Unfold right now in oakland, california, where the grand princess cruise ship just docked with at least 21 infected people on board. More than 3,500 people are on board the ship. And this just coming in, italys Prime Minister has Just Announced that the entire country, 60 million people, the entire country of italy right now is on lockdown as the coronavirus continues to spread. Well talk about the breaking news with the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. Our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to cnns Business Editor at large, richard quest. Richard, were seeing a Global Market meltdown on wall street. There was a pause in trading. But give us some historic points. It was the largest single fall and the first time the 7 Circuit Breaker was used. As you can see on the chart there, this morning, just shortly after trading began. The market traded within a range until the end of the day when there was a bit more selling. Theres no doubt about it, the mood today has changed. And the reason is not only do we have a worsening coronavirus situation in the United States and in europe, but also you have a price war over oil between saudi arabia and russia. The details dont really concern us, but saudi arabia is pumping more oil than the market can even want or demand. And as a result, were seeing prices fall dramatically. The economy tonight, wolf, in the United States, the core question, when i asked economist after economist, will the u. S. Go into recession, they say its still not probable but its getting more likely. 50 50. Thats a serious issue, of course, as well, it could affect all of us. How do you expect governments will respond around the world . Will the airline and cruise industries, for example, need help simply to survive . Yes is the short answer. Maybe not so much the airlines, but the cruise lines, definitely. All the major cruise lines fell up to 25 in a single day. When the state department is telling people not to take cruises, that industry is going to need some form of relief from the administration. Likewise the airlines, if this gets much worse. Overall, macroeconomicly, wolf, how governments react now will depend on whether we get a recession and a global recession. Each government has been asked, begged to now get engaged in some form of fiscal stimulus, start spending to avoid the worst. Richard quest reporting for us, thank you. Meanwhile, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States has climbed to more than 650 with 26 deaths now being reported. Our National Correspondent erica hill is joining us. Erica, were seeing more school closings, more events being canceled, more people being told work from home, dont go to your office. Whats the latest . Reporter absolutely. Here in new york city, where there are 19 confirmed cases, the mayor is actually making his way down here to union square because he wants to make sure the message gets out to folks in terms of what they need to know about this virus, all of this unfolding as the cruise ship is finally making its way to port in california. The grand princess finally arriving in california this afternoon. Thousands of passengers waiting days for this moment. After 21 people on board tested positive for the coronavirus. Theyre getting more information from the news than they are from the ship. Its not like prison, but its a lot like that. Reporter disembarkment is expected to take days. Most of the passengers will be transported to military bases for a 14day quarantine. The 1,100 crew members will remain on board. In washington state, a major focus on the seattle area nursing home which is linked to at least 19 coronavirusrelated deaths. Across the country, College Campuses are moving Classes Online asme. You should be doing what some people are calling social distancing, which really means stay out of crowds, dont do travel. Above all, dont go near a cruise ship, dont go on a cruise ship. Reporter as the number of confirmed cases passes 600 in the u. S. , local and state governments are working on how to best contain the virus. If it continues to spread, were going to have to take drastic containment measures, which means you basically shut down everything which is what china did. Reporter in new york, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state will begin to produce Hand Sanitizer for Government Agencies and schools and the wake of a shortage there. Boarding schools in some areas could be closed for weeks. The head of Port Authority of new york and new jersey, also in charge of the areas airports, is in isolation after testing positive. And now new york citys Transit Authority is recommending people with Underlying Health issues avoid the subway. This is a time to listen to your body. If youre starting to get sick, stay home. Do everybody a favor and stay home. It makes a crucial difference in this equation. Reporter there are now more than 100 countries and territories with confirmed cases according to the cdc. In italy, numbers spiked over the weekend. Since sunday, at least 97 people have died. And more than 9,100 have tested positive for the virus. The Prime Minister following chinas lead, putting some 16 million under lockdown. Empty streets and store shelves illustrating a stark new normal, from milan to main street. And wolf, i should point out were learning the vast majority of the deaths from coronavirus, some 82 , are actually for patients ages 70 up. When it comes to controlling this, the head of the w. H. O. Is saying today he believes this would be a pandemic that could in fact be controlled, but he stresses its going to involve both containment and mitigation. And he says this is going to depend on what the countries do, because what they do inside their own borders will have an impact far beyond, wolf. Certainly will, erica hill reporting, thank you very much. As the white house scrambles to deal with all of this, there is deep concern right now that the president himself could possibly, possibly have been exposed to the virus. Were standing by for a White House Briefing. The Vice President , mike pence, and his task force, will be going into the briefing room, making statements, updating us and answering reporters questions. Lets go to our White House Correspondent boris sanchez, working this part of the story for us. Boris, some lawmakers, four at least, are in selfquarantine. Reporter thats right, wolf. Four republican lawmakers now under selfquarantine. Two of them actually coming into close contact with President Trump in recent days. I asked the white house for comment on this but they have yet to respond. Further, the white house so far has just told the public theres no reason to panic, that everything is fine, and that President Trump is healthy. Some of those comment have irked experts that are meant to lead the charge, the response to this virus. Tonight the white house facing questions about how close President Trump may have come into contact with the coronavirus, as three republican lawmakers are now under selfquarantine after a person attending cpac tested positive for the virus. Congressman matt gaetz who mocked growing fears of the virus by tweeting a photo of himself wearing a gas mask last week, announcing he came into contact with a coronavirus patient at a conservative conference and had contact with President Trump as he flew home with him on air force one. Republican congressman doug collins visited the cdc with trump on friday. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham says there was no concern about the president although tensions were rising at the white house over increasing alarm over the Novel Coronavirus and the stock market. As the number of u. S. Cases skyrockets, sources tell cnn theres a growing rift between the white house and National Health agencies on messaging. Cdc officials privately accusing the white house of downplaying the growing crisis, with experts repeatedly forced to clarify trumps incorrect or misleading claims. Sources say that behind closed doors, trump has warned top officials, including Vice President mike pence and hhs secretary alex azar, to avoid making statements that would stoke fear or panic, with trump blaming a pessimistic outlook for plunging stock prices. But dr. Anthony fauci, the countrys top expert on infectious diseases, says hell stick to the facts. Any time ive come in front of cameras here or any other places, i tell you exactly what i feel based on the data, i give my honest opinion of what we should be doing, my honest evaluation, the same way as im doing it today. But i cant speak for everyone who is involved in this. Reporter even as secretary azar claims make no mistake, this is a very Serious Health problem. Nobody is trying to minimize that. Reporter that message undercut moments later by President Trump, downplaying the number of coronavirus deaths compared to the flu, also blaming the media and democrats for inflame the coronavirus situation and saying instability in oil markets is good for the consumer. Gasoline prices coming down. Now, wolf, back to congressman matt gaetz, sources indicate he spent at least part of the weekend at Martin Luther kial having dinner with the president on sunday night. Well keep you posted if the white house finally answers our questions. Lets hope hes okay. Boris sanchez, thanks very much. New york Governor Andrew Cuomo is joining us, governor, i know you have a lot going on, thank you so much for spending a few moments with us. Can you give us an update, governor, the latest numbers in new york state, how many coronavirus cases are you currently tracking . Thanks, wolf, good to be with you. We have about 142 cases. We had a significant jump. So it would put us right up at the top in the country. We have one big cluster in we Westchester County outside of new york city, then we have some in new york city and the rest of the state. Are Health Officials in new york able to test anyone who comes in and says he or she needs a test . Yeah, thats a great question, wolf. And the Testing Capacity is still an issue. You look at the countries that have dealt with this well, you look at what china wound up doing, they did multiples of the tests that were doing. They were very aggressive on the testing. And then they tracked down every test. We have not yet come to where we should be when it comes to testing. Thats one of my issues with the federal government and working with them to get the private labs in, get the private labs using whats called automated testing so you get the volume up. Because china was doing thousands and thousands of tests per day. Were nowhere near that level yet. As you know, the cdc, centers for Disease Control, theyve been working to try to ramp up Testing Capacity. Has capacity improved in the state of new york in recent days . And when are you being told youll have full capacity . It has been getting better. But in my opinion not at a fast enough rate. And we shouldnt have started in this position anyway. I mean, we saw china happening. It was no secret. We knew someone was going to get on an airplane in china and come to the United States. That were saying that china actually had faster Testing Capacity than we have is not acceptable to me. You have state laboratories, we have a big state lab in new york, but then we need the private sector labs that have approved testing from the cdc. Quest has come in, some other private Sector Companies that do business on a nationwide basis. But were going to need multiples of what we have now. Every report says, wolf, and yours just said it earlier, whats going to happen, it depends on what we do. Government matters here. What government says, the message we send, and how well we actually administer. And if we dont get this Testing Capacity up immediately, were going to be behind the eight ball. When people see the testing numbers theyre going to be shocked, because the numbers will be very high. Just because were not testing doesnt mean the virus isnt spreading. Well see those big numbers and that will add to the fear that people feel. And then well have to actually communicate the facts of this situation because we already have, i believe, anxiety well in excess of what the facts would merit. You know, in japan, all elementary, middle schools, high schools, for millions of kids, theyve been shut down for the entire month. In italy, by the way, just moments ago, the Prime Minister announced that 60 million, all italians, are locked down. Youve ordered schools shut down to test for coronavirus. How worried are you about whats happening in japan or italy or south korea could happen here in the United States . Well, what we do, wolf, is we calibrate our response to the facts at the time. Where we have a cluster and we see rapid growth, were much more aggressive in closing schools, gatherings, et cetera. We have a general rule that any school that has a child that tests positive must close for 24 hours so we can come in and assess the situation and make a determination as to long term closure, et cetera. Again, the trajectory of this disease will depend on what we do. If we get that Testing Capacity up quickly and we actually track down those cases, we can reduce the spread, just reduce the spread. If we dont, youll see it spread more. And then you have to take more dramatic actions, closing down schools, et cetera. We dont want to get there. Nobody wants to get there, because that all right have a negative impact on the economy, on top of everything else. But you could get there if you dont stop the spread. And that requires additional Testing Capacity and investigation. Every time you find a positive, you then have to run down that case. Its a whole detective investigation. And then contact all those people. So its a massive logistical operation. It certainly is. We appreciate, governor cuomo, the time you spent with us. I know you have a lot going on, presumably by all accounts its only going to get more intense. Thanks so much for joining us. Thanks, wolf. Stay with us. 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A letter from a congressman about data removed from the cdcs website. A lack of data about medical treatments being done for coronavirus patients. Do you have confidence in the cdc . Theyre fantastic people. These are fantastic people. Reporter but not everyone agrees. Dr. Irwin redletter is director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness for Columbia University and a consultant to the clinton administration. This issue of incredible incompetence in getting tests out may get a barely passing grade, at the d level if i had to grade them. Reporter while south korea has managed to test nearly 200,000 people, some of them through this drivethrough, delays in getting tests out in the u. S. Mean fewer than 6,000 people have been tested. The cdc admits the test rollout was not as smooth as it would have liked. Would you admit the cdc did have problems with the testing . We did learn shortly after we distributed the first batch of our tests to some of the state health lapbs that there was an issue with one component of the test. Reporter now many Public Health labs across the country are testing for coronavirus. Still, some experts say the delay caused irreparable damage. The tardiness in developing accurate tests has really been a setback in terms of our ability to understand how prevalent coronavirus is and to institute appropriate controls to keep the spread at an absolute minimum. Reporter also concerns that while hundreds of people in the u. S. Have tested positive for coronavirus, cdc has published only one report about how a patient was treated, making it more difficult for doctors to learn from one another. Doctors need to know how to handle it. And we need to be its unusual times now, so its an emergency, its a crisis. We need to be fast tracking00,000 otrack ining our ability to learn about doctors experiences with the disease. Its an emergency, were just not acting like that. Reporter so now one of the worlds leading public Health Agencies is trying to recover from a somewhat rocky start at handling this new outbreak. Just minutes ago the cdc did send us a response to our questions. Lets take a look. About the issue of whether or not they were sharing data about the clinical histories of patients, the cdc said, we answer direct calls from clinicians every day. Cdcs website also has guidance for Health Care Providers on patients care, testing, infection control. This guidance is updated as we learn more about this virus. They also said as far as the testing issues go, that there has not been a backlog of testing except for shipping delays, wolf. Elizabeth cohen with the very latest. Thanks for that report. Kaitlan collins, our White House Correspondent, youre there in the briefing room, standing by for the Vice President of the United States to show up. You have some news. Reporter yes, wolf, we should note they just took the Vice President ial seal off the lectern and put the president ial seal on there, obviously hinting that the president will likely be making an appearance here in a few minutes which would be notable, it would be the first time weve heard from the president today. Otherwise hes said away from reporters and cameras as he attended a fundraiser in orlando. He just returned when the stunning news broke that a lawmaker who was on the plane with the president is now going to selfquarantine because they were told they came into contact with a coronavirus patient at a conservative conference. Were wait to go see what their reaction to that is and what the president himself has to say. If you looked at his twitter feed, there were almost two dozen tweets where he was continuing to downplay the latest developments as this is gaining a foothold in the nation, even hinting at one point he believed it could be good for gas prices, certainly not the message youre hearing from Health Officials across the nation. Well hear from the president of the United States, i assume well hear from the Vice President and other members of the Coronavirus Task force. Well have live coverage of that in a few moments. Good to know that the president will be making a statement as well. Dr. San gentlemja well. Dr. San gentlemjy gupta is with right now. Sanjay, what do you want to hear in the next few minutes from the president , the Vice President , and the other experts . Well, you know theres been a lot of concern about this testing. I feel a little bit like a broken record talking about this, but, you know, a million tests were supposed to be made available by the end of this past week. Now were hearing 75,000 tests are available. Theyre still ramping up, which is good news, obviously, and we hear that 50 states, their local Health Departments are able to test. But 75,000 tests is not enough when you hear Anthony Fauci talk about millions and millions of tests are necessary. And theyre necessary now, you know . Every day matters when youre dealing with an outbreak, because the numbers do grow. These numbers may double every six or seven days in terms of the number of people infected. Just quickly, wolf, something you and i talked about last week, that i still think is a bit of an open question, how are we prepared to deal with the increased number of patients that are likely going to be seeking care . Theres all kinds of different models, some of them come from fe how many people might need to be in an icu, how many people might need to be machines. We know all those numbers and we know what we have in terms of resources in the country right now. And they dont reconcile. It doesnt seem like theres enough to meet that demand. So thats a basic preparedness question, wolf. Thats something i would be curious to see if they talk about. Its an important issue indeed. Dr. James phillips is with us, assistant professor at George Washington university hospital. You specialize in emergency medicine. When someone shows up in the emergency room at gw hospital and has problems, just came back, lets say, from south korea, and doesnt test positive for the regular flu, do you automatically do a coronavirus test . Yes, thats an interesting question. What we do when patients come in is we develop what we call a differe differential diagnosis, that is, what do we think are the likely things youre suffering from based on the symptoms. The symptoms of covid19 overlap with the flu and also colds and pneumonias and things like that. The individual doctor will send some testing. We dont have ease of access right now, we are relying on testing for other things. Lets say someone tests negative for the regular flu but just came back from a nonstop flight from korea, lands at Dulles International airport, goes to the gw emergency room, wont they do a coronavirus test for that person as opposed to sending that person home and telling them to selfisolate . The reason we send people home now starts with the cdc guidelines. We need to add to that physician gestalt and experience. Were smart enough to look through the haze of the fog of war, whether theyve been in this country or that country. The airport in south korea is concerning. Ordering tests for people in high risk areas, with real symptoms, is something that needs to be done. Because one of the problems is theres still not enough of these tests available to do a test for somebody like that. Stand by, we have some more information on that. Kaitlin, youre at the white house, are you getting any information on when the president , the Vice President , the Coronavirus Task force, will be heading out . Reporter wolf, it was supposed to be any minute now, they just said its actually going to be 6 00, another half hour before were going to have this briefing get started. They still havent confirmed this about the president , but that seal is still there so we will likely be hearing from him soon. Clearly they want a little more time before the president does come out and make this appearance that he was not initially scheduled to make. This comes as, we should also note today, the white house is focused on the economic aspect, not just the health care aspect. Were told by sources that the president was going to be briefed essentially by aides and presented with options they believe could help blunt the fallout youre seeing from this outbreak across not only the United States but the entire world. So whether or not the president is going to make any announcements on that front is still something thats to be determined. He was presented with a wide range of options and thats been something hes focused on over the last several days, rather than other aspects. So its still going to be determined when they get in here whether or not they have any announcements on that front. Gloria, this is an important moment right now. A lot of people are worried right now. As someone who spent seven years as a White House Correspondent, i know when they put the president ial seal on the lectern, that means the president will be speaking, not the Vice President. I was asking some people today, dont you think this is the time that a president should speak to the country . Because you have this crisis with coronavirus, you have an economic crisis with wall street having its worst tumble ever. And you put those two together, and its combustible. And this is when you want to hear from a president saying, this is what were going to do, this is how we are handling this. And up until now, he has put the Vice President in charge while he was in florida over the weekend. And so im just wondering whether the president , who believes he is his own best spokesman, believes that this is the time he and only he can calm country. Well have to see what he does. Everybody stand by, once again, we expect to hear directly from the president of the United States fairly soon, right at the top of the hour, were now told, the president will be coming to the White House Briefing room, making a statement. We assume hell be joined by the Vice President and the Coronavirus Task force. Theyll speak, answer reporters questions. Our live coverage continues right after this. Hi were glad you came in, whats on your mind . Can you help keep these guys protected online . Easy, connect to the xfi gateway. 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Matt gaetz, republican from florida, was Board Air Force one today, with the president on the flight from florida back to joint base andrews outside of washington. And rode in the beast, the car that the president the Armored Vehicle the president travels in, with the president. I defer to the two doctors on exposure and what that all means. To be clear, matt gaetz was exposed to someone who has it. Matt gaetz himself, we know nothing of that situation. But i do think this is matt gaetz of the wearing the gas mask on the floor to vote for the money appropriated to help deal with the coronavirus, 8 billion. This is donald trump who has repeatedly dismissed it and said, it might get worse but it might not. If you watched any of his press conference on friday night after touring the cdc, some things he said, he called jay inslee, governor of washington state, a snake. He referenced that he knows a lot about this and everyone he talks to says, how do you know so much. Its a laugh to keep from crying situation in some ways because some things hes saying, its not just not president ial. Its concerning that this is the person who is in charge. I know mike pence is head of the task force, but the president is still the president , who is in charge of the way were responding. He is focused on the political end of it. There are political consequences, the economy, the dow went down 2,000 points. The more important thing is, as we hear from the medical experts, containment, figuring out how best to deal with people who have it and keep more people from getting it. Sanjay, matt gaetz, the congressman, was inousine with president , then went aBoard Air Force one, relatively tight quarters on air force one. How concerned should the president be right now that he was in contact with someone who was in contact with another individual who actually came down with coronavirus . Well, you know, i think it would be a much bigger concern, obviously, if matt gaetz was diagnosed as actually carrying the coronavirus, theres obviously a concern that he was potentially at risk because he came in direct contact with this other person. So now were talking about Second Generation spread, potentially. But we dont know in fact if he has it. Im talking about matt gaetz, hes at risk, clearly, but a big difference as to whether or not he is diagnosed with the virus versus not. This is New Territory to some extent, wolf. This is a Novel Coronavirus. Were getting a lot of knowledge about how it transcripmits. We know it can be transmissible to some extent even by somebody who is not showing symptoms. So i think it will be curious to see if they are doing testing, doing some sort of regular testing on these people in quarantine and figuring out if any of them are positive, including the congressman who was in close proximity to the president. 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My heart is worth brilinta. If you cant afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. Once again were waiting for the briefing to begin over at the white house. The Vice President of the Coronavirus Task force are expected to show up. Now we see the president of the United States will come in, as well. The president ial seal is on the lectern there now. That means the president will make a statement. Well see if he sticks around and answers reporters questions. Well have live coverage of that coming up. L. Tonight, as the coronavirus pandemic spreads fear Many Americans have questions they want answered about how to protect themselves and what happens if they become infected. Brian todd has been looking into this for us. Brian, a lot of it theres a lot of information and misinformation out there. Give us the facts. Wolf, there is a lot of guidance from public Health Officials on what we should be doing and not doing and a lot of his teary and talked to experts who monitored this crisis to boil it down to the basics. During this pandemic, Public Health expert says when were out in public we should all become billofol germophobes. What are the simple steps most should be takeing . Washing your hands for one but has to be done the right way. Washing for 20 seconds. Most people do it less than 5 to 10. Proper hand washing is even more nuanced. Scrub in between your fingers and especially under your fingernails because under the fingernails are some of the dirtiest parts of the finger. It is the in between, the crevices of your fingers and under your rings actually a lot of germs can hide and after 20 seconds of the scrubbing under the fingers, you rinse out and after you dry it, make sure you turn it off because this was dirty with a paper towel. Reporter were advised to use a paper cloth when we touch door handle, use our elbows or the backs of our hands to touch elevator buttons. What about shaking hands . Experts say fist bump something a Good Alternative but cant always avoid shaking hands. Its just important after do you that because you dont know if they may have the flu, may have a cold, to wash your hands after that or use Hand Sanitizers and let it dry. Reporter as for the hard to get sanitizer theyre useful when youre out and about running around meeting people, but i dont think they should be the end all and be all because in many ways soap is far superior. Properties of soap actually breaks up the particle itself. Not touching your face, not touching your eyes if you havent washed your hands recently. Reporter if you got to travel, experts say those few inches of space around you are critical. Whenever you get into a cab, plane or train, sometimes it might be helpful to wipe down the area around you. Reporter what about short excursions many of us take socially . At an average restaurant should we bring our clorox wipes with us, taking them out, rubbing the table out. Lower end restaurant, i would be careful and i would wipe it around the areas in which youre using your utensils and knives because that is really, really a point of infection. Reporter the consistent advice is that in public we should be careful but not afraid. I dont think anyone should be paranoid. I think people should be mindful of what they touch and most importantly remember to clean their hands after you touch anything. Reporter now what about selfquarantining for those who might need to do that . Public Health Experts say for many who share a home with other people you should seclude yourself from other people. If you dont have your own room, one should be set up and avoid sharing a bathroom. You have to avoid contact with other people in your home for a couple of weeks and dont even pet your dog or cat. Wolf. Excellent, excellent advice, brian todd reporting for us. Our political and medical experts are still with us. Kaitlan collins, youre over at the white house getting ready for the briefing. The president ial seal is now on the lectern so we expect the president to make an opening statement. Well see if he sticks around and answers reporters questions. Set the scene for us right now because there is a lot of new developments unfolding in the past couple hours. Reporter we havent heard from the president since saturday night so this is going to be the first time for him to comment on these developments that happened. Some here in the last few hours including about these number of republican lawmakers who are now choosing to selfquarantine after they were told that they did, in fact, come in contact with that person who attended a political conference in recent days outside washington and has now tested positive for coronavirus. Of course, two of those lawmakers have interacted with the president extensively. One of them that rode, of course, matt gaetz who rode on air force one spent the weekend at the maralago and doug collins who shook hands with the photo and have a photo of him shaking hands with him on friday then went to the cdc with the president for that visit where they were in a lab talking about mitigating the spread of this virus. And so the question now is going to be, of course, how the president feels about this, wolf, our sources who have been speaking with the president when he was in palm beach said he did not seem to be taking it too seriously. They were a little surprised that he wasnt taking any extra precautions, of course, he is someone who is selfdescribed as a germophobe but business as usual for the president. It would have looked like his average weekend if there wasnt an epidemic spreading where he made remarks at a fundraising and went golfing with Major League Baseball players and hosted the brazilian president with a few briefings he did receive from the Vice President while there so waiting to see what it is that the president has to say about those members of congress that hes come in contact with who came in contact with someone who has coronavirus. Thats important to hear what the president has to say and a whole bunch of other questions, as well. The breaking news continues next. The White House Coronavirus briefing beginning in just a few minutes. Were told with the president of the United States. Now expected to speak. At harrys we work day and night to make shaving enjoyable. To ensure sharp, quality blades, grippy, colorful handles, and fair prices, every day. Doesnt that sound nice . Unlike ordinary memory ewantsupplementstter . 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Also breaking right now, historic losses on wall street as the coronavirus fears collide with a crash in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrials plunging more than 2,000 points. Its the worst oneday point drop on record. And were also monitoring a cruise ship that just docked in oakland, california, with at least 21 people infected with the virus. 3500 people are on board that ship right now. Lets go to Cnns Kaitlan Collins over at the White House Briefing room many kaitlyn, set the scene for us. The president we expect momentarily to walk into the briefing room. Reporter he wasnt supposed to come to this briefing it certainly wasnt on his schedule, instead, we are expecting to see the Vice President and other members of the Coronavirus Task force but just a few moments ago they came in, they swapped out the seal and now theres the president ial seal on this lectern as we are now expecting to see the president any minute now. Of course, this is going to be his first public appearance since that news broke that several lawmakers who attended that political conference the same one the president also spoke at are now selfquarantining because someone there has tested positive for coronavirus and they are said to have interacted with that person. Of course, two of those lawmakers are people who have interacted extensively with the president in recent days including just a few hours ago on air force one as one flew home with him from florida after he held that political fundraiser earlier today. So were waiting 0 see what the president is not only going to say about that but also he spent the day downplaying this, accusing the media of exaggerating claims in order to plunge the stock market. But also making comments like saying this could be good for gas prices as youve seen the latest developments play out. So there are a lot of questions still about the administrations response to in that we are expect him to appear alongside members of the Coronavirus Task force and there are still questions f