lemonis: what i liked about what i saw at columbia college is her open-minded willingness to listen tonumber-one key for a new entrepreneur. you guys were awesome. maria: thank you so much. ♪ lulu: so i just would like to hear what you think about creating, first of all, an order of 500 bags and kind of where you think we can get price-wise so that it's profitable for everyone. lemonis: so later in the week, i'm bringing lulu to new york to work on new projects, but before we do that, i want her to sit down with florence and have an honest discussion about how they were going to improve the cost and improve the relationship overall. florence: it's not because you coming with a big number that the bags is going to suddenly becomes, like, 2 hours to make it. lulu: yeah. florence: basically, you need 5 hours. i'm not changing any of my price or anything. you never contest any of my price, never talked about money. lulu: nope. florence: so do you want me to work for free? lulu: no, i don't want you to work for free. florence: oh, okay, okay. you know? and if i give myself to this project,

colleges have canceled in-person classes, including columbia, princeton, rice university, stanford, hofstra, the university of southern california, ohio state, the university of washington. meanwhile, detroit mayor mike duggan announced monday that the city will restore service to thousands of households whose water was shut off. for more, we're joined by two guts. in washington, d.c., thomas bollyky is director of the global health program, senior fellow at the council on foreign relations, and author of the book "plagues and the paradox of progress: why the world is getting healthier in worrisome ways." here in new york, dr. alfredo morabia is professor of epidemiology at the barry commoner center for health and the environment at queens college, city of new york, editor in chief of the american journal of public health. we welcome both of you to democracy now! u.s.s bollyky, why has the mismanaged this so severely at a time when time is of critical importance, at the beginning of a pandemic? for example, the number of tests, the lack of testing available in this country compared to china

on the east coast, princeton, hastra, fordham, barnard college, and columbia university all temporarilynding classes. columbia's president explaining after a member of our community was exposed to covid-19 and is now under quarantine. >> whenever it was away like in a different country or before it came to america, it was like this is like beyond us. but now it's here and i feel like everyone is going to be more aware and spreading, like, just awareness and being -- taking more caution. >> students taking the news in stride. >> i'm not superworried or anything. only because the death rate for people that are under 60 is quite low. so i'm not -- i just don't want to be responsible for like getting anybody else sick i guess. >> college campuses where students and staff live, work, and study in close quarters can be conducive to contagion. one reason columbia graduate student supports the steps being taken. >> as a large community with maybe some people at more risk than others, i think it's important to take precautions. i think they have the compassap to do online classes and alternative

he's the chair of education policy at teachers college at columbia university. aaron, thank you so much for being here. so, martin lays out kind of the -- what's the stake, the stakes of the decision to close schools and what the impact is, far beyond just the immediate actually being at school. you have now ohio and five other states deciding to shut down all schools and other states and cities kind of deciding differently of how to handle it, right? you've got new york city public schools. they're at the moment still open. how are these decisions made today shut schools? what do you think the considerations should be? >> they're very difficult decisions, and they involve in many cases weigh iing several different negative consequences. on the one hand, you have public health officials who may believe that closing schools can help contain the spread of the virus and social distancing being a strategy for doing that, and that's probably the primary argument for closing schools. but closing schools does have consequences for vulnerable children and families as we

you mentioned a number of colleges across country are taking steps to mit date or prevent the spread. columbiahere in new york and barnard college across the street or down the street, they are suspending classes today and tomorrow. they're going to move to online classes for the rest of the week. so wednesday through friday. and then it is spring break. that is one thing that could make this easier for colleges around the country. they're already going to be entering into spring break either now or in a few weeks time. so that is one good thing. but columbia university said they're doing this because a member of the community has been quarantined as a result of exposure to the coronavirus. now this person is not a confirmed case of the virus. but the university wants to take precautions. and students we've been speaking to are taking it in stride. they don't seem particularly worried. talking about taking extra precautions to wash hands and careful not to touch their face. here is more of what one student i spoke to had to say. watch. >> at first i thought everybody was really overreacting. b

i know they want to have access to tests, but i can tell you here at columbia university and the sister college barnard, these are two examples of the schools that are suspending classes, suspended here for a second day and then moving to online instruction for the rest of the week, leading up to spring break. we also learned just this morning that harvard university is also moving to virtual instruction. this is one of the key words here for students. and they're urging them not to come back to campus after spring break, which begins at the end of this week. and this is all about social distancing. we know that colleges are places where students and staff and faculty live, work, study, in very close proximity to one another. so the goal is to try to make sure people are kept far apart from one another. these are schools canceling not just classes, but events and gatherings making sure not more than 25 or 100 people are gathered together to try to stop this virus. the closings are taking place on both coasts, all across the country, stanford, princeton, harvard, a lot of schools. seems like the

colleges, cancelling classes and study-abroad programs. >> i think everybody's just on edge. >> after somebody at columbia university was exposed to the virusthat school cancelled in-person classes. announcing it would transition to online learning by the end of the week. >> you think the college did the right thing by suspending classes for at least two days? >> yeah, i definitely think it was a good idea. especially, just to limit the spread within our classes. >> the new reality of learning while staying safe rahima ellis nbc news, yornew york. >> still ahead, reading rainbow reinvented how two sisters are bringing story time to facebook live. >> plus a 24-pound feline gets a do of sefame but will he be the new floppy-eared mascot? olay regenerist makes my skin feel so dewy and soft and silky and hydrated...incredible. i love it. i'm busy phillips and my skin is confident i can face anything with my olay. and my latest beauty secret.. for bright, smooth skin... olay regenerist cream cleanser. i can't believe it. that chad really was raised by wolves? which one is your mother? that's her right there. oh, gosh. no, i can't believe how easy

followed by columbia university professor of the social information on college campuses pretty check your program guide for more information. now, here's a look at international animals bubbling. statement good evening everybody and welcome. i am the co-owner of the store along with my wife and we are delighted to have joshua hemmer back with this at p&p. joshua was here for his last book, about four years ago, and i would of course was the bad librarian in timbuktu which told the riveting story of how an art you fist in timbuktu managed with a very brave helper to smuggle more than three or 50000 historical manuscripts out from under milton's to safety about 600 miles away. the book was a best seller and established josh as someone and i truly believe it was a great story. and he said to begin, with his new book, "the falcon thief" which has another true and gripping tale of adventure. but this one about wildlife. and josh is a journalist by training and had a pretty adventurous globetrotting run himself working for newsweek over nearly two decades. he joined newsweek in the late 19

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new coronavirus cases are forcing several colleges and school districts to shut down including columbia hofstra universities. there's the list for you right there. well, hundreds gathered for church services in member of the missing colorado boy, ganon stalk. they honored him by wearing his favorite color, blue. he disappeared from his home in january. officials do not believe that he's alive, unfortunately, but his body has not been found. his stepmother is charged with murder. she's expected to appear in court on wednesday. days after a tornado destroyed their church, worshipers hold sunday services among the rubble. ♪ >> the national church setting up a tent in the parking lot to pray. the tornado ripped off the roofs of two of the church buildings last week. despite the devastation, the community's faith remains strong. >> when i arrived here, i began to pray and asked god what do i say in moments like this, and god spoke clearly, i'm speaking to you now, you have to help the hurting. >> tennessee's governor, bill lee, attended the sunday service showing respect for the church and t

here at columbia university and its sister campus across the street, varner college, they've suspended classes day to day and then they're moving online wednesday, thursday and friday. the students will be on spring break so it will be off campus mostly. and hofstra is moving to virtual instruction and urging their students not to return to campus after spring break. their spring break also starts this weekend and extends about a week. there is a long list. the list seems to be growing practically by the hour just here in new york. hofstra university, fordham, princeton, and on the west coast, of course, university of washington which was one of the first large universities to make these moves. some of these schools are also cancelling events and activities and limiting gatherings of people to, say, 25 people or a hundred people. all of this to try to do what we're calling social distancing, which is keeping people away from one another. we know that college campuses are places where students and faculty work closely and live closely together. >> so it's one thing for a college student

amy: fascinatingly, here in new york, it looks like most of the private colleges that have gone online close like columbia and barnard and nyu. cuny, there's a massive edition online sign, why haven't you also let us go online? we will see what happens today. .licia garza is also our guest black futures lab and black lives matter global network. back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we continue to look at the 20 presidential race as it is unfolding in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. tuesday night, joe biden scored decisive primary victories in four states including the key state of michigan. his rival senator bernie sanders won in north dakota and votes are still being counted in washington state. biden is still less than halfway to the delegate count he would need to secure the democratic nomination. amy: while campaigning in michigan ahead of the primary, senator sanders touted his trade policy credentials and attacked rival joe biden for supporting international trade deals like the no

and columbia university professor jennifer hirsch reports on the social roots of sexual assault on colleges. find more information on your program guide or at booktv.org. >> i am the a senior fellow and it's a great pleasure

and columbia university professor jennifer hirsch reports on the social roots of sexual assault on college campuses. find more information on your program guide or at booktv.org. >> i am the a senior fellow and it's a great pleasure for me too welcome all of you to this book discussion of colin dueck, "age of iron". which is a marvelous analysis of conservative nationalism. i see a couple of things about the book in the moment but before i do i want to extend on your behalf in mine a warm welcome to colin dueck and to distinguish commentators. as you probably know colin dueck is a professor at george mason esiversity and is also a nonresident fellow at the american enterprise institute next door. literally. colin dueck has made his mark thinking deeply about american politics. and this book is trademark direct. it examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention conspicuously to the rise of president trump. in terms of both the history of ideas and how these ideas have found manifestation in the history. especially in the debates in the world. so t

it is justi the latest college r university to make that decision. joining columbia in ohio state., where person to person classes have been suspended. >> good morning, john. that's right. we have been talking for weeks about american universities canceling their study abroad programs. a growing number are now canceling study on their u.s. campuses. you just mentioned harvard university, which we learned since last night, also the ohio state, san francisco state, the university of california, san diego and amherst college. we learned are all now moving their classes online. just adding to the list of schools making this move. social distancing is the priority at schools across the country as they try to prevent the spread of coronavirus. in washington state, the university of washington has suspended classes for the rest of the quarter asking instructors to conduct classes and exams remotely, with plans to resume normal class operations march 30th, pending public health guidance. several universities are taking similar steps, canceling in person classes at least temporarily, includ

little nervous, at least i am but i think columbia's handling it in a -- in the way that's, you know, protective of all students. >> in education, many collegesdown campuses, suspending in-person classes. harvard, ordering undergrads to move out of their dorms by march 15th saying it would conduct all classes online through the spring semester. while some sporting events are playing to empty stadiums, nba superstar lebron james reversing course after these comments from earlier this week. >> if i show up to an arena, there ain't no fans in there, i ain't playing. >> now, saying he'd be disappointed if fans weren't >>> 4:30. good morning to you. more developments in the coronavirus outbreak. >> before we get to traffic, over night gavin newsom made an announcement recommending gatherings of 250 or more be canceled. santa clara has the most cases with 48, and there are two more cases of marin county. >> across the country there are more than 12,000

on the east coast, princeton, hofstra, fordham, barnard college and columbia university are all temporarilyty's president explaining the move came after a member of our community was exposed to covid-19 and is now under quarantine. the quarantined person is not a confirmed case of covid-19, the school said. >> whenever it was away, like in a different country or before it came to america, it was like, oh, this is out of our, this is like beyond us. but now it's here and i feel everyone's going to be more aware and spreading just awareness and taking more caution. >> reporter: students taking the news in stride. >> i'm not super worried or anything. it's only because like the death rate for people that are under 60 is quite low, so i'm not -- i just don't want to be responsible for getting anybody else sick, i guess. >> reporter: college campuses where students and staff live, work and study in close quarters can be conducive to contagion. one reason columbia graduate student connor allerton supports the precautionary steps being taken. >> as a large community with maybe certain people who a

students we talked to say they think this is the appropriate thing for columbia to do as well as the school across the street, barnard college classes for this duration. after that, they go on spring break, but some students tell me in they are concerned about whether or not school will reopen after spring break because they don't know what students will do while they're away from school, potential contact. >> rehema ellis at columbia university. thank you. >>> coming up next hour, this is a live look off the coast of california. officials waiting for that cruise ship to dock with passengers believed to have been sickened by the coronavirus. our reporter telling us a short time ago that ship should make shore less than four hours from now. congresswoman barbara lee will weigh in next hour on how her district is bracing. n how her distctri is bracing. mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis. when considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz xr, a once-daily pill for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or active psoriatic arthritis for whom methotrexate did not

also this weekend columbia university professor jennifer hirsch looks at the social roots of sexual assault on college campuses. rahm emanuel provides a first-hand account of how innovation is taking place in cities across the country. and attorney joe one banks reflects on her legal career that included her role in the watergate case is one of the three assistant special prosecutors. check your program guide or visit booktv.org for more information. >> kevin merida why is ese. putting out young readers book called the "the fierce 44". for the undefeated our platform which focuses on race and culture, we have done a digital project in 2017 that was owed to the first african-american president titled "the frc

also this weekend columbia university jennifer hirsch looks at the social roots of sexual assault on collegeampuses. former chicago mayor and chief of staff to president obama rob emmanuel provides a first-hand account of how innovation is taking place in cities across the country and attorney jill reflects in her legal career that included her role in the watergate case as one of the three assistant federal prosecutors. check your program guide or visit booktv.org for more information. here is a look at some books being published this week. former charlottesville virginia mayor michael offers his account of the unite the right rally and cry havoc, and capital and ideology french economist thomas weighs in on how to correct wealth inequality. and in in our prime university of michigan communication and media professor susan douglas argues against the negative portrayals of older women. also being published this week investigative analyst gerald reports on the pharmaceutical industry with pharma, greed lies in the poisoning of americans and the smart phone society, nicole explores how new tec

young men and women do good have unwanted sexual advances in college or even in the country every year? >> the rates that we found on the columbia campus are pretty similar to the rates that have been shown by campuses across the country. so we found that by graduation one in three women had experience nonconsensual sexual contact which is not always right. it can be unwanted touching but that can be very scary and about one in six men had experience not consensual sexual experience. those are pretty much the numbers that have been shown in survey research across the country and i think it's important to note the rates of sexual assault are higher for women in the same age group are not in college. it's just that there's a lot of attention on women in college and it's easier to survey because they're all in one place. >> those are the numbers. and so that's a problem that they'll face. >> i have a follow-up. so, you mentioned there are two incidences in which you had a senior and then a and you outright said that because of the unequal power dynamic that can lead to cases in which some people think they are entitled to some sort

college millions of students lost their communities overnight. >> i didn't really get to say bye to any of my friends i was kind of sad. >> reporter: a senior at columbia university, to keep his friends together, he has to nightly gathering on zoom. where students share both heartache. >> anxiety that comes with all this uncertainty is crazy. >> reporter: and laughter. >> you get a little happier the end of the day talking with your friends which i think has been the most part apart. >> reporter: for years, nogy has been blamed for replacing human interaction. but when streets are relatively abandoned, it is technology that is keeping us together. rather than cancel their wedding, this texas couple streamed it on zoom. >> i had full confidence we werell gointo have the wedding. it was just a matter of making you know, major changes. >> reporter: groups are using the netflix party feature to watch movies and chat at the same time. aliens are connecting with friends for 49 and a call of duty and entertainers are keeping the final live for birthday celebrations like this frozen party in the uk where three-year-old victoria was a virtual guest. >> we had t

also this weekend columbia university professor jennifer hirsch looks at the social roots of sexual assault on collegeses. former chicago mayor and chief of staff to president obama rahm emanuel provides firsthand account of how innovation is taking place in cities across the country. editor need jill wine banks reflects on her little that included her role in the watergate case as one of the three assistant special prosecutors. check your program guide or visit booktv.org for more information. >> at a recent program at the american enterprise institute in washington dc university of oklahoma history professor wilford mcclay offered a look at american history that he hopes will rival textbooks used by students today. here he shares his thoughts on the history of slavery in the founding of america. >> hence it would be profoundly wrong to contend as some do that the united states was founded on slavery.it was founded on other principles entirely, on principles of liberty and self-rule that had been discovered and defined and refined and enshrined through the tempering efforts of several turbulent centu

columbia university in new york. princeton, uc berkeley. nobody knows how sustainable it will be for colleges and universities to move all online learning on an all, on an ongoing rolling basis, but that's starting now, at schools, at colleges and universities around the country. fullton county schools in georgia shut down today. that's in atlanta. that's a huge school district. the rector of a major episcopal church in georgetown attended by lots of influential and well connected people in washington, d.c., turns out the rector has nims tested positive after leading services recently, not only giving communion to parishioners but shaking hands with hundreds of them and he has now tested positive and it is causing a special kind of situation for elite circles in washington. new york city, excuse me, in new york, and new jersey, the top official who is in charge of what's called the port authority, which is the agency that runs all the new york area airports, he himself has been diagnosed with the virus. but everybody's dealing with this now. it is more than 30 states now. plus dc. and with th

meantime, dozens of colleges, universities across the country canceling in-person classes, that includes as of this morning georgetown, adding to harvard, columbia, others. athena jones joins us in boston. what are you learning, athena? >> hi, poppy. needless to say, this is a trend. the number of schools taking precautionary measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus is growing by the day. sometimes seemingly by the hour. we know at least 59 schools in 19 states are canceling in-person classes. why? because college campuses can be conducive to contagious. these are places where students and faculty live, work, eat, and study in close proximity. the goal here is social distancing to prevent having large gatherings of people in close quarters. some schools here in the boston area and beyond are going further than just moving to online classes. they're asking students to essentially leave for spring break and not come back. at harvard, they're karnsalling in-person classes, they're moving to virtual instruction the end of next week. they're telling students not to come back and even telling students they need to move out of their dorms by th

states and the district of columbia that have now announced they are closing down their campuses and in some cases pushing to online courses. i should point out many collegesies had been planning for this event wal dps eventua lirks arks even eventuality. even though the young people are not the ones that normally would fall to this coronavirus, it's the staff and those working there that are more affected. in some cases they can't close down because they have a lot of international students. they will have to, like here in boston university, keep the dorms and dining halls open to take care of them, but a lot of students will be picked up this weekend to go home. >> marty savage, thank you for that reporting. this morning more than 120,000 elementary to high school students are home from school in just the seattle area. >> they need care at home. teachers, parents, they're worried on how much impact this will have on children's education, not to mention the students, many of them who depend on school breakfast and lunch for a good meal every day. correspondent omar jimenez is in seattle, one of the big affected cities, with more. tell us what you're heari

. >> a little nervous, at least i am i think columbia is handling it in a way that's protective of all students. >> in education, many colleges campuses, suspending in-person classes. harvard ordering undergrads to move out of their dorms by march 15th saying it will conduct all classes online through the spring semester. while some sporting events are playing to empty stadiums. nba superstar lebron james reversing course after these comments from earlier this week. >> an arena with no fans, i ain't playing. >> now saying he'd be disappointed if fans weren't there. >> feel like it's best for safety of the players, safety of the franchise, safety of the league to mandate that, we all listen to it. >> let's bring in nbc medical correspondent dr. john torres, good morning social distancing, unless in your line of work we probably haven't heard this term before why does it work as i understand, it's not about stopping the coronavirus from getting here but rather slowing it down so it doesn't get here at once. >> slowing the spread so we don't get peaks at the beginning. we talk about this being respiratory illness it can go 3 to

is happening, colleges and universities around the country are canceling classes as the steady outbreak of the coronavirus draws more public health concerns. here in new york city, columbia university has canceled classes for its 30,000 students today and tomorrow. starting wednesday, classes will be taught online for the remainder of the week. the move comes after a member of the university community was exposed to the coronavirus and subsequently quarantined. that individual has not tested positive for the virus yet. nbc's rahema ellis is joining us now from columbia university campus. rahe rahema, good afternoon to you. thanks for joining us on this. give us a sense of what is happening on that campus today and how long they expect to have classes canceled. >> reporter: well, two days, as you point out, today and tomorrow, as professors, quite frankly, get up to speed on how to conduct their classes online. then come friday, these students will go on spring break for a week. so we've seen a number of students coming out of the campus area, the quad, with suitcases, because if it's going to be online, essentially for the rest of the week, they can do that anywhere. a n

columbia university here in new york. senior national correspondent athena jones joins me on campus. athena, what are they doing and how are students responding to this? >> reporter: this campus is taking steps like other collegesaking across the country to try to mitigate this virus. also barnard college nearby, a sister campus. they are both suspending classes today and tomorrow. they will go to remote classes, meaning online classes, mondtue, wednesday, and thursday on this. there was a person who was exposed to coronavirus. they have not tested positive for covid-19, the illness associated with the virus, but the school is still taking these steps out of an abundance of caution. as i mentioned, it's not just columbia and barnard, other schools nearby. hofstra also not having classes, that's on long island. princeton and new jersey are moving to online classes. then across the country, we have university of washington which has suspended classes as well as usc, the university of southern california, all of this to try to do social distancing, because we know college campuses are where people are working and studying and living very close together. i should mention also that at least one public school distric

college and university closures. one after another, they are announcing they are suspending classes, asking students to pack up and go home. the latest names, well, we knew about berkeley and columbia, princeton, harvard, stanford, forwardh fordham. add barnard, tufts and the university of chicago to that list. the virus, of course, changes the whole landscape of work and communication from home as we know it. listen to what microsoft 365 corporate vp, who runs microsoft teams, jared spataro, said yesterday about how the tech titan is dealing with the situation and helping others work from home. what kind of uptick are you seeing in the usage of microsoft teams which enables people and groups to work together remotely? >> we have been tracking this since the outbreak started in china, and since january 31st we have seen a 500% increase in the usage of teams there. liz: italian government is saying we are shutting down for the moment. we don't want people leaving, we don't want them coming in. what are you seeing on the ground there? >> we are able to track what's happening with teams and we have seen 100% increase in the teams usage there. liz: but from microsoft teams to the cfo o