Well talk with the head of Infectious Diseases in just a few seconds. If we begin tonight with correspondent jonathan serrie, home of the cdc in atlanta. Cdc officials today say that this outbreak meets several criteria for a pandemic with another possibly on the horizon. World wide spread. As covid19 spreads to more countries outside china, federal Health Officials warned containment efforts at our nations borders will become more difficult. Ultimately we expect we will see communities ready in this country. Its not so much a question of if this will happen but rather a question of exactly when this will happen and how many people in this country will have severe illness. At a contentious hearing, health and Human Services secretary alex azar briefed the Senate Appropriations committee on the administrations response to the threat at home. We have masks, we wouldnt be asking for supplemental to seek more money to procure that. Community spread is already occurring in italy were more t