i'm brianna keilar in for jake tapper.d impossible, avoid crowds in the big apple. but new york city has taken big steps to slow the spread of coronavirus as more people test positive there, including a guest at the city's ronald mcdonald house and a new york city firefighter. joining me now is new york city mayor bill de blasio, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, brianna. >> so new york, obviously, is one of the most densely populated cities in america. i wonder, given how prevalent the virus is in new york, do you think it's likely that everyone in your city has actually come into contact with this virus? >> i don't think we can say that, brianna, but we can say because of community spread, it is clearly widespread already in new york city and will continue to grow. the numbers, we had 25 confirmed cases on monday. we have 269 this morning. and that number is going to grow today. we're going to clearly have a thousand cases at some point next week, probably not even too far into next week. there is community spread

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>>> i am brianna keilar. we begin with the latest, president trump is set to have a press conference this afternoon. life as we know it has changed dramatically. more than 1,007 cases. 1,700 cases. leaders across the country are banning public gatherings. states closing schools affecting millions of children and parents. a number of governors have made state emergency declarationdec . organizeres have postponed the boston marathon and the masters have cancelled. travel restrictions is set to begin tonight at 11:59 p.m. banning travelers from dozens of european countries and rerouting flights for medical screening. the administration announcing steps to testing. as all of this plays out, we are learning president trump is likely to declare a national emergency when we speaks a little later this afternoon. i want to bring in cnn's kaitlan collins looifr frive from the w house. >> reporter: it would be the president declaring an emergency declaration under the stafford act. with the national emergency, that's wh

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i'm brianna keilar and this is cnn's continuing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. this hour at fema headquarters, the president is going to join a video conference with the nation's governors as many of them face intense pressure to get more protective supplies to their health care workers. the numbers show that the situation is only getting more urgent for those on the front line of the outbreak here. nearly 11,000 cases and more than 160 deaths are now confirmed in the u.s. and this is a dramatic increase from just one week ago, as more americans get tested. and yet a short time ago, the president remained unclear about if he would invoke the defense production act. this is something that would help increase the manufacturing of masks and other protective gear. >> -- invoking the production -- >> i've done it. i've done it. >> but you said -- >> i've done it. we find if we need something, we will do it. you don't know if we've invoked it, you don't know what'sen ordered. what's not been ordered. i can only tell you, i can only tell you, as an example, masks, nobo

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>>> i'm brianna keilar live from washington. and under way right now, the senate trying to rush a mammoth stimulus package through today. this is a bill that promises to inject $2 trillion into the american economy. the end goal is to fend off a new great depression. this morning, new york's governor offering a glimmer of hope, evidence suggesting that social distancing and putting american life on hold might be working, but there is a disconnect today between when president trump wants to get america back to normal and when his own health experts on his coronavirus task force say that would be safe to do. now, the latest cnn tally puts the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. at more than 60,000, which is almost 10,000 new cases each day. and of those cases nationwide, about half of them are in new york. the governor there, andrew cuomo, saying last hour, his state has ten times the problem of the next most impacted state. some good news this morning that social distancing measures might be working, he says, but that is real

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. >>> hi, i'm brianna keilar, this is cnn's special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.h urge sis and desperation. andrew cuomo is taking aim at the federal government's lack of response. cuomo also dlifrlg what he called troubling and astonishing news. that is that the rate of infection is kleiman in new york. it is steeper, climbing higher than they had even anticipated. >> the inescapable conclusion is that the rate of infection is going up. it is spiking. the apex is higher than we thought and the apex is sooner than we thought. that is a bad combination of facts. so slow the spread, we'll still keep doing everything we can, but it is clear

. >>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and this is cnn special live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. is now accelerating. the senate voting on whether to move forward with trillion dollar legislation that's supposed to bring major relief to the nation. 11 states now

>>> i am brianna keilar, we are seeing unprecedented measures trying to slow the spread of the outbreak. there are more than 3800 reported cases in the united states and 68 deaths. experts say the actual number is higher because of the slow testing. new jersey is the first state to impose a curfew. governor murphy says he wants no travels between the hour of 8:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. new york is closing theaters, and bars and banning gatherings over 50 people. the people avoiding gathering 50 or more the next eight weeks. we expect to hear more later this afternoon, we are hearing the trump administration rec me mending nationwide curfew targeting restaurants and bars. the supreme court will delay hearings and oral arguments in any of the cases. the white house announced they cancelled the easter egg event. more than 30 million kids, more than half the children are home today. the happiest place is among the quiet. this is a video taken a short time ago of walt disney world of orlando. all parks and lego land are closed for at least two weeks. we need to stay away from large public gather

>>> hi, i'm brianna keilar, this is cnn's special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. with urge sis and desperation. andrew cuomo is taking aim at the federal government's lack of response. cuomo also dlifrlg what he called troubling and astonishing news. that is that the rate of infection is kleiman in new york. it is steeper, climbing higher than they had even anticipated. >> the inescapable conclusion is that the rate of infection is going up. it is spiking. the apex is higher than we thought and the apex is sooner than we thought. that is a bad combination of facts. so slow the spread, we'll still keep doing everything we can, but it is clear we must dramatically increase the hospital capacity to meet that highest apex. >>> now, at least 16 states have issued state at-home orders to force social distancing, while other states in major cities have it moved to close nonessential businesses. in the united kingdom, three threatening fines for anyone who ignores the new strict order. $35 on the spot if you are where you are not supposed to be. >>> there will be no olymp

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>>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now we begin with breaking news out of tennessee where 22 people are now dead after tornadoes ripped through the state. the deadly storms hit just after midnight as people were asleep. this massive tornado captured on camera in nashville where residents had just a few minutes to seek shelter. those who did experience this said it was like a scene from a movie. >> i started running down the hallway, the ceiling is just caving in, debris everywhere and water is just pouring from the ceiling. it's like waterfalls. the roof was missing on part of the building. we went into our room to grab some shoes, and we don't have a door on our building, no windows. it's really bad. >> and this damage is extensive, as you can see. nearly 50 buildings are damaged or destroyed in the national area alone. cars just tossed around like they were toys. swimming pools filled with debris. president trump announcing just a short time ago that he is going to visit this area on friday to see the

>>> i'm brianna keilar at the cnn washington headquarters. we start right now with the breakout of the coronavirus virus. worldwide we have passed the 100,000 mark on confirmed cases. this is nearly triple the total we saw on monday. and this morning president trump signed the new $8.3 billion coronavirus emergency funding bill that was passed overwhelmingly by congress. he said one upshot of the outbreak is that americans are staying home and spending their money here in the u.s. instead of in other countries while on vacation. but the stock market is taking another pounding today. here you can see the dow is down over 500 points after dropping nearly a thousand points yesterday. and there are a slew of new coronavirus cases. since this time yesterday, we have added colorado, maryland, pennsylvania and indiana to the list of u.s. states who have confirmed cases, and now there is a second case in a veteran affairs facility. this time it's in nevada. and the university of washington will now only have online classes for the rest of this quarte

>>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. underway right now, as the coronavirus outbreak spreads inside the united states, new measures being taken to contain it and new questions about whether it's being properly tracked. >>> plus as the field shrinks, the biggest part of the day is just hours from now. see super tuesday's biggest prizes and where the candidates are spending their last hours. >>> the former mayor buttigieg talks to former president obama about who he will endorse. >>> cases of the virus jumped to over two dozen over the weekend, bringing this number to at least 89. worldwide there are almost 90,000 confirmed cases and more than 3,000 people have died. washington state's governor declaring a health emergency after the state recorded the first two deaths in the u.s. and there is growing concerns the virus has been present in a nursing home community there for weeks. president trump saying today that a previously planned meeting with pharmaceutical company executives will now focus on accelerating the timeline

. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn's washington headquarters. we start with the spread of the coronavirus and efforts to protect against it. the senate is set to vote this hour on more than $8 billion in emergency funding to combat the virus. in the meantime, senators say the trump administration will fail to keep its promise on testing kits. in monday's task force briefing, the head of the fda said a million kits would be ready by friday, but we have now learned they won't. in the united states there are now more than 160 confirmed cases, and this is encompassing cases in 16 states now. new york saw their first case on sunday and now 13 people have been confirmed sick with the virus there. as this virus spreads, more and more communities are being proactive. there are a smattering of schools across the u.s. that have closed to protect from the virus. many of them are near that nursing home in kirkland, washington outside of seattle where several residents have died. but worldwide there's been an extreme abundance of caution. iran, japan and ita

i'm brianna keilar in for brooke baldwin and thank you so much for joining cnn's special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. we saw it happen in china. we are seeing this happen in italy and now the united states is experiencing its first sense of the unforgiving covid-19 battleground that doctors have been warning of for weeks. "the new york times" just captured images inside elm hurst hospital in queens showing overwhelmed hospital floors, underprotected hospital workers and patient after patient arriving seriously ill and highly contagious from coronavirus. a refrigerator car was brought in for the bodies, and as the hospital is struggling to keep up in numbers keep closing up. closing up on 75,000 cases nationwide. the u.s. also passing the somber milestone of more than a thousand people in the country dying from covid-19. and with those kinds of numbers, new york's governor says no matter what plan you have, it will not ease the burden on hospitals and first responders. >> almost any scenario that is realistic will overwhelm the capacity of the current health care system. so a

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>>> i'm brianna keilar. welcome back to cnn's special coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. as we're faced with a grim reality that the united states now has more than 91,000 cases, this is more than anywhere else in the world. new york has nearly half of those cases and today, governor cuomo announced his state has more than 500 deaths so far and he said the battle is far from over. >> the benefit and the burn, right, the risk and the reward. we are battling a deadly virus. is there an intrusion on daily life? yes. is there an intrusion on movement, yes. is there an intrusion on the economy, yes. but what's on the other side of this scale is literally saving lives. we're going to do this and we're going to do this together. we go out there today and we kick coronavirus ass. that's what i say. and we're going to save lives and new york is going to thank you. >> our shimon prokupecz there in new york where the makeshift hospital set up. look, we've been talking to you about this all week, shimon. so give us a look now that this has been set up. >> reporter: right. finally, we

i'm brianna keilar, and special coverage continues now with jake tapper. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. i hope you out there or safe and healthy. we begin, with the coronavirus pandemic. the number of confirmed cases in the u.s. taking a big jump today as more tests become available. now, lorne 11,000 people in the confirmed infected. that's impaired to around 1,000 one week ago. though, that number, of course, is expected to grow. the death toll is also rising. it's now up to 164 in the u.s. this point yesterday that number was 120. now up, 44 deaths. the news from the medical front lines is, of course, quite bleak right now. what we're hearing from the white house, however, is muddle. this morning, president trump announced he's pushing the food and drug administration to fast-track treatments for the coronavirus treatments. president trump said in a span of minutes that two drugs were especially approved and that he hopes those and other drugs under evaluation could be a big breakthrough. what the president said was either confusing o

>>> hello, i'm brianna keilar and this is cnn special live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. the world health organization is now accelerating. the senate voting on whether to move forward with trillion dollar legislation that's supposed to bring major relief to the nation. 11 states now and a handful of states with stay at home orders. west virginia added to that list moments ago and many of us hunker down, the number of u.s. coronavirus cases has gone up drastically. now at 40,000 plus and if you just do the math at the right of your screen, at this point, more than one out of ten infections worldwide are american. more than 480 people died from the illness here in the u.s. and rising numbers add more to the urgency from hospitals that are running out of critical gear like masks, protective gear, ventilators, the mayor of new york, a city which now has 20,000 plus cases of coronavirus said supplies likely run out next week. so will congress act this afternoon? the negotiations for the stimulus bill stalled over the the weekend but the leader of senate democrats said he's ho

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>>> i'm brianna keilar in for brooke baldwin. thank you for joining live coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. soon the president is expected to announce a national emergency and separately at any moment, house speaker nancy pelosi will also give details on a major bill responding to the crisis. american life is now on hold, sidelined and disrupted like never before all in the effort to contain the coronavirus. if you or your child have not or been directed to stay at home, the telecommuting and virtual teaching for many will begin next week. reportedly, school is closed for more than 8 million k through 12 students. landmarks shut down. broadway darkened. the masters golf tournament joins an alphabet soup of leagues cancelling competitions. more states are limiting the size of public gatherings. the stock market though is back up after the dow suffered its worst drop since 1987's black monday. what may not be improving is the lack of testing. many of the sick and possibly exposed continue to say they cannot find out if they're c