the purpose of the actions on saturday night in hoboken was to protect the residents of hoboken, but also to encourage other mayors and other governors around the region and the country to act together, act in unison, because we can't be in isolation taking action in hoboken and contain this crisis on a regional or national basis. so it's refreshing to see that on multiple levels of government, drastic measures are being taken, and they seem harsh, but they're necessary to protect the public interest. and protect public safety. >> leading by example. mayor bhalla, thank you very much for joining us and dplugoo luck. >> thanks for having me. >>> still ahead, the drastic measures communities are taking to protect children. the latest on the school shutdowns happening nationwide, next. n the school shutdowns happening nationwide, next as a doctor, i agree with cdc guidance. i recommend topical pain relievers first... like salonpas patch large. it's powerful, fda-approved to relieve moderate pain, yet non-addictive and gentle on the body. salonpas. it's good medicine. hisamitsu. neutroge

a nighttime curfew, for example, in hoboken, new jersey. retail and grocery chains scaling back evening hours so stores can be cleaned and shelves restocked. the government has added travel restrictions, adding united kingdom and ireland. those lines are long. the big developments also include this. the white house saturday issuing a statement saying president trump tested negative for coronavirus. that less than 24 hours after a white house statement saying there was no need for the president to be tested. the president came into the briefing room saturday only after reporters were scanned. see the images there, a new policy, the white house says, to keep anyone with a fever away. team trump pushing a message of progress talking friday about a national emergency and the house vote hours later promoting a giant coronavirus package. that's evidence the white house is gathering better tools and resources to help fight the pandemic and those impacted by it. >> it was done very, very bipartisan. it was very nice to see it. >> if you are sick, n

the mayor of hoboken, new jersey, is doing the same thing. do you see your state, new york state, imposing a statewide curfew at some point? >> curfew, that word makes me nervous. we have already started having businesses reduce their capacity, reduce their size. i see that continuing. i could see setting a time for businesses to close earlier than usual. but, you know, curfew, depending on what you mean by that, it depends, but the word has a bad connotation to me. governor murphy's a good friend of mine. we work together. and it is very important that states coordinate these efforts. and that's why i would like to see the federal government do more, because when every state, wolf, comes up with their own policies, you just have people shop among states. new jersey creates a curfew, i don't. everybody will drive to new york. you know, connecticut does something, i don't, everybody will drive to connecticut. so that's why it would have been nice to have a federal government that really stepped up to the plate and said, once and for all, this

monday night the coronavirus curfew kicks in here in hoboken from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. as the city of 50,000 are ordered to stay off the streets. demarco? >> meg oliver reporting, thank you. >>> there is also new financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. ski resorts across north america are the latest big business to close. while some workers are being paid, many are seasonal. it's a devastating hit. here's jonathan. >> reporter: the nation's $20 billion winter sports industry is the latest to quarantine. this weekend veil resorts announced it's closing operations at all of its 37 facilities spread across 15 states and three countries. staff will be paid. >> yeah, you're a little disappointed but on the other hand, you have to do the right thing. >> reporter: the virus is hitting all sectors of the cli from steve madden and the first domino has fallen in las vegas with a tourist economy worth over $34 billion that sustains 300,000 jobs. starting tomorrow, mgm has announced layoffs and furloughs. nationwide hourly workers have been hardest hit, many unable to coll

monday night the coronavirus curfew kicks in here in hoboken from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. as the city of more than 50,000 are ordered to stay off the streets. demarco? >> meg oliver, reporting, thank you. >>> there is new financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. ski resorts across north america are the latest big business to close. and while some workers are being paid, many are seasonal and it's a devastating hit. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> reporter: the nation's $20 billion winter sports industry is the latest to quarantine. this weekend vail resorts announced it's closing operations at all of its 37 facilities spread across 15 states and 3 countries. staff will be paid. >> yeah, you're a little disappointed but on the other hand, you got to do the right thing. >> reporter: the virus is hitting all sectors of the economy from iconic clothing brands like steve madden and the first domino has fallen in las vegas with a tourist economy worth over $34 billion that sustains 300,000 jobs. starting tomorrow, mgm and others have announced layoffs and furloughs. nation

21 countries will close until march 27th. >> monday night the coronavirus curfew kicks in here at hoboken from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. as the city of more than 50,000 are ordered to stay off the streets. demarco? >> meg oliver reporting, meg, thank you. there is also new financial fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. ski resorts across not america are the latest big business to close. and while some workers are being paid, many are seasonal and st a devastating hit, here's jonathan vigliotti. >> the nation's 20 billion dollar winter sports industry is the latest to quarantine. this weekend vail resorts announced it is closing operations at all of its 37 facilities spread across 15 states and three countries. staff will be paid. >> yeah, you're a little disappointed but on the other hand, you got to do the right thing. >> the virus is hitting all sectors of the economy from iconic clothing brands like steve madden and nike who is shutting all of their u.s. stores and giving staff paid leave. and the first domino has fallen in las vegas with a tourist economy worth over $34 billion that sustain

rick leventhal live in hoboken.reaking news the coronavirus pandemic is spreading all across the globe. a live look at the johns hopkins website, which shows the reach of the virus, dozens of countries shutting down their borders in an attempt to reduce the spread. trey yingst, live in jerusalem, with the latest. trey? >> trace, good morning, as the global pandemic continues to spread with coronavirus, some countries around the world do appear to have things under control, while others are implementing new restrictions. here in israel, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issued a new public mandate overnight banning people from leaving their homes. there are only two exceptions to this new rule, and that is for medical treatment or workers who are exempt from the new policy. the israeli military has also taken over two hotels in the country, turning them into quarantine zones for patients who test positive for coronavirus. the new policy comes as netanyahu confirms israeli intelligence services are using anti-

the mayor of hoboken saying you can go out and walk your dog, take a job but beyond that, you are pretty much sheltering in place. >>> our breaking news coverage as we head into the final hour of trading stay with us >>> it does, indeed. thank you, tyler thank you, kelly welcome to "the closing bell." i'm wilfred frost sara eisen will join us after the bell as we do our part to social distance here on cnbc while bring you the most important market moves today we're about 750 points on the dow, 3.8%, a little off the highs, though, which was close to 1200 points higher. let's look at what is driving the action fed launching another massive liqu

the mayor in hoboken new jersey just across the river said the facility only has enough supplies to last them six more days. >> grimmett news. you say you are standing in central park. i see people walking behind you. are following the shelter and place orders pick >> it is interesting. it is almost like two separate worlds. we were just in time square earlier in the day where it is completely vacant. all of the places that you would imagine to be densely crowded areas are completely vacant. it sounds like people are sheltering in place. honoring the orders but then you get to a place like central park and there are runners everywhere. it is not a busy day. it is very densely crowded on a busy day but you are seeing a lot of people out in central park and in public spaces. on the west side highway. i feel like people feel they need to get out and they are feeling cooped up in their apartments. certainly it is kind of a little of both. >> the same thing in san francisco. people are getting cabin fever. you see them running around but they are keeping that social distance. >> six feet is c

hoboken located across the river from new york imposed an overnight curfew starting monday. san francisco and some other california municipalities are requiring everyone to stay at home, except for essential travel. >>> the u.s. national institutes of health and a biotech firm have begun a clinical trial to combat the coronavirus. >> i'm also pleased to report that a vaccine candidate has begun the phase one clinical trial, one of the fastest development launches in history. >> researchers began work to develop the vaccine in mid-january and completed it before the endnd of february. now it's ready for a year's testing. 45 healthy adult volunteers in seattle have been separated into groups and administered different dosages of the vaccine. they will be given two shots about 28 days apart. the participants will be regularly tested to determine if the vaccine is safe and if it can induce an immune response. the institute says that needs to be proven before it can be approved for public use. the whole process should take somewhere between a year and a year and a half. >>> a war

. >> reporter: sunday, the city of hoboken, new jersey, started restricting restaurants to delivery and take-out only. nicole killian, cbs news the white house. >>> we're getting new numbers on numbers of cases in the bay area. santa clara county, 1014 of them. 37 cases have been recorded in san francisco. san mateo has 32. and contra costa has 29. >>> two healthcare workers at ucsf have tested positive. right now they are self- isolated while officials work to alert coworkers and patient who is might have been exposed. the exposure might have happened outside of its facility, but they don't have a definitive source. >>> the patient is an employee of the rhonert park health center. they say they believe the infected person contracted the virus from an unknown local source outside of the facility. >> the employee has been asked to self quarantine and we have identified all the staff members and patients that may have come in contact with this individual. >> the case was detected through the county department of health services enhanced surveillance testing launched thursday. >>> meantime

and the city of hoboken, new jersey, is instituting an overnight curfew. jennifer johnson, nbc news. >>> the coronavirus continues to have a big impact on your money. stock futures plummeted even after the federal reserve started a massive stimulus campaign during the coronavirus outbreak. dow was off by more than 1,000 points. many industrials want to wait for cases of the virus to start falling before buying equities again. anthony flores is joining with us a different kind of news. >> reporter: >> talk a lil' football. tom brady could be on the free market in two days. why playing for the 49ers might not be an option. stick around. >>> there will be no home town reunion for tom brady. the 49ers are passing on the san mateo native. this comes from nbc sports an list chris simms. he was a college teammate and is a long time friend of 49ers owner kyle shanahan. brady grew up a huge 49ers fan. he'll become a free agent on tuesday if he doesn't resign with the patriots. they said he wants to play for the niners but they are sticking with jimmy garoppolo who

starting tonight residents in hoboken, new jersey, must adhere to a curfew as philly murphy says he is urging people to shelter in their homes. meantime, a government official reportedly says that a clinical trial to evaluate the coronavirus vaccine is set to begin today in seattle. >>> cindy palm has been tracking the latest developments and is joining us now. what's the president saying that people need to know to ease their fears? >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. president trump is urging people to stop hoarding groceries. this comes as supermarket shelves across the country are emptying. president trump is urging americans fearful of the coronavirus to stop panic buying at the grocery store. >> you don't have to buy so much. take it easy. just relax. >> reporter: at the same time, the cdc is recommending there be no gatherings of more than 50 people across the country for the next eight weeks. new travel restrictions caused huge crowds at airports as pasengers returning from europe waited to clear customs. officials aren't yet recommending a domestic travel ban. >> the worst

the mayor of hoboken issued a shelter-in-place order. police can break up any gathering of more than five people. >>> in boston the coronavirus has led a distillery to give away it's new blend for free. but don't drink it. instead of flavored vodkas, the dirty water distillery is mixing up so there'hand sanitizer. several states are doing the same thing. >>> better news from wall street today after yesterday's plummet. the dow jones closed up just a bit, about 200 points today, ending the day back up over 20,000. nothing like the wild swings we've seen in recent weeks. investors were cautiously optimistic after seeing more from the federal reserve. >>> we have some encouraging news now in the quest for a coronavirus treatment. but we also want to address a few rumors out there that are not true. accuracy is everything when it comes to this. our business and tech reporter scott budman is at a biotech lab in newark. scott? >> reporter: raj, the key waiting under the biotech cheneys have companies have progress being made. bay area biotech

and the city of hoboken is instituting an overnight curfew. drastic measures to stop the deadly virus jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington >>> parents across the country are scrambling trying to juggle hie child care and their jobs as schools announce closures. in new york city parents got less than 24 hours notice. here is nbc's morgan chest i can. >> reporter: the schools are closed from coast to coast the precautionary step for covid-19 forcing parents to figure out what comes next. >> it's frustrating. it's anxiety-inducing. >> how will they do work and keep up? >> you know, it's kind of hard to kind of figure it out you know, it's kind of scary >> reporter: at least 25 statewide school closures have been issued impacting around 27 million students facing mounting pressure from teachers and parents new york's public school system will close. schools like los angeles and houston have done the same. >> i'm afraid it will be longer than that. unfortunately, at this time, i don't know what we'll do >> reporter: both work and with three kids

well and they're telling people stay home stay home do not go outside in fact a neighboring town of hoboken just a couple miles a couple commoners for i'm at right now right now they're actually issued a curfew no one can go out from 8 pm until the early morning hours so they're hoping to get this contained here but the worst is certainly ahead according to both governors of these states is under thank you very much. 3 u.s. states are holding democratic primaries on tuesday despite health officials encouraging people to stay home high opa spend its vote but polling stations have opened in florida in annoy and arizona and actual officials say they've done enough to safeguard the health of voters bernie sanders and joe biden are fighting for the party's nomination to take on donald trump in november in florida biden appears to have a commanding lead with latino voters over his rival bernie sanders and again i reports from miami. bernie sanders is built a strong coalition with support it's been the envy of rival campaigns in nevada california and texas decisively won over hispanic voters keen

reporter: residents in hoboken, new jersey starting first day of voluntary isolation, new york governoraying that a shelter in place will not happen, too many would go elsewhere all businesses must send 50% of workers home. >> if that does not slow the spread, then we will reduce the number of workers even further. reporter: stores in country locking up, gm will halt manufacturing production in north america until march 30, restaurants, bars and cafes forced to sell delivery or take out, some closing up. union square hospitality group laying off 2000 people today,, that is 80% of the company. and in the northeast, many different states are either enacting or quickly trying to create different bills that will help people in the times of uh-uunemployment. david: okay, thank you. >> there are 2499 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in new york state, our next guest tested positive for covid-19 and is joining us via skype in quarantine, george santos is joining us. >> thank you, david. i am in recovery, it has been a long 8 days for me, i can't kate owait to get out. david: first symptoms.

just, i believe, a few hours ago, the mayor of hoboken declared a curfew. so all of this is going to be uncoordinated and doesn't bode well for the coronavirus response. >> well, michael. just quickly there was a great deal of criticism for places like china, hong kong, singapore for, perhaps, their overreaction. paranoia. people are being hypervigilant. you cannot walk outside this building without putting onnen a mask. people will yell at you if your mouth is not covered. in hindsight, should the west be taking this more seriously. should they be following what others are doing? >> now is the time for a draconian measure. being here for a few days, i believe the american public is ready for sharp and short measures even if that includes curfews, shutting down the economy. i think the mentality is let's get this over with, have short-term pain, and that's the only way we're going to beat this thing. >> really because i mean obviously americans, they protect their independence. that is something they hold sacred. so being told, you know, they have to look d

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. >> if you've ever been to hoboken, new jersey, you know it almost never looks like this especiallyk's day. this is known as a party town and this is traditionally the craziest, rowdy estate of the year. the streets, the sidewalks come every single bar and restaurant would be packed day and night. there is a curfew in effect from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and every one of these bars and restaurants was already basically closed. the mayor told them last saturday stopped serving food and drink on premises, only allowed takeouts and deliveries and much of the nation followed that example. today, the mayor made another drastic step of issuing a new policy of self isolation -- telling residence whether you are sick or not, stay home unless you have an essential need to go out. see a doctor, take care of a family or a friend or go to work. that's what the mayor told them is the only way to stop the transmission of coronavirus here in the city of hoboken. san francisco already has a policy in place and new york city could be next. the mayor bill de blasio today said he will decide in the nex

. >> neil: you don't have any rules about where people are forced to shelter, in hoboken nearby they looking at something like that. what do you think of measures like that? >> we were actually the first in the country a week ago to implement restrictions on bars and nightclubs but people ask about the shelter and play situation i say is going to have a significant impact on the local economy and we are really hesitant to do that unless it's a national or statewide or regional requirement. you are going to be really hurting people who are service workers are rely on a paycheck and if it's not done on a regional basis is going to have limited impact so were reluctant to do it. >> neil: it's a beautiful thing you are doing, just being a human being, that's not bad, thank you very much. these people who hoard stuff, you are preventing people who really need it from getting it, when you look at pictures, there's a special corner for you there when you do that. or psor, little things, can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream... ...it's a

a good example, leadership of the mayor of hoboken, who's basically said close down bars, restaurants go to take-out. close schools. no gyms. no movie theaters. that sounds as tony fauci said pretty drastic but we might have to -- probably going to have to get there. i'm sympathetic, related to a politician. i was in the white house making decisions both political and policy. you know, you don't want to overreact and penalize people. on the other hand, there's a tendency in these crises to do too little too late and possibly be catching up. i think we need to be more aggressive, not i think. we definitely need to be more aggressive than we are. i work for the center for american progress. on friday we released a call for action for governors and mayors to do many things to tamp down this, because we have to be aggressive. if we're not aggressive this could spin out of control and you heard tony fauci say i'm not saying we won't have hundreds of thousands of deaths. that's the risk. being aggressive is probably a good thing. >> quickly, if you will, if e are aggressive, if there is a l

officials in hoboken, new jersey, announcing a nighttime curfew that will begin tomorrow and a third nba player has tested positive for coronavirus. christian wood from the detroit pistons. one person who has been cleared is president trump. >> people were asking did i take the test. >> reporter: several hours after the president saturday's news conference, his physician released a statement that his test for coronavirus is negative and that the president is symptom-free the trump administration now expanding its european travel ban to the united kingdom and to ireland, after cases there quadrupled in one day. france ordered shut all nonessential businesses including restaurants, cafes, even the eiffel tower. spain has gone even further with a nationwide lockdown. this morning, the vatican has announced that it will hold easter services without a congregation nevada the latest state to close schools. 20 million kids in 18 states forced to stay home. that means a lot of high school musicals will never than seen by an audience. >> thank you so much we love you! >> reporter: that is why

bergen county has been very hard-hit, particularly the area of teaneck, hoboken.west new york and possibly in edgewater, i have seen hovnanian homes there. they are beautiful. i talked to my contractor today and he told me that he was getting calls from his lumberyard and his suppliers last night saying they are going to ban and we know they have now, they are going to ban construction workers from working. they don't want people out and about. they need to shut this thing down. first it starts today, then it was maybe this weekend. how do you put people to work if this starts to spread around the nation? >> first of all, most of our business, the overwhelming majority, are single family homes. we typically only have one or two, maybe three workers in a home. we are basically social distancing in our manufacturing. we are not like amazon. we don't have big ougautomotive plants. we are social distancing in a very different spectrum. liz: what about say on a smaller level, the home depots and lowe's of the world? my contractor said people are gathering at those plac

guys, across the river in hoboken, the city's mayor issued a self-isolating order for its residents, which i'm told is not very different from what's happening in san francisco. it's a little less restrictive. they said the root of it is really to get people to change their mind-set about how they handle this pandemic. >> brynn, it takes a lot to get your mind around what all of this means for your life balance for your family. thanks for the reporting. >>> are americans doing enough to contain the spread of coronavirus? what more needs to be done? that's next. will change business in america. t-mobile has the first and only, nationwide 5g network. and with it, you can shape the future. we've invested 30 billion dollars and built our new 5g network for businesses like yours. while some 5g signals only go a few blocks, t-mobile 5g goes for miles. no other 5g signal goes farther or is more reliable in business. tomorrow is in your hands. partner with t-mobile for business today. were cooking with mom. she always said, "food is love," so when she moved in with us, a new kitchen became p

the mayor of hoboken instituted a curfew. georgia postponed its elections. these kids in california have altered the lemonade stand. look at this. >> hello. would you like a toilet paper roll? mom had extra. she let us use it for -- to sell. >> "the wall street journal" poll gives hard numbers on the feelings about covid-19. it reveals an amazing 99% of respondents say they have seen, heard or read about the novel coronavirus. 53% say they are very or somewhat worried or they or someone in their family might catch covid-19. 41% say their lives will change in a major way in the near future. 60% think the worst is yet to come. joining me now from baltimore, dr. when. she's a visiting professor and baltimore's former health commissioner, the executive vice-president and former director of the tarp capital purchase program at the treasury program and also in d.c., the co-founder of campaign zero and a black lives matter activist, she's an msnbc contributor, in minneapolis, the former acting commissioner for the centers for medicare and medicaid and the affordabl

just across the river in new jersey, and that usually busy city of hoboken are empty. this is a drone camera from a bit earlier. the governor calling on people to stay home from 8:00 at night till 5:00 in the morning. he stops short of calling it a curfew, but some towns and some cities are putting stronger restrictions in place there in jersey. the governor of california ordering that states nearly 40 million residents to stay home until further notice. people can leave for the essentials including getting groceries, prescriptions, or commuting to certain jobs back and forth. governor gavin newsom says he expect the virus one fact more than half of californians unless they take this action. william is live on the west coast with more on that story, hey, william. >> governor newsom set a patchwork of cities are doing their own isolation orders is not going to stop or even slow down this virus, that it would, in fact, 25 million californiane medical system, so last night he ordered and nearer shutdown of the state for four weeks. >> we want to manipulate those numbers d

. >> neil: we are talking about all this as we are getting word from hoboken, new jersey, as were gettingo self isolate, without any doran order, very similar to what the new york mayor has urged, that could be the next step. something that the governor of new york state disagrees with, we will see. ♪ >> jesse: hello everybody, i'm jesse watters along with juan williams, dana perino, greg gutfeld and dr. nicole saphier. this is "the five." ♪ america is at war against an invisible enemy and we will win. that's the urgent message coming from president trump amid the rapidly developing coronavirus pandemic. there are a lot of new developments, almost 6,000 americans testing positive and onlover 90 people have died, cae is now being

the mayor of hoboken instituted a curfew. georgia postponed its elections.and. look at this. >> hello. would you like a toilet paper roll? mom had extra. she let us use it for -- to sell. >> "the wall street journal" poll gives hard numbers on the feelings about covid-19. it reveals an amazing 99% of respondents say they have seen, heard or read about the novel coronavirus. 53% say they are very or somewhat worried or they or someone in their

in hoboken, new jersey, the mayor has gone so far as to enact a curfew from 10 p.m. until 5 a.m.il further notice. all residents being told they have to stay in their homes unless there's an emergency or unless their employer requires them to work. same in puerto rico which is taking the additional steps of closing all businesses except for supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations and banks. so far nearly 3,000 people have tested positive in the united states, and that number only expected to rise. there's still a very big gap between the number of people who want to be tested and the number of people who can actually get a test. dr. fauci, the nation's, director of the national institute of health, he says that he's being told by the see quos of many of the companies -- ceos that are developing and rolling out these tests that that gap should begin to close sometime soon. listen here. >> they are telling us that that will be starting up within the next week or so, that it's going to go up. now, in the reality there are many people a week from now who are going to saw i tried to ge

just across the river in hoboken, the mayor there last night putting in place for its residents a self-isolating policy, which was described to me as a little less restrictive than what we're seeing in northern california, but they say that the root of this, it's really just to change the mind-set of people about this pandemic. alisyn? >> yeah, it's, you know, it's confusing. self-isolating, shelter in place. people are still trying to get their minds around what all of this is thi means. brynn, thank you very much. >>> there was this stunning warning from the treasury secretary as he pushes a massive stimulus plan. this was in a room of republican senators, and secretary mnuchin said unemployment could reach 20%, if there is no action on the coronavirus pandemic. chief business correspondent christine romans joins us. so, that got a lot of people's attention, christine. >> it did, alisyn. now a treasury spokesperson is walking that back, saying the treasury secretary didn't imply that, but it just shows how nervous everyone is about the damage to the economy, an actual government response to th

in hoboken, new jersey, for instance, the mayor has enacted a curfew from 10 a.m. 5 p.m., that means that all residents have to stay in their homes during those hours unless there's an emergency or unless their employers require them to work. same thing in puerto rico which is taking the additional steps of closing all with businesses except for supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations and bankings. the biggest hot spots in the united states continue to be washington state, california and new york, but the numbers are growing across the country. nearly 3,000 americans -- excuse me, more than 3,000 americans have tested positive, and that number is only expected to rise as the country's ability to test for the virus accelerates. the death toll here in the u.s. is now at least 60 people and growing, jon. jon: kristin fisher in washington, thank you. and this just in, we are learning the fed set to take its most drastic steps since the 2008 financial crisis to try to counter the economic impact of the coronavirus with plans to lower interest rates to near zero. joining

and they're telling people to stay home stay home do not go outside in fact a neighboring town of hoboken just a couple miles a clump of kilometers for i'm at right now right now they actually issued a curfew no one can go out from 8 pm. until the early morning hours so they're hoping to get this contained here but the worst is certainly ahead according to both governors of these states. while the pandemic is exposing the cracks in the u.s. health system in a country where paid sick leave is the exception self isolation means economic hardship the high cost of treatment leaves many reluctant to get tested and that's contributing to the spread of the virus and intensified debate around free health care mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . washington's usually bustling 18th street is eerily quiet many of the restaurants here have shut down others are offering only takeout service the reality behind these closed spaces is the loss of hundreds of jobs restaurant workers are fictive lee being laid off as few of the businesses offer either paid or sick leave gregory alan has worked in the

and they're telling people to stay home stay home do not go outside in fact a neighboring town of hoboken just a couple. miles of matters right about right now they're actually issued a curfew no one could go out from 8 pm until the early morning hours so they're hoping to get this contained here but the worst is certainly ahead according to both governors of these states. 3 u.s. states holding democratic primaries on tuesday despite health officials encouraging people to stay at home a high opa spode its vote polling stations have opened in florida illinois and arizona electoral officials say they've done enough to safeguard the health of votes has any sound isn't joe biden off fighting for the party's nomination to take on donald trump in november john hendren joins me live now from chicago so 3 states are forging ahead with their primaries what's turnout like to be then in light of everything else that's happening. well here in illinois turnout has been extraordinarily low they've had real problems with getting people to the polls however it was extraordinarily high when it comes to ma

the mayor of hoboken in new jersey has done a great job. but there are some states that are doing almost nothing. think of texas, think of georgia. we need a concerted, consistent message. otherwise, we have social distancing working in some places, and then in other places, the virus is just going to spread. so you'll never get your arms around it. and we can't get the economy going until we get our arms around it. >> what do you think, dennis? what do you need to hear right now? >> well, wolf, we've seen great leadership coming out of states and the private sector. last week, the nba and all of the different sports communities shutting down operations. a real shot across the bow in terms of the importance of social distancing. and i think it was a really wake-up call. we need to see the federal government really provide a national-level sort of signal, how are we going to promote this in an evidence-based way? >> let me bring in dr. seema yasmin, a cnn medical analyst who's helping us better appreciate what's going on. the director of sta

i have friends in hoboken, north and south, i live here in atlanta. you know, what's good for atlanta, which is, i believe, the correct thing that mayor bottoms did, may not be the correct thing for these other areas right now where they have limited spread. if you look at c.d.c. guidelines, the guidelines are tailored to the community and what the epidemiology is in that community and how things are spreading. and i think we, in some cases, can be doing contact tracing very aggressively. still, where the spread is relatively slow. and in other areas, like albany, we really need to be doing very aggressive community mitigation. so it depends on the community where you're located in. >> governor cuomo of new york, where the problem is the worst, said today no matter what they do, even if everybody locks down, the hospitals are going to ultimately be overwhelmed there, that they don't have enough protective equipment for the long-term or ventilators for that matter. do we have enough protective equipment for our nurses and our doctors and enough ventila

lockdown seriously empty shelves and long lines in food stores evidence of this new awareness in hoboken new jersey a foreshadowing of what could become a national norm these scenes are soon to come to an end starting at 10 pm monday night there will be a citywide curfew until 5 am or will be required to remain indoors except for merchant sees or required work mike hanna al-jazeera washington. let's bring in alan fischer who's in washington d.c. and the economic impact is going to be is already extraordinary but now the fed has acted strong cushion the blow. there's 2 ways of looking at what they've done by reducing interest rates to almost 0 on the one hand businesses will certainly benefit from this it means that they're borrowing will be cheaper that will help them stay afloat for a lot longer the watch thing you can have in business is uncertainty and certainly the covert virus's has done exactly that it has created a great deal of uncertainty if on the other hand you're looking to stimulate the economy through spending the reality is people are not going to go and take loans at the

hoboken to bbc world news. the global number of cases has surpassed 400,000.took 67 days for the first 100,000 to be recorded, 11 days for the second 100,000, the most days for the second 100,000, the m ost rece nt days for the second 100,000, the most recent 100,000 cases have been confirmed in the space ofjust two days. researchers from johns hopkins university are mapping the spread of the virus which has averaged 169 countries across the world. they see —— there you see that map a very good visual illustration and you see the number of cases and also the death toll and just the hotspots that exist around the world. that tally is a really useful guide as to where coronavirus is spreading and the places where they have had the highest cases and it is listed country by country to the left of the screen. the coronavirus death toll in spain hasjumped by 514 in a single day as the situation in that country quickens. in france, two of every five of the country's 5000 intensive care beds are already occupied by coronavirus patients. the indian prime minister has a

and look at the title of the picture, it is called parade, hoboken, new jersey. so there is a patriotic parade going on outside of the window and these people are looking down at the parade and frank is looking at those watching the parade. and if a parade is a public exhibition, this public presentation of patriotism, of sort of ideas of whatever the holiday is. but it is very public and outward facing. frank isn't interested in that sort of ideas about america. he wanted to find what is behind the facade. what is lurking in the shadows of america. but also doing so in a modernist self-conscious way. we saw walker evans photographing a brick wall, the two app ature, the two windows. and we know we're looking at a photograph and again the sort of photograph within a photograph allude to sort of many other photographs that he could have taken but he sort of alludes to that in this picture. but the point again is the americans is trying to show us something that is sort of darker than the family man. something that sort of shows us a darker underbelly to american l

curfews, we know just across the river in new jersey, there's a curfew in place in hoboken. is that something that new yorkers could expect here, too? >> what we're looking at here today is a pause. basically, new york city is looking and saying, okay, we've told everybody to work from home that can. we're shutting down restaurants, bars, and pubs. we're closing schools. when we look at that in its totali totality, are we at a point where we finally have some control and people are, in fact, distancing themselves from each other. and are, in fact, staying home and not being in these crowded places. and are we going to look at less crowds on those trains? so i think today is a key day for the city to look and take stock and say, okay, do we have the measures in place that we need? if not, do we need to take more drastic measures? i want to be clear, no one that we're talking to in the law enforcement community and no one we're talking to within the city says that there are those kind of restrictions, travel restrictions, what you're talking about, or citywide containment that

in hoboken, i know you are very familiar with this, they have a nightly curfew. the curfew lasts from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. you are required to remain indoors during curfew except for emergencies and required work. that's you. illinois, ohio, the list goes on, california, massachusetts, washington, bars are closed, restaurants are closed, carry-out or delivery only. this is the l.a. mayor closing basically everything including the movie theaters and entertainment restaurants. the big question now becomes when do we shut down completely and you know, it feels like there's that movement in that direction but certainly, large restrictions in place already. stuart: the national security council put out that tweet saying no. ashley: not yet. no. stuart: however, at 10:30 we do have this briefing from vice president pence, and he will reveal new restrictions. let's see how far those restrictions go. got it. doc siegel is with us, of course. the man of the hour, definitely. doctor, what have you got for me? >> want to start with this idea of what everything that's jus

the mayor of hoboken saying you can go out and walk your dog, take a job but beyond that, you are pretty much sheltering in place. >>> our breaking news coverage as we head into the final hour of trading stay with us >>> it does, indeed. thank you, tyler thank you, kelly welcome to "the closing bell." i'm wilfred frost sara eisen will join us after the bell as we do our part to social distance here on cnbc while bring you the most important market moves today we're about 750 points on the dow, 3.8%, a little off the highs, though, which was close to 1200 points higher. let's look at what is driving the action fed launching another massive liquidity, this time designed to help businesses directly as governments around the world pump cash into the financial system the president promised a large stimulus package, including direct payments to every american and boeing and u.s. airlines, a financial aid package for billions of dollars as the treasury secretary called the situation worse than 9/11. >>> steve liesman has the latest from the fed kayla tausche is tracking the fed response from wa

in hoboken new jersey the mayor has gone so far to enact a curfew from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. until further notice. all residents are being told they have to stay in their homes unless there's an emergency or unless their employer requires them to work. same in puerto rico which is taking the additional step of closing all businesses except for supermarkets, pharmacies, gas stations, and banks. now, so far nearly 3,000 people have tested positive in the united states. and experts say that number is only expected to rise as the number of tests are made increasingly available here in the united states. and there's still a pretty big gap between the number of people who want to be tested and the number of people who can actually get a test. dr. fauci says he's being told by the ceos of companies rolling out and developing these tests that that gap should begin to close soon. >> they are telling us that that will be starting up within the next week or so, that it's going to go up. now, in the realty, there are going to be people a week from now who are going to say i tried to get

stuart: i live in hoboken new jersey, curfew imposed, 10:00 at night, bares and restaurants.ildren on cape cod with her husband. the schools just closed there. she has five kids as of tomorrow morning in the house. jedediah: questions from live americans. we have panel of regular americans who have important questions that will being coa lot of questions we're seeing on social media, dr. neshwat and other answer questions. it will be a big show. we'll talk about big tech which is now joining the coronavirus fight. pete: today the white house is rolling out more information how its working with google to fight the virus. stuart: garrett tenney with us this morning. reporter: tens of millions last few days, when they have a cough, sniffle, headache, they wonder do i need to be tested? google is partnering with the administration to create a website to have help the people answer the question. white house officials say the website will incorporate everything they have learned about symptoms and screening and anyone with concerns will be able to go through a questionnaire on the

you're also seeing it play out in the likes of hoboken new jersey where the mayor there has, is saying that people should go ahead and obviously self-quarantine themselves, if you will, or self-isolate. new york governor cuomo by the way has distanced himself from new york city mayor de blasio who is advocated an across the board crackdown, a lockdown here, that would call for pretty much everyone, at least in manhattan, at least in the five boroughs of new york city staying largely in their homes. that is something he says is not necessary right now. we're told the governor rules on these things. the american offer input and he governor has decided that is not going to happen. ahead of the press briefing from the coronavirus virus task force, go to john bussey and dan getter who joins me on skype. gentlemen, good to have you both of you. every day, forget the market, but every day we get reminder how unnerving and surreal, john this, is getting, some of the busiest cities in the world are at a standstill, ghost towns, what do you make of it? >> yeah. cities at a standstill. businesses

people are hunkered down in the city of hoboken yesterday, the mayor said everybody needs to self-isolatet crowds to five or less. so clearly, this is weighing heavily on a lot of people. and ainsley, there are so many people who are not working and they are worried about their future financially. ainsley: they really are. steve: they need money in their pockets. ainsley: that's why the president is working with steve mnuchin. calling it a stimulus plan of $850 billion. you read the president wants latest tweet. you will be getting money, stay tuned. we are working this out as quickly as possible. they are calling it a stimulus. i think it's more about support. watch this. >> what we are talking about here, it has the name of a stimulus package, okay? i think that's the wrong word. i call this a support and rescue plan. the support is where the money goes to individuals for necessities, rent, mortgage, insurance, and food. the rescue is for industries which are really suffering like the airlines and the federal reserve is pumping in money to stabilize the financial system. i call this a s