and remember, if you have your own hit or miss, be sure to tweet it to us. that's it for this week's show. thanks to my panel. thanks to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you right here next week. ♪ arthel: president trump responding to the coronavirus pandemic by broadening european travel ricks to include the u.k. and ireland, this as the number of confirmed cases worldwide nears 150,000 with more than 2,000 cases here in the u.s. hello, everyone, i'm arthel neville. welcome to a brand new hour of "america's news headquarters." eric: hello, everyone, i'm eric shawn. the president also revealed that he has now taken the test for the coronavirus after he came in close contact with several infected people over the last several days. the outbreak prompting states of emergency in nearly every state across the country as communities grappling with, yep,

that new normal of mass school closings and social distancing. six feet away from somebody else. but the president reassures us that this, too, shall pass. >> we're all in this together. it's something that nobody expectedment we all will solve this problem, we'll solve it well. i think the american people have been incredible in the way they've acted. eric: and we have fox news team coverage for you now. jacqui heinrich is in yonkers, new york, on the latest for people scrambling for stuff at stores, let's begin with steve heir gain outside the centers for disease control in atlanta. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, the latest numbers from the cdc show globally more than 145,000 people infected z. as far as the u.s. goes, that stands at 2,000 confirmed cases at least and 50 people dead. administration officials have been clear to say that the shift of this pandemic has moved. it's moved from china now to

europe, that is the epicenter. and we are seeing more shutdowns as well. apple announcing all retail stores around the world except for china now shutting down at least temporarily. delta airlines reducing its capacity by 40% and perhaps the biggest effect here in the u.s., schools shutting down. thiess 15 states -- at least 15 states shutting down k-12 entirely. more than 20 million students affected. the list goes on too. all the major cruise ship liners shutting down business for the next 30 days, and nursing homes, independent living facilities, senior facilities all instituting new rules to try and slow the spread of this virus among the very old and weak. limiting visitor, limiting communal dining. we're also hearing, too, a number of hospitals now shutting down, eliminating elective surgery to free up medical personnel to deal with this difficulty. as far as testing goes, that's been the chief complaint even

among lawmakers. we've heard a lot from the administrationed today. some of that $50 billion unleashed by president trump will go towards new testing. vice president pence said within the next 48 hours we will have more information and more mobile testing units to get test results quickly for this virus. eric, arthel, back to you. eric: that's certainly what we need. steve, thanks. arthel: meanwhile, anxious shoppers are clearing grocery store shelves as the coronavirus outbreak -- i'm sure you've seep it in your area. customers stockpiling food and other essentials. jacqui heinrich is just north of manhattan in yonkers, new york, speaking with shopper today and sort of -- you're not really manning the lines, but you're certainly witnessing long lines there, right? >> reporter: oh, there's been so much to witness today. you know, arthel, first it was the face masks, and then it was the hand sanitizer, and then it was the lysol. these things have been sold out around new york for weeks now. now that the president declared a national emergency, companies

are encouraging their workers to stay at home and schools are announcing very long closures, some of them for as long as six weeks. people are preparing their quarantine pantries, and it is just a madhouse inside of costco. people are buying enough to last them a couple weeks at home. shelf-stable items like pasta and sauces, cannedded soups, rice, frozen vegetables and bottled water are being cleared out quicker than the grocers can replenish. now there's a rush on chicken and ground beef, also fruit. the food industry leaders are saying the supply chains are healthy, but there are some indicators of farther reaching shortages. on amazon toilet pauper is largely sold out with deliveries delayed indefinitely. on costco's web site, you can't buy baby wipes anymore, and some delivery services a ache -- like amazon fresh and prime pantry is are booked for days. the concern is that at some

point the virus could create labor shortages that'll put a strain on manufacturers, and you can feel the tension inside the stores. at one point this morning police had to close down access to this costco in yonkers for a two hour period because it was so overrun with shoppers, it led to a street closure, traffic was backed up for over a mile just to get here. >> because every other minute we don't know what else is coming, so we just -- sometimes we feel like it's an exaggeration. we panicking, but we also have to be realistic and and just be prepared. >> reporter: now one bright spot, local vendors are getting a lot of business right now, and companies that source their products locally say that they have fewer concerns about their supply chain than stores that rely on big box manufacturers to bring in all of their products on trucks. arthel? arthel: lots of really great local farmers around the new york city area, for sure.

and i'm sure other places across the country as well. jacqui heinrich, thank you. >> yesterday i declared a national emergency which was a very big deal, because it end opened up avenues that we would never be able to open up without it. it'll make more than $50 billion available to us immediately in disaster relief funds. eric: that's president trump, of course, earlier this afternoon when he declared -- after he had declared that national emergency involving the coronavirus outbreak, declaring that yesterday but also promising some new strategies and proposals during the news conference at the white house this afternoon. he said companies are working quickly to expand the testing ability across the country to get everyone who needs a test one. the president himself saying he did take a test for the coronavirus last night. the results of his test not in, but he says he feels fine. mark meredith at the white house with the very latest. among the members of the news corps, the white house press

corps that had their temperatures taken because they were in close proximity to the prime minister and the vice president -- the and the vice president. >> reporter: hi, eric, that was a surprise to most of us, seems liking like this is somete may be seeing more of. a member of the white house medical office as well as the press staff, people that work with press every day, came around to each of us and did a temperature check just to be on the safe side. the president says his temperature check was also done. he says he did take a covid-19 test. this is interesting, because just yesterday he kind of gave the indication that he wasn't sure if he really needed to take one or not, and we also heard from the white house physician's office saying they didn't feel it was necessary for him to take one. the president says he did take one, he's feeling fine but, of course, still awaiting the results. we also learned that the white house is rolling out additional travel restrictions for the u.k. and ireland. the white house stresses americans who are overseas will still be able to come home but will find themselves facing additional screening when they

arrive at specific u.s. airports. >> to be clear, countries where we have suspended travel under section 212f, americans may still return to the united states, legal residents may still return. they are being screamed at some 13 airports -- screened at some 13 airports as we speak. if they are identified as being symptomatic for any illness, there is an additional response on site. but those americans are being encouraged to return home and self-quarantine for 14 days. >> reporter: the white house has also indicated it's possible we could see additional restrictions, but that has not been announced as of yet. we had a chance to also ask the president about what we were seeing from what jacqui heinrich was just with talking about, stores all over the country packed. we asked the president really what people should be doing in this situation, if stores decide to shut down for a couple of weeks. here's what the president had to say earlier today. >> i think it's fine that they're doing it. i think, frankly, it's good.

i think what apple did is fine. want to keep people away for a little while, just keep them away. and, you know, when it gets better -- well, people are going and buying things, and i understand. that. >> reporter: the white house says it is working with congress to insure that americans that are impacted are going to have the resources they need including making sure if they do, are out of work, that they're not going to miss their paycheck. we know that the house passed their bill last night, the senate expected to take fit up. treasury secretary steve mnuchin negotiating that. the white house is expected to give us i an update tomorrow around 5:00, and this is interesting, but the vice president says he plans to speak with each of the nation's governors between now and monday. we'll be watching closely. eric? eric: we'll talk to jamie weinstein about that house bill and how it affects all of our viewers. arthel: and the house passing that aid package, lawmakers moving it forward late last night, and president trump

announced his support for the package which provides sick leave for workers and money for free testing and other measures. it now goes to the senate. let's get more details now from garrett tenney from washington. >> reporter: this bill, known as the families first coronavirus response, came after extensive negotiations between the white house and house speaker nancy pelosi. the biggest thing it does is provide free coronavirus testing to all americans including those who don't have insurance. it also creates a national paid sick leave policy giving two weekes of paid leave and up to three months of paid family and medical leave for those affected by the virus. it provides states with at least a billion dollars in grants to help deal with any uptick in up employment, and it increases funding for food security programs such as food banks and emergency food assistance for families with kids who normally receive lunch at school. it also increases federal funding for medicaid. with all of the negotiations, this bill didn't move to a vote

until president trump endorsed it. but even then 40 republicans voted against the measure largely because they only received it an hour before the vote. >> there is increased funding, there's increased testing. these are all wonderful things. this wasn't a very comfortable no vote for me, but i can't in good conscience vote for something i haven't read, that has not been debated. >> reporter: the legislation is expected to get a vote in the senate sometime next week, but today treasury secretary mnuchin said more help is on the way for the american people. >> i would describe is this as like a baseball game. the first inning was the $8 billion. this is the second inning. we have a lot more we need to do with congress, and the speaker and i have acknowledged it. we will be working starting immediately. >> we're told this next package congress is working on will be focused on addressing the growing economic damage the outbrach is having on families and businesses across the country. arthel? arthel: a garrett tenney, thank you very much. eric: a nurse in northern italy

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arthel: italy is seeing its biggest day-to-day jump in coronavirus cases. a spike of about 20%. the country now has more than 21,000 infections and upwards of 1400 deaths. we go live to florence for an update from amy kellogg. amy? >> reporter: hi, arthel. that's right, 2700 more infections just today, and italians really are getting quite anxious after all of these quite restrictive measures, arthel, that have been rolled out over the weeks culminating in the near shutdown of italy. people are anxious to see a reverse in the trend and just are wondering when they are going to see some relief. today even the parks were closed. italians are feeling cooped up,

many are, frankly, frightened, and lots of them have taken to organizing musical flash mobs from their windows and balconies. overall though chomping at the bit, italians are supportive of the measures taken to fight the virus, and here you see them showing their patriotism last night in scenes that so far seem to be bringing out the best in people. now, there is mounting concern not just for the sick, but those treating them who themselves in many cases have become infected and infected their loved ones. this picture of a nurse collapsed at her workstation says it all and has gone viral. here was another flash mob at noon all over the nation. people went to their windows and ball con gnus to applaud the medical workers who have been under such incredible duress. we've heard varying stories of the circumstances in which they're working without sleep,

setting upwards in corridors, yes, having to make decisions about treatment on the fly. the latest story that i heard at a press conference today, arthel, was that two patients from lombardi, that's the area where milan is in in the north, had to be transported to usually for treatment because there wasn't room to take care of them elsewhere. it's saturday night across this country, gregarious people who like to cook and gather and have friends around and hug and kiss. there is, obviously, a lot of cabin fever. but for those who are think and yet home-bound, you got to say -- you've got to say, and people are saying, that that is really the equivalent at this point in this situation to simply rich people's problems. arthel, back to you. arthel: gosh. lombardi to sicily, certainly not around the corner. amy kellogg, thank you very much. eric: president trump praising the house-passed legislation.

for another perspective, also for its economic impact on our jobs, this is the number of -- this as the number of confirmed cases in our country has grown to 2,000 with the death toll, sadly, reaching 50 so far. critics say the administration and the nation should have been better prepared, but administration officials point to progress after initial problems. that house legislation, case in point. jamie weinstein joins us, host of the jamie weinstein comcast. jamie, you've been around washington a long time, and finally it seem to be responding properly and aggressively. >> i think that is one of the silver linings, i guess, right now. there's a lot of downside going on in this country, but there is some bipartisan cooperation in congress. and as you mentioned, i've been around a little bit, and i do remember 2008, 2009 during that economic crisis. and i say this analytically, not to take one side or the other, but at the time, the zeitgeist in the republican movement

especially in the house was against spending bills. that killed t.a.r.p. the first time under president bush and kind of gave president obama some struggles passing his large stimulus. that zeitgeist of kind of the tea party movement has dissipated, and i think that might be a boon for president trump as he tries to push perhaps larger economic stimulus bills during this time of economic uncertainty. erik e eric yeah. the president said is, i mean, clearly, there'll be more coming, but here's what the bill passed last night provides, among other things, free -- free -- coronavirus testing. not quite sure when that will be completely rolled out for everybody across the country. you going to get 14 paid sick days because the administration says you shouldn't have to worry about losing your job. three months of emergency leave. free food for children, food banks and medicaid, you know, support. what else do you think there could be? there have been suggestions of the dod getting involved,

pop-up hospitals and a wider support to our medical system which potentially could be overwhelmed. >> well, i think a lot of things have been floated. i mean, you played the clip earlier of secretary mnuchin saying this is really the is second inning of that house bill. so i think there's potentially a lot more, especially if we see, you know, sudden economic stops in other industries like we are seeing in france today with movie theaters and other venues, cafés where perhaps there's been a suggestion that direct payments to adults and children in this country in the range of $1,000 per adult and $500 for children, you know, that hasn't, you know, bubbled up to something that's actionable in actual legislation. but a lot of economists have pointed at that as a possibility to prevent a severe recession. so i think we're going to see a lot more proposals in the coming weeks especially as we see more restrictions on businesses,

cafés closing down, movie theaters closing down, things of that sort. i think we're going to see many more proposals of a much higher dollar amount than we've seen so far. eric: and it seems on capitol hill both sides are cooperating and recognizing this. here's kevin mccarthy. >> you listened to the president today declaring a national emergency, you watch what he's doing, putting more -- you watched what he said to everybody who has a student loan, you're not going to pay interest for the next year. i mean, the moves that he is making not only to keep us safer, making sure that testing is now in the neighborhoods, you should feel more secure in what's going to happen. and more importantly as an american, you should realize today we will get through this. eric: and that also was the mention from the president, that we're going to get through this. and our new hero in this country, dr.ny fauci. -- anthony fauci. in the white house press room, he said this about the progress:

>> there are things that happened yesterday that i think are going to be really important, the president declaring a state of national emergency, because that will be what i thought the word that i use, essentially are unshackling us from any of the things that are going to get in the way, particularly the new powers given to the secretary of hhs, alex azar, and the departments within his agency. within that group, particularly the nursing home situation which we've really got to protect, now it's all systems go, let's look forward. eric: do you think, you know, i hearken back to the cdc projection that was done last month of upwards of 214 million infected, 200,000-1.7 million deaths, very sobering. however, that was done before these actions had taken place. do you think that washington is finally beginning to get a handle on this? >> yeah. i'm certainly not a medical ec permit. i listen to people like dr. fauci, and i think all

americans should heed the words of dr. fauci. i only hope that a month from now or two months from now when i come back on this show, we can talk about how things weren't as bad as they said they were and thank people like dr. fauci, not say they weren'ted bad because people were exaggerating it, they weren't bad because people took the advice of people like dr. fauci and, you know, started mitigation strategies that prevented the worst case scenario withs that are quite -- scenarios that are quite grisly. eric: if you're going to have a party, i'm sorry to say, delay it for a while. [laughter] don't shake hands and to that old elbow bump. we all is have our part to do in this. jamieing thank you. >> absolutely. i totally agree. you know, we'll get through this, i believe, as a country. america's gotten through a lot worse. but this is a serious time, and we should listen to experts like dr. fauci who know what they're talking about. eric: jamie, thank you. arthel? arthel: meanwhile, the white

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the cdc warning people here at home about traveling within our country especially after of the defense department banned domestic travel for members of the military. erin after orty is at lax. >> reporter: we're standing in international arrivals at lax, you can take a look behind me, we're seeing period you can arrivals of groups of peek if that have just traveled back. americans who have returned from europe in the past 14 days are being funneled through 13 different armies including -- airports including here at lax. they're asked a series of health questions, also given details about the coronavirus, any precoughs they need to take, symptoms to look out for. then they're sent on with a directive to go ahead and self-quarantine on their own for a couple of weeks. now, president trump spoke about the travel ban on friday during his emergency declaration. of course, now the european ban

includes the u.k. and ireland and potentially could include domestic air travel as well. >> specifically from certain areas, yes, we are. and we're working with the states, and we are considering other restrictions, yes. >> reporter: now here at the tom bradley terminal at lax, the terminal being the second largest international terminal in the funnels some 4.8 million people through here a year. what we've seen so far today is a lot of empty areas, and that's usually something you just don't see here. we've also seen a lot of people taking precautions. you see people walking by with masks on. we've got a station behind us with hand sanitizer, you know, people are just doing the best they can and trying to get home. we talked to one person who told us about their particular experience earlier. take a listen. >> didn't worry about it, you know? >> it's like a little bit of a mess. everybody's freaking out a little bit for, i guess, fear of

the unknown. >> you know, this happens before. and i think we're going to go through. so just think positive and think that it's not going to last forever. >> reporter: and, eric, again, everything that we're seeing here, a lot of people taking precautions. i saw a gentleman right next to us putting his mask on, and he gave me two thumbs up and shrugged his shoulders. we'll bring you more from the here at the los angeles international airport as these arrivals come in throughout the today and the evening. eric? eric: glad you've got the sanitizer -- >> reporter: i do. yes, gotta do what i can. hand sanitizer's right behind us, so we're all good here. eric: thanks. arthel? arthel: those new measures taking place in israel, france now seeing closure of shops, restaurants and entertainment facilities starting at midnight tonight. the prime minister saying too many people are still out on the streets and not heeding the advice to stay insideful now

we're going to get more on how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting flight attendants and other professionals in the travel industry. bringing in now the president of the association of flight attendants. sarah, first off, what precautions are flight attendants taking to protect themselves? >> arthel, flight attendants have been on the front lines for the last two months and, in fact, actually we go to training every single year to remind ourselves about how to protect, how to best protect ourselves and protect passengers and deal with this if we encounter this on our planes. so, first, the last two months flight attendants have been taking those protective stances. we have worked with our airlines to make sure that we have resources on the plane with protective equipment, and we have been following the proceed yours. and, in fact, actually it's only this past week that we have had any crew members test positive for the coronavirus. so as we approach this as first responders, we've done a fairly good job of protecting

ourselves -- arthel: which is very important. i want to know though, how have you changed the way you do your job and service the passengers? >> so it has been very difficult because as flying has been pulled down, we have not had access to the hours, of course, and so this is also having an economic impact on us. and we are making sure that flight attendants who are potentially at higher risk are able to stay home, those who are concerned about it are able to stay home. we are promoting, of course, what is being promoted pay cross the country by the experts that there should be paid sick leave, that no one should have a financial penalty if they have come in contact with the virus and could potentially spread that to other people, they're able to self-quarantine. and so this has been at the forefront of our thought in how we're approaching our job. but we also can't help but think about it all the time because airlines have pulled down over 40% of their capacity. we just simply don't have access to hours, and even though the

airlines went into this in the best financial position, they are in a position now where if they don't get financial relief and if people don't have access to work and the paychecks continuing, we are going to see a collapse of the airline industry and the economy. so that's what we're thinking about now as well. arthel: very much an understandable -- what about the cleaning crews, sarah? are they sufficiently cleaning and disinningfecting the plane? >> so this is an issue. the cleaning crews used to be direct employees of the airlines, and now they are contract workers. these are hourly employees, so they don't have the reassurance that they can stay home with a paid sick leave. that's also a stressor and could cause them to come to work when they shouldn't be. and so they have not always had the protective equipment. the airlines have been working with us to try to resolve that, to try to make that better, but these are supply chain issues where we don't always have the resources in place for people or even the coordinated response.

we've had a problem from the beginning of this where we have seen a real difference with this administration not pulling the experts together and giving the experts the room to be able to talk and give good information to the american people. you know, with air travel we're on the front lewins of communicable outbreaks all the time and, actually, we find ourselves the first line of defense. if we can stop it in air travel, if we can stop it through transportation coming into the united states, then you wouldn't see a situation like this where you've got a community outbreak and it's out of hand and kansas track that. we always say you need to root it out, test for it, treat and isolate the disease so then you don't have spread. arthel: sara, you just mentioned you would like to have better coordination with the federal government. so tell us what needs to happen for that to take place to where you and your fellow employees feel safe and you can also provide information to the administration, trump administration, to make sure that the passengers who are

flying remain safe. >> thank you so much. is so it's really important, you know, first of all what has happened is the cdc has been defunded, the program -- arthel: i understand. what do you want to happen proactively, not what has not happened. >> yeah. so we need to refund those programs, we need to call together and lift up the science, and we need to have good information coming. arthel: okay. let me -- excuse me, sara, you have an opportunity right now to be very specific. what is it that you would like to do with the white house in terms of coordination specifically. >> yeah. we would like to have the white house put the scientists and the health care providers out front to give good, clear information to the american public about what they can do to protect themselves, the best health care provisions that they can take to take care of themselves, to look out for their children and the best proactive a approach that they can take to stay healthy. we'd also like to coordinate with the stakeholders on the

front lines with people on the front line doing the work to come together with the health care authorities to put in place the best guidelines to be able to address this. and we'd like to rebuild our manufacturing base so we can actually provide the respirators and gloves and all of the equipment that's necessary for those on the front lines treating people. arthel: so you, i think you're in d.c -- >> yeah. arthel: so good. you can start there. you seem to be very organized. why don't you get in touch with the administration, i'm sure they'd love to hear from you as to they can coordinate with you and your fellow union workers. sara nelson, thank you very much. >> and we do have that plan if anyone wants to take a look. thank you so much, arthel. arthel: you're very welcome. eric: and we thank our flight attendants and the pilots. show you what's going on in countries around the rest of the country, now it is north carolina's turn, governor roy cooper or. >> children and their families,

identify and seek flexibilities in federal and state law and regulations to continue delivery of instruction to students in all ways possible. in addition, we commit our support to public school leaders as they work with local health departments, community leaders, educators and families. we commit to work with the federal, state and local authorities to identify and implement options to continue the provision of meal services to our eligible participants, and we commit to coordinate with the the president of health and human services on matters relate to early childhood educational services delivered in partnership with public schools. we'll continue to work with the leaders of the north carolina community college system, the university of north carolina system and the north carolina independent colleges and university withs to insure the continued participation of public high school students and dual enrollment courses in postsecondary institutions including students ending rolled in cooperative, innovative high

schools. further, the state board commits to work with leaders in the department of public construction and our superintendent of public instruction, the north carolina community college and unc systems, the executive branch and the legislative branch to identify waivers or temporary adjustments to laws and regulations governing the state's system of public schools in order to address impacts from the present circumstances. and finally, we work to encourage local school leaders who work with health departments, the department of health and human services and other public health leaders to coordinate continuity plans and facility access and facility use. at this time i'll turn to my colleague in education, superintendent of public instruction, superintendent johnson. >> i am state superintendent mark johnson, and i want to thank governor cooper and his team for our bipartisan efforts over the course of this last

week in support of our schools during this very difficult time for our students, for our educators, for parents and for all of the families of north carolina. this is the decision that no one wanted to see happen, but it is the right decision, and i thank governor cooper for working with us to make this happen. last week we began preparing in case we found ourselves in this situation, and we will continue that work with local school districts to make sure that in these trying times ahead we best meet the needs of our students and our entire state. thank you, governor cooper. >> we'll now take questions that you might have. >> yes, governor -- [inaudible]

[inaudible] >> yeah. the question was are there going to be efforts to help people who are going to need help as a result of closing schools and trying to organize volunteers. there's no question that this needs a statewide response and statewide action. we had a lot of school tickets that were either -- districts that were either closing or considering closing or, lots of anecdotal evidence of parents who were going to keep their

kids home from school. and as we know, public school mandatory for children. we've tasked this working group to find solutions, and they're going to have the benefit of an emergency declaration that will allow waivers of regulations and restrictions in order to be able to get relief fast to people. a statewide closure and a statewide action plan that makes sure that we to this is important. i think one of the great things that we see in times of a crises in our state are people who reach out to help others. and i've seen a lot of people, even some people in my family, who are now working from home because they're tele-working, and they're offering to look after children of friends.

and encouraging that kind of thing is positive, and i'm glad that you mentioned that, because a lot of that is happening, and we hope that that kind of thing happens even more. >> [inaudible] >> sure. >> [inaudible] >> absolutely. and that's something that this working group will do. >> [inaudible] can you tell me how many people get tested by private labs,

how -- [inaudible] and whether restrictions on testing need to be loosened so without symptoms can be tested. doesn't it undermine the goal of getting people treatment? >> the question is about testing, and we are doing everything we can to make sure that everybody who should get a test is tested. as you know, we had limited supplies from the cdc that we have been promised. so our health experts went outside of that to work with private contractors, and now there are more and more people on line who are providing testing. finish and we want to work the make sure that happens, but i'm going to reck dr. cohen -- recognize dr. cohen to give you the latest update.

>> thank you. the governor mentioned -- eric: we've been listening to governor roy cooper or of north carolina announcing that the schools in his state will close for two weeks because of coronavirus. there have been a reported 23 cases of coronavirus among north carolinians including 5 biogen mows in the research triangle park that may have attended that meeting in boston where there was an outbreak of coronavirus, so the governor taking precautions there, closing the schools in that state for two weeks, something that other school districts from philadelphia to los angeles is have also taken on because of the coronavirus outbreak. now to overseas where three americans were wounded in a rocket attack at our base north of baghdad just days after a similar attack killed two americans and a british man. all this is promising u.s. airstrikes now against the iranian-backed militias believed to be behind this violence. what does all this mean and what

comes next? dan hoffman, fox news contributor, joins us now. they say iran is behind this militia, iran is behind the attacks. what is tehran's goal and how should we respond? >> you know, i think that's the key question that the president and his closest advisers starting with secretary of state pompeo and secretary of defense's per are probably asking the intelligence community. there's no question that the militia responsible for the attacks, hezbollah, is supported by the iranian revolutionary guard corps, the quds force. that's their unconventional military and their military intelligence kind of wrapped into one. they're the ones that work with proxy militias all over the middle east and against the interests of us and our allies. so i think the question is to what extent did that group launch those strikes on their own volition, or was there command and control coming from iran -- eric: what do you think? >> i think that they would be

doing so without necessarily requiring approval from iran, but they are receiving material support from iran without which they wouldn't be able to launch the attacks. remember that the attack on january the 2nd, the lethal attk which targeted quds force chief commander soleimani also resulted in the death of the leader of ca tam hezbollah. those militias are integrated into the iraqi kind of unconventional forces. and so it's very tricky for us to unwrap this, and iran wanted to be a part of a response that we would have to take that would inflict harm on our relationship with iraq. i think that's kind of -- eric: that's a great point. iran wants to separate us from those who are our allies in iraq. and here's what the9 "wall street journal" also says, taking another page off of that. thaw say, quote, iran may also

have been testing the united states' commitment to respond amid a coronavirus outbreak and aal draw -- regional drawdown, maybe they could get some propaganda gains off the deaths of some americans in iraq. mr. trump will have to consider a more serious military response. do you think tehraning is facing the pressure of several things; coronavirus, you've got the harsh sanctions, and you've got saudi arabia pulling the rug out underneath their oil sales. i mean, the tehran regime could be near the point of perhaps fop toppling. >> yeah. and a reflection are the massive level of protests we saw before the coronavirus. now, of course, there's an incentive not to gather on the streets and protest iran's government, but we've seen that in iran, we've seen it in iraq. and i think the iranians also want to demonstrate to their own

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closed about an hour ago, but it will open up again tomorrow morning. across the state, officials say they are taking precautions to insure the safety of voters and poll workers. listen here. >> and at each of our polling locations, we'll have two two-literrer bottles of the purell so that voters can clean their hands. >> part of the secretary of state's action, each county board of elections is required to have personnel up front for voters to drop off their curbside dropoff of their absentee ballot. >> reporter: louisiana was going to vote on april 4th, they made the decision to delay their primary election. the four states, though, that are set to vote this tuesday, they all say that voting will continue as planned. arthel? arthel: ellison barber, thank you very much. erik? eric: president trump this afternoon confirmed that he has been tested for the coronavirus.

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get 'em while they're hot. applebee's 25 cent boneless wings are back in your choice of three sauces. , eric spain now on lockdown joining italy and france and israel closed restaurants to stop the spread of coronavirus. meanwhile here at home, more school systems and store closures are announced to try and stop the virus spread. this comes as the u.s. has extended its european travel plan, it will now include britain and ireland as cases continue to surge around the globe. hello, everyone, and welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. arthel: and i'm arthel neville. president trump making the announcement that the u.s. would broaden the european ban during a news conference at the white house earlier today. mr. trump also revealed that he has taken a coronavirus test amid concerns of exposure. >> i also took the test last

night -- yeah. i decided i should based on the press conference yesterday. people were asking, did i take the test. i don't know, whatever it takes, a day, two days, whatever it is. they sent it to a lab. eric: the news conference a to comes after the president declared a national emergency yesterday, and the numbers are showing so far more than 2,000 infections with at least 50 deaths so far in the u.s. the latest person to succumb was an 82-year-old woman in new york. that does mark the empire state's first fatal case of the coronavirus. arthel: we have live fox team coverage. jacqui heinrich is in yonkers, new york, where shoppers flocking the to the stores. we begin with steve harrigan live in atlanta outside the cdc headquarters. steve? >> reporter: a lot of news coming out of that it is aing force meeting in -- task force meeting in washington today, the president saying this virus has

forced americans to rethink their behavior even about basic social interaction. the president saying it's forced him to rethink once again his position on handshaking. here's president trump. >> people come up to me, or they shake hands, they put their hand out. it's sort of a natural reflex. and we're all getting out of it. all of us have that problem. somebody comes up to you, they put their hand out, you probably tend to just shake it, and we're all getting out of that. shaking hands is not a great thing to be doing right now, i agree. but people put their hand out, sometimes i'll put the hand out, you don't think about it. people are thinking about it more and more. we have to think about it, it's important. >> reporter: some slight movement in the numbers from the cdc globally. 145,000 people infected, here in the u.s. at least 2,000 infections. the death toll notching up by one to 51. the real focus of the pandemic has moved now from china to europe, and the shutdowns continue. apple announcing a all restores

outside of china temporarily closed, delta saying it's cut capacity by 40%. and, of course, schools across the nation state after state deciding to shut down public schools k-12. at least 20 million students affected. the list goes op on. major cruise lines agreeing today to halt output and trips for the next 30 days. nursing homes now restricting visitors and communal eating and also many hospitals also shutting down lek trisurgery, allowing -- elective surgery, allowing health officials to focus on this crisis. one to have chief complaints has been the slowness of the testing. vice president pence making it clear that was the focus of some of this emergency funding, to make more speedy and portable testing. he said in the days ahead we could see a number of drive-through testing centers based on public and private partnerships. arthel, eric, back to you. eric: all right. thanks so much, steve. so did you storm the mall or the supermarket yet?

a lot of people have cleared the shelves across the country, and when the new deliveries a arrived, well, they're snapped up again. one store down in atlanta the, a scene that's been repeated in stores all over our nation. one of them is where jacqui heinrich is now, in yonkers, new york, inside stu leonards, and they have just about everything you'd ever want. looks like they still have some stuff there. hey, jacque. >> reporter: you know, it's funny, they are really well stocked here. that was not the case just down the road at costco, and if you tried to get into that store or a store like it, you probably encountered the pandemonium that we are seeing playing out in so many places. long lines to get in, people urging each other to calm down. one bright spot in all this, local grocers like this stu leonards, they're getting a lot of business, and there's less worry about the supply chain

being replenished because so much of their sourcing happens locally. there are a few items that are out of stock. this is where the toilet paper used to be. of it's been replaced with kleenex. and over here, stuff that has been gone for many weeks, you've still got lysol up here. they are limiting it though to two per customer. but everywhere else you walk in here, you've got the produce section, chicken, fresh fruits and vegetables, things that were being rushed in other areas, these are still in good supply because they are coming, again, from local vendors. now, that's not the case at some bug box stores like walmart and cost doe. president trump -- costco. president trump announcing a nationwide national emergency, urging folks to work from home, schools announcing long closures and people preparing to quarantine. they're stocking their pantries with enough to last them a couple weeks at a time, especially shelf-stable items like pasta sauces, battled water, canned soups, and we're

also now seeing today after those items went very quickly, a rush on fresh items like chicken, ground beef and fruit. there are some indicators of some farther reaching shortages. on amazon toilet paper's largely sold out, deliveries are delayed indefinitely for some items. on costco's web site, you can't even buy baby wipes anymore, and some is services like amazon fresh and prime pantry are booked for several days. you can feel the tension inside the stores. at one point this morning at that costco in yonkers, police had to close down access for a two-hour period because it was is so overrun with shoppers. there was a backup for about a mile of cars just reaching that. one thing we are seeing, folks who make it into the stores, they're taking their precautions. they are trying to protect themselves from any germs, and you're seeing throughout the store a lot of these sanitizing wipes, people making good use of them, people shopping en masse and washing their hands. so if you can make your way out to a local business and try to

get what you need from a local source, you'll probably one run into fewer of the problems and a lot less anxiety than some of those big box stores. eric: it is pretty shocking when you see empty shelves, but from my own personal experience, by the next day or the day after that, they're still getting deliveries so try to go early if you want and, you know, don't panic. all right, thank you. >> yesterday i declared a national emergency which was a very big deal, because it opened up avenues that we would never be able to open up without it. it'll make more than $50 billion available to us immediately in disaster relief funds. arthel: that's president trump and the coronavirus task force earlier today laying out the administration's latest moves to combat the spread including a web site with information about testing that is supposed to go online for the nation tomorrow. this as preemptive measures are being ramped up by the white

house. mark meredith is there with the very latest. >> reporter: the white house is continuing to reach out to state and local leaders, offering whatever resources they can to help with the outbreak. as you mentioned, the administration also working very hard when it comes to getting these testing kits out throughout the country. we heard from dr. anthony fauci from the white house briefing room about these testing kits earlier today. >> as we get knowledge about new testing, it will alleviate the anxiety that we have in the world, but it also will give the individual physician and individual citizen the opportunity to know where they stand. >> reporter: just part of the white house's response. they're blushing that web portal -- establishing that web fortal, still unclear how widespread it will be usable. working with stores like target, walmart and cvs, also taking the steps of freezing interest rate for student loans and also increasing contributions to the

strategic petroleum reserve. now, this is interesting. we learned that the president says he has now been tested for covid-19 out of an abundance of caution. he says he feels fine, and they also did a temperature check on him, and he was fine as well. the white house press corps, we had a temperature check done on us just before that briefing got started, that was the first time we a had seen that happen. and also members of the president's senior staff on the task force, they also had their temperatures checked. we also, as you heard earlier in the show, heard about new travel restrictions that'll be coming on between the u.k. and ireland as well as the united states. we had a chance to ask the vice president about whether or not we're going to see additional travel reductions take place, even some domestically. this was his response. >> as the president said, we'll -- we're considering a broad range of measures. but no decisions have been made yet. but i just want to assure the american people of two things. we're going to continue to follow the facts, we're going to

continue to listen to the experts about recommendations. we'll bring, as we did this week when the president made the decision to suspend all travel from europe. >> reporter: we are expecting another update tomorrow afternoon from the vice president. he says he's going to be delivering some of the phone calls to the nation's aboves, speaking with all of them between now and monday to -- governors. but we are expecting an update about 24 hours from now. it'll be interesting to see what we learn. arthel: looking forward to that. mark meredith, thank you very much. eric: well, the coronavirus is taking a toll. right now more than 145,000 infections have been reported. it's claimed just over 5,000 people. spain in a total shutdown. france and israel moments ago announcing that they are shutting down restaurants, cafés and movie theaters. that will start tomorrow as nations scramble to try and control the pandemic. it's now spread to more than 100 countries. ryan chilcote it in london has

more on the global impact. >> reporter: iran continues to reel from the worst outbreak in the middle east with many, including some iranian lawmakers, increasingly concerned that the actual number of infections may be much higher than the officially nearly 13,000 confirmed cases. covid-19 is making its way right into the halls of power in tehran with a senior vice president, cabinet ministers, members of parliament, members of the revolutionary guard, even health ministry officials all now among the infected. syria with, another country where hundreds of thousands of refugees have just toughed out the winter, is also bracing for a spike in the number of cases. and our final stop in the middle east, saudi arabia, the region's largest oil producer, has just announced it's suspending all flights in and out even as it seeks to produce a record amount of oil and outsell russia. to the east in some parts of asia, controls on movement are intensifying. manila is is now subject to a

night time curfew. and finally, keep an eye on singapore. the tiny island nation, population about 5.5 million people, the number of infections there has just topped 200. per capita, its numbers have been very low relative to its neighbors. monitoring there is very tight. people even get their temperatures taken before entering most buildings. singapore has gotten a lot of credit for its response to the epidemic and yet the numbers continue to rise even there. back to you. eric: ryan, thanks so much. a. arthel: well, president trump's ban on travel for more than two dozen european countries sparking chaos at many airports. the new countries now being added to that ban and the warning to travelers here in the u.s. that's all coming up. r retiremea gives us confidence. yeah, they help us with achievable steps along the way... ...so we can spend a bit now, knowing we're prepared for the future.

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arthel: four presumptive cases in hawaii, two positive in kauai, we're now going to honolulu where the governor of hawaii is giving an update. >> last night, and we didn't hold this press conference last night because we thought it was a little late in the evening to do that. you know, we are aware that

three health care workers who treated them were not wearing appropriate personal protective devices, so we have contacted them. they will be in quarantine or isolation, self-isolation as we proceed. we do know that this is a rapid ly-changing situation s and we are committed to keeping you informed. i did want to report on our community sentinel testing. we completed the test on all 62 samples in that first batch of community testing. all 62 samples were negative. we did not find any other evidence within sample of covid-19 in any community. it was a statewide sampling,

samples from every county. so we continue to believe that the sentinel testing program allows us to get a sense of community spread. you know, it is not a proof positive explicitly because it's only 62 samples. we will be expanding that to arrive at about 200 samples a week that we will be testing from all around the community. as you know, we've been focused on expanding testing all across the state. there have been a number of facilities that have begun to stand up testing centers. we are committed to having expanded testing on each island. obviously, our state lab is the only lab that can turn around and test in a single day. all the others would incur a delay in getting results back.

and with that, we're open to questions that you might ask. >> [inaudible] individual -- [inaudible] if for a and b. >> yeah, we don't have that information. we're following up with the health department in that community. >> so on the mainland? >> on the mainland, not here in the islands. >> could you share what state the couple -- >> they are a couple, right. and we can proprovide that information as we get it. >> were they staying at the kauai marriott? >> they were staying at the marriott. >> [inaudible] these two individuals, while they were on ca way, what sort of measures -- [inaudible] >> sure. certainly we are working with the two individuals to get as

detalled an itinerary as we can, and as we are identifying places that they went to, we are informing, contacting the restaurantses or tour activities to inform them that they have come into contact with someone who has tested positive. we are telling people that if they had a direct, prolonged personal contact, so it's contact for more than just passing that they should self-monitor. if they have had prolonged personal contact, then they should isolate for 14 days and monitor their health, talk their temperatures twice a day to see if they develop symptoms, then they should see their health care professional as soon as possible is. and inform them of the potential -- >> [inaudible] the couple in ice laughs? was there -- in isolation? >> they both have improved so that they do not need

hospitalization. so -- arthel: okay. so so far two people in kauai have tested positive for coronavirus. that is governor ige of hawaii reporting that three health care workers were apparently not wearing the proper protective gear. they're being assessed as well. and meanwhile, the governor is saying that 62 samples are currently being tested statewide and that they are focusing on extending testing across hawaii. and the governor, ige -- before we jumped out, saying they're in touch with any of the people who have come in contact with those in question. meanwhile, as this coronavirus is now spreading to 49 states, the number of confirmed cases climbing here in the u.s. with those just recently announced in hawaii. we're going to bring in dr. oscar allen, chief of programs and services at the national association of county and city health officials. and, you know, i want to start here, dr. allen, because you just heard the governor ige of

hawaii talking about trying to extend tests there in hawaii. so i ask you, how many tests are currently available in the u.s. right now? i mean, president trump saying that i believe like five million are available? do you have any information on that? >> well, there are two different, i guess, answers to that question. there's the public health tests that are available to the public health laboratories, and then there's the efforts to provide more test kits to commercial entities meaning the labs such as quest, lab corpses, etc. that's where you see the difference between the five million, seven million kind of target versus that of the 75,000 that was recently discussed at the public health labs with the ability to scale those up. arthel: right. and vice president pence said we're going get more information tomorrow, i believe at 5 p.m. eastern, on that rollout you're talking about of the drive-through testing that will hopefully become available soon at some truck stores across

the -- drugstores across the country. >> i imagine. arthel: do you have any idea how many more, i know it's hard to track down the numbers specifically, you don't know how many more will be coming online or when, is the question as well, and how important is that collaboration with the private labs that you -- >> oh, sure. >> tell us more. >> i'm sorry. arthel: go ahead. >> i'm sorry, can you hear me? arthel: i can hear you. >> o.k.. i'm getting feedback. finish so there are 81 state and local labs that have, that stood up and are already providing those tests. whereas it's certain the number of commercial entitieses that are going to be available and you indicated the vice president did indicate that, there are several efforts made to provide more information by tomorrow. but the goal is, of course, to insure that we at least have a broad swath of individuals to be

tested in the way that not only makes sure they meet -- arthel: okay. i lost your audio, but let me see if you can still hear me, and we'll keep going and if we can hear you. >> yeah. arthel: as the number of cases are expected to rise, will there be enough available tests to keep up with the upcoming demand? >> can you hear me? arthel: yes, i can hear you. >> all right. repeat the question with, please. arthel: i was asking you as the numbers of cases are expected to rise, do you think there will be enough available tests to keep up with the upcoming demand? >> i apologize -- arthel: you know what, dr. allen? this is some it can call issues that we're having op our end, so we're going to discontinue this interis view for now. if we can get this sorted out, we'll get you back on. i really apologize, sir. >> thank you. eric: sometimes we get those

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about those connections. and that is exactly what our study, our end deem logic evaluation will really look to. >> so at this point we only have one os positive case actually still in full-fledged form in el paso e? >> yes. >> okay. and is there any way to know if the people with the woman came in to uc health, the health care professionals helping her, if they knew at all she had covid-19? >> so i would really defer that to my colleagues with the hospital. yeah. >> [inaudible] surgeries there about going into -- [inaudible] any word for the people who are -- >> yeah. we are working diligently with our hospitals to assure that we have appropriate protocols in place to protect individuals who are needing their routine health care. we understand that there's going to be those routine surgeries or

procedures, but there's also other kinds of energies. if you're in a -- emergencies. if you're in a car accident, you're ready to deliver your baby, it is our goal and i believe that everyone takes this seriously that it's our duty to assure that we're providing best practice and safe places and health care that is excellent. and i actually am privileged to have worked in these facilities, and i know that they are really comment, and i trust -- excellent, and i trust these providers explicitly. >> and then community spread, i don't know, was in the first case -- was this the first case of community spread -- [inaudible] directly to another? >> yes. and that is what our investigation is is moving into. as we reach out to more broadly the individuals, and what you were speaking to in the evaluation.

>> [inaudible] when you test negative after how long -- [inaudible] >> you know what? i would be guessing with the exact time period, so i can't with give you numbers, but we can get that. >> [inaudible] contact with upwards of a hundred people. [inaudible] panic a little bit. that's a pretty big number. >> it is a put big number -- eric: well, we're listening to the colorado springs health department discuss the woman there who died, an indication of the contact tracing that pluck authorities are faced with. they're trying to trace the deceased woman's family and friends, especially those in her bridge club. that's just an indication of the detailedded research that our official it is are up against. meanwhile, in new york state the empire state has announced its second death just north of new york city, a 65-year-old man died from the coronavirus. they say he had other significant health problems that likely did contribute to his

death. this awe comes the afternoon the president suggested that the new bill that was a passed by the house late last night will help all americans, even those without insurance that face the coronavirus threat. >> the bill provides for free coronavirus testing for all americans who should be tested. it also provides paid sick and family medical leave for those who need it including for those who have of the virus. for caregivers and those looking after children affected by school closures. ericering and louisiana has also -- eric: and louisiana has also just announced its first death. i'm joined by pennsylvania. stoddard. d by a.b. stoddard. washington is finally getting into gear, the administration is now coming together on that bill last night. certainly, this is encouraging, but is it snuff.

>> well, look, i think it's incredibly heartening to all of us to see that the administration worked with the democratic house and the treasury secretary was very thankful publicly to the house speaker for negotiating nonstop with him over these past few days and that it was a largely bipartisan vote on that bill. but now it goes to the senate. i don't know why the senate is not working over the weekend to pass it immediately, i i think that they should be. 24 hours and 48 hours in the coronavirus experience is a long time, as you know, and i don't know -- although the president is supportive -- that this won't change in the hours and days ahead. i do know that the republicans are concerned about adding more provisions for small business. i just think that when you look at the scale of the response around the world, just news today that italy and -- i i mean, sorry, like italy, france and spain are going to be shutting down with everything except for access to the grocery and the pharmacy, i'm not sure

we know what our needs will be in the usa as of, let's say, wednesday of this coming week. so i think it's a work in progress, and i do think that we will be expecting to see a lot more of a comprehensive response. paid sick leave for two weeks might not cut it a week from now. so think it's going to be a day by day response to what the up folding needs if are -- unfolding needs as we look at a what the u.s. response really needs to be. eric: you just said we have announced this afternoon the reports that say that france is closing down its restaurants, nightclubs. israel doing the very same thing. it seems that the nations joining italy and spain in basically shutting down for a while. will this country, do you think, get to, potentially get to that point? are our officials taking it seriously enough? let me just point to the cdc numbers from a test that they ran last month. 21 million americans hospitalized potentially we have 925,000 beds.

upwards to 214,000 of us infected. there's 61,000 deaths from the flu. i mean, folks, this is cdc, all right? cdc numbers but before these new strategies went into place estimated upwards of almost two million deaths around the country. is that fear mongering, or is that realistic, and do you think the authorities both on the hill and in the white house have a complete grappling of the potential impact that these other nations seem to have? >> we know that the experts like dr. fauci, our foremost expert on infectious disease, are aware of the curve that our country following just like these other countries that came before us. and they know that our hospital system will be overrun in the days, weeks and months to come and that this requires an alarmist response in order to get ahead of what they call flattening the curve. the administration was behind the curve on this. we should have been testing a long time ago.

50 death already in the country, i don't know if at this hour it's more than that, is too many. a million is incredibly frightening and i think -- that's why i think the government response is going to continue to evolve because we don't have, as you pointed out, the icu capacity. other problems will continue to happen. complications from cancer treatments, heart attacks while we see an influx of coronavirus patients, we don't have the ventilators for this. people need to understand they just need to stay home and overreact to this in order to have a better outcome. if we are casual about this, we're going to be swallowed up by it just like these other countries that are shutting down. mark: you know, it seems like there's been a -- eric: it seems like there's been a turn in the psyche thankfully, in part, because of the presidents. criticisms also of the administration, also become very sobering, realistic experience that, yes, perhaps you should stay home. you know, don't have that party.

they talk about six feet distancing, maybe the administration in washington should call up the dod should get pop-up hospital tents, bring in the national guard as has been done in new york state, and there should be much more aggressive steps being taken. is that being talked about in washington potentially? >> right. well, that's why this issue of testing has come to the fore. why didn't we expect the world health organization tests like we should have like other countries did, why don't we have adequate testing in the greatest nation on earth, why are we so beyond the curve. but you are right, we need to move to other responses beyond testing. we need to worry about our capacity the treat, and that's why i think you're going to see a lot of different policies being rolled out -- new reductions, alarming ricks in the days and -- restrictions, was experts believe our system will be overrun in the next ten days. that's why you saw this response in france. they're astounded at the amount

of people they have on respirators. it groce exponentially, and i think decisions will be made by wednesday that we can't imagine right now. eric: secretary mnuchin said this during the press conference. >> we have a lot more to do with congress, and the speaker and i have acknowledged it. we will be working starting immediately. the airlines industry in particular, no different than after 9/11, has a very unique circumstance. the cruise industry, the hotel industry, i would say we've got a lot more work to do, and we very much appreciate the bipartisan support and anticipate rolling things out very quickly. eric: so they expect more things and will address them. >> right. so you're looking at a response economically to the damage it's going to do to the markets, to people's pocketbooks as they stay home, let's say, from shift work. but we're also looking at a response to our health care system that's not ready for

this. that's why they're talking about medicaid expansion and other things, free testing. our health care system was not prepared for this. and so it's not only how do you deal with people who no longer have money to buy groceries because they can't go to work, but also how do you deal with the fact that they don't have the care and coverage that they're going to need. and the most terrifying is this hospital capacity. i am hoping that we can martial responses from our department of defense and other things to try to make upper for it, but this is going to be something that people really couldn't have imagined, and that's why i don't know the relief bill that we're talking about right now is going to be the same thing on monday or by next friday. b. eric: there will likely be much more needed and done as we see this roll out. a.b., always good the see you. >> thank you. arthel: well, the list of sports cancellations and delays mounting with the nhl, major league baseball, the ncaa, the nb a a, the pga and others

announcing major scheduling changes. has there ever been a situation like this in the history of sports and how it could impact the big business of athletics. we dig into all of this coming up. ahh no, come on. i saw you eating poop earlier. my focus is on the road, and that's saving me cash with drivewise.

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organizations themselves you've got the contract workers, vendors, janitorial crews, shuttle drivers, satellite parking lots, etc. >> it affects everybody as well as the athlete, which you didn't mention. yeah, it's a disaster economically, but they've got to get it right, and they're taking the necessary precautions and steps. all of this was very, very necessary. it's the right move to do. the economics, unfortunately, are going to cause people a lot of pain, but the ultimate pain would be to have this virus continue to spread and have it be much more pervasive across all of society with these crowds gathering, and that's what they're trying to prevent, and they've done the right thing. arthel: yeah. and you got march madness canceled. i want to talk about the impact on college players, especially those in their final years. they're counting on playing in front of scouts to get into the nba or even the wnba. >> yeah, and that's probably the least of it because those kids will go on, and they'll be able to play at the next level. if they're good enough, they're going to get picked, you know?

it's very rare that some diamond in the rough pops out, but some have -- are found. more importantly are the people who are going to be denied the opportunity, the smaller schools and some of the kids who don't have professional hopes, and this is the dream of their lifetime, and it's shattered much like back in 1980 when president carter decided not to send the olympians so all of those dreams were dashed, and and it's a once in a lifetime thing. this virus now, unfortunately, has impacted those kids, and it's it's just one of the unfortunate things that has happened. arthel: that, of course, is in the back of the minds of all those athlete ares who have prepared for the olympics in tokyo. meanwhile, jim, talk about the controversy on over how quickly and readily available the coronavirus tests were made for the nba players. what's your reporting on that,

and why was that a necessary move? >> why would that be a controversy? if anybody's making that into a controversy, they'd better look at the.s. there was an nba player who tested positive. he got the test. spread it to a teammate. he was tested, obviously, so that now shuts down the nba and rightfully so, so that all of those fans, all of those ball boys, opponents and players and possibly his teammates don't continue to spread this virus. so if anybody's making a controversy out of that, then they'd better look at themselves because something's really wrong with them. arthel: no, absolutely, as soon as i heard that, i did hear some comment that how is it that was made available to them, and there's people out there that don't have access -- >> that's ridiculous. that's a whole different issue. to say they shouldn't have access to a test and they're testing positive, i mean, it's not even worth continuing down this commentary, arthel. it's dumb. arthel: all right. let's go on. let's talk about the philanthropy angle of this.

you've got zion williamson paying salaries for the smooth e e -- smoothie king employees. >> it's great what williamson has done, and the league was taken by kevin love of the cleveland cavaliers, he announced he would give $100,000 to all of the employees who work the game. it has spread now, what zion's doing. there's some nba ownership that are going to pay some of their employees now while adam silver reevaluates. i think what you'll see is those who can will help the ones who can't. so it's great to see these guys -- we often criticize these athletes for a host of things, but their generosity and giving back is enormous particularly throughout the nba with the cares practice, stay in school -- arthel: there's a lot of good work athletes do, and just to be

clear definitely not on my part, i was not criticizing those players had access to the test. the question was only pose because there are many americans who don't play basketball or who are not rush and famous, and they're having trouble getting access -- >> i understand that. and i i understand it wasn't you. arthel: okay. >> but those people should understand if somebody has the virus and they got tested and they tested pod, there shouldn't be any -- arthel: jim gray, you and i -- >> the virus does not discriminate. poor, rich, black, white, american, russian are, chinese, if you get the virus -- arthel: you're right. i gotta go. we're cool, you and i. back in a little bit. for what you need.ly pay i love you! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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and you should vote, that is the message election officials here in ohio are trying to convey to voters. there is some concern amid the need for social distancing that vote iser turnout could be negatively impacted. early voting locations, a steady stream of voters cast their ballots this morning and afternoon. officials did have to relocate some polling sites because they were scheduled for nursing homes or assisted living places. folks say they are confident they will have of enough poll workers come tuesday, but it is one of the hurdles they're dealing with in light of the novel coronavirus. >> covid is the hygiene precautions that we're folk to be taking. have enhanced over what we would have normally done under any other circumstances. and then also the need for coworkers -- poll workers has increased. we've been getting a lot of support from our community both from government agencies as well

as from the general public. >> reporter: officials are encouraging voters to take advantage of early and mail-in voting options. thaw also say on election day it's best to come during non-peak hours. either way, officials here in franklin county tell us that workers, volunteers will be wiping down the machines at least every 30 minutes, more if things get really busy, and voters will have access to hand sanitizer as they walk in to vote and out the door. eric: ellison, thank you. arthel: and that is going to do it for us. we are going to see you back here tomorrow at 12 eastern. hope you can join us, but right now stay tuned for "the fox report" with jon scott. no matter what i wore, i worried someone might see my bladder leak underwear. so, i switched.

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jon: the trump administration expanding european travel ban as americans try to come grips with the growing coronavirus pandemic. good evening, i'm jon scott and this is a special 2-hour edition of fox report. ♪ jon: more than a 145,000 cases are now confirmed worldwide. more than 2,000 of them here in the u.s. covid-19 has spread to all by one state, the u.s. death toll above 50. overnight the house of representatives passed a sweeping relief bill that includes free coronavirus testing and extended sick leave benefits as states struggle to meet the increased demand for tests. we have fox news team coverage tracking how the outbreak is