been directed to stay at home, the telecommuting and virtual teaching for many will begin next week. reportedly, school is closed for more than 8 million k through 12 students. landmarks shut down. broadway darkened. the masters golf tournament joins an alphabet soup of leagues cancelling competitions. more states are limiting the size of public gatherings. the stock market though is back up after the dow suffered its worst drop since 1987's black monday. what may not be improving is the lack of testing. many of the sick and possibly exposed continue to say they cannot find out if they're carrying the virus, even though they strongly believe they are. as the nation adjusts to its new normal, u.s. coronavirus cases have risen to more than 1700 with 41 deaths. worldwide, there are more than 132,000 people infected but then keep in mind, johns hopkins tallied nearly 70,000 people have recovered from the virus. and with confirmed recoveries in illinois, wisconsin, washington state, arizona and massachusetts, we are continuing to watch that. cnn's senior congressional correspondent manu raju joining me live now from capitol hill. what are we expecting to hear from the speaker? >> she's likely speaking about her exhaustive negotiations occurring since yesterday with the treasury secretary steven mnuchin who spoke eight times yesterday. already today, spoke eight times including twice in the last hour to try to reach a deal between house democrats and a trump administration to deal with the coronavirus fallout, the deal that's under consideration that would ensure folks get free coronavirus testing. also enhanced unemployment benefits and bolster food assistance including food stamps and also, increased federal funds for medicaid and deal with paid emergency leave for displaced workers, but there is no deal yet according to the house majority leader who just sent a letter to democratic colleagues saying they're still negotiating this and do not reach a bipartisan deal and will ensure a big bipartisan vote here in the house and will put pressure on the senate which is adjourned until next week to take up this bill and pass it presumably by a bipartisan majority in the senate, but if the president opposes this measure, then it will pass mostly on a party line basis here in the house and its chances in the republican-led senate are uncertain. big question what the administration will do and whether or not the speaker can secure the support from the treasury secretary and whether the president will get behind it. so we're heading in some critical moments here as congress moves into the emergency legislation to deal with this fallout. brianna? >> manu, thank you and we are waiting to hear from the speaker those remarks of hers just being put on the lecterlectern. we're told this is all going to happen here shortly and we're going to bring that to you live as we wait for house speaker nancy pelosi to speak there on capitol hill. i want to go to the white house now and cnn's kaitlan collins. i may have to cut out of you at some point. if we see the speaker, i'm going to do that and we see her approaching the lectern. let's listen to what house speaker nancy pelosi has to say. >> good afternoon, over the last several weeks, our nation has been faced with a grave and accelerating challenge, one that tests our compassion, ingenuity and resolve. the coronavirus crisis. sadly and prayerfully, we learned of the tragic deaths of at least 41 americans from this public health emergency so far. the american people expect and deserve a coordinated, science-based government response to keep them and their loved ones safe. a response that puts families first to stimulate the economy, to put families first last week, the house passed a strong bipartisan $8.3 billion emergency funding package of entirely new funds. we made a well funded evidence-based investment in public health. and development treatments and the vaccine available to all and prevention preparedness and response measures and helping state, local, tribal and territorial hospitals and health systems and in supporting impacted small businesses with sba loans and helping families by expending telemedicine services no matter where they live. the long overdue response. next, senate democratic leader schumer and i last weekend called for further action to put families first. today, we are passing a bill that does just that. the families first coronavirus response act, which is focused directly on providing support for america's families, must be the first priority. the three most important parts of this bill are testing, testing, testing. this legislation facilitates free coronavirus testing for everyo everyone, if we have an accurate determination of its scale and scope so we can pursue the precise science-based response that is necessary. to put families first, our legislation secures paid leave with two weeks of paid sick leave and family and medical leave for those affected by the virus. for those who lose their jobs, we're strengthening unemployment insurance, a critical step to protect workers' economic security. putting families first, our legislation protects our children. and particularly, the tens of millions of little children who rely on the free or reduced price lunch they receive at school for their food security. as schools are being closed, these children will be deprived of their meals. our bill takes aggressive action to strengthen food security initiatives including student meals as well as snap, seniors meals and food banks. as we dip out next steps, we'll continue to listen to and benefit from the expertise of scientists, health care professionals, public health officials and community leaders so that we can craft the most effective evidence-based response. our nation, our great nation has faced crises before and every time, thanks to the courage and optimism, patriotism and perseverance of the american people, we have prevailed. now, working together, we will once again prevail and we'll come out stronger than before. god bless you and god bless america. thank you. >> all right, house speaker nancy pelosi there talking about what congress is trying to do in this situation. i want to get now to the white house and kaitlan collins. kaitlan, tell us what is going on from your vantage point there at the white house. >> that was a really notable moment right there as the speaker was walking away and said, does the white house support your bill, that's something going back and forth all day with the treasury secretary and pelosi have spoken multiple times today. like eight times now and asked about that. the president has not come out publicly and supported this. he's kind of been a wild card as these debates have gone back and forth. so i think that's something we're still waiting on clarity for because she was talking about how the families first bill and put the emphasis on testing, something we've heard time and time again. people believe the shortfall of the federal government right now and we should note as pelosi coming out to speak, the president is meeting behind closed doors with ceos of several companies and labs including walmart and target right now as they're talking about what the administration needs to be doing and how it can respond and this is all leading up to the 3:00 event, less than an hour after pelosi spoke there where the president is going to the rose garden and we are expecting he could likely say he's going to have an emergency declaration under the stafford act to free up resources and essentially supplies, logistics, that kind of thing to help states combatting this right now. though we're still waiting on details. a lot of this has been very last minute here at the white house for the last several days including that oval office address with the president, this press conference was not initially scheduled either. so we're really just waiting to see exactly what these final decisions are going to be. >> i think a lot of americans are watching this, kaitlan, wondering what point does this sort of bipartisan opposition end and i wonder if you could give us a sense of any of that has thawed or we just see business as usual playing out even as this moment calls for so much more? >> reporter: so much more than what we typically see, negotiations back and forth on the hill. this affects people's lives and whether or not they should go to work if they feel sick. this is what both sides try to accomplish but there are sticking points that have gotten in the way. sticking points last night that the white house didn't like that was in the bill and felt like they had made progress on it based on what our hill team had been reporting. the senate is going to stay here, because it would have been politically bad if they didn't pass a bill like this, so that's the question here and the republican party does control the senate, so if the white house doesn't like this house bill, they could just try to get it added later on. those are still questions that remain right now, but i do think people at home want to know, if i don't what to woant to work, y home if i don't feel well? those are questions people make on a day-to-day basis. >> some don't have a choice. they might have elderly parents at home they're taking care of and they need to know what's going to happen for them. kaitl kaitlan, thank you so much. live for us from the white house. there's been confusion over the availability of coronavirus testing. it remains a major problem across the country. the trump administration facing widening criticism today announcing new steps aimed at expanding testing including appointing a new federal testing coordinator. this is new york governor andrew cuomo just announced new labs in his state can double testing capacity there in new york. cnn's drew griffin following this for us and drew, tell us more about these new federal changes and why they matter. >> i just lost you there, but what the health and human services did was appointed testing coordinator who can try to relieve some of the bottleneck that is taking place and the disconnect between what people are hearing in hospitals, doctors and nurse's office out in the field about getting their patients tested and what's actually happening on the ground. what we're hearing from across the country is that patients cannot get tested because their doctors are following the cdc advice which is very strict, even though they want to get tested. what we're hearing in washington, dc, is testing capacity increasing by the day. what we have yet to see are the real numbers that prove that. the only positive thing i've seen today is what's happening in new york by new york state, by new york state's governor, who went out and said, i'm going to slash through this bureaucracy and red tape with the federal government. we're going to get our state labs up and running and we're going to test now 3,000 a day, potentially 6,000 or so a day next week. but we still have this bottleneck situation going on where people who need to be tested aren't being tested. and let me just emphasize the testing, because i heard a lot about who should get tested and who shouldn't. what these experts are telling us, everyone who needs to get a test according to the doctors should just so we know how to fight this virus. it's how we all fight it to know where the tests are coming back positive and negative, brianna. >> such a good point. drew griffin, thank you so much. doing excellent reporting on this. and with me now, ann, director for the ucla center for global and immigrant health, professor of epidemiology at ucla. so doctor, let's start with the testing. do you really even have a sense of exactly where it's going on? do you really have a sense of the picture here or is this like flying blind? >> i think the testing is becoming ramped up faster and faster, but the bottom line is, nancy pelosi just said, it's testing, testing, testing. we need to get tests up and running. it needs to be widespread, and the longer we lag on widespread testing, the more difficult it's going to be for us to be able to get ahead of this virus at this point. so our hopes of being able to flatten the curve as we all talk about, reduce the spread, is being able to know how many people are infected. the only way you can do that, more tests. >> and i wonder why so many other countries are ahead of the u.s. on this. >> testing failures here have been, you know, a mix of government, of lack of long-term funding. there hasn't been enough funding for a long time. the cdc, to local health departments. all of these thingthings, you no have them a place before an outbreak. you need to be able to, if you have a nick in your windshield, you want to be able to fix it right away, otherwise you start getting cracks and they spread quickly and you're not able to contain it. it's the same story here. we should have been investing a long time ago and we're now paying the price. >> quick reminder on social distancing. what should people do? >> social distancing is going to be key in slowing the spread. so you want to be able to avoid doing anything in large crowds. avoiding large crowds is number one. if you don't have to travel, i would, it's the time to reschedule. if you don't need to be going out to dinner, being in places where there's a lot of others around you, it's time to rethink. i think everybody can do their part in being able to reduce the number of people that are out and about circulating. so reducing, not going to concerts, not going to big sporting events, not going to any big gatherings, following the advice right now, i believe, they're saying anything over 250 people in some places, don't go. i would say anything that you can avoid in general, meetings, also, very important. it's a big change for the american people, but it's going to be important and everybody has to remember, if we all do our part, we will be able to slow the spread of the virus. and if it works, if it works, that's the key with public health. if it works, everybody's going to feel like this was a big fire drill and nobody, it wasn't as big of a deal as everybody thought it was but that's because public health is working. >> that's a very good point and i very much appreciate you bringing it up. dr. ramoin, thank you. president trump holding a news conference at the top of the hour where he's expected to announce a declaration, an emergency declaration under the stafford act. we'll bring it to you live. plus, local governments are trying to stop the spread of the virus in their communities and they're shutting down school districts. we'll talk about what that means for students and parents and as coronavirus has spread around the world and now around this country, anxiety is setting in for many. we're going to talk about how to manage it, next. hey there! 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cnn's martin savidge in yonkers, new york, tell us about what schools are doing today. >> reporter: besides, brianna, those families possibly getting the coronavirus, the closing of the school likely to have the largest impact of families nationwide because of the way that it impacts daily life. and so here in yonkers, they took the action. they may be open next week. very fluid. there are state of thes nos thao close. oregon, ohio, new mexico, maryland and west virginia. these are decisions not made lightly. it's not just the education that's disrupted but meals. millions of meals that go to many needy children in very difficult times and communities and then there is the security that schools provide. so when the districts weigh that decision, that's part of the mental math they consider and it's usually done on a very local level. in other words, the school district discusses with the local health department as to how serious the circumstance is in their particular neighborhood. again, some governors have made that call for them. other states though are going the opposite way. for instance, new york city, the governor or mayor determines it should remain open, critical for learning, feeding and securing children there. it's an extremely difficult call. it's one that leaders don't take lightly, but right now, more and more, many states and many districts are having to make. brianna? >> as they try to figure out another way to provide those meals as well. martin, thank you so much for that report from yonkers. whether you have school age kids or not, one thing unites many people right now as coronavirus spreads across the country and that is anxiety. some may express it by stocking up on toilet paper. we've seen a lot of people doing that, right? others may take comfort in sharing silly memes on social media, but realize this, you are not alone in your concerns. it is how you manage them though that is so important right now. joining me to talk about some psychological strategies that we can take is professor alyssa epel, vice chair of the psychiatry department of the university of california-san francisco. professor, thank you so much and, you know, i think the moment that a lot of us are relating to right now is 9/11. and there may be some people who are younger and don't really remember that, but those were events that triggered a lot of anxiety for so many people. give us a sense of what's similar and what's different about the feelings that this, which is a pandemic, are stirring up. >> right, well, we certainly are at the maximum of an uncertain situation, right? no one alive today has lived through a global pandemic. so the good news is that while anxiety is high in most people, that is actually helping us flatten the curve. it is motivating us to lead to the social distancing, to the strict hygiene. so we need to embrace and live well with our anxiety. this is not a sprint, it's actually going to, we don't know exactly how long it's going to go on for. so there are many tips for living well with anxiety. one is using mindfulness is really just actually recognizing, this is actually a natural feeling that everyone, let's say, many people globally are sharing with me at this moment. this is what it feels like in my body to be living in a pandemic, and i am okay at this moment. and then doing the self-care and safety for our community that we need to do. it's what is going to be most helpful. being part of the solution. and that means helping other people at this time too. so social support, reaching out to people who may be stuck at home with symptoms or the elderly through social media, seeing if they need meals, et cetera. anxiety can easily turn to panic and that brings out the worst in humans. >> how do we not panic? and how about people who already have anxiety and then add this anxiety to it and what point, how do you not panic and at what point, do you get help? >> so we are, by nature, having these stress responses, when in the immediate moment, we are not under threat. we don't need to be mobilizing all of this glucose, adrenaline, cortisol. so we need to stay levelheaded and clear headed in the moment. if you look at the facts that we should be looking at the facts rather than the dire predictions and the worst-case scenarios. so this hoarding behavior is because people are thinking of worst-case scenarios. in germany, they call it hamster hoarding behavior. the problem is, at first, it was reasonable. we were getting supplies for dealing with, you know, sanitation, but now, it's extended to other items. i talked to a mother who can't get baby formula h in her town. there are no real shortages. we are panicking and overbuying. so yes, it makes sense to be cautious and be prepared, but we want to not fall into what we call in psychology the tragedy of the commons dilemma, that we view extremely limiting resources now when they're not and then we're taking more than we need and others will be left without. so this is becoming a problem. we just need to moderate our tendencies and to be very rational and really think about the common good. take care of each other during this time. >> we certainly do. elissa epe lerkl, thank you. president trump set to address the nation on the coronavirus. and then the boston marathon and golf, cancelled for the wake of the pandemic. impact on the sports world next. awesome internet. it's more than just fast. it keeps all your devices running smoothly. with built-in security that protects your kids... ...no matter what they're up to. it protects your info... ...and gives you 24/7 peace of mind... ...that if it's connected, it's protected. even that that pet-camera thingy. 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[ barking ] the jolt that coronavirus has given the sports world is not over. the masters golf tournament has been postponed. next month's boston marathon has been moved to mid september and march madness is done for the season, in addition to several more nascar races. they join an already crowded list of cancelled or delayed seasons. mlb, nhl, and of course, the biggest stunner of all, the nba after two players on the utah jazz tested positive for coronavirus. one of those players, rudy gobert, apologized for joking about covid-19, saying he was feeling a mix of fear and embarrassment. joining me is isaiah thomas, nba hall of famer and former detroit piston and also a co-founding partner of the toronto raptors whose players are self-quarantining after playing the utah jazz. isaiah, thank you so much for joining us and i just wonder what your reaction was when you heard that the nba and all these other sporting organizations are saying, no, we're done. >> i think all of us were surprised and shocked, but at the same time, understand that it's the right thing to do, and not only the right thing to do but definitely more concerned about people's health than you are playing the game, and when you look at what happened in the nba, when you look at what's happened with the nc 2a, definitely, it's the right thing to do. >> do you think it's an opportunity, i mean, we're seeing, say, celebrities like tom hanks and rita wilson and we're seeing basketball stars who have tested positive and they're not going to be playing. that's the decision that's been made. is this a teachable moment to sort of have them leading by example? >> it's a very teachable moment and not only teachable moment for sports leading by example, but, you know, this has always been the position that sports has kind of held in this country. you know, when you look at some of the things that have happened around sports, whether it be race relations, whether it be the hiv virus that we dealt with in the nba, the nba has always had a way of dealing with these situations and i thought adam silver definitely made the right call in pushing the pause button and making sure that we had all the right information and once you get all the right information, then you can start to, you know, put the information out but use the platform the sport has in form of informing the audience and helping to inform the audience about what's going on with the virus in terms of testing, social distancing and so forth and so on. >> this obviously, basketball, any of these sports leagues, huge business. what you see going on the field or the court is just the tip of the iceberg. the players aren't going to be playing but i mean, for instance, when it comes to basketball, ushers, arena workers, concession stand workers, parking lot attendants, cleaning crews. we've heard of some folks donating money. kevin love announced for those who aren't able to work and the cabs pay arena workers as if they are still working, even though they can't. do you think other teams need to do that? >> i think other teams will follow and i think other individuals will follow. and again, i smile when i say this because it only speaks to the impact of sport and how sport has been impactful in our society and just taking the lead role in a lot of these positions by putting the human being first in terms of humanity and then putting business and making money second. that's definitely what happened here. when we in the nba as an nba family and we as a sports family, as you can see, what we always try to do is put the human being first, whether it be race relations, viruses or what have you, you put the human being first and then the sport and the business comes second and third. >> look, we may not have basketball to watch but we may have to go watch some of the classic games, right? you have a specific one maybe we should be tuning to in the next several weeks? >> well, i'm an '80s guy, so anything that was going on in the '80s in terms of pistons, lakers, pistons, celtics, pistons, bulls, those were all classic games but not only classic games but when you look at what has happened thus far, you can always go back and watch some lebron james and go back to watch some steph curry in terms of how he was lighting it up a couple of years ago. so there's a lot of sports to watch. i'm also an nfl fan, so you can go back and watch some of the old bears tapes when mike ditka was coaching and when they won the super bowl, so i like to watch sports, so anything that's old is new for me again. we can introduce this new generation to some of the old school play. >> right? well, you definitely have been thinking about this, isaiah. thank you so much for putting on our list. we'll have something to watch. isaiah thomas, we appreciate it. >> thank you. we're seeing some really heartwarming examples of compassion during the crisis including a woman who bought groceries for someone in her 80s who was 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you. so i walked on over, and i was so surprised, she said to me that she was afraid to go to the grocery store. i said, you know, what's the problem? and she said, well, i'm afraid. the first case of the coronavirus and just happened today, yesterday. and i'm nervous to go in the store. my husband and i are worried because it's disproportionately affecting older people. would you be willing to buy my groceries for me and without a thought, cracked the window open more and handed me a hundred dollar bill and a grocery list and without thinking, i took it and walked in the store and bought the groceries and walked out and gave it to her and i wasn't even sure i was going to share this story. i told my boyfriend about it and said, you absolutely have to. >> i wow. >> i am impressed by the response. it's a trying time for so many people, particularly elderly folks, so i was glad to help and glad i could inspire tons of other people to do the same. >> what do you want people to take away 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health officials not if you have if the u.s. wanted to solve this crisis. straight to kaitlan collins at the white house. we're told the president will likely declare a national emergency and invoke the staff toward act. what does that mean. >> reporter: if the president does this and we're told he is likely going to, he could tap into the money that congress has allocated for disasters and it is going to these states and to this fight against this coronavirus outbreak. by signing the stafford act which the president said he's mem ors aed at the this point because they've been talking about it so much and lawmakers have been pushing him to invoke it, it would empower fema to go into states with officials that say they a saying they have over welcomed and that is what you're liking to see from the president in the rose garden this afternoon. and the stafford act is used in geographical areas or certain states. if tornado has a tornado for example. i don't think we've seen it used very on maybe not at all on a national level. so those are the details we're waiting to get from the president this afternoon. but that does appear to be what he will move forward with, trying to help the states that have been overwhemmed by this. >> and this is what they are calling for the president to do and the politics and the president's last address on the coronavirus, it frankly contained multiple factual errors about his own policies he's rolling out and criticized quite a bit even by some of his supporters. is today's address, it is an attempt at a re-do of sorts. >> reporter: it could be. that is why i said stay tuned for the details, we were thinking that all travel from europe to the united states was restricted and in the fine print found out that is not the case and we have not got a briefing from the white house beforehand. typically they would let us know exactly what we'll hear from the the president. we have not received that so far. and i think a lot of it has to do with white house officials don't want to get out ahead of the president because he could change his mind at the last minute. this perfect press conference was not on the schedule at the start of the day. the president decided he wanted to hold this press conference. so really they're waiting to see what he's going to say and this comes as lawmakers are urging the president to let people like dr. fauci on the coronavirus task force do the talking because that's a more effective way of handling the administration's response here. but clearly the president himself wants to come out today and make this announcement. >> kaitlan collins, thanks so much. as we wait for the president, let's discuss the situation. today let me start with dr. sanjay gupta. what does the president need to say today? >> well, if this is, in fact, this national emergency declaration, what is the purpose of it, what are the american people going to feel as a result of it, how is it going to change things? i think one of the biggest things, jake, and we've been talking about this for sometime, so much of the discussion is on testing and understandably so. dr. fauci said that was a failure. but looking forward now, i think what has been established and the cause for concern is that the virus is continuing to spread even though we don't know the exact numbers. we have enough evidence that it is continuing to spread and that hospitals are going to start feeling that demand. we have talked many times about what the hospitals are capable of providing in terms of patient care right now and what they might need to provide and those two numbers don't add up. a couple of simple examples, best estimates with moderate pandemic, coming slowly and a flattened curve when all of the patients don't show up at the same time, even in that scenario the expectation is that 200,000 icu beds will be necessary. that is in the blue sort of scenario there. by the way, if you look at the blue area and the red area, they're the same number of patients. i think people may understand this. it is just a question of the timing. do all of the patients show up right away or do they kind of come in more slowly over time. the question is are we going to have enough icu beds and enough ventilators, some of this is hard assets, jake. there is a lot of talk about organization and sort of the response overall but if you don't have enough ventilators there is not a lot of other logistical things that matter at that point. so i'll be listening for that. because these are the federal government's own projections in terms of what is necessary and it is not clear right now, to me, that we have enough to meet the demand. >> also with us in studio, the former surgeon general under president obama dr. moorethi, what do you think president trump needs to say. >> i think this is a moment where he need to be open with the people about the state of our response to the epidemic. to be honest about where our flaws have been and lay out a path to move forward. with any epidemic or pandemic response there are stumbles. there are places where we make mistakes. what matters is how quickly we recover and step up and in this case how quickly we get -- get testing from the people who need it. we need to make sure that everyone who has a test who needs a test get it and how do we make sure that the surge capacity that the health care system needs need because they'll be burdened with people with coronavirus and support every day people who will struggle economically and people stop going to restaurants and stop using ubers and lyfts and taxis. those are the messages that people want to hear today. >> and abby, two days ago the president addressed the nation and almost immediately the white house and the administration had to issue several corrections from the europe travel band and whether insurance companies will pay for treatment. you've covered this white house from the front lines there. how much of today's announcement is clean-up from earlier this week? >> i think at least partly clean-up that the president wants to correct the record about his public image which i think has taken justifiably a hit in the last 48 hours after that statement. but also frankly that first oval office address really failed to answer all of the questions that we just laid out, which is essentially where do we go from here. the president is calling this a foreign virus and talking about closing borders and that is fine, but there is so much more than needed to be done that wasn't laid out. and the opportunity here for the president is to correct some of that. to provide really vital public health information about what people should do, given that a lot of people are asking the question if i get sick, where do i go? what do i do? and secondly assuring people that they're not going to go bankrupt by trying to get a test or treatment if they are sick and showing a path forward for helping states and localities deal with this. i think the white house knows that they have more to do, hopefully they do that. it is interesting to me that they chose to do this around 3:00 p.m. eastern. that is before markets close and with we know that when he was giving that oval office speech on wednesday night, the futures were tanking. he has an opportunity to get it right this time. but he has in some ways an obligation because markets are really fragile, they're looking to the federal government for stability and this is the opportunity to provide it. >> and dana, we have seen the administration roll out some announcements today in terms of fda approvals and in terms of appointing a sort of testing czar at the department of health and human services and there is a real opportunity for president trump who has it is fair to say imperially stumbled and the american people want him to succeed in combatting this. >> no question. leadership is really in situations like this a nonpartisan thing. i know that sounds pollyana for me to say but it is true. people look to their leaders to figure out -- it has been -- certainly never in my lifetime, people not had answers to such basic things. none of us has. about do i send my kid to school and do i get in the car and go to the store in really basic things. now any president is not an m.d. but they do want to have some guidelines and people want to follow those guidelines. but the issue that the president still has is the fundamental disconnect between being a leader but also wanting to make sure that he doesn't say anything that goes too far, that makes the economy tank even more and so far he's done the former and ironically it made the economy even more jittery. >> let's go to the rose garden where we expect president trump any moment now. correspondent jim acosta joins us now and new reporting on what we're expecting to hear from mr. trump. >> reporter: that is right, jay. we do expect the president to issue some kind of declaration about there being a national emergency with respect to the coronavirus outbreak. that is a way for him to invoke the stafford act and p