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Is the White House ready for the new coronavirus?

Post Reports

The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Lena Sun and Yasmeen Abutaleb explain the dangers of the coronavirus outbreak. Amber Phillips talks about that moment with Rand Paul. And Michelle Ye Hee Lee on the Trump donors who are going from zero to 60 with big contributions.

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Impeachment questions come to an end with little resolved.

Lena Sun and Yasmeen Abutaleb on the panic surrounding the coronavirus.

Michelle Ye Hee Lee covers the people throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars at Trump.

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0:00.0

From the newsroom of the Washington Post.

0:05.0

Hi, this is Tracy John Colley from the Post.

0:08.0

I'm a president for Up Power You.

0:10.0

Hi, it's Rodent Given, Up The Washington Post.

0:13.0

This is Post Reports.

0:15.0

I am routine powers.

0:18.0

It's Thursday, January 30th.

0:23.0

Today, the White House scrambles to respond to coronavirus.

0:27.0

Final questions in the impeachment trial.

0:30.0

And Trump donors going from 0 to 60.

0:37.0

The main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in China,

0:44.0

but because of what is happening in other countries.

0:50.0

On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a public health emergency.

0:56.0

The declaration sets in motion a global plan to slow the spread of the virus.

1:01.0

Our greatest concern is the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems,

1:11.0

and which are ill-prepared to deal with it.

1:16.0

The number so far, more than 8,000 people have been affected, more than 170 people have died,

1:22.0

and those numbers are climbing quickly.

1:27.0

I know that looking at the headlines is going to be freaking a lot of people out,

1:33.0

because the case numbers are very large, and people are getting evacuated by their countries,

1:39.0

and flights are being stopped.

1:42.0

But you have to remember, if you live in the United States,

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