in cyberspace may sound modern, but they're as combustibles here, one woman, two men and a situation that was all-consuming. that is all for "dateline." i'm natalie morales. thank you for watching. first up on msnbc, new word on the president's coronavirus test. the results now in, while around the country, some drive-up testing sites overwhelmed. at this drive-through location in colorado, cars stretched down the road. the demand so high, officials closed early. airport nightmare. travelers rushing back to the u.s., caught in line waiting for hours. so, what's the holdup? we'll tell you. another coronavirus test of sorts. four key states holding

primaries on tuesday, another state cancels. election officials expressing concerns about the vote and its 2020 impact. one event not canceled. a health director in alaska s saying why the famous sled race is still on. next. we say good morning. it is sunday, march 15th. kendis gibson is off. when you think of the people coming off of international flights, already on a cramped plane. now, they're waiting in cramped lines. lots to unpack there. >> hours and hours, waiting, all of this developing when you were sleeping. we begin with the coronavirus pan dedemic in the united state. there's 2,937 cases across the 50 states and puerto rico now. >> overnight, president trump tested negative for coronavirus. that's from a statement from his doctor. this comes hours after the president confirmed he was tested for the virus at a press briefing yesterday. >> i also took the test last

night. >> did you? >> yeah. and i decided i should, based on the press conference yesterday. >> what were the results? >> i don't know what whatever it takes. they send it to a lab. >> at the news conference, vice president pence announcing the administration's plan to extend the european travel ban to include the u.k. and ireland. overseas in france, restaurants, cafes, movie theaters and clubs are closed, in an effort to stop the spread of a violence. some food stores and pharmacies and places of worship will remain open. >> spain is the second country to impose a nationwide lockdown. the prime minister declaring a state of emergency. and chaos across airports last night. as president trump's europe travel ban went into effect. reports of massive delays and

hour-long lines at several major airports, as york, dallas and chicago. wendy is monitoring the situation from chicago o'hare. good morning. give us a sense of what's played out in the last 12 hours, not just there but at big airports across the country. >> reporter: good morning. what a travelers' nightmare, here at o'hare and across the country, as you said. it took hours for travelers to get to these doors behind me from long flights to europe because of the enhanced coronavirus screenings. we saw a lot of extra e.m.s. personnel yesterday afternoon. obviously, it was not enough. take a look at these lines. incredible. passengers in line for hours, trying to get through customs and into the u.s., after long flights from europe. airport staff tried to help,

distributing snacks and bottled water to the crowds. but it took a very long time. on a good day, it takes a long time. last night, much longer. illinois governor b.said this needed to be addressed immediately. the president added the u.k. and ireland to the travel ban. all these u.s. citizens returning from the banned countries must self-quarantine for 14 days after they return back home to the u.s. ladies, we are waking up to a new normal this morning. the governor has closed all public schools across illinois. he is banning all gatherings of more than 250 people. that means masses and church services are also canceled. i heard of many denominations trying to have the services online. at tend he end of the day, air

travel, grocery shopping, whatever you're doing, it's a new level of calm that is needed for the weeks and months here. >> are you in the area where the passengers are waiting? >> reporter: this is where customs come through. you enter these doors after you talk to the customs officers. it's calmed down now. but it took hours. these people are being told don't gather in crowds of 250 people, but you can tell from the pictures, here in o'hare, or across the country, there were more than 250 people getting off of the large planes from europe. not a safe situation. it's calmed down here. a lull before more international flights enter. i think the next arrival is scheduled about half an hour from now. those people are coming from mexico, not europe. >> potentially another wave. because they're not coming from europe, maybe not as stringent

testing. wendy woolfolk, thank you. >> if you test negative, it might not be an accurate reading because you might contract the virus while standing in line. now, to president trump being tested himself for coronavirus. nbc's hans nicolhols live with that one. >> reporter: the president has tested negative for covid-19. he made a surprise appearance in the briefing room where he said he was tested or he was going to be tested at the time. that was after the night before, when the white house sent out a memo from the president's personal physician, saying no test was indicated. now, the question is, will mike pence be tested? he said he would be looking into it. they will follow-up on that later today. and there's confusion about where they are with testing. the white house and how many testings where they are rolled out, with the drive-through labs, what we heard yesterday

from the attorney general, he was on a late-night show, saying they have a testing czar, who will be solely responsible for that. >> we're leaning into a complicated multifactorial process with a testing czar, and with many commitments from the private industry. we're at a critical inflection point in this country, where we need to flatten the curve. do we want to look like south korea? or do we want to look like italy? and if we want to look like south korea, at the end of this, we need everyone to understand we're not going to solve this problem from washington, d.c. we're not going to solve it from the cdc in atlanta. it will be solved at the community level. and it will be solved by people coming together. >> reporter: the surgeon general speaking there. yesterday at a briefing in the white house, he was along with others, and dr. fauci, saying this will get worse before it gets better. the white house has promised a

briefing on where they are, in terms of the drive-through test and the website, and the status as we see it. they've given the deadline themselves to force the issue and make a little progress. yesterday, didn't have a whole lot of answers on how the website in this questionnaire is going to be working. it's supposed to be google's sister company. that didn't appear to be the case, as this company said it was a small pilot program. locations and scope of the drive-through testing. there's new reporters coming in before the briefing, they were taking our temperature. >> i did see that yesterday before the briefing as a precaution. hans nichols, thank you. now, the urgent demand for tests and this remarkable scene in colorado outside of denver. a long line of cars of people waiting for tests. so many, the officials had to shut the site down. >> and in new york state, the first drive-through testing site in new rochelle. that's the city with the largest

cluster of coronavirus in the u.s. chris is there live. >> reporter: good morning. federal and state officials expect another busy day out here in new rochelle, new york, today, at this first in the state drive-through testing center. this center opened on friday. the goal ultimately is to test about 500 cars' worth of people once this gets up and rolling over the course of friday and saturday, they were limiting it to 200, 250 cars. it's a remarkable scene here. we're at an island just northeast of the bronx new york. just outside the new york city limits in new rochelle. this was a first place where a real large cluster of people tested positive for the coronavirus. about 178,000 people in this community. there's a containment zone where

most people live and work. that's been set up by the state. just a few miles over here, the state governor, andrew cuomo, opened this facility on friday. and the procedure is very interesting. we're on an isolated road in the park. and people can only come here if they have an appointment. westchester county and new rochelle residents get preferential treatment. they're going to call a number if they have symptoms. if it is deemed necessary to be tested, they are given an appointment time. you can see the sign behind me that says leave windows closed. there's no person-to-person contact once they arrive on the scene here. if it's determined they have an appointment, they're allowed to proceed into one of six testing lanes, where people in the car

can be swabbed and tested. there's 28 state labs that are starting to get ramped up with the testing. the governor said about 4,700 te people have been tested in new york state so far. the way this is going in new rochelle, they're are considering a second testing area on long island, about 25 miles from here, to continue to crank out tests and see how big the positive tests in new york state really are. >> chris, obviously, there's limitations when it comes to time, how many hours there are in a day and personnel conducting the tests. is there any indication from new rochelle authorities or new york state authorities, about worries over the limitations on the number of tests available? i know we're trying to get up to 500,000 later this week. >> reporter: right. last night, the governor said he is not concerned anymore with the number of tests.

he said, at this point, they have the swabs and the containers to put the swabs in. it's strictly getting the number of tests conducted quickly. in the past, it was taking many, many hours. and there was only one lab in the state that was allowed to do it. the state of new york have gotten permission for 28 private labs to join in that effort. so, the state and the governor believe, that the amount of tests and the results that come out, will start to increase as we go into this next week. >> good news and nbc's chris po pollone. and joining us, lauren. good morning. in the rate of cases that are hitting, it hasn't hit its peak yet. we talk about the flattening of the curve, is it possible in this outbreak this late in the stage? >> that's a great question. the whole goal of all of the

public health measures, the social distancing, avoiding restaurants, avoiding going out in big crowds, that's the goal, to flatten the curve. and it's never too late to keep working on that, to keep trying to do that. >> is it time to take drastic steps, like countries in europe, closing nonessential businesses, quarantining cities, saying you can't leave your house unless you have permission to do so? is that the only point to manage this? >> i don't think it's the only point. we have to give a stronger message about voluntary social distancing. i've seen a lot of posts on twitter and in my own backyard, seeing people going to restaurants and bars, going out to malls. that message, that we need to stay home to protect our vulnerable communities is the number one thing we should do right now. messaging to people why they need to do this and what the impact of staying home and staying away from other people

can have. >> i want to talk about messaging on the other side of the spectrum. the former administrator put out tweets on the crisis. he said, experts expect over 1 million deaths before this is contained. 1 million deaths is what he tweeted out. he said, we cannot test for it, this is a major preventable public health disaster. to me, that math doesn't add up. i'm not sure i want you to weigh in here and see if there's realism to that. i would love to know the experts that he's speaking about. >> i don't know the experts he's speaking about. we're trying to learn so much about this virus, and who it impacts. part of the reason we have a hard time estimating the deaths and the fatality rate is because we don't know about this illness. the science is just pouring in.

we have to do a better job of understanding who is getting sick but not being haptize izh. the key to that is the test. the test is what we don't have enough of. >> how do our hospitals and planning deal with this? you don't want a huge spike. how is our health care system -- how is it set up to deal with something like this? >> the health care system is going to struggle, no doubt about it. we don't have the capacity, especially as we come to this concept of flattening the curve late. hospitals and health systems are working around the clock to build out that capacity. they're opening tents. they're clearing out beds. they're moving patients around to cohort the patients to reduce the burden on health care workers, to reduce the likelihood of transmitted insections. so shg

infections. we're building up drive-up testing sites. we're putting patients in one spot in the hospital to protect the vital resources. >> we just heard the surgeon general tell fox news, this isn't something the government can fix. it's something the community needs to fix. do you agree with that? >> maybe fix is not the right word. but the government needs to embrace evidence-based practices. they need to embrace science. they need to be the messengers of good public health practice. if we don't hear that this is important that the interventions are critical and social distancing is what we need to be practicing right now, there's no reason for the general public to buy into the practices. we need the government to be leaders in this space and facilitators of the ability to do that. you think it's more important to get the messaging rather than imposing curfews and the lockdowns. >> yes. i think the messaging needs to

be strong. curfews and lockdowns may come. but we need the opportunity to do it ourselves and understand why it's so important. >> lauren sauer with a clear message. spain imposes a near total lockdown, as france shutters life. and customs and border protection warns about fake coronavirus test kits. cut. liberty mu... line? cut. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. cut. liberty m... am i allowed to riff? what if i come out of the water? 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. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ yes. yes. yeah sure.

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welcome back to msnbc world headquarters in new york. you're looking at a live look at madrid, where you just see basically, a couple of pedestrians in the street. almost 11:30 in the morning, they declared a state of emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic. >> we want to get to drastic new restrictions across europe. spain is imposing a nationwide shutdown on its 46 million

citizens. people are allowed to go out for food or work or to help others. wife of spain's prime minister has tested positive for the virus. they are both doing fine. in france, shops, cafes, restaurants and most nonessential businesses are ordered closed. we'll go live to paris in a moment. the world health organization now says europe is the epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases and deaths with the rest of the world combined outside of china. italy is the hot spot with the largest number of coronavirus cases. streets remain empty, as europe's most restrictive lockdown continues. we go live to the vatican where mass will be celebrated in new days. what are you learning, claudio?

>> reporter: the vatican is closing its doors, rather its walls, to the public and the faithful to contain the spread of coronavirus. it announced last night, that all celebrations, until april 12th, will take place without the faithful being present. that includes holy week and easter, which is the most important catholic holiday. this containment measure was introduced last sunday, when pope francis for the first time in history, celebrated or recited his traditional sunday prayer at midday, every sunday here at the vatican, online. it was streamed online and not overlooking the square from the papal apartments, as per tradition to do that. to stop people from gathering here in st. peters square. tens of thousands do every given sunday. but it was a bit of a half-baked attempt. they streamed that prayer live on the big screens in the square. and that attracted, still, 2,000 people, who came here.

and what's worse is that the pope at the end of the online prayer, showed up to greet those present and to the horror of those preventing a gathering here. he's going to recite the prayer online. but this time, the vatican is not taking any chances. they locked out -- they locked down the square for the foreseeable future. they're not going to show the prayer on the big screen. the prayer today, from the pope, the sunday prayer, will be available only online. and so will be also the celebrations until april 12th. >> vatican city on lockdown, another unprecedented development in all of this. claudio, thank you. let's go to paris and christopher dickey, nbc

contribut contributor. the lockdown there took effect last night. what kind of shock is this to society there? >> i think people were in denial for a long time. that's one of the reasons the government finally had to come down hard and say, you've been ignoring bans of large gatherings. people have been flooding into bars and restaurants and cafes and going in normal as if it's the last chance to get a drink. now, all of a sudden, it's shut down. it's all shuttered. it's a very sad day for paris. >> that's a big part of french life. >> it's a huge part of french life. we're famous for our outdoor cafes and our haute cuisine restaurants. people live in cafes, historically here, more than their own apartment.

>> when it comes to france versus the u.s., is it something that you get the sense that it snuck up on france, the severity on it, even with it being right next to italy, and the pandemic announcement coming through this week. do you think it was a delayed reaction? >> well, you know, i think we're seeing that all over europe. i think you do see it here in france. the government was aware, but it didn't take the measures that were needed to make the people aware of how serious things are. we still don't have enough tests here. it's not only in the united states that testing is a problem. but it's been worse in other places. spain, which is shutdown competely, had just a week ago, a march for millions of people to come together, to commemorate and celebrate women's day. and that was great, except now, lots of members of the cabinet, and their families are coming down with coronavirus. and they were in those marches. and the disease has exploded

there. >> can you give us detail on the lack of testing you just mentioned. >> yeah. first of all, in france, famous for its health care system, and normally, that's all fine, you still have to pay for tests. when you call to try to get a test, you're told to wait. you may wait endlessly on the telephone. and then, you're asking if you've been exposed to somebody that has the virus. well, maybe you have, maybe you haven't, you don't know that. and you also have to pay 54 euros. and often, you have to show symptoms of the virus. then, it's a little late. >> how about hospital readiness when it comes to takingtest ing further down the line here. are there concerns about the availability of a respirator and who gets them and who doesn't? that could fight the outcome of

who lives and who dies? >> that's exactly right. and i think that exact same concern exists here. they don't have enough respirators here, if the spreading of the disease is on anything like the scale that seems possible after seeing what happened in italy. what's happened in italy is in a week or two weeks, in almost every other country, in europe, as well. >> christopher, really quickly, talk to us about where you're standing and talk to us about -- there's a few cars behind you. would this be a high traffic time and area in paris? >> well, it's sunday morning. there would normally be more traffic than this, for sure. we don't have the empty streets here yet, that you see in italy or to some extent even in madrid. we will. but right now, traffic is more

or less normal for a sunday morning. people are still going to the market this morning. oddly, they have not postponed the municipal elections. people were out voting for the mayor of paris. they were doing social distancing at the polls. i was there. but they were going out to vote. >> if you could give us one thing or you suspect things, what the u.s. can learn from france and italy, what italy has been going through and what france is starting to go through right now, what that might look like in the u.s. >> i think we can learn a lot about the price of postponing the measures needed to react to the disease. one of the things we see is that europe is trying lots of different possibilities, closing borders in some countries. in great britain, the policy has been to spread the virus as

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the workweek will begin tomorrow with the widespread work from home phenomenon.

millions of americans will dial into their office. the numbers of cases of coronavirus has risen to more than 2,900. this has led to the cancellations across the nation and the work from home movement. >> and now, at least 15 million jobs can be threatened by the looming virus. many people working as independent contractors, on-call workers, temp workers. sabeel is here. you wrote about the 15 million jobs that could be at risk. what are the jobs? >> the type of jobs we're talking about are independent contractors, on-call workers. these are jobs from law firms to health care to nurses and temp workers. the reason why the 15 million jobs are threatened is every time there's a slowdown in the economy, those are the first jobs to get hit. that's what we're noticing happening right now, as we see the stop in economic activity happening locally all across the

country, the effect is that many americans are going to get a hit when it comes to their actual jobs and incomes. >> the businesses look at their books and say, i can't afford to keep "x" number of people and i have to make hard decisions. >> that's what's going to happen. many economists are predicting that in the first quarter, which we're still in, there's going to be a slowdown, negative growth. this is a definition of a recession in the economy, two quarters of negative growth by gdp. if this continues and we see the slowdown, more businesses shutting down, that will be the unfortunate effect. >> and unfortunate effects, m s massive industry shutting down. concerts, sporting seasons, sporting events, march madness, et cetera, i could go on. the hourly workers affected for this, seems a massive number here, thousands if not larger. >> absolutely. those who are low-income workers

are most at-risk. people working at restaurants. even actors who are working on broadway. we know that broadway was shut down because governor cuomo put in a ban of gatherings more than 500 people. the lights have gone out on broadway, which is unthinkable for many new yorkers. when it comes to restaurants, we're seeing demand plummet, people are afraid to go out, to dine out, because of food preparation concerns, concerns they could be infected by the coronavirus. because of that, the restaurants are shutting down because demand is so low. we can expect that may continue, until we find a way of containing this. >> apple is now closing all stores outside of china. do you think that other major brands will follow suit? >> other brands will likely follow suit, in terms of apple specifically. they have closed most of the stores worldwide. but the stores that are open are in china. and that's where the coronavirus outbreak first started. and that's because they are seeing a slowdown in infection rates over there. so, those stores in china are

slowly reopening. in the u.s., if you want to buy a new iphone or get your equipment fixed, a good bet would be best buy because they have a partnership with apple. >> we think of all of the jobs and how it trickles down. thank you for that perspective. >> thanks. let's get to trending on the coronavirus outbreak. customs and border protections, say they confiscated counterfeit test kits at l.a.x. the agency is warning the public to beware of fake kits offering tests for the virus. labs are the only place you can get and receive a test. in new orleans, police officers tried to clear world-famous bourbon street last night. they were largely ignored. the mayor is urging people to practice social distancing. they canceled tuesday's st. patrick's day parades. one sporting event not

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first, nicholas wu writes about how president trump and his top advisers who may have been exposed to coronavirus are handling it. he writes, some are he'ding theedthe edadvice of public health exper, others, including trump, continue to interact, mingle and shake hands. joining us is nicholas wu, politics reporter for "usa today." let's start with president trump. we know he tested negative for coronavirus. in the week after he was exposed to it, he kept shaking hands. what's the message there? >> well, it's mixed messaging from the white house on this. president trump was asked about this yesterday at his press conference. and said that one thing that might be a good thing or a possibility coming out of the coronavirus ordeal is that fewer people might be shaking hands. and for trump, who is a notorious germaphobe, that might not be a bad thing. >> he said in his press conference, maybe this is the new normal.

>> it's a habit you have to get into. you saw the fist bump. >> elbow bump. >> what are the other officials doing that we covered the president a lot with this. other people have come into contact with people who have tested positive. that includes ivanka trump, william barr. what are they doing? >> it's a mixed bag on their part. some of the president's top allies in congress, like senator ted cruz and paul gosar in the house have self-quarantined themselves after coming into contact with a person that later tested positive at the conservative political action convention. but others like attorney general barr and ivanka trump have not been tested nor did they go into quaranti quarantine, even after coming into contact with officials that did test positive for the coronavirus. >> looking at "the washington post" and analyzing the administration's response. how jared kushner comes into

play. he rushed in to help right trump's widely panned oval office address to the nation. his father, curt klaus, an emergency room doctor, crowd sourced advice from the facebook network to pass along to kushner. what do you make of that? >> i think what this shows is towards the beginning of the administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was somewhat of a tangled web of leadership structures. but it looks like that's being ironed out over the past few days. >> nicholas, what do you think and what do you make of the rhetoric as we have come to now that the world health organization has declared this a global pandemic? do you think that the president is beyond making this political beyond blame and trying to focus on working to stop its spread? >> the trump administration is definitely trying to move on

from the political part of this. the surgeon general actually had a message to the media during the press conference yesterday, to stop trying to assign blame, with the pandemic. but you know, as "the washington post" reported, here and as we've seen from some of the trump administration's response so far, it has been somewhat of a jumbled response. look at, for instance, what happened with the google announcement. president trump said that google was trying to develop a nationwide website that would be available and rolled out throughout the whole country. and google contradicted the trump administration after putting out a statement saying that the website for initial coronavirus screening would only be available in the bay area and rolled out some time in the near future. >> that website was supposed to help tell people where to get tested if they were experiencing symptoms. nicholas wu, thank you. delayed primaries and candidates debating in front of an empty room. >> how the coronavirus outbreak is changing the shape of the

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we're back with the race for the white house. senator bernie sanders and joe biden preparing for their first two-candidate debate of the season. they face off tonight in washington, d.c. it was planned for arizona but moved out of caution for coronavirus concerns. there will be no audience tonight. georgia is the second state to postpone the primary because of the virus. the march 24th will be moved to may. officials set to vote on tuesday, march 17th, say those elections will go on as planned. though they are encouraging voters to mail in their ballots or vote early. joe biden picking up a big endorse from the national

education foundation. they say biden the tireless advocate and the partner that students and educators need now. bernie sanders holding his his first virtal campaign, a fireside chat in vermont. he says this shows why the country needs ned carefor all. >> i would hope everyone in the government understands that it is insane to be suggesting that people cannot afford to get the testing that they need and that it is equally insane that they may not be able to perform the treatment they need. >> all right. let's talk about the all-important numbers for tu tuesday, 577, the biggest price here, florida, 219. after all of those delegates are awarded up to 38% will be done.

>> joining us now, matp broadsky, brecktor of communications with the arizona democratic party. i know it's early, good morning to you, thanks for joining us. >> thanks. >> other states are canceling. why not arizona? have you considered pushing for that? >> i would be surprised. the majority of arizonans have the ability to vote by mail and early. we've seen an influx in vote by mail. we anticipate bigger turnout. i would be surprised if we even considered moving this election. >> all right. so the atlanta frames it, millions of voters are going to grasp the same door handles, wait in long lines with dozens of other people. not quite the image of social

distancing there. do you concede that voters could be put at risk? and what's the concern here? so many people showing up to vote that so many get -- >> i think that we're certainly aware of the risk and it's definitely top of mind. an encouraging things we've heard from our election officials is that all the polling locations will have extra soap. voting machines will be sanitized. there will be extra staff on hand to help. we are encouraged and would remind the public to use commonsense and be smart, follow best practices. but we're encouraged. >> early voting in arizona ended march 11th. is it possible some waited and now will choose to not risk it? >> it's a possibility. something that we've done in the last couple of days as we've extended the early ballot drop-off period under emergency

provisions, so people can do that through monday, tomorrow. i would encourage everybody to drop or their ballot. it's important that their voices are heard. >> let's talk about poll workers. do you worry about those people potentially getting exposed? they tend to be older more vulnerable populations. do you expect some to not show up because they don't want to risk it? >> we appreciate our poll workers. that decision will be up to them. we have not heard about people dropping out at this point in time. as i mentioned before, i think all these polling locations are going to have essential things on hand like hand sanitizer, soap. i do believe people are going to be protected. >> low giftics at side, what is at sake in it arizona? polls show biden edging out sanders but he's done well among latino voters. any surprises?

>> i will tell you both are popular with the democratic party here, both have strong name recognition. we have seen joe biden move up in the polls since super tuesday. as i mentioned, 60% of arizonans held off until after super tuesday. we'll have to wait and see. either candidate could win the state. >> matt gratsky, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. stay with us for live post-debate analysis. join our political experts tonight only on msnbc. while americans rine up across the country to find out if they're infected, coming up the top of the hour. infected, p the top of the hour. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye.

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