Pelosi and Mnuchin fail to reach deal on coronavirus aid package

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin came up short of agreement Thursday night on a sweeping aid package for Americans affected by the coronavirus, although the two sides hope to reach a deal by Friday morning.

"We have, or are near, to an agreement, subject to the exchange of paper. We hope to have an announcement tomorrow," Pelosi told reporters following a Democratic leadership meeting.

"We're close to a deal. Obviously it takes time to write it up, make sure it's right, make sure it's comfortable," added House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a brief interview. "Hopefully, hopefully, we will have it done by tomorrow."