falwell, welcomed or allowed students of liberty to return to campus after spring break. we've been chronicling the various activities of spring breakers this year doing exactly what the government in so many

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falwell jr. is making for his own institution, it's a call he is now making for the entire surrounding area. >> exactly. he's often said, well, what's the big deal, students young people don't really get that sick from this. but the problem, of course, is that they're very likely to spread it to others in the community. they're going to go off campus. they're going to go get a coffee. go to chick-fil-a. and it might be spreading it there. and it's such a concern, actually, that today the governor of virginia has put out another order that certainly seems partly directed at places like liberty that are still trying to kind of, you know, breach prior orders. this one is even more stern. >> yeah. >> and really says you got to stay home or we're going to come after you. it will be really interesting to see if liberty gets some kind of a fine for having continued to do this. >> yeah, governor northam issuing essentially a shelter in place order. >> right. >> we will see whether that resonates down in

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falwell, welcomed or allowed students of liberty to return to campus after spring break.e've been chronicling the various activities of spring breakers this year doing exactly what the government in so many cases have said not to do, and that's what kids do when they huddle together and gather in large groups. this puts you in a tough spot because of all your local employees who are tied to that campus. the students come back, bringing with them all the contacts they had on spring break. so how have you dealt with this? >> we had a number of residents that were very concerned. we are a college town, and so we have five colleges and universities here, and we had other colleges and universities who did make the arrangements for their students not to return after spring break but to go on to their online platforms. and so we were hopeful and we asked liberty university to do that same thing. they made a different decision at some point. they had assured us that they would go to the online platform and only a few students who we knew needed to be there, president falwell said

we would have preferred that it be closed. >> reporter: still, falwell says he's playing by the rules by providing online classes and limiting in-person labs to ten students at a time. >> we're operating like every other college in the state of virginia abiding by all the governor's orders to the letter of the law. >> reporter: gun, -- again, when we talk about the spread of the coronavirus, you said it earlier, nearly half of those infected are young people between 18 and 44. in other university news we learned that harvard's president and his wife have tested positive. kenneth. >> all right, kimberly brooks there, thank you. >>> coming up, new abt syf thw cotest that doctors say could be the best hope yet in fighting the virus. >>> and later why this health emergency could lead to less accurate weather forecasts. sensitivity it's very common to have a gum health concern as well. but if you have sensitive teeth, you probably aren't going to brush your teeth as effectivity because it causes pain. and if you see blood you should do something about it. you know, i talk to dentists every

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. ♪ >> martha: liberty university president jerry falwell jr. students who want to return to campus in the midst of the outbreak, explaining "i think we, we, anyway, are protecting the students by having them on campus together, 99% of them are not at the age to be at risk and don't have conditions to put them at risk. "but at least one professor's outraged, writing "frightening to flout the danger of a novel coronavirus, falwell encourages reckless behavior of university students. i begged the dean, senior leadership, and board members to think long term. they are compelled by what is genuinely best by the university to act and to say nothing of the altruistic obligations as christians." here exclusively is the dean of liberty university u.s. congressman dave brat. dave, good to see you. >> thanks, martha. >> martha: obviously, you have university closed all across the country. in order to keep these students saved. this is a very, very controversial decision. why? >> well, i just want to state -- it's a little overstatement to say we have all

in virginia, christian evangelical leader jerry falwell, jr. defied calls for the closure of liberty university, where he serves as president,t, welcoming thousands of students back from spriring break and orordering faculty members to reporort to camampus. falwell is one o of president trump's most prominent supporters. in florida, republican governor ron desantis asked people over 65 and anyone who has traveled from new york state over the last three weeks to seself-isole for 14 dayays. governrnor desantis s has not ordered a statewide e ckdown, and some florida beaches remain open. in immigration news, documents obtained by the nation magazine show immigration and customs enforcement has quarantined nine prisoners and is monitoring at least 24 others across 10 immigration jails for symptoms of covid-19. the documents also show customs and border protection is working to convert several of its major border facilities into quarantine facities. this comes as bubuzzfeed reports an immigrant being held at an immigration jail in new jersey has bec

one parent tweeted to falwell, so in seven weeks, you'll send the thousands of students, who now have higher risk of carrying it, back to their grandparents to get it. i'm as right wing as they get, bud. but as a parent of three of your students i think it is crazy, irresponsible and seems like a money grab. decisions like this will have real-world consequences and we can see it in some places. the governor of kentucky, the man on the left, and the democratic on the right is bill lee. they have taken different focus to the virus and this tells part of the story. kentucky in blue declared a state of emergency on march 6 fgt. you see the aero on the left. the next day kentucky's governor was calling for social distancing. relatively early action in that state. by contrast, tennessee in orange did not declare a state of millennial until almost a week later on march 12th. while tennessee moved more slowly kentucky acted quickly. kentucky closed schools on march 13th. it closed bars and even restaurants a few days later. meanwhile, tennessee did not close schools until march 20th. it only

street trump is reportedly meeting with his economic advisers to discuss ways to halt the coronavirus falwell well today the w a job said that we are dangerously close to what it calls a full blown pandemic at the same time the w.h.o. reported that at least 70 percent of all people with the virus fully recover good news but not good enough for many of the people in italy tonight 16000000 people in northern italy about a quarter of the country's population are under a lockdown of that includes the cities of milan and venice the move is the most drastic taken so far here in europe italy remains europe's hardest hit country in the corona virus outbreak in the last 24 hours the number of deaths from the virus jumped from 262300 interest. are for more now we want to get a picture of one of italy's biggest most hardest affected areas i'm joined now by journalist sylvia bacardi she is in milan good evening to you sylvia i mean this is a drastic step it's the most drastic we've seen here in europe we're talking about a quarter of the population how are the people there were you are howard how are you

liberty university, led by president trump's strong ally, jarry falwell jr., is reopening its doors.s us with the details. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning to you, george. the school says it is taking some steps. for example, limiting its in-room dining to takeout only. city authorities thought that they had worked this out with the school's president, jerry falwell jr. last week, but apparently there was some miscommunication. while many schools across the country are canceling classes and sending students home, things are a bit different this morning at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> we spent our week preparing for the students to return, the ones who wanted to. we knew it wouldn't be many. >> reporter: spring break ended monday and the faith-based school is now welcoming students, faculty and staff back to campus. even opening up the dorms. >> i think it's a risk to not give them the option. it's hard to say whether it's safer to be at their home in new york state or here on campus in lynchburg. >> reporter: jerry falwell jr. says his school is abiding

so are you comfortable being placed in the category as sean hannity the eminent scientist or jerry falwell jr or cheryl adkins and i am comfortable in that company. no no that's a that's a hit piece they they put they were they went after me for and by the way many many other factual inaccuracies in that article i actually we actually in writing addressed this to the new york times and the reporter had the temerity to write back yes i saw him repeatedly say dr foushee is his north star that you should watch dr fouts you do is that and extend and follow every letter of his instructions but i heard right wing news media say something different about what he has said therefore so because other media distorted what i said they felt if there is justified reporting the distortion it's beyond belief it's beyond belief but anyway i you know i don't but my point i don't care so so they attack me what i care about of the the american people are able to get through this incredible stress test in a systematic way safely save lives and don't turn lives upside down we're already starting to see the ment

that governments may need to fork out a lot of money to save the entire industry from the pandemic falwell only 5 per cent of towns are scheduled flights are taking off right now nearly all planes are grounded ju-ju entry restrictions and the collapse in demand. that it is going through and if the current situation doesn't improve in the coming weeks which nobody expects will talk to the government to determine the basic flight services they think should be maintained from business point of view flying doesn't make any sense right now. kinds into what c.e.o. says europe's largest airline is in good financial shape for now but he did not provide an outlook for 2020 he said nobody can predict the entire fallout of the pandemic according to the consultancy firm copper center for. most airlines in the world will be bankrupt by the end of may unless governments intervene international industry group says up to $200000000000.00 a needed to help cushion the blow off the outbreak. but we cannot say it enough on top of these isolation and social distancing measures that people around the world are

jerry falwell is the president of liberty and joins us now. this, right? >> well, we have 100,000 students that are studying online, only 15,000 on campus already, so the majority of our student body is already off campus. and so, but the 15,000 that are here, many of them have asked us, please, do not cancel classes, don't send us home to do online, we love it here, we want to stay. what we have done is eliminated any large crowds, any events that involve large crowds. you know, it's just strange to me how so many are overreacting. the h1n1 virus in 2009 killed 17,000 people. it was the flu also, i think. and there was not the same hype. it was, you just didn't see it on the news 24/7. and it makes you wonder if there's a political reason for that. it's, you know, impeachment didn't work and the mueller report didn't work and article 25 didn't work, and so maybe now this is their next, their next attempt to get trump. but i had a, the owner of a restaurant asked me last night, he said do you remember the north korean leader promised us a chri

to that point, jerry falwell was asked by the "washington post" is there anything president trump coulddo that would engage support from you or other evangelical leaders and he said no. and he said that is the shortest answer that i've ever received. >> guest: the president himself said he has such a strong evangelical support he could walk down fifth avenue new york and showed some body. >> host: do you think that is because people are afraid to trust the democrats? >> guest: it is a combination of things. but king david when he was the king of israel had the best flag and so basically said don't trust him. we have leaders and references, everybody has their preferences. but the thing that bothers me now among other things, and somebody made this point the other night on television, a member of congress i think, it used to be when you had an election the losing side would lick its wounds and have meetings how to retool the message and when the next time. now it's how do we bring this guy down. they've are arguing about impeachment, the democrats were coming even before, and certainly a

to that point, jerry falwell junior was asked by the "washington post" is there anything that he coulddo with s from you or other evangelical leaders and he's had no. that's the shortest answer i've ever received on that. >> guest: he said he has such strong evangelical support. >> host: do you think that is because people are still afraid to trust the democrats? >> guest: king david had the best hawaiian on this. but not your trust in the kings so basically don't trust him. we have leaders, i have my preferences, you have yours, everybody has their preferences, but the thing that bothers me now among other things as is that, and if somebody made this point the other night on television, a member of congress i think, it used to be when you had an election the losing side would have meetings, how do we retool the message and when next i am, now it's how do we bring this guy down, this person down. they were arguing about impeachment before and the day or two after some of the quotes from the more radical members of congress, that is in the way to ddo that and this poisons the atmosphere

. >> reporter: still, falwell says he's playing by the rules by providing online classes and limiting in-person labs to ten students at a time. >> we're operating like every vitef thelege in the state o law. >> reporter: kimberly brooks, abc news, new york. >> whei mean, when you're livinn a dorm, it's very difficult not to spread this virus. s, i don't know how this is going to work. >> that's a tough one. >>> sfo is adding special bus service for people who are stranded because b.a.r.t. is closing early now. so, one of the top stories on abc 7 news right now. >>> you're going to hear f thpa part in a clinical trial for a drug that could treat covid-19. the decision that may have saved her life. >>> a north bay distillery making a pivot during the shelter in place. how they are now making hand sanitizer. >>> and mother nature is making some wet weather for us. you can see it right here on live doppler 7. this is just the first round of many scattered >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >>> moderate shower moving through milpitas. you can see

most recently jerry falwell and governor john justice from west virginia has been encouraging western counties of west virginia to leave and join them. why would -- why the hell would anyone want to do that? blacksburg,to write west virginia. we will all be californians eventually and i will be home again. [laughter] ludicrous buteem the idea of secession is not always ludicrous to everybody. moreover, southern leaders believed they could defend themselves militarily if necessary. a giant miscalculation as it turned out. inre was no evident bases 1861 for them to know that after all, for more than a generation they had listened to northern spokesman insulting condemned them so they can actually ask of themselves -- why would the yankees fight to keep us in the union when they dislike us so? the disparity between volunteer enlistments in the recent war with mexico between north and south suggested that gun shy noty shopkeepers and wooden make peddlers would not risk their lives or spend their precious gold to fight for anything. 50 years ago, i regarded the outcome of the war as inevit

would go to the online platform and only a few students who we knew needed to be there, president falwellere some of the international students, some aviation students, maybe a couple of labs, and 200 to 300 or so students. so we were very surprised when that decision had been made later in the week to allow the campus to be open and all students or those students who wanted to return could return to the campus and do online platform on the campus in resident dorms. so we were surprised and very disappointed. our residents were concerned. we receive td a firestorm of emails and calls regarding this action. and so that is why we had to respond to our community to let them know what we had asked an point the decision was changed, but that as a community, we would get through this. we would adhere to all of the medical experts, work with our health district to make sure that we lessen the impact of returning students and for all of our citizens. >> mayor trenny tweedy of lynchburg. thank you with all you're dealing with to make time for us. >>> coming up, one prominent veteran republican cal

jerry falwell was doing that , is there anything president trump could do that would endangersupportfrom your other evangelical leaders and he said no . and that's the shortest answer i've seen on that question 's. >> guest: the president said he has struck such strong evangelical supportthat he can walk down fifth avenue and shoot someone . >> host: is that because of trump or people are with him against the democrats? >> guest: king david when he was king over israel had the best line ever on this. he said but not your trust in kings or mortal flesh and he was king so basically don't trust him. we have leaders, i have my preferences, you have your preferences but the thing that bothers me now among other things is that, and somebody made this point the other night on television, a member ofcongress. it used to be when you had an election thelosing side would lick its wounds, they'd have meetings, how do we retool our message, how do we win next time ? now it's how do we bring this guy down ? this person down? they were arguing about impeachment, the democrats were even before the e

the school's well known conservative president jerry falwell jr.ning students must now self-quarantine for two weeks. >>> a cruise ship stuck at sea for over two weeks after coronavirus started spreading on board. city after city refused to let them into port even as passengers began to die. but now they may be finally headed for dry land. this morning nearly 2,000 cruise line passengers are trapped in limbo. >> unfortunately there's been a delay -- >> reporter: the holland america ship stranded at sea over two weeks as coronavirus spreads through the ship. >> so we're stuck on the ship. we can't go anywhere. because we're not healthy, i guess, or something. >> reporter: over 170 on board are already sick with flu-like symptoms and at least four have died as the captain fights to get proper tests delivered to the marooned vessel. >> it was like a covert operation the captain told us about that morning, because he didn't want to jeopardize the operation to get tests on the ship. >> reporter: the ship embarking on a south american voyage on march 7th

, employers that are loyal to the president or institutions like liberty university, run by jerry falwellying, you know, we're going to bring these kids back. we're not going to take this seriously. i think that's going to be a real public health problem going forward. quite frankly, despite the president's momentary pivot yesterday, he has a great deal of responsibility for underplaying the severity of this and sort of sending out that bat signal to much of the trump-friendly media to down play this and attack the media opposed to mobilizing the country. >> let us hope that the trump-friendly media will follow the president's lead from yesterday and start talking, mika, about just how deadly the virus could be if they don't start to take it seriously. >> if you look at -- charlie mentioned liberty university. this is incredible, that jerry falwell jr., a staunch ally of president trump, and sort of an influential voice, i guess, still in the evangelical world, he reopened the university. he brought the students back. i believe he even said, you know, it might be good for them to come bac

asymptomatic put people like my father at risk lots of questions that need to be answered, from jerry falwellnd liberty university. >> and that is why today we are hearing dr. birx say if near anywhere in new york if you are in new york you need to self-quarantine sending back to university, so soon after is certainly something that needs to be scrutinized, joining us right now on the telephone he cofounder home depot keep langone founder as well thanks very much for being here, great to have you this morning i want to first start and get your get your take, on home depot. confirming scomi at location tested positive for covid-19 your hots on home depot's leadership throughout all of this and according to the company that that employee is in quarantine working closely with cdc on guidance. >> if company said it, it happened i am pleased with steps taking limiting number of people in higher volume stores could be in store one time laws spacing cut hours back being to 6:00 i think going to close at 6:00, to allow restocking, people getting a break maria, let me change hoerns one minute please i