3 Things To Know Today

1 Coronavirus Chaos: Mass Cancellations As Officials Talk Next Steps

From sporting event postponements, to school closures, travel restrictions and bans on large gatherings, coronavirus is slowly but surely shutting things down across the U.S. – even Disney. What’s next? Lawmakers are expected to vote on a coronavirus economic relief bill today after failing to reach an agreement last night. According to President Trump, that deal failed because Democrats “are trying to push through some ideas they have failed to float for years.” Speaking at the White House, the President said his administration is looking at a lot of ideas, including paid leave and helping workers who rely on tips. The President added that another focus is doing something to keep companies solvent. Meanwhile, the nation's top doctor on infectious diseases has an ominous assessment: the U.S. is failing on testing for the coronavirus. Doctor Anthony Fauci has testified that the American system was not set up for mass testing – calling it a failure. And while he later clarified to ABC News that the failure was in the system and not in the current result, he says fixes are on the way. At the top of the list? The ability for people to simply go to their doctor and ask to be tested. So what does “failure” mean, then? Fauci told ABC that the system was set up for a doctor asking for the test first not so that just anyone can ask for the test. As a result, the U.S. has tested far fewer people than other countries.

2 Biden, Sanders Slam Trump Admin Response To Coronavirus Crisis

Former VP Joe Biden is slamming the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus crisis. Speaking in his home state of Delaware, the Democratic presidential frontrunner criticized the lack of available test kits. He labeled it a “colossal failure.” Biden went on to say it’s been “a failure of leadership, planning and execution.” He said the number of tests should be in the millions, not the thousands, and argued that tests should be administered free of charge. Biden warned that the crisis will hit working families and small businesses especially hard. Biden said the U.S. must lead a coordinated global response to the coronavirus, just as the Obama administration did during the Ebola crisis in 2014. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders doesn’t disagree – saying the coronavirus threat is on the scale of a major war.

3 U.S. Launches Airstrikes In Iraq After Deadly Rocket Attack

The U.S. is getting revenge for the killing of two soldiers. As we told you yesterday, American officials confirmed that two Americans and one British soldier were killed after a rocket attack on an Iraqi base housing U.S. troops Wednesday night – 12 more were injured. In a statement, the Pentagon says our retaliatory airstrikes hit five locations – and that they were targeting weapons storage facilities used by Iranian-backed Shia militants. “The United States will not tolerate attacks against our people, our interests, or our allies,” says Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper. “As we have demonstrated in recent months, we will take any action necessary to protect our forces in Iraq and the region.”


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