Good morning, everybody. Bill Handel here on a Saturday morning, March 21st. Boy, what a week it has been. So today is going to be a modified show a little bit.

We are, of course, any new, breaking news, Leila Muhammad is going to break in and tell us what's going on.

If there is a press conference, we will probably carry it live.

Also, I'm not going to do my morning monologue or my Saturday morning monologue. I'm going to simply give you an update on the latest of what is going on.

And so we wake up on a Saturday morning to another morning of just a brand new way of living.

And you have to compare what's happening now to the 1918 Spanish flu,

except we're better set to deal with it. And this actually, this flu may very well be more

contagious and it could be a little bit more virulent. The mortality rate may be a little

higher. So obviously what we're doing is we're sheltering in place. The number of coronavirus cases

continue to skyrocket. Some states are acting very quickly. Gavin Newsom, our governor, ordered a shutdown, stay at

home order for residents. New York, Governor Mario Cuomo did the same thing. Incidentally,

the epicenter where 50% of the cases in this country are New York City. And it was, well, like much like the north of Italy, which is the epicenter.

And, of course, Italy has thousands more cases and hundreds more deaths.

As a matter of fact, Italy has way north of a thousand deaths.

And so Italy, the entire country is completely shut down.

And we may very well be on our way.

Globally, 275 diagnosed cases and 11,399.

Oh, before I forget, oh, phone numbers.

Okay, that's important because when I opened up the show,

we are going to go probably directly to

phone calls. And so the number is 800, 520, 1150 or 877-520-1150, 877-520-11-50. And feel free to call because it's top of the hour and it's always the best time to call.

877 5201150. And right now, since I'm broadcasting from a home studio, I don't see the phone calls up.

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