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| US coronavirus: Democrats block bill over lack of worker aid as Trump briefs nation – as it happened | |
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| Rand Paul becomes first senator to test positive for Covid-19 as New York governor offers scathing indictment of government’s delays and missteps | Rand Paul becomes first senator to test positive for Covid-19 as New York governor offers scathing indictment of government’s delays and missteps |
| That’s us done for the day, thank you for reading. Here’s a summary of events: | That’s us done for the day, thank you for reading. Here’s a summary of events: |
| The number of Covid-19 cases in the US has now gone past 33,000, with 417 deaths. | The number of Covid-19 cases in the US has now gone past 33,000, with 417 deaths. |
| New York is a hotspot for the virus, accounting for 5% of cases worldwide. | New York is a hotspot for the virus, accounting for 5% of cases worldwide. |
| Rand Paul has become the first US senator to test positive for Covid-19. | Rand Paul has become the first US senator to test positive for Covid-19. |
| The national guard have been deployed to New York, Washington and California to help with the outbreak in those states. | The national guard have been deployed to New York, Washington and California to help with the outbreak in those states. |
| Democrats have blocked an economic stimulus package, claiming it favored big business over the rights of workers. | Democrats have blocked an economic stimulus package, claiming it favored big business over the rights of workers. |
| Trump signs off by saying he will be back for another briefing tomorrow. He also says his initial instinct is to cut foreign aid during the coronavirus outbreak but he may reconsider. “By the time they walk those list into my office, I say, we have to keep doing that. That’s humanity,” he says. | Trump signs off by saying he will be back for another briefing tomorrow. He also says his initial instinct is to cut foreign aid during the coronavirus outbreak but he may reconsider. “By the time they walk those list into my office, I say, we have to keep doing that. That’s humanity,” he says. |
| Trump is asked if he sold stock in the run up to the outbreak. He describes it as a “nasty” question. He goes into a rambling answer even by his own standards. “It cost me billions of dollars to be president,” he says before praising Melania as a great first lady and a then segues into a riff about the fact that George Washington had two desks, presumably a reference to the fact that he was the president and a businessman. Trump then adds he is now a “wartime” president. “I’m glad that this team and me are here for this horrible thing,” he says. | Trump is asked if he sold stock in the run up to the outbreak. He describes it as a “nasty” question. He goes into a rambling answer even by his own standards. “It cost me billions of dollars to be president,” he says before praising Melania as a great first lady and a then segues into a riff about the fact that George Washington had two desks, presumably a reference to the fact that he was the president and a businessman. Trump then adds he is now a “wartime” president. “I’m glad that this team and me are here for this horrible thing,” he says. |
| Trump is upbeat about medicine’s fight against Covid-19, despite the fact that a vaccine is in all likelihood at least a year away. | Trump is upbeat about medicine’s fight against Covid-19, despite the fact that a vaccine is in all likelihood at least a year away. |
| “I don’t want to get anybody overly excited, but I’m very excited by the prospect of it,” says the president. “Then in addition to that, NIH is working on vaccines and they’re making great progress. But the vaccine does have to be tested for a long period of time because you can’t give thousands and millions a vaccine and it turns out to be dangerous, so that does have to be tested. But this one’s been taken for a long time, so we know pretty much one result.” | “I don’t want to get anybody overly excited, but I’m very excited by the prospect of it,” says the president. “Then in addition to that, NIH is working on vaccines and they’re making great progress. But the vaccine does have to be tested for a long period of time because you can’t give thousands and millions a vaccine and it turns out to be dangerous, so that does have to be tested. But this one’s been taken for a long time, so we know pretty much one result.” |
| Trump is asked if undocumented people are welcome to be tested without fear of being reported to authorities. He defers to the surgeon general, Jerome Adams, who says that undocumented workers should be allowed to be tested. Mike Pence adds that border protection are not targeting emergency rooms to look for undocumented people. | Trump is asked if undocumented people are welcome to be tested without fear of being reported to authorities. He defers to the surgeon general, Jerome Adams, who says that undocumented workers should be allowed to be tested. Mike Pence adds that border protection are not targeting emergency rooms to look for undocumented people. |
| More from the Associated Press on the delay in the $1tn economic stimulus package today: | More from the Associated Press on the delay in the $1tn economic stimulus package today: |
| Trump says no one said “thank you” after he gave away his salary as the US president. “I get excoriated all the time,” he says. What this has to do with a global pandemic is unclear. | Trump says no one said “thank you” after he gave away his salary as the US president. “I get excoriated all the time,” he says. What this has to do with a global pandemic is unclear. |
| Trump is asked about help for New York City, with the mayor, Bill de Blasio, saying the city needs urgent help and supplies. Trump says de Blasio is “trying very hard” because no one has “ever seen this scale” of a disaster. Trump then talks about sterilizing facemasks so they don’t need to be thrown away and how alcohol companies are manufacturing hand sanitizer. | Trump is asked about help for New York City, with the mayor, Bill de Blasio, saying the city needs urgent help and supplies. Trump says de Blasio is “trying very hard” because no one has “ever seen this scale” of a disaster. Trump then talks about sterilizing facemasks so they don’t need to be thrown away and how alcohol companies are manufacturing hand sanitizer. |
| As news breaks that the Senate has failed to advance the coronavirus bill, Trump says the economic stimulus package is important so US companies – large and small – can be helped. He is then asked if he will reach out to former presidents for advice. He says he has an “incredible” team already and he “doesn’t see” a situation where he would reach out to George W Bush or Barack Obama. | As news breaks that the Senate has failed to advance the coronavirus bill, Trump says the economic stimulus package is important so US companies – large and small – can be helped. He is then asked if he will reach out to former presidents for advice. He says he has an “incredible” team already and he “doesn’t see” a situation where he would reach out to George W Bush or Barack Obama. |
| Trump resumes his criticism of China. He says he wished China “had told us three months sooner” about coronavirus. He adds that “we could have saved a lot of lives.” | Trump resumes his criticism of China. He says he wished China “had told us three months sooner” about coronavirus. He adds that “we could have saved a lot of lives.” |