Right now on america this morning. Morning. Good monday morning, thank you for joining us. More of america is shutting down as state and local governments stake drastic new action to stop the spread of the coronavirus. At least 67 americans have died but the virus has spread to every state except west virginia. As a result, the cdc says any gatherings of 50 people or more should be cancelled for the next two months and several states along with big cities like new york and los angeles have ordered restaurants, bars and theaters to close. Restaurants can only serve takeout. California is going one step further, now urging people over 65 to selfisolate at home. President trump is urging people not to hoard groceries. The Federal Reserve has lowered Interest Rates but on wall street stock futures fell 1,000 points overnight. Also overnight, the National SecurityCouncil Posted this message saying rumors of a National Quarantine are fake. There is no national lockdown. We have a lot to get to so lets bring in alex presha who begins our coverage this morning. Alex, good morning to you. Good morning to you as well. We are seeing a dynamic change in how people are interacting. Bars in cities from new york to california are closing down and more School Systems are shutting down as well. Reporter overnight, some American Cities virtually shutting down. In new york the governor closing the Public School system for its 1 millionplus children. The entire state of ohio closing bars and restaurants. Illinois only allowing takeout. Californias governor calling on all bars and wineries to close while requesting home isolation for anyone 65 and over. We recognize that social isolation for millions of californians is anxiety inducing. Reporter actions in line with new cdc guidelines to cancel or postpone gatherings with 50 people or more. Panic is hitting consumers who are stocking up, President Trump asking all americans to stop hoarding groceries and other supplies. Theyre working around the clock and the stores are stocking up at a level thats beyond christmastime, and its great. It was very reassuring speaking to these people. They have it totally in hand. Theres no need for anybody in the country to hoard essential food supplies. You dont have to buy the quantities because its hard to refill the stores on a basis thats rapid. Reporter hospitals preparing for a crush of patients. Some constructing tents to handle the possible overflow. The Trump Administration emphasizing the need for more testing, saying by today more than 2,000 additional labs are coming online with high speed testing. The Federal Reserve lowering Interest Rates again, this time to near zero percent. The president critical of the fed in the past now applauding the move. I want to congratulate the Federal Reserve. Reporter Top Health Officials who have pointed out failures of the federal government in this pandemic now signaling confidence. Are you confident that the federal government is doing everything that needs to be done right now to contain this . If you think youre in line with the outbreak, youre already three weeks behind. So you got to be almost overreacting a bit to keep up with it. Dr. Fauci said he cannot rule out the potential for hundreds of thousands of deaths from this virus. Kenneth. Alex presha making your america this morning debut, kicking off our pandemic coverage, alex, thank you. Today is a milestone in an effort to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus. The first Clinical Trial begins today in seattle but Officials Say any vaccine is still at least a year away. The red cross is reporting an urgent need for blood donations because so many blood drives have been cancelled. They say donating is a safe process for healthy people. More u. S. Service members are reporting infections. The latest is a navy sailor from the uss boxer. It was docked in san diego when the sailor tested positive. President trumps ban on travelers in europe is creating chaos in major airports, people waiting for hours in long, tightly packed lines to go through medical screening. The travel ban from the u. K. Takes effect tonight. Officials say more staff should reduce wait times but passengers worry the long lines expose them to the coronavirus. I definitely felt unsafe. If the government is telling me to stay in groups of less than 50 and keep social distancing, that was the opposite. This process was the exact opposite of that. So i felt unsafe and more at risk of getting the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the airlines are scaling back. American airlines is suspending 75 of its International Flights and United Airlines is reducing its flight capacity by half. Overseas, italy, france and spain are reporting a spike in the number of deaths. In london the government may ask elderly people to selfisolate for months. Reporter this morning, cases of the coronavirus in europe spiraling. More than 360 deaths in one day in italy, a 25 spike, the deadliest day since the outbreak began. On sunday the pope leaving the vatican walking romes empty streets, then praying before a crucifix thats credited for saving the city from the plague 500 years ago. In spain, this Fitness Instructor is leading quarantined citizens on a workout routine from his roof as police use loud speakers to warn tourists to be careful of others. Keep a safe distance with other people. Reporter spain has reported nearly 8,000 infections with more than half in madrid. In germany the government is reintroducing Border Control with some neighboring countries. In the United Kingdom the Health Minister is making a war timelike request that auto manufacturers and others begin producing ventilators for hospitals. The British Government could soon ask anyone in their 70s or older to selfisolate for up to four months. In a sign of how much the pandemic has grown, china now accounts for less than half the cases worldwide. Back in this country more schools are shutting down and could be closed through the summer presenting a huge challenge for parents and teachers. Reporter this morning millions of students across the country are sitting at home with more than 55,000 schools closing their doors. I think its the right decision. Theres no reason to put us in jeopardy. Reporter among the closure, the largest School System in the country. Its very painful. Its going to be very difficult for a lot of families. Reporter new york citys mayor closing Public Schools through april 20th and says he doesnt know when it will be safe to resume classes. So this week teachers will report to work to learn how to teach their classes online. We are in this for the long haul. Our best estimate is some time in september. Reporter while the Digital Learning approach may be the easiest solution to a difficult problem, the decision leaves nearly 30 million American Students without a stable classroom, raising concern for those with special needs and for those without Internet Access at home. This has been something that we have been totally immersed in for the last month. Reporter for now many schools like this one in wisconsin are offering grab and go packages that include homework as well as breakfast and lunch. We will have new material on a daily basis. Reporter still, the sudden lack of child care is a major challenge for parents, many of whom who are juggling kids and working from home and looking to maintain structure throughout the day. Use kids activities as a way to make sure their kids are still learning. Reporter parents are pulling together offering tips on how to keep kids busy without losing out on education. Cut construction paper in half and write on them letters, numbers, shapes, spelling words. Teachers say this disruption will require less intensive lessons and more flexible due dates for projects. Coming up, the new proposal to get hospitals ready for the worst. Also ahead, highlights from last nights debate between former Vice President joe biden and senator Bernie Sanders and the one big promise that was made. Youre in a group most likely to develop skin cancer, including melanoma. Thats why your best shot is to check for a spot. Follow through and check your skin. Go to spotskincancer. Org to find out how. Back now with a new push to prepare hospitals. New yorks governor is asking President Trump to mobilize the army corps of engineers to build more capacity for hospital beds. Other options could include taking over hotels and convention centers. Some hospitals are now calling back retired workers. In california, that cruise ship nightmare still isnt over. As of last night authorities were still trying to figure out what to do with some of the crew members on the grand princess cruise ship. Meanwhile, mgm and wynn resorts are closing their hotels on the las vegas strip, another sign that america is shutting down. We turn now to the big debate last night, biden versus sanders. It had no audience. And according to cdc guidelines, the podiums were six feet apart. Many issues were covered including who the candidates would pick for running mates. Andrea is here with more. Good morning. Frontrunner joe biden confirmed his running mate will be a woman, and Bernie Sanders says his vp will also most likely be female. It was an unusual debate. What was once a crowded field of candidates down to just two, and because of virus fears, there was no audience. Reporter devoid of applause, joe biden and Bernie Sanders greeted one another with elbow bumps and podiums six feet apart in a largely empty room in washington d. C. Amidst covid19 concerns. Both candidates agreed more must be done to combat this health crisis. Sanders criticizing President Trump. He is undermining the doctors and the scientists who are trying to help the american people. It is unacceptable for him to be blabbering with unfactual information which is confusing the general public. The present system cannot handle the surge that is likely to come so we should already be sitting down and planning where were going to put these temporary hospitals. Reporter both men in their 70s were asked how theyre protecting themselves during this pandemic. I love doing rallies and we bring many thousands of people out to our rallies. I enjoy it very much. Were not doing that right now. In fact, our entire staff is working from home. Reporter biden pointed out that unlike sanders recent heart attack, he is in good health. Fortunately i dont have any underlying conditions you talked about that i have to worry about. Reporter the candidates sparred over social security. Time and time again talking about the need to cut social security, medicare and veterans programs. Is that true or no, its not true. That is not true . That is not true. Reporter and a surprise announcement. Joe biden says his running mate will be female. I commit that i will, in fact, appoint a pick a woman to be Vice President. Reporter sanders says hes also moving in that direction. In all likelihood, i will. And in a tweet, former candidate andrew yang seemed surprised that biden said he will pick a woman as a running mate, saying, wow, joe just committed to a woman as vp. I like it. Though he didnt mention that when he spoke to me. Kenneth. Thank you, we appreciate it. Coming up, staying safe during this virus pandemic. Why i top expert says were not doing enough. And later, whats happening now to the man who stockpiled 17,000 bottles of Hand Sanitizer in his garage hoping to make a big profit. 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Any starbucks that are still open will now be to go only. Former president s bill clinton and barack obama have posted new messages on twitter both encouraging americans to stay home if you can. Doctors are warning that too many people are not taking the idea of social distancing seriously. I spoke with dr. Eisenman from the center of Public Health and disasters in ucla and asked him what we should all be doing. We can get ahead of this disease if we do social distancing. We have two choices. We either do social distancing or we are going to have an overwhelmed health care system, overwhelmed hospitals where doctors are choosing who gets the ventilator, who do i let live and who do i let die. Social distancing is very effective at this point. We do it early in the disease, we can actually limit the Community Spread that occurs. We need to hit this early with social distancing and we need to hit it hard with social distancing. When it comes to gyms, theaters, places of worship, they are still open. Should they be . In places like seattle, new york city, boston where there are these local hot spots, i think its time to just close them once and for all. People in rural areas, people in the cities, i feel like i came in contact with several different people who asked the same question, is this all being blown out of proportion . Your response to that. Sadly, this is not being blown out of proportion. This is going to be the biggest disaster the world has seen in my lifetime. This will be bigger than 9 11. This will be bigger than any other Natural Disaster weve ever seen. At this rate, we are looking at potentially millions of people dying from this disease. Theres not going to be a city or country in the world thats not affected by this. This is not a hoax. Should there be a blanket order from the white house from President Trump that closes these businesses, these restaurants, these bars . I dont think we need a blanket order yet because there are some cities where this will be really impactful, places like i mentioned, seattle, new york, boston, parts of Northern California where closing the bars and restaurants make sense, places like ohio where were seeing rapid increases in numbers. That makes sense. But there are still some cities, still some towns, still some places where we havent seen Community Spread, so it may be too early to say that they need to close their restaurants and bars. I think we need to really have messaging to younger persons that this is the right thing to do, this is the courageous thing to do. No one will make fun of you for saying no, im not going out tonight, lets have a Virtual Dinner Party if thats what we want to do. But yes, we need to really get at that young group, stayhome. 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In our real brewed iced tea, we say no to artificial flavors and sweeteners. Which means, no settling. Unless it is into a comfy chair. Pure leaf. No is beautiful now your health, your safety. This is abc 7 news. We are calling for the home isolation of all seniors in the state of california. Right now at 4 27. Governor newsom telling caifornia seniors to stay home. The reaction to this newly announced crackdown. More panic hitting shoppers as cities shut down more and more businesses. The president s message when it comes to hoarding supplies. The number of school dstricts officially closing schools starting today. Good morning, everyone. It is monday, march 16th. We want to tell you, though, our show will look a little bit different than youre used to. Were practicing social distancing and were all staying six feet apart and more. We want to check in with weather and mike nicco. We could not be any further apart. Hi, over there. Hi. The new normal. Lets talk about it as far as the new normal weather wise. Wet all weekend and continues to be wet on live doppler 7. A lot of green out there and a little bit of orange and red as you head down towards gilroy and look at the high elevation. Santa cruz mountains and some of the north bay mountains, the storm is still a one today and tomorrow on the storm impact scale with rounds of showers and thunderstorms possible, which means locally intense rain and also some small hail and possible in the lower feet. As we go through the morning commute, you can see it will stay pretty wet up about 7 00, 7 30 and then a little bit of a lull. Less shower activity and energize the atmosphere and around noon a reinvigorated atmosphere and pop some showers and thunderstorms as we head to the evening commute and even that will start to let up a little bit. Some light showers and drizzle as we head to the overnight hours. If youre wondering about temperatures, it will remain cool. 30s and 40s this morning. Mid40s to around 50 at noon and upper 40s to low 50s at 4 00. Thanks, mike. We want to update you now on the very latest we have on coronavirus. The cdc is recommending that all events across the nation that have more than 50 people be canceled for the next eight weeks. That will be until may 10th. Health officials from kaiser permane permanente no elective surgeries for four weeks. School districts announced they are canceling classes for several weeks and Travis Air Force base said a Service Member tested positive for coronavirus. San Francisco State also confirmed an employee tested positive for the virus. Now, here are the current confirmed coronavirus cases in the bay area. Last night the mayor of gilroy confirmed an elderly person has died after contracting cronavirus and that person is one of two cases in gilroy. Santa clara county has a total of 114 cases which is the most in the state. Marin county announced four more cases bringing the total there to nine. Sonoma county has a fifth case. San francisco has 37 cases including two ucsf Health Care Workers who tested positive. San mateo county has 32 cases which includes the death it reported yesterday. And Alameda County has 15 cases. An aggressive plan and ordering bars, clubs and wineries to shut down and restaurants