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Supplies and puts out a plea for all americans, especially those in hotspots to wear no indefini 40,000 Health Care Workers to come into the city and help out. Blame game. President trump pointing a after a flight that was supposed finger at governors and the to bring them home was stopped states they should have done on the tarmac just minutes before takeoff. More before crisis began. Russia has suspended all the president refusing to tell people in all 50 states to Stay International travel until further notice. Our team is covering all of home. It. States that were talking lets begin with kathy park, about are not in jeopardy. No, i would leave it to shes outside of hard hit mt. Sinai hospital in new york. Governors. Breaking news. Kathy, good morning to you. Surprise firing. The Inspector General who first reporter kristen, good morning to you. New york city mayor bill de blasio is sounding the alarm flagged ayu crain whistleblower saying theyre on a race against removed from his post overnight. Time. Saying they need 15,000 the president no longer has additional ventilators and a workforce of 45,000 medical confidence in the career prosecutor. Another tragedy for the personnel. He also stressed that sunday is Kennedy Family as two members a very critical day. Thats when all the resources are feared dead after their canoe capsized in the chesapeake need to be put in place for a difficult week ahead. Bay. Million dollar donation. After days of debate, the pop superstar pink announcing federal government is now she and her son have recovered recommending americans wear from the coronavirus and is nonsurgical masks or face thanking Frontline Health care coverings in public after the workers battling the virus in a cdc added talking is how the big way. Today, saturday, april 4, 2020. Coronavirus spreads. Even among those without symptoms. 41 states across the country are under stayathome orders as new hotspots are emerging in new jersey, michigan and florida where they issued the mandate late this week. New york still hangs on to the grim title of being the nations epicenter with more than the hi singleday spike so far. More First Responders are falling ill. One out of every four fdny ems members is out sick. Also on medical leave. Governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order friday allowing the state and National Guard to take and reassign critical medical supplies, including ventilators to areas in the state that need it most. Im not going to let people die redistribute ventilators. We dont want to be your body bag. Health care workers in new york city staging a demonstration friday demanding personal protective equipment like gowns and face masks so they dont have to see another colleague die. Theyre putting all of us a at risk every single day. Mount sinai Officials Say in addition to the resources provided by the city, state and federal government, were continuing to move heaven and earth to ensure our Health Care Staff have access to proper ppes. After taking heat for sitting nearly empty all week, the navy announcing overnight that patients for the uzns court no longer require a negative covid19 test before seeking treatment. But the dark details of the Public Health emergency have put the spotlight on the goodwill of others, Like New York City Police officers delivering meals to medical staff, saying our uniforms may be different but our mission is the same. Reporter in new jersey, the governor has ordered that all flags on state buildings be flown at halfstaff for indefinite period of time to honor those who have died from the coronavirus. Governor murphy warned that new jersey is one week behind new york in seeing a surge in cases. Kristen, peter. Kathy park, where so many are fighting on the frontlines in new york. Thank you for that. Public Health Experts warn that the coronavirus pandemic is going from bad to worse. President trump says hes not going to wear a mask despite the new recommend digs that americans should do it. The president is pointing a finger at the states saying its up to them to make sure they have enough ventilators and emergency medical supplies to go around. Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house this morning with more for us. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, peter. The president is clearly reluctant to embrace this new advice to protect ourselves and others from the threat of the virus and he is struggling to navigate the competing request and demands coming from states who are looking for that critically indemand medical supplies. The president struggling with that across the country. Although President Trump announced that new cdc guidance on wearing a Face Covering, he is not planning to follow it. I wont be doing it personally. Asked about setting an example, he stressed nonmedical masks are voluntary. I think wearing a face mask as i greet president s, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i dont know. Somehow i dont see it for myself. Despite evidence that physical distancing slows the virus spread, the president said he will not pressure states to order residents to stay home. States that were talking about are not in jeopardy. No, i would leave it to the governors. As some states scramble for medical resources, the president touted federal action, but criticized governors for not buying more equipment before this crisis. Were not an ordering clerk. The president said he could not assure new yorkers there will be enough ventilators in the days ahead. They should have had more ventilators. They were totally underserviced. Were trying to do were doing our best for new york. Clearly frustrated, the president fumed at questions about how the federal stockpile of medical supplies is being distributed. Our, our it means the United States of america. After advisers, soninlaw, Jared Kushner stressed thursday the reserve belongs to the federal government, not the states. The federal government needs it, too. Not just the states. The white house at odds with minnesota maskmaking giant 3m in a dispute over exporting medical gear. The Company Released a lengthy statement defending its work to maximize production. They can push back if they want. Were not happy with 3m. Even if this time of deadly pandemic, the postimpeachment purge has resumed. The president is firing the Inspector General for the Intelligence Community. Michael atkinson who was playing a large role in turning over to congress that initial whistleblower complaint about the ukraine phone call that led to impeachment. The president notified the committees on capitol hill responsible for the Intelligence Community where he said he lost confidence in atkinson and the swift and damning. Speaker pelosi calling it brazen and saying that atkinson was following his job and his oath under the law. Kelly odonnell with that breaking news from overnight. Thank you. We want to bring in dr. Kvitova patel. She was a top official in the Obama White House and worked on the administrations response to the kwien fswine flu. Dr. Patel, thank you for joining us. We want to begin with the big news announced from the white house yesterday that the cdc is now recommending that americans who leave their homes wear nonmedical masks but President Trump says its voluntary and hes not going to do it. Whats the bottom line here, dr. Patel . Should people be Wearing Masks . The bottom line is that we should be, first of all, staying at home and practicing social distancing. Then on top of that, if you need to leave to conduct essential business only, you absolutely should wear a nonmedical grade mask. I think weve made that pretty clear. Were not trying to take away from valuable mic woHealth Care Workers such as myself and others. The president immediately then says hes not going to do it. We need to do across the country a uniform message, a mandate of sorts and that also has to go for social distancing as well. Dr. Patel, lets talk about the masks for a moment. A lot of americans will follow this new guidance. They will wear nonmedical masks. Whats the best advice in terms of what to use, how to go about doing it to best protect yourself and others . Peter, the reason its called an n95 mask is because it takes about 95 of the particles away. But plus, especially woven fabric. Not things that are stretching knits but woven fabrics. Two layers of fabrics even that can take away as many as 67 of the viral particles. Thats really the goal. You want it to cover your nose and suest. I know a lot of friends including my own family are making some at home. You can loop them around your ears and protect your nose and mouth and try to keep it simple. Do not use bleach, wash them in a regular washing machine and make sure theyre dry. Dont overthink it. If you can see sunlight through it, its probably too loose and you need something tighter. Dr. Patel, i want to followup on this idea of consistency. Some states have stayathome orders. President trump refusing to essentially issue guidance at the federal level, saying its really up to the governors. What risks might that create . The problem the symptoms, were not her met cli sealed in our neighborhoods, states and cities. We are absolutely going to continue to have hotspots if we cannot follow something uniformly. This isnt about violating states rights. Its about protecting Public Health. Were not going to be able to bend this curve and flatten it the way we need to unless we actually have an action as a United States of america. Honestly, i believe all citizens want to do that. Dr. Patel, thank you so much for helping us break down all of the medical headlines overnight. Appreciate it. For more of the thinking inside the white house during this pandemic, we want to turn to phil rocker. Hes the bureau contributor. Phil, good morning. Nice to see you. I hope youre staying safe and healthy. As weve witnessed, theres a lot of mixed messaging so far from this white house, the most recent coming from masks. Within the white house or within the president s circle, are the concerns that the president may be undermining the administrations own response to this crisis . There are concerns about that, peter. The concerns extend beyond the white house, to state and local leaders who tell us their constituents listen to the president on television every day and arent sure what theyre supposed to do because theyre hearing different messages. The last week has been one of confusion from the president beginning with that threat to have a quarantine on new york, new jersey and connecticut, which he later reversed and concluding last night with the mixed messaging about masks. I want to ask you about the critical issue of supplies, phil, because as you and i know, weve been tracking this a lot of governors saying they still dont have the smies they need. The president , his soninlaw, Jared Kushner have said, look, governors should have done a better job at stocking up in the first place. Take us inside the conversation, if you would. How does the administration and the president see their role right now in terms of helping the states to get those supplies . Kristen, the president calls himself backup. The federal government will come in second. But whats really going on is the political blame game between washington and state capitals around the country over who is at fault for there simply not being enough supplies in the United States to support a pandemic. The states could not have expected this might have happened at this magnitude. Theyre scrambling for supplies and the president is reluctant to take the blame for that. The president fired the Intelligence Community Inspector General. The firing on a friday night in the middle of a Global Pandemic. What is the impact of that announcement . Well, its a big deal, peter, because before coronavirus began, the president was on a purge. He was getting rid of people inside his administration who he viewed as disloyal and atkinson is chief among them. He brought the whistleblower complaint to congress that set off the impeachment inquiry that the president calls hoax. Phil, nice to see you. Thank you. You too. Thank you. We want to turn to an intense drama unfolding in south florida this weekend. Hundreds of Cruise Ship Passengers stuck off the coast as others are making their way home after two ships with six people on board were allowed to dock. Nbcs sam brock is following it all from ft. Lauderdale. Sam, good morning to you. Whats the latest there . Reporter kristen, good morning. Right now, there are about 70 people who are being treated on the two ships that did make it to port. Over my shoulder the rotterdam and the zaandam. This after four people died at sea and now 2,000 others on yet another ship have no idea when theyre getting home. Near days after sick passengers poured out on stretchers from two Holland America cruise ships, the coral princess is still stranded at sea this morning. 1900 crew and passengers and 12 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. For those who have experienced an ordeal like this, words of comfort. I know how those people feel and its a terrible feeling. They want to go home to their families. Just days ago, that was laura and juan, the south American Dream cruise that brought them to the beaches of chile in wonder of the falk land islands turned into a mandatory mask affair and a quarantine. Not knowing when there would be an end to the situation, when we would finally have a destination and a date and a plan. Reporter four people died and a couple hundred experienced flulike symptoms before the rotterdam and zaandam ships found a home thursday in ft. Lauderdale. After at least a dozen people were hospitalized we took the sick off first, were able to transport them to care to get the treatment they needed. Reporter now some signs of hope. 1200 passengers who passed temperature checks and Health Screenings boarded chartered planes and vans to go somewhere they hadnt been in a month, home. When i get to new jersey, i might have to kiss the ground with my mask. Reporter for juan and laura, freedom meant reuniting with their 20yearold son who they worried about for weeks while waiting at sea. What was that hug like with your parents . My mothers was probably 45 seconds. It was emotional and comforting and warm and nice to be able to be embraced once again. Reporter obviously, many other families this morning hoping to experience that connection above the coral princess. As for the Parent Company for the ship, princess cruises, the last statement we got from them was yesterday afternoon talking about formalizing plans for arrival and disembarkation and theyre working with officials. As of this morning, peter and kristen, still no word. Back to you. Sam what an emotional reunion that is. Despite the worst week ever recorded for unemployment claims and another dismal report, there is positive news. Major retailers are hiring. Hundreds of thousands of workers. Nbcs Senior Business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle has more on that this morning. Good morning. Nice to see you. You too, peter. Peter, for millions of americans who are facing this new reality where they find themselves on unemployment but they are ready, willing and able to get back to work, there is some Big American Companies with a message. We are open and doing business and are hiring. This morning, millions of americans are looking for work. Fridays jobs reports showing unemployment skyrocketing to 4. 4 and unemployment claims reaching an alltime high of 6. 6 million this week. But theres good news. With much of america on lockdown, demand is shifting, growing at Grocery Stores and pharmacies and for people who deliver. Insta cart hiring 300,000 workers. Amazon looking for 100,000 employees. Although 80,000 have been filled already. A downside, strikes by some who say theyre working in unsafe conditions for too little pay. On the bright side, retail giant walmart says its hiring 150,000 people. Cvs health, 50,000 more for in person and remote positions. Lowes, another 30,000. How big of a role does walmart play right now . The Critical Service that the country needs right now is to be able to have access to food. Its serving a need. Were grateful were in a position to do just that. Job posting companies are helping too. Monster offering free listings for Health Care Providers to connect them to frontline workers as quickly as possible. The situation is temporary. Hopefully, you will get a job. But youll be able to do that by being persistent. Keep your eye on the prize. For some, these Job Opportunities are amanda webb had her hours cut as a waitress but found a new role ate a pizza hut. I got to people say like, it really has been a lifeline for me. If you are still willing to go to work in person, Many Employers offer additional hazard pay, bonuses and extra precautions in stores. Steph, it is of course the beginning of the month of april for a lot of people that means their bills are due. With so many folks out of work right now, what are some of the things that they can do to try to help make ends meet . Peter, people across this country are feeling financially stretched, financially stressed. But you cant fix these problems unless you address them. First things first, you have to open all of your bills, realize what you owe and make a phone call. Especially in the hardest hit states, like new york and california. There are relief programs, call your utility company, your credit card company, your bank. See if they can offer you some deferred payments, possibly pay minimums. Those options are out there. But youve got to pick up the phone. Now, many of us are home and it is actually a great time to start budgeting and looking at our situations. You can use really good websites. They put all of your finances in the same place. When you see it, you can address it. Then you can start thinking about where youre going to save. Theres apps and websites like true bill that look for hidden places to save money. Maybe like subscriptions you dont use. Lastly, i say look at pay access. If you get that new job, a pay it looks at your paycheck you might not get in a week or two week and pay in advance on that. There are apps you can look at that you can work with and be a little less stressed. Stephanie ruhle, thank you very much. Advice a lot of americans are going to be paying close attention to. A lot of americans relieved that some companies are doing some hiring. We want to take a turn and get a check of the Weather Forecast from gentleman necessary a webb in for dylan dreyer on maternity leave. Missing you. Sending you a big old hug. Good morning everyone. Pretty quiet weather pattern across the country. We are seeing fog with isolated rain totals with some storms making its away across southern texas. Looking at the futurecast. This is a strong cold front that will stretch from texas all good saturday morning. If you live in the north bay, you will be the first ones to see rain in the forecast. Rain for the first half of the day. As we head in toward the afternoon, we will start to see those showers spread out. You can see the majority of that rain off to the north, but eventually rain in areas of the south bay as well as standard mountains. Were talking about mid50s and temperatures to the evening hours. Latest forecast. Guys . Were sending you a hug right back. Thank you for that. Still to come, learning from wuhan. One mans video diary as he documented two months in the city. He shares tips to help us still to come on today, making home schooling for your children as easy and as helpful as possible. Plus good news, how john is making a lot lean on me when youre not strong ill be your carry on. That is the legendary bill withers with his classic hit lean on me. Tributes are pouring in whose death was announced on friday. He was known for aint no sunshine and lovely day. He wrote his songs in the they will remain hits to this day. Family spokesperson say he died of heart complications. Bill withers was 81 years old. As you listen to lean on me this morning, it literally could be the anthem for this American Experience right now. So many of those words feel like they were written for this moment, inspiring. A lot of people listening to that today and throughout the weekend. We want to begin this half hour with a check of the headlines. The Coronavirus Crisis is growing rapidly both here in the u. S. And around the world. More than a quarter Million People in the United States have now tested positive for the virus with over 7,000 deaths to prevent further spread of the disease. The cdc announcing friday it is recommending all americans should wear a nonmedical face mask when going out in public. Another tragedy for the Kennedy Family. The daughter and grandson of former maryland Lieutenant Governor are presumed dead after ak canoe accident. May have Kennedy Townsend mccain and her 8yearold son were paddling in the Chesapeake Bay when their canoe apparently capsized. Townsend announced on friday that the search turned to a recovery effort. Shes the oldest daughter of the late robert f. Kennedy. Late nba legend kobe bryant is expected to be announced later today as one of the newest inductees into the Basketball Hall of fame. Bryant was an 18time nba allstar, playing 20 seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and winning five championships. He retired in 2016 making him eligible for this years hall of fame class. Bryant passed away in january in that tragic Helicopter Crash that killed eight others, including his 13yearold daughter, gianna. One of the greatest of alltime. Lets turn to a story about two brothers across the world from each other and finding themselves in similar situations. One in wuhan, china, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. The other escaped wuhan only to end up in louisiana, one of the states hardest hit here by this pandemic. Nbcs keir simmons spoke to both of them about what theyre going through. Keir, good morning. Reporter peter, good morning to you. Wuhan, china, as you say, is where the coronavirus started. Yesterday there the traffic stopped for three minutes as respect for the dead. One american man lived through months of lockdowns there. He kept a video diary. What he learned has lessons for us all. Ben wilson lives at ground zero for coronavirus, wuhan, china. Trapped. Couldnt leave if we wanted to. For two months he kept a vidindividual diary of his life lockdown. Trying to keep his daughter. Just lonely. Bored. Looking out for his neighbors. Going to some neighbors. Dont have any food. If i get offered some advice if i could offer some advice to anyone out there, dont go into this thing its over in a few weeks. Financially pace yourself, physically try to set up a routine. How are you going to do your hair today . Silver linings included time to be a dad, but time can take a toll. Youre you feel like youre in a space station sometimes. Completely cut off and isolated. In february, bens brother escaped wuhan. My brother evacuated and we had no idea that it would be hopping into other hot zone. Just boarding the flight right now. That hot zone, louisiana. On route he spent two weeks in isolation. Now hes surrounded by another crisis. Theres just no way to predict how bad its going to get. Initially, china failed to confront coronavirus. Jacob says hes watched america make similar mistakes. It was almost like i had already read the playbook of this virus. Chinese officials admit it lacks comprehensive testing and some u. S. Economies question china has overcome coronavirus. Returning to normal live is not easy. Psychologically, people are still in a quarantine mindset. It sounds almost as if people are collectively suffering from a posttraumatic stress. In a lot of ways i think it is. But his brother is sure the world will return. This is a war that we absolutely will win eventually. After weeks of food delivered to their apartment block, carefully unwrapping it to prevent infection. Dont touch anything. Next, the challenge is to trust again. That message that dont think this is going to last just weeks is going to be tough for people to hear if youve lost your job, if youre struggling to pay the rent. Some of the hess s around the world, we need to double down on testing. Thats one way to emerge from this. As we emerge from this, we have to be super vigilant. It isnt a situation where its going to be, okay, everyones freedom and everything is fine. It has to be a slow process. Guys. Keir simmons, we appreciate that. Its that advice about pacing yourself. We may be in this, this is going to be a long haul. You got to take it slow, be patient snien the lessons universal. Its remarkable to see. We want to get another check of weather from janessa webb. Good morning. Good morning everyone. Were watching our next storm system across the pacific northwest. This is the first full weekend of april and we are still talking about these Winter Weather alerts that are stretching across california. This is a very strong cold front making its way across the coastal area. It will be predominantly rain across northern california. Its the higher elevation. This is going to be a ton of snow, even going into the four corners. Were potentially talking about for the Higher Elevations into the Sierra Nevada up to 48 inches by the end of this weekend. We continue to stretch all the way into southern the system she was talking about is exactly the system that will be affecting us. That same system will be rain to the north bay the first half of saturday. You can see it on radar. 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Her mom asks, how much School Instruction time should we do, just the amounts to go through the assignments or try to stick to a Typical School day with the assignments, watching classes, reading, et cetera . Well, let me start by saying my answers today come from education experience with 8 million kids around the country and calvert were helping kids in cities throughout the country, new york, l. A. , miami and houston are just some. Let me go right to that question. This is really hard. Its hard for a lot of reasons. But lets start with the fact that we need to create a schedule. The same kind of schedule they would have in school. This is promotes learning of all kinds. They need to go to the bed at the same time and wake up at the same time they usually do. For kindergartners, grade 2, talking about 15 to 20 minutes, maybe three or four sessions a day that can build over time. As grades 3 and 5, we start to go longer. 20, 30 minutes. By high school, a full session as they would have in school, 45 to 60 minutes. Maybe four of five of them. You have to learn do this. Your kids are going to generally get better as time goes. Jonathan, so many parents saying how important those schedules are. Another question from pennsylvania. What is a responsible amount of athome learning time per day based on grade level . What would you tell us . The range all experts agree, somewhere between three and six hours. Some of that is going to be in learning ngther types of resources. At three for younger kids. Let me ask you another. These are from colleens friends kids on their daily walk. Their mom calling and asks, for parents working from home and homeschooling, whats the best way to block time to make sure everything is getting the attention it deserves. You talk about blocking time. Whats the best way to do that . You have to start with an agreement, sit down with your children and both stick to the schedule youve set. I mean, this is hard and its new. Were early in the game. Its like the first inning. Were dealing with kind of new schedules at home. I also encourage families to set aside space in the house for learning that is different than where the kids play. That can get difficult if you have more than one child in school like i do. I have a fourth and sixth grader. They have different learning styles and different parts of the house and they have to intrude on each other. Theyre finding out their parents dont know everything. Last but not least, joyce coe and their family in illinois ask what free educational tv or streenling servi streaming serv you recommend . There are a lot of out there. We at home use pbs, national geographic, scholastic and our own learn zillion. Searching on the web for age relevant content is a good way to add video and games to what the kids are learning in school. Parents all around the country are thanking you this morning, jonathan grayer. So are we. 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Go, theres no choice use what you can find around the house. Ive been sitting on this for like two weeks just watching tv shows. I was like this can be this glorious piece of fabric. Which is not to say its easy. This took me two hours to recreate this. But i work from home now. So i have time. As the days in selfisolation turn to weeks, its a global art project perfectly suited to our time. A bit of creativity for the quarantine era where life is beginning to imitate art. For today, sara harmon, nbc news. Well done by sara. Really throwing herself into that piece. Our best welker lisa. This is a challenge. See if i can do it. What do you think . It didnt take any prompts. You put a lot of effort into that. There she is. One more time. Okay. Okay. Half smile there. You have some work do. I have time to work on it. Still pink pitching in af what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. So lets do the right thing, today. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. 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It looks nice now, but what is to come . Thats right. If you live anywhere south of the golden gate bridge, you are not seeing the rain just yet. But our radar is already very active. You can see the majority of the storm is still off to the north passing through areas. Napa will be the first to get some rain. Plenty of sierra snow expected in the forecast. San jose, halfmoon bay, San Francisco, these are the things were tracking. Rain returns today. Then we get accumulations into sunday with another system dropping in on sunday. Also, a drop in those temperatures. Were talking about cold 50s. Ill take you to the timing. The centers for Disease Control is now recommending everyone across the country should wear a Face Covering when you go outside to further prevent the spread of the coronavirus. This nationwide recommendation now comes just one day after bay area rolled out similar guidance. President trump is now recommending have some sort of Face Covering when they leave their house. This is video from joanne fabrics in con card. The store is giving away patterns and fabrics so people can make their own. It comes after debate within the White House Coronavirus task force. Ultimately, they have concluded there are more people who are asymptomatic than they expected. Those people can be contagious. This means the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity. For example, coughing, speaking or sneezing. The cdc offers additional rememb recommendations. Dont touch your face while it is. Leave n95 masks for First Responders. And most importantly, wearing a facetite for social distancing and staying at home. At 6 29, coming up this morning, in these stressful times, some people in San Francisco are giving a reason for people to look up. Spreading love across the city when we all need it the most. We will have that plus all your other top stories and the forecast coming up at 7 00. We hope to see you then. Now back to the today show. Good morning. Cover up. A stark about face from the federal government as the cdc offers new guidance urging americans to wear some sort of nonmedical face mask when going out in public to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The president already saying he wont follow the recommendation. I think wearing a face mask as i greet president s, kings, prime ministers, dictators, queens, i dont see it for myself. While new york citys mayor sounds the alarm again, saying the city is running out of supplies and puts out a plea for 40,000 Health Care Workers to come to new york to help. Blame game. President trump pointing a finger at governors and the states responses to coronavirus claiming they should have done more before the crisis began. The president refusing to tell all american the governors. Million dollar donation. Pop superstar pink announcing she and her son have recovered from the coronavirus. This morning, her generous thank you to those on the frontlines. Today, saturday april 4th, 2020. Good morning. Welcome back to today on this saturday morning as evidenced by pink and her son having this virus, now recovering and doing a good thing about it. This thing doesnt discriminate. Touching so many lives right now. It doesnt discriminate. Its a moment when celebrities and people like pink are helping out. So many others. We have a lot of news to get to. We begin with the latest on the coronavirus. Overnight, the number of people who have gotten sick from this virus jumped again. It now stands at more than 276,000 people, over a third of them are in new york state. The death toll across the country right now is more than 7,000 and rising rapidly. New yorks governor signed an executive order giving him the power to redistribute ventilators and personal protective equipment to hospitals in need, mainly in new york city. Which has become the epicenter of the crisis here in the United States. Attorney general william barr is ordering the bureau of prisons to increase the use of home confinement for some of the most vulnerable inmates to get them out of crowded prisons where coronavirus cases are skyrocketing. We have it all covered this morning. We want to begin with the latest numbers and dire warnings from new york. Nbcs kathy park outside of mount sinai hospital in new york city. Kathy, good morning. Reporter peter, good morning to you. New york city mayor bill de blasio says that its race against time. The city needs 15,000 ventilators and 45,000 medical personnel. He stressed that sunday is a critical day. Thats when all the resources need to be put in place for a difficult week ahead. After days of debate, the federal government is now recommending americans wear a nonsurgical mask or Face Covering in public after the cdc added talking to its list of how the coronavirus spreads. Even among those not showing any symptoms. 41 states across the country are under stayathome orders as new hotspots are emerging in new jersey, michigan and florida, where they just issued the mandate late this week. New york still hangs on to the grim title of being the nations epicenter with more than 100,000 positive cases and nearly highe spike so far. More First Responders falling ill. One out of every four ems member is out sick. 17 of firefighters are also on medical leave. Governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order friday allowing the states and National Guard to take and reassign critical medical supplies, including ventilators to areas of the state that need it most. Im not going to let people die because we didnt redistribute ventilators. We dont want to be your body bag. Health care workers staging a demonstration friday demanding personal protective equipment like gowns and face masks so they dont have to see another colleague die. Theyre putting all of us at risk every single day. In response, mount sinai officials put out a statement saying, in addition to the resources provided by the city, state and federal government, were continuing to move heaven and earth to ensure our Health Care Staff have access to proper ppes. After taking heat for sitting nearly empty all week, the navy announcing overnight that patients on the usns comfort no longer require a negative covid test before seeking treatment. But the dark details of this Public Health emergency have put the spotlight on the goodwill of others, Like New York City Police officers delivering meals to medical staff saying, our uniforms may be different but our mission is the same. Reporter and in hard hit new jersey, the governor warned that the state is one week behind new york in seeing a similar surge in cases. Going back to those new guidelines on Wearing Masks in public, they dont have to be surgical masks or the n95 respirators. Those should be reserved for Health Care Workers working around the clock. Peter, kristen. Kathy park, in new york city. Thank you. President trump says hes not going to wear a mask despite the new recommendation that americans should do so. The president is pointing a finger at the states saying its up to them to make sure they have enough ventilators and emergency medical supplies to go around. Kelly odonnell is at the white house with more. Good morning, kelly. Good morning, kristen. This is an optional and personal rejection from the president of this new advice about wearing Face Coverings to try to stop the spread of the virus. It comes at a time when hes trying to deliver on the request for medical gear and equipment from states across the country. There is tension over that National Stockpile and limited supplies. Although President Trump announced that new cdcring, he is not planning to follow it. I wont be doing it personally. Asked about setting an example, he stressed nonmedical masks are voluntary. I think wearing a face mask as i greet president s, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens, i dont know, somehow i dont see it for myself. Despite evidence that phys virus spread, the president said he will not pressure states to order residents to stay home. States that were talking about are not in jeopardy. No, i would leave it to the governors. As some states scramble for medical resources, the president touted federal actions but criticized governors for not buying more equipment before this crisis. Were not an ordering clerk. The president said he could not assure new yorkers there will be enough ventilators in the days ahead. They should have had more ventilators. They were totally underserviced. We are trying to do, were doing our best for new york. Clearly frustrated. You know what our means. The president fumd at questions about how the federal stockpile of medical supplies is being distributed. Our, our. It means the United States of america. After adviser, soninlaw Jared Kushner stressed thursday the reserve belongs to the federal government. Not the states. The federal government needs it, too. Not just the states. The white house at odds with minnesota maskmaking giant 3m in a dispute over exporting medical gear. The Company Released a lengthy statement defending its work to maximize production. They can push back if they want. Were not happy with 3m. Reporter there is significant nonvirus news from the white house. The president is firing the Inspector General, Michael Atkinson saying he has lost confidence in him. Of course, atkinson in his role was responsible for sending to congress the word of of the original whistleblower about the ukraine phone call that led to impeachment. Democrats on capitol hill are calling this brazen and saying atkinson was following his oath and doing baking overnight. Kelly odonnell, thank you. Retailers across the country are adopting new measures to deal with the spread of coronavirus. Walmart announcing that it will limit the number of shoppers inside the stores to five per every 1,000 square feet. Basically that means about 20 of the stores capacity. They will also be instituting oneway traffic throughout stores using floor markers. The retail giant say the changes are needed to keep customers and employees safe from the virus. As life slowly starts to get back to normal in china, the country took time this morning to remember those lost to the coronavirus. 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Whats everything going through the same stuff, the juggling, working from home and being a responsible employee and being a responsible parent. Family psychologists say theres a silver lining. Is there a benefit to a family having this much time together. People are quick to say we dont want to Say Something immediately good can come out of this. We are all scared. Theres a lot of good that can come out of it. It can bring clarity. We realized how overscheduled we and our kids are. This is a lot to see we should dial things back a bit when we get back to quoteunquote normal. Learning from living closer in a time of social distance. For today, catie beck, nbc news. I was with them through the banana bread. The homemade monkey bars got aggressive. There is a joy for families having this unique time together, right . A lot of the other things go away and you have to focus on each other. Thats for sure. Cherishing the walks outside, for examment. Four kids. Props to them. Lets head back to new york and check in with janessa. I was focused on that banana bread as well. Lets check out whats going on weather wise across the country. We have a strong cold front making its way through texas into the upper midwest. But sunday things are going to start to change here if youre across the northeast. It will be a soggy day for new york city all the way into memphis as well. Chilly sunshine across the upper midwest. Were also watching this bigtime storm system forhe if you look outside your window, you will probably notice it is a little cloudy out there h. 48 degrees. We are tracking the return of rain to the bay area. You can see that the rain right now is primarily over the north oregon border. The rain will begin to spread south. This is also going to bring a drop in our temperatures, but our temperatures will remain cool, in the 50s. And thats your latest forecast. All right, janessa, thank you. Coming up next right here, good news as actor John K Krasinski were back now on a saturday morning with your pop start. My pop start debut. Im excited. Lets do it. Lets kick things off with one of pop musics biggest stars. Pink. The singer revealed on instagram overnight, two weeks ago my 3yearold son, jameson and i were showing symptoms of covid19. Fortunately, our primary care physician had access to tests and i tested positive. She added, this illness is serious and real. People need to know that the illness affects the young and old, healthy and unhealthy, rich and poor. We must make testing free and more widely accessible. Good to know that they are doing better. Now, the grammy award winner is helping to fight the spread in a big way. Donating 500,000 to the Temple University Hospital Emergency Fund in her hometown of philadelphia. My hometown, too. Another half million to the los angeles mayors covid19 crisis. Good for them, right . Thats fantastic. No doubt. 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