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Its finally gotten on top of the stunning lack of testing. What is the reality on the ground. Chaos. Massive lines for americans returning home as the travel ban goes into effect. We feel unsafe and more at risk of getting the coronavirus. More major American Airlines slashing flights across the country. The well have the very latest on that. Messages not received. Scenes of crowded bars and restaurants around the country this weekend. Why are some ignoring the pleas of experts and at what cost . It is a new day in america. Tens of millions of families across the country waking up to the reality of work and school from home. Its really frustrating. Its anxiety inducing. The question, is our nations infrastructure prepared to handle this. Were going to show you where adults and kids can turn for help today monday, march 16th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today the coronavirus pandemic with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Hi, everybody. Good morning and welcome to today. We are glad you are with us this morning. We can show you right away this is not a normal morning as we right here on this show try to practice what our experts are preaching, a little social distance. Not emotional distance but physical distance to do our parts. It does matter. Were practicing that at home. Were practicing that with our children and we want to practice that at work because we feel like its important. We have so many developments to talk to you about overpass, including that stunning recommendation. The cdc now advising all events with 50 or more people, were talking things like weddings and everything in between be canceled for the next eight weeks purchase its a stunning guideline. It comes as cities and many others, including new york and los angeles announce strict new restrictions. Bars and movie theaters set to be closed enmany places. Restaurants open but just for takeout or delivery only. New york has joined the lengthy list of cities closing down schools. The largest district in the country now shuttered um at least april 20th and possibly beyond. In a bold move to try to address the impact of this pandemic, the Federal Reserve has slashed Interest Rates to near 0. Weve got complete coverage. Were going to begin with this massive meltdown at Key International airports as americans in europe have rushed to return home. Nbcs tom costello is on this fast developing story. Tom, good morning. Good morning. We have moved to a portion of the airport here that is less crowded, fewer ticket counters. Ill tell you, theres really nobody in this airport and the parking garage is virtually empty. As you know the president ordered and has screening for anybody back from europe funneling them through 13 airports. Then if they have a positive test they need to selfquarantine for 14 days. For americans desperate to get out of the hot zones for this virus, in fact, they were simply overloaded at Health Screenings at airports, 40,000 on saturday alone. Late sunday night an unprecedented recommendation from the cdc. All inperson events of 50 or more people should be canceled for the next eight weeks. The news comes amid chaos and gridlock at airport customs checkpoints. From dallas to new york to chicago ohare, thousands upon thousands of travelers returning from europe forced to stand shoulder to shoulder the weekend for hours waiting to get through customs and newly required Health Screenings. Exactly the kind of massive crowds the Nations Health crowds the Nations Health experts are trying to avoid. I felt unsafe and m experts are trying to avoid. I felt unsafe and more at risk of getting the coronavirus. Three hours to get through customs. It took another two hours to ge. Three hours to get through customs. It took through the health check. Anott through the health chicagos mayor calling on e chic the federal government to surge the federal extra personnel to the governm extra checkpoints. Personnel to the not only are you creating a checkpoint disaster, not only are you not only are you creating a disaster, not only are you creating a hazardous circumstance that t creating a hazardous hreatens t public, you risk causing serious circumstance that threatens the public, you risk causing serious illness and death. The acting Homeland Security chief says they are moving fast chief says they are moving fast to east the backup. The lines, again, we saw to east the backup. The lines, again, we saw overnight at a limited number of airports, including chicago, are unacceptable. The administration insists americans are still overseas the administration insists americans are still overseas dont need to rush home. They wont be locked out. The National Security council dont need to rush home. They wont be locked out. The National Security council fighting back against misinformation on social media tweeting overnight text message rumors of National Quarantine are fake. Tweeng overnight texte there is no national lockdown. President trump addressed the a ar seriousness on sunday. There is no national lockdown. President trump addressed the seriousness on sunday. Its a very its a very contagious virus. Its incredible. Contagious vir. But its something we have s id tremendous control over. Bu those comments coming just v tremendous hours after the nations top ov those experts who appeared with the hours after the president at that briefing was experts who appeared with the on meet the press. Pres americans should be prepared they are going to have to hunke on meemeet the press. Down significantly more than weo as a country are doing. Re goinh this morning drastic measurer down significantly more than we as a country are doing. This morning drastic measures on the way across the on the way across the country. New york Governor Cuomo calling on the president to employ army corps of engineers to set up temporary medical centers. On the president to employ lets use that logistical machine of the military to arm corps of engineers to set up temporary medical centers. Lets use actually save lives. That logi machine of the military reporter another dramatic move by the Federal Reserve, cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to near zero hoping to ste cutting the benchmark Interest Rate to near zero hoping to stem the economic fallout. Mean the economic fallout. Wh meanwhile as some states set upe drivethrough testing, the whit house says 2,000 labs should have highspeed test kits by hee house says 2,000 labs should have highspeed test kits by today, able to process nearly 2 million tests over the week. Back here at the airport, the white house tells us they had improvement on sunday from chaos checkpoint gridlock situations. They said they saw improvement at some airports but were still hearing reports of two today, able to process nearly 2 million tests over the week. Back here at the airport, the white house tells us they had improvement on sunday from chaos checkpoint gridlock situations. They said they saw improvement at some airports but were still hearing reports of two and threehour waits. Also, the Airline Situation is becoming really critical. United airlines has now announced it is cutting 50 of its flights. It is also announcing its working with unions to talk al working with unions to about cutting pay. Talk ab in fact, the ceo 100 pay cut p. In fact, the already, some officers a 50 pao cut. 100 pay cut the situation they say more dire already, some officers a 50 pay cut. The situation they say more dire than 9 11. 1. Than 9 11. United is not alone. United is n. The other the other airlines are in the same boat here. They are des same boat here. They are desperate for a government emergency bailout of some fashion. Guys, to underscore this, the airline is really a linchpin fo airline is really a linchpin for the entire economy. They allow business to the entire economy. They allow business to connect, they allow commerce and right now their very survival is very much in jeopardy. Guys, back to you. This is a huge matter of ve much in jeopardy. Discussion and action, perhaps, this is a huge matter of discussion and tom, in the coming days. Action, thank you for leading us off. We appreciate it. In the comin. Now were going to move to major cancellations happening from coasttocoast on the heels of those dramatic cdc it. Now were going to move to major cancellations happening from coasttocoast on the heels of those dramatic cdc guidelines. Guidelines. Cities across the country shutting down schools and businesses. Nbc National Correspondent Miguel Almaguer has that part of the story. Good morning. Hoda, good morning. The nations two Largest School districts including here in los angeles are shut down. Governments are requesting can restaurants to close, drastic moves to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus. This morning the nations Largest School system, new york city, has made the difficult decision to keep more than 1 Million Students and staff at home until at least the 20th of april. We may not have the opportunity to open them in this full school year. Mayor bill de blasio says hell sign an executive order closing new york city nightclubs, movies, theaters, concerts, restaurants and restricting cafes to takeout and delivery tomorrow. The mayor of los angeles announcing similar closures including gyms. At bars and restaurants nationwide an early last call. State and local officials in illinois, ohio, and elsewhere closing night life until the end of the month. The time for action is here. This is not a joke. No one is immune to this. Californias governor also taking unprecedented action urging the states 5. 3 million Senior Citizens to selfisolate. We are doing so with our eyes wide open, the magnitude of what that means. The new restrictions follow a weekend in which some americans ignored calls for social distancing. Bars in chicago, new orleans, and savannah, georgia, packed with st. Patricks day revelers. Spring break crowds over the weekend in miami and ft. Lauderdale prompting city leaders to close beaches. We cannot become the petrie dish for a very dangerous virus. Reporter more than 40,000 residents in teaneck, new jersey, ordered to selfquarantine after a growing number of cases there. Meanwhile a growing list of retailers have temporarily shuttered. Closed until the 27th. Including apple stores, nike and urban outfitters. For at least the next two weeks, Starbucks Coffee will only be available to go. The seattlebased chain Closing Stores in high social gathering locations. But the biggest blow may come to Small Businesses like manhattan century old town shop closing indefinitely. These are strange and unsettling times but i fear for the health and wellbeing of my staff and customers. Its the right move for now. Hard choices during an unprecedented fight to stop the spread of the virus. Restrictions on social gathering are reaching the strip of las vegas. Mgm resorts that operate a dozen casinos on the strip says they will shut down hotel and casino operations. A major announcement, hoda, as this spreads all across the country. Miguel, thank you so much. Were hearing there may be tighter restrictions coming when the Vice President speaks later. Today. Were hearing there may tighter restr lets see what happens. Iction the Vice President speaks later today. Lets see what happens. Lets turn to medical correspondent torres lets turn to medical correspondent dr. John torres and a virologist. He was on the front lines of the ebola crisis. Virologyist. He was on the we want to say thank you. Fronte ebola crisis. When you hear the cdc guidelines we want to say thank you. That just came out, no when yos that just came gatherings over 50 people, does, that seem sufficient to you no gatherings knowing what you know about r 5 that seem suffici epidemics and outbreaks. Ent to knowing what you know about not in the least. Epidemics and outbreaks. Not in the least. Ebola is far less contagious than coronavirus and we would es recommend there are no far les than coronavirus a gatherings period if were we recommend there are no gatherings period if were implementing social distancing. Implementing social distancing. By nature if you have 50 people, thats 50 people where half of them or important you dont know where they have been, dont know where they have been, dont if they are sick or not, dont know if they are asymptomatic o not. How many people are the people you should be around. Ar your immediate circle. Not. How many people are the people you should be you know where they have been. It comes to 50 people in a small room youre within inches it com of each other. Es to 50 people ia 50 people in acres outdoors you small room youre within inches of each other. 50 people in acres outdoors can separate. You can you can have five people in a r. Room close together. R. The th the thing thats maddening, im s im sure for you guys, is , is looking at the scenes of people on the street having beers and partying and saying oh, who sts cares, this will pass. Whats your message to the partying and saying oh, who cares, this will pass. Whats your messa people who arent listening . To people who arent my message is it will pass. It will pass because were going to make it pass by helping each. Other out. It will pass because were going that doesnt mean getting to to make it pass by helping each parties and in close proximity. Even though we say it affects the elderly and people with ge parties and in close proximity. Even preexisting conditions. Though the elderly and people with that doesnt mean it doesnt affect everybody else. Someone else can get it. Weve had younger people die. Weve had 30 years old die from. Weve had this. You thinkeyer people this can affect anybody. Die. Wev to put a fine point on this,a what were trying to do at this this. To put a point is slow down the virus. The virus is coming. This, what were trying to do at t its going to affect people. S point is slow down the vi the question is how quickly and the virus is coming. Its going to affect people. Whether it stresses our health the question is how quickly and system beyond its capacity. Whether it stresses our if it spreads and you get that system beyond its capacity. If it peak, this is the flattening pr peak, this is the flattening curve discussion were having. Futures that peak and the curve discussion were having. Hospitals are overloaded, its not just if you have that peak and the hospitals are overloaded, its not just coronavirus affected and might not get treatment, its other serious things. Erious it does affect you in your homey you look at icus, we have about 50,000 icu beds, most are full even without coronavirus about 50,000 icu patients. Beds, most with everyday patients. Are full even w if you stress the system with more, thats what were talking about flattening the curve. The coronavirus is here, its not going away. Curve. The coronavirus is here, its not going away. We need to get it under control. Doctor, fast forward between weeks, what do you expect, given the we need to get it under control. Doctor, fast forward a week, what do you expect, given the trajectory were on, what do you expect things to look like. Just an expectation but we will approach italy, spain, ex france and were going to ital eventually have to implement, i fran it continues the way it is with eventually have to implem people not taking it seriously, if everyone is not on the same people not t page, you have half the people if every out at bars and restaurants and partying and half the people ar out at bars and not, its not going to work. Es partying and half the people are no youre saying so, when you t youre saying so, when you look at italy and some people are tell you look at italy and some people are telling you were about a week or two behind what italy ih seeing now, italy had its ital seeing now, deadliest day yesterday ever. D yes. Is there still time for us t deadliest day yesterday ever. Yes. Is there still avoid that fate . Time i dont know if theres timeo avoid that to avoid that fate, but there i . I dont know if theres time still time and no choice, avoids frankly, that we start now. Still time and no choice, frankly, i would advocate that frankly, that we start no we take a week to plan it because theres going to be a frankly, i would advocate that we take a week to plan it very large safety net. Becausea plan what . Very large safety a 14day shutdown of all net plan nonessential services across th . A 14day country. Shutdown of all again, if we dont do that nonessential services across the countr everywhere, its going to keep popping up. Everywhere, it the measures are taken now, were not going to know if theyk are going to work until 5 to 14 days from now because thats t are going to w when the incubation period is. The problem is weve been ysm waiting for this, talking about when the this, the tests are coming, the t tests are here, the tests are waiting for this, talking about this, the tests are coming, the tests are here, the tests are here. Here. Are they are the tests here . He we saw the press conference, 1. 9 million. By the way, we heard that ps last week. Ive been hearing that for 10 c days. 1. 9 million. What im hearing from people working on the frontline they last week. Ive been hearing that for 10 days. What im hearing from people are frustrated. Working o they are still trying to get f are frustrated tests. Lines long for these tests. They tests. Lines r hopefully were making a turn. Hopefully were making a turn. Thats the thats the linchpin. Linchpin. Without the test we dont know without the tests we dont know where the outbreaks are, where the infections are. Are, where first of all, its great we first of finally engaged the commercial sector to get tested. All, its finally engag not pointing fingers but that should have been done in the sector to get tested. Not pointing past. Fingers but that should have been done in the past. Dod, barta, we have other facilities, dod, c barta, a specific agency that deals with this type of thing, specifically created to thing, specifically created to deal with pandemics, in fact. Every manufacturing across deal with pandemics, in fact. Every manufacturing facility across university systems, any anything pharma grade that can produce the same test. Its past the time of patents and worrying how much money youll make. Distribute the formula to everyone, have it made at every and worrying how much money youll make. Distribute t single facility. He formula to everyone, have it made at every single facility. Thats whole of government and whole of sector response and thats what we have to have. We thats whole of government and whole of commercial sector response and thats what we havt to have. Were going to be talking to you a lot, probably later today and certainly in the comes days. Stay healthy, we appreciate it. Lets talk more about this sweeping plan to slow the economic fallout of the talk m coronavirus. Sweeping plan to slow the econom another big part of the story ao we mentioned, the fed, Federal Reserve, cut Interest Rates to s we near 0. Mentioned, the fed, what will that do, whats the e theory behind that, how will e, near 0. What w wall street respond. Ill that dos nbc Business Correspondent he Stephanie Ruhle joins us with more on that. Stephanie, lets start right w. Nbc Business Correspondent step there. For those of us not as educated on the Financial System as you are. When the Federal Reserve cuts rates like that, what is it trying to do and is there any evidence that it will work in this situation. All right. In let go big picture to small. L. T it wasnt just our federal let go big picture to small. Reserve, it was Central Banks it wasnt just our federal around the world cutting rates. Reserve, it was that means they are making it e around the world cutting rates. That means they are making i cheaper for business big, small cheaper f business, and individuals to b borrow money, making it easier , for banks to lend money. What that tells all of us is that the Economic Impact of the coronavirus is going to be to. What that tells all of crippling. Us is that the e you were talking about it there coronavirus is going to be cripplin when you see cancellations, you were talking about it there. When you see shutting down in isolation, if you have any sort of consumer o you have a facing business, it costs the f same to run your business but your revenues are about to go to zero. So now that the fed is making it much cheaper to borrow money, hopefully those businesses can stay afloat and not have to lay off workers. The idea, borrow a bunch of money, not going to cost you much to borrow money, a bandaid to tide you over for businesses. Thats the case. In normal times when Federal Reserve cuts rates, lets make it cheaper to borrow so people can go out and buy a house, refinance a mortgage, maybe build something. Thats not whats happening here. This is an emergency rate cut really designed to help people stay afloat. Real quickly, i remember during the financial crisis there were measures taken with complicated names but basically meant to keep the Financial System afloat, keep the banks to have credit, cash, keep almost like the arteries and blood vessels of the Financial System going. Is there any need to do that . Are there any actions being taken to that end . I think what youre talking about are bailouts and rescue packages. What we just saw from the fed is Monetary Policy to help with lending, to keep things afloat and make it easier for banks. As far as bailouts for certain industries, you can see them. You just heard miguel talk about travel, leisure, airlines. Those industries are suffering. They could seek support. Whats really important for individuals out there, i just got my shifts cut. Im a personal trainer, my gym is going to be cut for the next month. Who is going to help me . State by state were seeing Unemployment Benefits change. Unemployment benefits ohio yesterday just changed so. Companies industries that art temporarily shut, people chang Companies Industries t quarantined can apply for hat Unemployment Benefits. Are temporarily shut, people quarantined these things are changing daily Unemployment Benefits. These things are changing i urge people, if you run a Small Business go to sba. Gov, the Small Business association or check out Unemployment Benefits. To at a time like this, were seeing changes made to help sba the Small Business association or check out Unemployment Benefits. At a time like this, were individuals. Okay. I want you to stay on top of that one, stephanie, as you keep on top of those rules. Okay. I want youo stay on top of that e, stephanie, before we go forward last night we found out a colleague p on top of those rules. Before we go forward last night we found out a colleague of ours on the of ours on the third hour of today tested positive for of today tested positive for coronavirus. Out of an abundance of caution craig and melvin took the day off to trace their contacts. We promise coronavirus. Craig and al took the day off to trace their contacts. We promise to keep you tested. Both are fine. They feel good. They feel great. Caution is the order of the day. Were trying to play exactly by the rules. We help and wish they will come day. Were trying to play exactly by the rules. We help and wish they will come back soon. Back soon. Were going to get a check of the weather from nbcs janessa webb. A good morning. Good to be with you this morning. G. The w hopefully our colleagues are nbs nice and safe and well this ja morning. Good morning, everyone lets take a look at weather pattern going on across the central plain. We do have this storm across little rock but starting to die out. Stationary front, warm air that continues to pump in across the south why daytime highs continue to be above average. This is a strong cold front that will cause heavy torrential rain to impact tulsa all the way into the dallas area at least for the next 24 to 36 hours. See heavy rain from oklahoma all the way into st. Louis thats a look at the big weather story of the day your local forecast in 30 seconds. Yeah, we wish. Wish granted. With four models starting under 37 thousand, there could be a mercedesbenz in your very near future at the spring event. Lease the a 220 sedan for just 349 a month with credit toward your first months payment at your local mercedesbenz dealer. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. As we get a look at the rain moving through the bay area, we havent seen much of it in the north bay, but its been raining heavily. And so this will continue even with some snow on some of our bay area peaks as we look at the different colors that indicates we will see that snow coming down on the hills. As we look at this storm system were still going to see the off and on rain continuing at least through the morning then becoming more spotty and well see our rain chances going down in the forecast. Forecast. Janessa, thank you very much. Coming up, empty shelves greeting so many of us looking to stock up, hunker down for the next few weeks what people are facing at Grocery Stores, coasttocoast tips on the best time to shop to get what you need. The question, are Grocery Stores ready, do they have the supplies needed. Well talk about that help for parents with kids home from school. I dont know if you know this but there are a bunch of free resources to help. Were going to show you where you can find them, but first, this is today on nbc resources to help. Were going to show you where you can fd thinem geico makes the claims process so easy. I can file and manage my claim, all on the geico app. Its not just easy. Its givingyourdog yourfitnesstracker easy. Oh, good boy. 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Seconds after the opening bell Circuit Breakers kicked in halting that trading. Were continuing to watch the decline this morning. I want to check the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. The rain continues . Yes, it does. Its muchneeded for much of the bay area, rain and even snow on some bay area peaks over mt. Hamilton and the santa cruz mountains. Watch out if you have to drive across the santa cruz mountains. Elsewhere snow on mt. Diablo, rain in parts of the areas from the east bay down to the south bay. We will keep those rain chances in the forecast throughout the day. Mike, how is it moving on the roads . We see the effect of some of that rain. Wet but the westbound direction still crawls. A disabled vehicle or a crash on the high rise blocking one lane. I see flashing lights in the distance. The dumbarton bridge a much easier drive anywhere around the bay a much easier drive. Avoid westbound across that san mateo bridge. The bay bridge toll plaza is wet, the backup is there but the fastrak lanes and the cash lanes are moving pretty smoothly for this time on a monday. Back to you. Pretty wet out there. Well be back with another local news update in half an hour. Can we go get some ice cream . Alright, we gotta stop here first. From smarter atms, to after hours video tellers comcast business is connecting thousands of banks to technology that turns everyday transactions into extraordinary experiences. Hi there. How are you . Do you have any lollipops in there . laughing no, sorry. Were helping all kinds of businesses go beyond customer expectations. How can we help you . Welcome back, everybody. Welcome back, everybody. Its the 16th day of march, 2020 if youre just joining us, youll notice savannah and i are social distancing. We want to do what they tell us we believe they have our best interest at heart. Theres going to be lots of awkward moments as we go along here but were in it together and everybody feels that equally. Were in it with you were going to bring you the latest on the coronavirus. Center for Disease Control recommending all events recommending all events 50 or more, be called off for the next eight weeks. This announcement comes as some major cities order bars and restaurants to close. At least 36 states announce school closure, including new york city public schools, will keep 1 million kids out of class they are saying at least until april 20th and maybe even longer. The coronavirus took center stage at last nights debate, the first oneonone between joe biden and Bernie Sanders it was unlike any in history no audience there and candidates greeted each other with an elbow bump. All right this unprecedented situation has a lot of americans racing to Grocery Stores trying to stock up on basic supplies its led to a lot of empty shelves at supermarkets and Big Box Stores millions of families trying to adjust to work and school from home we do have two reports well start with nbcs Kerry Sanders who joins us from florida. Hey, gary, good morning. Good morning. Its a struggle so many are experiencing when they get to Grocery Stores they are finding signs like this on the door that limit what they can purchase this sign says toilet paper, two, paper towels, two, canned goods four, eggs, milk we decided to put it to the test so we headed out it took us three hours at six Different Stores to find a bottle of bleach, one roll of toilet paper here, and a tiny bottle of Hand Sanitizer worried customers have been snapping up everything in sight. Store shelves nationwide are dwindling or totally empty like at this target near washington, d. C. I cant believe what people are doing inside shelves are empty. Its like were going to i dont know where it really is unexplainable. The sudden push for preparedness has stores rushing to replenish President Trump urging moderation from consumers. You dont have to buy so much take it easy just relax. Many stores now limiting the number of high demand items customers can buy like Hand Sanitizer and disinfectant wipes. Kroger and target increasing staff while they and many other retailers like wegmans, safe way, trader joes and others are cutting hours. They need time to restock and clean. This freezer section nearly bare cleaning products low, bleach totally bought out. We just tried to stock up on make of the dry goods throughout the week and try to get ourselves ready. Shoppers at this florida publix feeling lucky as they grabbed the last two packages of toilet paper the rush for that product becoming a joke among some customers. I didnt buy any. I didnt understand the toilet paper thing. While its sold out just about everywhere, i did find plenty along with other essentials at Smaller Stores like this dominican market in orlando, florida in some places the scarcity of staples such as pasta and soap, causing chaos. Everyone is in a panic. Its scary for everyone. Others are trying to stay optimistic. Look out for your fellow man. You cant pick up everything and leave nothing for nobody else. Reporter one expert says so many are working home with kids at home, theyre using extra time to go shopping. Obviously this is an ongoing issue. Ive heard several retailers say they are going to make shorter hours so they can have their employees there to restock when they get the such in, they have got to get it back on the shelves. I was in the Grocery Store and it was empty they said try to get it back tuesday when the big shipment comes. You dont want the panic and worry create a bigger problem. Weve got to have a lot of grace and a lot of patience with folks working hard to make sure we have what we need. Now to the big adjustment to new normal for families. Parents working remotely from home and kids are home from school, so how to adapt. Can our Technology Support handle that added strain Gabe Gutierrez joins us from teaneck, new jersey. Hi, gabe, good morning. Hi, savannah, good morning. The mayor here is urging everyone in town to selfquarantine. Its just one of many places across the country where families are staying and working from home. Telecommuting and telelearning have been increasing for more than a decade. Now the systems that make them possible are being put to the test this morning families around the country are trying out a brandnew worklife balance. The spread of coronavirus is forcing tens of millions of adults to work from home or care for children out of school. We have a plan a, do we have a plan b im not sure one highprofile worker, the mayor of miami he tested positive for the virus. Right now im just basically running the city remotely from my house. According to one study, the Remote Workforce in america jumped 159 from 2005 to 2017. Experts say networks in the u. S. Can handle the surge at athome Internet Users Communication Companies are stepping up boosting Network Capability and availability brace are for high demand. Comcast, the Parent Company making wifi hot spots available for free tmobile expanding data for schools using Digital Learning program. For kids home from school, its a different set of challenges. We spoke to students at episcopal high school. They told us they are ready this morning at home. Tested out fewer classes. Im really confident and in a calm state that were ready to go. The schools faculty is hoping for the best. We cant control technology and we know theres going to be hiccups. To the best of our ability. Episcopal high school is ready scholastic is offering a weeks worth of free daily courses for kids it says another 15 days of content is on the way. Many School Districts are now figuring out what to do for students who dont have a computer or Internet Access at home its going to be a struggle potentially for some families that dont have technological devices that others may have. Gabe, that really kind of is the question for a lot of folks. Youve got kids taking Classes Online, parents trying to work from home, and they dont have easy access to the internet. What are they supposed to do reporter yeah, hoda, that is a major concern for families across the country many School Districts like miamidade say they will work with Cable Companies to provide Free Internet for children at home its a major challenge in los angeles, for example, about half of the students do not have a computer or tablet at home and about a quarter do not have access to Home Internet so certainly a major hurdle for so many families across the country right now, hoda. All right, gabe thank you. So many schools. Your Daughters School is doing that home school. You are you havent lived until youve seen a kindergarten class take place over the internet. Actually our teacher was so cute on friday, hey, i commute all the kids i think everybody is trying to make the best of it. I learned this, too even for toddlers, we were checking this out, they actually have online music classes, so kids are able to do things during the day. 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The father flew to new york to pick up his daughter from college. Being separated and independent, its not the best way to go about it. Now they are trying to get back with many transatlantic flights canceled. My most important priority right now is to get us back together. The stores are also closed in the french capital except food stores in italy the pope working almost alone, blessing an abandoned saint peters square. The service live streamed. The number surpassing chinas report record. Nbcs matt bradley in rome. Intensive care units in hospitals like this one are almost full. Experts predict 4,000 beds are going to be needed in a matter of weeks. Europes experts warning that may just be the start. It is extremely serious, because out of every 100 people who we know get the disease, about 20 of them get severely ill. Spains streets nearly deserted police urging people to stay inside. We cannot get food. Restaurants are closed. Stranded in london, these five children from orlando spent all day yesterday trying to book an earlier flight home there were no seats. Not knowing when were going to get back or if were going to be able to get back is really stressful. Its super stressful. Looking after your mom. Yes. Europe divided by the virus and United People having to selfisolate sing from italian balconies to spanish apartment windows, they clap, the Health Workers on the front lines. For a moment doctors and nurses returned the applause and then got back to work. Keir, i understand the uk is trying a different approach to stem the spread of covid19. Whats different than the guidelines that are happening here in the u. S. Yeah. Well, rightly or wrongly, savannah, the British Government is trying to pace the country, if you like, so they havent closed my childrens schools or any schools, and restaurants are still open one idea is if the virus spreads, the country could kind of gain a kind of herd immunity. Conversely, what they are suggesting is people over 70 may have to selfisolate for four months savannah, my dad is in his mid70s. He works i was skiing with him just a few weeks ago. Imagine how he and so many others are going to feel about that savannah, right now here it feels a bit like a tidal wave coming towards our communities and we cant escape it. Its an interesting theory, actually, we need to look into it more. My understanding was one of the reasons why were taking such dramatic action here is fear that the Health Care System will be overwhelmed yes, herd immunity is a good idea and maybe at some point our country will have herd immunity. In the shortterm our hospitals cant handle on slot if theres onslaught if there a peak in cases. You wonder if london might be better prepared. Talking about we dont have an adequate number of beds and ventilators and other things they are trying to go into production on that. Another huge part of the story to follow. 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Good monday morning. At 7 56 we are getting muchneeded rain. It is getting lighter, still snow on some of our bay area peaks. A look at the wide view of the storm system, the heavier rain moving off to the east, but thats the center of the storm and that will be coming in later on today. Still scattered showers and the potential of small hail along with the snow continuing on bay area hills. Some slight rain chances tomorrow as well as wednesday. We will gradually start to warm up as we head to the end of the week. More sunshine on the first day of spring on thursday as well as friday and saturday is looking pretty nice and sunny with highs in the low 60s and rain returns on wednesday. For San Francisco expect it to be very chilly today, getting milder by the end of the week. Lets head over to mike for an update on the commute. The great news is the san mateo bridge is moving the crash cleared from the flat section, approaching the high rise. Now we just have the water and volume. 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Today monday, march 16th, 2020. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today on monday morning its good to have you along with us glad we can all still be together as we practice a little social distancing the experts told us to. This is one of the easiest things we can do to stay safe. Were practicing it at home and here its just the two of us today. Its just the two of us craig and al are taking the morning off. Were being extra cautious because we did learn last night a colleague of ours on the third hour of today tested positive for coronavirus. Were thinking of him. Were taking a pause to see if they can come back and well let everybody know. Well get right now to news at 8 00. Action to slow the spread of coronavirus is escalating to a whole new level. Cdc out with a new warning and cities across the country are shutting down schools and restaurants. Tom costello joining us with three things we need to watch. Hey, tom, good morning. Clearly the most important one, the headline of the morning is that unprecedented action by center for Disease Control out of atlanta now urging people in groups of 50 or more, next eight weeks, two months. Thats going to ripple across businesses and groups and organizations today as they try to figure how they are going to respond to that. Nationwide weve already seep cities and states declare their own state of emergency, closing schools, closing bars, closing restaurants. New York City Schools closed as of today the city in new york also closing down bars and restaurants and theaters also doing the same with wine tasting i should say this is happening nationwide as cities and states recognize the emergency situation they need to respond to also supermarkets across the country reporting panic buying, with people showing up and cleaning them out of everything from water to toilet paper to pasta. The president yesterday said that he had spoken with ceos of the nations grocery chains and they have committed to remaining open however, the president says they will probably have reduced hours so they can restock and that kind of thing. The bottom line, says the president , theres no need to panic buy, no need to horde. Hoard the Grocery Stores should remain open a lot of moving pieces on this monday morning guys, back to you. All right, tom, thank you. The pandemic overshadowed last nights president ial debate between joe biden and Bernie Sanders. They did make some news, though, standing 6 feet apart with no live audience, a signs of the times. Each explained how they would lead the nation through this trying time. Biden promising to put a woman on the ticket. If im elected president , my cabinet, my administration will look like the country. I commit tha i will, in fact, pick a woman to be a woman for Vice President. In all likelihood i will. 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Vicky nguyen, our investigative and consumer correspondent and Stephanie Ruhle, our senior Business Correspondent for nbc news everybody is ready to answer these questions. Weve gotten hundreds already on facebook and instagram dr. John, ill start with you because health is the most important issue. The first from katerina on she wants to know, if you get the coronavirus, can you contract it twice . Doesnt look like it. Looks like once you get it you develop immunities, antibodies and you cant get it again we dont know how long that protection lasts maybe a year or longer but we know its going to last sometime. Shannon on facebook asks, if we do contract it, how do we treat it no medicine, no cure. Its supportive treatment. If you get it at home, you do the same thing you would for a cold fluids, rest. Cough medicine. Cough medicine, if you have a cough. If you get in the hospital you get more. How do you know you need to go to the hospital. Telltale sign is shortness of breath if you start getting shortness of breath, thats definitely time to go to the hospital, if you have a hard time getting a breath in or sustained fevers over 101. Are there certain medicines you should have on hand . Cough and cold, things you want, things to bring your temperature down, tylenol, acetaminophen, and fluids. Kristin asks can you get the flu and coronavirus at the same time you can get them at the same time its very rare theoretically it can happen. If it does, bad luck at that point. Lisa on facebook is 27 weeks pregnant her Doctors Office is in a hospital she has an appointment this week she wants to know should she physically go to that appointment . She should call the doctor and ask if she should go, depends what its for. If its essential, which most are later in the pregnancy you want it keep the appointment to make sure the baby is okay or youre highrisk for any reason. Talk to the office, what are they doing to protect women as they come in if you like the answer, go ahead and go. What do you do if youre pregnant women, we talked about different groups vulnerable, are pregnant women vulnerable or not . It doesnt appear they are at any higher risk than anybody else they put them at risk category because immune system gets supressed during pregnancy very limited, very small amount of children, it did not get passed onto fetus for the mothers that did have it. Thats hopeful. A limited amount of data. Its a novel virus. Thats why were still learning. We havent seen it before. Cynthia on facebook found i love this one. She found a bottle of Hand Sanitizer but it was expired in 2006. We all have this. We love you, cynthia, im right there with you does it still work i wouldnt use it the alcohol could evaporate. 2006, thats 14 years ago. A little longer. Potentially a year or two, a year not bad in this case just wash your hands. Good point, just wash your hands. Real quick, paul on facebook saw a rumor going around and wants to know is it true if you have coronavirus if you gargle with warm water and salt or vinegar it will eliminate the virus. Absolutely not. Once it gets in cells, inside the body, nothing you eat or drink is going to help at that point. Wont stop the virus from showing up. Wish we could gargle it away. Thank you so much. Hoda. Steph rhule here to talk about impact of the traffic, the stores we have lauren on facebook she wants to know if our state goes on lockdown, that means we cant work, and what are we supposed to do for income. The most basic of questions. This is so important. Earlier today when we were talking about the rate cut, thats important for small or big businesses they can borrow money. What if you simply cant go to work a rate cut doesnt put money in your tip jar, if youre a hairdresser doesnt bring money in were waiting for congress to take action, fiscal stimulus Plan Congress decided on a plan were waiting, going to the senate were hearing more and more people talk about the idea of a National Economic holiday. Its not passed yet. Jason furman, former economic adviser to the white house said what about writing a check to every single american right now. This is like a natural disaster. If were saying to people go on lockdown because thats the right thing to do medically but still owe all of your bills economically, that doesnt make sense. Its being addressed, theres just not a solution yet. You almost want this to alleviate rent, mortgage, electric bills so they dont have that stress lets move to april on instagram. She wants to know if we should be concerned about touching our mail or packages that come into the house. I get that question a lot also, what about touching money. Theres more were learning about corona every day as far as transmitting it on surfaces not happening yet just a reminder, wash, wash, wash. Thats funny. I was trying to update my cable because i dont have a thing they said well bring a guy to your house at first i said no hes going to have gloves on, wear a suit. If people are coming into your home, plumbers or cable people, would you say no just be safe. Right now you want to do essential things i wouldnt necessarily be doing construction at my house if it was optional if you need a plumber if you are locked in your house and you need a plumber, you need a plumber. Grocery Stores Running out of paper products, cleaning supplies and food, how are we supposed to selfquarantine if we cant get the food we need . Weve got to go out. Weve heard from the ceo of walmart, Doug Mcmillan they have extended their store hours. Target i guess saying we are trying to get things on the shelves. This is an opportunity when you go to your local Grocery Store, please say thank you, give a shout out to those people filling the shelves were seeing some businesses change what they do. Lvmh, the luxury bland that makes louis vuitton, christian dior, they are stopping making perfume and are going to use their operation to make Hand Sanitizer and give it out for free. People at the Grocery Store, they had fewer lines people are complaining, why dont you open more lines. No, no, no wait here. These people are here, handling your food. Patience. Lisa on facebook wants to know, most important question of all, as a Small Business owner, how will you survive. I hear you, girl. Its really hard its easy for us to say make sure youre keeping your business open, make sure youre paying employees thats easy. If youre a massive ceo, we learned apple and nike are closing their stores those are often anchor stores at a shopping mall, they can afford to do it what about the trickle down. For Small Business owners they are waiting for that fiscal package. We know Small Business association is offering loans, rates are lower. On a big level, weve seen some positive things. Nba stars, steph curry has done it, kevin love has done it, they are sharing some of their salaries with workers. Youve got to think about answer ancillary workers. They have to figure it out. Congress has to get this passed quick savannah, over to you. On face time, vicky nguyen. Vicky like craig and al are working at home out of precaution because of our colleague in the third hour. Weve a lot of questions from you. Lets start with gayle on facebook she wants to know, is it necessary to wash your clothes when you come in from doing food shopping and being out and about. No matter what youre doing, its not necessary to wash your clothes right off the bat but cdc is saying the virus can live on hard surfaces two to three days, some longer, whats unclear how long on clothing or carpet some local doctors we spoke to said its not a bad idea to change into indoor clothes and indoor slippers when you get home and keep those shoes and clothes youre wearing outside in an extra place as a precaution you dont have to throw them in the washer and dryer right away. I have my kids in home clothes were calling them we switch out. Jackie has a concern and a lot of brides do she has a wedding in june. Does she need to consider canceling. Jackie, first of all, congratulations. Cdc said overnight it wants to postpone or cancel all events in the United States of 50 people or more. Assuming your wedding is going to be that big, it falls into that category. I know i can be expensive, heartbreaking to put this off. Think about it, when we get through this, and we will, how bad it will be depends on the action we take in the coming days when we get through this, the weeks, its clear it wont wedding will be such a better celebration and when everryone can be there happy and not worry about getting sick and getting others sick. If the wedding is in eight weeks, its clear it wont happen if its in june, perhaps it will but perhaps in an abundance of caution. Social distancing questions about specifics. Can you go to the gym, Group Exercise or personal training. Social distancing, the definition has evolved so much hey, 3 to 6 between you and someone else this world is changing we are in unprecedented times. Really right now what Public Health officials are saying, social distancing really means isolating yourself and only going out for things vital the things you ask yourself, is this vital, can it wait. If its yes, how can you do it in such a way you limit contact with other people. Can you go early in the morning, late at night, avoid people and do it in an open airspace. This is a good time to be checking youtube and apps where you can do a workout inside that may not require a physical gym in fact, this morning i believe close. That may be spreading miguel said the city of las los angeles has said to its gyms to close. That may be spreading across the country. The idea right now is we need to limit contact so we can flatten the curve, reduce the rate at which this infection spreads the choices we make are going to determine what this looks like and whether or not we overwhelm our Health Care System if we can keep the rate of infection low, thats going to be good. You see a spike because people are doing nonessential things, thats going to be bad. I only have a few seconds left a lot of people wondering, if i have a teenager, can i have a friend over. If you have toddlers, can i have a toddler over kids are going stir crazy. What about that one on one visit. I read so much about this i feel like the shift from doctors went maybe a buddy family, one you can trust, get your kids together and kick around a soccer ball now what im reading is absolutely not this is not the time for play dates, as frustrating and difficult as it is, we have to accept there will be major social disruptions to our lives. But these are smallterm inconvenience. This is shortterm pain for longterm gain. Were all in it together. Vicky, thank you very much thanks to dr. John and Stephanie Ruhle as well. Well be answering questions all week go to facebook and instagram and ask away and well do our best to answer them lets go over to nbc janessa webb in for al this morning. Good morning. Good morning, ladies. We have the tale of two seasons. Right now warmth across the south, midatlantic northeast but a strong cold front making its way across the rockies where good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were seeing some waves of rain starting to taper off over much of the bay area. A nice little break. We will still have a chance of some scattered showers as we go into the afternoon. Were also seeing some snow on mt. Hamilton and also mt. Diablo. Were going to see this activity giving us a break and another chance of some rain that may also bring in some fall hail and some of those isolated cells that do come up today. Slight rain chances the next couple of days and then drier by the end of the week. Thats todays forecast. All right janessa, thank you so much just because you cant eat out, does not mean you cant eat well anthony scioto is along. He has pantry pasta dishes he says this is as good as you would get in the restaurant. Really . Yes but first a check of your local ne a good morning to you. 8 26. Im marcus washington. Google headquarters has launched a new website to link highrisk people to drivethrough testing centers. Project baseline is up and running. It can help anyone within a 15mile radius of san mateo and santa clara counties. After answering a series of questions well determine whether you qualify for drivethrough testing and the nearest testing center. The dow is down 1400 points. Seconds after the opening bell this morning, Circuit Breakers kicked in halting trading for 15 minutes for the third time in less than a week. Right now we want to get a look at the commute for you. Mike, how is it looking . All these folks telecommuting. Definitely a lighter volume of traffic. 87 just past downtown, northbound side, the latest crash. Starting to see drier roadways and watch for slick conditions around the bay. Just do be careful. Weve seen a cluster of smaller incidents. More rain. Highway 24. Many spinouts reported this morning. Definitely that pop tential. The biggest backup now that the san mateo bridge cleared, just the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. And out of the maze getting to the scene but no problems on the span. 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We can have some fun as we go along in these serious times also, speaking of, though, a lot of us have had to have tough conversations with loved ones and maybe you do, too. You dont know how to talk about the coronavirus, young people who want to go to parties, old folks who dont want to stay indoors and worried about their independence were going to talk with all that stuff with dr. Wilson, therapist, who will help us get into those conversations with gentleness and firmness. They are difficult combos a lot of folks that bought a lot of pasta anthony scioto is here he has recipes on how to make spaghetti. These are stuff you have in the pantry a lot of people are feeling the impact of the coronavirus. Something special, were helping get messages out to friends and relatives who cant hear them. Maybe you couldnt go to birthday parties we want you to send us your pictures and we would love to give on air shoutout use the withyoutoday. Weve already got an few. We want more with you today well find your video and put it on the air and hopefully that someones day. Thats what were hoping to do along those lines we want to highlight somebody to say hello to hello. Maggie connelly, shes one of the young, Healthy People around the world but shes special. She offered to buy medical supplies tell me what youre trying to do and what occurred to you on how to act in this moment when a lot of us feel helpless. I was sitting at home i was obviously feeling the nervousness of whats going on, but i was thinking about my grandma. I was positioning about those that are maybe disabled, in wheelchairs, who arent able to just run out to the grocery kind of staying at home and goin store like i am. So my dog and i have just been kind of staying at home and going on walks around the neighborhood on one of our walks on thursday night, we decided to hang up a sign for our neighbors so just to our elderly neighbors, those with compromised health problems, i put a little email address up with trudys name because some of her favorite people in the neighborhood are elderly people. What did your sign say . To elderly neighbors and compromised Health Issues if you need somebody to run to the Grocery Store for you, run to the pharmacy or your neighbors, put my email address on there. This post im seeing right now, i realize that thing has gone viral ive seen that everywhere. There are a lot of people seeing what youre doing and taking a page from it do you and trudy physically go from house to house and take care of people. So weve been checking in with our neighbors ive been getting tons of emails from neighbors also volunteering i got a good amount of emails from my neighbors in 60s and 70s and saying, thank you so much. Im good right now but i have your information if i need anything its been really great weve been getting emails all over the world addressed to trudy, which is funny. I think youre starting something. I think people are sitting at home like you are wondering what they can do to help. Yeah. Now theres an avenue. Next door, maybe for those on social media, putting up a note, leaving a note for your neighbors. We love you that was awesome what you did. Appreciate it i hope a lot of people get inspired. Thank you. Now well go to nbcs janessa webb for a check of the weather. Announcer todays weather brought to you by dove body wash. Maggie, youre the real winner, love that story. Lets check out whats happening weather wise across the south, midatlantic, northeast, above average. Were also watching another storm system that will be impacting the northwest. This will invade your space all the way into wednesday afternoon with below average temperatures, then were watching the Severe Weather potential throughout wednesday and the midwest as well well watch potential rain possibly next weekend, never too early to talk about the weekend we have the storm system were watching closely but record highs across florida thats a l good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Waves of rain starting to get lighter and a lot more scattered for parts of the bay area. But we do see some rain still falling on parts of the peninsula and the south county. A little break for the east bay. We will see some snow on some of our bay area hills as this storm system moves through. Also a chance that we could see some small hail today. Our rain chances going down over the next few days. By the end of the week, its sunny with seasonable temperatures. And thats your and thats your local forecast. All right, janessa. Thank you so much. Okay were going to do popstart. We dont have carson only one person can do popstart like carson, which is carson. It will take two of us. First up, guys, tom hanks and rita wilson, as you all know now the couple is under quarantine in australia both were diagnosed with the coronavirus. Tom has been sharing updates by instagram to his millions of followers. His latest one, a breakfast snap here he is eating toast with vegemite, the local food there thanks to the helpers. Lets take care of ourselves and each other thats a famous line from mr. Rogers he says in a time of crisis, we should look to the helpers, they can always be found. Tom played mr. Rogers. Rita looking at ways to spend the time after asking for song suggestions, quarantunes by myself one of my favorite songs. Got to be on there another good one love will keep us together by captain tennille when feeling cabin fever, shes got queens breaking free. You know shes got that voice. Of course she is. Shes got the list on that. Weve been playing this all weekend not about quarantine but here comes the sun like the beatles. Weve been singing it. Every once in a while it pops out. Music might be what we need. Were talking about painful ways to deal with the anxious time were in some people read, some people tackle long to do lists around the house, some cook, including pink captured on camera really beating pasta dough into submission im stressed out. Im going to make ravioli. I dont mess with pink. What did that dough do to her. A good way to pass the time. Are you guys doing anything ive been stress eating i ate a lot of chocolate chips ive been doing a lot of yoga. So many good home yoga Classes Online thats good. And the kids like to do it, too. We do funky dance parties they last one minute they happen, they are over and we move on. You cant help but smile. Uhhuh. Next up, reese witherspoon. You may remember back in january during globes Jennifer Aniston posted this image to instagram it shows her and reese and a champagne. She wrote, reese, this is one of the reasons i love you we ran out of water so naturally she asked jay z and beyonce for a glass of their champagne we sat down with ellen about that moment and what happened after the globes. He was like, yeah, do you want some champagne. I was like, yes, i do, because clearly he brings the good stuff. Its his own their own they have their own champagne. I find this out afterwards he sent me a whole case of it. He sent me a case also. Dont act like youre the one. I think ellen might like these, then she sent them to you because beyonce and i are really good friends i mean, really, really, really good friends. Here we go. And i mean in fact, you might say best friends really. Some might say that. I think you would say that. Ive known her for a really long time. We can relate we all feel like were secretly besties with beyonce. You think youre besties with reese. I also like to think im besties with ellen enough about my inner life. Finally nick jonas, the newest the voice coach the newest guest she got him to spill details about working with his brothers, kevin and joe, over all these years. Whats the best part of working with your brothers. The best part is traveling the world and having these insane experiences with my best friends, my brothers we genuinely enjoy being around each other it works out. Its easy its family. Sometimes family is hard. It can be challenging at times. Get a little crunchy after seven months on the road, then you take some time off and its fine. What does that mean, crunchy. Sounds like you havent showered. Check out on today. Com where he talks about the advice hed give himself in 2010 and something to take your mind off things. Strategies for navigating challenging conversations with loved ones about coping with coronavirus and keeping yourself safe we need a shrink there she is first this is today on nbc i work hard and i want my money to work hard too. So i use my freedom unlimited card. Even when im spending, im earning 1. 5 cash back on everything i buy. Earning on my favorite soup. Got it. Earning on that eclair. Dont touch it. Dont touch it yet. Let me get the big one. Nope. This one . Nope. This one . No. Let me get them all. Im gonna get them all. Its just the basics. Can you double bag this right here . Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Can you also tell me what it is . Chase. Make more of whats yours. Were back now as we continue to cover the coronavirus as the pandemic that led to warnings and restrictions around the u. S. And around the world. Unfortunately not everybody is getting that message. No, they are not. We all know people who continue to go about their lives as if nothing is changed maybe a carefree young adult or older person who doesnt want to give up their independence we have expert advice on how we can talk to them joining us relationship expert, author of courageous conversations connect. Good morning lets start with young people. We keep seeing images of young people out having street parties, people enjoying, going to restaurants i mean, how do we talk to them they are told they are not at risk thats the problem. They are told they are not at risk but young people, gen zs, millennials, they want connection but in their way. We have to appeal to them, meet them where they are at, telling them they are not at risk but their grandparents, text chat, all those way we communicate, appeal to that. What would be the conversation. The conversation is, listen, we need your help. We need your buyin. We need you to participate in this because this is serious, right . We cant take it like its we cant take it like its light at this point. Sport figures, people they look up to said this is how im playing it. That might be helpful think about it, everyone talking about it are people that are experts, if you will we actually need their idols, people they are looking up to to say this is serious, stop it we need all hands on deck, and we all need your help. I do think for the most part young people want to be part of this they want to buy in but they really havent gotten the message yet. Not from the people that can communicate to them. No. The other side of this is older people who are at risk i know a lot of us have had tough conversations with our parents who feel fine. They dont want to see their lives disrupted and they are also trying to say, fine, im not going to go to a rock concert but can i still go to the store, my book club . How do you have that conversation and not make them feel like we think youre so frail. How can we empower them. Empowerment is a good thing buy in say what are the things you think you could do to help out so were not actually telling them, were asking them. Everyone wants interdependence. Being stubborn, that happens. Is there ever a time to give tough medicine at some point when they say were not doing it, you do have to take the audible and take the keys and say were going to employ these new norms in place and were all participating in them you have to, too make sure they are educated, though a lot of times they are getting disinformation as well you want to give the facts, not fiction, so they are educated in terms of what we need to do. Its changing rapidly so we need to keep them in play. A lot of people are running into they have their parents, their kids they are kind of like trapped in between. Even in some cases i know i have friends who are like, im going to take my kids over to see my parents because i have no other choice there are a lot of conversations we have to have as families to shut it down. Here is the courageous conversation, we have to have ongoing family meetings. We need to be in text chat we need to keep people updated we need to take care of ourselves. Selfcare is essential four ms, mindfulness, meditation, movement and meaningful engagement. Those are things that will help us recenter because were at the most risk mentally because were under pressure on both sides. Yeah. Theres just so much stress in terms of family relationships to say nothing of everybody being under the same roof and driving each other crazy. Keep a schedule, right . Just like we had a schedule going at work, we need a schedule in our households. What do you mean . Listen, were on calendars what we have to do, for the kids, for the teens, for us, we need to be putting ourselves on a schedule this is our plan were going to keep a normal schedule even if the activities were doing are different, in house instead of out of house. Really good applies to all age groups as well thank you very much. Good to be here. Sounds good, a big old plate of pasta. I want it. We can do that now. Anthony scioto you know youve got all those dry goods you stocked up how do you make them delicious first, this is today on nbc. I cant believe it. That chad really was raised by wolves . Which one is your mother . Thats her right there. Oh, gosh. No, i cant believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my Car Insurance with geico. Its really great. Well, im just so glad to have met your beautiful family. And we better be sitting down now. Believe it geico could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. The kitchen. Every day you have stuff in your pantry, fridge, a lot of people bought pasta or have it lying around our good friend anthony scioto is here. Good morning. How are you so good to have you here. By the way, how is the Restaurant Business . We feel so much for families like you that own a restaurant, your livelihood. This is a tough time. Its more devastating than that theres a lot of layoffs but were going to try to move forward. Our hearts are with you and were so grateful to have you here with these recipes. Thank you, and a pleasure to be here. Yeah. So a lot of these things are things youd have in your pantry as you said, different pasta, vegetables, can items. Fresh spinach, frozen spinach. All these ideas you could possibly have doing things and be positive about what youre doing and doing it. Okay. How do we do this one . Olive oil we have garlic. Garlic lasts a long time. You can buy that up. No problem. Once the garlic is then done, were going to add fresh spinach to this. If it had been frozen. Squeeze that out a little bit in a cloth you dont want the oil and water. Yes. Salt, a little red pepper. Love red pepper. Youre getting the basis of this. I got it. The idea weve done that, were going to add pasta to this. You made your penne any pasta. Im saying this because you probably have it in your kitchen. Here is a dumb question am i waiting until this is cooked or loading it already. Here is the good thing about this you want to do this quickly. I dont want spinach to look like ew, i want it lively and happy. Toss this together at the end, a little breadcrumb, Parmesan Cheese and look at it. Coming over here. Were keeping social distance. Bolognese you have all this in the refrigerator, lets use them start with vegetables, carrots, celery. Love it. Take all of these dicings, throw it inside a mixer. It was working. Were going to plug it in. You know what it is this is the consistency you want it to look like. Were going to come around this side. Im coming around this way. See, were living in awkwardness. No worries. Meat sauce. These are vegetables. Were going to get this browned off. After we brown that off, were going to add this to this pot, which is your ground beef. Okay the vegetables right in there. Have we been sauteing . We have tomato sauce. No shame in jarred tomato sauce. Even canned tomatoes. No worry about that. Beef stock, red or white wine. Wine for with my dinner, too. Let this cook down, simmer 15 or 20 minutes. This is what it looks like. I see it with spaghetti over there. I did it with spaghetti. A few seconds, i want you to get to this beautiful lasagna. This is what were talking about. Were doing sicilian, everybody has mozzarella cheese. Lets go with this lasagna, bechamel online for you. Recipe online also good to freeze, too. Im answering questions after this. Thank you so much anthony scioto, again, all the recipes today. Com food anthony will be online as i mentioned showing everybody how to make this lasagna smells so good also answer your questions about pasta. Back in a moment this is today on nbc thank you. Im taking that home f lunch or when it comes to flooring, im hard to please. So, i go to floor decor where they dont just know the difference between products, they live for it. From american hardwood to spanish porcelain to italian marble, im looking for inspiration from every part of the world. So, when it comes to discovering every imaginable tile, wood, laminate or stone without compromising my design, one aisle doesnt cut it. I need an entire store. Now, ive got one. Explore floor decor in person or online at flooranddecor. Com coming up more in the fourth hour. A lot to cover. Well be with you all coming up more in the fourth hour. A lot to cover. Well be with you all coming up in the fourth hour good morning to you. 8 56. Im marcus washington. Local businesses are scrambling to figure out what to do after governor newsoms recommendations to make major changes for restaurants and night spots. Hes recommending the closures of all bars and reducing restaurants capacity by half. Also self quarantining everyone 65 and older. Google has launched a new website to link highrisk people to drivethrough testing centers. Project baseline is up and running. It can help anyone within a 50mile radius of san mateo and santa clara counties. After answering a series of questions youll find out whether you qualify for drivethrough testing and the location of the nearest testing center. Were live in Mountain View looking at the product first touted by President Trump. Well have a live report during our midday newscast. And hundreds of more of bay area schools are closed in an effort to lessen the blow of the coronavirus pandemic. In some cases, students are off and some are continuing with online school. Visit bay area. Com. Also a link to districts still providing free meals. Im marcus washington. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the third hour of today. Things have been different all day long including the way we are sitting this morning as this whole country is starting to adjust to a different kind of normal. Its not forever but for the moment we are keeping our social distance. Usually at this time youre used to seeing craig and al. They are home this morning as a precaution because late last night we learned a colleague of ours is testing for the coronavirus. That colleague is getting treatment. Were now trying to find out about the c