>> the day just flew by. good news is we'll be back on the couch tomorrow same time, same channel. >> head to fox nation and watch the "after the show show the radio show, or both. >> have a great day. see you tomorrow. >> sandra: the coronavirus is now spreading with more than 1,000 confirmed cases across the country as states and communities take extraordinary measures to control the spread of the virus. good morning, i'm sandra smith. >> ed: i'm ed henry. new numbers showing america and the death toll is rising to at least 30 people. cases now in 38 states and the district of columbia. california three tsa agents tested positive for coronavirus. the white house working on a stimulus plan to try to offset the economic impact as president trump plans today to meet with wall street executives. while all that is happening the national guard has been called in to help with the containment area in a new york city suburb.

the governor andrew cuomo closing schools, places of worship and other large gathering spots in the hot spot of new rochelle where most of the state's cases come from. >> new rochelle is a particular problem. it is what they call a cluster. the numbers have been going up. the numbers continue to go up. the numbers are going up unabated. >> people tell me the media is overreacting and blowing it up. take it seriously. assume it's coming to you. >> i've never experienced anything like this. it's surreal. i don't know what to at to say, know? i don't know how much risk i'm at. >> sandra: rick leventhal is standing by in new rochelle this morning. rick. >> the national guard is often deployed for combat missions overseas or help out to major disasters here at home, the

aftermath of hurricanes and fires and glaods. the governor here in new york decided he needed them for the one mile containment zone. the hottest spot in the country. the most dense cluster and says the virus won't stop spreading on its own. no large gatherings, schools and houses of worship will be closed for the next two weeks affecting 5500 students. not a lockdown of the new york city suburb. no checkpoints. people can come and go and stores can stay open and soldiers will deliver food to the sick who can't leave and clean schools and public places. new york state has 174 confirmed cases including at least 56 in new york city. new jersey just had its first death linked to coronavirus. nationwide some 18 states have declared emergencies including several in the northeast, massachusetts, new jersey, rhode island and now connecticut. the biggest cluster is here in

new rochelle where the mayor says soldiers will be deployed starting tomorrow. >> when you see someone from the national guard on your street or outside your home, it is natural and human to find it somewhat unsettling because it is a visible illustration that things in your community are not functioning as they ordinarily do. i want to emphasize the guard is here to help us. >> no martial law, no military hmongs. they'll deliver food and resources inside the containment zone that starts here and goes for two miles. the high school will be closed for a couple of weeks. >> sandra: a short drive of new york city. thank you. coming up in a few moments we'll be hearing from matt schlapp, the chairman of the american conservative union. he is joining us to talk about going into self-quarantine and

his decision to do so after coming in contact with someone at cpac who tested positive for the virus. he joins us via skype coming up. >> ed: 2020 politics, joe biden surging to victory in four more states. he won decisively in michigan where bernie sanders beat hillary clinton four years ago. it increased biden's lead over sanders. he celebrated last night in philadelphia. >> as i said from the beginning, this election is one that has character on the ballot. the character of the candidates, the nation is on the ballot. it is more than a comeback in my vaou, our campaign. it is a comeback for the soul of this nation. >> we are live in lansing, michigan. good morning, brian. >> think about this. so far former vice president joe biden has won every county,

all 279 of them in mississippi, missouri, and right here in michigan where voter turnout was way up from 2016 by some 400,000 votes. biden winning decisively with 52% of the vote compared to sanders 36%. michigan the biggest prize of the night with 125 delegates in 2016 sanders won the state in a shocking upset over hillary clinton thanks to sanders winning over white blue collar workers in rural areas. but this time around biden dominated with these voters up 22% over sanders. in mississippi biden blowing out sanders by 67%, a whopping 86% of black voters in mississippi voted for biden. he continues to handedly win the black vote nationwide. missouri the tide continued beating sanders 60% for 34%. he also won idaho and has a

commanding 160 delegate lead over sanders winning four of last night's six states. last night he asked sanders and his voters to join him. >> i want to thank bernie sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and passion. we share a common goal, and together we'll defeat donald trump. we'll defeat him together. >> we're still waiting on results from washington state but sanders has won north dakota. sanders last night did not speak. instead he flew home to vermont and look, calls this morning are growing for sanders to drop out of the race. last night former presidential candidate andrew yang endorsed biden saying the math is clear that biden will be the nominee. >> ed: supposed to have a debate sunday night. we'll see if that happens. >> sandra: joining us is juan williams. co-host of the five. good morning.

joe biden after last night, is he unstoppable? >> i think it's fair to say. you have a debate coming up as you just heard. i think obviously joe biden goes in there with a big lead and it's really the case of whether or not joe biden does something crazy, says something that generates reproach. >> sandra: is that a risk? >> i'm just saying he can fumble the ball but he has the ball and lead at this point. when i think about where we're going, you look at arizona, which is next week, florida, illinois, ohio, biden has a lead in the polls in all those states. if you look at who supports bernie sanders it has been young voters, latino voters. latino voters already voted in states like california, texas and nevada. florida i don't think it's bernie sanders' territory given what he has said about castro.

it would require that joe biden fumble or if something happened that would change the course of events markedly. >> sandra: so the delegate count we can put that up on the screen. as all of this now continues and coming off the big night last night james clyburn, a key endorsement for joe biden, the democrat from south carolina, is now saying it is time to shut the primary down. here is clyburn. >> i think it is time for us to shut this primary down. it is time for us to cancel the rest of these debates because you don't do anything but get yourself in trouble if you continue this contest when it's obvious the numbers will not shake out for you. >> sandra: it is time to shut this down because you don't do anything but get yourself in trouble if you continue in this contest. do you agree? >> no. when you first mentioned this to me i hadn't heard this sound bite. i think there is a need for people to hear from candidates and to know they're out there

and want their vote. that's the whole thing. you have to have the fire in the belly and ask people for their votes. if you can't stand a debate, i don't understand that. the best argument would be made is coronavirus and they've taken the crowd away from the debate so it will just be the biden and sanders there at the lectern but i don't see that. i think you have to go through the process. the process is necessary, democratic. shutting things down sounds anti-democratic to me. >> sandra: trump campaign statement after last night. doesn't matter who the nominee is, two options left and they're two sides of the same coin. democratic will be running on a big government socialist agenda. how does joe biden reach out to the bernie sanders voters? >> the numbers are overwhelming. people like to get on a

winner's band wagon. what we've seen over the last 2 1/2 weeks is this. joe biden has been able to put together a coalition of black voters, union voters, older voters, seniors, and wave of suburban moderate voters. this is really what has changed the complexion of this race. when you talk about the younger voters, the most passionate bernie bros, i think they cut the bottom line as we want to beat donald trump. if that's the case they'll go with joe biden. >> sandra: nice to see you here. see you later on the five. >> ed: u.s. and canadian fighter jets intercepting russian spy planes. how close they came to alaska. >> sandra: a major scare for some republicans who came in contact with someone who later tested positive for the coronavirus. matt schlapp is currently under self-quarantine. he will join us to talk about

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>> sandra: some republicans are now taking extra precaution after coming in contact with someone at cpac who later tested positive for the coronavirus. those same republicans are now under self-quarantine after also interacting with the president himself. my next guest is matt schlapp chairman of the american conservative union joining us by skype. how are you feeling? >> great. never had a symptom. we have no health problems in the schlapp family, thank god. i'm glad the president is healthy and cpac community is healthy. i think coming out of cpac one thing we've learned is even when there is an infected person amongst thousands and thousands in our case over 10,000 people, it is very, very difficult to contract this virus. >> sandra: i know there has been some of the republicans we have a list who have decided to self-quarantine because they came in contact with this

person and attended cpac, doug collins, ted cruz and others. they said that they did this as a result of cpac contacting them showing a photo of that lawmaker coming in contact with the infected person. have you openly identified who that person is? >> we're following all the public health guidelines. as you know, when the aids epidemic first started a lot of people said we have to publish the names of everyone who is positive. and we had a debate as a country whether an individual still has the right to have privacy over their healthcare issues. as you know at that time people really wanted to ostracize those aids patients. when it comes to this problem that the country is facing with chinese coronavirus in the other examples they have not been releasing the names of those who are infected. so we're going to follow the lead of the public health

officials. if they decide it's in the interest of public health to release a name we'll be happy to verify it. as far as the members of congress are concerned, sandra, you know, my team and myself we contacted those members because over a couple of days -- and still talking to as many people as we can to learn as much information as we possibly can. we learn a little bit more every day. as soon as we had hard evidence that someone has come in contact with this patient, not just members of congress by the way. a lot of false stories we only were dealing with vips. we've talked to plenty of none vips who might have -- >> sandra: on that note i know you've been responding to twitter messages from some who attended that conference who say why aren't you letting me know who that person is? one woman tweeted and said her daughter came home from school sick and she deserves and has the right to know if she has a

mom was in contact with this person. >> since we have limited time, what you should do is go back and look at her twitter feed. she then responded to that tweet after we talked to her and told the whole world that she knows for a fact that her daughter does not have coronavirus. she actually has a cold or flu and that she basically apologized for sending that tweet. what happened, sandra, people become near hysterical when they feel like they can get this virus very easily. what the cpac experience has taught the whole country and other conferences, it is hard to get it. it is people who are older and have compromised health. they are the ones who should be taking precautions. the rest of us -- >> sandra: was the president in contact with that person? >> the person who doesn't have coronavirus? >> was the president in contact with the infected person at the conference? >> no, absolutely not. no contact. the president is healthy as a horse. i'm healthy as a horse. those journalists trying to fan the flames of panic by acting

like the president picked up coronavirus somewhere are doing a disservice and i think what we have to do is respond to the facts as we know them. that's what we're trying to do at cpac. the health of our attendees is what matters. >> sandra: i had so many questions. of course the president was in contact with some of the lawmakers who are now self-quarantining which brought up the question for many reporters. >> let me answer that. let me answer that. he should -- no healthy people should run out and get a test because what that will do is prevent people who actually are showing symptoms from getting that test. no healthy people should be running to emergency rooms. let's leave that for the sick people. the good news at cpac we didn't get additional cases and that's a positive thing. what we can't do is get people thinking the test is what matters. what matters is your symptoms, sandra. i don't have any. the president doesn't have any. these lawmakers don't have any. one more important thing

they're outside the all-important nine-day windows. the nine-day window and they do not have coronavirus. people do not need to worry. >> sandra: a lot of uncertainty as we don't know so much. we'll hear from dr. fauci coming up. the most contagious point is when you're asymptomatic and it leads to other problems. >> sandra, you have to -- that's a very, very one in a million case. 99.9% of the people will experience symptoms in five to six days and the incubation period is nine days. we've got to stay on the facts. >> sandra: we'll follow up with you, matt. we have a lot more questions. >> i still won't have coronavirus when you do. >> sandra: we hope the best for you and your family of course. matt, thank you very much. >> ed: power grab from vladimir putin that could keep the russian president in control for years to come. more on the sweeping changes approved by the kremlin coming up.

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services and jack, thank you for coming in. some people read those comments from dr. fauci last night as a shift in tone where he was saying you can't do what you were doing three months ago, almost a wake-up call. is that how you read it? >> yesterday was a shift because the cdc and dr. fauci added some additional guidance to what the government has been saying. i still think there is a lot of perspective that folks need to keep in mind but there was a shift it seems like yesterday. >> ed: talk about that shift and why it's so important for people to pay attention to what the federal task force is saying but big picture as well i want to add to the mix that opinion piece i mentioned you wrote in the hill you say the public should be confident that the federal government is ready. why? >> well, on that last point confident because after 9/11 both parties and multiple

administrations since then have put in place a lot of funding. billions of dollars of funding. additional resources, ways to in-- we were better prepared than ever before. a johns hopkins study saying we're the best in the world. that being said we're at a time right now where this is spreading and you have different government authorities making different decisions. >> ed: on one hand you are saying you think the federal government is ready and people should be confident, a good message to put out. people are waking up this morning seeing there is a containment zone in a suburb of new york city which may be a prudent measure from the governor but does it mean schools are closing in new rochelle? will it happen in other cities and counties. was it a smart move by the governor and how should the public read it? >> i don't want to second guess any local authority or any governor. it is really not my place. i do think when a local

authority wants to make a decision they do so first in conjunction with their governor and arm-in-arm with the cdc. some actions that are being taken like some college and university closures i'm not sure i believe what i heard dr. fauci say was it's not necessarily something that is being recommended right now. so i think that if a locality, a governor, and the federal government work arm-in-arm they can come to the most reasonable decisions as opposed to things being separated into silos. >> ed: the president's former homeland security advisor warned yesterday he is concerned that hospitals at some point soon next week and a half or so could be overwhelmed. do you share that fear? >> this is the issue with a new virus combined with everyone else's health conditions combined with the seasonal flu all occurring at the same time. so i know experts are talking about that. the good news is a lot of money, hundreds of millions of dollars have been sent to the states on hospital preparedness

and that will help. but certainly if this continues to get worse there will be a strain on hospital facilities. >> ed: we appreciate your insights this morning. really helpful. we have had you before and we will have you back. >> sandra: just moments from now harvey weinstein sentencing hearing is set to begin. how much time will he actually see behind bars? plus the white house talking economic stimulus and the coronavirus outbreak. so what will that look like? senate majority whip john thune will be our guest and he joins us live next. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us,

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the treasury is going to see the speaker of the house hoping that he and the speaker can pull this together so we end up not playing partisan games. >> ed: that was senate majority leader. the president meeting with senate republicans with a relief plan that includes cutting payroll taxes until the end of the year. the meeting ended without a concrete plan. let's bring in republican senator john thune of south dakota, a leader in the senate. appreciate you coming in. the presi >> i think republicans are on the same page. you heard in the clip you played senator mcconnell saying in order to get anything through congress you need something that can pass the democrat house and get 60 votes in the senate. negotiations have started already. i spoke last evening with

secretary mnuchin and he met with speaker pelosi. they are looking at what the contours could be. there isn't anything put out. it could be the tiered thing where you take administrative actions, the things the president and his team can do and things that require legislation that might follow later. >> ed: as republicans huddle on this as you suggest it appears that speaker nancy pelosi will move forward with the house as soon as thursday with a vote on some of her key priorities. it includes paid sick leave among other things. something republicans may not be on board with. to your point that's the start of the negotiations. she will push her priorities and the president will push his priority like a payroll tax cut. where do you meet in the middle? >> in the end you're right, there has to be a meeting in the middle. the speaker if she pushes something on floor at this point what we don't need is showboats on the floor. this process should not be

politicized. the discussion should occur between the president's team, speaker and her folks and of course ultimately republicans and democrats in the senate as well. but i would hope those negotiations would commence before something gets rolled out. i think there needs to be an agreement and that agreement as we saw last week when we moved the $8 billion package to help provide relief and resources to our medical professionals who are out there combating the disease is an example of how it should work. bipartisan. hopefully that will happen. >> ed: speaker pelosi and others may not be on board with the payroll tax the president wants. can you live without that? does it have to be in there as the president is pushing? what is your timetable for getting this done? >> i think again it will depend a little bit -- what people want to see right now, i think the president has provided this kind of leadership. leadership decisive, calm and

measured. i think the president has done that. i think there are steps the president and his team can take right now and then i think there are things that could ultimately have to be done through legislation. we'll work as quickly as is necessary to meet the proportion, the dimensions of this crisis as it evolves. but obviously there are a number of things under consideration. the fact that the democrats in the house aren't crazy about a payroll tax cut is a point of negotiation. in the end it is something the president wants to see happen and if you are going to get a deal, i suspect at some point you are going to have to meet the president at least part way on that. like i said things you can be doing now and legislation that can follow on perhaps a little bit later on. >> ed: what about the price tag? for the president's plan, the payroll tax cut it will cost a lot of money. reports this morning suggesting it will be about $700 billion. that was the cost of the obama economic stimulus back in 2009

which you'll remember. i checked some of the tape this morning. you were opposed to that and you were saying that barack obama wanted to borrow almost a trillion dollars from future generations. and you didn't like that idea. if this president now wants to borrow almost a trillion from future generations are you going to brush that off? >> no, i think that's something we have to take seriously. we have to think about the consequences and what we're doing in terms of the federal debt and how this impact our fiscal balance sheet. this is a crisis, it is an emergency. at that time we didn't really have a plan. president obama wanted a trillion dollars and didn't lay out how they would spend it. we're trying to figure out how they spent a lot of that money. i think the president, when he comes forward, will have a clear, concrete plan and the big component of that would be a payroll tax cut. most of that amount would come in the form of dollars that would go back into the pockets of the american consumers who

2/3 of our gdp is by consumer spending. quick stimulus to the economy and relief to people. we'll look at other things they talked about yesterday, all of which we'll carefully consider if and when they submit something to the congress. >> ed: last question. the president as part of this plan is talking about extending the tax deadline for american hard working americans around the country. we've put it on the screen there. payroll tax cut. helping airlines and cruise companies, paid sick leaves, extending the tax deadline beyond april 15th. how important do you think that is to make sure because of the coronavirus people have a little more time to get their finances together? >> that's among the things that the administration can do on their own. it doesn't take authority from congress. i think it makes sense. i think that keeps dollars out there in the economy longer. and extending some of those tax deadlines in a situation like this i think would be perfectly

appropriate and certainly a first step that might be taken, among other things to follow later on. but yeah, i think it is certainly within there -- they have the per rerogative to do that. >> what's the timetable in terms of the legislative action. the american people are watching and seeing it expand. will it happen in a week, two weeks? >> it will happen as quickly as is necessary. all i can tell you is that the administration is working. the feedback yesterday, they wanted to hear from republican members of congress about what they wanted to see, what they would be willing to support. and i think now they're working on a plan. and when a plan is produced, it will move very quickly up here. as you know it is hard to get anything through the senate. when there is a will and sense of urgency things can move quickly. i didn't answer specifically your question. >> ed: when everybody comes together you say it will go right through. appreciate your time this

morning, we know you're busy. >> sandra: nba star lebron james walking back earlier comments that he would not play games in empty arenas over coronavirus concerns. james said he would be disappointed the play without fans but understands the need for safety and he and his teammates will listen to the experts. of course, there are recommendations happening across the country to avoid large crowds and in some cases some of these large conferences and sporting events have canceled. >> ed: he got flak over the weekend and reacted emotionally. i want to play in front of fans. that is understandable. i think others got to him and said you have to listen to the experts. i think he wisely rethought those comments and said you have to do the right thing. all right. in the meantime federal and state officials trying to stop the spread of coronavirus. >> every day that we can buy of time is a valuable potential day. we'll be making recommendations to those local communities about aggressive steps that we think they should be taking. >> ed: how prepared are you as

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>> ed: fox news alert. u.s. and canadian jets intercepting russian reconnaissance planes. the spy planes came as close to the alaskan coast but did not enter u.s. or canadian airspace. the two jets escorted the russian planes for about four hours. >> we'll see numbers continue to increase, probably a lot for the next several weeks because we are just getting diagnostic testing ramped up in many parts of the world.

we can expect to see it have a higher burden on the u.s. healthcare system and on people. >> sandra: that was a doctor earlier on "fox & friends" talking about spread of coronavirus nationwide as testing picks up in the united states. cdc reporting more than 8500 tests so far. dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine and fox news contributor. you have been taking us through this from the beginning and the recommendations of when to get tested, if you should get tested. it seems that they have evolved and changed over time. what is the rule of thumb right now on whether or not you should go get a test? >> good morning, sandra. actually it's evolving still. i don't have the exact answer but i'll do my best. following con tagions none. one of the worst in terms of public perception but it's also quite contagious. we don't know exactly how to stop it so all of these measures are attempting to stop the spread of the virus.

it is not a signal you are in danger. it is how do you stop the spread? when should you get tested? the answer is you should get tested if you have the following symptoms. a cough, shortness of breath and a prominent fever, also my opinion is that you should get tested if you've been in direct contact with someone that we know has coronavirus. if they have a confirmed case. those are the people we're trying to test right now. the problem is that the tests are still distributing around the country and they are still somewhat difficult to get. the real question is where do you go if you think you're sick? >> sandra: dr. fauci is testifying on capitol hill now. we'll have you back soon. >> ed: just mentioned dr. fauci is testifying under oath before a house committee. >> the vaccines as i've mentioned publicly many times. we were able to very quickly go from an understanding of what this virus was to what the genetic sequence was, to actually developing a vaccine.

but there is a lot of confusion about developing a vaccine. in the next i would say four weeks or so, we will go into what is called a phase one clinical trial to determine if one of the candidates -- and there are more than one candidate, probably 10 or so that are at various stages of development. the one that we've been talking about is one that involves a platform called messenger rna. it really serves as a prototype for other types of vaccines that are simultaneously being developed. getting it into phase one in a matter of months is the quickest that anyone has ever done literally in the history of this. however, the process of developing a vaccine is one that is not that quick. so we go into phase one, it will take about three months to determine if it's safe. that will bring us three or four months down the pike and then you go into an important

phase called phase two to determine if it works. since this is a vaccine, you don't want to give it to normal healthy people with the possibility that a, it will hurt them, and b, that it will not work. so the phase of determining if it works is critical. that will take at least another eight months or so. so when you've heard me say we would not have a vaccine that would even be ready to start to deploy for a year to a year and a half, that is the time frame. now, anyone who thinks they will go more quickly than that i believe will be cutting corners that would be detrimental. what does that tell us? that tells us now the next month, the next several months we are going to have to rely on public health measures to contain this outbreak. so i would be happy to answer questions later. let me go on quickly to therapy. the timeline for therapy is a little bit different.

the reason it is different is that you are giving this candidate therapy to someone who is already ill. so the idea of risks and how quickly you determine if and when it works is much more quickly than giving a lot of vaccine to normal people and determine if you protect them. there are a couple of candidates that are now already in clinical trial. some of them in china, and some of them right here in the united states. particularly in some of the trials that are being done in some of our clinical centers, including the university of nebraska. it is likely that we will know if they work in the next several months. i am hoping that we do get a positive signal. if we do, then we may -- i underline may so that it doesn't get misinterpreted have therapy we can use. that needs to be proven first. so in summary, the work that is

being done at the nih is involved in both the development of a vaccine in the long term and the development hopefully of therapies in the shorter term. i would be happy to answer questions after all the presentations, thank you. >> you are now recognized for your testimony. >> ed: you can see carolyn maloney. she is now speaking. let's get back to sandra and dr. siegel. >> sandra: he was nice enough to stand by to react to what we heard. he talked about the timing of the vaccine. they are working on it but at the earliest you are talking about a vaccine ready to go to the public a year to year and a half from now. >> i have interviewed about him. the vaccine candidate he is most excited about is where you take the protein, put it on the surface and target the virus in a way that's never been done before. very excited. about to start to enter clinical trials. you have to understand it takes months and months before enough

people are tested to make sure it's safe and effective. it has to be tested in thousands of people before we will give it to millions of people. that's why he is saying at least a year. >> sandra: for containment he said we'll rely on public health measures. you have been looking at the hospital scenario that could play out over the next couple of weeks. warnings coming from germany and italy that we're only two weeks behind them and their hospitals are flooded. do you see that happening here? >> yes, i'm worried about that. it's something called surge capacity. can a hospital -- we only have 50,000 icu beds in the country with a possibility of 100,000 maximum. how can you gear up for this many patients coming in when you're already full? now we have people worried they have it coming to e.r.s. our own emergency room. i talked to our directors yesterday. we have a respiratory unit in the e.r. where we put people that have cough, shortness of

breath and we don't have what is called a point of care test where i can do a flu test. check you, you don't have flu. you can go home. >> sandra: we were showing live pictures of new rochelle, new york, a suburb north of new york city. the hardest hit, governor cuomo saying it's the biggest cluster of the cases in new york state. as of today 108 cases in new rochelle. they are sending in the national guard. they will be cleaning, trying to contain the virus in that area. do you think it's an effective solution? >> it is all they have. i don't know if it works. the whole idea of quarantining off areas is very problematic. we don't know historically if it works. i tell you why we're doing it. if we can manage to decrease the spread of the virus by these situations like you are talking about, quarantining people, simply washing our hands. social distancing. if we decrease the amount of virus in the community we can better protect those most at

risk, the elderly close to 80 years old and people with severe chronic health conditions. >> sandra: before i let you go where has your thinking changed on this on how big this gets and how much this spreads, dr. siegel, from where you were a week or two weeks ago? >> here is what i've learned over time. i think it is more contagious we thought originally and also galvanizing all the fear. people are afraid of something that spreads. i also think and history to back me on this as con taij ons evolve they become less deadly. it usually gets less deadly and what we'll see in a society like this as we come together. we need an organized response. good to see you. >> ed: thanks, harvey weinstein about to learn his fate in a new york city courtroom this hour. where he will be sentenced finally for rape and sexual assault. the former hollywood producer facing up to 29 years behind

bars. details from alex outside the courthouse. >> he is here in a wheelchair and no way he will leave here without serving some time in jail. the seven men and five women who found him guilty convicted him on two of the five counts. so what we could see moving forward here today he could face anywhere from five to 29 years behind bars. after the guilty verdict of sexual criminal act and rape in the third degree. judge james burke is not expected to go easy on weinstein but defense team called for the minimum of five years because of his age and health problems. the transition of moving into a prison cell he is recovering from heart surgery. last month after hearing his guilty verdict he went straight to the hospital before later moving to ryker's island.

documents show his final attempts to save his reputation and that includes paperwork, some of the paperwork showing his calls for support from notable figures like michael bloomberg and jeff bezos in the months before his arrest. he is in the custody of the corrections department. we probably won't see him outside today. the accusers are expected to speak. mimi haley speaking now as we speak in court in the final moments before the soon to be 68-year-old will head to prison. all of this taking place behind me. the 90 accusers of -- more than 90 accusers of weinstein, many of them are in court here today. >> ed: we'll get back to you as we get more details. >> sandra: coronavirus cases are increasing nationwide as one new york city suburb becomes a hot spot for the virus. we will talk to someone living in the area. a containment zone and the national guard being sent in.

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the administration has been aggressive in its response. >> we're working with washington, california, new york, massachusetts, florida and giving them advice on aggressive steps to take to mitigate spread. every day that we can buy of time is a valuable potential day and so that's why these strong mitigation steps. you will hear from cdc today and the white house that we will be making recommendations to those local communities about aggressive steps that we think they should be taking and we've been collaborating closely with them on that. >> ed: jonathan serrie reporting live from atlanta. good morning. >> good morning, ed. one of the latest deaths involves a resident of an assisted care facility in sacramento, california. the resident older than 90 had underlying health conditions. a reminder of just how susceptible people in these high-risk groups are to covid-19.

early this morning 250 passengers from the cruise ship arrived near atlanta to begin a quarantine. none of the group tested positive for coronavirus but two passengers who did test positive during the cruise were taken to california hospitals. 19 crew members were also infected but show no symptoms. they will quarantine in their cabins aboard the ship which will anchor offshore once the remaining passengers disembark. governor newsom had this warning for high-risk residents. >> i don't think people should be on cruise ships that are elderly. i don't think anyone regardless of their age with an underlying health conditions should be on a cruise ship. i don't think people should be running out to high five one another and hug strangers as we often do if you have an underlying health condition. >> harvard and ucla are a list of schools allowing suspending

in-person classes and transitioning to online instruction. most schools have no confirmed cases but taking action proactively to reduce the chances of community spread. >> when you are dealing with an infectious disease you always have that metaphor that people talk about that wayne gretzky. he doesn't go where the puck is but where the puck is going to be. we want to be where the infection is going to be as well as where it is. >> in san jose, california three tsa screeners have tested positive for the coronavirus. they reached out to other employees with contact with them and they are quarantining in their homes. back to you, ed. >> ed: thank you. >> the numbers have been going up. the numbers continue to go up. what we're going to do is focus on an area concentric circle

around the site of the majority of the cases in new rochelle. >> that's the governor of new york andrew cuomo taking a dramatic step. a one-mile containment zone in the city of new rochelle north of manhattan. >> sandra: he is banning public gathering for two weeks in order to stop the spread of the virus there. >> ed: samuel howman is a sociology professor under quarantine in new rochelle until march 14th. thank you for joining us gatherings, schools, temples, churches. please describe what is happening on the ground. >> well, to tell you the truth, i'm probably the last person to describe anything because i am blocked in the zone so i can't really describe what is going on beyond what i can see out my

window from my driveway. but i must say we don't really understand what it means that the zone is contained. when i get out of quarantine, as i hope i will on the 14th. i don't know where i will go and be able to do the shopping i haven't been able to do now? will places be open? i haven't really gotten information. >> sandra: our best. as you have made this decision to self-quarantine, what is that experience like for you so far? did you buy up enough food to last you over those couple of weeks? what was your plan before you settled in? >> first of all i didn't make the decision. the decision was imposed upon us. they call itself quarantine but it really is a kind of house arrest because we were told not to go out of the house. so yes, we did have some provisions at home. we have had some friends from outside the community who are

not quarantined drop things off for us. so worst of all the things that happened is yesterday our hot water tank broke and even though the health department told me it was possible to have a plumber come in for the emergency, no plumber wants to come anywhere near our house as long as we're in this kind of a quarantine. >> ed: we certainly hope you get that fixed and that you have some comfort. but i want to clarify something here. what i was saying at the beginning is that the mayor was quoted by cbs local news in new york saying it is not an exclusion or quarantine zone. no one is prohibited from entering or leaving the area. it does not affect, the mayor said, individual homeowners, families or businesses. you are saying something different. you used the phrase house arrest. describe the difference. >> we can't really leave. the idea of leaving is just not in the cards for us. we know we're not supposed to

leave. if i could have left, i would have gone to all sorts of places. but i'm remaining here until i'm tested. they promised to test me last friday. they called to ask if we wanted to be tested since we're over 70 and we said yes, we haven't heard from the health department since then. >> sandra: how was that communicated to you that you couldn't leave your home? >> we've been getting emails from our congregation list that included letters from the department of health services. and we were told you are to stay -- first we were originally told we were only to stay in until a week ago. then when -- that was for anyone who had been at the congregation on february 22nd or 23rd and exposed. and then we were told since there were other people who

were tested positive who were in the congregation on february 29th, which is the last time it was open, since we only learned about the quarantine on march 3rd, we were told the quarantine would now continue until march 14th for anyone who has been in the synagogue on the 29th. >> ed: we wish you well. do you have the proper amount of food and water? is your family okay and healthy? >> we have -- so far we think we're healthy. we have enough food but not enough hot water. >> ed: samuel, we appreciate your time and insights this morning. >> sandra: our best to you, samuel. we'll circle back and follow up. >> ed: let's shift gears to the 2020 race. joe biden taking a big step closer to the democratic nomination. the former vice president winning four of six states last night including the battleground of michigan. growing his delegate lead over bernie sanders. our correspondent peter doocy

is live on the ground in cleveland this morning. good morning, peter. >> good morning, ed. bernie sanders still hasn't addressed bernie sanders supporters but joe biden has. >> i want to thank bernie sanders and his supporters for their tireless energy and their passion. we share a common goal and together we'll defeat donald trump. we'll defeat him together. [applause] we are going to bring this nation together. we are regenerating a democratic base. >> biden wasn't outright asking sanders and his voters to join his campaign but he did rattle off the names of rivals who have already done so like klobuchar, beto, bloomberg and harris. new detail last night exactly why the biden and sanders campaigns both plan events in ohio only to abandon those efforts at the very last minute

after staffers spent a lot of time and money setting up. >> we weren't planning a big rally in cleveland tonight but the governor ohio asked the presidential campaigns to cancel their indoor public events in cleveland. with large, large crowds of people and that's what we did due to the coronavirus. >> if you want to see biden or sanders on the campaign trail in a town near you, you may have to wait because both of those candidates are taking today off the campaign trail and advisors for both campaigns are saying they are going to consult with public health officials in different places before moving forward with any planned large events. >> peter doocy, thank you. >> sandra: thank you. it's another big night for joe biden and his campaign rolling on with a string of victories last night cementing his status as the frontrunner for the democratic nomination.

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donald trump. let's have a president who shares their vision for universal healthcare, for an economy that works for working people. i think we saw last night that biden is the person who is building the coalition here. he won african-american voters, he won in the suburbs, college-educated voters and inspiring record level turnout. we saw turnout in michigan at record levels. turnout across the super tuesday states as record levels. people are coming out to vote for biden. we have had an incredible amount of unity across the party. tremendous endorsements from another candidates who have been in the race. their supporters have found a home with biden. certainly if sanders voters are looking for a home they have oh home here too. >> the question, is it an anti-bernie turnout or pro biden turnout. what's the message to the bernie supporters we want to beat trump. we don't like trump. what's the positive message for joe biden? how is joe biden going to

change this country and move it forward? >> restoring dignity and empathy to the white house. having somebody in the white house who understands what working people's lives are like, who is there to make their lives better and who is focused on making sure all of our families have an advocate and champion in the white house, which i think sadly is not the situation we currently have. it is absolutely the turnout we're seeing a pro-biden turnout. look at the district in michigan. a district that bernie sanders won by i think 20 points in 2016. biden won it by 17 points last night. they're excited about joe biden and support his vision and what he is offering. they want to see him defeat donald trump in november. >> sandra: is the campaign excited about what they saw with the exchange with the auto worker talking with joe biden, asked a question about gun rights and joe biden responded like this. here is the exchange.

>> sandra: that auto worker appeared on "fox & friends" after the exchange and when asked about the confrontation he said he kind of went off the deep end. does joe biden have any regrets how he handled that? >> look, i hope it's not a surprise to anybody watching right now that joe biden takes no malarkey, he is not going to let somebody distort his record. this is a time now that we're running in where misinformation is prevalent and he won't take somebody distorting his record. he was very clear about where he stands on the second

amendment, where he stands on sensible gun reform. somebody who has always said we can protect our second amendment rights while enacting sensible gun reform that puts an end to some of the worst violence that we're seeing on our streets across the country. you will never see joe biden apologize for being direct and for representing where he stands and his own record. >> ed: how do you square that he supports the second amendment and joe biden was saying that directly to the voter, and yet just a week or so ago the former vice president says beto o'rourke will be his man on guns and he wants the forced buy back of assault records. >> nobody needs an assault rifle is his position. he fought the nra twice and won. got the original assault weapons ban passed. his position is nobody needs an assault rifle. you can absolutely protect your second amendment rights without allowing these weapons of

destruction to create the carnage on our streets. he will do it again as president. >> ed: i want to ask you about the videos that keep coming out. whether it was the one over the weekend where he seemed to be struggling to talk about whether or not you should vote for him or donald trump's reelection. bottom line is you know the trump campaign is pushing these videos out there and they're asking a basic question. is joe biden fit to be commander-in-chief. how do you answer that? >> i have to say this is a disgusting smear tactic and this kind of thing is exactly why people want joe biden to be president. this kind of false, misleading, basically conspiracy theory that a desperate -- >> ed: hang on. how is it a smear tactic to ask you about a video where the vice president in his own words struggles to complete a sentence? how is that a smear tactic?

>> respectfully how many times have you struggled to complete a sentence on air. it's ridiculous. let's roll the tape. that's ridiculous. >> ed: i'm not running for president. >> if i'm donald trump and i saw joe biden last night giving the speech that he gave sounding presidential, looking like a leader, if i'm looking at the turnout that he is generating a cross the country i'm scared too and starting to throw this kind of nonsense against the wall. the american people are sick of it and tired of it and they want joe biden somebody with dignity and empathy in the white house and why we're seeing some of the enormous turnout we're seeing and enthusiasm. >> sandra: we got the pitch. the "new york post" headline. biden's biggest problem his candidacy -- there is no precedent or winning the white house on the basis of longing for a past president.

it's all biden has going for him. he has the virtue of not being a socialist the idea that biden can be elected as a tribute to obama is a fantasy. your response. >> i think most voters feel pretty good about the eight years the obama administration. i think we got very important change done in this country. we got the affordable care act done. paris climate accord. there is a lot about those eight years that people right now after almost four years of a president in donald trump who makes a lot of promises, doesn't get a lot done for people. i think they look fondly at the obama administration and things that biden was able to do as part of that administration. if the allegation is that we -- that we are going to have a conversation about the achievements of the obama administration and that's a problem, well, i guess we'll have that conversation. he is incredibly proud of the things that he and barack obama accomplished. >> sandra: what's the campaign

strategy? what's the biggest challenge you see going forward after last night's victory? >> well, i think we saw a lot of really encourage knowledge signs last night. turnout was incredibly high. as we move forward we'll continue to speak to people who want somebody in the white house who has a sense of dignity, who has a sense of their lives. i think that has been an incredibly successful message thus far. people are responding to it. i think you can expect to see biden out talking directly to voters who are looking for a change. looking for the polar opposite of donald trump and who can carry forward and agenda who has the experience to get it done, who knows how to get things done. so you are going to hear him continue to make a case for his ability to do things that matter in people's lives. i think that is unfortunately in short -- we aren't seeing a lot of that in washington today. i think that's something that bind is able to do. >> ed: given that momentum you

are talking about. james coreville last night said it is time to end the primaries and debates and move to the general election, agree? >> we are not going to tell senator sanders what to do. i think voters are tired of a long, drawn-out primary process. they aren't looking to see negative, drawn out process here. we'll let senator sanders make his own decision of course. if any sanders voters are looking for a home with joe biden i think they have one. we'll continue to make our case and to talk to people and to make sure that they know that in joe biden they have somebody who is going to have their back. >> sandra: appreciate your time this morning. thank you. we are getting brand-new reaction from the trump campaign to biden's victories last night. the trump team saying the president's reelection virtually a done deal. what would a donald trump/biden race look like? the a-team has some thoughts. they're hear to weigh in next. next! oh, susan-

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>> ed: joe biden showing super tuesday was no fluke. he followed it up with a series of big wins last night. the biggest prize of all michigan with 125 delegates. >> sandra: the "wall street journal" says the end could be in sight for bernie sanders. let's bring in our a-team. brad blakeman deputy assistant. she each person as i say it.

that's charlie hurt. and mo elleithee is also here, executive director of georgetown's institute of policy and public service. we'll need a resume like mo so it stays on you longer, right? >> nobody has a resume like mine. >> sandra: first down the line reaction to last night's victory for joe biden? >> i think for me the biggest -- a big victory for joe biden and i do think it spells the end for bernie sanders long term. but the other thing that is kind of astonishing here and a warning to president trump is the fact that what is so clearly revealed here is the intense unpopularity of hillary clinton four years ago. the fact that bernie sanders did so well in places like michigan and missouri against somebody like hillary clinton and joe biden did so well in those same places against bernie sanders says so much about how much distaste there was for hillary clinton four years ago. especially among regular rank

and file democrat voters in places like michigan and missouri. >> sandra: your takeaway, mo? >> the whole rational of bernie sanders electability argument from the beginning he would be the most electable he could build a broad, diverse coalition and increase turnout. he didn't at all. joe biden did. the states that joe biden won were the ones where he was able to build a huge diverse coalition and increase turnout over the last two presidential primaries. so i think it's a really strong sign for the former vice president headed into the general election. where he grew the turnout was primarily in the suburbs. the last time we saw democrats increasing turnout in the suburbs was in 2018. if on the back of these suburban women he is able to continue to surge like this, that is another warning sign for the white house. >> ed: "wall street journal"

talks about an editorial what he said. twilight of the sanders revolution. as that fact becomes clearer for democrats who want to win in november bernie's chances of a comeback diminish more. his best chance for revival is the debate. if biden falters, the doubt could return otherwise the twilight of the sanders revolution. >> sanders isn't going anywhere. he didn't come this far to pack up his socialist tent, hammer and sickle and move on. i believe the next test for democrats will be at the platform committee. every plank of that platform bernie has -- that's the only influence he has over the nominee. to keep his agenda alive. so to think that socialism is dead in the democratic party. it is just beginning. >> i'm not sure i would go so far as to say that it's just

beginning. look, i totally agree with brad that bernie sanders will continue just as he did four years ago. he will continue because he wants to have a voice. he wants to have an impact and he will try to influence the platform and i suspect there will be some concessions. what you saw last night from joe biden was exactly the right tone in which he didn't gloat, he didn't, you know, beat his chest. he extended a hand to bernie sanders and his supporters. four years ago. but let's make no mistake. these things are dominated by the nominee. joe biden will make sure that the platform reflects his agenda. he will give a few bones to bernie sanders but this is joe biden's party right now.

>> there is no doubt this will be a problem for democrats going into november. and i take nothing away from the incredible job that president trump did four years ago to build the coalition that got him elected. i still think he is the odds-on favorite to win reelection. republicans should be running scared at this moment. the problem of bernie sanders defection from the party that absolutely benefited the trump campaign four years ago. it will this time as well. but the other thing is again the fact that you don't have -- joe biden might be a bumling idiot and a lot of things but people don't hate him. that's not something he engenders in people. >> ed: there is no hillary clinton that divides. >> that drag of hillary clinton four years ago is just becoming as clear as i think a lot of people realized four years ago but we're seeing it in black and white numbers.

just how intensely that dislike for her was a drag on democrats. >> ed: charlie says it's a dangerous moment for the republicans and the president. cnn saying it's a dangerous moment for the democrats. >> i think this is a very dangerous moment for the democratic party. you have now an insurgency that is about to be defeated. what do you do with the people that you defeat? i think tonight there will be a lot of relief on the part of the establishment. but temper it and turn -- turn to those people and say we want to be your champion. if you don't do that you will have -- >> ed: when we pressed the biden campaign what is your pitch to the sanders' voters? we want to beat trump. there is no here where we will meet you on medicare for all. there is more time here, we don't like trump. is that enough? >> look, that's part of the message but i think part of the message, what joe biden has

done -- i think this is underestimated, he is likable to a lot of democrats but he is also seen as a fighter, a working class champions. bernie sanders was arguing he was the guy that would bring the working class along with him. working class voters are voting for joe biden. for joe biden to reach out to a lot of these voters he will have some challenges primarily with young voters, primarily with latino voters right now. for him to win them over he has to continue to say you know what? we're -- we want to come together to beat president trump to this end and that end is fighting for the working class. if that's the message, then i think he can start to pull some of them in. >> sandra: for the trump campaign they say the president is unstoppable in all of this. this is brad parscale. it never matters who the democratic opponent is. there are two options left they are two sides of the same coin.

>> to charlie's point like always you are 10 points behind. take nothing for granted. the thing president trump understood more than anybody else in the last race he could count. he knew what he needed to do to win. the same map. the same challenges. joe biden will have problems in the rust belt. when you tell miners and energy workers basically you are out of business, folks, you will have to find something else to do. that's not a very good message for people who ordinarily would be in joe biden's camp 100%. he is looking them in the eye telling them you are out of business. hillary clinton did the same thing. that's not a very good message. >> that is an important thing about 2016 and a lot of people overlook it. 2016 was a very issue-oriented campaign. the most issue-oriented campaign at the presidential level that i've ever covered. if it is again president will win all those voters again this time on those issues. >> maybe. >> and on that record. >> maybe. you've seen democrats begin to

coalesce whether in the sanders or biden wing of the party. coalesce around one core economic message. that is who is this economy working for? >> sandra: we gave pete benningfield two opportunities to give their campaign pitch. she didn't bring up the economy. i'll play the tape. we didn't hear her bring the economy. how can they run against donald trump on the economy? >> when you hear joe biden on the stump or the debate stage he is pushing that message. this is an economy not working for everyone, folks. this is an economy working for some people but not for you. >> the facts aren't on your side. >> there are lots of indicators right now that there are people in the working class, people in the rust belt and people still struggling. that's where the fight is going to be, right? that's where you'll have two sides with strong arguments to make and i think it is going to be a jump ball in a lot of

these states. >> i think in those places trump's record and -- people know intuitively they look around and see their own family and neighbors. i think they vote along those lines. and i just think that trump wins that argument. >> when people go into the voting booth historically and bears truth am i better off today than i was four years ago? they vote selfishly but look towards a patriotic one as well. >> sandra: a lot can change. the dow down 900 points. we'll see what happens. that could make a big difference where we are. >> ed: we're out of time folks. >> sandra: we'll leave it there, guys, thank you. >> ed: a look at the dow stocks sinking now amid skepticism over the president's stimulus plan to combat the coronavirus. part of that economic package could include pushing the april 15th tax filing deadline back

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seem to have a solution yet. pelosi is thinking about pushing other things that don't have anything to do with the payroll tax cut the president wants. >> looking what secretary mnuchin said on capitol hill the payroll tax cut seems to be at best to the side of the table and being put on hold. he referred to it along a lines if we have to do a phase two to help the economy maybe you start to talk about that. to your point two days ago the president was putting it on the table as cutting payroll taxes for employers and employees, at least we were told floating it at a meeting. we aren't there anymore. as senator graham more on the targeted phase where you talk about paid sick leave, expanded unemployment insurance, things that can be done on a bipartisan basis and quickly from what we understand secretary mnuchin had a phone conversation with speaker pelosi about those things this morning. they think they can move quickly there. that makes sense. you have to be able to get

these things passed some of them in the congress, payroll tax cut doesn't look like it. >> sandra: they are also talking about extending the tax deadline in april. i think we have sound here. okay. >> he did do that. deferring taxes is something in his testimony that he talked about putting $2 billion in the system as a result of being able to do that for some workers and also for some businesses. i think the bigger picture when we look at the market down almost 900 points. everybody you talk to that looks at this no matter what their views are big picture. wall street there is not a lot of big picture views to be had. everyone agrees there is some sort of economic damage that is already being done and continue to be dofnlt >> sandra: we're able to cue it up. secretary mnuchin. >> we're looking at providing substantial relief to certain

taxpayers and small businesses who will be able to get extensions on their taxes and we think we can provide over 200 billion of liquidity into the economy by delaying certain tax payments. >> i think i misspoke, $2 billion of liquidity into the economy. at least the secretary would argue it is a short-term stimulus and what all of this is trying to mitigate the damage. help people get through this period of time and then if you are on capitol hill you start to talk about things bigger picture and maybe tax cuts are part of that, that are more difficult to pass. i think maybe that conversation now is being pushed back a little bit. >> ed: airlines have been hard hit in terms of their bottom line. stocks rallying over the last 24 hours because maybe people think they came down, they'll come back up. fuel prices are coming down. good for the airlines. now we learn the faa is waiving

a minimum flight requirement. >> that just came out a little while ago. that's interesting because that's what we're talking about. things that can be done quickly. the faa can just act and make it essentially easier for an airline to cancel a flight. they are looking at airports that are congested, lax and san francisco and new york and washington have a lot of volume. if you operate in those airports on a normal basis there are slot requirements so you have to use these slots that are allocated to you as an airline 80% of the time, right? so the faa will say until the end of may we'll waive that. they can cancel the flights easier and save money. what was interesting about this and we'll have to watch it. if they issue a waiver to a foreign-owned airline they want

a reciprocal treatment from that country same as they are doing here. they will be watching what other countries do and if they do follow through they'll issue the waivers. ist is something that can be done quickly. >> sandra: we'll follow through and watch you at 4:00 on fbn. >> ed: afghanistan's president agrees to release hundreds of taliban prisoners as part of the peace deal the group struck with the united states. >> sandra: why are some members of the taliban attacking afghan forces in the region? we're live at the pentagon with brand-new details next.

>> president trump: general will be remembered as one of the finest and dedicated soldiers in a long and storied history of the united states military, no question about it. >> sandra: president trump presenting the presidential medal of freedom to jack keane

at the white house yesterday praising him as a courageous warrior and fierce patriot. keane also a fox new senior strategic analyst said he was deeply honored to receive the medal which he called an extraordinary award. well deserved and congratulations. >> ed: came from humble beginnings in new york. afghanistan set to release 1500 taliban prisoners as a first step overture to start negotiations with the group as part of the u.s./taliban peace accord. we're live at the pentagon. >> the afghan government plans to release these price iners even though the taliban have not stopped their attacks. >> the taliban need to keep their part of the bargain. they are continuing attacks. those attacks are low in scale, not directed against coalition forces. they're occurring and not consistent with a movement

toward a negotiated settlement. >> as part of the deal signed the afghan government must release up the 5,000 taliban prisoners before talks can begin. negotiations were supposed to start yesterday in oslo, norway but delayed over the prisoner issue. the taliban wants all the prisoners out first despite the stalled talks, u.s. military has already started pulling thousands of troops out of afghanistan. last week secretary mike pompeo said the taliban severed its ties with al qaeda. >> we did what president obama tried to do. to get the taliban to make a public break with al qaeda. >> that's something they'll have to demonstrate. that hasn't been demonstrated. as we go forward we'll have ample time to see if they do that. >> he doesn't need to trust the taliban or believing anything they say. >> ed: thank you. >> sandra: president trump and vice president pence are

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>> sandra: from america's newsroom new closures and cancellations during fierce of the coronavirus. >> ed: potential knock outblow

to bernie sanders. >> sandra: a major retailer tightening up rules on buying guns. >> ed: a boy swallowed alive by a mud pit. >> sandra: a ban on kids doing yoga in our schools. it comes with a catch. no chanting allowed. more on that. >> ed: first a fox news alert. the president and vice president set to hold a big meeting now trying to soften the economic impact of the coronavirus. welcome back to "america's newsroom." >> sandra: i'm sandra smith. that meeting with bank ceos set for this afternoon at the white house as coronavirus explode across the country with 1,000 cases in the u.s. 30 people have died. alex azar the health and human services secretary earlier. >> we're working with states and local authorities to make sure we implement aggressive measures to mitigate the impact

in the country. no way the united states as the center of the global economy is immune from this. but what we are doing under president trump's very strong leadership is slowing traffic into the united states, slowing spread into the united states. >> ed: john roberts is live with more. busy day at the white house, otherwise known as wednesday. >> exactly. it's the same thing day in and day out. good morning. the dow takes another dive off the high board. the president trying to again calm fears about the economy meeting today with the heads of seven banks this afternoon including bank of america, citibank, j.p. morgan, goldman sachs, wells fargo and the president tried to calm the markets to keep the economy from slowing down. yesterday proposing to senate republicans a plan to suspect social security payroll taxes until the end of the year. that would reduce to zero the

12.4% payroll tax shared by employees and employers. in 2019 the revenues from that amounted to $914 billion. i asked the president's chief economic advisor larry kudlow how the president could accomplish that and not blow a gigantic hole in the budget. here is what he said. >> the payroll tax holiday is a bold move, very bold move and always been a bold president. we've been cutting taxes and rolling back regulations and changing trade deals and opening up the energy sector and doing things that nobody thought we could do. >> the president is also thinking about making the cut to the payroll tax if he can get it permanent. democrats who supported a smaller 2% cut to payroll taxes in 2010 slammed the president for the idea of a tax cut and then slammed him in a general way. here is the senate minority leader. >> we are very worried about

the president's incompetence and lack of focus on fighting the spread of coronavirus. we believe that his lack of focus is hamstringing efforts to address this public crisis. and inflicting pain on the stock market. >> amid the political bickering between the senate and the white house but the doctors up on capitol hill this morning fauci saying today we have not ye how much worse we'll get will depend on our ability to do two things. to contain the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country. bottom line, it is going to get

worse. >> we're learning this morning from the treasury department that the april 15th tax deadline could be pushed back. we aren't sure how far. they have not yet made a decision on that. i'm told it's one of the things under consideration. treasury secretary mutschin said deferring the tax deadline could inject as much as $200 billion of liquidity into the u.s. economy sorely needed at a time like this. doing anything with taxes, ed, creates a lot of bickering back and forth between the white house and democrats in congress. also on the vice president's plate today is meeting with ceos of hospital at 1:00 this afternoon and meeting with the ceos of the banks with the president at 3:00. a lot happening today. >> ed: thank you, john roberts. >> sandra: the markets seeing another steep drop in trading today just a couple hours into trading. the dow is off 950 points. a lot of volatility again in

markets this week. let's bring in allianz chief economic advisor former chair of president obama's global development counsel. mohammed, good morning. first off, you have been making headlines looking at the stock market today. you said while a bull market could eventually continue there could be further selling to come. why? >> because the coronavirus is doing two things that a very unusual. first simultaneous destruction of demand and supply. you see it in the airline industry. we travel less. they take out flights, lay off people. what does that do? reduces it further. the second , fear, fear causes paralysis, causes uncertainty and causes risk aversion. put these two things together and we're looking unfortunately at a major slowdown.

it is a good thing the policy response is stepping up. >> sandra: is a stimulus needed for the economy based on where things are today? >> what's needed is to follow what you are seeing coming out. the signals. a, we need a multi-stage approach. b, it needs to focus first on timely and targeted measures that address the most vulnerable segments and individuals in our economy. three, it has to be the whole of government package. finally, it has to be coordinated internationally. this is a global problem. we imported this. it is not our problem. we imported it as did other countries from china and you need a collective action. >> sandra: it is our problem now. we had art laffer on the program earlier and he compared it to other moments in history. they lived through, 1987 and the response at the federal

level and how important that is. he says we cannot mess this moment up. you just heard larry kudlow talking about the president's bold move considering this payroll tax holiday. what would the impact be of that? >> so that's going to help mainly balance sheets. if we get a tax cut, if we get lower interest rate loans it will help the balance sheet but not help us get involved in the economy. it won't help us travel or take cruises. so it is important that it helps the balance sheet but it won't be enough. we need a couple more things. one we need medical advances that do two things. assure people you can contain the virus and immunity is going up. the best one is a vaccine. second we need to protect the most vulnerable segments of our economy and society. they will be hit really hard. >> sandra: i want up to put "the new york times" headline. trump plays down virus threat.

you heard from larry kudlow talking about the payroll tax holiday and here is governor cuomo on another network reacting this morning. let's listen together. >> i think this is going to be the public health version of hurricane katrina. the federal government has fallen down on the jobs and let the states do it. >> sandra: he made that comparison multiple times in an interview this morning. i know you are looking at the stock market the way the markets are -- the bond market as well and the reaction that we have seen and what we may see to come. look at the dow at 24,000 this morning. just reached down the 1,000 mark in today's trading session. forecast what happens next. >> massive volatility to continue and we've seen that. and for a simple reason. we have lost the anchor of faith in central banks at a time when markets are confused. let me cite three quick things. on the economy, what should

they look at? the damage on the ground or the policy response? on health, china containment or italy? so there is a lot of complications. >> sandra: we've got breaking news. appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> ed: disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison. he was convicted earlier of rape and sexual assault. alex hogan is live outside the u.s. supreme court with more details. >> good morning, ed. the sentence just coming out minutes ago. we know harvey weinstein is sentenced to 23 years behind bars and then he will have five years of post release supervision. for the first time we heard him address the court. he hasn't done this throughout the trial. he was saying that these were all extramarital affairs. these were friendships. he was protecting these women. this has been an emotional

morning for all of the women in court behind me. more than 90 women came forward through these years saying that he sexually assaulted them whether it was recently or decades ago. those women, the two women at the cornerstone of the case were able to address the court themselves today saying that all of this really coming as a weight on them and the ptsd and depression they suffered in the years following that. so again here again the breaking news that we should tell you if you are just joining us 23 years, that's the sentence that harvey weinstein will now face as a result of this. those women addressing the court saying the 67-year-old changed the course of their future warping what they identified as and their relationships with people. these newly unsealed documents we received this week shows the final efforts by the movie mogul to try to shape the future of what this court case would look like and the scandal.

defense team making a last-ditch effort to try to get the minimum sentence. that was not allowed. he will face 23 years behind bars. weinstein is currently in a wheelchair. the last time he left court he went to the hospital instead of going to jail because he had to undergo heart surgery. he is also suffering from a back surgery. that's why we saw him time and time again in the courthouse entering with a walker but again now leaving in a wheelchair. we likely will not see him here. however we're expected to hear from the defense team as well as the accusers' lawyers. a lot coming out of this. >> ed: a lot coming down indeed. 23 years in prison. thank you for the details. >> sandra: fox news alert from chicago where the st. patrick's day parade has officially been postponed amid growing fears over the spread of the coronavirus. illinois is now reporting eight new cases as of yesterday.

several other st. patrick's day parades have been canceled. dublin, denver and philadelphia among others. in chicago no st. patrick's day parade. >> they are talking about march madness. charles barkley was saying it would be a travesty if they don't have spectators there. much more on the coronavirus coming up amid growing concerns with hospital capacity. if cases increase dramatically across the country. >> sandra: joe biden racking up victories and beating bernie sanders. is biden's delegate lead insurmountable? we'll be talking about that next. >> as i said from the beginning, this election is one that has character on the ballot. character of the candidates and the nation is on the ballot. team at newday usa is helping more veterans refinance than ever.

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illinois. peter doocy is live in cleveland for us this morning with more. hey, peter. >> we're still in cleveland because there is still an ohio primary next tuesday. we just don't know if candidates will be back before that. they tried to come last night, biden and sanders, but the governor, a republican, asked the campaigns not to host any large indoor events. joe biden went to philadelphia

where he started thanking bernie sanders and his supporters for their energy. >> in just the past week so many of my competitors have endorsed me. mayor pete buttigieg, amy klobuchar, beto o'rourke, mike bloomberg, cory booker, and kamala harris. together we're bringing this party together. that's what we have to do. tonight -- >> we still haven't heard from bernie sanders who won north dakota and waiting to hear about washington state. loss everywhere else. we have only heard from biden who won everywhere else. >> just over the week ago many of the pundits declared this candidacy was dead. now we're very much alive. >> now a biden endorseers, house democratic whip james clyburn gave an interview and

he said when the night is over joe biden will be the favorite to win the nominee. if tonight ends the way it has gunny think it is time for us to shut this primary down and cancel the rest of these primary debates. now, just yesterday bernie sanders was saying he thought now that it's down to a two-man race the next debate, the first one that would have two on stage was a great opportunity for him to contrast himself with joe biden. we know the next debate won't have an audience amid coronavirus concerns but biden official said late last night as far as they know, this thing is still happening on sunday. >> sandra: peter doocy on the ground in cleveland for us. thank you. >> ed: for more let's bring in fox news contributor ari fleischer. let's start with james clyburn and james carville saying it's over. time for the primaries to be called off. joe biden can't look like he is pushing bernie sanders aside.

>> it doesn't look good that they put biden in bubble wrap and show respect for bernie's voters. >> ed: what about the bubble wrap point you make? we asked the chief spokesperson for the biden camp about what the trump campaign has been putting out with the videos and everything and now the rallies are shorter, seven minutes the other day. the perspective, the expectation is that they are trying to keep joe biden under wraps. can you get away with that over the long term of the campaign? >> anybody been involved in campaign, candidates don't want to speak for 10 minutes, 12 minutes at a rally. they have a lot on their mind. they want to stand up and connect and talk to voters. you are only doing what you have to hide your candidate and everybody knows it. 10, 12 minute speech is the oddest thing anybody in presidential politics has ever heard of. the reason? they're scared what biden might do if he is on there for a long

time. >> ed: we pressed the spokesperson. sandra asked her a couple of times what is your pitch. here is your opportunity to reach out to the sanders' voters. it was a message of we don't like donald trump and why you should come together. >> i hope it's not a surprise to anybody watching right now that joe biden takes no malarkey. our campaign -- he won't let somebody distort his record. he was very clear where he stands on the second amendment where he stands on sensible gun reform. you will never see joe biden apologize for being direct. >> it was in context about the voter that he confronted and she said it is about no malarkey. will voters be okay with that? democrats seem to think joe biden speaking his mind is not such a bad thing. >> voting against donald trump is a powerful message. when she doesn't give a positive agenda to attract a

bernie voter, it is powerful. the part about the voter, yes and no. one thing for joe biden who has the wrap of being sleepy and take on a voter in vigor and shows rudeness. when he speaks down and talks like this to a blue collar voter. yes and no. it cuts both ways. >> her response this voter was misrepresenting his position on gun control and so he speaks his mind just like the president punches back when he thinks people are treating him unfairly. >> the difference is, the president is a tough guy and speaks back like that. with biden doing it, it is odd. who swears at a voter like this? it is not what biden has been like? where did this come from? it cuts both ways. on substance joe biden was wrong and voter was right.

when he talk about beto being the head of your gun policy. >> ed: late deciders, a couple weeks ago looked like bernie sanders had the momentum. a lot of money in the back. michigan 65% late deciders go biden. mississippi 81%. missouri 71%. a party to your point that has been engaged on the idea they want to come together to defeat president trump in their eyes but also they were scared about socialism. >> this is why sunday's debate counts so much. the reason why late deciders have been breaking for joe biden started with the debate on the eve of the south carolina primary. he had vigor and showed energy and gave people an excuse to be for him. >> ed: i want to speak at one point because they weren't calling on him. >> he asserted himself and showed energy lacking prior for many months. can you imagine sunday if he flops on the debate stage?

debates matter. people see these things with their own eyes. the race is not over yet. >> ed: we'll watch it. thanks for coming in in person. >> sandra: good to see you. meanwhile breaking news harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in price on for rape and sexual assault. we're live outside the courthouse with brand-new reaction. >> ed: the national guard called in to help a new york city suburb dealing with dozens of coronavirus cases and how officials plan to prevent more patients. >> if you see national guard on the streets and outside your home it is natural and human to find it somewhat unsettling. i want to emphasize the guard is here to help us. there's a company that's talked to even more real people

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area surrounding the most dense cluster of cases in the nation. 108 people sick with the coronavirus here in new rochelle. these soldiers will help deliver food to the quarantined and help clean schools that will be closed for the next two weeks affecting 5500 students. stores can remain open but houses of worship will shut down with no large gatherings permitted until the virus is under control. new york state now has at least 174 confirmed cases and 46 in new york city according to the mayor. new jersey just had its first death connected to covid-19. one of 18 states now declare emergencies including several in the northeast. new york has the most cases outside of washington state and the governor says he is hoping to contain it here. >> we have to take action. we have to do something. this is not going to stop spreading on its own. it never has, not in china, korea or hong kong. we're going to determine our fate and we'll have to take

actions. our action in new rochelle is just no large gatherings. >> it's still not clear exactly where the guard will be deployed but there will be somewhere inside this containment zone that begins at the edge of this park and stretches about two miles to the north including new rochelle high school which as of today is closed. >> sandra: rick leventhal there. >> ed: as the coronavirus spreads across the country there are concerns hospitals could be tested as they face a lot of stress. reports that facilities could run out of beds or even see a shortage in critical medical supplies. let's separate fact from fiction with congressman mark green. he hits on the oversight and homeland security committees. it's great to have you. do you believe as a key member of congress overseeing some of this that there could be a shortage of beds or could be a shortage of medical supplies? how concerned are you.

>> we're in the middle of influenza season. there is a surge capacity that has been sort of moved into with influenza and something we have to watch closely. i think the president bought us time and so the way our outbreak curve is going to look it will be less peak and spread out more over time because of his travel restrictions and quarantining people coming over. you can't stop it but you can certainly slow it. i think that's what has happened and our capacity will be okay. >> ed: those are preparations that his task force has been involved in. the headline from a magazine. the u.s. does not have enough icu beds or ventilators to deal with even a moderate coronavirus outbreak. not a large one but a moderate one and look at these statistics, hospitals across the country over 6100 staffed beds. you should see there over 924,000. what more could the president's

task force be doing do you believe in order to prepare for this specific issue? >> i'm certain things are going on behind the scenes that worst case scenario planning. you look at the ability to use the national guard. there are medical units in our national guard. we have the capacity to have deployed icu beds for the military. all of those are out there. i'm sure they are looking at all those resources as potential use that aren't in the numbers that you are quoting there. >> ed: congressman mark green, appreciate your insights this morning. , 23 years as he has been sentenced. his lawyers spaoeng outside the court. let's listen. >> did you know what he was about to say today at all? did you have any idea and did you counsel him on that? >> at this juncture i don't

think -- [inaudible] >> what is the new health issue? >> he has a right to some privacy so i'm not going to get into what those are. he underwent a heart procedure and he has other issues and we'll have to deal with it. >> why didn't he apologize? >> when you have an appeal going. he said he is innocent. while an appeal is going on he won't change his position. >> where do you think the appeal will be held? >> probably july. >> anything different in the case you would have done with your strategy? >> i don't think there is anything different we could have done. we were faced with the evidence and we had to address the evidence and that's what we did. >> [inaudible question] >> when you look at somebody

harvey's age and his health you have to look at whether or not the judge is giving him a life sentence, right? in new york i think the lawyer can speak -- we certainly -- [inaudible] >> how do you think harvey weinstein is going to handle this? >> he is tougher than a lot of you may think. he has gone through 2 1/2 years of this media intensity, jury trial. he has been very -- i think he will handle it like anybody handles it that gets incarcerated. >> what do you think about l.a. and what's next? >> whatever l.a. is in contact with new york we don't hear about it and we aren't sure. [inaudible] >> [inaudible question]. >> when somebody gets sentenced by a judge, the judge is

supposed to take into consideration not just the crimes of conviction but mitigating circumstance. things that people have done in the past that are laudable. so when a criminal defendant is sentenced what did just the man say. you have to look at their past and their charitable contributions and things like that. we wanted the raise those issues here. >> [inaudible question] >> one where his health can be taken care of appropriately. >> i just want i had to thank the new york state court officers and the people who run this business and the stenographers in the courtroom as the representatives of new york i wanted to show my chicago colleagues the best of new york. i really felt like those people who work in this courthouse and many of you in the media here on a regular basis showed off how great this city is. of course, our criminal justice

system here in new york. one of the ways it's judged is how we treat people who are really reviled. people who are really not very popular. maybe the most hated people in the world. and those people are supposed to deserve the same fairness that everyone else deserves. justice is supposed to be blind. because today the new york city criminal justice system saw a sentenced handed down that is three times the mean of the state average, that includes people who are predicate felons meaning they have multiple felony convictions unlike mr. weinstein. those people get eight years. mr. weinstein is possibly getting 23 years. that was not a part of the new york city criminal justice system that i was proud to show my colleagues from chicago. >> sandra: harvey weinstein has

just been sentenced to 23 years in prison. nothing different could have been done according to one of his lawyers. alex hogan is live with the breaking news. >> you mentioned we just heard from the defense team and they will appeal saying the sentence is far too much. under new york state law they did have to wait until after the sentencing to formally file that appeal. 23 years. he also has five years of supervised post relief supervision. that's what he will face, his birthday is next week and he will turn 68. he likely won't be getting out if he serves the entire time until his 90th birthday. all of this ending today with some of the victims in the courtroom leaving, some of them crying. many clapping saying it's the moment they were waiting for. there is also a release sent out about the group of women who came forward against harvey weinstein. they said his legacy will always be he is a convicted

rapist. going to jail. no amount of jail or time will repair the lives he has ruined. again, 23 years is what he is facing, sandra. that appeal just in the works. >> sandra: alex hogan outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. >> ed: let's get a little bit more from former federal prosecutor doug burns. good morning. you seemed surprised that this is a pretty long sentence. >> it is a harsh sentence. you heard one of the defense attorneys say that it is in excess of the mean and average. i would say this, basically it reflected his pattern of overall conduct. don't forget there was something like 82 alleged victims. the court took that into account. one legal point. at trial you heard a lot of discussion about a rule meaning can other victims who is not charged with testify. a big legal dust-up.

>> ed: they couldn't testify. >> some did, some didn't. for sentencing the judge can take everything in account and where he got hurt. >> ed: he spoke in court and gave a rambling speech to the court that he thought his relationships with his victims were consensual and he was totally confused about what had happened to him. he added i really feel remorse for this situation. i feel it deeply in my heart and i am really trying to be a better person but judge burke was unmoved by that. >> that's a bad move. you are working both sides of the room to simplify this. you can't say i'm remorseful for what happened but i didn't do that. simple. the point is i'm smiling a little because i've faced these situations for 35 years in court. the point is either judge, i'm really sorry for what i did. i was convicted, i'm so sorry, i ask for remorse and forgiveness. a, i did nothing wrong but by the way i'm remorseful.

absolutely no good. >> ed: what does that portend in terms of the appeal that the rest of the legal team talked about? they'll push and say you heard him citing the statistics the mean is eight years or so for the charges. he is getting 23 years. given what you just said about maybe a misfire in court where he is flipping on well i'm sorry for what i didn't do, is there any chance it will be reduced? >> the appeal will be less about the sentence. you are right, they'll raise that. it was an excessive sentence. it is within the parameters and there is a lot of other bad conduct. the real guts, the essence of the appeal, ed, will be the witnesses that the judge erred in allowing them to testify. that's the good news for the appeal. the bad news for the appeal i discussed it with a couple of colleagues last night. when you have a split verdict. they didn't find him guilty of the two most serious charges, that hurts the defense on appeal. the argument from the state is

the jury consciously sorted out the various charges and were not prejudiced. >> ed: the los angeles case, whether or not he will face charges. >> in terms of los angeles many of us will say they may not go forward. >> ed: he is already facing 23 years. appreciate your insight. >> sandra: thank you. nursing homes across the country on lockdown trying to protect their residents from the spread of coronavirus as new concerns are raised about some measures being taken. can , knowing we're prepared for tomorrow. wow, do you think you overdid it maybe? overdid what? well planned, well invested, well protected. voya. be confident to and through retirement. breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! ahhhh! i can breathe again! ughh!

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>> the facility is in lockdown. had a lady in my lobby crying yesterday because she couldn't see her husband who she has been married to for 64 years. >> sandra: nursing homes taking drastic measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus after 19 fatalities at that long-term care facility in washington state. now we go beyond the headlines

this morning to take a look at some of the actions that are being taken to protect the most vulnerable. joining us now the dr. eric rackow former president of nyu and executive chairman of e family care. appreciate your time. what can we do to protect this vulnerable population? >> good morning. sandra. nice to be on the show and thanks for having me. as you just said, the elderly are more vulnerable and particularly vulnerable because as we grow older we develop underlying chronic conditions like heart disease or lung disease or diabetes. and that makes all the people prone to have more severe disease and even have severe enough disease that their lungs aren't able to handle the viral infection pneumonia. that leads to a higher mortality rate. we know about the problem in

nursing home in washington and it's a good example how vulnerable elderly people are. i think that in the first order one has to practice in the nursing home the same kind of approach that you take in your own home in protecting the elderly. that is to say mitigate by distancing from social gatherings and crowding, wash your hands, don't touch your face. clean surfaces that you are going to touch. and in general the ability of older folks to understand how to do that, may be decreased because of cognitive or functional decline so it falls upon the nursing home and especially the family caregiver to give guidance to air aging loved ones. >> sandra: governor cuomo being one of his biggest concerns is

the nursing homes. >> my number one concern, my nightmare nursing homes, senior citizen centers, congregate care facilities for seniors. that's the vulnerable population and what we need to keep an eye on. that's where we could have a real issue. >> sandra: final thoughts as we take on another day protecting those most vulnerable to the spread of this disease. >> i think with nursing homes, it is important for families to check with the nursing home about their plans and the status of protecting their loved ones. it would be helpful to use digital health or tele health communication with your loved one. your loved one is not isolated and feeling alone and it is important that at the end of the day make sure the nursing homes are using reverse isolation in terms of people entering them preventing exposure to somebody who may have been in contact with

someone who is infected. i think that can be done. >> sandra: it is good guidance. so many of us have loved ones that we regularly visit and hard to stop that. in some cases it might be best. great guidance and great message. thank you, doctor. >> ed: turning away from the coronavirus scare as another imagine or retailer is about to scale gun sales way back and tighten up rules on buying. we'll tell you where. that's ensure max protein, with high protein and 1 gram sugar. it's a sit-up, banana! bend at the waist! i'm tryin'! keep it up. you'll get there. whoa-hoa-hoa! 30 grams of protein, and one gram of sugar. ensure max protein.

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