“Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan takes a look at those on the frontlines of the virus who continue to report for duty — and to protect us. Source
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Jim Gaffigan: Life in quarantine is like a sitcom
Comedian Jim Gaffigan says holing up with his wife and five kids mirrors a situation comedy — and the episode never ends. Source
3/29: Scott Gottlieb, Steven Mnuchin, Gov. John Bel Edwards
Today on “Face the Nation,” the U.S. is losing the battle to contain the coronavirus as the number of cases here explodes and experts predict the situation to become even more dire in the next month. Source
Books for the housebound
Socially distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic? Washington Post book critic Ron Charles offers some suggestions for these challenging, cloistered times. Source
Judge says U.S. must justify holding migrant kids as coronavirus spreads
The federal judge in California called immigration detentions centers “hotbeds of contagion” in her order. Source
Remembering Maria Mercader, CBS News journalist for three decades
Maria was 54 and died from the Covid-19 coronavirus in a New York hospital. She had been on medical leave for an unrelated matter since the last week in February. Source
The definition of leadership
What does effective leadership look like during a crisis? With governors of states struggling with a global pandemic far out in front of the president in response to COVID-19, correspondent Martha Teichner talks with Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland, chairman of the National Governors Association, and with historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, about when governors take the lead in turbulent times – in this case, a defining event for our generation. Source
Leadership in times of crisis
The present pandemic is not the first time in our history that the nation’s governors have stepped up to offer guidance, action and straight talk Source
Catching up on TV during lockdown
To those who said they never had the time to catch up on “must-see TV,” well, now you do! Hollywood Reporter TV critic Daniel Fienberg offers suggestions on new and classic series to binge-watch, for those housebound by the pandemic. Source
Sarah Jessica Parker + Matthew Broderick
The actors are working together for the first time since they married 23 years ago in the (now-delayed) return to Broadway of Neil Simon’s “Plaza Suite.” Jane Pauley sits down with Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick to talk about playing a couple on stage, and whether Carrie Bradshaw and Ferris Bueller would have dated. Source