Advice for Coronavirus Pandemic; Unseasonably Warm Weather in Northeast; Most Coronavirus Deaths involve Elderly Patients.
CAMEROTA: A second day of unseasonably warm weather in store for the northeast U.S., while rain threatens the middle of the country. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers has our forecast. What are you seeing out there, Chad?</s>CHAD MYERS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Two words, fresh air. Open the windows and get some of this out there. These are not the highs for the day, these are the current temperatures in the 50s and 60s all across the east. This weather is brought to you by Boost, the nutrition you need, the taste you deserve. Now, there will be some rain out there. I get that. And there's even some rain right now all the way from the Ohio Valley down to the Gulf Coast. But we have voting states today. every state you see here in white, that's a voting state. The only real problem may be Mississippi with some very heavy rainfall there. The rest of the states doing well today, all the way through tonight, and then for tomorrow really this thing is completely gone, no real significant weather there. There will be very heavy rain in southern California. Some spots could pick up two to four inches. Luckily there's no sleet. We won't talk about that much. But there could even be some flooding out there. Look at the temperatures in D.C. today. Some spots over 70 degrees. All the way down to the south, about the same story. Guys, back to you.</s>BERMAN: All right, Chad, thank you very much. So the coronavirus has killed at least 26 people in the United States. Most of them patients who were at least 70 years old. CNN's Martin Savidge is live near a retirement village in central Florida with the very latest on this. Martin, people who are older in this country are deeply concerned about coronavirus. What have you learned?</s>MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right. Morning, John. There's a couple of reasons that the state of Florida and officials here are particularly concerned. And one of them is, of course, travel. They just get an influx of millions of tourists from across the country and around the world. The other is, as you point out, they've got a significant population that is deemed to be at great risk when it comes to the coronavirus.</s>SAVIDGE (voice over): Prime for a pandemic, Florida state officials are worried about the coronavirus and the state's high number of elderly.</s>GOV. RON DESANTIS (R), FLORIDA: Avoid things like cruise ships, long plane flights, large crowds.</s>SAVIDGE: The CDC recommends people over the age of 60 practice social distancing, limiting close contact with others, avoiding crowds and, in some cases, even staying home. In central Florida, there are few signs seniors are listening. At this softball game at The Villages outside Orlando, most of the players are in their 60s, 70s, even 80s. The only thing they say they've been told to cut back on is their post-game high fives.</s>ROY SCHWARTZ, FLORIDA RESIDENT: Well, they're telling us not to bump fist or hit forearms, we should just walk by each other and say great game, good game.</s>SAVIDGE (on camera): You're not concerned for yourself?</s>SCHWARTZ: Not at all. Not at all. Wash your hands. Somebody -- you know, cover your mouth when you cough.</s>SAVIDGE (voice over): Seventy-two-year-old Rick Sanford isn't keen on any suggestion he change his life tile.</s>RICK SANFORD, FLORIDA RESIDENT: Well, I'll be frank and say I think that it's bogus and I think it's something that each individual has to decide upon their own.</s>SAVIDGE: Others we talked to here are concerned, like Pat and Mick Mcevilly. He just turned 80.</s>MICK MCEVILLY, FLORIDA RESIDENT: This just seems to be something that they can't wrap their arms around. So that worries me some. So, you know, we're going to restrict our travel and just stay in tour local cocoon here.</s>SAVIDGE: A number of those we spoke to have canceled or are considering canceling cruises and trips overseas. But many still attend large, local public gatherings with other seniors that are an almost daily part of life in Florida's retirement communities, exactly the sort of close contact situations experts say where the virus could spread rapidly. Back at the ballpark, Donna Callaghan is skeptical.</s>DONNA CALLAGHAN, FLORIDA RESIDENT: I think it's overdone. Absolutely. I think the media is -- I know they have to cover it, but it's -- it doesn't seem like it's any worse than the flu or anything else if you're relatively healthy.</s>SAVIDGE: President Trump has voiced similar comments, leading experts to fault him for downplaying the risk.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Deaths, I don't want any deaths, right? But, over the last long period of time, when people have the flu, you have an average of 36,000 people dying. I never heard those numbers. I would -- I would have been shocked.</s>SAVIDGE: Many of Florida's senior residents voted for Trump. And even though they are in the age group most at risk for the coronavirus, many believe him.</s>CALLAGHAN: He doesn't seem to be -- I don't think he's going one way or the other. It doesn't seem like he's being too overly fearful.</s>SAVIDGE: There are no reports of the coronavirus in The Villages here, which is this sprawling retirement community in central Florida. And many of those we talked to say, if and when that happens, that's when their lives will change and likely change dramatically. But for the time being, they'll stick with washing their hands. Alisyn.</s>CAMEROTA: Martin, thank you very much for that report. All right, the markets are poised for a rebound after the worst day on Wall Street in 12 years. NEW DAY continues right now.</s>DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Very strong economy, but this blindsided the world.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The Dow plunged more than 2,000 points, the worst one-day point drop ever prompted by fears over the virus.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When you look what's happening in the world, this seems to clearly meet the definition of a pandemic.</s>BERMAN: Passengers are finally disembarking from a --