of the main atp tour and the challenger tour as well.rs is also off, as is the tournament in barcelona. the next could be the ones in april. golf — and japan‘s hideki matsuyama leads after the first round of the players championship at sawgrass in florida. the world number 21 from japan — who hasn't won on the pga tour for 2.5 years opened up with a 9—under—par

of the main atp tour and the challenger tour as well.he miami masters is off, the monte—carlo masters is also off, as is the tournament in barcelona. the next could be the ones in april. golf — and japan's hideki matsuyama leads after the first round of the players championship at sawgrass in florida. the world number 21 from japan — who hasn't won on the pga tour for 2.5 years opened up with a 9—under—par round of 63. he leads by two shots from a group of three players on 7—under—par and they include this man, kim si—woo from south korea, who laid claim to the shot of the day with an eagle at the par five 11th. meanwhile, the defending champion and world number one rory mcilroy carded a level par round of 72. he's nine shots off the lead. but thursday's opening round was the only one that will have any fans in attendance. the pga tour has announced that the rest of the tournament — from friday through to sunday — will be played behind closed doors because of coronavirus. and that'll be the case for the next four weeks. at this point in

the atp tour, that's the mens tour, has postponed all play for six weeks because of "escalating healthising from the coronavirus outbreak. we understand much of the pressure to postpone this, came from the players who were unhappy about all the issues. the miami open was cancelled earlier today, following the postponement of indian wales and the fed cup finals earlier in the week. atp chairman andrea gaudenzi — has said today we believe this is the responsible action needed at this time in order protect the health and safety of our players, staff, the wider tennis community and general public health in the face of this global pandemic.the womens tour, the wta is yet to say what they're going to do but it is expected there will be no tennis before the latter part of april. so, to basketball then. the headline, is that the nba season — has been suspended. all matches currently off. but its happened in incredibly dramatic circumstances. the rumours of this suspension began emerging when players were on court, about to start in the match between oklahoma city thunder and the utahjazz. lets

after yesterday's suspension of the french open, the wta and the atp have extended the ban on professionale clay court season, including the french open which has been moved to september, although player rankings will be frozen throughout the period and both organisations will looking to return to the court as soon as possible. formula one bosses are meeting with team's tomorrow, as they attempt to work out a new calendarfor the rest of the season. it comes as the august shutdown is brought forward — and extended to 21 days, through march and april — as a result of the coronvirus outbreak. the 2020 race calendar has already been suspended — with last weekend's australian season opener in melbourne cancelled, and the next three races at least postponed. the sport has said it hopes to race again at the end of may. that's all the sport for now. and now it's time for the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are writer and journalist mihir bose and the former pensions minister, ros altmann. many of tomorrow's front pages are al

canadian vasek pospisil, a vocal member of the atp player council, described the decision as madness,d there had been no communication with the players. the us pga championship has become the second major of the men's golfing calendar to be postponed. it had been scheduled to be played in mid—may at harding park in san franscisco. —— san francisco. the organising body says they hope to move the event to later in the year. the first major of the season, the masters, was called off last week. nba star kevin durant says he is one of the four brooklyn nets players to have tested positive for coronavirus. the nets confirmed on tuesday that four players had returned positive tests for covid—19, less than a week after the global outbreak prompted the suspension of the nba season. the 2014 nba mvp says he is asking everyone be careful, take care of yourself, and quarantine. six—time super bowl winner tom brady is a free agent for the first time in his career, after confirming he is leaving the the new england patriots after 20 years with the side. now 42, the quarterback was drafted by the pa

while they'll also not be able to accept pens or tennis balls for signing at upcoming atp and wta eventsdian wells. it's been a memorable day for australia after being crowned champions of the women's t20 world cup. they thrashed india by 85 runs to secure their fifth t20 world cup in front of a home crowd too of over 86,000. jo currie was watching in melbourne for us. an explosion of green and australia lifting the trophy for a record fifth time. with a capacity of 100,000 organisers wanted to fill the arena to mark international women's day and they came close. fans thronged to the stadium for the sport as well as the pre—match entertainment into katy perry and dancing cricket bats. from the first ball australia brought the fireworks, alyssa healy with a rocket to kick proceedings off. in they were made to rue this missed opportunity to get her out only on and she reached 75. beth mooney matched and then surpassed that score as australia got to a massive 184. india needed a big response which was a big responsibility for 16—year—old opener but she immediately faltered. alyssa healy‘s h

like the queen's club in eastbourne, which will also be affected by the cancellation, and the men's atp i think what is going to happen is sometime in the latter half of wednesday, we will have a series of coordinated announcements saying there will be no grass court tennis in 2020. and that's likely to mean no professional tennis anywhere in the world before at least the middle ofjuly. looking at the us open, flushing meadows, less major of the year. still on for now, but there are plans for that site to be used right now. yes, that's going to be used this week but not for tennis. they're going to try and convert parts of the billiejean king national tennis centre intuit ten perry hospital. my understanding that will be for non—covid—i9 patients but trying to relieve some of the stress on the health services in new york at the moment, whether the tournament can go ahead at the end of august or meant to be seen. they are planning to go ahead to but they will have to consulate whether it will have to go ahead later in the year. russell fuller. that's all the sport from us for now. hello

the atp has suspended the mens tennis for six weeks.ealogy's football and basketball teams have been put into quarantine. the spanish football league has suspended play and its top two divisions for the next two weeks. staying with the coronavirus, there are fears that pandemic could affect the summer's olympic games in tokyo. with the games scheduled to start in less than four months, there are concerns it will have to be canceled or postponed. despite the uncertainty, the olympic flame left greece for japan today, but without the usual crowds of spectators. ♪ >> the torch lighting ceremony at the side of the original olympics in ancient greece was ahead as planned. instead of thousands of spectators, only a small crowd witnessed the departure for japan. >> safe journey back to the hospital city -- hospitable city of tokyo. >> a few days ago, officials announced the arrival ceremony will be downsized. now organizers in the government are trying to repair the damage after an official suggested that games might be delayed for a year or t

the blue line we are looking atp is tcentage rate of the increase. that is slowly going down.t is trending downwards. stheict measures the italian government has taken should push that number even lower. one journalist from bloomberg has been tweeting that italy a enforced lockdown two weeks ago and many of the patients who di in recent day actually contracted the infection before that absolute lockdown. he adds we should see the effect of that lockdown on the number of hospitals, intensive care unit admissions and patientsnt polly soon in some time. let's have a look at other countries across europe. they are going to be watching these figures very closely in order to shape their own responses. these are some of the latest pictures from rome. let's have a look at what is happening. empty streets. police checks intensifying. helicopters flying over the city sure people are iding byhe strict measures. let's go to the local mayor in the south of italy. a few days ago telling a man he must respect the decree and go home otherwise the police will come and use force. mayors around

indian wells kicks off the major part of the atp and wta season. apart from the atp and wta season.layers competing in an average year at indian wells. you include the singles, those in the qualifying, doubles as well. qualifying due to begin in a few hours. almost all of those players will already be on site but the decision was taken because of one confirmed case in the local coachella valley area. the local health department declared a public emergency. it's felt its not safe for the participants or the spectators, often over 450,000 spectators, often over 450,000 spectators travel to indian wells each year. to play the event at this particular time. they are looking to rearrange it but i think that's very improbable. what are the ramifications for the rest of the tour? if a decision is taken to cancel a tennis event because of one local case in the area, you would think it's very difficult for any major event to be played in weeks and months to come. it may well be other events take a slightly different view, looking ahead to miami in two weeks, that takes place in florida. alre

and sweatbands to fans, while they'll also not accept pens or tennis balls for signing at upcoming atp and wta events — starting at next week's tournament in indian wells. there are two games in the premier league today. chelsea host everton at 2pm, then there's a huge game at old trafford as manchester united take on manchester city. 15 points seperate the two teams at the moment, with city in second and united in 7th. one match in the scottish premiership has already kicked off. rangers are at struggling ross county. it is currently goalless there. australia have thrashed india by 85 runs in the women's t20 world cup final in melbourne. it was set to be the biggest event in women's sporting history, with even katy perry there to begin proceedings. after her performance, it was an extremely one—sided final. australia were ruthless, posting an imposing score of 184 for 4 from thir 20 overs with half centuries for alyssa healy and beth mooney. india were bowled out for 99. the final attendance of 86,000 just fell short of the biggest crowd at a women's sporting event. 0ur reporterjo cur

in the men's atp tour and the w pga tour getting together and i expect what is most likely to happenll be no grass court tennis in 2020 and that is likely to be no professional tennis anywhere in the world until the middle ofjuly. russell, looking at the us open, flushing meadows, the last major of the year. still on for now but there are plans for that site to be used right now. that is going to be use in this week but not unfortunately for tennis. they are going to try and convert part of the billiejean king national tennis centre into a temporary hospital with up to 350 bed. that will actually be for patients who don't have covid—19, but trying to relieve some of the stress on health services in new york at the moment. the us are saying for the moment, we are planning the event to take place. they said publicly, they will have to consider playing later in the year. that is all the sport from us for now. none more so than whether, when we saw on tuesday. even with sunshine but a little less chilly. has moved a bit west. the wind, more north—westerly. notice the gaps between the iso

after yesterday's suspension of the french open, the wta and the atp have extended the ban on professionalnch open which has been moved to september, although player rankings will be frozen throughout the period and both organisations will looking to return to the court as soon as possible. formula one bosses are meeting with team's tomorrow, as they attempt to work out a new calendarfor the rest of the season. it comes as the august shutdown is brought forward — and extended to 21 days, through march and april — as a result of the coronvirus outbreak. the 2020 race calendar has already been suspended — with last weekend's australian season opener in melbourne cancelled, and the next three races at least postponed. the sport has said it hopes to race again at the end of may. that's all the sport for now. meanwhile, the le mans 2a—hour race has been postponed from june to september. organisers say moving the race is the most appropriate way forward in the current exceptional circumstances. that is all the sport. we will see you soon. hello there. quite a measure of weather coming up of the

i think the atpe is you won't actually implement that tax, you won't actually be getting the storefronts fill and i think th there issome idea that maybe some of these property owners have been chainstore, somebody n a pay this higher rent and they are saying just a local business and there for the antime and help sort juice these commercial quarters. or don't kick them out which i s thinanother issue, so this is sort of meant to be a little bit of a. >> let's take a look down southern california now, los angeles county, where our rn former district at was running for the das office there. so he was positioning himself as the criminal justice refoe candidd was running against incumbent jackie lacey. juat positioning of, ice reform worked well for him up here. but not so great do there. >> it looks like jackie lacey is a 50.2% of the votes, she could avoid a runoff, she coult win right. there were two progressive candidates running against her and she said, she was the first woman da down there, first african-american as well. running for a third term, i believe, and he was really encoura

events at the queen's club in eastbourne which will also be affected by the cancellation and the men's atpr and i think what is looking to happen is sometime in the latter half of wednesday we will have a series of coordinated announcements saying there will be no grass court tennis in 2020 and that means no professional tennis anywhere in the world before at least the middle of july. world before at least the middle of july. russell fuller there. that's all the sport for now. thank you very much, gavin. let's recap what we heard from the govenrment at today's coronavirus press conference. cabinet office minister michael gove made two new announcements. first, he said that thousands of new ventilators will roll off production lines this weekend and will be distributed across the nhs to the front—line next week. he also said rapid clinical trials are being conducted to identify existing drugs, such as anti—malarials, that may help ease symptoms of covid—19. and the medical director of nhs england, professor stephen powis, says there are "green shoots" that show the number of infections may

and sweatbands to fans, while they'll also not accept pens or tennis balls for signing at upcoming atpells. there are two games in the premier league today. chelsea host everton at 2pm, then there's a huge game at old trafford as manchester united take on manchester city. 15 points seperate the two teams at the moment, with city in second and united in 7th. one match in the scottish premiership has already kicked off. rangers are at struggling ross county.

atp suspended men's professional tennis tour and nascar is going to go on with events without fans.yn mano, this is wild, carolyn. the idea of all of these events without fans. it's sending shock waves through the sports community and some of these events that obviously aren't going to happen at all. tell us more. >> yeah, there's really just a couple more shoes to drop. while joe biden was speaking, we learned that the nhl is going to suspend play. a lot of people expected that as a logical next step because they share so many facilities with the nba. the other big news at this hour is the cancellation of all the major ncaa men's basketball college tournaments, the collegiate that lead up to march madness. everybody asking what's going on with march madness. players on the court at the big 10 tournament in minneapolis. they were warping up when it was called and then in the acc tournament, we saw a very awkward trophy presentation to florida state. the number one seed coming into that tournament as the regular season champs and thus, they were awarded the conference championship tr

it's like on the web today, atp -- http at the top, don't trust another website. my fifth snapshot says the same thing. it also shows begins at the same time at the end of the summer, 1774 and later in october and november of 1774 because one of my more surprising findings, to me, was this evidence that major military preparations began in the late summer as early as august and there's an extreme interesting example here. this is another paul revere, it comes from the royal american magazine in august of 1774 and it accompanies an article about how to make it. it's an important ingredient in gunpowder. to me, this shows how much was already being talked about by the end of august in the colonies about possibly approaching hostilities. sofi fifth snapshot, messages from the hague, i said earlier that some of the advisors were not from london but from also. in this case, chapter six, from the peg and i want to read from you for you from the book, the evidence that even before the first continental congress adjourned in late october 1774, americans were already seeki

the nan, the nhl, major league soccer as well as the global atp tennis tournament all suspending their seasons. nascar and pga tour golf go on, but no fans in the stands. a second utah jazz player has now tested positive. >> the majority of the nba has come into contact with someone who has had direct contact with those jazz players. >> status, no barrier to infection. tom hanks and his wife rita wilson just caught coronavirus while he was filming in australia. social distancing, now key, cleaning crews in action at palm beach airport after a passenger landed from new york, then told officials their test just came back positive. in new rochelle, new york, a kaantament zone and uniforms on the streets. >> i was shocked with the national guard but the containment area i'm okay with. >> broadway shows closing so will the met opera and museums of art, no more gatherings of more than 500 people across the state. the governor calls the financial impact incalculable. >> this state is not going to be able to compensate businesses for lost revenue. it would bankrupt the state. >> states, cities

it's like on the web today, atp -- http at the top, don't trust another website. my fifth snapshot says the same thing. it also shows begins at the same time at the end of the summer, 1774 and later in october and november of 1774 because one of my more surprising findings, to me, was this evidence that major military preparations began in the late summer as early as august and there's an extreme interesting example here. this is another paul revere, it comes from the royal american magazine in august of 1774 and it accompanies an article about how to make it. it's an important ingredient in gunpowder. to me, this shows how much was already being talked about by the end of august in the colonies about possibly approaching hostilities. sofi fifth snapshot, messages from the hague, i said earlier that some of the advisors were not from london but from also. in this case, chapter six, from the peg and i want to read from you for you from the book, the evidence that even before the first continental congress adjourned in late october 1774, americans were already seeki

allowed to accept pens 01’ are also not allowed to accept pens or tennis balls to sign at the upcoming atpby winning their fifth straight premier sick match, beating ha rlequins premier sick match, beating harlequins by 28—15. two tries from nick moran and 13 points and the bears victory at ashton gate. bristol move up to third in the table. lt are facing an uphill title to defend his title due to of lameness, according to nicky henderson. he would be the first was with 35 years to when the champion chase in 35 yea rs, to when the champion chase in 35 years, but has suffered his first defeat and return to win at newbury last month. and on international women's day, bryony frost wins both jumps races at southwell, on the historic all—female race card, featuring both jumps and flat racing. frost won on silent steps and clare du guy. as horse racing as a rest but in which women regularly compete against men at the top level, their numbers are growing and wins by female riders in british racing increased by 76% between 2015 and 2019, according to the latest industry figures. among them is the

and — the atp tour has postponed all play for six weeks "due to escalating health and safety issues".erpool and atletico madrid still went ahead. despite the fact the authorities in madrid have reported a sudden spike in their coronavirus cases. the usa is to ban large gatherings, with the national hockey league and major league baseball halting their seasons. last night nba basketball was suspended following reports that a player from the utahjazz, rudy gobert had tested positive. which is somewhat ironic given that earlier in the week gobert had been making light of the public health warning at a press conference, touching all the tables and the microphones. since then his teammate donovan mitchell has also tested positive. lets speak to antonello guerrera,the uk correspondent for the italian newspaper la repubblica who was at last night's match in liverpool, and stan verrett he anchors espn's sportscentre in the usa. ifi if i could start with you, astonishing scene this card gathered in one space, didn't help liverpool march with the results, nevertheless, we surprised the game wen

a lot of questions on the ecb press conference and whether the ecb will be able to defend italian atpma sex global head of commodities will talk about -- global sex global head of commodities will talk about oil. ♪ [ fast-paced drumming ] [ fast-paced drumming ] ♪ a friday, francine and tom. we say good friday to you. this historic week. coverage, looking toward special coverage tonight. now what their first word news. viviana: on capitol hill, nancy pelosi says she is close to an agreement with the trump administration on a coronavirus aid package to mitigate some of the economic damage. democrats are holding out for paid sick leave and help for the unemployed. ine areas are shutting down the u.s. because of the pandemic , disney closing its theme parks. in new york, the shows will not go on, the lights no longer bright on broadway. the sports world is going dark too. college sports, major league baseball are the latest to be put on hold. theu.s. giving roche coronavirusest a test. toallows health care workers identify the infected and quarantined them. in china, an official pushing

i think that is an atp metaphor, it is the down payment but it's not the comprehensive force we need. we know that. we need to balance the highway trust fund and put us on a more sustainable path forward. as part of the budget submission the administration put together a $800 billion ten-year reauthorization proposal. this is certainly an improvement over previous plans that relied on unrealistic assumptions about private companies and state-strapped casualties. but it falls short according to the leaders of the house and senate and lacks details of the plans and most importantly how all of this is going to be paid for. it's one things to keep options open but the president needs to get serious about negotiating with congress and finding new revenues for the infrastructure virtually everyone agrees is necessary for our prosperity. turning down to the fiscal '20/'21 budget request, the department proposes roughly $89 billion in budgetary sources, which is $2 billion or 2.2% more than the fiscal '20 active level. however, the request for budgetary authority is $21.9 billion, which is $2

the atp and idf of global tennis events also suspended.formula one grand prix in melbourne canceled just hours before it was set to begin. joining us to discuss the implications of the cancellations, a college professor of economics, sports economist. thank you very much for joining us today. can we, at this point in time, try to quantify the economic impact on the industry? >> well the impact, on the sports industry is major. what's going to happen in the short run, for one month to five months, however long it takes to get the vaccine in place and stop the spread of the virus, nobody knows how long, but the impact while they're playing is they lose all their revenue. in the case of major league baseball, you're talking for a whole year, it would be about $9 billion. now, there's also revisions in the collective bargaining agreements with the players in each of the leagues, which establishes a principal under the idea of force majeure, which says there's acts of god or other outside forces that prevent you from playing force you to cancel

. >> mike, let's take a look atp in of confirmed cases topping 169,300 worldwide with more than 6500 deaths. europe is the epicenter of the pandemic beijing's strong measures to stop the halt of the virus slowing new infections the total number of cases outside of china surpassing those that are now inside the country. >> a press conference under way with the governors of new jersey, new york and connecticut banding together where they feel the federal government is lacking to create a regional rule system aimed at stemming the spread of the virus. no gatherings of more than 50 people and as of 8:00 p.m. tonight, all gyms, bars, theaters, casinos will close bars and restaurants will be moving to takeout or delivery only for now and beyond the tristate area the cdc recommended the cancellation of events with more than 50 people for eight weeks new guidelines on curfews and social disneying may come from the white house. coronavirus task force warning americans to stay home for live updates on the coronavirus outbreak, check out cnbc.com back over to you. >> thank you let's get over to

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ashley: another sports headline, atp, association of 10 miss professionals, suspended for six weeks the men's tennis tour. concerns over the virus. another sport taking action, basically shutting it down. stuart: you pick up notice, don't you, when sports events are canceled or seasons postponed, whatever it is, spring and summer, here it comes. that is what we do. ashley: major league baseball is desperately trying to hang in there. i'm not sure how. stuart: pga, professional golf association tour starts today. spectators will be allowed. that starts today. edward lawrence with us back again from d.c., as in district of columbia. what's the update on the democrat stimulus bill? reporter: house minority leader kevin mccarthy held a phone call that included larry kudlow from the white house and republicans talked about their concerns of this. in that they're concerned way benefits of paid sick leave are paid through social security, expanding that program. they're concerned changes percentage of medicare, percentage of assistance. they're concerned how long the length of the paid leave b