another nicholls horse, dynamite dollars with harry cobden on board, was 2nd.ally. he's brilliant. they had a good preparation, i was very happy. it was a good performance today. it was very close to winning, he was in a better place. unbelievable. several jockey stoking the look to the right and looking at the fans here and across the line in front. barely saw another eye the whole way and he jumps and galloped and was very brave. there have been concerns about the festival not going ahead over the coronavirus. i think ithinka i think a lot of fans are relieved that this festival is happening. i think a lot will work fearing the worst last week, but the is clearly large concern about coronavirus here. there are signs to wash her hands everywhere, there are 2a hand sanitizing stations dotted around the course. concerns also about attendances. yesterday's crowds down 7000 on the opening day last year. today's second day crowd is down just 2000 on last year's second a crowd. around 57,000 fans here today and bearing in mind all the uncertainty and the build—up to

soledad: move-in day at nicholls state university in thibodaux, louisiana. rodney woods is excited to get back to his studies. rodney: when i walked into the art department, it just, like -- i instantly fell in love. i seen cameras. i seen art. i was like, yes, this is where i was supposed to be. everywhere i go, i have my camera . everybody knows me as, you know, the dude that walk around with the camera all day. soledad: the hard part -- paying for college. the annual cost of tuition, fees, and housing at nicholls state is about $18,500. -- about $21,000. rodney's entire family income is just $10,000. has there been a big financial burden for you to go to school here? rodney: yes, there have been. soledad: rodney estimates he'll owe between $25,000 and $50,000 in loans by the time he graduates. rodney: we had money, but we didn't have, like, college expense money. so it's like -- we have money like we're basically living check from check. ethan: we do have peltier hall right here. this is kind of my home, as i like to call it. soledad: ethan henry is a sop

ruth nichols was quite the competitor. all of them -- one of them had won an air derby, nichols had an idea to fly the atlantic, and amelia was getting the idea to fly the atlantic. she had done it as a passenger but she felt she hadn't done enough flying yet. she was doing a variety of races, doing a variety of shows and things like that. but she felt she really needed to show the discipline and show that she could actually accomplish a flight like this. so she bought a different lockheed vega than the one she used in the derby. the lockheed five b, the red one that we have now in the collection of the national air and space museum. and determined to prove herself, she decided to fly the atlantic. she thought a transatlantic flight would bring her respect. ruth nichols had made an attempt in 1931, crashing in canada. she recovered and she was planning another flight within a few weeks of earhart taking off on her flight. so, earhart took off on a nonstop solo flight from harvard grace newfoundland to londonderry, northern

hans nichols explains. >> reporter: tonight mixed messages on the threat of coronavirus with one of the most public faces of president trump's task force warning that the most difficult days may be ahead >> clearly, i'm concerned about community spread you have to realistically be concerned about community spread. >> reporter: but the surgeon general painting a more optimistic picture >> and so we actually feel pretty good that some parts of the country have contained it >> you know you don't want to alarm people, but given the spread we see, you know, anything is possible that's why we have to to be prepared t take whatever action is appropriate to contain and mitigate the outbreak >> adding to the confusion, dr. ben carson claiming that the administration has plan for tomorrow's arrival of the gra"grand princes princess". >> the plan the will be in place at that time. >> reporter: before acknowledging the plan didn't finalized >> we shouldn't have 16 people saying what the plan is. particularly when it hasn't been fully formulated >> reporter: and president trump taking to twitter tha

the champion chase had already had a couple of leading contenders pull out, but paul nicholls has joinedhat's right, a big shock in the big race of the day, the champion chase. the red—hot favourites beforehand was really nowhere to be seen as the horse ridden by harry skelton, trained by paul nicholls, produced a commanding display, leading pretty much from the start to the finish. what the light also for the owner john hales who was in tears at the end. a superb performance, he finished second in last year's race but this year it was an emotional and emphatic victory. unbelievable. every jockey's dream to and emphatic victory. unbelievable. everyjockey's dream to take a look to the right and take a look at all the fans and cross the line in front, everything went perfectly well and barely saw another writer the whole way and he jumped and galloped and was very brave up to the last and get on well. a good finish but not as good as in the novices chase. barry gerraghty came out of nowhere for another win. what an incredible finish that was, as you say champ, nowhere to be seen coming int

ruth nichols was a socialite. she had some family money. earhart worked every single day for her money. louise did too. louise was able to work with hí÷ travelair and then beech aircraft. she ended up marrying the boss so that helped. i'm sorry. louise married another gentleman who was designing aircraft. so a lot of them ended up marrying pilots. that helped. earhart's business plan was ambitious but simple. it's a routine, i make a record and then i lecture on it. that's where the money comes from until it's time to make another record. she spoke every where. civic and women's groups, schools and clubs, colleges, openings. she promoted new airlines by taking inaugural flights like transcontinental air transport line where she took a train from new york to columbus, ohio, got on the four tri-motor and hopped across the country all the way to california where she met up with the lindberghs and then flu back. doing that sort of thing, promoting the airlines. there she lobbied for more contests for women so they could gain experience ballpark

jose >> hans nichols in west palm beach, florida. thank you. >> the impact of coronavirus around the world is becoming more dire. tonight italy's government is preparing to lock down more than 10 million people to keep the disease from spreading. bill neely reports from milan, one of the areas that will be impacted from the planned lockdown >> reporter: italy has seen nothing like this hospitals overwhelmed. deaths rising fast. with hundreds of new infections and dozens of new deaths every day, italy has now replaced china as the epicenter health experts are most worried about. the scientist who identified the italian strain says they're fighting a fast-moving enemy. >> viruses are always changing. >> reporter: so each strain of the virus is changing all the time? >> i think so. we are facing a real emergency. >> reporter: tonight emergency measures, the italian government preparing to lock down a region of 10 million people, including milan. italy's business center, where the streets were quiet today. no one would be allowed to leav

ruth nichols was a socialite, she had some family money. earhart worked every single day forhair money and loise thaden did, too. she married another gentleman who was designing aircraft, mr. thaden. so a lot of them ended up mar yg pilots. that helped. earhart's business plan was ambitious but simple. it's a routine, i make a record and then i lecture on it. that's where the money comes from until it's time to make another record. she spoke everywhere. civic and womens groups, colleges, openingings. she promoted new airlines by taking flights where she took a train from new york to columbus, ohio, got on the four trimotor and hopped across the country all the way to california where she met up with the lindberghs and then they flew back. so doing that sort of thing, promoting airlines became a vice president for the national aeronautic association and there she lobbied for more contests for women so they could gain experience because obviously they really couldn't compete against the men. the men had bigger airplanes, more money, they'd be

hans nichols, let me close it out with you here. the disconnect between the president and the governor, i feel like that gap is growing. the president confirmed the ap reporting about this back and forth between the washington governor jay inslee, who was telling you can't be the backup quarterback, mr. president. you got to be ton. and the president, while trying to attack the report, confirmed it. there is a huge disconnect between what the federal government believes should it be doing and what governors believe they should be doing. >> so on the president confirming that report, it seemed to me that the president department think not being called tom brady was not an insult. i was a little confused about whether he was talking directly about jay inslee. he said he was the wiseguy, but he didn't name him specifically, call him out by name you. talk about the two press conference, chuck. and if you meld them two together, you can kind of see the direction that the white house and the president wants to go. the president very posit

response to this virus nbc's hans nichols has this report >> reporter: mixed messages on the threat of coronavirus with one of the most public faces of president trump's task force warning that the most difficult days may be ahead. >> clearly i'm concerned about community spread you have to realistically be concerned about community spread >> reporter: but the surgeon general painting a more optimistic picture >> and so we actually feel pretty good that some parts of the country have contained it. >> you don't want to alarm people but given the spread we see, anything is possible and that's the reason why we've got to be prepared to take whatever action is appropriate to contain and mitigate the outbreak. >> reporter: adding to the confusion, dr. ben carson claiming that the administration has a plan for the grand princess >> the plan will be in place by that time. >> reporter: before acknowledging that the plan hasn't been finalized. >> we shouldn't have 16 people saying what the plan is. particularly when it hasn't been -- particularly when it hasn't been fully formulated >> reporter

john nichols, co—director of the bilingual european school in milan, telling us how it is going.ragile health system is on the verge of collapse. more than half its hospitals and clinics have been destroyed and 20 million people lack destroyed and 20 million people la ck a ccess destroyed and 20 million people lack access to basic healthcare. the british surgeon doctor david nott, who has worked in many war zones, has just been there, along with international charity doctors without borders. our chief international correspondent met him in the northern highlands city of hajjah. it isa it is a battle just to survive in yemen. every seat taken by anxious mothers and fathers at this clinic. the reliefjust to reach here. or has destroyed more than half of the hospitals and clinics. a day in the life of every doctor, whatever their training, they have to treat everything. we saw the pressure they are under as we travelled across yemen. good good, perfect. today it is back to basics. with a helping hand from british surgeon david knott. and the doctors without borders charity and this

this yea r‘s nicholls his first win at this year's festival.ening. the newly—appointed chancellor, rishi sunak, has unveiled the biggest—spending budget in over 25 years, which includes a £12 billion package to cushion the economy against the impact of coronavirus. the chancellor warned that the spread of the virus would have ‘a significant financial impact in the short term'. the £12 billion plan is aimed at supporting jobs and businesses as the impact of coronavirus intensifies. and there's a promise to give the nhs ‘whatever it needs, whatever it costs‘ to deal with the crisis, including a £5 billion injection. sick pay for the self—employed and support for the leisure and hospitality industry are also on offer. the chancellor's overall spending plans over five years come to £175 billion. everything from roads and rail to broadband and housing and paying for extra nurses and police. and the extra spending is to be paid for largely with a big increase in government borrowing, to the tune of nearly £100 billion, by 2024. earlier today there wa

. >> here for more is tom nichols, professional of national security affairs at the u.s. naval war college, the author of over half a dozen books, and the usual reminder when tom joins us, professor nichols expresses opinions that are his own. so, professor, when job one at that podium is to praise the dear leader, what do we as citizens and consumers do when we have even a whiff of doubt about anyone not named fauci on that stage? >> well, i think we have to have a certain amount of sympathy for the experts on that stage because they're trying to manage a pandemic and manage the president at the same time. this is a really difficult situation for an expert because the first job of an expert is to speak truth to power. it's to tell the boss, it's to tell society, it's to tell your client the truth no matter what it is. but of course the president has a long history of firing people who tell him things he doesn't want to hear. so i think the first thing we have to do is just kind of discount some of that ritualistic cant, and then listen to what they say in their professio

emily nichols. dr. nichols, thanks for being with us.hat is it like on the ground in new orleans right now for ems workers? >> well, thank you so much for having me, anderson. it's a really somber time right now. our workers are on the front lines. we often hear about the emergency medicine physicians and the doctors in the hospital. but my employees are the ones going into people's homes and being exposed to covid-19, not only as members of the community, but certainly as people who are on the front line and directing patients into the level of care that they can receive in the hospital. >> and i mean, going to homes is an added danger obviously for your, you know, for these ems workers. you said five of them so far have tested positive. can all ems workers get tested if they need it? >> so, the city has done an excellent job of standing up drive-thru facilities so we have been able to get the testing we needed for our providers. >> that's great. >> we're one of few cities that have been able to do that. we've roughly tested 30 people s

hans nichols there for us, also cnbc talking to steve mnuchin on this as well. talk us through this deal. >> reporter: you could have a deal potentially today, a deal with the house. they still recognize here at the white house that they need to socialize with senate republicans and get senate republicans on board. there's also a recognition or maybe optimism that this won't be the only deal. you'll have many deals as possible because -- this is where you get into pessimism, long term, there isn't great visibility on how bad this will be for the economy. they want to preserve their ability to go back to congress, do something on tax cuts, broader to pump more money into the economy. have a listen to secretary mnuchin, the market is -- does appear to be up on this news. >> i think we're very close to getting this done. this is a very important bill for small and medium-sized businesses, for people that are impacted by the coronavirus. i think we're like in the second inning of getting things done. we'll be back. we'll be passing more legislation and the president

it was also the first winner of the 2020 festival for 11—times champion trainer paul nicholls. for everything else. from me and the very good sports team it is goodbye for now. hello. meteorologically speaking, it is now the start of spring. but of course, winter is not that far behind us and i think we will get a reminder of that through the next couple of days. cold air flooding into the uk around an area of low pressure will bring us quite a few showers actually, on thursday, the most frequent closest to the low centre, so across the northern half of the uk. but can't rule out some pretty sharp ones whipping through on that strong wind further south, either. and as you can see, the blue has flooded its way right across the uk for today, but all sitting in the polar air. so it will add a definite chill to proceedings, even where we see some sunshine. after showers overnight and plunging temperatures, snow and ice a possible hazard as we start our morning commute. there could be some further falling snow through the earlier part of the day as well for scotland, for the higher

let's go to hans nichols at the white house. we heard from the president just a short time ago on the delay in the house. walk us through the thinking this morning there. >> reporter: the thing is, get this done very quickly, put pressure on massie, which the president is doing the best way he knows how which is blasting someone via twitter. garrett is in a better position on this, if they do end up getting this passed today, voice vote or call everyone back, there will be a scramble at the white house as well as capitol hill with all of the clerks to make sure you get it to the white house as quickly as possible. the president wants to pocket this wing. you can expect some sort of ceremony. there are preparations for that. but it depends on whether or not this gets done today. the outcome isn't in doubt, but the timing certainly is. >> all right, garrett haake, hans nichols, thank you very much to both of you. i'm joined by seth molten. good to have you with us. let me get your thoughts quickly, if you don't mind. we should poi

i know you've been listening to hans nichols' reporting. do you think this is enough? >> you know, i think frankly, we've been making these recommendations through the media for, you know, since we started reporting on this. you know, even ten people or more, i would even further say it needs to be your immediate circle. and i heard a colleague reference earlier that, you know, they have an agreement with the family next door, so that that family knows what their immediate circle is, the next family next door knows their immediate circle, so their kids can keep their play dates, to keep some sense of normalcy for their children. so i think that's going to be critical. is that you keep the gathering and the distancing to your absolute core minimum of essential circle around you and that's it. >> so are you saying -- >> that's what we mean by social distancing. >> so are you saying this is not enough? >> i'm just saying that it's great that we have these guidelines, but we see everywhere people not following these guidelines. and so if everyone's not following the guidel

really good to have you on the program mr nichols bernie sanders has been benefiting from division in this field is super tuesday likely to change things is this ever going to become a 2 horse race. i think it pretty much already is you're going to see michael bloomberg is going to underperform he's going to find out pretty much that he wasted about $500000000.00 of his own money i think elizabeth warren is going to be in a do a distant 3rd you're going to see this is a 2 person race and it's going to be very close you're going to see of course bernie's going to come out on top in places like california and texas and colorado states that have large latino populations and also working class whites is another area where he leads but biden with the 2 endorsements from global char and from buda gedge and also in texas from beto roark actually helps him very much and i think this is going to be a razor thin super tuesday. i don't know if he had a big win going into this in south carolina people have been calling it a springboard into super tuesday but does he have the infrastructure in the

. >> here is tom nichols, a professional of national security affairs at the u.s. naval war college. so professor, when job one is to praise the dear leader what do we as citizens and consumers do when we even have a whiff of doubt about anyone not named fauci on the stage? >> we have to have a certain amount of sympathy for the experts on the stage because they are trying to manage the pandemic and the president at the same time. the job of the expert is to speak truth to power. to tell the boss. to tell your client the truth no matter what it is. the president has a long history of firing people that tell him what he does not want to hear. my heart skipped a beat when i heard the uss roosevelt. a floating city of 5,000. i know the 1918 spanish flu, the military sadly was a force multiplier for that illness. >> yeah. but the 1918 flu was unique because it began where a group of people were being trained and sent all over the country to fight a war. you know, the defense department, you know, they are definitely here in newport we are taking stringent measures of n

. >> thank you, hans nichols. now my panel, dr. george penjamin, exact director of the public health association. elaina beverly is a former national deputy director of american african outreach for the obama administration. joe watthouse, under george h.w. bush. and jameel for rolling stone. many of us have been critical about how the president has handled this coronavirus situation from the beginning, starting with saying it was a hoax, then gradually coming closer and closer to reality. what do we need to hear today? they've now announced testing. they've now announced they were going to do things with glolg and alphabet. it seems that some of that is not exactly as they have said in terms of once we checked with google, once we check other things, they're now -- what do we want to hear specifically from this briefing from vice president pence any moment? >> well, reverent, i think we need to hear more governornance and less showmanship. i think we need to see a lot less of what we saw on friday in the rose garden where the pres

hans nichols traveling with the president. >> reporter: good morning, jose. the president is monitoring the response to the coronavirus from here in florida where those two deaths have been reported. now, yesterday he visited the cdc where he gave himself high marks for the handling of the crisis and tried to reassure americans that the risk of contracting it was low. after touring tornado damage in tennessee, president donald trump traveled to the cdc in atlanta. >> anybody that needs a test, gets a test. they're there. and the tests are beautiful. >> reporter: vice president mike pence l clarify that tests would only be given on doctors orders. >> if you have reason to believe that you have been exposed to the coronavirus, i have every confidence your physician would contact state health officials and have access to a state lab. >> reporter: pence said that 900,000 tests have been shipped out to states this week with 200,000 more expected today. short of the 1.5 million officials had initially promised by the end of the week. senator patty murray from hard

willie. >> hans nichols traveling with the press. thank you very much. >>> now to the race for the white house which looks much different this mor a week ago a. joe biden and bernie sanders back on the campaign trail today. vice president biden after a stunning turnaround on super tuesday hoping to move closer to the nomination with six more states voting this tuesday. senator sanders meanwhile trying to stop biden's momentum. morgan radford is here with more. >> that is right. things are looking very differently. because this is a clear reversal of fortune for the vice president because while joe biden's campaign was reeling at the start, this morning he is riding high. >> what a difference a week makes. >> reporter: joe biden re-energized by the big super tuesday wins, campaigning in kansas city, missouri. >> today, 11 victories behind us, we lead in the national delegates and vote. >> reporter: his main rival, senator bernie sanders rallying those in chicago and pointing different records, we have a different vision, the american

. >> nbc's hans nichols is following the president in florida. good morning to you. the president urging calm, but the administration's mixed messaging on this, probably not helping. >> reporter: well, where the mixed message is acute is on the issue of how many tests are available, and what you actually need to get a test. the president yesterday at the cdc in atlanta clearly saying that the test would be available to anyone. there's a briefing in the white house, vice president mike pence tried to clarify saying only on doctors orders would anyone who suspects they might have the virus be allowed to get the test. on the numbers they had promised 1.5 million tests. it looks like a couple hundred thousand short of that as the president mentioned at the cdc, they are trying to ramp that up. in general, the president and his aides are trying to urge calm. they say this has been mostly or largely contained. the president is also, and have a listen to this, giving himself high marks for handling the crisis. >> i think we're doing a really good job in this country at keep

lindsey. >> nbc's hans nichols. thank you for joining us this morning. now, i want to bring in kevin cirelli, any bad blood between these two? mulvaney leaving on good terms? >> i think he is. mick mulvaney and mark meadows are actually incredibly sincer in the sense that they have both have deep ties to the caucus. meadows and mulvaney, they come from the same political ideology. and as it relates to president trump, i mean, you think about the previous chief of staff before mick mulvaney and it would appear that mulvaney is leaving on slightly better terms to put it mildly. >> do you get the idea that loyalty played into any of the decision in naming meadows as the new chief of staff? >> no. i -- i think that in terms of based upon my reporting, i think what i can tell you is that the -- the -- the dynamic between meadows is -- is -- and the president -- has been going on for quite some time. and when you look at some of the tough fights the president had faced up on capitol hill, especially as it relates to impeachment, even dating back to policy figh

now to hans nichols with the president in west palm beach. we have some new reporting on internal frustration inside the white house over mixed messages coming out of the administration. the president tweeting the fake news media and their partner, the democratic party is doing everything in its power to inflame the coronavirus situation beyond what facts would warrant. this is much different than what we're hearing from members of his own public health team. >> and from his own inner circle. there's an idea that the president's rhetoric hasn't been helpful and they would rather have some of the public pronouncements be left to the public health officials. i think we'll see a test to that today. he has a decision to make, weren't he's going to address the latest fears, the market turmoil. he has closed-door fund raisers today. he lands at the white house in the 3:00 hour which is before the market closes. i'll be curious to see if the president decides to talk to the press then or ahead of time. there are clearly mixed signals coming out of t

. >> hans nichols are live at the white house. what is in this bill just passed by the house? >> the short version is we don't know entirely because we haven't had time to read it. and that puts us in the same category as the senate saying they want to read this bill before they come down on it. we do know there's provisions for paid sick leave, unemployment insurance, extending that, there will be free coronavirus testing and food programs for children, families and seniors. this is largely what house speaker nancy pelosi wanted. there was a tense negotiation last night. there were numerous conversations between the two parties. this was separate from what the president did in the rose guard sxn that is declare a national emergency. and that has consequences across the board, as well. that frees up some cash. about 50 billion is available for states and localities. and then you have the requirements as it applies to the cdc and testing. it will expand capacities at hospitals to wave licensing requirements. where the president wants to get is to have nor more tests. he indicat

one reporter was turned away >> hans nichols, thank you very much let's bring?eph fair who what worked on pandemics around the world you've been a good barometer we have talked a lot the last week or so where we are in this crisis as we wake up on sunday morning, where are we >> as you heard over 3,000 cases. we know this virus can in fact, 2 to 3 people per confirmed case if you extrapolate even two times 3000 take us to number to 2 to 4 in the list of countries how many cases we have ourselves. >> we talked a lot about social distancing the last couple of weeks which i think some people have taken seriously and others not. bars' restaurant in new york and cities across the country packed and france last night closed its cafes and restaurants. italy and spain on complete lockdown is the united states headed toward that where the country says we are closed for business? >> to be perfectly honestly, this is not meant to invoke panic i think we are heading toward that state. half the people aren't taking it seriously and half of the people are panicking. there is

nichol is going to show us taken spoke. i'm standing above the danube over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge in germany. to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely restored over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend it says 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know regensburg what attracts is interest to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be a journey through 2000 years of history. the fact that reagan's burn is such an old and well preserved city is largely things to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance and as an imperial city in past centuries. a testimony to its former significance is the gothic cathedral. construction began in the 13th c

hans nichols is standing by at the white house. hans, what more can you tell us about this defense production act that now seems imminent? >> it allows the u.s. government to nationalize certain industries and take over the means of production to accelerate production of ventilators, respirators. here is what we know about the phone call. it came from a schumer spokesperson saying senator schumer and the president of the united states around 11:00 a.m. were on the phone together and the president was urged by schumer to invoke the defense production act and he yelled to a staffer, get it done. that seems like we could get a little news here when we have this briefing starting in about five, ten minutes. there are some indications we will hear directly to the president of the united states. when i talked to the surgeon general earlier, he suggested he had to prepare for a press conference with the president of the united states. you see the lectern up there now. i suspect we'll get an update on testing, how many tests are out there,

let's actually go to the white house, where we find nbc correspondent hans nichols. hans, what more can you tell us about what happened between the president's previous stance about this, where he talked about it going away, it'll be a miracle, it'll wash through, so yesterday, where he seemed to realize just how serious this really is? >> reporter: more important. you know, a lot of information has been coming in to the president. though there has been information from the beginning, so loike a lot of folks, i'm wondering what precipitated the marked change in tone from the president. you talk about how dramatic it was. for me, the most dramatic moments were when the president was given opportunities to go after some of his traditional whipping boys. jeff bezos, andrew cuomo. he passed up those opportunities. the only time he was a little bit pugilistic was when he suggested no one is really to blame, except, then he hinted except when you look at the origin, the source. then we saw the reversion when the president, as you mentioned, was back on twitter late at nigh

joining us for that conversation with the latest on the white house response, hans nichols, to help us with the science questions, which is top of mind for most americans, dr. ben gup at th ta, and to breakdown the political forces at play, msnbc political analyst and former democratic senator from missouri, my friend claire mccaskill. hans, take me inside this day at the white house. we've had some great reporting the last hour from jonathan swan and jonathan lemire that he is frankly frustrated that he can't get the economy going. what's behind the denial that the medical emergency is very much ahead of us? >> reporter: the economic numbers, right? when you talk to the economists, admittedly those advising the president say the numbers will be exceedingly grim. the president hasn't used the d word, hasn't said depression. it will be interesting to see how close he gets or warning about recession. kevin hassett is working in the west wing, joined friday, he warned probability of recession was 100%. they're looking at the numbers. the president is looking at what's happening in the eco

. >> reporter: coral nichols was 23 years old wn she went to prison for financial fraud. what was it like in ison? >> a lot of harassment, a loof male guards being in places they shouldn't be. >> reporter: after serving a four and half year sentence, she was released into a world she barely recognized. >> how are they going to see me? will i ever live past this? will i ever be able just to be a person again? >> reporter: today, coral, now 41, runs a non-profit organization that helps other w people grapplih the challenges of life after prison. and while criminal justice advocates like to call them" returning citizens," not all their rights as citizens are returned to them. >> i am a free individual inside tand out, but i am not fr cast a vote.am ontinually reminded by a society that i am a felon >> reporter: florida used to be one of the only states to ban former felons from voting for life. but in the 2018 midterms, two- thirds of florida voters decided to automatically restore the voting rights to former felons who had completed their ntences. it excluded those convicte

nbc's hans nichols is in west palm beach, not far from the president's florida residence. hans, what's going on in terms of, if nothing else, just getting the administration on a more consistent message in terms of where things stand and what's being done? >> reporter: well, the white house appears to be broadcasting on different channels. you have the president on twitter basically saying everything is fine. they have this plan. it's being followed to combat the coronavirus. then you have mixed messages coming out of other officials. you have dr. fauci being very clear there that it's going to get worse. they are concerned about community spread. you also had dr. ben carson on one of the shows this morning saying that, yes, they have this plan for the cruise ship industry. that's one plan to be formulated in the next 72 hours. he also indicated they would have a specific plan for the docking of the grande princip"g" he said he didn't actually know what that plan is in part because it hasn't been fully formulated. there is a question of the plans more cosmeticsicalically w

nbc's hans nichols is at the white house, hans, welcome on this sunday. what more is the administration saying on this? >> reporter: the administration is clearly briefing and preparing the public for more infections, for more cases of coronavirus. that was consistent throughout the morning shows. you had that from the vice president, you had that from secretary azar. they also had to clean up this miscommunication yesterday where the white house offered condolences for a deceased 50-year-old female when in fact the first death from coronavirus was from a male. so they're cleaning that up. had a they're clearly trying to do is project pro activity while also trying to make sure this doesn't turn into a panic. have a listen to secretary azar. >> the risk is low. it remains low. but we have always expected we would see more transmission. as we predicted, we will see at least some community transmission. the president has tried to engage in balanced messaging so the american people don't engage in panic. >> reporter: yesterday they warned about travel to ita

i want to bring in hans nichols at the white house. what specifics are we talking about when we get into this relief package? >> well, we have it from pelosi's side. not quite from the administration's side. i would note that speaker pelosi and secretary mnuchin spoke this morning. mnuchin's on our sister network standing right next to me. if he has a deal to announce, we'll come with that quickly. they want free testing. they want to be clear about all the opportunities they have. they also want paid emergency leave and enhanced employment insurance and strengthed food initiatives. that's what we are hearing from pelosi's side. we'll hear what the administration has to say and as i mentioned, mnuchin is talking right now. so i'm going to try to listen in with one ear and toss it back to you. >> if you have the chance to grab him and put him in front of our camera, we're ready to chat. >>> let's dig deeper into this. angela rasmussen is a virus expert and a scientist at the center for infection and immunity and columbia university. kim

. >> yeah, jack nichols came in and fought the master should be skipped for 2020. no timetable given for a later date. it is a tradition like no other. and now this is unprecedented as i look ahead, they have canceled their next three events around the corner, supposed to be the lpga medic heel classic over and daly city, that is late in april and then we've got here in our backyard, the pga championship that is scheduled in may. >> all on hold. everything is on hold. >> everything is changing. crazy times. >> try to keep you up-to-date. >> alright, thanks, appreciated. >> coming up, doctor answers your questions about coronavirus testing. what she seeing in her patient, plus, clarification on the viruses incubation period pick >> on a massive as ms 13 getting sleep right now in downtown san francisco. can we go get some ice cream? alright, we gotta stop here first. ♪ ♪ from smarter atms, to after hours video tellers ♪ ♪ comcast business is connecting thousands of banks to technology that turns everyday transactions into extraordinary experiences. hi there. how are

>> thanks so much, hans nichols. joining us is dr. patrice harris, president of the american medical association, andy slavitt, former acting administrator for the centers for medicare and medicaid services in the obama administration, and robert costa, national reporter for the "washington post," and of course, host of "washington week" on pbs. robert, first to you. you know the hill so well. what is going on among republicans? there's a picture, a disconcerting picture, now i understand it's taken from some time ago, of you interviewing rand paul, and i gather it's not within the last two weeks, since he has tested positive. >> do not worry about me, andrea. that picture that's across the wires is from a few weeks ago with me and senator paul. but here's the big picture, talking to my top republican senate sources today. they believe that this debate over the stimulus package could now move in the coming hours towards speaker pelosi and house democrats. in other words, if leader mcconnell is vexed and he can't come up with a deal wi

jo ling kent in los angeles, hans nichols at the white house.-popping numbers by any measure, some estimates as high as 4 million, some as low as 2 million but where this number landed is certainly going to have some ripple effects. >> yes, absolutely eamon. we see 3.28 million people filed for unemployment claims over the last week nationwide. among the leaders in the states across the country, here in california, the unemployment offices here, saying and telling us that they have received an overwhelming amount of traffic from people trying to file for their unemployment claims. so as we see this number rise, it's important to put it into some context. it shatters all records to date for the united states, and unemployment the record was last set in 1982. this just about quadruples that number. so what we're seeing, though, is a hope for a stimulus plan, but that recession word very much on the top of the administration's minds, as well as wall street and investors, and here is a little bit more of that exclusive interview with savannah guthri

. >>> rachel nicholls retweeted stephen curry at santa cruz warriors. good kid, maybe he can make it one day. and steve kerr responded we're thinking a one day contract for him. and he could come back saturday night against the sixers. that game is right here on abc 7. >> obviously he would make me better on and off the court. i'm excited to get to work with him a little bit during games. hopefully we can get him back during my time here and i'm look forward to playing with him, honestly. >> he changes the way everyone plays for the better. so, i'm excited. >>> on this day in warriors' history, march 2nd, 1952, wilt chamberlain the first to score 100 points in a game. he scored 100 for the philadelphia warriors. al ales with 17. he knows how to get buck tsz. and matt olsen is defined by -- >>> and if you -- the ball is not for you. he had two innings of scoreless baseball. no hits. sixth inning, a's up 1-0. and the first baseman, that's a little too -- lobby. buddy reed's going to score from second all the way home. they started 0-5 and they've won seve

. >>> rachel nicholls retweeted stephen curry at santa cruz warriors.id, maybe he can make it one day. and steve kerr responded we're thinking a one day contract for him. and he cck saturday night against the sixers. that game is right here on abc 7. >> obviously he would make me better on and off the court. i'm excited to get to work with him a little bit during games. hopefully we can get him back during my time here and i'm look host changes the way everyone plays for the better. so, i'm excited. >>> on this day in warriors' history, march 2nd, 1952, wilt chamberlain the first to score 100 points in a game. he scored 100 for the philadelphia warriors. al ales with 17. he knows how to get buck tsz. and matt olsen is defined by -- >>> and if you -- the ball is not for you. he had two innings of scoreless baseball. no hits. sixth inning, a's up 1-0. and the first baseman, that's a little too -- lobby. buddy reed's going to score from second all the way home. rt 0-5 and they've won seven of their last eight. hunter pence making his cactus league debut. a

. >> i know hans nichols is with us again, i want to dig into the science in a second. hans nichols, i have to say, forgive me for sort of having a split reaction to this presser but it felt like two different press conferences, one held by the president and then one held by the vice president. >> reporter: and even i would say three different press conferences, because you had two different points that the president was weighing in at, one, what's happening down on the hill, and there was some mild optimism that they'll get this done and the technicalities will be ironed out. the bigger question everyone is wondering is how much longer everyone will be on this social distancing, safety guidelines, slow the spread, that the vice president was holding up there. and the president clearly indicated that he, a, is going to make a decision after -- sometime before this 15-day period is over. he suggested he would do it closer to easter but he's leaning towards a decision. he says he's leaning towards a geographical distinction where some states would have it lifted but it wo

>> hans nichols as the white house. ron allen on the front line. both of you doing the best you can social distancing but reporting at the spot where the news is happening. thank you both for doing that. >>> another hot spot in this country right now is new orleans. joining me now is colin arnold, director of homeland security and emergency preparedness. the governor has been warning all week long, and i think you've always been warning all week long that the rate of increase of both cases and deaths is rising at alarming rates in new orleans. fill in our viewers what's going on. paint the picture for us, sir. >> i can just say that we're a community of 400,000 people, and we just went over 1,000 cases today, 1,170. we have one of the highest infection rates per capita in the country, and i will say that's partially due to, you know, we've ramped up a lot of testing. and, you know, what we're doing now is we have a drive-thru testing program that's part of fema and hhs. that's been going well. we've done 3,400 at two sites in new orleans and an add

well, i agree very much with what kate nichols was saying, and for the hospitality sector, this willsupports, but it's not going to be providing anything that's going to persuade them to keep on their staff for a long period of time. so there is a series of helpful things they are on cash payments and business rates and that sector, the 330 billion of loan underwriting is something that will hopefully help keep alive businesses from our range of sectors who will be able to access finance over this period and will be underwritten if they can't pay it back. so that should and can help businesses to survive, it will necessarily help them through keeping staff on the books, and it will still mean that some of those businesses, even if they can make use of the loans, they might otherwise, if they haven't had to have the loans be long—term, successful businesses, but with the burden of the loans, because they are still loans, that may turn them into businesses that aren't —— won't survive into the longer run. the big question for the government is how much of that 330 billion will be used,

contributor to the daily caller as well as founder of women for a great america in washington we have jason nichols he's a democratic political strategist also in washington we cross to walter some a lot of he is a answer coalition organizer rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate jen let me go to you 1st i mean i said in my introduction here i mean you know you have you have a lot of gaffes coming from joe biden and he's been known for it ok it's not you know all of a sudden but the intensity of them are is mounting and that may be.

we don't know that yet. >> and hans nichols is with us as well from the white house lawn. hans, we have negotiations on capitol hill. i know you've been tracking that. today senator mcconnell was leading the talks with white house officials and democrats, chuck schumer. schumer was warning unless you bring nancy pelosi and the house democrats in you're not going to have a deal but senator mcconnell is clearly keeping pelosi out, whether or not that is from direction from the white house, we don't know. in any case he was promising a deal on another stimulus package by tonight and a vote by monday. any update on that? >> reporter: it seems like a very tight time line. you heard from the president of the united states that he's in discussion with schumer and had a conversation with him. we know that secretary mnuchin is handling the pelosi end of the brief. but it seemed as though the president didn't want to get tripped up on the details of a stimulus package and he was signaling a lot of flexibility. for those on the economic side of this that want to see some sort of acti

nichol: for called today. the prince of wales is home in the scottish highlands.e that the heir to the british throne is self- olating, as is his wife. ghthey arrived sunday he was aeady showing mild symptoms. ayhe was tested mothe results came through last night. in a statement, clarence house said, "the prince of wales has tested positive for coronavirus. has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise is in good health and has been working through home- rking from home through the last few days as usual. the duchess of corenall has also tested, but does not have the virus." scotland's chief medical officer adstressed that the prince been tested in line with normal procedures. >> he was sted for clinical reasons. i am pleased also that he is very well, and as with many people who have had this virus from has had a mild illness. hundreds of people over recent weeks. on the sixth of march he was still shaking hands quite freely. on the ninth of march he was at westminster abbey with the queen. handshaking was out. charles adopted the indian namaste greeting instea

a runner—up in the welsh national, the paul nicholls—trained eight—year—old finished ahead of captainrmany's max schachman held off a late attack from tiesj benoot to claim overall victory by 18 seconds at the shortened paris—nice race. the final stage was won by columbia's nairo quintana, with benoot second and overall winner schachman back in sixth. the race finished a day earlier than planned due to coronavirus. and britain's elfyn evans is third after 13 stages of the world rally championship in mexico, more than half a minute behind toyota team—mate sebastien ogier. esapekka lappi's rally ended in dramatic fashion, the finn's ford catching fire. no—one was hurt. the all england open badminton championships have been taking place in birmingham this week and the line—up for the men's final has been decided. top seed chou tien—chen of chinese tapei was leading denmark's anders antonsen when the dane had to retire due to injury. chou tien—chen will meet antonsen‘s compatriot in the final, viktor axelson. england's marcus ellis and lauren smith will be in mixed doubles action a little

get reaction now to the government announcement that bars and restaurants are now closed with kate nicholls has a government gone far enough?m terms of social distancing, yes, we believe it has at the moment and in terms of providing crucial support to allow our members to continue to pay their staff and make sure they can keepjobs pay their staff and make sure they can keep jobs open when we come out the other end, then yes, this is about package from the government. it has relieved a lot of crippling anxiety for business owners in the sector. hospitality is 10% of 10% of gdp and we are too big to be allowed to fail because the economic effects would be catastrophic across the country and for our community. this relies partly on if you are a pub landlord or pub owner that you extend the support provisions to your staff rather than perhaps the temptation to get rid of people fdr worried about long—term uncertainty? yes, there is undoubtedly the problem of long—term uncertainty. we ended that with the chancellor's announcement because he made clear that if people have already laid off staff,