United States coronavirus death toll reaches 100; 5,300+ United States cases; White House $1 trillion economic response package, would include $1,000 check for Americans; New York City tells 8 million+ to be prepared to shelter in place; Decision to be m

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.2 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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United States coronavirus death toll reaches 100; 5,300+ United States cases; White House pitches $1 trillion economic response package, would include $1,000 checks for Americans; Dr. Fauci: It would be "weeks or maybe longer" before we see a peak in the number of United States coronavirus cases; New York City tells 8 million+ to be prepared to shelter in place; Decision to be made in 48 hours as city nears 1,000 cases; White House $1 trillion economic response package, would include $1,000 check for Americans; New York City councilman test positive for coronavirus; British Prime Minister: we need to go "Further and faster" in the fight against coronavirus in the coming days; NBA star Kevin Durant test positive for coronavirus; 50 new cases of coronavirus in Los Angeles county;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.
0:42.0	We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world
0:45.0	We have reporters and analysts covering all the facets of the coronavirus and relief efforts in the United States and overseas were following breaking news as
0:54.8	Washington works on a possible trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill.
1:00.3	President Trump and the Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin say they are looking at sending Americans checks immediately
1:07.1	perhaps in the next two weeks but many details still need to be worked out this as so many Americans around the country are losing jobs.
1:15.9	Secretary Mnuchin said the pandemic is, quote, worse than 9-11 for the airline industry.
1:22.4	And Marriott, the world's largest hotel chain has
1:25.4	started furlowing employees. Tens of thousands of workers could be affected.
1:30.9	The relief talk from Washington played out well on Wall Street at
1:34.0	least today. The Dow climbed more than a thousand points today following
1:38.1	yesterday's record one day drop of almost 3,000 points.
1:43.2	The day after the White House released new guidelines for Americans help contain the
1:47.1	spread of COVID-19, a top member of its task for us.
1:50.4	Dr Anthony Fauchy said today, couldchy said today, it could take at least, at least several weeks before
1:57.4	we know how much those guidelines are actually helping. According to CNN estimates, in just the last 24 hours, there have been more
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