we live, as kent said, in upstate new york. so we started with kent's best friend and roommate at harvard who lived about two hours away, and we just kept widening the circle and if looking for the guys -- and looking for the guys. little by little, we did. it took a long time, maybe eight or ten of them being harvard graduates, they had a lot of letters after their names, and they had high profile jobs. so we googled them, and they came right up. others were more difficult. and then, sadly, we did learn that four of the men had died before we even started the project. but then we went and looked for their widows and their children and friends, and, you know, started to amass enough probably data for a 2,000-page book. and the years went by. but we did, yes, gather some great life stories. and, of course, everybody always asks us, i bet you had some surprises along the way. oh, yeah. kent's going to tell you about a couple. >> yeah. i mean, the challenge actually in doing the video expect challenge in writing the book -- and th

for the love of god, wash your hands. >> reporter: now it's time for kent and rebecca go home. >> i'mrry. >> reporter: they fly out of tokyo's hanada airport. it seems every surface is sanitized. every employee wears a mask. the only thing missing -- passengers. it's the emptiest i've ever seen it. they carry paperwork from the u.s. and japanese governments, certifying they're both negative. both safe to fly. >> it's been such a long journey. >> yeah. >> it felt like this day would never come. >> reporter: now back home to oregon. back to the cats. >> back to the cats. they will be so angry. >> reporter: they carry a message of hope from the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic -- they survived and so can you. will ripley, cnn, tokyo. >> thank you so much for bringing us that story of the fraziers and their reunion. nice to see them back together. >> and the cats. >> "early start" continues right now. >>> america grinds to a halt. schools, sports, work, big changes as closurers and cancellations pile up. the big question remains where are the tests? good morning. this is "early star

then there's kent countriy that i think is the single swingingest place. not sure if they have a home with the democrats, their member of congress is an independent, justin amash. i can't think of a better place to go check out what the swing voters think. >> these should be voters that care about electability. they're not trump fans but not comfortable with -- >> hillary clinton was criticized for not going to this county, grand rapids, and they said she could have won the primary. >> kate snow is in kent county, michigan. voters go to the polls and they are keeping a close eye on what happens this week. >> by the way, there are some liberal democrats. a lot of people here were pete buttigieg. raise your hands, guys. now you have to make another choice. what are you thinking? >> biden. >> why? two reasons peat asked us to vote for biden and support him. i was kind of providing before and then i met pete. >> is it the providebility? >> yes. yes. yes. electability. >> patsy, thank you very much. this is dane. you're a bernie sanders supporters die hard. >>

here is jo ling kent with that. >> reporter: nationwide, thousands of grocery delivery workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are planning to strike monday. >> we are risking not only our lives but we're risking the lives of our customers and general public and communities because we're not adequately protected. >> reporter: an estimated 15,000 instacart gig workers who shop for and deliver online orders, are calling for the company to better protect them by providing personal protective equipment, adding hazard pay $5 extra per order and changing the default tip to 10% instacart responded saying the health and safety of our entire community is the first priority adding they are making safety changes while paying bonuses of up to $200 to workers through april 15th while other grocery workers try to keep up with customer demand while protecting employees. >> when the associates come in, i ask them to wash and sanitize and put on gloves. >> reporter: smart and final will soon install sneeze guards like these, fear hitting delivery drivers on the road. >> i'm proud to be

they were damaged at kent overnight and anyone with information has been asked to contact kent policee closing kiosks and cafes, calling social distancing "absolutely crucial". meanwhile, the national trust says it may now have to close its car parks at open spaces like ditchling beacon and birling gap in sussex. over the weekend people flocked to the south coast at whitstable, camber sands and brighton pier. a wildlife park near sevenoaks — forced to close because of coronavirus — is asking people to donate cash to help feed their animals. hemsley conservation centre rely on donated fruit and vegetables but are struggling to get hold of leftovers from supermarkets because of increased demand. their crowdfunding page is raising money for the seventy different species they care for. time to check the weather now with sara thornton. another chilly start across london and the south—east. a across london and the south—east. bit cooler than with a bit cooler than yesterday even with cabbages below freezing inland. —— temperatures. we have a dry and sunny day ahead of us. good spells of sun

. >> you look like clark kent. >> not forgotten that one but it would be somebody, probably not you.> that young man did look a lot like clark kent to me but voters were very much in support of the resident, didn't care which democrat he might face, look like a big night for the president. >> interviewing clark kent and uncle sam were standing behind you at all kinds of things going on, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. the 2020 front runner urging voters to ignore the wave of biden endorsement and feel the burn. >> all of amy and pete's millions of supporters the door is open. come on in. >> we will ask pete hegseth when he joins us live. there's a company that's talked to even more real people than me: jd power. 448,134 to be exact. they answered 410 questions in 8 categories about vehicle quality. and when they were done, chevy earned more j.d. power quality awards across cars, trucks and suvs than any other brand over the last four years. so on behalf of chevrolet, i want to say "thank you, real people." you're welcome. we're gonna need a bigger room. heather: bernie sa

we get the latest on all that from nbc's jo ling kent. >> reporter: from wall street to main street, the coronavirus is slamming the economy small businesses like rachel ginger beer are in crisis mode. >> this is just potentially absolutely devastating. >> reporter: located in the shadow of amazon headquarters in seattle, owner rachel marshall says her store has lost thousands of customers overnight. because amazon and other big tech companies have asked their employees to work from home. >> our employees are our number one priority, and if they can't work, they can't make money so am i dipping into my family's savings account to pay our employees? >> reporter: at kip's toyland, the oldest toy store in los angeles, their inventory is tightening as cargo ships from china aren't setting out to sea. what's the impac on the toys you are trying to sell here? >> good question things are beginning to slow down hopefully we'll be able to sustain ourselves until the supply chain gets filled again >> reporter: as unease grows about job security, many workers are wondering if they get paid if t

and long lines as concerns of coronavirus plays ou at the nation's grocery stores here is jo ling kent. >> reporter: tonight as coronavirus fearsrory store as shoppers rush to this costco near las vegas, hundreds waited outside to stock up on supplies at this new york grocery store, customers stood for two hours to check out. aisles usually chockful full of toilet paper, paper towels, cold medicine, even pasta, now laid bare with nothing left >> showed up today and it's just chaos. >> reporter: grocery stores are trying to keep up with demand. kroger, the largest chain in the country, says it's working to restock shelves while rationing some items so everyone can have access to the items they need. target, walmart and costco imposing similar limits and starting sunday, some retailers opening up their parking lots for drive through coronavirus testing. >> we're focused on a common competitor, and that's defeating the spread of the coronavirus. >> reporter: for those avoiding stores and parking lots, online shopping isn't necessarily easier orders for hand sanitizer, masks and gloves sky

hiring but the jobs potentially put the health of workers at risk let's get more now from jo ling kent. >> reporter: with unemployment claims surging, there is one bright spot on the job front tonight. grocery stores, online retailers, and delivery companies are hiring cvs adding 50,000 new jobs and paying out bonuses. instacart, the grocery delivery company, hiring 300,000 people. and walmart adding 150,000 new workers. all of them joining a new front line in this unprecedented fight to keep america's supply chain running, including thousands of truck drivers desperate to stay healthy and on the road, like dee silva, who talked with us from little rock, arkansas, where she was picking up a load of beef. her hand sanitizer almost gone. >> we have not been able to find any anywhere. >> what's it been like out on the road? >> it has been absolutely unnerving, especially when you have to go and shop in grocery stores and, you know, to supply your truck, and you're around people. there's a lot of people walking around like this is not happening, and that part is scary for me >> reporter: s

carter evans, cbs news, kent, r i'meg olivein york.conavirus fects1 pe it started a week ago when 50- year-old lawrence garbuz went to the hospital. >> his wife has also tested positive. his 20-year-old son has also tested positive. his daughter has tested positive, and his neighbor, who drove him to the hospital. >> reporter: today, we learned another family of five who had close contact with the attorney tested positive. new york health disease detectives are racing to track down anyone else who may have come into contact with the manhattan attorney. the week before he knew he was contagious, the married father of four traveled around the new york city area. he went to work at his law office in manhattan, where all his colleagues are now being tested. he also attended temple services back in westchester. the temple is closed indefinitely and the congregates are under self-quarantine. how many more people are we talking about here? >> at least the potential-- we don't want to cause any alarm-- but the potential does exist for numerous

electric, who transformed it into one of the world's most valuable companies, was 84 here is jo ling kent. >> my name is jack welch i'm chairman and chief executive officer of general electric. >> reporter: born in 1935 to a . i'm chairman and chief working class family in massachusetts, jack welch started at ge as a chemical engineer during his two decades at the top, welch grew ge's market value forty-fold to $400 billion. but he also cut more than 100,000 jobs, earning him the nickname neutron jack. earning nickname nutron jack. in 1986 he over saw in 1986 he oversaw ge's purchase of nbc, the parent company of nbc news, later sold in 2011 known for warm management style and eye for talent, he was named fortune's manager of the century. tonight, his beloved wife, suzy, calling him a man who changed the world by touching them deeply and authentically >> how could i have regret i had a great run. >> reporter: jo ling kent, nbc news >>> up next, the amazing feat that propelled her into the olympics touching him deeply and authentically. >> how could i have regret? i had a great run. >>> up

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here's jo ling kent with a look back at his legacy >> my name is jack welch, i'm chair chairm chairman >> reporter: born in 1935 to a family in massachusetts, he started at ge as a chemical engineer he grew the market value 40 fold to nearly $400 billion but he kanako sachno 100,000 jobs earning him the next name neutron jack in 1986, westchester oversaw ge's purchase of nbc, the parent company of nbc news, later sold in 2011. known for his warm management e and eye for talent, welch was named fortune's manager of the century. his wife susie calling him a man who changed the world touching the d deeply and uh then kelley >> how can i have a regret i had a great run. >> reporter: jo ling kent, nbc news >> the driest february on record in what is normally one of the state's rainiest months of the year, the national weather service confirmed the northern area of california recorded zero precipitation for the entire month. the unusually dry conditions could significantly increase the risk of wildfires across the state. a few small fires have already happened over the past two weeks. >> one

is jo ling kent. could the internet withstand all that traffic here is jo ling kent >> reporter: the massive migration online is putting our internet infrastructure to the test in seattle, one of the coronavirus hot spots, internet usage spiked 40% in the last week alone >> there was some panic. >> reporter: mom, michelle peters, is struggleing with working from home and her three kids taking online classes from a single laptop on an ordinary wi-fi connection >> i have online resources and things coming from the library and teachers and friends all over the country who are in the same boat pushing out. here is my home school information. and it just is overwhelming. >> reporter: to ease the burden, the fcc is working with companies to open up wi-fi hot spots, promising not to cut off any internet services for individuals and small businesses if they can't pay the bill and waiving late fees. >> whether somebody staying home from work or a student doing homework or a patient that needs to get in touch w

paul and ruth wadsworth from tonbridge in kent were able to get ona tonbridge in kent were able to getive in movement and halt the spread of coronavirus. they said was disorganised and chaotic trying to get back to the uk. you are ina trying to get back to the uk. you are in a foreign country, different language, it's very scary, you feel very helpless and the severity of the situation, it's an unknown situation with the disease problem and we don't know what's going to happen. it's unprecedented. i mean, i've been in lots of difficult travel situations before but this was something quite different. royal parks have said they remain open despite the coronavirus and they are encouraging visitors to help physical and mental well—being. they join the national trust and keeping their outdoor spaces open. hyden regents park to the green spaces which can be used although some facilities like playgrounds will be closed. let's get the weather now with nina. it is another day, we are expecting lots of cloud around, a little bit like yesterday, grey skies but the most of us, it should at least b

a business park in kent where one worker has been diagnosed and is now at home in isolation.onavirus is here, and the government expects it to spread. the most important thing now is that we prepare against a possible very significant expansion of coronavirus in the uk population and that is clearly on the cards. can you give us a sense of the kind of numbers we might be looking at? it is difficult to speculate about exactly how it may or may not progress, but what i think you can say with a fair degree of certainty is that it is, in my view, much more likely than not that we will face a challenge in the weeks, months ahead. but if you look at how this has been spreading, particularly outside china... yes, i think that is absolutely right. ..we are looking at thousands of cases? you have got to consider the realistic, the realistic possibility that there is now going to be a significant expansion. are we looking already at closing lots of schools, cancelling big events? you know, the public have seen other parts of the world basically in lockdown because of what has been goin

a business park in kent where one worker has been diagnosed and is now at home in isolation., and the government expects it to spread. the most important thing now is that we prepare against a possible very significant expansion of coronavirus in the uk population and that is clearly on the cards. can you give us a sense of the kind of numbers we might be looking at? it is difficult to speculate about exactly how it may or may not progress, but what i think you can say with a fair degree of certainty is that it is, in my view, much more likely than not that we will face a challenge in the weeks, months ahead. but if you look at how this has been spreading, particularly outside china... yes, i think that is absolutely right. ..we are looking at thousands of cases? you have got to consider the realistic, the realistic possibility that there is now going to be a significant expansion. are we looking already at closing lots of schools, cancelling big events? you know, the public have seen other parts of the world basically in lockdown because of what has been going on. understood

a business park in kent, where one worker has been diagnosed and is now at home in isolation.irus is here and the government expects it to spread. the most important thing now is that we prepare against a possible, very significant expansion of coronavirus in the uk population and that is clearly on the cards. can you give us clearly on the cards. can you give usa clearly on the cards. can you give us a sense clearly on the cards. can you give us a sense of the kinds of numbers we might be looking at? at the moment, it is difficult to speculate about exactly how it may or may not progress, but what i think you can say with a fair degree of certainty is it is, in my view, much more likely than not that we will face a challenge in the weeks, months ahead. if you look at how this has been spreading, particularly outside china, we are clearly looking up thousands of cases. you are right. we have got to consider the realistic, the realistic possibility that there is no going to be a significant expansion in the number of cases —— now going. significant expansion in the number of ca

for more on that surge, let's go to jo ling kent in los angeles.lp people get access to those benefits faster. what should people know? >> yeah, if you are in the state of california, the governor is waiving that first week of gap in the unemployment once you have it filed. we just talked to the person in the agency who oversees these benefits in the state of california and they tell me they're experiencing sudden slams and experiencing unprecedented demands. this is coming as goldman sachs has put out a new forecast estimating that unemployment claims for this current week, which would come out next week, would be 2 and a quarter million. that would be the highest on record. massive, massive numbers for the u.s. economy. as the state of california, of course, is grappling with this new stay at homeowners, restaurants are having to shed workers. this is having a huge economic impact across the board but here in california, also in oregon, new york, and washington, d.c., these unemployment offices are reporting unprecedented demand, a surge, a spike

i have more details on one of the cases in kent.and have managed to trace everyone the patient was in contact with and are reassuring there is no wider rest of the public at this stage. we understand some of the staff of a broadcaster has sent some people home. borisjohnson chose an emergency cobra meeting where he said we are likely to see coronavirus cases becoming more significant, but he says the nhs is well prepared to deal with that. we will get more details are that the government is planning to do in the coming days. animal at best are still trying to contain this. what is the advice to people? —— at the moment they are trying to contain this. it is basic hygiene, really. except possibly be more thorough when washing the hands, something we don't we'll think about doing, but wash hands thoroughly. i think what the prime minister and the health secretary pointed out was to sing the tune happy birthday to yourself twice when you are washing our hands and that should be right to make sure the gems are off. antibacterial gel, if

kent: it is a great question., we always have to ask because it is going to have a long-term impact. at the same time, the benefit of stimulating this economy in the short run is very important. all of those things matter. if the long-term impact didn't matter, we would spend infinite amounts of money. so the balance is always important. alix: aren't we kind of thinking the senate spending infinite amounts of money? it feels like there's definitely going to be a backstop. if that is the case, at what point does this come home to roost for us? aboutthe house bill is 2.5 trillion dollars, much bigger than what we saw in the last great recession. the fed is doing a considerable amount of buying in corporate debt. where it comes back to haunt in the long run is, in the case of the case of the fed, you eventually get inflation as a result of that. we are not so much worried about that in the short run, but if this persists, inflation would happen. that would erode the values. in terms of the house and senate action, it

state of washington has more than 85 bed hotel in the suburb of kent outside seattle to house patients for recovery from and isolation ju-ju coated 90 each room has its own heating ventilation and conditioning. textiles industry has grown into a $1000000000.00 business but as the garment industry booms so does the amount of plastic waste 8 truckloads of plastic is dumped into the nation's longest river every day it's why one local manufacturer a is looking to turn that trash into treasure. as plastic piled up in the landfills near her house in yangon myanmar when the name you had no idea. i wanted to transform trash from the ugly landfill site into beautiful items. with this technique i'm able to help save the environment and earn a living. that's my ambition the police recruitment ok. after gathering thrown away materials like tires coffee bags and plastic bottles wendy and her employees head back to her workshop in store it's called choo-choo house which means plastic house after the team cleans the items they cut them into strips and melt sheets down into workable materials that can

possibly staying wet until after dark into the likes of kent. further west the skies will clear.the low pressure as we head into thursday and overnight into friday, we see this week weather system starting to approach. quite a chilly start on friday, widespread frost, possibly some ice in the west. the front is going to disintegrate. many areas will be dry. chance of showers in the west. temperatures average for the time of year. looking pretty quiet. you see this chart and based on recent weekends you'd think, what horror awaits now as more low pressure comes in from the atlantic. it won't be a system so the strong. there some strong. there some heavyl strong. there some heavyl st| but. there some heavyl st| but that re

kent, congratulations on your election. keep up the good work. thank you, madam speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: madam speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i rise today to highlight the nasa be an astronaut program. for the first time in four years nasa's accepting applications for a new class of astronauts. space exploration is a rich piece of modern american history, and thanks to the new program, it will remain a part of our future. arty mass will send the first woman and another man to the south poll of the moon by 2024 and allow us to establish a presence on the moon by 2028. our nation's astronauts help execute a bold vision for science and for exploration. aspiring astronauts have the opportunity to join nasa for this new chapter in space exploration. applicatio

but ryan kent's deflected late winner earned them the victory and moved to within 13 points of celticoking to get their she believes cup campaign back on track in newjersey. they're up againstjapan after being beaten by the usa in their opening game. beth england has had a couple of chances but it is japan who have come closest, hitting the post in their tenth minute. these are the live pictures from newjersey with its remains goalless. england have lost six of their last nine games, so they could really do with breaking the deadlock. you can watch the game live on bbc right now. —— bbc four. let's quickly round up some of the day's other sports stories now. rory mcilroy is six shots off the lead in the seventh. bristol made history by winning theirfifth straight premiership match beating harlequins 28—15. two tries from luke morahan and 13 points from the boot of callum sheedy earned the bears the victory at ashton gate. altior is facing an "uphill battle" to defend his queen mother champion chase title at the cheltenham festival. his trainer nicky henderson has confirmed he's battli

peter, a driving instructor from kent.mmunity, this comes up quite regularly. what would you like to ask? good morning and thank you for taking michael, i want to know if once you have been ill, if you develop an immunity, because i'm particularly worried about my pa rents particularly worried about my parents who are in their 80s, you can be infectious when you are asymptomatic, i don't want to go and see them but i'm wondering if i had the illness, and i got over it, i would then be safe because i would be immune? is that the case?‘ couple of things, there, fay, if you get the virus and you have gone through the symptoms and you have a self—limiting disease like four out of five people, fever and a cough, you should get better after about a week, and once the symptoms subside, you should no longer be infectious. you should then have antibodies which will protect you in the future from getting reinfected and certainly, we have found in the outbreak of sars, which is another type of coronavirus, from about 2003, that it wa

if you shower down towards kent.th lightning. away from those areas, some sunshine and temperatures not too bad around 11 degrees. a bit more clad in ethyl south, keeping temperatures a bit above freezing here, but further north, especially in rural spot, temperatures getting down to three thing or a bit below. a frosty morning testing saturday for most of theirs. high pressure is still with us into the weekend, butjust getting off towards the east, the winds rotating around that area of high pressure. we are looking at a largely dry picture for the weekend, variable amounts of cloud, certainly some sunshine, that quite a chilly wind as well, so certainly don't pack away the winter coat just yet. there will be some sunshine though after a cold, frosty start to your saturday morning. we have got the winds coming in from the east, again taking the edge of those temperatures. not great for this time of the year, between around 7-12d. as time of the year, between around 7—12d. as we fast forward into sunday, we have more

kent: it's really in the environment's best interest for us to feed the world to dodo itn thehe open oceaean, and whehen , "we're not gonna do it hehere. we're gonna grow it in another country," we're just kind of saying, "we're not worried about the environmental issues as long as they'y're not here. groww ity way you want, and we'll just bring it in," and t that's not acceptable to me. announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by the orange county community foundation and the farvue foundation. ruth: good evening and welcome to today's meeting of the commonwealth club, the place where you're in the know. i'm dr. ruth shapiro, founder and chief executive of the center for asian philanthropy and society and d member of the commonwealth club's board of governors and your moderator for tonight. now it's my great pleasure to introduce today's distinguished speaker, dr. muhammad yunus, winner of the 2006 nobel peace prize, founder of grgrameen bank, and author of the new bobook, "a world of thre zeroes: the new economics of zero poverty, zero unemployment, and zero net carbon." p

kent: it's really in the environment's best interest for us to feed the world to dodo itn thehe open oceaean, and whehen , "we're not gonna do it hehere. we're gonna grow it in another country," we're just kind of saying, "we're not worried about the environmental issues as long as they'y're not here. groww ity way you want, and we'll just bring it in," and t that's not acceptable to me. announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by the orange county community foundation and the farvue foundation. 03/16/20 03/16/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the first thing we have got to do is to shut this president up right now. he is undermining the doctors and scientists who are trying to help the american people. it is unacceptable for him to be blabbering with unfactual information, which is confusing the general public. >> we have to do testing. we have to get the testing kits up and running. i would take advantage of the rl

kent: it's really in the environment's best interest for us to feed the world to dodo itn thehe open oceaean, and whehen , "we're not gonna do it hehere. we're gonna grow it in another country," we're just kind of saying, "we're not worried about the environmental issues as long as they'y're not here. groww ity way you want, and we'll just bring it in," and t that's not acceptable to me. announcer: "earth focus" is made possible in part by the orange county community foundation and the farvue foundation. [soft sisic] ♪ - everything that we see around us today is a descendent to those ancient people that have a spirit. before the earth was even here, a couple spirits were going through the galaxies. kwahn is t the silver r fo, and d jamul, thehe coyote, anand they met up with each other. they wanted something. they wanted something which is the earth, and so they sang and prayed and used the power of their mind, d d thatreatededhe earth. ♪ they weren't done. they wanted something to be on there, and so they envisioned water, and they sang water songs, and there was water. they looked

if the cloud should break some sunshine comes through anywhere from the humber towards kent, possibly the southern half of the country, eventually moving away and allowing brighter skies to break out across the central and southern areas, further north blustery day again with plenty of showers and a wintry mix of hailstones, sleet and snow over higher ground but some sunshine as well and still feeling absolutely springlike across the south with high temperatures of 1a celsius. this is bbc news. the headlines. the government promises the nhs whatever it needs to tackle the coronavirus as the uk sees the biggest one—day jump and coronavirus as the uk sees the biggest one—dayjump and confirmed cases. 273 people have tested positive here. 16 million people in northern italy are placed in quarantine because of the virus. the number of people to have died in italy has shot up to 366, the highest figures outside china. a, there we go. in other news, the prime minister meets victims of flooding, announces he's doubling flooding, announces he's doubling flood defences funding, come into fa ns

we will finish with a question from jeremy clark who is 60 and from tonbridge in kent.l with a temperature of 37.8, a debilitating headache, which lasted 16 hours and a complete lack of energy and minor chest pain, but no car. after three days i am feeling better, but i am still unwell. could this be coronavirus? yes, i am afraid it could be and i would absolutely recommend you self—isolate. the people who have got symptoms and feel so unwell they can no longer do any of their normal activities, what we are recommended is you alone ring 111 and others continue to self—isolate for seven days. nobody is no longer allowed to book online appointments with their gp and go straight in so you need to be triage. we will see an increasing use of telephone and video triage, it might be worth getting in touch with your gp to see if they have got it if they haven't got something related to coronavirus. i think we will be seeing a lot more people not going to see their gp. in your case, you may have coronavirus. at the end of seven days, you should know from when your symptoms start

more than 20 paramedics who were spotted to the life care center are moving to a motel in kent washingtonthe newest quarantine center in the state. king county bought the property and anchored city leaders and many residents in kent. >> we were blindsided by this decision that they would pick this site in our city. >> governor jay inslee says he's considering a number of measures aimed at keeping people from large gatherings with a goal to slow the spread of the virus. jon? jon: dan springer from seattle, thank you. >>> meantime, the u.s. army has suspended travel to and from italy and south korea for soldiers and their families because of the outbreak, as authorities confirm a marine assigned to virginia has tested positive for the virus. that brings the number of u.s. servicemembers infected to three. mark meredith is in washington with more. >> good evening. the pentagon says it is working hard to ensure troops worldwide are kept safe as the coronavirus spreads. as you mentioned, the three servicemembers are reportedly infected with the virus and that includes a marine, currently being

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and jo ling kent is at an amazon fulfillment center.art of our daily lives. many people hoping amazon continues with some of its operations with the essentials in our lives. it's making big changes to the operations. what does that mean for people who can't get out and to the store for the basic necessities? >> amazon is taking major steps. they tell us the demand from warehouses like these is unprecedented. what they're doing is they're pairing down what they are bringing into their warehouses to ship to you. we're talking about household essential and is what people really need. so they've told us they're going to be stopping -- they're not going to accept third party items, items you may not need every day. instead focusing on fewer products that you actually need to get those out to you faster. amazon, though, of course trying to practice the social distancing, the sanitizing that the public health officials are recommending here. and because demand is so high, we're talking about 100,000 new workers they're trying to hire to meet t

learn more and more about the disease and it will also change over time depending on where we do the kent amos situation or a community mitigation situation like in seattle. the rules do change depending on what state you are in. >> why did the cdc decide not to use the world health organization's test collects. >> there is a process of developing test with this new disease. we followed that procedure. there was not a need to follow the w.h.o. test for the develop the test rapidly after china develops a sequence. where in the process of validating that a nasa test we are going to be using. >> why has the cdc had several false reads and we knew how quickly this was spreading? >> the process as we described with emergency use authorization getting the test out and using that initial experience to make sure it's working the way it's supposed to that wasn't the case we really looked at what was going on and that's what the new tests come from the we are talking about today. should we then prepared weeks ahead of time since we knew this was coming and we heard from health officials literally t

jo ling kent in los angeles, hans nichols at the white house.-popping numbers by any measure, some estimates as high as 4 million, some as low as 2 million but where this number landed is certainly going to have some ripple effects. >> yes, absolutely eamon. we see 3.28 million people filed for unemployment claims over the last week nationwide. among the leaders in the states across the country, here in california, the unemployment offices here, saying and telling us that they have received an overwhelming amount of traffic from people trying to file for their unemployment claims. so as we see this number rise, it's important to put it into some context. it shatters all records to date for the united states, and unemployment the record was last set in 1982. this just about quadruples that number. so what we're seeing, though, is a hope for a stimulus plan, but that recession word very much on the top of the administration's minds, as well as wall street and investors, and here is a little bit more of that exclusive interview with savannah guthri

kent sebkowits, infectious disease specialist from sloan-kettering joining us now. i wonder, what do you think about the president encouraging the fda to reduce regulatory measures, on its face doing something that might be quick or sounds good, but are there risks here? >> there's always risk. it's a push and pull, any time you play with a regulation. regulation is there for safety. sometimes they get in the way of safety. these are very tough calls, but this is a tough time, so i think as long as it isn't snake oil that we're approving, i think that we can assume that the process is thorough enough that whatever comes out at the other end will be safe. home testing has a good tradition to it. pregnancy testing. >> okay. i wanted to ask you about something else that we learned and that was stressed during this press conference with all of these top coronavirus officials, and that was that young people are actually more at risk than previously known. they're seeing this in other countries. what's the takeaway there? >> the takeaway is that we need more information.

this picture is really all you need to know. >> jo ling kent, thanks so much. craig, i was very hopeful, especially in a place like new york with the population density, that many of these people would continue to work. i saw just yesterday walking homes, restaurants the day before had signs up that said open for pickup and delivery are now closed completely. it's a heartbreaking and terrible story for so many people in the restaurant industry, craig. >> it is. i've been to that deli there that jo is highlighting a number of times. we did a pickup, carryout last night. i spent some time, social distancing, of course, but spent some time -- >> so craig, his shot has frozen. i'm curious to hear what his conversation was like with the delivery person. in the meantime we're waiting for the white house briefing. it's running a little late. we will bring it for you as soon as it starts. take a quick break and be back with more. you're watching msnbc. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily p