Effect of thec coronavirus. Well take your calls and you can join on facebook and twitter. Is next. State, and local response to the covid19 coronavirus ramped up over the weekend. Last night, the two leading president ial candidates faced off in a debate dominated by of the virus. We will spend the first 90 minutes, hour and a half talking about those developments, the response to the coronavirus, your thoughts on what you are theing and reaction to debate between joe biden and walk Bernie Sanders. Lines for democrat, 2027488000. Epublican, 2027488001 independents and others, 2027488002. Texts as well, 2027488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are cspanwj and it is facebook. Com cspan. Copingted in how you are with the restrictions and the measures in place or coming in place across the country and states. We will have to hear your thoughts on that and about the debate last night, what you hear from the candidates in particular on coronavirus and other issues. We will play you some of that debate. Where we are in terms of the reach of the covid19 coronavirus, this is from the Johns Hopkins page done by their center for system science and engineering at Johns Hopkins university worldwide, total confirmed cases, 169,387. Total deaths, 6513. Recovered, 77,257. U. S. , 3774 cases. Total deaths, 69. Total recovered, 12. The most number of deaths in washington tate in Washington State followed by california and new york. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans and independents and others, 2027488002. A greatly reduced debate in terms of the audience. There was no audience and the moderators as well. Joe biden and Bernie Sanders faced off in a democratic debate. Here is the reporting from politico. First pandemic era debate distills the choice of biden versus bernie and both were asked about the restrictions, what they would do with the response to the coronavirus. Here is some of what they said. [video clip] what i would do is what we did in our administration. I would call a meeting of all the experts in america dealing with this crisis. I would sit them down and do exactly what we did then. What is it we need . Listen to the experts. With all due respect to medicare for all, you have a singlepayer system in italy. It doesnt work there. It has nothing to do with medicare for all. We can take care of that right now by making sure no one has to pay for treatment, period, because of the crisis. No one has to pay for drugs because of the crisis. No one has to pay for hospitalization because of the crisis. That is a National Emergency and how it is handled. It is not working in italy right now and they have a singlepayer system. We are in a position where i would bring together leading experts in the world. Instead of doing this in the United States and piecemeal, sit down and do what we did before with the ebola crisis. What is needed . And have one voice like we did every day we met in the situation room, laying out we lay out overall for all the nations what is the best proposal and how to move forward. In the absence of that, governors are making sound decisions doing the best they can buy going out and Getting Health Care experts in their communities and states to move. It should be directed from the white house from the situation room, laying out in detail like we did in the ebola crisis and we beat it. Dysfunctionality of the Current Health care system is obviously apparent. There are people who hesitate to go to the doctor. You have a maze of regulations. If this is my income, that is my income, can i get it . Can i not get it . Trump only exacerbates the crisis. When we spent twice as much on health care as any other nation, one might expect we would have enough doctors all over the country. One might expect we would have affordable prescription drugs. One might expect we are preparing effectively for a pandemic that we are ready with the ventilators, the ic use. Debate. Re from the fed cuts rates to near zero, virus toll sores. Soars. Huge sumsuld inject a by snapping up 200 billion over the coming months. The remarkable sunday afternoon action, a drastic move under reflected the imminent peril reflecting presenting the Global Economy. Who has beenmp, vocal in his criticism of the fed, praised the Central Banks ought to assure the American Public food supply would not be affected. A top official added i am not going to say the lab testing issue is over. Here is more on what President Trump had to say sunday afternoon. [video clip] we are learning from watching other countries. This is a very contagious virus. It is something we have tremendous control of. Very important, young people, people of good health and groups of people are not strongly affected. Elderly people that are not well or not well in certain respects are really a dangerous group. We have to watch them, protect them very much. We have to watch over them and protect them because they are rolled herbal. Vulnerable. Host you can text us at 2027488003. Lets go to our republican line and hear from matthew in pittsburgh. Good morning. How are you today . Host fine, thank you. Caller as far as the debate goes, i have been republican most of my life, but after watching this Current Administration, i have decided to vote democrat. It doesnt matter who the candidate is. I think anybody can do a better job than what is going on now aftery the Current Crisis three days of grocery shopping, i can tell you i have four or five bruises and i have watched fellower of occasions americans with total disregard for anybody but themselves. I have watched people clean out shopping carts full of toilet and bread. Ggs it is simply amazing. Did you get did you fill your shopping cart . Caller i bought what i normally need for my wife and i, nothing more. I may have bought a few extra things, may be some beans and carrots. I can make soup and stock and sauces, things like that. Nothing i normally would not buy. People my nextdoor neighbor bought 45, i think. Host let me go back to your original comment. I assume you voted for the president or supported the president because of the current their response to the coronavirus, you would support either joe biden or Bernie Sanders . Caller correct. I did not vote for the current president. I did vote for hillary clinton. I am a different kind of republican. I am more of an eisenhower republican. We appreciate you calling in ont a reminder to call the line that represents your views. The independent line, eric, welcome. Caller hi. Out here in california, the governor declared certain things. I live with two 80yearold individuals. I am 58. I work that cvs. Front hearing how the lines are emts and doctors and nurses, but that is not the truth. The front lines are people who work at pharmacies because that is where sick people have been. I spent the last couple weeks being breathed on and sneezed on and coughed on. Issued no policy as far as posting at our store as to social distancing or even covering if you are coughing. I called the health and safety line yesterday about the issue and the reason they have not is because it is common knowledge. I am going to be self isolating with my family. I just cant believe how much the ball has been dropped. Host how long have you worked for cvs . Caller a little over three. Ears i brought these issues up. Basically the store we work at, we posted warnings for spacing yesterday and also as far as covering up that is because i asked them to. I had them printed at the store. The fact that cvs health has not implemented a policy to warn people where taco bell is sending out emails telling people what their policy will be, but cvs has done nothing. To georgia ando hear from scott, republican line. Caller good morning. How are you . Host doing fine, thank you. Caller i just wanted to try to lend a little levity. Ust noticed how the press i watch a lot of msnbc and as i watched that, listening to what they say gives me anxiety. It is over and over playbyplay pointing out all the things that have been done wrong. This is a black swan event. That means it is unpredictable and that means you could not have been prepared for it. When you point out all these things as you are in the heat of battle because we are in a crisis, you dont really have all the facts. I am hearing all you have heard is test, test, test, you should have had more tests. This is not being talked about study ine was a massachusetts that shows a lot more of the contagion has been asymptomatically c people. It was a probability of low symptomatic contagion. It is being spread a lot more by people. Atic there is not enough tests for 150 million people. If the media is really interested in the people of the United States, give problemsolving advice, do not do the same thing you have done for the last two years where all you do is point out what somebody has done wrong, it doesnt help us at all. We need information to make decisions and the government needs to help us, but we need to help ourselves. Host we go to california to hear from the democrats line. Earl. i name is i am very glad Interest Rates have been dropped. I am currently applying for a home loan so i can get into the market and take advantage of the low prices of stock and a lot of my friends in california are concerned about the high cost of living and they are thinking of selling their property and moving somewhere else. I dont know where they would i know a lot of people who are renting or thinking strongly of renting because of the high cost of moving somewhere else because of the high cost of rent. Host do you think the slowdown will delay efforts on your part . Are you concerned the market may not be there when things clear up and you go to apply for the loan . Caller i already applied for it, so it should be coming any day. If i kick myself because i did i amin the bottom still significantly ahead of the there isi understand this thing called a market land owner, you go to Charles Schwab and tell them i want you to buy one of these stocks whenever that one of them hits a certain mark goes down and then you bu y. I am expecting there to be a serious number of corrections between now and april 15 because people will have to sell stock. Host the Vice President , mike pence, leading the Coronavirus Task force for the white house and daily they have been running briefings late in the afternoon at the white house. A picture of the wall street journal with the headline u. S. Warns most americans to stay home. Dr. Anthony fauci warned it a few months before life returns to normal. He urged people to work from sociald prevent distancing. He suggested a 14 day lockdown. 14 day lockdown in the u. S. With chuck todd on meet the press. W you hising to sho comments and he was asked about that later in the day. Here they are. [video clip] i think we should be overly aggressive and get criticized for overreacting. Have you made this point of view known inside the as manager should inside the administration . Yes. They listen and generally go with what we say. I meant everything i said this morning on the shows. To protect the American People, we consider anything and everything on the table. You will see advanced and updated guidelines tomorrow. They will address some, but not all the questions and concerns. We look at this and we will do everything we can to make sure we safeguard the health and wellbeing of the American People and that means everything and anything, we will consider. Can you give us some examples . You say everything and anything, like what . No bars, no restaurants . That could be. Concreteu give us more now you must know what it is. I dont want to jump ahead of the guidance. Let the guidance come out, we will be here every day and i will answer the question after the guidance, i promise you. Host part of that briefing on twitter. A tweet from karen who says when trump says the virus is under tremendous control while governors are shutting down schools and events, i will continue to ignore the potus and listen to professionals. Michael says anthony ouchi is is the point man. The Mainstream Media tries to play gotcha when he is on. Lets hear from William Jefferson township pennsylvania, republican line. Think all this flap about coronavirus is overblown. I think the media loves it because they dont have to look for other stories. All you hear on the tv and the radio is coronavirus, they are closing the schools down here. I think it is an overreaction and it is ridiculous. More people died from this wind loop. Get real. An overreaction, are you taking the advice to stay close to home . Caller i am going to church, doing the things i usually do. Host did your church have a service yesterday . Caller yes, they do. They have mass every day and i was there on sunday. They are taking precautions, which is normal, necessary. Lets not get crazy. That is what we are doing. Host in salt lake city, utah, democrats line. Caller i seem to be a news addict and i think in times like this, it pays off. Have reached two conclusions one is that we should rely on our scientists for advice and guidance through this bad thing and the other thing is i am trumand of president when he took over the white , he walked in the oval wooden i dont how to describe it, sign and painted in black letters on top of that with the sign it said. He buck stops here host do you feel like the buck is stopping at the president s desk now . Caller no. Host why not . Caller i think he might have some psychological problems and it seems to me he has a difficult time accepting responsibility for anything that happens or doesnt happen. I wish he were a better leader, but i dont think he is doing his job and that is all i would like to say. Host kevin is next. Caller good morning, bill. It is good to see you. The response to the coronavirus, i think it is too early. At least put some time in between host i apologize, kevin, but we are losing you, the phone is fading in and out. The debate happened in washington between Bernie Sanders and joe biden. A report from reuters, biden gets backing from u. S. Largest u. S. Teachers union, the Democratic Front runner getting the backing of the National Education association, the Largest Teachers Union with 3 million members. Joe is the tireless advocate for Public Education and the partner that students and educators need. Joe biden addressed the issue of who he would choose as a Vice President. [video clip] if i am elected president , my cabinet, my administration will look like the country. I will appoint pick a woman to be Vice President. There are a number of women qualified to be president tomorrow. I would pick a woman to be my Vice President. Host we will go to john in connecticut, go ahead, john. Thank you for taking my call. I saw the press conference at the white house yesterday and trump talks about the Federal Reserve and he says we have control of the virus and pence echoes what he says and then you see the cdc dr. Say it will get worse before it gets better, what is going on in washington . I think the American People better get more truth from washington and shut this country down and get through this virus. Host are you saying you feel like there is a different message from President Trump and the rest of his team . Talked up the Federal Reserve and he saw him running off the stage. The American People need a real president , not a fake president. Host we played the comments of joe biden last night on who he would select about his cabinet and more broadly, specifically he would select a woman as president. Here is what Bernie Sanders had to say. [video clip] in all likelihood, i will. It is not just nominating a woman, it is making sure we have progressive women and there are progressive women. My strong tendency is to move in that direction. California,et in good morning. Caller good morning. I am an africanamerican woman and i voted as a democrat all my life. I have never voted for a republican candidate for president. This year, for the first time in my life, i will not be voting for either democratic candidate, biden nor Bernie Sanders. That is because after listening to the debate and previous debates, it is clear to me neither candidate has a specific agenda that addresses the needs of black americans. For that reason, i will be voting democratic down ballot with respect to president and congress. I will not be voting for gil cisneros who won his election by only 10,000 votes, so it will likely, this time, go back to kim, who ran against him. That is my comment, listening to the debate last night, it was all about open borders, nothing about addressing the specific needs of africanamericans with respect to the racial wealth gap. Host you would not vote for either democratic candidate, who would you vote for or would you avoid voting for president . Caller high will avoid voting for president. I cannot vote for president reduction int of snap benefits, a whole host of things he has done with respect to the environment and disability benefits, i cannot vote for President Trump, but i cannot vote for the Democratic Candidates either. It is one of those things, i hate that i am in this place, but i cannot do it. Host john in South Carolina on the democrats line, go ahead. Caller hello . Host you are on the air, go ahead. Caller i am a bit worried about how the government is using their author