stake, and those changes need to be made. lou: and i like one group thats' paramount in all of this, not so cheryl: it is 5:00 a.m. here's here are your top stories at this hour, right now a cruise fancy, but just called being ship carrying thousands of passengers who may be exposed to the coronavirus is headed back to the united states as two new deaths have been reported here at home. but the white house still is urging americans not to worry. lauren: meanwhile, mike bloomberg may be out, but the democrats want his money to stay in the 2020 race. but can it? cheryl: we're going to talk about that. facebook is definitely tracking you. but not the way you may think. it is thursday, it is march 5th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ ♪ life is a highway. ♪ i want to ride it all night long. ♪ if you're going my way.

♪ i want to drive it all night long. lauren: welcome to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. happy thursday, little friday. i'm lauren. cheryl: all night long, you've got the markets trading a lot of action to get to. good morning, i'm cheryl casone. lauren: let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning after nearly 1200 point rally yesterday, stocks giving some of that back this morning, dow down almost 400 points, one and-a-half percent. nasdaq down 146 this morning. cheryl: on the heels of 50 basis point cut by the fed, that big surprise this week, records this week on the 10 year. we are still below 1% on the yield. this is something else. we are down 7.9 basis points this morning, incredible on the 10 year. lauren: opec meeting in vienna, the price of oil is down a third of 1%. will they announce production cuts to boost that price? gold up $1.80 this morning at 1644 an ounce. cheryl: stocks in asia, the number of confirmed cases in

china over 80,000, 6,000 cases in south korea consistent firm. we are seeing a -- confirmed. we are seeing a jumpback for asian march cerkts followin mar. the hang seng is up more than 2%. lauren: in europe this morning, the imf pledged $50 billion to fight the virus. you've got a mixed reaction. ftse hanging on to a little bit of green, the cac is down 1%, so is the dax in germany. cheryl: we're in a strange world where central banks can't help markets. right now, a cruise ship is headed back to the united states with thousands of passengers who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. the cdc is going to test those passengers once the grand princess docks in san francisco later today. now, a man who sailed on the ship last month died from the coronavirus, dozens of people from his trip are still on that ship right now. he is the first person to die from the virus and that happened in the state of california.

governor gavin newsom declaring a state of emergency. lauren: overnight, new jersey announced their first coronavirus case as the white house passes a massive bill to combat the outbreak. president trump accused democrats of pligh politicizinge virus. aishah hasnie has details. >> reporter: when it comes to the dems, president trump says he just can't win. listen to what he told sean hannity last night. >> the democrats weaponized the virus against the trump administration. they weaponized anything we do, even though they have no facts, just like we don't like the job we're doing. >> reporter: dc is mobilizing. yesterday the house passed an $8.3 billion spending bill, aimed at curbing the illness which has now spiked to 94,000 people worldwide. meanwhile, cases across the country continue to grow. new jersey confirming its first

positive test and in new york 11 cases now, one patient spread it to his entire family, his neighbor, and a friend who then spread it to his family. but by far, washington state has been hit the hardest when it comes to deaths, 10 total in that state. and king county officials are urging all 2.2 million residents there to work from home. 22,000 students and anyone over 60 are told to stay put at home. officials are even warning primary voters not to lick their ballots. in sat he'll, an -- seattle, an amazon spokesperson consistent firming's they are recommending people who are able to work from home should do so through the end of the month. vice president mike pence is headed to washington state today. he'll be meeting with governor jay insley and he'll give the

country an update hea later on s evening. lauren: aishah, thank you. mike pence also telling lou dobbs last night that despite all of this, americans shouldn't panic. >> the american people, again, should just know the risk of the average american to contract the coronavirus remains low. but this president has deployed the full resources of the federal government to confront the corona crisis. we're bringing industry together and we will find our way through this with the very best that puts the health of america first. lauren: and that could include a vaccine. the white house believes that the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the public in a year to a year and-a-half. it seems like a long time but in vaccine terms that's pretty fast. cheryl: a first here in the united states, united airlines the first airline to cut back on domestic flying amid the coronavirus outbreak. starting next month united is going to scale back international routes by 20%, domestic routes by 10%. they are now the first airline

to cut back on travel in the united states. the airline also putting a freeze on hiring and they're asking employees to volunteer for unpaid leave. these changes coming following a meeting yesterday at the white house between president trump, vice president pence, and several ceos from the major airlines in this country. lauren: viacom cbs is looking to sell the book publishing business. the company is looking to offload simon and shuster. they are expected to attract widespread interest as the publishing industry 1kwru7bd grows a -- undergrows a period of consolidation. cheryl: wells fargo under fire, a new congressional report says the bank is not living up to the terms of its settlements of its sales scandal. the report is part of a year-long probe ahead of hearings scheduled for next week and this also says that regulators knew about serious deficiencies at the company and took no public action.

wells fargo's new chief and the chair set to testify before congress for the first time during these hearings scheduled in washington many well. wells fargo paid out more than $7 billion in fines and penalties related to the fake accounts scandal. lauren: federal prosecutors want a upo ponzi scheme mastermd to stay behind bars. he asked for passionate relief last month. prosecutors say he should not be released early, citing letters they received from more than 500 of his victims. bernie madoff ran a $65 billion decades long scam, costing his victims everything they had. cheryl: and a big move by the judge to accept the witness statements or the victim statements. that was pretty big. lauren: president trump is confident in his re-election

campaign after joe biden's super tuesday sweep. the president speaking on hannity last knight about the new democratic -- last night about the new democratic frontrunner's weaknesses. cheryl: we have all of the details. >> reporter: both camps are crowing over the turnout levels this week, saying it's a sign of enthusiasm for their candidates. republicans point out despite president trump being an uncontested incumbent, he brought in a high number of voters that incumbents haven't seen in decades. you're looking at a few states that pulled big numbers this week. on the democratic side numbers set an all-time record in virginia. >> i'm especially proud of our campaign, it's generating so much enthusiasm, driving up voter turnout all across the nation. the idea that we didn't have a movement, look at the results. >> reporter: the trump campaign has been preparing to face senator bernie sanders in the general election. with joe biden's surprising wins, therapy voting for a

potential biden one on one. the president attributes biden's big wins from last minute endorsements from former rivals. >> others left, they dropped out and they supported joe biden. and that really helped. now, joe didn't work that out but somebody within that group worked it out. that was smart. joe would never be able to do that. >> reporter: biden seemed to benefit from endorsements from pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar and another endorsement from mike bloomberg who dropped out yesterday. democrats are waiting for an announcement from senator elizabeth warren about whether she'll get out and if she does will she support biden or sanders. we'll have a better picture in the next few weeks, whether president trump continues his high turnout in the gop primaries. next tuesday, six crucial states go to the polls. as we look ahead to those contests, we're waiting to hear on some of those results from this week, including millions more ballots that have to be

counted in california. now back to you in new york. cheryl: thank you for that live report. lauren: we're learning more today about last week's deadly shooting at the molson coors plant in the state of wisconsin. cheryl: tracee carrasco has updated details on that story. tracee: the plant operator says a noose was placed on the locker of the alleged shooter in 2015. he worked as an electrician for the plant. farrell opened fire on february 26th, last thursday, and killed five employees before turning the gun on himself. a motive is not yet known but police are interviewing employees and don't believe the shooting was racially motivated. senate minority leader chuck schumer is facing backlash from chief justice john roberts. schumer made threats to justices gorsuch and kavanaugh, as the supreme court hears arguments on the first big abortion case of the trump presidency. >> i want to tell you, gorsuch, i want to tell you, kavanaugh,

you have released a whirl wind and you will pay the price. [ cheering and applause ] tracee: justice roberts issued a rare rebuke, defending his colleagues, calling schumer's comments, quote, inappropriate and dangerous. roberts will hold the deciding vote in the case. the senate wants a deeper security review into 5g networks. lawmakers yesterday passing legislation requiring the trump administration to identify security threats and possible fixes within the equipment and software. there has been growing concern in congress that foreign countries could spy on the data that flows through u.s. telecom networks. last may the president declared a national emergency over security threats to u.s. wireless networks. and the robinhood app is trying to make things right with its customers. a tech outage blocked users from trading on monday and most of tuesdays. customers taking to social media to complain, one person filed a

lawsuit. now the app is offering gold clients three months of free service, that's a value of $15. the app has about 10 million users. cheryl: the worst part about that story is that the app actually went down at 6:30 a.m. pacific, that would be 9:30 eastern when the markets open. tracee: bad timing. cheryl: thank you so much. markets continue to see saw. what a week. here are the futures in front of you. you've got stay with us for these futures, they've been crazy this week, dow down 445, s&p down 55 and a quarter and the nasdaq is down 159. the question, when is the bleeding going to stop and is the fed going to step in again. well, jonas ferris says yes, they will. he's coming up next. lauren: and which seat on the plane, airlines are making the middle seat much more attractive for passengers but at what price. we'll have that answer on the other side. ♪ i want to get away.

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cheryl: it's been a wild week on wall street. this is yesterday, stocks surged, the dow got its second largest point gain ever but different picture this morning. dow futures, we're expected to drop at the open, 459. the numbers are escalateing to the downside, the nasdaq is down 161 in the premarket as of now.

when does the bleeding stop now? let's bring in fox news contributor, jonas ferris. good morning. >> good morning. cheryl: when do we capitulate? this is unbelievable. are these markets going to find direction, a true direction? >> i don't think so. we're in kind of a casino mode and it's unpredictable and it's going to stay there until it looks like there's not going to be major economic damage an then the results of having such low rates from the scare is going to boost stocks. if it doesn't look like we're going to have a global recession because of all the economic hits that are going on and there's no one in control of it right now and what little fed action we got is really not going to make a whole lot of difference, whether or not the whole global tourism industry goes into a deep recession rapidly. cheryl: do you think the fed cuts rates again when they have their actual meeting? >> i think they're trying to keep short-term rates below or at least the level of long-term rates and that's so low, just so

it doesn't scare people that we have a recessionary yield curve. i think they are going to lower rates. the consumer is still doing well, doesn't really need lower rates. not everyone's running out to re-fi mortgages. they're hiring a lot of people in the mortgage industry. what we need to know if it gets worse, who will make debt payments on energy companies, casinos and airlines if they can't earn money for months and months. that's where the support would have to be, not a tax cut for consumers, not a low interest rates. the problem is the rapid fake recession you would get from people not behaving normally or spending money. cheryl: they're treating the wrong issue right now, the issue is not cut rates, even though they're going to do it, you say, the issue is treat the fallout, step in and help businesses that are dealing with the coronavirus, like united airlines, we talked about that. they're cutting routes. >> this is where the problem

gets vaguely like the 2008 crash. there we had low interest rates because home prices were coming down, people needed to prop up assets. there's no asset falling causing an economic decline. a lot of companies are super in debt, they borrowed a lot of money. who is going to make the debt payments. you don't know how naked everybody is swimming until it actually happens. is there insurance companies that are paying for business -- have to pay interruption insurance for companies that are not able to afford it if everybody files a claim on that. we don't know what kind of coverage is out there. it's scary for investors right now. cheryl: we'll see where the bottom is. we don't know where it is yet to your point. jonas, thank you very much. good to have you on the show this morning. lauren: if you're ever feeling that facebook is listening to you, you might be right. but not in the way you think. how facebook is tracking you and how you can stint, coming up. cheryl: and beijing is trying

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♪ private eyes, they're watching you. ♪ they see your every move. ♪ private eyes -- cheryl: facebook, they are spying on you. but it's not really in the way you may think. lauren: i love that song. joining us now from fox news headlines, 24/7, brett larson. we knew they were spying. >> facebook is watching you, yes. but they're not listening. everybody always thinks they're listening to my conversations. they're not doing that. that's a lot of work. basically what they're doing is they're tracking you, so they

know everywhere you go and everywhere you've been. they have data that shows if you stopped in front of a bus board, a billboard at a bus stop and stood there for 36 36 -- 30 seconds, that may trigger facebook. they probably were stopping to look at an ad. lauren: are you kidding me? >> i'm not kidding you. your phone knows your physical move m when we did a story on the google phones two years ago, we found the phone knows when you get in and out of your car, knows when you stop walking, knows when you're running versus driving versus walking. your phone has a lot of movement data it's passing along the facebook. it knows if you were in a barks it can guesstimate, you were probably watching sports in that bar so you might be a sports fan. and this was the game that day so we're going to make these assumptions. we've all seen when the assumptions go wrong. we're talk about this in the break, when we do research for

stories, we often get unusual advertising in the weeks that follow, if you're doing a diaper recall or i was researching credit card, it's like all of a sudden that's all you get. facebook has been adamant they're not listening to you. they put a lot of pieces together. facebook made over $20 billion in ad revenue. lauren: is there anything we can do about that if we don't want them to have that access. >> you can turn off location tracking in the app, to set it to not track you at all or have it track you just when you're using the mobile app. a lot of times you're tapping yes once you install something, not paying attention who it says. cheryl: location service is a key to everything if you want your privacy. twitter is testing a new feature that has to do with disappearing tweets. >> we love the snapchats and the instagram stories. they want to do something called fleets which i would suggest to the twitter marketing people don't call it fleets, google fleets and see what comes up.

and then flush the idea. you're going to understand when you read that. they want evidenc tweets that gt there for a minute and they go away. they can't be retweeted. any messages become direct messages, not posts. one other thing, though. screen grabs. cheryl: that does happen. >> i wouldn't use a fleet to -- lauren: i think it makes social media more toxic. you might say well i can say it, it's mean, it's going to go away. >> if you can see it with your eyes, someone can see it with a camera. cheryl: brett, thank you very much. you can catch brett on fox news headlines, 24/7, sirius xm channel 115. whiplash from wall street continues. s&p is down 61 and-a-half, nasdaq is down 176. we've got two 1,000 point swings for the dow in two or three sessions this week. this has been a wild week. also, the fed cutting rates,

making home buyers and owners smile. how you can take advantage of the soon to be spring housing boom. lauren: mike bloomberg vowed to fund the 2020 nominee, despite his failed run for president. but can he legally do that? look at that money pouring over mr. bloomberg. keep it here on "fbn: a.m." ♪ come on, come on,. ♪ listen to the money talk. ♪

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starbucks will honor the 10-cent discount for anyone who brings in their own cup. and production of baby yoda toys is taking a hit. supply shortages will stall production. the biggest concern is a lack of raw materials for the toys. if the factories in china are open, they can't get the materials there. baby yoda sold out in preorder when they went on sale just last month. cheryl: campbell's soup is one company cashing in. the soup merck is ramping up production in certain areas. they saw an uptick in demand online and in stores over the weekend. beijing is testing a subway by appointment system. commuters book their rides via an app meant to reduce coronavirus crowding. lauren: mortgage rates are expected to fall further, especially after the fed's rate cut this week. now some top mortgage lenders

are beefing up their staff for a busy spring selling season. we have mitch roschelle here. mitch, here's my question. the rates are low, great. if we're afraid to mingle, to go out and look at a home because we don't want to be in public, how are we going to sell homes. a doctor and i don't play one on television. i think as the spring comes, hopefully this will subside and won't interfere with it. the thing that worries me more is the wealth effect impact. the purchase of a home is the biggest decision people make in a lifetime. if they're worried that the wealth is impaired because the stock market is down, the 401-k is down, volatility starts to frighten them, does that impact their decisions to buy a home. lauren: that's a really good point. if you're nervous overall, why would you take on an expensive mortgage, even though rates are going -- >> i would say it's possible they go to mid-2s. lauren: what does that do to

refinancing. >> refinancing is on fire right now. quicken loans announced monday was their busiest day in their 35-year history. people are racing to refinance. rates could go lower. i think there's pitfalls in refinancing. people think about lowering their monthly payment which is why you do it but there are costs associated with refinancing, so my only advice if you're going to do it, consider all the costs of doing it. the savings at the end of the day may not be as much as you think. lauren: a lot of people are going to do it. re-fi activity was up 224% last week versus last year. all right, then there's this idea of your mortgage expense is one thing but then your tax bill is often -- where i live in new jersey, what you pay in taxes is likely more than your mortgage. i kid you not. treasury secretary mnuchin said the salt cap of $10,000 is here to stay. new jersey, call importan califw

york, why don't you lower tax as a solution. >> which has been the republican answer. as tax reform is happening and you listen to congressmen and women talk about it, they say why are states with low taxes subsidizing the states that have high taxes. that doesn't seem fair. so i think that this could be an election issue. and i would suspect that -- this administration it's here to stay. if there was another president, and different control of congress -- lauren: do you think it should be here to stay? >> it's an interesting concept. you have states where everybody is moving like florida and texas that have incredibly low property and income taxes. states like new york and new jeer circumstance it's very high -- new jee new jersey, it's ver. it's a disparity there. i understand both sides of the debate. i don't like paying taxes. lauren: i know you pay a lot of them. mitch roschelle, thank you very much. cheryl, over to you. cheryl: with new cases of coronavirus popping up in the

united states, many who have come in contact with the infected are in quarantine. this is raising legal questions. what kind of power does the government on a federal or state level have? attorney and founder of jenco legal, brian ratella is here. there's been talk of the 2010 public health service act, it gives a lot of power to the government to authorize different levels of quarantine but can the government overstep and how much power do they have? >> great question, cheryl. it's a real question right now. the bottom line is the government has a lot of power, especially the federal government, under what you just said, the public health service act. specifically, the government can do what are called mandatory quarantines. that's when we saw the president just recently in the last couple weeks do with the epicenter of the coronavirus in china. folks coming from there, mandatory quarantine. also, we can have a self-monitored warn teefnlt that's what we're seeing -- quarantine. that's what we're seeing from

high risk countries like iran and possibly italy when folks are coming in, for lack of a better analogy, it's kind of like being sent home from school where they have to stay home for 14 days, check anever and see if they -- check and see if they have a fever before they can be released back to the public. cheryl: a woman in california has been out of work for six weeks and she's seeking legal advice. it's one thing to quarantine somebody, another thing to isolate somebody if they test positive for the virus. at what point to legal rights for americans come under fire? >> it's a good question, cheryl. and again, this is an area r with it's actually in the constitution, this authority comes out of the commerce clause and that law from 2010 and what we're looking at is it is a high communicable disease which is what coronavirus is and does it cause severe accuse respiratory syndromes which it does. the country has a clear and present danger to make sure that these types of individuals are not out in the public with other

folks. there's a balancing act. you're going to see more than six weeks with some individuals in my opinion in the future and there's going to be challenges lost. cheryl: we've had doctors talk about that we haven't seen things like this, the 1918 spanish flu, world war i, they are examples in recent modern american history where the government had to take extreme steps but it's infringing on business. when you stop travel from other countries, i mean, how far can they go and at what right does a business, a major corporation say enough is enough. >> i can tell you in representing businesses every day, this is a question i'm getting six times a day. and for our friendly hr directors who are out in the audience, you know what everyone's asking, these folks that are coming from these countries, what do you do about pto time, what if they used all the pto time, should the company pay for it. what if they show no symptoms? i'm going to say something a lawyer doesn't usually say, there's not a legal answer yet

because it's so new. cheryl: i want to ask you about former presidential candidate michael bloomberg, now that he's left, he's got a billion dollar war chest. there's a lot of talk about what he can do with that money because of campaign finance laws, it seems the likely plan is forms a super pac, is he in legal muddy water as he tries to support one candidate which he's does as he's endorsed joe biden. >> well, cheryl, under law as you mentioned, an individual can only give $2,500. bloomberg has $1 billion. but as you mentioned, he can legally convert his dollars into a super pac and he those folks that have been working on the bloomberg campaign can voluntarily choose to join that super pac. they made fun of the president yesterday where they basically compared it to star wars and bloomberg is obi wan kenobe.

the dollars can go into a pac. cheryl: thank you very much for being here. great to have you, sir. >> thank you, cheryl. lauren: here's what else is happening today. vice president mike pence will travel to washington state, he will meet with government officials amid the coronavirus outbreak. washington state has been the hardest hit by the virus, 10 people have died so far and president trump will head to scranton, pennsylvania, a key swing state. he'll be there tonight for a fox news town hall. cheryl: today, prosecutors are going to resume opening statements in the murder trial for real estate heir robert durst, accused of killing his friend, susan berman 20 years ago. he was taken into custody after appearing to admit to several killings in an hbo series. prosecutors say he killed berman and another woman to cover up his wife's disappearance in the '80s. he has pleaded not guilty. lauren: nasa held a nationwide contest with students submitting

ideas, they received more than 28,000 responses from kids across the nation. the announcement is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. this morning. cheryl.let's take a look at fut. they're headed down, 447 on the dow, 160 on the nasdaq, 57 on the s&p 500. the 2020 democratic nomination is looking more and more like a two-man race. bernie sanders and joe biden. but could bernie's chances be short-lived. we'll have the latest on the 2020 shakeup. cheryl: table for one? the new dining trend that is sweeping the nation. you're watching "fbn: a.m." ♪

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lauren: after mike bloomberg dropped out of the 2020 race, the list of candidates looking for the democratic nomination is down to three, joe biden, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren. after biden's commanding lead on super tuesday, the next round of primaries becomes a must win for bernie sanders. we're looking at the march 17th primaries. there's a few before that too. can bernie do it and will someone get out of his way? let's bring in from the committee to defend the president, ted harvey and democratic governor's association executive director, noam lee. thank you for joining us. ted, does elizabeth warren drop out and if she does, when and who does that help?

>> well, i think she will have had to have dropped out, she's not going to have any money coming in, she's not going to have any supporters out there. what will the impact be? i think most of her supporters will go to bernie sanders. in the end, i don't think it's going to be enough. i think he will stay in the race and it will be a brokered convention at the end. i don't see bernie sanders stepping aside. i don't think he's going to have enough votes to have a plurality going into the convention and that will leave it up to biden. lauren: who do you think elizabeth warren endorses. you have to imagine that will have an impact. let's say she endorses sanders, she unifies the far left and she she endorses biden, she adds to the momentum. >> she has connected with a lot of voters across the country by talking about access to quality healthcare and education, the issues that are really driving record turnout. double what we saw in 2016 in virginia, up 25% in nevada. democrats are excited to get out and vote, are excited to get out

and beat president trump and i think elizabeth warren tapped into something and it's the same issues that propelled democrats to victory in 2018 in pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, three critical states in this presidential election. in 2019, in ken th kentucky and louisiana, democrats running on healthcare and education are successful. very the playbook to win in 2020. lauren: dan heniegr writes in the wall street journal this morning that the wins that joe biden saw, the moderate democrat, the african american that might work at a big company, the corrupt companies according to bernie sanders that he's trying to take down and in many ways you can say that a deplorable idea that the voter is not going to go for bernie sanders. >> i don't think bernie sanders is going to be the nominee. so i don't think the democrats have to worry about that. if you're going to look at the excitement of voters, you've got to look at how republicans are

numbers for trump, even though he has nobody running against him. he is beating all incumbent presidents in record turnouts in almost every state across the country. you look at his rallies, the base of the republican party is more united than they've ever been before and that's only going to be to the benefit of trump and the democrats are going to be running scared come november based on the excitement of the republican party. lauren: how can the democrats try to take trump down and the trump economy down in the next primaries, you have six on tuesday the tenth, one of them being michigan and on saint patricks day you have five primaries and one them is the all-important state of florida. >> robust primaries are actually great for the party. barack obama went through one, bill clinton went through one and more recently democratic governors gretchen whitmer in michigan, jerry polus in colorado, robust primaries strengthen our candidates and

campaigns. democrats are united in the effort to beat president trump to improve access to quality healthcare for americans, to better fund public education. these are issues driving voters to the polls. they led to wins in 2017, 2018 and 2019 where democratic governors were elected in nine states that president trump won in 2016. these are important numbers going into the fall. we're excited to continue going through this process. it's important to the party. but it's going to produce a nominee that democrats will be behind. lauren: maybe we'll get the nominee mid-march. thank you very much. >> thank you. good morning. cheryl: we are seeing more volatility in the markets this morning. take a look at these red arrows. remember, you had a rally yesterday. on monday, the s&p had its biggest point gain since august of 2011. so we just had a crazy week. the dow is down 438, s&p is down 57, nasdaq is down 159 and change. but these numbers could change. search teams spreading out,

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cheryl: devastating news out of tennessee, several people are still missing after deadly tornadoes struck there. today, search teams are going to look for those victims. lauren: lauren blanchard is live in one of the most ravaged neighborhoods there in cookville, tennessee. lauren, how devastating is this really as they go out in this

search program? >> reporter: well, good morning, cheryl, lauren. let me show you what it looks like. this is what is left of a neighborhood, which from what i can tell was a pretty nice neighborhood before this ef-4 tornado ripped through this area with 175-mile-per-hour winds. all you can see left now, piles of debris. you can see remnants of washing machines, 2x4s, installation, foundations are all that stand from all of these homes that at once stood here. let me show you now over here. this is all that we see outside, boxes which looks like the homeowners came or somebody came at some point to try and salvage whatever they could of whatever was left in this area and then if you take a look back in the distance, that's it. that's all that's left. just rubble, some foundations, torn up trees, absolutely a devastating area in putnam county in cookville, tennessee.

let's take a moment to remember some of the victims. in all, we lost 24 lives in this. in this county alone, 18, ranging from children, young families, all in all extremely sad. plus the search for some missing people continues, there's still three who have not been accounted for. and all of this destruction, there has been an outpouring of support. people have been stockpiling water, supplies, hot meals, trying to give them anything they can and if you want to help, you can reach out to the united way, text relief 2020, 41444 and then today cheryl, lauren, the search and rescue continues. the mayor here says they hope to have it wrapped up by later this afternoon. lauren: lauren blanchard, thank you. such a tragic story. we do hope people can help. thank you. cheryl: this next story may sound likes it's out of a hollywood movie. a pentagon employee charged with espionage. lauren: tracee carrasco has the details for us. tracee: pentagon linguist is

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lauren: one airline's passengers got her into trouble in the airport. cheryl: tell us about it. mike: sometimes it's you versus the party and alcohol wins, that's exactly what happened to the two females. they were flying back from singapore to london, they had a 6:00 a.m. flight. they party the night before. they get on the flight and they are severely hungover so one ask for aspirin and put the whole entire flight in panic mode. the next thing you know they get isolated because they think they

have coronavirus. they had to lay down and get temperature taken a lot. they had to put masks on. everyone was so mad at them. doctors come with mask suits and met by more doctors, no, we partied too much. be careful about drinking -- [laughter] lauren: airlines are trying to find the age-old problem that nobody wants to sit in the middle seat. mike: airplane space equals comfort and some airlines are making the middle seat, no room whatsoever, they are making it bigger and larger especially frontier, spirit, air new zealand and others. they have done this on certain flights. they are getting good feedback.

this catches on it eventually might be a premium, you might have to be paying for it. we have a question for the day were would wow pay extra for a larger middle seat on the plane. lauren: my answer is no. it comes down to armrest. if you're in the middle you get both armrests. mike: that should be the realize. lauren: i'm always in the middle seat for some reason and the person both use your armrest, okay, what am i supposed to do. >> some of the airlines -- air bus, for example, have been changing and expanding. it's an inch. that doesn't sound like a lot but they are making efforts because they've been listening to customers complaining about

feeling so squeezed. >> it becomes chaotic. the thing is you're fighting for the armrest but also you have somebody reclining in front of you. it's just a disaster but you have to pay for it for more room. we will see. cheryl: mike, thank you very much. that's it for fbn:am. lauren: mornings with maria start now. maria: hey there ladies, good morning to you. thursday marchth, top stories 6:00 a.m. on the button on the east coast. markets are pointing to sharp selloff at the start of trading, dow futures down 470 points. the nasdaq down 171 and s&p 500 lower by 60 points right now under 2% after markets surge yesterday, the dow, the