PresidentTrumpsaysheandtheDemocratsareclosertoagreetoatleast $300 billionin a stimulusdealtohelpsmallAmericanbusinesseshithardbytheCoronaviruspandemic.
Itcomesasthe U.
S hittergrimmilestonerecordsshowthat 40,000 peoplehavediedfromthevirus.
Becauseifyouremember, wetalked a coupleofweeksagoaboutthat $2 trillionspendingpackageenormousspendingpackagethathavebeenagreedbyCongresswealth.
The $350 billionthatwasinthereforsmallbuildersbusinessesisallgone, sothepotisemptyon a lotofsmallbusinessesstillhaven't beenhelpedsothey'retryingtonegotiateyetanotherpackageontopofthattoreallykeeppeopleonthepayroll, that's essentiallywhatit's for.
ThatwasourWashingtoncorrespondentGary O'Donoghue.
TherewasstayingintheUnitedStates, andPresidentTrumphassaidthe U.
S governmentwantstosend a teamintoChinatoinvestigatetheCoronavirusoutbreak.
The U.
S andothercountrieshavebeenhighlycriticalofBeijing's handlingoffthecrisis.
It's reportedthatAmericanteamswanttoinvestigatesecurityat a laboratoryWuhan, andanunsubstantiatedtheorypushedinconservativemediaoutletsintheUSthatthevirusescapedfromthefacilityintothesurroundingpopulation.
Well, todiscussthiswithmefurtherisJamieMetzl, whowas a formermemberofthe U.
S NationalSecurityCouncilandisnow a memberoftheWorldHealthOrganization's expertadvisorycommittee, isalsotheauthorofHackingDollin a bookthatcoverstheUSChinarivalry.
Thankyouverymuch, Jamie, forjoiningushereontheprogramAs I wassaying, thereiscurrently a lotofdiscussionabouttheoriginsoffthisparticularvirusandofcourse, asthepressuremountsonChina, peoplewanttounderstandwhereitcamefromandhow.
Yeah, that's exactlyright.
It's criticallyimportantthatweunderstandwherethisvirusandthisoutbreakcomefrom, andwehavetodoitquicklyanddefinitelyatleast I and I thinkmostpeopleabhoranykindofintolerance, racismoranythinglikethat.
Butaskingthetoughquestionsaboutwherethiscomesfrom, I thinkiscriticallyimportant.
Mostscientistsagreethisisnotsomekindofbioweaponorsomekindofmanipulatedvirus, but I certainlybelieve, and I triedtolookverydispassionatelyattheevidencethatit's probablymostlikelyandit's impossiblenow, withoutmoreevidencetoconfirmthis, thatthiscouldverywellbe a leakfromoneoftheChinesevirologyinstitutesinWuhan.
I'veposted a lotoftheevidenceonmypersonalWebsite.
I justthinkthatwehavetounderstandwhenyoutalkabouttheevidencebecauseaswe'vesaid, youknowthis.
Butjustjustifyoucouldbrieflygiveus a senseofwhatinsuranceyou'vegot, Sure, andjusttobeclear, I am a progressive.
Thelastthingthat I wouldwanttodoistosupportanythingthatnotanythingbutmostofanythingthatwhatPresidentTrumpissayingorthetoxinsthatarebeingspewedonFoxNews.
Butlet's lookattheattheevidencefirst.
Ifthiswas a zoonoticjump, um, howwouldithavehappened?
Thiswas a seafoodmarket, not a badmarket, not a civicmarket.
Anditsitwouldbe a blowifwhat I'm sayingisisaccurate.
Buttheway I seethis, imaginethere's a planecrashandthenwewouldsay, Oh, well, somepeoplemaysaywhatnowisnotthetimetoaskwhytheplanecrashed, butthereareplanesintheair.
PresidentTrumpsaysheandtheDemocratsareclosertoagreetoatleast $300 billionin a stimulusdealtohelpsmallAmericanbusinesseshithardbytheCoronaviruspandemic.