT
IS THEIR PRIORITY. WE'LL SEND
IT BACK TO YOU. GOOD TO SEE
THAT NET. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND TODAY THE USNS MERCY IS SET
TO ARRIVE AT THE PORT OF LOS
ANGELES AFTER LEAVING HERE IN
SAN DIEGO JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
SO HERE IS AN INSIDE LOOK OF
IT THE 1000 BED NAVAL HOSPITAL
SHIP'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S RESPONSE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. NOW
THE SHIP WILL RELIEVE REGIONAL
HOSPITALS BY TAKING PATIENTS
NOT AFFECTED WITH CODED 19.
ERIC THANKS STELLA. LATER THIS
MORNING, HOUSE LAWMAKERS ARE
EXPECTED TO PASS A MORE THAN
TWO TRILLION DOLLAR STIMULUS
PACKAGE TO ADDRESS THE CORONA
VIRUS PANDEMIC AND INCLUDES
MONEY FOR CORPORATIONS, SMALL
BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUAL
PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS WHO CHRIS
GROW IS LIVE FROM HOME WITH A
CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT HERE. CHRIS AND GOOD
MORNING, ERIC. WE DO EXPECT
THAT THERE WILL BE A VOTE ON
THIS TODAY. HOWEVER, ONE
REPRESENTATIVE IS TRYING TO
HOLD THINGS UP. NOW MEMBERS,
WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH A VOICE
VOTE BECAUSE NOT ALL OF
THE MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY IN
THE CAPITAL RIGHT NOW IN ORDER
TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE WHILE
THIS ONE MEMBER, THOMAS MASSIE
FROM KENTUCKY, A REPUBLICAN IS
ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO FORCE A
ROLL CALL VOTE WHICH ACTUALLY
RUNS COUNTER INTUITIVE TO WHAT
HOUSE LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES
SAID YESTERDAY THAT THEY WERE
CONFIDENT THEY COULD GET THIS
DONE. THIS DOES SEEM TO BE A
SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD. SEVERAL
MEMBERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO
D.C. TO TRY TO PREVENT ANY
SHENANIGANS FROM HAPPENING. BUT
LISTEN TO WHAT THOSE HOUSE
LEADERS SAID YESTERDAY THAT
WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT
GETTING THIS DONE TODAY AND
WILL PASS WITH STRONG
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT. THIS SHOULD
NOT BE DELAYED GETTING TO
THE PRESIDENT'S DESK FOR AND OF
AND ACCORDING TO A WHITE HOUSE
WHITE HOUSE, ONCE THE BILL IS
SIGNED WORK WILL START TO GET
THE MONEY GOING TO EVERYONE
VERY QUICKLY. NOW WE TOLD YOU
ABOUT CORPORATIONS OBVIOUSLY,
BUT SMALL BUSINESS LOANS THOSE
CAN ACTUALLY CONVERT INTO
GRANTS. THAT'S THE BENEFIT OF
THE SMALL BUSINESS SIDE OF THIS
.SO WITHIN 36 HOURS FOR SOME
BUSINESSES THOSE LOANS COULD
CONVERT INTO GRANTS. NOW WE
ALSO LEARNED THAT UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE WILL GO UP BY SIX
HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK. THEN AS
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL PAYMENTS
SO WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT
THEY COULD BE DIRECTLY
DEPOSITED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IF
YOU SET UP DIRECT DEPOSIT WITH
YOUR TAX RETURNS AT ANY POINT
IN THE PAST. AND THAT MONEY
COULD GET TO YOU WITHIN
THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. NOW THIS
IS ALL MEANT TO BE AN INJECTION
OF CASH TO FLOAT THE ECONOMY
FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. IT
ALSO GIVES MONEY TO HOSPITALS
AND STATES THAT HAVE BEEN HIT
HARD BY THAT PANDEMIC. BUT SOME
LEADERS LIKE IN NEW YORK SAY IT
DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH. SO HOUSE
SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI AND
THE SECRETARY OF TREASURY WILL
WORK ON WAYS TO GET STATES MORE
MONEY EITHER THIS STIMULUS BILL
OR IT COULD BE IN THE NEXT BILL
THAT HOUSE MEMBERS ARE ALREADY
WORKING ON. NOW A NOTE ABOUT
SOCIAL DISTANCING IN
THE CAPITAL. WANT YOU TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS RIGHT HERE. THIS
IS ACTUALLY THE SENATE FLOOR ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DURING AN
AMENDMENT VOTE FOR THIS
STIMULUS BILL. WE COULD SEE
SEVERAL SENATORS NOT PRACTICING
SOCIAL DISTANCING NOT SIX FEET
APART. NOW OBVIOUSLY THAT'S
RUNNING COUNTER INTUITIVE TO
WHAT MANY MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE
SAYING AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING A LOT OF LOCAL LEADERS
AS WELL AS FEDERAL LEADERS
TELLING US IS TO PRACTICE
SOCIAL DISTANCING. SO FOR ANY
MEMBERS THAT ACTUALLY GO INTO
THE HOUSE FLOOR TODAY, THERE
GOING TO BE SEVERAL CAUTIONS
TAKING PLACE IN ORDER TO
PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS
FROM HAPPENING THERE AT
THE HOUSE. THERE WILL BE HAND
SANITIZER FOR EVERY MEMBER THAT
ENTERS AND EXITS THE HOUSE
CHAMBER AND THERE WILL ONLY BE