the administration learned to target the shops and the credit towards the people who night and stop fooling around with interest rates. lou: bill lauren: it is 5:00 a.m. here are your top stories at this hour. the coronavirus has now spread to all 50 states as you can see here and the white house wants economic relief now and money in americans' pockets fast. cheryl: we're going to talk about that this hour. another big, big night for joe biden. does bernie sanders still have a path forward in the race for the white house? lauren: million of americans working from home, how to navigate your new reality. its wednesday, march 18th. "fbn: a.m." starts right now. ♪ cheryl: welcome, everybody, to

familiar. good morning. -- to "fbn: a.m.." good morning. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: good morning, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: let's take a look at how your money is moving this morning after markets jumped 5% yesterday after promises of stimulus from steven mnuchin and the president. we had been limit down overnight at one point. u.s. futures are in theory going to be limit down again before we open today. dow is down almost 4%, 821 in the premarket, s&p is down 92 points, 3.69%, nasdaq is down almost 4 and-a-half percent. lauren: the 10 year treasury yield moved up 36 basis points yesterday, it's up another 11 right now, 1.192% because there is to much government supply at the moment. cheryl: we're looking at oil, because we continue to see pressure in that market. fears of a global recession, more and more analysts talking about that, that is putting pressure on oil once again, a 2% drop in crude, below 30 bucks,

26, 37. gold, usually a safety play, it's down about 2%. lauren: nervous investors trying to liquidate everything, including gold. asian stocks down across the board, south korea the worst performer, down almost 5% overnight. cheryl: taking a look at europe, governments promising pg hundreds of billions of euros in stimulus. france the latest coupl countryo open up the vault. cac is down 3 and a quarter percent and change, dax in germany down more than 4%. lauren: another tough day for investors. the white house is mounting a major effort to help keep the american economy running during the coronavirus pandemic. the trump administration is pushing for $1.2 trillion stimulus package which includes cash payments to every american of at least $1,000 and treasury secretary steven mnuchin warning gop senators the unemployment rate could soar to 20% if a

$1 trillion rescue package is not approved. cheryl: we've got todd piro at an amazon fulfillment center in stastaten island, new york. >> reporter: the fulfillment center is a hot bed of activity. that's not the case for so many businesses and individuals across the country. the federal government is stepping up to help. >> i think we want to get it down and have a big infusion as opposed to going through little meetings every couple of days. we don't want to do that. we don't want people losing their jobs or not having money to live when they were doing very well just four weeks ago. so we're going big and that's the way it will be. >> reporter: the president and treasury secretary steven mnuchin announcing a $1.2 trillion stimulus plan including $300 billion for small business loans, allowing meme pe who own taxes 90 more days to pay and providing $250 billion

in cash payments, the payments in the form of checks of at least $1,000 with a likely income test to determine who needs it the most. >> americans need cash now and i mean now, in the next two weeks. >> reporter: mnuchin warning congress the unemployment rate could hit 20% without a stimulus package. it's not all worrisome news on the employment front. amazon will increase employment across the country and raise pay pay. employees working 10 hour shifts will help respond to demand from customers to have basic needs delivered to them so they don't have to go into a store. it's important to note that at amazon fulfillment centers like this one, they're focusing on medical supplies, those consumer

staples, household staples that we absolutely need and not necessarily focusing on products that we don't necessarily need right now. lauren and cheryl, back to you. cheryl: times are changing. todd, thank you so much. 2020 hopeful bernie sanders is calling for $2,000 monthly payments to every u.s. household having medicare pay for all medical bills, even non-coronavirus related, and waiving student loan payments, to name a few things he's proposing. he is estimating the federal government will have to spend $2 trillion to avoid an economic catastrophe. lauren: kansas becomes the first state to close all schools for the rest of the school year. this amid the coronavirus outbreak. cheryl: governors in 22 states deploying more taken 1700 national guarded troops to assist with local and state emergency operations. marianne raferty is in los angeles with more.

>> reporter: coronavirus now affecting the entire u.s. with nearly 6500 cases and 114 deaths. the numbers of cases have soared just in the past 24 hours. especially in states that have been hit the hardest. washington state has more than 1,000 cases and 55 people have died. 19 of those from one seattle area nursing home and 11 other washington nursing homes also have cases. governor jay inches. robinsley has bandgatherings of0 people. mayor bill de blasio is discussing more drastic measures to stop the spread in the city. >> i think new yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter in place order. it has not happened yet. but it is definitely a

possibility at this point. i believe that decision should be made in the next 48 hours and it's a very, very difficult decision. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo says the city can't make a decision to shelter in place without state approval. >> we hear new york city is going to quarantine itself. that is not true. and i have no interest whatsoever and no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city. >> reporter: all broadway shows have been suspended and the new york suburb of new rochelle has the nation's only containment zone right now. in california, 718 cases so far and 13 people have died. more than 7 million californians asked to shelter in place. the california national guard is on alert as the governor says the state could follow kansas and close schools for the rest of the year. in chicago, service is reduced at midway airport over confirmed

cases in the control tower after several technicians there tested positive. in mass chew gets -- massachusetts, the fourth highest number of cases. west virginia reported their first case of coronavirus on tuesday evening, making it the last state that until then had no cases of coronavirus. this came hours after president trump praised the state for dodging the virus, at the same time all states can development and implement their own tests. cheryl: marianne, thank you very much. boeing is asking the government for $60 billion to help the u.s. aerospace industry which has been rocked by the coronavirus pandemic. boeing says the entire industry could collapse without major assistance as it tries to prevent layoffs and damage to thousands of its suppliers. so this is the entire industry, not just boeing. president trump has said that boeing has to be protected from the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. lauren: major u.s. hotel companies are requesting

$150 billion in financial aid. the pandemic has forced them to lay off tens of thousands of workers, some hotels have been forced to close. cheryl, we're looking at an economy that has virtually shut down. cheryl: well, we'll have to move to politics, guys. another biden blowout. the 2020 presidential candidate cementing his lead over bernie sanders with wins in illinois, arizona and florida. lauren: and dramatic wins. voters in all three of those states wearing masks and gloves as concerns over covid-19 reach a feverish high. griff jenkins is in washington to break down the results from yesterday. griff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lauren and cheryl. last night not just a clean sweep but a deep cut into the bernie base and perhaps a message that in these frightening coronavirus times, voters are not looking for radical change. biden now has an undeniable commanding lead in the race. 1,147 delegates to sanders' 861. there were no live rallies, just

a live stream from biden's delaware home as he appealed to sanders' voters. >> senator sanders and i may disagree on tactics but we share a common vision, for the need to provide affordable healthcare for all americans, to tackling the threat of our time, climate change, so let me say especially to the young voter whose have been inspired by senator sanders, i hear you. i know what's at stake. >> reporter: here's how big of a night biden had. in arizona, winning by more than 12%. in illinois, by 23%. and in florida, the state with the biggest delegate prize, winning by a whopping near 40%. sanders was absent on the airways after the polls closed but earlier in the evening laying out coronavirus pro poe s and how best to rescue the nation from crisis. >> we must empower medicare to cover all medical bills during

this emergency. if you're uninsured, under insured, out-of-pocket expenses, medicare will cover the expenses. >> reporter: voters and volunteers turned out in masks, cleaning machines in all three states. the question this morning is what happens next. the dnc doesn't want any more major changes to the primary calendar as georgia, lieu ya that, kentucky, just yesterday maryland pro postponing electios due to health concerns. they are urging the states to use a variety of methods to make voting easier and safer, the simplest tool being mail ballots. the next big day of primaries is the first week of april. lauren: griff jenkins, thank you very much. let's take a look at other headlines making news today. soft bank reportedly backing out of part of its bailout of

wework. the report says soft bank sent and e-mail to wework investors saying it would not buy 3 billion in shares. 970 million of that was stock held by the former ceo, adam newman. the trump administration is hitting back at china amid the coronavirus outbreak after china revoked the press credentials for three u.s. journalists from the new york times, washington post and wall street journal. the national security council said the move is depriving the chinese people and the world of access to true information about china. china has been at a p propaganda war with the u.s. over who is to blame for the spread of the virus. a silent seeker or those who -- asylum seekers or those who crossed the southern border illegally could be turned away.

a dhs spokesperson tells fox news the president is committed to protecting americans and all options are on the table. and finally, four players from the brooklyn nets have coronavirus including star forward kevin durant who tells the sports website the athletic that he is infected. durant says he has not experienced any symptoms. the nba now warning teams who had contact to get tested. seven players in the league have coronavirus. cheryl: all right. let's take a look at futures right now, folks. we are looking at a potential limit down situation overnight with few churks after markets snapped back more than 5% yesterday. this volatility may be the new norm. we're going to talk about it. right now, you've got the dow down almost 4%, 821, s&p is down 92, nasdaq down 328. it's just more concerns about a global recession and no growth for the world actually. we're going to talk about it. plus, these markets are continuing this roller coaster

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bill. steven mnuchin says the delay is available to people who owe $1 million or less and to corporations that owe $10 million or less. but tax returns are still required to be filed by april 15th. cheryl: well, the trump administration pulling out all the stops to help cushion the u.s. economy against the impact from the coronavirus pandemic. with a $1.2 trillion stimulus plan. let's bring in rebecca walser. the wall street journal editorial board writes this morning we're less confident of the washington panic in the middle of a market panic. as our politicians rush to throw money around without much thought or economic logic as they almost always do. your response? >> you know, i'm not usually in disagreement with government intervention, it doesn't always go exactly as we want. look at tarp. we're a service based economy.

closing down everything overnight i understand we have to control the health spread and we all understand that, but at the same time we don't need to do that at the expense of the entire economy. we have to find a happy balance. i think that this is what the government is recognizing. listen, we need to control everything. we need to close everything down for the most part. 10 people or less is basically a business close. let's be honest. but at the same time, they recognize that that means that we know the new york unemployment office was crashed already because over 10,000 people were trying to file at the same time simultaneously. this is unprecedented, never been seen before which maybe if spanish flu. we didn't have the internet, we didn't have all these things. we weren't a service based economy, more industrial in the 1900s. this is a different scenario and intervention is probably warranted. cheryl: they're talking about checks of $1,000 to americans, food stamps, unemployment benefits being extended. but yesterday steven mnuchin,

this was reported by fox business, was actually talking to senate republicans and made a comment about, look, if we don't do anything there's going to be 20% unemployment in this country. but i'm wondering what your clients are saying when they call you. are they saying hey, is this a buying opportunity? are they saying to you i'm scared? what's the main quote you're getting from your clients? >> it's all of that, cheryl. if they're a long-term investor, they see it as a generation alibiing opportunity, let's be really clear. at the same time, nobody wants to buy if we keep going down. it's the timing of the market. so yes, people are looking at it as a potential buying opportunity if they're a longer term investor. it's the people who are in sort of retirement mode, 10 years or less from retirement mode, they're like oh, my gosh if this doesn't come back i lost half my portfolio potentially. long term, for sure, what i see that's unique in this situation

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scenarios from best case to worst case in the united states could be is based on previous data and real-time data coming in from other parts of the world. none of this is perfect and none of this is exact. we need to think about all of this and keep -- just look at it with a grain of salt in that sense. until we have diagnostic testing that really examines across communities and populations how the virus is being transmitted and exactly what the mortality rate is, we're not going to have a really good idea. we can really just only speculate. lauren: let's talk about that testing, doctor. the vice president told sean hannity last night that in the coming days tens of thousands of tests are going to be available. so what do you expect those tests to show, how many of us could potentially have this virus and i'm going to follow that question up with, because we're limited on time here, do these 14 day, 15 day lackdown periods -- lockdown periods work? >> we are going to learn a lot with this testing. it might not even be that useful

for those who have the virus or don't have the virus. but it's really used for public health officials that need this information to understand where to focus energy, personnel, resources, and to really understand what demographics are most at risk. we know it's the older population. but it's really going to help inform the policies that we put in place and roll out going forward. we need to always look at the primary health impact related to a virus in terms of its transmission and mortality. we also need to consider the ripple effects, the impacts that will stem from the social distancing measures being put in place. we're putting this in place without enough information, without considering that the ripple effect could potentially do more harm than good. if we're putting these measures in place for too short amount of time and not the length of time that's really needed for successful effective interventions and social distancing, than what was the point. this information is so critical for people to get tested and to really understand how this virus

is playing out in america. it's different from other populations. lauren: staying home does create stress and health effects in and of itself. we asked our viewers what questions would you ask a doctor and marianne writes this, what help can we give to our friends who are experiencing sheer panic over this situation? what would you say to that, doctor? >> i would say we need to be there for each other because we cannot think of this risk in isolation, this particular threat to our public health does not exist alone. as you said, the mental health impacts are significant and suicide rates are higher than they've ever been, we're talking about 40,000 something americans a year now at this rate. and so isolation, quarantines increase this sense of loneliness. the last thing we want to see when we put measures in place to protect us from one risk, one virus, then we see an uptick in

other threats that affect american health and life. we need to be there for each other and help your neighbors. this is a time when community comes together better than any other time. lauren: thank you for the time. >> thank you. cheryl: all right. well, the coronavirus and all that it is doing to affect the world is taking a heavy toll once again on u.s. futures. we are limit down again in the premarket. i think the fourth time we've done this in two weeks now. this is what we've been seeing in futures market. maybe this is the new normal. the markets are pushed to new lows after yesterday's 5% surge and monday's down 3,000 point for the dow. right now the s&p is down 3 and three quarter percent, nasdaq is down 4 and-a-half percent, limit down on futures right now. the white house is weighing a fiscal package of more than a trillion dollars to help ease the economic pain of the coronavirus. we're going to ask, will that be

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cheryl: here is your morning cheat sheet, the top headlines to get you through the day. overnight kansas becomes the first state to close disools schools for the rest of the year. the national guard is deployed to 18 states as the coronavirus outbreak has now spread to all 50 states. the white house is weighing a fiscal package of more than a trillion dollars that includes direct payment to americans and financial relief to small businesses and the airline industry. treasury secretary steven mnuchin says corporations are going to be able to defer tax payments of up to $10 million, individuals could defer up to a million in payments to the irs,

that's a 90 day plan. joe biden has cemented his lead over bernie sanders with wins in illinois, arizona and florida. biden leads with 1,147 delegates to sanders' 861. >> on the table that would eject a trillion dollars into the economy, this is a combination of loans, this is a combination of direct checks to individuals, this is a combination of creating liquidity for small businesses. lauren: treasury secretary steven mnuchin pushing a massive stimulus plan to protect the u.s. economy against damage from coronavirus. doug flynn is a certified financial planner and he's here now. doug, good morning. >> good morning, lauren. lauren: the administration is using every tool that they have to help americans and businesses because we are in a word we hear all the time unprecedented time. let's deal with the first part of what he said first, the

$1,000 check going directly to almost every american. is that the right medicine, if you will, if their company might be going out of business? >> well, i think it helps. the problem with companies going out of business is if you do something with the payroll tax, you need to get payroll in order to get that benefit. so i think the direct payment to people helps the economy keep going with spending, gives people a break. realistically, we all know that the u.s. consumer is 70% of the u.s. economy so that's really the most important part of the economy and so keeping money in that system is the most important thing. so i think that's a way to get around the payroll issue of people maybe not getting it. lauren: and it's certainly popular, i think a lot of people would cheer, hey, $1,000. where would you spend that? the service based economy and basically the economy minus the food store is shut down, what do you do with the $1,000? it goes towards rent.

do you think there's something else the administration should be doing right now that americans will need. >> they're doing a ton for the system in terms of they're buying assets, they're deferring tax payments, they're doing everything they can and as you said out of the break, they're throwing everything they can at this and i think that's the point. i think that they're kind of over-selling how bad it might be when they mention 20% unemployment which would be like great depression level unemployment to try to get this through and throw everything they can. i think president trump wants everything, to throw everything he can at it to get us the best run. lauren: these are just ideas right now that are being proposed. another idea being proposed and talked about is closing the neww york stock exchange. is that something that you see happening? >> i sure hope not. we were here after 9/11 when we were closed. we were here working but the market was closed.

listen, the market's going to do what it's going to do. if you put governors on it to limit down and if you close, when it opens it's going to get to the level that it's going of to get to. you can try all you want to stop it, maybe you can control some sentiment and make people not freak out as much, that's really all you're going to do. the market is going to find the level that it's going to find no matter what we do and i think that's the point. if you hit that way down point, therein lies the actual bottoming that you need to see to turn this around. lauren: doug flin, than flynn,k you -- doug flynn, thank you very much. cheryl: here's a look at what is happening today. president trump holding calls with airline executives, doctors and nurses throughout the day today, he's expected to speak about the situation with the coronavirus outbreak. the need for nurses and doctors during the pandemic very high right now, while the airlines are asking for a bailout, $50 billion. the industry taking a hit amid travel bans and less people

taking to the skies. lauren: target making changes to stores amid the outbreak. starting today, stores will cut hours and close no later than 9:00 p.m. the first hour of shopping on wednesdays will be reserved for elderly and vulnerable customers. at costco, lines like this one will become more common as the company limits the number of people allowed inside the stores. cheryl: and hearts in boston are breaking this morning, ledge legendary quarterback tom brady announced he is parting ways with his team of 20 years. it's being reported he will sign with the tampa bay buccaneers. the yet to be announced deal rumored to be worth $30 million a year but neither side is confirming this. today is the first day that teams can officially sign free agents. lauren, i'm trying to imagine giselle bunchen in tampa bay. lauren: i'm just surprised we have sports news after all. let's take a look at the market

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cheryl: the coronavirus pandemic is forcing businesses big and small to rethink how they manage their workforce as companies begin to rely on tele-commuting, how will remote workforce affect day-to-day operations, morale and the bottom line. let's bring in the ceo of kaye bass en international, jeff kellyanne conway. gookaye. the u.s. workforce, it's 56%, we've already seen a trend towards this before the coronavirus outbreak. >> yeah, what we're seeing right now is some people are used to this. so we're -- the word we're using is triage your home. some people have been used to

working out and they developed those muscles. other individuals have not been in that gym. they have to figure out how are they going to navigate around the ever-changing needs. the home is now their gym, it's their restaurant, it's the source of business, it's actually the school for some people. and so think of the kind of constant information and the chaos that's coming their way, how do you minimize distractions, how do you create a manufacturing process at your home to think of if you were building a product or providing a service, how would you do it in the most effective and productive way possible, navigating through the idea that some are going to have isolation and others are going to have chaos and it just depends on what you've been used to, to how you're going to react. cheryl: let me ask about the chaos part of it. i've gotten e-mails from my friends with kids at home and they're working from home and they're pulling their hair out for the most part. how do people minimize distractions at home so it

doesn't hurt them in their professional life? >> that's a great question. so people have been spending their lives creating their resumes and linkedin profiles. now you get a chance to show that you are what you said you are. this is the proverbial x factor that people talk about, this what is it looks like. so individuals have an opportunity to be able to demonstrate that they're the kind of individuals that can lead. they're the individuals that are encouraging other individuals and leading with those best practices. companies get a chance to show that, guess what, those mission, vision and values they created, they get to live by those too. if everybody operates in a fish bowl, are you behaving in a way you would behave if you're at work or if coworkers are there or from a leader perspective remarks does that look like. we have 110 offices all over the country, even ones in hong kong and singapore and every industry, function and geography you can imagine and it's situational by the industry but people get a choice right now to show who they are and not just

tell who's they are. cheryl: look, hey, $35 billion a day is a safe productivity number here many i think a lot more companies will go this route after this virus is over. jeff, thank you very much for being here. jeff kaye. >> my pleasure. lauren: if you are one of the millions working from home this morning, the speed of your internet could become a problem. cheryl: brett larson from fox news headlines 24/7 is joining us now. because everybody's playing fortnite, brett, good morning. >> exactly. that is part of the problem. we don't think about it when we're using our internet connection but it is shared with the entire neighborhood. you've got every individual house is connected to a node which is connected to your isp. take a look at this graphic we put together to explain this in a visual sense. your internet service provider, be that the cable company or the telephone company, they are connected to the internet by way of a fiber optic cable. that's going to be able to carry thousands and thousands of mega bits per second of your data,

netflix and work from home sort whiff will work over that connection. when we get to the neighborhood nodes, each neighborhood has a connection that splits off to multiple homes. you're shareing that node with everyone in your neighborhood. you can imagine when your kids are logged in, maybe doing face time with the teacher, maybe doing netflix to stream sesame street, all that starts to add up and things start to slow down. if you're going to be working from home, i strongly suggest that you keep your mobile devices handy because you might need to rely on them. cheryl: you might need cell data. the government may be trying to use internet location data to track people during the pandemic and there's a big piece in the journal about that this morning. >> it's very interesting. this is going to be interesting to see how they go with this. it is -- they're using your cell phone data to track your location and the location of others so they can build a database to see who may or may

not have been exposed to the coronavirus. it's interesting to watch this space develop. cheryl: brett larson, thank you for skypeing in. it's good to see you back. lauren: that social tracking, they do in south korea. you can catch brett on fox news headlines, 24/7, sirius xm channel 115. cheryl: another biden blowout in yesterday's elections, is there still a path forward for bernie sanders. lauren: a stockpile of essential self quarantine supplies circling down the drain, the little monsters who destroyed this stash coming up on "fbn: a.m." [ fast-paced drumming ]

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continues to widen his lead in the democratic primary race. as we inch closer to the convention, is there a path forward for person been. let's bring in democratic strategist, laura figure. fig. laura, good morning. good to see you again. talk to me about bernie sanders. does he have a path forward? i think i know the answer to that. more importantly, when does he throw in the towel? he doesn't have the numbers, laura. >> he doesn't. i mean, the answer is he doesn't have a path forward. this is all about the general election. joe-mentum has got us here. we saw a strong turnout yesterday. joe biden has united the democratic party, winning in virtually every county in these states. so what that -- it bodes well for him going into november. bernie sanders now really has to strongly consider not if he's going to drop out but when he's going to drop out and i say

respectfully that's up to him. this is a tough time for campaigns that are in the final stages. i think it's clear, the election needs to focus on donald trump. we have seven and-a-half months until the novembe november elec. we're in the middle of not just a health crisis but also an economic crisis. we know workers are losing paychecks and donald trump's leadership will be evaluated as a result of this. i think it puts biden in a strong position moving forward to take that case against trump. cheryl: let's move this conversation forward and talk about florida. if you look at the breakdown in florida for joe biden and the voter analysis that fox news did, those that were asked who beats trump in november, 86% of florida voters says biden could. this is florida and this is crucial to donald trump. what do you say? >> it's absolutely critical. we know that swing states like michigan and pennsylvania are in play. they're leaning democratic. florida's a big electoral

college count and we know that one of the things that's driving voters is medicare. president trump's budget where he wanted to cut medicare for seniors is really driving some support for joe biden. i think he needs to continue to capitalize on that and we need to talk about issues like health care, not just for seniors but across the board. that was the number one issue coming out of the exit polls among democrats and we know independents vote in a lot of those states too. it will continue to be a focus moving into november, along with now this sustained economic crisis and the response to it. cheryl: laura, great to have you on the show this morning. it's going to be an interesting year to see how this plays out with the virus and the primaries and the delays and everything else. please come back. >> thanks, cheryl. lauren: over t let's take a lt headlines making news this morning. some major department stores taking action amid coronavirus. macy's, bloomingdales, nordstrom

will be closing their doors. as the u.s. deals with a toilet paper shortage because of coronavirus, one mom's stash ruined by her kids. a twitter user posted that picture you're looking at saying that his friends' kids threw all of her toilet paper into the tub, destroying every last roll. and matthew mcconaughey using twitter to deliver this uplifting message about the coronavirus outbreak. >> we have an enemy in coronavirus that's an enemy that we all agree we want to beat. we want to beat and we're going to beat him. this virus this time might be the one time that brings us all together and unifies us like we have not been in a long time. lauren: leave it to mcconaughey to rally the troops. he also warned about giving into paranoia and asked people to take care of themselves and others around them. cheryl: all right, all right, all right, lauren. leland:.lauren: best movie eve.

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lauren: do you feel stir crazy if so you're not alone. cheryl: mike joinings with us ways to pass the time in a quarantine reality. good morning. perjury good morning guys so we're trying to get through social distancing a whatnot now netflix has a cool new feature netflix party and friends to watch the same show or movie all the same time. you go to netflix party.com download the google chrome extension and a you can chat, pause at the same time kind of like if you're chill on couch and watching no, i haveses so now we're doing that. via, you know, separate roomses separate apartments but still partaking in same show. speaking of movies, nbc universal kind of unprecedented move they're going to be

releasing movies that are currently in theaters on their on demanding service. everything from look the movie emma currently in theaters to upcoming "trolls" movie they're releases them straight to on demand service so theaters close you can watch them now at home kind of interesting. >> and disney. >> disney who doesn't love disney i love disney we all love disney and now you have children at home you can partake in virtual reality ride everything from frozen ride to it's a small world and go to youtube search for ride along video. it is awesome a way to pass the time. >> i love it. cheryl: what other places are offer it things to pass the time at home. >> museums national gallery of art in washington, d.c. doing virtual reality tours moma also met opera showing live hd performances of past conferences check out at met opera.org and finally take a trip to the zoo.

various zoos are offering virtual reality things like this. this is virginia zoo.org, they're doing live feedings of giraffes and you can hang out with animals a lot of cool things when we're stuck is at home to make it seem like we're at least feeling normal for a little bit. lauren: creative. cheryl: bring nor ideas thank you very much. that's going to do it for us today. lauren: thank you for joinings and watching at home have a great day everybody. morningses with maria stars starts right now. maria: hey there happy wednesday everybody thanks so much for join us i'm maria bartiromo it is wednesday march 18th your top stories right now. just before 6 a.m. on east coast a trillion dollar stimulus package to offset coronavirus, and put money directly into american pockets. treasury secretary steven mnuchin warning with that unemployment could spike to get this 20.if action is not taken. the wild ride on wall street now slowing down futures pointing to

another steep sell loff take a look at the a number we're looking at a decline of 820 points this morning right out of the gate. nasdaq is down 328 points and s&p futures right now down 92. this afternoon, the stimulus plan fueled rally yesterday markets closed at session highs, at 4:00 on wall street with the dow strils up better than 1,000 points yesterday that was -- 5% and nasdaq up 430 and s&p was up 143. now this, the confirm coronavirus cases in all 50 states. kansas becoming first state to cancel school for rest of the year. and then travel industry takes big hit hotels and casinos on vegas strip, the the very latest to shut down. hotel ceo telling president trump they're being forced to layoff thousands of people. joe biden sweeps all three primaries yesterday making it increasingly difficult to bernie sanders to find a path the democratic nomination. president trump clinching republican anonymous, "mornings with mar