Country before. We have a situation that would be a lot more dire. Martha so he also discussed a payroll tax cut and relief for hourly workers as part of a coronavirus economic package. He said they are going to have a very aggressive package on that. We are going to talk about that more in a moment. First, lets begin with fox News Politics editor Chris Stirewalt on what we just saw here tonight at the Bernie Sanders town hall. Everyone said that i looked too small. So i am. I want to admit to everyone at home i am now standing on a small box which i did negotiate with you are totally normal size person. I state for the record, im the previously large one. Martha im 56 and you are, what everyone asks me. Almost 64. Martha what stands out there tonight . I saw a candidate and i think he was doing it with you and bret. Every time he would get ready to wind up into a big the corporated media stooges, not you, i like you, you are okay. You guys are fine. So its he is leading a revolution and can you see how the imprint. Is he sort of like the berry Barry Goldwater for the democratic shro erss. Leading people in a movement and these people are going to be with him and alexandria ocasiocortez in the future. How do you take that and turn it into a democratic nomination and thats what he is betwixt and between. Thats why we sort of he was doing a little bit of crawfishing tonight. Martha here is he in the beginning we asked him how he would handle coronavirus. I go back to if you were in the oval office today because i felt like. So answers got sort of generalized but watch this. Sadly, we have an administration in washington that has shown the world that it does not believe in science. Its attitude toward climate change, which it thinks is a hoax is telling the whole world how do we trust this administration dealing with an international crisis, healthcare crisis of the coronavirus . When you appoint Vice President pence, an individual who also doesnt much believe in science, what you are telling the whole world is that we are politicizing this issue. Martha what do you think . Look, the coronavirus has made everybody think and politics put a different back drop behind this president ial election. Martha it sure has. No longer we are here for fun and game. The reality is could this person be president . How would he be conducting this if he was president and more importantly the president is talking about the tax cut and stuff to say this is a real threat to his reelection. So everybody just got real and i was really pleased that you and bret tonight went through tonight and said okay, lets really talk about if you were really the president not what are your abstracts and what martha thats what people need to picture when they go to vote as part of this process. You know, interesting the way that he decided to go after joe biden because now he needs to beat joe biden and joe biden is doing quite well according to the polls here in michigan. Here is he talking about joe bidens seven minute answers. Watch. Joe bailed out the crooks on wall street who nearly destroyed our economy 12 years ago. These guys, after destroying the economy, trump has his agenda and i have the feeling that deep in his heart he is really not all that worried about me. I appreciate his concerns. We are creating a multiracial, multigenerational Political Movement of young people, of working people, of people who believe in justice all across this country. And in his heart of hearts, i think that is what makes trump very nervous. Martha that was not exactly the one that i was looking for. But, he said if im going to give a peach to people i cant do it in seven minutes, i asked him are you saying he lacks substance . And he said, you know. That sort of the take away moment. Here is Bernie Sanders, is he down two dozen points in polling here in michigan of course he was four years ago and beat Hillary Clinton. He has got to take joe biden. Whats the big knock on joe biden he lost his fast ball and he doesnt have. He is 77 and cant do it anymore. Here was Bernie Sanders looking for ways to criticize joe biden can only talk for seven minutes. Even when you played for him the sound of fellow democrats criticizing his mental acute. Sanders would take the bait but only up to a certain point. He would go for it and want to talk about the audience question but then he backed off with the seven minute answer thing. Martha still saying when he talks about democratic socialism he is talking about a version you see in places like finland and sweden and denmark which as we pointed out have very different dynamics than the United States. Only the good kind. He only likes the good kind. Martha yep. So we will see. Chris, thank you very much. Thank you. You did a great job tonight. Martha great to work with you always. Thank you, Chris Stirewalt who is approximately 64. Also joining me tonight cochairman of the Biden Campaign congressman have louisiana. Congressman, a pleasure to have you with us this evening. Your thoughts on what you saw from the competition in Bernie Sanders tonight . Well, i didnt see most of it. The truth of the matter is we had votes on the house floor so i was doing that i just saw the slips thaclips that you played. A contest people have different ideas who want the same job. Im supporting joe biden for a number of reasons. One is the experience and his ability and his vision for the country. Martha so talk to me a little bit about the matchup. When you look at tomorrow night, joe biden is doing very well in the polls. And one of the issues that we did discuss here tonight is whether or not joe biden is up to the job. Do you think thats fair criticism . It has come from democrats. It has come from republicans. Its come from all sides of the fence. What are your thoughts on how he handle that issue Going Forward . Well, i think it comes from people who are not on his team. I think it comes from people who are competing with him. So whether its the trump side or the bernie side, its all people that, one, dont want to run against Vice President biden and, two, who are opposing him. Look, i spend a lot of time with Vice President biden. Whether its traveling on the plane. Whether its 17, 18 hours days. He is as sharp as he has ever been. He is more committed to unifying this country, providing a real middle class. Helping those who aspire to be in the middle class. All of those things are his passion. Thats why he is running. Thats why he is winning. So we wont get distracted with, for lack of a better description what haters say. Martha let me ask you about this. Joe biden has definitely moved further left than his prior distances on a number of topics. And i think about whether or not he would provide healthcare to Illegal Immigrants in this country. He says yes, he would. He wants to eliminate charter schools. So what do you make of that move . And is that going to resonate well with americans when he goes up, if he goes up against and wins the nomination . President trump . Its already reason nation wit resonating with americans. You see in the polls, you see his headtohead matchups with President Trump. He is beating him. I dont have to guess about how it will play with the American People. American people want just some basic things. They want to make sure that if they work hard for 40 hours a week that they can actually afford their bills. They want a roof over their head, food on the table and close on their back. And right now we have economy stacked against most working class families. And Vice President biden understands that and he understands that so Many American families have been knocked down. But the one thing he knows is that we are going to get up together. Martha you know, of course, the president would say that minorities are working more than ever. The employment rate is as low as it has ever been among minorities and a lot of those voters do support joe biden. Why would they look at that situation and think they need to make a change . Well, thats because the president has a very simple way of looking at things. And we see that with his coronavirus response. Its halfwhited and incompetent. If you want to talk about africanamerican voters, something i know a little bit about. I will tell you this the fact that unemployment is low is not that meaningful. What is meaningful is that the wages are low and that africanamericans who are working 40 hours a week cant afford their bills. They are working two and three jobs to make ends meet. The other part about the africanamerican experience right now under this president is that it is more hostile now to the africanamerican than it has been in a very long time. Thats because we have a president who sympathizes and defends white supremacist and hate speech and hate action. But, if you want to talk about the africanamerican experience, im fine to do that. Think about you cant study at yale without the police being called on you. You cant go to starbucks. So there is a whole movement of living while black and you just cant say unemployment is low and somehow Life Experience for africanamericans have improved significantly. Martha all right. Thank you senator richmond. Congressman, good to see you tonight. Thanks for being here. Also joining me now on the trump side of the equation lara trump who is Senior Advisor to the trump campaign. Larr remarks i dont know if you could hear the end of that interview, but did you . Could you hear senator richmond . Yes, i could heart end. Martha so tell me a little bit about your response to that. Well, i think thats totally ridiculous. First of all, to his point about the wages being low. The bottom 25 of earners in this country actually saw the largest wage growth under this president. And many people in this country, in fact, over 7 Million People are feeling the impacts of donald trump as a president in a very positive way because they all have jobs. Over 7 million new jobs have been created under this president. The idea that this is a man that defends White Supremacists is so old and so done i dont know why anybody keeps bringing this up. This president has done so much for the black community in this country and i think a lot of folks on the democrat side are probably very worried about that. All the polling that we have internally shows that the numbers among africanamericans in this country supporting donald trump are going through the roof. So i get that they are trying to put out talking points that say otherwise, but i think people are smarter than that and they feel the results of this trump economy. They feel the results of donald trump fighting for them every day. And i think it was just a little bit ridiculous to hear all of that. Martha so, the president just did a coronavirus News Conference moments ago. And said that Major Economic steps will be taken in response to covid19. One of the things that effects you is that the bus tour, the trump women bus tour has been cancelled. Why was it cancelled . Well, we have made some decisions internally that maybe it would be better to maybe postpone a month or so, wait until we get past everything and, you know, we will be back out on the road. We cant wait to get out on our bus tour but currently we are going to postpone it for maybe a month or. So. Martha now, also, you were at cpac. You know, everyone who is out in the world appears to be coming into contact with somebody who has this. Can you explain to our viewers at home whether you came in contact with this person at cpac and what your concerns are about attendees at the event this year . I have no concern that i have contracted coronavirus. That said, i dont think i came in contact with this individual. I think a lot of people in this country will probably get coronavirus and not know it as we have heard directly from the president from so many folks in the cdc, from all the experts on this. A lot of people, i dont think, will even know they have it because the symptoms will be very mild. I feel great tonight, so i dont believe that i have contracted it, fortunately. But, you know, this is sort of you who its going to go in america. Think we will all at some point probably come in contact with somebody has he had it. Martha lara trump, be well and thank you very much for being here. Good to see you tonight. Thanks, martha. Martha so when we come back, more on the breaking news at the white house within the last hour. The Trump Administration updating the American People on their response to the coronavirus outbreak and what it plans to do about the Enormous Economic fallout that we saw today on wall street. So Many Companies affected. Stay tuned. Well be right back from dearborn, michigan. Its surprising how the bigger a city gets. The smaller it starts to feel. Which makes it even more surprising, how big it feels in here. With sliding rear seats. And more available second row legroom than say. A chevy suburban. This is the completely reimagined 2020 ford escape. I was drowning in credit card debt. Sofi helped me pay off twentythree thousand dollars of credit card debt. They helped me consolidate all of that into one low monthly payment. They make you feel like its an honor for them to help you out. I went from sleepless nights to getting my money right. So thank you. The virus that everybody is talking about all over the world, no matter where you go, thats whats on peoples minds. And we are going to take care of and have been taking care of the American Public and the american economy. Martha tonight President Trump briefing the nation on the governments response to the coronavirus. As cases continue to climb across the United States today the dow took an enormous hit again more than 2,000 points at one point. That was the steepest drop since 2008. Chief breaking news correspondent Trace Gallagher covering the story for us live from our west coast newsroom. Good evening, trace. Good evening, martha. During that briefing you mentioned President Trump also said his administration would work with the airline, cruise ship and Hotel Industries to mitigate the damage being done by the virus. And he plans to discuss a payroll tax relief with congress. Watch. Very substantial relief. Thats a big number. Were going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they are not ever going to miss a paycheck. We should note during that same Briefing Health and Human Services secretary alex azar said he did not know how Many Americans have been tested for coronavirus. Meantime todays big drop in the markets is mostly being blamed on a 20 drop in oil prices and russias refusal to lower production despite demand. Saudi arabia says it too will boost output. Meantime the grand princess cruise ship with more than 3500 people on board including 21 who tested positive for coronavirus is now in the stepbystep evacuation process. The first ones off the ship were the most vulnerable, including those who tested positive for the virus along with kids and adults who are sick or have compromised immune systems. California residents will then be placed under a 14day quarantine at military bases likemileanhoulike mere march. Foreigners will be flown back to their home countries. The captain and crew members who did not test positive will quarantine on board the ship. And several republican lawmakers are now under selfquarantine they include congressman paul gosar, matt gaetz, doug collins and senator ted cruz. They found out during the cpac convention in maryland they came in contact with a man who tested positive for coronavirus. Congressman collins met with President Trump last week during a visit to the cdc and last week congressman gaetz was on air force 1 with the president. None of the lawmakers is showing symptoms. Finally our Fox News Team in rome is reporting the italian Prime Minister has put the entire country on lockdown asking all citizens to remain in their homes. No traveling, no public gatherings including bars and restaurants. Martha. Martha boy, thats going to be tough on them and on the italian economy. Trace, thank you very much. So joining me now Stephen Moore former senior Economic Advisor to President Trump. Steve, good to see you tonight. Hi, martha. Martha what did you make of the measures. Hi there what did you make of the measures that the president Just Announced . Well, look, boy, what a difference a few days makes. Friday we get this blockbuster jobs report. The economy is booming. Record low unemployment rates and then monday, you know, we just get clobbered with the stock market 2,000 point decline. I think it is appropriate for trump to take some big actions right now. This is a big moment for this president and for the country. And the talk of a payroll tax, you know, i wasnt for that last week but, martha, when i see the numbers today, i have changed my mind on that. I think it makes a lookout of sense. Maybe suspend the payroll tax for a couple of months until this thing is over. There has got to be some fed action to put more liquidity. In you mentioned some of those industries that are getting pounded right now including the airlines. And look at what is happening in the oil and gas industry. You know, with these prices as low as theyre today, martha, you are going to see a lot of shut down of american oil and gas production. You know, shes things are starting reverberate throughout the economy and the reason trump has to take big action right away. Martha they sure are. Explain what impact the payroll tax cut would have because, you know, people arent going to necessarily change their mind about going out to a restaurant or a Movie Theater or using that money in a way that would be economically stimulative at this moment, would they . Well, thats a good point. I mean, look, people are right now kind of in a hunker down position. You know, i heard, you know, your report about whats happening in italy where people arent allowed to go out. God forbid that would happen in the United States. I think the president wants to make sure that people are not going without a full paycheck. And that, you know, in washington, d. C. Where i am, a lot of people didnt show up to work today. A lot of people are not going into work. They are working remotely. So i think it provides and also a little bit of confidence. This is a confidence game, martha, people feel, you know, they feel paranoid right now about the direction of things. And i think for the president take a major action like this would be, you know, confidence builder for the american worker. Martha yeah. Well, i think its just so much unknown, you know. It feels like we you know, when you think about how many people die of the flu every year and everyone just goes about their business. 30 something thousand people and this situation you are just wondering. Go ahead. One thing, real quick. Thank goodness we have an incredibly sturdy economy latest report growing 3 hers in the First Quarter or. 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A state that many have said could be do or die for the sanders campaign. We folk spoke with him here tonight. The latest polls show he is trailing Vice President biden by 15 points ahead of tomorrows primary. 4 years ago the polls showed that kind of spread when it was Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders just before sanders scored a huge upset. So lets go to michigan congresswoman Debbie Dingell who joins me now, knows this district and this state probably better than anybody. Congresswoman, good to see you tonight. Whats your take on the eve of the primary here . You know, its been a competitive race. You are right not to believe the polls but i think they may be more accurate where you are right now and dearborn will probably go for bernie as will my district the 12th district. I think at the end of the night tomorrow night people are worried about the hate they see in this country. They are concerned about whats going to happen and i think joe biden is going to have a very good night in michigan. Martha so you know, when you look across the rest of the statestates that are still oute for primaries this tuesday and next tuesday. What do you see in crystal ball for joe biden and Bernie Sanders . Well, i think michigan is senator sanders is bernies strongest state. I think joe biden is going to do very well in this next round of states. So michigan is what gave bernie hope last time. It revived his campaign and they liked what he represented. Tomorrow night is very important what happens in michigan. Martha yeah. I know washington is also a state Bernie Sanders should win when you look at the dynamics but it looks like the polls are tightening there as well. When you go forward to the general election, congresswoman, very close. I think it was like three tenths of a percent separated donald trump and Hillary Clinton last time around. How do you see the support for President Trump this time and potentially for joe biden or Bernie Sanders . In michigan, i think michigan is still very competitive state. I said that and i think democrats got to do far better job talking about issues that matter to working people. And the midwest matters. So, i think were going to see a very competitive year. Martha you know, what do you think in terms of michigan, when you look at issues like fracking and, you know, and the auto industry, what do you think is sort of the most important thing for people to watch . You know, i think that people are concerned about their jobs. I think people are concerned about healthcare. But not in the way we always talk about it in terms of affordable care. You know, lower Prescription Drug prices. They want to be able educate kids and have a safe and secure environment. Man or working woman carries about. Martha thank you congresswoman dingell. Thank you. Martha this is the story march the 9th. 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