agriculture with philip brasher. for people who are right now seeing nothing but sold-out grocery store aisles, what is going on in the agriculture industry when it comes to the impact of coronavirus? what are people seeing behind those aisles? guest: that is the question of the day. a lot is going on. i cannot tell you what an incredible disruption the last couple of weeks have been. primarily, you have a lot of people hoarding and buying lots of food. a lot of other things. the supply chain is not set up for a surge like that so it takes a little while to get caught up. we have lots of hens and cattle and pigs in this country, but they are set to move through the system at a certain pace. the other really big thing that's happening is you have a massive shift from restaurants, food service, universities, schools to retail. in some cases that's different products, different types of products, different types of produce, but all of that has to be shifted to retail. unfortunately some of this may go to waste, particul

agriculture with philip brasher. for people who are right now seeing nothing but sold-out grocery store aisles, what is going on in the agriculture industry when it comes to the

agriculture with philip brasher.or people who are right now seeing nothing but sold-out grocery store aisles, what is going on in the agriculture industry when it comes to the impact of coronavirus, what are people seeing behind those aisles. guest: a lot is going on. disruption of the last couple of weeks have been. primarily, you have a lot of people courting and buying lots of food. a lot of other things. the supply chain is not set up for a surge like that so it takes a little while to get caught up. cattle lots of hens and and pigs in this country, they are set to move through the system at a certain pace. the other really big thing that's happening is you have a massive shift for restaurants, in some casesail that's different products, different types of products, different types of produce, the bulk of that has to be shifted to retail. unfortunately some of this may go to waste. particular the fresh produce. just -- thisis is is created all sorts of logistical challenges and otherwise, this whole shift and the

coming up this morning, the executive editor philip brasher discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on u.s. agriculture and supply chains. then an emergency medical doctor and member of the american college of emergency physicians talks about the latest in the u.s. response to the virus. and "wired" on how operators of the u.s. power grid are responding to the pandemic. watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> if you miss any of our live coverage of the government's response to the coronavirus any time attch it c-span.org/coronavirus. to thely briefings updates from governors of the hardest hit states, it is all there. use the charts and maps to track the virus's global spread and confirmed cases in the u.s. county by county. our coronavirus webpage is you're fast and easy way to watch c-span's unfiltered coverage of this pandemic. >> north carolina governor roy cooper gave a briefing on the state's coronavirus pandemic response from raleigh. he issued an executive order saying utility companies cannot disconnect service to famil