More big news in the time of coronavirus. The big 3 automakers: Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler are closing down all factories to protect workers from the spread of coronavirus. This would affect about 150,000 workers. But what about other manufacturers? Other factories are still working and they are staggering shifts and installing barriers to protect workers from infection. Austen Hufford, manufacturing reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins us for more.

Next, Joe Biden has increased his delegate lead in the race for the democratic nomination for president. Biden swept the three states that voted on Tuesday… Arizona, Florida, and Illinois. This all makes Sanders’ path to the nomination very difficult. His campaign manager has said that he will be “assessing his campaign” to see what happens next. Julia Manchester, political reporter at The Hill, joins us the big takeaways from the latest round of voting.

Finally, a little bit of perspective as we face this coronavirus pandemic. It is a disaster that has no modern parallel. Even some of the worst events that have happened, like natural disasters or terrorist attacks, happen in one place at one time. But this is a health threat hitting the globe all at once and will affect us in many profound ways for some time. Bryan Walsh, future correspondent at Axios, joins us for why this is an endurance race with no clear end yet.

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