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>> join us tomorrow. we'll have the results from mini super tuesday. >> where are the people? >> have a good day, everyone. we'll see you tomorrow. >> sandra: 30 minutes away from the opening bell on wall street and dow futures pointing to an early surge after the worst sell-off for u.s. stocks since the 2008 financial crisis. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: i'm ed henry. price war in the oil market and growing coronavirus outbreak sent stocks plunging yesterday more than 7%. the dow seeing a 2,000-point loss. president trump is planning to meet with republican congressional leaders today to discuss possible sim lus measure to ease the economic pain caused by the coronavirus as the cases here in america surpass 600. >> president trump: we'll meet tomorrow afternoon and coming back from the senate. we have a lot of very important meetings set up. and we'll have a press
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conference sometime after that and we'll explain what we're doing on an economic standpoint and from an economic standpoint. they will be very dramatic, blind-sided this world and i think we've handled it very, very well. >> sandra: kristin fisher is live at the white house this morning. we begin with jonathan serrie live in atlanta. >> good morning. public health officials today continue offloading pass been gears from the grand princess. it was brought into oakland, california after strict supervision. passengers will complete 14-day quarantines at military bases. the federal government sent a team of nurses and doctors to seattle to supplement the staff.
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dozens of regular employees of the center had to go into quarantine. the elderly and those with health conditions are most at risk for developing -- >> nursing homes upping their screening of people coming into the nursing home and making sure they are gloved and have masks so we can protect people that are in the nursing homes. >> china reports that for three consecutive days no new locally transmitted cases of coronavirus outside wuhan where the outbreak began. only 19 new cases have been reported on the mainland in the past day. 17 in wuhan and 2 involving international travelers arriving from spain and u.k. today's sweeping travel restrictions went into effect throughout the entire country of italy. the government urged residents to stay at home and travel only for work, health and emergencies.
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sandra, here at home concerns over the coronavirus outbreak are leading to the cancellation of several large public events including boston's st. patrick's day parade originally scheduled for this weekend. >> sandra: a lot changes this morning on all of that. thank you. >> ed: meantime incoming white house chief of staff mark meadows saying he will self-quarantine despite testing neg tifrk for covid-19 and the president creeping uncomfortably close to both the white house and capitol hill. the white house says president trump is in excellent health and has not been tested for the coronavirus even though six members of congress have now self-quarantined after potentially being exposed to the virus, including the president's incoming chief of staff mark meadows. congressman doug collins who shook the president's hand when
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he visited the cdc on friday and congressman matt gaetz who flew on air force one with president trump just yesterday. none of those members of congress have tested positive or displayed any symptoms. president trump didn't mention it when he held the briefing at the white house last night. he focused on all the things his administration may do to provide targeted being i can relief to industries and people hit the coronavirus. temporary tax cuts for hotels, cruise lines, airlines and this. >> president trump: we'll meet with past republicans mitch mcconnell and everybody and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief. we're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they won't miss a paycheck.
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>> after that briefing some democrats were upset that president trump has spent so much time talking about the economy. >> the president seemed to be focused more on the stop market than the pandemic. unless you deal with the pandemic the stock market will get worse and worse and worse. >> now today the president is going to be meeting with republican lawmakers to discuss that range of economic stimulus options. we have just learned within the last few minutes he is not going to go to capitol hill today. that meeting may be happening at the white house. as for that press conference the president alluded to, we don't know when that will be. something could change and we'll keep you posted. >> ed: kristin fisher, thank you. >> sandra: voters in six states heading to the polls for a mini super tuesday. 352 delegates up for grabs with michigan the top prize. let's bring in guy benson, fox news contributor and host of the guy benson show to kick
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things off on that front this morning. good morning. so can bernie sanders slow joe biden's momentum? >> unlikely in my opinion. if you look at tonight the three biggest prizes are michigan, missouri and washington state. you go back four years, bernie sanders came within a whisker of hillary clinton in missouri. it was basically a tie. he pulled off a significant upset in the state of michigan and blew her out in washington state. this year bernie sanders is in danger of losing all three of those states. it is not close in michigan. not close in missouri and it is close in washington which is one of the best states remaining for him on the map according to a lot of projections. the polls could be wrong. he defied the expectations of many experts in michigan certainly four years ago. but if you look at the trajectories here and the arc of the race and the huge momentum behind joe biden there are a few prizes maybe out west where bernie could do okay and
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maybe pick off a state like north dakota. again i think that will maybe look close. i think the fact that joe biden has been surging so strongly across the board and has even pushed according to a few polls in the lead in washington where he was down by massive margins recently, it is looking like things are turning up biden. >> sandra: we heard from kamala harris last night who endorsed joe biden making the case that michigan is a key win for joe biden. >> when i look at this great state, it is the bellwether, the measure of how america is doing and what america is capable of doing. and when you put the kind of fight and work that you have always put into investing in the future of america, we will elect joe biden as the next president. >> sandra: no doubt, guy, heading into this all eyes are
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on michigan. >> for two reasons. first in the primary. if you remember as i mentioned four years ago when bernie sanders shocked everyone and the clinton campaign by winning there. if joe biden shows up and really resoundingly defeats bernie sanders and sanders is now under fire for a very controversial speaker at one of his rallies in michigan. an imam who said terrible things. if biden representing the establishment like hillary clinton did four years ago really throws his weight around and wins easily in michigan. then i think people start to say more broadly in the primary side of things okay, how many people last time voted for bernie as an anti-clinton protest votes that were actually bernie sanders supporters. the tailspin could continue. you look to the general election. michigan one of those key blue wall states knocked through by president trump. if joe biden can win it back.
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not decisive but it would help democrats feel better about their standing heading into november. >> sandra: a big day and big night indeed. thank you. >> ed: all right. bernie sanders pulling no punches yesterday dismissing joe biden as a friend of wall street crooks and hillary clinton being stuck in the past. >> sandra: cdc expanding its guidelines for the most at risk for the coronavirus. more schools, businesses have begun closing down as a precaution. >> the guidance will be around how to keep workplaces safe, how to keep schools safe, how to keep the home safe, and how to keep commercial businesses safe where people would eat or be present. let's get down to business.
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covid-19? >> the problem with our information is that we are missing a very, very important piece of date, yeah ongoing assessment of who actually has it. we're so far behind with the testing. we're kind of operating in the dark in terms of making policies. i think the key thing now is we have to avoid becoming what has happened to italy where there is massive shutdowns and at some point we'll have to pull the trigger and go to much more extreme methods other than just recommending that we don't gather in large groups and so on. >> sandra: what are you suggesting, doctor? >> i'm suggesting that the powers that be -- i'm looking forward to the federal panel -- suggesting that in the absence of the information we actually need, that we go to more extreme measures right now. i was very much personally
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opposed to that. there has been several articles now talking about the fact that the exponential increase. we are potentially looking at that kind of scenario. we have to make a decision before we have the information about the actual number of people who have been -- who are carrying the disease. >> sandra: i hear you calling for more extreme measures but do you have specific suggestions? >> i do. >> sandra: a nationwide shutdown of schools? be more precise. >> personally i would right now in any area that has any kind of documented outbreak that we enforce things like absolutely no visitors in nursing homes and places where elderly people are. zero visiting. we should start in those places
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closing down large-scale events. i think we should tell every business and organization that we possibly can to start making sure their workers can work remotely. using teleconference technologies. we should say i wish we had more data to support this, we don't. we can't wait for it. this constant postponing of having functional tests in the community is not working. >> sandra: is it fair to say you are calling for that out of an abundance of caution or are you saying on the numbers we're seeing as far as cases? >> right, it's become the buzz word now, the abundance of caution. it's an umbrella for doing a lot of things that may be more extreme than we need. it is really literally comes down to this. either we are going to take actions in the absence of the information that we need, that is the actual number of people who are carrying it, or we'll
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wait and then suddenly see an enormous uptick in the number of people affected, at which point it will be too late for any of those more extreme methods to really have an effect that we desire. >> sandra: for those hesitating whether or not the shut down schools or cancel events dr. fauci said he wouldn't fault anybody. >> it is a possibility there is community spread going on in areas we aren't detecting it yet. that's the response of the individuals be they mayors or governors who are doing that. so i wouldn't criticize for them. >> sandra: sounds like you agree with that message. >> the question of individual judgment is something that i'm concerned about. i think we have some serious experts that completely agree with fauci and he is a very
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distinguished global powerhouse of public health. right now we are looking to have mayors and governors make decisions and people can have hunchs and think this or that. several articles lately in the press -- op-eds by smart people here who are saying the way to avoid what's happened in italy is start taking the measures right now. i wish we could document more cases. we can't. if i was the mayor of a city that had evidence of community spread, i would shut everything down right now. i shut down two events myself personally and our staff is prepared to work remotely. so it doesn't work if just a few of us take dr. fauci's event. we have to do it either in a large scale way where there is significant spread or not. i wouldn't fault them but i think it's time to hear from
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dr. fauci pull the trigger, guys, we've got to shut this down as fast as we can. >> sandra: we appreciate your input this morning. thank you. >> ed: he mentioned some of those extreme measures. italy officials try to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus expanding the lockdown to the entire country. we are live in florence with an update. several lawmakers in washington announcing a self-quarantine after coming in contact with an individual who tested positive. does there need to be a major change to how congress does business? congressman mike mccaul joins us next. >> we don't want to instill fear. we want prevention but not panic. my psoriatic arthritis pain? i had enough! it's not getting in my way. joint pain, swelling, tenderness... ...much better. my psoriasis, clearer...
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>> ed: concern on capitol hill
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as several lawmakers decide to self-quarantine for covid-19. congressional leaders are trying to calm fears that capitol hill could close down over the coronavirus. let's bring in texas congressman mike mccaul, ranking republican on the foreign affairs committee. good morning. what are your thoughts? some of your colleagues like doug collins, young lawmaker, a lot of older lawmakers on the hill in both parties who might be concerned about the coronavirus. how it may impact them. you have the lot of tourists going through the building behind you every single day. you haven't been able to test all of them. you don't know what they may or may not have. what are your thoughts about potential changes to operations in the capitol? >> we're taking certain preventive measures. i don't think shutting down the capitol or congress would be the right message to the country or world. you always find in a time of crisis that cooler heads prevail. i don't think it's time to panic and shut down the congress.
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that would send a terrible message not only to the american people but i think to the markets where we want more certainty in the markets. that's what they're looking for right now. >> ed: is there a possibility though -- you're right about fear, you don't want to make this worse. but i've heard some lawmakers talking about doing more business by conference call. >> i think there is a look at maybe some staffers telecom uteing. if you've been in contact like four or five members have with someone specific who has the coronavirus or you have symptoms you should stay home and quarantine yourself and take those measures. but again as the vice president and task force told us the risk is still low. i think, ed, to put it in perspective we had 350 million cases of the flu this year alone in the united states. somewhere between 20 to 50,000 deaths. not to say that this virus is not serious. we take it very serious.
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it's very contagious. and i do think, though, ed, a couple of things are happening. worth mentioning. one is there is an antiviral that has come out that's very promising in the laboratory that we were told about by the vice president. they are testing that on 1,000 patients in asia, primarily china and we're waiting to see. we'll know by next month if this treatment is effective and that's the kind of stuff i think that is going to lower the panic level. that and the idea of a vaccine on the horizon. >> ed: good news, something we should focus on. what do you think about the president putting the idea of a payroll tax holiday? something to not only help the economy but most importantly help people across the country dealing with this? >> i think it's a good idea and something republicans will be supportive of. the president supports it. i think we should be looking at that. it is also interesting to note the asian stock market actually
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>> ed: all right. you hear the bell there seconds away from the market officially opening. who better to bring in than maria bartiromo, host of sunday morning futures on fox. finally in green. >> we were expecting a pretty good opening this morning. a triple digit gain throughout the morning this morning as a reaction to that drubbing we saw yesterday. we won't gain all of the ground back that we lost yesterday but certainly this is an effort to say you know what? after a 2000-point sell-off yesterday worst since 2008 maybe there are some opportunities to be had. >> ed: no doubt about it. you know better than anyone how the markets can feed on themselves. there was fear, a little bit of panic. the president trying to calm things down now, sooth folks with the idea of an economic stimulus package. >> sandra: the president will talk about this today when he meets with senate republicans and the house will meet with some of his team.
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he is talking about a payroll tax. it's 15% tax. 7 1/2% by workers and 7 1/2% by business. if we put it to zero, it puts more money in people's pockets. >> ed: kind of a holiday you give them off for a week, a month, two months. >> the payroll tax in particular is taking that to zero, putting more money in people's pockets and getting the burden off business as well. there are other things being discussed as well. spot on. a holiday for people who don't file taxes on time. no late penalties. loans to small businesses on declared disaster areas like seattle is one area seeing a lot of coronavirus there. provide help for hourly worker. he has to make a choice, do i go to work sick or stay home? let's provide the money for that person so that he or she can stay home and care for themselves. the big story is the payroll
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tax. questionable whether or not it would pass and he would get the votes in congress. at a minimum the president is talking about help for an economy that is surely to slow later on in the year looking at putting money in people's pockets as we see the effect of coronavirus from business to individuals as well. >> ed: talk about oil as well. the battle, russia, saudi arabia. we learn the president spoke to the crown prince of saudi arabia last night. >> i said yesterday when i joined you on this program and your colleagues that this sell-off is as much about sell-off in oil as anything else because you have a situation where this is as much a foreign policy issue as an economic issue. russia wants to kill our shale industry. let's not kid ourselves. when you cut oil the way that russia was able to do by effectively saying i'm not going to agree to any production cuts, you are putting an end to this open wide area where shale companies
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can keep putting out rigs. it is estimated because of this cut in oil we will see a pull back in terms of rig activity. it's exactly what russia wants. oil prices are up. >> ed: profits are down and all of a sudden some companies in america will have to file for bankruptcy. >> that's right. the reason is because these shale companies depend on a certain price. i believe the price is 55 shall 60. they are betting their business and writing contracts based on an oil is not going to impact the big oil companies like the exxon mob ills of the world. the shale companies putting out the rigs out and drilling, that's part of the cap x we see. that's going to dry up because of this and like i said, jobs will also get impacted because of these bankruptcies. it's what russia wants. the fact that they said they
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won't cut production. non-opec country. they don't want america to be as strong as it is in terms of being an oil producer. that's what this country is. >> ed: dow up 900 points. steve mnuchin talked about the risks to this economy. >> the u.s. has the most resilient economy in the world. there are parts of the economy that will be impacted. the president is 100% committed we'll provide whatever tools we need that the economy will be in very good shape a year from now. >> ed: he is trying to calm the markets. dow getting close to up over 924 right now. >> i heard mnuchin didn't want to see the payroll tax. not the solution he is looking for. some of the people in white house and congress want a surgical way to do this. go very narrow. airlines are hurting, do something for the airlines.
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cruise ships are hurting, do something for the cruise ships. others are saying the farmers got a bail-out. will we start bailing out every industry? we'll need to see something. the markets will calm down knowing there is some kind of a coordinated effort to help this economy not go into recession. >> ed: we have to be careful not to cheerlead it into recession. front page headlines "washington post". stock dives, recession fears rise. "new york times" markets spiral as globe shutters over virus. now we see the dow back up. axios quote, we have an economic hay stack awaiting a match. interesting way to put it. the way it's framed brings more fear. >> that's a loaded comment from axios. you have seen that from the "washington post" and "new york times." they talked about
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recession and it never showed up. i'm expecting a slowdown in the economy. when you take china out of the mix. no flights, etc., that will take a bite out of global growth but recession, not sure. wealth owe see about that. if we see no earnings growth for 2020 that could lead to a recession for the s&p 500 and some investments banks are saying that. it depends how long it lasts. what's the duration of this coronavirus and its impact? at some point you look back to the days after september 11th when i was on the floor of the exchange and outside the exchange when activity dried up. president bush was saying go out, go shopping. at some point after 9/11 we all started getting used to a different way of life. we were having terrorism in the back of our minds and behaving differently. as the number of coronavirus continues to rise, people will just start getting used to a different way of life and they will avoid big crowds. they will constantly wash their hands and try hard to avoid --
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>> ed: they'll find a new normal. the planes american and united airlines showed up on the same tarmac. america united. >> i forgot about that. that was a nice vision actually. >> sandra: the dow up 900 points. unprecedented move in italy as the coronavirus continues to spread. the prime minister has put a total lockdown for all 60 million people until next month. italy has the biggest cluster of cases with more than 7300 infected patients at this time. amy kellogg is live in florence. >> there has been rolling and regional restrictions over the past few weeks. the prime minister took italians by surprise last night by saying i have a new decree for the whole nation and that
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can be summarized as i will stay at home. now, it is not clear how stringent these new rules will be, how they will be enforced. but a document, a permission slip that needs to be filled out by every person who chooses to move around has been published. it has to go to the interior ministry and be approved. not just movement anymore into and out of northern italy that is being restricted. now the entire country of light is on lock down. >> there will no longer be a red zone or zone 1 and 2. there will be italy. that's a protected zone. >> people became very panicked last night after hearing about this having enough provisions. lines outside supermarkets where they're letting people in in small numbers and enforcing the three-foot distance rule.
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the situation outside. prisons remain tense with police worried about riots after it broke out after visitations and restrictions were announced. that remains calm this morning. very tense. again it is not clear exactly how this is going to work out. i snuck out to get a few provisions this morning and there are holes and inconsistencies in how it is all working. basically the idea is in order to limit the spread of cases here what the government is trying its best to do is limit contact between people. so nobody is kind of expanding their circle either inadvertently or on purpose. >> sandra: amy kellogg, thank you. >> ed: the concerned have been spreading into the world of sports as well. santa clara county banning gatherings of more than 1,000 people.
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it could include the nhl. it's one of the first crowd control bans in america. professional sports leagues are taking note of the crowding concerns limiting locker room access to players and essential team staff only. four leagues have issued a joint statement regarding the decision monday and the restrictions will go into effect today. >> sandra: you and maria talking about the economic impact of all this considering a lot of it is precautionary measures. these leagues have a huge obligation to not only protect their players shutting down the lockers rooms but fans as well. >> ed: baseball will be opening day is in a couple of weeks. you have to worry about safety. think about the economic impact if all of a sudden baseball teams can't sell the hot dogs and beer and play to empty stadiums. it's a big deal. >> sandra: chuck schumer still getting heat over his supreme court comments. the latest on republicans' push for an historic censure. >> ed: bernie sanders firing
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extremist, see too radical, okay? let's deal with it. >> sandra: senator bernie sanders talking about his claims that are radical at the fox news town hall last night. let's bring in mike huckabee, governor, good morning. >> good morning. bernie says that people think his ideas are radical. where would they get that? he just honeymooned in the soviet union. thinks fidel castro is an education genius. nothing radical about that for most americans. maybe he is trying to get us to calm down a little bit about bernie sanders potential presidential aspirations. >> sandra: i clearly made the case sitting with bret and martha last night that his views are not radical. one thing he made more clear is he does not want to revisit 2016. here is his comments on hillary clinton. >> unlike secretary clinton, i don't want to relive 2016. we are in 2020 now.
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if you guys look at some of the polling they do for united states senators. they do polls how popular you are. i turn out to be the most popular senator in the whole country. one or two people like me. >> sandra: a couple people must like him, he says. >> when he says he doesn't want to relive 2016, neither do i. we both lost that year. so i understand you don't want to go back and live those things. when bernie has a problem, it's largely of his own making because he is going to raise taxes on everybody who makes $29,000 or more a year. now people making $29,000, the last thing they need is government reaching into their pocket and taking a bigger portion of their paycheck. but somehow he justifies that and says government will do great things for you. if a person honestly believes that the government will spend your hard-earned money better than you can, bernie is your
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guy, no doubt about it. >> sandra: there was certainly a moment that stuck out where he would not go out and fully say that joe biden is okay despite recent gaffes, multiple questions over his competence. he said he wouldn't go there. he said i'm not going to go to that level. that's for people to decide. was that the right approach for bernie to take last night? >> well, i think bernie is probably doing the right thing by not going after joe. he doesn't have to. there are too many other people both democrats and republicans pointing out the obvious issues that joe has. just being able to show the stamina of being able to make a seven minute speech and know the difference between his wife and sister and understand one of the most quoted pieces of the declaration of independence about our creator being the source of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. these are fundamental things. bernie doesn't have to talk about them. one of the things i wish bernie and joe would talk about and
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the rest of the democrats is how come they are the only two people on the stage for the debate? how come tulsi isn't there? the democrats changed the rules to get bloomberg in the debate and tulsi gabbard out. two old white guys sitting on the stage. that's another change they'll make to accommodate joe. they aren't going to have the one person who would bring what the democrats say they celebrate, diversity and sideline her. i don't understand it and they haven't explained it. >> sandra: biden taking on bernie and bernie taking on biden at this moment at the town hall last night sglao. one of the differences if i might say between joe biden and myself is that joe bailed out the crooks on wall street who nearly destroyed our economy 12 years ago. these guys, after destroying the economy, they came to congress and they oppose -- they want to cut social
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security, medicare, medicaid, many of these wall street executives. they came to congress and said bail us out. >> sandra: did he effectively make that argument against joe biden? >> i think he did. i will have to tell you this is an area i agree with bernie sanders. mark that one down for history. he was right about the bail-out. it was a disaster. we bailed out the wrong people. we bailed out the people who made the mess, not the people who were the victims of the mess. you had homeowners who lost homes. banks got bonuses. it was ridiculous. i hated it back that. i thought the republicans were wrong to push it and democrats wrong to support it. it led to the dissatisfaction that brought donald trump in. but i would point out that when bernie talks about republicans wanting to cut social security. donald trump has been very consistent, as many of us have and said social security is not an entitlement. it is not the government's
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money they are doling out to us in some form of welfare. social security is the money that was involuntarily taken from our paychecks our entire lives. the president has been very clear he is not going to cut social security. and i applaud him for making that very, very clear. >> sandra: something says we'll hear a lot more about that as the months go on. governor, thank you for your time this morning. >> ed: the first step on the path to ending america's longest war. u.s. troops start withdrawing from afghanistan. details on what comes next. >> sandra: plus thousands of passengers and crew on board the cruise ship with 21 coronavirus patients arriving at a california port yesterday. what happens and where do they go now? >> there will be no contact with the general population in terminals, at the oakland airport. it will all be separate and all of these individuals are being processed in partnership with the state department and others
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>> ed: fox news alert now military commanders say they've begun a troop drawndown in afghanistan as american cuts the number of forces after signing a peace agreement with the taliban last night. lucas tomlinson has details this morning. >> more than 4,000 u.s. troops will be leaving afghanistan over the next four months as the u.s. promised the taliban they would in the peace deal signed late last movement according to the terms of the deal the 13,000 u.s. troops currently deployed to afghanistan will be reduced to 8600 by july 13th. 135 days after the signing of the agreement. five u.s. bases in afghanistan will be closed and nato and other allied forces will begin to draw down. not all aspects of the deal are
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being fulfilled. today the taliban was supposed to begin negotiating with the afghan government one day afghanistan gann president gani was sworn in greeted by explosions. the trump administration praise is gani for starting to free price soners. his main rival was sworn in in a ceremony. they are trying to end the deadlock. president trump wants to leave afghanistan to fulfill a campaign promise. >> president trump: eventually they'll have to protect themselves, you know. it should have been done a long time ago. but you can only hold somebody's hand for so long. >> moments ago we just received word that defense secretary mark esper who is supposed to travel to asia, that trip has been postponed to the coronavirus outbreak. >> thank you. >> sandra: now news that boston
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>> sandra: fox news alert now. the coronavirus outbreak spreading to more states across
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the u.s. this morning with brand-new cases surging in the northeast. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm sandra smith. >> ed: the disease confirmed in 36 states. new york state reporting 142 confirmed positives. most of them outside new york city. many schools in the northeast this morning closing as a precaution moving now to online learning. >> sandra: the virus testing the resolve of millions of commuters who ride on those trains, buses and subways to work. new york officials calling for calm. >> ultimately the people will be the solution. all of you. i want to speak to all my fellow new yorkers. you will ultimately be the solution to this crisis. >> the "new york post" with this front page. wall street bull in a surgical mask after stocks took their worst one day beating since the 2008 financial crisis. back up this morning.
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alex hogan is here live with the latest. >> sandra: new york state has the most cases in the u.s. the governor sharing that in reaction to many stores and companies hiking prices of hand sanitizer the state actually made its own to give away for free to the areas most affected. most states in the northeast are now reporting cases of covid-19 with new york and new jersey under declared states of emergencies. the governor of connecticut asking state employees to avoid large gatherings. massachusetts. the mayor in boston calling for the annual st. patrick's day parade to be canceled. it usually brings together a million people. many private schools are closed and in new york city the mayor says it will not happen for the more than one million public school students. many of whom rely on a hot meal and place to go during the day. in case of a pop-up the school will close during a cleaning and kids will return the next day. doctors say it takes five days to start showing symptoms. when it comes to knowing if you
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have it, some labs do have test kits. the test itself involves swabbing a patients's nose and throat. the results take a couple days to get back. there have been more than 20,000 flu-related deaths in the u.s. compared to 26 deaths that we're seeing from the coronavirus. doctors reminding the public that you should get tested for the flu first. >> this is not ebola or sars, this is not some science fiction movie come to life. the hysteria here is way out of line with the actuality and the facts. but for a vulnerable population member, senior citizen, underlying illness, be careful. >> according to the world health organization more than 70% of those people in china who have contracted covid-19 have since recovered. >> ed: thank you, alex. >> sandra: joe biden, bernie
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sanders facing off six states today. more than 350 delegates up for grabs in what some are calling mini super tuesday. michigan is the biggest prize with 125 delegates. we're live in the state's capital city of lansing for us. brian, what are you seeing and hearing? good morning. >> sandra, ed, good morning. polls in michigan opened at 7:00 a.m. we've seen a steady 80% from 2016. we spoke to michigan voters who tell us there are number one concern is who can beat president trump. >> i voted for joe biden because i think he is a winner and can win this election and beat trump and that's what we need. somebody to beat him. >> that's the most important thing to you, likeability? >> right now it is. >> i hope by voting for bernie
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he has enough support and he is strong enough to go up against drufrmd. >> you don't seem too excited. >> the least excited i've been in any election and i vote consistently. >> ed: senator bernie sanders is the underdog here. after losing 10 out of 14 states on super tuesday there is a real sense of urgency for his campaign to win michigan. sanders is hoping to replicate his 2016 surprise michigan win over hillary clinton when he won over white working class voters. the problem is those same voters are now vice president joe biden's base. >> i think the thing that is working against sanders more than anything else is that he is not up against a candidate that is as deeply unpopular with the white working class non-college educated voters. hillary clinton was toxic with those voters and those voters are very on brand for the
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former vice president. his entire political career he is running to represent voters just like that. >> biden campaigned in michigan with senators kamala harris and cory booker who both endorsed biden joining four other democratic presidential hopefuls. the bottom line is many are calling michigan a must-win for sanders to keep biden from reaching a potential insurmountable delegate lead by the end of next tuesday. ed and sandra. >> sandra: thank you, brian. >> ed: those voters have a lot to think about. let's bring in the a-team. emily kam paying know. and david burr stiene and eric -- what are your thoughts this mini super tuesday? >> whoever comes out of today president trump will be happy. he is looking at this race and he is seeing the democratic
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establishment is pushing a candidate in joe biden who is having trouble answering basic questions from moment to moment. you have bernie sanders who is representing the socialist base of the democratic party. either one of those candidates coming out will get defeated by the president in the fall. >> ed: i suspect you might have a different view, david. >> the challenge here for bernie sanders and now the challenge is on bernie sanders to see if he can actually make up this lead that biden has got, is really comes down to i think this week and next week. if bernie sanders can't have a couple routes this week it will be pretty difficult for him to catch up. and i think my big concern has been all along the party needs to quickly end this primary process so that we can focus on what really matters, defeating president trump. the longer this goes on and drags on until june which it has the potential to if things are close tonight. it will a real problem for democrats in the campaign. >> sandra: where the candidates stand on healthcare. joe biden on another network
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talking about healthcare being a right but then balking at the idea of medicare for all. >> my opposition isn't to the principle that there should be medicare. everybody -- healthcare should be a right in america. my opposition relates to whether or not a, it's doable, two, what the cost is and what the consequences for the rest of the budget are. how are you going to find $35 trillion over the next 10 years without having profound impacts on everything. >> this is him extending an olive branch to bernie supporters but recognizing the limits of the olive branch. he is thinking of the cost. yes, it's a right but how will we pay for it? at the same time he is parroting the same talk in over generalized statement we've been used to. he is not talking how we'll allocate costs to it. it's a miracle if it passes but
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how to pay for it without providing the specificity we need at this point or the voters need. >> i agree with her 100%. indicative of the overall confusion from the biden campaign. at once he is saying a right but confused how we would pay for it and implement it. what we'll see moving forward is more and more of that. we've seen all these moments from joefnltd you have a candidate who is really struggling from moment to moment to give clearances to important questions. >> sandra: goes back to what we heard from him last hour talking about he can be a bridge to other wings of the democratic party and you got that from that message. >> ed: no doubt about it. david, your thoughts on that. when bernie sanders was pressed at this fox news town hall how to pay for it, it will be a modest tax on wall street speculation. not a lot of people believe it will pay the trillions of dollars it would take. >> i think biden hit on one of the most important criticisms of medicare for all.
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not any of the things we're talking about but ability to pass in the united states senate. a hotly debated topic in the presidential season. inside the senate, assuming even that democrats took a slight control of the senate, which is a big if, the votes are not there inside the caucus for this. what biden is pointing out i would respectfully disagree. he is saying we still need to do more work on healthcare after passing the largest piece of healthcare reform in decades which he was a key figure in, but we need to actually go and do something different. medicare for all may not be the solution. the costs matters because we can't just pay for out-of-pocket. i think most voters agree. you look in the polls that shows the combination position a lot of people have. they want better healthcare but also concerned about cost. >> sandra: imagine the responsibility of knowing you're going to pay for something you're proposing. more from bernie sanders taking jabs at joe biden really trying to paint the clear difference
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between the two candidates here is some of it. >> one of the differences if i might say between joe biden and myself is that joe bailed out the crooks on wall street who nearly destroyed our economy 12 years ago. not going to criticize joe but to say i this i the american people in this incredibly complicated and difficult moment in our history are entitled to thoughtful answers to the crises we face. >> sandra: how will that argument from bernie sanders play with their party against joe biden? >> it certainly will help to motivate the socialist base in the democratic party. they'll come out. they're angry that the democratic establishment they think is stealing this race from that socialist base. bernie sanders is their candidate. they've been watching what happened and they are upset from their view the democratic swamp is coming in to try and defeat bernie sanders. >> i think that what we're seeing here is the same
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playbook that bernie has been sort of passing this whole time. we saw it against hillary clinton in 2016 saying look, you are bailing out the crooks but failing to articulate the fact that obama backed that same plan as did senator john mccain and he thinks you are bailing out crooks. iraq war and also we've seen thus far that the biden campaign is turning out voters we didn't see in 2016. they just want someone who will beat trump. that kind of nitpicking on his part won't fly at this stage. >> ed: the saga over chuck schumer's comments about the supreme court continue. josh hawley tweeted this. schumer's threats to gorsuch and kavanaugh dems attack on the supreme court. now they threatening justices personally. it is insane and wrong, schumer should be censured. he is pushing that. a liberal from harvard, these remarks from senator schumer
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inexcusable. chief justice roberts was right to call him on it. he hope he apologizes and takes it back. schumer walked back the comments. didn't really apologize. how big of a problem is this for your party? >> i think in light of everything that's going on it won't get as much attention as maybe it should. i think there are two things here. one the courts -- the idea that the courts are apolitical is a farce. they are just as poll it cat as anyone else. john roberts is a politician and they've been a political foot ball on both sides. the second thing is i don't think just because president trump has gone out and been very political in his comments about john roberts and things like that it makes it right for democrats to do the same thing. it's on democrats to be better than the other side on this. >> ed: president trump didn't threaten. >> he made some pretty outside of the normal bounds comments about john roberts and obama judges and things like that.
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>> it's another example where the reaction was more damaging than the actual comments. him saying i'm from new york and whatever. i think inflammatory rhetoric we are used to coming out of celebrities is not what we need to see from our politicians. there is at least accountability among peers and that's what voters are looking for. >> sandra: if we could look at your state. the dealings with a coronavirus. a family with self-quarantine. the dad broke it to attend a school dance with his daughter. that school has shut down. how would you measure the response for missouri >> it's a serious issue. there is a serious issue and we all have to deal with it responsibly. at the same time we have to recognize one of the key lessons being in the seal teams is fear is contagious and we have to deal with the fear around this. sometimes your reaction to things can make the problem worse. so we need to take a really level headed look at this.
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look at the facts and deal with it responsibly. >> sandra: thank you very much to all of you. >> ed: a lot of grounds. the president weighing his options to give the economy a boost during a rollercoaster ride on wall street the last week or so. what a new tax cut might look like for you. >> sandra: the travel industry suffering as this virus continues to spread worldwide. how companies are now trying to help affected customers. >> i'm coming from washington, d.c. i was at the apac policy conference there a week ago. been mt states for two weeks and a few hours before i left i heard that i'm going to have to be stuck in my house for two weeks. want to brain better?
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>> sandra: we're watching more signs of fear over the coronavirus spread. jeopardy and wheel of fortune begin taping shows without studio audiences today. jeopardy producers are concerned exposing alex trebek to large crowds as he is battling cancer. the two shows taped months in advance. you will eventually notice that there is no live studio audience. >> ed: they're both in their
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70s as well. when you see the st. patrick's day in boston and dublin shut down. they haven't done it in new york. >> sandra: precautionary measures many are choosing to take. >> ed: the stocks bouncing back big time from the worst one-day point drop yesterday. stocks turned around after the president spoke during the update with a coronavirus task force. let's bring in art laffer, good morning, sir. >> sandra: good morning. >> good morning ed and sandra. how are you? >> ed: great to have you. the president said at that news conference yesterday he is looking at a payroll tax cut, other measures to stimulate the economy. what do you think about all this? >> i think the tax cut is a great idea to be honest with you. most politicians think spending is the way to solve the problem. it is not. spending will only make the problem worse. a tax cut will at least encourage people to want to continue working and produce
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and that's what the problem is in the economy from the coronavirus. i think his proposal on a tax cut on payroll is back. >> sandra: let's draw attention to the dow. not even an hour into trading tuesday morning and the dow is up 760 points, art. this time yesterday we were looking at a 2,000 plus drop in the dow. it had briefly taken a pause because of the selling. what were you thinking at that point when you saw the dow down 2,000 points yesterday, art? >> i was thinking make sure i put my hands in my pockets and do not do anything. when markets are like that it is like a falling knife. the last thing you want to do is reach in and try to grab it and do a trade. what investors should do now unless they have special knowledge. very few do. put your hands in your pockets and wait until it all settles before you do anything. more people's fortunes are ruined in panic buying and
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selling than they have ever been saved. whenever people make decisions, when they either panic or drunk, the consequences are rarely attractive. that especially goes for politicians. so i thought trump's proposal of a tax cut on payrolls was great but that's about all i would suggest him doing. >> ed: maria bartiromo was hearing that steve mnuchin is not so much on the tax cut. wants mortar geted strikes that to the airline and cruise industries. the debt situation we have now in this country you have to be careful not to overdo it and find the right mix. what do you think about targeting specific industries instead? >> i think that's a mistake. i really do. things are going to clear up in time if the government don't ruin it. the reason we had the great
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recession, ed, was because of government responses. all the stimulus spending and all that. that was $3.7 trillion that obama and bush put in there and why it was a great recession and lasted as long as it did. it is a mistake to have the government react in these situations. and i think they should just sit back, take a breather. when all around you are panicked what you should do is put your hands over your ears, shut your eyes and say i'm not listening because in a week from now things will settle down. once they settle down then you can think about it clearly. >> sandra: i want to dig into a couple of things in that press conference yesterday where he was talking about tax cuts and talking about the virus and the impact it is having on business. here is more from the president yesterday. >> president trump: we are seeing the senate, be meeting with house republicans, mitch mcconnell and everybody, and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief -- substantial relief, working with companies and small
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companies, large companies, a lot of companies so that they don't get penalized for something that's not their fault. it is not their fault or our country's fault. >> sandra: while a lot that is happening is precautionary there are hits to building. delta airlines is instituting a company-wide hiring freeze offering voluntary leave options. they are parking aircraft, evaluating early retirement packages. delta is reducing its international capacity after the southwest airlines ceo is giving himself a 10% pay cut. what do we do as far as the economic impact to some of our companies? >> i'm very sorry about the economic impact of the companies, i really am. what you don't want to do is damage everyone else to support this industry. the coronavirus is no one's fault. it is there, it has been done and what we need to do is wait until it settles down until we see what the whole problems are
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and then we can start rethinking about a grand scheme to bring things back as fast as possible. but these one-off measures trying to help this person or that person, you are putting someone else into trouble when you try to bail the first person out. remember, the government doesn't create resources, sandra, it redistributes them. everything it gives to the airlines it takes from someone else. what you want to do is make sure the taking from someone else doesn't do more damage than the benefit going to the airlines. that's not easy to think about in a panic situation. it is just -- i've been through this so many times. i was with reagan in 1987 and watched the whole thing in 2008. look at my "wall street journal" pieces. when you have a crisis is when free markets the most. this one could be as bad if there were mistakes made by the government. now in 87 we did not make any mistakes. reagan's vision back then was don't just stand there, undo something. which is the right thing to do.
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in 2008 these people caused the great recession by their responses to a natural financial collapse there. they caused it. and i just don't want trump administration to do that. just wait until you have clear thinking and calm, peaceful waters and then you make the right decisions. the payroll tax cut is a great move. what the fed was to expand liquidity is a great move. discount freely in times of crisis. >> ed: you a preaching patience. this morning. >> sandra: we always appreciate your insight, art. >> thank you. >> sandra: that coronavirus cruise ship has docked in oakland, california. some 3,500 people are slowly disembarking. ahead we'll have a live report on where exactly all those people will head next. >> ed: six lawmakers under self-quarantine over covid-19
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passengers are slowly disembarking from the cruise ship grand princess. at least 21 of those passengers have tested positive for the coronavirus. they will now be going to u.s. military basis for a two-week quarantine process. claudia cowan is live in oakland with the latest on all of that. good morning, claudia. >> good morning, sandra. so far this massive operation here at the port of oakland has been smooth and hundreds of passengers are already off the grand princess cruise ship. more than 3,000 people on board getting quite the reception yesterday as this cruise liner sailed into confident bay. a passenger described the scene. >> everyone was out on their balconies cheering. some of the trucks along the dock were honking their horns. so it is kind of like the light at the end of the tunnel for us. and just everyone i know is just so glad to be docked here. >> dozens of passengers were
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quickly rushed to local hospitals, including those 21 people who tested positive for covid-19. a group of canadian passengers already flew home on a charter. people don't show signs of infection and they will be watched as well as other passengers. 25 kids on the cruise testing negative for the virus. this unused shipping terminal now an emergency triage center manned by disaster medical assessment teams. they're getting passengers medication, mental counseling and transportation to their quarantine destination as quickly as possible. 2,000 people still waiting their turn to disembark and hope to be finished here sometime tomorrow or thursday. this as officials announce the first death from the coronavirus here in the bay area. a woman in her 60s from santa
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clara county prompting officials in that county to ban large gatherings of 1,000 people or more for the rest of the month. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: six members of congress, some of their staffers placing themselves this morning under self-quarantine after coming in contact with people who have tested positive for the coronavirus. >> sandra: none of the lawmakers showing any signs of infection so far or showing any symptoms. la should shut down all together and that these members of congress shouldn't be traveling as a result. to those have that self-quarantined, your response. >> first of all we need to continue doing the people's business and that's what you are seeing at the capitol. everybody has to take necessary precautions and you are hearing a unified message coming out from all officials from vice president pence to health officials letting people know
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you have to wash your hands on a regular basis. even if an active flu season you would take those kind of precautions. with coronavirus we still don't have a vaccine. working to get one. you saw congress come together last week to pass overwhelmingly a bill to make sure the president has all the tools he needs as he is addressing this outbreak. let's just make sure we're taking proper precautions. in the meantime we have work to do. >> sandra: what precautions are you taking? >> washing hands a lot more. not shaking hands frankly. a lot of fist bumping. you have to be more careful about how a virus like this can spread and limit your exposure to it as much as you possibly can while you continue to do your job. >> ed: two of your colleagues now under self-quarantine were with the president. last night stephanie grisham,
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press secretary, the president has not received covid-19 testing. he hasn't had prolonged close contact with anyone known confirmed patients nor does he have any symptoms. the president remains in excellent health and his physician will closely monitor him. how concerned are you about the interactions he had with these lawmakers and at c pac where at least one person tested positive? >> those members haven't shown any signs. the president knows how to take good care of himself. you look at what those members are doing, taking extra precautions. they don't have symptoms, either. in a time like this everybody has to take as many precautions as you can while you are continuing to go about your daily lives. and doing the jobs that you have. >> ed: most importantly the business of the nation you mentioned a moment ago. the president last night at the news conference teed up the fact he wants an economic stimulus plan to send to you and your colleagues going on. a lot of meetings at the white
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house. what are your initial thoughts of a payroll tax holiday and other issues? >> i know president trump will address it in more specific terms later today. there are a lot of different ideas talking. we are concerned about what is happening in the oil markets as well. a number of members, myself included, are talking amongst ourselves. i had a meeting this morning with doctors talking about a number of health issues. we'll look at that and see what the president lays out. there is a bill on floor this week that speaker pelosi is planning to bring called the no ban act. it would make it more difficult for the president to, for example, stop people coming in from countries that have a high propensity of coronavirus vier. he was able to use thinks authority to make the number of people restricted from china. why to bring legislation to make it harder for the president to do his job keeping the country safe? i would urge pelosi to pull the ban from the floor.
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>> sandra: she is talking about getting another bill together. >> putting it together. we -- it's not like we just woke up this morning and started thinking about this. i don't know we can be ready this week but introduce this week. we may be ready depending on cbo and the counsel and how quickly they can get it. >> sandra: there is that and also the blame game that is clearly present on capitol hill with chuck schumer saying the president is more focused on the stock market than the pandemic unless you deal with it the stock market will get worse and worse. what do you make of the finger pointing that's happening in washington right now? >> people like chuck schumer need to stop threatening supreme court justices and hoping bad things happen for the economy. president trump is doing his job. number one keeping americans safe is his top job and done it very effectively and he is concerned about making sure that families are able to have a strong economy and we've got a strong economy. there are troubles right now that are related to the uncertainty with this outbreak
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and we need to continue making sure that c doctor, c, hhs and the federal agencies have the tools they need to properly respond and test and find a vaccine. president trump is working on all fronts. he put vice president pence in charge which was a recommendation of a bipartisan panel. they have to stop the political games that some of these folks are playing on the hill and focus more doing their job and there is work left to be done. >> ed: what other issues on the table would you like to see? some people are talking about childcare to make sure people can jump out of the workforce, stay home with their kids if they have to. what other issues need to be addressed? >> again, i know the president is talking about specific -- not the time to negotiate while we're still trying to address what the real problems are in the economy. we need the number one make sure we have an assessment of what shap evening and make sure the agencies have the tools they need to do their jobs and even talk of possibly some
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other legislation to make sure that companies that are making masks and other things are able to do that properly. but in the end we need to do this in a bipartisan way. the approach president trump has been taking and hopefully everybody on the hill works together and not just throws ideas out that are unrelated. a lot of people are taing out their wish list from christmas trying to throw it into a bill. it is not time to take advantage of the situation. let's focus on doing targeted things to keep americans safe and get our economy in a strong position. >> sandra: react to reporting from john roberts at the white house this morning adding to the fact there is discussions over a payroll tax cuts being considered. the trump white house is discussing the possibility of john roberts is reporting a full exclusion of employee contributions, a complete payroll tax holiday for workers. would that fly? >> well again the president is
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looking at a number of things to make sure he keeps a strong economy going. we've had an incredible recovery since president trump took offices, cut taxes, got regulations under control and bringing millions of jobs back to america. when you look at what is happening with the economy, some of it is because of supply chain issues. there is too much of a reliance on countries like china and one of the reasons the president's america first agenda is powerful to help rebuild our economy. we're in a tough position now. let's work together to get through it. let's focus on the details we can get common ground on that is currently being negotiated. we aren't at a place where we have legislative yet to bring it forward. >> ed: steve scalise, house republican whip, thank you for coming in. >> sandra: wall street is looking for a turnaround today and getting one for now. it is up today after yesterday's historic sell-off. >> ed: money man charles payne is here to talk about that and
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>> sandra: fox business alert. take a look at the dow jones industrial average this morning. up 2%, 468 point gain changing quickly after the worst trading days ever for the u.s. stock market coronavirus fears and oil price war all sent markets on an historic drop and triggering a trading halt at the beginning of the trading day. president trump appeared to stop the bleeding after he talked about taking on the economic impact of the virus. charles payne is here. perfect timing. what do you do with all the uncertainty in the market and the ups and downs? >> first off if you're invested
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in the market for long-term goals, retirement, sending kids to college, not only do you not sell but you continue to contribute the way you normally would contribute to your funds. i think one of the biggest mistakes people make a, is they sell a stock and regret it later. like amazon. come on, if you sold amazon today and you are not 89 years old and you need the money tomorrow it's nuts. and so that's the number one thing. just don't lose money unnecessarily. number two, you aren't going to even so-called professionals don't pick bottoms. as long as you are buying on the way down when it goes up golly, i did pretty good. again, it takes some ice water in the veins. >> ed: what about the president calming things down. a moment ago he tweeted out nancy pelosi said i don't know if we can be ready this week.
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it is off to vacation for the do-nothing democrats. the story with them for a year and a half. the democrats are going after him for the handling of the virus and he is saying i'm putting something on the table. let's meet halfway. >> the dow is up 400 points. it was up 700 points. at one point this morning before he opened the s&p was up 5% and they had to stop trading it. washington can fumble this big time. this is not the time for politics. >> sandra: art laffer said it will be how the government handles all of this. when you look at the economic impact we've seen so far, part of the big sell-off was the drop in oil yesterday. we've never seen a drop in oil prices like that before. at one point you saw oil down 30%. >> it was crazy. that was also -- it has its own separate story. you are talking about saudi arabia saying they'll flood the world with more oil and russia doing the same thing.
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there is so much demand in a weak economy. in a strong economy if you have too much supply you know this better than anyone else, it will come down. a separate story line that goes coupled with the facts. >> sandra: the coronavirus fears and the fierce of the impact on the economy, it was the oil price war. longer term when you look at gas prices, consumers might say we'll take it while we can. >> ed: texas and north dakota there may be happy americans about the craziness going on between saudi arabia and russia. the summer driving season will be easier than it has been in a long time. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: the entire country of italy now on lockdown today as officials try to contain the spread of coronavirus. >> sandra: the travel industry may be taking the biggest impact at all. how big the hit is and what companies are now doing about it. we'll have that for you next. te tas?s?
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>> ed: the coronavirus hitting travel companies in a big way. delta and united airlines reducing flight and waiving fees. the ceo of southwest pay lines is taking a 10% pay cut are causing an alarming drop in bookings. william la jeunesse has more details. >> hammered airlines now financially as you just said. delta and american are reducing domestic flights by 15%. does it mean you'll get your money back? it depends on when you made the reservation, where you are going and the carrier. most airlines are waiving the particular -- the window is limited only for tickets this month and if the new booking costs more you pay more. the exception if you are
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traveling to or from an affected area like italy or where a governor declared a state of emergency you may get a refund but being nice helps as policies are fluid. >> i think these days when people are nicer and say this is the first time i've ever going to travel, i've saved my whole life. what can you do for me i think is a much better way than yelling and screaming. nobody wants to deal with a screaming person. >> the state department warns against taking a cruise during the outbreak. most companies are only offering a credit or partial refund depending on when you booked. travelers and vendors are paying a price. >> every time one docks is about $4 million in the local economy over the cruise season. >> i can't go until next year i have $2600 tied up i can't spend on vacation between now and next year. >> hotels will usually accept a cancellation within 48 hours of arrival unless you brought the
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meanwhile chinese president xi visiting wuhan, china for the first time since it all started and italy expanding its travel restrictions to cover now the entire country. the nation also suspending all sporting events. washington now looking at easing the economic impact of the virus. >> president trump: we have a very strong economy. this blind-sided the world. and i think we've handled it very well. >> an awful lot of american families who can't afford to go without a paycheck so my hope is employers will step forward and be helpful and supportive to employees who need to self-quarantine and that we in the senate will consider what a broadly helpful and supportive stimulus package would look like. >> from an economic standpoint we need to look at the people who don't have the luxury of telecom uteing. we want to make sure that those people are held harmless. >> ed: jonathan serrie live in
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atlanta with the latest. >> good morning. today public health officials continue offloading passengers from the grand princess. the cruise ship was allowed to dock at a port in oakland, california yesterday under strict federal supervision after two passengers and 19 crew tested positive for coronavirus. those with mead care at local hospitals first. passengers with no symptoms are taken to quarantine sites. most covid-19 deaths are linked to nursing home outside seattle. there is a team of doctors and nurses to supplement the staff because employees had to go into quarantine because of showing symptoms. harvard is a growing list of schools to transition to online classes and in atlanta fulton county schools closed after an employee tested positive for the virus. >> until we can understand the
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breadthth of this particular issue caution is better than negligence. >> china reports no new cases. only 19 new cases have been reported on the mainland in the past day. two involving international travelers arriving from spain and u.k. today's sweeping travel restrictions went into effect throughout the entire country of italy urging residents to stay at home and travel only for work, health and emergencies. the announcement led to long lines at supermarkets. the government is trying to reassure citizens markets will remain open and shelves remain stocked. >> ed: jonathan serrie with the details. thank you. >> sandra: coming off the big day of losses on wall street washington looking into a possible stimulus to keep the economy healthy as coronavirus cases spread.
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connor mcshane from the fox business network. you joined us during the big sell-off yesterday. a rally of 231 points. we should point out this market is now well off its highs. >> it is a little discouraging to see this. we've learned over the last couple weeks to try to assign reasons why markets aren't holding rallies or selling off more than we thought they were. a little bit fool hardy and tough to tell. a rally today was predictable. i was looking to terms to be down 7 or 8% and major indexes is a huge sell-off. you'll notice that on the list of biggest down days for the dow, the worst days in history years pop up like 1987, 1929, 2008 and up days you'll see many of the same years. a lot of people expected a bounceback today. a little discouraging to see it fade. if i was going to assign a
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reason i might say the back and forth about the stimulus talked about yesterday and how that actually will be implemented politically might have something to do with it. people are trying to figure out what will get done. >> sandra: the speed which they're moving in washington on this we could possibly hear something today. you look at the oil price panic that we saw on the market yesterday. when you were sitting here yesterday morning we were looking at a 20% sell-off in the price of oil. you've now got gas prices moving below $2 a gallon in many parts of the country. >> the good and bad of this. the idea for american consumers there is no bad having gas prices go down. the question if the economy is slowing down and maybe we touched on this briefly if people want to get out and use the gasoline or in some cases the jet fuel as we look at a struggling airline industry and then obviously the other part of it is the american oil industry and concern about people in places like west
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texas and north dakota where a shale industry is a big part. i had a conversation with someone who is a shale driller in west texas trying to get at the price point they think they can still be profitable about it. he said $40. a floating number. years ago they would tell you $50. they would like it to be higher than that probably. with technology and everything can make it work at $40. >> sandra: we heard from the president today. watching the markets and the impact it's having on the economy, coronavirus and other things. the federal reserve headed by jay powell who raised rates too fast and lowered too late. the competitor nations have bigger currency help. that was the president's take on that. pushing jay powell and the federal reserve to act. >> there have been a couple sides to the story throughout.
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the president wants lower rate. as he said in the tweet the reason is competition. germany and other countries with lower rates and negative rates do they have an advantage. the other side you hear this from a lot of people on wall street is will rate cuts -- we already saw the 50 basis point cut from the federal reserve really help this situation? the hope i think from the federal reserve, this may be the case in some of the stimulusesque talked about is that it helps on a psychological basis. people feel better about themselves and more confident. the question is if you aren't going somewhere, whether it's down the street to a local sporting event or on a plane on a trip you had planned, are you going to now do that because interest rates are lower or because your taxes are lower? i don't know. it may not do that. fear drives a lot of this. rational or lot fear is driving it rather than the price. >> sandra: art laffer weighed in on all of this saying it
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would be a good move by president trump. he joined us earlier. here is art. >> i think the tax cut is a great idea to be honest with you. most politicians think spending is the way to solve the problem. it is not. spending will only make the problem worse. a tax cut will at least encourage people to want to continue working and want to continue to produce and that's what the problem is in the economy from the coronavirus. >> sandra: he makes the case it would be a slam dunk. >> that's the point. art has never met a tax cut he doesn't like. that's the economic theory this he subscribes to. the debate going on now for this particular issue that we have, will you go out and change your behavior because of lower taxes or is fear driving that and essentially the lower taxes and the lower interest rates are kind of a waste of time in this environment. you got -- you and ed would know the politics better. i've been watching what democrats are saying on capitol hill. intriguing to see there seems
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to be more openness to the targeted stimulus that would help industries that are in trouble. that would help people that may get into trouble rather than something across the board. we'll see how it all plays out. >> sandra: reporting from maria bartiromo earlier on the program on that very note. we'll see you at 4:00 after the bell on fbn. >> ed: >> sandra: a cruise ship with 21 coronavirus patients docked in oakland, california. we'll talk with one of those passengers on board. she will be disembarking moments from now and join us. >> all the passengers will be tested. isolated as appropriate. quarantined as appropriate.
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>> sandra: fox news alert. brand-new images of the unidentified project ill launched by north korea this week. state media releasing kim pictures of. the second live fire artillery exercise in a week. they've been testing short and intermedial range projectiles in the past few most after talks with washington broke down.
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>> ed: the rapid spread of coronavirus has required governors to make state of emergencies. the state's house chamber was briefly evacuated. rick scott is the former governor of florida. people here state of emergency they might have fear. sometimes just as you know about a governor asserting power to make sure they can respond quickly. i want to add this important context. when you read down the story from fox orlando this morning it says in your state there have been 18 cases of covid-19, two people sadly have died. both of those residents were elderly and had traveled internationally. when you hear the context it is not quite as scary. >> i think the point is we have to get more information out to people. the most important thing to me is how do we take care of everybody in our state? the health and safety of americans is the most important. here is what's frustrating to me. one of those was in a county next door to where i live in
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naples in lee county. a person passed away. i don't know to this day whether the people that were on the flight with this person if they've been informed. i have asked the cdc, hhs, homeland security, state and local officials. let's get this information out so people can make a good decision. that's most important thing is the health of everybody in our country. >> ed: transparency is critical. another element to this the president late yesterday suggesting he wants congress to get moving on sort of an emergency economic package among other things, payroll tax cut for works across the country. speaker nancy pelosi has suggested initially that maybe she is not going to move so quickly on that. the president lashing out on twitter. what are your thoughts about democrats already suggesting they might not push this through as quickly as the president wants? >> well, first off i want everybody in this country to do well financially.
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i'm very worried about our hourly workers, people that rely on tips, what this will do to them. but we should be all hands on deck on how do we solve the coronavirus issue. we should be telling people what have we learned that is working or not working? what are they doing in italy working and not working? let's focus all of our attention right now on how do we keep americans safe and how do we keep americans informed. that's my biggest focus. i'll look at everything they're talking about stimulus. i'm not big on short-term stimulus. i don't think they generally work well. if we want to do things that make sense, tax cut make more sense. hourly workers will the ones who will get creamed in this. >> ed: the president referred to them making sure the hourly workers are taken care of. art laffer was on the program earlier. a former reagan economic advisor, very much in favor of the tax cuts that you just
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mentioned. but he added he is concerned about the washington inclination towards bail-outs. if we start bailing out the airline industry and others and picking winners and losers it could backfire. your thoughts this morning? >> first most important let's focus on the coronavirus that is causing the problem. let's solve that first. let's focus on making sure if we help people it is the people who will be impacted. the hourly workers, the tips. people like that. you look at my state. a tourism state. when you hear a restaurant is down, i want to make sure that restaurant owner does well but those people that rely on getting the tips that pay the rent and put food on the table for the kids, that's who i am most worried about. >> ed: senator rick scott. thank you for coming in. >> sandra: fox news alert. passengers on board the grand princess now docked at a port in oakland after being quarantined on the vessel off the coast of california.
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theresa duncan johnson is one of those passengers. she and her husband john were on anniversary trip before they were stranded at sea for days. she is disembarking at this moment and joins us now by phone. theresa, good morning. >> how are you? >> sandra: i'm doing fine. thank you for calling in. we're glad you've been able to return now. what happens to you and your husband now? >> well, this morning when we woke up we received a letter from princess under our door with our tags telling us we needed to prepare to disembark. the letter basically said we needed to have our luggage out no later than 7:00 a.m. pacific time. so we had everything packed already. got up and got ready. now we're just waiting to hear the captain come on and tell us that they are beginning the process. we also had heard yesterday that they had called some
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passengers but ended up having to come back to the cabin. we are hoping for a better situation today. we don't know if we'll be walking out the door in a few minutes or if we'll be sitting here for the next several hours. it is just kind of a stand by at this point. >> sandra: what have you been told about where exactly you'll go next? >> we live in georgia, so we are expecting to board a military transport to dobins air force base in georgia north of atlanta. >> sandra: what was the quarantine process for you and your husband when you had to be confined to your cabin on your anniversary trip knowing this virus was on board and that there were affected passengers? >> well, i think the good news for us is that we were able to get off the ship, go and see hawaii and we didn't find out about this until wednesday before we were supposed to
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arrive back on saturday. we knew we wouldn't be back on saturday anyway. thursday is when they quarantined us to our cabin. we did what we would do at home. we watched the news. we're fox news fans and we watched the news and we read and watched movies. actually added 300 movies to our tv channel. we had things to entertain us. princess gave us a lot of activities to do, puzzles and little crafts. they were trying to give us things to keep us busy. so for the most part, you know, we were just basically in our room. when we didn't get off the ship on saturday and didn't know when we were able to be brought back into town to get off, anxiety levels did go up a little bit and you wonder if you'll be another 14 days sitting out in the middle of the ocean somewhere. they were really happy when we found out we would get to port yesterday.
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>> sandra: another couple on board did not handle it it sounds as well as you and they did not approve of the handling of the princess cruise line's dealing with this accusing them of gross negligence and suing them for a million dollars saying they knowingly -- the ship was infected from two previous passengers who came down with the symptoms of covid-19 and had 62 passengers on board. do you plan on taking any legal action against the cruise line? >> i do not. i think that's unfortunate that they have come to that conclusion. i guess everybody has to make their own choice with that. for me and my husband, we feel like princess has gone above and beyond what they could do in this situation. we had to fill out a questionnaire when we were getting on board whether we had been in the areas in china basically at the time that had been infected. we did get on the ship on the
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21st of february. as i understand it, the people who came down sick were not identified until sometime after we were already on board. i don't think that's princess's fault. they made action and started doing things for the benefit of the passenger during the time that was announced and they have done a lot of things for us. they gave us 100% of this cruise and all our travel expenses and every we've purchased on time they've comped all that back to us plus they are giving us a future cruise at 100% paid. i feel very fortunate they have done so much more than i would have expected because we did get to make this trip. we did make it to hawaii. >> sandra: it is admirable and we're thankful that you and your husband are doing okay. happy anniversary. glad you were able to get in a portion of your vacation and thank you for calling in, theresa. >> it was a pleasure speaking
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with you. >> sandra: we would love to follow up with you so come back on soon. >> thank you. >> ed: katie couric stunning her fans online today after revealing she may have been exposed to the coronavirus. we'll go beyond the headlines. >> sandra: joe biden and bernie sanders battle, inc. it out. voters in six states battle it out today. we're live in the key state of michigan next. '1
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>> one of the differences if i might say between joe biden and myself is joe bailed out the crooks on wall street who nearly destroyed our economy 12 years ago. >> we'll unite democrats, republicans, independents of every stripe. we have to bring the country together. >> sandra: bernie sanders and joe biden making their case for the democratic nomination as voters in six states now head to the polls for this mini super tuesday. top prize michigan with 125 delegates. a crucial state for bernie sanders as he tries to slow down joe biden's momentum. the former v.p. riding high after a performance on super tuesday. we're live in michigan, hello, jeff flock. >> good morning from the dorothy bush library here in warren, michigan. one of the polling places across the state. a cold day, rain this morning. rain is holding off. bernie sanders looking for a
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big turnout today. last night it was bernie sanders supporters that turned out at a joe biden rally in detroit. he called them the bernie bros, some have gotten a reputation for harassing the biden supporters and the vice president i suppose was harassed for a little bit. but he responded differently than president trump would have. didn't throw them out. just said we all need to get along. take a listen. >> i didn't -- are you with donald trump? this is not a trump rally. it is not a trump rally. let them go. let them go. >> meantime bernie sanders was on fox news last night with bret and martha. i think most people think he did a nice job in parrying the questions. got a lot of support from the folks in the audience. leave you with this, sandra,
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today a mini super tuesday if you will, 352 delegates, six states. biggest here in michigan, washington, missouri, mississippi as well. we'll see how it turns out. >> sandra: the key state of michigan this morning. we'll see how it goes down tonight. >> ed: much of the focus on michigan. the candidates competing with a total of 352 delegates across those six states. joe biden currently leading overall with 664 delegates to bernie sanders 573. let's bring in our panel josh holmes, former chief of staff for mitch mcconnell and jessica tarlov fox news contributor. is this race all but over, jessica? >> i don't want to say that. after 2016 i don't say anything is over. i think there is a very sizeable chance that after the elections next tuesday. we have another mini super tuesday with florida, arizona and georgia, huge states for
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joe biden he will have an insurmountable delegate lead and bernie sanders will have to face the music and hopefully get out of the race earlier than he did last time around with hillary clinton. >> ed: speaking of hillary clinton in 2016. at this point in the race back then hillary clinton had a double digit lead in michigan and bernie sanders shocked everyone by winning by a small margin. this time joe biden seems to have a big lead in michigan. in the national polls not just the michigan polls joe biden is pulling away. hillary clinton was struggling at this point in 2016. >> it is different. hillary clinton was gasping for air at this point. more of a vote amongst democratic progressives protesting her rise. i don't think that's happening this time around. i think the bernie sanders biggest challenge after super tuesday was try weather the storm in march. none of the states up here particularly favorable to him. he has to get into april where
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the most progressive states come online and something to change in the discussion. i think there has been at this point no debates or any sort of action within the democratic primary between super tuesday and today. there is no reason to believe that would fundamentally change the momentum. they have a debate at the end of this week. that does have the potential. so i think what bernie is trying to do here is weather the storm today. try to get through next week, see if you can get it into april and hopefully keep the contest going. >> ed: jessica, bill deblasio is a supporter of bernie sanders. he had something interesting to say about joe biden on another network. >> joe biden hasn't been vetted. he was in a perfect position early frontrunner, everyone thought he wasn't going to make it. joe biden has a lot of issues he needs to speak to. if we don't deal with it now in the family and have that blunt discussion donald trump will. >> ed: he is making a point about your party to satisfy joe biden is the one. everybody move on.
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might that be a mistake? >> i don't think anyone is rushing around joe biden. he has been around 45 years. the idea when he hasn't been vetted in a senator and vice president and he went through a vetting process and debates is ludicrous. bill deblasio didn't say, he is becoming part of this biden has dementia game where people are arguing that he doesn't have the mental fitness to make it. once he gets on stage with donald trump it will be a disaster. not just gaffes but cognitive decline and people need to be paying attention to this. a sick rumor that's disgusting and baseless and you see a aounfication of bernie pros and people who support president trump around it. it needs to stop. joe biden has been making the gaffes that he is making today for decades. there is tape of it.
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he didn't say it outwardly. >> ed: suggesting that he meant that perhaps. sgliem >> yes, i'm suggesting he meant that. >> ed: do you think the president is looking forward to the idea he will vet joe biden? >> without question this president has been looking forward to facing biden all along. i want to hit on jessica's last point here. i don't think that whatever the rumor mongering is of his mental fitness. it doesn't change the clips you see every day. i believe there is some real concern. i wouldn't say demention or alzheimer's. let's not characterize it. i do think when every day you see a presidential candidate make significant stumbles you have to wonder what's going on there. that is not some rumor mongering. democrats are trying to say don't look at it and pretend it isn't existing. this is existing and it is
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their major candidate. all those questions are fair. >> ed: we want to stay out of the speculation game. all the candidates will be vetted and we'll watch it all play out. jessica and josh thank you for coming in. >> sandra: stocks in the red now after staging a rally earlier today. up several hundred points earlier after the big sell-off yesterday. they've turned negative. the dow off 60 points as we continue to watch markets let's go live to the white house, john roberts is live on the north lawn with what the administration is now considering to put in place to possibly boost the economy in the middle of all this. hey, john. >> they'll need something extra special. the stock market buoyed for a while. the president will be heading to capitol hill for the gop policy lunch as long with steve mnuchin and larry kudlow. a number of things are under discussion in terms of trying to stop the financial bleeding
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caused by coronavirus, economic and financial relief for hard-hit industries and hourly wage earners and a general stimulus to the economy in the form of a payroll tax cut. here is what the president said about it last evening. >> president trump: i'm discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial relief. we'll also be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they won't ever miss a paycheck. we're also working with the industries including the airline industry and the cruise ship industry which will be hit. >> there doesn't appear to be a real plan. that would be developed through talks and negotiations. the payroll tax cut one eyey being floated is a full exclusion of the tax cut holiday for a while. people now paying 6.4% to
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parole tax. the last time there was a parole tax cut it was just 2%. this would be a lot bigger. there are concerns this overall stimulus package could drive the deficit to $two trillion or more. the president taking aim at the fed chairman saying the federal reserve must be a leader, not a late follower which it has been. the president mentioned big concerns for the cruise ship industry. a lot of people have cruises booked for this month and spring break. the government has recommended that the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions not go on a cruise but what about healthy people who have a cruise booked for spring break? should they go ahead with the plans? i asked doctor anthony fauci about that yesterday. listen to what he said. >> i think if you are a healthy young person that there is no reason, if you want to go on a cruise ship to go on a cruise ship. personally i would never go on a cruise ship because i don't like cruises but that's another story.
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>> he is doing his best. the president will be appearing with these health industry ceos coming up in the next few minutes. sandra and ed likely we'll hear from him in a little while. >> sandra: we'll be watching for that. john roberts at the white house. >> ed: certainly go there live if it happens. online effort to block a growing number of false claims and misinformation about the coronavirus. >> sandra: a tv news celebrity admitting she had close contact with a friend who later tested positive. why some people are now freaking out about that. the reaction next. can my side be firm?
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who later tested positive. rick cotton is an old friend of mine and saw him on saturday for the first time in a long time. feel better, rick. joining us now howard kurtz news media analyst and host of "media buzz". i watched all of this in realtime. she sent out the tweet, wished him well and faced a barrage of public criticism and many called for her to self-quarantine. >> this was a misstep by katie couric who should have realized once she tweeted having this contact with the head of new york's port authority there would be a lot of online criticism why hadn't she self-quarantined. it was only a 90 second conversation and we didn't touch. i can't quarrel with her checking with health officials and no need for quarantine but she decided to work at home. >> sandra: she sent out a tweet that followed the initial criticism. my interaction was a 90-second
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conversation with an atim -- asymptomatic and i'm checking with the cdc. the people i spoke to said use common sense and good hygiene practices. she then continued to get all of that social media response and said she would be working from home tweeting this just talked to a cdc official who said i am very low risk given the duration and nature of contact. i will work from home and if not feeling well will go to the doctor. i will keep you posted. >> it was inevitable it would hit the media. "washington post", "politico", daily beast have asked reporters of theirs who attended the cpac conference where one person was infected. >> sandra: i have to cut you off. we have the president at the white house as we were expecting. let's go to the president. >> president trump: news of the
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great health insurance companies and tremendous progress being made. they are willing to do things for the people and their customers and in a true sense beyond their customers that normally i don't think they would be doing. i want to thank them and ask vice president pence to give us an update. >> thank you, mr. president. president trump made it clear from the early days of the coronavirus in the united states that this would be a whole of government approach. we've brought all the resources of the federal government to bear. but this president has also called together businesses and industries to make this a whole america approach. last week at this table the president met with pharmaceutical leaders, nursing home leaders, leaders of commercial labs, airline industries. we're bringing all of the businesses of the country to bear to protect the health of the american people. today, mr. president, you directed us to bring together
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insurance companies, health insurance companies that cover through private insurance and through their support of medicare and medicaid almost 240 million americans and i'm pleased to report, as you requested, mr. president, that all the insurance companies here either today or before today have agreed to waive all co-pays on coronavirus testing and coronavirus treatment in their benefit plans. medicare and medicaid already made it clear to medicare and medicaid beneficiaries that coronavirus would be covered and treatment. they have agreed to cover tele medicine. anyone among the senior vulnerable population would feel it necessary to go to a hospital or doctor. they will know that tele medicine is covered and no
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surprise billing. we want people to get tested. over a million tests are out thanks to the diligent work of the cdc and hhs. more than 4 million go out this week. he worked with commercial labs to increase testing and increase by the day. we want the american people to know they are covered through private insurance, they are covered through medicare and medicaid and there will be no surprise billing. finally mr. president as you directed us yesterday we produced helpful information for every american family how to keep their home, their school, their business, their establishment safer from the spread of the coronavirus. all of these major health insurance companies have agreed to convey all this information starting today to all of their customers, as well as to send the cdc's guidance for seniors
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with underlying health conditions to give them specific recommendations. and so as you requested us and they have all agreed to work with us to communicate information directly to the american people. as you said, mr. president, while the risk to the average american of contracting the coronavirus remains low, we want full partnership with industry and give the american people all the information they need to avoid contracting or spreading the coronavirus and particularly these companies are going to help us get information to seniors with underlying health conditions who really represent the most vulnerable population to serious outcomes. i know i speak on behalf of the president when i say how grateful we are for the collaborative spirit, the generosity and partnership represented by the great companies at this table. >> president trump: very true. we're working very closely with the cruise line industry and very, very closely. they are taking very strong steps in terms of people going
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on and off. but they are spending a lot of money and working very hard and we are going to be helping that industry. likewise with the airline industry they're taking very strong steps for people coming into our country. even getting off the planes. so we are working very closely with them. we are helping them. two great industries and we'll help them through this patch and so far i think it's been going very well. the ship that came in yesterday, that is going along incredibly well working with the state of california successfully. very successfully and also with canada and with u.k. so the u.k. is taking their people, their citizens back and canada is about 600 people are coming back and being met and brought to planes and being brought very, very dignified fashion back into canada. so we appreciate all of the
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help we've had in that and it's working out very well. with that i might just ask a couple of folks if you would like to make a statement on behalf of the industry. would you like to make a statement on behalf of the industry? >> sure, one of the things i think is most important from day one as an industry and company at anthem we've been very focused on insuring access to care and that cost is not an issue for people to have the testing appropriately done. so we're pleased we are able to continue to expand this access and as the president said i think it is really important for all of our customers, members and american people to have that. we're supporting the efforts underway. >> president trump: thank you very much. would anybody else like to make a statement, even the ones here? look at those cameras. >> i will say on behalf of the industry it represents the great companies around the table here and those that operate at a local level we
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have the same commitment to make sure cost is not a barrier to people getting tested and treated and make sure we're focused on prevention, testing and treatment and getting that information out as quickly as we can to make sure people know how to limit the spread of the disease. >> president trump: very good. thank you very much. >> on behalf of the 36 independent blue cross and blue shield plans we're pleased to make sure people have access to the test and coverage they need. i want you to know that the commitment is made also apply to federal employees program where we insure over five million employees. >> president trump: thank you all. >> i would like to say as a large serviceer of medicare that we're very oriented to the aging population and most importantly how do we make it as easy as possible for them to receive their tests. being able to do it in the home is a very important part of that. so when we think about tele medicine and home it reduces great barriers to allow them.
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>> president trump: a lot of people are taking strong advantage of that. >> dave. thank you for having us. to extend the conversation here we're working very hard to protect the health workforce. the potential to insure that americans have access to the proper care. getting the health workforce back to work quickly tested and back serving patients is a high priority for us as an organization serving somewhere around 18 million patients across america. >> sandra: governor from nebraska. nice to see you. >> appreciate your leadership and vice president's leadership to work with the governors to be able to make sure we are keeping people health -- healthy in our state. we appreciate the cooperation of all the executives around the table to make sure the
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people in my states and the states across the kun -- country will be able to get the test and not worry about the cost. >> president trump: thank you very much. everybody. >> sandra: did you hear anything else from the president there? [many people shouting] >> sandra: answering questions but we can't hear the president. reporters shouting questions to the president meeting with health insurance ceos. a vice president's meeting with the health insurance ceos and then the president we learned a short time ago would step into that meeting and then he decided to speak at the end of it. what you heard there was that we're working with the health insurance ceos from the vice president and president to help us get information out especially to the most vulnerable including the elderly. he said we brought in the insurance companies and they have agreed to do no surprise
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billing due to this virus. the president said this was a very important meeting for him to coordinate efforts with the health insurance companies and their leaders. as that meeting was happening you saw the dow go back into positive territory, just up about 40 points right now. he also said we're working with the cruise and airline industry to help along with all this. a lot we don't know at this point. it was an update from the president and vice president at the white house. >> ed: we heard from the president. john roberts was listening along with us and live on the north lawn. a long line of meetings where the president has had various stakeholders, airline executives, drug manufacturers trying to get a vaccine. set the stage what's happening today? >> it's meant to address the overall logistics of treating people with coronavirus and to deal with the crisis here in the country but also to give some comfort to people who might be worried about if they get sick and why it was important you heard the vice president say the health
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insurance industry has agreed to no co-pays for coronavirus treatment and include tele medicine and no surprise billing. the industry saying they don't want cost being a barrier for people to get tested. the president is up to the policy lunch for the gop to float ideas of a tax cut. we heard this morning that it may include a full payroll tax holiday for employees. instead of paying 6.4% of your weekly paycheck to social security and medicare you won't have to pay anything. they may not go that far. there was a 2% payroll tax cut reduction in 2010 and 2011. they'll try to go further and tax breaks for hard-hit industry. maybe deferring taxes from the airlines and cruise lines and small business loans as well and taking steps to try to keep the economy going in the face of all the uncertainty that's out there. you see the dow back in
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negative territory again. looks like investors are looking for any reason to buy in. they did this morning and then they started selling off. when the president started talking they bought in again. that stresses the importance of the president coming out with some sort of plan. there are concerns here, ed, about the size that a stimulus package could grow to. fears it could take the deficit to $2 trillion or more. that would cause problems. >> ed: you heard all that shouting. the reporters trying to get off-top ---the white house did not allow questions and got reporters out of the room. we'll watch all day long. thank you, sir. >> sandra: mini super tuesday, coronavirus fear spreading. a busy tuesday morning on "america's newsroom." a lot more coming up. stay tuned. a quick break and we'll be right back. joint pain, swelling, tenderness... ...much better.
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>> ed: some irish eyes may be crying this year, the st. patrick's day parade being canceled in ireland and northern ireland. boston meanwhile also pulling the plug on its annual parade as a number of confirmed cases in massachusetts and out jumped to 41. no decision yet on the boston marathon. that is set for mid-april. meanwhile, the parades in new york and chicago are still going, at least for now. that could change as officials monitored conditions on a day-to-day basis. you can see the impact, these are big, big traditions. when you cancel the st. patrick's parade, it shows people are taking it seriously,
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as they should. >> sandra: measures being taken not just here in newark, the hardest hit state, but across the country. >> ed: we will find another way to celebrate. >> sandra: we will indeed. thanks for joining us. >> ed: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> melissa: fox news alert, president trump wrapping up a meeting with health care ceos at the white house moments ago. the president sang the health care industry has agreed to cover coronavirus treatment and wave copayments for testing. they have also agreed to cover telemedicine care so patients do not need to leave their homes. this, as the death toll tops 4,000 worldwide with more than 113,000 confirmed cases. there are now at least 26 deaths in the u.s., with more than 690 cases across 36 states and the district of columbia. a significant spike in confirmed cases reported in washington state and new york, with california and

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