>> all right, tracie potts for us tracie, thank you. >> let's turn now to coronavirus on the world stage more than 105,000 people have been sickened by the virus around the globe over 3600 have died. most the of the cases have been in china, but other countries have been hit hard, too. south korea now has over 7,000 cases and more than 200 deaths nbc's bill neely has more. >> reporter: the drastic lockdown sent thousands rushing for trains out of milan. 16 million people are now quarantined, a quarter of italy's population no one can leave or enter. hospitals are being overwhelmed by the virus, said the prime minister it's an emergency. milan looked deserted. italy now the worst-hit country in the world 133 new deaths in just one day, 366 now in all venice, too, is now locked down and deserted pope francis said prayers by video link to deter crowds at the vatican. he still appeared briefly at a window the vatican's museums and its sistine chapel now closed like museums across italy it is a growing crisis here in italy and in the u.s., but globally more people have now recovered from the

out of an abundance of caution "today in the bay's" tracie potts is reporting from her home this morning near washington. she has the late-breaking details. >> reporter: $2 trillion on the line this morning. >> it could be one vote, one vote, one grandstander maybe. you might have one grandstander. >> reporter: one member of congress, republican thomas massey of kentucky hinting he'll call for a recorded vote on the coronavirus rescue forcing at least 216 lawmakers back to washington to vote in person. michigan's fred upton tweets i'm driving back to d.c. to help get this thing over the finish line. arizona's ruben gallego, i'm jumping on the red eye tonight. dean phillips calls it a principled but misguided stunt that will cost taxpayers $200,000. >> we have members who are quarantined. we have members who have challenges with airlines getting their flights canceled. >> reporter: at stake, $1,200 checks for americans and billions for unemployment, hospitals, businesses, and state and local government. house speaker nancy pelosi says she's confident it will pass today. >> we expect to ha

for more, we turn to nbc's tracy potts live for us in d.c. this morning. tracy, good morning. did the president say what, exactly, he plans to ask for >> well, he gave some idea because with wall street spooked the way that we saw it yesterday, president trump says he's got a plan to keep the economy on an even keel while we work out what's going on with this coronavirus his plan would include what he calls a significant payroll tax cut. a big number to treople's wallets as they may be missing work he says he also wants to pitch the idea of small business loans and help for the travel industry, airlines, cruise lines, hotels, while people aren't traveling these are some of the things he plans to talk with republicans about today. >> we're also going to be talking about hourly-wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they're not going to ever miss a p paycheck going to be working with small companies, large companies, a lot of companies so that they don't get penalized for something that's not their fault. >> now, some republicans say they think it's to

back to you. >> tracie potts in washington for us this morning. tracie, thank you. >>> it is 6:04 right now. back to breaking news out of japan. prime minister shinzo abe has officially announced the postponement of the summer olympic games. the games will take place at some point, and this is not a cancellation. he says the international olympic committee agrees the games must be delayed and 2021 makes more sense. last night we spoke with former cal swimming star and five-time olympic gold medalist nathan adrian who agrees with the plan. >> i think realistically it should be postponed a year until this is very controlled and, you know, a vaccine is either in production or on the horizon. >> the ioc had been talking about a final decision next month. right now no hard date for next ye. >>> the criteria for who will be tested at the hayward testing site is broadening. yesterday there were long lines with hundreds of people just trying to get checked in. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live where the second day of testing begins just a few h

. >> we're joined by nbc's tracie potts in d.c what's the latest on the u.s. efforts to stop this virus >> reporter: well, they're trying to ramp up production of these test kits and also now discovering that someone who later tested positive was at the conservative c pack conference last month a couple of members of congress had interaction, and just to be safe they are staying away from washington a warning from health experts on coronavirus for the elderly and people with health problems. >> no large crowds, no long trips and above all, don't get on a cruise ship. >> reporter: a ship with 3,500 passengers and nearly a dozen sick is expected to dock near san francisco today. >> we are stuck in our rooms, but we are able to go out on the balcony. >> it is our duty to help these people the friends and family aboard this ship. >> reporter: nationwide, more than 20 people have died from the virus, more than 500 have been diagnosed texas senator ted cruz selfne who tested positive. >> you're going to see more cases. unfortunately you're going to see more deaths.

self-quarantined >> millions of americans are waiting a decision on this a lot riding on this tracie potts, thank you. >>> as cities around the country are ramping up efforts to get people tested for covid-19, there's been a growing need not just for supplies, but also for people with medical training who can help out many volunteers are stepping up to the challenge here's nbc's ron allen >> reporter: christine mckneel dawn iing her protective gore ready to tests in the community. nurse for 25 years who stopped practicing ask became a teacherr now heading back to the the front lines. >> i just assume that everybody is positive. i do a lot of testing in the garage, out on the the back porch. i only go into the home if i have to. >> reporter: she belongs to the medical reserve corp., volunt r volunteers nationwide stepping trd. >> i don't want somebody to be there needing help and there isn't anybody to help them >> reporter: she hadn't treated patients in four years and called the er offering nursing help >> i don't want to be one of those people that didn't do anything >> reporter: medical

tracie potts joins us now from washington >> let's see how the markets react to this. turns out it is not going to be a voice vote that was the plan until one lawmaker wants to make sure his colleagues vote in person. $2 trillion on the line this morning. >> it could be one vote. one grandstander, maybe. >> one member of congress, republican from kentucky hinting he'll call for a recorded vote on the coronavirus rescue forcing at least 216 lawmakers back to washington to vote in person michigan's fred upton tweets, i'm driving back to d.c. to get this going >> another is jumping on the red eye. >> a we have members quarantine. at stake $1,200 checks for americans and billions for hospitals and local governments. the house speaker is confident it will pass today >> we expect to have a voice vote on it if we don't, we'll be prepared for whatever it is scrambling to save the economy and americans running out of cash of course, this is the big bill that includes money for emergency and extended unemployment as we've reported, there were a record $3.2 million claims, twice

bernie sanders is still in the lead, "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with more for us this morning. tracey in -- >> you'll hear from more on the "tod "today" show from joe biden. for now it's the joe-mentaum. he's collected more than $7 million in donations since super tuesday. former vice president joe biden is riding an election high after winning 10 of 14 states on super tuesday. he's vowing not to go negative. >> it doesn't help anyone, nevertheless the campaign. we have to keep our eye on the ball. >> he's a very decent guy. >> reporter: sanders waiting for the results from california, to decide how the 416 delegates will be split. going forward, sanders admits he has a problem with black voters. >> we are running against somebody who has a relationship with barack obama for eight year. >> reporter: sanders progressive supporters insist he is still very much in the game. >> every single exit poll shows that the voters actually cared about many of the policies that senator bernie sanders is campaigning on. >> reporter: an aide told staff that senator elizabeth warren is

. >>> first with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live from her home near washington and, tracie, i know you have breaking details on today's house vote on the relief package. >> reporter: right, it was supposed to be simple. $1,200 checks. however, what we found is lin congressman is hinting he will call for a recorded vote meaning people have to be in the room when it happens so lawmakers overnight scrambling to get back to washington, some of them by plane. house speaker nancy pelosi says the bill will pass. it's just a matter of when. >>> and i'm profoundly grateful. >> we expect to have a voice vote on it, but it we don't we'll be prepared for whatever it is. >> reporter: and it's going to be critical because this bill includes not only the direct payments but unemployment insurance, extended payments for people who file up to four months. 3.2 million claims, double what the government was expecting. it set a record. also in the bill, small business loans, corporate loans, and money for hospitals and state and local governments. there's a lot wrapped up in this $2 trillion. and

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live in washington with more details. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: hey there, kris, good morning. what's happening here in washington, they're dealing with two things, the virus and the outbreak and the spread of it and the financial impact of this virus. president trump has some ideas about how to contain that but his ideas are getting some resistance. as president trump tries to calm fears about the coronavirus -- >> it will go away. just stay calm. >> reporter: some are reluctant to pass the payroll tax cut to ease the burden on workers losing pay. >> it doesn't do a lot for people who rely on tips. it doesn't do much for people who -- >> we want paid sick leave and emergency unemployment insurance. >> reporter: and free testing. 4 million tests should be available this week. as washington hashes out details the nation passes 1,000 confirmed cases overnight. health experts are warning to avoid large crowds. >> as a nation we can't be doing the kinds of things we were doing a few months ago. >> reporter: air travel

we're joined now by nbc's tracie potts in d.c tracie, what can you tell us about the u.s. response to this? >> i can tell you the president wants to change it a bit he now wants to screen people when they enter the united states, even if they've already been screened before they got on the plane. and then drugmakers to try to get them to fast track a vaccine washington state announced overnight that one more victim with coronavirus has died, a man his 50s, alsoh underlying from war statee virus through community contact. more than 70 people in the u.s. have now been diagnosed, including the first cases in new york and rhode island. both traveled to affected countries. >> the risk here in rhode island at this point is low, and we've been preparing for this for weeks. >> vice president pence tells "meet the press" the cdc is helping local authorities figure out who else may have been exposed. >> for the average american, the risk does remain low we're ready. >> the trump administration say 1/says 150,000 test kits will be available in the next few weeks but they're worried a

. >> first, let's get starteded with tracie potts live in washington with more of the action lawmakers are taking. tracie? >> reporter: marcus, they are actually taking action which is the news this morning after several days of the stalled financial package that would roll out checks to people all over the country sitting at home and can't get to work. while you were sleeping the senate's top democrat and the treasury secretary say that they have worked out big differences over this legislation, and we could see a deal this morning and a final senate vote as early as this evening. negotiating late into the night on nearly $2 trillion to help businesses and workers shut down by the coronavirus. >> i think it's very hard to figure out how this bill is going to trickle down to help people like myself. >> the democratic leader -- >> reporter: democrats blocked it thinking a quarter of the money was a corporate slush fund. both sides expect a deal today. >> still a couple open issues but i think we're hopeful this can be closed out tomorrow. >> i'm pleased that our two main issues, workers

tracie potts is live on capitol hill. bernie sanders campaign asked a judge to keep the polling places open in california late but the big story everyone is talking about, joe biden pulling ahead. >> reporter: he really did. and after south carolina where he got that boost, he made a clean sweep yesterday of other southern states, picked up a couple of the in the midst and projected winner in texas and that is a big haul and acalifornia still up in the air. but biden had a good night. >> we are very much alive. >> reporter: joe biden won or projected to win nine of the 14 states that had cons yesterday, as i said including texas. california still up in the air. p still counting. too close to call. the votes, the delegates will be split based on how the vote comes out. right now bernie sanders is leading thate. >> i tell you with absolute confidence, we're going to win the democratic nomination. >> reporter: so sanders also projected to pick up colorado, utah, his home state of vermont. michael bloomberg who was on the bal

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us from her home with a look at the challenges they're facing. tracie? >> reporter: so president trump is now recommending that we all focus on eradicating this virus, that it's our patriotic duty to do so. also, corporate america is getting involved focusing and shifting from profits to production. with the coronavirus now expected to peak by easter, corporate america is ramping up production. ford and general electric are working together to make 50,000 ventilators in the next three months. other companies are converting assembly lines to produce masks. >> by friday i want to be up to 50,000 a day. >> reporter: hospital gowns. >> expect delivering 30,000 to 50,000 gowns per week. >> reporter: face shields. >> 10,000 shields in the next four weeks. >> reporter: on a call governors requested more test kits, but president trump said he hasn't heard about testing problems in weeks. he's setting june 1st as a new deadline for recovery. >> the economy is number two on my list. i think the economy is going to come back very fast. we basically shut do

but we begin with tracie potts live on capitol hill. president trump expected to sign a $8 billion relief package today. >> reporter: right. in fact we just got word that is happening any minute. it is happening here in washington, d.c. not at the cdc has planned but this morning the wouse reversed that saying the trip is being canceled and the president doesn't want to interfere with the mission down there and the work they're trying to do to fight the virus. and part of the work is trying to make sure there is adequate testing. the trump administration has admitted there is a significant shortage of testing kits and while trying to push them out, the virus continues to spread. >> we don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. >> it is critical that we get the tests back quickly to move patients through the emergency department. >> reporter: now let's talk about the money. the president signing off on $8.3 billion. most of it, almost all of it, is being used to fight this virus. some goes

tracie potts is live from her home this morning near washington. and, tracie, i know the president is extending those social distancing guidelines. >> reporter: he is, marcus, because the health experts are saying the president's original deadline to have everyone out and about by easter will not work. as they often have put it, flatten the curve. in other words the numbers they're seeing, the projections they're seeing, suggest that we have not seen the worst of this yet. president trump is abandoning his plan to get the economy going again by easter and extending guidance to practice social distancing until april 30th. >> the better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus doubled in two days. the latest projections show millions will be infected and up to 200,000 could die. the death rate isn't expected to peak for two more weeks. >> we just can't move on it until the health and safety criteria are satisfied. >> reporter: more than half the cases are coming from new york, new jersey,

but first let's check in with tracie potts live in washington this morning with more on actions president trump is taking. tracie? >> reporter: laura and marcus, the president wants to limit who is coming into the country with coronavirus by rescreening people when they hit the ground. but also he's been talking with drugmakers to try to speed up development of a vaccine, health experts telling us that typically takes weeks. if we take a live look at the white house, president trump also planning to visit nih today. that is the national institute of health where the infectious disease experts for the country are working with the cdc to try to control this thing. we're told that is the trump administration has a big messaging blitz that they'-- th will roll out this week and daily briefings and the president will meet later this week with airline executives and cruise line executives to talk about how to travel safely but not bring that virus further into this country. we now have confirmed six deaths the united states and more than 100 cases and the cdc said it will continue to spread. ba

. >> tracie potts has more on the keeping the virus from tracie? >> reporter: what we're hearing is that the president now wants to retest people when they land in the u.s. in addition to testing before they ever get on a plane and he is meeting with the pharmaceutical executives today to try to get them to fast track a vaccine. washington state announced overnight that one more victim with coronavirus has died. a man in his 70s with underlying health problems. the first u.s. victim, a man in his 50s also from washington state. officials believe he caught the virus through community contact. more than 70 people in the u.s. have now been diagnosed. including the first cases in new york and rhode island. both traveled to affected countries. >> the risk here in rhode island at this point is low. and we have been preparing for this for weeks. >> reporter: vice president pence tells "meet the press" the cdc is helping local authorities figure out who else may have been exposed. >> for the average american, the risk does remain low. we're ready. >> repor

back to you. >> tracie potts in washington for us. thank you. >>> now city and county leader throughout the bay area are meeting to address the concern over the coronavirus. sharon katsuda is live in san francisco to show us how more communities are declaring this a health emergency. sharon? >> reporter: that is right, marcus. san francisco and other cities are carving out ways on how to deal with the coronavirus. san francisco is taking new steps. city will run its own tests for the virus. the results will come directly from the city health department laboratory, the mayor and director of public health say they need to test locally to speed up the process. >> our lab will are conduct tests seven days a week with a one to two-day turnaround time. >> reporter: before today test kits were all being sent to the cdc in atlanta and results would take a week. at 1:30 today the city council will discuss response to covid-19 and the board of supervisors will discuss a proclamation of local emergency. and in monterey county, discussions of the

tracie potts is live in washington with the federal government response. but first bob redell. >> live for us outside of good samaritan hospital in san jose where two patients are being treated. do we know how they contracted the virus? >> reporter: in some of the cases, yes. we do, marcus and chris. behind me at good samaritan hospital, a source confirms that there are two patients here with coronavirus who are being treated inside of the intensive care unit. so right now over the weekend there are three new cases here. and in santa clara county, the first was a woman with chronic health conditions, the second and third a husband and wife who both recently traveled to egypt. a santa clara county now has a total of seven covid-19 cases and two more new cases here in the area, one in alameda county which prompted a public health emergency and the other case in solano county. both are health care workers who attended to a coronavirus patient who is being treated at north bay vacavalley hospital in vacaville and both workers were tested after they recently st

meeting with president trump and top bankers about the financial impact of the outbreak nbc's tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. and tracie, the administration is still grappling with how to deal with this crisis. >> reporter: exactly you mentioned the meeting with the health care workers today. some of the largest ones have already announced that they will waive co-pays for coronavirus testing, but democrats particularly are pushing for more they want the testing to be free we'll see those meetings happening today as we now top 1,000 cases overnight in the united states. president trump pushing for a payroll tax cut, a big one he says, to try to put a little bit more money in workers' wallets but democrats are pushing back saying they want more people-focused efforts, that the payroll tax cut won't help a lot of people. like shift workers, for example. the president trying to urge calm here, telling people that all of this will eventually go away >> we're taking this unbelievably seriously and i think we're doing a really good job again, the task force headed up by the vice p

president outlined the new travel restrictions and economic measures to combat the crisis nbc's tracie pottsn us us with the layest from d.c tracy, the president also hinted at other measures as well. >> he is asking for billions of dollars from congress for small business loans he wants to defer tax payments but that travel ban from europss over the next 30 days or will be in place for the fleknext 30 das it will not include the uk but president trump says for the most part, he doesn't think europe has taken precautions to prevent that virus from coming here. >> the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots. as a result, a large number of new clusters in the united states were seeded by travelers from europe. we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. there will be exemptions for americans who have undergone appropriate screenings and these prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other

let's bring in tracie potts and still no official word of the final deal >> nothing official but around midnight, just a few hours ago as those negotiations wrapped up both sites were saying they're hoping and they're expecting that there will be some sort of deal today sounds like they're coming close. there's still some outstanding issues both sides acknowledge this, but they are minor they think the big things that they've gotten out of the way after several days of negotiations but the real sticking point here being a half trillion dollar fund that the treasury department would control to give out to businesses democrats say it's a slush s he's been keeping the president involved in these negotiations the whole time >> we've bee with the president. we've probably spoken ten times today.esident would like to have a deal and is hopeful we can conclude this tomorrow >> we expect to haven a agreement tomorrow morning there's still a few little differences. neither of us think they're in any way going to get in any way of a final agreement >> so coming close to the middle there, the pres

tracie potts joins us now from washington, d.c. what do we know for sure and what is still up in the air? >> we know it was a big night for joe biden including the unexpected win in texas. we know that california is still counting votes and may be doing so for a while how they split up the votes in california, a little complicated there. biden overperforms weeks after some considered his campaign on life support >> we are very much alive. >> former vice president, the projected winner in nine super tuesday states including a surprise win in delegate rich texas. >> it is a good night and seems to be getting even better. they don't call it super tuesday for nothing. >> as of this morning, maine was still too close to call. california, too early to call. bernie sanders was leading there. >> i tell you with absolute confidence, we are going to win the democratic nomination. >> sanders to win his home state of vermont bloomberg picked up four delegates in american samoa after spending a half a billion on advertising >> senator warren lo

shores we have global team coverage matt taylor is in sing toapore, karen in london and tracie potts in washington and going to houston for market insight matt, we'll start with you >> a sharply weaker day. talking three, four, five, six, even 7% down china market is the best but still down 1.5%. saying the country has passed the peek when it comes to the coronavirus cases. hong kong down 3.6%. india down more than 8%. japan more than 5% south korea off by 3.8%. japan back in bear market territory. the lowest level since april 2017 the australia market was the worst with the exception of india which can is down 7.4% we are off some 26% from the recent high from last month. 17.6 billion australian dollars. much of that in cash handouts. the market reacting negatively off 421 points you were talking about the travel band, we did see an adverse reaction of travel stocks cathay pacific down more than 4%, japan down, qantas down. >>> karen joins us from london with the early trade >> good morning. european investors not going to flat footed. despite those vicious selling moves. some what

. >> tracie potts is live with the very latest. tracie? >> reporter: good morning. this is breaking news we just got a few minutes ago about this pause in the markets and we are waiting to find out how long this will last and whether or not we'll get some reaction. we haven't seen anything yet from the twhous. we haven't seen anything yet from capitol hill because, again this is breaking news this morning. and there has been a lot of concern within the markets because of coronavirus. any uncertainty you will see because they do not like uncertainty. the criticism in washington has been mixed messages coming out of the government, that they haven't gotten the test kits ou as quickly as they need to and as a result the markets were already skittish before this happened this morning. back to you. >> we just checked twitter to see if the president has responded at all. he hasn't said anything just yet. we want to go to cnbc because wall street bracing for pain. >> courtney reagan explain more about what triggered this big sell-off. courtney? >>> good morning to you both

"today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us this morning with more. >> good morning, everyone. sanders is leading, but joe biden seems to have what they're calling the joe-mentum. california is still counting, and that could be a game changer. former vice president joe biden is riding an election high. he's vowing not to go negative on senator bernie sanders. >> that doesn't help anyone. we have to keep our eye on the ball. >> i like joe biden. he's a very decent guy. >>> sanders waiting on results from california, which will decide how the 400-plus delegates will be split. >> we're running against somebody who has touted his relationship with barack obama for eight years. barack obama is enormously popular in this country in general and the african-american community. >> progressive supporters indist he's still very much in the game. >> every single exit poll showed that the voters cared about many of the policies that senator bernie sanders is campaigning on. >> an aide told staff that senator elizabeth warren is reassessing her campaign after placing third in her home state.

tracie potts live with more details this morning. tracie? >> reporter: good morning, everyone. the president is trying to address both the spread of the virus and the spread of fear affecting financial markets and other parts of our economy. he's got some ideas about how to contain that part, but those ideas are meeting resistance here on capitol hill. as president trump tries to calm fears about the coronavirus -- >> it will go away. just stay calm. >> reporter: some are reluctant to pass the payroll cut to ease the burden on workers losing pay. >> it doesn't do a lot for people who rely on tips. it doesn't do much for people who are sick. >> we want unemployment insurance. >> reporter: and free testing. the government says 4 million tests should be available as washington hashes out details, the nation surpassed 1,000 confirmed cases overnight. health experts are warning to avoid large crowds. >> as a nation we can't be doing the kinds of things we were doing a few months ago. >> reporter: air travel is taking a hit. delta says more than a quarter of its reservations have can

first "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live from her home near washington. tracie, i know president trump extending the social distancing guidelines. >> reporter: exactly, and it's based on the fact the health experts are telling him we have yet to hit the peak of this virus. the latest projections coming in showing we could be looking at a major escalation over the next two weeks. president trump is abandoning his plan to get the economy going again by easter and extending guidance to practice social distancing until april 30th. >> the better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll doubled in two days. the death rate isn't expected to peak for two more weeks. >> if we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. we don't even want to see that. >> reporter: more than half the cases are coming from new york, new jersey, and connecticut. so the cdc issued a 14-day travel advisory asking residents in those states to stay home. >> this is not a lockdown. it is a t

first let's get to tracie potts live in washington this morning with details on the new white house prevention plans. tracie? >> reporter: in that prevention plan, focuses not only on health and very much on the economy after the big sell-off we saw on wall street partially because of fears over the impact of this virus. president trump talking to republicans today about whether they can cut the payroll tax, provide small business loans, give some support to the travel industry. he was just talking about the airlines. they're expected to lose billions. all he says to try to right the ship, so to speak, when it comes to the finances impact of this virus. it's not clear at all that republicans will go along with that. some of them skeptical it may be too much too soon. >> substantial relief. it's a big number. we're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they're not going to ever miss a paycheck. >> reporter: now the stock market, as we mentioned, took a wild ride yesterday when the dow plunged 2,000 points. futures looking better

. >>> from washington to the bay area, "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with more on the action lawmakers are taking. tracie? >> reporter: and what the president is doing as well. trying to get money into the hands of workers who are not working right now. president trump sending navy hospital ships to california and new york to try to relieve hospitals that are overburdened right now dealing with the virus and sending supplies. he says to all three hardest hit states, california, washington state, and new york. working with private companies to try to get more and the president says that he will have more on the way. here on capitol hill lawmakers trying to figure out how they get this money into the hands of workers. small business loans, direct payment, they're at a log job here and a vote failed over the weekend. they're going to try again later today. >> large corporate bailout with no protections for workers and virdly no oversight. >> this is a national emergency. >> reporter: the aid package is more than a trillion dollars. it would include tchecks sent dir

we want to start out with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with a look at the action that lawmakers are taking. tracie? >> reporter: lawmakers have yet to take any action but they're working on it. the senate minority leader was on the phone around midnight twice, we're told, with the treasury secretary trying to figure out if they can get this money into the hands of workers, a trillion dollar bill. let's start with president trump who has said he is sending help to california and other hot spots around the country, a navy ship headed to help relieve hospitals. hundreds of thousands of pieces of needed equipment but it is still not enough. capitol hill tries to figure out how to get that into the hands of workers, should it be small business loans, direct payments, that is what they're trying to work out. there was a failed vote over the weekend, another one planned for this afternoon. >> large corporate bailout with no protections for workers and virtually no oversight. >> our nation cannot afford the game of chicken. this is, mr. president, a national emergency. it

. >> to tracie potts. are we getting specifics? >> reporter: the president wants to get specific today. he'll meet with republicans to talk about how to try to right the economy. investors nervous. people worried about paychecks and retirement accounts. the president says let's give loans to small businesses and support the travel industry. those are his ideas. some republicans saying it may be too much. >> substantial relief. it's a big number. we're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they're not going to ever miss a paycheck. >> reporter: taking a live look at wall street, things are looking up this morning after that huge sell-off that had the dow down 2,000 points yesterday, forced them to stop trading for 15 minutes. things are looking up today. people continue to keep an eye on their money, keeping an eye on capitol hill. six members decided to quarantine themselves. they came in contact with someone who had the virus and home or work remotely for the next 1

our nbc colleague tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c. pretty significant step from president trump to extend these guidelines does this mark a shift in strategy in washington >> reporter: it certainly marks a shift in the president's plan to jump start the economy. remember, he said he wanted everything moving again by easter, a couple of weeks from now, but that's not in line with the science. it's not in line with what the health experts with seeing and what they're saying about where this virus is headed when they look at the curve, so to speak, what they're telling us is we have not hit the peak death rate yet you mentioned dr. anthony fauci says we could see 100,000, maybe even 200,000 deaths here in the united states. right now it stands at just over 2,400. so the president as a result o that in consultation with the white house has said that social distancing, people staying away from one another, needs to happen for longer, until the end of next month. that peak death rate experts think won't happen for another two weeks, which m

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live from her home near washington this morning with a look at the challenges they're facing. good morning, tracie. marcus, good morning. the president says it's everyone's patriotic duty to do everything they can to fight this virus and for corporate america that means focusing less on profits right now and more on production. with the coronavirus expected to peak by easter, corporate america is ramping up production. ford and general electric are working together to make 50,000 ventilators in the next three months. other companies are converting assembly lines to produce masks. >> by friday i want to be up to 50,000 a day. >> reporter: hospital gowns. >> expect to begin delivering 30,000 to 50,000 gowns a week. >> reporter: face shields. >> 10,000 in the next few weeks. >> reporter: the governors requested more test kits but president trump says he hasn't heard about testing problems in weeks. he's setting june 1st as a new deadline for recovery. >> the economy is number two on my list. i think the economy will come back very fast. we basically shu

doing everything within its semiconsiderable power to inflame the coronavirus "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with the very latest. good m >> reporter: good morning. the government has a warning for seniors and people with health conditions. don't get on cruises or flights or take long trips. you are at higher risk. >> you're going to see more cases. unfortunately, you're going to see more deaths, but that doesn't mean we should panic. >> reporter: so don't panic but be vigilant. here on capitol hill the attending physician says there are several people who had contact with an infected individual at the cpac political conference last month. we know that senator ted cruz of texas and also another lawmaker planning to stay home, not coming back to washington right now in an abundance of caution. the attending physician saying there were several people, we just don't quite know who the others are. >> thank you very much, tracie. we know you'll be tracking that for us as well. marcus? >>> students are facing up to the reality of schools are closed. bob, i know one of the city's

. >> kris sanchez answering your questions in our crisis center but first to tracie potts live on capitol hill where the government is working to ramp up testing. tracie? >> reporter: good morning. new this morning, president trump is not going to travel to the cdc. the white house said he doesn't want to interrupt their mission. their mission includes trying to figure out how to get people tested. but the government is short on test kits, that is something vice president pence has admitted and now trying to figure out how to deal with that. >> we don't have enough tests today to meet what we anticipate will be the demand going forward. >> it is critical that we get the tests back quickly to move patients through the emergency department. >> reporter: so the latest information on fighting this virus out of washington, congress has approved $8.3 billion, most of that money, almost all of it, is going to fight the virus, to the cdc, to research for a vaccine, taking care of sick americans overseas. president trump is supposed to sign off on that today. we are now up to 14 deaths here in the

let's turn to tracie potts who joins us with more the president is extending those essential distancing guidelines for at least another month >> right remember the president want ed t get the economy going again. have everyone out and about. businesses open by easter. he's backing off that now based on the latest projections. the president now saying that americans should be staying inside, social distancing and not going out unless necessary until the end of april, until april 30th that's the guideline from the federal government based on these latest projections that show not only what millions of americans get this virus many as 200,000 could die from it >> if we could hold that down as we're saying to 100,000, it's a horrible number. maybe even less but to 100,000, we have between 100 and 200, 000 we altogether we have done a good job the better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end. therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread.a battle with sg supplies some states specifically with democratic governors say that the federal government is

. >> tracie potts is monitoring the situation for u pete suratos in san francisco. you are covering the breaking news overnight that the governor said all large events should be canceled. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. we are following the developing news from the california governor, gavin newsom, it's a recommendation to cancel large gatherings of more than 250 people, and he wants to cancel those. san francisco already making the move to ban large gatherings, and that will affect the chase center. we are talking about the recommendations being put forward by governor newsom. he joined the california department of public health in these recommendations, and he wants to see gatherings of more than 250 people canceled throughout the state, and cancel events that don't have social distance distancing, and that's six feet between people, and he wants to cancel events that would be at risk of getting covid-19. this comes after the big decision yesterday by the nba to suspend its season. that decision was made by the league after one of its stars tested positive for c

. >> tracie potts is live from her home this morning near washington. tracie, i know you have late-breaking details on the house vote of that relief package. >> reporter: right, marcus and laura. one republican congressman may throw a wrench into getting this done today. one driving ten hours from michigan. another trying to catch a red eye from the west coast to get back here to vote in person. if enough people aren't there trillion to americans won't happen. it includes extended unemployment insurance, assistance for businesses, for hospitals, for state and local governments. nancy pelosi is confident this will pass, and the president says he's ready to sign it. >> both parties came together to provide relief for american workers and families in this hour of need. >> we expect to have a voice vote on it. we'll be prepared for whatever it is. >> reporter: again, the $1,200 checks will roll out to americans whether or not this is approved today based on whether they can do that voice vote or whether one of their colleagues forces everyone to vote in pers

tracie potts is live on capitol hill. and i know bernie sanders campaign asking the judge to keep the polling places in california open late last night but the big story was joe biden winning so many. >> reporter: exactly. so two big stories. california, what will happen there. and of course you've been tracking that. but, yes, joe biden with the clean sweep of the south. he picked up states in the midwest, potato and oklahoma. texas was a huge win for biden. and he's coming out of this feeling pretty good, winning nine out of 14 states. >> we are very much alive. >> reporter: biden referring to the fact that just a couple of weeks ago people thought his campaign was on life support after he placed so low in both iowa and new hampshire. but now, as i said, he's won nine out of the 14 states. california stip up in the air. too close to call. as you noted, people stand in lines for very long i hours in some cases and the counting still going on. bernie sanders is leading california. the polls projected him to win but we jus

tracie potts joins us. the president is extending the social distancing guidelines for at least another month >> reporter: exactly so now he says that people across america should be social distancing until april remember, the president had said that he wanted the economy going again, people out and about, businesses working by easter but the latest projections don't seem to support and as many as 200,000, maybe less, but as many as 200,000 could die as a result of that >> if we can hold that down as we're saying to 100,000, it's a horrible number, maybe even less but to 100,000 so we have between 100 and 200,000, we all together have done a very good job the better you do, the faster this whole nightmare will end. therefore, we will be extending our guidelines to april 30th to slow the spread. >> reporter: the president also taking some heat from governors across the country, specifically democrats who say he's playing politics with doling out some of those supplies, masks and respirators while the preside

tracie potts joins us with the latest from d.c. good morning >> reporter: good morning, frances, good morning, everyone and that's because some areas as you've certainly seen there in the new york and the tristate area are worse than others so the president is letting the states take the lead here on these stay home orders and quarantines, but he does say that the entire nation needs to pull together and focus now not on the economy, he says the economy is now his number two focus, but focus on eradicating this virus that has now claimed more than 3,000 lives in the united states and president trump says it's up to everyone to make that happen. >> this is our shared patriotic duty challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days and this is a very vital 30 days we're sort of putting it all on the line >> this is not abstract. it's not theoretical we're not talking about policies you have to make that government operate and it has to operate in a way it never did you have to take those hospitals and make them work together in a way

we are now joined by nbc's tracie potts what more can you tell us about u.s. efforts to combat this disease? >> reporter: sure. no the new plan is that people will not only be screened before they leave a high-risk country but when they get here because there are people who have reported getting sick on the plane on the way to the united states so the president making that announcement the administration also concerned about a run on face masks, telling the general public you don't need them, but healthcare workers do. the president planning to visit the cdc where they'rthem in a c. the vice president saying that the cdc is on the ground trying to figure out who else may have been exposed >> in instances involving the coronavirus or any infectious disease, we have cdc on the ground immediately to assist and support. and they're working to identify it but i think it's very important that the american people know that the risk of infection to people in this country remains low. >> now, congress is looking at throwing some money at this trying to make sure that t