Traders at the New York Stock Exchange watch President Donald Trump's televised White House news conference, Wednesday, March 18, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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March 18, 2020 5:22 p.m.
Trump invokes emergency authority; Big 3 automakers closing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday invoked emergency authority to marshal industry to fight the coronavirus, as the economic fallout from the crisis mounted with word that nearly the entire U.S. auto industry is shutting down its North American factories to protect workers.