Bipartisan legislation for coronavirus emergency relief. Doug luzader has the latest on that from washington. Reporter we may see some bipartisan action from Congress Pretty quickly today as the virus has now surfaced in just about every state. Reporter with store shelves around the country looking thin, and public spaces looking more and more empty, congress will now try again to intervene. Subject to exchange a paper. Reporter a relief deal could include free testing, paid sick leave, and other benefits. Washington will soon be something of a ghost town. The smithsonian will shut down after today. The Supreme Court has closed to tourists and so has the u. S. Capital capitol with the Visitor Center largely deserted. Reporter yesterday was the worst stock loss. Its going to bounce back very big at the right time. Reporter despite changes in coronavirus test kits, u. S. Health says the test kits will be on track. Its not going to be months, its going to be a week or so. Thats a failure of planning, leadership, and execution. Reporter the democratic president ial candidates kept up their drum beat of criticism since joe biden and Bernie Sanders announced their staffers will now work from home. Reporter and a democratic debate this week in arizona has now been moved to washington with no live audience. In washington, doug luzader, fox news. Well, the Coronavirus Crisis is affecting health care, politics, and the education system. From preschools to top colleges, many schools are shutting downment students wont be getting that face to face interaction with teachers. School closures are also forcing parents to make last minute plans for child care. I cannot go to work right now. My wife she cannot cancel anything. She has to go to work. Now, harvard is just one of the schools saying theyve got to be out. International students say they cant just pack up and go home. Bay area schools are also feeling the impacts of the coronavirus. Some of the larger schools are shutting down. And weve just learned that the san mateo foster City Unified School District is closed until april 3rd. All schools will then shut down for three weeks. You can find a list of the School Closures at the bottom of the screen. We also have a list on ktvu. Com and our mobile app. Just in the past 30 minutes, the English Premier Soccer League said it is postponing matches indefinitelily because of the coronavirus. Here in the united states, Major League Baseball is delaying operations for two weeks. Baseball made that announcement yesterday. The season was originally due to begin march 26th but, now, opening day will be no later than april 9th. And the pga golf tour, the commissioners expected to hold a News Conference this morning after cancelling the players championship after one round. The next three pga tour events have also been cancelled. Last nights condition came after everyone should be tested as a precaution. A second nba player has been tested for the virus. Utah jazz star donavan mitchell. Rudy gobert was seen on monday touching all the m eeumdcs. He has since apologized saying hes embarrassed by his actions. The nba season suspension is hurting hundreds of players. Cavaliers kevin love is offering 100,000 to offer to arena worker. Dallas mavericks owner mark cuban says hes also working to support those arena workers. Sports, schools, even bans on businesses has really uprooted all of our normal lives and it becomes more evident when you check out at a store. Its amazing to go to the Grocery Store and for some products you might not even expect. Cgtns deborah villaon shows us. Reporter house hold supplies they want are sold out. Frenzied stock piling has hit food isles too as people fear the length and severity of the Coronavirus Crisis. Spaghetti with meat sauce. Reporter meals ready to eat are now selling wildly at this military Surplus Store in vallejo. Now heading into peoples pantries. In one week, 15 cases have sold that would usually linger for a few months. Theyre slow sellers and as we were waiting for you folks somebody called and asked if we have a few more cases. Theyre definitely afraid. They want to have something on hand. People dont want to go shopping be around other people. Reporter also seeing a big surge, gun dealers. Right here what has been sold handgun wise in the last two hours. Reporter at a petaluma store these are purchases for the past week. Five times normal and ammunition sales are up too. Any time people are uneasy sales go up and its always the same thing, guns and ammo. This father and son are here for a gift. Not out of fear. It does seem a little out of control. But people will react the way they react. Reporter they understand the motivation. What if for someone our police force gets infected. Youre not coming to get a gun to go out and look for trouble. Youre getting it for a home defense type situation. Reporter buyers worry about worst case scenarios, a massive outbreak, disruptive and destabilizing and, right now, most are firsttime gun owners. Many reluctant. People are telling me they dont like guns but theyre here to begrudgingly buy one. If it makes them feel safe, sure. Sure. Reporter limits on the number of items per purchase in addition to cleansers, masks, gloves, over the counter medicine and toilet paper are all in short supply. The run on guns and survivalist gear is being seen around the country. Cgtn fox 2 news. As the spread of the coronavirus continues, state and local leaders want to ensure the safety of your physical and emotional health. State and Mental Health workers have set up a non Emergency Health line. We have more information on that free resource on our website. Some passengers on a flight to oakland were greeted with Hand Sanitizer and a smile. This is from Southwest Airlines plane in denver. Earlier this week, the airline encouraging passengers to bring their own Hand Sanitizers as a personal precaution. Our lives have changed, pam. Completely. Its very weird. Time is 4 38. Were going back to sal castaneda. Were going to get you to where you need to go. How do things look now, sal . They look better. Especially this morning on interstate 880. Traffic is moving well through berkeley and getting through the oakland area. Were also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza which has a little bit of a backup in some of the cash lanes and traffic on interstate 880 is okay as you have been driving through. There have been no issues on state highway 92. And the east bay commute and so is the north bay commute. Theyre all off to a good start. Lets bring Steve Paulson in with todays weather. Thank you. Today will be cooler. The big news will be the weekend into probably the middle of next week as the cooler weather will settle in. The breeze will pick up. Rain starts saturday. The sierra snow will be the focus as there will be amounts measured in feet by the time we meet again. Youre seeing South Lake Tahoe between now and sunday night. Well get some rain. You can see, though, its more of a sierra event than it is rain for us. But the rain will pick up as we head into monday, tuesday, and wednesday and look at that over the mountains. This is going to be a huge event and i dont say that very often but this is. Travel is discouraged by about saturday afternoon and evening. South lake tahoe looking for 32 of snow and some of the Higher Elevations you can probably double that. I did see a projection out for the next 16 days. Our good buddy, the gfs over 100 of snow between now and the end of march. Its going to be really tough and even down to 3,000. Today well get some sun in. L. A. , san diego, las vegas, even over to phoenix and flag staff. Id say if youre going to phoenix for spring training but that doesnt apply anymore. No more spring training. Maybe you already have plans. We will focus our attention on that system to the north, you guys. The big news will be its cooling off. More on that system coming up in 10 minutes. 4 41 is the time. Dozens of firefighters in san jose now off duty because of possible Coronavirus Infection. Up next, the new protocols now being implemented to ensure the safety between fire crews and the people that show up to help. Plus, a robbery in oakland that was caught on camera. The unlikely duo police are searching for right now. Welcome back to mornings on mornings on2. A top representative for brazil who attended a meeting with President Trump last week is now testing positive for the coronavirus. Hes seen in an Instagram Photo standing right next to President Trump. The white house said both President Trump and preponderate pence had almost no interaction with that official. Neither President Trump or Vice President pence will be tested or selfquarantining. Four san jose firefighters have tested positive for the virus. Cgtns jesse gary reports dozens are off the job. Were here to serve the public. Were realizing its starting to have its toll on us. Reporter thursday, fire officials conceding. It was only a matter of time before one of their own was exposed to the coronavirus. We eat together and sleep in the same areas. They are at risk for possible exposure. The first case was reported in san jose. Hes a firefighter living in long beach and commuting to san jose for work. Hes being treated at a hospital in his hometown. His case quickly quadrupled to a total of four cases. At least two firefighters are symptomatic. Theyre both being tested for the coronavirus. Nearly 80 firefighters out of a staff of 662 were off the job, but some have since returned. Firefighters, emergency technical physicians, we have deadly contact with them throughout all Fire Department protection. Reporter Fire Departments say station 9 and other facilities have undergone deep cleaning operations. There are back fill missions to mitigate the impact of Fire Fighting operations. We are delivering services. Were also trying to cake tare care of our firefighters and also keep them away. Reporter the new protocols in place for firefighters when they respond to a medical call at someones home. Now only one member of the team will go inside and put a patient in a mask before allowing other team members to come inside trying to prevent the spread of a virus. Currently, theres no word on where or when the first Coronavirus Infection took place because Officials Say the department dealing with 90,000 calls each year. Downtown san jose, jesse gary, ktvu fox 2 news. The oakland Fire Department is also taking every precaution to protect firefighters from the virus. Some of the First Responders will be wearing scrubs, gloves, protective eye wear and masks. Oakland fire shared this image and told people dont be alarmed by the added level of protection. San franciscos public defender now asking the police to cut back on arrests and non violent cases because of the coronavirus pandemic. Public defender mano raju urging the Police Department to make sure people who are detained are not exposed to the virus. That went on to tell the officers to reduce all unnecessary contact with the community by ceases to cite people for violations of municipal infractions, seizing citations and arrests for low level misdemeanors dont pose a Public Safety threat. And to suspend all additional arrests unless there is a clear and present danger of imminent physical harm. Time is now 4 47. Oakland police, right now searching for a man caught on camera in a disturbing crime. He has a younger girl with him. Now, this happened wednesday morning near 40th street in east oakland. Well, Law Enforcement agencies in Contra Costa County have released video of a major side show crackdown. A helicopter crew took this video last saturday night. Theres a still photo. The it shows officers breaking up four large side shows in the cities of brentwood and antioch. In all, officers made 55 arrests and issued 60 citations for reckless driving. Our time is 4 48. Lets see whats happening on the roads right now. Sal has been busy. We had that earlier incident in berkeley. Ever since then, its been quiet. Were going to show you the traffic here on highway 4 and 680. And even 80 is looking pretty good. I dont see red on the maps. When i see red, i mean stop and go. And, then, you look at the south bay commute that looks pretty good. East bays also off to a nice start. This is lafayette traffic here and just to get right to the middle of the bay, what i think the middle of the bay is san mateo bridge, that traffic is moving well. I like what we have here for starting on a friday. Usually on any friday it is lighter than usual and so far so good. 4 49. Lets bring steve in with todays weather. Yesterday was still a day of 70s around in parts of the bay. Well cool it down. Santa rosa down 15 from 77 to 62. Livermore 76. 65 and 65 for san joses yesterday 75. Now its not a huge moisture source here but it will have a little trajectory over water. The big news is going to be the sierra. It will be much cooler for us. We will get some rain. The mountains are really just an absolutely classic set up for them to get feet between now and the middle of next week here. Well see the rain pick up next week as it taps into more moisture. Youre seeing some really impressive totals just through sunday night and so the winter tomorrow watch is out. It will become a warning saturday afternoon and evening. If you have to travel today or early tomorrow that will be your best bet. Its going to snow up there. The fog is going to move up the coast. The low in Southern California is still there. I mean, l. A. Looking for some rain. Pretty good thunderstorm activity possible and las vegas, phoenix. A lot of these areas nobodys going to. I saw a video from the strip in las vegas it was empty, dave. I hear you. Thats our system to the north. Right there, thats the one were going to focus on as that drops into the picture. 40s and 50s will give way to 60s today arizona that fog bank is moving its way up the coast. Tomorrow, well start rain early to the north and then it will spread south. Maybe even thunderstorms. Youre getting to that time of the year where the days are longer and this has a very cold kwaurn and by that performs will cool. This is possible to watch going into sunday and next week. Time is 4 51. Broadway going dark for a month. Some of the nations biggest entertainment and sports leagues shutting down. Still ahead, well have more on the National Response to the coronavirus pandemic. Plus. Once you have fear in the market its something you cannot rationally deal with. On wall street, stocks have been on a free fall with dow plummeting more than 2,000 points. Well tell you how stocks are expected to open today. But first, the impacts the coronavirus is having on the wine country. Welcome back to mornings on 2. Its 4 54. In florida, the world Disney Resort plans to comploes through the end of the month because of the coronavirus scare. Disney says the amusement parks in Orlando Florida will stay open until the close of business sunday. That will give visitors enough time to make travel plans. Disneyland and california adventure will close tomorrow morning through the end of the month. I think the safety and the health of employees and all the guests is the most important thing. Its a tough decision but i respect what theyre doing. Many california theme parks announced temporary closures after Governor Newsom recommended gatherings of 200 or more people be cancelled all across california. In san francisco, the Walt Disney Family Museum is already closed. Now they say an employee tested positive for the coronavirus after a Family Member also contracted the illness. Officials say the Disney Museum will close until at least march 20th. March 20th. In the bay areas wine country, weddings and special events are a big part of that local economy. Cgtns rob roth went to sonoma and napa counties to find out how the coronavirus is affecting business. Reporter the napa and sonoma valleys are perhaps two of the biggest wedding capitals in the united states. And not even the coronavirus has been able to put a damper on that, at least, not yet. So far so good. Reporter the winery in st. Helena theres been 60 weddings. And while three brides and grooms have moved their dates to later in the season, none have cancelled. Were still anticipating that well have a good wedding season. Event planners are saying all their weddings are still on. They should anticipate a reduction in head count and that all the vendors and all the community is working together to properly sanitized. Reporter people are still booking weddings in the area the wineries are seeing a huge drop off in another area. The april events, the may events are going away and theyre looking back into august, september, october, november for rescheduling. The Corporate Events are saying we just are prevented from traveling. Most of them are corporate directives. Reporter the financial effects in the area are jaw dropping. One caterer alone reports losing 400,000 in cancelled corporate business, not to mention losses at hotels and restaurants and potentially jobs. 2019 finis