that they're expanding beyond what the reserve has done and what the government has proposed. we talked about it with lots of businesses and lots of americans. . >> from the white house we're awaiting a briefing. we're awaiting a coronavirus briefing task force, vice-president pence. we're here and i'm leland vittert. we're in different offices. >> practicing the distance. we're going to turn to mark meredith standing by at the white house. mark.

>> good afternoon, the white house briefing delayed 30 minutes and expecting to get an update on several months, but one of the things we're expecting to hear a lot more about is the testing of the coronavirus and how that's being rolled out all over the country and also the need for the federal government to collect more medical skies that the hospitals need. as we heard in the last hour of neil cavuto's show, the governor of new york says there's a need for ventilators and what they can do to work with companies that are private and allow factories to produce whatever supplies may be needed. meantime, here at the white house we learned overnight that a staff, member of the vice-president did test positive for the coronavirus, that person is not believed to have had any close contact with the president nor the vice-president. we've seen a number of states also enact those restrictions and not to leave home unless it's essential. now many are wondering what could happen with the potential federal quarantine.

there's no indication that that's going to happen even though there have been people speculating online. we heard from the acting secretary of homeland security about that and this is what he had to say about those rumors earlier today. >> a lot of this information is just that, disinformation. so we want to make sure that individuals are getting their information from trusted sources so those are your state and federal officials and we're asking them not to spread this type of information around. so there is no-- we have no plans for a national lockdown or a national quarantine. >> that is something that a lot of people have been asking about, we expect that to come up again during today as briefing and we expect to get more information about the president's decision to declare a state of emergency from new york, granting federal assistance. and speaking of federal assistance there's focus on capitol hill. at this hour the senate negotiating a stimulus package to help americans and businesses struggling in the wake of this. we've seen numbers tossed around

1 to $2 trillion the cost of this, but there are questions about exactly what it's going to contain, what it will mean for people worried about paying mortgages and rent the next nine or ten days when the mortgages come up. in the days and months ahead and what fema is saying, we expect they will be a part of the public health service and expect them to be at the podium later on today today. kristin and leland. >> so many questions and we'll get them answered in 30 minutes. mark meredith on the front lawn. >> as it continues between republicans and democrats on capitol hill and the white house on this phase three coronavirus bill. with that we bring in the colorado governor, and cory gardner in self-imposed quarantine after coming in contact with someone with the coronavirus.

you're in yuma, correct? >> no, i'm stuck in washington. >> oh. >> it would be better if i was home. i could see the capitol, but-- >> you could look across the beautiful colorado plains. but we'll get down to business. this started at billions and now we're at a trillion last now and two trillion this morning. a trillion here and there, and sooner or later, you're talking real money. >> we are, look what's happened, this coronavirus has inserted a circuit breaker into our economy, the circuit breaker has been tripped and what we have to do is make sure that we reset that, we get this economy back and snapping back as soon as we're through this health emergency. that's our obligation and that's-- . fair to say there's no amount of money that's too much to spend? >> well, look, i'm sure there is. but what we have-- >> we haven't come to it yet? >> we have to get our economy moving and making sure people

are back to work and making sure that people are taken care of because they're following the federal government health care experts, they're staying home and not going to work, businesses are closing because of requests from federal and state health care experts. it's our obligation to give this countries-- there are people terrified what's happening right now. i've talked to hundreds of them over the last hour alone and they have to have the certainty that we're taking care of them to get this economy to snap back, that they're going to be okay, going to be able to pay their mortgage and rent and put food on the table and get back to work. >> i think about a state we love so much of colorado and so much of the economy there is tourism, the ski resorts have all shut down, aspen, vail, telluride and everything in the months they have for spring break and easter. if you think about this, other than the grocery industry there's perhaps not a business in america that doesn't need a handout? >> that's exactly right.

you think about what's happening is the ranchers yearly spring bull sale going to be canceled because of a shelter in place order? that may only occur once a year. we know that hotels that certainly major, major resorts that employ thousands of people in colorado are shut down until memorial day. i talked to a mayor in colorado and he said just one convention that has been canceled will cost the city alone-- his city alone $5 million in sales tax. we've had a conversation last night with a university president who said because they had to refund room and board, they had to right $30 million checks out for students who aren't staying in the dorm rooms anymore. every nook and cranny of this economy is being affected. and that's why we have to have congress make sure we get this back. >> no question this has changed america perhaps even faster than 9/11 did. you almost have to go back to world war ii or the great depression or pearl harbor to see this kind of sea change in

america. there's a piece up on foxnews.com that says i'm starting to get scared, not of the coronavirus, i'm scared about the loss of liberty people around the world are experiencing as normal life grinds to a halt and we hunker down and keep our distance from each other from this microscopic terror. and that was written by vittert, relationship, and there's every one to their point that's going under the national economy. should people be worried that these same, everything's change excuses are going to be used to change laws on surveillance and to change the fourth and fifth amendments in terms of what needs to be done? can you now be forced to hand over your phone if you've been diagnosed with the coronavirus? should people worry about that? >> you know, i just had a question in a teletown hall i

did from a gentleman in denver from a gentleman who asked the question. have we gone too far, done the analysis? real change happens at moments of crisis. well, we have to make sure that that real change is in the spirit and best interest of this country, that it follows our constitution, and our law. and that we don't go too far that we don't violate rights. that's a balance that we have to succeed with. you have a time frame when courts may be shutting down because they're afraid of the coronavirus, but courts are still there to uphold our rights. we're listening to health experts that we have tasked to protect our country from a health crisis unparalleled. that's why we have to get this right and keep in our minds, are we doing the right thing, the right cost benefit analysis and get out this have and people back on their feet. >> there's got to be hard and fast lines, right?

the reason the rules are written down is for times of crisis, they're not written down for the good times, they're written down for the bad times. so can you guarantee that you would not support anything that would involve the suspension of the fourth or fifth amendment in ways that-- >> oh, absolutely. absolutely. >> let me ask you better. what are your red lines when it comes to not business liberties, but individual liberties? >> well, look, our constitution is crystal clear, it is not a series of things that we can do because the government is so generous it's going to let us do these things. it's actually a check on what-- it's basically seeing here are the powers of the government. it is a series of-- >> fair to say that-- forgive me for interrupting, only a few seconds, but there are parts of the constitution that seem to have been usurped the last couple of weeks, bills with billions and trillions of

dollars through the house and senate before people had a chance to read them and shelter in place for one-fifth of the country and shelter in place. and unthinkable weeks ago and people say why live by these constitutional rules while others have been looked over. >> i know that congress is acting question is un-- it's not unheard of, but it's not unconstitutional. we have to protect people's rights and the laws are obeyed and the states for health, welfare and safety. that was designed by the found tower give them some of the powers that we have to make sure that we don't go too far. the courts are equal partners in making sure this doesn't get overstepped. look-- >> we appreciate. >> we have to be on track. >> we have a run against a briefing at 12:30. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> good luck in quarantine. >> thanks very much. >> a lot more from former c.d.c. director tom freedman who will

join tomorrow, john roberts in for chris wallace, as always check your local listings for time and channel. white house secretary grisham is going to talk to howard kurtz on media buzz at 11 a.m. kristin. >> well, new yorkers are facing a stay at home order as the empire state sees a surge of coronavirus cases, and this is the epicenter. and our alex logan is live from washington park with how the tri-state area is doing. >> hi, alex. >> hi, kristin, it's washington state park, a lot of people taking kids and dogs out, but a lot of them are keeping six feet distance and that's something that the police will start enforcing tomorrow night and going around and making sure that people in parks, in grocery stores, and in pharmacies keep to their social distancing, this is the second thing that we will see come into effect tomorrow. the governor announced that as of tomorrow night, sunday at 8

p.m., everyone, 100% of people must stay home except for essential personnel. workers deemed as essential include those in fields like health care, law enforcement, and security, manufacturing, and retail of goods like food and pharmaceuticals, journalism and infrastructure, shelters, and child care and finance. hospitals seeing more and more patients. nurses this morning at mount sinai in new york city being told they're officially out of masks. there are more than 10,000 cases in new york state and we're seeing 3,000 positive cases this morning from yesterday. mayor bill deblasio noting most are in his city. >> my job is to tell you the truth and to tell you the facts that you need to know. so, here we go. i hate to say this, but it's true, we are now the epicenter of this crisis right here in the nation's largest city. >> all 50 states have shut down some schools, 45 states closing all of them and here in the

city's district. 114,000 homeless children. starting on monday there will be 400 sites that will open to give children take away breakfast, lunch and dinner. the area around me usually booming with businesses, but restaurants and stores are closed and some businesses are stepping up, start to go help out by creating whatever medical equipment is needed and some of the hotels we see in the city opening up their beds. and the business chief is saying crime is down from the city and we heard the governor saying in the last hour that he's calling on anyone within the mental health field trying to get therapists to reach out to them so they can reach out to people in the community feeling isolated at this time. >> it's incredible to think by the end of the weekend, one in five americans are going to be ordered to stay at home. alex hogan, thank you so much. >> and in some countries, everybody's at home. stricter rules are closing down parks and beaches in italy, as

that country faces an increase in the number of people dying every day from the coronavirus. amy kellogg is in florence, italy. it does not seem though the italians have been able to bend the curve back down. >> no, we had our record number of deaths yesterday at 627 and our biggest daily increase in infections, so, they're starting to tighten the screws. i don't know how much tighter they can go here. the whole country has been locked down for 10 days and the lombardi region for two weeks. and going up and up. look, people need to go shopping, but once a week, not every other day and dogs need to be walked, but not 12 times a day. so they're really asking people to try to limit even the essential movements. now, cops have been out in force in rome today, checking people's documents and movement. military is in milan.

this is not a big brother state, but they've been looking at cell phone data now and can tell that lots of people, 40% in milan alone have been moving around much more than they really should be. in one of the hardest hit city they shut down wi-fi to keep people migrating toward the signal. and one of the heartaches for people have been the ability to visit sick loved ones in the hospital and in some cases have hooked people up with tablets to communicate with the folks back home. one doctor said he was initially worried about people seeing their loved ones so sick and on ventilators that would be too distressing for families, but ultimately determined that just seeing them, just seeing relatives in the hospital, however possible, was key. and doctors themselves, they're increasingly opening up about the duress that they're under. >> i never felt so stress in my life.

i'm quite used to, you know, intense moment and choices and people are critical and will dry without any, you know, treatment and make the difference, but at this point you realize that you are not enough. >> finally, the help from one u.s. ngo samaritan's purse has been greatly appreciative in northern italy and took them 36 hours to put up a field hospital in crimona, intensive beds and units. and italy says they hope the lesson to the world you need to get all of these units in place before you need them. italy has a good health care system one of the best in the world probably, but they just got caught off guard. meanwhile, the race against time to keep the virus from spreading in milan where it hasn't spread

too far, but that's the big city in lombardi and down in the south in the regions where health care is not as good is really much on people's minds now leland. >> a lesson in so many ways. we go live now, thank you, amy, to the floor of the capitol, chuck schumer talking about how new york is dealing with the coronavirus as $2 trillion of federal aid is being negotiated. >> we don't have adequate supplies of supportive medicine, beds, ventilators, nurses and critical care doctors are also needed. we need a national response to this disease. i urge my colleagues to hear the urgency and strain in this brave doctor's voice, the desperation in his warning. if we don't provide these resources right now, what is already a dire situation will,

not could, become catastrophic. it will affect hospitals everywhere, big city hospitals, medium sized suburban hospitals, small rural hospitals, many of them will go under an a short period of time. so we need a martial plan for our health infrastructure and it must be in this legislation in the opinion of the democratic caucus. and as we've made clear from the beginning, we must also put workers first. that means a dramatic expansion and reform of unemployment insurance. we need unemployment insurance on steroids. some are calling it employment insurance. it must be easier to access. it must cover many more americans during this crisis, including americans who have nontraditional employment, and it must provide more generous benefits.

workers who are laid off should receive a paycheck equal to what they were receiving while employed. workers must be protected whether they work for businesses, small, medium or large. the plan we have would allow them to get unemployment insurance quickly. they would be furloughed so they would stay as employees, even though they weren't working, of their employer. so when god willing this crisis ends, they can go back to their employ and the businesses that are now closeded and decimated, can start running again. we've proposed that this be not just a one-shot deal, but a paycheck every work period and it should go for as long as the crisis lasts, we want to fund it for at least four months, maybe six. if the crisis ends more quickly, of course, we might be able to terminate it, but we need to give the workers of america the

assurance that they will have paychecks, the same of amount of resources that they had before this crisis that they have now. and it will occur ongoing until we beat this horrible disease. and there are other things we must do for american families as well. we should greatly expand paid sick leave and family leave. we need to expand food assistance. the kid who go to school get their best meals, many of them, at the school lunch or school breakfast, they need to be fed. and others who lose work may need food help right away. i believe our students are under strain. many of their colleges are gone, those who have just gotten out of school have difficult employment possibilities. we should cancel student loan payments during the course of the crisis, both principal and

interest. i spoke to the president about this yesterday, he said he was sympathetic. he said at the podium yesterday, interest payments he would cancel, but i think we need to do more. we also must rescue small and medium sized businesses with a generous loan program so long as they protect their workers, they have other expenses. we will take care of their workers on the expanded unemployment program and on the small business program. but they have other expenses, we don't want them going under when these are good ongoing businesses that did nothing wrong, they need to come back. so small business really needs help. and if we're going to bail out any industry, particularly the big companies, we have to include strict conditions that put workers first. no layoffs, no salary cuts for workers, or salary increases for corporate executives. guarantees that workers be

rehired at their previous wages once the crisis abates, and no stock buybacks. i had heard the president mention he's against stock buybacks in the past and when i called him yesterday, make it clear, it's not in the bill that's put before us, but democrats will insist that it be in any proposal once we come together in a bipartisan way as we are doing now. democrats have several other priorities as well, and we are working through each of them with our republican colleagues, even as we speak. as i said, i had a wonderful-- well, i had a very good conversation, won't go too far, but i had a very good conversation with secretary mnuchin and we are making good progress on many of the issues that we democrats feel are important. one other need, by the way, because we do have other needs, and that is i want to emphasize that the-- one of the issues that is quickly emerging is that state

and local governments are running out of cash and may soon be broke. government, governors, mayors, county executives, county officials, town officials, democrat and republican alike, are clamoring for help. >> chuck schumer there, the senate minority leader of the u.s. senate on a saturday session as they're still negotiating the massive bailout bill, coronavirus bailout number three and kristin, as you heard him list off the things he still wants in this bill, something that went from $750 billion toed 1 trillion last night to $2 trillion this morning, you wonder if we could be at 3 or 4 trillion by the time the negotiations actually wrap up and we get a real text of a bill. >> yeah, the numbers are hard to get your head around and senator schumer saying that many states and local governments are running out of cash and may soon be broke. just one of the many issues that

governments across the country. state and local governments are dealing with in the midst of this outbreak. >> i know you've got a panel on the other side of this talking about not only wall street, but the markets and also how small businesses are dealing with this, something that the senator was definitely highlighting. >> yeah, that's something that would likely be included in the bill and some of the areas that they're looking at, taxes, health care and all of those impacted industries, the potential for bailouts. we are going to be talking to two economists on the other side of this hopefully or perhaps later about the impact not only on the stock markets, but small businesses and just your everyday consumers to live their everyday life. >> so many people out of work on this saturday and an estimated couple of million possibly will file for unemployment benefits. you can see right now the white house, they have set up the screens in the white house briefing room. we expect them to come out in the next 10 or so minutes. live coverage on the other side of this break. the network has to be prepared to absorb whatever is going to come its way.

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>> you're looking at live pictures of the white house briefing room where we're awaiting an update from the white house on the coronavirus. it's expected to start at about 12:30 p.m. in about two minutes. these things tend to run late, but we'll bring it to you as soon as it starts. first we'll take a look at wall street, the coronavirus rattling markets and capping off their worst week since 2008. despite a rally earlier in the day, the dow closed down more than 900 points on friday and s&p 500271 points and nasdaq sliding more than 104 points. we're going to bring in our panel to help break this down and explain what this means for you. we have capitalist pig founder jonathan hoenig and pwc business partner and business lead rich rochelle. what a week. woo we're on track to be the worst since 1921 and it's hard

to wrap your head around this. >> it's unprecedented, truly. this has been a week-- rather, whether you've got $100 m the market or hundreds of millions in the markets, types of moves we use today say since 1987 or maybe 1929 this is unprecedented in every respect. my father moving forward is what's rattling the markets isn't even so much the effect of the coronavirus, which is, you know, obviously, quite serious, but more importantly, government's response to the coronavirus. and undoubtedly toward the end. week i think you saw a lot of panic selling across all class, asset classes based on whether it's the stimulus, the potential for government takeovers, the uncertainty is exacerbated not by medicine, but government press in the marketplace. kristin: let me bring you in here. what do you make of what the federal government is doing. we saw chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell on the senate floor and they're having a rare

session to hash out the third phase of a coronavirus relief bill. what do you make of the government's response economically and financially now? >> right now it's a demand issue. they're trying to do something from the bottom up. often times stimulus-- >> mitch, i'm sorry, i have to interrupt you for another mitch, we've not senate majority leader mitch mcconnell speaking. >> the past few days, so her opportunities to pitch in was somewhat limited but she determined to do her part. here is what she said, i may never have the capacity to develop a vaccine or a magic pill to get rid of covid-19, but i can master a spread sheet. erin created a website, louisville covid-19 match.com. there is one signup sheet for neighbors who are older or at heightened risk and another

signup sheet for neighbors who are young and healthy, and erin is performing a kind of matchmaking service, if someone needs a prescription picked up or some groceries delivered or even a friendly phone call, she helps make the connection. with a little help from local media erin is already tracking more than 400 volunteers, 400 volunteers from every louisville zip code. it's the perfect manifestation of kentucky's state motto, united we stand, divided we fall. united we stand, mr. president, even if we have to stand six feet apart for a few weeks, and divided we fall. brave, and generous, and creative americans all across our nation get it. they just need congress to get it, too.

i'm impressed and heartened by the speed and bipartisan spirit that's characterized the past days discussions, but we need to keep it up. we absolutely cannot let up now. we need to finish these negotiations and move forward >> under the previous order-- >> all right, that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell as the senate is holding one of the rare weekend sessions trying to provide relief for the american people in the midst of this pandemic. let's bring back our panel. mitch, so sorry i had to interrupt you for another mitch. >> you're overwhelmed with mitches. kristin: that's not a bad thing today. jonathan, let's pick back up where we left off. jonathan was essentially making the case that he doesn't think a lot of bailouts, stimulus are helping us in the long-term. what do you say?

>> right now i think it's trying to activate the bottom. just think about small businesses that have a half dozen employees that now can't provide services to their community, so they have to lay off those people. it's a matter of trying to figure out how from the bottom to get activity again. the problem is, no business knows how long they're going to be shuttered and they'll keep their employees as long as they possibly can, until they start tapping into cash reserves have having nothing left. they're trying to get banks to give to the small businesses and get the small businesses to keep their employees and we could find ourselves in a virtues cycle-- a vicious cycle, excuse me, if the uncertainty how long this goes makes it difficult for those businesses to stay in business. kristin: jonathan, how do you help out the people who are hurting so much now like mitch is talking about without going so far on the other side, but like what you were talking about, your concerns that the stimulus, the bailouts are not helping things in the long-term?

>> sure it's about helping those in need and i think i heard mitch mcconnell, it's helping those in your community and you can't expect at any point-- i believe jefferson himself talked about the charity-- or madison talking about charity not being the purview of federal government and that's especially true during a crisis, a lot-- government is shutting down the production in this country. the economy is going to suffer, you know, enormously as a result. but what they're doing in terms of spending, there's talk, kristin, of a $2 trillion spending bill and what you'll find the bigger that stimulus, the notion of spltimulus, this s concocted by sherman and roosevelt and turned this into a great depression, that's me fear. when we talk about government bailout and ownership of these companies, what we're setting up for not a v-shaped, but

stagnation in the economy and the market rit large. kristin: everybody trying to do the right thing, but a hard time settling on what the right thing to do is right now in the truly unprecedented times. i've got to leave it there. >> thanks, kristin. kristin: leland. leland: now we head back to the north lawn of the white house, and mark meredith made his way inside the briefing room. we see the screens behind you which typically means the president and his teams are going to bring out graphics of one type or another. any idea what those are going to be? >> we don't, leland. i want to let now we got a page overhead the briefing will be at 12:45, roughly 10 minutes from now. certainly no shortage of questions the administration will face as the whole government approach goes into play how they're dealing with the outbreak. there were so many questions yesterday. i can envision we'll hear more about them today, what's needed for supplies at the hospitals as well as state governments when they're asking for more ventilators and surgical masks and what's being done to make

sure that the resources are getting to the people that will be on the front lines of trying help those americans still suffering. we heard yesterday so much from the president about what an economic stimulus package is going to look like as you guys were just dipping into the senate floor a few minutes ago, with the majority leader as well as the minority leader indicating that progress is being made on an aid package, but of course, what this will contain and how quickly this will get to the people that will need it most, the people worried about their rent or mortgage payment for the next 10 days or credit card bills. that's the request he so many people want to hear answered when these officials come up here to the podium. as to who we expect to hear from today, we help to hear from fema, as well as a member of the public health service as these officials have been taking the first questions about what's being done and what americans still can do to protect from them severals. we've heard so much from the governors, heard from governor cuomo and governor desantis of

florida yesterday, these people are trying to get information out to the residents glued to the tv screens, what it will mean for them. it's interesting we heard from the acting head of the department of homeland security, chad wolf, he was on our air earlier today and trying to make it clear despite rumors going on online or from people saying they've heard something from so-and-so that right now the federal government has no plans for a federal quarantine or some sort of national quarantine. these are the states kind of creating the rules day by day, we've seen the same thing happen in new york, illinois and then california, as if more states will roll it out remains to be seen. states are closing schools and trying to do the best they can to contain this outbreak. leland: noteworthy, you and i walked during the piem before the president took the podium last week, how much america changed in the past week and one might think it will be changing more in the next week.

and mark, as they go to the podium. the time is seven minutes from now. in the meantime we bring in tony katz indianapolis, 93.1 heard around the world and standing in front of his faith spot when he's not on the radio, a cigar lounge and bourbon joint. there was a big party planned there and now no more. >> this is havana cigar lounge, scheduled to open today in fishers, indiana northeast of indianapolis, the coronavirus of course changing everything, so they're donating all the food to first responders and they've been coming through and if you follow me on twitter@tony katz you'll see photos of ambulances and fire engines and police officers coming through and being able to get fed and taken care of. so when you listen to mitch mcconnell as you heard him there, the senate majority leader talking about it, a lot of people helping other people. coronavirus is bringing out some of best in america. leland: we often say that, that the worst of times bring out the

best of americans, you and i have talked about that very thing after hurricanes and during hurricanes, we're seeing it now. we're day four or five, really, maybe seven for some people are being, quote, unquote, locked down or hunkered down. and there's all of these sort of good feelings and good spirits. what happens in two or three weeks when the money is running low and places like you-- places like the one you're in front of had to lay off their staff and worried about how they're going to feed their family. things might look a little different, right? >> well, first, let's be clear, there are already people laying people off. businesses that have gone under and contacted me personally here in central indiana so people are already feeling it. yes, it has the absolute possibility of getting worse as we go on. but the question you're asking is, what is the feel of them in terms of what they think their future looks likes, how we treat each other? i'm not sure i'll see a difference in how we treat each

other. i'm seeing republicans and democrats agreeing on things, not so much chuck schumer, but the idea of checking on your neighbors, i think this hoarding conversation is going to turn into a sharing conversation. leland: they're agreeing, no question on things you should be nice and neighborly and probably not hoard toilet paper and et cetera. the money, gone from 750 billion dollars a couple of days ago to a trillion dollars last night and now we're at two trillion, negotiations continue and if you listen to that speech from chuck schumer he's talking about all sorts of things that could continue to run up the tab. it brings up two questions, one, is this really the way to run america, of having the federal government essentially underwrite the entire economy and number two, as we look back on this in three or four weeks, is it going to all be worth it?

>> so i think as ben franklin you're right if you're willing to give up liberty through the concept of security, you'll get neither and none. and no matter what rahm emanuel said about not letting a crisis go to waste you don't want this to be a moment where you lose the nation. and the people are awe tuned to that, they know there are hard time ahead and they're questioning in indiana and other places, whether the total shutdown of businesses is really the right way to go, where there are other places and businesses people are gathering like the supermarket and et cetera. the point is, did you need to go to this length and people are paying attention to the amount of money being put out and who gets the money and whether these are programs that go on forever,

that's a mistake we have to avoid. we can't be scared into it. leland: we certainly saw things change in america after the great depression, we saw them change after world war ii and 9/11 as well. tony katz outside of a business that's shut down and trying to do good for the world amid the crisis, 12:43, we expect the president and his team to brief here any minute at the white house briefing room. mark meredith standing by there to ask important questions. we'll be right back. he's the one. gesundheit. [sneezes] i see something else... a star... with three points. you're in a... mercedes. yeah, we wish. wish granted. with four models starting under 37 thousand, there could be a mercedes-benz in your very near future at the spring event. lease the a 220 sedan for just $349 a month with credit toward your first month's payment at your local mercedes-benz dealer.

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production act, which could provide some much-needed relief in terms of the supplies to hospitals and local governments all over the country. we're hopefully going to be getting an update on testing, where that stands, we're also hopefully going to be getting an update on the member of the vice-president's staff who has tested positive for the coronavirus. has the vice-president been tested and what precautions are being taken within the west wing to keep the top leaders of our government safe during this pandemic? and then of course, president trump, he has been continuing to push these alternative therapies which he believes could potentially fight the covid-19 virus and he pushed it hard during that briefing yesterday and also been pushing it today on twitter, but he received a little bit of pushback from one of his top advisors, dr. anthony fauci who reports that successes are anecdotal and data needs to be collected.

i believe we have mark meredith standing by in the briefing room. i'm curious, do we know if dr. fauci is going to be at the briefing today? >> kristin, we don't. they've been mixing up who is standing next to the president and vice-president, and more bad news, the briefing now will be at 1 p.m., hour delay from when it was supposed to begin, but the latest here, 1:00 for the briefing to start. as for your questions, we'll be joining the president and we've seen different officials, doctor it's dr. fauci, the surgeon general, the cabinet, homeland security secretary or hud secretary. and as you were teeing us up, you brought up something interesting, a week ago we were caught off guard in the press corps as members of have taken our temperatures and we've seen that expand greatly at the white house, outside the gates before you get your i.d. check and metal detectors, they're checking your temperature when

you walk into the white house complex and before the briefings are going to be begin a few feet behind, they take our temperature again and making sure no one is having a fever or showing symptoms and brought up the member of the vice-president's staff who tested positive for the coronavirus and we heard from the vice-president's steve -- chief of staff and they did not have any close contact with the vice-president or president. and what will that mean for the white house staff as well as the president and vice-president, chris in. kristin: one of the other big questions i mentioned mark, the defense product act. there's been confusion, it's been invoked, but hasn't been fully implemented. i know you and other reporters are going to try to get to the bottom of that in a few minutes. as mark was saying this briefing now delayed about an hour. there can be any number of reasons for that, the white house task force getting new

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>> as we await the white house briefing on the coronavirus disaster and pandemic across the united states we bring in lucas tomlinson who is at the pentagon

with more on now the u.s. military is dealing including acouple of additional positive tests. >> hi, lucas. >> top military leaders say there's no truth to the rumors that martial law will be declared throughout the coronavirus on fox and friends. >> it's simply not true. a lot of disinformation campaigns via text and social media. we want to make sure that we refute those. we have no plans for a national lockdown or a national quarantine. >> the head of the national guard posted on twitter, i hear unfounded rumors about national guard troops supporting a national quarantine, secretary mark esper says over 4,000 guardsmen have been mobilized over 31 states and tens of thousands could eventually be called up. army corps of engineer is

exploring ways to have thousands of rooms in new york into makeshift hospitals. >> we're looking over 10,000 we're looking at right now and we need to set that up and in the fairness of the state of new york, that's not my decision. that has to go to fema and fema has to go what is the allocation and we'll exercise whatever fema tasks us to do. >> some good news, the u.s. military rescued the u.s. women's tackle football team from honduras and they're happy to be back. leland: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon, we'll keep an eye on deployments and if we have any information where those rumors are coming from, a lot of questions whether that's overseas folks trying to create mischief. a white house briefing on the other side of this break. hot! hot!

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leland: fox news alert, live look at white house briefing room as we await the coronavirus task force briefing, we will pause for one moment to let fox stations around the country join us. all right. you can see there we have dr. ben carson from housing urban development, the side profile you see is peter navarro, one of the president's top advisers on trade. dr. anthony fauci standing by who has been in some words the

grandfather and voice of calm during the coronavirus emergency and pandemic. this is fox news continuing coverage of coronavirus pandemic. i'm leland vittert. live pictures of white house briefing room. a picture that has become customary if not a daily occurrence now over the past 9 or so days. the president and his task force expected to brief reporters and the nation now. we have about one fifth of the country under a shelter in place order, call it what you want, but one fifth of america is living incredible by different life than they were a couple of days ago and watching the president walking out. >> thank you very much. a lot