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hey there. i'm joshua johnson live at headquarters in new york. there is no sign of slowing the spread of coronavirus across the u.s. a short time ago that number surpassed 3,000 cases and 60 deaths. the white house has scheduled a press conference in two hours

led by the vice president, and the doctor america is turning to for leadership, dr. anthony fouci, says we must do more. >> americans should be prepared that they're going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing. >> after weeks of demand the boost the number of test kits, there is a glimmer of hope. >> obviously early on we weren't in the situation where we could get the tests out. we need to get the private sector involved. just a couple of days ago we had the ceos who going to be putting it on full overdrive. i would expect that soon. i'm talking about days to a week, where you'll start to see it go up like this. not everybody tomorrow is going to be able to get a test. pretty soon you'll see a major escalation of capability and implementation. >> speaking of tests, president trump has tested negative for the virus.

the president took the test friday after a recent dinner with a brazilian delegation, some members of whom tested positive. new polling reveals just how worried americans are. 60% feel the worst is yet to come. in addition, more than 40% say their day-to-day lives will change as a result of the pandemic. opinions of how president trump is handling this crisis remain divided along party lines and mirror the president's general approval ratings. 45% of voters approve of how he's handling this issue. that's almost identical to his overall job rating. now to our nation's airports with lines getting longer and more unnerving. it's been two days since the u.s. imposed a travel ban on europe, which prompted confusion, anger and long waits and international terminals. travelers packed the customs checkpoints at all 13 airports

that have international flights. tomorrow night the banned list will add the uk and ireland. wendy is live at o'hare. how different is this from the long lines o'hare is used to? >> reporter: hi, as you know travel from overseas several trans atlantic flights bringing 2, 300 people at the same time. they all land around the same time. that's going to cause a bottleneck on a goodday here. last night when you add in new federal screening, not enough workers, and it's going to be a disaster, just like in the pictures we've all now seen. they went viral last night, several thousand people jammed into a small area, just at this airport alone, landing from europe, standing here waiting in lines four to six and in some cases eight hours to get screened and through customs. that goes directly against local

health departments and cdc guidelines to prevent the spread of covid-19. and a frustrated chicago mayor, laurie lightfoot voicing concern about not being given directives. >> i want to makeno known, the fail is directly the cause of last night's unacceptable conditions at o'hare international airport and other airports across the country. >> reporter: we know it's going to be another rough day here at o'hare. we have flights that are already en route from europe now. they are trying to stagger the landing times according to the f.a.a., and they've asked the faa to keep passengers on the planes to they can be processed in a safer, more smooth transition here. that's the only way we're going to do it here, joshua, is if we

cut through some of this red tape so that everyone stays safe in this awful awful situation. >> that's wendy wolfoke in chicago o'hare. thanks very much. now drive-through coronavirus testing is underway in new york state. the first site opened on friday in new rochelle. governor andrew cuomo says the city has the largest coronavirus cluster. that's where chris pellen is joining us live. how is the testing going? >> reporter: it appears to be going smoothly. we're kept at a perimeter a ways. an officer behind me will stop the people, say are you here for testing? if the person has an appointment for testing they'll let them over. i will say since a little after 8:00 this morning, we've seen a steady stream of cars coming through. we know they tested about 150 people or so on friday.

it appeared that the number was approximately the same yesterday. as a matter of fact governor cuomo just released the list of people who had been tested -- or the numbers of people who had been tested. in this county there had been about 109 tests since 6:00 p.m. last night. we can extrapolate quite a bit happened here, because this is the first drive-through coronavirus testing spot in the state. the process is taking about 15 minutes. the idea is that you don't have to have people go to a hospital or a medical facility possibly inferkting other people in order to get tested. so things appear to be going fairly smoothly out here. >> that's chris pellen in new rochel new york, thanks very much. the white house plans to hold another update today at 5:00 eastern. yesterday officials announced president trump tested negative and shows no symptoms. nbc white house correspondent

kelly o'donnell joins us now. what can we expect today? >> we've seen the president doing a lot of tweeting on a range of subjects today, and at 5:00 we expect the task force to come out and as the vice president forecast yesterday, we expect to hear more about testing and the website that will give people more information about what qualifies you for testing in terms of symptoms, where to go, how that will work with some of the corporate partners that are working with the government who are going to be making some of their parking lot space available for drive-through testing. that's what they said they were going to be telling us about today. and so that's our best guess at this point. we have checked with a number of officials trying to get more specifics about new information they may be providing, and we haven't gotten any further update yet going beyond what the vice president already said. president trump is also scheduled today to be speaking with grocery executives. we've all seen, if you have been to the store in your neighborhood, there was been a

run on certain kinds of supplies. and so talking to grocery executives, we expect they'll talk about supply chains, how to get new product in, and some of the concerns or issues that those stores would have, and how the federal government may be able to help. joshua? >> before we move on, the president tweeted just within the last 45 minutes or so about michael flynn writing, i am strongly considering a full pardon, unquote. do we know anything more about that? >> reporter: we don't except it is very noteworthy the president is leaning this far into a full pardon. michael flynn, who served briefly as national security adviser, pleaded guilty of one count of lying to the fbi. his lawyers have been saying that they want to retract that guilty plea and want to argue that they have not been given the proper disclosure of documents and information gathered by prosecutors that they say was not properly turned over to the defense, and that is their basis for wanting to

nullify his guilty plea. president trump prompted by something today. we don't know what it was that caused him to talk about michael flynn. the president likes the paurdon power. we've seen that. this will be the first individual related to the russia investigation where the president has leaned so heavily toward a pardon. he has often when we've asked about paul manafort or michael cohen or other figures, he has typically said, it isn't the time to talk about that. so that is noteworthy today that the president moved the ball. >> thank you. that's kelly o'donnell at the white house. now let's focus back on coronavirus. in california new restrictions and bans are in effect in several counties as the coronavirus cases surge. the l.a. times report, san mateo county just south of san francisco, placed limits on gatherings of 10 or more people and officially banned those of 50 or more. santa claira county the next

county south on friday restricted gatherings of 35 or more and banned those of 100 or more. contra casta banned all nonessential events of 100 or more. sco scott cohen joins us from sunnyvale, california. what's going on there? >> reporter: as you can see, there's still plenty of traffic going on at this supermarket that we've been at all weekend. but putting it into perspective, as you said santa claira county has limited gatherings of more than 3,500 and banned -- they've been living with this for a little while now. there was the first county to be hit. they had their first coronavirus case back on january 31st. so they've had a chance to get used to this just a little bit. 114 cases now and two deaths. now they're starting to settle

into the idea of this enforced social distancing. there are people coming here back to this supermarket for a second round of things. some of the shelves are picked through, as you've seen across the country. no toilet paper here, hand sanitizer, shortage of pasta and frozen foods. they get another shipment in tomorrow. the question is whether that will be a full shipment. a lot they've gotten thus far have been shorted because of all the demand. >> the supermarkets in silicon valley. in sunnyvale, california, thanks very much. coming up, an emergency relief package is working its way through congress including free testing, sick pay and family leave. the senate takes up the bill tomorrow. we'll get a preview. also in our next hour a panel of medical experts will join us to answer your coronavirus questions. email your questions to

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an emergency coronavirus relief package is one step closer to becoming law. the house passed it this weekend. now it's headed to the senate and has the backing of trump. nancy pelosi and steven mnuchin did much of the negotiating. this week the senate was scheduled to be on recess, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell canceled that but allowed members to head home for the weekend. minority leader chuck schumer called that move in his words remarkably irresponsible and out of touch. that's a quote. we expect the senate to take up the aid package tomorrow. joining us now, sheila jackson lee. congresswoman, welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me this

afternoon. >> 363 to 40, it does have the backing of the president. some republican senators including mcconnell say they'll need to look it over more about of they know if it's ready for them to approve. are there areas that need to be adjusted in your view? >> you know, we are in a crisis of pandemic proportions. we are almost in the same mode as the nation was in in world war ii, where the government had to stand up, the people were united, and we had to come together in order to achieve victory. i don't think we have the time for plague around the edges. we do have opportunities going forward with different legislation. there's a lot more work to be done. i'd ask the senate and senator mcconnell who i believe should not have left washington and been immediately present to take up the house bill, that was a bipartisan effort with the speaker of the house democrats and republicans joining, and the president, to vote on this immediately. this is a people-focused crisis.

people are going to be harmed. and what this package does, families first, as you've indicated, is to provide necessary free testing, which never your in your district, everyone is asking and fearful about. giving people time off, unemployment insurance. another thing that's very important is providing the emergency protective equipment of all of the people that will come in contact with those through testing and care, from firefighters to medical personnel to cleaning people, to police officers. the very people that i've been speaking to while home in my district, those materials are crucial, and what we have provided is money to make sure we have enough of that and it starts heading to local communities. >> i love your sense of what people in the district are saying about one aspect of the bill that the "new york times" editorial bill considers a flaw. they wrote, the requirement, this requirement about guaranteed paid sick leave, the requirement does not apply to the nation's largest employers,

companies with 500 or more workers who together employ roughly 54% of all workers. it allows the labor department to grant hardship exceptions with fewer than 50 employees. all those sick workers are urged to stay home. this emergency legislation does not ensure that most of them will be compensated. i'm not sure how i see how that works for folks in your district, folks for any district, when odds are if you flip a coin, they're not getting out. >> let me tell you how it works. first of all in addition to the bill we passed, the administration declared a national emergency which is going to release $50 billion. several things come up. state emergency plan, hospital emergency plan, flexibility in how hospitals work. as it relates to the larger businesses, there's going to be relief going forward. we have not finished legislating. what was thought was that these large companies, they have health benefits for their employees.

many, many of them have family and flooeld medical leave, the opportunity for these individuals to take two weeks vacation. in the hourly wage and small businesses, that is not the case. this may be individuals that have been laid off because of all the closings, nba closings, ncaa, all those people that work in those kinds of businesses, rest raurcht businesses, we knew they would be in the eye of the storm. the large businesses, we'll be calling back to or in washington in the next days looking at this next steps now that this has been declared and are releasing $50 billion. what is important with he knew that the little folk, people wanted to be tested. we knew we had medical professionals that needed to have the kind of equipment. right now what should have been done months ago, because we first knew about this in november of 20 snoi19, as you sd from a witness that i questioned

in the homeland security, we should have been producing tests way back then. now we've got roche and thermo fisher that is supposed to get a million test kits out. my state is in desperate need. my city and county worked extensively. we also need ventilators, ventilator manufacturers to produce those, and stand-up mask units to complement or supplement hospitals. >> that is one of the things that some of our viewers have been asking about. we'd love to check in with you from time to time as this progresses. democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee, thanks for talking to us. >> thank you. we'll focus on foreign countries and faith communities. italy is on lockdown as coronavirus cases and deaths are rising fast. pope francis closed lent services to the public. live in rome.

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streets from france and spain are eerily quiet. they're the latest european countries to impose lock downs. yesterday spain announced that its 47 million citizens would be put under a partial lockdown for 15 days. the death toll there is nearing 200 people. france closed all restaurants, clubs and nonessential businesses just after midnight. meanwhile italy is already enforcing extreme measures to slow the pandemic. the pope's holy week and easter services normally draw tens of thousands. those are closed to the public. italy has more than 21,000 confirmed cases. that is where we find nbc's matt bradley joining us now. how are people handling these

restrictions, especially as they get tighter and tighter? >> reporter: yeah, joshua, before i get to that, i want to tell you we've gotten fresh numbers from here in italy. those number of cases now, that's 25,000, or nearly 25,000 cases. the number deaths here as surged by 368 in the last 24 hours. now it's more than 1800 deaths for this country. italy has long been and seems to continue to be the worst afflicted country in europe, the most afflicted country after china worldwide. now, as for how people, italians are landeling this lockdown that's now going into its second week here, they've been actually, you know, abiding by the rules. we've been walking around today and yesterday, we have a special letter that allows us to walk around. and we do get stopped by police officers. they're been very owe fishus, telling us to go home. even standing around with my

crew on the streets, the police will pull up and tell us despite our letter will tell us to stand at least three feet away from each other. if you disowe pay them, they will fine you or through you in jail. so it's a very serious crackdown here, and it's what we're going to start to see in france and spain, and it's something that americans are going to have to start looking closely at. >> thank you, matt and for those numbers. just under 25,000 cases, just over 1800 dead in italy. that's nbc's matt bradley in rome. president trump declared a national day of prayer for all americans. he writes, i urge americans of all fact and religious traditions and backgrounds to offer prayers for all those affected, including people who have suffered harm or lost loved once. let's discuss it with father james mart oern, editor in large, david at a jewish church.

gentlemen, glad to have you all with us. father martin, we know that the arch diocese has canceled masses starting this weekend. kentucky, washington state and others are following suit. talk about some of the more prakt cal challenges that come into play when church leaders on a local level have to deal with this kind of a dictum from the vatican. it must present different challenges for different congregations. >> it does. i think these are wise and prudent. of course if removes from people the sustenance of mass and the yook wrist and coming together. there are questions about people wanting to go to confession, seeking out priest or pastoral counteling to say nothing of things like weddings or funerals. it's been difficult for a lot of people. i think the diocese of the united states have handled it

well, been swift about these cancellations. >> rabbi englar, david law has made a number of announcements including regarding the kissing of the mez usa, posted over the household, the marks that were placed to spare the first born. this has to present challenges, when you're told that this is an important symbol, but don't touch it. that's got to be hard. >> well, it absolutely is difficult. i think all of us are feeling the difficulty. i've worked with a situation like this at this moment. i think -- for the lack we have. but the symbol of it is a symbol

of passing through -- for us to be free, we had to actually pass through -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt you. we're having technical issues on skype. we'll come back to you. imam latif, let me come to you, particularly because this is having a material effect on muslims around the world. many of us are familiar with the hodge, the fillu pilgrimage that all are called to make. the hodge isn't until july, i believe. i'd like your sense of how this is affecting the muslim students, the islamic center at nyu, because now is an important moment on the calendar for muslims around the world? >> we were supposed to take a group on an annual trip we do last thursday. we had to cancel it given the circumstances. >> what is umra? how does that differ?

>> it's a minor pilgrimage where the hodge is done over days and seeks to -- the omra can be performed in few hours in the city of mecca. we're encouraging our community members and students to still utilize the time to see how they can be connected and engage their faith in meaningful ways, virtually, online, we just launched a campaign to give people an opportunity to support people who are stricken by finance hardships. our center is working with a service social called plenty appeal usa and celebrate mercy, more of an educational system that seeks to put on programs and campaigns inspired by prophet mohammed, peace be upon him, to help people who have been stricken by financial hardship as a result of this virus. we have raced about $2,000 an hour since friday night, and the

numbers just keep going up. people can apply for grants if they've lost jobs, work as a result. our website is launchgood.com/corona. >> what do you tell students from a spiritual perspective about what's going on and how this relates to the practice of their faith? >> i think what we tell them is that solitude is just a much a part of our religion as communal experience. and the ability to learn and engage in new circumstances can be an opportunity for real growth and perspective. we've transferred a lot of our content and programming online. we've asked our students in our professional community members to help us create that much more content so people can stay connected and be in this cohesive experience by utilizing platforms like zoom, instagram, facebook, twitter. so even if you're alone in your own space, you're still

virtually connecting to others. >> father martin, i wonder how you talk to people about who they're dealing with through a spiritual lens. god did not give us a -- come to me. when you're talking about this global pandemic that nobody knows about that's spreading quickly that still hasn't reached its zenith in the united states, we don't know what's going to happen, all of these elderly seniors are at risk, it's hard to get over that spirit of fear. what do you say to a person of faith to try to help them through that? >> well, i think it's important to distinguish between legitimate concern and the necessary precautions that doctors and public health officials are asking to us take. and panic, panic is not coming from god. that's what i've been telling people. panic removes us from the help god wants to give us, which is calm and tranquillity and

rationality. i don't think panic helps anybody. there's a reason why jesus says over and over, be not afraid. >> rabbi, i believe we've got you back on the line. at the time when there are so many people afraid to gather, come to together, before we let you go, what do you say for worshipers who are encouraged to make real distance between one another and even perhaps encouraged to quarantine? >> well, i just think that it's so important for us to remember that social distancing doesn't have to be spiritual distancing. and that -- practicing for the sake of the other, for the sake of those of us around us, what we're doing now -- of ourself sometimes -- comfortable -- using technology, it's not perfect, glitch free. we do for the sake of our fellow human beings. we need to stay centered, encourage one another to love

each other, not to look at each other with wary eyes and worrying whether or not we're going to be infected by one another but our smiles and facial expressions and other things are spiritual right now at this moment. i want to mention that it's a year since the -- we as religious people must remember to look at each other with eyes of love and compassion even as fear might be some of the -- so probable for us. in our part, our connection with one another. >> i know the connection isn't perfect. i hear you mentioned it's a year since the massacre in christchurch, new zealand. social distancing does not have to equal spiritual distancing. thank you all very much. still to come, coronavirus and the kpansz, joe biden and bernie sanders are preparing for tonight's debate. how are their campaigns adjusting to life off the trail? and remember next hour our

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the coronavirus outbreak is changing the democratic primary, just two days before contests in arizona, california, florida and illinois. the biden campaigns are going virtual to avoid large rallies. the poll out today shows joe

biden leading about two to one. the first one-on-one debate is scheduled for debate. it will take place at cnn in washington with no audience. let's get the latest from nbc's ali vitali and shaquille brewster joining us from washington. biden tried a virtual town hall yesterday. there were glitches. he's been trying to adjust with not being able to hold campaign rallies in person and still has this debate to prep for. how is it going in the bidden camp? >> reporter: on the debate front, the biden team has been hunkered down doing debate prep. he's also been telecampaigning. you mentioned the glitches associated with that. that's technology. they'll hammer it out. we see bernie sanders doing the same thing, trying to get out and speak to supporters directly without doing those big fatherings that are the hallmark of campaigning, especially at

this juncture. you opponent out that the debate tonight is coming against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic. this is the leadership test for both of those candidates. i know the polling said that biden is leading sanders two to one. but we've seen debates can have tangible impacts. that's what the sanders team is hoping for. shaq will tell us more about that. for joe biden he's made this election a binary choice between him and president trump. you see they're messaging out in terms of op-eds from the vice president, he's saying that the coronavirus only highlights the job that president trump is doing, biden promitioning he'll do it better. you hear it from his surrogates. we were just on a phone call with some of the biden team surrogates in ohio. congressman tim ryan pointed out the former v.p. does have experience with things like this, ebola, the zika virus.

we'll hear that from himself tonight. >> you hit on had leadership question. not only does the sanders campaign have to deal with big rallies and events that are not going to happen because of coronavirus, but there is there's this leadership argument. joe biden has made this his primary argument. he even had that presidential style speech a few days ago. what's the sanders campaign's plan to counter that? >> reporter: you know, this is a time when you would see senator sanders out on the campaign trail the most, especially ahead of the debate and going into these states where in 2016, he was behind, lost back in 2016. you have senator sanders trying to do what he can to get aurntd this. understanding that there's this coronavirus crisis. but also trying to have the message, send his message out, talk about things like medicare for all, family or paid family and medical leave. and you got a hint of that from senator sanders last night when he had the so-called fire site

chat. his campaign said over 100,000 people were watching at one point on this livestream. take a listen to a little bit of his message where he tries to connect this crisis to ideas he's been talking about on this campaign trail all along. >> at the moment i would hope that everybody in the government understands that the in the midst of this crisis, it is insane to be suggesting people cannot other ford to get the testing they need and that it is equally insane that they may not be able to afford the treatment they need. >> reporter: and in that fire site chat that he had, he teased a little bit to his messaging against vice president biden today in the debate, talking about the different areas that he's going to try to address with vice president bidden. of course coronavirus being central in those topics. joshua? >> shaquille brewster and ali vitali. thanks very much. don't you forget to stay with

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spreading the virus. they're no stranger to crisis. how will it face this new challenge? let's discuss it about sophia thomas. she's a family and pediatric nurse polly watts owns the avenue pub on st. charles avenue. welcome both to the program. >> thank you so much for having us. >> polly, tell me about your bar and how you are doing now. i'm sure you would rather to be fully open. how are you dealing with this weird moment in your service? >> well, to some extent we're figuring it out as we go. i've spent the last probably two weeks in anticipation of the slowdown happening. figuring out what happens my employees have. how many additional paid time

off i can provide. we even cooked meals for people to stuff their freezers and their parents and loved ones freezers just in case we got to the point where the grocery stores weren't open. the situation is very fluid. the city put out a long list of help today on noaa.gov. i haven't had a chance to get through the bottom of it and then get it to my staff. we also have a social worker that we contract that is working on a list of things that can help employees should they not be able to work. >> does this situation resemble in any way what medical professiona professionals, health care providers learned after hurricane katrina. even with dealing with the government, underserved communities, communities aren't as well connected to health care. how is this situation going in terms of what new orleans has

had to learn the hard way about dealing with a crisis? >> absolutely. new orleans has had to deal with disasters in the past. with hurricane katrina we learned many lessons and we learned about how to come together in time of crisis. this week the governor and the mayor of new orleans really took a strong stance when they instituted the bans on people gathering for more than 250 people as well as the closing the schools in the state. it's been a really proactive and strong stance at trying to really flatten the curve and prevent the spread of the illness which is rapidly rising here in the new orleans area. >> sofia, what's the situation with testing right now? >> so with testing, we currently have 91 cases of coronavirus with two deaths. testing is readily available.

more offices are available to do the test. the governor has designated all community health centers as testing sites for citizens. we are very lucky in this area the health care community is on board. everybody has been really working to pull together to really prevent the spread of this infection. i realize it's not the case in other parts of the country but we're very lucky here in new orleans. >> polly, i don't want to make too many comparisons between new orleans and key west. i know hold up it is coming from south florida when there's a hurricane coming and you try to get people to board up and say they i've been through too many, i've been through the last one. i'm going to hang out here and dare the storm to blow me in the water. if that's the way it is in key west, i can only imagine how it can with some in new orleans who don't feel like stopping the

party. >> yes. there was a well publicized st. patrick's day debacle that the mayor rightfully cracked down on. you see an element of that. in my bar, we're still open. we have hand sanitizer and wipes and lysol everywhere and we're using it regularly. in my bar i've seen my patrons be responsible. we always keep hand sanitizer on the bar, the whole year. we're foseeing people use it an practicing social distancing within the bar. we have a lot of seating. they are spreading out. they are not clustering next to each other. most of the behavior i've seen in my bar has been responsible. i can't tell you bourbon street has been that good. >> i imagine. social distancing isn't really what happens a lot in new

orleans. very briefly before we go, what's the situation for the nurses who are working in new orleans? how are they doing with all of this? >> so the nurses and nurse practictioners are ready and able to care for the patient who is are here and who will be coming. certainly we all have families and we may become patients ourselves. we look forward to our other colleagues working together and really helping to fill the void should some of us become ill and be quarantined for 14 days. >> sofia thomas, polly watts, thanks very much for talking to us. >> thank you for having us. >> we will answer more of your questions about coronavirus. you have been flooding us with questions and we are happy to answer more of them. our experts are standing be i to talk travel, mental health and our understanding of the virus itself. we'll get you some answers as the news continues on msnbc. an the news continues on msnbc.

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welcome to a special hour of msnbc. focused on the coronavirus pandemic. >> every day this outbreak grows and so do number of questions we have been getting. >> while question do get those questions answered for you, you can keep them coming all through

this show. msnbc answers on twitter, facebook and instagram. you can e-mail us to talk@msnbc.com. first we want to get you up to speed on the latest news on coronavirus. >> we're just two hours away from an update from the white house on the pandemic and what's being done to combat it. this as the number of cases in the u.s. has now passed 3,000, including 61 deaths. >> the country's top infectious disease expert anthony fauci warns we still need to do more to stop the spread. >> would you prefer a 14-day national shutdown to slow this down. >> i would prefer as much as we could. i think we should be overly aggressive and get criticized for over reacting. i think americans should be prepared they will have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing. >> we're seeing massive lines and over crowding at airports now as travelers are attempting to get into the u.s. amid the new coronavirus im