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Watch: Coronavirus Task Force Holds Briefing After Extending Distancing Guidelines

The White House coronavirus task force has scheduled a news conference following a concession by the Trump administration that normalcy won't be restored by Easter or maybe even this spring.
President Trump speaks in the White House's Rose Garden Sunday.

he White House's coronavirus task force has scheduled another update on Monday as the magnitude of the disaster continues to yawn ever greater and the prospect for disruptions stretches further into the future.

President Trump acknowledged on

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