premier league games this season in spain the league has been suspended after the real madrid team was placed in quarantine. and in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. have been affected by the formula one grand prix e.g. to be held to a straight here this weekend has been called off and turning to other news the u.s. says launch for telling a tree airstrikes in iraq. it was in response to a rocket attack that left 2 americans and a british soldier dead on wednesday u.s. defense secretary mark esp a said he was given the green light to do so by president donald trump special friday prayers have been held in new zealand to remember the 51 people killed in shootings at 2 mosques a year ago hundreds of people gathered in an arena in christ church not far from one of the mosques where 43 people died. but as the headlines news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. when a prime minister takes a lump of coal into his own parliament that call means a lot to the country's fortunes we bring you the stories and developments that i'm rapidly changing the world we live in get a break sit down that was a slogan that one of the prime mini

forcing sporting events to be either postponed or canceled in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. all affected the australian grand prix has been called off. ok let's move on to some other stories well related to the corona virus the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government to confront the crisis mr netanyahu made the offer on a nationally televised address saying a new temporary administration with his chief rival benny gantz would quote save the lives of citizens he also ordered most schools to be closed harry force of joins us live from west jerusalem so harry what does he want to achieve here. well he says that he what is required it is a an emergency unity government one which can address the crisis the ticks as usual on hold for the duration of the crisis and allow for as he said tens of thousands of 'd lives to be saved there is some commentary as to exactly how genuine all the allegations are being in there calls for such a government whether politics doesn't intrude even in these times of emergency as

is forcing sporting events to be the postponed or canceled in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. all affected australia's gone free it's been called off. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government to confront the coronavirus crisis netanyahu made the offer on a nationally televised address saying a new temporary administration with his chief rival benny gantz would save the lives of citizens he also ordered most schools to be closed cattle is closing all cinemas gyms and museums that's on top of the suspension of schools in the banning of travelers from 14 countries the number of cases in the gulf state is now at 262 after a spike on wednesday. a senior australian government minister has tested positive days after meeting high profile officials on a trip to the us peter dutton was in washington for talks on security he met ivanka trump the president's daughter as well as u.s. attorney general william barr that and says he feels fine although his diagnosis does raise concerns about whether other australian polit

is forcing sporting events to be the postponed or canceled in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. have all been affected also a story is growing pretty has been called off 7. and in other news iraq's military says 6 people including 3 of its soldiers and 2 policeman were killed by u.s. airstrikes the u.s. says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 of its soldiers on wednesday to americans in a britain died after nearly 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera another check of the news right after inside story. can the coronavirus pandemic be stopped the world health organization because the outbreak of pandemic and donald trump finally joins all the countries in taking draconian measures to stop the spread but all travel bans enough this is inside story. hello again i'm jane spays what started in a single chinese city is now a pandemic so far infecting at least 120000 people in bold 100 countries world leaders a warning the coronavirus crisis is going to get worse but is

is forcing sporting events to be the postponed or canceled in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. all affected that are struggling grand prix is off. now the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called for the formation of an emergency government to confront the crisis mr netanyahu made the offer on a nationally televised address last night saying a new temporary administration with his chief rival benny gantz would save the lives of citizens he also ordered most schools to be closed or if also joins us live now on skype from west jerusalem harry in theory how would this break down how would it work. well that's exactly what the politicians of all stripes are trying to work out right now netanyahu is calling for a unity government an emergency government between his likud party and presumably its right wing partners and the moonlight alliance of benny gantz and his co-leaders nescio says that this is something that would be in power for the duration of the fight against the virus and once that had been defeated then they could go back to where they are now

is forcing sporting events to be the postponed or canceled in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. have all been affected also has grown pretty has been called off. and in other news iraq's military says 6 people including 3 of its soldiers and 2 policeman were killed by u.s. airstrikes the u.s. says the strikes were in response to a rocket attack that killed 3 of its soldiers on wednesday to americans in a briton died after nearly 20 rockets were fired at a military base northwest of baghdad today but the headlines on al-jazeera another check of the news right after inside story. can the coronavirus pandemic be stopped the world health organization declares the outbreak of pandemic and donald trump finally joins other countries in taking draconian measures to stop the spread but our travel bans enough this is inside story. hello again i'm james bays what started in a single chinese city is now a pandemic so far infecting at least 120000 people in more than 100 countries world leaders are warning the coronavirus crisis is going to get worse but is not on stoppable th

north american sports have either been canceled or postponed but includes the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. college basketball championships have also been called off in the u.k. premier league bosses are holding an emergency meeting on friday off the arsenal manager. tested positive for the virus it comes as spain's on the guy has been suspended with the whole real madrid team placed in quarantine. and the organizers of formula one have cancelled the astray in grand prix of a coronavirus concerns event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators a member of the mclaren team tested positive for the virus on thursday and is now being treated by local health authorities still to come here on al-jazeera the coronavirus pandemic is putting latin america's ailing economy is to the test. and washington retaliates with china's expulsion of 3 u.s. journalists. welcome back look at weather conditions across the radian potential and the middle east in general here in the gulf states weather conditions are looking dodgy find plenty of sunshine but it is the

north american sports have either been canceled or postponed that includes the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. college basketball championships have also been called off. in the u.k. premier league bosses are holding an emergency meeting on friday after arsenal manager michael arteta tested positive for the virus comes as spain's a league has been suspended with the whole real madrid team placed in quarantine and the organizers of formula one have cancelled the astray and grown free of the coronavirus concerns the event was due to be held in melbourne this weekend with about 100000 spectators a member of the mclaren team it tested positive for the virus on thursday example treated by local health authorities. david zirin is sports editor for the nation a weekly news magazine he says the n.b.a. season suspension was a wake up call for many. it certainly seems that for a lot of people this did not become real until the n.b.a. said you know we're putting our season on hiatus because that's when a lot of folks will go up and said whoa this really must be something i need to pay atte

tonight, the nba, the national hockey league, major league baseball and major league soccer are shutteredwildly popular march madness basketball tournament cancelled. nascar will hold races without fans. >> i think the only thing we can really compare this to to in terms of stopping sports in its tracks would be 9/11. >> last night, fans solemnly streamed out of the arena in oklahoma city. moments earlier on espn, the nba game twoon the utah and the thunder a no go after a jazz player tested positive for coronavirus. >> the game tonight has been postponed. you are all safe. and take your time in leaching the arena and do so in an orderly fashion. thank you for coming out tonight. >> outside fans struggled to process it. >> it's almost like they had a hard time letting us know it was going to be cancelled. >> i think they were very disappointed. because the thunder fans love the thunder. >> tonight the economic ripple effect the sports league shutdowns is striking. not just players and equipment and sports personnel had lives disrupted. >> zraunts get impacted. caterers that provide food t

virus is forcing sporting events to be spurned or canceled in north america the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. all affected us trailing one pre is off. stock markets in asia have recovered some lawsuits after seeing initial steep drops just minutes after opening because of the pandemic european markets rebounded as well after massive losses on thursday. while staying with the fiscal impact of this hammond is the c.e.o. of chart pundit an indian capital markets analyst company he explains now how the economic impact will likely be felt in india. i think on the ground it's going to hit people because night from travelling. into it everybody generally saw it when the impact left content on it is going impact on a lower class malt simply because these will be covered from the one in television . and so it in fact it's not cutting interest rates it's not going to create good of demand but genes which in their magically especially if emblem of be indebted think we've had it cut but they haven't been passed on completely and even if they were. i'm not sure that are going to go out of t

saying in the united states and both the national hockey league and major league baseball have pushed back their dates for a possible restart to the season's tell says may could be the earliest date to resume play while the n.l.b. a great at their opening day won't be until the middle of that month. faithful has drafted in some famous faces to help raise awareness of spreading the current a virus in terms of sort of the direction they step back. j.c. rainier there with a firm warning to stay away from him and others. say ellison fee for president jennie and bettina are also part of that campaign. being all event to stars have been showing off their footy skills while on lockdown and it's silly midfielder douglas costa managed to keep the ball despite a strong attacking posture from his pet dog. showed friends how to clean their hands and then use their newly hoarded toilet roll to her nest. that isn't useful for now we'll have more for you later come all lovey thank you joe's got more sport in the next news hour which is coming up at 1300 hours g.m.t. that is about 2 hours from now i'

the usa is to ban large gatherings, with the national hockey league and major league baseball haltingve. which is somewhat ironic given that earlier in the week gobert had been making light of the public health warning at a press conference, touching all the tables and the microphones. since then his teammate donovan mitchell has also tested positive. lets speak to antonello guerrera,the uk correspondent for the italian newspaper la repubblica who was at last night's match in liverpool, and stan verrett he anchors espn's sportscentre in the usa. ifi if i could start with you, astonishing scene this card gathered in one space, didn't help liverpool march with the results, nevertheless, we surprised the game went ahead? good evening. yes, it was went ahead? good evening. yes, it was kind of... i would say. as you said, in italy and in other countries, the stadiums are just empty. here, the show goes on. the show goes on and it is a very strange feeling, because all of a sudden it's not the stadium, if you we re sudden it's not the stadium, if you were here last night, all of the pubs ar

leagues followed the lead of the nba and announce suspension or postponement of their leagues. the national hockey league is postponing its games. baseball is cabsling the rest of spring training. and majorr has suspended match play for 30 days effective immediately. these include the cans laying of the ncaa men and women's march madness basketball tournament. >> mark is here now with more on all of this. >> i think any skeptics or doubters who thought this was a media hype type of thing, that ended yesterday. >> true. >> when the nba announced the suspension of their season. and as you would and, certainly predictable after that occurrence, that major league baseball would follow suit. the bay area hit particularly hard because we have two major league baseball teams. everything suspended as of now. and that includes spring training. you see some of the players adhering to the bumping elbows as a way of greeting or congratulating. april 9th is what they're looking at as potential opening days. as you can imagine, everything right now is extremely fluid. can change in a matter of moments. the hope is regaining normal business operation for major league baseball. perhaps by the middle o

wayfair.com eric: the sports world shut down by coronavirus, the national basket bale association, major league baseball, national hockey league and major league soccer all suspending play. nacca march madness tournaments, that's been canceled and the masters postponed. forecaster fox fuse contributor jim gray joins us. jim, the inspiration of sports, beauty, diversion, now we stay at home, i guess, we are in self-isolation. we will read, i know, but we don't have the greatest inspiration in sports to carry us through the next few weeks. >> that's really a shame because that's one of the things that really brings us together, brings communities together and people love the see the excellence of these guys perform. that's really going to be a major hole and gap in our society but, of course, it's the right move right now. you to protect the public and you can't allow the gatherings and so the athletes are going to be missed and the games are going to be missed. we will have to take in more movies and read more books and i guess listen to more music. eric: exactly, talk to each other and this sort of thing, get the kids off the

league soccer is now suspended. that's billions of dollars more. and just in the last few minutes, we're hearing that the major league baseball, that spring training is now being suspended and national hockey league, they are suspended those two alone, that's combined $16 billion a year and all the major conference basketball tournaments, they were canceled today. one game was canceled at halftime just about a few minutes ago. the one big thing we're waiting for, that naacp tournament has not canceled >> and that will have ripple effects back to the schools. hold that thought and stick around the growing list of leagues is likely to have a huge financial impact and our next guest says, there's not even a way to quantify it right now. josh george pine is here. he's the founder and ceo of bruin sports capital it's great to have you, george what is business like on a day like this? >> it's tough right now and unknown. in the long run, it will sort itself out and the places to look for us, as eric mentioned, the ncaa, the -- sports that are playoff run, that's where the money is made those sports are in the toughest position things like major league baseball, they can delay the season, they can add d

.>> reporter: the nba along with the national hockey league and major league soccer are suspending their seasons. major league baseball has canceled the rest of spring training as and is delineating -- delaying the start of the regular season. >> it is unfortunate. but i think it is the proper measure we need to take now. >> the crown jewel of college basketball, the ncaa tournament at first said it would ban fans for march madness games and then, counseled the championship altogether. >> with the concerns about players contracting the virus, that is happening in the nba and i think that change the dialogue.>> reporter: rudy gobert, player on the utah jazz, recently tested positive with coronavirus. he should a heartfelt apology on his instagram after he was criticized for purposely touching reporters microphones and a table during a recent press conference. questions also live about the status of the tokyo olympic games set to begin in july. tokyo's governor said thursday, she's confident they will go as scheduled. laura podesta, cbs news.>>> the san jose sharks revealed a part- time employee at sap center tested pos

. >> reporter: the nba along with the national hockey league and major league soccer are suspending their seasons. major league baseball has canceled the rest of spring training and is delaying the start of the regular season. yankees slugger giancarlo stanton reacted to the news. >> it's unfortunatate, but i thk it's a proper measure we need to take now. >> reporter: the crown jewel of college basketball, the in that case tournament, at first said it would ban fans from march madness games. then canceled the championship altogether. >> with concerns about players and contracting the virus that's happening in the nba, and i think that changed the dialogue. >> reporter: rudy gobert, a player on the utah jazz, recently tested positive with coronavirus. he issued a heartfelt apology on his instagram after he was criticized for purposely touching reporters' microphones and a table during a recent press conference. questions also loom about the status of the tokyo olympic games set to begin in july. tokyo's governor said thursday she's confident they'll go on as scheduled. laura podesta, cbs news. >>> well, after president

canceled as well and a number of other sports are suspended among them major league baseball major league soccer and the national hockey league all 3 have said they're hoping to resume their seasons as soon as possible we'll have more on other sports that are making scheduling changes and the latest from the nba. coming up later in the 9 o'clock hour. it's a lot if you're a sports fan. this is going to be a pretty sad time we but think about this if you're quarantine you can't leave your room all you've got is you can change you can watch and there's no perspective for this we've never seen the sports world collectively just stop like this we've had you know strikes in. >>player union issues, but this is a precedent to haiti overuse that word but that's exactly what it is unprecedented never seen her for time we'll see later tonight, thank you kate. >>and you can stay updated on all the impacts across the bay area through our kron on app you can get 24 hour streaming service on the latest developments kron on is free to download and use right now you can get it today to stay connected. >>i take a peek outside as we get

thursday saw a cascade of closures and cancellations from major league baseball, pro soccer and the national hockey league just one day after the nba suspended its season. disneyland closed for the rest of the month and california's governor indicated a ban on gatherings of more than 250 people will be extended past march. in york the metropolitan museum of art also closed indefinitely for a thorough cleaning. broadway theaters, madison square garden, radio city music hall, all going dark as part of a statewide ban announced by new york's governor. >> no gathering was 500 people or more. >> a boston hotel closed after 70 people caught the coronavirus following a conference. in washington dc nancy pelosi worked on an emergency bill with the trump administration. a bipartisan effort expected to come up for a houseboat on friday. >> it's about putting people and their families first. >> we will not criticize and sit back, we will work to make this right. >> democrat have proposed record device testing, paid sick leave and coronavirus insurance. >> governor gavin newsom says the cdc tests have lacked some mat

worth looking into all sports leagues in the united states as shutting down the baseball season will start at least 2 weeks later for major league soccer the national hockey league and the n.b.a. have all been suspended the n.b.a. made its move following a positive test for a utah jazz player really go bare it starts reports. the stadium was packed the players were on court but then after a conversation among officials oklahoma city's game against the utah jazz was called off after it emerged one of the jazz players rudi go back tested positive coronavirus an hour later the n.b.a. suspended the whole season indefinitely. it was not at the arena but the jets were placed in quarantine and we now know that at least one of his teammates also tested positive. to. go back a 7 foot one frenchman is one of the stars of the n.b.a. the 27 year old has won festa france to play it 2 years running he's currently in the care of health officials in oklahoma city rather unfortunately on monday mocked the coronavirus crisis at a press conference touching every reporter mark a phone as he left potentially exposing others to infection. before the suspension moves were already in p

positive for the coronavirus and thursday the national hockey league and major league soccer both announce the suspension of their season's major league baseball will suspend spring training and delay the start of their season worldwide the spain's soccer league league has suspended their next 2 games you vent this player then you got me has contracted the disease putting the entire to. human quarantine for quarantine for 2 weeks italy had already banned domestic sporting events until april 3rd so there were going to be no games the situation initially put the u.s. the championship league games in jeopardy but next week's games were postponed on thursday several formula one events have been postponed as well or will be done without fans in the stands and the a.t.p. has also suspended professional tennis events for the next 6 weeks due to the pandemic the list keeps growing day by day and kristie really what we're seeing here is insane because a lot of times when you have a crisis a pandemic things that are happening around the world that are driving people indoors usually have sports to fall back on and in this situation it's dangerous and it'

disneyland will close for the rest of the month and major league baseball suspended operations, the national hockeys leagued son and the ncaa canceled the march madnes tournament. on capitol hill the question was whether the u.s. has enough tests. u.s. senator mitt romney -- >> [indiscernible] we wonder why they have several thousand people a day gettinge tested andve a handful. >> dr. anthony fauci agreed in response to debbie wasserman schultz. >> not one person can assure these are administered, yes or no? >> the system is not really geared to what we need right now, what you are asking for. that is a failing. it is a failing, let's admit it. the way people in other countries are doing it, we are not set up for that. do i think we should be? yes, but we are not. nick: despite the expert testimony andot the cdc releasing official statistics, 45 minutes later president trump said this -- pres. trump: if anybody is coming back, we have a tremen- tremendous testing set up. nick: people are rushing to come in from europe today where presidential calls forhim were met with fear and confusion. >> definitely a

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the national hockey league and major league soccer have suspended their seasons. major league baseball has suspended spring training and delayed the regular season by at least two weeks, and the ncaa has now canceled march madness altogether. which comes a day after the nba suspended its season because utah jazz center rudy gobert tested positive for coronavirus. today, he apologized for his prank back on march 9th where he joked about the virus during a news conference by touching microphones. i'm quoting here, "at the time, i had no idea i was even infected. i was careless, and make no excuse. i hope my story serves as a warning and causes everyone to take this seriously." another utah jazz player also tested positive today. and we should note that nascar is also banning fans, but the races themselves will go on. meantime, the stock market is continuing its plunge. the dow fell 10% in its worst day since the crash of 1987. the nasdaq and s&p were both down 9%, and the energy sector, banking, and travel stocks led the drop. american airlines, in fact, is down 47% so far this year. sti

major league baseball suspended operations. the national hockey league paused its season. and the n.c.a.a. canceled it march madness conference. on capitol hill, the question was whether the u.s. has enough tests. utah republican senator mitt romney. >>e don't have the level of testing that we're seeing in veher countries, and we wonder why they have sl thousand people a day getting tested and we have a handful. >> reporter: dr. anthony fau agreed in response to democrat debbie wasserman sch >> there's not one person that can ensure that these tests can be administered. yes or no? >> the sysm does not, is not really geared to really what we need right now, what you are asking for. that is a failing. >> a failing? yes. >> yes.in it is a fa let's admit it. the idea of anybody getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we're not set up for that. do i think we should be? yes, but we're not. >> schifrin: despite his experts' testimony, the despite the c.d.c. not releasing official statistics, 45 minutes later, presideth trump said : >> we have heavily te

national hockey league would probably still be cancelling the rest of its season. the national basketball association would probably still be suspending its season. major league baseball would probably still be suspending spring training games and delaying the start of the regular season by at least two weeks. the ncaa would be cancelling its basketball tournament and broadway theaters would probably still be shutting down for at least a few weeks after the governor of new york ordered an end to all gatherings of more than 500 people. all of that might still be happening in this country as precautionary measures, even if we had a competent president but because donald trump kept lying relentlessly to america about what would happen and people who work for donald trump who knew better were afraid of saying things publicly that might get them fired, the federal government's action response to this crisis is nothing like what we've seen in countries that handled this pandemic the best. after joe biden said he wished donald trump would just be quiet and stay quiet, he said just let the experts speak. dr. an nothony fauchi is one of those experts and spoke today to a house

english premier league, major league baseball spring training, the nba, the xfl and late yesterday, we can put these all up on the screen here, the national hockey league all suspending or outright canceling their season. joining us now is the commissioner of the national hockey league, gary bettman. gary, thanks for joining us. first of all, as of yesterday, you had said none of your players had tested positive or were being monitored for the coronavirus. as of right now, has that changed at all? >> to the best of my knowledge, we do not have any player who has tested positive for the coronavirus. liz: describe the last 24 hours, if you could, for you, the owners, the players association and what brought you to the decision yesterday to suspend the season. >> well, we had been contemplating over the last few weeks a variety of scenarios based on what was happening with the spread of the coronavirus. but every one of those scenarios in my mind had a caveat that once a player tested positive, we were done playing at this point in time or at that point in time. when the utah jazz player in the nba tested positive, and the players weren't able to play the

national hockey league is causing its season. e thmove comes a day after the nba said it would do the seae after at l one player tested positive for the disease. major league baseball also delete the start o season.nd -- delayed the sta of the season. the lights are due to go out on broadway, at least for now. new york's governor has been all gatherings of more than 500 people starting friday and that incles events, and the theater. you are watching "bbc world news america." stilto come on tonight's program, your questions answered. the bbc has received nearly nq,000ries abouts. coronaviru we will be answering some of the most pressing issues you have. jane: to restrictions announced by the trump administration and elsewhere around the world are having a severe imct on airlines and tourism. thousands of flights have already beenanceled, as fewer people choose to travel. our transport correspondent tom burridge has more. tom: the u.s. restrictions will hit british airways. many of its passengers connected from europe. but more broadly, the picture for airlines is catastrophic. the raft of travel restrictions worldwide t e foreign office is currently advising people

today is reporting that major league baseball may be the first sports league to resume play and the look at a possible return on memorial day weekend. as for the national hockey league there is no timetable given for when hockey will resume and general managers from all the teams held a conference call saturday and during that call they talked about the chance the rest of the season could be canceled. pro athletes continue to make donations to coronavirus relief and research efforts the minnesota timberwolves star karl anthony towns is donating $100,000 to the mayo clinic to help with test developments. the mayo clinic said that donation will increase testing capacity by 500%. over the weekend in arizona, cincinnati reds trevor bauer organized a wiffleball game with a group of fellow major leaguers, everyone's microphone and the game was streamed on his website. he also started an online fundraiser to help the ballpark employees in cincinnati and the goal is they wanted to raise $1 million for those stadium workers that have been idled as the season is on hold. >>> in oakland one small business owners doing what she can to help out during this pandemic. helen

major league baseball, national basketball association, national hockey league, nascar, golf, soccerorldwide, all at a standstill and in limbo. no word on the tokyo olympics. joining me now, mike tirico. also the face of the olympics for nbc sports. mike, i'm going to get to the olympics in a moment. i'm curious what went through your mind when you heard the cancelling until further notice of pro basketball. it was the first to go. >> it was. that was that hour on wednesday night that everything seemed to change quickly. the president was speaking. we found out about tom hanks and his wife in australia testing positive for the coronavirus. then the nba had the bizarre scene where a game was about to start. a team doctor from the utah jazz today the officials in consultation with the league they couldn't play. adam silver, a terrific leader, commissioner of the nba said we have to start and suspended the sport. everything seemed to follow after that. we were in florida covering the players championship. one of the biggest final rounds of the year. they had spectators there thursday. i

in the sports world, major league baseball has delayed opening day for at least two weeks and suspended spring training. the national hockey league has paused its season. the ncaa has canceled its march madness. nascar races will continue without spectators and formula one has canceled its season opener. live nation has suspend all tours, broadway, carnegie hall and the met opera have all gone dark. disney land, disney world, disney cruises and universal orlando theme parks have shut down. in the race for the white house, the president has halted his campaign rallies take a look at that list for just a moment. that is a lot of closures amid this coronavirus crisis. just yesterday, exactly one month after the dow soared to an all-time market high, the measures gained under president trump is now gone. the s&p plunged more than 7% just minutes after the opening bell causing a 15-minute trading halt. the fed tried to ease investors as the markets began to slide by pumping 1.5 trillion dollars into short-term funding markets, but the day continues on a decline. the dow plunged while the s&p and the nasdaq both sank over 9%. i want to

major league baseball has stopped spring-training. the national hockey leaguenba and halting play. soccer in spain and italy is also suspended. the formula one grand prix in melbourne now has also been canceled this weekend. global news 24 hours a day on air and on tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm jessica summers. this is bloomberg. haidi: we get more on the outlook for the sports sector ahead. an economist from smith college will be joining us at the bottom of the hour. >> plus a state of emergency in new york, while the u.k. says as many as 10,000 brits may be infected. more on coronavirus coverage next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> breaking news crossing the bloomberg. there has been a great deal of confusion as to the face of the formula one grand prix, which starts today and will be canceled. all activity for the australian formula one grand prix will be canceled. that is the statement. it is casting into the spotlight the difficult decision that will have to be made not just by governments, b

major league baseball —— basketball season has been postponed as well. along with the nba, national basketball association, that has been postponed. the hockey leagueucation, we have six states at the moment who have closed their schools. that is around 5 million students. 0n their schools. that is around 5 million students. on top of that, we have also heard that los angeles is closing its public schools. not sure how many children that involves, and a lot of universities are shutting after the spring break. they are on spring break at the moment. universities are telling their stu d e nts universities are telling their students not to come back after that, doing some remote teaching was up that, doing some remote teaching was up later this afternoon, we are expecting the president to announce a national emergency and take powers and money to the federal government to coordinate the response. thank you very much for now. gary 0'donoghue and more from gary later on this evening when that news conference takes place. that will ta ke conference takes place. that will take place at the white house. it is interesting gary talking about the number of sc

. >> in the sports world, major league baseball has delayed opening day while suspending spring training. the national hockey league paused its season. the ncaa has canceled march madness. nascar cases will continue without spectators. formula 1 canceled its season opener. live nation and aeg, the nation's largest concert promoters suspended all tours. broadway, carnegie hall, and the met opera have gone dark. new york joins five other states in pbanning large gatherings. disneyland, disney world, disney cruises and universal shut down. late night shows suspended production. jimmy fallon and others. hollywood suspended "fast and furious" and "mulan." in the race for the white house, the president has halted his campaign rallies, while sunday's debate between joe biden and bernie sanders has been moved from arizona to cnn's washington studio to cut down on travel. which brings us to the stock market and its worst one-day drop since black monday in 1987. exactly one month after the dow soared to an all-time market high, by one measure, the total stock market value gained under president trump is now gone. the day sta

major league baseball, desperately from baseball, trying to keep this going but for how long? we don't know. national hockey league game tonight. it will be played in front of an empty stadium. stuart: this has enormous impact on all of us. those people working from home, or you're quarantined or avoiding social contact, so you're spending a lot of time at home, you want to watch sports. spring and summer, that is what you do. you watch sports. not everybody? susan: nba had only 12 games left in the regular season before the play offs kicked off. does that mean the championships are held off this year? no one awarded a crown or trophy? ashley: economic impact. loss of ticket revenue, merchandise, all of that fans would normally buy has gone out the window. if you buy a game with no fans, champion as league last night, you could hear the ball hit the back of the net. silent. very strange. stuart: eerie. susan: what of the broadcasting rights as well. nba obviously has contracts with a lot of broadcasters. the fact they are suspending the rest of the season, will they be played eventually. will broadcasters get game

now usa today is reporting major league baseball could be the first sports league to resume play and may be back on memorial day weekend. as for the national hockeyfor when hockey will resume. general manager said during the call, the gms talked about the chance the rest of the season could be canceled. >> the draft is scheduled to begin april 23 in las vegas but there are now reports the nfl is considering postponing the draft or possibly holding it without fans. >>> movie theaters are seeing fewer customers and visitors and ticket sales hit the lowest level in 20 years this past weekend. the disney pixar film on ward took in the most money at the weekend box office, $10.5 million. the new christian romance i still believe premiered in second place with $9.5 million and rounding out the top five were bloodshot, the invisible man and the hunt. >>> governor gavin newsom recalls for everyone to stay indoors and we're live with the very latest. >> the grand princess cruise ship and concerns about the result of the week long stay in oakland. >>> a number of children across the state will not be in school to limit exposure and live in oakland where st