joining us by phone austin mayor, steve adler, i hope you are doing well, have you made any arrests?re has not been cause to do so, and we're lucky we -- fortunate about, that i till you, w. we closed restaurant dining rooms and bars, raised eyebrows, but my governor in state of texas issue an order that did the same thing. statewide, it is more of a what everyone recognizes has to be done. >> are still far away from where san francisco is. with their shelter in place, right? >> yes. we're not doing sheller in place, you -- shelter in place this okay to go outside, probably health to go outside and walk around. but, try to minimize the number of people that gather in one group, because that is social spreading. is what enables this to really get out of hand. david: what about your homeless population, this is a population that is particularly vulnerable to this virus. >> you know, this say real concern. because very difficult to get any kind of social distancing in that environment. it comes at a time we were already trying to find better and safer places for the folks to be. so we'r

i'm joined now by austin mayor steve adler. mr. mayor, thank you for joining us.you're declaring a local disaster. there are no reported cases of coronavirus locally in austin yet. is this an administrative tool to ensure the cancellation of the festival? was that the reason for declaring the disaster? >> we have no present emergency because we have no cases yet here in central texas, but it was something that was necessary in order to prepare for the storm that we feel is coming and as well as to put us in the position to be able to effect the cancellation of south by. >> was that the issue? were you talking with south by southwest urging them to cancel and getting resistance? >> no. not at all. the folks at south by came to us early in the process and told us that they would comply with whatever it was that the city and the county thought was in the best public health interest of our community. >> just talk about your cumulative concerns there a little bit. we mentioned the statistics about tens of thousands of people interest all over the world would be coming

with us is the mayor of austin, texas, steve adler.ne of the first people to take one of the drastic measures in canceling the south by southwest festival. good to have you with us on the program. you are one of the players in texas who put the stay-at-home order in place. how is that working out for the city of austin? >> ayman, good to be with you. thank you. south by seems to be a long time ago. it was an outlier when we did it, but not now. it's going well in austin. seeing pretty dramatic reductions in physical exchanges that we've had. i'm real proud that a lot of major cities and counties did it virtually all at the same time. dallas and ft. worth, houston, san antonio, all moving out at the same time, all seeing significant reductions. that's going to help our cities, going to help our state. i do wish we had a statewide policy because i'm concerned about the rest of the state right now not having any kind of order in place. >> let me get your thoughts really quickly on whether or not this can be effective if you do not have th

joining me now is the mayor of austin steve adler from the pete buttigieg campaign. thank you for joining us. let me ask you, mr. adler, what is the strategy going forward? pete buttigieg didn't do well at all in south carolina. he's yet to win any of the primaries and caucuses he's in. he was in selma with us today, marched with us across the bridge. at what point does pete buttigieg have to wonder does he have to do what tom steyer and others have done and that's pull out? or do you think that somewhere down the road there will be a turn of events that will benefit his candidacy? >> reverend sharpton, thank you for the opportunity to be with you here this afternoon. when you take a look at what mayor pete has done, it's actually been pretty amazing. a year ago nobody knew who he was, nobody could pronounce his name. we've gone through the first four contests and he's either won or tied two of them. he's in the top three with delegate totals. i think he has his work cut out for him because he's introducing himself to people in ways that the other candidates have bee

austin mayor steve adler. let's listen in now to new york governor andrew cuomo. >> back in the room, my daughter cara who is doing a great job. let's talk to you about what's going on today. first, what i try to communicate in these briefings are the facts of the situation. and facts can be up lifting. they can be depressing at times. they can be confusing at times. but i think facts are empowering. in a situation like this, not knowing the facts is worse because that's when you feel out of control or when you feel that you're getting selective facts or you're being deceived by the information you're getting. that's the worst situation. what i say to my people in every situation, give me the facts first and then let me understand what the situation and the reality is, and then we'll go from there. so that's what i try to do. the facts on the situation are increasingly important on two levels. public health, but also the economic facts. we've been focusing on the public health facts and the response of the pub

. >> also joining us, steve adler, austin's mayor. you were a pete buttigieg supporter. last night i think by all measures he gave an incredibly inspiring speech in his decision to step down. would you like to see him now supporting joe biden? >> you know, i think he's going to have to speak for himself in on this issue. and i was really proud to be able to introduce pete in south bend when he ran. but i've now spoken to the vice president and i'm going to endorse vice president biden in this racep a. and i think it's time for the party to consolidate. and i'm excited with the biden candidacy. made me very proud to see mayor pete last night, and his day will come. >> not to downplay the excitement for affection for the vice president, but how much of what we're seeing do you think is concern about bernie sanders and whether or not he can beat donald trump? >> well, i think those issues all play into effect. i'm in texas. there are nine house seats that i want to flip in my state in order to get democratic control. and i think that if biden is the head of the ticket, we'l