shannon: it is friday march 13th and this is a fox news alert. a global pandemic and market plunge. washington scrambling to stop the bleeding but is politics getting the way? pointing fingers as they struggle to find enough test kits to keep up with potential covid-19 cases. from the sports world to the silver screen, the shutdown coast-to-coast to keep things from getting any worse. "fox and friends first" starts right now.

good morning once again, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. we begin with a fox news alert. and urgent new warning about coronavirus testing from the nation's top doctor on the white house task force, listen. >> the system is not geared to what we need right now. what you are asking for. that is a failing. i must admit it. heather: cases are surpassing 1600 with 40 deaths, the biggest outbreaks in washington state and new york, 29 states under a state of emergency. stock futures are up this morning after wall street

suffered its worst day in decades, the dow dropping 2300 points falling so fast that trading had to be brought to a standstill and outside wall street the pandemic is shuddering america's favorite pastime, professional and college sports and even broadway, students in more states told to stay home until further notice. we have live coverage from everything you need to know about the coronavirus this morning but let's start with griff jenkins in the nation's capital, congress is racing against the clock to approve emergency funding. lots of folks keeping their eye on this. >> nancy pelosi expressing confidence negotiators are closer to reaching an agreement after failing to get anything to the floor yesterday. >> subject to exchange of paper. we will continue to talk about

it. >> reporter: democratic leaders working with senate republicans on legislation mitigating the spread of the virus, delivering testing for everyone, to protect american livelihoods and industry and commerce getting crushed by this outbreak as mitch mcconnell canceled his scheduled recess and it seems bipartisanship should deliver results. >> we stay here, get it right. this is a time and place you do not want to rush something. >> reporter: it couldn't come sooner as financial markets tumble, wall street seeing its worst days since 1987, the dow down 1400 points, the s&p down 140 points and aztec almost 400 points, at the white house donald trump urged patients. >> you have to remember the stock market is much higher than when i got here. it is going to bounce back big at the right time.

>> reporter: sports events across the nation, washington following suit, the capital visitor center was virtually empty yesterday. only members of congress, staff and unofficial business will be left in until further notice. meanwhile we watch to see if legislation hits the floor today. shannon: another fox news alert related to all this, canadian prime minister justin trudeau in self quarantine after his wife tested positive for the coronavirus. she came home with flulike symptoms, trudeau says the symptoms are mild and she is doing fine. he is not showing any symptoms but will work at home for two weeks as a precaution. a drive-through coronavirus

testing facilities opening today in the new york town that has been declared a containment zone. governor andrew cuomo announcing the system in the state's most infected area with 148 coronavirus cases, people in quarantine will be tested first. national guard troops are in the suburbs cleaning buildings to contain the deadly virus. public events canceled coast-to-coast as they stress the importance of social distancing. they are racing to cancel sports tournaments and theme parks. todd pyro joins us with the latest from america's favorite pastime. >> reporter: the nba suspending it season on wednesday. the nhl followed suit, with the hope of resuming. major league soccer will take

the pause for 30 days, started baseball season dealing with spring-training suspended. the pga tour shutdown until the masters, the news in the middle of the players championship which was canceled after the first round. racing events set to continue but without anyone in the stands. with march madness a week away, the cancellation of the ncaa men and women's basketball tournament, part of the complete cancellation of spring and winter championships. and growing calls. and it had to be done. and and they deserve to keep playing.

>> the latest bond movie and the latest fast and furious film and broadway shutting down all production and they are going to stay shut until april 20th. >> they are closed right now. >> disney shutdown disney world and disneyland among others and multiple states as well, 250--- cities from chicago to san francisco and new york impacted. bill diblasio declaring a state of emergency warning the outbreak could be a 6-month crisis. heather: thank you. another big story developing for

you. the us launches airstrikes in iraq just one day after a deadly missile attack on coalition troops, two americans and one british servicemember was told by the rockets fired from this truck outside baghdad. retired bond technician joey jones echoing a statement from the pentagon that attacks on us troops will not be tolerated. >> you do it unwaveringly and with multiple defense secretaries over a few years of residency. heather: americans killed in the rocket attack of not been identified. two suspects charged in the murder of an arkansas police officer could face the death penalty. kevin ward is accused of shooting and killing brent's grimshire at a traffic stop. hernandez pushed officers as

they tried arresting her. she is charged as an accomplice to murder. a eight year veteran of the force leaves behind a wife and children. convicted leaker chelsea manning, and one day after she attempted to take her own life. manning has been in jail since may for refusing to testify before a grand jury investigating wikileaks. letting manning off the hook in 2013 for leaking classified documents to wikileaks. president obama commuted the sentence in 2017. a senate standoff continues, three soon to expire intelligence programs are set to temporarily lapse. improved by the house with bipartisan support, it

re-authorizes government surveillance but if the senate doesn't vote on it by sunday it will expire, the legislation includes new privacy protections and changes to the fisa court after claims it was misused to spy on carter page. 10 minutes after the top of the hour. as todd pyro explained, the sports world grinding to a halt, a second nba player testing positive for the virus. they are putting the season on hold. our next guest breaks down how athletes and fans react to the game changing decision.

heather: covid-19 wreaking havoc on the world of professional sports as leagues suspend play after two members of the utah

jazz test positive for the virus and college athletic follow suit bringing their own ongoing tournaments to a screeching halt. the news is sending athletes and fans reeling. i am from north carolina. they were going to cancel and they said the ncaa tournament would be canceled. look at the tweet that send people reeling. ncaa, this decision is based on the eve all thing covid-19 threat. are believed to make sure the events do not contribute to spread of the pandemic, during this academic year given ongoing decisions by other entities. good decision? >> the decision they had to follow suit. what is amazing is 36 hours ago, doesn't test positive for the

coronavirus, still have games going on. the nhl planning to do the same. shannon: game is being canceled in the middle of the game is going on which is crazy. let's look at what the athletes have to say. we have this gymnast saying no words, can't believe it is over just like that. players say this is tough, from duke, doesn't seem real skill and this is an opportunity for them to be on stage where the professional teams can watch what they can do. it is down the road as well. >> who you feel for the most are the dayton flyers, they had no chance for so many years to be a championship team in college basketball.

one of the best basketball teams in the country and you are robbed of the opportunity to do something that would have seemed so improbable it almost feels like 1994 with the montréal exposs and they are on the precipice of winning the world series, the team moved to washington dc, montréal robbed of an opportunity. that is what it feels like with dayton flyers losing out on this opportunity to win a national championship. heather: not only talking about the future of these athletes who worked so hard to get to the point they are but the economic impact of this which is extensive. we had adam silver saying on the suspended season this hiatus will last 30 days and we intend to resume the season if and when it becomes safe for all concerned. heather: >> they should resume but instead of resuming and playing until late july or early august.

heather: in the summer. >> running into baseball. what they should do is this. do a tournament, a 30 team tournament for both of these leaves rather than having a single elimination tournament. it will create amazing excitement coming out of this, finish a regular-season, do a quick tournament, so baseball can get going and you are not running into that. heather: golfers upset, pga, fans watching it and now know fans until the masters. let's hope they don't cancel the masters. and nascar still going ahead but without fans. >> nothing until the masters, nothing with nascar, no fans for nascar. usc still going. a few things going on but in general now sports. heather: we appreciate it.

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>> back with a fox news alert. global pandemic, coronavirus fears forcing closures across continents. 80% of cases involve mild symptoms.

realistically what precautions do we need to take? a spokesman for the world health organization joins us with more. thank you for joining us. we appreciate hearing from you, thank you very much. let's talk about the number of cases in the us, 1600 cases, deaths totaling at this point the number is 40, 21 states plus dc declaring a state of emergency but 80% have mild symptoms. how do you explain that in terms of it being declared a worldwide pandemic and everyone freaking out? >> very important that everyone around the world has the correct information. it is a new virus we are still learning about. we know it is transmitted through droplets, people who are sick will transmit disease to other people.

we know the person who will get it will either receive a droplet from the inspected first and on the face or likely will get it by touching some surface, picking up with a hand and touching the face, will get infected. it is true data shows 80% will have a mild symptom, go through the disease without even needing to receive any medical care, 20% is a big number. of 20% able to develop severe illnesses such as pneumonia some of these people will die and that is great concern. the ratio is between 3 percent-4%, but that is a big number, these are our friends and we have to take responsibility for that.

heather: that is what we are trying to do through social events. stopping the spread of the coronavirus, it is worth repeating every single day we need to tell people hand hygiene, avoid touching your face, social distancing, staying at home if you are sick. we keep talking about washing hands, not touching your face with that kind of thing. we said that wearing masks doesn't necessarily help but is it true that coronavirus can remain in the air for 3 hours of live on plastic for days? that is a study that is going on. >> there are several studies being conducted. we don't have a definite answer yet as to how long the virus can survive on a surface. i would guess it depends on temperature and other things but we don't have an answer. we do no one she hands regularly

reduces the risk. you have already said if you are sick and coughing, if you have a fever and feel tiredness and are in an area, stay at home. call your medical health provider. heather: i have to cut you off because we are out of time but thank you so much. stick with what professionals are telling you to do. 25 after the top of the hour. closing in on a deal for coronavirus funding bill also important. >> we are close to an agreement. heather: can they afford to wait? congressman james comeare says this is a unique crisis and we need action now. he joins us next. finding dental insurance plans can be confusing,

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heather: us is failing when it comes to testing for the deadly coronavirus. at least the healthcare system is failing, the stark warning is more schools close in hospital scramble with the number of covid-19 patients. the new study shows the virus can remain in the air for hours and that is what i was asking the world health organization about. >> doctor anthony fauci was grilled, the head of the coronavirus taskforces the us has failed when it comes to testing and tracking the spread of the virus. >> the system is not really geared to what we need right now. what you are asking for. that is a failing.

anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries -- we are not set up for that. do we need to be? yes but we are not. heather: cases of covid-19 surpassed 1600 with 40 desk of the virus forcing more schools to close their doors, some for a full month or longer. harvard university told anyone living on campus to leave by this weekend. hospitals are scrambling to come up with a response. isolation plans in case of an infection rate spiked. some doctors don't believe hospitals have enough beds. medicare and medicaid administrator would not say if us hospitals are equipped. she told martha maccallum the priority is getting tests. >> one of the things available in every public health laboratory across the nation these tests are available. what we are working on is to

increase the capacity and private healthcare system because most of us don't go to a public health plan. you are used to going to your doctor's office. heather: a new study reveals the virus can remain in the air up to 3 hours and to live on surfaces like plastic for three days. in comparison the flu virus can only survive on the surfaces for about 48 hours. the closures continue, broadway going to, disney world and disneyland closed until the end of march. we have to get the healthcare system working to get the testing done and get the results back much quicker. >> thank you, appreciate it. heather: the other impact, economy stock futures turned positive after coronavirus fears, wall street's worst day in decades. the dow posting its biggest

1-day loss in history plunging 10% closing at 2100 points. the nasdaq down as the s&p dropped 20%. that is two points lower than the infamous black monday crash in 1987. china takes aim at the us in a fierce smear campaign, the communist country falsely accusing the us of creating the covid-19 virus. sign as foreign ministry tweeting it might be u.s. army that brought the epidemic to wuhan. the author of the coming collapse of china says america needs to fight back. >> we are under attack in china and both sides of the aisle need to unite because we have a common enemy right now and that is beijing. heather: chinese researchers said it started in a lab in

wuhan city. it is ground 0. now infecting 81,000, killing 300 people. us lawmakers failed to close the deal on the coronavirus relief deal. >> we should not take a rush. we want to make sure it works. >> close to an agreement. >> reporter: the house will vote on the package as the economy takes crushing blows but what is the hold up? james comeare says some politicians are crossing the island he joins me with more. thank you for joining us, appreciate it. a breakdown of what is in the bill, free coronavirus testing, paid emergency leave, enhanced

unemployment insurance, strengthened food security initiative, increased federal funds for medicaid. what is the hold up? >> the fact the democrats were trying to play politics, never want to pass an opportunity to inject their liberalism into a spending bill and they knew republicans especially republicans in the senate would never go along with it so they delayed this 24 hours but we have come to terms lastly, we have a bill that will work for america in case this becomes a widespread epidemic. heather: is is going to be a bill that deals with what we are dealing with right now, the coronavirus epidemic and how to help these people impacted versus abortion funding that was being put in by democrats? >> this bill is focused solely on the coronavirus. it has everything we need in case companies and businesses will lay off employees for a week or 2, to sit this out.

it has paid sick leave only if the case gets extreme measures and we have massive unemployment. for food insecurity in many areas, we have a situation like this, to eradicate hunger, the school system, to continue breakfast and lunch, schools closed for weeks at a time. heather: 22 million us kids receive lunch from school or reduced price lunches in public schools and we know ohio, michigan, maryland have shutdown all schools, k-12. those three, your state is also

impacted. there impacted across the country. >> it is -- the federal government has done an excellent job educating the public, senior citizens are affected most by this but anyone can spread it. the trump administration, cutting off the borders, educating people, on the testing kits, the problem we have is not necessarily not having enough testing kits but the lab's processing detecting kits. the democrats continue to play politics and talk about the testing kits but as you said in earlier segments our hospitals have potential of massive overcrowding, our labs are overrun with existing tests so this is something that is challenging to the healthcare

system, challenging to the infrastructure of america and we have to work together, the president struck the perfect tone, and hopefully now congress, politics aside and come up with a plan that will work in the case of extreme measures. heather: you heard biden and bernie use it as a campaign opportunity. let's talk about all the events that have been canceled including a huge one in the state of kentucky. it is still on. the kentucky derby is still on at this point. what is happening? >> as far as i know the kentucky derby is still on. the signature event in kentucky each year. hopefully that will remain on but kentucky is a huge basketball state, the southeastern conference tournament. i represent southern kentucky. we are going through extreme pain in kentucky, four five

teens in the ncaa tournament. this has disrupted the lives of a lot of kentuckians. heather: a time or two when it gets to the big tournament. thank you for joining us. let's hope we can come together and beat it. the time is 20 minutes until the top of the our. the fear of coronavirus leading to a run on grocery stores, hunting images flooding social media and tom hanks and his wife, there is an update, making the most of their quarantine. carly shimkus with their message to fans. ♪ you've got a friend in me ♪ when the road is rough had guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'.

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california wants to take over hotels for coronavirus patients. gavin newsom signing an executive order making it easier for the state to commandeer places like hotels and medical facilities for quarantine purposes and we will follow up on that as more comes in, the president is standing by. 's response to the coronavirus, and democratic rivals take aim at the administration. >> lack of trust -- >> we have an administration that is largely incompetent and through this incompetence and recklessness of threaten the lives of many people. heather: the president tweeting sleepy joe biden was in charge of the h1 in one ifu -- wine flu epidemic, the response was one

of the worst on record. our response is one of the best. joe biden says if he were president there would be free and accessible testing, economic relief for those affected and more room for hospitals to care for patients. bernie sanders's plan includes banning evictions and foreclosures, pretreatment, pushing for national and state information hotlines. biden and sanders likely to be questioned on these plans at sunday's debate which is being held in dc instead of arizona over coronavirus concerns. >> are you crying? >> now. >> there is no crying in baseball. >> reporter: tom hanks invoking one of his most famous moment

advising everyone stay calm amid the panic. carly shimkus with his message to fans. watching the clip makes you feel good. tom hanks is in isolation after testing positive but making people smile. he says hello, we want to thank everybody down under who are taking such good care of us. we have covid-19 and are in isolation so we don't spread it to anyone else. there are folks for whom it can lead to a serious illness. we are taking it one day at a time. there are things we can all do to get through this by following the device of experts in taking care of ourselves and each other. despite the current events there is no crying in baseball. a line from a league of their own. the photo he posted, keep in mind major league baseball suspended their season.

there is some crying as there is no baseball but a lot of folks in the well wishes, great to see you are doing well. people may stop panicking. all the best. i so agree with alyssa who says rita expand with coronavirus than i do. they are smiling. he posted a video and said mild symptoms. >> 80% of people who get it the symptoms are mild. let's talk about a jazz player who is apologizing over touching the mic. carley: he was not feeling well earlier this weekend made light of the situation by touching the microphones after talking to the media. this is a reminder to take this seriously. he tested positive which is why the nba suspended the season of his teammate tested positive.

he reportedly was acting careless in the locker room, joking around about the situation. he did not know he was sick. he had not been tested but he was joking about the media not coming close to the players because that was a new league rule. he has posted an apology and instagram saying the support thing is i would like to publicly apologize to the people i may have endangered. i had no idea i was infected. i was careless and make no excuse me the prank not play well on social media, carelessness had nothing to do with it. willful ignorance and arrogance is more like it. still chiming in with he should donate his salary to the arena workers that now cannot work. a lot of hourly workers like food vendors and other folks are out of work so they need to get paid.

>> empty store shelves. i contributed to this. all the shelves, all these stores. >> look at this year he picture. melanie posted take this as an opportunity to see what consumers choose preparing herself quarantine and take a look at this. andrew yang posted this picture of newark airport, totally empty. we have another picture of an airport. this picture is coming in. the airline industry could lose $113 billion. try not to panic. thank you so much. the time is 47 after the top of the hour. america's dependence on foreign sources of medical supplies.

our next guest says the scramble in the us, america must end its dependence on places like china. hi! we're glad you came in, what's on your mind?

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jillian: a fox news alert as the covid-19 pandemic grows across the globe the virus is exposing the dark side of our nation's dependence on foreign goods from pharmaceuticals to testing kits, china stand in the way of americans getting help fast. what is the reason for this and can we fix it? here to break this down for us his heritage foundation epstein kane. we appreciate you joining us. let's talk about the prescription drug problem. us pharmaceuticals that are supplied by china, 95% of

ibuprofen, 91% of hydrocortisone, 70% of acetaminophen and 45% of penicillin comes from china. what is the impact the we are going to need right now as china slowing it down for us? >> at the moment there is not much evidence the chinese are slowing it down but this morning the foreign ministry spokesman was accusing the united states of starting and spreading coronavirus to china. when chinese officials make these claims and are a major producer of american drug there is an implicit threat that china could choose to slow down its exports of drugs to the united states. jillian: 80% of the supply of antibiotics are made in china. >> chemicals are made there. at some level the chinese have a

grip over the us supply chain. heather: let's talk about coronavirus testing and what anthony fauci had to say about the system failing in the us. let's listen to what he had to say and i want you to respond. >> the system is not really geared to what we need right now. that is the failing. the idea of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries do, we are not set up for that but we should be. but we are not. heather: what is happening on that front in terms of china? >> the issue has been partly cdc channeling testing through its own facilities. on top of that is the fact that

as we ramp up production of testing kits a lot of agents and chemicals, essential for the test comes from china and it is not the chinese are deliberately slowing things down. they have tens of millions of people they are trying to test but it will start affecting our access if they don't prioritize their own needs. heather: we have good news from the cdc if we have time to pull that up, we are going to provide free testing. >> that is right and we have the private sector, universities, corporations wrapping up their tests. that will be an absolutely essential part, like mobilization during world war ii, the private sector has to step up and fill in the gaps. heather: so we are less dependent on china which is something the president said we needed to do from the beginning of his campaign. thank you for joining us, appreciate your time.

6 minutes until the top of the hour. the controversial movie the hunt hitting the theaters friday the thirteenth. >> every year, they could never bunch of normal folks like us and hunt us for sport. heather: it is about conservatives being hunted down by the liberal elite. the message filmmakers are sending to people who are outraged. there's a company that's talked to even more real people than me: jd power. 448,134 to be exact.

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it was pushed back after two deadly shootings. that wraps up a the hour of "fox and friends first," we have a lot of information about the latest as we continue to follow the coronavirus. have a great weekend, everybody. jillian: this the fox news alert, the coronavirus grows wall street into another tailspin as washington is gridlocked over a covid-19 relief now. >> an expert as we are failing to screen sick patients as cases at home creep dangerous the close to that 2000 mark. jillian: canceling the anti-aa to amend, turning lights down on broadway how city, state and industry leaders are taking matters into their own hands to stop the spread. rob: "fox and friends first" continues righ