and advice for today andro tom ♪ announcer: additional funding is provided by -- the estate of arnold adamsnd koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation committed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public ouoadcasng and by contributions to pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, er moderator r costa. robert: good evening. we begin with the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. united states is quickly becoming the new epicenter ofl the glo outbreak and now leads the world in confirmed cases. governors and doctors from new york to louisiana to washington state areth sounding e alarm about shortages of medical supplies. joining us is one of the reporters, yasmeen abutaleb a post."er for "the washington for being here. what is the significance of the in terms of the number of cases? yasmeen: i think it signals the epicenter of the outbreak has sort of jumped around the worldi it w china. then it was italy. then it was europe. now it seems to be the united states. the number of confirmedth d from coronavirus in the un

announcer: additional funding is provided by -- the estate of arnold adams. and koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation.it coed to bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, from washington, moderator robert costa. bert: good evening. we begin tonight with the rapidly unfolding story here in shington. leaders at both ends of pennsylvania avenue are now confronting a test to the american system.ai uncey has gripped institutions and sentors. health care, the economy, national security, and politics. president trump declared a national emergency on friday. two days after addressing the coronavirus. the novel president trump: the action i am tllaking wipen up access to up to $50 billion for states and territories and localities our shared fight against this disease. we're announcing a new partnership with private sectto vastly increase and accelerate our cacity tofo test the coronavirus. we want to make sure that those wh