>>> FROM NBC NEWS, THIS IS HODA
BUSH HAGER IN STUDIO 6-A IN
ROCKER FELLA PLAZA.
>> IT IS MARCH 12, 2020.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE THUNDER.
WE MADE A DECISION FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE THAT WE
DECIDE WOULD BE BETTER IF WE DID
NOT HAVE A STUDIO AUDIENCE.
>> YES.
>> JUST SO WE CAN SEE HOW THINGS
PLAY OUT.
HOWEVER, WE ADD SOME PEOPLE.
THIS IS OUR STAFF YOU GUYS.
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>> IF YOU ARE WONDERING HOW BIG
THE 10:00 STAFF, IT IS BIG.
PRETTY BIG OR PRETTY SMALL.
PRETTY FEISTY.
>> WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS
COMING IN.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL
HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
SOME PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO WORK
FROM HOME.
THERE ARE CERTAIN INDUSTRY WHICH
PEOPLE COME.
YOU GUYS SHOW UP AND WE
APPRECIATE IT.
>> WE JUST ARE SITTING HERE
LOOKING OUT TO ALL OF YOU BEING
HILARIOUS AND MAKING US LAUGH.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
YOU GOT TO FIND YOUR COMMUNITY
WHERE EVER IT IS.
I CAN SPEAK TO BOTH OF US
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS.
SO INCREDIBLE LUCKY TO WORK WITH
AWESOME PEOPLE THAT ARE POSITIVE
AND FUNNY AND MAKE FUN OF US.
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>> JOANNE, SHE'S NOT LISTENING.
>> HERE IS A GOOD THING, TOO,
MORE IMPORTANTLY NOW THAN
BEFORE.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR INNER CIRCLE
OF FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY OF
PEOPLE THAT YOU SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH, IF YOU FEEL THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALWAYS
NEGATIVE AND TALKING ABOUT GLOOM
AND DOOM AND ALL OF THAT, THINK
WISELY ABOUT WHO YOU SURROUND
YOURSELF WITH.
THERE IS THAT SAYING YOU ARE THE
SUM TOTAL OF THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU
SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH SO
CHOOSE WISELY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS A HUGE
WORLD EVENT RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE
TO PICK THE PEOPLE WHO LIFTS YOU
UP.
THERE IS ONLY SO MUCH THAT OUR
HEARTS CAN WITHSTAND.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING
AS YOU SAID THAT.
BY CHOICE TOO AND BECAUSE OF
WORK AND CIRCUMSTANCES.
LUCK, GUESS WHO ONE OF THOSE
PEOPLE IS FOR ME.
I PROBABLY SPEND MORE TIME WITH
THIS PERSON THAN MY HUSBAND AND
THAT'S YOU.
YOU DO BRING ME UP FROM THE
MOMENT I SEE YOU.
I FEEL LUCKY.
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>> I WISH JERRY WERE WORKING.
>> JERRY!
>> WE HAVE SOMEONE.
>> SO OUR AUDIENCE IS FILLED
WITH STAFFERS, WE HAVE JUST
STARTED THIS PROGRAM THAT MADE
US FILLED US UP MORE THAN
ANYTHING, BEING WITH PEOPLE THAT
HAVE FLOWN FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
>> LET ME TELL YOU, IT TOUCHES
US THAT YOU GUYS COME.
WHAT WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT THE PEOPLE WHO HAD SEATS
HERE AND YOU WOULD THINK I WOULD
SCHEDULE AND WAITED FOR THIS
DAY -
>> I AM IN.
>> THANK YOU.
WE ARE HOLDING YOUR SEATS FOR
YOU.
WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO COME AND
JOIN US, YOU WILL HAVE YOUR
PLACE IN OUR AUDIENCE.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY
FELT THE WAY YOU AND I FELT WHEN
WE WOKE UP THIS MORNING IT FELT
LIKE THERE WAS KIND OF A
TECTONIC PLATE SHIFT.
>> YES.
>> I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE SO
MANY SORT OF WEIRD THINGS
HAPPENING OVER NIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE PRESIDENT
ADDRESSED THE NATION WHICH WAS A
BIG DEAL.
>> YES.
>> MOMENTS BEFORE AN NBA GAME
WAS SCHEDULED TO PLAY WHEN THE
STANDS WERE FULL AND IT WAS
ALMOST GAME TIME AND AN
ANNOUNCEMENT CAME OVER THAT SAID
"ACTUALLY WE ARE NOT PLAYING
THIS GAME, A MEMBER OF THE UTAH
JAZZ TESTED POSITIVE, WE ARE
ASKING EVERYONE TO DISPERSE."
MOMENTS BEFORE.
THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS
SO JARRING.
>> WE FOUND OUT OVER NIGHT THAT
TOM HANKS AND RITA WILSON BOTH
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE ILLNESS.
>> TREAT EVERYONE WITH KINDNESS.
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING
WHERE IF SOMEBODY GETS IT, CAN
YOU BELIEVE MY NEIGHBOR GOT
THIS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE
HAVE A HISTORY WITH PANDEMICS, I
FOR ONE STUDIED A LOT ABOUT HIV.
THERE WAS A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY
WHEN SOMEBODY WAS SICK WITH
SOMETHING YOU WOULD TREAT THEM
LESS THAN.
I HOPE AND I KNOW THAT WE LIVE
IN A PLACE IN A COUNTRY WHERE
PEOPLE ARE GOOD.
>> BE KIND TO PEOPLE.
>> YOU THINK IT WAS THE THING
ABOUT TOM HANK S AND RITA WILSO,
THEY FELT CHILLS AND ACHES AND
FEVER AND THEY GOT TESTED AND
THEY DO HAVE IT.
THAT WAS A BRAVE THING TO SAY
BECAUSE IN THIS DAY AND AGE
AGAIN IT IS LIKE PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS QUESTIONING DID SOMEONE
SO HAVE IT OR WHO HIGH AS I
IT -- WELL, TOM HANKS, THE MAN
DEFINES WHO AMERICA IS HAS IT.
HE TALKS ABOUT IT AND TAKING US
THROUGH IT.
>> HE'S SAYING HE'S FEELING
OKAY.
THAT'S ANOTHER IMPORTANT THING.
WE TALK ABOUT FEAR AND HOW
PRP
PREVASIVE IT IS.
WE SHOULD BE PRIORITIZING THE
HEALTH OF CERTAIN PEOPLE AND
JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY
IS OKAY IN THIS SITUATION.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU
HAVE A COUGH OR A SNIFF AND YOU
FEELING AN ACHE, YOU WERE
WONDERING THE SAME THING.
WHEN WE WOKE UP WITH THIS NEWS,
I WENT TO BED RIGHT AFTER THE
PRESIDENT SPOKE AND WOKE UP TO
ALL THESE NEWS ALERTS.
I AM SURE I AM NOT ALONE.
>> TON OF PEOPLE.
>> I AM SURE I AM WAKING UP
HAVING THIS KIND OF ANXIETY WHO
MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE DO I HAVE
THIS?
>> THERE IS A LOT OF CONFUSIONS
OF TESTINGS AND AN DTIDOTES AND
PEOPLE TRYING TO GET TESTED.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IF YOU
DECIDE TO SELF-QUARANTINE LIKE
STAY-AT-HOME OR SOME PEOPLE HAVE
TO WORK AT HOME.
WE LEARNED SOME THINGS TODAY
THAT WE DID NOT KNOW BEFORE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE USING LYSOL
SPRAY TO SPRAY THINGS DOWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN MOST
PEOPLE DO, SPRAY IT NOW.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THAT LYSOL
SPRAY IS SPRAY IT AND LET IT
SITS.
AS IT SITS, IT IS KILLING GERMS.
ONCE YOU WIPE IT AWAY, YOU ARE
TAKING IT AWAY.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN ALL
LEARN AS WE GO.
ALSO ANOTHER TIP THAT THEY WERE
SAYING WHEN YOU GO OUT ALL DAY
AND OUT AND ABOUT AND YOU COME
HOME ON YOUR CLOTHES AND SHOES,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU PICK UP
AND STUFF LIVES ON SURFACES NOW.
THEY SAY WHEN YOU GET HOME, TAKE
YOUR CLOTHES OFF AND THROW THEM
IN THE WASH.
>> TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND DO
EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
>> GET COZY.
ALSO ANOTHER THING THEY
CANCELLED HERE IS THE SAINT
PATTY'S PARADE LIKE THE FIRST
TIME IN 250 YEARS.
THERE IS THIS FEELING OF
SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT TODAY
THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS
YESTERDAY THAT THERE IS A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
SOME PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE
HAVE TO WORK AND SOME OF YOU ARE
STILL WORKING, YOU ARE WORKING
FROM HOME.
BUT THE THING IS IT IS WEIRD
BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF THIS
OXYMORON, I FEEM L LIKE WE NEEDO
TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER MORE
THAN EVER.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS PEOPLE GET A
LITTLE ON EDGE.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
YOU ARE NOT ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE
WITH PEOPLE.
MAYBE IT IS LIKE TEXT THAT
FRIEND YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM
FOR A LONG TIME.
>> SOMEBODY THAT'S OLDER AND
KNOWS THAT YOU NEED TO
STAY-AT-HOME.
COME UP WITH FIVE CREATIVE
THINGS THAT YOUR FAMILY CAN DO.
YOU WANT TO BE THERE FOR PEOPLE
BUT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
THERE.
>> I GUESS IT IS FINE.
YOU MAKE A FEEL AND LEAVE IT ON
SOMEONE'S FRONT PORCH, I THOUGHT
YOU CAN USE A HOME COOKED MEAL,
OPEN YOUR DOOR AND HEAT IT UP
350 AND ENJOY.
>> SOME THINGS.
WRITING SOMEONE A NOTE.
>> SENDING SOME ONE A BOOK FROM
YOUR BOOKSTORE THAT ARE HURTING
RIGHT NOW.
>> YEAH.
>> AND SAYING I KNOW YOU WILL BE
INSIDE FOR A LITTLE, THIS BOOK
REMINDED ME WITH YOU.
>> JOEL AND I WENT OUT TO DINNER
LAST NIGHT AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT
AND WE ARE THINKING I DON'T KNOW
ANYONE IS GOING TO BE OUT AND
ABOUT.
THE RESTAURANT WAS FULL AND WHEN
WE LOOKED AROUND BECAUSE YOU
KNOW WHEN YOU DON'T GO OUT FOR A
MEAL, YOU ARE HURTING WITHOUT
KNOWING AND THE DISHWASHER AND
WAITER, WE LOOKED AROUND THE
TABLE AND WE ENJOYED A MEAL AND
WE LAUGHED.
IF YOU ARE OKAY.
>> YOU ARE GOING OUT WITH
SOMEBODY YOU LOVE AND YOU ARE
SHARING A MEAL AND YOU ARE
FEELING GOOD.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF JOEL IS
WATCHING, HE HAS TO WORK FROM
HOME.
MAYBE.
I WAS THINKING HOW FORTUNATE
THAT I FEEL TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN
MY LIFE WHO'S VERY LIKE CALM,
WHO'S VERY MEASURED AND WHO
THAT'S HOW HE'S LIKE LET'S TALK
ABOUT THIS.
SOME PEOPLE GO RIGHT TO THE
PANIC BUTTON.
IT STRUCK ME AND I SAID THAT TO
HIM LAST NIGHT.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT
MATTERS TO HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S MY
MOST IMPORTANT PERSON WHO IS
LIKE LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE ARE
GOING TO -- THIS IS WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN.
IT IS SOOTHING.
>> IT IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE I FELT
THAT WAY WITH HENRY.
NOT THAT I PANIC BUT I HAVE A
PERSONALITY.
HENRY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE WITH
A ROCK.
HE'S WORKING.
I THINK HE'S THIS