Awaiting White House coronavirus briefing; Senate yet to call vote on $2 trillion stimulus package; Sources: Pentagon orders 60-day freeze-in-place for overseas United States troops

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 865 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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United States sees deadliest day to date, at least 185 new deaths; New York governor says state needs 140,000 beds, only has 53,000, says evidence suggests social distancing is working; World Health Organization: still time for United States to "turn it around" and avoid becoming next epicenter of virus; Maryland governor: "vast majority" of cases are people in their 40s; At least 13 states reporting 100+ new cases today; At least 177 million in United States under stay-at-home orders; Hospital system in New York City sees tenfold increase in positive patients; New York governor: evidence of hospitalization rate slowing, social distancing may be working; World Health Organization: "significant" global shortage of medical supplies; Source close to task force says advisers urging trump to see Easter as "aspirational date" to reopen country; Stimulus bill hots road block in senate; United States asking other countries for everything from hand sanitizer to ventilators; Louisiana governor: New Orleans could run out of ventilators by April 1; Louisiana sees increase of 400+ cases in one day; What the $2 trillion stimulus means for you; World Health Organization: time to act was a month ago, but still an opportunity to control the virus; World Health Organization warns against easing restrictions too early; Wolf one-on-one with Speaker Pelosi; New York crisis sparks confrontations between Trump and Governor Cuomo; White House travelers from New York to isolate for 14 days; Dr. Gupta answers your questions;To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:43.1	I'm Wolflitzer in the situation room and we're following breaking news.
0:46.7	We're standing by for a White House briefing on the coronavirus pandemic as the number of known
0:51.7	cases here in the United States now tops 63,000 with almost
0:56.8	900 deaths and with at least 185 new deaths reported so far today.
1:02.6	This is the single deadliest day in the United States
1:05.8	since the pandemic arrived.
1:07.8	Worldwide, there are almost 459,000 reported cases and more than 20,000 reported cases, and more than 20,000 deaths.
1:16.2	New York officials are increasingly worried about the number of hospital beds
1:20.1	available as cases there soar. The governor Andrew Cuomo says the state has 53,000
1:26.2	beds but expects to need 140,000 as the pandemic peaks there. But he also
1:32.4	says there's evidence suggesting
1:34.3	that social distancing is, is helping
1:37.9	slow the spread of the virus in New York.
1:40.7	The World Health Organization is saying there's still time for the country to quote
1:44.8	turn it around and avoid becoming the next global coronavirus epicenter.
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