To recognize the reality. People in the entire state of california are being ordered to stay home in a bid to curb the coronavirus pandemic. I dont view it as an act of god. I would view it as something that just surprised the whole world. There may be new hope in the desperate race to find a treatment for coronavirus. And it couldnt come soon enough. President trump says he is slashing red tape, ordering the fda to fast track the use of two drugs for sick patients. Italys reported death toll from this coronavirus has surpassed chinas. A cemetery northeast of milan has been so overwhelmed, the military had to transport bodies to neighboring towns. Several u. S. Senators are accused of profiting off the pandemic. At least four sold stock in the weeks following a briefing on the coronavirus. No greater moral crime than betraying your country in a time of crisis. These days its difficult to find toilet paper but in pennsylvania, a bakery has a new twist on tp. Toilet paper cakes. All that john, who is this . Its ellen. What up with you . Justin, its ellen degeneres. Isolating at home and sharing her calls with fellow celebrities. So you have kids. I wish i had kids right now. Im so bored. And all that matters. Shes reworked her classic get out to be an important psa. Stay in right now do it for humanity on cbs this morning. Do it you are so good. I think we can all identify with going a little stir crazy at home right now. So much so that one family spent ten hours seth up and perfecting a rube gogoldberg machine. No way. No way. Whoa this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Thats great. We are happy to tell you the cat did survive. They were like, no, we had it all planned. Just like they planned it. Exactly. Welcome to cbs this morning. Were ghcoming to you again fro the home of the late show with Stephen Colbert because the Broadcast Center where cbs is located is temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution. Stephen and his entire team, the ep who used to be here with us, for lending us their home while theyre on hiatus. He said you guys are really practicing social distancing. Its one, two, skip a few, on your desk which i thought was funny. We are. Were taking it very, very seriously. Glad to be here. Very glad to be here. We will be answering your questions on the coronavirus throughout the broadcast but we begin with where we stand today. This is the track of cases just this week. There are now more than 14,000 reported cases in the u. S. Nearly quadruple the total on monday. The death toll has climbed to at least 205 people. California is now under a statewide stayathome order. The first state to take that step. Heres what governor gavin newsom had to say last night. Theres a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. Lets bend the curve together. Lets not regret. Lets not dream of regretting. Go back, say, we could have, would of, should have. California is the most populous state in america and the worlds fifth largest economy. Jamie yuccas joins us from los angeles. What does it look like where you are . Im currently standing on the iconic ventura boulevard. You can see not manyy cars aroud me right now. Normally this time of day there would be some traffic. Governor newsom will keep essential businesses open. Things like banks and Grocery Stores. Theres some deliveries being made this morning. Theyll also keep open pharmacies and here in california, that also means marijuana dispensaries will stay open as well as takeout restaurants. Furniture stores, barber shops, record stores, those types of things you see up and down the boulevard will all be closed. Newsom said the decision comes as california plans for a worst Case Scenario where 56 of the States Residents contract coronavirus. Thats more than 22 million people. Officials believe that could lead to more than 19,000 people in the hospital which would overwhelm current capacity. But the governor says that this stayathome order is meant to starve off those worst Case Scenario numbers. By the way, if you dont shelter in place and stay at home, you could face a misdemeanor which means also a fine, tony. Jamie, thank you. Behind the numbers associated with the pandemic of thousands of individuals and their families dealing with heartbreak, isolation and a growing number of cases dealing with grieve. David begnaud is focusing on some of those stories. Reporter a fourth member of a family who lives in the northeastern part of the u. S. Has died from coronavirus. Seven members of the fusco family have all tested positive for the virus. Meanwhile, in southern california, one of the youngest individuals to contract the virus has passed away. 34yearold jeffrey gazarian, a cancer survivor who recently visited disney world and Universal Studios in florida died thursday in california. Also in california, there were images of another patient in an Isolation Chamber being loaded off of a private jet by workers in hazmat suits. Of course, he was very, very anxious. Reporter the 65yearold patient was transported to los angeles from aruba where he tested positive for the virus. The flight was chartered by jet rescue air ambulance and was lined in plastic. Two pilots, a doctor and a paramedic were on board. We started an i. V. And sedated him so that he would go sleeping all the way in the chamber because it could be very difficult to be inside of there. We are putting all of our Health Care Workers at the front line. Some of them are going to get sick. Reporter in new york, medical student ruth howe has seen the human suffering firsthand. There are a lot of people out there who have a lung disease or high blood pressure, Something Else thats weakened their immune system. Theyre more vulnerable to this. Reporter for cbs this morning, im David Begnaud here in new york. Its so important to put a face on what is happening in this country, for people to understand how serious this is. I think some people still dont understand. This is a very serious crisis. All you have to do is see the way that man was transported. If you arent taking precautions right now, look at that and start. Stay home. Stay safe. Cbs news learned the Trump Administration is now planning to close the southern border today to all nonessential travel. Meanwhile, lawmakers are working on a plan to give cash to americans taking a financial hit. That is a lot of people. The president is also pushing the fda to fast track the drugs to treat the virus. Weijia jiang reports from the white house on that. It could be a gamechanger. Reporter President Trump projected optimism on thursday when he announced a drug called chloroquine, commonly used to treat malaria, had been approved by the fda to ease symptoms of coronavirus. Its been around for a long time. So we know that if it if things dont go as planned, its not going to kill anybody. Reporter but fda commissioner stephen hahn quickly clarified that even though chloroquine is approved as a malaria treatment it must still go through clinical tests to see if its safe for coronavirus. So far, no drug is specifically approved for treating it, even though there are several candidates. We may have the right drug, but it may not be in the appropriate dosage form right now. And that may do more harm than good. Reporter on capitol hill, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell unveiled a trilliondollar Financial Aid package to help Small Businesses and Industries Like the airlines that are hemorrhaging money. The proposal would also send direct payments to many americans. Up to 1200 per person and 2400 per couple. We need to take bold and swift action as soon as possible. Reporter but there are lawmakers on both sides of the aisle opposed to the idea of giving out cash, arguing its a shortsighted solution. I dont think thats a good idea now. Cant stimulate something thats padlocked. Reporter and democrats were quick to criticize the gops plan for prioritizing large corporations over individuals. It provides a bailout for a number of industries. Again, we have to put the workers first. Reporter the white house announced last night that the g7 gathering of World Leaders that was scheduled to take place at camp david in june will now be held over Video Conference instead. Tony . Like so many other conferences these days. We want to get to our dr. David agus who joins us from los angeles to talk about possible treatments for the virus. Were all so hungry for any kind of good news. The president wants to fast track a drug used to treat malaria for application to coronavirus. What more can you tell us about that . Is it promising . Two are two clusion, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine that are approved and on the market and i can write a prescription for. And they certainly seem in pilot studies to have an effect on the virus and hopefully to make people do better. So this is real hope with these two drugs. And they are here and were using them. And so its optimism. And i was very excited that the president took that step forward yesterday. I want and am pushing him to go further and say use it early. Use it in people who were exposed because we have to stop the spread of this virus. These could be preventative drugs, david . Right now theyre treatment. They are treatment with significant disease. The problem is when you come to see me, i do your test, it may be three, four, five days until i get it back. What we know with these drugs is the earlier you use them, the better. So, again, i think people should be treated with them. When we think they have the virus. If you are a first responder, a doctor, a nurse, a Health Care Professional and you take care of a patient who is spreading the virus, maybe you should take them to prevent the spread. Those studies are ongoing. But we in the field cannot wait for those studies. And now we have optimism with real drugs that are here today. So, david, at what point do you give these drugs to someone who has been infected, and do you have concerns about fasttracking these drugs . Again, i dont even know what the word fasttracking means. The drugs are available. Theyre here today. You may fast track their fda approval. I dont care if theyre fda approved or not. Were using them as early as possible in patients with this disease. This is doctors across the country are talking about it and using them. Weve been doing so for several weeks but, obviously, when the president endorses it yesterday, use is going to go up. I like it when dr. David agus says real hope. Thank you. The state department is now warning americans to avoid all international travel. Those currently out of the country have been urged to return immediately. But its not that simple, according to americans stuck in peru and morocco. They had police guarding the gates and so i went up to try to talk to them and they said all the flights are canceled. You cant come in unless you have a ticket for tonight. Were relying on media at this point to show that there are u. S. Citizens that are desperately trying to get home. We want to make sure were advocating for the other u. S. Citizens that are here that, you know, might be running out of medication or they have children they need to get back to. Boy, this comes as feem pa is taking charge of the federal response to the coronavirus. Only on cbs this morning, the fema administrator peter gaynor joins us to discuss. Good morning, gayle. How are you . Im okay. Were all worried about everybody else. President trump says hes now fully engaged at the highest level that fema is fully engaged. What specifically, rather, is fema doing to help . Yesterday we began to take over full operations coordinating the entire federal effort here in the National ResponseCoordination Center. We combined secretary azars Operations Center here yesterday. So all of government is under one roof. Were social distancing and throughout the entire building were teleworking to make sure we can do this, respond to this virus in the long haul. This will be a long battle. Whats your top priority, and what specifically does this mean when you said were all together under one roof . What are you guys doing . Well, my top priority is protecting my workforce and protecting the american people. I have to do both at the same time. The second priority is making sure that we can respond to the coronavirus like we are today and we need to do that for the long haul. Many priorities were working on today to include supply Chain Management, making sure we get those requests filled by governors across the country and many, many other things were trying to untangle and make better connections. Were used to seeing fema providing supplies and shelter in natural disasters. Are you equipped to handle a pandemic . We are. Were ready every day. So whether its a pandemic or its a hurricane, fema is ready. And its just not fema. It is really the whole of government. I have at my disposal every single federal agency, partners, commercial partners. Theres nothing in my way from coordinating, and were ready for today, and we want to be ready for where we are in two weeks. And were ready for a natural disaster. So were doing both things simultaneously. Mr. Gaynor, could you put a little meat on these promises and specifics. What kind of equipment, supply Chain Management are you working on . Lets take testing. We know the tests need to be distributed. More people need to take them. Are you coordinating that effort . We are. Along with my medical expertise partners, hhs, were working on everything from testing kits to swabs to ppe, you name it. When its in demand, its in demand by every single governor across the united states. Were trying to make sure that we have a way to prioritize needs based on requests, based on risk, based on where we think its going to be today and where we think its going to be tomorrow. So all those things are factors. Theres enough heartbreak to go around. Weve all heard the stories, but in particular, we did a story here the other day, peter, about the Health Care Workers that will break your heart where they are saying we just dont have the supplies we need to help the people that need it. Is fema doing anything to help them to make sure they get everything thats available to them . Well, again, i think one of the best things we did is combined operations. We tried to streamline the process so whether its a Health Care Director in a state or Emergency Management director in a state, those two things are combined. All those resource requests are coming here to the nrcc and we are validating and trying to fill every single need. However, this is a shared responsibility. It needs to be locally executed. State managed and fairly supported. The only way well beat this is we do it together. All right. Fema administrator paul gaynor, thank you for joining us. Four u. S. Senators, including Intelligence Committee chair richard burr, reportedly sold stock before coronavirus fears sent the markets plunging. One congressman is asking the securities and Exchange Commission to investigate. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Nancy, what do we know . Anthony, these stock sales came about a week before the markets started to slide. As the crisis in asia was coming to a head and as senators started to get daily briefings here on capitol hill about the looming threat. Financial filings show that senator richard burr of north carolina, the chairman of the powerful senate Intelligence Committees, sold roughly between 600,000 and 1. 7 million worth of stock in midfebruary. Those sales came about the same time that burr had written an oped assuring americans that the u. S. Was prepared to deal with a pandemic. But a few days later, he gave a speech warning that the virus could actually have major consequences here. A spokesman for burr says that the senator disclosed the sales before the market started sliding. Republican senator Kelly Loeffler also sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in stocks starting in late january. Shes from georgia. Its worth noting shes one of the richest members of the senate, worth about 500 million according to some reports. On twitter, loeffler said her transactions are made by advisers and that she wasnt even aware of them until weeks later. Democrat Dianne Feinstein of california, republican jim inhofe of oklahoma, also sold large amounts around the same time. Now there is no evidence that any of these senators had any inside information. Coronavirus was well within the public view at that time. In fact, if anything, senators were complaining here on capitol hill that they werent getting enough information about the crisis in the briefings they were receiving here on capitol hill. Its all very interesting, nancy. A lot of people were very upset when they heard this. You mentioned that there could be political ramifications, but are there legal ramifications if, as we as what appears to have happened, happened, they sold before they sold while saying one thing publicly and doing another thing privately. Theres something called the stock act that prohibits members of congress from profiting off of information that they glean as part of their jobs. But at this point, it would be difficult to prove that they had inside information when coronavirus was something that everyone was talking about. Yeah. All right, nancy, thank you. Ahead, dr. Tara narula answers your most pressing janine i used to be a little cranky. Really haunted me. Inances thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeepers helping customize it for our business. live bookkeeper youre all set up janine great vo get set up right with a live bookkeeper with intuit quickbooks. Hersheys. The original cookies n creme. 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