is governor tom wolfe about to have this news conference. this is the governor of pennsylvania, outlining what his state is doing in response to the crisis. let's listen to tom wolfe. >> again, this mitigation effort in now bucks and chester county, as in montgomery and delaware county includes closure of nonessential public spaces, which includes schools and they have sent out guidance as to what that means. essential infrastructure will stay open, pharmacies, grocery stores, and also gas stations. we're taking these measures with the idea that this is going to slow the spread of covid-19 and as such is going to keep pennsylvanians safe. if we can slow the spread of this virus, we can flatten the curve. where we can keep an enormous of pennsylvanians from needing the kind of emergency treatment at the same time that's going to overwhelm the health care systems. this what is we need to do, we need to do it now. instead of having a steady stream of patients over time, health care providers can provide the highest level of care to everyone rig

. >> dana: that was the governor of pennsylvania tom wolf making similar actions to what other governorsre doing. and in this hour, we will bring them to you as they come. but i want to right now to bring in former house speaker newt gingrich. as i mentioned at the top of the show, he is currently in italy with his wife calypso, the u.s. ambassador, which is a critically important physician. and newt gingrich, thank you so much for joining us. you wrote a piece that ran a "newsweek" over the weekend, and when you hear people think of some these dramatic actions, what do you say from your review in italy? >> i like to say exactly what dr. fauci said yesterday, probably the leading expert on viruses in the world. and he said, look. if i overreact and then we look back and go, you know, it was not quite that bad. i'm a lot better off than if i under react and we look back and say that was a disaster. why do we not deal with it, and i think the tragedy really risen dramatically. they can understand how bad this was. and they have change their behaviors, they currently operated in a structure

connecticut governor ned lamont and new jersey governor phil murphy very much and pennsylvania governor tom wolf who have been great colleagues and i thank them very much. again, i'm asking all businesses to work from home, but today we are announcing a mandatory statewide requirement that no business can have more than 50% of their work force report to work outside of their home. no more than 50% of the work force can report for work outside of the home. that is a mandatory requirement. i'm going to do that by executive order and that is statewide. that will exempt essential services, meaning food, food delivery, pharmacies, health care, shipping, supplies, et cetera. society has to function. people stay at home. people still need to be able to order food, et cetera. they need to be able to shop. so you have to keep those essential services running. i understand that this is a burden to businesses. i get it. i understand the impact on the economy, but in truth, we're past that point as a nation. there is going to be an impact on the economy. not just here in new york, but all across the country

. >> let me play the governor of your state, tom wolf regarding the bill you were talking about, the $2 trillion relief bill, take a listen. >> we're still trying to figure out as late as just a few hours ago at our daily staff meeting what exactly is coming to pennsylvania. we're working with governor relations folks in washington, and our representatives in the house and the senate to try to figure out exactly what is coming to pennsylvania and when it's coming. we'll keep watching that, but certainly appreciate the timely action on the part of the federal government. >> we know that one of the things that did come out of the package that's in the package is a relief on student loans. payment suspensions until september 30th for those paying back their student loans. eligibility if the money was borrowed within the last ten years. i think that is an inarguably good thing. what would you say to pennsylvanians who are asking what they individually are going to receive and what the time line is going to be? >> i hope the time line is as rapid as it could possibly be. to governor wolf,

governor tom wolf has done the same. we learned they opened their operations center here in pennsylvania in early february, though, there weren't any positive cases tested until march 6th. he took immediate action declaring a state of disaster declaration to allow for additional funding. a week after that all public schools were closed. a week after that most counties here in pennsylvania are under stay at home orders. while the cdc travel advisory, the pennsylvania governor advising anyone here in pennsylvania who has been in the new york area to self-quarantine for 14 days. we'll we see an uptick, about 500 cases a day, ali, we're nowhere near the peak. pennsylvania's peak is predicted to not be closer until mid may, unfortunately. >> wow. northern new jersey, part of the tri-state area is a new york suburb. even that tri-state limitation is going to have an influence on philadelphia. good to see you. maura barrett in philadelphia. >>> overnight u.s. officials confirmed the death of an inmate in louisiana, the first fe

take a listen to tom wolf. >> we're still trying to figure out as late as just a few hours ago at our daily staff meeting what exactly is kug to pennsylvania. so we're working with goth relations folks in washington and the house and the senate to figure out what is coming to pennsylvania and when it's coming. we'll keep watching that. certainlyappreciate the timely action on the part of the federal government. >> one of the things that came out of the -- in the package is relief on student loans. payment suspensions until september 30th for those paying back their student loans, the eligibility if the money was borrowed in the last ten years and interesting not accruing during suspension. i think that's a good thing. what would you say to pennsylvaniaians when they ask what they're going to receive and what the time line is going to be? >> i hope the time line is as rapid as it can possibly be. governor wolf, his entire administration throughout the course of the last month or six weeks, they've been at the fore fronts of it. $150 billion is going out to states to help them and local

when you look at the praise that governors from across the country have been getting, governor tom wolf is one of those. they started their coronavirus operations center here in p.a. in the beginning of february, even before they had their first positive case of coronavirus on march 6th. since then, he has acted quickly, closing schools as cases spike spd issued a stay-at-home order in a third to half the counties here in pennsylvania. also new today he asked the president for a major disaster declaration. fema would give extra funds to provide support here. joshua? >>> that's nbc's mora barrett in philadelphia. thank you very much. we are just getted started on msnbc. north carolina is our next stop. it has seen a rise in coronavirus cases, particularly in its largest city, charlotte. one big problem is getting care for the uninsured. the mayor will tell us how her city is dealing with the epidemic just ahead. icust aheade table until your finished. fine, we'll sleep here. ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. then you might have a dcondition called dry

governor tom wolf is expected to approve the measure by the end of the week.ick check on both your weather and some of the coronavirus numbers that we've been looking at every morning with bill karins. bill, walk us through it. >> i want to bring it region by region because yesterday was interesting. we've had a huge surge in numbers in the northeast because mainly of the new york numbers. yesterday the midwest and south was greater than the northeast. we're starting to see a surge in numbers in areas like louisiana, florida, michigan has had a big surge in their numbers, too. you can see yesterday we added 14,000 new cases. it was the most daily new cases that we've had since we started this. and as far as the march calendar goes, you can see, you know, we started this week at 33,000. now we're at 70,000. by the time we get done with today, we'll have more cases than china. china right now is about 81,000 cases. so let's get into what we're going to deal with as far as your weekend forecast. a lot of people still triegs to get outside and get out of your hous

pennsylvania's governor ordained nonessential businesses to close, but a procter & gamble factory will stay tom wolf settle continue to make its products ude charmin toilet paper, bounty paper towels and pampers and love diapers. the company california procter & gamble on similar list to keep running in ventura county. in the north bay several hundred have come together to fill a critical need. they are sowing mask to protect healthcare workers on the front line. debra be alone has the story from petaluma. >> reporter: sewing machines are humming in sonoma county. >> they can be worn fitted like that. >> in 5 days 250 masks, made and distributed. >> there is a pocket you can put a filter in. >> reporter: with request for 2500 more. >> what can i do, sit at home, that's as good as it's going to get now. i guess i can do this. women are afraid for their families. as a mom i will do whatever i can. >> reporter: baffert began with a handful of moms, not even a week ago and now 700 people are sowing. >> for people that don't have anything number 1. but to also help them extend the life of their current m

now under a directive from pennsylvania governor tom wolf that closed gyms, schools, and entertainment centers. the son of ours came home to a university now under orders to move out by tuesday and prepare for online instruction. his final month of college will be nothing like he had hoped. and i watched as my retirement evaporated as the dow lost more than 6,000 points since its peak february 12th. thursday was the largest one-day drop since 1987. friday the largest single gain since 2008. it's taken resolve for me to follow the advice of my friend, jack bogle, the late legendary founder of the vanguard group, who used to advise to own the total market in an index fund and hang on for the long haul. looks like i won't be attending any flyers playoffs game after all, north philly's home opener. i had a caller on sirius xm, rich from tampa. he suggested the nation take a two-week time-out for testing, assessment, cleaning, a time to slowdown, social assistance, and get a hold of the situation. that's what the nation seems to be doing, albeit organically and ad hoc, not with any federal

governor tom wolf today ordering nonlife-sustaining businesses in pennsylvania to close their physical locations as of 8:00 p.m. today. enforcement actions against businesses that do not close physical locations will begin at 12:01 a.m. saturday. so midnight on friday. the state says in terms of enforcement actions, any business that doesn't comply with the order to shut down will not only forfeit their ability to receive any disaster relief. they may also be subject to having their license yanked, violators the state says, quote, are subject to fines or even imprisonment. your results may vary depending on where you live and how on the ball your state government is and how much they decided to follow the early conservative media and presidential device that this was all a hoax designed to flummox people, and it wasn't a real pandemic. your results may vary depending on where you are in the country. but i also want to show you something positive. actually the only footage i've got of it is from local news. and it's strange because, honestly, this is right now only a local story but it

praise that governors from across the country have been getting for their early action, governor tom wolf here in pennsylvania is one of those. hi started their coronavirus operations center here in p.a. in the beginning of february. even before they had their first positive case of coronavirus on march 6th. since then, he's acted quickly. closing schools. as cases spiked. and also has issued a stay-at-home order as about a third to a half of the counties here in pennsylvania. also new today, joshua, he asked the president for a major disaster deck laration. fema would give pennsylvania extra funds to provide support here. joshua? >> nbc's maura barrett in philadelphia. thanks very much. >>> our trip across america is just getting started on msnbc. north carolina is our next stop. it's seen a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. specifically in its largest city, charlotte. one big problem is getting care for the uninsured. charlotte's mayor, vi lyles, will tell us how her city is dealing with the epidemic, just ahead. an rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis. when considering another tr

thank connecticut governor ned lamont and new jersey governor phil murphy and pennsylvania governor tom wolf who have been great colleagues. i thank them very much. again, i'm asking all businesses to work from home, but today we are announcing a mandatory statewide requirement that no business can have more than 50% of their workforce report to work outside of their home, no more than 50% of the workforce can report for work outside of the home. that is a mandatory requirement. i'm going to do that by executive order, and that is statewide. that will exempt essential services meaning food, food delivery, pharmacies, health care, shipping supplies, et cetera. society las to function. people stay at home. people still need to be able to order food, et cetera. they need to be able to shop. so you have to keep those essential services running. i understand that this is a burden to businesses. i get it. i understand the impact on the economy, but in truth, we're past that point as a nation. there is going to be an impact on the economy, not just here in new york, but all across the country and w

thank connecticut governor ned lumotand new jersey governor phil murphy, and pennsylvania governor tom wolfhave been great colleagues, and i thank them very much. i'm asking all businesses to work from home. but today, we're announcing a mandatory state-wide requirement that no business can have more than 50% of their workforce report to work outside of their home. no more than 50% of the workforce can report for work outside of the home. that is a mandatory requirement. i'm going to do that by executive order. and that is state-wide. that will exempt essential services. meaning food, food delivery, pharmacies, health care, shipping, supplies, et cetera. society has to function. people stay at home, people still need to be able to order food, et cetera. they need to be able to shop. so you have to keep those essential services running. i understand that this is a burden to businesses. i get it. i understand the impact on the economy. but in truth, we're past that point as a nation. there is going to be an impact on the economy. not just here in new york but all across the country, and we're

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wolf? >> tom, thank you very much. good report. more news just ahead.red lobster to go, you can enjoy the seafood you love from the comfort of home... if it ever makes it there. spend $30 and get free delivery at red lobster dot com. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com if it ever makes it there. >>> finally, be sure to tune into cnn tomorrow night as anderson cooper and dr. sanjay gupta host another town hall. this is your opportunity to ask health experts the questions on your mind as we combat this fast-moving pandemic and to learn what you could do to best protect yourself and your family. once again, tomorrow night, 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. to our viewers, thank you very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in the situation room. you can follow me on instagram and twitter, tweet the show @cnnsitroom. erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. >>> "outfront" next, america at war with coronavirus and the white house preparing for a battle that could last 18 months or longer and two americans both with coronavirus. one says it was a battle

tom wolf who is on the drug overdose task force says never once was he offered treatment when he was offered needles. you know, i think i've shared, i have a brother who is a heroin addict and this is very personal to me. and i think that we need to have a focus on recovery, as well. and when i read things like department-funded drug overdose project, which is taxpayer dollars provides drug users with warnings about fentanyl, that's great and fine. but when i find out says further, so adjust your dose accordingly or you can still od by smoking or snorting, so start slow, i am actually dumbfounded that we are encouraging the use of fentanyl with taxpayer money, that we are actually not recognising that there really is no harm reduction when it comes to fentanyl. people die easily with just a little bit of fentanyl and there's no way to know with the drugs on the streets right now whether or not you could die. it is so prolific and so profound, what the drug cartels are doing with the drugs in our city that we would even say start slow. i'm absolutely baffled by this. so for me, i thin

i want to thank connecticut governor and new jersey governor very much and pennsylvania governor tom wolfat colleagues. and i thank them very much. again, i'm asking all businesses to work from home. but today, we are announcing a mandatory statewide requirement that no business can have more than 50% of their workforce report to work outside of their home. no more than 50% of the workforce can report for work outside of the home. that is a mandatory requirement. i'm going to do that by executive order. and that is statewide. that will exempt essential services, meaning, food, food delivery, pharmacies, health care, shipping, supplies et cetera. society has to function. people stay at home. people still need to be able to order food, et cetera. they need to be able to shop. so you have to keep those essential services running. i understand that this is a burden to businesses. i get it. i understand the impact on the economy. but in truth, we are past that point as a nation. there is going to be an impact on the economy. not just here in new york, but all across the country. we are going t

governor tom wolf is asking for declarationsaster for pennsylvania.te workers are laid off as coronavirus crisis worsens. this is a story that came out of yesterday's news. the governor's wants a to help battle the economic devastation of the coronavirus. now, sean inork the borough of the bronx. good morning. caller: good morning. first and foremost, thank you very much to c-span. i've been watching you guys since i was in high school during the clinton years, so it is an honor and a privilege to finally be able to have my first call. host: glad to have you. caller: so with regards to trump's extending the social isolation orders through april 30, i am actually glad he is doing it. it is a smart move. personally, i think he should do it for a little bit longer, but that is another story. he has done this poorly, and to with their previous persons text, this is after something the federal of anment should take more hands-on approach about. because we have the governors of every state -- you know, my particular state, new york, cuomo has said he is com

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tom is joining us now. people who haven't been to the store in recent days may be surprised by what they see. >> absolutely, wolf rushing stores. my team and i were at one a short time ago and it was ridiculous. we're buying toilet paper and tuna fish in bulk, standing in long and unhealthy lines and generally making ourselves and storr keepers miserable. tonight a bit of perspective from public health experts. shopping in the age of coronavirus. sarah wears a mask and gloves when hitting her local grocery store in washington because she doesn't want to transfer germs to her mother, who has an autoimmune condition. are you nervous, scared about this whole thing? >> yes, i am, i am. i have been following it pretty closely now and it's just i don't want us to be in a situation like italy. >> reporter: across the u.s., stockpiling seems to be everywhere tonight. a prominent analytics firm said online sales of, quote, protection items like hand sanitizer, gloves and antibacterial sprays shot up 817% in january and february because many people can't get them in stores. >> whenever we do get new rations in of hand san

tom steyer. heard that jim clyburn had endorsed joe biden, and realtime -- we told him, and realtime he said well, maybe i'll change my mind. i'm guessing he wasn't alone. wolf'm here with david chalon. we're talking about the all important delegate count. let's talk about the delegate count tonight. what do we see happening right now? >> well, as you see here, 54 delegates are at stake tonight in south carolina. we have been able to assign 22 of them. 19 for joe biden. three for bernie sanders. that's because you see he is above that 15% threshold state-wide. he may be in some congressional districts as well. right now we have 32 more delegates out of south carolina to assign tonight but look at that. that shows the depth of the biden victory, not just in the vote totals but in the delegate hall tonight. he's so far netting -- >> what does that mean for the delegate count to date, four states? >> take a look. you need 1991 delegates to win the nomination. we're at 48 delegates for sanders now. 34 for biden. 26 for buttigieg. 8 for warren. 7 for klobuchar. joe biden is making real gains on bernie sanders in this delegate count. as you know, wolf, the first f