Stay tuned after the show for a message from United Health Group.

Good Monday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook audio briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. The world does we know it is stopping. D.C. schools are closed until the end of the month. New York City schools are closed until April 20th. That's 35 days from now. Metro is cutting its service.

Trains are running every 12 minutes. Starbucks will

no longer allow people to sit in its coffee shops. Newsrooms have emptied. The CDC has recommended

that there should be no public gatherings of 50 or more people for the next eight weeks.

Airlines are canceling flights and shipping planes to the Arizona desert for storage. The presidential

campaign is almost a distant memory. The White House

Correspondents Association is asking reporters to stay home. But the United States Senate will be in

session this week, looking to pass a renewal of the nation's surveillance laws and the House's

coronavirus response bill. The average age for a senator is 62.9, meaning the 100 lawmakers who will come back into the capital are at a heightened risk,

not to mention some of them will have taken airplanes in the last few days.

If America's capital were in California, there would be trouble, since the governor has asked people 65 and older to stay home.

48 senators are 65 and older.

For what it's worth, the California legislature is considering an early recess,

according to the Los Angeles time.

And the Washington Post has this report.

Most federal workers will report to the office Monday as the rest of the country isolates itself.

The thinking among Republican and Democratic senators we've spoken to over the weekend is that the Senate needs to be in session to move this urgent coronavirus legislation.

While many senators have shuttered their D.C. offices, there will still be staffers on site to help assist leadership in

members, as well as the Capitol Hill Press Corps covering every twist and turns.

Here's what to expect. Tonight at 530, the Senate will have a procedural vote on the bill

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