simons in washington stefan the trump administration. first hesitated to ban travel from you can ireland so what has changed yeah that caused a lot of head scratching here in the media and in the general public why the u.k. and ireland were extended exempt from the travel restrictions or the travel ban from europe now you have it there included the president indicated this yesterday well his press conference in the rose garden that he might change his mind on the u.k. and ireland and they have a 24 hours later he did because the number is in the u.k. as well as in ireland are up in fiction numbers and maybe somebody told the president that you were citizen you can go to the u.k. still decide for exit and leave the u.k. towards the u.k. then from there so that. maybe is the reason he doesn't really get clearer today telling us this and that and that is my rationale behind this decision just announced it and some some people or some observers saw it coming after he was grilled yesterday and didn't have a good answer yesterday in his press

because it's hard to refill the stores on a basis is rapidly refilling them for more on that let's go to our correspondent stefan simons in washington stefan trump is urging the public to relax but on the other hand top u.s. health official has just told americans to protest prepared to hunker down is there a mixed message here yeah you can say it's always exactly what he said he's there to to relax and that we are that america is actually doing great and that everything is under absolute tremendous control that's the president talking and just minutes later as you just indicated his top expert dr anthony fauci comes out and says like no we're not in great shape and the worst is yet to come so you see there is mixed messages there is at least many many experts and political observers say so tremendous spending by president trump or just a disconnect to the reality which is. experts still actually trying to convey to the public problem here is. that before social distancing and no tests no tests available country right from shore to shore from north to 1000 that's the biggest problem and what measures is the government taking to reassure the publ

the monkey is in washington d.c. good evening to you stefan so trump says he's a wartime president invoking the emergency authority of the defense production act to run us through exactly what this means. well 1st of all that means that he calls himself a wartime president now a significant change in attitude and maybe a realisation that he has a real real problem on his hands remember a few days ago just a few days ago the president was busy downplaying and playing the entire thread of the coronavirus calling it reeks before that even a hoax however the. law we're talking about nollywood he said walking no is making it's basically an enabling the government to direct industry segments to produce specific things that means for example to nail down mess why mess because the a united states health system and hospitals are totally overwhelmed already are not equipped to handle very many more. coronavirus patients so the health care workers can't work without mess because they have to protect themselves the president has now more leeway to tell for example a company called 3 m. not to produce post it's not masks yeah it'

they're not appreciative to the army corps they're not appreciative defame it's not right let's go now to our washington correspondent stefan seaman stephan we heard donald trump there calling for appreciation from the states what's the status of that crucial relationship. yeah the president needs is the in need of some law from the governors in the states and then i've given it to him the way he thinks they should because again on the ground in those states and for those governors they are looking at a set of problems and that is we are still at the beginning of a major crisis here there's no peek inside yet not for new york not for a new wall and not for other cities like chicago or detroit they're all looking at models and data. which do not look really really good for those metropolitan areas and states and they need again ventilators ventilators ventilators to be prepared for what's coming their way and protective gear for their health care workers for the nurses for the for the doctors the president wants to be appreciated for what he and the federal governments do or or what their what the government is going to do for those states but that doesn't help

correspondent stefan simons in washington stefan thanks for joining us now the trumpet ministration has been accused of downplaying this crisis now trump is calling it a national emergency so what is the response been there well the response from observers friends and foes of the president is france saying he finally got around it he acknowledges now the severe threat of the coronavirus and people who don't like the president so much say oh my god hopefully he has it now because they say declaring a national emergency was long overdue the problem here is testing testing testing the united states has not enough testing kits and with that not enough testing is going on in the streets all over the place therefore you can't get any data on how widespread the coronavirus already is how sick basically the american society already is from this virus but it seems that trump suggested that there still might not be enough tests to go around let's have a listen again we don't want everybody taking this test it's totally unnecessary. and this will pass this will pass through and. we're going to be. even stronger for it we learned a lot so stuff on

the federal government's response. we can go to washington now and speak to iraq correspondent mashed f.n.c. vince who is following this story welcome stefan president trumps expected to hold a news conference shortly the 2nd this week on the corona virus outbreak what are we expecting. we're expecting the president to come out any minute actually now into the rose garden of the white house and to make good on what he bungled there's no other word for it. just 48 hours ago in his address to the nation we do not expect him to roll 'd back the travel ban from europe but it's we expect him to declare a national. emergency or it coronavirus emergency why would he do this because he has been under tremendous tremendous pressure from all sides of the political spectrum from friends and foes 'd. for days now to take a action more severe action b. show leadership and see make funds available and with declaring a national emergency or coronavirus emergency he would make do exactly that make it possible to pump billions of dollars into the system into the states into the communities which are taking the brunt of what is to be expected a major crisis in development h

the senate president trump has said he'll sign the bill immediately . now for more on bad let's talk now with our correspondents. in washington and yes in new york welcome to both of you stefan let it go to you 1st an unprecedented 2.2 trillion dollar package was swiftly passed as we've just heard is a safe to say it was a rare show of unity in congress. you know it's more than fair and more than safe to say that this was a rare vote of unity in congress however don't forget even if this was on the fast track and just lasted a week there were really rough and tough negotiations going on behind the scenes and behind the curtains for all of this week between senate white house democrats republicans in congress in the senate and with the white house and now you have it point to 2 trillion dollars stimulus package it's there every party with a different focus of course that was obviously the matter of the negotiations and where they had to agree 1st to show this unity now today and that was the democrats wanted to direct payments to people to a lot of people as well as control on or create a control dreamy i'm on who gets corporate money which corporations get money and how do t

virus and according to his doctor the result was negative trump was under pressure to prove that he had not contracted coded 19 himself they don't correspond that stefan's humans has been following these latest developments he gives us his opinion from washington d.c. good news for president donald trump his test for corona virus came back negative trump was tested friday night after being further pressured to finally agree to a test after being in close proximity to a person with a positive test result for corona virus not even 24 hours later the result is him and the president does not have the virus mean vava general public americans across the country keep wishing a that they head access to a test and could be tested in the 1st place and be that they get the test results as quickly as the president none of it is happening though still not the united states remain to be ill equipped and prepared for combating the coronavirus pandemic. still there are not enough testing kits aggro there's still no mass testing happening and still there is no plan yet how to conduct and minutes for mass testing whenever it is happen in the near or far future on the bri

stefan simons there in washington d.c. for us thank you so much. i was staying in the u.s. the trump administration is proposing an $850000000000.00 stimulus package that would among other measures send a $1000.00 check to every american the package would also include a 50 $1000000000.00 for the american airline industry a cotton payroll taxes and further loans on guarantees for small businesses the plaids come as governments around the world scramble to send direct aid to 16 affected by the pandemic it would still need to be passed by congress this week. asian markets are mixed today taiwan is in the red while japanese and chinese stocks are trading in positive territory investors are still reeling from the fallout of the corona virus outbreak news that the u.s. government is radiating a huge stimulus package of one trillion dollars to help individuals of business get some relief from effects of the $1000.00 pandemic hasn't come to market experts are warning that the virus fallout could trigger a global recession. over to our financial correspondent in taipei its own hands so the ec

trump said today at the press conference. he referred to the coronavirus as the chinese virus. what happened when a journalist challenged him on that today? stefanthe president was defiant and said he had no reason of not calling at the chinese virus because that is where it came from. of course, it is not just the president trying to rebrand coronavirus as the chinese virus. secretary of state mike pompeo called it yesterday the wuhan virus. of course the chinese are not really happy about this. there are many people here, many observers, experts, and average people, americans, who say, that is wrong, it is the coronavirus, and it is dangerous. because of course, asian americans are looked at funny here and there upon the streets. and that is not a very comfortable position for them to be in. if the president of the united states is now branding the problem in the united states with this virus as the chinese virus. irresponsible, that is what it is. brent: irresponsible. we know not everyone in the u.s. sees this virus as a serious threat. and a new poll shows the political divide between democrats and republicans is amplifying that. stefan: yo

trump. jedediah: i want to ask but the note left on republican representative elise stefan nick's car, says republicans? >> absolutely. we're here in florida where someone will spit and slap in this state. arizona, someone wanted to slash republicans. tennessee a retired officer was assaulted. 15-year-old trump supporter was assaulted this happens almost daily, assaults on trump supporters. you never hear about it in the media. it is rare. it is happening. the left needs to stop. antifa needs to stop. there is no place to stop for this violence. unfortunately seems to happen on the left all too often. pete: elise stefanik goes grocery shopping with her husband and comes back out to see the night. jedediah: thank you, kayleigh. >> thank you. griff: the prime minister ordering a lockdown in the country's northern region that includes major cities like milan and venice. the measure is expected to be approved by the legislators. it is unclear when it will go into effect. italy is the most infected european country with nearly 6,000 coronavirus cases. >>> and the coronavirus sidelining sports in