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Good morning.

I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

202 for Tuesday, March 17. In today's news, Congress is trying to swiftly

pass a third coronavirus relief bill as airlines and casinos seek bailouts.

The CDC admits mistakes in testing as Google tries to build a tool the President claimed

already existed. And Italy's newspapers are full of death

notices, but no one can attend the funerals.

First though, the big idea. Health departments in the United States on Monday

reported the largest number of coronavirus related deaths on any one day

since the onset of the outbreak. As of last night officials had reported 18 people dead

bringing the nationwide total to 85. About 4,450 coronavirus cases have now been

confirmed in the or taking together, the guidelines were the closest the federal government has come to calling for a nationwide quarantine,

with the White House arguing that the United States has just 15 days

to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Trump appeared chastened by the magnitude of the crisis facing the nation and testing

his presidency, describing the virus as an invisible enemy that could continue to

afflict the country until August or later.

As he spoke, stocks continued their historic plunge, with the Dow Jones Industrial

Average ending the day down almost 13%, following about 3,000 points for its worst daily slide. the with symptoms. The Trump administration said that it had confirmed 1 million

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