Major events are being canceled, postponed. The tax deadline may even be postponed. Theyre thinking about pushing tax day past april 15th. Jeff bezos heard that and said, wow, whats tax day . The ncaa announced that march madness will go on but with no fans. There will be no spectators, outside of the players families. They should also consider playing without a ball. Thats just a petri the warriors will be playing without a crowd. But basketball games in the pros have been played without fans before. The clippers did it for many years. [ applause ] and in part, in part because of all these cancellations, a lot of people dont seem to know what to think about the coronavirus, what to feel. Should i be scared . Are people overreacting . Whats true, whats not true . Its totally normal to feel that way. Many have the same thoughts. So i thought this might help. These are the five stages of coronavirus, so first you have denial. Im not going to get the coronavirus. Only old people, Chinese
The white house with the nations top executives of the pharmaceutical industry as governments around the globe race to create a vaccine to combat the coronavirus. We are going to take you there when the president speaks. Should happen any moment. But as america sees its first deaths from the virus, six of them now, and Vice President mike pence says he expects many more cases in the u. S. , author of the coming plague Laurie Garrett is here. Shes been critical of the response of the World Health Organization. Shes here with her very latest threat assessment. And as americans opt to stay home versus eating out, the ceo of panera bread is here on the plans hes already making to fight a possible outbreak and reduced foot traffic at his chain of restaurants across the country. Plus, the world loses a titan of industry. General electrics jack welch put his indelible stamp on the American Economy with his legendary management skills. The executive who arguably was among the closest to jack a
Were going to see those temperatures warming up. A look at our south bay highs. Something more like what we feel during late spring, early summer. Well talk more about this and whats ahead in the forecast, mike, youre seeing something happening out of the altamont pass. Not eggs, rigs. Just got word from chp they were not involved in a crash, two of them may be disabled but theyre clearing as we speak. Theres a little slowing but thats typical coming off the merge. Moving over to the sunol grade. 880, southbound at whipple should be clear as well. Ill let you know if its sticking around. Heading over to the bay bridge where the backups are not there yet at the toll plaza. A wrongway crash in the south bay and the damage left behind. It seems to have involved an suv and a pickup truck highway 85. Both drivers were taken to the hospital. One with major injuries. There was also a dog in one of the cars that was hurt. We begin with new developments in the coronavirus scare. Japans Prime Mi
Mississippi, where mandatory evacuations are under way. And the record rain is far from over under fire more than 1,100 former Justice Department officials from multiple administrations call for the resignation of attorney general william barr over the roger stone sentencing scandal but the nations highest Law Enforcement official doesnt seem to be backing down. Were live at the white house with the very latest those stories, plus, to recline or not to recline . The surprising suggestion from an airline official on what you should do on your next flight. Royal realities. Kate middleton getting candid about mom guilt, as prince harry and Meghan Markle are seen together for the First Time Since the royal split. And allstar tribute nba legends gather to honor kobe bryant at the nba allstar game, as Team Lebron Wins a game for the ages today, monday, february 17th, 2020 announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza and
Actions including over 20 dismissals of classaction cases so you may have a sense of where his position is on that. Hes a graduate of georgetown and university of Virginia Law School where he is also the author of a chapter in the popular letter guide series on the claims. [applause] the next panelist is the professor that wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame. He made up for that when he went to graduate school and was the top graduate in his class. He makes a case into class action mechanism and we will hear more from him in just a b bit. [applause] we are going to have a great debate with experts on class actions. Brian and i were classmates in law school they are more libertarian. To write a book in support of classaction complaints. [laughter] thank you for that kind introduction. The reason i think conservatives should support class actions is because we have to ask ourselves what the alternative is. The alternative was told to us in an amicus brief filed by the United S