Top Eight

Top eight CNS stories for today including President Donald Trump declared a national emergency over the coronavirus outbreak; Florida Democrats are overwhelmingly supporting Joe Biden over Bernie Sanders ahead of next week’s primary; French voters will head to the polls to elect mayors and municipal governments despite the virus threat, and more.

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National

1.) President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday, pledging to loosen regulations and unlock $50 billion to combat the coronavirus outbreak.

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

2.) Ending a rollercoaster week on a partial rebound, the stock market recorded the largest one-day increase since October 2008 on Friday after President Trump declared a national emergency in response to the coronavirus.

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, March 13, 2020. Stocks are opening sharply higher on Wall Street a day after the worst drop since 1987.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

3.) The full D.C. Circuit on Friday agreed to hear the House Judiciary Committee’s bid to secure testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn.

Then-White House counsel Don McGahn at a Cabinet meeting in the White House in October 2018. (AP file photo/Evan Vucci)

Regional

4.) Despite Bernie Sanders having the only ground game in the state, Florida Democrats are overwhelmingly supporting Joe Biden ahead of next week’s primary.

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Jill arrives to speak to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

5.) Louisiana’s presidential primary election has been postponed by two months, an unprecedented step in the state’s effort to control the novel coronavirus outbreak.

U.S. Surgeon General VADM Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., right, squirts hand sanitizer into Gov. John Bel Edwards, left, palm as the pair talk about the coronavirus at a press conference at the state capital Thursday March 12, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)/The Advocate via AP)

6.) Even as the Southern District of New York suspends new jury trials starting next week, Chief U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon aims to keep the court services going as much as possible during the novel coronavirus outbreak.

International

7.) Despite the coronavirus outbreak worsening in France, voters are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and municipal governments in what will become a test case for democracy during a global pandemic.

Brazilian tourists wear a mask as they visit the Mucem Museum in Marseille, southern France, Friday, March 13, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

8.) Only two deaths from the coronavirus have been confirmed among Latin America’s 626 million people so far, but some nations are beginning to close their borders to deter its spread — to build a wall around it.

Young girls in Suchitoto, El Salvador. (Miguel Patricio photo/Courthouse News)

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