this was a very sobering addres that he made from the oval office. he was very serious. i couldn't help but flip a few channels to see what was going on. on one of the other networks they talked about how he was breathing during his commentary. somehow that he seemed nervous. they could not bring themselves to say the one thing they were looking for him to do, you don't suspend travel for 30 days from europe and not believe that's serious. it's very serious.ra i thought the president had the right tone and the right message. i don't think anybody doubts this is a serious issue. the president like he did with china is taking serious action with europe.. he made it clear he will do whatever he can to protect the american people. i wish the left could say he is our president and he is doing what we hoped he would do and be grateful. >> laura: they won't do that. congressman steve scalise, you have been through a lot. you have seen what happens in this town in times of crisis. sometimes the country comes together. but sometimes politics cuts to the quick. the president urged

[cheers and applause] in fact, how about no tweeting from the oval office ever again? [cheers and applause] now, you have all heard our campaign slogan mike will get it done. let me tell you what the "it" is. it means winning november and sending donald trump back to mar-a-lago permanently. [cheers and applause] but that's just the beginning. because getting it done means finally providing health insurance to every american who lacks it. >> martha: going through some of these to get them in. >> bret: listening to mike bloomberg in palm beach firing up his crowd of supporters saying he has a chance. before we dipped in he said no matter how many delegates we win tonight, we have done what no one else thought was possible. we have gone from 1% in the polls to being a contender for president. he is sounding, we are back with donna and karl, like a candidate that is continuing on and continuing to fight even though he didn't get any delegates in virginia. some place he put a lot of money and did our town hall last night. he is right on the cusp in north carolina. >> martha

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president trump's ban on some travel from europe announced in wednesday night's oval office address has led to confusion from u.s. carriers, a backlash from u.s. allies and panic at european airports. kris van cleave is standing by at reagan national airport outside washington. and kris, so many people are wondering, how are these restrictions going to work? >> reporter: well, norah, we're all going to find out late tomorrow night when they go into effect, but these new restrictions caught a lot of people by surprise, including european leaders, and americans traveling overseas. and there was confusion, because at least initially it wasn't exactly clear what action the white house was taking. crowds and chaos at european airports as americans fear being stranded abroad, and this startling image from paris, a couple wearing industrial masks with a sea of fellow passengers around them. >> definitely been like a lot of uncertainty, which has caused a lot of panic. >> reporter: panic after the president said this last night. >> we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united stat

. >> yesterday's redo after his failed oval office address on wednesday is just the latest in a series of disinformation and contradictory statements coming from the commander in chief when speaking about coronavirus. >> we're going down, not up. we're going very substantially down not up. when you have 15 people and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, we're going to be pretty soon at only five people, and we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. >> congress's top doctor has told senate staffers that he expects 70 to 150 million americans to contract the coronavirus. >> i mean, view this the same as the flu. >> the mortality of this is multiple times what seasonal flu is. >> anybody that needs a test gets a test. >> we don't have enough tests today. >> we're very close to a vaccine. >> when you're talking about the availability of a vaccine, you're talking about a year to a year and a half. >> a lot of people think that goes away in april with the heat. >> we do not know whether it's going to diminish as the weather gets

.>>> president trump making that announcement from the oval office address the nation 45 minutes ago. the president laming the european union for not doing enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus. he said clusters of cases here in the u.s. were seated by european travelers from the restrictions will not apply to the uk. rehensrt s the most aggressive confront a foreign viin rn hi> i coen that by continuing to take these tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. >>> more breaking news in the past 20 minutes the nba season suspended. it happened at the confusing moment in oklahoma city an hour ago. >>> dennis o'donnell with this breaking development. unprecedented. the poe it changes seemingly every 30 seconds. >> reporter: the nba was moving forward with a plan to play games at the arena starting with the warriors tomorrow. at chase center. what happened tonight in oklahoma city changed everything. >>> the game has been postponed. you are all safe. take your time in leaving the arena tonight a

coming up next, what the president said today especially in the wake of an oval office address this week that did not reassure most people. the question for our political professionals was today any different? also in that vein, we will be joined by former white house communication director anthony scaramucci. we'll be right back. with advil, you have power over pain, so the whole world looks different. the unbeatable strength of advil. what pain? my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2. stop trulicity and call your doctor right away if you have an allergic reaction, a lump or swelling in y

and now a few people walk into the oval office and say, "sir, we have to close up the country." i said, "what are you talking about?" >> bill: and that, mr. president, must've been a very difficult thing to accept. one of the to >> president trump:one of tht decisions i've ever made. as soon as you do it, you are going to drop -- they are talking about 20 or 25 points of gdp. nobody's are her 25 points. if we went down one point, that's a big deal. all the sudden you are basically turning off the country. this has never been done before. "what are you talking about?" without hot spots before. we've had horrible flus. think of it, we averaged 36,000 people, and death. i'm not talking about cases, i'm talking about deaths. 36,000 deaths per year. people die from the flu. but we've never closed down the country from the flu. so you say to yourself, what is this all about? it's never been done. >> bill: allergy process that? >> president trump: not good i wasn't happy about it. i also knew that i had to do it. look, with turkey, i give this as an example. and syria. i said, "sign a

it's pretty clear the oval office address did not provide the kind of assurance everyone was looking for. >> rorr:ounorge. it didn't.anted to reassure the country and markets. it was tricky. he misstated his policy, and misstated what was contributed. before that speech, 59% of americans said they were concerned about this virus. afterwards, 73%. that of course, has to do with time as well, but politics still matter here, george. in our poll, 86% of republicans approve of the president's response, and 86% of democrats disapprove. of course the virus has no partisan loyalty. >> the question is can republicans and democrats come together on capitol hill to approve that stimulus package to help the economy. >> reporter: nancy pelosi said they are nearing a bipartisan agreement for an aid package for workers, free testing and sick pay. the senate is coming back next week. they're going to work on this, george. >> terry moran, thanks very much. michael? >>> george, the seriousness of this pandemic is felt around the globe. canadian prime minister justin trudeau and his wife are self-isola

trump signed the measure in the oval office hours after the house approved it by voice vote and less than two weeks after -- less than two days after the senate unanimously passed it. mr. trump think them for coming together and putting america first. the legislation will send rick payments of $1200 to millions of americans, including those anning up to $75,000 with additional $500 per child. it will substantially expand not was a, providing an additional 13 weeks and a four-month enhancement of benefits. and, for the first time, will extend the payments to freelancers and gig workers. 377measure will also offer billion dollars in federally guaranteed loans to small establish a 500 billion dollars government lending program for distressed companies reeling from the crisis, including allowing the administration to take equity stakes in airlines that received a to help compensate taxpayers. it will also send $100 billion to hospitals on the front lines of the pandemic. housefter the vote, the speaker, nancy pelosi, and other house leaders came out to talk to the media about the aid pac

ever a since the president address it is office in the oval office, white house officials have been in cleanup mode. clearing up the travel ban. >> those prohibitions will not only apply to trade and cargo but various other things as we get approval. anything coming from europe to the united states is what we are discussing. >> reporter: as it turns out, carno from europe won't be impacted. mr. trump apparently misspoke when he said insurers will cover coronavirus treatments, when he meant tests. >> earlier of this week i met with the leaders of the health industry who have agreed to wave all payments for coronavirus treatments. >> reporter: mr. trump's potential democratic rivals say it's time for the president to get serious. >> this virus laid bare, the severe shortcomings of the current administration. public theaters are being compound, but pervasive lack of trust in this president fueled by adversary relationships with the truth. >> but we also have to face the truth and that is that the number of casualties may actually be even higher than what the armed forces experienced in wo

but it may have little to do with the words coming from the oval office. i talked to a doctor yesterday. hold her what i was working on and what i cover. this doctor said the best thing you can do is simply not report what the president is saying because there's so much misinformation coming from the oval office that he is putting lives at risk by not sounding more of an alarm and urging americans not just elderly americans but all americans to take these necessary precautions now. >> doctor, what do you think about that? >> we needed to see federal leadership and see the president speak about it as the grave threat that it is to the public's health. in his speech there were important things that happened. they talked about diagnostic testing and staying home if you're sick and certain measures to take. it's important we realize we don't have an idea of where this is in our country because our testing has been so frayed. and there's still this perception this is a travel-related illness. it's no longer a travel-related illness. >> that's because the presid

our breaking news tonight, the president addressing the nation from the oval office tonight saying he is ordering a halt on travel to the u.s. from europe and causing confusion when his own administration made it clear the restrictions aren't as extensive as the president made them out to be, that as the coronavirus is changing everyday life in this country in ways a lot of us couldn't have imagined even a few days

why didn't he say that in that speech from the oval office? >> it was about an 11 minute speech, pretty brief. to say all travel is being banned for the next 30 days when there are these exemptions, of course, is, you know, that needs clarification because it affects peoples' lives, people who are flying back and forth and what they're going to be doing. if you are an american, there are airports you can go to and get screened and return back to the united states during that period is really important as well as the trade issue. he was initially saying no cargo could come over. that's going to flash warning signs. you saw markets taking note of that. that's important clarification because it could potentially disrupt not only business but peoples' daily lives. >> i'm glad you said that because i had an intense conversation with john casic. i was trying to explain to him that it affects the markets. we were talking about that among the producers here. all he had to say was i'm talking about foreign nationals and it would have just been that sim

the president will talk from the oval office on the coronavirus. thanks for being with us. >> let's give you the latest local headlines. three tsa employees have been diagnosed with covid-19. 42 employees are under quarantine. >> no fans at tomorrow night's san francisco game. there's a lot happening locally, but this response is international. let's bring in lester holt as we wait for president trump. >> good evening. we're interrupting regular programming to bring you remarks from president trump on the coronavirus outbreak and the growing economic impact. total confirmed cases in the united states now exceed 1,200 in more than 40 states. there have been 37 deaths in this country so far and more are predicted. there was another big selloff on wall street today. dropping

the buck stops on the resolute desk in the oval office. whether he says that or not is irrelevant because the american people will render that judgment. i don't think they're, by the way, going to blame him for the virus coming here. but they will blame the politicians who they think didn't do their job. so he has a chance to really succeed if the federal government gets it right. >> i want to listen to the something that the president said in january. >> are there worries about a pandemic at this point? >> no, not at all. we have it totally under control. it's one person coming in from china. and we have it under control. it's, uh, going to be just fine. >> i wonder what you think about having an accurate assessment and what that means for leadership in a time like this. >> i think the biggest problem that donald trump has right now is that he does not have credibility with the american people. and the reason he doesn't have contributed is because he says things that are simply not true. every time he gets on television i think we get mor

. ♪ >>> in a primetime oval office address to the nation last night, president trump announced a number of immediate measures to deal with the coronavirus outbreak including a 30-day travel ban from europe and financial assistance to those affected by quarantines. >> it came just hours after one of the world's leading infectious disease experts, dr. anthony fauci, warned that the situation is about to get worse. linsey davis spoke with a leading expert. >> how significant is today's assessment that things will get worse and that this is 10 times deadlier than the flu? >> i think it was high time that the w.h.o. declared a pandemic. we knew it was coming, many of us epidemiologists knew the pandemic was already here. the assessment that this is 10 times worse, that's actually a conservative estimate. the mortality could be as low as 1% to as high as perhaps 3%. and maybe higher depending on if it overwhelms the health care system, like lombardi, italy has an 8% mortality because the health system is overwhelmed. this is why testing as quickly as it can, doing social distancing at public

they want somebody in the oval office who will restore a sense of dignity to the office and lead have america lead on the world stage in a way we can be proud of. and i think what we saw across the country today was voters saying this is the vision for the country that i believe in. this is the person i want to take on trump and restore dignity to the white house. >> deputy campaign manager for the biden campaign. congratulations again on a night nobody saw coming. thank you so much. >> we have a key race alert. look at this in texas joe biden is expanding his lead over sanders with 60% of the vote in. joe biden has 30.4%. sanders 28.2%. texas the second biggest prize of the night. biden is ahead by 28,650 votes. that's a major development. in california bernie sanders maintaining his lead. impress i lead over bloomberg in second place. biden 17.3%. california is the biggest prize of the night. maine right now it's a battle. 89% of the vote is in. joe biden is leading 33.8% to sanders 32.3%. very close in maine. biden ahead by 2,660 votes. in maine. let's look at texas. you're studyin

host: the president last night from the oval office. we are getting your reaction on the washington journal. democrats, 202-748-8000. republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. the president talking about the he isncy aid package looking for. negotiations continuing as far as the details. here is the story from the new york times, leaders reaching to read -- racing to reach a deal. members of congress scheduled to leave at the end of this week. .chedules could change the new york times noting by nighttime there was still no deal. house democrats were pushing ahead with their own emergency beenf package they have calling the families first coronavirus response act. some of the details released from nancy pelosi's office on the act. it would involve coronavirus testing, paid emergency leave, enhanced unemployment insurance, strengthen food security initiatives, protections for front-line workers. increased federal funding for medicaid included in the package democrats are proposing. we will see what happens today with what sor

there are corrections being delivered to the comments he made in the oval office. not that he was ever a careful communicator, he is now spreading disinformation around something around which people are -- i cannot tell you how many people have called me and said should i get on a plane and go to spring break, should i send my kid to school, should my kid go to baseball, ballet, the movies. people are desperate for credible information. >> and as you know an oval office address is like the ten commandments that those words are gold, and in fact, he doesn't have that classic process to do that and doesn't even know how to do it. he used to lambast people for taking notes. the other thing that's ironic and sad and a little dangerous is he has to depend on a system that he doesn't trust, the deep state, health care professionals, on public health professiona professionals. this is what government is and he has no idea how to use it. in fact, one of the things that joe biden mentioned today that i think is important to mention over and over, look at how the states and

last night president trump announced executive action from the oval office, including a historic travel ban that camee with snfusion. pres. trump: to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the u.s. the next 30 days. the new rules will go into effect friday at midnight. lisa: just an hour later, an important clarification, this does not applyo americans. followed by a tweet from the president that it does not apply to goods. vice president mike pence downplayed this in morning interviews. >> do not think there was confusion. he made the decision on the spot after hearing from all sides that the bes thing we could do was suspend all travel. lisa:si the pnt's plan has other elements. he is like to declare a national emergency, to free up $40 billion to help. he is starting to give loans to small businesses and asking congress f $50 billion more to help them directly. and he wants congress to pass a payroll tax cut to boost the tire economy. on capitolill the focus is on aet broader of ideas proposed by house democrats. >> it is aboututting

moments ago, president trump addressed the nation from the oval office, outlining a series of measures to steady the nation as it deals with the coronavirus outbreak. he announced he is suspending travel from europe for 30 days to prevent further spread of the virus, and he announced plans to help small business and called on congress to approve payroll tax relief for millions of americans. and we've got more breaking news just coming in. tom hanks and his wife, rita wilson, just put out a statement saying they have tested positive for the coronavirus in australia. there's lots of news to cover this evening, and we're going to begin with weijia jiang, who leads us off tonight from the white house. weijia. >> reporter: norah, calling for unity, president trump said this virus does not stand a chance against us. but even though he talked about preventing the disease from coming into the country, he did not offer an updated plan about how to stop the rapid spread of it that's already here. with coronavirus cases in the u.s. numbering over1,000, president trump said he was taking action. >

last night president trump addressed the nation from the oval office. it was a nice change from his usual speeches right next to a a helicopter [ helicoper whilring ] "i'm about to go on a trip in this flying whirlybird car we go in sky now bye-bye. this is only the second time trump has addressed the country from the oval office the first was during the great mcrib shortage of 2018 [ light laughter ] actually the last time trump spoke from the oval office, it was about his plans to build his border wall, which means in two years the coronavirus should be about 10% taken care of [ laughter ] but trump wanted to give a a speech to reassure the nation that everything is going to be okay, and i think it worked. today the stock market only dropped 2,000 points [ laughter ] during his address, trump said starting friday people from europe can't fly to the u.s. he was like, "we have to stop the virus so instead of everyone flying here, i want everyone to take a cruise. [ light laughter ] [ laughter ] and officials -- normally when we do this, we rehearse thes

we just had a conversation with the president in the oval office talking about, you know, you can look at a date, but you have to be very flexible. on a literally day by day and week by week basis. you need to evaluate the feasibility of what you're trying to do. you asked for what kind of metrics, what kind of data. when you look at the country, obviously no one is going to want to tone down things when you see what's going on in a place like new york city. that's just good public health practice and common sense. but the country is a big country and there are areas of the country, and i refer to this in my opening remarks, that we really need to know more about what the pen trance is there -- penatrance is there. if we do the kind of testing we'll be doing, and testing will be associated with tracing, and you find after a period of time that there are areas that are very different from other areas of the country, you may not want to essentially treat it as just one force for the entire country. but look at flexibility in different areas. so i think people might get the misinterpretat

office on day one and handle a crisis like this. >> arlette, stand by for a moment. ryan, i'll get to you. i wasment to alert viewers, we're standing by for a briefing. the new york governor, andrew cuomo is getting ready to brief reporters, make a statement on what's going on in new york right now. we'll have live coverage of that coming up. ryan -- i think we're going to go to ryan in a moment. we lost his shot. arlette, is biden staying basically inside his house right now? he's is 77 years old. bernie sanders is 78 years old. are they just basically doing what is recommended by the medical authorities out there, stay put? >> yeah. biden's been working from his home in delaware basically for the past week. i think the last time we saw him out in public was on the debate stage last sunday. he's been at home. he's been talking to advisers over the phone, spending a lot of time on the phone making calls about the coronavirus. there has been a few advisers who had been coming and going from his home. for the most part, it is joe biden and his family at their home in d

president trump will address the nation from the oval office at 6:00 tonight discussing the pandemic. you can watch it live here on abc 7 as well as abc7news.com. >>> and yesterday the archdiocese of san francisco closed 90 of its schools for the next two weeks. today big announcements were made about what's next for san francisco public school students and their families. >> kate larson is live outside lowell high school with the latest. kate? >> reporter: well, it turns out sfusd schools will not close because of coronavirus. in fact lowell reopened today after a three-day closure when there was concern that a parent and a student might have coronavirus. they do not. now, nevertheless the district superintendent says there has been a dip in attendance because people are choosing to stay home. right now because of coronavirus, those absences are excused of. at city hall today, officials explained why they decided not to preemptively close san francisco public schools because of coronavirus concerns. >> schools are essential service with multiple community benefits, and children have

office about the coronavirus. the president is expected to be making big important news about how to protect all americans during this pandemic. as soon as the president begins speaking we'll bring it to you all live but first joining us live is white house chief correspondent john roberts. >> sean, good evening to you. we're expecting according to white house sources that the president's address tonight about 10 or 12 minutes in length will be calming in tonight. the president wants to assure the nation that the federal government in conjunction with the private

. >> the president used the biggest weapon that a president has, that primetime oval office speech last night, to try to calm the markets. it does not appear to have worked. >> reporter: trump also banning travel from most of europe to the u.s. for the next 30 days. though u.s. citizens and permanent residents will not be affected. that announcement causing confusion. the european union responding, slamming the measure as a unilateral decision taken without consultation. >> we had to make a decision, and i didn't want to take time and, you know, takes long time to make the individual calls. >> reporter: while congress scrambles to pass a new covid-19 relief bill, next week's senate recess now canceled. >> right now we have to find our common ground, work together to -- to get this done as soon as possible. >> reporter: and former vice president joe biden releasing his own plan to deal with the outbreak. >> and it's critical to have an effective mass response to save lives, protect our frontline health workers, slow the spread of the virus. anyone who needs to be tested based on medical

president trump failed to specify in his oval office address what his new policy means for americans who are already in europe. vice president mike pence, today, trying to clear it up. >>> i don't think there was confusion. americans coming home will be funneled through 13 different airports. they'll be screened. and then we're going to ask every american and legal resident returning to the united states to self-quarantine. >> melissa bell is out front. >>> chaos and fear tonight in europe after president trump announces a 30-day ban on travel to the united states. from paris to berlin to rome and madrid, americans are scrambling to get home. >> i think a lot of people panicked last night when it wasn't clear that, like, american citizens could still return home. so i know a lot of people that were freaked out and trying to change their flights, like yesterday. >> in rome. >> i say pretty nervous about not being able to go home. >> reporter: american citizens, permanent residents, and some immediate family members are exempt from the ban. but questions remain about how they will be s

office address that should have said here's the things you need to do. instead, it had him say misinformations like we're not sure if all goods will be banned from europe. we don't know if insurance companies are going to cover the treatments of coronavirus. he obviously had to clean all that stuff up. what you have is a leadership vacuum that people are worried about. >> the governors have filled the vacuum. i'm curious, congressional republicans, it seems to be offline, they're very concerned that they're basically being judged through the prism of how the president is responding. governors get to separate themselv themselves. >> this is a crisis on capitol hill. you know, we're going to spend the coming week waiting for the senate to take action on a compromise that came late into the night on friday between the white house and house democrats. and it's not clear to me that there is a path forward with senate republicans. there's so much internal squabbling. there's other priorities and issues they're trying to deal with. nobody can give me a timeline

i will be going back to the oval office. thank you very much. >> so many people that are rushing to grocery stores all over the country filling up their baskets. is that the right move. you think people should be conserve before buying. also apple announced they will close all their stores for two weeks. you want to see you to outlets and restaurants do the same thing. >> i think it's frankly good if they do it. i think what apple did is fine. and i want to keep people away for a lower pitch escape and why. >> when it gets better. people are going by things and i understand that. by the way, i had my temperature taken coming into the room. let's compare. that means we all looking good. i also took the test last night. and i decided i should based on the press conference srp people are asking if i took the test. i don't know, whatever it takes, a day or two days. whatever it is but they sent it to a lab. >> mister president, respectfully you have sent mixed messages. watch as she shook hands with people hand disappeared and y

apparently it's no longer in the oval office. not to worry. >> throughout this process, mr. president, you've put the health of america first. >> yeah. outside of calling the response to coronavirus a hoax when it resulted in a pandemic, assuring everyone could get tested when they clearly and still cannot, and announcing a national scale website in a partnership with google that does not exist, the president has you covered. >>> i want to bring in cnn presidential historian tim nefdali. tim, we're in a national crisis right now. a lot of people at this point, in different times in history, at this point in a crisis they turn to the president for leadership. when he says things that aren't true, it strains credibility, and it hurts the public, does it not? >> i think it's -- it's a time we thought of this as a war. and we're going to war against a virus. and imagine what kind of credibility and reassurance you want from your commander in chief when you're in a war, it's wartime. it's so important for the president to establish trust because people are going to die. we don't

flanked by republican lawmakers in the oval office, mr. trump credited the swift work of both parties for passing the c.a.r.e.s. act so quickly. the president said he enacted the defense production act to compel companies like ford and general motors to make urgently needed ventilators. >>> the city of new orleans is fast becoming a global hot spot for the virus. its roughly 1,200 cases are rapidly growing. the latest figures show 57 have died in surrounding orleans parish, giving it the highest death rate in the nation. almost four times that of new york. friday, governor john bel edwards said the convention center is being converted into a potential field hospital with 240 beds being set up this weekend. the last time it served that function was following hurricane katrina. as in other places, new orleans' famous restaurants are closed to diners and are serving takeouts only. that means there are far less -- there's far less food waste in the alley ways for the local rodent population to feed on. that has driven them out into the streets

office, they got to the president on that point. he's not talking about easter anymore. he's saying out loud the economy is number two on my list. >> that is just great news for americans. that belated move will save lives moving forward. that is what dr. fauci, dr. birx, it's what they've wanted all along. the president -- it's been a long time coming to get to the table. jonathan had a story in the associated press where he talked about how those doctors spread the charts out over the president's resolute desk. he looked at it and understood that he had no choice and actually said, we have to do this. it is one of the rare times, willie, where good science is good politics. one of the rare times in this administration, good science does equal good politics, as john heilemann was saying, and in this case, it also is good economically because the worst thing that could happen would be for this first wave of coronavirus infections and deaths to stagger on through the summer and then into the fall and the only way to stop that, of cou

how in an oval office address, statements about the president's own proposals end up being wrong? >> let me first comment on your reaction to the stock market. the stock market is going to go up and it's going to go down. we can't focus on every day the move. as it relates to the oval office address, the president was very clear, he wanted to address a very important point. which was he made the move to shut down travel so that we shut down more cases coming in. he wanted to reassure the american public, i don't think in an oval office address you can address every single issue as you're discussing it. and think, you know -- >> how does he get things wrong about his own proposal? >> i don't think he got it wrong at all. >> cargo is not banned. >> we were very clear that people misinterpreted the comment on cargo. and we immediately put out a statement to clarify that. the president said this is similar to china and china cargo is not banned. >> what caused this turn in the president, clearly he wasn't taking the pandemic very seriously early on and now with these measures he appea

looking in command from the oval office. the question, according to another source close to this process, is whether he conveys that he's in command of the facts. because, to be fair, anderson, he just hasn't been up until this point. >> right. so i assume that means tonight he is not going to say that this is going to miraculously disappear from our shores, as he said, i think a week or week and a half ago with diamond and silk, you know, cheering him on. and i assume he's not going to say that this will all just go away, which is what i believe he said, if it was yesterday or the day before that. >> and that this is just like the flu, he has said that as well. even though dr. anthony fauci was saying up on capitol hill that the coronavirus is much, much worse than the flu. anderson, talking to our sources, one of the things they are telling us tonight is they believe that the president is starting to, quote, get it. the question is whether or not that comes across in about an hour from now. >> we'll see. jim acosta, apprec

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and the president addressed the nation last night from the oval office. how did the message meet the moment? john avlon here with the reality check. >> president trump was on cleanup duty in the oval office last night after weeks of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. he was serious and sober minded, even if he had to correct misstatements in the script. while most of the new policies boil down to two transcriptions, travel bans and tax cuts there are two major areas the president didn't address where he's contributed to the confusion, comparisons to the coronavirus to the flu and the availability of testing kits today. let's start with those faulty flu comparisons. >> how many people die a year from the flu? and in this country and last year was 36 or 37,000 people. i'm saying, wow, nobody knew that information. >> well, he should have known that. because his own grandfather died from the flu according to one biographer. but trump doubled down this past monday, that the flu kills between 27,000 and 70,000 per year, nothing to shut down, life a

after the president's oval office address to reassure us. jp morgan is predicting a u.s. recession this year. understanding really getting how bad it is and how bad it is likely to get, even if we are in that different head space, if we come to a new understanding about this, people who run sports leagues and states and colleges and malls are figuring it out and acting accordingly, it leaves all of us regular citizens with the day to day decisions about what we are supposed to do and what we can do to protect ourselves and to protect our families and contribute to our country trying to handle this as well as possible. we are not leaving this to the government and they will do it. it's us doing the right thing as best we understand it. i could do breaking news on all the things closing and shutting down and changed because of the virus for the course of this hour. i will stop there. tonight, we're going to talk to reporters. we speak with somebody who has very valuable experience in successfully forcing improvement in what was a terrible government response to a health cri

and also, david, how has it affected the psyche of those who watched that speech from the oval office, do you think? i think there's a lot of people sally who were looking to president trump to exhibit leadership in this crisis. he has been accused of downplaying its up to now. he said famously that people here should just stay calm and it will all go away. clearly, his own officials and medical experts and so on have been disputing that particular conclusion. indeed one during the day yesterday went on to make the point before congress that millions of americans may well be affected by the coronavirus. president trump, i think bowing to the inevitable, not least the advice of his own members of staff but also the fact that the stock markets have been hammered by this in the last few weeks. the dowjones closed down 20% yesterday, bear markets territory and that's a barometer, as far as the president sees it, of his success president sees it, of his success here in the united states. also, when it comes to the goods being crossed between the goods being crossed between the us and europ

president trump will be addressing the nation from the oval office 9:00 eastern here in washington as you said to lay out his prescription for the coronavirus outbreak. the president is insisting that the economy is still, quote, strong despite the steep sell-off on wall street earlier this afternoon. one of the recommendations we could hear from the president tonight, new travel restrictions for passengers headed to europe. one top homeland security official told lawmakers earlier today those restrictions are under discussion, active discussion as we speak. part of the problem for the president is that there is an outbreak of mixed messages and false statements coming out of this white house has top health officials are now contradicting claims made by mr. trump on almost a daily basis. with the stock market plunging over fears of the coronavirus, the president told some of the nation's top banking executives he'll make an address to the nation to lay out measures aimed at stopping the outbreak and turning around the economy. >> if we get rid of the problem quickly everything solves

president trump addresses the nation from the oval office calling this a critical time. breaking overnight, in a stark primetime address, president trump announces new emergency measures as the global crisis enters a new phase. >> smart action today will prevent the spread of the virus tomorrow. >> the president suspends most travel from europe and with the stock market reeling fears of a recession growing. calls on congress to help workers and small business. vice president pence joins us this morning. >>> this after a health official warning that the virus is ten times deadlier than the flu. >> bottom line, it's going to get worse. >> hard-hit seattle shutting down its public schools for at least two weeks. st. patrick's day parades across the country canceled. hospitals putting up emergency tents, bracing for the worst and overseas italy offering an ominous warning. that nation's hospitals already buckling under the pressure of europe's worst outbreak. >>> as many cities and states here now cancel large gatherings, the nba suspending its season until further notice, a

rinse. >>> just 24 hours ago, we were waiting for the president's oval office to address the nation. tonight, we are seeing confusion among travelers and businesses and dismay from even some republic lawmakers about what the president's been saying about the availability of testing. jim acosta joins us now from the white house. how is what the president said today squaring with what dr. fauci was saying pretty much at that exact same moment or just shortly before that, under oath, about the system failing? >> well, anderson, it was remarkable because we heard the president last night just before that oval office address and there were sources around the president, inside, outside the white house saying he is understanding the gravity of the moment. and then today, when he was in front of reporters, he was back to this mode of wishful thinking and really just a flatout misleading the public about what's going on. and i think a key part of that is what he was saying testing is going smoothly, even as dr. fauci was testing on capitol hill that this has been a failing on part of the admi

the day after the oval office address, the president and the team have resumed the attacks on the democrats and the media and this issue of whether or not the president should be tested for the coronavirus, dr. fauchi, one of the top experts on the task force was asked about this by reporters out 150id of tside of wing, and he said he wouldley it up to the white house. >>> thank you. and now joining us is governor mike dewine of ohio. and we know that you have a lot going on and grateful for you to spend a few minutes. you are banning all schools k-12, and any gatherings of more than 100 people. what led you to these drastic measures? >> we have a great director of health and we have been consulting with the experts every single day. it is time, and the experts told us it is time to do this. this is not something that we wanted to do particularly with the schoolchildren, but you have to, and the experts tell you that you have the try to slow this thing down. our biggest concern in ohio and this country is overtaxing our home medical system. so we end up like apparently italy is where they a

office as he signed into law. this is a big group. thank you all very much. this is an important day, i am signing the single biggest economic relief package in american history, or any other package. twice as large as any relief ever signed. to2 billion, but goes up $6.2 billion potentially. trillion dollars. you're talking about a $6.2 trillion bill. nothing like that. to ourll deliver relief nation's families and businesses. that is what this is about. what was the 96-0, number in congress? >> voice vote. pres. trump: that is amazing. that is fantastic. i want to thank republicans and democrats for coming together, setting aside their differences and putting america first. provides forion direct payments to individuals as -- and on president it to small businesses. we will keep our small and big business is strong and that is keeping our strongly -- our country strong. this bill includes the following. $300 billion in cash payments will be available to every american citizen earning less than $99,000 a year. 30

we heard yesterday in the oval office him suggesting this was one of the emergency powers he was considering. now based on multiple sources, and now i'm told we have a third. it is expected the president will announce a national emergency this afternoon. >> national emergency 3:00, will make billions of dollars available to states and cities. what more do we know about the shift in strategy there in the west wing, this intervention as it's been called? >> yes, some describing it as intervention. the bottom line you saw the shift occur at the beginning of this week where the president obviously spent his weekend in florida. he was fund-raising. we saw pictures of him playing golf as well. he came back and when he got back to the white house, there was really a lot of an effort by some of his top officials, including larry kudlow, steven mnuchin to have him change his tone, the way he had been speaking about the coronavirus crisis. to that point he had largely been downplaying it, blaming the media for fanning the flames of fear americans were speaking about over the past several days. the urg

but regardless of what the president says, this is an oval office address during an outbreak that is spreading across the nation. and it is really going to be a test of his willingness to meet the moment here. and we should note that there is this sense of urgency inside the white house about this today. but what we are told by several people around the president is it seems to have more to do with the negative coverage he's seeing of their response so far than it does with any kind of reckoning he's had about this outbreak after downplaying it for weeks. >> all right. thank you very much, kaitlan. tonight, local officials are working hard to contain the spread of the virus at the site of the largest cluster in the united states. eric hill is out front there in new rochelle, new york. >> life is changing quickly and drastically. >> it is a scary time. >> perhaps nowhere is that more obvious than in this new york suburb. home to the state's largest cluster of positive coronavirus cases. and a new one-mile containment zone. >> we hope and expect that the measures that have been put in

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. >> reporter: the president's oval office address where he announced widespread travel restrictions on europe, along with economic aid proposals failed to boost chaotic financial markets. the dow plunged more than 2,000 points yesterday. the biggest one-day drop in over 30 years. >> the market is going to be just fine. that's why i made these decisions. >> reporter: as the president sought to downplay the turmoil, the white house also said he will not be tested for coronavirus. days after coming into close contact with an aide to brazil's president at mar-a-lago who later tested positive for the virus. >> let's put it this way. i'm not concerned. >> but senator lindsey graham who was also at mar-a-lago announced yesterday that he is self-quarantining while he awaits the results of a virus test. graham is just one of several lawmakers close to the president who have self-quarantined after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for the virus. the president has said he has no plans to do the same. and just this morning, we are learning that a senior australian politician

. >> the other person who wanted taft in the oval office was his predecessor as president, his close friend, colleague and mentor, theodore roosevelt. >> they had been very good friends, taft and roosevelt. there was a mutual respect. a real warm friendship. >> they would walk to work every day and they liked to talk about sports and about politics. >> roosevelt wanted taft to succeed him because he knew how much taft loved him and believed taft would really do pretty much what roosevelt would have done. the look alake, so to speak. >> but teddy roosevelt is a hard act to follow. he had been a hugely popular president serving two terms in the white house. >> americans just kind of loved him. and i think of this because he was one of those rare presidents who had imprinted his personality on the office. >> there was all sorts of legend and lore around it'd day roosevelt that started before he was president when he was the hero of the spanish american war. and he cultivated and encouraged it. >> teddy roosevelt did a lot of different things. he did them all 110%. he was loud. he did ou