suggested cut up to 70 percent who did this week a leading spanish clubs are expected to follow suit meanwhile boston has offered its a facilities to the catalan government's health department is trying to help with the crisis. up next here on d.w.i. 19 special i'll be back at the top of the hour and of course as always more online at the w don't come out of that. go beyond. that. we're all about the stories that matter to you. whatever it takes. the running. a little. detail you made for mines.

. >> meanwhile, boston has canceled its st. patrick's day parade which usually brings out more than a million people every year. and then there's the impact on congress itself. more republican lawmakers are in quarantine this morning after interacting with someone who tested positive after attending a cpac conference. the president's incoming chief of staff, mark meadows and congressman doug collins who is seen here shaking the president's hand just last friday, congressman louis gomer, who may have been exposed has self-quarantine.ot he is back on the hill. >> so meanwhile, a perfect storm hit wall street y 7.8%. its worst day since the 2008 financial crisis. the s&p lost 7.6% and the nasdaq, almost 7.3%. the sell-off was so bad that a circuit breaker was triggered minutes after the opening bell the plunge in oil prices comes as saudi arabia and russia battle over market share. the demand for oil has declined because fewer people are traveling due to the coronavirus. this morning, global markets are now trying to bounce back.

meanwhile boston canceled its st.gress. more and more congressmen are in self-quarantine after interacting with somebody who tested positive with the virus at cpac, including congressman matt gaetz, who flew on air force one with the president yesterday before putting himself in quarantine. also, the president's incoming chief of staff, mark meadows and congressman doug collins, seen here shaking the president's hand last friday. kovman gohmert, who also may have been exposed, decided not to self-quarantine and is back on the hill. >> we talk about italy. it locked down the entire country in a drastic effort to lock down the coronavirus, when has been described by some as the greatest crisis since world war ii. the prime minister announced the country would be restricting its 60 million people from traveling, encouraging them to stay home. italian citizens who would like to travel needs to request permission and need a valid work or family reason. the restrictions also forbid anybody from gathering in public and also

meanwhile in the boston area, more than 160 workers at multiple hospitals reportedly contracting covids made a shocking report from buzzfeed that out of the ten states with the most infections and deaths at the time, california was the only one publicly reporting on infected health care workers. dr. saphier, it is so scary and distressing, you know, i went down on street level to get some more basic supplies. and when i was walking around, the only people i saw on the street were wearing scrubs. they are really our heroes right now. and it feels like we are not doing nearly enough to protect them. what are your thoughts? >> nicole: this obviously touches very close to home. there's a reason i am in a studio. i am on medication myself, and i'm compromised if i were to go in the hospital. my husband who is a neurosurgeon goes in and is treating emergencies, ruptured brain aneurysms and strokes. he is terrified coming home every day fearful that he will bring something home. i have many friends who i know have tested positive or know a colleague that has. we have about 10% of the cases in

so this is happening in boston and philly and meanwhile, the stories are a shortage of doctors and nurses developing. this is a newspaper outside boston from from brookline, massachusetts. in the early months there was a lot of war news that tended to get to the top. this stuff is definitely creeping in around that. pandemic, there is an epidemic, it is looking very, very scary. in many ways, this is the first mass mediated pandemic in modern history, because so many newspapers were able to cover these kind of stories. i want to get us to think for a minute about what you did if you were not in boston or philadelphia. you could see this coming. what tools could you put at your command to try to protect your people against this invading epidemic? you had time to prepare. what should you do? here is where we come back to those nonpharmaceutical interventions. they had a very clear game plan. they knew what they should do. they needed to set up facilities so that people who were sick could be isolated and taken care of. they didn't want them to die, trying to give them the best chance to liv

. ♪ power to the people ♪ >> reporter: meanwhile bernie sanders is holding a massive rally in bostonwing his supporters in elizabeth warren's backyard >> if we do that, if we bring out our friends and neighbors and family members on tuesday, if we have the largest voter turnout in the history of a massachusetts primary -- [ cheers ] -- we can win here in massachusetts. we can win the democratic nomination. >> reporter: garrett, with a projected win for biden in south carolina how does this reshape the race heading into super tuesday? >> biden could use this to reel bernie sanders back in, in big delegate rich states like texas and california if 44 -- he performs well with african-american voters in virginia and north carolina, he could also hold of michael bloomberg there. potentially using tuesday to turn this into a two-man race. jose >> garrett haake, thank you very much. >>> joe biden's projected win is significant, because more than half of today's voters are african-american, and the outcome here in south carolina could foreshadow how biden and the other candidates will do acro

boston meanwhile also pulling the plug on its annual parade as a number of confirmed cases in massachusettson yet on the boston marathon. that is set for mid-april. meanwhile, the parades in new york and chicago are still going, at least for now. that could change as officials monitored conditions on a day-to-day basis. you can see the impact, these are big, big traditions. when you cancel the st. patrick's parade, it shows people are taking it seriously, as they should. >> sandra: measures being taken not just here in newark, the hardest hit state, but across the country. >> ed: we will find another way to celebrate. >> sandra: we will indeed. thanks for joining us. >> ed: "outnumbered" starts right now. >> melissa: fox news alert, president trump wrapping up a meeting with health care ceos at the white house moments ago. the president sang the health care industry has agreed to cover coronavirus treatment and wave copayments for testing. they have also agreed to cover telemedicine care so patients do not need to leave their homes. this, as the death toll tops 4,000 worldwide with more tha

the event was cancelled in chicago, as boston and dublin also drop the festivities. meanwhile new york, the state is taking matters into its own hands hiring private labs to help with testing. more than 200 people have tested positive so far in new york. >> and millions of americans could get a tax break. the feds are reportedly considering pushing back next month's filing deadline to give taxpayers a break as they grapple with this virus. starbucks experience could be changing the company's reportedly preparing to modify store operations and could be switching to mobile orders and drive-through only and the basketball world, including mark cuban, rocked when the nba announced it will be suspending its season until further notice after utah jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus. meanwhile, the ncaa ma made the unprecedented decision to continue with march madness at all venues but without fans in the arenas. >> president trump announced that the u.s. is banning foreign travelers from europe as a precaution however, u.s. citizens are exempt during a rare oval office a

meanwhile, more big cities are canceling events. philadelphia has joined boston in canceling the st. patrick's day parade. the mayor asking people to avoid events with more than 5,000 people. new york city has canceled its half marathon, and the new york auto show has been postponed. in ohio, the governors recommending a ban on spectators at indoor sporting events. the ncaa says it's still deciding whether to make any changes to march madness. the virus is having a major impact on the race for president with the candidates canceling some rallies. >> it was a big night. results are still coming in from super tuesday round two, but it's clear joe biden has taken command of the democratic primary. >> reporter: overnight, joe biden cementing himself as the front-runner in the democratic presidential race. >> it looks like we're going to have another good night. >> reporter: the former vice president surging ahead in the delegate could want after voters in six states went to the polls on many super tuesday, including idaho, mississippi, missouri and the big prize, mic

emergency in new jersey since the great track suit fire of '98 [ laughter ] meanwhile, because of the virus, the mayor of bostonnced that their annual st. patrick's day parade has been cancelled [ audience aws ] the mayor asked that instead of drinking, puking and blacking out in the streets, people could make the mature choice and do it at home. [ laughter ] this week, new york governor andrew cuomo introduced a new brand of hand sanitizer that's being made by the state of new york called nys clean. yep, here he is talking about what it smells like. >> a little, i detected, lilac [ laughter ] hydrangea, tulips, what does it smell like to you? [ laughter ] tulips, yeah floral bouquet [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he's like a germaphobic sommelier. >> steve: oh [ laughter ] >> jimmy: he said it smells like a floral bouquet, and the state also made some other scents that really say "new york. for instance, there's times square elmo after a 12-hour shift. [ laughter ] >> steve: what mmm, cigarettes, mmm >> jimmy: there's also, summertime garbage behind bubba gump shrimp. [ laughter ] then there's, uber driver who just st

>>> meanwhile, mika, major hospitals in boston are seeing a big spike in infected health care workers00 just in the past two days. the boston globe is reporting the rise in infections among staff are raising alarms about the ability of health care systems to handle the large influx of potential covid-19 patients. infections are multiplying at an alarming rate with the number of cases at massachusetts general quadrupling from just earlier this week. boston's major health care systems are reporting the infections are not clustered to one area of the hospital. and some infections include nonclinical workers. leading officials to believe community spread was involved as opposed to direct contact with infected patients. when staff members are infected it causes a ripple effect across the hospital forcing quarantining and a heavier work load for thend remaining worker putting those staff members at risk.er let's bring in an assistant director of medicine and an infectious disease specialist in boston. you obviously up in boston have a collection of some of the very best hospitals in the wor

disney, meanwhile, announced it is closing parks and canceling cruise ship departures and the city of boston has postponed the marathon scheduling it now for september. i'm joined now by the mayor of oakland, california, libby schaaf, former fema administrator craig frugate and mike florts and thank you for joining us. craig, a national emergency declared today by the president. so what will be different now? what will be the case now that wasn't the case before this emergency was declared, what does it mean? >> well you already had hhs and their authorities but this now brings the ability to reimstate and local governments for direct federal assistance and now fema is hhs is the lead and now they could look at what additional assistance could be in the next coming weeks and fema could fund that with the coordination and the direct federal assistance. >> mayor, let me ask you. we have the explanation there on the flow chart how this all works but in your city, a state of emergency declared nationally, is that something that may be useful to you now or down the road? >> absolutely. and oaklan

community is weakening the bonds between those that come together and meanwhile, china is the 18,000 miles of high-speed rail from boston to washington, d.c., around half an hour slower because we can't get it together anymore even as a society to work together for the common thread. i just as an outsider tell us is this the best way to match the threat that we see growinfact te influence and strength from our foreign adversaries? >> i think we should never have gotten rid of it as an independent agency which wasn't seated in any one department and could coordinate with some real power across the cia and dod and not only stop the active measures that come from the soviet union, but take that active measure in spite of the soviet bloc. on the short answer to the question is no. we are where we are and i think that if the gec is properly funded and doesn't have to fight with the special forces command and others about who has the authority that they should be in the lead particularly on the china issue which is a strategic national level issue and the kind of things i'm talking about is kicking out of the u.s. media to co

. >>> meanwhile, in the new york city area, the number of cases doubling again in the last 24 hours. the steps being taken in the city right now. meantime in boston at this hour, the scene unfolding there. several people at a hotel taken to the hospital for immediate screenings. here's whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, authorities shutting down a street in boston, transporting dozens of people from the marriott hotel directly to the hospital to be tested for the new coronavirus. >> we now have new information that there have been three confirmed cases of coronavirus of boston residents, tracing back to the same biogen meeting. this is a rapidly evolving situation. >> reporter: health officials testing people outside the hospital, then sending them home to wait for results. this, as states across the country are scrambling to contain the spread. in new york, about 4,000 people, more than half in the new york city area alone, now under quarantine. >> this is like a flu on steroids. >> reporter: the number of new cases doubling again today, jumping to 44, including a doctor who works at the same hospital where the sick westchester lawyer was initi

and meanwhile, california's governor is calling for the home isolation for everybody over the age of 65 and those with chronic health conditions. bostonoing as far as to ban gatherings of more than 25 people. that's a small gathering. >> melissa: yeah. no. it is a big change. and it is necessary at this point. you have a lot of people over the weekend who unfortunately went out and you know, got in crowds and got close to each other. and i guess you want to keep your spirits up in times like these, but they are just saying that is not the way t to do it. >> harris: we saw the pictures from spring breakers and whatnot. you know, it was interesting, jessica. you see a little bipartisan response. senator ted cruz praising alexandria ocasio-cortez, the congresswoman, for calling out those people putting other pictures and you know, kind of having so much joy and really large crowds. you know it is going to take everybody. >> jessica: it is going to take everybody. what andrew cuomo was saying, he thought new york had had the best response thus far. special call is for governors other states. charlie baker in massachusetts. and people gett

. >>> meanwhile, those already on the front lines are being stretched thin. 86 employees from vanderbilt university medical center in tennessee have tested positive for the virus. and in the boston area an even bigger number. 345 health care workers have tested positive for covid-19 across four area hospitals. police forces are also struggling. there have been 29 new positive cases in the chicago police department bringing the total number there to 50. meanwhile, in new york, two more nypd officers have died bringing the total number to five. nearly 1,000 employees have the virus with more than 5,000 currently out sick. louisiana is emerging as a new hot spot for the virus. and scenes like this are not helping. ♪ ♪ >> authorities say more than 100 people took part in a funeral second line in new orleans on saturday. right now gatherings of more than one household are banned in the city. an arrest warrant was issued for the organizer who refused to disband a large gathering. new orleans mayor says his family has since reached out to apologize. the city alone has more than 1400 coronavirus cases. >>> well, the world health organization's senior expert on emergencies says while loc

meanwhile in rhode island,hundreds of eople who interacted with the child e now being asked to self-quarantine after that child tested positive for coronavirus authorities say from a trip to boston where he attended a basketba game. basketball game betwe the celtics and utah jz. authorities say an interaction with jazz player rudi go bare, maybe the source of the disease. >>t a signature from one the nba plays it came do with a virus and here weare less than a week later e child is contracted the virus. >>island's governor has closed all public schools in the state for a week. isolation good hygiene remains the most effective way to slow the spread of coronavirus experts recommend washing your hands. often and very thoroughly with soaand water screaming scrubbing the for a minimum 20 seconds before rinsing thm off. you should also avoid touching your face properly disinfecting your home and car is another way to fight the spread of the illness and be su to regularly clean high traffic areas like dining rooms bathrooms nd dor knobs they've even light switches and use alcohol wipes to clean your television remote. environmental protection agency hanow come out with a list of appro

meanwhile, china has built 18,000 miles of high speed rail, the busiest corridor in north america from boston to washington, d.c. runs half an hour slower, because we can't get together anymore even in a society to work together and meet our common threat. so, i just want you to, from outsiders, tell us, is this the best way to match the threat that we see growing in influence and strength from our foreign adversaries? >> you know, i guess i have been at -- i think we never should have gotten rid of the uscia as an independent agency which wasn't seated in any one department could coordinate with some real power across the cia and across dod and not only stop active measures that we used to call them from the soviet union but take that active measures inside the soviet bloc so the short answer to your question is no we are where we are. i think if the gec is properly funded and doesn't have to fight with special forces command and others about who has the authority, they should be in the lead. i mean, special forces command is a war fighting command. particularly on the china issue. which is

meanwhile, nba, major league soccer have auld banned people from the lockers rooms. and the ncaa basketball tournament, they do not know whether that is going to go forward. >> no st. patrick's day parade in bostonbig deal. we'll check in with you later. >> how a prominent race horse trainer with ties to the . >>>ed cool start to the die day checlow pressure system bringing showers and sprinkle to the south bay. all of us will see mild to warm daytime highs. # 0 st ap 0s this afternoon. 07 in san francisco and 72 for concord and for san jose. and so again that slight chance of showers or sprinkles for the south bay. mild to warm temperatures through the workweek. and rain chances for the weekend. >> announcer: this portion of "cbs this morning," sponsored by toyota. let's go places. yeah. ♪ yeah. with great deals, get ready to turn your dreams into reality. right now, save big with an incredible deal on the toyota of your dreams. offers end march 31st. to learn more about all our great deals, visit toyota.com. ready, set, go get your toyota today. toyota. let's go places. [ alarm beeps ] ♪ sp[ elevator dings ]s [ referee whistle sounds ] [ cheering ] when you need the fuel to be your nephew's nu