"the evening edit" with elizabeth macdonald is next. ♪. ♪. elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald.ight now. you're looking at a live shot of the white house press room where any moment the president is expected to lead the coronavirus briefing for the nation. we will take you there live. attorney general william barr will be there as well. after another brutal day on wall street, even after the federal reserve launches historic, unlimited buying of treasurys and mortgage-backed securities, this is market history. it is the fastest 30% pullback ever in just 22 d

elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald this is the evening edit. at this hour, republicans and democrats battling it out for government stimulus. markets had worth day since 1987 correcting deeper into bear territory. federal reserve pumping 1 1/2 billion bucks into the financial system. don luskin with his reality check on the markets. why republicans stimulus plan for corona has major problems. critics calling on washington necessary action to shut the outbreak down. also calling on washington for quick and necessary action to shut down their fighting and start fighting the virus together. republican tom reed joins us with all of that. now the administration ramping up the pandemic response as democrats have new legislation now to try to block the president's temporary eu travel ban and other travel bans. government experts though say they do worse. even new york city, mayor de blasio agrees with the president's travel ban on europe. he says it is going to work. cases now explode in europe. we have the new numbers. we'll show you how 20 countries

"the evening edit" with elizabeth macdonald is next. ♪. ♪. elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald.e evening edit" starts right now. you're looking at a live shot of the white house press room where any moment the president is expected to lead the coronavirus briefing for the nation. we will take you there live. attorney general william barr will be there as well. after another brutal day on wall street, even after the federal reserve launches historic, unlimited buying of treasurys and mortgage-backed securities, this is market history. it is the fastest 30% pullback ever in just 22 days. seven states now have shelter in place orders for more than 100 million americans to stop the outbreak. joining us retired four-star general jack keane, dr. oz, former reagan advisor art laffer and texas attorney general ken paxton, what texas is doing. the other story tonight. a battle never the likes seen before, the senate floor erupted in outrage today, as senate democrats for the second time in 24 hours block a key vote on nearly 2 trillion-dollar coronavirus relief plan, in favor of house de

thanks for joining you, i'm elizabeth macdonald.e'll start this afternoon with president trump addressing the latino coalition legislative summit in washington. >> latino coalition, you're having the best year you ever have. last year was your best. we're beating it this year. this afternoon we celebrate the phenomenal achievements of latino business leaders entrepreneurs, innovators and workers lifting our nation to soaring new heights. we're proud ever it too. you're powering the american dream. my administration stands proudly right by your side. with the hard work, love, devotion of millions of incredible hispanic-americans, our country is thriving, our people are prospering and our future has never really ever looked better than it does right now. liz: let's bring in our next guest, the first female fighter pilot to fight in comb bat and command a fighter-squadron. senator martha mcsally from arizona. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. liz: your reaction to the president's comments. hispanicss a major voting bloc. t

"the evening edit" with elizabeth macdonald is next. maria: good morning, everyone.romo, good tuesday to you, tuesday march 24th, 6:00 a.m. on the button. president trump insisting that the u.s. will soon be open for business once again as the war against the coronavirus rages on. attorney general bill barr announcing he's going after people stockpiling crucial supplies. the senate not still to come together in much-needed coronavirus package as more states go on lockdown this morning and more people find themselves out of work. both sides expected to come

elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now.of the coronavirus packages. we'll get you updated on that. the president invoke as korean war law the u.s. industrial base start manufacturing now, medical supplies, ventilators, vaccines to battle the coronavirus outbreak. the administration talking about taking equity stakes in companies? that is what they did in the 2008 crisis. nyse temporarily shutting its trading floor, moving to electronic trading. the dow back at february 2017 levels. oil

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now.ahead to the next primary, crucial swing state, florida, after joe biden did romp to a surprising comeback. super tuesday victory. president trump spoke to hispanics to capture that vote so crucial in states like florida. polls now show the president's support among hispanics rising sense 2016. all threeaj

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now.aking news, pentagon, federal reserve, the white house doing everything they can to stop the coronavirus outbreak. defense secretary mark esper said the pentagon is ready to deploy the navy hospital ships and 16 labs to test for the virus to help the battle against the outbreak, and potentially call out more members of the national guard and reserve. this as new york mayor bill de blasio again warning the city's nine million residents should be prepared for a possible shelter in place within the next 4hours he has been duking it out with

liz: welcome to the show, i'm elizabeth macdonald.mike decline and republican michael cloud of texas, columnist kristin tate and general jack keane and more on the coronavirus outbreak and other stories as rush for cash rattled market. the dow popped 1200 points. coming up tonight we'll show what you is really fueling the market chaos. you will not believe this story. it is not just corona. volatility did drop. why? central banks around the world stepping up inclu

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. it is an historic day.s. first super tuesday polls for democrat nominee, voters take to the polls in 14 states. we have got what you need to know. also this hour, action in the markets. coronavirus chaos? the dow back up to last august levels as the federal reserve made a rare move to cut rates

. ♪ i am elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now.our, president trump just spoke to reported that the cdc, he's on his way to florida, he said anyone can get a test for the coronavirus, 700,000 have been shipped so far this week. more on that story coming up. we will take you to capitol hill, charles schumer knows historic and rare center from both the senate and the house for threatening supreme court justice by name on the steps of the supreme court. democrats are firing back and democrats say they need to unify to take on president trump but now they're turning on each

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" rights now.on in less than three hours at 9:00 p.m. eastern time from the oval office on the coronavirus outbreak. we're now monitoring if the president will declare a national emergency. tonight we're going to bring you calm rational information from the experts. now that declaration would let the president direct fema to possibly tens of billions of dollars of disaster relief funds for the virus. we're now digging into government contracts now going out. we'll give you that information. we're trying to track what the trump administration is

elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now.ter senator chuck schumer fell short on his apology after doubling down on his comments about his threats against supreme court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. a sitting senator threatening the supreme court justices. this is an unprecedented attack and it wasn't just senator schumer who attack the justiced yesterday. we have the update. to the secret fisa surveillance court, saying to congress, hey, if you won't punish fbi officials and hold them accountable we will. fisa court banning and blocking from its

elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald this is the evening edit.ing it out for government stimulus. markets had worth day since 1987 correcting deeper into bear territory. federal reserve pumping 1 1/2 billion bucks into the financial system. don luskin with his reality check on the markets. why republicans stimulus plan for corona has major problems. critics calling on washington necessary action to shut the

liz: i'm elizabeth macdonald. welcome to the evening edit. we'll take you there. all of this on the eve of super tuesday. now we have a big shakeup in the democrat race. president today, pushing for a coronavirus vaccine, earlier today, with the world's biggest drugmakers. the vice president just announced new airport screening for flights in italy and south korea. the markets. did you see what happened? the markets roared back today. the dow, nasdaq and s&p. their biggest gains in history today. more on that in just a second. we'll keg into the mistakes that -- dig into the mistakes democrats are making to use the coronavirus to attack the president. we have corey lewandoski coming up. we want to get you to the rally. kevin corke is in north carolina just ahead of the president's rally. kevin. reporter: liz, good to be with you. part of the coordinated effort for the administration is visit the nih. it is not just designed to make the american public safer. it is meant to involve the relevant stakeholders throughout the process. coincidentally the president had a

liz: welcome to the show, i'm elizabeth macdonald. joining us tonight, ohio republican governor mike decline and republican michael cloud of texas, columnist kristin tate and general jack keane and more on the coronavirus outbreak and other stories as rush for cash rattled market. the dow popped 1200 points. coming up tonight we'll show what you is really fueling the market chaos. you will not believe this story. it is not just corona. volatility did drop. why? central banks around the world stepping up including the federal reserve launching even more emergency measures. this as the president vows the u.s. will achieve, quote, total victory over the coronavirus, and says the new trillion dollar stimulus with 500 billion in cash headed to individuals, he thinks it may not be enough. we have news coming up on that. we have also got medical supply shortages hitting hospitals as across the country. tonight, positive news on drug results to battle the outbreak. president trump today pushing to fast track a dom mon anti-malaria drug, chlor

liz: i'm elizabeth macdonald. welcome to the evening edit. we'll take you there. all of this on the eve of super tuesday. now we have a big shakeup in the democrat race. president today, pushing for a coronavirus vaccine, earlier today, with the world's biggest drugmakers. the vice president just announced new airport screening for flights in italy and south korea. the markets. did you see what happened? the markets roared back today. the dow, nasdaq and s&p. their biggest gains in history today. more on that in just a

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" rights now. the president will address the nation in less than three hours at 9:00 p.m. eastern time from the oval office on the coronavirus outbreak. we're now monitoring if the president will declare a national emergency. tonight we're going to bring you calm rational information from the experts. now that declaration would let the president direct fema to possibly tens of billions of dollars of disaster relief funds for the virus. we're now digging into government contracts now going out. we'll give you that information. we're trying to track what the trump administration is doing now as they push back on the armchair critics. this as democrats risk voter backlash for blocking, for fighting with the president's version of coronavirus stimulus help. we'll tell you what doctors are saying about that. they don't like the fighting. also tonight health officials warn the virus, yes, 10 times more lethal than the flu. world health organization did officially declare it a pandemic. we have more on th

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. breaking news, pentagon, federal reserve, the white house doing everything they can to stop the coronavirus outbreak. defense secretary mark esper said the pentagon is ready to deploy the navy hospital ships and 16 labs to test for the virus to help the battle against the outbreak, and potentially call out more members of the national guard and reserve. this as new york mayor bill de blasio again warning the city's nine million residents should be prepared for a possible shelter in place within the next 4hours he has been duking it out with new york state governor andrew cuomo. they're going back and forth. the governor says no, that is not on the table. this story, the fight with china heating up. china will expel "the new york times," "wall street journal," "the washington post" from china. also kicking those papers out of hong kong and macau. all this as the administration and congress ramp up another historic package for the u.s. economy. look at market reaction to that, up more t

elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. fallout mounting after senator chuck schumer fell short on his apology after doubling down on his comments about his threats against supreme court justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh. a sitting senator threatening the supreme court justices. this is an unprecedented attack and it wasn't just senator schumer who attack the justiced yesterday. we have the update. to the secret fisa surveillance court, saying to congress, hey, if you won't punish fbi officials and hold them accountable we will. fisa court banning and blocking from its courts the fbi agents who deceived and misled it to get fisa surveillance warrants to spy on the trump campaign. you won't believe what we found. senator elizabeth warren stops her campaign. nancy pelosi says there is quote an element of misogyny here. the debate. did nancy pelosi criticize her own party and democrat voters? we have growing concerns about joe biden's seemingly never-ending waterfall of flubs and gaffs. we have even more new examples.

elizabeth: i'm elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now. just a moment the senate voted to pass one of the coronavirus packages. we'll get you updated on that. the president invoke as korean war law the u.s. industrial base start manufacturing now, medical supplies, ventilators, vaccines to battle the coronavirus outbreak. the administration talking about taking equity stakes in companies? that is what they did in the 2008 crisis. nyse temporarily shutting its trading floor, moving to electronic trading. the dow back at february 2017 levels. oil hitting 2002 levels. as white house restrictions northern and southern borders. a global blitz to get to containment. positive news making us sit up and take notice at "the evening edit." more than a disease companies moving on vaccines and cures. exciting news coming out of australia. also china and germany now moving fast. this as the pentagon has deployed fort detrick. that is home to the army's enfigure schuss disease center. it is on it. also ibm's powerful supercomputer at the energy departmen

. ♪ i am elizabeth macdonald, "the evening edit" starts right now.t this hour, president trump just spoke to reported that the cdc, he's on his way to florida, he said anyone can get a test for the coronavirus, 700,000 have been shipped so far this week. more on that story coming up. we will take you to capitol hill, charles schumer knows historic and rare center from both the senate and the house for threatening supreme court justice by name on the steps of the supreme court. democrats are firing back and democrats say they need to unify to take on president trump but now they're turning on each other. the new nasty fight breaking out right now in the middle of trouble he knew warning signs for the party. plus senator mitt romney violated back says he will not vote next week against the senate republican probe of the bidens conflict of interest, it has to do the subpoena. this after senator romney said he was going to be against it because it was political. we'll show you the blowback. plus hillary snapping back calling herself the most investigated

i'm elizabeth macdonald. get right to edward lawrence in washington for a wrap on the coronavirus task force. a lot of news coming out of that, edward? reporter: a lot of news. very interesting point they were short on details on stimulus package wanted to get you to look at the broad outline that something will happen. white house economic advisor larry kudlow that the president asked for payroll relief for employees and as well as employers for the rest of the year, bringing that down to zero, effective rate for the end of this year. also talked about paid sick leave for hourly workers as well as possibly some small business, medium business loan issues where they can help in that department as well as bringing the full power of the federal government to work on this issue here. so a lot of economic issues to break through as well as the update on the virus there, liz. elizabeth: zero payroll taxes through after the election. also talking about maybe more tax cuts in the summer or the fall. that is what lar

i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. it is an historic day.e're tracking breaking news. first super tuesday polls for democrat nominee, voters take to the polls in 14 states. we have got what you need to know. also this hour, action in the markets. coronavirus chaos? the dow back up to last august levels as the federal reserve made a rare move to cut rates between federal reserve meetings. only did it six times since the early '90s. more of the white house response. potentially talking one million people tested by friday by the government for the coronavirus. president trump heading to tennessee this friday to tour tornado damage. 25 people now dead. we have devastating scenes of heartbreak there in tennessee. it is now in a state of emergency. we'll show you more on this video coming in. fights breaking out on cruise ships, turned away from multiple ports. why? coronavirus fears. how countries in open borders europe coming in. they may start talk about shutting their borders. attorney general william barr over reforms to stop the fbi from spy

i'm elizabeth macdonald. this is the evening edit. the president just wrapping up the rose garden meeting with the coronavirus task force, giving the people the latest briefing again in the rose garden where they were joined by several key american corporate executives including from honeywell, united technologies, proctor & gamble and jockey. they are pivoting their business their businesses to fight the outbreak of covid-19. he also mix it up with reporters again. let's get the update from edward lawrence who is in washington with more. edward. reporter: president donald trump said it is critical that we follow the guidelines he laid out. in fact he said it could make all the difference in the next 30 days. listen to this. >> by very vigorously following these guidelines we could save more than one million american lives. victory, we have no other choice. everyone of us has a role to play in winning this war. reporter: the president saying that the experts told him they believe that the number of deaths could peak right around easte

before i move on, liz is with me, elizabeth macdonald. i want to go back to that debate. i find it irrelevant. if you can't address how to get this economy out of the slide that it's in, if your solution is end fracking, end energy independence and raise taxes on everybody, that's a nonstarter. i don't see how you can go into an election like that. liz: i was looking at it. it didn't feel forward-looking in terms of where we are in our daily lives and in the u.s. economy. it then sorted veered off into how single payer is the solution. big blowback on that from the hospital and health industry, i'm hearing. they say you would not have the incentives in single payer to develop vaccines and antiviral drugs that you need, so they are saying it didn't work in italy. even joe biden did take on bernie sanders last night on that. italy has the form of single payer. not to point out different countries. we are not going political here. this is about what's pragmatic and what works. i will say this. now it's the health system here in the united states. a major breast cancer surgeo

"the evening edit" with elizabeth macdonald is next. maria: good morning, everyone. i'm maria bartiromo, good tuesday to you, tuesday march 24th, 6:00 a.m. on the button. president trump insisting that the u.s. will soon be open for business once again as the war against the coronavirus rages on. attorney general bill barr announcing he's going after people stockpiling crucial supplies. the senate not still to come together in much-needed coronavirus package as more states go on lockdown this morning and more people find themselves out of work. both sides expected to come with the hopes of going ahead. the federal reserve move made a turnaround. that led to selloff yesterday. dow industrials down 582 points, nasdaq down 18 and s&p lower by 67. reports that u.s. airlines are looking into voluntary shut down of passenger flights across the country this morning. we will take about it. ceo of boeing david calhoun joined me later this morning on asking for bailout, suspending dividend and foregoing his own pay and shuts down. i'm going to have a report for you jpmorgan sa

coming in on the way, here comes the money, who is with me for the final hour of the program, elizabeth macdonald is with us she is the host of evening edit enjoins us now. elizabeth i know you're in the building at a different location keeping your distance. what is your analysis, i want you to comment on three things, the market action, we are down, the likely stimulus or the rescue operation which i think is coming down the pipe real fast in the briefing at 1130 per handle all three real fast. >> what we are seeing right now, the markets are teetering on the flat line, you're absolutely right, i'm not sure that's the bottom why, the markets are looking for the government to contain. here's what we are learning right now, they would like to hear and health professionals as well, we've been on the phone across the state. they want to hear about ventilators, they know their 62000 ventilators in the u.s., the army corps of engineers is mobilizing anti-new york state, they are talking about 18000 ventilators they need in the unit or city area. they want that, also they want to hear about vaccines,

elizabeth macdonald, host of "the evening edit." welcome to the program this monday morning. i've got to say i'm surprised, we've got the fed throwing everything but the kitchen sink straight into the credit market. we've got congress promising a $2 trillion package and i have no doubt that it will be delivered. i'm sure it will be delivered. why is the market down so much? any good ideas? liz: i think it is because of the congressional response. i think there's disappointment in the markets, just talking to the trading desks right now. three things need to work. it needs to be the federal reserve, the fiscal response and also when will we see the cases plateau and go down. right now, just one thing, the trading desk feels is working, the central bank response. you're right, they are throwing everything including the kitchen sink because they are just reading through what the special purpose vehicle, the off-balance sheet at the federal reserve. for the first time they are talking about investing in corporate bond etfs. exchange traded funds, the federal reserve could start t

. >>> on the show today, joining me now, in fact, elizabeth macdonald, host of "evening edit," andy puzder, former cke restaurant ceo. andy, are we strong enough to withstand the shock we know is coming without going into recession? >> yes, we are. as a matter of fact, if you look at gdp now, the atlanta fed's model that projects gdp, what it's going to be by quarter, it was updated friday and came in at 3.1%. there's only three weeks left in q1. i think we will have a stronger q1 than people believe. i think we will overcome this. this is not like 2008 where we had this financial bubble that burst that we had to overcome. this is something that when we have a vaccine, it will be better, maybe during warmer weather it will be better. we're just seeing an overreaction in the market and as i said, i think we will overcome this. stuart: stay there, andy. you say overreaction in the market. liz is with me, liz macdonald. do you think that maybe we are setting up a monumental buying opportunity? liz: yeah. so the adage is when the markets take the escalators up but the elevators down, i will be