- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:42 PM est
We're done for tonight
- Ellie Bufkin | Mar 31, 2020 7:42 PM est
That's a wrap! A tidy 2 hours and 10 minutes.
- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:40 PM est
The 100,000-200,000 death toll number is jarring, but keep social distancing, keep washing your hands, stay inside, and we'll get through this.
- Ellie Bufkin | Mar 31, 2020 7:40 PM est
Trump says "One more question and we'll see you tomorrow."
One off camera reporter quips back, "It almost is tomorrow!"
- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:40 PM est
This has been a long, but informative presser...cvil too.
- Katie Pavlich | Mar 31, 2020 7:37 PM est
"I don't want to be negative... This is easy to be negative about but I want to give people hope too. You know, I'm a cheerleader for the country. We're through something the country has never seen... I want to give people in this country hope." -- @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/hhUVXg4Qn0
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) March 31, 2020
- Katie Pavlich | Mar 31, 2020 7:36 PM est
Dr. Birx: We were missing a significant amount of data from China.
- Katie Pavlich | Mar 31, 2020 7:33 PM est
The task force has been speaking now for two hours.
- Cortney O'Brien | Mar 31, 2020 7:31 PM est
hahaha. Well now we have an extra year to practice for Olympics 2021!
Fauci just inspired millions to make competitive distance sneezing our new sport. pic.twitter.com/R4MaApeGUy
— Kate Hyde (@KateHydeNY) March 31, 2020
- Ellie Bufkin | Mar 31, 2020 7:28 PM est
At 7:32, we will have clocked in at 2 hours.
- Ellie Bufkin | Mar 31, 2020 7:25 PM est
After many, many questions about masks, Dr. Birx says, ultimately, "it's still under discussion."
Trump says you can wear a scarf around your face if it makes you feel better.
- Beth Baumann | Mar 31, 2020 7:25 PM est
"You people never get tired," Trump tells the press corps as he takes another question.
- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:24 PM est
Dr. Fauci debunks story from MIT professor who suggests droplets from sneezing can reach 27 feet. Fauci said he was disappointed in that story, calling it misleading. if you sneeze violently and exert extra energy in that sneeze, MAYBE you can get 27 feet.
- Ellie Bufkin | Mar 31, 2020 7:23 PM est
Did anyone have their stopwatch out for the exchange between Trump and Acosta? Had to have been 10 minutes
- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:23 PM est
This is a marathon presser
- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:21 PM est
Trump-Acosta exchange not as heated today
Acosta asked if Trump has taken the virus more seriously
- Beth Baumann | Mar 31, 2020 7:19 PM est
Trump brings up a valid point. It would be easy for him to get up on stage every day and be negative.
"I'm a cheerleader for our country."
- Katie Pavlich | Mar 31, 2020 7:18 PM est
- Katie Pavlich | Mar 31, 2020 7:17 PM est
"This is really easy to be negative about. I want to give hope" -POTUS
- Matt Vespa | Mar 31, 2020 7:14 PM est
Good question about fears or Wuhan spreading like a brushfire because of CA's homeless problem.