Who were watching it in awe and only to hear all that you just unfolded there over time, yeah, heartbreaking. All right, kate, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. And be sure to tune into to an allnew episode of the windsors inside the royal dynasty. It airs tonight at 10 00 p. M. Eastern and pacific, only on cnn. All right. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im fredricka whitfield. All right. Were going to begin with the coronavirus and this growing spread. The u. S. Is seeing a big spike in the number of confirmed cases across the country. More than 490 right now, and the death toll just grew higher. Two more deaths in Washington State, bringing the total to 21 killed in the u. S. And this weekend, over a dozen states and washington, d. C. Reporting their first cases. In new york alone, 16 new cases popped up overnight. And that number is only expected to grow. Today, the Surgeon General says the u. S. Is shifting its response to the epidemic. Initially, we have a posture of containment, so we could give people time to prepare for where we are right now. Now were shifting into a mitigation phase, which means were helping communities understand, youre going to see more cases. Unfortunately, youre going to see more deaths. But that doesnt mean that we should panic. It means we should take the things that we know work for individuals to protect themselves. Communities need to have that conversation and prepare for more cases, so that we can prevent more deaths. All right. Meanwhile, some hope for the thousands of people stuck onboard the grand princess cruise ship, which has 21 cases of coronavirus. Officials are allowing the ship to dock in oakland, california, tomorrow, but passengers will then be transferred to military bases for a twoweek quarantine. Californias governor is expected to hold a press conference in just a few minutes and well, of course, take that live as it happens. But first, lets turn to cnns senior medical correspondent, elizabeth cohen. So elizabeth, the Surgeon General says the u. S. Is going from a containment response to mission. What does that mean for us . Fancy words, and i think well be hearing more and more of them. Let me break that down for us. So containment implies a certain hope that you can, well, contain it. And usually that is done through several tactics, including something called contact tracing. When the early traces came in, the attitude was, well, heres our first case. Were going to find their spouse, their best friend, the person they had lunch with right before they got sick or right after they started feeling ill, and we will quarantine those people. And then if they get sick, well isolate them and so on and so on. And that this was how we were going to try to contain this outbreak. This was a major tool that we were going to use. And what we heard from the certain Surgeon General and others today was, you know what, we may not be able to contain it that way. Well have to move on to mitigation. Mitigation is larger things. South by southwest being canceled would be an example of a mitigation effort. Lets tell people not to gather in these large crowds, lets tell people to telework instead of coming into work facetoface. Trying to get ahead of it. Well, realizing that you cannot do this case by case. We are not going to take each person and trace all the people that they had contact with and quarantine them. That doing it case by case may not work anymore, because we have so many cases, and frankly, the Public Health staff in this country, there probably arent enough Public Health workers to Contact Trace each and every case all the time. At a certain point, it gets to be too big. So its really trying to get ahead of the next wave. Or in the midst of right, were sort of behind were in the midst of it, yes. Were in between that ebb and flow. For sure. Thank you so much, elizabeth cohen, appreciate it. All right, California Governor Gavin Newsom is set to hold a News Conference about the grand princess cruise ship in a few minutes, this as officials prepare to transfer the 3,400 passengers aboard that ship with 21 confirmed cases of coronavirus to four u. S. Military bases. Cnns Lucy Kavanaugh joining me now from oakland where the ship is expected to dock at some point tomorrow. So lucy, this is quite the undertakinging. So many layers of this phase. Explain. Reporter well, it seems like officials are still working out those plans. And of course, well have more clarity from the california governor in just a few minutes, we hope. But as of yesterday evening, the plan initially was to get that ship to dock today, on sunday, at the last minute, a shift. Take a listen to the captains announcement. We received an update from the u. S. Government that additional planning and preparations are required before the ship will be able to arrive in oakland. So instead of arriving today, we will arrive at some time on monday. They have not given us a specific arrival time. We know this will be a disappointment to you and we share in that disappointment. However, we are required to follow the government instructions. Zblef theres a lot of details to iron out here. At this point, we know that the ship is going to dock at some point tomorrow here in the port of oakland. The critically ill passengers will be disembarking first. Theyll get taken to local hospitals. The rest of the people, 2,500 or so, will be disembarking after that. The california residents, and theres about a thousand of them, theyll be taken to quarantine and testing in federally operated quarantine facilities here in california. Thats the travis air base and t the miramar air base. Those have been home to the wuhan evacuees. The rest of the u. S. Citizens will get taken to georgia and texas. They will be under quarantine there. Im actually in touch with one passenger from georgia. She says, im okay with it. Quote, we dont want people upset that we came back to our community too soon, especially if theres an outbreak. So they are happy to be getting off soon. They understand that theyre in for another two weeks of quarantine, fred. Lucy kavanaugh, thank you so much. So in new york state, there have been 16 new coronavirus cases since yesterday, bringing the total there to 105. Earlier today, i spoke to Governor Andrew Cuomo who warned that one of the biggest dangers is panic. Im afraid that the fear is actually outpacing the facts and were fighting the virus, but were also fighting this anxiety. And people out there take a step back, a deep breath and actually understand what were looking at. Cnns Polo Sandoval is in new york for us. So what do we know about these latest cases . Fred, this most recent announcement certainly places new york in the higher end of the spectrum here, in terms of amount of cases that have been confirmed here, 105. But context is certainly key, especially when you keep in mind that 82 of those 105 have actually been confirmed in nearby westchester county, a suburb of new york city. That is where Officials Say theres one particular patient that was traced as possibly being the source of many of those cases, likely individuals that he lived with or worshiped with. So thats something that authorities are certainly keeping in mind. Their focus throughout new york state is certainly there in westchester county. Some of the older care facilities having seen whats happened in other parts of the country. And in the meantime, i think what were seeing here is that reassuring voice coming from a lot of Officials Saying, looking, this is something that was expected. There was more testing that was going to happen. These numbers were certainly going to go up. So it certainly should come as no surprise that we have seen these numbers across new york state increase, yesterday. We saw that today. And certainly do not be surprised if that happens again tomorrow. But prevention is certainly key there as we just heard from governor cuomo, trying to avoid those large groups, possibly teleworking, if possible. And simply just staying informed, as these numbers do continue to rise as the testing continues. Fred . All right, Polo Sandoval, thank you so much, in new york. All right, still ahead, more than 100 cases of coronavirus in Washington State and 16 deaths associated with a nursing home in kirkland. Were live in whats being done to stop the spread. Plus, joe biden and Bernie Sanders getting ready for super tuesday part ii. The latest from the campaign trail, next. I recently spoke to a group of students about being a scientist at 3m. 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Cnns omar jiminez is in kirkland, washington, for us. So omar, what more are you learning about the situation there. Reporter this nursing facility has been a focal point in this story for all the wrong reasons. When you take the 17 deaths in this county alone, 16 of them stemming from the single facility, now a press conference is just wrapping up right now with officials from life care, where we got some new numbers about the staffing and about the people that are inside this facility currently. Now, to give you an idea, back on february 19th, this facility had about 120 residents. Between those that have died, sadly, and also been hospitalized, they are now down to just about 55 residents. And when you talk about those test kits that you received, now having enough to be able to test all of them, that is partly because of how depleted these numbers actually are. They are going to continue these tests. As we understand, they have about 11 more to go, to make sure they can get through everyone that is inside. Another aspect of this is the employees. You go back to that february 19th date, the benchmark theyve been giving for this, they had about 180 employees here. Well, 70 of those employees are now showing symptoms themselves. So they are not able to work in this facility. And as we found out from this press conference a few moments ago, a few of those employees have been hospitalized and one has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. So throughout the state, they are monitoring and right to get a state on this outbreak, but particularly, stemming from this facility, it has been a focal point for all the wrong reasons, fred. Omar jiminez, keep us posted. Thank you so much. All right, straight ahead, john kasich, john kerry, arnold schwarzenegger. A Curious Alliance with a common goal. Combat climate change. 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Secretary of state john Kerry Holding their first town hall for their nonprofit organization, world war 0. Their goal, move the country towards net zero carbon emissions. They joined me earlier to talk about their nonprofit, as well as their thoughts on the 2020 race. In regard to the election, the upcoming election, i think what youre going to see in ohio is a joe biden whos able to appeal to many of those blue collar disaffected people in our state. And if Bernie Sanders were the nominee, and im not here to knock sanders or to tell you im bidens campaign manager, because i am not. But as an observer, i dont think that Bernie Sanders really stood a chance in ohio. In joe joe can be the joe biden that people know, being able to relate to blue collar independents and calming those disaffected republicans who dont like trump, but they dont want revolution, they want some order in washington and in the white house, i think at this point, youre going to see joe biden have momentum and i think come the fall, its going to be one heck of a battle across this country. What joe biden brings that the democrats have lost is the ability to attract a working man and woman. And somehow the democrats lost them. And he has an ability to bring them back. Why . Because thats how he grew up. Thats who he is. Its going to be very interesting to see. So, governor, are you endorsing joe biden . No, im not endorsing joe biden. Im just an observer here. You asked me my view. Im an observer. As to what i will do after when we get into the fall, well just have to decide that. Right now im an observer and im enjoying it. Well, secretary Kerry Joe Biden is doing better. Okay, very good. Well, secretary kerry, you have endorsed joe biden and you did so early on. Now this tuesday, youre talking about six states, you know, including michigan, heading to the polls. Is biden Biden Campaigning differently ahead of these races . Well, i think he just came from michigan and i think joe bidens message is being heard and people are responding to it in michigan. My sense is that joe brings with him to build off of what john just said about appealing to the folks here in ohio. Joe is the only candidate on the democratic side who was running for president who was asked by 65 candidates in 24 states to go campaign for them. And we won 41 seats in 2018 that turned the house. Those 41, some of them are in very tough districts. None of them asked any other candidate to campaign for them except joe biden. Why . Because they feel joe can help them in those districts and those districts are critical to governing in america. You dont just want to have somebody elected president whos got a favorite issue. You want to elect somebody president who can bring democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives to the table, to fix our democracy and our country. Its broken today. We need to have a washington that becomes functional again. And i think joe has a proven record of bringing people together, not being the prisoner of ideology, but wanting to make things work. And i think thats what americans want right now. Governor schwarzenegger, youre a republican, but its no secret, youre not a huge fan of president trump, yall have a rather frayed of relationship. There remains one republican, bill weld, campaigning. So how are you approaching this race . Would you vote for a democrat . Well, first of all, let me just say that i am so thrilled that we three are working together. Because here you have two republica republicans, one democrat. We dont fight over these things. We may have different ways of looking at how we get there, but one thing we know for sure, we all want to go and reduce pollution and we all want to slow this madness down that is killing the world. So this is why its very important that democrats and republicans Work Together on this issue and that we dont see it as a political issue. I dont ever fall for those traps when they say, republicans are not there yet and theyre deniers, and that kind of stuff. As long as we stay out of that. As long as we make it a peoples issue. Because there is no democratic air, there is no republican air. We all breathe the same air. There is no democratic water, there is no republican water, we all drink the same water. So this is why we all have to Work Together rather than attacking each other. And the reality of it is, any of those candidates that are out there, no matter if its a republican or democratic candidates, none of them have really shown that they have passed any legislation that has reduced Greenhouse Gases or pollution in the United States or in any of those states. This is really the fact of it. So therefore, we have to stop with the dialogue and we have to start getting into action. I mean, this is what this is about. And people should listen to the states, because states are the laboratory for the federal government. And this is what i said earlier, what we have done in california, we are the perfect example for the federal government to take this package of what we have done and copy it and then america will go and change everything around. So thats the way i feel. So i dont go for this democratic republican thing. I think both parties can Work Together and get this done. And fredricka, if i can add to that. One of the things that we well, were really focused on the notion that youve got to have accountability in our political process. If people can today deny the science of, what, 6, 7,000 reports that have been peer reviewed, all explaining exactly whats happening, and there isnt one peerreviewed study to the contrary. But if people today can be in congress denying what is happening, then we have to credit accountability. The only way you get that accountability is through the conversations that were going to have that encourages people to say, you know what . Im going to vote climate. Im going to go to the polls. And if we look back in 2016, the turnout of eligible americans was just 55. 6 . Thats a 20year low. And the turnout of young people was only 19 . So were going to talk to america. Were bringing these different people. We have admirals and generals. We have former republican defense secretaries. We have the archbishop of canterbury, we have former prime ministers, former we have a whole group of people who are saying, we want to join the grassroots. We want the top roots and the grassroots to come together and create a movement that creates the political accountability we need to make things happen. Well, fantastic. I think folks are really celebrating the variation of your uniqueness coming together for this very common purpose of trying to change lives in a big way. Weve got to go soon, governor, because yall have a town hall youve got to attend to. But make your last point. Yeah, weve got to go. But listen, there arent many arnold schwarzeneggers. Arnold was a governor who led from the top down. I would like to think i did as well. But in america, its the people who speak. Its a bottom up. And as the people of this country get more and more involved, the politician will be afraid not to listen. Thats where the solution will come from. Thanks for having us on, fredricka. 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Youre probably getting child care facilities locked down, and people arent going to work now. Not only are they not going to work, theyre not going out spending moneys, not going to restaurants, bars, things like that. So that really starts to eat away at what we call the demand side of the economy. Folks wanting to go out and spend money and buy new things. Obviously, weve already seen whats happened with air travel. The airlines are just getting absolutely killed on the market over the last couple of weeks. Youre starting to see the same with hotels. All kinds of things associated with leisure activities. If that starts to swing back and starts to include more businesses that are getting hit because people just dont want to go out, thats a real fear and you could see the economy go into recession as soon as the next couple of quarters. So if its, you know, fear or people feeling rather undealted, which is, you know, doing causing this to the markets, whats it going to take to stabilize things . What its really going to take is a coordinated response from the Health Community and getting this thing contained. Weve seen in italy and across the atlantic in europe, the uk, switzerland, all kinds of gatherings of large people are getting shut down. Any kind of Group Gatherings are being put on hold. All of northern italy at this point is pretty much shut down. You cant get out there if you want to. And thats the real fear. Is that you start to get Something Like a new york, a los angeles, maybe a seattle that gets outright cut shut down and contained and they say, hey, cant get in, cant get out, were shutting the city down. Thats what economists are most afraid of, coming here in the u. S. And like i said, were already seeing it in europe, where were probably going to see a couple of those economies, likely italy, likely germany, potentially the uk all fall into recession here. People hear about dips in the market, theyre worried about their 401 k s. The traditional advice is not to panic about your 401 k , lee things alone. Is that the advice that still holds . Thats the advice im hearing from most folks who handle that side of things. Theres not a lot of places that you can hide. Right now the u. S. Treasury market which is bonds, government debt, has been spiking and doing really, really well, but lots of people are telling their clients, dont sell out here. This thing could have further to go, it could go further down, but we could bounce back up. The market is expecting stimulus not only from the federal reserve, a couple more rate cuts this month at its meeting, but also from the ecb, from the bank of japan. Were expecting to see a lot of money just kind of pile into the markets here, as Central Banks try to get Economic Confidence back going. And that could spike the stock market. Even if the economy does get hit by this coronavirus, you could see stocks really start to bounce back, as they have in china over the past couple of weeks. Deon rabone, thank you so much, for a very positive outlook. Thanks forme,. Still to come, a key test for joe biden and Bernie Sanders as several voters hestates head tos this week. When youre not able to smile you become closed off. The meaning of a smile to me is the beginning of a conversation. The best advice i can give anyone. Is dont wait. At aspen dental, were all about yes. Like yes to free exam and xrays for new patients without insurance. Yes to flexible hours and payment options. And yes, youll start smiling more too. Dont wait, book at aspendental. Com or call today. A general dentistry office. Dealing with our finances really haunted me. 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When that happens, well take you there. Meantime this week, the 2020 race heads to several states in the midwest, but for senator Bernie Sanders, its all about michigan. Thats where hes hoping to score a muchneeded win over former Vice President joe biden, who is currently the frontrunner. Michigan is an enormously important state and im very proud that today, jesse jackson, who, as you know, has been one of the great civil rights leaders in our country, who when he ran for president in 88 actually won here in michigan, hes going to be with me today and strongly supporting our campaign. And what reverend jackson understands is that we have to move aggressively to wipe out all forms of racism in this country, and we need an economic agenda that speaks to the needs of working people. Cnns abby phillip is in michigan with the Sanders Campaign. And jessica dean is with the Biden Campaign in mississippi. So, abby, you first. I understand that congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez is also out campaigning with sanders today. Whats their pitch to voters . Reporter thats right, fredricka. Shell be here, actually, at this ann arbor rally in just a few hours campaigning with Bernie Sanders at a pivotal time for his campaign. You know, after super tuesday, the Sanders Campaign really back on their heels and trying to regain some of that momentum that is badly needed if theyre going to compete with joe biden in terms of delegates in the coming states. And michigan is where it really all comes together for him. The Sanders Campaign has been talking a lot about trade, talking a lot about joe bidens record on those issues and on health care. But with this rolling out of Jesse Jacksons endorsement, it really signals that the Sanders Campaign acknowledges that they have got to start doing better with black voters. And jesse jackson, someone who is almost universally known among black voters in this country, someone who ran as a president ial candidate, won the state of michigan in 1998, endorsed him this morning at a rally, take a listen to what he had to say. Talking about democratic socialism, what does all of that mean. Democracy of, for, and by the people. Can win, will win, must win. When bernie wins, health care wins. And for so long, sanders argument has been, he is the most electable, because he can appeal to the workers in the staff michigan and this part of the country. When michigan goes to vote on tuesday, it will be the first of a series of states just like it in the industrial midwest, which is one of the reasons that the state has become so important. Theyre spending a lot of time here over the next couple of days, even at the expense of other rallies, as the Sanders Campaign canceled an in mississippi in favor of doing more events on the ground here in michigan. And im so sorry, abby. Ive got to interrupt you there. We need to go straight to california and the oakland mayor there is talking about now how the pastsengers will get off tht ship, those who have been exposed to coronavirus and what the next steps are. Second, i want to ensure that our public and our Community Keeps constantly informed with detailed information about this operation, as well as about the covid19 virus in general. We recognize that this is a time that we must be guided by facts and not fears and our public deserves to know exactly what is going on. And third and finally, it is our duty to help these people. The friends and families aboard that ship, the passengers who are sitting in fear and uncertainty, we, as a local government, are pleased to step forward to assist our state and federal partners in this humanitarian effort. I also have been clear with our state and federal contacts i have been clear with our state and federal partners about the context of the oakland community. This is a community that has suffered decades of environmental racism and injustice. And that is why it is so important that we assure this community, with the full facts, about how their safety and health will be protected. I have received some very strong assurances that this operation will employ the best isolation practices known, that the operation will be conducted in a manner that minimizes the time for the grand princess to be at the port of oakland. And that once the disembarkation operation is complete, that the ship will depart oakland, that no one will be quarantined in oakland or released to our community. We want to appreciate the partnership and the good values of our state and federal partners in this moment. And we really want to extend our gratitude to dan wong, the director who is here with us. All the members of the city of oakland workers that have just come together over this weekend to help and assist in this humanitarian operation. It is the right thing to do. We have to not let our fears dictate or impede our safety. So with that, it is my pleasure to welcome the great governor of the state of california, gavin newsom. Thank you. Thank you, madame mayor and thank you for your leadership. I want to underscore that and i will in the course of my remarks. Let me contextualize this moment. And we will have ample opportunity to answer all your questions related to the grand princess and the logistical operation that is currently underway. But i want to just update you on the latest numbers, positive tests in the state of california, the number of people were monitoring, and how were doing with our testing regime. Currently, 114 people have tested positive in the state of california. We have identified one individual, as you know, in placer county, that is deceased related to the virus. As you know, he was on this same cruise ship and the previous cruise that went from San Francisco down to mexico on february 11th to the 21st. We are monitoring some 1,540 individual californians that were on that original cruise. Currently, we have identified 12 individuals on that cruise that now have identified as positive for covid19. Again, that number is fluid. Thats the number we have from this morning. Of course, well be updating you on a daily basis. Broadly, the state of california has over 10,000, in fact, 10,257 individuals that we are monitoring and 49 Health Jurisdictions throughout the state that have come in independently of our repatriation flights and independently of the cruises through commercial airlines. So i want to give you the magnitude of the people that were monitoring and the incredible effort that is underway at all levels of government in a state for those not familiar, that has 58 counties in some 480 plus or minus cities. And so this has taken all of us to Work Together in a deeply collaborative way, and im very grateful for all of our partners, particularly in the Health Care Sector for their stewardship. And now lets go back to the issue at hand. The grand princess currently, is some 10 to 12 miles offshore. And i say 10 to 12, because were moving it back within that footprint. Roughly 2 1 2 hours away, when they have the green light to come in to the oakland port. We are not prepared to tell you exactly when. And for those passengers that may be watching this, we are not able to tell you exactly when the cruise ship will come into the port, as we are still working out the enormity of complexity of making sure we prepare the site, and moreover, prepare for a quick turnaround and quick boarding of individuals to respective locations, which i will talk about in a moment. We want to make sure that all of that is locked in before the ship comes to port, which i think would just create more anxiety for the passengers and moreover, for the general public. The site was picked, oakland was picked for a number of reasons. We assessed many different sites throughout the state of california. Active military bases, unfortunately, are not positioned, particularly with a foreign flag cruise ship, as the appropriate site. We looked for mothball old sites, including alameda. We had originally looked at alameda as a preferable site, the old naval station there. Unfortunately, some of the silting issues, some of the grafting issues created some concerns and that site was knocked out of the list. Some have suggested, because its based in San Francisco, this cruise ship, that San Francisco and the port should assume this repatriation effort. That was assessed the logistics of that site along the embarcadero, the proximity to residences, the disruption that would have ensued was such that we determined that was not the appropriate site. Other sites across the state of california were considered, in the southern part of the state, and again, by multitudes of assessments, we felt better, more appropriate to have it here in Northern California for reasons i will lay out in just a brief moment. This site allows us a number of advantages. Number one, the ability to secure the site. This site is currently being secured. Its being fenced. And its being secured by federal personnel. Roughly ten acres of this site. The site is currently being cleared. We have a number of vehicles on that site, leased vehicles. The ability to contact the individuals that own those vehicles, to look at the existing contracts, to wave the provision of the contracts, to provide ample opportunity to move those vehicles, presented a logistics opportunity. And we are currently executing that opportunity. The site being cleared is happening as well in realtime, as its being secured. But the site offers a number of benefits. Number one, proximity to the oakland airport, which will provide us the ability to allow foreign passengers on this crew to be repatriated in their home countries. At least in specific terms, to canada and other chartered flights that are currently, logistically being prepared. There will be no contact with the general population in terminals at the oakland airport. This will all be separate. And all of these individuals are being processed in partnership with the state department and others for those chartered flights. That was one benefit of this oakland site. Number two, proximity to Travis Air Force base. As many of you recall, the state of california, since, well, late december, but more formally, late january, was the state that has provided the most potter for the United States and u. S. Citizens that were overseas to repatriate them with direct flights. A number of those direct flights went into travis, into miramar in southern california, in marsh, also near southern california. But more broadly, defined as parts of riverside. Those operations were successful. The logistics and the preparation of those sites are such that they are advantageous in terms of our repatriation, now, of this cruise ship. So the opportunity for us in this region, near travis, near solano county, oakland is uniquely positioned to quickly move those passengers to be quarantined disproportionately at travis, but a number of them possibly down at miramar. So let me break this out and try to create some consequencing, so that people have some clarity. The ship will come in some time tomorrow. The expectation is to determine that what the best cross Current Conditions are as well as tidal conditions to create the opportunity to have a window for a ship this size to come into a port where its typically not being docked. I can bore you with the technical details, but anyone that understands this space, no one better than our bar pilots that need to go on to the ship with the appropriate protective gear, that needs to be fitted, and making sure that they have the opportunity to have those windows where they have confidence. Those are windows that are typically a few hours. In the morning, make up a window, 3 00 to 6 00 and 2 00 to 4 00, whatever they may be. Therell be windows, im making those up, but youll get a sense of the windows theyll avail themselves to tomorrow as it relates to cross currents and tides, thats why we cant give you a specific time. But we anticipate the ship coming in tomorrow. We are also taking care in the immediate term youre listening to California Governor Gavin Newsom there talking about the ship that has 21 coronavirus patients onboard. That ship will be coming into oakland, california, some time tomorrow, he says, depending on the seas in terms of what time that ship will go into port. Teams with appropriate gear, he says, will be boarding on to that ship. And then he went through a number of measures that will take place. Some of the passengers will be going to Travis Air Force base for quarantine and other measures. Also going to be taken. Were going to continue to monitor this press conference, this announcement, update coming from the governor there and well be right back after this. 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