sa acosta at the white house. >> reporter: we're expecting this address from the oval office in a few minutes from now. the president is expected to talk for about 10 or 12 minutes, from what we understand talking to our sources briefed on the remarks and they caution us things could move into and out of the remarks but that he is expected to recommend new travel restrictions and/or advisory for airline passengers heading overseas and expected to offer up new tax breaks and other economic breaks for these hard-hit industries clobbered by the coronavirus like the airlines, holts and so on. and then urging americans to follow the cdc guidelines, wash their hands, practice social distancing. some of the things quite frankly he's been criticized for not following. but at the end of the day one source told me the president wants to project calm, that he has a way out of this crisis. the question that i think tonight, chris, is whether or not americans trust the president to see this country out of this crisis. >> that is a complicated question because he said things

early on that he had to know were not true. some of his loyalists will say he was trying to be calm but it is rarely calming in situations like this. >> that is right, chris. and i talked to a source close to the coronavirus task force this evening and i asked this person whether or not the president gets it. whether he understands the severity of the crisis. >> right. >> and the source said, quote, i think so. >> we'll see. and we'll see any second. this is a rare privilege for a president to ask for network time. how will he use it we're waiting on the president of the united states right now. finally coming to address the nation. here he is. >> my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in kline and is now spreading throughout the world. today the world health

organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. we have been in frequent contact with our allies and we are marshalling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the american people. this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. i'm confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we'll ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. from the beginning of time nations and people have faced unforeseen challenges including large scale and very dangerous health threats. this is the way it always was and always will be. it only matters how you respond and we are responding with great speed and professionalism. our team is the best any with are where in the world.

at the very start of the outbreak we instituted sweeping travel restrictions on china and put in place the first federally mandated quarantine in over 50 years. with we declared a public health emergency and issued the highest level of travel warning on other countries as the virus spread its horrible infection. and taking early intense action we've seen dramatically viewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in europe. the ooirpan union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots. as a result a large number of new clusters in the united states were seated by travellers from europe after consulting with our top government health professionals i have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and well being of all

americans. to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. these restrictions will are be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground. they will be exemptions for americans who have undergone appropriate screenings and these prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other things as we get approval. anything coming from europe to the united states is what we are discussing. these restrictions will also not apply to the united kingdom. at the same time, we're monitoring the situation in china and south korea and as their situation improves, we will re-evaluate the restrictions and warnings that are currently in place for a possible early opening.

earlier this week i met with the leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments, extend insurance coverage to these treatments and to prevent surprise medical billing. we are cutting massive amounts of red tape to make anti-viral therapy available in record time. these treatments will significantly reduce the impact and reach of the virus. additionally last week i signed into law an $8.3 billion funding bill to help cdc and other government agencies fight the virus and support vaccines treatments and distribution of medical supplies. testing and testing capabilities are expanding rapidly, day by day we're moving very quickly. the vast majority of americans, the risk is very, very low. young and healthy people can

expect to recover fully and quickly if they should get the virus. the highest risk is for elderly population with underlying health conditions. the elderly population must be very, very careful. in particular, we're strongly advising that fursing homes for the elderly suspend all medically unnecessary visits. in general all americans should avoid all essential travel in crowded areas. my administration is coordinated directly with communities with largest outbreaks and we have issued guide sans on school closures, social distancing and reducing large gatherings. smart action today will prevent the spread of the virus tomorrow. every community faces different risks and it is critical for you to follow the guidelines of your local officials who are working closely with our federal health experts and they are the best. for all americans it is

essential that everyone take extra precautions and practice good hygiene. each of us has a role to play in defeating this virus. wash your hands, clean often used surfaces, cover your face and mouth if you sneeze or cough, and most of all if you are sick or not feeling well stay home. to ensure that working americans impacted by the virus can stay home without fear of financial hardship, i will soon be taking emergency action which is unprecedented to provide financial relief. this will be targeted for workers who are ill, quarantined or caring for others due to coronavirus. i will be asking congress to take legislative action to extend this relief because of the economic policies that we have put into place over the last three years, we have the greatest economy anywhere in the

world by far. our banks and financial institutions are fully capitalized and incredibly strong. our unemployment is at a historic low. this vast economic prosperity gives us flexibility reserves and resources to handle any threat that comes our way. this is not a financial crisis, this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. however, to provide extra support for american workers, families and businesses, tonight i am announcing the following additional actions. i am instructing the small business administration to exercise available authority to provide capital and liquidity to firms affected by the coronavirus. effective immediately the sba will begin providing economic loans in affected states and territories. these low interest loans will

help small businesses overcome temporary economic disruptions, caused by the virus. to this end i'm asking congress to increase funding for this program by an additional $50 billion. using emergency authority, i will be instructing the treasury department to defer tax payments without interest or penalties for certain individuals and businesses negatively impacted. this action will provide more than $200 billion of additional liquidity to the economy. finally, i am calling on congress to provide americans with immediate payroll tax relief. hopefully they will consider this very strongly. we are at a critical time in the fight against the virus. we made a life-saving move with early action on china. now we must take the same action with europe. we will not delay. i will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect

the lives, health and safety of the american people. i will always put the well being of america first. if we are vigilant, and we can reduce the chance of infection, which we will, we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus. the virus will not have a chance against us. no nation is more prepared or more resilient than the united states. we have the best economy, the most advanced health care, and the most talented doctors, scientists and researchers anywhere in the world. we are all in this together. we must put politics aside, stop the partisanship, and unify together as one nation and one family. as history has proven time and time again, americans always rise to the challenge and overcome adversity. our future remains brighter than anyone could imagine. acting with compassion and love,

we will heal the sick, care for those in need, help our fellow citizens and emerge from this challenge stronger and more unified than ever before. god bless you, and god bless america. thank you. >> now other than a declaration of war or major terrorist event, in a generation we have not heard a message from a president as serious as the one just delivered by president donald john trump. the headline for the next 30 days, no travel from europe to the united states. it will apparently include cargo, meaning economic activity. it may be different with certain aspects with the united kingdom, britain, there may be certain exceptions for people who receive what the president called appropriate screening. he didn't go into detail on that. there are a lot of other releases of resources but

overall a jarring message and the question is how will the country receive it? we have doctor sanjay gupta along with david gregory and jim acosta also back with us. first, jim, is that the speech that was expected? >> reporter: i think that is the speech that was expected, i think it went well beyond what any of us really thought. i don't think many of us were expecting the president to auns to a travel ban from europe for 30 days starting at friday at midnight. that is stunning. that is going to cause major disare -- disruptions to the travel industry and cause all kinds of problems that we haven't seen since the trump administration tried the travel ban very early on in the administration. we saw people waiting at the airport and so on wondering if loved ones will get back from europe. so it is interesting too find out what the details are from the administration officials in terms of how they're going to implement that. the other thing, chris, that we

should point out, at one point during the address the president referred to the coronavirus as a quote, foreign virus. that is interesting because i was talking to sources this evening, one of the points that the president wanted to make tonight, wanted to get across to americans is that this virus did not start here. but that they are dealing with it. noup why the president would go as far as to describe it as a foreign virus, that is something we'll also be asking questions about. but it should be pointed out that stephen miller, who is an immigration hardliner who advises the president is one of the top domestic policy advisers and speech writer, was a driving force in writing this speech and i think it is going to come across to a lot of americans as smacking of xenophobia to use that kind of term in this speech, chris. >> sometimes we can answer the questions and the answer is he's doing it to put blame somewhere else. we've seen over the last few days mccarthy and others saying the chinese coronavirus. the wuhan coronavirus. we get that. it can't be the main concern right now.

let me go to sanjay who is here now. in terms of the remedies, let's call them, no travel from europe, 30 days including cargo. maybe different with the u.k. all of the releases of resources for economic relief. he said rapidly increasing testing. vast majority of us very, very low risk. >> well, first of all, in terms of the testing, this is obviously been a big issue and it was just a week ago where he said we have 15 cases in the country, expect to go to zero and now we're well over a thousand as you know. the testing has been the issue. you've talked about it. from the beginning, as i have. and that is the issue and remains the issue. so this is the first time he's acknowledging that issue. he said we have very few cases in the united states. most of them are coming from elsewhere. maybe true, the fact of the matter is we don't know that right now. with we don't have good vision on here in the united states. and that is a huge problem. because we don't really know how to allocate resources and how to deal with this. the other big thing, chris, if

you see what is happening in italy, in europe right now, is that the virus is obviously a problem. the bigger problem i think in italy is that the health care system is essentially starting to become overrun. the hospitals, they're having to make tough decisions, chris, on who to take care of and who not to take care of. you could imagine those sort of decisions? two patients who could survive if only we had enough resources, we don't. i wish that i heard him talk about that specifically in this country. we're 100,000 icu beds short and tens of thousands of breathing machines and ventilators short. what are we going to do? these are real problems and this is hours and days count now, not days and weeks. >> are we italy or are we china. the distinction for you at home. the china ramped to immediate scale. they built field hospitals, they had almost it seemed endless resources that seems to have been a big part of this picture of abatement that they're putting forthright now. that it is getting better. which is the u.s. more likely to

be? >> i'm worried that we're italy in the sense that we don't have a lot of surge capacity. we don't have a health care system that has redundancy and can't build hospitals in a week like in china. you're going to walk around new york city and say convention center and high school gym is becoming an ice lait lation ward. i i'm not trying to be dramatic but now is the time to do that because i think we're within -- we have the capable to be prepared for this. but this is weeks now we should have been thinking about some of these things and luckily it seems the president -- it seems he's taking it more seriously certainly now. >> he is. let's go to david gregory on this. there are a couple of different points, david, that i would love you to take on. first, the president did not address the hard realities, that it is not 15 cases, it is going to be hundreds of thousands of cases. as tony fauci said with clear i-s and a strong voice, this is

going to get worse. everybody has to be ready for that. there is something to preparing people, to letting them know it doesn't come as a surprise, as it has to to point. first on that, what is the plus/minus on him not dealing with the harshest reality and what to do about going forward? >> the job of the president of the united states, in my judgment, and in my reporting of national and international crises is to steal the country. for what we're going through and what with we may face and what will be required of the country. he is a kind of moral force for the country. only the federal government has the kind of scale and capacity to respond to something that doesn't have borders, that is international and global in nature like a public health emergency just like a national security emergency. and when he talks about this being not a crisis but, quote, a temporary moment of time. i think he hurts himself. and i think he confuses the public. because steps are being taken

and we should underline a 30-day ban on travelers coming from europe, now he said the united kingdom would be excluded from that, that is a huge deal. it is a huge deal. huge disruption economically, to families, to all of the connections americans have to europeans. and yet he's saying this is going to be a temporary moment in time. i think a lot of americans tonight are still confused and certainly anxious and sensing from their president a discernible change in tone and demeanor. >> will he continue that? >> let's talk about it. because i think you and may have a different read on it. he's more measured and not blaming us and he's not blaming democrats, okay. i have never seen him give a speech and seem as nervous as he was tonight. now part of that is what we call prompter trump. he didn't write it. he's not familiar with it. it is hard for him to follo the

teleprompter, but his breathing. what was his tone? he did not vibe a lot of i've got this to the nation. >> no, agree with that. and, look, he's not a natural politician. so we live in an age where people look at this and evaluate his leadership with a partisan lens. we know that, we've been covering him now going on four years and the election as well so people have different views of that. yeah, he's not accustomed to giving this kind of speech. i thought he kind of ran through some of the language and instead of really talking us through these points. there was still self-congratulation about how great the response has been. and talked about we're all in this together. i didn't hear any empathy for our allies around the globe. like the italians and what they're going through as a country. i think those things stand out. and again i go back to the idea

of saying it was a temporary moment in time. that is not an existential threat to the united states. but winston churchill which did face a threat to the idea of liberty in the u.k., he summoned the resolve and the courage of the british people then. george w. bush after 9/11 whether you agree with him or disagree with the policies that followed, he captured the emotion, and created the resolve in the american people to respond. that alzheimer's the te-- that' leadership. sanjay gupta gives us facts, dr. fauci gives us the facts and hard facts. we need real leadership because people are anxious and only going so. >> he is the shoulder in a situation like this. san jaye, did you pick up on what i was, in terms of delivery, what do you want to project. he wants to project what you have to project, what i have to project which is i know what i'm talking about. i'm not freaked out about it. you shouldn't.

but for him it is more important to project that. that is the first big moment and he takes network time and that is a huge thing to do and what do you think the country is likely to take away from it. >> i think david is right. i think it was a much stronger reaction to this crisis than i've heard from him before. i've been with -- i was at that first press briefing when he talked about it. and i think he was dismissive of it. i think people within the administration has been dismissive of it. this is different. i don't know if you observed him give more speeches, i don't know with whether it was nerves or if was recognizing the gravity of this setting in, you have seen the public health officials like fauci more unbridled. i didn't hear dr. fauci, even though speaking sort of off the record to us, telling us look this is how serious i take this. i've covered a lot of these and seen these pandemics and here is why this is really serious and we didn't hear that until the last couple of days. any city, regardless of whether you have no cases or one case,

this is coming. that was a different sort of change in tune. and i think that seems to have now been impressed upon the president as well. >> and chris, there is also a difference, when you are facing as we did after 9/11, the fear of additional terrorist responses, there were things that could do as citizens if you see somethinay something. we can't all do it in our daily lives. here our public health officials are saying something different. we all have to overreact, before it becomes readily apparent because at that point it is too late. >> chris, could i mention one thing and that is one of the things that the president did tonight and he to do it is he has to walk back some of the things that he has said over the last few weeks. one of the things that he suggested and this was during an interview with sean hannity, was that people could go to work even though they have the coronavirus.

that is obviously wrong and should not be advised to anybody. tonight he said in this address, i don't know -- i don't have the exact verbatim in front of me, but people if they are sick should stay home. that is what the president of the united states should have been saying all along. and the problem the president is in he's spent the last four or five weeks to stay calm and this is going to be over soon and he had ten minutes tonight to say otherwise. the american people have been exposed to four or five weeks of this, perhaps they caught this ten minutes tonight and they'll say okay the president is taking this seriously. but that is going to depend, depending on whether or not people were tuning in tonight. i suspect a lot were tuning in. but i think the president had to dial back some of the optimism and rosie scenarios and wishful thinking and the question is whether or not it makes a difference. >> let's be clear about the dynamic at play, sanjay. it wasn't that he was being hyperoptimistic, he was bis misleading and his motivation

was clear. part of it was political, this is thisn't on me not in an election year and now the economy. and every percent of gain in the stock market which his main metric is gone because of this. not because of him. but it has to be true that what is being asked of you when you're doing your reporting and you're out is the same thing he needed to reflect tonight. how bad, how real is this. are my kids going to be able to go back to school, when, how long, how do i handle these things what, does it mean for work. >> that is right. >> that is what his job is about. he avoided most of that subject tonight. yes, they have a good checklist of things they're doing, especially to help businesses. i don't know how they're rapidly expanding testing. i'll do something unusual, my brother is the governor of new york and dealing with this at scale and in every way that presently affecting this country and he's got the concerns about what happens next. i'm going to have him on the show when we're done doing analysis of the president's speech to give you a look at the

reality he's dealing with in the state and where and why is he coming up short and what is he worried about going forward. we'll get that perspective. but on the list of things he told us, you're not able to have anybody come in from europe. but why? and why is it okay, and how bad do you think this gets and what are you going to do to stop it from getting that bad. that is what everybody is asking us. >> and keep in mind there are people really sick tonight, a thousand people infected. more than 30 people who have died already from this. and those are just the numbers that we have. so that is part of the whole equation as well. a week ago i don't think people in this country could have imagined that we would have a containment area in the united states. that is being helped service by the national guard and that schools and school district in seattle would be closed, that huge festivals and campaign events by the democratic candidates would be canceled, gone. coachella postponed. all of these things are happening seemingly now overnight. so it is clear that the country, i think, most of the country at

least, has caught up and the public health -- >> but by surprise. every new event is a surprise and every new batch of numbers is a shock because they are not prepared for why this needs to happen. >> and there hasn't been a directive from the federal government. what your brother did in this state is happening ad hoc community by community. there is no trigger. he decided to do that for looking at the numbers but is that the bar now. >> and now to david's point about recognizing our allies, recognizing that this is about the world. during election coverage last night we kept bouncing to london and china and all around because we all are in it together. this will put a human face on it, okay. tom hanks just tweeted, he and his wife rita are in australia, okay. they don't feel great. they got tested, they have coronavirus. okay. what to do. medical officials have protocols that must be followed.

we will be tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires. not much more to it. one day at a time approach. no, we'll keep the world posted and updated. take care of your selves, hanks. david, now, look, obviously we're not just worried about celebrities getting sick, but the idea that you have tom hanks, who is one of america's beloved celebrities obviously and his wife in australia with coronavirus already tested, and figuring it out and they're having rules in place of what to do, tells you two things. one, wow, this could hit anybody. and two, why does he so calm about how they are handling it in australia and why isn't that echoed back here at home. >> and that is the challenge for the administration. the president didn't address testing and the fact that at my doctor's office, which has lots of great services, they can't do

tests yet. so there is a backlog. and people are going to be watching this and taking all of this in and they're anxious. and i would say as well, you know, when you see celebrities and people paying attention to that. but one of the by products of the public age is we don't have trust in institutions. people look at leadership through a political lens. we are all in this together. and it is crucially important to recognize that. and what people want to know tonight are cold, hard facts. they're going to pay less attention to the analysis of whether trump did a good job tonight, a bad job tonight. they want to know where do we go from here. what do we do from here? what are the facts. and that is what he as president has to remember. which this is not about his impulse or his ego, it is not about the immediate impacts on the economy. it is what is he doing that no one else can do in the world as president of the united states, which is to lead the federal government to respond to contain

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other than war time and major terrorist events, we just heard the heaviest address from a president in a generation. he wanted time on prime time to discuss what is happening with with the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak. now, i want to do something special tonight. my brother, as you know, is the governor of new york. he is dealing with everything that is happening in this country in the state presently figuring out how to catch up to a situation and has the concerns going forward. thank you for joining me tonight. i appreciate you taking it. the president's headline move was 30 days, andrew, no travel from europe, including cargo, a little different with u.k.,

maybe some exceptions, how do you feel about the move? >> you know, chris, i think the president -- it is a dramatic move, obviously. it's i think designed to show action. but i don't think this was about a political speech for the president. what was his tone, how did he sound, how did he look? i think this is a governmental situation that we're dealing with. and it is a governmental crisis. and i think the president should in a speech like this say to the american people this is what we're looking at, this is what to expect and this is what government is going to do. because the truth is those number on cases are going to skyrocket. we know that. that is going to be jarring to the american people. we do have a problem with testing. and people are getting more nervous and going to see the numbers go up and they can't get a test. and that's an issue we have to talk to.

you're going to see page kw-- major disruptions and social distancing. what does that mean. we're scloezing schools and venues let the american people know that is coming. reducing density. what does that mean. they're are going to be major governmental actions that have to be taking place. the american people have to be ready for it. they have to understand that the government is in charge. the government is mobilized. the government is competent and capable. and when you see the big changes coming, don't be nervous, because it is part of a plan. and that is what i would have liked to hear from the president tonight. here is what your government is going to do at this time of crisis. yes, it is going to be a disruption, yes, you will feel anxious, but it is going to be okay at the end of the day. >> so two things for you. one, how true is it about rapidly ramping up of testing

and just about anybody who wants one could get one. and second, you did something that was a surprise move for people in new york, it turns out the big bucket of cases that you're dealing with right now, i think it is 121 of them, is in west chester which is not a place where people expected them. so created this containment and that came as a surprise to people and how did that play, that move, in terms of this is what we have to do and in this random place where people wouldn't have expected it and are you getting more testing and more stuff from the fed, are are you catching up? >> you're right. first of all, it was shocking to people. and that is my point. this is not about a foreign virus, whatever that means. it's here, it's community spread. it is much more prevalent than we know. the testing does not reflect what it is -- these are not random sample tests. it is because we have no testing capacity. that is why the numbers are low. if you actually had testing capacity, you would see how high

the numbers are already. and as we do ramp up testing, you're going to see those numbers go sky high and if you don't have the american people ready it is a problem. we are wait behind on testingch and if you look at other countries and look at china and south korea and see how they turned that curve, it was with very aggressive testing, where they got ahead of it. you had maybe 200,000 tests per day in china. 15,000 tests per day in south korea. we haven't done 10,000 tests since they've started testing. we just went through a situation with the federal government where i said, look, we're going to start contracting with private labs in new york state. because we can't wait for this federal bottleneck. as soon as the private labs go out and start to test, chris, the numbers are going to be

shocking to people. >> but at least people will understand the scale. and you start to see good outcomes, that 80% number that tony fauci and you talk about or 80% are asymptomatic or get it and get better. now italy is looming large as a model of what not to do. but now they're on lockdown. do you foresee quarantines like that, societal temporary shut down like that here as unavoidable. >> well, look, there is only two ways that countries have reduced the numbers. massive quarantine, or massive testing. we are not doing the level of testing we need to do so you're not identifying the positive so you're not stopping the communication. quarantine, i don't even think you could get away with in this country with some of the other countries have done. you will see shutdowns. and think that is one of the things that the president should have talked about tonight.

you're going to see closing down of venues, schools, large gatherings, because you don't have an option. you're never going to bring the testing up to capacity in time. we're going to try, we're going to scramble. but it is not going to happen. >> andrew, right now, just so you know, to your own point, you're making a point that is playing out in realtime. the nba just announced it is going to suspend the season following tonight's games. now, that is going to be a life-changing situation for people on an entertainment level, i know. but they're not ready for this. ncaa games have an audience, that was enough. how should they understand a move like this to -- what does this mean about where they're going. and look, not to add on the pile of problems, but i hava -- have a huge holiday coming up, st. patrick's day, what are you

going to do about it? >> yeah, well for example, you're right. now i am -- i have the issue of the st. patrick's day parade, right. and i recommended to the organizers that we have to postpone it. it's 2 million spectators, 150,000 marchers, you can't do that in this environment. but -- >> how did they take it? >> that is going to play out -- well, not well, i could tell you that much. but that is why i get paid the big bucks, right. well let's not go near big bucks. but anyway, that situation is going to play out a hundred times. i did the new rochelle containment area. nobody was ready for it. closing down schools, we thought this was only 10, 15 people, this is all an overreaction. no. the numbers go sky high. there will be disruption. the density has to come down.

we have -- we have to scramble now to make sure we don't have a health care crisis where we don't have hospitals to handle the capacity. we have no surge hospital capacity here. we may very well -- we're looking in new york at secondary structures that we could start to prepare for temporary hospital situations. i mean, this is a massive governmental mobilization that you need a real government to handle. this is not political. you're not going to do this on twitter. this is government, baby. this is what it's about. this is the mobilization, the skill, the expertise to manage a government. and then you need the people of this country ready to accept it without getting overly anxious and be part of it. it is not just wash your hands.

we're beyond wash your hands, my brother. we are -- there is going to have to be major shifts in society short-term, long-term will be okay. but short-term, there is going to be major shifts that government is going to have to enact. we all want to be part of it. >> governor andrew cuomo, to everybody else, my big brother, i hoff you, thank you for explaining the hard parts and what has to happen to get to a better place in the future. god bless, i'll talk to you in a second. >> proud of you. >> all right. we're just getting details on this huge breaking news from the sports world. the nba is going to suspend all games until further notice. now, look, i know the scariest part or the most confusing or frustrating is until further notice. what does that mean? we don't know. so we're going to be back with that and what we know, next.

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we have breaking news and new understandings coming on us so let's roll with this together. the nba has just announced the season soi -- is going to be suspended for whenever. why don't know why. a utah jazz player tested positive. this comes to common sense, if one has it, it is not enough there is no crowd like with the ncaa, it is you're going to be doing things that spread it. let's bring in dr. sanjay gupta. we have jean sperling, the main economic adviser for president obama, i grew up with him and worked in new york state as a main advise to my father and david gregory the handsome man in the middle. we just got a clarification, sanjay, from dhs, homeland security, they say that the 30-day ban from europe only

applies to foreign nationals. it does not apply to u.s. permanent residents. now when i said that out loud, you said what happens when you come back. so you can come home, we'll call it a right to return, but what do you do with somebody from europe who is an american and has every right to come back to their house, and then what happens? >> two questions. how do they get back. because i don't know what the status of flights are going to be if this ban is in effect. is this commercial flights or coming back as happened in wuhan where they brought people back and went into quarantine for 14 days at that air base in california. so if they're consistent with how they handle this in china -- bay t by the way, there was evident there was benefit to that, quarantining out of china, then the same thing would have to happen here. they would be allowed -- foreign nationals and citizens come back and be quarantined out of every

place in europe -- >> the president suspends the entry of most foreign nationals at any point during the 14 days prior to the scheduled arrival in the united states. the countries known as the schenn again area, austria, germany, chance, greece, italy, latvia, lithuania, norway, poland, slove aqui and spain and sweden and that is an acronym. it does not in parentheses, immediate family members of u.s. citizens and other individuals who are identified in the proclamation. okay. so we now have it right. sanjay's logistical question winds up being dominant here. how do you do it? how do you get them back? now, let's make clear what should be clear to everybody. yes, everything is going to change. in life as we normally live it,

which is you do what you want, where you want, when you want based on your own means. that's not going to happen for a while. you're not going to go to the places you want to go to. you are going to have to find and seek this new normal because it's for our collective benefit. that's what the president was trying to communicate tonight. gene sperling. now, what these moves cost us. no travel from europe for 30 days, including cargo economic materials. no nba season. no venues of big entertainment. maybe theaters, et cetera. how do you calculate cost and benefit analysis? >> i think what you have to realize is what you're saying, which is that this is a kind of massive pullback on consumer spending and economic activity. like we've never seen before. and, you know, we've got a major credibility gap. you have a president who just, on february 28th, was calling this a hoax.

just yesterday, said it will go away. you know, in a crisis, credibility is precious. credibility's a terrible thing to waste. secondly, as governor cue woe m cuomo was saying, you evhave go both a massive testing gap and economic gap. you are not going to solve this with payroll tax cuts here or there. you have got to solve the uncertainty, the health risk. and one of the things you could be doing now is leading a mobile localization of people who need help. it's triple win because it's going to help if they don't have to go to work because they have paid sick leave. that's going to help the economy. you also need to be giving massive aid to people like the governor of new york and others. so that they can do the kind of mobilization to make sure that we are staffed to get this kind

of healthcare response needed. if we could get the testing. and the reality, chris, is that any little thing the president might prow out for sure, i mean, there is a lot of economic things we might want to do. but if you don't address the fundamental health risk, the fundamental testing gap, the fundamental credibility gap, the healthcare response, nothing else is really going to work that well. it can cushion. we need a major economic mobilization. i was so disappointed to see the president just looking like he was reading talking points instead of talking about how he's going to do paid sick leave and unemployment that's going to help everybody. caregivers, drivers, economy workers, domestic workers, everybody. because so many people are going to be hurt here. and we need real competence, real credibility, real mobilization. >> and, david, obviously, he can't do it himself. and this comes to can he get congress to work together fast enough and well enough to

mobilize what gene saying? and to be fair to the president, he mentioned some of this with the small business administration et cetera but can he get it done in this environment? >> well, i think one of the thing's that's happening tonight as we speak, you talked about the news from the nba. this is getting real for a lot of people. and i don't mean to trivialize is by talking about the nba. but for a lot of people who may not pay attention to what goes on in washington and they are huge hoops fans, this just got real. because now, it's -- earlier in this afternoon, it was the ncaa said march madness, it will still be on tv but no crowds. now, nba season is suspended. so whether it's that. whether if you are worried about you're in public school somewhere in america, the school system's going to shut down. this is going to be so disruptive. so the psychology of the country is what's really important tonight and i still think that's the overriding imperative for this government, as your brother said, as the governor of new york said, it's a governmental effort. and everybody's got to get on

board and i think members of the republicans and the democrats will do that as they see the need because the private sector is doing it. states are doing it. but they have to do it. and i think there is a danger -- and i certainly respect what gene is saying but there is also a danger of tonight coming out and just beating up on the president and trashing his credibility and his speech and whatnot because, again, i think most people are thinking about what has to happen next. and he's absolutely right. credibility and belief in our government is crucial right now. that'll be judged over time. it's the immediate steps that people are feeling like my world is changing. it's disrupted in a way that i hadn't really fathomed before. >> right. now, listen, fellows, i couldn't ask for a better panel of people to have the right head in the right moment in the right understanding. so gene, thank you. david gregory, thank you. sanjay gupta, gene spurling. everybody. look. here's one thing. if you take nothing else from the president's speech tonight, it's not about style. i've never seen him more affected by what he had to say to you before.

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your ability to do what you want to do, when you want to do it, how you want to do it, no matter where you live, it's going to change. but remember why. if we do the right things now -- i know we got a late start. i know there is blame for that. you got to put it to the side because you've got to get better now. if you do it now, you won't be italy. you will get better faster. that's the hope. cnn tonight, d. lemon right now. >> hey, listen, i think my producer, my executive producer puts it in perspective for us. exact same time, chris, that the president is trying to calm the american people, we find out that a global superstar and two of them really, tom hanks and rita wilson, a basketball, nba star, have all tested positive for coronavirus. >> now, hanks and rita are in australia. >> he did. let me just say this. i was watching you. and i think you got it right. but what i think that -- that you missed, and i'm not -- this is not a criticism of you. this is just so