Years behind bars. Then rushed to the hospital with chest pains. Now he faces another legal battle. And marens moment. We join country star maren morris at the houston rodeo as she got ready for the biggest moment of her career and prepares for the birth of her child. Its march 12th, 2020. Well have the latest on the coronavirus right after the eye opener, your world in 20 seconds. I will always put the wellbeing of america first. The virus will not have a chance against us. This is a different crisis for this president and this presidency. And this entire administration. You cant give this a nickname. You cannot belittle the coronavirus. It is growing and spreading. As the World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus tbreak a pandemic. Citing alarming levels of spread and activity of the virus. The nba season placed on suspension over concerns of the coronavirus. This is crazy. This cant be true. Its not within the realm of possibility. It just seems more like out of a movie. Women are going to speak out and demand justice. Convicted rapist and sex offender Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years behind bars. Last night, obviously, was not a good night for our campaign. Six states voted yesterday in the democratic primary and it turned into another huge night for joe biden. Or as democrats are now calling it, look, fine, sure, if i have to vote for him, i will. The coronavirus is also affecting the 2020 president ial race. Last night we found out that sundays debate between joe biden and Bernie Sanders in phoenix will be held without an audience. Which is why cnns already redone the promos. Jim . Bernie versus biden. Two old men. One silent room. Who will nod off first . Th. Ple yourets now. Welcome to cbs this morning from washington. The coronavirus pandemic is starting to affect all aspects of american life, and that includes us here at cbs. Cbs news has two known cases of coronavirus so we have closed our new York Broadcast Center to clean and disinfect the premises. Like a lot of folks, were not exactly working from home but from another home here in washington, at our bureau. And there is plenty of breaking news. Lets get right to it. Beginning with an oval Office Announcement to the nation and reaching across the atlantic ocean. In a dramatic move to stop the spread of the coronavirus, President Trump has ordered an extensive travel ban. We will be suspending all travel from europe to the United States for the next 30 days. Ew fday n r at midnight. These restrictions will be adjusted subject to conditions on the ground. The state Department Also issued an alert last night urging americans to reconsider any International Travel plans. Paula reid is at the white house for us. Good morning. The reactions are coming in overnight. What are they . Good morning, tony. The president s goal was to calm the markets and calm americans. But investors were underwhelmed. U. S. Stock futures tumbled as the president concluded his speech. And democrats criticized the president for not addressing the lack of testing kids. But a Top White House adviser just responded to this criticism and told me the president signaled he is taking decisive actions for the American People based on sound science and that well see more of this in the coming days. We made a lifesaving move with early action on china. Now we must take the same action with europe. In one of his most sweeping measures to combat coronavirus, President Trump announced temporary travel restrictions on foreign nationals from several European Countries and laid blame on the eu for not doing more to stem the spread of the virus. 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. Reporter the president said restrictions do not apply to the United Kingdom or ireland and will have some exceptions for american travelers. But didnt offer specifics. Some democrats immediately expressed skepticism. It applies to countries where theres less of a problem in europe, but not where theres more of a problem elsewhere like in south korea. Reporter the president also laid out a series of steps intended to blunt the Economic Impact of the virus, including lowinterest loans for small businesses, deferred tax payments and a proposed payroll tax cut. My fellow americans. Reporter President Trumps address marked a notable shift in tone from just one day earlier when he emerged from a meeting with Senate Republicans to downplay public fears. It will go away. Just stay home. Reporter but the National Institutes of health dr. Anthony fauci offered a grim prediction warning of more cases to come. Weve got to assume its going to get worse and worse and worse. Reporter the president has said for days he would not cancel his Upcoming Campaign events, but last night, the white house said it would be canceling Upcoming Events in colorado, nevada and wisconsin where the president would have been part of large public gatherings. The white house said theyre doing this out of an abundance of caution. Caution is the word of the day. Paula, thank you. The president s announcementy isannouncement y is severely rattled investors. The travel restrictions for europe also caught u. S. Airlines by response. Kris van cleave is at Reagan International airport outside washington, d. C. A lot of confusion overnight about what this order meant. What happened and what does it mean for american travavelers . Well, good morning. There was confusion because initially it sounded like the president had banned all travel of people and goods from europe to the u. S. That caught even members of his own administration and the airlines off guard. There was then an effort overnight to clarify what had an said first by the department of Homeland Security and then for the white house. For american travelers, americans will still be allowed to travel to and from europe. They will be allowed to come into the country but they will be subject to Health Screenings, likely be funneled to 11 airports currently doing those screenings for other coronavirus hot spots. Here, anyone who is a resident of the countries in europe, that is not a u. S. Citizen, will not be allowed to come into the u. S. For the next 30 days at least. Now that does not apply to u. S. Citizens, as we said. But there was a lot of confusion about that point. Anthony . Kris, the head of jetblue who was with us yesterday said that even before these restrictions, kris, the impact was already worse than 9 11. So what are these restrictions going to do for the airlines . Yeah, that was a telling statement from robin hayes yesterday on cbs this morning. The airlines are worried. This is not good for their bottom line. Already Global Airlines are facing an estimated 100 plus billion in losses from the coronavirus. U. S. Airlines are now scrambling to figure out what this means for their transatlantic service. Thats usually a profit center. Weve seen demand plummet on u. S. Airlines. Already one european carrier has gone out of business. And if were talking about an impact similar to what the 9 11 attacks did to the airline business, that pushed several u. S. Airlines into bankruptcy. This is not good news. Just last night, tblue flight from jfk to palm beach had a passenger who tested positive for coronavirus. That was yet another scare for flyers. In that case taken to an isolated part of the palm beach airport. That passenger was removed. The people on board are now being asked to selfmonitor. Anthony . Thanks, kris. The World Health Organization is pushing governments to take strong action after officially declaring the outbreak to be a pandemic yesterday. There are more than 126,000 cases worldwide. Restrictions in italy, the hardest hit european country, are now tighter than ever. Elizabeth palmer is in london with europes response to the u. S. Travel ban. Good morning. European leaders are clearly shocked by President Trumps travel announcements. And they are very worried now about the economic fallout. Meanwhile, at a global level, Health Leaders are concerned that some governments, and they wouldnt name names, arent taking this pandemic seriously enough. The World Health Organization read what amounts to the riot act to governments still doing little or nothing to slow coronavirus down. Were deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction. Reporter italy, where streets and shops are eerily quiet has the highest number of cases in europe. More than 12,000 with 827 deaths. The vast majority elderly people. The government has closed shops, bars and restaurants and imposed travel restrictions. Banks, food stores and pharmacies are open, though, as well as businesses where people can stay at least a yard apart. In the middle east, iran is worst hit. Alarmed citizens say the official response was too little and far too late. Many believe the government is hiding the true scale of the outbreak. Meanwhile, a Vice President and two cabinet ministers have tested positive and one mp has died. But there are signs of hope. This morning, china reported a record low just 15 new cases. These nurses are celebrating the closing of one of wuhans makeshift hospitals after the last coronavirus patient was discharged. Here in the uk, there are now more than 450 confirmed cases. The governments crisis team called cobra is meeting this afternoon to decide what to do next to slow down the rate of infection. Measures could include closing some schools perhaps or limiting big public gatherings. Tony . Liz palmer in london, thank you. Now to a story that caught a lot of peoples attention after tom hankss says he and his wife rita wilson have the coronavirus. Hanks was working on a film in australia. He now says he and wilson will stay in isolation for as long as Public Health and safe requires. He shared the news on twitter with a picture of what looks like a glove in a trash can. He said they both felt tired and had body aches. Joining us now from los angeles is dr. David agus. Good morning. So the tom hanks news made a lot of people sit up straight and say, hes in australia but hes an american, this is a global virus right now. This is now a pandemic as the World Health Organization declared. That word scares a lot of people. What does it mean, and does it change anything about the Global Response . No question. The worlds friend tom hanks has this virus. A pandemic means its all over and its sustained. The World Health Organization is the one organization that can make that declaration. And it made that declaration. We all knew it was coming. It was not an if but a when. It doesnt really change how we approach it. But i think it makes and underscores the severity of what were seeing now and pushes all countries to act aggressively. They claim they did this because not all countries were acting as aggressively as they should have. Dr. Anthony fauci appeared to be leveling with the American People yesterday in testimony to congress saying this could get worse and worse. Millions could be infected. What should people know about their own risks and the need to selfquarantine if they come down with something . I dont think it could get worse. I think it will get worse, and i think well see significant infections in this country. Its going to be manageable. Were all going to do fine, and we have to selfquarantine. The more we can keep the infections down and slow the rate of spread, the better well be able to handle it as a country and the fewer casualties from this. If you have any symptoms if you have a fever, a cough, a runny nose, you need to stay home. And you need to stay home 48 hours after those symptoms abate. Until that point. And the same thing with anybody thats been exposed to you. If you are family, you should all stay home. Well be in this together. Were one community, and together well come through this. Dr. Agus, the coronavirus is now past its peak in terms of the number of new infections. What does this tell us about how they have combated the disease there . If you look at what china did, what south korea is doing, when you take aggressive actions, and the country works as a whole, you get good results. And we know how to fight these viral infections. And it requires doing things not positive to people. People are not happy that weve canceled the rest of the nba season or suspended it. Kids are being sent home from college. Schools are closing. People are working from home. This is a drastic change in our lives but these are methodologies that work. When we social distance, that is, were not all together in one place, the virus stops spreading. And so all of these are mechanisms to social distance. David, is the president s ban on all travel from the European Union is that a necessary measure to combat this . Its aggressive. You know, certainly when we look at whats going on now in the country, it is not, you know, eu or European Union spread here to the United States. Its spread within. Its spreading from person to person within the United States. So i think its an aggressive stand, really, showing, hey, im going to do something and stand up here. And well see how long that lasts. I dont think that itself is going to stop the spread here in the United States. Dr. David agus, thank you. Well see you later in our 8 00 hour. Breaking overnight, the nba made the stunning decision to suspend the season indefinitely because of the coronavirus. The announcement came after a player on the utah jazz tested positive for the virus. Players were on the court for warmups in Oklahoma City last night when word came down. My cbs this Morning Saturday cohost Dana Jacobson is at new Yorks Madison Square garden, home of the knicks. Dana y did the league take such drastic action . Many people are saying they had no choice. Actually, the utah jazz were here at Madison Square garden just a week ago to take on the knicks who are now one of a handful of teams concerned about which of their players may have been exposed. There are still 259 games. Thats about onefifth of the nba season left to be played. Not to mention the postseason. No one knows when or if those games will resume. The teams heading back to the locker room. Reporter just before tipoff in Oklahoma Citys packed Chesapeake Energy arena, referees huddled on the court as players were told to return to their locker rooms. The game tonight has been postponed. Reporter shocking news for the nba. Utah Jazz Center Rudy gobert tested positive. Just three days ago he jokingly grabbed microphones at a press conference poking fun at the nba media policies which required reporters to stay six feet away from players. Shortly after the game was canceled, the nba announced the suspension of the season. The last of the six games played wednesday night, new orleans at sacramento, was also called off. Dallas mavericks owner was caught on camera when he saw the news. He later voiced his concerns for his whole family, his players and even his parttime arena staff. They get paid by the hour. This was their source of income. Reporter earlier wednesday, the ncaa announced an unprecedented decision to only allow essential staff and limited family members to attend march madness games. We asked scott drew about the mere idea of playing in empty arenas last week. March mad sentence maness ise of the excitement and fans going to see upsets. If we didnt have that, that would be completely different than what were all used to. All of the major conference tournaments going on right now have been closed to the general public. That includes the big east which will resume later today at Madison Square garden. As for the jazz, rudy gobert was not at the arena last night. His teammates were tested coronavirus, and they are expecting those results later today. Dana, will the nbas move put pressure on other sports to do the very same thing . Well, ifou can believe any of the sports radio talk and sports news talk on television, certainly. Weve got Major League Baseball which gets under way later this month. And they have six teams between california and washington that need to consider their home games. And that means that they may be moving them. Seattle already saying theyll move their first two home series. The nhl is considering what they should do in consulting with medical personnel. And then when you have the ncaa, they have to look at all of the sports leagues right now. Dana, thank you very much. When you think about the Economic Impact you have all the ticket takers, ushers, hotels, xi drivers. This is going to spread. A lot. Good thursday morning to. You we are starting off the day with areas of fog along the coast and parts of the bay. Especially the n