Hardhit seattle shutting down its Public Schools for at least two weeks. St. Patricks day parades across the country canceled. Hospitals putting up emergency tents, bracing for the worst and overseas italy offering an ominous warning. That nations hospitals already buckling under the pressure of europes worst outbreak. As many cities and states here now cancel large gatherings, the nba suspending its season until further notice, and Dallas Mavericks owner mark cubans jaw dropping when he got the news court side. The game in oklahoma called off right before tip off as a jazz player reported to be positive. Todays game has been postponed. Fans evacuated the stadium. Tom hanks and his wife rita wilson reveal theyre infected. Their message from australia. As the world scrambles to come together to fight this new threat, our team is covering all the angles on this Global Health emergency. And good morning, america. Thank you all for joining us this morning. And as we come on the air this morning, it is clear were in a new phase of this coronavirus crisis. The president made it very clear last night calling it a critical time. Because worldwide the number of cases tops more than 120,000 and the World Health Organization officially declared this outbreak a pandemic which is defined as the global spread of a new disease. And the group said, its using this wording because of the alarming level of spread and severity and the alarming level of inaction. Heres what we know right now about the situation in the United States. There are more than 1,300 cases across the country in 44 states and washington, d. C. Thats going to grow. The death toll is now reaching at least 37 and at least 19 states have declared a state of emergency. Hospitals are racing to prepare for the situation to escalate setting up tents outside for treatment. Airports taking action after a jetblue passenger landed in florida tested positive for poss coronavirus overnight and the nba suspended games. There are real concerns this morning about the economy. The dow plunging after 11 years of climbing. We begin with breaking news for our viewers in the west. The dow jones dropping more than 7 . They had to suspend trading right at the start of the market. We want to go to Rebecca Jarvis right now. Rebecca . Reporter george in the first moments of trading stocks plunging more than 7 . They had to be halted for 15 minutes to avert freefall. The selling continues now with new announcements coming from so Many Companies halting operation including princess cruise line who said they will be halting all their ships for the next two months. Thats staggering for an industry. The airlines have been some of the hardest hit as have the small businesses. Here on wall street the question remains how will the policy measures help with this crisis and how much deeper will the crisis become, george. Thats one of the huge questions this morning. Lets go to washington with cecilia vega. Will republicans and democrats be able to agree on a stimulus package to get the economy moving again . Good good morning, cecelia. Reporter after minimizing the impacts of the coronavirus, President Trump is now calling this a horrible disease saying americans should take every precaution to stay safe. In an Oval Office Address to the nation, President Trump promising what he called tough but necessary action to combat the coronavirus, taking the extraordinary step of limiting travel between the United States and europe for the next 30 days. Smart action today will prevent the spread of the virus tomorrow. Reporter the new restrictions bar most foreign nationals coming from europe from entering the United States beginning tomorrow at midnight, and while the United Kingdom is exempt, the president blamed european allies for not doing more. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots. As a result, a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travellers from europe. Reporter President Trump originally signaling the measure would also impact trade. These prohibitions will not only apply to the tremendous amount of trade and cargo, but various other things as we get approval. Reporter the white house later clarifying in a statement that trade actually is not included in the new rules. President trump setting the tone of his tenminute address at the very beginning saying the outbreak began overseas in china, and he called it a foreign virus. This is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. I am confident that continuing to take these tough measures, we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. Reporter calling this a critical time, the president now urging americans to follow the advice of Health Officials he has previously contradicted, and asking Nursing Homes to suspend all medically unnecessary visits. The Elderly Population must be very, very careful. Reporter the president promising Financial Relief for american workers, including deferring tax payments for people in businesses impacted by the virus. He also called on congress to pass a payroll tax cut, a proposal already rejected by Many Democrats and republicans. One thing is clear, no longer is President Trump saying, this is a virus that will just go away on its own. If we are vigilant and we can reduce the chance of infection, which we will, we will significantly impede the transmission of the virus. The virus will not have a chance against us. Reporter our european allies not happy this morning. The eu slamming in as a unilateral decision. Heres how this will work. This applies to most european countries, not all. Americans traveling with their families will face additional screening if coming back into the country. A huge shift from the white house, george, theyre saying the president is scaling back his travel canceling events in colorado. George . Thank you, cecilia. Were joined now by the Vice President , mike pence. Mr. Vice president , thank you for joining us this morning. Good morning, george. That was a striking tone from the president last night. In previous statements, he had emphasized that the coronavirus is, quote, well under control saying its going to disappear. What did he learn that drove him to address the nation that way last night, and does he now agree with dr. Fauci who warned americans this was going to get worse . We have all known from the beginning that the coronavirus would continue to spread across this country, and its one of the reasons why very early on, President Trump took Decisive Action to put the health of the American People first. Not only declaring a Public Health emergency in january, but in that same month, he suspended all travel from china, an unprecedented move, and quarantined americans that were returning from the region. Since that time, george, weve issued travel advisories for areas of south korea, italy, screened all persons coming on direct flights. But frankly as we watch the epicenter of the coronavirus shift from china and south korea to europe, the president thought it was proper for us to impose a 30day suspension on all travel from continental europe, and well be screening all americans that are returning, george, and requesting that they voluntarily quarantine for 14 days. The key here, according to all our health experts, is that we prevent we prevent the coronavirus from being brought further into our country, but also that we continue to focus resources on those areas of the country where we have what is known as community spread. Thats what i want to its a combination of approaches. Thats what i want to press you on, mr. Vice president. How is banning some travel from europe going to make much difference . The virus is already here. 44 states plus the District Of Columbia. Its already spreading person to person. Its a fair question, but the reality is that really just two weeks ago in italy there were less than 500 cases and now theres 12,000 cases in italy, george. We have tens of thousands of people that travel to the United States from europe every day. 70 of new cases in the world were in europe. And when we looked yesterday at at the what was then the 35 states where we had cases, about 30 of them could be traced to contacts with europe. So the president again made another unprecedented decision in suspending all travel from europe because we essentially want we essentially want to stop the flow of people bringing the coronavirus here, but then continuing to surge resources particularly into california, washington state, new york and and other communities where weve seen community spread. Its a combination of efforts thats being driven by the Top Health Experts in the world on our tax force. The president has shown again yesterday a willingness to take Decisive Action on multiple levels to protect the American People. The president said last night that the Health Insurance industry agreed to waive all copayments for coronavirus treatments. Is that accurate . Previously they had only extended it to coronavirus testing. We met last week with all the top Health Insurance companies, and i know how grateful the president was that those Health Insurance companies agreed to waive all copays on testing. So not treatments . We dont want any american to be concerned about the cost of getting testing, george. So not treatments. Its not copayments for treatments . And medicare. What we also are making sure that medicaid and medicare cover the treatment for anyone who contracts the coronavirus, and Health Companies are also working with us to include that treatment as well and Health Insurance coverage. Were making steady progress. Were going to continue to make a very clear message to americans that if for any reason you believe you have been exposed to the coronavirus or you have symptoms, we dont want people to be worried about the cost of testing, to be worried about the cost of treatment. And also relatedly, george, as the president made clear last night, were working with congress and exploring actions the president can take to make sure that hourly wage earners know that you can stay home without risking losing a paycheck or losing your job if you feel youve been exposed to the coronavirus. As the president said, this is a critical time. Thank you for your time this morning. Thank you, george. I want to clarify something. The Health Industry people did say overnight they are covering testing, but not treatments. Glad you cleared that up. Big difference. Thank you, george. The coronavirus is confirmed to be in every state. Tom llamas is in one of the hardest hit cities in the country, new rochelle theyre distributing food. Good morning, tom. Reporter george, good morning to you. In this suburb of new york city, there are more than 100 reported cases. Many families need help because the schools are closed. Activities have been canceled and at any moment, the National Guard is set to deliver hundreds of thousands of pounds of food. That gives you an idea of the severity of the problems here in neu new rochelle as americans are waking up to a new reality. This morning, there is no more debate. Coronavirus is virtually everywhere. The World Health Organization calling it a pandemic meaning the worldwide spread of a new disease. Bottom line, its going to get worse. Reporter here in the u. S. , top Health Officials like dr. Anthony fauci Briefing Congress saying the disease will keep spreading. Americans need to take it more seriously. It is ten times more lethal than the seasonal flu. Reporter at least 44 states and the District Of Columbia with confirmed cases. The disease has killed at least 37 americans. With cases growing, so is disruption. This massachusetts hospital in norwood near boston set up new tents outside its emergency room doors awaiting new cases for potential future testing. In new york with more than 200 confirmed cases, an active containment zone just outside of manhattan in new rochelle, a onemile radius where certain areas are off limits. The states biggest outbreak linked back to that new rochelle attorney still in critical condition. Never in your mind would you expect that. The city that you live, like new rochelle, would be the epicenter of the epicenter with the most people infected with this virus. Reporter and one of new york citys biggest parades of the year now officially postponed. Governor andrew cuomo putting a halt to the st. Patricks day parade, an event that attracts 1 to 2 million spectators every year. Nationwide, the virus has prompted more than 1,500 schools to close impacting more than a million students. In washington so far, the hardest hit area in the u. S. , at least 30 deaths. In the seattle area, officials shutting down schools for 53,000 students. Officials banning all events with 250 or more people. Its similar to what you might think of as an Infectious Disease equivalent of a major earthquake that will shake us for weeks and weeks. Reporter this as other cities across the country are taking drastic measures as well. Overnight, california Health Officials issuing a new policy saying large gatherings that include 250 people or more should be postponed or canceled and that smaller gatherings that do not allow social distancing of 6 feet per person should do the same. And oregon also issuing a similar advisory against 250 or more people at any type of gathering, and the world famous st. Patricks parade in savannah, georgia just canceled. Guys back to you. Thank you, tom. Now to the announcement from the nba overnight suspending its season until further notice. The news coming after a utah jazz player tested positive for the coronavirus. Also the ncaa also announcing that fans will not be able to attend march madness games. T. J. Holmes is at Madison Square garden for us this morning. Good morning, t. J. Reporter hey there, robin. The nba season might have ended last night, and what an abrupt and unexpected ending it would be after the nba found out one of its players tested positive for coronavirus and found this out just moments before that player was scheduled to play in a game. An unprecedented move from the nba, suspending the season indefinitely after Utah Jazz Center rudy gobert reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The nba discovered he tested positive moments before they were set to tip off. The game tonight has been postponed. Youre all safe. Take your time in leaving the arena tonight. Reporter according to espn, the jazz will be quarantined in Oklahoma City for now. The Oklahoma City players were sent home. The nba is getting updated information minute by minute like the rest of us, and the scope and the width and the breadth of this and what scientists are recommending has been shifting every few hours. Reporter in a statement the jazz writes a player tested negative for influenza, strep throat and an upper respiratory infection. In a precautionary method the decision was made to test for covid19 a preliminary positive result came back. Earlier in the week after being asked about the outbreak at a press conference, goebbert appears to jokingly touch all the tape recorders and microphones on his way out the door. These games tonight are going to finish, and then thats where the hiatus will start. Reporter four other games last night were allowed to finish including the nuggets facing the mavericks with owner mark cuban in attendance as the news broke. It seems more out of a movie than reality. Reporter now there are about two weeks left in the nba season and the playoffs were set to start april 18th. All of that still up in the air. Sure is. We have a lot more on this emergency coming up. Its hitting hollywood now. Tom hanks has revealed that he and his wife rita wilson have tested positive. Lets go to ginger. Dangerous storms will erupt later this morning in Southeast Missouri through parts of kentucky, tennessee, southern illinois. Have tornado potential and damaging wind even late into the night. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First the stormy cities sponsored by carmax. As we have been saying, this is a worldwide crisis. Were going to check in on italy. That entire country now under lockdown banning just about all commercial activity. Their hospitals are overstretched. Were going to take you inside. Activity. Their hospitals are overstretched. 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