Dow Industrials fall 1,338 points, close below 20,000 for first time since 2017; New York Stock Exchange to close trading floor as of Monday; Trump invoking Defense Production Act to expand production of hospital masks and protective gear; Dr. Gupta answe

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Dow Industrials fall 1,338 points, close below 20,000 for first time since 2017; United States death toll 125, 7,500+ confirmed cases; Trump invoking Defense Production Act to expand production of hospital masks and protective gear; Defense Department preparing to deploy two hospital ships, on to New York, one to West Coast; Trump: We are ordering "thousands and thousands" of ventilators; Ford, Chrysler and General Motors temporarily closing all United States plants due to coronavirus outbreak; New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New Jersey to temporarily close indoor portions of shopping malls, amusement parks and bowling alleys; Trump admin planning for coronavirus lasting "18 months or longer"; Senate approves house-passed Coronavirus Relief Bill, still negotiating trillion-dollar stimulus package; Dow falls 1,338 points to close below; Trump: I see myself "as a wartime president"; Hospital ships to be deployed;New York Stock Exchange to close trading floor as of Monday; Trump invokes wartime measures; Dr. Gupta answers your questions; White House: We will see dramatic increase in confirmed infections over next few days due to more tests being processed; Trump: coronavirus testing capacity being expanded; Dr. Gupta answers your questions about the coronavirus; United States coronavirus death toll 139, 7,900+ confirmed cases; ignoring warnings; United States border with Canada closing to non-essential travel; Beachgoers ignore warning to avoid large groups; Urgent new measures;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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0:37.0	I'm Wolf Blitzer in the situation room.
0:41.0	We're covering the fast-moving coronavirus pandemic.
0:45.0	The stock market took a major dive today
0:47.2	with the Dow Jones Industrial Average,
0:49.0	closing below 20,000 for the first time since 2017.
0:53.6	The death toll in the United States now stands at 125
0:57.2	with at least 7,500 infected.
1:00.5	The president taking emergency steps today to address the crisis invoking the Defense Protection Act to expand the supply of protective medical gear and other urgently needed equipment.
1:11.0	And the Pentagon now says hospital ships with several
1:14.8	thousand beds will be deployed to New York and the West Coast so that medical
1:19.6	centers can focus their efforts on coronavirus patients.
1:24.0	Let's begin our coverage this hour with CNN's Nick Watti is joining us from Los Angeles
1:28.0	with late-breaky developments out there.
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