President Trump Issues New Travel Restrictions As Coronavirus Spreads

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🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In remarks from the Oval Office Wednesday night, President Trump announced actions aimed at curbing the spread and economic downfall of coronavirus, which the World Health Organization has classified as a pandemic. The efforts include a ban on travel from European countries to the United States in addition to proposals attempting to ease the financial strain on workers and businesses.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, science correspondent Richard Harris and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.8	I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House.
0:07.5	I'm Kelsey Snelli, cover Congress.
0:09.5	And we are doing our second podcast of the day.
0:12.9	It is currently 10 pm on the 11th of March.
0:17.1	And we have a couple of guests with us, Scott Horsley and Richard Harris.
0:21.0	Hey guys.
0:22.0	Hi.
0:23.0	Hi.
0:24.0	Scott, of course, Chief Economics Correspondent.
0:25.5	Richard Harris is a science correspondent here at NPR.
0:28.5	And we are all gathered here because tonight President Trump went to the Oval Office and
0:33.2	addressed the nation on coronavirus.
0:36.0	Today, the World Health Organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic.
0:43.2	We have been in frequent contact with our allies and we are marshalling the full power
0:48.1	of the federal government and the private sector to protect the American people.
0:53.0	And Richard, I want to start with you because there are a number of health measures that
0:57.1	he announced and he also announced travel restrictions.
1:01.0	Right.
1:02.0	The most dramatic thing was saying that for the next 30 days, travel would be sharply limited
1:06.4	between the United States and Europe.
1:08.6	And this is sort of following on the Trump administration's initial reaction to this which
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