again, the president of the united states from the white house live on the threat of coronavirus and what we're going to do about it. we'll be covering it in full. see you tomorrow. >> sean: welcome to hannity. this is a fox news news alert. it's 9:00 on the east coast, 6:00 on the west coast and in a few moments president trump will be addressing the nation from the oval office about the coronavirus. the president is expected to be making big important news about how to protect all americans during this pandemic. as soon as the president begins speaking we'll bring it to you all live but first joining us live is white house chief correspondent john roberts. >> sean, good evening to you. we're expecting according to white house sources that the president's address tonight about 10 or 12 minutes in length will be calming in tonight. the president wants to assure the nation that the federal government in conjunction with the private sector has things

well in hand. the president will also say we're at an inflection point and how this goes, going forward, will depend on what we do right now. one of the things the president is expected to address new possible travel restrictions and advisories particularly for european countries. he'll also say that getting ahead of it as he did by restricting travel from china bought valuable time for america in comparison to what some european nations did, who are having a much more difficult time with this right now but the local communities need to take far more aggressive action than they are taking now. sean, in addition to having a calming tonight the president will call for unity and optimism to fight the coronavirus. we now go to the oval office where the president is prepared to address the nation. >> president trump: tonight i want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world.

today the world health organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. we've been in frequent contact with our allies and we're marshalling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the american people. this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. i am confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures we'll significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we'll ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. from the beginning of time, nations and people have faced unforeseen challenges, including large scale and very dangerous health threats. this is the way it always was and always will be. it only matters how you respond and we're responding with great speed and professionalism. our team is the best anywhere in the world.

at the very start of the outbreak, we instituted sweeping travel restrictions on china and put in place the first federally mandated quarantine in over 50 years. we declared a public health emergency and issued the highest level of travel warning on other countries as the virus spread its horrible infection. and taking early, intense action, we've seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in europe. the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots. as a result a large number of new clusters in the united states were seeded by travelers from europe. after consulting with our top government health professionals, i have decided to take several strong but necessary actions to protect the health and

well-being of all americans, to keep new cases from entering our shores, we'll be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. these restrictions will be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground. there will be exemptions for americans who have undergone appropriate screenings and these prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other things as we get approval. anything coming from europe to the united states is what we're discussing. these restrictions will also not apply to the united kingdom. at the same time, we're monitoring the situation in china and south korea, and as their situation improves we will reevaluate the restrictions and warnings that are currently in place for a possible early opening. earlier this week i met with the

leaders of health insurance industry who have agreed to waive all co-payments for coronavirus treatments extende insurance coverage to these treatments and to prevent surprise medical billing. we're cutting massive amounts of red tape to make antiviral therapies available in record time. these treatments will significantly reduce the impact and reach of the virus. additionally, last week i signed into law an $8.3 billion funding bill to help cdc and other government agencies fight the virus and support vaccines, treatments, and distribution of medical supplies. testing and testing capabilities are expanding rapidly day by day. we're moving very quickly. the vast majority of americans, the risk is very, very low. young and healthy people can

expect to recover fully and quickly if they should get the virus. the highest risk is for the elderly population with underlying health conditions. the elderly population must be very, very careful, and in particular we're strongly advising that nursing homes for the elderly suspend all medically unnecessary visits. in general, older americans should also avoid nonessential travel in crowded areas. my administration is coordinating directly with communities with the largest outbreaks and we have issued guidance on school closures, social distancing, and reducing large gatherings. smart action today will prevent the spread of the virus tomorrow. every community faces different risks and it is critical for you to follow the guidelines of your hole officials who are working closely with our federal, health experts, and they are the best.

for all americans it is essential that everyone take extra precautions and practice good hygiene. each of us has a role to play in defeating this virus. wash your hands, clean often used surfaces, cover your face and mouth if you sneeze or cough. most of all, if you're sick or not feeling well, stay home. to ensure that working americans impacted by the virus can stay home without fear of financial hardship i will soon be taking emergency action, which is unprecedented, to provide financial relief. this will be targeted for workers who are ill, quarantined or caring for others due to coronavirus. i'll be asking congress to take legislative action to extend this relief. because of the economic policies that we've put into place, over the last three years, we have

the great economy in the world by far. our banks and financial institutions are fully capitalized and incredibly strong. our unemployment is at a historic low. this vast economic prosperity gives us flexibility, reserves, and resources to handle any threat that comes our way. this is not a financial crisis. this is just a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together as a nation and as a world. however, to provide extra support for american workers, families, and businesses, tonight i am announcing the following additional actions. i am instructing the small business administration to exercise available authority to provide capital and liquidity to firms affected by the coronavirus.

effective immediately, the sba will begin providing economic loans in effect in states, and territories. these low interest rate loans will help small businesses overcome temporary economic disruptions caused by the virus. i'm asking congress to increase funding for this program by an additional $50 billion. using emergency authority, i will be instructing the treasury department to defer tax payments without interest or penalties for certain individuals and businesses negatively impacted. this action will provide more than $200 million of additional liquidity to the economy. finally, i am calling on congress to provide americans with immediate payroll tax relief. hopefully, they will consider this very strongly. we're at a critical time in the fight against the virus. we replied a life saving move with early action on china. now we must take the same action

with europe. we'll not delay. i will never hesitate to take any necessary steps to protect the lives, health, and safety of the american people. i will always put the well-being of america first. if we're vigilant, and we can reduce the chance of infection, which we will, we'll significantly impede the transmission of the virus. the virus will not have a chance against us. no nation is more prepared or more resilient than the united states. we have the best economy, the most advanced healthcare, and the most talented doctors, scientists and researchers anywhere in the world. we're all in this together. we must put politics aside, stop the partisanship, and unify together as one nation and one family. as history has proven time and time again, americans always

rise to the challenge and overcome adversity. our future remains brighter than anyone can imagine. acting with compassion and love, we'll heal the sick, care for those in need-our fellow citizens and emerge from this challenge stronger and more unified than ever before. god bless you and god bless america. thank you schul. >> sean: second oval white house address wrapping up. john, a lot of what we've been hearing, the president taking it to another level. he did within three weeks put in a travel began, the quarantine in place now saying for the protection of the american people we're taking these additional steps. >> yeah, this is much bigger, sean, than i imagined or my colleagues imagined. we thought there might be some new travel advisories involving travel to europe but the fact that the president said a lot of the cases that we see here in

the united states were seeded from europe because europe did not put in the same travel restrictions from china that the united states did, back in january, that the president is suspending all travel from europe to the united states, with the exclusion of the united kingdom beginning friday at midnight for the next 30 days. i mean, that's a huge move by the president. one that is sure to shock a lot of people in the european union who were planning on making visits here to the united states in the coming month. i expect you'll also probably get some reaction from european leaders as well. the president reiterating this country, despite what's going on with the stock market, is not in a financial crisis. he said that this is a moment in time that we'll get through. in addition to addressing the health aspect of this, which the president's coronavirus task force had been doing for the last several weeks. also addressing the economic side saying the small business administration will make

available to small businesses that are suffering because of this low-interest loans. he also called for immediate payroll tax relief. we should point out that this is the 12.4% combined employer-employee tax that's paid into social security. this does not include medicare or unemployment insurance. this is the same fica withholding that was addressed back in 2010 with a 2% cut, but the president wants to cut the whole thing until the end of the year. not a lot of support for that in congress. the president also wants to make sure that people who are either in quarantine, people who ill or people who are taking care of someone who is ill are still receiving a paycheck so the president plans on addressing that. the president called for $50 billion, by the way to be added to the pot with the small business administration, which may cause some consternation from some people that the price

tag for this is really beginning to mount quickly, but the president saying, how we address this now really will have an impact on how the future goes. with democrats, calling so loudly for the president to do something different than he's been doing and criticizing him so roundly, sean, the president today called for everyone to put politics aside, for america to come together on this, saying, we can beat this thing but we all need to pull together. we all need to take prudent steps to limit infection, with a special admonition to elderly people to not go out into places where there are large crowds of people because it's been found that the elderly are the most susceptible to this virus. sean? >> sean: john roberts at the white house tonight. thank you. facts, truth matters. perspective matters. tonight, more decisive action and leadership from president trump as we begin our monologue. we have full coverage throughout

this hour. here's something that the media will not tell you. here's something that democrats playing politics will not tell you. we should all listen to the president. this isn't about politics. it's about our american family. there will be plenty of time for politics down the road. from day one this president took aggressive and even unprecedented steps to prevent the spread and mitigate the impact of what's now a global pandemic. we have pandemics from time to time. we had it in 2009-2010 in the obama-biden administration. we'll give you some of that information in a minute. as always the president's mission above all else is to protect the lives of the american people. this should not be a partisan issue. this is not a political talking point. the coronavirus does not discriminate. republicans and democrats, conservatives or liberals, this is a moment we should all work together. a lot of people should protect american workers from this disease and those who are most susceptible and get back to normal. make no mistake. in serious situations truth

matters, facts matter and unfortunately, there has been way too much politicizing of this, too much, well, untruths being told, and actually even some actually weaponizing what's a global pandemic. that all needs to stop. i hope it will. here's what you need to know. there are now around 120,000 individual cases of coronavirus worldwide including an estimated 81,000 in china where new cases are steadily declining. china did not do the world a favor by not acting sooner. they should have acted earlier, been more forthright, honest and were not. 8,000 cases in iran, nearly 8,000 in south korea. around 4,300 people in the entire world have died from the disease. as we now speak, there are around 1,200 cases inside the united states, including 30 american deaths. most of which were from one nursing home in the state of washington. the average age of mortality is

80. according to efficiency, the death rate estimated at 1%. now, those, most at risk are people with underlying medical conditions. the elderly, those with compromised immune systems. people going through chemotherapy, for example, or immunodiseases. for perspective, so far this season there have been 34 million cases of the flu. 20,000 deaths in the u.s. alone. in other words, there have been 1,200 cases of coronavirus versus 34 million cases of the flu. as the senior director of johns hopkins pointed out this week the flu is having much more of an impact than coronavirus. these are facts, for more perspective we go back to 2009. that year more than a thousand americans died in a six-month period from influenza. 20,000 americans had contracted the pandemic before. obama himself declared a

national emergency. one of his health officials on day 11 said it was an emergency and released some funding. got to tell the truth on all cases but a thousand americans at that point had died. ultimately that disease killed around 12,000 plus americans in its first year. now, perspective aside our current president donald trump, he's not leading from behind. in fact, more facts, no president has ever done more, acted more quickly, to slow the spread of a disease. keep in mind, the coronavirus wasn't even officially identified in china until we gave it a name on january 7. december 30 of last year is when they first said, we see that there is a virus that's showing symptoms of pneumonia. we labeled it on january 7. on january 31 of this year, three weeks later, the trump administration declared a public health emergency. no president ever acted that fast. americans returning from areas most impacted, they were subject to mandatory quarantines on

military bases. the travel ban went into effect. the president ordered that on february 2 for all non u.s. citizens who recently visited china even though most officials feared it was too soon for travel restrictions. on the political side joe biden suggested that ban was causing phobia. cnn said we're stigmatizing people from other countries. in the following days the president formed a task force filled with top scientific medical professionals. we're blessed with the best in the world and they are led by the vice president mike pence. every day he's been updating the country. on february 29 the state department issued new travel restrictions for italy, south korea, and iran. at the same time, the fda cut regulations allowing more rapid testing, capacity for coronavirus. on march 2 president trump met with pharmaceutical executives to discuss treatment and vaccination plans. on march 3 the administration ordered the cdc to lift all restrictions on testing. on march 6 the president signed

an $8 billion emergency spending package into law. $8.3 billion to be specific. on march 10 the president met with insurance industry representatives who agreed to wave co-pays for coronavirus-related treatment. this afternoon the president met with banking executives to discuss plans for coronavirus's economic impact and the potential economic and tax relief for workers, of businesses, that are directly impacted by this virus. just moments ago, you just heard the president announce that a temporary travel ban will be extended to the continent of europe excluding the united kingdom. that means there are now restrictions. travel restrictions on continental europe, south korea, iran, and china. will we see new cases of corona in the united states? absolutely. do we need to take it seriously? i've been saying we have to. i want to cure cancer one day. it's amazing how great our medical researchers are, the best but let's be clear.

this administration, their actions in despite of what many have been saying, they have tan unprecedented steps to slow the spread of this disease. the doctor on this program last night, president's quick ban on travel from china likely saved thousands of lives. that one act, in three weeks, unprecedented, probably literally saved thousands of americans from contracting that disease and probably some, the elderly, those with underlying health issues, those with compromised immune systems, yes, facing potential death. china, meanwhile, they have got to be held responsible for the spread of this deadly disease. their dishonesty, their government secrecy, even outright lies. the wuhan coronavirus was able to spread unchecked throughout the world. now thousands are dead, markets are down, businesses are suffering, in part because china lied, suppressed scientists and frankly tried to cover up the disease instead of alerting the

international community which could have been the wiser thing to do. at the end of the day it's another important reminder that china is ruled by a self-interested dictator for life with little concern clearly for the rest of the world. but fear not, back here in the u.s., we do have the best doctors, best scientists, the best medical researchers, the best technology, and we have a president now that is committed to doing, as he said tonight, whatever it will take to save american lives. yeah, we're in the midst of a serious situation. people are nervous, people are panicked. before long, yes, we'll be back. we'll be stronger than ever before. we have faced pandemics before and when we have, what has happened? we find ways. we always do. joining us now, senate judiciary committee chairman lindsey graham. first of all, your overall reaction, it's very hard, i

guess, everything for the next 237 days, will be viewed through the prism of politics in a presidential election. that's the nature of politics. this should be something that's not political but it has been politicized. let's be honest. no president ever acted faster. the president was criticized for the travel ban, criticized for the quarantined. criticized, no matter what he did on this particular thing, immediately gave us $8.3 million to set up the task force. i gave a rundown, a timeline, and he's still getting hit. >> if you want to play the criticism game, almost every democrat kim out hard against president trump when he shut down travel from china. the strongest decision he's made, the most important decision, was to act early when he saw what was happening in china. what the president said tonight, it's about us as a nation, not my party, it's about all of us. so he gave an economic vaccine. if we will follow his lead, i'm

not so sure about the payroll tax yet but everything else he said made sense to me to stabilize the economy and prevent the spread of the virus. the president was incredibly presidential tonight. he was reassuring. he's doing everything he can, in my view to stop the spread of the virus. we're taking it serious but we're not going to go crazy. >> sean: all right. lets go through what the president has been saying tonight. he'll always put the well-being of the people first. no nation is better prepared than the u.s. we're all in this together. put politics aside, which would be good for once. he put the travel ban into place for europe for 30 days with the exception of the uk. emergency actions for providing financial relief for businesses directly impacted. i guess the crews industry, the airline industry, and workers, by the way, hourly paid workers so they won't lose their jobs and will have some financial relief if they have to stay out for caution.

anything else he should be doing in your view? >> i can't think of anything. i know this. if president obama had given this same speech, they would be applauding all over the country for decisive leadership, clear eyed view of the problem, taking action, preventative action. trying to bring about economic stability before it gets worse. trying to prevent the spread of the virus. i hope that everybody listening tonight saw a president who was in command of the issue, in charge, ready to do whatever is necessary to stabilize the economy, and protect the american people. i would just say this of all the economies in the world we're the strongest, and of all the places in the world to provide quality healthcare america is the premier spot on the planet and we're going to stay that way. >> sean: let's talk about, there is a need for some prospective. i've been trying to get it. this is 2009-2010. this isn't about politics, but

12,000 americans died, 20,000 contracted the disease. there was never a travel ban. there was never any type of quarantine put into place. there was not this level of alarmism, even the markets didn't react this particular way. i have never seen a president instinctively put a ban in place and take a lot of heat for it. why, if the flu, pure numbers, much more dangerous, why do you think there is this reaction that we see everywhere, which we -- we've got to take everything seriously. i want a cure for cancer and heart disease, for the flu, for the common cold and for corona. of course we've got to be careful. >> i think the exotic nature of it. it came out of china, left field, nobody understands exactly what it's all about yet. coronavirus case is like an airplane crash. the flu is like a car wreck. we have a lot of car wrecks. people die in car wrecks but it doesn't get much coverage. every time somebody gets

infected with the coronavirus, that's the way the media has treated this. they have treated it like a series of airplane crashes and all i can say about the president, if you've got a better idea come forward. i hope what you'll do is not sign it off as some democratic package coming out of the house tomorrow, that won't grow the economy but will grow the size of the government. we don't need economic stimulus for the federal government. we need economic stimulus for the american people, and they are going to want to grow government and what the president wants to do is help the economy. >> sean: and i think this is an important thing. now, the president is right. i mean, bringing all these bankers in, wall street guys in, i think -- listen, we've had the greatest economic growth we've had. we see the jittery markets reacting day by day to what's going on. the added factor of an oil battle, if you will, between russia and the saudis and opec.

that does not help things but at the end of the day we've had unprecedented economic growth. the question is, if we can keep these numbers low, local cities, local states, municipalities doing their thing, schools closing as they deem necessary, people taking precautions that they can take, at the end of the day, what we have is a virus that's very scary, like every other virus, but it is unlike h-1-n-1, this seems to be putting at risk only the elderly with underlying health issues and some type of immune disorders, how do you interpret that data? he's asking banks to be involved. we want to increase the amount of money the small business administration can loan to people to get back on their feet. look at see what democrats will

do tomorrow. i think they will grow government programs. they haven't talked to anybody in the private sector about what we can do to stabilize the economy. their reaction unfortunately is going to be to grow the government. the president's action is to try to create a partnership between the government and private sector to stabilize the economy and he realizes more than any president in my lifetime is the strength of the american economy and people is in the private sector, not our government. >> sean: senator lindsey graham, thank you. the president made major announcements including suspension of travel from europe in the next 30 days, excluding the uk. this is on top of the previous travel restrictions ordered against china, iran, and south korea, and italy. the president also ordered small business administration to provide the economic loans to small businesses that are impacted by this virus, and, by the way, his tax deadline has been pushed back for those who are impacted.

the president also calling on democrats to support a payroll tax relief. here's with reaction is kevin mccarthy. kevin is there any appetite here at all for the benefit of the american people, any democrats to say these are good things for the good of the american people? >> i hope so what we watched tonight is the exact type of leader that we need in the white house. his tone, his leadership, his action, as you said, that action that he took early on that people criticized him for, walling off china, had italy done that, they would be in a different position today. talking to the doctor and vice president tonight, the reason why he's taking this action, you could almost directly correlate any case inside america that is a case directly from europe. that's why he's taking that action. he's also looking at the economy and i hope the american public trusts him because we have the strongest economy in the world

based upon the policies for the last three years that he led on. now, if the democrats try to move, what they are trying to do, i don't know that that will help the economy. it will just cost us so much more money. remember what the democrats just passed today. they passed a rule, sean to bring a bill up tomorrow that says no ban. meaning, it would make the president even weaker in his ability to -- to do what he asked tonight. this is what they are bringing up. that's the contrast of where we are today. >> sean: yeah. you know, i want, kevin, to just go again over the timeline here. within three weeks of identifying the virus, three weeks, the president put the travel ban and quarantine into effect. bernie sanders said he never would have done that. then we see unprecedented monies being spent, $8.3 billion.

that's a lot of money. we see the president expanded the travel ban as necessary for the protection of americans. at this point now, the president is doing it even further. i get criticized for pointing out, we lose tens of thousands of americans every year from the flu. i wish we didn't lose anybody. i want every american to be safe and secure, but perspective does count and perspective matters, if you can compare h-1-n-1, we lost in a year 12,500 people worldwide. we lost nearly half a million people according to estimates, and there was not this level of panic that we're now seeing, if that's the right word, among some sectors, and i'm wondering why. i'm trying to understand it. certainly, when you look at those that are at risk of really dying from this virus in particular, it's very clear right now that it's people that are older, underlying health

issues, and those that have immune issues to deal with. very clear at this point. >> yeah. if you're over 70 and you're a smoker, you have lung problems, you should keep yourself inside. don't go to big gatherings. remember what this president did as well. this is something that no one is talking about. in 2019, you know what he created? the infectious disease rapid response fund. the national stockpile. he's increased cdc and nih funding. we're better prepared today, and that's not the president's thinking, that's a study by john hopkins telling us where we are. the president, what he also is doing, he's been briefing congress. they have been bringing everybody together. in one of the first briefings down on the capitol, no one heard about it because the democrats were impeaching the president at the time while he was leading this nation. had china allowed this president what he requested, was send our scientists, our researchers, our doctors, we could have contained this in china just like what we did with ebola in africa.

the ingenuity of america will overcome this and that's what i heard from this president. he's uplifting. actually have a treatment today for therapy, how to treat it. you've got johnson and johnson and others who are looking to create a vaccine. he's streamlining the process to create a vaccine. regardless of all the politics the democrats have been doing this president has been leading, first, to keep us safe, to prepare us for the future, and, yes, economically this is hurting the world based upon china's actions. their denial of what was going on as early as november. not allowing us in there to help because we have the very best. what he's doing now is not only to protect us, make this as small as it can be and contain it as well as we can but get a vaccine if it comes back and make sure our economy grows, and what did he do? he looked to small business. this is a man what has built jobs before, he understands what it takes with the economy and that's why we have the strongest

economy in the world and we'll continue and we will get through this. >> sean: all right. thank you, kevin mccarthy, congressman, we appreciate it. the house minority leader, the doctor did confirm on this program even last night that the outbreak of this wuhan, china, coronavirus, would have been far worse, we'll not be able to calculate the number of americans that did not contract this disease because the president acted in unprecedented ways and literally within three weeks. now, we do have some breaking news moments ago. actor tom hanks, his wife, rita wilson, they have tested positive for coronavirus. by the way, they are in our prayers tonight. trace gallagher, he's in the west coast newsroom with the latest. >> found out about two or three minutes ago, what's happening here is tom hanks and rita wilson were down in australia. they are filming a new movie about elvis presley, and tom hanks is playing the part of the famous colonel who took care of elvis for many years, and we were kind of working this story

earlier, now tom hanks has just tweeted, just moments ago, quoting here, he says, hello, folks, treat and i are down here in australia. we felt a bit tired. like we had colds and some body aches. rita had some chills that came and went, slight fevers, too. to play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for coronavirus, and were found to be positive. the question now is, what happens to them down there? well, the answer appears to be for medical officials, they will have to follow all the protocols meaning they will be tested, observed and isolated for as long as the australian public officials want them to be. it's unclear if they will continue to actually work down there and what the process, and the days that they will actually be under isolation or quarantined in australia, and what this means. as far as their health, sean, and how they are right now, that's also unclear. but because of the tweet and from the tone and tenor of it,

it appears that they are upbeat and we're still looking for more information on this. i just want to continue with the breaking news, nba is now suspending the season because of coronavirus, following tonight's game, and this comes, and i'm quoting, nba announced that a player on the utah jazz has preliminary tested positive for covid-19, coronavirus. the test result was reported shortly prior to the tip-off of tonight's game between the jazz and oklahoma city. we had heard earlier that the oklahoma city game was canceled, and the nba wouldn't give us any explanation as to why it was canceled. they just cut the game off. well, now we know that one of the jazz players has preliminarily tested positive for covid-19. it goes on to say the jazz and oklahoma city thunder at chesapeake energy arena at that time, tonight's game was canceled. the affected player was not in the arena at the time. the nba is suspending game play

following the conclusion of tonight's schedule of games until further notice. so it's unclear if they are cancelling the season or until further notice. the nba has about 12, 13, 14 games left in the season. the playoffs could be lengthy. it goes all the way until june, late june, mid-june, so we're talking about several months. the question now becomes, is the rest of the season canceled? are they just going to take a break for two weeks, or, we just don't know the answers to that sean. a lot of breaking news on coronavirus. >> sean: a lot of breaking news. thoughts and prayers for anybody who gets the virus. there are some medical truths that are now known. if you're otherwise healthy, if you don't have underlying conditions, if you don't have a compromised immune system, the vast majority of cases we're seeing people recover. of the 81,000 cases in china that we know that have been identified, we know that the overwhelming majority of people recover, as it would be a flu

virus. but, out of an abundance of caution, the president within three weeks, he took the added effort. he's put money behind those industries, those specific industries impacted by the coronavirus. that would be the airline industry, that would be the cruise line industry, also taking care of hourly workers so they are not going to be negatively impacted if they stay home. the fear over coronavirus, it's having wide-ranging impacts across the u.s. we now see universities moving to video classes. major music festivals have been postponed, and even the upcoming ncaa march madness tournament will be played with no fans as of now. joining with us reaction to the president's address, and for the very latest analysis on the coronavirus threat, dr. mark siegel is here with us, our medical team, and nicole sapphire, also part of our medical "a" team, dr. ronnie jackson is also with us.

dr. jackson, let me start with you. we've never seen anybody put a ban into effect more quickly. we've never seen a quarantine this quickly. i don't think we could calculate in any way how many people probably did not get the virus as a result of those quick actions. let's talk specifically, for those americans who are fearful, because i think, we're just -- just giving truth to people is important, perspective is important. i don't think most people, for example, know tens of thus of americans yearly die just from influenza. the average flu virus. i don't think most americans know that when we face a pandemic known as swine flu, h-1-n-1, 2009-2010, 12,500 americans died and tens of thousands contracted that disease in a year. we ended up worldwide losing according to some estimates well over 500,000 peel worldwide. we're not seeing those numbers here but out of an abe up dance of caution the president has taken even more unprecedented steps. your reaction, big picture, talk

to the people at home, bringing in your medical expertise, and tell people what they need to know. >> i can tell you, sean, just to start with, you're right. this is not the first time we've been tested with something like this. i watched the president tonight and that's what learship looks like. the president, his leadership on this didn't start when we found out about this. i've been at the white house for the last three years. we've had a robust pandemic planning team in place since this administration started. led by the national security staff. we've had infectious disease experts and other physicians that are on that team and as soon as something comes up like this new novel coronavirus, everything goes into action on what we're going to do. the president, he's been quick, he's been decisive. he's reatted appropriately according to what the situation dictated -- reacted appropriately to what the situation dictated and he's kept the spread of this from getting out of control. >> sean: what are we seeing,

especially those that might contract this virus, very fearful about contracting the virus. what would you say if you are otherwise healthy, with no other underlying health issues, if you don't have a compromised immune system in any way, tell us what the likely -- what will likely happen to you? what are the odds? >> first-off the likelihood that you're actually going to contract the virus is pretty small, very small. if you fit into the category you just described, where you're otherwise young and healthy, you go about your life for the most part. you need to be more cautious about washing your hands and using hand sanitizer, things of that nature, covering your cough but those are things we should do anyway. >> sean: if you're healthy with no underlying health issues and you don't have a compromised immune system odds are pretty strong you're going to be healthy? >> there is a good chance you're not even going to know that you have it. some people will be completely asymptomatic and go on and develop some type of immunity to it. some people will get it and get

mild symptoms like a cold or the mild flu and recover completely from it. that will be the vast majority of the young healthy folks. it's really the elderly, really elderly mean that need to take these extra precautions. i think -- >> sean: i'm sorry, finish your thoughts. >> i think we're doing everything that we need to do as nation. i think we're going above and beyond. i heard you talking earlier, it's a shame that this was, used as a political tool early on. i hope we're getting past that. i think the president is doing everything that he can to keep our country safe. people need to not worry. this is going to be okay. >> sean: dr. siegel, maybe as a point of comparison, you have written extensively on h-1-n-1, and that was a pandemic in 2009-2010, and america's response then and the total number of americans that have died. why don't we compare and contrast what we did, how quickly we reacted, what didn't

we do, what did we do? i see what the president has done tonight and what the president has done here to for has never happened before. >> in 2009-2010, we had 60 million americans infected, and almost 300,000 were hospitalized. as you mentioned, at least 13,000 deaths. 60 million people were affected and the response to it wasn't as quick. we didn't have any travel bans. cutting off travel to china was a huge move. i was absolutely -- i was so affected by what the president did tonight. note this over 9,000 cases in italy, not under control at all. everything is shut down. only the pharmacies are open. spain, over 2,000 cases. france over 2,000 cases. we're talking 13,000 cases and our public health officials have been studying this and seeing that a lot of our cases are coming from there, so it's spreading now in our communities because of that. this travel ban to europe is bold and it's very presidential and it's leadership.

that's number one. number two, with tom hanks getting this, i want to say. this he's 63 years old. he's probably in very good health, and i bet he's going to be a role model here for actually recovering from this. and last point, the nba, i want people out there to know, this isn't about fear, this is about the fact that locker rooms are very close together and players are very close together. it would be impossible to sanitize a locker room. that's why they are doing it. that's why they are suspending play because the risk when you're that close together in a gym or a locker room, with all the sweating, that's a risk, so that's why they are doing it. we can't keep spreading fear messages here. >> sean: dr. nicole and -- let's talk about the average american tonight, watching all of this, and there is always a natural fear of the flu, natural fear of any new pandemic. they do pop up from time to time. i have been criticized for saying that. the truth is, it does, and we know dr. siegel is pretty much an expert on h-1-n-1 and swine

flu. the very specific question is for the individual family, the american family, our family, we don't want our family members sick. what are the things that people on their own can do? we see states acting, municipalities acting and some schools cancelling and the nba, and the ncaa, and -- from what i just heard from dr. siegel, they will probably suspend that tournament, what should they be doing themselves to protect maybe elderly members of their family and themselves? and their children? >> this is a great question and it's exactly what president trump actually addressed tonight. in addition to some of the measures we've already discussed he called on personal responsibility, in an attempt to thwart off the draconian message that had been used elsewhere. he's saying individual responsibility is going to help us change the course of the pandemic, and what that's going to take is, you'll have to have aggressive testing, isolate the sick, and we have to find their contacts so we can make sure that those people get tested but from an individual standpoint,

that means that you should not be going tout crowd arenas. should you not be going to big gatherings, whether it's a family gathering, a church gathering, a school gathering. take some social responsibility, and it's going to be a little bit of self-sacrifice. this can be very deadly for elderly people and tom hanks, he's 63 years old but do i believe he actually has type two diabetes which puts him in a high-risk category especially from the data that we've seen from china. so he may seem healthy right now but this actually can affect him in the long run. so a lot of americans are living with chronic disease and whether you, yourself, are healthy, you'll likely have contact with someone with a chronic illness. the important thing is continue to live your life. do not live in fear but practice good hand hygiene. try to avoid big heavy crowds right now. don't stop living your life. don become paralyzed. if you have elderly or if you have someone immunocompromised in your life perhaps you don't go visit them. check in on them via phone. don't go see them and make sure

they have the ned medications th -- medication that is they need. >> sean: this proves i am not a doctor and won't play one on tv. why did h-1-n-1 seem to impact younger people and this one seems to impact at a much higher rate the older people? i guess every virus is individual? >> there are a lot of parameters that we don't know about this cyrus. the influenza virus usually has a u-shaped curve are it after effects the very young and very old. with this current coronavirus, we're just seeing half of that u. the youth for whatever reason are being protected. there are a lot of theories as to why. whether it's because they are constantly around coronavirus and rhino viruses, as you know children have colds all the time so do they have built up community is it the older population because the lungs have been living in years and decades of pollution that's weakening the immune systems, we

don't exactly know but it's certain that it is absolutely significantly more severe in the elderly population. children do not seem to be the investigatore vectors, children are absolutely vectors when it comes to the flu. the reason to close schools right now is to protect those and them. not necessarily the children because our children are seemingly healthy through this. >> sean: very helpful information, doctors, thank you for being with us. joining us to discuss the efforts on capitol hill to combat the impact of the virus, republican senator john kennedy. one of the things, i know, has a lot of people nervous, senator, is also the impact on the economy, and there will be, obviously, some short term ramifications, a lot of monies will be going out, some medical research to protecting americans. you see a jittery stock market, we've witnessed that somewhat. the president addressing the overall stripping of our

economy, which we now know, we've had unprecedented growth for three years. how do you see that aspect of it playing out? >> sean, i have watched the administration over the past three weeks. i talked to the president yesterday. i lived to the president's speech tonight. here's my conclusion. he's on it. he's on this like wet on water. he's on it in terms of public safety. and he's on it in terms of the economy. let me answer your question about the economy first. we're going to have a slowdown in our economy. it will be temporary. the president is addressing it. he's addressing it in income tax relief in terms of delays in paying your taxes. he's addressing it in terms of sba loans. he's addressing it in terms of

payroll tax cut. as i said, it will be temporary. the economics of this economy, the fundamentals are sound. this is the strongest economy in all of human history. it will be okay. in terms of the public health side, i know people are scared. it's okay to be scared. it's human nature, the fear of the unknown, but you know how americans deal with their fears? we face them. and here's what we know. here's what the doctors have told us. number one, we're not all going to die. number two, most americans are not going to get the virus. some will. of those who get the virus, 99% of them are going to be fine. of those who get the virus, 80% of them are not even going to know they have the virus, or

aren't going to be sick enough to have to go to the hospital. if you do get sick enough and have to go to the hospital, we've got the finest healthcare delivery system in the milky way. this is not china. this is not iran. congress has already appropriated $8.3 billion at the president's request to fight the coronavirus. 1/3 of that is being devoted to developing a vaccine and medicine to treat people who get the virus. already there is one drug that's being used. it's called -- that's being used for americans who are sick and it seems to be helping. the final point i would make, excuse me, there are some politicians, not all, but some politicians who earn their

living by playing on people's fears. ignore them. listen to the doctors and use your head. we're going to be okay. >> sean: all right. senator, thank you for your help and insight. we appreciate it. breaking just moments ago, actor tom hanks and his wife rita, they announced that they tested positive for the coronavirus. the nba announced it's suspending its season after one nba player tested positive for the virus. we go back to trace gallagher from the west coast newsroom. very busy night. >> to give you more context, tom hank and his wife were down in australia for the elvis presley film. so far the film sun totalled. tom hanks plays presley's long time manager, parker, and, as you said he just confirmed this in a tweet and i'll put this up. hello, folks, rita are down here in australia. we felt a bit tired like we had colds and body aches. rita had some chills that came and went.

slight fevers, too, to play things right, as is needed in the world we were tested for coronavirus and were found to be positive. hanks goes on to say, well, now what to do next? the medical officials ha-- have protocols that will need to be followed. not much more to it than one day at a time approach. no. we'll keep the world posted and updated. take care of yourselves and then he signs it hanks. down there in australia. we do not yet know, sean, what their health is. they seem upbeat but we haven't gotten word on that. as you said the nba is now suspending regular season games following tonight's game, and this all comes after a utah jazz player tested positive for coronavirus before they played the oklahoma city thunder. we were all told the game had been canceled. the nba wouldn't say why. now we know why.

the player who tested positive was not in the arena at the time which should give the people in oklahoma city a little bit of comfort, but the nba, after tonight, cancelling in, we think, in perpetuity at least for the next several weeks, the nba season. it's unclear if they will pick that back up when the virus ends. sean? >> sean: trace gallagher with the updates from our west coast newsroom with reaction. congressman jim jordan from the great state of ohio, fox news contributor tammy bruce, i see the president, jim, taking unprecedented steps, frankly, in retrospect, the fact that the president was willing to be called a zeno phone and being accused of stigmatizing china with his travel ban and quarantine, amazing lightning speed that's never happened before, unprecedented amounts of money also being supported by the president, now he's taken it

to another step, up to tonight, which was other travel bans, now european travel ban with the exception of great britain, and, when you look at it, why is it that we lose tens of thousands of americans to the flu every year and h-1-n-1, over 500,000 estimated died there and you heard the numbers from dr. siegel, the number of americans impacted and the number of americans who died in this country. i don't remember this reaction. what is the difference? >> i think you're right, sean. this president has taken the right steps when it comes to the travel ban. he's taken the right steps reaching out to the health insurance companies and pharmaceutical industry, doing the things that make sense. what i also liked about his speech tonight was the tone he took. i learned a long time ago, you want to accomplish anything of meaning or significance, any worthwhile goal it takes work, it takes effort, it takes sacrifice and frankly it takes some time and he conveyed that to the american people, but he also conveyed an important

concept. america and americans always rise to the challenge, and we get things done and we get to the goal in the end. that's the message i think he communicated and he 2k3407b straighted that by the allegations he and the vice president and his administration have taken to deal with this issue and i think the american people appreciate all of that. >> sean: tammy, your take? >> look, this is what leadership is. americans should be incredibly crowd. just like for us as individuals, physically healthy, donald trump has gotten this nation back on her feet, has made her healthy, specifically, not only so we can live the good life and offer the good life to humanity around the world but so that we cannot just survive a black swan like this dynamic, but even thrive, become the vector for the vaccine, become the example about what's positive, how you can survive it and become even stronger.

that's what leadership is. perhaps at the time you don't understand why it would be necessary but always it's better to be healthier. it's always, as the president noted in his address tonight, the fact is, we've never been stronger economically, and what perfect timing to be able to have that strength physically with us as a nation so that we can deal with this. and then there is leadership in the midst of a crisis, in the moment, being able to handle the pressure, being able to deal with congress, you know, reach across the aisle, request nonpartisanship cooperation and americans appreciate that and it will make a difference. it already has. >> sean: when the president took these unprecedented steps, almost immediately, democrats were in the middle of impeaching him. now, the president said, and i would agree this ought to be something we work on together. we don't want anybody to get sick and die, but, do you think congress is capable of that? we're 237 days away from a

presidential election. do you think the media is capable of that when all we've seen >> no, they are not. they want to crediticize the president and the actions of the president. we appreciate the president's leadership. we will get through this because americans know how to rise to the challenge. >> last 15 seconds? >> for the american people. they are seeing leadership. with representative jordan and the president and all of the push back and the anger that men and women in washington who care about the country. this is when it matters. this is the time when leadership matters. it's exciting to watch. we stick together we will get through it. >> sean: the greatest medical team on earth.

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