since president trump has been in office, he has spoken from the oval office only once before. and that was looking back at it, kind of hard to see that it deserved it, a government shutdown over funding for a wall on the mexican border. tonight's address comes amid a cascade of closures. again, these are decisions that have largely been made, as chris was saying, at the state and local level, as those officials are making their own decisions about what ought to be shut down, what schools ought to be closed, and when, and what workplaces ought to be closed and when, what events ought to be stopped and when. this all happening as fears about the coronavirus, fears about the economy, have begun to take hold. the president will address those fears next. >>> my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in china, and is now spreading throughout the world. today, the world health organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. we have been in frequent contact with our allies,

i'm looking forward to president trump's address from the oval office. i think you will see deliberate, decisive action. they have taken this very seriously. we can trust in their leadership. this is on the second time the president has addressed to the nation from the oval office. and so this shows he does take this seriously. he's showing and providing exemplary leadership. trish: right doesn't platter what he says at this point. up anticipating some of the examples of what they said. they are accusing conservatives of trying to kill americans. it's gone that far. that's a pretty terrible thing to say. i'm just going to say it once. if i have to keep saying it again, i will. i think that we all want what is best for this country. we all want to make sure that we get through this very, very difficult time, and that our loved ones are safe. and that our economy is still able to continue thriving. that has been an important part of our success as a nation. so you want your health and you want your job. so he most likely will -- we'll find out in a short m

the president taking to the oval office in prime time. the first time he has done that in a more than a year to address the concerns of many people here is the fracture of this virus spreads. how are people finding this? of course, we are seeing empty shelves across europe, disputes over to i let shelves across europe, disputes over toilet rolls that we have seen people in australia fighting over that that how about america? up in seattle, not far from where i am speaking to you right now, they have limited public gatherings in certain counties to know more than 250 people at once. there is concern about quarantining people in new york and also allowing public gatherings in the nation's capital, washington, dc. we see clear signs of public buying, hand sanitising materials, toilet rolls and so on so a lot of concern here and that was a concern the president felt he had to address clearly tonight from the oval office. coming back to the headline news that the president is suspending of flies to europe. can he do this automatically or does

recent times in the oval office has been more common. he talked about the oil spill. president bush served eight years. he actually delivered a dozen oval office addresses. his first was the night of the 9/11 attacks. since president trump has been president, he has spoken from the oval only once before, and looking back at it, it's hard to believe it deserved it. it was for a government shutdown for funding the wall on the mexican border. tonight comes a cascade of closures. again, these are decisions that have largely been made, as we were saying, from the state and federal and local level, as they make decisions about what schools ought to be closed and when, what events ought to be stopped and when. this all happening as fears about the coronavirus, fears about the economy have begun to take hold. the president will address those fears now. >> my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak. it started in china and is now spreading throughout the world. today the world health organization

the oval office address that led to a market meltdown? >> yes. today's press conference was seen as an opportunity for him to do a do-over of the oval office address where it was a giant failure of leadership. his aides came to him like let's try something else. he was convinced to do this because the oval office address did not have the impact he expected it to. we have seen him moving slowly to this is not just something that needs to be contained to closing the borders but something inside of our country and this is the first time that he addressed the situation, the health crisis going on within our borders. it has taken him a long time to get there. he started from a place of just hoping that it would go away. now he seems to understand that is not the case. >> i am not sure i would call it full throated and robust. but compared to the oval office the other day it was quite a development. the president feels like a reluctant participant in this one. struggling with his written words he reads on the screen and surrounded himself with a bunch

look, there are a couple of obligations when giving an oval office address in the mid-of a crisis. one is to be truthful, to be factual and be open with the scope of the challenge and then to be clear how you're going to meet that challenge. the president failed on all fronts last night. it is inconceivable to me that minutes after an oval office address in the midst of a major crisis that you have to engage in a series of skinbacks to correct what the nation just heard. that doesn't inspire confidence that we have steady leadership at the helm in the midst of this. the psychology of this got much worse instead of better because of this speech. >> david axelrod, we'll come to you in a second. do you have an example of where, look, i don't think you had to correct yourself in the obama administration over an oval office address. after the gulf oil spill, there was an address and you regret it. >> i absolutely do. it was one of the big mistakes kmuns indicationwise -- communicationwise. we felt it was important to talk about the leak in the gulf of mexico. but we didn't have a solid

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

he will speak from the oval office underscoring the gravity of the situation this country faces. today the world health organization declared a pandemic. there are now more than 125,000 confirmed cases worldwide including 1200 cases right here in the u.s. >>> i want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak. that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world. today the world health organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. we have been in frequent contact with our allies and we are marshaling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the american people. this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. i am confident that by counting and continuing to take these tough measures we will significantly reduce the threat to our citizens and we will ultimately and expeditiously defeat this virus. from the beginning of time nations and people have faced unforeseen challenges. including large-scale and very dangerous health

so last night, the president held an emergency live address from the oval office to calm the nation down and to find someone else to blame. >> breaking news: tipping point. president trump addresses the nation on the coronavirus pandemic, using just his second oval office speech to announce the u.s. will suspend most travel from europe. >> 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 travelers from europe. this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. >> trevor: okay, first of all, it isn't a foreign virus. it's just a virus, okay. trump makes it sound like corona doesn't speak english. ( laughter ) and-- and-- and, also, we can blame europe for many things-- colonialism, skinny jeans, piers morgan-- but this virus is worldwide, all right. it was going to get here no matter what europe did. honestly, it's beginning to look like shutting down borders is just trump's go-to solution for everything.

[cheers and applause] in fact, how about no tweeting from the oval office ever again? [cheers and applause] now you've probably heard our campaign slogan, "mike will get it done." let me tell you what it is. the it means winning in november and sending donald trump back to mar-a-lago permanently. [cheers and applause] but that is just the beginning. because getting it done means finally providing health insurance for every american who lacks it. [cheers and applause] getting it done means passing common sense gun safety laws to protect our children and communities. [cheers and applause] getting it done means making america a global leader in the fight against climate change. [cheers and applause] getting it done means creating good jobs with higher wages. [cheers and applause] getting it done means addressing discrimination and inequality. [cheers and applause] getting it done means creating a path to citizenship and finally fixing our broken immigration system. [cheers and applause] and getting it done means protecting a woman's right to choose. [cheers and applause]

was it the oval office address that led to a market meltdown? >> yes. well, today's press conference in the rose garden was kind of seen as an opportunity for him to do a do-over of the oval office address that was widely seen and the market reacted to as a giant failure of leadership. so his aides came to him and said, let's try something else. so he was convinced to do this because the oval office address didn't have the impact that he expected it to. overall we've seen the president kind of moving slowly to a full realization that this is not just something that needs to be contained from the outside and to closing the borders, but there is something that is already inside of our country, and this was the first time he really addressed the situation, the health crisis that's going on within our borders. it has taken him a long time to get there, and he started from a place of kind of hoping it would just go away, wishful thinking that it would be gone by april. now he seems to understand that that is not the case. >> john, i'm not sure i'd call it fu

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

speaking from the oval office on wednesday, mr trump sought to reassure wall street. our banks and financial institutions are fully capitalised and incredibly strong. our unemployment is at a historic low. this vast economic prosperity gives us flexibility, reserves and resources to handle any threat that comes our way. this is not a financial crisis. this isjust a temporary moment of time that we will overcome together asa time that we will overcome together as a nation, and as a world. to soften the economic blow, the president said he would delay the tax filing deadline for those impacted by the virus, cut payroll taxes, and make low interest loans available to small businesses. but the latter tonight measures still require the support of a very divided and very polarised congress. it will be several months before the full economic fallout from the coronavirus becomes clear. but one thing is certain. and erica's longest bull market has come to an end. samira hussain, bbc news, new york —— america's longest bull market. let's look at what has been going on as fa

eastern time from the oval office on the coronavirus outbreak. we're now monitoring if the president will declare a national emergency. tonight we're going to bring you calm rational information from the experts. now that declaration would let the president direct fema to possibly tens of billions of dollars of disaster relief funds for the virus. we're now digging into government contracts now going out. we'll give you that information. we're trying to track what the trump administration is doing now as they push back on the armchair critics. this as democrats risk voter backlash for blocking, for fighting with the president's version of coronavirus stimulus help. we'll tell you what doctors are saying about that. they don't like the fighting. also tonight health officials warn the virus, yes, 10 times more lethal than the flu. world health organization did officially declare it a pandemic. we have more on this. also fresh attacks and worries about joe biden from democrats. we got democrats and house republicans, they don't like fisa reform. the

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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 the public sees this and needs a lot more reassurance than one oval office address. >>> extraordinary to hear the president of united states giving public health advice in terms of washing your hands and staying home from work if you are sick. also announcing some concrete

win-win." ( applause ) so, look, i'm not going to sugar coat it-- president trump's oval office address last night, it was an absolute disaster. but there was a silver lining. because, you see, for some strange reason, the cameras were recording trump before he gave his address, all right. but he didn't realize it was rolling. and so today, we got to see the real trump when he's not acting presidential. and, honestly, this was pure comedy gold. >> you want to do this for me, alex, please? what's our time? >> two minutes, 20 seconds. >> do you like the book being on the desk or not? ( laughter ) would you rather have it not be? maybe it looks better, gives you something up here, right? does it matter? ( laughter ) what? oh, ( bleep ). ( laughter ) uh-oh. i got a pen mark. anybody have any white-- do you have any white stuff? ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> trevor: "oh, ( bleep )! does anyone have any white stuff?" ( laughter ) first of all, his name is mike pence, okay, mr. president? ( laughter ) ( applause ) but can i just say-- i can safely say, this is the first time in my life that i'v

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 penetrance 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

we're preparing to hear from the president in the oval office. in terms of the president's choice to be giving an oval office address here, the president's choose, the presidents choose to speak from the oval office as a way to signify the gravity of the moment. president obama, eight years in the white house gave three oval office addresses total, the first on the deep water horizon oil spill and president bush served

and president trump will be addressing the nation tonight from the oval office. joining me now, beth phuey, senior politics editor at nbc news. john pod more edits editor at commentary magazine and msnbc contributor. and democratic strategist basel schmeichel. i'm laughing not because of the news but because there's some drama in the studio and it's making me giggle. anyway, the president's going to address the nation tonight. this is a crisis he has not been able to control. in the words of peter baker, he can't tweet his way out of this. and it's exposing a real lack of leadership on a federal level for a coordinated response in the event of a real emergency. >> yeah, this kind of thing would be a challenge for even a president who is very invested in the federal government working and functioning as it is. and we know from president trump that this hasn't been something he's, a, been interested in or b, believes in. he's spshts of the federal government, sort of the levers of the federal government working in a way he can't completely control. so he's done a l

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

while the president was in the oval office. he lashed out. you need to try to get him to lower rates if at all possible to see if you can have a conversation with him to stimulate the economy. the president knows he is being stymied on capitol hill about his payroll tax cut. the virus relief bill, paid sick leave, food security, free testing. unemployment benefits. speaker pelosi tonight after the president's speech trying to take the lead on the legislative answer to all of this. >> austin, the dow was down another 1,400 and some odd points today and are off 20% from recent highs putting the dow into the bear market, the s&p is not far behind. the president has what one might say a unhealthy preoccupation with stock market and interest rates. what do you make of this? the market is responding even after the president's announcement were lower. what do you make of what has to be done from the perspective of the government whether it is a stimulus or what the house is proposing? >> i think two things. the first is as we have spoken many times.

who was pressing him to give that oval office speech? >> a few things traditionally more tightly scripted is an oval office address to the nation, particularly a time of crisis, like this one was the other night. there was a divide within the white house as to those who wanted him to give that speech. others were reluctant. kelly conway counseled against it. suggesting he put out a pretaped video on twitter. others in the room including vice president and jared kushner, whose role in the coronavirus response is growing by the day, suggested the president should do it. according to our reporting, within moments from stepping outside from behind the oval office desk, the president knew he made mistakes in the speech and white house aides quickly had to clean those up, including about the lack -- the fact that they banned -- european travel did not apply to cargo. but this is also reflective of how the president approached this throughout. scattered shot and haphazard. he was slow to get started. wanted to play it in fear of upsetting china

is this the right action from president trump in the oval office? monica bell says after trump finished his remarks, he clarified it would not bar all americans, just foreign nationals. another person says i would be interested to know why the uk is exempt? is it politically motivated? and finally, another saying it is not ourjob to second—guess their actions. have a good day. hello. meteorologically speaking, it is now the start of spring. but of course, winter is not that far behind us and i think we will get a reminder of that through the next couple of days. cold air flooding into the uk around an area of low pressure will bring us quite a few showers actually, on thursday, the most frequent closest to the low centre, so across the northern half of the uk. but can't rule out some pretty sharp ones whipping through on that strong wind further south, either. and as you can see, the blue has flooded its way right across the uk for today, but all sitting in the polar air. so it will add a definite chill to proceedings, even where we see some sunsh

he'll be presenting them from the oval office. we will bring that to you live, as well as more local news at 6:00. >> and of course, a lot of new cases and numbers continue to change so we will continue to update what we do here on the tv side and on our web site, and our twitter feed. that will do it for us. we'll send it over to lester holt in new york with "nightly news." >>> breaking news tonight, the coronavirus outbreak declared a global pandemic and now the extreme new measures in the u.s large events banned in washington state and san francisco. as u.s. cases rise over 1,000, the governor with a grim warning to anyone violating the order. >> the penalties are you might be killing your granddad if you don't do it, and i'm serious about this. >>> march madness to be played in empty arenas the nba also preparing for its first game without fans and president trump addressing the nation from the oval office tonight. >>> also, hospitals sounding the alarm, growing fears they will be overwhelmed if there is a surge in patients

[no audio] >> again, president trump moments away from addressing the nation from the oval office, the first time he did this during his tenure was over a year ago when he declared the border a national emergency. he's going to be talking again to the country from the oval office, this time about the coronavirus response. we want to get your reaction to what the president has to say as soon as he finishes with his address tonight. [no audio] pres. trump: my fellow americans, tonight i want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in china and is now spreading from the world.

more throughout the program on that and were waiting for the president and the oval office to sign the cares act. in buddy carter, congressman and commerce committee member, state of georgia on the republican side. thank you for joining us from capitol hill. let's talk about the passage of this act today, the relief bill that we talked to many people about, i think almost they said this but was not perfect, then individual reservations with her. but i know many of them and i think you're in this camp, still voted for it. people want real information that they can use, what do you think is the most import element of it even if you do not like certain elements. what do you like and what will work? >> what i like is the relief it will give our small business people. as you know i was a small businessman for over 30 years, i know the trials and tribulations that all business people go through every day. then to have this happen, something that we've never experienced before, it is no fault of their own, this is something that is extremely important, obviously the help individuals making su

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

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

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

last night, president trump delivered a rare oval office address and announced that travel from certain parts of europe would be restricted. much more on that in just a moment, as well. the virus is now taking a greater toll on american social and cultural life. the governors of california and oregon issued new guidelines last night to cancel all gatherings of 250 people or more. the same for washington state in certain countries. more than 100 colleges have now canceled in-person classes. the latest being duke, georgetown, george washington university, uva, and the university of notre dame. the nba, meanwhile, suspended all games until further notice after a player tested positive for the virus. ncaa march madness games will now be closed to spectators. sources tell espn that major league baseball teams are preparing for policies that could disrupt early season games. with the home openers of the l.a. dodgers, the oakland athletics, and the san diego padres in question. there was also this rare statement from mlb, the nba, major league soccer, and nhl, that locker rooms and clubhouses

connell: is that oval office address tonight? reporter: traditionally 8:00 would lend itself to that though we don't know the exact setting. the president at one point said 8:00, probably 8:00, and then he said later around there. bottom line is, i'm guessing. i don't know. maybe some of this is still being worked out. president said we'll hear from him tonight. connell: blake, a minute until we get that played back. jonathan, scott, you take it first on stimulus that was talked about. we'll hear from the president in his own words but bank ceos talking about helping small business or something on fiscal side. what do you think we'll hear tonight or should we hear? >> blake talked about it exactly, the forbearance arrangement or -- real key here what the banks do with some of these loans let's face it will not be performing for a period of time. the small businesses we talked about, we know are impacted, they will get more impacted, they are less capitalized like big companies like apples, adobes, what banks are doing and they ar

president trump's inability to calm investor concerns with his oval office speech was seen as leading to a sell-off immediately of the futures last night with no end in sight. at this hour, here's what we know. the white house is banning travel from 26 european countries to the u.s. beginning friday, excluding the united kingdom and the suspension does not include goods. although the president erroneously said it did when he first gave the speech. the state department is raising its worldwide travel advisory to level three, that is so urge all citizens to reconsider any plan travel abroad. and the president is instructing the treasury department to allow payments for three months. in the ncaa some conferences are canceling tournaments and the nba made a stunning announcement suspending the remainder of the season after learning an all-star center for the utah jazz has the virus. and the entertainment world rocked learning tom hanks and his wife u rita wilson contacted the virus while shooting a film in australia. they are under quarantine and film temporarily suspended. mr. trump dism

so the idea of the oval office it didn't say that we are banning cargo and americans can't come home and insurance companies will be covering the cost of treatment, they will pay for the testing, i wonder if that was presidential ad lib or mistake in teleprompter and was seeing it for the first time which i understand we are in a pandemic situation but you need at least an hour beforehand for someone to review it, especially someone not as comfortable with teleprompter reading and has not been doing this his whole life. howie: it was a rushed speech. the dow went down 2,000 after the president's speech, got better reviews. yesterday at another of the white house briefings, i'm glad they are holding them, jarome adams told reporters, straight talk from the nation's top doctor, no more bickering, no more partisanship, i agree with the first two but no more criticism? griff: he's been out there every day and heavily on the surgeon general, dr. fauci, the experts, as you will, to give them one thing and one thing that americans want and that is facts, but for the surgeon telling us not t

the president delivered an oval office address. in some sense acknowledging the gravity of the situation finally, yet at the same time mischaracterizing his own policies even though he was reading from a teleprompter. >> he put the blame for global problems squarely on countries over seas. he falsely claimed insurers would waf co-pays for treatment and he failed to give any real update on testing nationwide and how hospitals would deal with overcrowding. the president's boldest move sharply restricting travel to the u.s. for more than 2 dozen european countries. >> to keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. >> but within minutes the administration was forced to admit the restrictions are not quite as extreme as the president made it out to seem. overnight the state department raised the worldwide travel advisory level urging all-americans to reconsider travel abroad. the president's announcement caused major havoc for travelers already at airpo

guest: i think the primary purpose of an oval office address is twofold. at first it is to clam fear -- calm fear, and then it is to provide information. on both counts, the president failed. within five minutes, the administration was forced to put up multiple corrections based on the information he was sharing, and a lot of this is around coverage of the nba and the nhl and all of these events that are being canceled. my church service this sunday is going to be a livestream instead of in person. but let's remember that there are waitresses and janitors and grocery store clerks that don't have the option of social distancing, they are working in fields that require interaction with people. where is the advice and direction and the ease being provided to the people really being forced to still work and interact with people because their job requires it? that's what we should have been hearing from the presently, not misinformation about shutting down travel and a lack of information around testing. we who covered president trump over and over again for th

future were down significantly following the president's oval office address. the president did offer some brought outline of a stimulus package tonight. >> i will soon be taking emergency action which is unprecedented to provide financially. this will be targeted for workers who are ill, quarantined or carrying for others due to coronavirus. effective immediately. the sba will provide economic loans in affected states and territories and asking congress to increase funding for this program by additional $50 million. using emergency authority, i will be instructing the treasury department to defer tax without interests or penalties for certain individuals and businesses negatively impacted. i am calling congress to provide americans for the immediate payroll tax relief, hopefully they'll consider this strongly. >> house speaker pelosi is expected to unveil legislation tomorrow aimed at helping workers that are at financial risks because of the outbreak. as for the impact this crisis is having on our daily lives, there are new developments hourly. march madness

now almost 1300, the president delivered a somber oval office address finally, finally acknowledging the gravity of the situation and yet at the same time mischaracterizing his own policies. even though he was reading from a teleprompter and he didn't answer the most basic of questions about a path forward. >> he put blame for a global problem squarely on countries overseas. he falsely claimed insurers would wave all co-pays for treatment. failed to give any real update on testing nationwide. this is what people wanted to hear about and he did not talk about how hospitals would deal with over crowding. the president's boldest move sharply restricting travel to the u.s. from more than two dozen european countries. >> to keep new cases from entering our shores we will be suspending all travel from europe to the united states for the next 30 days. >> but within minutes of saying that the administration was forced to admit the restrictions are not quite as extreme as the president made it out to seem. exemptions apply to all u.s. legal permanent residents, citizens and some family member

president trump from the oval office this evening. we want to get your reaction to what you heard from the president. republicans, and all others. the president speaking a little bit after 9:00 p.m. eastern time this evening. minutes,for about 10 laying out what he calls unprecedented action. he has suspended travel from europe for 30 days. this does not apply to the united kingdom. he's called for emergency action to provide financial relief to hourly workers. he's called on the small business administration to free up liquidity, $50 billion more for the program that already exists for low-interest loans. ,nd differing tax payments deferring the april 15 deadline for some taxpayers and businesses negatively impacted by the coronavirus outbreak. at the end, saying he's calling on congress for payroll tax relief. the would agree -- do you agree with these measures? do you want to see congress act as well? a republican is up first this evening. >> how are you? >> what did you think? >> i agree with everything he had to say. i hope congr

the president's prime time oval office remarks didn't seem to do very much to calm jittery investors. >> so a bit of context. that speech, that was 2:00 a.m. in brussels so europeans woke up to this news today and wii saw the dramatic effect third-degree on the futures markets indica indicating we were going to see the kind down morning we were going to see. there was a circuit breaker put into effect when the s&p 500 dropped 7%. a 15 minute pause. collect themselves. assess what happened then the markets are reopened once again. looking at it now. down about close to 7% once again. the next threshold which we would see a circuit breaker would be 13% so ways away from that. the speech last night, key focuses. certainly the medical one. there's uncertainty about what happens with this virus, with tesing. the president didn't say much about the status of testing or the plans for testing americans as this continues. the second has to do with economy. he focused more on that, but there were so many corrections and inundations to what he had to say. so much confusion about the travel ban.

the president speaking with the irish prime minister in the oval office. this is a tradition every president goes through. also note there is a tradition of presidents then joining the prime minister up on capitol hill with the speaker of the house that goes back to tipp o'neal and ronald reagan. this year that's not happening. president saying that he and nancy pelosi don't have that kind of relationship. >> sandra: we will play that for you once it's ready. a bit of difficulty with it. we were just talking to newt gingrich about 2020 and some democrats saying it's time for bernie sanders to get out of the race on the florida next week of course with the primary there. the president was asked just moments ago about joe biden. he responded, hope they make their decision soon. everybody thought it would be bernie, super tuesday, the president said, was a disaster. so, he is also -- it's wide ranging. >> ed: whole bunch of subjects. >> bring in chief white house correspondent john roberts is always ready for any and everything that might be happening there a

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 ago. the nba suspending its season indefinitely after one of their all-time players tested positive for the coronavirus. the ncaa banning fans from its march madness tournament that begins next week.

>> reporter: there was plenty of confusion following president trump's oval office address. that has since been cleared up. we know that it will be a 30-day travel ban affecting 26 countries in europe that allow movement across borders. this includes italy, one of the hardest hit areas by covid-19. the uk and ireland are exempt. european leaders were not happy saying there was no consultation with them on their end. as far as the ban goes, it only applies to foreign nationals. it does not apply to families of u.s. citizens coming back to the country. the white house clarified that it also won't impact trade or goods. even though americans aren't as impacted, it wasn't made clear at least initially during the president's comments which caused a lot of stress for travelers in those areas. >> if i wasn't in the right place in line i would have been stuck in europe for 30 days. >> reporter: american travelers will have to go through health screenings at airports and possibly quarantined if needed. the ban will begin later tonight at 11:59 p.m. reporting live, pete suratos, "toda

it would be nice if the office was still there. >> so in an address to the nation from the oval office last night, president trump down played the risk of the coronavirus. >> the vast majority of americans, the risk is very, very low. young and healthy people can expect to recover fully and quickly if they should get the virus. the highest risk is for elderly population with underlying health conditions. the elderly population must be very, very careful. in particular, we are strongly advising the nursing homes for the elderly sus spend all medically unnecessary visits. >> meanwhile, stephanie grisham announced the president has decided to cancel his upcoming events in both colorado and nevada. the rjc conference in las vegas has been postponed. vice president mike sense told skr span that he had not concerned about attending campaign rallies amid the spread of the coronavirus. >>> still ahead, bidens and burisma has been called off. what it means next. ♪ get 'em while they're hot. applebee's 25 cent boneless wings are back in your choice of three sauces. applebee's 25 cent boneless