♪ ♪ >> health officials across the country on high alert. the coronavirus now spreading across 49 states plus the district of columbia. west virginia now the only state in the united states without a confirmed case of the coronavirus. welcome to the a coronavirus pandemic special. i'm lauer ingle in new york. leland: laura, good to be with you, i'm leland vittert in washington. the number of total confirmed cases across the united states now jumping to almost 3,000. so far there have been 57 depths across -- deaths across 10 states. kristin fisher tracking the virus. hi, kristin.

reporter: hey, leland, the biggest hot spots continue to be washington state, california and new york, but the numbers are growing across the country. the death toll here in the u.s. is now at least 57 people, the vast majority, as i said, in washington state. california has five, florida four, new york two, new jersey, south dakota, kansas, georgia, colorado and oregon all have one. many people are now working from home, millions of students are out of school. the list of closures and cancellations simply too many to list. in hoboken, new jersey, the mayor has gone so far as to enact a curfew from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. until further notice. all residents being told they have to stay in their homes unless there's an emergency or unless their employer requires them to work. same in puerto rico which is taking the additional steps of closing all businesses except for supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations and banks. so far nearly 3,000 people have tested positive in the united

states, and that number only expected to rise. there's still a very big gap between the number of people who want to be tested and the number of people who can actually get a test. dr. fauci, the nation's, director of the national institute of health, he says that he's being told by the see quos of many of the companies -- ceos that are developing and rolling out these tests that that gap should begin to close sometime soon. listen here. >> they are telling us that that will be starting up within the next week or so, that it's going to go up. now, in the reality there are many people a week from now who are going to saw i tried to get a test, but i couldn't get it. but the totality of the picture is going the to be infinitely better than a few weeks ago. >> reporter: and it is just amazing how much has changed in just a few weeks. it's the sunday before st. patrick's day, but irish bars in boston are closed, no sunday worship in many churches and no selection sunday for march madness.

leland? leland: life in america is just beginning to change. you pointed out some of the ones we're seeing right now. kristin fisher, thanks so much. laura? laura: and as we await the trump administration's next coronavirus update this afternoon, keep it here on fox, the white house is saying that president trump has tested negative for the coronavirus and is symptom-free. mark meredith at the white house with more on this. hi, mark. >> reporter: hi, laura, good afternoon. president trump declaring today a national day of prayer, you mentioned right off the top there the news that we learned yesterday which is that the president did take a test for covid-19. those test results coming back negative, but there have been a lot of questions about whether or not the president was going to the take a test or not. today he's going to have a chance to speak with leaders from america's grocery stores that have been seeing a huge surge of panic buying all over the country. the white house paying close attention to the economic impacts of all of this, the

administration making it clear they realize this is something that is going to impact so many different industries but especially the airlines, the travel industry with nobody getting op planes, boats and people really staying home. we heard from the treasury secretary steve mnuchin earlier today who insisted more relief is coming. >> we need to get economic relief to the people that are impacted by this, and as i've kind of described this, we're in the second inning. the first inning was the $8 billion, the second we passed bipartisan legislation to make sure that workers who need to be home in small and medium-sized businesses will get paid. >> reporter: governor andrew cuomo if from new york held a news conference about an hour ago, but he also put out an op-ed in the "new york times." quote: the federal government must not only make aid available, it must also insure that assistance is distributed in clear, uniform ways. no state should be penalized for doing the right thing in trying to protect its residents during

the crisis. it'll be interesting to see if the president responds to that. now, the white house does support a bill that the house approved early saturday morning that would address a number of coronavirus-related issues, free testing, paid leave. a senior administration official tells fox news that treasury secretary steve mnuchin is in direct contact with a number of senators on this because, of course, they're going to have to take up the measure next. we may get a good idea when we hear from senior officials later on today here at the white house. there's going to be a news briefing at 5 p.m. we also just got a tweet from the president in which he pretty much prompted, promoted this free screening, also saying he's working with governors all across the country. looking forward to seeing what kind of updates the white house has for us a couple hours from now. back to you guys. laura: mark, thank you so much. yeah, everybody is waiting for that 5:00 update especially as it concerns domestic travel. keep it here on fox. thank you so much for your live report. leland: all right.

we'll pick up there where mark left off with republican congressman from tennessee mark green, member of the house oversight committee, homeland security committee, former army ranger and e.r. doctor. good to see you, sir, as always. you voted no, why? >> they got us a bill about 15 minutes before we passed it, and now we realize there's tons of questions and problems, so they're going to have to vote again this week and make some changes. so i just don't agree with the principle of dropping a 100-page bill and voting on it when the members can't even read the bill. leland: the argument on the other side would be desperate times call for desperate measures. >> yeah, but the senate isn't even in til monday. so we passed a bill after midnight with a full 24-48 hours before the senate even looks at the bill? we had plenty of time to wait. lee the bill talks about sick time, talks about testing, talks about providing food and financial assistance to low

income and underprivileged kids. all three of those things are probably going to become law, right this. >> well, yes. all that's going to be passed. the senate's going to pass a big part of this. and there's a lot of good things in this bill. testing, we're making the testing, you know, free, essentially. that's a good thing. the nutritional assistance, those children who would be getting free lunch at school, they're not going to school, so is they've got to -- so those are good things. the bad parts of this bill is, you know, the sick leave stuff really targets the cash flow of small businesses. you could tell people who wrote the bill probably never ran a business before. leland: the argument on the other side, at least from the administration, is that the government -- otherwise known as us -- are going to somehow finance all those small businesses offering sick leave. >> so the tax crept that's in the bill -- credit that's in the bill helps your cash flow later. but when you've got a person that you're adding an additional two weeks paid sick leave to,

two weeks you already offer, plus two-thirds of their paycheck for three months after they've had the virus, that's a tough hit for a small business to take. leland: interesting point. conservatives love to quote ronald reagan who said the most dangerous words in the english language are i'm from the government, and i'm here to help. [laughter] at times like this, the only place that we can all turn for help is the government. is it ready? are you all too divided on politics to come together? >> no, i think we yet to a good place -- get to a good place. the senate, they're going to pass a bill. they're going to pass part of this. we're fixing it this week, and so we're going the take action. leland: if you listen to secretary mnuchin, or he says this is just the second inning. we're talking about huge spending bills to come, things that'll make this look like a drop in the bucket. we're talking about payroll tax deductions, talking about even ending the payroll tax, big tax credits, perhaps even a stimulus. a trillion here, a trillion there, we're going to start talking about real money. >> yeah. they're going to do a third

supplemental, there's no doubt. they're already talking about it on capitol hill, you know, helping businesses like the airline industry -- leland: cruise lines. >> so that's coming. [laughter] that's coming. leland: and? >> well, it's going to be a lot of money. i mean, but the unfortunate thing is we haven't even spent the money that we've already, you know, agreed to, $8.3 billion in stimulus or in the supplemental one. $50 billion that was released from the emergency declaration, and we're already voting on another, you know, rough guesses on this last one, but tens of billions. leland: you're on the homeland security committee, you're a former physician, you were also in the army, are you confident in our medical system right now that it can handle what is going to undoubtedly be an influx of patients? >> it's really hard to know because we don't know how flat we can make the curve. because we don't want it pushing usst past our medical capacity tipping point. but i think we can, i believe we can. clearly in the military there

are resources we can tap into, there's lots of places where we can go. the real issue's the number of ventilators, and as long as we can keep flattening the curve with the precautions that the president -- you know, the president started it all with his travel ban in china. so if we can continue to flattennen that curve, we'll be okay. leland: congressman, doctor, we appreciate your time, sir. you're heading back to nashville for a week on the farm, and we'll be calling on your expertise. >> thanks. leland: laura? laura: and joining us now is someone who has had firsthand experience fighting the coronavirus. max shulman a student at vanderbilt university who is now under quarantine at his gnome long island, new york -- home in long island, new york. i'm so glad that you're here to talk to us, because so many people have questions. first, i want to ask you how you're feeling, and then i want you to explain to us when you realized you may have had something going on. was it sudden is and what were your symptoms? >> yeah. so thank you so much for having

me on the show. i think it's really important to just be getting accurate information out there right now. you know, all things considered, i'm, i have coronavirus, i'm quarantined in my room. i've been quarantined for a week. other than that, as you can probably see, i feel fine. i've been doing my workouts in my room, i've been eating pretty regularly as much as a teenage boy generally does. i've been doing work. i've had symptoms in five days so generally feeling pretty fine right now. this disease isn't that dangerous for someone of my age and health fortunately, thank god. and what was that other question? laura: i just wanted to know when you started feeling sick, where were you? explan to our viewers what was going on. >> yeah, definitely. so i was on spring break in barcelona, and i flew back to the states on saturday, march

7th. and i was in the airport and i was just feeling super toured, and i was like, okay, this could be nothing. i was on spring break. and then i got on the airplane, and i started feeling pretty delirious and restless, and then that's when i'm like, oh, this could definitely be something. but, again, trying to keep myself calm. and if later when i got home that day, i fell asleep for what was maybe like six hours, and i woke up with a 102 fever. and at that point i was like, okay, this definitely is probably something. laura: and there was some confusion. i was reading a little bit about your story. at first you were tested and you thought you didn't have it, then you found out from another call from the doctor you did? people keep saying, you know, there's confusion with this, and it happens on every single level, it appears. >> yeah. is so what i believe happened there was i don't think there was something wrong with the test, i think they miscommunicated something to mid dad who was speaking to the health department, new york state health department.

and so they told him something, i don't know what, and then it got to me that my test was negative, the covid-19 test, and then 45 minutes later i had the head physician reaching out to me, and he's like it's positive. so i don't think it was anything with the testing, but it was still definitely incredibly confusing to deal with. lauer sure. well, i'm glad you guys have the answers and you've taken all the right steps and precautions. we're looking at pictures of you hanging out in your room. how long do you have to be there? >> i've been here for seven days, and i've got seven more days, so i'm buck bling up. laura: all right. what advice do you have for the rest of us? we're all trying to be very careful, trying to practice social distancing, washing our hands, you are now living through it, what can you tell us as far as any pieces of advice? >> well, first thing, don't go to barcelona. [laughter] but, you know, i'm being glib. laura: right. >> in reality i think the most

important thing to be doing right now is listening to, listening to journalists, listening to the cdc, to your local department of health. the reason i ended i getting tested in the first place was i was reading the news, you know, i have "the washington post" app op my phone, i'm up-to-date on my phone, and i'm listening to direction. i'm not making decisions for myself, i'm not spitballing and making claims that have no basises in reality. i'm listening to people who know what they're talking about, and i think that takes the pressure if off me. i just follow people who have spent their entire lives trying to figure out how to deal with something like this. laura: that's great advice. great advice for all of us to take. max shulman, thank you so much. we wish you a very speedy recovery. thank you for sharing your story, it is so important at this time. take care for you and your family. >> absolutely. you tattoo.. -- you too. leland: travelers are facing hours of misery. just look at these lines of everybody packed in trying to get through u.s. custom it is

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♪ ♪ laura: president trump's coronavirus travel ban has americans abroad rushing back home, congesting some of the country's largest airports as they try to make their way back. marian rafferty is reporting live from lax. good to see you, what's happening there? >> reporter: well, as international travelers arrive and they're funneled through 13 different airports including here at lax around the country, they go through a very intense screening process we're being told can sometimes take hours, and they're waiting in line. we heard from president trump earlier regarding this issue, and he tweeted, he says we are doing very precise medical screenings at our airports. pardon the interruptions and delays. we're moving as quickly as possible, but it's very important that we be vigilant and careful. we must get it right. safety first. now, those sound like reassuring words, but we spoke to a couple who arrived yesterday with their two young daughters, twins. she said she was trying to keep

her twins safe because they have underlying medical conditions, and end when they got off the plane, she was shocked they were all kind of herded into a large room with two other plainfuls of -- planefuls of passengers, and you've seen the pictures now. we can show you what this looks like, all these people standing shoulder to shoulder, and they're supposed to be social distancing. the way they are heralded in these rooms makes it difficult to do that. >> we'd like to not see crowds like that. i mean, i think what people need to understand if you're an american citizen, if you are a family member, you can get back. you don't need to rush back, you'll be able to get back. but it's understandable how when people see a travel banker they immediately want to hunker and get home. hopefully, we don't have more of the that, but i think we probably, unfortunately, will see that. >> reporter: now, there are similar scenes such as here at

lax around the country at many of the airports where international travelers are funneling through. we reached out to customs and border patrol to talk about their procedures, how they're handling all this. so far we've with received no comment, also no response from the cdc about the procedures that they're doing that are making it very difficult for people to separate from each other. also we wanted to talk about the fact that many airlines are making major cuts to flights. they're also changing schedules. you can see right here where we are at lax not a lot of people in line. usually this terminal, this is departures, this would be packed with people, you'd barely be able to walk through here. but right now you're just seeing a few people that are trying to get home, trying to do everything they can to protect themselves so they can get back to where they're from, and that's what we're all doing, just trying to stay safe, and everyone is doing their best to protect themselves. laura? laura: all right, i notice people behind you have maxes on, and you have gloves on.

stay safe. thank you. leland: all right. obviously, one of the hard things to get is facts about this. folks at home have a lot of questions, and we have a medical panel to ask a number of the questions our viewers have submitted. we bring in dr. amy compton phillips, providence health care system that includes the hospital where the first u.s. coronavirus case was treated. ma'am, we'll start with you. this is the first question from a 77-year-old senior, she submitted on facebook. she said i'm 77 years old, as is my husband, and with all the discussions about the virus, i can't remember anyone saying the approximate length of it. we are very concerned about catching this as we are both in very bad health, and i am afraid that we would not survive it. so, doctor, is she right to be afraid? >> she is right to be wary. you know, i think prep if ration is better than -- preparation is better than panic, so i think insuring she's doing everything she can to socially distance, to

keep herself and her family, everybody she's around free of the virus, so doing frequent hand a washing, sanitizing is essential because the germ is definitely more lethal the older you are and the more underlying health conditions you have. leland: yeah. we've seen that in italy and china. doctor, dud i pronounce your name right? >> it's hotsi. leland: all right. why is it such a big deal with only a 3% death rate, and we should say that's the number he tagged on out. so far the cdc and everybody else seems to be arking over the -- arguing over the death rate. >> that's true. as we have more testing done, there'll be more positives done, and so the death rate will go on. in korea it's less than 1%, so we're probably expecting it will be somewhere on the order of

.1-1%. but let's go back on what you can do. i heard somebody say we've got to depend upon the government. you can't depend upon the government or your doctor, you can't depend upon your spouse or the insurance companies. you sure can't depend upon any politicians to get you healthy. you've got to take charge of your own health, and i have yet to hear anybody talk about what you can do to protect and to build up your immune system. i built my whole center on helping people get their energy level back and build up the immune system. it's simple, a, b, c, d and e. strong doses of vitamin a, vitamin c in copious amounts, vitamin d and zinc. there are documented studies, literally of tens of thousands, so that's what i recommend you do, get your immune system healthy. leland: that's a good point. and interestingly enough, a lot of those vitamins are sold out on amazon and a lot of places as i was checking. dr. compton phillips, this one

on instagram, mom is 85, we decided she stay home, how cautious do i need to be when i go out and this comes as the ap has just alerted from milan, this is a reuters report, pardon me,, italy recorded 368 new deaths from the outbreak on sunday bringing their total number of deaths to 1800. things certainly aren't are over in italy. is this person right to be worried about her mom coming back home? >> absolutely right to be worried about her mom and insuring, because even if her mom is staying home, if she is going out and gets exposed to the germ and brings it home, then she's putting her mom at risk. and so making sure she's doing absolutely everything, particularly with the hand washing, with the sanitizer, with the minimizing contact with crowds and with others. and i would like to say while i would love vitamins to stop this germ, it is not vitamins that

will stop this germ. it is us interrupting transmission which is why we have these draconian measures we've asked for right now, shutting down schools, shutting down large gatherings of crowds. because it's not your fault if you get this germ, but you can do everything you can possibly that evidence shows can protect yourself with against it which is particularly avoiding exposure. lee e lee all right. i'm going to ask you both to stand by for the other side of the breakment we've got a bunch more viewer questions coming in. you can submit on facebook and also on instagram. harris faulkner is going to have another special tomorrow at 1 p.m. with an additional round of doctors and questions, so make sure you watch that, 1 p.m. eastern here on the fox news channel. we'll be right back with more questions and our panel. laura: coronavirus fears causing tensions in packed grocery stores as restaurants across the country face empty tables and a hack of customers.

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very low. should i be worried? steven? >> well, again, contrary to what dr. compton says, it's imperative that you strength then your immune system. that's through good, healthy eating patterns. so i would eliminate the simple carbs and sugars. it's been documented that vitamins and minerals can improve your immune system. vitamin a,c and d are critical and important, and i would encourage this young woman to take that. and remember, this disease, this flu is going -- or, i'm sorry, the coronavirus is going to attack those that have underlying health problems, so she's going to be an increased risk category to have that. and she can take, support her immune system. if she has asthma, she ought to have that treated and make sure that's under control and then, of course, and then, of course, use the other measures of making sure you're not around people who are sick. laura: all right. we want to talk to amy compton

phillips. josie reid mcloughlin on facebook sent us this question: what is the most significant difference between this virus and h1n1 in 2009? many of us remember that, it was such a big deal, and now it feels like we are on a repeat here. how to you compare and contrast the two? >> the viruses are two different families, but they work in a very similar fashion that they get into the respiratory tract and cause major, major problems. the coronavirus that's out right now, we have zero immunity built up in the community, and that's why we're doing the draconian measures we have at the moment. because with zero immunity in the community -- [laughter] rhymes, that we get this exponential increase which is what we saw in wuhan, italy, multiple other countries. and that dramatic increase causes an overwhelmed health care system. and so when we get sick people

all at the same time coming into the health care system, we don't have the resources to help you if you need it. and is so that's the big, scary part. not only that people are getting sick, but if they get sick and come into an overwhelming health care system because it's all at the same time, that even if we have the tools to help, they might all be taken up by somebody else. so that's what's so frightening about the coronavirus and the lack of immunity out there. laura: you know, amy, i was in the green room getting ready for the show and ran into dr. oz, and i was telling him how i have a gamut of people, we all do in our lives, right, of people who are super concerned and being very careful and others who are saying, well, i'm going to go out, i'm just going to keep washing my hands. i want to bring your attention to this next post from instagram. it's from hillary and she asked, is it okay to eat at a restaurant in a community with no or few confirmed cases and have closed schools, libraries, etc. i'd like to support our local

businesses. so, you know, and to that gamut of people being concerned and some people being extra careful, what do we do when we want to go out to eat or help the businesses out? >> let's everybody get a good perspective on this. we currently have a very significant epidemic problem going on in america, and that's the flu. according to the cdc, since october 1st through february 29th, upwards of 49 million people have had the flu and up to 52,000 deaths. 315 deaths a day. everybody shrug ared their shoulders on that. now we have the coronavirus here, and everybody's gone totally crazy about it. i think you need to conduct your life normally. 80-90% of the people who get it, and very few percent of the people are going to even get this, it's going to be mild to moderate symptoms. the people that need to be concerned are the people who are debilitated, aged, older and in nursing homes or poor health, and they can do things like support their immune system to stay healthy.

laura: amy, i want to give you the last word on that question about going to restaurants real quick. >> i think everything you can do to socially distance yourself and protect yourself from getting the virus is critically important because if you need, for every vent lauter we have ten people who need it, otherwise when you go into the hospital, someone's going to say, i'm sorry, we don't have resources to take care of you. at this point i would say i want to protect the economy as much as i do people, but right now i think a couple weeks laying off restaurants would put everybody in good stead. laura: very good. steven, amy, thank you very much for your timed today. to see more of your questions answered, be sure to tune in to fox news tomorrow, 1 p.m. eastern. harris faulkner is hosting a special called coronavirus pandemic, your questions answered. you can submit your questions through the fox news facebook and instagram accounts. we know you have many of them.

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♪ ♪ leland: and his team saying much of the fight against the coronavirus is going to take place at the local level. for example, here in the d.c. area maryland's large county has closed public schools. they have 12 cases in montgomery county, 30 statewide. the chief health officer for montgomery county, dr. gales, joins us now. sir, we appreciate it. we saw your video on instagram and twitter, and it sort of piqued our interest that of some of the cases, you guys already feel like you've cured a couple of them. how does that work? >> so our first three cases have cleared based upon receiving

negative follow-up tests -- leland: does that mean we're out of the woods? >> no, not at all, because there's evidence to suggest that there is some potential for reinfection. there's still lots of stuff that we don't know because we're getting more information on a daily basis. i do emphasize that, yes, you can be reinfected, and the reality is there's still a lot of folks who are at risk which underscores why we've taken the actions that we've taken. leland: one thing we kept hearing in the beginning of this disease that was pretty strange or confounding for folks who aren't physicians, especially myself, was that young people can't get it or churn aren't getting it -- children aren't getting it in china, yet all the schools are closed. to connect those for us. >> take a step back. the three core fundamental principle are early testing to identify early, early treatment in case someone does test positive and early quarantining status to make sure that people don't come into contact. so closing schools, closing facilities are measures to make sure or that we cut town on

opportunities for individuals to come into contact with the virus, particularly for those who are considered to be vulnerable; our older populations, individuals with underlying medical conditions. so closing schools is a part of that cadre of options to cut down on the risk of transmission. leland: and now what about the issue -- we know you were a pediatrician before going into public health, so what about this idea that kids can't get it? >> well, that's not true. but what the data has shown from china and from here so far is that children make up a very small percentage of the cases that we're seeing. it's not meant to say that they can't get it or may have a complicated course of disease, but the data suggests that the age group has borne a lower burden of disease so far. leland: there's data everywhere, you know, and 80% of statistics are made up, but out of south korea you're seeing a huge group of the population of 29, 20 to

30-year-olds who have it but are not symptomatic. is that something that people my age, your age, a little bit younger need to be thinking about that, hey, even though i feel fine and i want to go to the bars this afternoon and see my friends and have a coronavirus party, maybe not? >> well, first, thank you for the compliment for meaning i'm in an age group, unfortunately, i'm not. however, what i can say is even though people may -- people are going to have a wide variety in terms of symptoms from mild to moderate to those who may have more severe cases. that does not mean that you should continue to put others at risk in terms of coming into contact with other individuals, spreading it if you are infected regardless of how severe symptoms -- leland: put it a different way. you check out my instagram feed, all my friends in new york and l.a. are posting pictures of themselves having brunch and at the bars, and then you've got the politicians saying, hey, if you're young and healthy, go out and support your local businesses while the old people

can't. is that irresponsible? >> it's not irresponsible. what we're asking people to do, however, is to make smart choices. even if you, again, may experience milder or more moderate symptoms, we need to make sure that we take actions to cut down on the link of exposures to other individuals who may come boo contact with those who are -- into contact with those who are more vulnerable and more susceptible to more severe cases. leland: more important to keep in mind that you see your friends at the bar and then you see mom and dad who may be a little older, that could have a bad ending. docker thank you, appreciate your time. there we go. laura? laura: all right. meanwhile, stores across the country are facing shortages of basic goods. you may have run into this. while local restaurants and small businesses are seeing a drop in customers. let's get to dan springer now, he's tracking the economic if impact in seattle. hi, dan. >> reporter: yeah. hey, laura. you know, many businesses around

the country are getting hammered by this, but we're starting to see this much more heavily in seattle, because this is where the first death happened two weekess ago. there are almost 500 cases, and the impacts are being felt quickly. tourism has fallen off the cliff. we're at pikes place market, and this is usually teeming with tourists right now, and we're seeing very few people. because of that a lot of the shops are simply closed their doors, they can't make enough money to pay the worker. while restaurants seem to be among the hardest hit, dozens have shut down in seattle, there was a survey that was done, they found that about two-thirds of the restaurants say they are considering scaling way back on hours, but get this, over a third are saying they're considering closing their doors forked good. this has led to thousands of workers getting laud off. department stores are also hurting. apple and nike have announced they have closed all their stores. nordstrom's sales are way down.

ing walmart today said across the country they're no longer keeping stores open 24 hours because they don't have the business to sustain that. people are avoiding crowds and holding on to their money a little bit tighter. and to leland's point with that last guest, they're really asking people to go out and support their local businesses if they can. of course, the elderly are being asked to stay home and avoid crowds, but if you are healthy, there's been a movement now for small businesses to be supported during this time. so tough time for businesses, and they really don't know how long this is going to last, and that's the hardest part of all, is to plan for the future. laura? laura: that's right, dan. i just saw on instagram one of my local restaurants in the town where i live offering pickup saying we'll bring it to the curbside. we'll bring you out your bag of food, so that's one way some are doing it. dan springer live in seattle today, thanks. well, there it is. empty seats at stadiums across

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mucklaura: taking a toll on the sporting world, several major sports leagues canceling or postponing play because of the virus. for more on this, we talked to emmy-winning sportscaster and fox news contributor jim gray. finish all right, hi, jim. it's so great for you to be here. i mean, who could have thought 2020 would be going this way. we're talking about a spring without sports. what's your take? [laughter] >> the well, it's, you know, obviously, it's all necessary, and we have to avoid these public gatherings and everybody's trying to avoid the virus, so it's 100% correct what all of the leagues and entities and organizations are doing, but it's sad. you know, sports is our great escape. obviously, it's a huge economic portion of our economy as well. so it's just sad that we're all in this circumstance, but the prevailing wisdom has to be to get rid of spreading this virus.

leland: jim, you bring up a great point when it comes to the economics of this. do we have any idea what's going to happen? wing thing for players' salaries, but think about the people who work the concession stands, all the support staff for all the teams, you think about all the tv revenue that the tv networks pay the leagues for games that are going to be canceled. have they talked about any of that or figured it out? >> well, i think it's really early for a lot of that. kevin love gave $100,000, i believe there's been some owners in the nba who have stepped forward who have let some of their employees know that they're not going to suffer, the people who park the cars, do the concessions, ticket takers, all of those things that go on in these arenas. but it's huge. i mean, i broadcast the ncaa final four, march madness. our company, or westwood one,s on the radio, unfortunately, we're not going to be able to do that this year. a bigger issue for tnt and cbs to not be able to do it.

billions of dollars are on the line with these entities. augusta national gears their whole year around the masters tournament. that's now been postponed, don't know when exactly that might be rescheduled. so the economic impact is tremendous on all of this with the television networks, with the organizations, the leagues, the entities, the players. i'm sure there'll have to be a collective bargaining agreement issue as to what happens with players in the mlb and nba. unfortunately for the college kids, you know, this is their one shot, so there won't be a march madness for them. so they've spent their entire lives trying to get to this point and now, unfortunately because of the virus, they're not going to have that opportunity. laura: that's right. a lot of people talking about that, and all week long we've been waiting for one of the last dominoes to fall, mlb. i was planning on taking my son to spring training, we went last year. we had such a great time for the new york mets, we were so excited to meet pete iowa loan so and all the other players we

met that trupp, and we had to tell our son, look, this is being canceled. he kind of holleredded, baseball is canceled? it's hard when you have to talk to the kids and tell them that this part is going to have to be on pause. >> well, we're all hoping that the saying you're going to have to give your kid now is this too small pass. laura: right. >> at some point this virus, it's brand new, but this too shall pass, and baseball will be played again. it's just on a hiatus for now. it can give baseball a chance to regroup. they're mired in this cheating scandal with the astros, so that will be toned down now because of what the commissioner is going through. the -- what the country is going through. of the commissioner has been under pressure, perhaps all of that will take a backseat to being able to see people play baseball again when this virus is contained or killed or there's some eradication so that the public safety is no longer

in jeopardy. laura: you know what, jim? we all can take lessons from this moving forward. thanks for being with us, we appreciate it. >> good to be with both of you. be careful, careful out there. leland: coverage throughout the day on the coronavirus and, obviously, that 5 p.m. press conference. tune in to fox business tomorrow, 1 p.m. eastern, harris faulkner is hosting, questions answered. facebook and instagram accounts. so important, laura, for that really good, factual information to get out since there are so many unknown unknowns about this. laura: and it's so great that we have the medical team to do that, so we want to thank you for all of your questions. that is all for us today. "fox news sunday" with chris wallace is next. on the road, and that's saving me cash with drivewise. you will see at vgreat and look great.ee

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