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first up on msnbc. containing coronavirus. cases across the u.s. rising. a krucruise ship in limbo and mr events cancelled. big question about the federal government's role. who can get testing kits? and how prepared are health officials? and the race for delegates. joe biden and bernie sanders crisscrossing the country before the next big round of contests on tuesday. the must-win state they're trying to lock down. good morning. it's sough it's saturday, march 7th. i am a lindsey reiser. candace gibson and cory coffin are off today. the first coronavirus deaths on the east coast, officials confirm two people died in florida. the nationwide death toll is now 17. meanwhile, on capitol hill, an

urgent plea from a public health expert. one doctor from johns hopkins health system said the u.s. desperately needs more tests. >> the testing capacity is not currently adequate. and we need more. we need this as soon as we can have it. >> and off the coast of california, 19 crew members and two passengers aboard the grand princess cruise ship, have tested positive for coronavirus. vice president pence says all passengers will be brought into a port sometime over the weekend to be tested. >> those that need to be quarantined, will be quarantined. those that require additional medical attention will receive it. >> today, pence will be traveling to florida for a meeting with cruise line executives and port directors. this morning, the total number of confirmed cases in the u.s. is 335 across 28 states. that includes the 21 people on the grand princess.

nbc's scott cohn is live for us in san francisco. scott, nbc is reporting that 21 people are infected on that cruise ship. but the vice president now saying everyone on board will be tested. what's next for those on board? >> well, it's not exactly clear, lindsey, and the passengers don't exactly know either. the situation is this. there are about 2,400 passengers, give or take, and about 1,100 crew members. the passengers are all confined to their state rooms now and all they can really do is watch this unfold on the news and listen to announcements from the ship's captain on the loud speaker. they know that the plan is to bring the ship into a noncommercial port sometime over the weekend. and they heard, last night, that the ship was being repositioned ahead of that. >> at present, we are moving to approximately 20 miles off the coast of california at the request of the u.s. coast guard. this will allow for greater ease

in managing the logistics and the delivery of supplies. >> so what we don't know is what, specifically, that port will be. clearly, will not be the cruise ship terminal here in san francisco. it will be a noncommercial port. and then what will happen to the passengers? where they will go, who will be quarantined, how the testing will work. all of that wto be worked out ad presumably, well know later today. lindsey. >> nbc's scott cohn, thank you. overseas, italy is dealing with more than 50 coronavirus deaths in the last 24 hours and close to 5,000 cases overall. joining me now from milan is nbc chief global correspondent bill neely. bill, thank you for joining us. what do officials say caused the spike in deaths? >> yeah. good morning, lindsey. truly, shocking figures. there are now more daily deaths in italy than in any country in

the world, including china where this all began. and in the last 24 hours, we've had a huge spike to 49 deaths. now, italy has one of the world's oldest populations. but it's not just that, that can account for the number of deaths. in fact, officials, frankly, don't know why the death rate is so high. and the number of infections has spiked, too. it's now roughly 7 to 800 new cases every day. more than 5,000 cases, in all, in italy. and that means that italy's infection rate is seven or eight times higher than china's. so it really is an extraordinary situation here that's hitting, well, for example, this city, milan. the richest city in italy. it's financial capital. it's a saturday morning here. i'm not saying the streets are empty but this isn't normal. hotels, almost empty. store owners telling me they've never had a season like this. and it's tourism that is really

being hit. remember, tourism accounts for about 15% of italy's gdp. about $50 billion a year. well, the tourists simply aren't coming. and governments, of course, like the u.s. state department, are warning people away from italy. so the u.s. state department saying avoid northern italy altogether and reconsider any plans that you might have to visit italy. now, remember, 2.2 million americans visit italy every year. so you can see the effect and the effect in a city like milan is that the famous opera house is closed. it's losing $1 million a week. soccer matches here are being played but they're being played behind closed doors. so no fans means no revenue for those clubs. and, of course, italy is teetering on the brink of a recession and economists are guessing now that it won't just tip into recession. it'll crash into recession. and that will be italy's fourth

recession in 12 years. but once again, lindsey, the death toll here, 49 as opposed to china's 28, in one day. it really is staggering. back to you. >> how is the government responding to the surge in cases? and is there anything that the u.s. can learn from how italy is handling this? >> well, they haven't locked down entire cities, as china has done. there are 11 towns that have been quarantined near here. where a lot of the cases are -- are clustered. they are considering extending that quarantine zone. it's called the red zone. people can't leave, and people can't go in. they're considering extending that to other cities, including a city called bergamo which has a population so that would be a heavy step. they are actually thinking of hiring 20,000 new medical staff

in the next few months, if they can, to cope with this. but, you know, this country is struggling with this. and we had first case just a couple of days ago in the vatican. and tomorrow, the vatican sources are saying that pope francis will deliver his traditional sunday sermon, not from that balcony in the vatican that we've seen so often but, by video. so even he -- even the vatican is not willing to gather a large crowd in the square in front of the vatican because that's simply not allowed under italian law. >> serious situation over there. nbc's bill neely, thank you. meanwhile, coronavirus has been making headlines across the country. two people who attended an aipac c congress tested positive. aipac said in a statement it is

working with local officials and coordinating with the cdc. in seattle, new cases of coronavirus have been courtronf at both a nursing home and retirement community. each had one resident test positive. both patients are hospitalized. overseas, a u.s. church group from alabama are quarantined in a hotel near bethlehem. 13 members of the three circle church have been stuck inside since the area was put on lockdown thursday. joining me now is medical reporter dr. holly phillips. good morning to you. thanks for joining us. let's talk about those masks because you see them everywhere. but some people are saying they're not effective. they're really only effective if you are already exhibiting symptoms. why is that? >> masks are a very hot-button topic right now. and whether or not you should wear one actually depends on where you live. widespread in asia. people are expected to wear masks, right? their public health officials have encouraged everyone, particularly in areas where there is a large amount of spread of coronavirus, to wear masks. here, our surgeon general

actually put out a statement just a couple of days ago discouraging people from wearing masks. >> is that to save them for medical professionals? >> that it could make it worse, absolutely. i really think that the -- the basis of his statement was to make sure we don't run into a shortage for both healthcare workers and also people who are sick. now, masks, the regular, surgical masks that we -- you know, that you see people wearing, they look a little bit like an accordion. you put it on. it goes behind your ears. they're more effective, if you are sick, at preventing you from spreading the illness than they are at preventing you from catching an illness if other people who are sick are around you. >> let's talk about really some of the dirtiest places that we frequent that we touch throughout the day. it almost seems impossible to not touch a computer mouse or elevator button. so what are we supposed to do aside from living in a bubble? >> right. i mean, those thingings as are unavoidable. i think we just have to focus on

how the virus spreads, which is exactly like the flu or common cold. from person-to-person spread. respiratory droplets. we know that this virus, if someone coughs or sneezes snaer y near you, can travel six feet and you can of course breathe that in. anything you touch could have the virus. we know that the virus can live on surfaces anywhere between two hours and nine days. so we are still learning exactly where it falls in that. but if you touch a surface and then touch your face, you touch your mouth or your nose, that's how the virus becomes introduced into your body. so it's not so much fear of touching surfaces. it's preventing yourself from touching your face. so that, ultimately, comes down to handwashing. hand sanitizer. if you can't get to soap and water. but soap and water is best. >> so it sounds leak there ike n element of personal responsibility in this, in making sure that the virus is

contained. but what can the government do? what can health officials do to contain and keep that infection rate as low as possible? >> well, right now, we are considered in what's considered a containment phase. arguably, we are a little bit behind. one of the most important things with figuring out how to contain a virus is figuring out who has it. our testing has been remarkably limited. so if you consider when we found the first case of community spread in the united states, community spread means a person didn't bring it in from another country. someone had it here and transmitted it to another person here, right? now, that's considered community spread. in that time, in that time period after that first case, only 500 people were tested in -- in the weeks before and a week after. comparing that to something like south korea, during the week that they first found community spread, they tested 66,000 people. what widespread testing does is it helps you to identify what

areas the infection is spreading. you can even -- epidemiologists can find out it's spreading in this particular building. it's spreading in this particular area of a building. and, in that way, you can help to warn people against being there. you can quarantine who needs to be quarantined if they are sick. and help people to protect themselves. prevent the spread of the virus. >> i have two more quick questions for you. the first is, how long will somebody test positive for covid-19? >> well, you know, that's also a big question. what we do know is that the incubation for covid-19 can be 14 days. you can have symptoms as early as two days. but it could take 14 days to develop any symptoms at all. so if a person feels just fine and hasn't developed symptoms until day 14, that creates a lot of time for them to then spread the illness. once they are tested, of course, you know, they can start to protect those around them. they can wear a mask. and hopefully, stay home and prevent spreading it.

>> is there anything else we should be doing to change our behavior other than washing our hands, hand sanitizer? >> particularly, high-reisk groups. yesterday, the cdc put out suggestions that older people, and people with underlying diseases, particularly health, heart disease, pulmonary disease, diabetes, they actually suggested those people stay home. or if they don't stay home, to avoid large crowds. that means movie theaters, sporting events, even family garg gatherings that are going to be large. even including religious services. the group of people that's hit hardest by this, the illness is most severe in that older group of people and people with underlying illnesses. to the fwrdegree that we can emy what's called social distancing with the -- with the highest-risk groups, that's going to save lives. >> dr. holly phillips, stay with us. we will be speaking to you a little bit later in the hour. let's go to nbc's hans nichols. he is traveling with the

president in florida. hans, what's the message from the president? >> the president is monitoring the response to the virus from here in florida where we have been mentioning there's been two deaths reported over night. yesterday, he visited the cdc in atlanta where he gave himself high marks for his handling of the crisis and also tried to reassure americans that the risk of contracting it was low. >> reporter: after touring tornado damage in tennessee, president donald trump traveled to the cdc in atlanta, where he touted the accuracy and available of the coronavirus test. >> anybody that needs a test, gets a test. they're there. they have the tests. and the tests are beautiful. >> vice president mike pence, later, forced to clarify that tests would only be given on doctors' orders. >> if you have reason to believe that you have been exposed to the coronavirus, i have every

confidence that your physician would contact state health officials and have access to the state lab. >> pence said that 900,000 tests have been shipped out to states this week, with 200,000 more expected today. short of the 1.5 million officials had initially promised by the end of the week. senator patty murray from hard-hit washington state, visibly frustrated. >> don't tell us things that are not true. >> during his visit to the cdc, president trump urging passengers on the grand princess cruise ship off california to stay at sea. >> i like the numbers being where they are. i don't need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn't our fault. >> and warning vice president mike pence about washington governor jay inslee. >> that governor is a snake. i said if you're nice to him, he's -- he will take advantage. >> and comparing the test kits at the cdc to his phone call with ukrainian president zelensky, which led to his

impeachment. >> the tests are all perfect. like, the letter was perfect. the transcription was perfect. >> before leaving the white house, trump signed an $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus aid package, while also asking americans not to panic. >> be calm. it'll go away. >> his senior advisers also downplaying the risk of contagion. >> it is being contained. >> now, there is some concern about cruises. yesterday, the vice president talked about the unique challenges that they present. he also urged older americans to take precautions or caution when planning any sort of cruise. today, the vice president will meet with leaders in the cruise ship industry here in ft. lauderdale just down the road a little bit. lindsey. >> hans, switching gears here, i want to ask about the president's announcement yesterday tapping congressman mark meadows as his new chief of staff.

did mick mulvaney see this coming? >> mick might have seen this a couple months ago. he hinted on this talking about how the shelf life of a chief of staff isn't all that long. as the precise timing, it looks like this happened on thursday and mick mulvaney was informed of it friday. the president tweeted last night naming his new chaief of staff mark meadows. also, a congressman from north carolina. he will be retiring likely. he'll have to leave his seat so he can come manage the political operation here. meadows is thought as a savvy political operator and he and the president almost complete each other's sentences when they're talking about re-election. so meadows is the fourth chief of staff for this president. lindsey. >> nbc's hans nichols. thank you for joining us this morning. now, i want to bring in kevin cirelli, any bad blood between

these two? mulvaney leaving on good terms? >> i think he is. mick mulvaney and mark meadows are actually incredibly sincer in the sense that they have both have deep ties to the caucus. meadows and mulvaney, they come from the same political ideology. and as it relates to president trump, i mean, you think about the previous chief of staff before mick mulvaney and it would appear that mulvaney is leaving on slightly better terms to put it mildly. >> do you get the idea that loyalty played into any of the decision in naming meadows as the new chief of staff? >> no. i -- i think that in terms of based upon my reporting, i think what i can tell you is that the -- the -- the dynamic between meadows is -- is -- and the president -- has been going on for quite some time. and when you look at some of the tough fights the president had faced up on capitol hill, especially as it relates to impeachment, even dating back to policy fights with healthcare.

congressman meadows is someone who's been in lockstep with president trump. >> well, turning now to the coronavirus, there's been conflicting information coming from president trump and health officials. we've got another new case confirmed this morning and there is concerns there aren't enough tests. president trump, though, says the country is doing a great job. here's what he said yesterday. >> i think we're doing a really good job in this country at keeping it down. we've really been very vej la vigilant and we've done a tremendous job at keeping it town. like this stuff. i really get it. everyone's surprised i understand it. every one of the doctor says how do you know so much about this? maybe i have a natural ability. >> kevin, what do you make of that? >> look. i think three things. first and foremost, there really is nonpartisan agreement in terms of the funding in order to prevent the virus from spreading. and you saw that from hans' reporting as it relates to $8.3 billion worth of a package that has gone through. i can tell you that i spoke with

senator mark warner, lindsey, just two days ago. he is the top dement democrdemo intelligence committee and he was critical but he also noted the u.s. is firmly -- they want to get accurate data coming out of china and that really is something the american government has not been able to get from china as the coronavirus has spread. and the last point i would make is this has been quite crippling not just to the american economy but also wordwood. and senator warner told me there might actually be a need for democrats and republicans to come together to try to provide for financial institutions from the regulators. that they might have to be a little bit more easing in terms of the stimulus they're providing for financial institutions, who need to help americans who are going to be

caught up in this, the negative impacts not just from a health standpoint, lindsey, but from an economic standpoint. and that's something democrats and republicans on capitol hill have been a lit slow to whack up to. >> and we have seen that dominating news headlines this week. kevin, thank. >> thank you. >> the race for the nomination. berc bernie sanders trying to slow joe biden's momentum as they get ready to face off in six more states. the one state that's become more important than the others. and coronavirus fearing hitting the economy from stores to airplanes. how coronavirus affecting wallets across the country. how wallets across the country

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clock ahead. >> the morngt ther of two missi children appeared in court for the first time. a judge reduced bail from $5 million to $1 million. vallow is unwilling to say anything about her children's whereabouts. her son and daughter vanished in september. vallow is charged with two counts of desertion and interfering with investigation. >> crowned prince mohammad bin salman, this is the latest step the prince has taken to snuff out perceived threats. one of the king's brothers, and a cousin are among those detained. vh1 announced friday that ru paul's drag race has been disqualified after allegations. sherry pie will not appear in the season finale and the show will run as planned. this comes after "buzzfeed news" and nbc out reported actors are accusing of posing as a casting

director. apologized in a facebook post thursday saying he's been seeking help and receiving treatment. now, to the race for 2020. we ev we're counting down to the next round of presidential primaries just three days away. there are three candidates remaining. joe biden, bernie sanders, and tulsi gabbard. primaries and caucuses in 11 states, puerto rico, and the morn marina islands. six states vote tuesday. michigan has the most with 125. and the latest poll shows biden is ahead in the state. and biden remains ahead in the delegate count with 621. you are looking at the current. sanders as 553. but sanders could narrow that second-place gap when california votes are fully counted. today, sanders is focusing on voters in michigan and illinois. biden holds events in missouri.

nbc news correspondent garrett haake is live in chicago where sanders is holding a rally today. garrett, how important are the next few days for sanders? i have to imagine extremely. >> oh, lindsey, they are absolutely critical. one state more than any other. sanders may be here in chicago later today for a show-of-force rally but his campaign is retrenching to michigan. that state, an all but must win for him in the face of joe biden's momentum and what's now really a two-man race. over night, bernie sanders on the attack against joe biden. >> i opposed that war. joe biden voted for that war. >> at a rally in detroit, the vermont senator took aim at biden's record on trade, the iraq war, and other issues. drawing sharp contrasts, and hoping to blunt the former vice president's surging campaign momentum. >> if we are going to defeat trump in michigan, in pennsylvania, and wisconsin, it

will be very hard for a candidate who voted for these disastrous trade agreements. >> for sanders, now trailing behind in delegates, michigan is critical. michigan is the largest of six states voting on tuesday with 125 delegates up for grabs. meanwhile, joe biden was unseen on the campaign trail friday. focusing on fundraising. and deploying surrogates like former rival amy klobuchar to campaign on his behalf. >> joe biden knows you, and he will fight for you. >> biden's support continues to grow. >> joe knows michigan. >> picking up the endorsements of michigan's popular democratic governor and lieutenant governor and chicago's new mayor. >> lindsey, michigan is so important to bernie sanders. he actually cancelled a rally in mississippi, which also votes tuesday. so that he could spend more time in the state. as you look across the map, this is a state that he's going to focus heavily on. in part, because it's one he won in 2016.

the narrative effect of having beaten hillary clinton in michigan but losing to joe biden at a stage when he is already losing in the delegate count right now could be really bad news for that campaign. >> yeah. so what would happen to the campaign if sanders doesn't carry enough of michigan? >> well, nothing right away. but it just feeds into this narrative that it's bernie sanders' race to lose and that he would be doing so. you know, biden has picked up the majority of delegates on super tuesday so far. california, of course, still counting. some of the states coming up in the calendar are more favorable to biden. you look at florida, some of the southern states that have yet to vote like georgia. it gets harder and harder to see where sanders can pick up speed if he within the win in michigan. if he can't win in ohio, which votes here in a couple weeks so those upper midwest battlegrounds are going to be superimportant. >> nbc's garrett haake, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> you bet. >> empty store shelves and the economic ripple effect of

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this morning, at least 335 americans are infected with coronavirus. and fears are leading to massive uncertainty in the markets. right now, at least 28 states have confirmed coronaviruses cases and 17 people are dead. to help fight the outbreak, president trump signed, into law, $8.3 billion bill to fight coronavirus. anxiety around the world sparked a stock market roller coaster ride. the dow jones lost more than 3,500 points in just over two weeks. cnbc's ron joins me now and reporting drug stores everywhere are completely pillaged of hand sanitizer, paper towels. things like that. is this panic buying?

>> it is to an extent. like here on the east coast, people will buy multiple concerns because they are concerned they won't be able to dig themselves out. in this case, if you do end up quarantined for 14 days, you are going to need some essentials. it's clear that it is panic buying. note only drug stores but costcos have been completely sold out of everything from paper towel to hand sanitizer. i would say part of it's rational. part of it's irrational given that most cases you are not going to end up in quarantine but this is having impact, both good and bad on the economy and on the consumer portion as well. >> we went online. we were looking for hand sanitizer. we found a brand name sanitizer. $50. is this price gouging? >> yeah. and i think amazon and others have stepped in to knock down

that process. again, technically illegal in most cases where there is some sort of emergency. so i imagine this is going to be handled rel tefbly expeditiously. >> microsoft and uber say they are going to pay their hourly employees even if they work fewer hours or they have to self-quarantine. how rare do you they that will be in the business community? >> we don't know. we have already seen big conferences like south by southwe southwest get cancelled. i was spoke to speak at an event in new orleans. that just got cancelled. several-hundred person event. the more people you have at a particular event, the higher the risk is there is someone who is asymptomatic who could pass it to a wood number ide number of . as you mentioned, a huge market reaction starting and china and working the the worl working arnold the world, profit

estimates for u.s. corporations are being ku. port of los angeles said they are going to see 25% less volume goi coming into the biggest port in the country from overseas. so we are going to have impact for one or two quarters for sure. anything beyond that is an open question. >> we hear markets hate uncertainty. nothing feels more uncertain. how dow think next week? >> they row boundebounded a lit. it's really dependent on how deep this goes. we -- we already know that, for instance, we think china's gdp in the first quarter is anywhere from 0 to minus 9%. we know that we are writing down the u.s. gdp around the first two quarters to around 1% or less. so the markets had a pretty profound and rapid response. this is the fastest period going from an all-time high, a 52-week

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coronavirus is forcing many of us to rethink our daily lives, including touching our faces. experts say keeping your hans away from your face can help reduce the spread of viertss but it's much easier said than done. here's nbc's stephanie gosk on how to break the habit. >> the reward for do as i say, not as i say, goes to -- >> start working on not touching your face. >> all those officials telling us not to touch our faces. >> working hard not to touch their faces while touching theirs. >> i haven't touched my face in weeks. in weeks. i miss it. >> this photo, taken two days before. but, to be fair, everyone touches their face. nearly two dozen times an hour by one estimate. a habit not easily broken. >> every time we touch our face, there is a risk of what aever'sn our hands can get into our nose, our mouth, and our eyes. >> what's call the t zone.

>> i'm going to try just for an ho hour not to touch my face. >> 13 times less than average but i was actually trying. >> how do you break a habit you're not even aware of? >> it's a really hard thing to do and the first step is try to be aware of it. are we having dry eyes and we are rubbing our eyes all the time? >> some basic tips. a box of tissues. use one if you have an itch. try to occupy your hands. a clean stress ball could work. use a hands-free cell phone. and the best strategy? clean hands. just keep washing them. stephanie gosk, nbc news new york. >> joining me one once again is medical reporter and author of the exhaustion breakthrough dr. holly phillips. dramat why is it so hard for us to not touch our faces? >> for so many of us, it's just really a habit. sometimes we use it in -- in conversation just to emphasize things. if we're studying, we will sit like this. if we are 'd reading something,

we'll move our hair out of our face. is really is just sort of a part of the way we exist and we communicate. it's hard to break the habit but it's one of the single-most important things we can do to cut down onthe spread of diseas >> there's stuff you see at stores. zinc. echinacea. anything we should be taking? >> right. there is not a huge amount of evidence to support any supplement or any kind of the over-the-counter things that are to boost your immunity. what we know for sure, getting plenty of sleep helps to improve your immunity. fruits and vegetables. a healthy diet. taking care of yourself. exercise. these are all things that boost our immune response to illness. >> what about people who might be getting injured all of a sudden? or getting sick and maybe they're afraid to go to their doctor or urgent care or the er because they are worried about being with other people who might have coronavirus. >> now, this is a very serious question. and i think it's sort of the

first time in my many, many years in medicine where my first advice isn't go see your doctor. and that 's because now that coronavirus is spreading throughout the community, sitting in a doctor's waiting room, if you have it, you could potential potentially infect many, many people. and also, clinics and private doctor's offices right now have very limited ability to test or even to send out tests. so the best approach is to call your doctor. the cdc also has some resources. and state departments of health have hotlines. you can call with your symptoms and then get directed where you can find a test. >> dr. phillips, thank you so much. coronavirus cases surging in new york. in fact, 2,773 people are under quarantine in new york city. the author of this article joins me next. t. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need.

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the u.s. new york state is new accounting for at least 45 of thoifse and friday the new york city mayor says the city has five confirmed cases. so the say is facing reality of community spread. my next guest reports nearly 2800 people are under quarantine or home isolation. you think about the city and any city really, everything that you touch on your commute home, do they have any idea how these people are contracting coronavirus? >> it looks like for right now the majority of the people who have tested positive have some kind of connection to a gentleman in westchester. he lives in westchester, commutes to new york city, has children, friends, family, associates. so you can imagine that he in some way represents the lives many people are living. you live in one area, travel to another, have friend z as and

family. and that is only the cases that have twaebeen tested and come o positive. new york city officials have said they want to test many more than they currently have able to. >> so you report 2800 people are under quarantine in new york city. what is determining who gets put under quarantine and are nice serious cases or an bhbundance caution? >> from my understanding, 4800 people are under mandatory quarantine. many more are asked to stay at home in some form of isolation either because they have traveled to a country where there is an outbreak or we hath have tested positive or they have an association like a direct contact with someone who has tested positive and al importantly are he showing symptoms. other people who are being asked to stay home may have traveledh symptoms. other people who are being asked to stay home may have traveled

where there is an yut breaoutbr been in an office or car with someone tested positive. so they are saying look, if you have some signs, if a health care official is saying you should -- asking people who may have been expose the stay at home. and that is to curb who may else get exposed. >> and mayor de blasio xwraf ga update on testing, let's listen. >> the numbers of tests we can perform is getting -- those numbers are getting better. but the speed and efficiency of the test is still not what we want to be. we need the fda to help us. the faster we can get turnaround on results, the more we can do to address the situation. >> how crucial is it for new york city to get the help they are asking for? >> incredibly. it cannot be stated more importantly. without being able to dtest, people do not know where the disease spreading on health

officials don't know where to direct resources. you are seeing a large number of people in westchester, they have identified people and take action there. in new york city, they have tested less than 100 people. so therefore, government officials, health care officials, friends and family and neighbors don't exactly know what to do to curb this, so the number needs to improve so people know who should be quarantined and who should stay home and who shouldn't. >> thanks to joining us this morning. and the white house chief of staff shuffle, will it make any real difference? that is next on vel shall i. that is next on vel shall i. nyquil severe gives you powerful relief

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