fighting the coronavirus the state's governor makes an urgent appeal for medical volunteers as a u.s. navy hospital ship arrives for the 1000 beds the governor warns of a staggering number of deaths and most of them are in new york city and our u.s. correspondent the latest also coming up. kenya has introduced an evening curfew in an attempt to slow the spread of the pandemic now there is growing criticism of the police for their tough tactics as they enforce the measures. plus a new day for the 2020 tokyo illiterates to mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week think again this were postponed because of the global coronavirus content. yes welcome to the program we start in the united states where new york's governor andrew cuomo has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what he's calling a staggering number of deaths from the coronavirus the peak came as the death toll of the state climbed to past 12 most of them in new york city so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered cuomo school meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to h

was most of them in new york state its governor makes an urgent appeal for medical volunteers as a u.s. navy hospital ship arrives with a 1000 beds the governor warns of a staggering number of deaths are u.s. car spondon has the latest also coming up. life under lockdown thousands of miles from home as travel restrictions mean tourists stranded we hear from german travelers stuck in truth with no idea when they'll be able to leave. plus a new day for the 2020 tokyo olympics mark your calendars for the 23rd of july next year last week the games were postponed because of the global coronavirus. on public voting yes welcome to the program we start in the united states where the death toll from covert 903000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers andrew cuomo called a number of deaths staggering so far around 80000 former medical professionals have answered paul most call meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the city's hospitals. a welcome sight for new york as the battle agains

as the battle against the corona virus ramps up a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last 2 weeks. and we needed this boost we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters in the u.s. navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a field hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words president donald trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both need more help from the federal government to be ready for what's coming. it is a fundamental blunder. to only prepare for today that's why in some ways we are where we are we've been at behind this virus from day one you have this scientist in the data projections show you a curve. the curve goes like this you're over here. prepare for the high point of the curv

most of them in new york state its governor makes an emergent appeal for medical volunteers as the u.s. navy hospital ship arrives for the 1000 beds the governor warns of a quote staggering number of deaths are u.s. correspondent as the latest also coming up in spain fears grow for the country's elderly did reports that some nursing homes have been practically abandoned by workers relatives are turning to digital technology to help keep in touch and did politics get in the way of public health we talked to a specialist in taiwan about whether the world health organization missed an opportunity to draw on type a success in combat virus outbreak. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us we start in the united states where the death toll from covert 19 now exceeds 3000 more than a 3rd of those victims are from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers andrew cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far out 80000 former medical professionals have answered well most call meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the ci

but most of them in new york state it's gov make sense urgent appeal for medical volunteers as a u.s. navy hospital ship arrives with a 1000 hospital beds the governor warns of a staggering number of deaths are u.s. correspondent has the latest also coming up what's taiwan secret the island was hit early by the one a virus outbreak and managed to keep things under control will be talking to a public health specialist in taipei and a new date for the 2020 tokyo olympics it's in 2021 parker calendars july 23rd this after the games had to be postponed because of the global coronavirus and. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us we begin in the united states where the death toll from copan 1000 now exceeds 3000 over a 3rd of those victims were from new york state whose governor has issued an urgent appeal for medical volunteers governor andrew cuomo called the number of deaths staggering so far an 80000 for medical professionals have answered cuomo call meanwhile a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to help relieve pressure on the city's overwhelmed hospitals. a welcome sight for new york. as

to the u.s. navyon in washington, d.c., into the home station in norfolk, virginia, we say thank you. we are here monday to friday. set your dvr and never miss a report. i am bill hemmer at life from matt hatton. see you tomorrow. in the meantime, "your world" continues in a moment. we will see whether or not we can get the stock market headed in the right direction. >> thanks to both of you. thank you so much. it's time for "after the bell" on a day after the red. >> neil: an emergency makeshift hospital room out. it has a little bit about this joining feel to it. discharging at the corner of while in broad where the dow stood at 22% were of 400.13 fall today. the fact that so many companies are down. now better than a million including macy's with bloomingdale's and the gap and auto

the u.s. navy vessels would obtain information, about coastal facilities in north vietnam, that would help the commandoes of the 34 a raids. anyway, as early as may 1964, william bundy, johnson's assistant of state, he came up with an early draft of a congressional resolution, whereby the congress would delegates powers to the president in emergency situation -- he wanted that power they would remove the worry issue, and give my huge foreign policy victory, where congress out of sheer patriotism would rally around the president. all that was needed, was an inciting incidents. that was provided an august 2nd 1964. what happened was this. undulates 22nd, 1964, a destroyer mattocks was ordered to the golf, on a mission. on july 30th, south the enemies commandoes, conducted heavy rates pains to islands. the next day, dramatics arrived there, and on august 1st, it cruised within gun range, of one of the two offshore islands, that have been under attack from the south vietnamese commandoes. then it retur

the u.s. navy hospital ship comfort has docked in new york it's hoped the vessel with a 1000 beds will help ease pressure on the city's hospitals which are battling the largest number of coronavirus cases inside the country and security forces have been deployed across a bob way to enforce a 3 week lockdown which came into effect on sunday night to prevent the spread of the coronavirus health workers went on strike last week over concerns the health system will not cope with a likely outbreak. will drug companies and universities around the world have dropped the other work to concentrate on the search for a vaccine it's a task that normally takes years but there are plans for human trials within just months if barker reports from london. scientists are at war with covert 19 dozens of laboratories are now battlegrounds in the race for a vaccine here at oxford university volunteers blood samples are prepared for testing ahead of the 1st human trials of a vaccine the blood will be checked for antibod

. >> you have the u.s. navy ship "mercy" coming. impressive vessel, will be taking non-covid-19 patients to clear space for the covid-19 patients. it's not obvious but to you and me. that is the reality. federal help, looked like had a deal with gm, white house says

one of two hospital ships from the u.s. navy positioned in place. it's much needed help for what leaders in l.a. county predict will be difficult weeks ahead. the u.s. navy mercy will provide 1,000 extra hospital beds in southern california. the hospital ship will care for patients without covid-19 but who still need medical care. governor newsom asked president trump to send the mercy to l.a. >> this truly is mercy on the water. this truly is mercy at the beds. this truly is mercy and the expression of who we are as americans and as people at this moment. >> local leaders expect to be hit with a surge in patients. l.a.'s mayor says his city is five days away from being on par with new york city's outbreak rate. >>> a lot more to come. a disturbing act caught on camera. what amazon is saying about this video. >>> it's the second weekend of the shelter in place orders and big changes are coming to our state and local parks. >>> during these strange and troubling times, sometimes you've just got to howl. that's what neighbors here in the north bay wit

as the u.s. navy hospital ship, comfort, arrives with 1,000 beds, the governor warns of a staggering number of deaths in the pandemic, most of them are in new york city. also coming up, the coronavirus pandemic, a menace to migrants. aid groupss say t that grereeces overcrowded migrant camps should be evacuated. they warn an outbreak from the island of lesesbos would be catastrophe. and for millions in india, the fear of starvation, greater than the fear of infection. workers who have lost their jobs try to get home in a mass exodus from the cities. is this a pandemic's perfect storm? i'm brent goff. our viewers on pbs and the united states and all around the world, welcome. tonight it is getting desperate in new york. the state governor, andrew cuomo, has made an urgent appeal for medical volunteers amid what he's calling a staggering number of deaths from the coronavirus. the plea came as the death toll in the state climbed past 1200. most of them in new york city. so far, around 80,000 former medic

a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last few weeks. and we needed this post we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters the u.s. navy the marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a field hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words president donald trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both need more help from the federal government to be ready for what's coming. it is a fundamental blunder. to only prepare for today that's why in some ways we are where we are we've been at behind this virus from day one you have the scientist in the data projections show you a curve the curve goes like this you're over here prepare for the high point of the curve and do it now when you can do it the night before medics have beco

a u.s. navy hospital ship has arrived to bring some relief to new york city's struggling health care system more than 900 people have died there and it's the epicenter of the u.s. outbreak and as i was 0 as gabriel is on the reports now one ship won't be enough. to gigantic u.s. navy ship comfort enters new york about to dock at the terminal normally reserved for cruise ships a $275.00 metre long floating hospital with more than $700.00 hospital beds 12 operating rooms and 1200 doctors nurses and staff. new york hospitals will start sending sick patients not infected with corona virus to the ship this week to free up hospital beds for those who do have the virus. some new yorkers came out of their apartments where most have been holed up for more than 2 weeks to marvel at the ship. a memorial to the victims of the 911 terrorist attacks looks over the hudson river the last time the comfort was in new york harbor was 3 days after 911 to help those injured let me be clear that this is such a crucial

the u.s. navy was simultaneously carrying out top secret spy missions along the coast of north vietnam. these were code named desoto missions. these operations were conducted by large intelligence gathering destroyers that recorded north vietnamese radio and radar signals. frequently these missions were conducted in conjunction with the 34-a raids. the u.s. navy vessels would obtain information about coastal facilities that would help the commandos of the 34-a raids. as early as may 1964, william bundy, johnson's assistant secretary of state for far eastern affairs, he came up with an early draft of a congressional resolution whereby the congress would delegate sweeping powers to the president in a military emergency to take whatever action he deemed fit. johnson wanted such a declaration because it would remove the war issue from the 1964 campaign and it would give him a huge foreign policy victory in which congress out of sheer patriotism would have to rally around the president. all that was nee

u.s. navy officials tell me that hospital ship referenced by president trump and new york governor andrew cuomo will not be ready to arrive in new york until mid-april at the earliest. it is undergoing repairs in norfolk, virginia after a six-month tour of south america. it efforts are being made to expedite the timeline according to u.s. navy officials. >> we've also alerted brady a field hospitals to be ready as needed based on the commander in chief. >> the u.s. navy only has two hospital ships, each with about 1,000 bunks. one on the east coast and one on the west coast in san diego. the comfort and mercy will not be used for cobi a covid-19 wilp relieve pressure on hospitals with trauma patients. >> whether it is our field hospitals or hospital ships, they are focused on trauma. they don't necessarily have the segregated space that you need to deal with infectious diseases. >> numbers he would have to sail through the panama canal and it could be ready in five days to set sail from san die

as you know, two u.s. navytal ships with a few thousand beds are being deployed, one on the east coast, one on the west coast, to take care of patients who don't have coronavirus, to help free up resources for coronavirus patients at hospitals on land. we saw how the virus took off on cruise ships. how big a challenge will it be to keep these ships, first of all, safe? >> wolf, health care systems are not just beds and rooms. health care systems rely on people, all the way from physicians and nurses to janitors, who are crucial, as well as infection control methods. we need assurances not just about the greater number of rooms and facilities but who is going to be working in these facilities, what are the infection control practices. as you mentioned, we saw how quickly a ship can become a floating hot zone. what assurances do we have about negative pressure rooms, people working on these ships, and what support they'll have? right now, wolf, i'm hearing from people telling me they're having to reuse masks in t

. >> we are not waiting for the crisis to hit and hit and hit >> a u.s. navy ship arrives in los angeles, positioning in place what could be a surge of coronavirus patients. los angeles's mayor warning tonight the numbers in his county look even worse than new york's. >>> here in the bay area, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases climbed to more than 1,600. warren county reported its first death, a man in his 70s who got sick after taking a cruise on the grand princess. he has been in the hospital the past three weeks. santa clara county reported another death sending its total to 20. contra costa and marrin county added a handful of new cases. >> we are tracking cases in mendocino and lake counties. mendocino, 2 reported cases, lake county at this time reports none. >> in the south bay, san jose state confirms its second case of covid-19, the campus employee is recovering at home. the university says the individual was in the student union this week and effective need it's been closed for a deep cleaning. >> and good evening to you, the news comes as san

but the u.s. navy was simultaneously carrying out the top secret spy missions across vietnam, these were code named social missions and were conducted by large intelligence gathering this dryers that recorded his, and these missions were conducted in conjunction with the rates, meaning the u.s. navy vessels would obtain information about coastal facilities in north vietnam that would help the commanders. anyway, as early as may, 1964, william bundy, johnson's assistant secretary came up with a congressional resolution, whereby the congress would delegate sweeping powers to the president and a military emergency to take whatever action he deemed fit. johnson wanted such declarations because it would remove the war issue from the 1964 campaign and give him a huge foreign policy victory in which congress, would have to rally around the president. all that with needed was and inciting incident, and that was provided on august 2, 1964. what happened was this. on july 22, the destroyer maddox was ordered to

>>> ladies wear the blue is a u.s. navy documentary and recruitment film tracing the history of women in the navy from 1917 to 1974. it features contributions by navy women in the mid 1960s as restrictions were removed. ♪ ♪ ♪ we are ships upon the ocean ♪ feel the birds above ♪ far and wide upon the water ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> it was a dramatic first. the first time in american naval history that women were assigned to the crew of a ship. on a soggy november 18, 1972, at hunter's point naval shipyard in california the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. the first woman admiral elaine dirk gave the commissioning address. >> the sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new and unusual type of ship with a new mission to assist the navy effort to improve moral and flexibility by home porting combatant ships overseas to provide medical and resale services to deploy dependents wherever the fleet may be assigned. in addition to this forward step the sanctuary has been selected as the ship to participate in the pilot program which will evaluat

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well the york city's overrun health system is getting a lifeline from the u.s. navy and a medical ship has now docked in the city to help relieve hospitals coronavirus cases soar the 1000 bad vessel has 12 operating rooms so will be used to treat patients that do not have the virus clearing much needed beds inside city hospitals new york state accounts for almost half of the country's confirmed cases gabriel is on the is at the port of manhattan and says the ship could be needed for months. the last time that this particular floating hospital is called the comfort of the u.s. navy came here to new york was 3 days after 911 to help with people who were injured then this ship is massive it is about 894 feet or about 275 meters it has 12 operating rooms over $1000.00 hospital beds inside and it will have about a level $11200.00 nurses and doctors and staff on it that will be helping here in the coming weeks and perhaps even months in new york city what they are going to use it for is taking patients that do not have coronavirus out of some of the new york city hospitals

"ladies wear the blue" is a u.s. navy documentary and recruitment film traces the history of women in the navy from 1917 to 1974. it features an interview with wwi and wwii veteran captain joy hancock. who is pictured here. the second half of the film explores how contributions by navy women increased beginning in the mid-1960's. as restrictions were removed, opportunities opened up in a variety of fields. (music) (music) (music) (music) (music) ♪ ♪ >> it was a dramatic first, the first time in navy history women wear assigned to the crew of a ship. in 1972, at hunters point naval shipyard, the uss sanctuary was recommissioned. the navy's first woman admiral gave the commissioning address. >> the sanctuary is being recommissioned as a new, unusual type of ship with a mission to assist the efforts to improve morale and flexibility by home boarding combat and ships overseas. it will provide services to deploy dependence wherever the fleet is assigned. in addition to this forward step, the sanctuary has also been accepted as

american history tv. 75 years ago, on february 19, 1945, the u.s. navy, coast guard and marines launched an invasion of the heavily fortified pacific island called iwo jima. next on railamerica, filmed in color by u.s. service members and edited by warner bros. studios, the academy-award nominated documentary "to the shores of iwo jima." it tells the story of the brutal 36-day battle in which nearly 7000 marines were killed. this film contains graphic scenes of war and death that may disturb some viewers. ♪ [orchestral music] narrator: this is the pacific as you know it, wide stretches of water, but this is the pacific as the joint chief of staffs view it, a battlefield, a vast fortress-studded plane on which the japanese defend the heart of the homeland. it is the most heavily fortified island in the world. this was the most heavily -- heavily fortified island in the world. buried deep underground, the jap preparations for murder. 20,000 fighting men waited for us to make the first move. >> and they don't have to wait long. [explosions] the navy begins

. >>> new this morning, the u.s. navy is self quarantining ships in the 6th fleet because of coronavirus. two navy officials say ships will stay at sea for at least 14 days after visiting any port in europe. the sixth fleet is responsible for the u.s. navy presence in europe, russia and almost all of avenue camp this should not impact any missions there. >> >> in south korea where 5300 people are infected, they are disinfecting train cars. the country has the worst outbreak outside of mainland china. they are also preparing to allocate more than $9 billion for the impact. >>> store shelves are empty. they have stocked up on supplies as the f a pl snbay ea, what he tried ht th thves ofall the passengers on board at risk of the >> let's take a live look outside at the beautiful skyline of san francisco from our camera on treasure island. >> as we go to break, more election results. our election coverage will continue throughout the morning. you can find the full results at the bottom of your screen and on kpix.com. >>> mu v

the u.s. navy ship "comfort" is coming up. it's supposed to be here about mid-april. just as you said it could allow us to take people out of a hospital and put them on that ship. for some reason it doesn't do people with the coronavirus, but it could back fill for a hospital. but, again, wolf, it's going to come down to the point of whether we have beds, yes, but whether we have the ventilator with those beds. this is going to be a respiratory illness. it's going to be someone with emphysema, someone battling cancer and now has pneumonia. they need those ventilators. even if we get the beds, if we have a bed without a ventilator, to overwhelm the health was al going to come down to the federal government taking the lead. every country that has done this, wolf, china, south korea, italy, it's been a national effort, right? so i think the president gets it. when i speak to him on the telephone it sounds like he gets it. his public comments have changed in tone. i can tell you that i had a conversation with the secretary of defense, i had the army corps of engineers her

naval institute news on the role of the u.s. navy's hospital ships in the coronavirus response. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning. join the discussion. " continues. host: stephen sneed is with us and we are talking about the impact of the coronavirus impact on the election season. first on the project and how are you funded? we are a nonprofit and we are a watchdog. we were not expecting to be in a pandemic such as this. our primary mission is to ensure the integrity and security of the electoral system and to defend the rights of voters to participate in a system which is free, fair, and honest. there will always be challenges so our democracy, pandemic being the latest and we need to respond to those with elections that people can trust. .ost: with reaction to their decision to avoid people clustering at the ballot box? guest: i commend them for their swift action to make the elections as safe as possible in these incredibly uncertain times. we certainly don't want people to be congregating in close and othern the cdc health officials a

the. >>> the u.s. navy hospital ship mercy is docked now in the port of los angeles and taking on their first patients. mercy is there to ease the load on hospitals in noncovid-19 patients so that other area hospitals can handle people who have the coronavirus. los angeles county announced 332 additional new coronavirus cases today bringing the total number in that county to more than 2,100. there have also been five deaths in the county from coronavirus. >>> news tonight that shelter in place orders here in the bay area could be extended several more weeks past the april 7th deadline. the mercury news is reporting bay area public health officers are discussing potentially extending the current order to may 1st. the first orders went into effect mid-march and are set to expire april 7th. the president of the santa clara county board of supervisors says, "in all likelihood we'll have another p april 30th. >>> officials in santa clara county are at homeless shelters to slow the spread of the coronavirus. ktvu

. >> the u.s. navy ship "comfort" pulls in and that massive field hospital in central park opens to patients this morning. all this as experts worry about the new hot spots about to take off from dallas to miami, detroit and philadelphia. the commander of the army corps of engineers leads the race to build makeshift hospitals all across the country. he joins us live. >>> also this morning, a closer look at the crisis on the front lines. those hero doctors and nurses fearing for their lives as they try to save others forced to distance themselves from their own families. >> okay, but i can't get close to you. let me go change, okay? >>> quarantine crackdowns. a florida pastor arrested after preaching to a room full of people on sunday. the new penalties this morning nationwide on those refusing to stay at home. >>> new signs of hope. wuhan, china starts to re-open. italy begins to turn the corner. and officials in seattle say the stay-at-home orders are working. what they're seeing as a new test that can

with intensive care units in new helmed, today thelmed, today the u.s. navy sailed the u.s. sailed the hospital ship "comfort" into new york harbor. and tonight that state's governor is issuing a nationwide call to doctors and nurses to join what he calls the front lines of the war on the crisis. and with the u.s. still several weeks away from the peak of infections, he warned new york is a canary in the coal mine. and as we come on the air, there are already more than 160,000 confirmed cases here in the dis., more than 2,900 have died. there is also some movement tonight when it comes to testing. abbott labs says next week it will roll out a diagnostic test with results in five minutes. also, virginia, maryland, arizona, and tennessee issued new stay-at-home orders today, joining 28 other states. that means three out of every t.ur americans have now beento . and all of that is leading to a sobering assessment from the federal reserve in st. louis that as many as 47 million americans could be laid off in the coming months. there's a lot of headlines to get to tonight with ou

today the u.s. navy ship comfort finally arriving in new york equipped at the 1000 hospital beds and 1200 medical personnel the vessel is sorely needed to help aid the coronavirus fight in new york as the city remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the u.s. the idea here with the corps of engineers with fema. and with the state and local officials is to work in collaboration so that we can provide skilled medical professionals. to take some pressure off the local and state health care system. without with our army professionals. the situation in new york worsening by the hour the state accounting for more than a 3rd of coronavirus cases in the country hospitals being pushed to the brink i've never felt so. easy clean and emotionally burdened in my life i've never felt so deeply sad and distraught with more than 59000 confirmed cases in new york and more than 8500 hospitalized officials are scrambling to deal with the influx of patients at the hospital and so they're overrun with patients you know your

the u.s. navy hospital ship arrives in new york as lady liberty looks on. "comfort" arrives by sea as treatment tents are built on land. with intensive care units nearing capacity, new york's governor has a warning. >> there is no american that is immune. what is happening to new york is not an anomaly. >> o'donnell: supply shortage. nurses and doctors desperate for masks as california's governor is outraged over more than 100 broken ventilators. what's the federal government doing to make sure equipment is getting where it's needed? stay home. as federal guidelines are extended for another month, three out of four americans are ordered to not leave their homes. why a top official warns the death toll could still reach hundreds of thousands. nursing home danger. eight dead in a new jersey home for seniors as hundreds test positive in homes in maryland and tennessee. what's being done to help the most vulnerable. economic catastrophe. the stark warning the unemployment rate could reach 32%. tonight struggling restaurant owners on why the relief bill may not

this comes as a u.s. navyospital ship will dock off of the coast of new york, very shortly, to help overwhelmed hospitals. joining us now is new york city mayor bill de blasio. mayor, we're so happy to have you here this morning. we can see in a live shot the u.s. naval ship "comfort" coming in. it's this sort of gray day and here comes this ship charging towards the shore. there's something really poignant about this picture that we're looking at. can you see it from your vantage point, and what will this help? >> alisyn, i can't see it but i can picture it in my mind and i'm really happy the "comfort" is here. the fact the navy is here, the military is here to help new york city in our hour of need, that is amazingly important to this city. this is like an additional hospital, just floated right up to our shores, and now it's going to help to save lives and alisyn, also for the people in the city have gone through so much the last two weeks. what a morale boost, what a shot in the arm to be able to see our m

we're also deploying the u.s. navyl ship, and that will be arriving in new york harbor in the not too distant future. it's finishing its maintenance, doing a very big maintenance. and what we did is condensed it very seriously. and as you know, the other hospital ship, and these are incredible ships, it's already on its way to los angeles. so we're in frequent contact with state and local officials, and getting a lot of work done. we're likewise building hospitals in los angeles. we're working also with the state of washington. we're working with the governor of the state of new jersey. we're building a medical facility, a hospital facility. and doing a lot of work. i want to thank the people from fema, the great people from fema and also the army corps of engineers. secretary mnuchin and the members of my administration continue to work closely with congress. i'm pleased to report that we are working to pass the biggest and boldest financial relief package in american history. senators will soon, hopefully, vote on a

but the head of the u.s. navy in the pacific ocean, admiral jon aquino, was discussing the "theodore roosevelt", and he said they're taking extraordinary action to try to isolate soldiers on that ship, sting them while in quarantine. but i have to say what he just announced is not what the captain of the ship has been asking for. me number of hundreds, perhaps in the thousands, from the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt" are leaving the ship right now, but the admiral said they would not exceed, by the request of the captain, which was really a extraordinary one, take 90% of the ship off and keep 10% on the ship in to clean the ship and maintain the nuclear reactor and what theaptain said was basically, "we needed to do this because everne on this ship was working too closely together, and we couldn't keep the sailors safe.n there have bzens of cases of covid-19 on that ship. and he wrote a real plea to the pentagon in a letter yesterday, judy. leme reajust part of it: l judy, admiuino from the u.s. navy in the pacific s

and then over on the west coast where the u.s. navy hospital ship mercy is now docked at the port of los angeles to serve as an overflow facility for patients who don't have the virus we have coverage from both coasts artie's natasha's sweet starts us from the port of los angeles. will of the newest and biggest hospital in los angeles dump right behind along here at the port of los angeles the u.s. and that's mercy is said to have at least 1000 hospital beds and some 1200 to duty medical personnel to treat patients who are free of cope at night. as many people are avoiding hospitals right now in fear of getting the coronavirus the u.s. in a smirky will be a safe place to get medical treatment this will also free up medical equipment so that corona virus patients will have all the ventilators they need right now 90 percent of beds across the. entry are already taken there are only about $200.00 beds left available in the intensive care units. we are not the point to treat patients or taking corrective measures to ensure anyone coming up