>> dr. saphire thanks for doing this. can you join me on radio? >> absolutely. >> you will join ed, and be in the one o'clock special. >> that's right. >> fox news alert closing schools and restaurants from costa rica. curving the spread of the coronavirus. i am sandra smith. >> i am ed henry. 3700 cases of covid-19 in the united states. the death toll rising to 68. shoppers finding empty shelves. americans returning from overseas waited for hours for screening. >> sandra: dr. fauci warning a nationwide lock down is a real possibility. >> we have to fake the fact and be realistic. we have to realize and i said

that at the hearing, things will get worse before they get better. but, the kinds of things we are doing now will hopefully mitigate that. to think right now everything will be okay if you don't do anything, that's absolutely incorrect. we have to really always be ahead of the curve. i would like to be criticized for being over-reacted. when you are dealing with a virus outbreak you are always behind where you think you are. >> sandra: we have fox team coverages. alex in new york city. we begin with grif jenkins in washington. >> americans are bracing for a lock down or a nationwide shutdown for the next few months. the cdc issued these new guidelines calling for an 8 week ban of gatherings of 50 or more people.

it's for anyone organizing sports events or weddingings. cities will restrict bars and restaurants and night clubs. the mayor of los angeles also closing motive theatres and bowling alleys and gyms for a month. the situation has the potential to be italy. >> we are at a critical point. we are where italy was 2 weeks ago in terms of numbers. we have a choice to make: do we want to go the direction of south korea and low moreitality rates are be italy. >> the president pleaded with the american people we are not running out of food and to stop

emptying the shelves at stores. this comes as the president's task force told us we should expect a number of cases to rise as testing speeds up this week. we may get action because the senate is back in session. they will pick up where the house bill that just passed. mitch mcconnell said there may be more bills needed to address this crisis. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: big stuff there. the largest school system closing down. new york city mayor bill de blasio telling and parents and one million kids they will be out of school until at least april 20th with an alternative plan being put in place. >> remote learning will begin on monday march 23rd. a week from tomorrow. our colleagues in the last week set up a remote learning system. it's never been attempted by the city of new york on this scale

to say the least. this will be battleground training. >> ed: alex is live here in new york city. good morning. >> good morning. it's a quiet morning in new york. a lot of these businesses and streets barren and will become more empty as people are told to stay home. the school district is closed. cities around the world taking unprecedented actions. mayor bill de blasio announced this now order will go in effect tomorrow. closing restaurants and bars. saying they are the heart and soul of our city, but our city is facing an unprecedented threat. we must respond with a war-time mentality. as a food sector that feeds the largest city in the country grabbles with these moves. delivery and take out will be

the new option in new york. they will launch a contact free delivery and new cdc guidelines for workers and drivers. the largest school district will close for at least a month. kids will work online but some kids don't have access to internet or computers or hot meals. the district will try to accommodate the needs of different students. >> we will attempt to restart schools on monday april 20th. i have to be honest that we are dealing with a lot of unknows and a lot of challenges. we understand how difficult it will be to achieve that goal. >> there are 114,000 homeless students here in the school district. all of the city buildings will remain open so kids can go there and pick up food for now.

>> sandra: coronavirus testing will expand this week. the first clinical trial for a vaccine gets under way today. let's bring in dr. peter hotez from baylor college ever medicine. good morning. >> good morning. >> sandra: we had you on the end of last week. we said we would follow-up with you on where things stand on discovering first and foremost a vaccine for in covid-19. but also a treatment for it. what is the update this morning? >> yes, this is where america shines, right? setting big goals to fight this threat to our nation. we have the first vaccine entering clinical trials in seattle. there will be others that follow including ours. we have a vaccine we developed

at baylor college of medicine and texas children's hospital. this is an exciting time. but the problem with vaccines is it's hard to rush that. we want to ensure that these vaccines are completely safe and protective. that part is moving. we will get our vaccines into different clinical trials. maybe 4 or 5 vaccine candidates. i have been discussing what we can do now to protect our healthcare workers and there is an antibody therapy we could implement now. this is based on harvesting antibodies from individuals wo have recovered from the virus who produced antibodies against this virus. we can harvest that in blood banks across the country. we are organizing a network of 20 medical centers. baylor college ever medicine will be part of it. you could give that antibody in

small doses to front line healthcare workers and first responders and help protect them from getting the virus which would be a huge break through. we have seen two emergency doctors who are seriously ill in intensive care. we have to stop that. we have to protect our front line individuals. and also this could be used as a treatment. this is a tough time but i am optimistic we will pull through. >> sandra: those are two remarkable breakthroughs. you have warned against optimistic timelines with a vaccine for this coronavirus. where do you stand today on the possibility of months from now, years from now? what does that look like today? >> vaccines set you up to make you look bad. whatever i protect i can guarantee that won't happen. dr. fauci said a year from now.

maybe 18 months. that's optimistic. the key is to not do things in a way that could make things worse. we will follow that vaccine closely. i am hoping our vaccine gets out soon getting through red tape. that will move into clinical trials. let's not stop. let's move forward with this antibody therapy. we have some new drugs we are developing as well. america has the finest research institutes and universities the world has ever seen. you will see a pipeline of a dozen different technologist led by dr. fauci and the nih and barda, will also accelerate

technologies. i am optimistic we will have some things come through. >> sandra: you sound more optimistic today than you did last week with the break through with the treatment. as far as the warmer weather and the impact it could have on the spread of covid-19. could that help mitigate the spread of this virus? >> i wish i knew. some coronaviruses are seasonal and peak in the winter and go down in the spring and summer for reasons we don't understand. this is a brand new virus. we have not seen a full season of this virus. there is no way to predict. scenarios are played out by scientist. one says it won't change at all with warmer weather and others say it will go down and come back in the fall. there are a lot of different

models we can apply. what we have to do is assume the worst case scenario that this virus will be around for a while. if it goes down that's great. let's not count on it. >> sandra: final thoughts. people are waking up to a new way of life. kids are not going to school. you can't go to a restaurant or a bar. the closures we have seen across the country. and the extent to which we have done that and the necessity to do that. what do you say to people who feel inconvenienced by those changes? >> well, what i say to them is remember why we are doing this. we are giving back to our most vulnerable americans including our veterans of foreign wars, our veterans of world war ii, of korea and vietnam and wars after that, who sacrificed for our country. now we know because of their older age, they are vulnerable.

this is why america is doing this. we are protecting some of our most cherished people. >> sandra: our thoughts with those most vulnerable to this. we continue to learn more. we will follow back up with you. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> ed: 2 members of the new york city firefighters union tested positive. let's bring in gerrard the union president of the new york city diameter. -- fire department. thanks for coming in. one firefighters, how are they doing? >> they seem to be doing well. they exhibited symptoms. got diagnosed. it seems they are being cared very well.

>> ed: how do you protect firefighterses and ems and the police department. they may be responding to calls that have nothing to do with the coronavirus, someone has a fire and you don't realize that the people in that home have been exposed to the coronavirus. what can you do to protect these firefighters? >> well, we do have an assortment of personal protective equipment that has always been available. we are being pro-active wearing it more diligently. that's the message we get from the department. that's the mess that the unions are giving to our members. and hopefully it will make a difference. >> ed: absolutely. we hope that as well. mayor bill de blasio had several news conferences. yesterday he was talking about how your folks the men and women of the fdny were limiting crowd sizes at bars and restaurants before they were shutdown. >> tonight in all 5 cities, we

will be cracking down on businesses. that are not abiding by the 50% occupancy rule. the first day there was warnings giving. an attempt to educate. now the nature of the crisis it's time for violations to be written up. >> sandra: bars and restaurants were limited by size before being shutdown tuesday 9 a.m. eastern time. do you ever concerns in addition to responding to emergency calls fdny members were going into bars and restaurants and could been exposed to the coronavirus? >> yes, quick answer is question. the nature of our business is we respond to all times of emergency and there is a possibility ever exposure. we have to be diligent to

protect ourselves. >> ed: last question: how many respirators do you have? we have been asking this question about hospitals. your members may need respirators in other situations. is that something commonplace? do you have a big supply? >> i have been told we have a 4 month supply. that's the whole department. i think we are good for now. yes, we are fine. >> ed: all right. we know it's a difficult time for the entire nation. we appreciate your time this morning, sir. >> i ask everybody to practice whatever is preaching. stay diligent. thank you very much. >> ed: good advice. a lot of people are coping with a new reality. >> sandra: it's a time where we have to come together to protect those mest vulnerable. oo its a major change to so many of our lives. this morning the market opens 14

minutes from now. we are waiting on a white house briefing from the coronavirus task force at 10:30 eastern time. president trump has been making surprise appearances. we don't know if he will appear for this one. we will watch one hour from now. >> ed: and watching the markets and capitol hill. the coronavirus relief bill is far from a done deal. we will hear from a democratic congresswoman. and congressman mike mccalls weighs in next hour and this. >> can we take on the executives at the prescription drug industry? >> this is a national crisis. i don't want a back and forth with politics here. >> sandra: bernie sanders and

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that means we have to do testing. we have to get the testing kits up and ready. >> ed: joe biden and bernie sanders went one-on-one in the latest democratic debate. it moved to washington held without an audience due to the coronavirus outbreak. both hammering the president on the handling of this virus. primaries are set to take place tomorrow. elson is in ohio. good morning. >> joe biden and bernie sanders are on the same page when it comes to their criticism of president trump and how he has handled this crisis. they offered different solutions with dealing with it. joe biden would mobilize the u.s. military right now because they have the capacity to build 500 bed hospitals to help with shortages. sanders would use the national guard as they are doing in new york. >> this is like a war. we are in the middle of a

national emergency. everything you need in terms of dealing with this crisis would be free. >> this coronavirus pandemic exposes the incredible weakness and dysfunctionality of our current healthcare system. >> with due respect to medicare for all. you have a single payer system in italy. it did not work there. >> primaries tomorrow. georgia and louisiana are postponing their elections. four states voting tomorrow will proceed as plan. the ohio secretary of state doesn't see ohio reversing course and that the polls will open tomorrow, tuesday at 6:30 a.m. election officials say every ohio polling location will have supplies to follow guidelines.

we are told pens and voting machines will be cleaned after every use. as restaurants shutdown some believe votings polls should shutdown as well. >> can guarantee no voter will get sick? >> there are no 100%. their polling location the people that work it are well trained. they have the supplies to wipe down that location and the right instructions. as long as they follow them for us. if the voters follow proper hygiene it will be safe and healthy. >> there are some mail in voting options and curbside voting options. a lot of people are taking advantage of this state's long early voting period.

>> ed: thank you. . >> sandra: we are now just moments away from the opening bell on wall street. traders brace for yet another rough week. the fed took emergency action to boost the economy. mar ria will join us. and i haven't really had to think about it. real people with psoriasis... look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen... or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. ask your dermatologist about cosentyx.

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street. the dow tumbling and the fed slashed interest rates to stimulate the u.s. economy. there it is. joining me is maria bartiromo fresh off her show on mornings with maria on the fox business network. another big monday? >> a decline right out of the gate of over 2000 points. about 10%. we are looking at a decline of close to 30% from the highs in february. a serious reaction to an impending recession. >> sandra: markets halted within seconds. the fastest in the 3 market halts in the wake of this. the s&p has to fall 7% to trigger circuit breakers. now the dow fell 9.7% out of the gate. that means there will be a 15 minute halt in trading.

this is a moment where investors are meant to stop, gather their thoughts. decide if there will be more selling when we return 15 minutes from now. >> they give it a pause so investors can ensure they are seeing all of the order flow and maybe there is order flow on the other side. in other words if you come into work and you see everybody is selling and selling, who will buy this? where the trader on the other side of the trade? that's what these gasps are for. so the market maker can come up with buyers and you don't have too much chaos on the sell side. this is a reaction to the fears around coronavirus. the federal reserve took the biggest intervention with the

federal reserve cutting the interest rates. this morning the fed has had another emergency cut of 1 point. yesterday 150 basis points in 2 weeks in reaction to what we are seeings happening in europe and in asia and the expectations that we will have a recession as a result of economic activity coming to a halt across the world. >> sandra: put this in perspective. the dow. 2250 point selloff in seconds after opening after a weekend where the federal reserve stepped in with an emergency drop in interest rates to simulate the economy. the president said the markets should be thrilled. that didn't happen. when futures opened for trading at 6 p.m. last night they went straight down. why would an emergency measure to stimulate the economy not push the market higher?

>> because people are realizing the fed is out of tools. there is not much more you can do after cutting interest rates to zero. people are thinking, look, a cut in the interest rates is not going to cure the coronavirus. lower interest rates won't get me to get on a plane and travel somewhere or go out to the stores and spend money. this economy needs economic activity to see any growth. at this point the expectations call for a contraction in this economy in the second quarter. we are expecting zero growth in the first quarter the quarter we are in right now. it ends on march 31. we have zero economic growth for the first quarter. second quarter likely a contraction. the question is what happens in the third quarter? 2 quarters straight of contraction is a recession officially. will we see a recession in the second and third quarter?

likely we will see contraction in the second quarter. will it rebound in the second half of the year? will we see the country get through this. retailers and businesses have been told by the administration that this next 2 to 3 weeks will be ugly. we will see the number of cases rise in the u.s. now that the testing kits are fixed. we will see tens of thousands of cases lead to hundreds of thousands of cases in america. this 3 week period where the cases rise rapidly is where the administration and businesses want to do this social distancing. they don't want us to be in crowds. they want to stop the spread. congress passing and the house this relief bill on friday night. one of the key parts was 6 paid leave. in other words you are sick, stay home. don't go to work and you will get paid for it.

take the pressure off of people that they have to go to work sick. this is as much as an opportunity to get money in people's pockets and stop the virus. that's what lawmakers are trying to do. >> sandra: you spoke with peter from the white house. he said a payroll tax cut is the best way to stimulate the economy to take it from 15% to 0. here's peter. >> we need a fiscal stimulus. the beauty of the payroll tax cut until the end of the year. it's 15%. if you cut that to zero, it's like a 7.5% raise for workers. it's like one extra paycheck every 3 months. >> i understand what he is saying putting money in people's pockets. but what happens after we get through this next month? what happens with small businesses and employees are

used to not having a payroll tax? will this go longer than people expect and create unnecessary costs for small companies. number 1 is paid sick leave that congress approved on friday night which will be voteed in senate. number 2 is fiscal stimulus. maybe a payroll tax cut but large, hundreds of billion dollars fiscal stimulus to head off a recession. number 3, specific assistant to the cruise industry and the airline industry. you are talking about business shutdown. that's going to impact the economy. we got troubling numbers out of china. it said industrial production and retail sales down sharply. manufacturing in china down

13.5%. and fixed asset investment that was down as well in double digits. the chinese economy has come to a halt. that will impact everybody. we may see a recession. somebody on my show said when you see moves like this. 10% here and 10% there. markets reacting really in a wild, volatile way that is not normal, this to him, michael lee, said we are beginning a bottoming out process. robert wolf was on the show and said for the first time he is buying stocks in a decade. you are seeing companies trading way below where they should be based on expected earnings. there are some opportunities to get into this market. it's scary. i won't say it's easy i will put my money into a market down 2000

points. this is what you expect from a process that is vomiting it all out at the beginning and a washout which begins after bottoming out. >> sandra: it wasn't too long ago we were sitting here and you were telling me how this is getting very expensive. the u.s. stock market. we are a long way from the big rebound here. steve kerr the treasury secretary is talking about -- steven mnuchin the big treasury secretary is saying will we see a top in this from the coronavirus? it's a grim situation. local restaurants shutter asked local retailers and nationwide retailers shutting their doors. you can't go to the restaurant down the block. we are a consumer driven country. you are seeing those fears of our economy coming to a stand still play out in the market.

you are worried about your health and having food on the table for your family, you are watching investments go down. >> we won't see more economic activity until we see an end to the quarantine. people are at home in quarantine. they won't go out and spend monostuff. they won't take a trip. -- this will end. i bet on america. because of the innovation in this country for sure. but at this point, we are right now in the middle of this. we are going into a 3 week period it will get worse. at least it will look worse in terms of the number of cases that will be reported. but again, we need to hear some information from the pharmaceutical companies saying we are closer on a vaccine or working on therapies. we are looking at scientists coming up with a therapeutic to

treat this. we will get that within a month. watch the pharmaceutical companies. as soon as we hear positives out of about treatment and curious for the coronavirus, that's when you will see an immediate change. >> sandra: ed henry, we will bring you in. jay powell yesterday on slashing the interest rates and this emergency move. let's watch that together. jay powell. >> you can't maintain the rate at this level until we are confident that the economy weathered recent events and the purpose is to restore smooth market functions. purchases will foster the financial conditions. >> ed: he takes action and the markets act in a negative way. this doesn't mean people will get on planes. china's air carriers are

planning major reductions to their international flights. we see it here with delta, and united and others doing much the same. >> because people won't get on a plane. it doesn't matter if it's the federal reserve cutting interest rates or all of this assistance going to specific industries. people won't go out in a normal way, the way we were spending money and traveling until we have a better understanding of coronavirus. how severe this virus is. what it means in terms of mortality. what is means in terms of treatment. until we hear concrete information from the pharmaceutical industry in terms of how we will get through this medi-cal emergency, you won't necessarily see people coming out in a normal way and creating that economic activity that we need so much. a fed cut, yes? good because it will encourage refinancing and people to take out loans. who cares about loans when you are quarantined in your house and you can't go out because you

are waiting for a sickness? that's the big question now. how much of this federal reserve action we just saw yesterday is going to actually get people to buy into this? how much refinancing can we see with 0% interest rates. how much loan takings with rates where they are? we will see. it's an open question. probably not enough until we see information about this virus. >> sandra: we have someone coming up from obama's economic teams. trading should resume a couple of minutes from now after the halt. we will watch that. maria bartiromo, thank you very much. >> ed: talking about the health and economic crisis. what will washington do? the president has been speaking out and so has speaker nancy pelosi. we will talk to a congresswoman from michigan on deck after this. new app called rakuten that gives me cash back on everything. that's ebates. i get cash back on electronics, travel, clothes.

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2200 points. it resumed after everyone took a breath. still headed downward. we will keep an eye on that. let's bring in this congresswoman, a democratic lawmaker from michigan. washington passed a bill in the house friday night but waiting action in the senate late today. there is a debate whether they will make changes to it. what is your understanding? >> we pass it at 1 a.m. on saturday morning in the house. it was negotiated between speaker pelosi and treasury secretary mnuchin. we know it's not the last bill and things are not perfect but it took a lot to get that deal.

i hope the senate does the right thing and passes it as soon as possible even the next day or so. >> ed: there is talk there could be technical corrections to some issues about exactly how some of this paid leave and what not would be funded from the house bill. the house is out of session on recess. do you think house members should be called back? if the senate can't get this done. people across the country will wonder why you and the rest of the house, democrats and republicans are on recess while we are seeing this market meltdown? >> i will tell you this is why we did it at 1:00 in the morning. if we have to, we will come back. i am ready to do that. every member is ready to do that. the senate needs to take action.

that's the most important thing to focus on. if there are technical fixes that are just two weeks do it. -- tweaks. it's a substantive issue. the president tweeted out his support. we have the deal on the table. vote on that. have the senate get it out and work on the big thing, the next package. the economic recovery package. that will be the big one. >> ed: the first one that passed in the house late friday and saturday morning, expanded sick leave and unemployment insurance and free coronavirus testing. but the treasury secretary noted on fox news sunday that we expect a much bigger package including help for the airline industries and hotels, the cruise industry. is that what you are referring to? >> correct. there will be three. we passed one last week. 8.3-billion dollars. that was for things like research into a cure and

treatment. trying to understand this disease. we passed another one through the house on saturday morning. the first thing. that's awaiting the senate approval. that's for working families the people who don't have sick leave or emergency family leave. the big one coming up that should be ready in 10 days is a big action aimed at economic recovery. >> ed: your state. you for michigan. i see your governor has declared bars and restaurants can't have dine in. it only be take out. taking important measures. how are the people of your state reacting to all of this? >> this is new territory for a lot of people. the governor is doing an excellent job of taking aggressive action early. our hospital workers need us to not overwhelm our hospitals.

that's what she is taking action to do. >> ed: congresswoman, we appreciate you coming in. >> sandra: disney taking big steps to curve the spread of the coronavirus closing its u.s. parks to fight the spread of the virus. other companies are following suit. now details coming up. major airports in disarray over the weekend as travels undergo coronavirus screenings. a live report on what we are seeing and hearing on the ground.

>> ♪ >> sandra: wall street coronavirus fears. already the u.s. stock market was halted due to the circuit breaker. the dow fell more than 7% triggering that halt and the s&p

trigger the halt. it continued. the next circuit breaker is 13%. if it hits that there will be another halt. we begin a brand new week. >> ed: fox news alert. at major u.s. airports long lines at international terminals as thousands return home amid tighter travel restrictions and coronavirus screenings. matt, what are you seeing on the ground? >> from our observation this morning here in chicago those long lines and chaos has decreased. friday at midnight the travel bans began and on saturday huge

waves of travelers\waited 6 hours. the department of homeland security made adjustments at airports. the average wait time for returning passengers should be about 30 minutes. >> ed: matt, appreciate that. >> sandra: americans hunkering down now across the country. what you can do to protect yourself and family and fellow americans. our a-team of doctors is in the house. they will join us next. one of the products i helped develop at 3m was a more secure diaper closure. there were babies involved... and they weren't saying much. that's what we do at 3m, we listen to people, even those who don't have a voice. we are people helping people.

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coronavirus task force saying thousands more tests are on the way. >> they are telling us that will be starting up within the next week or so. in the reality, there will be people a week from now who will say i could not get a test. but the totality of the picture is going to be better than it was a few weeks ago. >> sandra: our medical a-team is in the house to answer your coronavirus questions in a moment. we begin with david with the latest from washington. >> good morning. the numbers are going up because more tests are available many more than just a few days ago. the latest numbers under 23,000 tests are completed and logged from state labs and cdc lapse some people have been tested more than once. so 23,000 number represents the

amount of tests and not people. state labs are taking over control of the testing. a few weeks ago everything was sent directly to the cdc plus the backlog. massachusetts doubled its testing ability from 200 patients to 400 a day. expect that number to increase. >> you will notice as tests roll out over the next week, we will have a spike in our curve. for those of you who watched china reporting, when they changed their definition and there was a blip in their curve. we will see. that we will see a spike as more and more people have access. >> the reason since there are more tests available more people with symptoms can confirm they contracted the virus. new york is doing drive-thru. washington is another example. it gives people a chance to get tested with little exposure to

others. also it's quick, convenient and more people can be tested. on friday, roche developed a swab test with results in 3.5 hours. before that it took a day. the food and drug administration guaranteed an emergency authorization for that test. expect it to roll out more in the coming days. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: let's bring in our medical a-team. dr. marc siegel and dr. nicole saphire and dr. debbie. dr. saphire, there was a milestone in the last 24 hours where the number of coronavirus deaths outside of china exceeded those inside of china. what does this tell us? >> it's a pandemic. the reason we had such so high numbers in chine for many reasons. this started during the chinese

lunar new year when people were traveling. we didn't have tight travel bans because we didn't know. we didn't have the information from china until several weeks after they knew something was going on. the travel ban was not day 1. so we will see cases in the united states and elsewhere and because people haven't taken strict social media measures. -- social distancing measures. it will spread. >> i agree with nicole. there is confusion about what social distancing versus quarantine is. what is containment? if you are sick with anything coronavirus or the flu, stay at home in a self-quarantine. that means you don't come into contact with others. on the other hand if you are healthy and you don't have specific risk factors accident you can, you can still go about your daily life. keep a certain distance from people to protect them and you.

it's not that this coronavirus is so dangerous. it's because you don't want to flood the healthcare system which would have trouble taking care of so many sick at once whether it's coronavirus or the flu. >> sandra: the coronavirus task force will have a meeting at 3:30 p.m. eastern time. we will learn more about the progress towards a vaccine. this is from the surgeon general. >> a vaccine won't save the day the first go around. it will be helpful if we can get it developed assuming coronavirus comes back again next year and the next season. when you look at h1n1 and mers and sars, what helped us was basic infection control and public health measures. that will get us through this. social distancing and people washing their hands. >> the vaccine is a long way

off. we don't know how effective will it be. a vaccine in sars was effective. this is the first time in history we tried a vaccine that hasn't been proven to work in animals. it's months away from being useful. it's exciting we moved it this fast. i want to talk about testing. that's the elephant in the room. it's not just social distancing. wouldn't it help to know who has this and separate them and put them in hotels or keep them out of infecting other people. they are starting with the elder and healthcare workers. they are on the front lines and get invected. i talked to admiral girdard last night. they will roll out pods that

will go to the hot zone areas. 50 of them. they can test about 3,000 people a week. 22,000 people have been tested in the united states? that's appalling. >> sandra: we have seen the tempora temporary drive-thrus in new rochelle. >> south korea was testing everyone coming into their country. they swiftly identified who was infected and found their contact, they have seen decreasing cases every day. we need to institute that here. we are a long way to go from that number. it will be a lot of drive-thru testing. >> ed: dr. saphire you said

folks listen up. we had all of these people going into bars and restaurants. having fun with it on social media. almost laughing. >> devin nunes telling people go out to restaurants. this is a fine balance between panic and smart behavior. we want people to stay in their homes for the betterment of the community. we need to get a handle on the spread or else we will be in the same situation as italy. that could happen here. >> ed: from dr. fauci, this is a questioned in new york and michigan. bars and restaurants can't have dine in. they can have take out. dr. fauci is opening the door to a national closure for up to 2 weeks. listen. >> a healthcare official said this to us. if we could guarantee that people would get their sick leave pay and do what fema does

in a natural disaster and give people cash for groceries. would you prefer a 14-day national shutdown? >> i would prefer as much as we could. we should be overly aggressive and get crittize for it. >> ed: from a medical standpoint that could scare people. does it make sense to shut it down for 2 weeks? >> there is a balance there. if you look at other countries in china when they did that, there was a rise in the domestic violence cases which is another medical concern we have too. in italy they had all of these prison riots and escaping. we can look at one health problem but not in isolation. there could be civil unrest. >> the disparity is what worries me. half of us are complying and the

other half are at bars. that's what dr. fauci was talking about. understand how serious this is. >> sandra: what is your message to those making that decision? so many are waking up this morning with their kids not going to school. new york city public schools this is the first day of schools being shutdown. people are asking themselves because of how inconvenienced they are what is necessary? how do you respond to those people who are going through major struggles right now to adapt to all of these changes? >> i have three kids at home. we are on spring break and i was supposed to be out skiing. believes i am not. -- obviously i am not. monday school from home and people trying to work from home. it's better to over-react than under-react. there can be true devastation if we under-react. i think it's going to be worth it. we are seeing it go across the globe. it's okay to over-react.

there will be long-term economic consequences with the dow. but we know the senate is looking at a bill today to help that. they will have to focus on the economy. we are lucky we started off with a strong economy. hopefully we can get back to that with the leadership of government and small businesses. >> ed: are you confident this federal government is getting its arms around it? >> well, we identified the coronavirus quickly from china. there were delays with the testing. on the other hand, this is a new virus. there is always a learning curve. on a positive note, we are seeing innovation with the drive-thru testing. that was not done in the past. the vaccine trials happening more quickly without animal

studies. all of our patients are going to virtual visits. there have been missteps. i am not minimizing that. from are actions takes place now. >> sandra: your input on what people should do now. wash your hands and stay away from large groups of people. some of the virus safety tips we will put up on the screen. what is the most important? washing your hands and changing clothes after you have been in a large crowd like a airport. wash your coats? we don't do that often. in this day it's important. and don't touch your face. >> all of that is good. what is important here we are teaching the public that viruss leave on surfaces. we think of them from coughing and sneezing. having said that, i still think it's the old cough and sneeze

you have to be most afraid of. we are so busy focussing on asymptomatic spread. when you are sick you are spreading this. stay home. >> sandra: the most important thing is the fever symptom? >> absolutely correct. >> 80% of the people presented with a fever. >> ed: final word? >> the hand washing is the most important. we have an immune system. we have always touched surfaces. we have survived a lot of germs. this is new. there is a lot to learn and it is more dangerous in certain ways. it's not that we are pet ri-dishs. >> i refer to my children as that. we do have immunity from a lot of things. we want to make smart decisions.

my hands are chaffed and cut from washing. stay as close to home as you can. get outside and open your windows and don't panic. we will get through. this we are taking the appropriate measures. the numbers will continue to go up. just keep yourself and your family and those around you safe. >> ed: challenging times. appreciate it. >> sandra: the house coronavirus bill head to the senates. does trouble lie ahead for that measure? we will put that question to our headliner this morning. texas congressman michael mccaul will join us. >> ed: colleges moving classes only. that's next.

>> ed: the streets of italy empty but the sound of song can be heard loud and clear. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ed: quarantined italians are singing to each other from their balconies to keep their spirit high. many chanting don't give up in the show of unity. italy is the hardest hit country from the covid-19 outbreak outside of china.

how wonderful? >> sandra: wonderful to see them coming together in a dark moment. >> ed: a woman said not all of our voices are great but it's a moment of joy at a time of great anxiety. >> sandra: fox news alert colleges and universities closing their campuses over the risk of the coronavirus. students are moving out of dorms and heading homes. schools go online to reduce the spread. molly is live in boston with the latest. this is affecting a lot of families across the country, molly. >> absolutely. some parents and students in a scramble to adapt to this. an overwhelming majority of major institutions across the country have been affected by this. cancelling classes. in some cases asking the students to head home for the rest of the semester. at least 10,000 students

affected by this effort to stop the spread of covid-19. research shows more than 600 universities and colleges across all 50 states changed how they great. -- operate. in massachusetts alone schools are switching to online classes and telling students to move out of on camps housing. at boston university, student shifted to online classes and resident halls are open but some were asked to shift to other dorm rooms. their rooms might be used for quarantine. a sophomore supports bu's efforts. >> i think it's hmmm a great decision. i think nowadays, if from is a place where people are together it's high risky for students.

>> there was word over the weekend that brown university in rhode island a member of our community tested positive for coronavirus. that prompted the school to expedite the departure of the students from camps there. their move out date is tomorrow. >> sandra: molly in boston. >> ed: louisiana enlisting the most famous man in their state to spread the word about coronavirus. >> the spread of coronavirus is a serious matter. there is a game plan to keep residents safe as possible. everyone has a role to play as we face this challenge together. >> ed: he was just at the white house. the lsu tigers coach. you were a big fan offering important advice. that one minute video released by the governor. it encourages those who don't

feel well stay home. >> sandra: when he speaks people listen. you listen. >> ed: the football team responds. >> sandra: fox news alert. the coronavirus task force will update us this afternoon across the country. cities are closing schools, bars and restaurants. watch that press conference on the fox news channel this afternoon. >> ed: the house passed a coronavirus relief bill. the president is expected to sign it. will the bill hit a snag tonight in the senate? texas congressman michael mccall has his answer on that and more next. >> i want to make certain what we do is targeted and temporary. that it's not picking winners and losers. amline refi. it's the closest thing to automatic savings that we've ever offered.

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>> sandra: the house passing a coronavirus relief bill at 1 a.m. saturday morning after drawn out negotiations between speaker nancy pelosi and treasury secretary steve mnuchin. >> ed: the president is expected to sign the deal. first it has to pass through the senate. a senior republican source told fox not to under-estimate the challenges the bill could face in the senate. let's bring in our headliner texas congressman michael mccall. ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee. you voted for this package in the wee hours saturday morning.

a lot of republican colleagues were not happy they were handed at the last-minute and there may be technical corrections because it was passed with such haste. if this is trouble in the senate, what next, sir? >> there is no doubt about it. we need to move quickly. we don't have the luxury of time. hi the same concerns. it was thrown together. i will say the version nancy pelosi dropped the night the rules committee versus what we voted on the floor changed dramatically. that's because secretary mnuchin and the white house were able to negotiate a far better bill on this issue. i think what it does, ed, it gets testing out to everyone in america who needs it free of cost. we are getting ready to move into the next 2 months which will get worse and not better. we are moving from containment

to community spread illness. this is not a time to wait around. we need action right now from the congress. this provides the unemployment insurance and it provides school meals to kids who can't go to school. the social distancing factor, if i could say is probably the most important element we need to talk about to try to keep what the doctor from the nih talked about. keeping this curve flat. the next 2 months are critical with this disease as we saw in south korea and italy. two different models. we want to follow the south korea model. more testing and flatten this curve so we don't have cases increase. >> sandra: with the testing or the changes to travel, the president's european travel ban taking effect. over the weekend crowds of people, you talk about social

distancing how important it is. but airports were flooded with people in massive crowds. standing in line for hours. are we deploying these tactics in the best way possible? >> well, i think we can do better. i talked to the department of homeland security and i chaired the committee for 6 years. dfw was a nightmare. they have to go through medical screenings and waiting in line for hours with thousands of people. talking about social distancing and the nih and cdc is talking about this but these people were held up in lines at airport like a petry dish. that has to be corrected. they will put more people on overtime -- and bring new medical screeners in to get that

process moving far more quickly. >> ed: thiyou used to be the ch of the homeland security committee. you see that chaos at airports. the federal government focussed on this health crisis. how concerned with you about bad actors around the world taking advantage of the united states at a moment like this? >> well, i don't think the president is getting enough credit for shutting down people coming in from china. right out of the box he said they could not come into the united states. americans are in a different position. he also screened passenger from south korea. italy and now a travel ban on europe. these are aggressive tactics. they are necessary to protect the american people from actors coming in whether it's somebody not knowing they have the virus versus people knowing they have it. and we look at bio-terrorism. this is always an issue at the

border not far from where i am sitting here today. we have to stop this virus and contain it from come into united states. now that it's here. we have to flatten the curve and make sure it doesn't spread to more and more americans. the next 2 months are critical. as we move into the summer, you will see a phasing down of cases by summer. >> sandra: we just don't know what is happening next. we can look at markets this morning. you saw a trading halt had to happen because circuit breakers were triggered. senator on fox and friends yesterday, she was talking about

what can be done to mitigate the economic impact. >> we have to think about the entire supply change. you talked about the cruise lines. what about the dockworkers and the entertainers or speakers who lost their bookings on cruises. several from nashville called and asked me about this. they don't want the burden to end up on small business disblaurnd . >> sandra: you are fielding questions as well. >> there is a lot of uncertainty. they are responding negatively. talking to people like larry, the fundamentals in our economy are still strong. that's why we are get through this thing. it will impact the market.

i worry about the entertainment and also the airlines talking about going into bankruptcy by may. if i can say there are two more positive things that came out recently i hope give the markets more reassurance. anti-virals, three are being tested in china on chinese patients that have shown great promise. we are getting a report in april about that. and the first clinical trial vaccine is being tested today in seattle, washington. it will still take a year to finalize that. that's some positive news. we have to reassure the markets this won't spiral out of control. that's why that bill is important to pass. it will give certainty to markets and provide testing we need throughout the united states. >> ed: the bill you are talking about in the senate's hands now. maybe phase-1. others say phase-2 because $8

billion was spent the previous week. who do you see in terms of how many more phases we may and helping airlines and hotel and the cruise industry? >> i am not a fan of bailouts. i voted against it back in the crisis back then. i will say we passed $8 billion for research for treatments. the last bill is for families first to get screening and paid sick leave. things that every day americans are worried about. there will be a 3rd phase coming out to deal with the tax cuts we were talking about to provide to people at middle to low-income on their payroll tax to keep more of what they earn and put it back in the economy. our fundamentals are strong. that's important to say.

this is a curveball from wuhan, china. we have to get off the supply chain of shine. -- china. it's not good for the united states. >> ed: a lot of big issues and the health crisis is first and foremost. we appreciate you coming. >> thanks, ed. >> i regret to announce as of tomorrow our public schools will be closed. we will suspend our public schools until after the spring vacation. >> i will say this precisely. we will make a first attempt to restart our schools on monday april 20th. but, i have to be honest that we are dealing with a lot of unknowns. >> sandra: we are. thousands of schools across the country are shutting down to curve the spread of covid-19. some students depend on those

institutions for meals. casey stevens is live in dallas with how some school districts are responding this morning. >> that's one of the big challenges the mayor was just talking about. in the dallas independent school district alone, a little more than 90% of its total student population qualifies for a meal assistance program. they come from low income families. while they are out on spring break this week, this district and many others across the country are working hard to make sure that those students are fed and they are fed for as long as it takes. that means stocking food. some meal on the go. hand out lunches given out. this has dallas and other major cities are calling on the u.s. da to relax some rules as

district across america grabble with the reality of covid-19 keeping schools closed beyond spring break. possibly through the end of the school year in some places. >> perhaps we could do a grab box that would have 3 day's worth of breakfast, lunch and supper for students to take. we believe that would maximize meal access and minimize contact between the staff and families. >> the los angeles independent school district will begin meals for students beginning on wednesday that's the second largest district in the country. and about 80% are at or below the poverty level. nevada another state that will continue to feed students. the governor pledged that. but folks here in dallas tell us these are no doubt unprecedented

times. they are holding weekly conference calls with other major school districts across the country like chicago, l.a. and new york and philadelphia and boston. just a big think tank to put their heads together on where to go next with this. .>> ed: on wall street the dow is falling. it was down 8.5%. >> sandra: we are on market watch. questions swirling whether we are headed to a recession. one white house advisor says that won't happen. why? next. >> we are hearing feedback that certain small businesses are concerned about the burden of this. we were very focussed. we need to get the money to the people quickly. the all-new silverado hd adds to the legendary capability of the strongest, most advanced silverados ever.

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>> sandra: fox news alert. new information in new jersey, new york and connecticut. they reached a deal to close all their bars and restaurants amid coronavirus fears. the ban will go effect 8 p.m. tonight and it limits restaurants and bars to take-out and delivery only. governor cuomo also tweeting those states will close their gyms, motive theaters and casinos until further notice. new york state has the most coronavirus cases in the nation. we will get an update from governor cuomo in moments. >> ed: and another fox news alert. oral arguments in the supreme court are postponed until april 1st. breaking news. a couple of oral arguments coming up, those are now off.

shannon bream anchoring and correspondent at the supreme court says this is extremely rare. there have been massive snow storms in washington and the supreme court justices still got into work. they do their work. they felt like the nation's business should go forward even if parts of the federal government were shutdown. shannon bream can't think of the last time that the court was shutdown. this is affecting every day americans and the powerful in washington. >> sandra: so much uncertainty. more breaking news this morning. over the weekend a big emergency move by the federal reserve to slash interest rates to near zero. another big selloff to start this week. a drop of 1800 points. let's bring in connell.

have you been joining us. another big selloff. >> we have to stop looking at the stock market as a barom theer for what the federal reserve is doing. if we are not in a crisis or emergency situation, we think, the stock market will respond by moving higher. not necessarily the case nor the intention from the federal reserve. it was more worried about the bond market so institutions and the government can continue to borrow and lend and keep that system liquid. that was their concern. they may have helped on the margins, but what you are seeing in stocks today a call from investors that more needs to be done. the finger is pointed directly at washington to say when will we get figure on the fiscal side not to cure the problem but to help get people through a difficult time? in particular small and medium businesses. >> ed: the "wall street journal" said let the fed administer an

anti-viral shot. the fed would be wise to lead the effort as lender of last resort with back stop funding from the administration and congress to, your very point. >> there is a lot of debate. kevin wrote that piece as one idea. other people have other ideas. none of them have been acted on yet. do you have a special lending facility set up via the federal reserve so that a small or medium sized business who knows they have to be shutdown, they don't know how long it will be. how will we pay our employees? do i have to lay them off. the bank is not giving me a loan. the federal reserve or someone in the government moves in and is able to back up that person to make the money available with a loan. others have other ideas on the fiscal side to come in and say, hey, we have your back until we

get through this. congress hasn't moved. for whatever reason, the movement hasn't been there. it doesn't look like it will be there yet. other parts of the government -- obviously we are behind the curve. we are playing catch up. congress hasn't yet. until it streaks the market doesn't know what to make of what comes next. >> sandra: the breaking news. the tri-state area, shutting down their bars and restaurants. >> sandra: the breaking news. the tri-state area, shutting down their bars and restaurants. secretary mnuchin was asked is there a recession coming? >> as a secretary of treasury you don't want to predict a recession but it could happen. >> what i focus sowe need economic relief to the people impacted by this. we are in the second inning.

i have every confidence this market will be higher down the road and the u.s. is still the greatest place to invest. >> many economists disagree with that. nobody has a forecast for beyond the second quarter. i was on the fed conference call last night listening to chairman powell talk about it. to say after the second quarter, the second half of the year it's impossible to predict. goldman sachs said they may rebound after that. it's hard to predict. i think of it in two ways. on the health side every movement made is about hospitals and the healthcare system. keeping a distance from each other or any kind of mitigation effort. catching up on testing is to make sure our healthcare system is not over-run. by definition that will slow down the economy. it's a prescription for the

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chaired. >> ed: fox news alert theme parks across the country closed their doors amid the coronavirus outbreak including disneyworld. thousands parked it last night before it's shut. phil is live in orlando.

>> tourists shutdowns across the country are already having major economic and entertainment impact. every year in orlando 70 million tourists come to town for the theme parks. that is not happening. the tourist flow is out of town and back home. until the end of march at least, disneyworld, seaworld and busch gardens and lego-lands are all closed. today disney will close all of its stores and all disney owned hotels starting friday. all event with large crowds are pulling the plug for public safety. over the weekend thousands upon thousands still went to the theme parks in orlando anyway. in a surprise farewell the characters stood on the balcony and waving good-bye to people.

perhaps the last visitors there in a long time. down in south florida, spring break is cancelled during the height of tourist season. the beaches are closed in miami and there are now curfews for all. bars and restaurants 10 p.m. back to you. >> ed: phil, we appreciate that report. >> sandra: fox news alert. the cdc with an extreme recommendation. no more gatherings of more than 50 people. numerous cities in lockdown. we are on market watch. join us the top of the brand new hour. financial security. being able to retire. on our terms. no matter what your goals are, our trusted advisors can help you reach them. ameriprise financial.

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the governor of new york cuomo is having a news conference. we go there live. >> you look at the countries that handled this, south korea or italy. they were handled by national leadership. this is a national problem. it can't be done in a piecemeal managed. you need federal perammeters to stop the national patchwork of density reduction closeings. i did a few national interviews this morning. i watched the national news. you see a whole hod pog of efforts across the country. this state is doing this. this city is doing this. it's chaos. i think it feeds the feeling that the country is out of control.

there is no clear direction. california is doing this. new york is doing this. illinois is doing this. it's the same problem across the country. the density may shift temporarily. but it's the same problem! let the federal government say, these are the guidelines. here are the guidelines on schools and on businesses and on travel. rather than having a scramble of every local and state government trying to figure it out on its own. it makes no sense. it is also counter-productive. because then what it does, it allows state shopping. in other words you don't like the rules in new york, well, then you go to pennsylvania. you don't like what california is doing, then you can come to

new york. that's the last thing you want! that's is the last thing you want! but when you allow this pattern of different policies that's what you are driving. and look, i manage the state of new york. all of the local governments in the state of new york must have the same policy. why? otherwise, we would be creating the same problem that the federal government is creating. you can't have albany with one set of rules and another city with another set of rules. people would be confused. again, if you don't like the rule, you get in your car and drive 15 minutes and you for a different jurisdiction subject

to a different set of rules. in new york, you can't shop new york city versus west chester versus albany. it's one set of rules for the entire state! and it should be one set of rules for the entire nation. and that is the role of the federal government and national leadership. it is lacking. the federal government should put one position in place and coordinate it with the states. if the federal government isn't going to do what it should do. then the states have to try their best. right? and the best way is for me not

only to have a uniform policy within the state of new york, but to the extent you can cooperate with surrounding states so you all have a common set of practices. right? i don't want to close down bars in new york with you connecticut leaves the bars open. why? because many people will get in their car and drive to connecticut to go to a bar which is the last thing we want. now we have people drinking and driving. it makes no sense. i don't want to have one set of rules here and a different set of rules in new jersey because i closed down the bars. you will drive to new jersey. it makes no sense! get the states to coordinate themselves. yes, very hard to do. luckily we have set a template

where our regional states work together. many of you came to our regional meeting on marijuana laws. i have a good relationship that i developed with the surrounding governors. we have actually deployed that here. i just did a call with governor phil murphy new jersey and the governor from connecticut. we are adopting the same policies. there is no benefit to try to shop new york versus connecticut versus new jersey. there will be no more gatherings of 50 plus people. if you were hoping to plan a graduation party, you can't do it in the state of new york. you can't do it in the state of new jersey or in the state of connecticut. kass casinos.

if i close mine but new jersey keeps theirs open we will have the same problem. all casinos will be closed effective 8 p.m. tonight. they will stay closed until further notice. on all of those closings they are all until further notice and i coordinate with other governors to have the same opening period like we had the same closing period. gyms are closed effective 8 p.m. tenth. that's -- tonight. that's a specific hardship for the people in this room because you are all in master full shape. buff even. there are other ways to exercise. theaters closing at 8 o'clock tonight until further notice.

any bar or restaurant closes at 8 o'clock tonight. however, there is a silver lining for these establishments. we are also aware of the economic consequences for these establishments. so the state liquor authority will change its rules. the guidance by 5 p.m. will allow bars and restaurants to sell their products off premises. so, whatever you could order in the bar or restaurant or winery, you can purchase through takeout. we hope that goes a long way towards alleviating any economic hardship. stay home and order from your

favorite restaurant. order from your favorite bar or winery. order from whatever establishment that you were thinking of patronizing. just order it and stay at home. the state liquor authority will allow that. it's not currently allowed. we will only allow it during this period of closure. i think it will help those businesses. we have done a lot of work with the wineries to grow that industry in new york. i will protect them. now everybody is at home. they are at home with their kids. my kids are a little older. but i remember the old days when you were in the house with a number of young kids. the house can get very small very quickly. the kids can get rambunctious

quickly. we will waive all park fees in state and local parks and county parks. if you want to get out of the house, great. go to the park. the weather is changing. take a walk. enjoy. enjoy your family. and do it in an environment that is not a dense environment which is exactly what the parks provide. other actions? all local governments must reduce their work force by 50% minimum. i am directing all local governments to allow their non-essential personnel to stay home. work from home, with a 50%

minimum. local government can go higher than 50%. but it must be a 50% minimum. work from home which is the same thing i am asking private businesses. if we can ask private businesses to do that, government leads by example. not just for new york state government which will do this also. all local governments. nonessential people work from home and a minimum of 50% of the work force must stay at home. second, i am directing local governments to make sure that all their local police departments and emergency management services are supplied with masks. surgical masks. your police officers who are encountering people in all different circumstances.

ems workers who traditionally wear masks. police officers who do not. i was at the new rochelle drive-thru testing facility. a police officers stops a car. you are within 6 feet. people are positive who don't know they are positive. i want all of the police officers, all first responders, who are showing great coverage. great courage getting up and going out and doing their job every day. i want them to know that we understand the situation they are putting themselves in. and providing the necessary precautions. every local government must

provide their local police department and ems workers with masks. new york city, nassau and rockland must have child care educational services must have meal programs in place by midnight. we said those schools will be closing, but we need to take care of the negative, the down side of closing the school. this is not an easy decision. there are negatives when you close a school. most notably you don't have child care for personnel. you don't have child care for healthcare workers. remember, please, the greatest challenge and the greatest damage is going to be done by an

overwhelmed healthcare system. nurses, healthcare workers, they don't have alternatives to charlchild ca care. public education is this nation's child care system. it's not easy to say let them get a baby-sitter. they can't afford it. it's hard to find. and we would have created a true negative situation if we lost healthcare workers or first responders because we closed schools and they had to stay home with their children. this is solved easily enough. you are closing schools. don't close all of the schools. leave a couple schools open to provide child care for the essential personnel.

we have to have meal services in place and educational services in place. on that condition, i ordered the schools closed. but, it's on that condition. i want those plans and i want them in place by midnight. they have to be approved. we strongly advise that only businesses that are essential stay hope after 8 p.m. grocery stores and gas stations. this is not mandatory but strongly advised. it's not mandatory at this time. it may be in the future. but it is strongly advised at

this time. testing, we have had a phenomenal increase in testing. we are using our laboratories and our emergency manage team has done a good job of reach out to state labs. getting them on track and coordinated. our testing numbers are way up as you will see. by the end of this weekly will be up to 7,000 tests per day. that's a huge increase what have we have done. i made the suggestion to the vice-president and made it to the president. i often tell you when i am unhappy with the federal response to this state. fairness dictates kudos when

they are due. here the vice-president and the president responded very quickly. i want to thank them for that. we started a drive-thru testing in new rochelle where we have the highest cluster. it's one of the first in the united states. i believe the first on the eastern seaboard. it worked very well. it is safe for everyone. you drive up in your car. you never get out of your car. you are tested in your vehicle. they take the test kits back. the time it takes to take the test is faster than we thought. that doesn't normally happen in government. we allotted 15 minutes per car. it's ahead of that schedule. we want to replicate that because it's just smart. the worst thing is a person walking into an emergency room. if you are positive, you infect

other people. if you are negative, you may get infected by walking into the emergency room. so this the best way to test someone. we said we would open one on long island after the positive new rochelle experience. we are also going to open one on staten island. they do not have an abundance of hospitals. staten island is a community where people drive and staten island i believe is an appropriate location for this. staten island feels they have not gotten the level of attention of health services they need. a spoke to a senator and i believe this is going to make a difference. we are also opening one in rockland county on the same

theory. we are going into a new phase in this entire process. we talked about early detection and testing and containment. those numbers are going up. that means you are moving to a mitigation phase. you are moving to a phase where you must expect a significant inflow into the hospital healthcare system. now, again, this is the great curve they talk about. plus or minus. flatten the curve. that's what you hear every day on tv. you see this curve. we must flatten the curve. the concept is right. flatten the curve and slow the spread so the healthcare system

can handle it. when say they this, i don't think of a curve. i think of a wave. the wave is going to break and the wave is going to break on the hospital system. we are doing everything we can to flatten the curve. i believe we have taken more dramatic actions than any state in the united states. i believe we have had the most effective response of any state in the united states. i don't believe we are going to be able to flatten the curve enough to meet the capacity of the healthcare system. so, in this business, plan ahead. plan forward. anticipate what is coming down the road and get ready for it. expanding the capacity of the healthcare system for a state is

virtually impossible. building a hospital is a very elaborate, expensive undertaking. again, we need the federal government to play its role. the federal government has tremendous capacity. i was in the federal government. i was a cabinet secretary. i worked with the military and with the army corp of engineers. they have tremendous capacity. this is what they do. this is what they do! they build airports. they build bridges. they build hospitals. this is exactly what they do. deploy the army corp of engineers to come work with states to build temporary medical facilities. get us back-up beds so when the hospital is overwhelmed, we can have some of the people who are

in the hospital beds go to a back-up medical facility. it makes all of the sense in the world. if you don't do it, you know what is going to happen. you are going to overwhelm the hospitals. you only have 53,000 hospital beds. you only have 3,000 icu beds? why? our healthcare system is basically private. they don't build capacity they don't need. they don't build extra icu beds just in case. an intensive care bed is very expensive. they don't build a wingthat sits vacant for 10 years on the off chance there is a public health emergency and they need the beds. they don't. that's not economic. we don't have them. we have the capacity that people

use day in and out. that's not just new york. that's every state in the united states. you have this influx you can't handle. you overwhelm the hospitals. you have people on gurneys in hallways. that is what is going to happen now if we do nothing. that is what is going to happen now if we do nothing. and that might, my friends, will be a tragedy. we know what lies ahead. look at the numbers from china, south korea and italy. you don't have to guess. you just have to project the numbers are on a chart. our numbers are on a chart. just extend the current trajectory. just go dot and you will see the

numbers rise. you compare them to our hospital capacity and it's still math at the end of the day. it do not work. -- it doesn't work. the federal government must do this. assume the federal government doesn't do what the federal government is supposed to do, which would not be a wild assumption, as it hasn't happened to date. then as a fall-back the states have to do whatever they have to do. and the state has to mobilize to create back up medical facilities. that's what we will do. we are going to organize the national guard. work with the building unions and work with private developers to find existing facilities that

could most easily be adapted to medical facilities. meaning what? meaning dorms. meaning former nursing homes. facilities that have that basic configuration that could be retro-fit. even that is not easy. because you are have the construction element and you also have the equipment element. it's very, very hard to get medical equipment now because everybody on the globe is trying to buy the same medical equipment. everybody wants to buy a ventilator and buy oxygen. everybody is trying to buy the same equipment and it's terribly scarce. the follow government maintains a medical emergency stock where

they have stocked medical equipment for domestic issues or for wartime. right? when you go to war and they set up a wartime hospital, they have equipment. they have it stock piled. that's why they are uniquely suited to do this. in any event, we are going to do the best we can. i need first and foremost to find available facilities that can be converted. i am asking local governments especially in the most dense area, to immediately identify a number of beds in facilities that are available. frankly i hope they are surplus because we don't have -- this is

very expensive and i don't want to pay money for acquisition of property in real estate. but we need the communities that are most effective to find available beds. new york city we estimate conservatively, at this point we should identify 5,000 additional beds. westchester 2000 additional beds? why more there? westchester has the new rochelle cluster which has significant number of people testing positive. we will do everything we can, but we need federal assets and we need federal assistance. i am very proud of the state government and what it can do. we have done things that no

state government has done before. we built bridges. we built airports and responded to emergency. know what you can't do. we don't have the billion dollars that you would need to implement an immediate emergency hospital construction program. this state can't do it. no state can do it. to increase hospital capacity of the existing hospitals in the meantime, doh will suspend regulations to allow existing hospitals to increase their space and capacity. doh has regulations about how much space between beds and how wide a hallway has to be. those will be suspended.

so hospitals can use their physical space with more efficiency. we leave it up to the hospitals for their discretion and prudence in making these decisions. but we have to get very aggressive about them better using their existing space. i want the private hospitals to be on notice that we may soon be cancelling elective surgery. we are not doing it now. elective surgery is between 25 and 35% of the beds. some of the elective surgery is critical. some is not critical. the non-critical elective surgery may be cancelled on a mandatory basis. i ask now as a precaution to start to plan to cancel elective

surgery that is not necessary. we will need that capacity in the hospitals when those numbers peak. michael dowelling who was the former health commissioner for the state of new york, a phenomenal fellow. he worked with my father and was in my father's administration. he was health commissioner and deputy secretary. he is a jewel of a human being. he is one of the best healthcare professionals in the united states of america. he runs north well now a magnificent organization. michael and ken raskeywho runs the greater new york hospital association. they coordinate all of the hospitals. i asked them to convene all of the hospitals and now start developing the maximum surge

capacity. if a hospital's capacity is 500, okay, what if we bring in more beds? how many more beds can you hold? what if we brought in more staff? we also have a number of efforts going -- finding more staff and more doctors. not just for the surge capacity but for the additional facilities we may open. these are the new number of tests. we are up to 7,000 tests. so it's a dramatic increase. 1600 new tests. what happens when the testing capacity increases? the number of positives increase by definition. so the number of new cases has gone up 221 to 950 cases. you can see new york city is

increasing. westchester is still disproportionate. to the population. you can see them: number of new cases, new york city and west chester. you will see the cases rise in the most dense areas. because that's where people are transferring the virus among themselves. counties with new cases today: you see the spread continues. most impacted states in the

united states, we are 950. number 1 in the country. 676 for washington state. again, these cases are more an example of how many tests you are doing and who you are testing rather than a raw number of cases in that area. our deaths have increased to 7. washington next higher at 42. total deaths in the united states 7. hospitalizations 17% of the cases. when we talk about how hospital capacity, just take that 17% and it's always if you notice 14 to

15%, 16 or 17%. run that 17% against whatever you think the total infected population will be. and then compare that to our hospital capacity. and that will keep you up at nights. hence, the situation that dr. zucker and myself and my colleagues are in. again, perspective. i went through the numbers in italy. i went through the numbers in south korea and china last night. you look at all of these numbers. they are the same story. you look at the deaths in new york. it's the same story. people with under-lying illnesses if they got the flu in a normal season, they would be in grave trouble. instead they got the coronavirus and they had exist illnesses and

passed away. remember before any of this, somebody would pass away in a hospital, an older person. you would say how did they die? they would say pneumonia. how did they catch it? they had heart disease. they were struggling with cancer. then pneumonia becomes the accelerant to a bad situation. that's what is happening here. any of my colleagues additional points? why don't you make them? >> no. >> robert? >> questions? >> you said that gyms will be closed. can you elaborate? did you confer with city hall or mayor bill de blasio.

he was at the gym this morning. >> he can be in the gym this morning or this afternoon or evening. you can't be in the gym after 8 o'clock. >> you can use the gym? >> are you asking me if i go to a public gym? >> no, i have my own workout routine that i have developed over a number of years that i do alone. i don't do it in the gym. >> sorry. governor have you heard back from the white house about the matter of deploying the army corps of engineers? >> we are having on-going conversation. none have been conclusive. >> overall projection for the number of people who could get this in new york and the overall provjection with the need for hospital beds? what is the need looking like at

this point? >> that's an unfair question for commissioner zucker because it's anyone's guess. i will recommend this to you. google that question and you will get a range from 40% to 80% of the population. merkel said 70%, 60% of her population. 40 to 60%. take that of 18 million. take a hospitalization rate of our sample of about 17%. and then compare that to 50,000 hospital beds. you will break out in a sweat. maybe hives. you will feel great anxiety. panic attack. and you will be right.

>> what is the plan in place, i drove in today. the plaza is full. what about state workers here in albany? >> that was yesterday's policy. today's policy is nonessential workers amin mum of 50% of the work force for our state government and every local government in the state. >> governor, are you requesting that the federal government shuts the schools? >> i want federal guidance. you can't have one state taking actions that are different than other states. there are ways to do it. you could say, if your state has a density index of over x, if you have more than this many cases, then this. but when you leave this -- this

is like the reverse federalism. this is a national pandemic. there is no national rules. so, literally, the national news broadcasts today would cause someone to panic. everybody on their own with all of these ideas. you don't have to make it manditary. let the federal government say here's what we think you should do so i know what connecticut is going to do and massachusetts is going to do and pennsylvania is going to do. or they are likely to do so i do the same thing. look how many damage you can do. i close down by bars. and jersey doesn't close their bars. everybody drives to jersey to drink and everybody drives home. it makes no sense.

>> [inaudible]. massachusetts? >> i didn't get there here. we are the tri-state area. we have the most interaction. part of boston, massachusetts, we have pennsylvania also. we did convene them for the marijuana regional discussion. we started here. we will be expant. -- panding. this was an elaborate undertaking. you have to align 3 states policies. so this is not just a consultation. we actually all adopted the same policies. jessie. i don't ever remembering this happening, period.

>> [inaudible]? this preempts what mayor bill de blasio said last night? >> this preempts what any mayor or county executive anywhere in this state said. the same point i make about the national government is even more true on this the state level. you can't close bars in manhattan but leave them open in nassau. because everybody drives for the bar. you have to have one set of rules that are uniform. that's why in an emergency situation, there is actually a protocol that makes sense. local governments can set rules. the state can override those rules. and the federal government can

override state rules. it's not a situation where you can allow disparate policies. they are counter not only to counter sense but to public safety and counter to public health. >> why not do the same thing with schools in new york? they are all closed? >> we will. >> about 86% of the schools are closed already statewide. we are closing the remaining 14%. that will go into effect by wednesday. >> is there a date specific when they would reopen? >> we will start with 2 weeks and adjust as it makes sense moving forward. >> by the end of the day, this afternoon you will be closing all schools for 2 weeks?

>> yes. >> and we will have an announcement this afternoon on the specifics of that people. people want to know what hour. reevaluate. if in 2 weeks, everything is fine, i will re-open every school in new york in 2 weeks. so -- >> i have not communicated with them yet. that's what we are planning. we will have specific guidelines this afternoon. >> the 960 people who tested positive for coronavirus [inaudible]? >> sure. >> we have had patient discharged. 16 have been discharged. i am sure there are many people

out there that we have not test who had got the coronavirus and got better and are out in the community. >> how many people tested positive and how many people are recovered? >> we are tracking that information. >> look at these numbers please. since it started, 159,000 cases. 77,000 recovered out of the number. 85,000 are pending. they are still ill. 6,000 passed away. jesse, i want a uniform policy on the schools also. you have 2-parent families who have children in schools. businesses that are operating that have employees with

children in different school districts. we want a uniform school closing policy. that's what we are working on. hold on the details of the school closing policy. but we will be closing all schools. that is true. i will have aa uniform policy. >> you want to ensure child care? >> yes, sir and make sure every school district is in a position to do that and they know it's coming and are preparing for it. >> [inaudible]? >> the gyms? >> yes. >> my gym didn't. but i don't have a gym. i don't know with the other gyms. >> what will happen with the

budget at this point? there should be money set aside like a rainy day fund set aside for when we are dealing with this several months down the road? >> there should be a rainy day fund set aside and a snow storm fund set aside and a fog fund set aside. yes. all of those set aside should be done. obviously i am kidding. the budget. i asked the controller to give me a re-estimate of the revenues. it's important that you understand. the essential element in the budget is the projection of revenues. that's why there is always a disagreement on the revenue projection.

we did a revenue forecast. since we did that, the world has changed 180 degrees 3 times. okay? i asked the controller for a revenue forecast. he is doing it. you turn on the television. you look at the stock market. you tell me what the revenue forecast is. my best guess is our revenue forecast was outrageously high compared to what is going. how high? who knows? there is a theory the market dropped quickly and will come up quickly. that's a theory. what is the effect of these businesses that are closing down?

how much revenue did they lose? how much less tax revenue will we get? how many people will be laid-off? and not earning income and how much tax revenue will we lose? there is no doubt that the revenues are going to be way down. so, rainy day fund, that was my attempt at humor. a number of reserve funds. that's very true. you have the medicare redesign team coming back trying to close what was a 2.5-billion dollars hole. we now have a new complication that could only happen in a world of total chaos. the federal government is past the first coronavirus bill.

$8 billion and new york state gets $35 million. they are passing a new coronavirus bill and new york state gets the lowest level of reimbursement. they do it based off medicaid funds. new york state gets 50% of their medicaid funds reimbursed. some states get 75%. no state gets less than 50%. in raw dollars, we do very well but that's only because we spend more than anybody else. but in that bill, they tucked in a provision that said you can make no changes whatsoever to

your medicaid program which means if you want to take the literal approach. the mrt, which is recommending changes in the medicaid program, can not be accepted because of that federal bill. why the federal government would have passed a written in language that says you can't make any changes to your medicaid program, why our new york delegation allowed this and they knew in january we had an mrt, mike and dennis headed it, the second time we did it to find improvements, i have no idea. >> one says you can't cut benefits for people. the other says you can't do what you tried to do which is shift

more of the share costs on the counties. counties are and the city of new york are delighted that you lost on the second. >> i understand your position. would you like to make a wager my friend that you are incorrect? >> i read the bill and talked to a senator. >> i know. you want to make a wager that you are wrong? [laughing]. i will wager you that you are wrong. you misread the bill. that the bill says you can't make any changes to the medicaid program which would pre-empt the other changes. they did it for political protection so the counties would not have to pay anything more. that's ironic by the way since

we volun -- voluntarily pay the costs. they want to tell us can't raise it. it also said -- do you have the language here? don't read it yet. how much are we wagering? >> a beer. >> read the language. >> you can't change any eligibility standards or methodology. it says you can't make any changes to any of the enrollment standards going forward. it talks about making changes to any premiums. >> i will take a beer right now as a matter of fact. you can't give it to me after 8 o'clock. >> it refers to any income checks or qualifying checks. it goes on and on.

it limits the ability of the mrt to do what they were intended to do. >> here's the problem. without the mrt you can't balance the budget. i spoke to senator schumer. they tried to say oh, no, what we did was protect the local governments in new york city. this provision goes well beyond that. no mrt. you can't do a budget without the mrt. now we can't do a budget until they fix that anyway. i spoke to senator schumer and a congresswoman and speaker pelosi. it was a terrible blunder by the federal government. it makes it impossible to do the budget and they have to fix it and they have to change it. >> last question. >> [inaudible]. [muffled audio]. >> wednesday is fine.

april 1 is the budget. >> [muffled audio]. [inaudible]. >> no, i did the petition by executive order. that's done. what they don't pass is the paid sick leave which also gave people pay for their quarantine period. so i am sure the people who are in quarantine and wanted to get paid wish they voted for the bill. so they could get paid. >> the 7 day wait period -- >> what was that? >> [muffled audio]. [inaudible]. >> can you address that? anything done to fix that? >> i have not heard that

obviously. but i will check. it should not be. >> going back to medicaid. you have a beer on the line. >> no, you lost the beer. >> we applied for waivers in the past successfully. what makes you think you can't come up with a way to do this for a waiver? >> do you want to go double or nothing? >> yes. >> on what theory could you apply for a waiver for a law that is not changed and be granted the waiver in time to do a budget for april 1? >> you called it a plan. >> i do a budget contingent on a waiver? 2.5-billion dollars. maybe we will get it. maybe we won't. never! i never had a 2.5-billion dollars contingenccontingency.

>> [inaudible]? >> who knows that. >> governor? >> closing casinos [muffled audio]? [inaudible]? >> yes. >> i believe it does. >> two beers, jimmy. >> [muffled audio]. [inaudible [inaudible]. >> we are working with associations on a modelling to figure out where on that spectrum this will fall both in new york as well as in national level. >> jesse, if you take your story -- you didn't write it the "times" story on projections it answers that question. the range is so broad. if you go from 40% of the population to 70% of the population, it's so broad, and

the hospitalization rates tend to be somehow predictable. china will tell you their hospitalization rates and south korea and italy will tell you. the overall universe they can't tell you the 40 to 70. if you go to 40%, any projection, you are -- it's an avalanche on the healthcare system. any projection. like hundreds of thousands. >> where are they? >> 5 in new york city. >> the restaurant closure how does that impact the state? >> you can't ask 3 questions.

>> i am irish. >> [laughing]. >> will this go into effect tomorrow? >> this is a state-wide executive order. different governments may have different executive orders. this overrides all executive orders. >> i will take you to my gym one day. [laughing]. >> [overlapping talking]. >> i'm sorry? >> governor, the budget and this talk about medicaid are you still pushing for a bond act this year? >> yes. >> similar to marijuana? >> yes, we are here and doing our job like everybody else. especially like government employees. the police are doing their job. the correction officers and nurses are doing their job and transient worker unions are doing their job. public service.

we are here in public service. that's what we are doing at a time when you desperately need public service. you are doing the military. you know when they need you. when there is a war. that's when they need you. this is a war against coronavirus. >> even with all of the moves that the state is making, you still want to see changes to bail reform and marijuana legalization? >> yes, i want to see as much as we can get done. the only caveat: i want to do things right. i know the legislature, sometimes they are overly anxious to pass a bill and it was a mistake and you have to come back and fix it. i don't want to do as much as we can do. only caveat, if it hasn't been thought through, that's a different story. i want to do what we can do as

long as we can do it right. thank you. >> ed: the governor of new york andrew cuomo. last night we heard that new york city bars and restaurants closed to dine in. he expanded that and working with the governors of new jersey and connecticut. >> sandra: bars, restaurants and gyms shutdown effective 8 p.m. tonight. big changes for new jersey, connecticut and new york. the decision was just made to shut down new york city public schools. >> ed: it's about community spread. john roberts, the governor had strong words. he praised the president and vice-president at one point but complained about what he said is a piecemeal approach. >> yes. what governor cuomo said is the

white house needs to do more to coordinate a federal response. one of the biggest things governor cuomo is worried about is hospital xapt. -- capacity. i he believes the president needs to dispatch the army corps of engineers to handle what the governor said will be a wave that crashes into the healthcare system. the president in the past couple of hours spoke to g-7 leaders with its -- about the coronavirus and he is speaking to other governor's about the way forward. the president will report at the daily coronavirus briefing at 3:30 afternoon. it was deferred until the afternoon. the centers for disease control across the country say no gatherings of more than 50 people. they want to limit the number of people who are together in any

one time. they are even taking steps here at the white house to do that. restricting be the number of people who is about to coronavirus briefings. when we come into the white house our temperatures are tested to make sure nobody is sick. the supreme court delayed oral arguments schedule until may. a lot of things happening on the federal level. governor cuomo said the president has to do more. we will ask him this afternoon. >> ed: john roberts, thank you. sandra, will the senate take up this house bill immediately? mitt romney wants more. $1,000 sent to every american by the government to pump money into the economy. a lot of ideas on the table. >> sandra: a lot of distract measures. the stock market reacted this morning. down 1700

>> sandra: so we are watching all of this for you. >> ed: in the meantime, "outnumbered" -- >> sandra: starts right now. ♪ >> harris: we are about to connect with you, all of you and no way that respects what we are all experiencing. in one way or another, the coronavirus pandemic has all of us adjusting. so we are practicing what we preach. we are sitting 6 feet here apart on the "outnumbered" couch. guests are joining us from outside of her studio. but the "outnumbered" you know well and are loyal and watching every day will bring you the same news that you are used to. >> melissa: and without, as we say each and every day, this is "outnumbered." >> harris: i'm harris faulkner. here today,