Pres. Trump: We are ordering "thousands and thousands" of ventilators

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 19 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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President Trump invoked emergency wartime authority to speed production of protective equipment and ventilators both of which are in short supply. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joins Anderson Cooper to discuss the status of supplies in his city and what he needs from the federal government. Plus, Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer tells AC360 about how the Senate passed phase two of coronavirus relief efforts, including paid emergency leave but there's a number of restrictions on who exactly can get it. Airdate: March 18, 2020To 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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0:00.0	Good evening, thanks for joining us.
0:02.4	We hope tonight's broadcast helps you and your family stay safe and informed.
0:06.3	Today, life in America continues to cross into the new abnormal.
0:10.3	Nationwide confirmed cases of coronavirus grew by more than 2,300 since 6am this morning.
0:16.3	They now top 8,500, with nearly 3,000 cases in New York state alone, according to Governor
0:21.4	Cuomo.
0:22.4	At least 145 people in America have now died of the virus.
0:26.7	Today, President Trump invoked emergency wartime authority to speed production of protective
0:30.9	equipment and ventilators, both of which are in short supply.
0:34.9	And adding to the concern about overwhelming the healthcare system, a member of the
0:38.2	president's task force, Dr. Deborah Birx, warning of reports out of France in Italy that
0:43.5	more young people are becoming seriously ill from the virus.
0:47.0	She said that younger patients may have seen the cases in China and South Korea and
0:50.7	gotten a misleading impression that this was disease mainly of the elderly and people with
0:55.0	pre-existing conditions.
0:56.0	We'll talk more about that in just a moment.
0:59.2	This video is from Italy and it gives you a look at how dire things are there.
1:03.7	We'll talk about this video.
1:04.7	It's Dr. Sanjay Gupta coming up and what Italy may teach us about what may happen here.
1:10.0	On the economic front, more impact on tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, Detroit's
1:14.7	big three automakers announcing a temporary production shutdown, and starting Monday, the
1:19.2	trading floors, the New York Stock Exchange will be shut down with all transactions taking
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