surgery told our colleague, jake tapper, this morning that right now there are 75,000 tests available to the public. by next week, he hopes, there should be over 2 million tests available. have you had any trouble getting tests at the nyc health system? >> testing is ramping up across the board, and the fda that has authorized commercial and private laboratories to be able to do testing and so a lot of them are coming online, which is great. and so i think, you know, over the next days to weeks, we will obviously see a number of cases detected, which is this is something that's suspected, as we're detecting more cases and ramping up testing, we'll see more cases increase. but this is where we want to make sure people understand, everyone has a role to play. one of the questions we often get, i'm not a clinician or a health care provider. what can i do to help the situation? and this is where everyday preventative measures come into play. so when we say, obviously, cover your cough or your sneeze, you know, staying away from those that are sick if you're sick, staying home, washing you

i'm brianna keilar in for jake tapper.d impossible, avoid crowds in the big apple. but new york city has taken big steps to slow the spread of coronavirus as more people test positive there, including a guest at the city's ronald mcdonald house and a new york city firefighter. joining me now is new york city mayor bill de blasio, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, brianna. >> so new york, obviously, is one of the most densely populated cities in america. i wonder, given how prevalent the virus is in new york, do you think it's likely that everyone in your city has actually come into contact with this virus? >> i don't think we can say that, brianna, but we can say because of community spread, it is clearly widespread already in new york city and will continue to grow. the numbers, we had 25 confirmed cases on monday. we have 269 this morning. and that number is going to grow today. we're going to clearly have a thousand cases at some point next week, probably not even too far into next week. there is community spread

antho fauci, a leading expert on the pandemic, raised this morning with our colleague jake tapper. listen in. >> if you release the restrictions before you have a good eyeball on what's going on there, you're going to get in trouble. so i'm not against releasing the restrictions. i'm actually for it, in an appropriate place, but i don't recommend it unless we have the tools isn't place, in realtime to do the things i just said. if we can do that, we can keep things contained without slipping into the need of having to mitigate the way they are in new york, in new orleans and other places now. so it's doable, but it's only doable if you put the tools in place. >> so you hear fauci talking about the fact he would be supportive of relaxes guidelines in parts of the country but first have testing in place in those areas of the country to be able to detect the virus and detect potential infection growth in those areas. fauci is indicating the united states is not there yet. of course, we know testing expanded exponentially in the last weeks but the u.s. lagging per capita in testing aga

he tweeted about the situation room yesterday in he -- >> with jake tapper, vice president pence says most people will recover. but there's a risk for people with underlying conditions. >> there will be more cases. >> possibly more deaths? >> it is possible. i mean, the reality that dr. fouch and others explained to me a few days ago is that for people that contract the coronavirus, they will recover. they will deal with a respiratory illness. we'll get them treatment. for people with other conditions that would militate toward a worse outcome, that we more. we could have more sad news. the american people should know the risk for the average american remains low. >>> let's go to sarah westwood now. she's at the white house. sarah, listen, before the president came out this week to talk about coronavirus, he had only been in that briefing room once and now a second time in a short period. you phrased it earlier as a bit of course correction. how are they handling it now? >> that's right, victor. president trump really demonstrating a shift in tone, a shift in his approach to talking a

i'm jake tapper. we are continuing our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.epartment telling americans do not travel abroad. the state department raising the u.s. travel advisory to the highest level. do not travel. here in the united states, 164 people have now died from the coronavirus. the number of cases surging to more than 11,000. it's a stunning increase from just around 1,000 last week. though we expect that number to continue to grow as more tests become available. hospitals already preparing for this pandemic to get even worse. exponentially worse. the centers for disease control and prevention issuing stark new guidance for healthcare workers saying workers may even have to resort to using scarves or bandanas in they run out of hospital masks or are exposed to coronavirus to continue working under some circumstances. as cnn nick watts reports, this is all a part of the effort to bad the coronavirus before it gets even worse. >> reporter: it's here. it's spreading. the fda now fast tracking anti-viral treatments, one currently used against malaria.

i'm jake tapper.s coronavirus spreads, it is changing life as we know it from the coasts to the heartland. illinois is now joining california, new york, new jersey, and connecticut, telling its nonessential workers to stay home. the governor of illinois says the move could potentially save tens of thousands of live. joining me, that governor, j.b. pritzker. governor pritzker, thanks so much for joining us. you said last weekend, quote, we're on our own out here, i wish we had leadership from washington, we're not getting it. since then fema has been put in charge of the response, you just heard fema administrator peter gaynor respond to some of my questions. a week later, do you feel like it's better? are you still on your own? >> it is better. we really were getting very little help before. i think fema being the central repository for everything that we need is very helpful. we're not having to ping different agencies. and i do think fema is more prepared for this than the other agencies were. so, f

and he had a response for house speaker nancy pelosi, who told our jake tapper earlier today that that kind of assistance may come in the next bill. he wasn't too happy about that. but on coronavirus, he covered a lot. cuomo trying to inform, allay fears and promote calm. his state of course having the most cases, confirmed cases of coronavirus and deaths, the latest numbers, 59,000 and counting cases. more than 965 deaths. governor cuomo reiterating that there isn't a lockdown in place in new york, but a stay in place, unless you are an essential worker. he also just responded that thousands more people, large alarmingly, he said, would pass away until they pass the curve. yesterday he mentioned he thought the apex would be reached in 14 to 21 days. now he says it's a rolling curve, it could come at any moment. i've got a great panel with me, joining me, dr. esther chu, an associate professor at oregon health and science university. dr. carlos del rio, professor and chair of the department of global health at emory university. and cnn chief media correspondent and anchor of "reliable

welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper. soon we expect president trump to sign into law the $2 trillion stimulus package to try to help ease some of the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic. but we're going to begin the hour with the pandemic itself which continues to spread and accelerate across the united states. we started this month with one death in the united states. one. we began this week, monday, with 501 reported deaths from coronavirus. we are now at this hour almost three times that. the death toll today at this hour a devastating 1,451. and minutes ago we hit another horrific record in the united states. it is only 3:00 eastern but we have already had more deaths reported today than on any other day so far. at least 265 deaths just so far today. also today the united states surgeon general is warning of potential new hot spots in the united states. places such as detroit, chicago, and new orleans he predicts will soon see a surge like we've seen in other parts of the country including new york city, the ha

i'm jake tapper. and we're continuing with our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. every day, every hour, the situation in the united states becomes more dire. the number of deaths in the u.s. still soaring. we are now up to 846. at this time last week that number was 149. now we're up to almost six times that. more than five times that and we could still be a long way away from the worst. a leading epidemiologist has estimated that the peak of deaths in this country will be three weeks from now and if you look at the trajectory on the graph, it is almost too horrible to contemplate what that will mean in three weeks. of course confirmed cases continue to surge. now more than 61,000 as we've been telling you for weeks. the u.s. is seemingly following the trajectory of italy though the u.s. is about ten days behind italy which has seen the most deaths from coronavirus throughout the world. today a top official with the world health organization told cnn even though u.s. has the potential to eclipse e

i'm jake tapper. vice president joe biden crushed the competition in south carolina by almost 30 points. a blowout win. he joins me from super tuesday state of alabama. mr. biden, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. let me ask you, you're leading in the overall popular vote in the first four contests. are you the new front-runner? >> i think we've got a long way to go. this is a big boost for us. i think we'll do well in a number of states. prosecute tuesday is only three days away. we're in a situation we thought we would raise in the front end. we raised $17, $18, $5 million since the victory in south carolina. we're feeling good but it's a long way to go, jake. >>> senator sanders has a lot of money and a lot of organization. right now you trail him. you're second place when it doss delegates. leading the rest of your fellow non-sanders candidates, have there been any conversations about consolidating the field to take oppose senator sparnanders? if not, there there need to be? >> i haven't

i'm jake tapper.is hour with our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, which the world health organization says is accelerating. the dow is down in its first day of electronic-only trading. the u.s. attorney general warns this week it's going to get bad, and indeed coronavirus numbers in the austin to climb, 41,000 confirmed cases, up ten times from the 4,000 cases last week, and a huge surge in the number of deaths, that number is now 501. this time last monday, 70. dozens of people lined up outside one emergency room in new york city to be tested for the virus today as u.s. defense secretary mark esper warns while he wants to set up field hospitals in places like new york, the military cannot do anything. new york governor cuomo says if more is not done for new york, people will die. every hospital and community is expecting shortages of critical supplies. cnn's nick watts reports that states nationwide are taking matters into their own hands. >> reporter: this massive manhattan convention center ab

i'm jake tapper.orm vice president joe biden crushed the competition yesterday in south carolina by 30 points and a blowout win. a week before super tuesday, he joins us from the super state of alabama. thank you for joining us, mr. vice president. and so are you the new front runner? >> oh, we have a long way to go. look, we just, and this is a big boost for us. i think that we will do well in a number of states, but super tuesday is only three days away, and we are in a situation where we are just beginning to raise the kind of money that we thought that we would be able to raise in the front end. we have raised $17 or $18 million this month and $5 million since the victory in south carolina, but is ate long way to go, jake. >> and senator sanders has a lot of money and organization and you trail him second place when it comes to the delegates, leading the rest of the fellow non-sanders' candidates. any conversations of consolid e consolidating the field to take on senator sanders and if not, do you

aim jake tapper. in just minutes i'll speak with candidate former vice president joe biden about the coronavirus pandemic and his bid to try to replace president trump. as the world health organization issues a scary warning today. now saying that the united states has the potential to be the next epicenter of the pandemic. the numbers reflect the horrific situation and the deng toll in the united states a 646. meaning in just the last 24 hours since i was on air last, more than 100 people, 146 more people, have died from the coronavirus. i want to take just a second here to think about that so it is not just a number to you or to me. 646, each one of those numbers, someone's son or daughter, someone's mother or father, their brother or sister. whether young or old, there are oceans of pain and suffering surrounding each addition to this grim toll. a week ago there were just over 6,000 confirmed cases. now we've crossed the threshold of 50,000 and the calls for supplies from doctors and nurses on the

i'm jake tapper. and of course we begin with the health lead. president trump announcing this afternoon he is invoking the defense production act. that will enable him to try to get more supplies to health workers quickly. the president saying he sees the fight against the coronavirus as a war as officials desly try to stem the spread of the virus, the u.s. surgeon general warning that we should all act as if we are infected and limit our interactions to keep this pandemic from getting worse, to keep it from spreading to those who might die from it. 120 people in the u.s. have died from the coronavirus so far. more than 7,000 confirmed infected. the actual number of infected assuredly much higher because of the lag in testing. as you could see, in this graph, that is up from about a thousand cases just a week ago. the white house cautioning today that we'll continue to see in the next week a further spike of confirmed cases as testing increases. cnn kaitlan collins joins me live from the white house. and president trump said today he's invoking

aim jake tapper.just minutes i'll speak with candidate former vice president joe biden about the coronavirus pandemic and his bid to try to replace president trump. as the world health organization issues a scary warning today. now saying that the united states has the potential to be the next epicenter of the pandemic. the numbers reflect the horrific situation and the deng toll in the united states a 646. meaning in just the last

i'm jake tapper.is hour there are at least 155,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the united states and 2,845 deaths in the u.s. that's up more than five times from the 501 deaths that i brought you last week. dr. anthony fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, warns it could get much worse in the united states. dr. fauci told me on sunday morning that there could be at least 1 million americans infected and potentially 100 to 200,000 deaths in the united states, a horrible statistic to contemplate but one president trump is now casting as a sign of how well the trump administration is managing this crisis. >> so if we can hold that down as we're saying, to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less, but to 100,000, so we have between 100 and 200,000, we all together have done a very good job. >> that of course is a dramatic shift from about a month ago when president trump suggested cases in the u.s. would go down to zero. right now new coronavirus hotspots are cropping up across the

i'm jake tapper. we begin this hour with the staggering death toll from the novel coronavirus.ople. it's 4:00 p.m. east coast time. we've seen 658 deaths just today, more than any other day so far. globally the death toll is nearly 42,000. more than 800,000 have been confirmed infected worldwide. of course the actual number is much higher. while experts hope this constant exponential growth of death and illness will ultimately slow, the peak in the u.s. still is likely weeks if not months away. the nation's top infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, warns there could be a resurgence later this year, a second coronavirus wave in the fall. right now dr. fauci said the task force is discussing what could be a major change for the public, potentially advising all americans to wear masks when they leave their homes. the cdc has not said that yet. but officials are discussing the possibility of this recommendation. it's something president trump seemed to endorse last night. >> we're not going to be wearing masks forever, but it could be for a short period of time after we get

anthony fauci told cnn's jake tapper that based on modeling, 100,000 or more could die. >> the number i gave out is based on modeling. and i think it's entirely conceivable that if we do not mitigate to the extent that we're trying to do that you could reach that number. >> reporter: more states across the country now preparing for a surge in cases. new york remains a national epicenter, 59,313 confirmed cases of the coronavirus as of sunday with 965 dead of the disease. governor andrew cuomo says the state has not reached the apex of coronavirus cases, a moment he is planning for by adding medical beds and personnel at a breakneck pace. four new hospitals across new york city helped alleviate the system approved by the federal government over the weekend. even as the pandemic surged spreads to new cities and new states, most of the focus was on sniping between the governors and white house. on saturday, trump caught leaders by surprise when floating a vague quarantine of the new york metropolitan area. >> some people would like to see new york quarantined because it's a hot spot, but

i'm jake tapper.minutes the white house coronavirus task force will hold a briefing where we expect new guidelines from the centers for disease control and prevention. or cdc. to be announced. we will bring you that to you live. many states and local governments are taking action of their owns. schools in 33 states and the district of columbia have been shut down affecting close to 36 million students in the u.s. the states of new york, connecticut, new jersey, and others are banning gatherings of more than 50 people as the cdc has recommended. states are also closing nonessential businesses. such as casinos, gyms, and movie

i'm jake tapper. and we're continuing with our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.the situation in the united states becomes more dire. the number of deaths in the u.s. still soaring. we are now up to 846. at this time last week that number was 149. now we're up to almost six times that. more than five times that and we could still be a long way away

vice president pence on saturday spoke with cnn's jake tapper about what americans should expect from the virus and how the white house plans to respond. here he is. >> there will be more cases. >> possibly more deaths? >> it is possible. i mean, the reality that others have explained to me since i took on these duties a few days ago is that for most people that contract the coronavirus, they will recover. they will deal with a respiratory illness and we'll get them treated and for people who have other conditions that would militate towards a worse outcome. we could have more. we could have more sad news, but the american people should know the risk for the average american remains low. >> be sure to watch jake tapper's entire interview with the vice president later today on cnn's "state of the union" and also speaking with former vice president joe biden on his democratic primary win in south carolina. that airs at 9:00 a.m. u.s. eastern standard time and 2:00 p.m. in london. >>> as i just mentioned, joe biden was the choice for voters in south carolina, but what will voters in texa

i'm jake tapper. a brutal day on wall street. as we colt up on the closing bell. you hear it there.most a thousand. let's go to alison kosik a the new york stock exchange. what is with these wild swings? we had two historic gains this week. then a big drop again. >> jake, keep your seat belt on. 1,000 is the new 100. metaphorically speaking. the dow cloezing down 900 points. one trader telling me to get used to these outside moves, at least until investors become confident in government officials that they have a handle on the coronavirus crisis. it's fear driving this market.

i'm jake tapper. and of course we begin with the health lead.noon he is invoking the defense production act. that will enable him to try to get more supplies to health workers quickly. the president saying he sees the fight against the coronavirus as a war as officials desly try to stem the spread of the virus, the u.s. surgeon general warning that we should all act as if we are infected and limit our interactions to keep this pandemic from getting worse, to keep it from spreading to those who might die from it. 120 people in the u.s. have died from

welcome to "the lead," i'm jake tapper.n into law the $2 trillion stimulus package to try to help ease some of the economic pain of the coronavirus pandemic. but we're going to begin the hour with the pandemic itself which continues to spread and accelerate across the united states. we started this month with one death in the united states. one. we began this week,

i'm jake tapper and we begin with breaking news in the 2020 lead. cnn has projected that joe biden has won the state of maine pushing the delegate lead further. this is the vice president taking ten states last night in a dramatic monumental shift, and former new york mayor michael bloomberg is out, and he has endorsed biden. bloomberg saying moments ago that his focus is going to turn to biden defeating president trump. and he also says that senator elizabeth warren is assessing the path forward after losing the home state in the commonwealth of massachusetts and underperforming across the board. her campaign said they expected to finish in the top two in at least eight contests yesterday. they did not achieve second place anywhere and even coming in a distant third in her home state of massachusetts. so while warren and congresswoman tulsi gabbard are still running, the serious competition for the delegates is between two candidates and both of them white men in the late 70s joe biden and senator bernie sanders. the clear frontrunner days ago, san

i'm jake tapper. many of the u.s.avirus deaths can be traced back to the life care center in kirkland, washington. some troubling new details about events at the center. a first responder there tells me tuesday night into wednesday morning, only three staff members were serving about 90 residents there. as of thursday night, neither king county health nor cdc had sent personnel to provide assistance although that has since changed. first responders also saw the same staff members wearing a kind of mask that the first responders had been told could actually spread particulates through the air. they were also wearing inadequate personal protective equipment or ppes to handle the high number of patients with probable coronavirus at the facility. a spokesman for life care center had no comment on our report but a representative did tell cnn last night that they have seen patients there go from having no symptoms to having acute symptoms within an hour's time, adding, quote, we cannot make any promise that exposure, furthe

jake tapper is also with us. is hitting the united states harder by the day. >> that's right,

i'm jake tapper. i hope you out there or safe and healthy. we begin, with the coronavirus pandemic.of confirmed cases in the u.s. taking a big jump today as more tests become available. now, lorne 11,000 people in the confirmed infected. that's impaired to around 1,000 one week ago. though, that number, of course, is expected to grow. the death toll is also rising. it's now up to 164 in the u.s. this point yesterday that number was 120. now up, 44 deaths. the news from the medical front lines is, of course, quite bleak right now. what we're hearing from the white house,

anthony fauci told jake tapper just today, warning of the possibility of millions of cases and 100 to 200,000 deaths. >> looking at what we're seeing now, i would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases. but i don't want to be held to that because it's -- excuse me, deaths. i mean, we're going have millions of cases. >> well, it sounds like the president got the message that dr. fauci was sending. here's what he said this evening. >> we can hold that down as we're saying to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less. but to $1,000. so we have between 100,000 and 200,000. we all together have done a very good job. >> well, the president is right about that. 100,000 or 200,000 deaths would be horrible. but the house speaker nancy pelosi was not mincing any words today saying the president's delay cost lives. >> his denial at the beginning was deadly. his delaying of getting equipment to where it continues, his delay in getting equipment to where it's needed is deadly. as the president fiddles, people are dying. >> are you saying his downplaying ultimately cost american lives? >> yes

to "the lead," i'm jake tapper.he world health organization issued a stark warning. the coronavirus pandemic is not only continuing to spread, it is accelerating. and every day in the united states the numbers get even more staggering. right now we know of more than 41,000 confirmed cases in the united states. that is up more than 10 times from the 4,000 cases just one week ago today. look at that trajectory. the death toll in the united states also exploding at this hour we have passed a grim milestone. we're now up to 501 deaths, passing 500 in the last

i'm jake tapper. 215 people in the u.s.with more than 16,000 confirmed cases in the u.s. that number of course expected to grow as testing increases around the country. we are also watching the new york stock exchange on its last day of in-person trading, moving to fully electronic trading next week, closing its floor trading. the dow is down 900 points now as the pandemic continues to rattle the markets. this afternoon president trump says he does not think there needs to be a national lockdown, a national order for people to stay at home but he did applaud the governors of new york and california for taking those measures, enacting new mandates for their residents to stay at home, meaning nearly one in five americans are under such an order and stricter measures are now expected tomorrow from new jersey as new york governor andrew cuomo put it, quote, we need everyone to be safe, otherwise no one can be safe. cnn's erica hill is live in new york city. erica, the health department there asking health care workers to stop t

i'm jake tapper. two breaking stories. the dow jones is closing up almost 1,300 points and rebounding in a major way after the plunge. and in the 2020 lead, and then there were five. senator amy klobuchar is the latest to drop out of the 2020 race and according to sources both klobuchar and former south bend, indiana, mayor pete buttigieg are going to offer their endorsements for one man joe biden at a biden rally in dallas, texas. it is not just klobuchar and buttigieg backing him. it is a whole bunch of democratic figures ranging from harry reid to susan rice all coalescing behind biden which sanders was asked about today. >> are you concerned about the consolidation behind biden? >> look, it is no secret that the washington post is doing 1,500 articles on it. and that is no secret. and the corporate establishment is coming together, and the political establishment is coming together and they will do everything. they are really getting nervous that the working people are standing up. >> the calling of the candidate herd

the clip was shown on anchor jake tapper's show "the lead" calling it kind of enraging to see people ignoring the shelter in place and social distancing guidelines. many people on social media pointed out that the video was not a fair representation and mayor breed appeared on cnn's "the situation room" to respond. >> this is not about a vacation, but if people are in the same household, they don't necessarily to keep the members from members of their household. it would be impossible for them to do that. it's not a fair assessment to say people were out and about and not necessarily following the distancing protocols we put into place. you see the buses are empty and the roads are empty and people doing everything they can to comply. >> jake tapper definitely called people out. mayor breed will provide general updates on the city's response at a press conference scheduled for 11:00 today. we'll carry that live on the air and stream it to you. >> i can understand the confusion. as you're getting all the phone calls from people across the country who think we are literally in the hous

this is the exchange that jake tapper and the mayor had. take a listen. >> we want people still to go on about their lives. we want people to rest assured that a lot is being done to protect them. >> that last clip was from march 13th, just about two weeks ago. in retrospect, is that message, at least in part, to blame for how rapidly the virus has spread across the city? >> there's no time to go back over that. there's only time to focus on getting through the next week and the week after that. i mean, you can ask all the questions you want, they're fair, but i think the time to deal with these questions is after this war is over, because literally here in new york city, it feels like a war-time environment. >> first on the war-time environment, i mean, we are seeing fatalities and hospitalizations in new york that are unlike anywhere else in the country. what's your assessment of where new york is in this right now? >> well, i think there's going to be at least 10,000 to 20,000 deaths, according to at least the best model in new york. rem

until then, "state of the union" with jake tapper starts now. >>> new epicenter? more than 2,000 dead in the u.s., and confirmed cases topped 100,000. experts say infections in the u.s. have not yet peaked. >> this is truly an unprecedented situation. >> as president trump pulls back on plans to quarantine the hard-hit new york region. i'll speak to dr. anthony fauci and the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio, next. >>> and desperate measures as states prepare for a wave of misery already hitting hospitals. president trump describes two desperate governors this way. >> i want them to be appreciative. if they don't treat me right, i don't call. >> the governors of washington and nebraska join me in a moment. >>> plus congress passes a bill to help workers. >> every dollar we spend will make a difference in the lives of the american people. >> will it be enough? i'll speak with house speaker nancy pelosi, next. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is staying at home. today marks exactly one month since the first coronavirus death

fauci said today, to jake tapper, which is, you have to test first. you can't just blindly say, we want the economy to get working again, so we'll open up here, open up there. maybe it seems okay because you haven't done thorough testing. there are areas that seem like they don't have many cases or any, but how do you know? so many people are asymptomatically infected, wolf. they're infected and they don't have any symptoms. and so you need to test. and that means you need a rapid test. you can't test someone and say, all right, we'll get you your results in a couple of days, because then they're out -- if they're positive, they're out infecting people. there's a rapid test that was recently approved that can be done in about 15 minutes. they need to flood these areas with these tests. that's what dr. fauci was getting at. and then you can start making decisions. but to start making decisions about what to open up without knowing the situation you're dealing with is really a problem. >> i want to bring in our white house correspondent, kaitlan collins

jake tapper: thank you, senator sanders.esident biden, what's your closing message tonight for those concerned about affected by or dealing with with this virus? number one, as i said at the outset, i just can't imagine what people are going through right now who have lost someone already. i can't imagine what people are going through when they have a mom. like for example, a good friend of ours is sitting outside the window of a nursing home where her mom is because she can't go in, trying to do sign language to her mom and through the window to be able to talk to her. i guess i can imagine the fear and concern people have. number one, one of the things that i think we have to understand is that this is an all hands on deck. this is, as someone said, maybe it was you jake at the outset, this is bigger than any individual. this is bigger than yourself. this is about america. this is about the world. this is about how we bring people together and make the kind of sacrifices we need to make to get this done, and so first and f

jake tapper tried yesterday with the surgeon general. >> can you tell us how many people are testinge united states? >> you can't give me a rough number? >> you don't know? >> i would refer you to the cdc. the number changed so rapidly and i don't want to give you a number. >> is the administration going to put senior officials out on television, should they have some information? >> except this is now heavily state and local control. health authorities are carrying out the test. >> when it was just the cdc kukiku conducting testing, it was a figure to keep their hands-on. now, it is going to state local authorities and hospitals and universities, after a week of testing, you would think they come back with numbers but i understand why they're not getting the right in your opinion. it is contained of the coronavirus, that's similar to the line of the political advisor kellyanne conway saying last week, heavily contradicted by experts. >> they're having another briefing. the vice president will have a briefing. they deserve more credit. we'll see if we'll get answers. >> democratic pr

jake tapper was told it would be several weeks before they made it to one coast and a week and a half, two weeks before it gets to the other coast. the president is viewing this through the lens of a war-time president. they're going to be taking measures you haven't seen since world war ii. now he believes he's on war time footing. >> three years of stock market gains gone in a matter of weeks. the dow fell below 19,732 wednesday afternoon. that briefly dropped below the closing level from inauguration, january 19th, 2017, the day before president trump took office. it inched back to close slightly above there. that's a finish below 20,000 for the first time since 2017. the dow is now something like 32% off of its record highs. >>> trading so volatile the s&p 500 plunged 7% midday triggering the fourth circuit breaker in a month. it closed 5% lower. futures leaning down a little bit this morning. we'll watch closely to see if you can get a bounce there. it's been pretty volatile in overnight trading the past few days. >>> fears of a global recession grow. deutsch bank thinks the coll

we go to washington and "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> it is the biggest day in the day of the race. "the lead" starts right now. breaking before the most critical day of the presidential democratic primary so far, another candidate bows out. two former contenders are expected to both back joe biden tonight. could that stop bernie sanders and the movement from steamrolling on super tuesday. also breaking today, coronavirus cases are jumping in the u.s. and at least 100 infected and six now dead as the concerns are growing of a hidden cluster of the virus and as president trump turns less rosie about the situation and he is pushing the pharmaceutical companies for the vaccine. the last mesge

i'm jake tapper. a brutal day on wall street. as we colt up on the closing bell. you hear it there. the dow plunging closing down more than 900 points. almost a thousand. let's go to alison kosik a the new york stock exchange. what is with these wild swings? we had two historic gains this week. then a big drop again. >> jake, keep your seat belt on. 1,000 is the new 100. metaphorically speaking. the dow cloezing down 900 points. one trader telling me to get used to these outside moves, at least until investors become confident in government officials that they have a handle on the coronavirus crisis. it's fear driving this market. fear that the virus will wind up slowing down the u.s. economy considerably and keep consumers from spending and ultimately hurt businesses. uncertainty over how much the impact of the virus will hurt the global economy. >> alison kosik at the new york stock exchange, thank you. now to our 2020 lead. elizabeth warren officially dropped out of the presidential race this afternoon. the massachusetts democrat made the announcement after a disappointing super

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but my colleague jake tapper is learning tonight that essentially he decided to get tested pause he went to an event where some attendees were later found out to have coronavirus. now he never had any interaction or or direct interaction with those individuals, but out of an abundance of caution and if you remember in 2019 he had surgery. he had part of his lung remove ed. he wanted to ensure he was protected. so he was tested and found out he has coronavirus. two of his colleagues have elected to self-quarantine out of an abundance of caution. >> more than 32,000 people have tested positive in this country. at least 410 people have died. natasha has the president's p n plans to help states with the most patients. >> the federal government will be funding the cost of deploying national guard units. >> it sends troop s s to washington, california and new york, the hardst hit by the coronavirus. a move that comes one week into the white house's 15-day plan to slow the spread. in one week, we have seen the number of cases go from 4,000 to more than 30,000. and the the number of deaths have

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mark esper wouldn't say when he talked on jake tapper earlier today. >> sthnlt president have invoked the defense production act in february? >> i don't know the timing of all these things. >> with supplies like ventilators desperately needed, the president didn't have much of an answer for kate linl collins' question. why is this taking so long? >> you knew for weeks. >> it depends how it goes. worst case, absolutely. best case, not at all. we'll have to see where it goes. we are ordering thousands and thousands of ventilators. >> we're also learning tonight that two members of congress, two members of congress have tested positive for the virus. they are republican congressman mario diaz and ben mcadams. which just emphasizes the need for a lot more testing. the world health organization says every single suspected case of coronavirus should be tested. says that's the reason that we're behind. there's more cause for concern tonight. dr. deborah birx says, there is reason to worry that some younger people aren't taking the virus seriously and they're getting sick as a result of. . >>

bernie sanders was on with jake tapper this weekend and he illustrated what is going to be his messageigan. >> in michigan, the people here have been devastated, devastated in flint and detroit by the disastrous trade agreements that joe biden voted for. he voted for and a half tarks tntr with china which forced american workers to work against desperate people making pennies an hour. we lost over $4 million. 160 thousand jobs. i worked with the unions. i knew what they were doing. >> that's a strong message in michigan. that's the message that got donald trump elected and that donald trump, if he is against joe biden, for example, he'll use that same argument. >> he will, but biden also has the obama-biden record and the 2009 stimulus, the auto bailout, those are things voters remember. >> and like. >> and like. so is the electability argument that we are seeing is taking up a lot of strength. there are a lot of voters and now we have the context of this moment where the economy is shaky at best. many michigan voters will be anything about that. >> what's happening in the economy, doe

i'm jake tapper. coverage on cnn continues right now.w. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. and we're following breaking news. major new developments in the coronavirus pandemic. the acting homeland security deputy secretary, ken cuccinelli, just revealing that coronavirus travel restrictions for europe are, quote, under discussion. we're also standing by for a white house coronavirus briefing this hour as the number of known cases here in the united states climbs to more than