Members of congress are in self quarantine after possible exposure. And a Dramatic Development in italy tonight. Travel restrictions have now been placed on the entire country of 60 Million People. In addition, no public gatherings, no public sporting events. The Prime Minister directly told his people to stay at home. Weve got Team Coverage tonight from california to d. C. To rome, and well answer some of the most important questions surrounding the virus. Nikki battiste is going to lead us off on wall street. Nikki . Reporter norah, a stunning day here today on wall street. The markets were sent plummeting by a Global Oil Price war and concerns over the coronavirus, another massive stock drop thats stoking fears of a recession. bell ringing the closing bell ended a bloodbath on wall street, down nearly 8 , the worst finish in over a decade left traders almost speechless. I think people are scared. Theyre looking at their 401 k s. Its clearly markets in turmoil. You know, its hard to
Sporting events and even everyday routines, the impact is everywhere. Then to todays consequential vote in six states could the virus impact voter turnout . And is Bernie Sanders road to nomination getting ever more difficult . And a ray of joy for a Basketball Team and a community after a tornado tragedy. The thrilling victory that couldnt have come at a better time early today starts right now. Good morning, im francis re va ra. And im phillip the white house is gearing up to ask congress for help in dealing with the economic damage caused by the coronavirus the news comes as the number of cases has surged to over 700 and 26 deaths. On monday, President Trump, along with Vice President mike pence, held a briefing updating the latest on the virus. Saying they will meet with Congress Later today to propose dramatic economic measures amid coronavirus fears. For more, we turn to nbcs tracy potts live for us in d. C. This morning. Tracy, good morning. Did the president say what, exactly,
Shadow chancellor John Mcdonald will measure this budget with joining me now from geneva in switzerland is someone who has advised a shadow chancellor standing cofounder of the basic Income Earth Network guy thanks so much for coming back on so after years of tory austerity the un called it callous policies driven by a political desire for social reengineering how well prepared is the chancellor to offer policies in response to Something Like coronavirus well to be frank i think its almost irresponsible to be having a budget today the chancellor is a young man whos never had a senior government position before and hes been in the job for weeks to prepare a complex budget and an extremely sensitive moment in our modern history when weve not only got the pandemic rushing towards us but the World Economy is at the very very fragile state. Bad mistakes at national and International Level could lead us into a big recession i want to get to those macro level top topics in a 2nd but im not su
Results we are expecting from the state department of Public Health in the moment as they are going to drop those off in richmond. We spoke to passengers aboard the cruise ship who say they are in a waiting game and want to go home. New video justin shows a National Guard helicopter meeting up with the grand princess cruise ship off the Monterey County costs. Members of the 129th rescuing out of Moffett Field rappelling down to the ship delivering covid19 test kits. From state rooms aboard the grand princess stranded passengers could see that operation. I have a window so we saw a helicopter. There was a plane also. Hanging around the ship for maybe 20 minutes. Reporter 35 passengers and crew members aboard the ship are now symptomatic for the disease caused by the coronavirus. Chris brady but at the grand princess february 21 in San Francisco. He said he knew something was up after the crews left the big island of hawaii. I spoke to him via Facebook Messenger today. Because there is a
To handle these situations. Then california residents are about a thousand of them. They will be taken to Travis Air Force base or a base in Southern California. Of course, there were questions about why oakland. We were told several reasons, including proximity to travis and airport and space to process the passengers. The crew will quarantine on the ship and then leave with the ship as it goes. The mayor and governor address concerns. 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, the ship will depart oakland. That no one will be quarantined in oakland or released to our community. We will quarantine them, as you may have heard. Its been the ship. That ship, after all the other passengers have been attended to, that ship, once quarantined with the reminder of the crew that are appropriate to remain on the ship, that ship will now turn around outside of the