easier drive. back to you. before we go we know today will be very different for a lot of people, schools and bars shut down, restaurants reducing their service as well. >> here is a last look at what you need to know. a number of confirmed cases is growing in santa clara. good morning. breaking overnight. race against time. dramatic new rules overnight from the cdc advising no gatherings of more than 50 people anywhere in the u.s. >> americans should be prepared they are going to have to hunker down significantly more significantly as a country than we're doing. >> mayors from coast-to-coast cracking down. closing schools in 36 states. even bars and restaurants shuttered in some places but the president urging calm. >> something we have control over. >> the administration claims

it's finally gotten on top of the stunning lack of testing. what is the reality on the ground. chaos. massive lines for americans returning home as the travel ban goes into effect. >> we feel unsafe and more at risk of getting the coronavirus. >> more major american airlines slashing flights across the country. the we'll have the very latest on that. messages not received. scenes of crowded bars and restaurants around the country this weekend. why are some ignoring the pleas of experts and at what cost? it is a new day in america. tens of millions of families across the country waking up to the reality of work and school from home. >> it's really frustrating. it's anxiety inducing. >> the question, is our nation's infrastructure prepared to handle this. we're going to show you where adults and kids can turn for help today monday, march 16th,

2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today" the coronavirus pandemic with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hi, everybody. good morning and welcome to "today." we are glad you are with us this morning. we can show you right away this is not a normal morning as we right here on this show try to practice what our experts are preaching, a little social distance. not emotional distance but physical distance to do our parts. >> it does matter. we're practicing that at home. we're practicing that with our children and we want to practice that at work because we feel like it's important. we have so many developments to talk to you about overpass, including that stunning recommendation. the cdc now advising all events with 50 or more people, we're talking things like weddings and everything in between be canceled for the next eight weeks purchase it's a stunning guideline. it comes as cities and many

others, including new york and los angeles announce strict new restrictions. bars and movie theaters set to be closed enmany places. restaurants open but just for takeout or delivery only. >> new york has joined the lengthy list of cities closing down schools. the largest district in the country now shuttered um at least april 20th and possibly beyond. in a bold move to try to address the impact of this pandemic, the federal reserve has slashed interest rates to near 0. we've got complete coverage. we're going to begin with this massive meltdown at key international airports as americans in europe have rushed to return home. nbc's tom costello is on this fast developing story. tom, good morning. >> good morning. we have moved to a portion of the airport here that is less crowded, fewer ticket counters. i'll tell you, there's really nobody in this airport and the parking garage is virtually empty. as you know the president ordered and has screening for

anybody back from europe funneling them through 13 airports. then if they have a positive test they need to self-quarantine for 14 days. for americans desperate to get out of the hot zones for this virus, in fact, they were simply overloaded at health screenings at airports, 40,000 on saturday alone. late sunday night an unprecedented recommendation from the cdc. all in-person events of 50 or more people should be canceled for the next eight weeks. the news comes amid chaos and gridlock at airport customs checkpoints. from dallas to new york to chicago o'hare, thousands upon thousands of travelers returning from europe forced to stand shoulder to shoulder the weekend for hours waiting to get through customs and newly required health screenings. exactly the kind of massive crowds the nation's health crowds the nation's health experts are trying to avoid. >> i felt unsafe and m experts are trying to avoid. >> i felt unsafe and more at

risk of getting the coronavirus. >> three hours to get through customs. it took another two hours to ge. >> three hours to get through customs. it took through the health check. anott through the health >> chicago's mayor calling on e >> chic the federal government to surge the federal extra personnel to the governm extra checkpoints. personnel to the >> not only are you creating a checkpoint disaster, not only are you >> not only are you creating a disaster, not only are you creating a hazardous circumstance that t creating a hazardous hreatens t public, you risk causing serious circumstance that threatens the public, you risk causing serious illness and death. >> the acting homeland security chief says they are moving fast chief says they are moving fast to east the back-up. >> the lines, again, we saw to east the back-up. >> the lines, again, we saw overnight at a limited number of airports, including chicago, are unacceptable. >> the administration insists americans are still overseas >> the administration insists americans are still overseas don't need to rush home. they won't be locked out. the national security council don't need to rush home. they won't be locked out. the national security council fighting back against misinformation on social media tweeting overnight text message rumors of national quarantine are fake..tweeng overnight texte there is no national lockdown. president trump addressed the a ar seriousness on sunday. . there is no national lockdown. president trump addressed the seriousness on sunday. >> it's a very >> it's a very contagious virus. it's incredible. contagious vir.

but it's something we have 's id tremendous control over. bu >> those comments coming just v tremendous hours after the nation's top ov >> those experts who appeared with the hours after the president at that briefing was experts who appeared with the on "meet the press." pres >> americans should be prepared they are going to have to hunke on mee"meet the press." >> down significantly more than weo as a country are doing. re goinh >> this morning drastic measurer down significantly more than we as a country are doing. >> this morning drastic measures on the way across the on the way across the country. new york governor cuomo calling on the president to employ army corps of engineers to set up temporary medical centers. on the president to employ >> let's use that logistical machine of the military to arm corps of engineers to set up temporary medical centers. >> let's use actually save lives. that logi machine of the military >> reporter: another dramatic move by the federal reserve, cutting the benchmark interest rate to near zero hoping to ste cutting the benchmark interest rate to near zero hoping to stem the economic fallout. mean the economic fallout.wh meanwhile as some states set upe drive-through testing, the whit house says 2,000 labs should have high-speed test kits by hee house says 2,000 labs should have high-speed test kits by today, able to process nearly 2 million tests over the week. back here at the airport, the

white house tells us they had improvement on sunday from chaos checkpoint gridlock situations. they said they saw improvement at some airports but we're still hearing reports of two today, able to process nearly 2 million tests over the week. back here at the airport, the white house tells us they had improvement on sunday from chaos checkpoint gridlock situations. they said they saw improvement at some airports but we're still hearing reports of two and three-hour waits. also, the airline situation is becoming really critical. united airlines has now announced it is cutting 50% of its flights. it is also announcing it's working with unions to talk al working with unions to about cutting pay. talk ab in fact, the ceo 100% pay cut p. in fact, the already, some officers a 50% pao cut. 100% pay cut the situation they say more dire already, some officers a 50% pay cut. the situation they say more dire than 9/11.1.than 9/11. united is not alone.united is n. the other the other airlines are in the same boat here. they are des same boat here. they are desperate for a government emergency bailout of some fashion. guys, to underscore this, the airline is really a linchpin fo airline is really a linchpin for the entire economy. they allow business to the entire economy. they allow business to connect, they allow commerce and right now their very survival is very much in jeopardy. guys, back to you. >> this is a huge matter of ve much in jeopardy. discussion and action, perhaps, >> this is a huge matter of discussion and tom, in the coming days.action,, thank you for leading us off. we appreciate it. in the comin.

>> now we're going to move to major cancellations happening from coast-to-coast on the heels of those dramatic cdc it. >> now we're going to move to major cancellations happening from coast-to-coast on the heels of those dramatic cdc guidelines. guidelines. cities across the country shutting down schools and businesses. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has that part of the story. good morning. >> hoda, good morning. the nation's two largest school districts including here in los angeles are shut down. governments are requesting can restaurants to close, drastic moves to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. this morning the nation's largest school system, new york city, has made the difficult decision to keep more than 1 million students and staff at home until at least the 20th of april. >> we may not have the opportunity to open them in this full school year. >> mayor bill de blasio says he'll sign an executive order closing new york city

nightclubs, movies, theaters, concerts, restaurants and restricting cafes to takeout and delivery tomorrow. the mayor of los angeles announcing similar closures including gyms. at bars and restaurants nationwide an early last call. state and local officials in illinois, ohio, and elsewhere closing night life until the end of the month. >> the time for action is here. this is not a joke. no one is immune to this. >> california's governor also taking unprecedented action urging the state's 5.3 million senior citizens to self-isolate. >> we are doing so with our eyes wide open, the magnitude of what that means. >> the new restrictions follow a weekend in which some americans ignored calls for social distancing. bars in chicago, new orleans, and savannah, georgia, packed with st. patrick's day revelers. spring break crowds over the

weekend in miami and ft. lauderdale prompting city leaders to close beaches. >> we cannot become the petrie dish for a very dangerous virus. >> reporter: more than 40,000 residents in teaneck, new jersey, ordered to self-quarantine after a growing number of cases there. meanwhile a growing list of retailers have temporarily shuttered. >> closed until the 27th. >> including apple stores, nike and urban outfitters. for at least the next two weeks, starbucks coffee will only be available to go. the seattle-based chain closing stores in high social gathering locations. but the biggest blow may come to small businesses like manhattan century old town shop closing indefinitely. >> these are strange and unsettling times but i fear for the health and well-being of my staff and customers. it's the right move for now. >> hard choices during an

unprecedented fight to stop the spread of the virus. restrictions on social gathering are reaching the strip of las vegas. mgm resorts that operate a dozen casinos on the strip says they will shut down hotel and casino operations. a major announcement, hoda, as this spreads all across the country. >> miguel, thank you so much. we're hearing there may be tighter restrictions coming when the vice president speaks later. today. we're hearing there may tighter restr >> let's see what happens.iction the vice president speaks later today. >> let's see what happens. let's turn to medical correspondent torres let's turn to medical correspondent dr. john torres and a virologist. he was on the front lines of the ebola crisis. virologyist. he was on the we want to say thank you. fronte ebola crisis. when you hear the cdc guidelines we want to say thank you. that just came out, no when yos that just came gatherings over 50 people, does, that seem sufficient to you no gatherings knowing what you know about r 5 that seem suffici epidemics and outbreaks. ent to knowing what you know about >> not in the least. epidemics and outbreaks. >> not in the least. ebola is far less contagious than coronavirus and we would es recommend there are no far les than coronavirus a

gatherings period if we're we recommend there are no gatherings period if we're implementing social distancing. implementing social distancing. by nature if you have 50 people, that's 50 people where half of them or important you don't know where they have been, don't know where they have been, don't if they are sick or not, don't know if they are asymptomatic o not. >> how many people are the people you should be around. ar >> your immediate circle. not. >> how many people are the people you should be you know where they have been. >> it comes to 50 people in a small room you're within inches >> it com of each other.es to 50 people ia 50 people in acres outdoors you small room you're within inches of each other. 50 people in acres outdoors can separate. you can you can have five people in a r. room close together.r.>> the th >> the thing that's maddening, i'm s i'm sure for you guys, is , is looking at the scenes of people on the street having beers and partying and saying oh, who sts cares, this will pass. what's your message to the partying and saying oh, who cares, this will pass. what's your messa people who aren't listening? to people who aren't >> my message is it will pass. it will pass because we're going to make it pass by helping each. other out. it will pass because we're going that doesn't mean getting to to make it pass by helping each parties and in close proximity.. even though we say it affects the elderly and people with ge parties and in close proximity. even pre-existing conditions. though

the elderly and people with that doesn't mean it doesn't affect everybody else. someone else can get it. we've had younger people die. we've had 30 years old die from. we've had this. you thinkeyer people this can affect anybody. die. we'v >> to put a fine point on this,a what we're trying to do at this this. >> to put a point is slow down the virus. the virus is coming.this, what we're trying to do at t it's going to affect people.s point is slow down the vi the question is how quickly and the virus is coming. it's going to affect people. whether it stresses our health the question is how quickly and system beyond its capacity. whether it stresses our if it spreads and you get that system beyond its capacity. if it peak, this is the flattening pr peak, this is the flattening curve discussion we're having. futures that peak and the curve discussion we're having. hospitals are overloaded, it's not just if you have that peak and the hospitals are overloaded, it's not just coronavirus affected and might not get treatment, it's other serious things.erious it does affect you in your homey >> you look at icus, we have about 50,000 icu beds, most are full even without coronavirus about 50,000 icu patients. beds, most with everyday patients. are full even w if you stress the system with more, that's what we're talking about flattening the curve. the coronavirus is here, it's not going away.curve. the coronavirus is here, it's not going away. we need to get it under control. >> doctor, fast forward between weeks, what do you expect, given the we need to get it under control. >> doctor, fast forward a week,

what do you expect, given the trajectory we're on, what do you expect things to look like. >> just an expectation but we will approach italy, spain, ex france and we're going to ital eventually have to implement, i fran it continues the way it is with eventually have to implem people not taking it seriously, if everyone is not on the same people not t page, you have half the people if every out at bars and restaurants and partying and half the people ar out at bars and not, it's not going to work. es partying and half the people are no >> you're saying so, when you t >> you're saying so, when you look at italy and some people are tell you look at italy and some people are telling you we're about a week or two behind what italy ih seeing now, italy had its ital seeing now, deadliest day yesterday ever. d >> yes. >> is there still time for us t deadliest day yesterday ever. >> yes. >> is there still avoid that fate? time >> i don't know if there's timeo avoid that to avoid that fate, but there i? >> i don't know if there's time still time and no choice, avoids frankly, that we start now.. still time and no choice, frankly, i would advocate that frankly, that we start no we take a week to plan it because there's going to be a frankly, i would advocate that we take a week to plan it very large safety net. becausea >> plan what? very large safety >> a 14-day shutdown of all net >> plan nonessential services across th? >> a 14-day country. shutdown of all again, if we don't do that nonessential services across the countr everywhere, it's going to keep popping up. everywhere, it' >> the measures are taken now, we're not going to know if theyk are going to work until 5 to 14 days from now because that's t

are going to w when the incubation period is. >> the problem is we've been ysm waiting for this, talking about when the this, the tests are coming, the >> t tests are here, the tests are waiting for this, talking about this, the tests are coming, the tests are here, the tests are here. here. >> are they >> are the tests here?he >> we saw the press conference, 1.9 million. >> by the way, we heard that ps last week. i've been hearing that for 10 c days. 1.9 million. >> what i'm hearing from people working on the frontline they last week. i've been hearing that for 10 days. >> what i'm hearing from people are frustrated. working o they are still trying to get f are frustrated tests.. lines long for these tests.they tests. lines r hopefully we're making a turn. . hopefully we're making a turn. that's the that's the linchpin.linchpin. without the test we don't know without the tests we don't know where the outbreaks are, where the infections are. are, where >> first of all, it's great we >> first of finally engaged the commercial sector to get tested.all, it's finally engag not pointing fingers but that should have been done in the sector to get tested. not pointing past. fingers but that should have been done in the past. dod, barta, we have other facilities, dod, c barta, a specific agency that deals with this type of thing, specifically created to thing, specifically created to deal with pandemics, in fact. every manufacturing across

deal with pandemics, in fact. every manufacturing facility across university systems, any anything pharma grade that can produce the same test. it's past the time of patents and worrying how much money you'll make. distribute the formula to everyone, have it made at every and worrying how much money you'll make. distribute t single facility.he formula to everyone, have it made at every single facility. that's whole of government and whole of sector response and that's what we have to have. >> we' that's whole of government and whole of commercial sector response and that's what we havt to have. >> we're going to be talking to you a lot, probably later today and certainly in the comes days. stay healthy, we appreciate it. let's talk more about this sweeping plan to slow the economic fallout of the talk m coronavirus. sweeping plan to slow the econom another big part of the story ao we mentioned, the fed, federal reserve, cut interest rates to s we near 0.mentioned, the fed, what will that do, what's the e theory behind that, how will e, near 0. what w wall street respond.ill that dos nbc business correspondent he stephanie ruhle joins us with more on that. stephanie, let's start right w. nbc business correspondent step there. for those of us not as educated on the financial system as you are. when the federal reserve cuts rates like that, what is it trying to do and is there any evidence that it will work in this situation. >> all right. in let go big picture to small.l.t it wasn't just our federal let go big picture to small.

reserve, it was central banks it wasn't just our federal around the world cutting rates. reserve, it was that means they are making it e around the world cutting rates. that means they are making i cheaper for business big, small cheaper f business, and individuals to b borrow money, making it easier , for banks to lend money. what that tells all of us is that the economic impact of the coronavirus is going to be to . what that tells all of crippling. us is that the e you were talking about it there coronavirus is going to be cripplin when you see cancellations, you were talking about it there. when you see shutting down in isolation, if you have any sort of consumer o you have a facing business, it costs the f same to run your business but your revenues are about to go to zero. so now that the fed is making it much cheaper to borrow money, hopefully those businesses can stay afloat and not have to lay off workers. >> the idea, borrow a bunch of money, not going to cost you much to borrow money, a band-aid to tide you over for businesses. >> that's the case. in normal times when federal reserve cuts rates, let's make it cheaper to borrow so people can go out and buy a house, refinance a mortgage, maybe build something. that's not what's happening here. this is an emergency rate cut really designed to help people

stay afloat. >> real quickly, i remember during the financial crisis there were measures taken with complicated names but basically meant to keep the financial system afloat, keep the banks to have credit, cash, keep almost like the arteries and blood vessels of the financial system going. is there any need to do that? are there any actions being taken to that end? >> i think what you're talking about are bailouts and rescue packages. what we just saw from the fed is monetary policy to help with lending, to keep things afloat and make it easier for banks. as far as bailouts for certain industries, you can see them. you just heard miguel talk about travel, leisure, airlines. those industries are suffering. they could seek support. what's really important for individuals out there, i just got my shifts cut. i'm a personal trainer, my gym is going to be cut for the next month. who is going to help me?

state by state we're seeing unemployment benefits change. unemployment benefits ohio yesterday just changed so . companies -- industries that art temporarily shut, people chang companies -- industries t quarantined can apply for hat unemployment benefits. are temporarily shut, people quarantined these things are changing daily unemployment benefits. these things are changing i urge people, if you run a small business go to sba.gov, the small business association or check out unemployment benefits. to at a time like this, we're seeing changes made to help sba the small business association or check out unemployment benefits. at a time like this, we're individuals. >> okay. i want you to stay on top of that one, stephanie, as you keep on top of those rules. okay. i want youo stay on top of that e, stephanie, >> before we go forward last night we found out a colleague p on top of those rules. >> before we go forward last night we found out a colleague of ours on the of ours on the third hour of "today" tested positive for of "today" tested positive for coronavirus. out of an abundance of caution craig and melvin took the day off to trace their contacts. we promise coronavirus. craig and al took the day off to trace their contacts. we promise to keep you tested. both are fine. they feel good. >> they feel great. >> caution is the order of the day. >> we're trying to play exactly by the rules. we help and wish they will come

day. >> we're trying to play exactly by the rules. we help and wish they will come back soon. back soon. we're going to get a check of the weather from nbc's janessa webb. a >> good morning. good to be with you this morning.g. the w hopefully our colleagues are nbs nice and safe and well this ja morning. good morning, everyone let's take a look at weather pattern going on across the central plain. we do have this storm across little rock but starting to die out. stationary front, warm air that continues to pump in across the south why daytime highs continue to be above average. this is a strong cold front that will cause heavy torrential rain to impact tulsa all the way into the dallas area at least for the next 24 to 36 hours. see heavy rain from oklahoma all the way into st. louis that's a look at the big weather story of the day your local forecast in 30 seconds.

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to stock up, hunker down for the next few weeks what people are facing at grocery stores, coast-to-coast tips on the best time to shop to get what you need. the question, are grocery stores ready, do they have the supplies needed. >> we'll talk about that help for parents with kids home from school. i don't know if you know this but there are a bunch of free resources to help. we're going to show you where you can find them, but first, this is "today" on nbc resources to help. we're going to show you where you can fd thinem

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(howling wind) (howling wind) good morning. 7:26. i'm laura garcia. google headquarters launching a new website to link high-risk people to drive-through testing saernl centers. it can help anyone within a 50-mile radius of san mateo and santa clara counties. you'll learn whether you qualify for free drive-through testing after answering questions and the location of the nearest testing center. a live look at the dow jones industrial average down 9% so far. it started actually down this morning halting trading for some time before it picked up again.

seconds after the opening bell circuit breakers kicked in halting that trading. we're continuing to watch the decline this morning. i want to check the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. the rain continues? >> yes, it does. it's much-needed for much of the bay area, rain and even snow on some bay area peaks over mt. hamilton and the santa cruz mountains. watch out if you have to drive across the santa cruz mountains. elsewhere snow on mt. diablo, rain in parts of the areas from the east bay down to the south bay. we will keep those rain chances in the forecast throughout the day. mike, how is it moving on the roads? we see the effect of some of that rain. wet but the westbound direction still crawls. a disabled vehicle or a crash on the high rise blocking one lane. i see flashing lights in the distance. the dumbarton bridge a much easier drive anywhere around the bay a much easier drive. avoid westbound across that san mateo bridge. the bay bridge toll plaza is

wet, the backup is there but the fastrak lanes and the cash lanes are moving pretty smoothly for this time on a monday. back to you. pretty wet out there. we'll be back with another local news update in half an hour. can we go get some ice cream? alright, we gotta stop here first. ♪ ♪

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welcome back, everybody. welcome back, everybody. it's the 16th day of march, 2020 if you're just joining us, you'll notice savannah and i are social distancing. >> we want to do what they tell us we believe they have our best interest at heart. there's going to be lots of awkward moments as we go along here but we're in it together and everybody feels that equally. we're in it with you we're going to bring you the latest on the coronavirus. center for disease control

recommending all events recommending all events 50 or more, be called off for the next eight weeks. this announcement comes as some major cities order bars and restaurants to close. >> at least 36 states announce school closure, including new york city public schools, will keep 1 million kids out of class they are saying at least until april 20th and maybe even longer. >> the coronavirus took center stage at last night's debate, the first one-on-one between joe biden and bernie sanders it was unlike any in history no audience there and candidates greeted each other with an elbow bump. >> all right this unprecedented situation has a lot of americans racing to grocery stores trying to stock up on basic supplies it's led to a lot of empty shelves at supermarkets and big box stores millions of families trying to adjust to work and school from home we do have two reports we'll start with nbc's kerry sanders who joins us from florida. hey, gary, good morning. >> good morning. it's a struggle so many are experiencing when they get to grocery stores they are finding signs like this on the door that limit what they

can purchase this sign says toilet paper, two, paper towels, two, canned goods four, eggs, milk we decided to put it to the test so we headed out it took us three hours at six different stores to find a bottle of bleach, one roll of toilet paper here, and a tiny bottle of hand sanitizer worried customers have been snapping up everything in sight. store shelves nationwide are dwindling or totally empty like at this target near washington, d.c.. >> i can't believe what people are doing inside shelves are empty. it's like we're going to i don't know where it really is unexplainable. >> the sudden push for preparedness has stores rushing to replenish president trump urging moderation from consumers. >> you don't have to buy so much take it easy just relax. >> many stores now limiting the number of high demand items customers can buy like hand sanitizer and disinfectant

wipes. kroger and target increasing staff while they and many other retailers like wegmans, safe way, trader joe's and others are cutting hours. they need time to restock and clean. this freezer section nearly bare cleaning products low, bleach totally bought out. >> we just tried to stock up on make of the dry goods throughout the week and try to get ourselves ready. >> shoppers at this florida publix feeling lucky as they grabbed the last two packages of toilet paper the rush for that product becoming a joke among some customers. >> i didn't buy any. i didn't understand the toilet paper thing. >> while it's sold out just about everywhere, i did find plenty along with other essentials at smaller stores like this dominican market in orlando, florida in some places the scarcity of staples such as pasta and soap,

causing chaos. >> everyone is in a panic. it's scary for everyone. >> others are trying to stay optimistic. >> look out for your fellow man. you can't pick up everything and leave nothing for nobody else. >> reporter: one expert says so many are working home with kids at home, they're using extra time to go shopping. >> obviously this is an ongoing issue. i've heard several retailers say they are going to make shorter hours so they can have their employees there to restock when they get the such in, they have got to get it back on the shelves. >> i was in the grocery store and it was empty they said try to get it back tuesday when the big shipment comes. >> you don't want the panic and worry create a bigger problem. we've got to have a lot of grace and a lot of patience with folks working hard to make sure we have what we need. now to the big adjustment to new normal for families.

parents working remotely from home and kids are home from school, so how to adapt. can our technology support handle that added strain gabe gutierrez joins us from teaneck, new jersey. hi, gabe, good morning. >> hi, savannah, good morning. the mayor here is urging everyone in town to self-quarantine. it's just one of many places across the country where families are staying and working from home. telecommuting and telelearning have been increasing for more than a decade. now the systems that make them possible are being put to the test this morning families around the country are trying out a brand-new work-life balance. the spread of coronavirus is forcing tens of millions of adults to work from home or care for children out of school. >> we have a plan a, do we have a plan b i'm not sure >> one high-profile worker, the mayor of miami he tested positive for the virus. >> right now i'm just basically running the city remotely from my house. >> according to one study, the

remote workforce in america jumped 159% from 2005 to 2017. experts say networks in the u.s. can handle the surge at at-home internet users communication companies are stepping up boosting network capability and availability brace are for high demand. comcast, the parent company making wi-fi hot spots available for free t-mobile expanding data for schools using digital learning program. for kids home from school, it's a different set of challenges. we spoke to students at episcopal high school. they told us they are ready this morning at home. >> tested out fewer classes. i'm really confident and in a calm state that we're ready to go. >> the school's faculty is hoping for the best. >> we can't control technology and we know there's going to be hiccups.

to the best of our ability. episcopal high school is ready >> scholastic is offering a week's worth of free daily courses for kids it says another 15 days of content is on the way. many school districts are now figuring out what to do for students who don't have a computer or internet access at home >> it's going to be a struggle potentially for some families that don't have technological devices that others may have. >> gabe, that really kind of is the question for a lot of folks. you've got kids taking classes online, parents trying to work from home, and they don't have easy access to the internet. what are they supposed to do >> reporter: yeah, hoda, that is a major concern for families across the country many school districts like miami-dade say they will work with cable companies to provide free internet for children at home it's a major challenge in los angeles, for example, about half of the students do not have a computer or tablet at home and about a quarter do not have access to home internet so certainly a major hurdle for so many families across the country right now, hoda. >> all right, gabe thank you. so many schools. your daughter's school is doing

that home school. >> you are you haven't lived until you've seen a kindergarten class take place over the internet. actually our teacher was so cute on friday, hey, i commute all the kids i think everybody is trying to make the best of it. >> i learned this, too even for toddlers, we were checking this out, they actually have online music classes, so kids are able to do things during the day. >> that's part of what we feel like our mission is to help everybody. we're all in this together we're moms we understand. what are you going to do with these kids at home we have a lot of ideas as we go forward today and tomorrow hope you stay with us because we really do want to try to be a resource for everybody. >> yes, we do. coming up next, what a situation happening in europe this morning extraordinary unique moments of togetherness in the midst of dramatic lockdowns that were unthinkable just a few weeks ago. we're going to have that and more and a live report from london right after this.

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briefings. guys, the british trying to maintain a kind of wartime spirit, keep calm and carry on look at this picture this is the picture of the weekend of a marathon being held the truth is across europe, like dominos, countries are locking down it spread far and fast, turning cities into ghost towns. all of europe fighting against the invisible virus. millions of families across the continent forced to take shelter. among them the family originally from boston now live in paris. >> i want to let you know, you're coming back to a really different paris. it's lock down. >> the father flew to new york to pick up his daughter from college. >> being separated and independent, it's not the best way to go about it. >> now they are trying to get back with many transatlantic flights canceled.

>> my most important priority right now is to get us back together. >> the stores are also closed in the french capital except food stores in italy the pope working almost alone, blessing an abandoned saint peters square. the service live streamed. the number surpassing china's report -- record. nbc's matt bradley in rome. >> intensive care units in hospitals like this one are almost full. experts predict 4,000 beds are going to be needed in a matter of weeks. >> europe's experts warning that may just be the start. >> it is extremely serious, because out of every 100 people who we know get the disease, about 20 of them get severely ill. >> spain's streets nearly deserted police urging people to stay inside. >> we cannot get food. restaurants are closed. >> stranded in london, these five children from orlando spent all day yesterday trying to book an earlier flight home

there were no seats. >> not knowing when we're going to get back or if we're going to be able to get back is really stressful. >> it's super stressful. >> looking after your mom. >> yes. >> europe divided by the virus and united people having to self-isolate sing from italian balconies to spanish apartment windows, they clap, the health workers on the front lines. for a moment doctors and nurses returned the applause and then got back to work. >> keir, i understand the uk is trying a different approach to stem the spread of covid-19. what's different than the guidelines that are happening here in the u.s. >> yeah. well, rightly or wrongly, savannah, the british government is trying to pace the country, if you like, so they haven't closed my children's schools or any schools, and restaurants are

still open one idea is if the virus spreads, the country could kind of gain a kind of herd immunity. conversely, what they are suggesting is people over 70 may have to self-isolate for four months savannah, my dad is in his mid-70s. he works i was skiing with him just a few weeks ago. imagine how he and so many others are going to feel about that savannah, right now here it feels a bit like a tidal wave coming towards our communities and we can't escape it. >> it's an interesting theory, actually, we need to look into it more. my understanding was one of the reasons why we're taking such dramatic action here is fear that the health care system will be overwhelmed yes, herd immunity is a good idea and maybe at some point our country will have herd immunity. in the short-term our hospitals can't handle on slot if there's -- onslaught if there' a peak in cases. >> you wonder if london might be better prepared.

talking about we don't have an adequate number of beds and ventilators and other things they are trying to go into production on that. >> another huge part of the story to follow. >> why don't we switch gears now. why don't we get a check of the weather. nbc's janessa webb is here good morning. >> good morning. are we thinking about spring yet? >> we are loving and looking forward to spring. >> you should be we're three days away, happening on thursday. a different weather pattern in california we're still talking about this an abundance in the cascades all the way into northern california forecasting the potential, folks, of good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we can see that snow coming down in the sierra, and we've gotten over 40 inches in some spots over the weekend. it's still coming down quite heavily for the central valley. getting lighter for the bay

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update on the commute. the great news is the san mateo bridge is moving the crash cleared from the flat section, approaching the high rise. now we just have the water and volume. westbound still slow. that's the slowest bridge around the bay, the dumbarton to the south is clear. a little slowing but the crash is also cleared from the area. no problems other than the wet roadways. do be careful out there. the toll plaza you see fresh rain on the lens. slick on the roadways but fastrak lanes are moving to help folks get over to san francisco. back to you. thank you very much. 7:57. happening now the big board for you. the dow jones industrial average has been down for most of the morning. circuit breakers actually halted trading seconds after the opening bell at 6:30 when trading resumed about 15 minutes later, stocks dipped once again. can you link to details on our twitter feed but down about 8% so far. hundreds more bay area

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extreme measures >> americans should prepare to hunker down significantly more >> the cdc makes a unprecedented recommendation, no gatherings of more than 50 people for the next eight weeks as governors in multiple states order schools, bars, and restaurants closed what will the next few months look like in this country. we're live with the latest plus answering your questions from the latest health advisory to financial concerns to proper cleaning techniques. we're here to help you navigate

this new normal. thanks to the helpers, tom hanks and rita wilson taking inspiration from a man he knows well. >> always look for the helpers. >> today monday, march 16th, 2020. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today" on monday morning it's good to have you along with us glad we can all still be together as we practice a little social distancing the experts told us to. >> this is one of the easiest things we can do to stay safe. we're practicing it at home and here it's just the two of us today. >> it's just the two of us craig and al are taking the morning off. we're being extra cautious because we did learn last night a colleague of ours on the third hour of "today" tested positive for coronavirus. we're thinking of him. we're taking a pause to see if they can come back and we'll let

everybody know. >> we'll get right now to news at 8:00. action to slow the spread of coronavirus is escalating to a whole new level. cdc out with a new warning and cities across the country are shutting down schools and restaurants. tom costello joining us with three things we need to watch. hey, tom, good morning. >> clearly the most important one, the headline of the morning is that unprecedented action by center for disease control out of atlanta now urging people in groups of 50 or more, next eight weeks, two months. that's going to ripple across businesses and groups and organizations today as they try to figure how they are going to respond to that. nationwide we've already seep cities and states declare their own state of emergency, closing schools, closing bars, closing restaurants. new york city schools closed as of today the city in new york also closing down bars and restaurants and theaters also doing the same with wine tasting

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develop immunities, antibodies and you can't get it again we don't know how long that protection lasts maybe a year or longer but we know it's going to last sometime. >> shannon on facebook asks, if we do contract it, how do we treat it >> no medicine, no cure. it's supportive treatment. if you get it at home, you do the same thing you would for a cold fluids, rest. >> cough medicine. >> cough medicine, if you have a cough. if you get in the hospital you get more. >> how do you know you need to go to the hospital. >> telltale sign is shortness of breath if you start getting shortness of breath, that's definitely time to go to the hospital, if you have a hard time getting a breath in or sustained fevers over 101. >> are there certain medicines you should have on hand? >> cough and cold, things you want, things to bring your temperature down, tylenol,

acetaminophen, and fluids. >> kristin asks can you get the flu and coronavirus at the same time >> you can get them at the same time it's very rare theoretically it can happen. if it does, bad luck at that point. >> lisa on facebook is 27 weeks pregnant her doctors office is in a hospital she has an appointment this week she wants to know should she physically go to that appointment? >> she should call the doctor and ask if she should go, depends what it's for. if it's essential, which most are later in the pregnancy you want it keep the appointment to make sure the baby is okay or you're high-risk for any reason. talk to the office, what are they doing to protect women as they come in if you like the answer, go ahead and go. >> what do you do if you're pregnant women, we talked about different groups vulnerable, are pregnant women vulnerable or not? >> it doesn't appear they are at any higher risk than anybody

else they put them at risk category because immune system gets supressed during pregnancy very limited, very small amount of children, it did not get passed onto fetus for the mothers that did have it. >> that's hopeful. >> a limited amount of data. >> it's a novel virus. that's why we're still learning. we haven't seen it before. cynthia on facebook found -- i love this one. she found a bottle of hand sanitizer but it was expired in 2006. >> we all have this. >> we love you, cynthia, i'm right there with you does it still work >> i wouldn't use it the alcohol could evaporate. 2006, that's 14 years ago. >> a little longer. >> potentially a year or two, a year not bad in this case just wash your hands. >> good point, just wash your hands. real quick, paul on facebook saw a rumor going around and wants to know is it true if you have coronavirus if you gargle with warm water and salt or vinegar it will eliminate the virus. >> absolutely not.

once it gets in cells, inside the body, nothing you eat or drink is going to help at that point. won't stop the virus from showing up. >> wish we could gargle it away. thank you so much. hoda. >> steph rhule here to talk about impact of the traffic, the stores we have lauren on facebook she wants to know if our state goes on lockdown, that means we can't work, and what are we supposed to do for income. the most basic of questions. >> this is so important. earlier today when we were talking about the rate cut, that's important for small or big businesses they can borrow money. what if you simply can't go to work a rate cut doesn't put money in your tip jar, if you're a hairdresser doesn't bring money in we're waiting for congress to take action, fiscal stimulus plan congress decided on a plan we're waiting, going to the senate we're hearing more and more people talk about the idea of a national economic holiday.

it's not passed yet. jason furman, former economic adviser to the white house said what about writing a check to every single american right now. this is like a natural disaster. if we're saying to people go on lockdown because that's the right thing to do medically but still owe all of your bills economically, that doesn't make sense. it's being addressed, there's just not a solution yet. >> you almost want this to alleviate rent, mortgage, electric bills so they don't have that stress let's move to april on instagram. she wants to know if we should be concerned about touching our mail or packages that come into the house. >> i get that question a lot also, what about touching money. there's more we're learning about corona every day as far as transmitting it on surfaces not happening yet just a reminder, wash, wash, wash. >> that's funny. i was trying to update my cable because i don't have a thing they said we'll bring a guy to your house at first i said no he's going to have gloves on, wear a suit.

if people are coming into your home, plumbers or cable people, would you say no >> just be safe. right now you want to do essential things i wouldn't necessarily be doing construction at my house if it was optional if you need a plumber -- if you are locked in your house and you need a plumber, you need a plumber. >> grocery stores running out of paper products, cleaning supplies and food, how are we supposed to self-quarantine if we can't get the food we need? we've got to go out. >> we've heard from the ceo of walmart, doug mcmillan they have extended their store hours. target i guess saying we are trying to get things on the shelves. this is an opportunity when you go to your local grocery store, please say thank you, give a shout out to those people filling the shelves we're seeing some businesses change what they do. lvmh, the luxury bland that makes louis vuitton, christian dior, they are stopping making perfume and are going to use their operation to make hand sanitizer and give it out for

free. >> people at the grocery store, they had fewer lines people are complaining, why don't you open more lines. no, no, no wait here. these people are here, handling your food. patience. >> lisa on facebook wants to know, most important question of all, as a small business owner, how will you survive. >> i hear you, girl. it's really hard it's easy for us to say make sure you're keeping your business open, make sure you're paying employees that's easy. if you're a massive ceo, we learned apple and nike are closing their stores those are often anchor stores at a shopping mall, they can afford to do it what about the trickle down. for small business owners they are waiting for that fiscal package. we know small business association is offering loans, rates are lower. on a big level, we've seen some positive things. nba stars, steph curry has done it, kevin love has done it, they are sharing some of their

salaries with workers. you've got to think about answer -- ancillary workers. they have to figure it out. >> congress has to get this passed quick savannah, over to you. >> on face time, vicky nguyen. vicky like craig and al are working at home out of precaution because of our colleague in the third hour. we've a lot of questions from you. let's start with gayle on facebook she wants to know, is it necessary to wash your clothes when you come in from doing food shopping and being out and about. >> no matter what you're doing, it's not necessary to wash your clothes right off the bat but cdc is saying the virus can live on hard surfaces two to three days, some longer, what's unclear how long on clothing or carpet some local doctors we spoke to said it's not a bad idea to change into indoor clothes and indoor slippers when you get home and keep those shoes and clothes you're wearing outside in an extra place as a

precaution you don't have to throw them in the washer and dryer right away. >> i have my kids in home clothes we're calling them we switch out. jackie has a concern and a lot of brides do she has a wedding in june. does she need to consider canceling. >> jackie, first of all, congratulations. cdc said overnight it wants to postpone or cancel all events in the united states of 50 people or more. assuming your wedding is going to be that big, it falls into that category. i know i can be expensive, heartbreaking to put this off. think about it, when we get through this, and we will, how bad it will be depends on the action we take in the coming days when we get through this, the weeks, it's clear it won't wedding will be such a better celebration and when everryone can be there happy and not worry about getting sick and getting others sick. >> if the wedding is in eight weeks, it's clear it won't happen if it's in june, perhaps it will but perhaps in an abundance of caution. >> social distancing questions about specifics. can you go to the gym, group

exercise or personal training. >> social distancing, the definition has evolved so much hey, 3 to 6' between you and someone else this world is changing we are in unprecedented times. really right now what public health officials are saying, social distancing really means isolating yourself and only going out for things vital the things you ask yourself, is this vital, can it wait. if it's yes, how can you do it in such a way you limit contact with other people. can you go early in the morning, late at night, avoid people and do it in an open airspace. this is a good time to be checking youtube and apps where you can do a workout inside that may not require a physical gym in fact, this morning i believe close. that may be spreading miguel said the city of las -- los angeles has said to its gyms to close. that may be spreading across the country. the idea right now is we need to limit contact so we can flatten the curve, reduce the rate at

which this infection spreads the choices we make are going to determine what this looks like and whether or not we overwhelm our health care system if we can keep the rate of infection low, that's going to be good. you see a spike because people are doing nonessential things, that's going to be bad. >> i only have a few seconds left a lot of people wondering, if i have a teenager, can i have a friend over. if you have toddlers, can i have a toddler over kids are going stir crazy. what about that one on one visit. >> i read so much about this i feel like the shift from doctors went maybe a buddy family, one you can trust, get your kids together and kick around a soccer ball now what i'm reading is absolutely not this is not the time for play dates, as frustrating and difficult as it is, we have to accept there will be major social disruptions to our lives. but these are small-term inconvenience. this is short-term pain for long-term gain. >> we're all in it together.

vicky, thank you very much thanks to dr. john and stephanie ruhle as well. we'll be answering questions all week go to facebook and instagram and ask away and we'll do our best to answer them let's go over to nbc janessa webb in for al this morning. good morning. >> good morning, ladies. we have the tale of two seasons. right now warmth across the south, mid-atlantic northeast but a strong cold front making its way across the rockies where >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're seeing some waves of rain starting to taper off over much of the bay area. a nice little break. we will still have a chance of some scattered showers as we go into the afternoon. we're also seeing some snow on mt. hamilton and also mt. diablo. we're going to see this activity giving us a break and another chance of some rain that may also bring in some fall hail and some of those isolated cells that do come up today. slight rain chances the next couple of days and then drier by the end of the week.

>> that's today's forecast. >> all right janessa, thank you so much just because you can't eat out, does not mean you can't eat well anthony scioto is along. he has pantry pasta dishes he says this is as good as you would get in the restaurant. >> really? >> yes but first a check of your local ne a good morning to you. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. google headquarters has launched a new website to link high-risk people to drive-through testing centers. project baseline is up and running. it can help anyone within a 15-mile radius of san mateo and santa clara counties. after answering a series of questions we'll determine whether you qualify for drive-through testing and the nearest testing center. the dow is down 1400 points. seconds after the opening bell this morning, circuit breakers kicked in halting trading for 15 minutes for the third time in less than a week. right now we want to get a

look at the commute for you. mike, how is it looking? >> all these folks telecommuting. definitely a lighter volume of traffic. 87 just past downtown, northbound side, the latest crash. starting to see drier roadways and watch for slick conditions around the bay. just do be careful. we've seen a cluster of smaller incidents. more rain. highway 24. many spinouts reported this morning. definitely that pop tential. the biggest backup now that the san mateo bridge cleared, just the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. and out of the maze getting to the scene but no problems on the span. >> i'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes.

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we are back now, it's 8:30 monday morning. it's march the 16th. we are back now, it's 8:30 monday morning it's march the 16th. we're going to lighten things up a little bit, too. we have a lot of news but we're going to get you started on "popstart. we have that covered also did six-minute marathon

with nick jonas. >> we had fun. >> we're going to lighten things up just a hair. >> we can have some fun as we go along in these serious times also, speaking of, though, a lot of us have had to have tough conversations with loved ones and maybe you do, too. you don't know how to talk about the coronavirus, young people who want to go to parties, old folks who don't want to stay indoors and worried about their independence we're going to talk with all that stuff with dr. wilson, therapist, who will help us get into those conversations with gentleness and firmness. >> they are difficult combos a lot of folks that bought a lot of pasta anthony scioto is here he has recipes on how to make spaghetti. these are stuff you have in the pantry a lot of people are feeling the impact of the coronavirus. something special, we're helping get messages out to friends and relatives who can't hear them. maybe you couldn't go to

birthday parties we want you to send us your pictures and we would love to give on air shoutout use the #withyoutoday. >> we've already got an few. we want more with you today we'll find your video and put it on the air and hopefully that someone's day. that's what we're hoping to do along those lines we want to highlight somebody to say hello to hello. >> maggie connelly, she's one of the young, healthy people around the world but she's special. she offered to buy medical supplies tell me what you're trying to do and what occurred to you on how to act in this moment when a lot of us feel helpless. >> i was sitting at home i was obviously feeling the nervousness of what's going on, but i was thinking about my grandma. i was positioning about those that are maybe disabled, in wheelchairs, who aren't able to just run out to the grocery

kind of staying at home and goin store like i am. so my dog and i have just been kind of staying at home and going on walks around the neighborhood on one of our walks on thursday night, we decided to hang up a sign for our neighbors so just to our elderly neighbors, those with compromised health problems, i put a little e-mail address up with trudy's name because some of her favorite people in the neighborhood are elderly people. >> what did your sign say? >> to elderly neighbors and compromised health issues if you need somebody to run to the grocery store for you, run to the pharmacy or your neighbors, put my e-mail address on there. >> this post i'm seeing right now, i realize that thing has gone viral i've seen that everywhere. there are a lot of people seeing what you're doing and taking a page from it do you and trudy physically go from house to house and take care of people. >> so we've been checking in with our neighbors i've been getting tons of e-mails from neighbors also volunteering i got a good amount of e-mails from my neighbors in 60s and 70s and saying, thank you so much.

i'm good right now but i have your information if i need anything it's been really great we've been getting e-mails all over the world addressed to trudy, which is funny. >> i think you're starting something. i think people are sitting at home like you are wondering what they can do to help. >> yeah. >> now there's an avenue. >> next door, maybe for those on social media, putting up a note, leaving a note for your neighbors. >> we love you that was awesome what you did. >> appreciate it i hope a lot of people get inspired. >> thank you. >> now we'll go to nbc's janessa webb for a check of the weather. >> announcer: "today's" weather brought to you by dove body wash. >> maggie, you're the real winner, love that story. let's check out what's happening weather wise across the south, mid-atlantic, northeast, above average. we're also watching another storm system that will be impacting the northwest. this will invade your space all

the way into wednesday afternoon with below average temperatures, then we're watching the severe weather potential throughout wednesday and the midwest as well we'll watch potential rain possibly next weekend, never too early to talk about the weekend we have the storm system we're watching closely but record highs across florida that's a l >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. waves of rain starting to get lighter and a lot more scattered for parts of the bay area. but we do see some rain still falling on parts of the peninsula and the south county. a little break for the east bay. we will see some snow on some of our bay area hills as this storm system moves through. also a chance that we could see some small hail today. our rain chances going down over the next few days. by the end of the week, it's sunny with seasonable temperatures. and that's your and that's your local forecast. >> all right, janessa. thank you so much. okay we're going to do "popstart.

we don't have carson only one person can do "popstart" like carson, which is carson. >> it will take two of us. >> first up, guys, tom hanks and rita wilson, as you all know now the couple is under quarantine in australia both were diagnosed with the coronavirus. tom has been sharing updates by instagram to his millions of followers. his latest one, a breakfast snap here he is eating toast with vegemite, the local food there thanks to the helpers. let's take care of ourselves and each other that's a famous line from mr. rogers he says in a time of crisis, we should look to the helpers, they can always be found. tom played mr. rogers. rita looking at ways to spend

the time after asking for song suggestions, quarantunes "by myself" one of my favorite songs. got to be on there another good one "love will keep us together" by captain & tennille when feeling cabin fever, she's got queen's "breaking free." >> you know she's got that voice. >> of course she is. she's got the list on that. >> we've been playing this all weekend not about quarantine but "here comes the sun" like the beatles. we've been singing it. every once in a while it pops out. music might be what we need. we're talking about painful ways to deal with the anxious time we're in some people read, some people tackle long to do lists around the house, some cook, including pink captured on camera really beating pasta dough into submission >> i'm stressed out.

i'm going to make ravioli. >> i don't mess with pink. >> what did that dough do to her. a good way to pass the time. >> are you guys doing anything >> i've been stress eating i ate a lot of chocolate chips i've been doing a lot of yoga. so many good home yoga classes online that's good. and the kids like to do it, too. >> we do funky dance parties they last one minute they happen, they are over and we move on. >> you can't help but smile. >> uh-huh. >> next up, reese witherspoon. you may remember back in january during globes jennifer aniston posted this image to instagram it shows her and reese and a champagne. she wrote, reese, this is one of the reasons i love you we ran out of water so naturally she asked jay z and beyonce for a glass of their champagne we sat down with ellen about that moment and what happened after the globes. >> he was like, yeah, do you want some champagne.

i was like, yes, i do, because clearly he brings the good stuff. >> it's his own -- their own they have their own champagne. >> i find this out afterwards he sent me a whole case of it. >> he sent me a case also. don't act like you're the one. >> i think ellen might like these, then she sent them to you because beyonce and i are really good friends i mean, really, really, really good friends. >> here we go. >> and i mean -- in fact, you might say best friends really. some might say that. >> i think you would say that. >> i've known her for a really long time. >> we can relate we all feel like we're secretly besties with beyonce. >> you think you're besties with reese. >> i also like to think i'm besties with ellen enough about my inner life. >> finally nick jonas, the newest "the voice" coach the newest guest she got him to spill details about working with his brothers, kevin and joe, over all these

years. >> what's the best part of working with your brothers. >> the best part is traveling the world and having these insane experiences with my best friends, my brothers we genuinely enjoy being around each other it works out. >> it's easy it's family. sometimes family is hard. >> it can be challenging at times. get a little crunchy after seven months on the road, then you take some time off and it's fine. >> what does that mean, crunchy. >> sounds like you haven't showered. >> check out on today.com where he talks about the advice he'd give himself in 2010 and something to take your mind off things. >> strategies for navigating challenging conversations with loved ones about coping with coronavirus and keeping yourself safe we need a shrink there she is first this is "today" on nbc

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we're back now as we continue to cover the coronavirus as the pandemic that led to warnings and restrictions around the u.s. and around the world. unfortunately not everybody is getting that message. >> no, they are not. we all know people who continue to go about their lives as if nothing is changed maybe a care-free young adult or older person who doesn't want to give up their independence we have expert advice on how we can talk to them joining us relationship expert, author of "courageous conversations connect. good morning let's start with young people. we keep seeing images of young people out having street parties, people enjoying, going to restaurants i mean, how do we talk to them >> they are told they are not at risk >> that's the problem. they are told they are not at risk but young people, gen zs, millennials, they want connection but in their way.

we have to appeal to them, meet them where they are at, telling them they are not at risk but their grandparents, text chat, all those way we communicate, appeal to that. >> what would be the conversation. >> the conversation is, listen, we need your help. we need your buy-in. we need you to participate in this because this is serious, right? we can't take it like it's we can't take it like it's light at this point. >> sport figures, people they look up to said this is how i'm playing it. >> that might be helpful think about it, everyone talking about it are people that are experts, if you will we actually need their idols, people they are looking up to to say this is serious, stop it we need all hands on deck, and we all need your help. i do think for the most part young people want to be part of this they want to buy in but they really haven't gotten the message yet. not from the people that can communicate to them. >> no.

the other side of this is older people who are at risk i know a lot of us have had tough conversations with our parents who feel fine. they don't want to see their lives disrupted and they are also trying to say, fine, i'm not going to go to a rock concert but can i still go to the store, my book club? how do you have that conversation and not make them feel like we think you're so frail. how can we empower them. >> empowerment is a good thing buy in say what are the things you think you could do to help out so we're not actually telling them, we're asking them. everyone wants interdependence. >> being stubborn, that happens. is there ever a time to give tough medicine >> at some point when they say we're not doing it, you do have to take the audible and take the keys and say we're going to employ these new norms in place and we're all participating in them you have to, too make sure they are educated, though

a lot of times they are getting disinformation as well you want to give the facts, not fiction, so they are educated in terms of what we need to do. it's changing rapidly so we need to keep them in play. >> a lot of people are running into they have their parents, their kids they are kind of like trapped in between. even in some cases i know i have friends who are like, i'm going to take my kids over to see my parents because i have no other choice there are a lot of conversations we have to have as families to shut it down. >> here is the courageous conversation, we have to have ongoing family meetings. we need to be in text chat we need to keep people updated we need to take care of ourselves. self-care is essential four ms, mindfulness, meditation, movement and meaningful engagement. those are things that will help us recenter because we're at the most risk mentally because we're under pressure on both sides. >> yeah. there's just so much stress in

terms of family relationships to say nothing of everybody being under the same roof and driving each other crazy. >> keep a schedule, right? just like we had a schedule going at work, we need a schedule in our households. >> what do you mean? >> listen, we're on calendars what we have to do, for the kids, for the teens, for us, we need to be putting ourselves on a schedule this is our plan we're going to keep a normal schedule even if the activities we're doing are different, in house instead of out of house. >> really good applies to all age groups as well thank you very much. >> good to be here. >> sounds good, a big old plate of pasta. >> i want it. >> we can do that now. anthony scioto you know you've got all those dry goods you stocked up how do you make them delicious first, this is "today" on nbc.

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the kitchen. every day you have stuff in your pantry, fridge, a lot of people bought pasta or have it lying around our good friend anthony scioto is here. good morning. >> how are you >> so good to have you here. by the way, how is the restaurant business? we feel so much for families like you that own a restaurant, your livelihood. this is a tough time. >> it's more devastating than that there's a lot of layoffs but we're going to try to move forward. >> our hearts are with you and we're so grateful to have you here with these recipes. >> thank you, and a pleasure to be here. >> yeah. >> so a lot of these things are things you'd have in your pantry as you said, different pasta, vegetables, can items. fresh spinach, frozen spinach.

all these ideas you could possibly have doing things and be positive about what you're doing and doing it. >> okay. how do we do this one? >> olive oil we have garlic. >> garlic lasts a long time. you can buy that up. >> no problem. once the garlic is then done, we're going to add fresh spinach to this. >> if it had been frozen. >> squeeze that out a little bit in a cloth you don't want the oil and water. >> yes. >> salt, a little red pepper. >> love red pepper. >> you're getting the basis of this. >> i got it. >> the idea we've done that, we're going to add pasta to this. >> you made your penne any pasta. >> i'm saying this because you probably have it in your kitchen. >> here is a dumb question am i waiting until this is cooked or loading it already. >> here is the good thing about this you want to do this quickly. i don't want spinach to look like ew, i want it lively and happy. toss this together at the end, a little breadcrumb,

parmesan cheese and look at it. >> coming over here. we're keeping social distance. >> bolognese you have all this in the refrigerator, let's use them start with vegetables, carrots, celery. >> love it. >> take all of these dicings, throw it inside a mixer. it was working. >> we're going to plug it in. >> you know what it is this is the consistency you want it to look like. we're going to come around this side. >> i'm coming around this way. see, we're living in awkwardness. >> no worries. >> meat sauce. >> these are vegetables. we're going to get this browned off. after we brown that off, we're going to add this to this pot, which is your ground beef. okay >> the vegetables right in there.

have we been sauteing? >> we have tomato sauce. >> no shame in jarred tomato sauce. >> even canned tomatoes. no worry about that. beef stock, red or white wine. >> wine for with my dinner, too. >> let this cook down, simmer 15 or 20 minutes. this is what it looks like. >> i see it with spaghetti over there. >> i did it with spaghetti. >> a few seconds, i want you to get to this beautiful lasagna. >> this is what we're talking about. we're doing sicilian, everybody has mozzarella cheese. let's go with this lasagna, bechamel online for you. >> recipe online also good to freeze, too. >> i'm answering questions after this. >> thank you so much anthony scioto, again, all the

recipes today.com/food anthony will be online as i mentioned showing everybody how to make this lasagna smells so good also answer your questions about pasta. back in a moment this is "today" on nbc thank you. i'm taking that home f lunch or when it comes to flooring, i'm hard to please.

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also self quarantining everyone 65 and older. google has launched a new website to link high-risk people to drive-through testing centers. project baseline is up and running. it can help anyone within a 50-mile radius of san mateo and santa clara counties. after answering a series of questions you'll find out whether you qualify for drive-through testing and the location of the nearest testing center. we're live in mountain view looking at the product first touted by president trump. we'll have a live report during our midday newscast. and hundreds of more of bay area schools are closed in an effort to lessen the blow of the coronavirus pandemic. in some cases, students are off and some are continuing with online school. visit bay area.com. also a link to districts still providing free meals. i'm marcus washington.

good morning, everybody. welcome to the third hour of "today." things have been different all day long including the way we are sitting this morning as this whole country is starting to adjust to a different kind of normal. it's not forever but for the moment we are keeping our social distance. >> usually at this time you're used to seeing craig and al. they are home this morning as a precaution because late last night we learned a colleague of ours is testing for the coronavirus. that colleague is getting treatment. we're now trying to find out about the c