hello, on this sunday. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm ana cabrera in new york. i want to welcome our viewers around the world. the number of u.s. cases of coronavirus now tops 3,000 as the nation's top doctor in this fight says he wouldn't rule out a temporary national lockdown to stop the spread. >> would you like to see a national lockdown, basically people -- you can't go out to restaurants, bars, you need to stay home? >> i would like to see a dramatic diminution of the personal enter a, we see in restaurants and bars. whatever it takes to do that,

that's what i'd like to see. >> those comments from dr. anthony fauci come amid some truly stunning scenes. at the nation's largest airports, massive lines, people packed in as far as the eye can see waiting and waiting, sometimes for hours at a time in cities like chicago, new york and dallas. what they have in common, they've all just returned on flights from europe, and because of new restrictions enacted by the president must undergo cdc screenings for the coronavirus. at a time we're all urged to practice social distancing, these scenes are understandably frustrating. one passenger at jfk saying, quote, saying they didn't have pens, so they asked us to share. a passenger at o'hare, quote, very close quarters. if we didn't have the virus before, we have a great chance of getting it now. these are the 13 airports around the country designated to handle

cdc screenings for this massive influx of passengers arriving from overseas. paulo sandoval is outside jfk. what are people telling you there when they finally get out of the airport. what part of the process is the holdup? >> yesterday was the first day of the trump administration implementing travel restrictions and those additional wellness screenings. that's where a lot of the logjams are happening as these passengers, u.s. citizens, permanent residents and their families traveling back into those 13 airports or so. once they clear passport control, after that they fill out what's called a health declaration form where they say where they've traveled recently and they're checked out for possible symptoms. various sources saying three passengers were referred to area hospitals after they presented some form of symptom here. that seems to be where that logjam is happening. not just here at jfk and new york, but as you mentioned a short while ago.

dallas, another airport that saw those delays yesterday. the people in those cramped quarters. during a pandemic, those are not the ideal scenarios that health officials want to see. here is how passengers describe what took place yesterday. >> very crowded which is not ideal considering what this contagion is. it took three hours to get through customs, another two hours to get through the health check and took another hour to get through the cdc. >> reporter: so this is something certainly that health officials are concerned about. we heard dr. anthony fauci say earlier, perhaps it's one o of the cases where people in europe might try to fly tomorrow or the day after to try to avoid the massive return. it's certainly on the minds of people. yesterday we found out two people died here in the city of new york, their deaths linkinged to coronavirus. now a third death confirmed.

it also really does pupgt ate who are the most vulnerable. those are the kinds of people you certainly would not want to see in a cramped space waiting to leave jfk or any airports across the country. >> polo, what are federal officials saying about the delays and are they making any adjustments? >> federal officials saying they're aware of the situation that took place yesterday, but asking for patients. the acting chair of homeland security said they weren't aware of the lines that were forming. they're working to try to to addadd additional resources and working with the airlines to expedite this process. all in all secretary wolf asking for patience saying they do have that staff. usually it takes only a minute to go through the process, ana, but multiply it by all the passengers trying to make their way back into the united states and the result are those massive crowds, those people that are grouped up in line waiting for

their chance to meet with these medical technicians. >> pollo sandoval, please keep us updated. straight to our epidemiologist dr. larry brilliant, "new york times" politics editor patrick healy and former senior adviser to the national security adviser under president obama, samantha vin grat. president trump just defended these long lines. he writes, quote, we're doing very precise medical screenings at our airports. we're moving as quickly as possible. it's very important we are vigilant and careful. we must get it right. dr. brilliant, when you see these images at our airports, does it look safe? >> good morning, ana. i know everybody is really nervous. there should be a new golden rule which is don't do unto others as you would have them not do unto you that would increase transmission. every step we take and every decision we make has got to be

built around reducing transmission. >> so when you look at the airport pictures that we're seeing, what goes through your mi mind? >> there must be a better way to do it. we're starting 12 weeks late. the virus has a head start. we're going to have to make up by making all the measures we can with social distancing to give us a better chance. >> sam, let me ask you about this. people trying to get home from overseas, additional restrictions going into effect on monday, also including the countries of ireland and the uk. is there a better way to conduct these screenings? >> at an operational level, the real question is, once people get through these screenings, will they have to be screened again? if these people are in close proximity at an airport, traveling back from international countries, what happens if somebody as part of those screenings tests positive.

that means everybody they're in close quarters with are at risk of infection and need to be tested again. is there a better way to do this? certainly yes. we shouldn't have u.s. government officials putting americans returning home in close quarters. as our colleague just noted, we're playing catchup here. i think immigration officials, law enforcement officials are doing the best they can right now to try to identify the virus. the questions going forward this week are whether these travel restrictions will be expanded and whether in some way there will be any kind of domestic action taken, whether with respect to closures, quarantines or domestic travel. dr. fauci mentioned earlier, for example, we'd like to see people stay home. that will take an unprecedented level of coordination between the federal government and local authorities to look at intrastate business and travel as well as interstate business and travel. >> you talk about coordination and challenges there. we're seeing state and local

governments take action of their own. also frustration that's palpable at this point. the governor of illinois tweeting, the federal government needs to get its -- expletive -- together now. you have this from new york governor andrew cuomo, an open letter to the president in which he writes every country affected by this crisis has handled it on a national bais is. the united states has not. state and local governments alone simply do not have the capacity or resources to do what is necessary and we don't want a patchwork quilt of policies. there should be a uniform federal standard for when cities and states should shut down commerce or schools or cancel events. patrick, the president has downplayed the seriousness of this situation from the beginning. do you have any understanding of where his head is at at this point? does he stand to take more drastic measures? >> i think we've seen over the last two months the president be

very slow to get to the point of the emergency. you finally have the declaration of a national emergency on friday. now it seems pretty clear that the comments coming out of the white house and from the president, from our reporting is there's still concern about dealing with the crisis forthrightly and in an organized way and the effect on the economy. you're seeing members, leaders of the republican party who are still saying go out to your local pubs, go to restaurants to eat. you have the governor of oklahoma putting up a tweet and then deleting it. you had devin nunes saying this morning on another channel, folks, if you want to go out, it seems to be okay to go out to your local pub. you're seeing a lot of mixed messagi messaging. there seems to be understandable concern about the impact of the economy. what we heard from dr. fauci archtd members of the medical

community, the scientific community is an emergency has been under way for a relatively long time now. the lack of a coordinated response, whether at the airports, whether it's message zing about restaurants and pubs is really ab september at the president's level. >> because of that, there's been a lack of transparency about the facts and the truth of the situation. why is the president so reluctant to speak the truth on this? >> we heard he wasn't going to get tested, and then he was. clearly this is a president who, from the beginning, has wanted to project an image of being in total control of any situation possible, that he al wloen can fix anything, that he had all of the answers. it's very clear that this is a crisis that is so beyond the ability frankly of any one person to control. what it takes is a nationally

coordinated response. as sam was saying, dr. brilliant was saying, let's be really candid. this is unlike anything that the country has had to deal with in recent times in terms of it affecting so many points of entry, so much panic and concern in the country. at the very least you want things like the president's twitter feed to have a clear science-based, fact-based approach to communicating. even that is just all over the place. >> everybody, thank you. please stand by. sam and dr. brilliant, you're back with me. patrick, thank you. breaking news, a new statement from u.s. customs and border protection on those airport delays. let me get to cnn's kristen holmes at dulles airport. what do we know, kristen? >> reporter: they say yesterday's lines were unacceptable. their resources have been stretched thin and they're working to adjust the resources. the big question is whether they'll be able to do that in a

timely fashion. i'm standing here with ralph harrow, he went through london and experienced only one cdc agent here. tell us what the screening process was like? >> we flew through london, originally planning on frankfurt. got pulled out of the line. the cdc process was actually fairly seamless, but i think a customs and border protection officer managing both the folks going in and coming out of cdc. we were the first ones off the plane, probably 30 minutes the whole process. folks behind us will take two or three hours. there's only 20 people in line. i can only imagine what it will look like later this afternoon. >> that's the most important thing here. here in dlus, they aren't seeing a problem. they've only seen one or two flights come in from europe all day. they get the big swell, the flights coming from the 26 countries starting around 3:00 today. think about that. 20 people already taking so much time. what is it going to look like when you see multiple flights

coming in, multiple problems and only these few officers here to handle it all? >> i think we know what it's going to look like. we saw it last night. a bit of a disaster. kristen holmes, thank you for the reporting. no one untouched by this crisis. easter at the vatican closed to the public. life in spain on lockdown right now. the uk bracing for these new travel restrictions. we're taking you around the world to see the drastic measures being taken to stop the spread of the coronavirus. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." when i showed my mom the dna results,

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frantic bid to stem the spread of the deadly coronavirus. what you're looking at right now is just a snapshot of some of the nations most affected. globally more than 150,000 cases and more than 5,000 deaths across 135 countries. just since march 12th, just three days ago, more than 25,000 new cases have been diagnosed. in europe the concern is now affecting the most honored customs and traditions. let's start in italy where cases are still speaking. now word that the vatican has canceled all public events surrounding easter. we have al goodman in madrid and salma in london. melissa bell is in rome. holy week and easter celebrations are the pinnacle of the catholic year. what is the church saying about these cancellations? >> vatican experts are saying this is unprecedented. it hasn't happened within living memory that catholics have not been able to take part in the

services, things like the washing of feet, the way of the cross procession and the easter sunday masses themselves. the masses will be live streamed so the faithful will have a chance to listen to them. but not being able to attend, not being able to be at the vatican and take part, this is quite an extraordinary disruption for many catholics. also this morning, for the first time since this outbreak began, churches were closed. there was no mass for the faithful. they were allowed to go in some and have private prayers, but no masses held in this country. so another sign of the effect this lockdown is having on the ordinary lives of people. just a quick word on the latest figures. we're watching carefully. these are the only measure of whether these extraordinary lockdowns and this extraordinary destruction are putting an end or bringing under control this outbreak. sadly the answer to that is no

and a fairly spectacular no. two sad records today, both in the rise of the number of new cases initially. more than 3,500 new cases in the last 24-hour period and the number of deaths, 368 new deaths since yesterday. that's another tragic record for the country once again. >> obviously very concerning. the good news is everybody can pray no matter where you are. certainly we lean into our faith during times like these. melissa bell, thank you. now to the uk where citizens are being advised against all but essential travel. c cnn's salma has more. >> reporter: this comes on the heels of the u.s. travel restrictions to include the uk and ireland. we have planes behind me going in and out of heathrow airport. these travel restrictions mean there's a much lower volume of these flights going in and out.

we've been inside heathrow airport speaking to american citizens trying to make their way back home. overwhelmingly they told me, we're confused. we don't know what's going to happen when we land back home. what are the screening processes that are going to take place? as we saw earlier in your program, that looks very come t complicated once you land back home. it's changing by the hour as countries clamp down and close borders. here in the uk, so far only 1,000 confirmed cases, over 30 people who have lost their lives due to the coronavirus. authorities are ramping up efforts, trying to close down, trying to prevent another surge here in the uk. ana? >> thank you, salma. now to al goodman in madrid, spain. the entire country there is in lockdown. it looks very quiet behind you. describe what you're seeing and what life is like there right now. >> reporter: hi, ana. the latest figures to start. more than 7,700 confirmed cases of coronavirus. that's almost double from just

friday, two days ago. that was the day the prime minister warned the nation they could soon be at 10,000 cases. i'm at the port del sol which is the center of the spanish capital. what we're seeing with this police van is police are starting to really step up the enforcement of the stay-at-home order. you're supposed to stay at home for all but essential things like going to the pharmacy or food markets. they've been stopping people, fining people for being out basically without permission because they're trying to keep the people apart. across the country, especially in madrid, they've been using drones to fly overhead and advise people in spanish, of course, you're not supposed to be in the park. now the parks are closed. not supposed to be taking a walk along the path by the river in the city. get back home. that's what they want to do. this place is basically shutting down. ana. >> our thanks to all of you for your reporting. please do take care of your

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where are the tests? no question matters more to americans right now. other questions such as where are you going for dinner or any plans for a summer trip have ceased to matter in the face of this global pandemic. and the question of who are you going to vote for also takes on new meaning when primaries are being postponed in an america becoming almost unrecognizable. yet president trump and vice president pence seem particularly focused on selling trump as the leader you can depend on. >> throughout this process, mr. president, you put the health of america first. >> that would be great if it were true. but the facts tell a different story. go back to the question of how the world's wealthiest nation could possibly be still so behind on testing? it's due to reductions at the cdc and issues with early tests. in 2018 the cdc stopped funding

epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries including china after the trump administration refused to reallocate money to a program that began as part of the government's response to the ebola outbreak in 2014. at that time, dr. tom freda, the director of the cdc from 2009 to 2017 said the move would, quote, significantly increase the chance an epidemic will spread without our knowledge and endanger lives in our country and around the world. a warning that health experts foresee the coronavirus which had already killed thousands abroad spreading in the u.s. president trump appeared to push back at that assessment when asked by cnn medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. >> this is spreading. it's going to spread to communities, that's the expectation. >> it may. >> does that worry you? that seems to be what worries the american people?

>> no, because we're ready for it. >> that would be reassuring if this were true. >> i like this stuff. i really get it. people are surprised i understand it. every one of these doctors said how do you know so much about this? maybe i have a natural ability. maybe i should have done that instead of running for president. >> that's just his bluster, hi defenders say, he likes to poke at the media but he gets results. he assured americans at the same trip to the cdc that the problem of testing in america was solved. >> anybody right now and yesterday -- anybody that needs a test gets a test. they're there. they have the tests, and the tests are beautiful. anybody that needs a test gets a test. >> nope, not true. even a week and a half later. neither was this. >> democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. one of my people came up to me

and said, mr. president, they tried to beat you on russia, russia, russia. that didn't work out too well. they tried the impeachment hoax, and this is their new hoax. >> instead, what was true was this. >> the system does not -- is not really geared to what we need right now. what you are asking for. that is a failing. >> a failing. >> it is a failing. let's admit it. >> the words of an american president during a time of global crisis matter the world over. president trump is trading on the credibility of an office he did not create. so where will the world turn when it is taught to turn off a president who said this in india less than three weeks ago. >> i think it's a problem that's going to go away. >> how will a u.s. president be able to reassure markets in the

future when the president sends this tweet on the same overseas tweet. and i quote, the coronavirus is very much in control in the u.s.a. we're in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. cdc and world health have been working hard and very smart. stock market starting to look very good o to me. the president is facing a crisis without precedent, but he's not the first president to face a nation desperate for leadership. the two presidents who occupy the office trump sits in in world war ii, franklin roosevelt and harry truman both were able to steer the country when it needed it most. while president truman is remembered for the sign he famously kept on his desk, the buck stops here, this was president trump's reaction on friday, two days ago, when asked about those tests. >> dr. fauci said earlier this week that the lag in testing was, in fact, a failing. do you take responsibility for

that, and when can you guarantee that every single american who needs a test will be able to have a test? what's the date of that? >> no, i don't take responsibility at all. >> mistakes are understandable. perfect cannot be the standard. but if you take no responsibility in the toughest times, than can you expect to rally americans in a test of national crisis. fdr could lead america during world war ii because he backed up these words from his first inauguration nearly a decade earlier when the country was still mired in the great depression. >> let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> why does it matter? because this is an america few could have envisioned when the calendar turned to march just two weeks ago. last weekend, you could turn on the pistons/jazz game for a

distraction. this weekend three players from that game have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. there is no professional basketball. with the ncaa tournament canceled, march madness suddenly has a very, very different meaning. it's explaining to your kids why school is closed or watching the market drop 10% in one day and wondering if you will have a job. no amount of bravado or false hope in place of facts from the president is going to solve this. >> thank you, mr. president. this day should be an inspiration to every american because thanks to your leadership from early on, not only are we bringing a whole of government approach to confronting the coronavirus, we're bringing an all of america approach. >> no, mr. president, you have not. but you can start right now. your country needs you.

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now, in just the last few minutes we learned the u.s. has more than 3,100 coronavirus cases and 62 deaths. many of you have questions. we're working to get those answers for you. we're doing everything we can to help you stay safe and informed about coronavirus with the help of our medical experts. no questions are too small. tweet me your thoughts and concerns and we'll do our best to get as many questions an severed. with that dr. larry brilliant is with us, an epidemiologist. as grocery store shelves are being 'emitied, one viewer wants to know should i be worried about takeout and can i get coronavirus through food? >> ana, thank you so much and thank you for the words you mentioned earlier. before i answer the question about takeout, may i say every

government tries to suppress cases in an outbreak. the reason the spanish flu from 1918 is called the spanish flu is that every other country lied about the case count. when governments lie, people die. what we need is radical honesty, had caltrans parn see, and that's what testing is. about groceries, we have to balance living our life in the time of a pandemic. we have to make the decisions to minimize the chance of transmission but also don't put us in a state of mind that we do things that we don't want to do. delivery of groceries is fine. in fact, there's a recent article just coming out in "the new england journal of medicine" that suggests that cardboard is a better way to package things than metal or plastic, the virus lives shorter in cardboard and packaging than it does on flat surfaces and clean surfaces like plastic or metal.

that's counterintuitive. i would have guessed the other way. we're learning new things about this virus every day. >> so can you get it from food? >> no, i don't think you can -- can get it or is it likely that you'll get it or is it epidemiological importance? those are three different things. we learned late in the zika outbreak it could be sexually transmitted. of course, 99% of the transmission was by mosquitos. this is a droplet-borne outbreak and 99% or something like that of all people who do get it will get it that way. it is possible that people will get it through fomites, inanimate objects. they're not as important as droplets. that's why the social distancing is so important. >> another viewer wants to know can heat kill the virus? >> yes, heat can definitely kill the virus. this is an rna virus with an envelope. while it's terrifying virus in

many ways, it's fragile. if you wash it with regular soap and water, bacteria settle soap or especially if you use alcohol concentrated over 60%, you'll kill the virus. you need to get it in all the surfaces. most experts recommend that, if you use alcohol or any of these cleansers, you leave it dry for four minutes. don't just put it on the surface of the restaurant or wherever you are and wipe it right off. >> okay. that's a good tip for all of us. i always tell my kids, cough into your chicken wing, that's what we say. people are doing that. sneezing and covering their mouths with their sleeves. but can the virus survive on clothing? >> yes, it can survive. the question is what's the half-life? how quickly does the virus die off under different conditions of heat, temperature and the structure of what it's on? i think clothing is going to be a lot more like cardboard than it's going to be like metal.

i don't think the halflife of the virus is going to be more like hours. in some cases, on metal or a cool area, it may last for days. >> if you get the virus, and this is perhaps the most asked question i have received so far. if you get the virus and recover, can you get reinfected? >> it's very unlikely. we've had some anecdotal case reports of people who were tested. they were positive, got better and were tested negative and later they were tested positive. that doesn't really mean they got it again. it may mean the second test was inconclusive or wrong, or it may mean they're shedding virus -- but those viruss are not infective. all these things are possible. you have a gauzian distribution, a bell-shaped curve. they're unlikely to be of public health importance in a pandemic like this. >> i'm going to fold a few other questions into this question that's very basic.

the question is, what are the most common ways the virus is transmitted? before you answer, keep in mind i've received questions from people asking can you get this virus from a mosquito? can you get it through sexual transmission? i think a lot of people know that, perhaps, yes, one way at least is through the coughing or sneezing and the secretions, that way. but think about it in the totality of those other questions that i just presented. >> well, they're really important questions for our everyday life. those questioners are asking the right questions. this virus was originally blood-borne. we believe it went from a bat to an intermediary animal, probably in a blood-borne route. that's certainly what happened with sars, probably with mrs. then the animal transmitted to human, perhaps by being eaten. in the beginning the virus is transmitted by bodily fluids. whether that's sexual transmission, we know the virus stays in species for a while.

it's blood-borne. those are not the way that people listening to your show are likely to be exposed to it. we should really look at what 99, 95% of the transmission will be. it will be droplet. droplets are more than five microns which means masks are helpful, barriers are helpful, being six feet away. these are rational things. this is it no like tsa. this is science-based, six-feet distancing because the droplet probably will not infect you if you're six feet away. >> can a person have the flu and coronavirus at the same time? it's obviously cold and flu season still. >> i wish i could say the universe was designed so that having one would protect you from another. having a broken arm doesn't mean you're not going to get hit by a car if you walk across the street. i think you can get both we used to think if you had one virus, the rest of your body rallied and protected you from another. again, this is a novel virus.

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face off at 8:00 eastern tonight in washington. watch it liven here on cnn. joining us from out of cnn's washington bureau, jeff zeleny. how will lack of an audience change the equation tonight? >> reporter: everything is different about this debate. no question. setting is different as well. 130 supposed to be in phoenix, studio audience in front of voters asking questions of the candidates. different in every respect. so many debates we've seen first time these two candidates are side-by-side, six feet apart, but just one-on-one. that is a difference. also no feedback from supporters in the audience. something that drives all the debates. very much expected to be a more somber, more serious affair. that is fitting for this moment at this time. everything has changed in this campaign in terms of the democratic rivals. certainly the context and content of everything has

changed as well. >> and one moderator dropped out over coronavirus. from univision in self-quarantine realizing he had been in proximity to someone who had direct contact with another person who tested positive. obviously taking extra precautions here. there's no way the pandemic isn't front and center tonight, but what is most important for biden and sanders to do in this moment? >> reporter: i think most important when i talked to biden advisers, advisers to the former vice president, they are going to continue to try and use tonight as a moment to show how presidential he is. how ready for this type of an epidemic, a pandemic, a national, a serious moment like this. so joe biden we've seen since the primaries last week delivering a couple speeches and trying to show himself in a presidential footing, trying to move beyond the campaign knop question he still has to win over some democratic voters. he's also, we're told, going to extend a bit of an olive branch, if you will, to supporters of

senator sanders, trying to begin to win them over and show that the issue at hand here really is winning in the fall. winning in november. for the sanders side of things, we've heard from bernie sanders what he wants to do. he laid this out clearly last week in a press conference. he is trying to hold joe biden accountable on progressive issues. we know he is going to keep pressing that. the question, what is bernie sanders's tone going to be? is he going to sort of cooperate in this unifying approach and go after the president as well, or is he going to try and still mix things up with joe biden? i think that will be the most interesting thing to see this evening. what does bernie sanders say and more importantly how does he say it. >> beyond this debate, jeff, given the coronavirus that's upended campaigning right now. it's impacting primaries and conventions. what does the rest of the primary schedule look like? >> reporter: well, it's sort of an open question. i mean, we do know the next

round of primaries is on tuesday. illinois is voting. ohio is voting. florida is voting. governors in all of those states said, look, the elections are going forward. other primaries have been disrupted. in georgia, for example, scheduled to be end of this month. now in may. louisiana's primary moved back to june. we will have to see as this goes forward if other states make a decision. it is still a delegate hunt. bernie sanders and joe biden have to get these delegates here. extraordinary to think that the trajectory of this race could change now. joe biden leading in national polls but has to win delegates still. >> reporting from washington, thanks. starting today the largest retailer in america will cut hours and close its doors early in response to the coronavirus outbreak. walmart says all of its stores across the country will be open now from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. that's until further notice. the company says the shortened hours will help give employees time to restock shelves and

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