TONIGHT
TONIGHT IN THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK. FOCUSING ON FACTS NOT FEAR.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
BEFORE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS
SUNG TONIGHT THE GAME WAS
POSTPONED.
THE FANS WENT OUT OF THE ARENA.
THE NEXT TIME THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO SEE THE KINGS IS STILL UP IN
THE AIR.
>> TONIGHT, THE NBA SUSPENDED
THEIR GAMES UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.
>> A PLAYER FOR THE UTAH JAZZ
TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS
JUST BEFORE THE GAME TONIGHT.
THE UTAH JAZZ TEAM NOW IN
QUARANTINE.
>> WE ARE LIVE AT THE GOLDEN
ONE CENTER WITH NEW UPDATE.
TALK ABOUT A FAST-MOVING STORY.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY,
CHRIS, MADISON, GOOD EVENING
TYPICALLY YOU WOULD SEE FANS
FILING OUT OF THE CENTER BEHIND
ME AFTER THE GAME BUT THINGS
DEVELOPED AS MEMBERS OF THE
PELICANS, THE KINGS WATCHED
WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND THINGS
ESCALATED QUICKLY.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
SHORTLY AFTER THE FANS WERE
ASKED TO LEAVE FOLLOWING THE
ANNOUNCEMENT OF TONIGHT'S GAME
BEING POSTPONED.
KINGS PLAYERS WERE ON THE FLOOR
BUT THE PELICANS DID NOT COME
OUT OF THE LOCKER ROOM MINUTES
BEFORE TIP OFF AND THE REASON,
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION BECAUSE
ONE OF THE REFEREES TONIGHT WAS
AN OFFICIAL FOR UTAH AND AS WE
MENTIONED A PLAYER ON THAT TEAM
TESTED POSITIVE.
HERE IS WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE
TONIGHT'S GAME WAS POSTPONED.
>> THE NBA IS DOING EVERYTHING
THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT
TEAMS AND PLAYERS AND FANS AND
EVERYWHERE ELSE IS SAFE.
WE DID NOT DO SHOOT AROUND THIS
MORNING WE GOT TOGETHER THIS
AFTERNOON BUT THE GROUP WAS IN
GOOD SPIRITS AS USUAL AND WE
HAD A NICE QUICK WALK THROUGH
ON THE FLOOR AND THE GUYS
SEEMED FINE.
>> Reporter: THE KINGS PLAYERS
AND STAFF MIGHT OF FELT FINE
BUT THE TEAM DID NOT WANT TO
TAKE CHANCES.
SHORTLY AFTER SEVEN TIME TIME
30, THE SCHEDULED TIP OFF TIME
ON ESPN IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT
THE GENTLEMEN WAS POSTPONED.
MET WITH BOOS FROM THE CROWD.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THE FAN
REACTION TONIGHT.
>> TONIGHT'S GAME HAS BEEN
POSTPONED.
[BOOING]
>>
>> IT
>> IT WAS
>> IT WAS DEVASTATING. I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THEM PLAY. ONE OF THE BIGGEST GAMES THAT
KINGS PLAYED IN THIS ARENA.
>> I AM BUMMED.
I WANTED TO SEE THE GAME AND I
HAD A FULL CAN OF BEER.
I WAS READY TO GO.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Reporter: YOU HEAR THE
DISAPPOINTED FANS BUT THE
SAFETY FOR EVERYONE HERE IS
PARAMOUNT.
THE NBA ANNOUNCING THE G-LEAGUE
SUSPENDED ITS SEASON.
IMPACTS THE STOCKTON KINGS.
WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL SPORTING
EVENTS IMPACTED BY THIS
PANDEMIC.
IT IS A DEVELOPING SITUATION.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE
LATEST AS WE CONTINUE OUR
COVERAGE, CHRIS.
>> GOOD TO KEEP THEIR SENSE OF
HUMOR OUT THERE TODAY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE LIVE
UPDATE.
>>> TOMORROW MORNING THE CIF
WILL ISSUE A STATEMENT ABOUT
THE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
SCHEDULE TO BE HELD AT THE
GOLDEN ONE CENTER THIS WEEKEND.
THEY TWEETED THEY WILL ISSUE A
STATEMENT IN THE MORNING.
AS OF RIGHT NOW ELK GROVE
SHELTON HIGH SCHOOL WILL PLAY
THE NEXT GAME TOMORROW.
THEY BEAT DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL
LAST NIGHT.
>>> MARCH MADNESS IS STILL
HAPPENING BUT THE GAMES WILL BE
PLAYED, LISTEN TO THIS, WITHOUT
FANS.
SOME OF THOSE GAMES HELD AT THE
GOLDEN ONE CENTER LATER THIS
MONTH.
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR
WHAT IS BEING DONE FOR PEOPLE
WHO BOUGHT TICKETS.
AND, AGAIN, HERE AT ABC 10 WE
ARE FOCUSING ON FACTS NOT FEAR
AS THE CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO
SPREAD.
>>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP
ADDRESSED THE NATION.
HE PROPOSED GIVING BUSINESSES
LOANS AND CUTTING PAYROLL TAXES
DURING THIS OUTBREAK.
WHAT IS MAKING HEADLINES
TONIGHT IS THAT THE PRESIDENT
HAS IMPOSED RESTRICTIONS ON
PEOPLE TRAVELING TO THE U.S.
FROM EUROPE.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> KEEP NEW CASES FROM ENTERING
OUR SHORES WE WILL BE
SUSPENDING ALL TRAVEL FROM
EUROPE TO THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
THE NEW RULES WILL GO INTO
EFFECT FRIDAY AT MIDNIGHT.
THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE
ADJUSTED SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS
ON THE GROUND.
THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES FOR
AMERICANS THAT GO UNDER
SCREENINGS.
IT WILL APPLY TO THE TREMENDOUS
AMOUNT OF CRATE AND CARGO BUT
VARIOUS OTHER THINGS AS WE GET
APPROVAL.
ANYTHING COMING FROM EUROPE TO
THE UNITED STATES IS WHAT WE
ARE DISCUSSING.
THESE RESTRICTIONS WILL ALSO
NOT APPLY TO THE UNITED
KINGDOM.
>> AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE NEWS
HAS PEOPLE SCRAMBLING TO GET
HOME TONIGHT.
ABC 10 HAS BEEN TALKING TO A
SACRAMENTO WOMAN WHO IS NOW
TRYING TO GET BACK HOME FROM
OVERSEAS.
A SCARY TIME FOR SO MANY
PEOPLE?
>> Reporter: YES, HALF AN HOUR
AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ANNOUNCEMENT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND SECURITY HAD TO
CLARIFY THIS MAINLY APPLIES TO
FOREIGN NATIONALS ISSUING A
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, THIS
DOES NOT APPLY TO LEGAL
PERMANENT RESIDENTS, GENERALLY,
IMMEDIATELY FAMILY MEMBERS OF
U.S. CITIZENS.
BUT THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
TONIGHT SENT AMERICANS
CURRENTLY IN EUROPE INTO A
PANIC THINKING THEY WOULD BE
STUCK OVERSEAS IN THEY DID NOT
GET HOME BY FRIDAY.
A WOMAN IS CUTTING HER EUROPEAN
VACATION SHORT BY 7 DAYS.
SHE SAID SHE GOT A PHONE CALL
FROM HER SISTER RIGHT AFTER THE
ADDRESS AND KEEP IN MIND IT WAS
AROUND 2:00 A.M.
OVER THERE.
>> SO WE ARE GETTING READY TO
GO TO BED AND SHE CALLED AND
SAID HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT
AND WE JUMPED ON-LINE TO TRY TO
GET A FLIGHT OUT OF LONDON.
IT IS A LITTLE STRESSFUL JUST
TRYING TO -- I MEAN WE ARE
THANKFUL WE GOT THE FLIGHT.
>> SHE TELLS US THE TICKET COST
HER MORE THAN $800 AND PRICES
SHE HAS SEEN HAVE SURGED WELL
OVER $2,000.
SHE IS HEADING TO THE AIRPORT
IN JUST 5 HOURS.
THAT IS ABOUT 10 HOURS AFTER
THE PRESIDENT MADE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE ACTING DHS SECRETARY SAYS
HE WILL ISSUE GUIDANCE WITHIN
TWO DAYS BUT SHE SAYS SHE JUST
WANTS TO PLAY IT SAFE AND COME
HOME RIGHT NOW.
>> WOW.
>> WE ARE HOPING SHE GETS HOME
SAFELY IN THE COMING DAYS.
THANK YOU.
>>> ALSO TODAY, THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARED
THE CORONAVIRUS A PANDEMIC,
THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS.
THEY DECLARED IT BECAUSE IT IS
A NEW VIRUS, THERE IS SUSTAINED
PERSON TO PERSON TRANSMISSION
AND IT IS NOW SPREADING
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
A PERSON WHO WORKED IN A
SUTTERVILLE ELEMENTARY
CLASSROOM AS A TEMPORARY
VOLUNTEER AND SUBSTITUTE
TEACHER IN FEBRUARY HAS
CORONAVIRUS, THE DISTRICT IS
ASKING PEOPLE WHO FEEL SICK TO
STAY HOME.
>>> SADLY ONE DEATH IN
SACRAMENTO COUNTY.
THE CARLTON SENIOR LIVING IN
ELK GROVE, THE WOMAN WHO DIED
LIVED THERE.
SHE WAS IN HER 90s AND HAD
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
THE MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THAT
LIVE THERE ARE UNDER QUARANTINE
IN THEIR APARTMENTS.
>>> PEOPLE OF ALL AGES CAN BE
INFECTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS,
PROFESSIONALS ARE FINDING OLDER
PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH PRE-
EXISTING CONDITIONS OTHERS
ASTHMA, DIABETES AND HEART
DISEASE APPEAR TO BE
VULNERABLE.
WE SPOKE TO A DOCTOR ABOUT THIS
TODAY.
>> RIGHT NOW THERE IS STUFF WE
DON'T KNOW.
NO TREATMENT FOR IT.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW IT IS
SUPPORTIVE.
MOST IMPORTANT TREATMENT THAT
WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS
PREVENTION.
I WOULD TELL THEM TO HAND WASH,
GERM FREE ENVIRONMENT AND LIMIT
THEIR EXPOSURE TO GATHERINGS.
LARGE SOCIAL EVENTS.
>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH
OUR CONVERSATION EAD TO
ABC10.COM.
>>> THIS IS ONE OF THE CASES
PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TONIGHT.
TOM HANKS CONFIRMS HE AND HIS
WIFE, RITA WILSON, TESTED
POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
THEY ARE IN AUSTRALIA SHOOTING
A MOVIE ABOUT THE LIFE OF ELVIS
PRESLEY.
OF ELVIS.