. >> now to focus on john c bennett he is the most importan important. >> focus on joseph jackson. [laughter] >> he is a fascinating vagabond slides into nauvoo sets everything on fire and leaves. but joseph smith was is smitten by a kilt colorful and charismatic he was very pragmatic in those terms. a number of men those illinois men that were connected to political and military establishments will present themselves to smith and he is anxious not only to embrace them but to empower them because they are evidence they are not just from the dregs of society. he had already had a chaotic life from those situations to burn many bridges leaving his family behind by the time he joined the lds church he was the quarterback for the illinois militia so guess what? embracing john c bennett not only gives stature because he had a reputation among illinois he also could arm the nauvoo militia and accumulates a lot of affairs and it's impossible to know how much but when word start spreading and womanizing john c bennett hyrum smith that is the origin and number two to be terrified any invest

bennett: we have not seen any evidence of that yet. someone has had the virus they will develop antibody and will be immune. but again, that is not known yet because we do not have the tests. that is a different test than the one we are currently using. but it will test whether someone has previously had the virus. but if someone has had it and you are immune, you are right, they will be able to perform some of these critical tasks. scarlet: first things first, we need to get people tested to see whether they have the virus first. thank you sonett, much for joining us today. to mark crumpton who is in a new york studio with our first word headlines. republican senators say there is a massive drafting fixedand -- that must be before a vote is taken. in a statement, senators tim scott, ben sasse, and lindsey graham says the bill includes quote, strong incentive for employees to be laid off instead of going to work. the senators say if the language is left in, it could have quote, devastating consequences. a congressional aide says the la

thinking about bennett and the families featured. thanks, garvin. >> thanks, garvin. let's take you outside and look at the smat bridge. it is sunny, beautiful like a spring day. certainly we're in mitt many of winter. let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. >> and changes are still expected as we head through the next couple days. we're going to go ahead and take you through those. when we have our next best possibility of getting some light weather as we have been talking about, no rainfall in february, high pressure is back and this continues to bring up that warm air. and keeping that rainfall away. in fact, good enough today for record heat in concord at 77. smashing the old record of 69 set back in 2017. good news, we're going to get rid of all this as we head through the next ten days. it's all about how much rainfall could we see. and i'll talk more about that here in just a little bit. but i want to get you through tomorrow's forecast first. you can see as we head through wednesday morning we're going to start off mostly sunny, a little bit milde

member and host of the bill bennett podcast. i want to ask about this piece you co-authored. in it you say that while president trump is calling himself a war time president, you say, quote, it's not really a war, not really, and our response is disproportionate. the media certainly don't believe that the response is disproportionate and neither do many medical experts. what's your take? >> well, it's like war. the answer is yes and no in terms of scope, attention, mobilization, it's like war but the nature of it is not like war. we do not send lots of young men off to fight, some to die in a fight for the country. what we're asking young men to do instead and young women is to stay out of bars and restaurants and stay home. that's different. we're also not attacking an enemy that hit us first, either with ordinance or economic sanctions but that may happen in the case of china, because that's richly deserved. but it's a national mobilization overt, it's very serious and needs to be taken seriously. my argument -- howard: you ta

i will focus on john bennett because he's the most important case. >> you focus on joseph jackson. >> joseph jackson is a fascinating bag of bond, a guy who flies into nauvoo, sitting on fire and leaves one of the most revealing accounts we still haven't fully reckoned with. i think joseph smith was smitten by men who seemed powerful, charismatic and could add their voice. he was very pragmatic. there are a number of men in 1839-1840 of elite illinois men who are connected to political and military establishment who present themselves to joseph smith and joseph smith is anxious not only to embrace them but to empower them because to him they are evidence this church is not just pulled from the dregs of society. john c benefit is an important example because hillary had a chaotic life by 18, he lived several situations and burned many bridges and left his family behind but by the time he joined the church he was the quartermaster of the illinois militia and embracing john bennett, making him the first mayor of nauvoo not only give stature because he had a reputation until he didn't hav

bill bennett, fox news contributor and host of the bill bennett podcast for a big picture look at alle perspective tonight. high matt, bill. >> high matt, martha. >> martha: what you make of life in america right now? >> well, it's on hold. it's tense. but it's understandable. people have been told about a virus. we've never seen anything like it before. it spreads like wildfire. it's sweeping through china, sweeping through europe, so people are upset. i'm not shocked about 22%. it when it be better hearing news like that. this is a punch against us, but we are starting to come back off the ropes. i am confident not only in the american people, but i'm confident in the science, in the leadership that we are seeing, and i believe we are going to beat this. >> martha: we've talked quite a bit about some of the drugs that are being tested and some of the positives there. i think no matter how you slice it, it feels like we are may be in the first quarter of this situation as we move through. these numbers start to rise as more testing happens. this is a tweet from hillary clinton tonigh

john c bennett is an important example because he have already have a chaotic life. there was several situations with many bridges. by the time he joined the church he was the quarter master for the illinois militia. and so guess what embracing john c bennett and making him the first mayor of nauvoo not only gives stature and respect because he have a reputation he is also able to arm the nauvoo militia. he also accumulates a lot of affairs. and it is impossible to know how much he knew about the polygamist. two things happen. hiram smith say that there is a rapid enterprise in the system. any investigation into john c bennett is going to reveal his private polygamist practice. they had been halting over a dozen meetings and one week in the spring of 1842 and joseph smith going to these meetings and saying i think we are getting a bit to ernest here. maybe we should simmer down just a little bit. joseph smith was hoping that he could quietly exit. but it doesn't happen. to get to your question. i think the answer is he goes to people who are smart, and charismatic. >

our jeff bennett is at the white house. >> reporter: as financial markets tumble and the number of u.s. cases of coronavirus climbs, president trump tonight continuing to downplay the outbreak as the coronavirus crisis hits close to home on capitol hill at least four republican lawmakers, ted cruz, matt gaetz, paul gosar, and doug collins now choosing to self-quarantine after unknowingly interacting with an infected person at the conservative political action conference last month. collins seen shaking hands with president trump on friday. gaetz seen traveling with the president today. >> i have not been tested for the coronavirus. >> has the president been tested. >> let me make sure to get ian answer i don't know the answer to the question >> reporter: the outbreak sparkin anxiety among lawmakers. nbc's kasie hunt >> reporter: members of congress are increasingly anxious about coronavirus and there is growing pressure on leaders to take steps to protect lawmakers. but house speaker nancy pelosi says tonight there are no about coronavirus and pelosi says tonight there are no plans to

the economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak lester >> geoff bennett at the white house, thank you. >>> a growing number of schools and colleges around the country are taking no chances with the coronavirus, canceling claises for days or weeks in some cases. we get more from rehema ellis >> everybody on their commuter right now >> reporter: terry's three sons are home today. for the next two weeks, they will be learning online. >> ramping up, learning technology, figuring out what each teacher is expecting. >> reporter: their school outside of seattle is closed, one of many districts in states across the country that sent students home. in scarsdale, a suburb of new york city children will be out until the middle of next week until a teacher tested positive for the virus. >> thinking of the logistics. >> reporter: it could be crippling 22 million students rely on free or reduced-price school lunches. for many, it's their only hot meal of the day. while health and safety are the priority, it's unclear how much keeping students home will slow the spread of the virus. >> you

geoff bennett has late details >> reporter: less than 24 hours from critical super tuesday, joe biden getting a big boost. both amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg endorsing him tonight. >> i'm delighted to support and endorse joe biden for president. >> biden, looking for a two-person race against front-runner bernie sanders. today, talking with nbc's mike memaly >> i think the choice is between revolution and results how many bills has he actually gotten through the united states congress in all the years he has been there >> reporter: klobuchar ending her campaign after buttigieg's decision to drop out over the weekend. and all of it coming after biden's blowout victory in south carolina, his first-ever presidential primary win >> thank you, thank you, south carolina. >> reporter: many moderate democrats trying to stop sanders are looking to clear the field for biden. tonight, polls show sanders leading in super tuesday's biggest prize, delegate-rich california sanders saying he's the most electable. >> joe biden voted for the war in iraq. joe biden voted for terrible trade agreements

michelle bennett lost her 75-year-old mother carol ann last week to coronavirus. and while she was unable to be in the room with her when she mother passed away, nurses at the hospital made sure michelle and her siblings were able to say a proper good-bye on facetime and michelle bennett joins me now. i do not have all of the words in the world to say. i'm sorry, just that i'm sorry for the loss of your mother. i know that grief comes in waves, so just first and foremost, how are you holding up? >> thank you. it's definitely been difficult. it kind of doesn't seem like reality still to some degree. it is sort of like you said the waves of emotion crashing over each day kind of waking up in the morning and almost trying on the grief. it's a surreal -- a surreal feeling. >> i cannot begin to imagine, if you will, just take me back, just one moment your mother is living in a nursing home and the next she is tested for co-vid and tests positive and ends up in the hospital and then as the end is near for her, you realize you cannot physically be by her bedside. that mu

lester >> jeff bennett at the white house, thank you. just two days now from the start of a new month and that means for a lot of folks, bills are due, but paying them will be tough for millions of americans now out of work including those at macy's just announced today. here's tom costello. >> reporter: tonight a crushing blow for an american icon already struggling in the dotcom era, with all stores closed and few sales, macy's says it's furloughing most of its 130,000 employees. the pandemic hitting companies big and small. michael levy owns a pretty pressed franchise on long island with three employees. sales are down 95% and the bills are coming due. >> it's really scary because my rent is due this week. i have payroll this week, and all my leases on my equipment are also due >> to help keep comes afloat and americans employed, the paycheck protection program enables small business owners to apply for a loan that could benses like employee payroll and monthly payments if a company can prove it kept 100% of its workforce by doing tha

geoff bennett has late details.. >> reporter: less than 24 hours from critical super tuesday, joe bideng a big boost. both amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg set to endorse him klobuchar after suspending her campaign will appear with biden tonight. biden looking for a two-person race against front-runner bernie sanders today, talking with nbc. >> i think the choices between revolution and results. s betwe revolution and resultis between revolution and results how many bills has he actually gotten through the united states congress in the years he's been there? >> reporter: klobuchar ending her campaign after buttigieg's decision to drop out over the weekend after biden's blowout victory in south carolina. his first ever presidential primary win. >> thank you, thank you, south carolina. >> reporter: many moderate democrats trying to stop sanders are looking to clear the field for biden. sanders shows to be leading in super tuesday delegate rich california sanders saying he's the most electable. >> joe biden voted for the war in iraq. joe biden voted for terrible trade agreements like nafta

joining me now, nbc news's geoff bennett. the white house is starting to get behind this crisis, but we're not seeing concrete numbers or a federal response, a nationalized response, to this pandemic. >> and katy, look, that could start now, today, after the president in this 3:00 press conference announced, as sources tell us that he is expected to, this national emergency. that would invoke the stafford act, a law that puts fema in charge. it unlocks up to $40 billion in federal money and sends that money directly and immediately to state and local governments. this is in addition to the economic stimulus package that the treasury secretary had been working out with nancy pelosi. we expect her to come to the cameras to give us a readout of that. we expect the president to give more details later. but this issue of testing. right now south korea testing 10,000 people aday a koirding to the latest numbers. overall u.s. state and federal testing has yet to log even 15,000, according to the cdc. on tuesday i asked the administr

speaker, i rise today to congratulate sam bennett of delta high school for winning the one meter diving state title at the 2020 indiana swimming and diving state meet. sam put in the hard work and dedication into his sport to rise from fourth place last year to the number one spot this year. i wish sam the best of luck next year as reigning champ for his senior season. i look forward to seeing him continue to make indiana's sixth district proud. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. foster, for five minutes. mr. foster: thank you. mr. speaker, i'm a scientist. and if a scientist stands up and says something that they know is not true, it is a career ending action. the reason for this is that science always operates at the edge of what is known. so we cannot tolerate liers. the -- liars. the world is now facing scientific uncertainty in the spread and severity of the coronavirus. when the leadership of china confronted the reality of pandemic, they chose to suppress scientific truth and lie to their people and that cost

in bennett's case, his future is uncertain, making the present more valuable than ever and capturingth day, not until next month but hundreds of san rafael families celebrated early this week. day of giving focused on mcginnis park in san rafael. cleaned up crash, cooking ecofriendly meals for shelters. devoted to climate action and 50th anniversary of earth day. >> want everybody to be mindful of the climate crisis at hand and all the little and big ways we can help. >> seventh year in a row the organization community heroes has hosted day of giving. rob joining us on a scenic night. positive developments -- not very positive, a little rain coming. >> weekend that put end to dry spell. that was nice. not as much rain today but a little bit more tomorrow for parts of the south bay and near the coast. right now cloudy skies in san jose and light sprinkles off to the east. san francisco is very pretty view. not much wind. mirror-like reflection of the bay bridge lights. north bay, san rafael not far away, seeing light rain showers in marin county. close to mount tam. and other showers

by a passing train — but the closing stages were domintated by a crash involving irish rider sam bennettl winner ivan garcia cortina sprinting for the line and taking victory ahead of peter sagan. max schachman retains the race leader's yellow jersey. staying with ski jumping, in norway with the men's hs a0 cup, and third place after his opening effort, but produced the longest jump place after his opening effort, but produced the longestjump of the competition in his second round. finished with 26a.3 .6. second place with 259 points and third with i.a points behind. a bit of breaking news, manchester city's match against arsenal which is due to be played on wednesday has been postponed due to arsenal personnel coming in contact with a coronavirus patient. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. on tuesday we had a temperature of 16.5 degrees at kew gardens and in cambridgeshire, making it the warmest day of the year so far. for some southern parts of the uk, the air originated all the way from the azores, hence that bit of warmth. further

joining me from the white house, my colleague geoff bennett. also dr. david shulkin, former veterans affairs secretary who was a hospital system executive and dr. amesh adalja. geoff, let me start with you. forgive me if i look at today's event and i'm a bit confused in that i believe this is, i feel like the third friday in a row at least, where we're being assured the ability to test is being ramped up and by the end of next week it's going to be working. here we go again. but the overall event itself felt like an event that should have taken place a week ago, getting these private sector labs involved, getting walmart and target to donate their parking lots. all of this seems like -- all of this felt a week late. >> reporter: you're right about that, chuck. i'm told the president was considering delivering or making this declaration earlier in the week, maybe even on wednesday when he gave that oval office address, but that he ultimately balked because he thought at th t -- send the right message. here we are on a friday evening after the stark warni

the service is designed to help families like anna bennett's.t home. it's really reassuring to me to know that there is going to be a service available to do things like deliver our shopping or even if it comes to it, pick up my daughter's medicines. anyone who has volunteered to help the nhs, we are so grateful for those people and it's an extremely selfless act. and i think it's going to make all the difference to families like us who are shielding someone who is extremely vulnerable. those eligible for help like the bennetts will either be referred by their gp or they can access it themselves by calling a dedicated phone line from next week. it won't be long before they're matched with the volunteers who are raring to start work. judith moritz, bbc news. tonight at 8 o'clock, people across the uk are being asked to open their windows, go to their front door or stand clapping for the carers today in lincolnshire. indeed, across the world, it has become the way of saying thank you. even in the house of commons. and, here in india, and tonight t

with me are asa bennett, brexit commissoning editor at the telegraph and author rachel shabi.front pages. starting with. .. the telegraph's says the country's leaders are laid low, as coronavirus strikes at heart of government. the prime minister and health secretary have both tested positive, and the chief medical officer has symptoms "compatible" with covid—19. the mirror also reports on borisjohnson, matt hancock and chris whitty, with calls for medals for nhs workers — as the death toll in the uk rises by 181 in 2a hours. borisjohnson has vowed to keep leading the fight against the pandemic — that's on the front of the daily express. the guardian leads with reports that borisjohnson failed to heed his own advice on social distancing. the sun has the pm's committment to continue leading the coronavirus effort, while his pregnant fiance, carrie symonds, moves out, as he self—isolates. the ft says that ministers are coming underfire for ignoring offers of more ventilators for the nhs. and the daily mail features prince harry and meghan leaving canada for la — amid coronavirus

>> our number one priority is our societies -- associates -- >> i think we lost monty benn t bennett's connection there if we can get him back up on the line in the next few moments we will in the meantime, getting a check on the markets here. the dow continuing to slide lower, down 1,349 points right now. 19,893 is your level there similar moves lower for the s&p, as well, down 148 points nearly 6%. 5.8% and the nasdaq holding up relative to those other averages, down just 4.9% carl >> i think what we were just getting into with monty bennett is one of things i hope to hear more about from the treasury secretary. it's exactly what types of fiscal stimulus, what types of help is the senate considering we heard from mitch mcconnell that they're not going into recess until they've done a bit more in action helping with the coronavirus situation. how do you get help to those workers who are so relying on the service economy? we heard numbers earlier about the number of layoffs, in the mid 3,000 range. that can't be at all representative of the hardship that so many blue collar workers, se

being raised by two of the greats in this is alex bennett.lympians for his new show. he winds the battle of breakfast. he wants to make the everyday exhilarating. going out, picked it over the shoulder and they are going to get there. she does it again, three titles in three days. marks church and his daughter isabel are delivering a daily dose of the sports iconic moments. what can you tell us about this young man? well, this young man from england... it is a lot of fun it is actually a lot of fun. i think she is enjoying it a bit more now than when we started because i think when we started, she did to keep daddy and when we first stated because dad was doing a bit sad over not having any work like a lot of people. it's about putting smiles on peoples faces the the important thing i think we will keep doing one every day until we come out of the other side of this crisis at the moment. earlierthis out of the other side of this crisis at the moment. earlier this month. trying to stay impartial a scotland beat france in the six nations. tied

geoff bennett is there for us.ou heard from all of our reporters out in the field giving the realtime, on the ground assessment of what the situation looks like from all the health officials they're speaking to. while that is happening, you have the president -- even his task force giving a sober look at the potential death toll. the president this morning, though, he's veering off message, talking about politics, going after speaker nancy pelosi. >> reporter: president trump this morning called in to fox and friends. he spent nearly the entire 8:00 hour fielding questions. the president defended his administration's coronavirus response. he defended and explained his decision to extend those social distancing guidelines. but to your point, yes, he did attack the house speaker, nancy pelosi. pelosi over the weekend suggested that as americans are dying, as she put it, the president fiddles. here's what president trump had to say in response to that. >> she's a sick puppy, in my opinion. she really is. she has a lot

this includes devices such as the bennett machine, used in the treatment of certain respiratory conditionsartificial kidney or peritoneal dialysis. the search for new methods and more effective nursing programs continues in a variety of ways. one such activity is the international council of nurses, which was held in frankfurt, germany. here information and ideas are exchanged on all matters relating to the healing arts. in these international meetings, members of the army nurse corps offer their full and enthusiastic cooperation, working according to the true purposes of their careers, the army nurses serve here as teachers, sharing their experiences and knowledge with their colleagues, from nursing organizations all over the world and learning at the same time of what other nurses are attempting and achieving in their particular health program. the congress does more, however, than serve as a forum for the exchange of technical information. it offers great spiritual value to the members of this international partnership. it provides the opportunity for a cultural companionship during a v

back with the power panel now, jason chaffetz, matt bennett.l, let's start with where we are with people dropping out again, matt. and going forward for bernie sanders. elizabeth warren doing this calibration of what she will do next. she says she's a fighter. >> yep, we don't know exactly what she's going to do. but look, last night was way worse than i think the worn campaign expected it to be. coming up with ten delegates, finishing third in massachusetts, nowhere really on the radar anywhere else. i think it's really tough night. what she was hoping was not that she would round up enough delegates to win the nomination outright were to even really be competitive going to the convention. she just wanted to be in the mix so that if something happens that is weird at the convention she might be available. it doesn't look like she can sustain that. >> harris: bottom of the ticket? i don't know. here's what van jones on cnn had to say about elizabeth warren and what she was able to do. he says, "i think it's not a mystery why joe biden suddenly

michele bennett lives in renton washington which is just outside of seattle her mom 75 years old. >>the gauge couples around the world are scrambling to change plans because of the virus getting together with friends and family obviously just isn't possible. in almost everywhere in the country right now a couple in colorado decided to still say i do but instead of stepping into their chosen venue they got before camera alexis dominguez reports. >>one look you see the pride in her white to a wedding dress, the groomposing in his brand-new suit but look a little closer. >>they bere they stopped issuing the she picked up her dress 6 hours before the close >>jackie in chris king john had their wedding date their venue picked out. until their plants came to a screeching halt that have planned for 60 people to but on march 27th, 2020. their plans change to do something where we casome joy and happiness to our family and all of our friends up with the idea to do it facebook live. >>and she and i. >>now upwards of 2,800 people have seen their love story unfold. through facebook. everythin

some like the show bennett are unable to say goodbye to loved ones in person we get the phone call for face time you know she could have right up to my mother's face and. >>you know i could i could tell my mom and loved her and how much i was going to miss are among the other covid-19 victims at least 5 veterans at the holyoke soldiers home in massachusetts. the superintendent of that facility is now on paid administrative leave. and as the number of deaths rises health officials say the virus. >>could surge later this year i would anticipate that that would actually happen because of the greed of transmissibility. however if you come back in the fall. it will be a totally different ballgame our ability to go out and be able to test identify isolate. contact trace will be orders of magnitude better then what it was just a couple of months ago, i'm john lawr nce reporting. >>and internationally spain now has suffered its worst day in the coronavirus outbreak officials there saying now 849 people died yesterday alone due to the coronavirus and there are more than 9,000 new cases reported

that will that will bennett 4 million of those on household in the country and over we're putting several billion pounds in two the system altogether. >> we'll leave this session to go to capitol hill to get remarks from senator lindsey graham. i'll be brief, just to kick us then let these guys unpack some of the details. what we want to address today is is oblem in the bell that easily fixable and that the overwhelming majority of the american people and the majority of the congress, i think, would want to be on the side of fixing. to people get help that need help. there are lots of hurting people in this country. health-related right now and economic now and coming, hich also produces a second wave of public health crises for people. we want to get help to people who need help. number of us are very fiscally conservative and normally spend talking total price tags. none of what we're here to talk bout today is about a price tag. senator sasse: one of the fundamental purposes of this ill is to maintain the employee-employer relationship through the trough of the ecession that's arriving

catherine bennett from our business desk. you're seeing markets make an impressive rebound.. seeing markets make an impressive rebound. arell major indicices entering positive territory despite the fact that this is -- prophets across the eurozone have plummeted to a record low. business activity in europe has dropped to a level not seen even during the financial crisis. if we look at the markets in europe they seem unperturbed to that. 4%, soaring over frankfurt's tax making the biggest upward swing of over 6%. stocks in asia making an impressive rebound during today's trading. japan soared over 7%. the shanghai composite little more measured, increasing 2.3%. annette: here in france, the finance minister bernard lemay has talked about a loan guarantee scheme. cayoyou tell u us a little e moe about that? s said in any intervrvw today that he compared the current economic fallout to the great depression and has warned the figigures for the country wiwill be far lower than previous estimates.. the french government has drawn up a list of companieses that could get state suppor

earlier this week senator bennett and brown and i along with several colleagues propose sending cash payments directly to american families starting with $2000 sent immediately to every american low and middle income with additional payments if our economy remains in distress. under our plan in the worst-case scenario if our economy remains in distress a family of four over an entire gear with three tranches ofli payment will be eligible for $18,000 could critically it would not require an income threshold to receive payments which means everyone under a certain income level would qualify. the current proposal would exclude exactly the people in households who actually need it the most by creating an income requirement this plant currently proposes would be skipping over the most vulnerable people. that means a mom who quits her job to spend the last year caring for her sick child or a husband or a parent with alzheimer's whose full-time job has been caring for that spouse or loved one will receive nothing under this plan. it also means a college student forced to leave school having

geoff bennett is there for us.ive us the latest readout from the white house. >> reporter: we expect to get -- we hope to get a fuller picture today of all of the public health consideration and concerns that informed president trump's decision to extend those federal social distancing guidelines. dr. deborah birx, the white house coronavirus task force coordinator said yesterday that at today's briefing that she and dr. fauci will share all of the information, all of the data that they presented to president trump. of course, she and dr. fauci have been talking since sunday, really, sharing their stark projections, for instance, that more than 2 million americans could have died in the absence of any measures. but, look, as president trump continues to really put a rosy sheen on his administration's response, governors are telling a very different story. this, in fact, has been the story from the start where the administration keeps saying there are millions more tests, there's millions more equipment making its w

geoff bennett has more on all of this. as always. >> reporter: you as well. >> these candidates, look, they are trying to come up with new ways, trying to get their message across. but it's not that simple. >> reporter: it is not simple at all, alex. you're right about that. the coronavirus pandemic as you well know has transformed every aspect of american life to include the race for the white house. virtual campaigning is now the new norm for bernie sanders and joe biden. with president trump seizing the national spotlight each day the democratic candidates have had to come up with new ways to reach out to voters. while the remaining 2020 presidential candidates are used to seeing adoring crowds on the campaign trail, the coronavirus pandemic has forced them to find new ways to connect with voters. trump daily briefings are now his daily substitute for campaign rallies. >> we have done one hell of a job. and it's lucky that you have this group here right now for this problem or you wouldn't even have a country left. >> r

after the discussion there will be some words from michael bennett later there will be q&a and after that there will be a book signing when q&a happens i will come back up and give you the microphone so c-span who is filming tonight can record your question. thank you so much. [applause] >> good evening. capitalism. i take it you are not a fan. >> for sure no. >> tell me why. >> what we argue in the book in which i happen to think it has uniquely failed us on many fronts that logic of domination to western thought and what capitalism does it gives very little back. and with the economic system with extracted labor in order to appeal the massive profit-making. so what we argue in the book so what you do to transcend capitalism and how to get around that. and coming to different conclusions about that personally. and with the common ground to replace capitalism and it means to prioritize the profits as the driving goal of society which it has been for a long time. and in terms of how much capital. and then in order to build a society that is sustainable it isn't clear so to spend time

i support a proposal that also is being led by senate colleagues brown, bennett and booker to request direct cash assistance beginning in $2000 be sent to the market families in need. this will be a crucial lifeline in the interim help these families navigate the crisis. i support what schumer said earlier about strengthening these for the families. in a second wave likely to go on to support as well. i don't believe this is a short-lived crisis. we've got to see it through and stand by the workers and their families all the way. and in times of economic crisis, the increase in chapter 11 bankruptcy filings by businesses. too often, these businesses have been able to manipulate the bankruptcycy process to leave te workers hydride we cannot let this happen again. more than ten years, had a bill to reform chapter 11, to improve doutcomes for workers and most importantly by $20000 in value of worker wage claims, entitled to priority payment and bankruptcy. let's get reform done as part of the challenge of this crisis. let's makeel helping workers the highest priority when it comes to bus

i support a proposal that also is being led by senate colleagues brown, bennett and booker to request the direct cash assistance beginning at $2000 be sent to american families in need. this would be a crucial lifeline but it alone can't help this family is navigate the crisis. i support what senator schumer said earlier about strengthening unemployment insurance for these same families. i second wave assistance is likely to go out to support that as well. i don't believe this is a short-lived crisis. we got to sit through, stand by the workers and families all the way. in past times of economic crisis we've seen an increase in chapter 11 bankruptcy filings by businesses. but too often these businesses have been able to manipulate the bankruptcy process to favor creditors or management to leave the workers high and dry. we cannot let this happen again. for more than ten years i've had a bill to reform chapter 11 to improve outcomes for workers and retirees. most important, by doubling to $20,000 the velvet the valley of worker wage claims entitled to priority payment in bankruptcy. le

you've got, geoff bennett, president trump watching all of this. he's pushing back this morning on some criticism he got from that interview overnight on sean hannity's program about what he's saying and how he's handling this coronavirus messaging, if you will. i want to play a little of what the president had to say, what his top experts have said, and then we'll talk about it. watch. >> a lot of people will have this, and it's very mild. thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. some of them go to work. >> you get sick. stay home. you're not helping your colleagues by going to work sick. >> globally, 3 of 4 persons that reported covid-19 have died. >> i think 3.4% is a false number. this is just my hunch. personally i would say the number is way under 1%. >> we make policy recommendations and analysis of what we're going to recommend based on accumulation of data. data is very important. >> dr. fauci talking about how data is important. the number may end up changing b

it was reported in my conversation with kathy bennett, president of the hospital association, that a couple of hospitals in the north went on divert. issue as muchpe as a person power issue. some individuals went home not feeling well, and there were not enough health-care workers in their emergency rooms. so that is being handled on a regional basis at this point. the north is really feeling the so our goal isw, to work with hospitals, increase critical-care capacity, give them the equipment they need to the degree we have it, and give them guidance if they have to start sharing equipment. and we would only do that along with guidance from cdc -- the -- from cdc and fda, and safely. to be morerphy: efficient in our beds and equipment and manpower, we have gone to a north, central, south regional strategy, which in the past couple of days is proving to be a very smart move for us, but there is more coming at us, no doubt. >> how many hospitals are on diversion?e on can you name the hospitals? >> i don't have that on me. we can get that to you, for sure. we actually have a map of coun

to fact-check him, i'm joined by white house correspondent geoff bennett and also dr.e gounder and she is an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist and host of the epidemic, a podcast, and ben rhodes. first to you, geoff. talk to me from the white house about the points the president has been making in some of his interviews and how to deal with that. >> reporter: and to put this in some context without excusing the disinformation, president trump as we know by now views things through a lens of how it affects him politically, how it helps or hurts his political standing. it appears he's done that with the coronavirus response as well. and that's one of the reasons why he is now spreading unwittingly or otherwise false information. so, yes, yesterday he said that based on a hunch, he was trying to dispute and discredit the world health organization's fact-based assessment of the death rate. he suggested there has been a coronavirus linked death in new york when there is no such case. president trump is not the first american president to have to carefully nav

nbc's geoff bennett is at the white house with that. >> reporter: the trump administration ramping up its response to the coronavirus as americans brace for the outbreak fill fury. president trump tonight releasing new guidelines for all americans to follow over the next 15 days >> so each and every one of us has a critical role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. >> reporter: they include closing schools in affected areas. avoiding discretionary travel. avoiding groups of ten or more and working from home when possible. >> no matter who you are, please stay home. >> reporter: new procedures now in effect at the white house, too. a normally packed white house press briefing room sparse today. a new seating arrangement leaving every other seat open. >> i'm glad to see that you're practicing social distancing that looks very nice. >> reporter: the president's comments, his most direct appeal yet for americans to take the virus seriously. the new guidelines an answer to calls from state officials for a stronger federal response. >> i want federal guidance this i

joining me now, nbc's geoff bennett is at the white house. nbc's kasie hunt is in d.c., where she's covering capitol hill. nbc host david gura is at the new york stock exchange and also in d.c. former surgeon general dr. viv echl k murthy who is a member of joe biden's just announced public health advisory committee. geoff, the president's going to speak to the public tonight we think it's going to be around 8:00 p.m. do you have any knowledge of what he plans on saying? >> reporter: well, katie, the president just tweeted in the last ten minutes or so ago that he plans to address the nation from the oval office at 9:00 p.m. eastern, 6:00 p.m. pacific, and he could use that setting based on our reporting to announce a national disaster declaration. that would unlock up to $40 billion immediately, push billions of dollars out the door to help state and local governments confront the spread and the economic impact of coronavirus. this would be in addition to the stimulus package that he's working out to congress. we also expect that he might --

first we want to bring in nbc news white house correspondent jeff bennett. what do we expect the president to say and what is a national emergency? what does it mean? >> good to see you as always. multiple sources tell our team that president trump is expected to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak which could include the additional step of invoking the sta stafford act. that unlocks money to state and local governments. this is beyond, in addition to the hundreds of billions of dollars in that economic stimulus package that you mentioned pelosi is now hashing out with treasury secretary steve mnuchin. all the usual caveats apply here. even more so on a day like today. the situation is fluid. president trump could always change his mind. in fact, we're told he was expected to take this step earlier in the week but i'm told he at the time thought it would send the wrong message. declaring a national emergency puts fema in the driver's seat. right now they're assisting. but when or if the president announces this national emergency as he

and thank you jeff bennett as well. get back to the mayor of jackson, mississippi, he endorsed senator sanders and joins me live. thank you for your time. sorry about that. i want to talk to you quickly because it seems like senator sanders is sacrificing a large swath of the south to bet on michigan. how do you feel about that? >> as it pertains to his inability to come to the rally in jackson, i understand. having campaigned on my own in jackson, mississippi, and understanding it is difficult to get around the entire city of jackson, i can't imagine the rigors of campaigning across the nation. what we do know from senator sanders is he stood with us two short years ago when the feesen workers were rallying to unionize after having oppressive conditions where a person died on the line and the plant still continued. he stood with me a short time after that having a town hall concerning economic justice. those type of issues are center stage in mississippi when it pertains to workers' rights, when it pertains to economic

ordered 4 men convicted of the 2012 gang rape and murder of a woman to be executed later this month bennett filed several appeal since the conviction but their mercy pleas for rejected by the president the crime involving a 23 year old physiotherapy student on a bus in new delhi trigger mass protests yet tak led to tougher laws against sexual violence including the death penalty so the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera another bulletin at the top of the hour the stream no it's next. to al-jazeera this let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they all the endemic corruption and we listen so if you replace china as an enemy of the us and that's really then yours we meet with global news makers and tweak about the stories the back to 0. welcome to the stream i'm femi oke i more and more people off this thing africa reconnect with that pos and it's helping inspire them in the present today we look at how the african diaspora is really examining the culture achievements and struggles of the ads just as some travel at how it's empowering them you can join the conversation through

jack: before we go, bennett went to ask, crazy week, big surge into the close, what you think happensday, tuesday, wednesday next week? smack another 4%. so i don't thing the volatilities over yet. think we're going to see testing finally happen on the coronavirus here in the united states. we are going to see a spike of cases, the headlines are going to scare people. jack: though put the test that will find it how many people actually have coronavirus that's going to be scary. >> that is going to freak people out there gonna sell. i also think we have to watch carefully, the economic data this coming out. things like the jobless claims data to see if the coronavirus is starting to have an impact on small businesses for it are they laying people off course work we have to very careful to pose number start to rise. if they do it's a problem. jack: coming up our exclusive interview with new york stock exchange president stacey cunningham. stay right i knew about the tremors. but when i started seeing things, i didn't know what was happening... so i kept it in. he started believing thing

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minister all of canada for a statement to be part of the program he said look at this tweet from kauai bennett he also shed another statement that same statement 10 from scott fraser scott frazier is the. minister for indigenous relations and reconciliation and this is that particular statement so that has been i want to say how has that been progress mallie i should say over the weekend off discussing what that's what so let's and people actually want. i think that there has been that sound progress made in that area. discussions did not result is sure coast asked lank or any r.c.m.p. who were hoping that they will lead to a resolution to get the r.c.m.p. out of our territory but as andrew scheer talked about you know framing us as this mob that standing in the way you know this great country that's how we feel are here in our territory is that they're this aired mercenaries private mercenaries for industry paid by the government to come and interfere with our nation with our sovereign nation and that hasn't been resolved yet it's something that we're still working on and although we're heade