The number of deaths over the past few days has been dropping for the first time. What that might mean for the battle around the country as millions of americans begin a new week under lockdown. Infected. The u. S. Navy captain forced out for sounding the alarm about the outbreak on his ship, now himself diagnosed with the virus as top military and white house tussle over the firing, the commanders crew gives him a heros sendoff. The latest just ahead. Hospitalized. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnsons condition worsens. Admitted to the hospital overnight 10 days after testing positive for the coronavirus. The queen delivers a rare televised address. If we remain united and resolute, we will overcome it. Her message just ahead. Those stories plus a historic diagnosis at the bronx zoo. A beloved tiger catches the virus. As many as six others might be exposed as the outbreak takes a surprising turn, today, april 6th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Morning, everybody. Welcome to today, it is nice to have you with us bright and early on monday morning as we start a new week. Im working from home again this week. Hoda is back in the studio Holding Things down. Good morning, how are you doing . Good morning, savannah. Good. Good to see your face. Were going to get right to the coronavirus outbreak. As we begin, there are now 337,000 cases and nearly 10,000 deaths in the United States. As we heard from governor cuomo, the number of fatalities does appear to be slowing in new york city meantime stressing the need for social distancing ahead. Dr. Anthony fauci said as many as half all infected people do not experience symptoms. Just this morning japans Prime Minister is expected to declare a new state of emergency in tokyo and several other major cities in the wake of renewed surge of cases there. We have it all covered. Were going to start with nbcs sam brock. Hey, sam, good morning. Hoda, good morning. When it comes to war on coronavirus, things may be about to go from bad to much worse. The white house warning right now the next two weeks are pivotal as the country enters its toughest period yet. With multiple states heading into make or break weeks against covid19, overnight President Trump trying to put a positive spin on an escalating situation. Were starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. Reporter but just 24 hours earlier the president admitting. There will be a lot of deaths unfortunately. Reporter an assessment echoed by his health advisers. Next week will be our 9 11 moment. Reporter the president doubling down on his call to use hydroxychloroquine, even though theres no evidence it fights covid19. What do we have to lose. They say take it. Im not looking one way or another. Weve got to get out of this. If it does work, it would be a shame it didnt work early. Weighing in, when dr. Fauci was asked about the drug. Do you want to weigh in on this issue of hydroxychloroquine . What do you think of this . I asked the doctor. I answered 15 times. Alarming new projections show a peak in new york, new orleans in a few days. With a deficit of supplies, governors in many states are scrambling to prepare. Michigan has more than 14,000 cases of the virus, third most. Exponentially. Were seeing it doesnt discriminate based on city line, state line, party lines. New orleans has the countrys most lethal death rate while more than 4,000 have died in new york. To enact full stayathome orders, including iowa. If additional action is necessary to protect the health and safety of iowans, i will do so. Reporter but the Surgeon General saying it is vital to stop the spread. Give us a week or two if you can. We want you to do it in 30 days. In those nine states give you us what you can so we get the peak and come down the other side. Riverside, california, is mandating residents wear masks when they leave the house, one of the strictest measures. On sunday some with their faith ignoring social distancing. In louisiana one pastor despite a ban on gathers. Gatherings. The pastor was arrested last month for holding services. They would rather come an worship like free people than live like prisoners in their home. Here in florida the governor saying he doesnt have the authority to close houses of worship. With 15 states with the most vulnerable populations, many of them, mainly in the south, have religious exemptions. Sam brock, thank you very much. As we begin a new week, the mayor of new york city is warning hospitals there could run out of ventilators in the next two days. But as mentioned, there is some hopeful news in the fight against the fight in new york. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is at the makeshift hospital setup inside the Javits Convention center in manhattan. Gabe, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. The Javits Center behind me now has 2500 beds making it the largest hospital in the country right now. U. S. Military personnel are staffing it. The federal government sending 1,000 doctors, nurses, and respiratory techs, to handle the overwhelming need here. We should warn you, some of the issues youre about to see are disturbing. This morning the u. S. Military is on the move, deploying staff to 11 new York Hospitals as the city answers whats expected to be its most critical week yet in the battle against coronavirus. The system is over capaci the system is over capacity. At one hospital in brooklyn, an unsettling scene, body bags lining the hallway until they can be moved outside to temporary morgues. Still a possible glimmer of hope the number of deaths over the past few days has been dropping for the first time what is the significance of that its too early to tell. New hospitalizations with icu admissions and intubations have also gon down in new york but the overall death toll remains grim the state topping a staggering 4100 deaths and more than 122,000 confirmed cases. I hope were somewhere near the apex, right . A Health Care System already pushed to its limits is now preparing for the worst. None of us actually expected anything like this to ever happen we only know to do one thing, and thats to show up at work and take care of our patients. The states urgent plea for help and supplies has been answered those near and far. Nurses with samaritans purse that responded to disasters around the world now helping at the emergency Field Hospital in iconic central park. We have never been responding together in america to a disaster situation, so this is a first for us. China sending 1,000 ventilators, another 140 from oregon in neighboring new jersey, a new Field Hospital is opening today as the state surpasses 37,000 cases and quickly approaches 1,000 deaths among the lives lost, richard gould, the former fire commissioner in woodbridge, new jersey he was honored by the department which held a funeral processional through town. Coordinating manager at elmhurst hospital in queens the world also lost jazz legend, a renowned trumpet player who learned from miles davis he was just 59 years old new york mayor bill de blasio estimates the city will need an extra 45,000 medical workers to match expanding Hospital Capacity throughout the area hoda. All right, gabe thank you so much. Lets turn now to our medical correspondent dr. John torres and nbc news contributor dr. Joseph fair. Hes an expert on the study of viruses. He was on the front lines of the african ebola crisis good morning, doctors. Im going to start with you, dr. Fair we keep saying what the Surgeon General is saying, this is going to be our pearl harbor, our 9 11 this week is critical. What do you think we should be prepared for in this week, dr. Fair i think i would agree with the statement, only its just going to be nationwide and not localized in a certain area. We all felt it as americans, when it directly touches you, someone related to you or a colleague, its going to touch you in a different way hes trying to prepare the nation for what thats going to look like. Having been through my fair share of these outbreaks like this and seen a lot of these deaths occur, it is something you have to prepare for mentally its not going to be easy to get through, to be honest. As a nation hes making that reference to best prepare people as best he can as a nation to get ready to go through that grieving process that is unique to outbreaks. There was a little bit of sound that was played at the president s Coronavirus Task force meeting yesterday. It was from dr. Deborah birx it struck us because it had to do with the everyday things we do she now says maybe we shouldnt be doing them anymore. Take a listen. This the moment to not be going to the Grocery Store, not going to the pharmacy but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe that means everybody doing the 6 feet distancing, washing your hands. Not going to the Grocery Store and not going to the pharmacy, dr. Fair why now . You know, shes really just talking about absolutely minimizing our interaction with one another. Those are essential tasks. Were going to have to do them occasionally i think what dr. Birx is trying to get across, and by the way, i have strong confidence in both her and dr. Fauci, they do know what they are doing, really trying to minimize in any way possible Human Interaction thats going to lead to social distancing protocol were trying to implement across the country, nationwide, across really everywhere in the world were trying to do at the same time. Its harder as we have more and more people on earth, in urban and densely Populated Areas like new york, its harder, just because we live closer to one another but thats what were trying to do. In gabes piece, the new york governor did have it sounded like a bit of good news. He said the numbers have been dropping on saturday the number of deaths was 630. On sunday it was 594 in new york what are we to read into those numbers . Have we reached the apex, do you think . Hoda, i think what youre seeing there is exactly what should be said theres a glimmer of hope here were seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. You cant base these decisions they are making on hopes and promises and wishes, you have to base them on good datadriven projections. Projections are showing this is going to be a bad week and he knows that hes not willing to say were at the apex, nobody is. We have to wait to see what happens as we start getting up the curve and finally coming down the back side of the curve. We might be there, we might not. You cant base decisions on the hope were there you have to base them on the fact we know more patients are coming in, more shortages, more issues going on here, especially in new york city other cities can use this as an example and template of whats happening to them as time goes on and they start looking at their own curves increasing and cases inundating hospitals. In lets talk about it. This is the most critical week. This is all hands on deck. This is the week we need lets talk about it this is the most critical week this is all hands on deck. This is the week we need all the equipment, dr. Torres. How are we doing in that department during this week . Hoda, i think were doing better than if youd asked that question two weeks ago or maybe a week ago but i dont think were still at the point yet that we can handle everything thats happening here especially if its as bad a week. When you have to make those decisions, thats the toughest decision to make, who gets treatment, who doesnt get treatments this is something ive done in military environment, not civilian field hopefully more and more equipment comes in were hearing about china, washington state, National Guard going upstate to get ventilators to bring them down to new york city i think were doing the things we need to do, to get ventilators moved around, which are the crucial piece of equipment we need. There are shortages as well were working on those shortages will be resolved. Ho resolved how quickly and how much of an impact in the meanwhile is the critical thing on saving lives Going Forward here. All right, dr. Torres, dr. Fair, thank you so much for your time we appreciate it. Thank you. Savannah, over to you. Now, hoda, to those new developments tied to the coronavirus outbreak aboard the uss Theodore Roosevelt the captain was relieved from his duty after writing a letter. Begging for help for his crew. Now he has the virus. White house correspondent Kristen Welker is following this good morning. It is the latest twist in the ongoing controversy facing the u. S. Navy. Captain Brett Crozier has reportedly tested positive for covid19 days after he was dismissed for writing that widely circulated letter letter sounding an alarm about the outbreak of the virus on the ship crozier is in quarantine as for captain brett fallout from his firing mounts fallout from his firing mounts for captain Brett Crozier, it was a heros farewell. Now word that he, too, has tested positive for covid19 the news comes after videos begin surfacing of clapping and cheering soldiers aboard uss roosevelt saying goodbye to him following removal from his command thursday saying his action was needed to save lives of his crew from coronavirus outbreak two Naval Academy soldiers revealing the diagnosis on sunday the classmates telling the times, crozier began showing symptoms of the disease before he was fired thursday. The navys top brass dismissing crozier from duties aboard u. S. Roosevelt days after the Commanding Officer penned a blunt letter to navy leaders calling for stronger action to address the covid19 outbreak aboard the carrier, writing, were not at war soldiers do not need to die. The acting secretary explaining the decision last week. I have no doubt in my mind that captain crozier did what he that captain cron the best interest and safety of his crew. Unfortunately it did the opposite it unnecessarily raised alarms with families of sailors of marines with no plans to address those concerns. Reporter the move to dismiss set off a firestorm. Joe biden responded sunday. I think its close to criminal the way they are dealing with the guy i think the guy should have a commendation rather than be fired. Reporter for his part President Trump is defending the dismissal saying croziers letter asking for help for section crew members was, quote, not appropriate. As for croziers condition Navy Officials would not confirm whether hes tested positive for the virus. A defense official telling nbc news, though, once crozier left the roosevelt he went into quarantine on Naval Base Guam and will remain there until being reassigned. Kristen welker at the white house. Hoda, 7 17, over to you. Its time to check the weather. Al joins us from home with the details. Hey, al. Hey, good morning, hoda good to see you. Unfortunately we dont have a lot of great news to talk about from our friends in the midwest and Central Plains we are looking, 13 million at risk for tomorrow. Damaging winds, tornadoes possible and large hail. Then as we move into wednesday, it moves south and east from memphis all the way to knoxville. Nashville to the south of evans villas this system pushes east mild air will surge northward. Storms will develop at night tonight in the ohio river valley, which is really one of the most dangerous times tomorrow showers and storms move rapidly to the east. A flood threat for ohio and West Virginia were also looking at a second line of storms that will come in later this week, which may bring more wet weather for the northeast and parts of the midwest as well. Southeast going to be looking very nice. Well be looking out west as stormy as it is. Well do that in the next half hour were going to look at your next 30 seconds. Yep. Pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. Pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over . Thats right. Instead of all this that ive already . Yeah. What are we gonna do with these . Keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. Geico. Over 75 years of savings and service. Good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Weve been tracking rain off and on throughout the weekend, and it still continues today as we see a couple waves of energy that will be coming into the bay area today bringing some high elevation snow and also some thunderstorms possible for this afternoon. Ill be watching out for that. We may see it fire up again by early in the day. And then as we check out our forecast for tomorrow still some lingering showers. By midweek the rain is moving out and then our temperatures will be warming up. Thats your latest weather. Hoda. Thank you, al. All right, al thank you. I thought he was confusing us, hoda, its been so long since weve all been together. Just ahead, we are going to dive deep on an issue that means a lot to a lot of people are we any closer to having tests for the coronavirus available to all americans were going oneonone with the doctor in charge of that very thing. Plus a today exclusive on the race for a cure. Cynthia mcfadden has an inside look at a promising and potentially lifesaving new treatment for patients most at risk from the virus. But first this is today on nbc. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. 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San francisco has activated the palace of fine arts as a temp rather shelter for about 160 homeless people. Everyone is being screened for symptoms every time they enter. Social distancing and a strict curfew are mandatory. Lets get a look at the forecast for you today with kari. Weve seen the rain off and on throughout the weekend and it will continue today as we go hour by hour. Were going to start to see more scattered showers coming up today and well even have a chance of some thunderstorms with some small hail. Some heavy downpours and thunder and lightning especially this afternoon. Were also going to see some snow on some of the bay area peaks above 4,000 feet. And then as we go into the rest of the forecast well start to see this winding down with just a few lingering showers for tomorrow but not as much in the bay of some of the heavy rain and then as we go into the middle of the week well start to see this rain coming up. After that its going to warm up and we have 70s and sunshine in the forecast extending into the weekend. Well be tracking that with more updates throughout the day. Marcus . Well have another local news update coming up. Back now, it is 7 30 on monday morning, april 6th, 2020. Im here in studio 1a. Savannah is working from home like much of the country and people are asking where are you . Im home. Im home the reason, hoda, my family is upstate. Im sticking close to the family and coming to the city less and less im trying to work from home also, frankly, thats what officials are telling us to do so thats what im going to do. Youre doing all the right things were going to start with the 7 30 headlines here in the u. S. There are more than 337,000 cases, nearly 10,000 deaths. But new York Governor Andrew Cuomo says for the first time the number of fatalities appears to be slowing here in new york. Pope francis celebrated palm sunday in a near empty st. Peters basilica the mass would normally be held in front of a crowd of thousands. In new york Cardinal Dolan live streamed from st. Patricks cathedral. What is believed to be the first in the world, a tiger at the bronx view has tested positive for the coronavirus after being exposed by an asymptomatic worker. Three other tigers and three lions are also showing symptoms of that virus. Savannah, back to you. Yeah, okay. For more on the efforts to contain the coronavirus and what americans should expect this week, we turn now to admiral brett giroir, director and assistant director house of health and Human Service and key member of the White House Task force. Admiral, good morning to you i guess they call you the testing czar for short, as well. Good morning. The Surgeon General this week said this was going to be our 9 11, our pearl harbor he said it was going to be the hardest and saddest week of most americans lives dr. Fauci said it will be shocking and disturbing. What should we brace for as american. Both the Surgeon General and dr. Fauci are right. All our predictions, all our models, we know from the data we see and Health Care Workers we talk to for new york and new jersey and detroit, this week is going to be the peak week. Remember, this is the peak week for hospitalizations and deaths. This reflects infections that occurred two or three weeks ago. We may be seeing the worst upon us right now in terms of outcomes that still could be consistent and we believe were turning the corner because of physical distancing were doing other cities like new orleans will come later. Their time is not this week but they will peak later well see some rolling peaks across the country as the next few weeks unfold. That was my question. If you live in a state or rural area or small town and think this seems like a big city problem, this is going to be their 9 11 but not mine, other than the obvious point about us all being americans and in this together, are these other areas safe or do you expect the outbreak to reach those areas as well. No one is immune from this virus. It is a brandnew virus. Whether you live in small town america or you live in the big apple, everyone is susceptible to this and Everyone Needs to follow the precautions weve laid out your best precaution, the best way to avoid this is the physical distancing weve been talking about now for several weeks. Stay at home thank you for working at home and setting that example wear a Face Covering if youre in public because you could be asymptomatic and spread it to others everyone across the country could get this its very, very important. Even though we say this is going to be the peak, if we let our foot off the gas and do things illadvised, we could have another peak in the next weeks we have to completely keep our efforts going. Let me ask you quickly about that dr. Birx said on saturday, i believe, not to even go to the pharmacy or Grocery Store. That goes for not just people in the hot spots but everybody. Is that your understanding that if you dont have to, dont even go to the Grocery Store or pharmacy. She is absolutely right were all saying the same thing is that you really need to keep your physical contact with others and with surfaces to the minimal possible that does not mean go without medication if you need to go to the pharmacy to get your medications, you need to get groceries, do it but dont go every day to the Grocery Store like many people do do it as infrequently as possible do the kind of takeout things. Anything you can do to protect yourself, to avoid yourself from getting this virus and being in the hospital for a month or potentially facing death, i think its advised to do that. Lets talk about testing as i mentioned. Youre known as the testing czar theres an Inspector General report from your agency, hhs, out just this morning, a few minutes ago. It found a, quote, severe shortage in testing kits at hospitals. Why is that . How can you rectify that well, weve done 1. 67 million wel date. This week well have at least a million tests done thats not counting the thousands of hospital laboratories that do their own tests. Tests have ramped up dramatically in the past couple weeks. This week well have at least 250,000 abbott point of care tests out. This is being remedied very quickly. Everyone who needs a test can get a test this week if youre hospitalized, if youre a health care worker, if youre elderly and have symptoms but were not to the stage with tens of millions of people can get tests. Well have probably a million or more this week, probably a little more the following week entering into the next cycle when the, quote, serological test comes, to understand if youve had the disease, that will be available in the tens of millions very soon thats a different type of test coming in the next few weeks. The hhs says there is a severe shortage right now. You know, i question whether or not its true that if you need a test you can get a test. Why is it that the u. S. Has so far lagged behind other countries. You look at south korea, you look at italy, they are testing at a rate essentially double the rate that we are testing. So we are really going hospital to hospital to try to assure that the tests are available. Im meeting with hospital associations from all the metroplex areas. Theres no question that testing is tight but there are enough tests out there for people who need the test to get the test again, another million plus tests this week. There are many things we can support hospitals doing to enhance their capability of testing. So i know about whats going on today, what went on last week and were moving into the future again, we are not going to have tens of millions of tests this week but we will have a million plus tests plus all the thousands of hospitals who do their own test that should be sufficient to take care of the load we see in week in the future with different types of tests, again, in the tens of millions of ranges within a short period of time. Thats where we are today. Admiral, this is important work youre doing. We thank you for your time and that work. Appreciate you being with us. 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Sinai doing this groundbreaking work in the midst of treating patients at the heart of this epidemic this morning as patients with covid19 continue to pile into the Emergency Department and icu at mt. Sinai, there is some very promising, possibly lifesaving news, from deep inside the hospitals lab. We have so many patients who are sick they need some hope of a treatment. Dr. Jiang and his colleagues have developed a new test that may speed up and improve and old therapy. Trans fusing the plasma of patients who have recovered from covid19 into patients who are critically ill the technique used effectively in the past in sars, h1n1 flu and ebola epidemic more recently the chinese used it in their battle with the coronavirus. Mt. Sinais new test, a cutting edge weapon created by a team led by dr. Florian cramer. Then you can get a readout, which is basically a change in color. The darker, the by doing that, we can determine if somebody has Hurricane Dorian immunity to covid19. The darker, the color, the higher the antibodies. While other tests measure whether the antibody is there or not, ours can measure how much of the antibody is there thats important, because we can identify those donors with a high amount of antibody who would most likely benefit the patient. The hospital put out a call for those who had recovered and was stunned when 10,000 people volunteered. Danny was one of the first he and his wife live in new rochelle, one of the first hot spots in the new york city area. They were only mildly ill, never hospitalized, recovering at home with their three kids, none of whom got sick. As soon as we were released from quarantine, the first place we went was mt. Sinai. To qualify for the donation program, you simply need to have a blood test straight there antibody numbers are high, have you to have a negative swab, very simple. We have a pictureofyou contributing your plasma what were you thinking. This is probably the least way to be a hero, doesnt take much impact. Four doses of plasma, two doses being given to the sickest patients here. In the past few days, mt. Sinai has given 11 very sick patients the plasma of those who have recovered. Is it working . I know the expression game changer has a lot of weight to it but might this therapy be a game changer . I think well be able to evaluate the first patients we have treated in a couple of weeks. It isnt just mt. Sinai looking to get convalescent plasma therapy up and running around the country, a group of doctors in 22 states from some of the countrys leading Research Centers are spearheading the effort. The group started at Johns Hopkins where they are focusing on using plasma to keep Health Workers and First Responders from getting ill. I believe this is a potential disease altering treatment. Dr. Michael joiner at the mayo clinic in minnesota is also one of the leaders. Im hopeful we can modify the course of the disease, prevent highrisk individuals from getting it, reduce the risk of people in the hospital from needing icu care and shorten the stay of people who are in the icu. So dr. Joiner told us that the mayo clinic has, in fact, taken its first plasma donation. In a few days it will probably be put into a patient they are hoping to keep out of the icu. All the doctors we talked to said the fda is being a terrific partner trying to get this out there. They are hopeful within a few days, a few weeks, as soon as possible, they will make this mt. Sinai available test available across the country it is truly a bright spot in a very dark situation. Hoda. Cynthia, the fact that 10,000 people who have recovered from it raised their hand and said ill give plasma tells you everything that was great thank you so much. Savannah, is it that time of day. It does give you hope, hoda it is that time of day, gives you hope what our smart scientists are doing gives you hope to see als face. Hes our little sunshine up in his neck of the woods. How is it looking with the weather today . Looking a little cloudy out my window and really cloudy and wet for our friends out west look at the satellite. You can see not only rain from san diego to los angeles, snow as well in the sierra. We are going to be watching a couple of systems come onshore when all is said and done upwards 5 of rain in the hills, flood threat for localized flooding and debris flows and snowfall 2 to 6 feet above 4,000 feet good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. So good to see all of the rain across the bay area and snow in the sierra. We could also see some snow on our bay area peaks today and the potential of thunderstorms as we go into this afternoon as we track round after round of rain moving through especially for areas in San Francisco on towards the south and east. Well see as we go into the afternoon a chance of some storms once again but then that rain starts to wind down going into this evening and still some slight rain chances tomorrow. And thats your latest weather. Savannah. Al, thank you coming up next, the queens message during a rare televised speech her outlook plus the latest on Prime MinisterBoris Johnson he was hospitalized with symptoms of the coronavirus overnight. Weve got the latest right after this like its supposed to. Once weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. Its not insulin. It starts acting from the first dose. And it lowers risk of heart attack, stroke, or death in people with known Heart Disease or multiple risk factors. 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Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. Safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. We are back now, 7 51 with breaking news overnight. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is in the hospital with persistent symptoms of the coronavirus 10 days after he first tested positive. That news came just hours after the queen herself gave a rare televised address to the british people today Senior International correspondent keir simmons joins us from london this morning. Hi, keir, good morning. Hey, savannah, good morning the british people waking up to jarring front pages this morning with news of the Prime Minister in the hospital and with that historic address by the queen. Many of the newspapers picking out the queens quote of the world war ii singer saying we will meet again. The queen who has seen so many crises in her lifetime ensuring people we will see better days just days after britains Prime Minister helped cheer on his nations Health Care Workers, youll now see their work up close after being hospitalized 10 days after testing for coronavirus. Although better, ive done by seven days of isolation. Alas, i still have one symptom, a minor symptom, i have temperature. This morning Boris Johnson undergoing a series of tests said to be a precautionary measure but will stay for as long as needed his pregnant girlfriend in bed with symptoms, too in bed with covid19 is obviously worrying President Trump offering his best wishes. I want to express our nations well wishes to Prime MinisterBoris Johnson as he wages his own personal fight with the virus all americans are praying for him. Hes a friend of mine, a great gentleman. Reporter unnerving announcement hours after hope from the queen. Together we are tacking this disease. I want to reassure you if we remain united and resolute, we will overcome it. A rare speech from Windsor Castle one lone camera man with protective gear allowed in the room her first broadcast with her sister in 1940 during the second world war. This is a new battle she told her nation today once again many will feel a painful sense of separation from their loved ones but now, as then, we know deep down that it is the right thing to do. Her own son, an heir to the throne Prince Charles one of the many confirmed cases here. The queens message, dont give up. We should take comfort while we may have more to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again. So inspiring. The queen herself getting some good news. Her son, Prince Charles, recovering from coronavirus. Savannah all right touching so many people. Keir, thank you so much. 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And its the 1prescribed biologic for psa. Want more proof . Ask your rheumatologist about humira citratefree. Good monday morning. Right now at 7 56 were still seeing some scattered showers moving through after a very wet weekend and nice to see all of this rain moving through. We also have a chance of scattered showers and possibly thunderstorms going into this afternoon with some snow on some of our upper elevations. Some of our best rain chances will be south of San Francisco into the east bay for the rest of the afternoon. The rain tapers off and tomorrow well still have a slight chance for showers. Overall rain chances going down after today. The rest of the forecast is looking clear for the rest of the week as temperatures start to warm up reaching into the upper 50s today. Going into the rest of the week we have 60s and 70s headed our way. We have to remember to social distance even in beautiful weather. As we head over to mike youve been tracking the commute for essential drivers. This is important on slippery roadways. You see green sensors. That is an important factor here, slippery conditions reported over the course of the morning. The latest is on the on ramp on northbound 280. The san mateo bridge between hayward and foster city. San Francisco Muni lines are getting cut back in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. The agency plans to add more bus lines closer to hospitals and essential businesses. But over the next two days other lines are being scaled back as well. You can link to the full story on our home page. Its been a big bounce back for the stocks. A live look where the dow is up 956 points. Poppy come quick whats going on . Something huge. Like a lot bigger is coming to your home. Wait for it. Happy birthday. What a troll. Eveso we can stillg a answer your calls. Now. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Its 8 00 on today. Kopg coming up, the toughest week yet its going to be the hardest moment for Many Americans in their entire lives. The country braces for the worst as experts say were heading into the most difficult period of the outbreak so what you need to know, were live with the latest. Plus road to recovery. Well talk to one new york city survivor who spent nearly a month in the hospital battling the virus. Why he says hes lucky to be alive. And protect yourself, with more areas advising residents to wear protection on their faces well show you how you can make your own mask right at home today monday, april 6th, 2020. Good morning, everybody. Welcome back to today. Its monday morning. Were glad to have you with us if youre just joining us and just waking up, we say good morning to you and were glad to have you along with us. Good morning, savannah. You know how we always say theres nobody outside on the plaza. Were missing the signs, missing all that stuff well, look whats behind me. Jimmy, can you get behind me we got some signs. Doctors and Nurses Police some signs were representing out there today, savannah. I love it hoda, if i know you, youre the one who wrote out the signs and hung them up. Cant take credit but they are pretty awesome. I love it that is a nice sight and soon well all be together again. Lets start the half hour with the latest here is the news at 8 00 americans bracing for what could be the toughest week yet in the fight against the coronavirus. Craig is with us now hes got three things hes got his eye on this morning. Good morning. Hey, savannah, good morning lets start with a latest look at the numbers there are nearly 1. 3 million worldwide, 330,000 in the United States though there was a drop in deaths on sunday. The thats the first thing were watching the second thing were watching is, quote, were in for the hardest and saddest week yet dr. Anthony fauci said the u. S. Is struggling to get the outbreak under control earlier on today, savannah asked colonel giroir, head of the task force, what should americans be watching out for. Remember, this is peak for hospitalizations and deaths. This is from infections that occurred two or three weeks ago. We may be seeing the worst upon us in terms of the outcomes. That still could be consistent, we believe were turning the corner because of the physical distancing were doing. Admiral giroir. There are still nine states not under stayathome orders. Surgeon general jerome adams is pleading with governors of those states, quote, give us a week calling on the governors to follow the Administration Guidelines on social distancing. Hoda, well send it back to you. Thank you, craig. Well be back in the next half hour now to yet another cruise ship with confirmed cases of the coronavirus now docked in florida. Some passengers were able to leave over the weekend right now others are on board. Kerry sanders has the latest hey, kerry, good morning. Good morning. Princess cruises had hoped to get all the passengers able off the ship but then cdc changed its protocol which means passengers and their families onshore are now waiting to find out whats next. This morning, another tragedy at sea. Three people now dead after taking a cruise on the coral princess which departed from chile march 5th. After being reject freddie several ports, the ship was able to dock in miami on saturday with 1900 passengers on board, at least a dozen testing positive for coronavirus five of the six passengers were quickly taken to area hospitals. The family of 71yearold man from San Francisco who was on the cruise with his wife said they needed to take drastic action to get him the help he needed. The family had to call 911 from out of state to get help for their family member. They waited for over four hours for an ambulance a few hours later. Prince cruises telling nbc, all of us at Princess Cruises are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of mr. Make. We offer sincere condolences to the family and those impacted by the loss passengers remain on board due to new guidance from cdc which requires passengers with respiratory symptoms or still recovering to stay on board until medically cleared by the doctors. The cdc recommends disembarking cruise passengers not travel on commercial flights or share transportation with noncruise guests. Absolute nightmare. One of those sickened on the ship, on the crews with his wife their son speaking out telling nbc news his father was transferred to a hospital last night. Once we got a positive test result, havent gotten the proper adequate medical attention. Its been heartbreaking. Last thursday two holland american ships carrying 1200 passengers, four dead and dozens sick docked in ft. Lauderdale. Now once again new trouble at sea, returning to an uncertain future back on land. The United States coast guard says there are 114 cruise ships either in u. S. Ports or just off the coast of the United States with 93,000 crew members, an undetermined number who have coronavirus and are being treated on board those ships savannah. All right kerry sanders. Thank you, kerry. All right weve got the news covered how about a little boost this one is guaranteed to make you feel better. Claire ryan crosby and her dad put together a song just perfect for these uncertain times. The theme from toy story take a listen youve got a friend ine me youve got a friend in me you got troubles ive got them, too there isnt anything i wouldnt do for you we stick together because youve got a friend in me go, claire, go wow, shes something it has been watched more than 20 million times. What do you think, sg. Im going to add 20 million more views today shes incredible i love how dad plays the guitar, too. Goals. All right. Here is another one for you. This is a boy in australia his name is remy he used to visit grandma two or three times a week before this happened now its too risky grandma misses that little one even more. She dropped off a special treat in his mailbox remy could not have been more thrilled take a look. What does it say . 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Were were back with the firsthand account of somebody with coronavirus hospitalized and hooked up to a ventilator now hes recovering at home and ready to tell his story. Were going to talk to david in just a moment. But first his fight with covid19 david lat says hes lucky to be alive. The 44yearold author and legal recruiter now out of the hospital in and in recovery calling himself a lucky patient after a month long grueling battle with coronavirus. David first felt symptoms in early march. By the 16th, he was hospitalized, documenting his harrowing ordeal on social media and urging anyone he came in contact with to try to get tested after saying on the 18th, i dont know that im getting any worse, and at this point ill take it, he suddenly did get worse. Much worse the twotime new York City Marathon finisher barely able to walk the 5 feet from his hospital bed to the bathroom david tweeting, ive had 10 days and counting with no real improvement. Fever, fatigue, joint aches, cough, respiratory difficulty. I have never been this sick in my entire life david was sedated, intubated, and hooked up to a ventilator. You know, hes fighting for his life davids husband, zack, telling us last month. Just taking it day by day, hour by hour we would never in a million years have thought a worldwide pandemic would do this and, you know, attack our family like this doctors at new yorks nyu language Langone Medical Center put david on an experimental drug regimen to try to save his life. We wont know for a few days. David improved and was taken off the ventilator he said his doctors still dont know if the drug therapies worked but now david is giving back, donating his plasma to nyu as part of a study to help find a treatment for coronavirus. David said videos like this of his 2yearold son harlan kept his spirits up telling the new york city law journal, its wild to think how close i came to dying, to leave my husband zack to raise our son as a single dad. I guess my main emotion is gratitude. David lat joins us now along with husband husband zack shemtob. Gentlemen, good morning to both of you. Good morning. Good morning. Well, it is good to see both of your faces. David, you in particular what an ordeal before we get into it, just how are you feeling this morning good, good. Im still hoarse from the time on the ventilator. I still get winded from things like walking across the room i have a little plastic stool in the shower because i have to sit down during the shower its tough, but im glad to be on the road to recovery. You are i already followed you on twitter. I like to think of you as a fellow legal nerd, david i have to say when i first heard you had coronavirus, it seems like you were sick and going to be okay. The next thing i know, theres nothing from you youre on a ventilator, unable to communicate can you tell us what you went through, how it suddenly turned from bad to much, much worse. Although im a generally healthy person, exercise a lot, dont have any major health conditions, i did have i do have exerciseinduced asthma, which i control with an inhaler. I didnt think it was a big deal because it didnt affect my daytoday life much conditions like that can make you more vulnerable to severe cases of respiratory difficulty associated with coronavirus. So when i started getting shortness of breath, it felt a little like an asthma attack, i went to the hospital it turned out i needed oxygen immediately. They admitted me then i was there for a few days, then my condition got worse and i had to be put on the ventilator. Let me ask you, zack, about that because for understandable reasons, david says he doesnt remember much about being on the ventilator you, as the person who loves him waiting at home not being able to speak to him, you do remember every single moment of that. What was that period of time like when hes on the ventilator, and frankly you dont know if hell ever be off. It was absolutely terrifying. Everything seemed to happen so relatively quickly we, you know, received a call from a Nurse Practitioner that he had been ventilated, and it was very clear how serious it was. We didnt know if he was going to make it we didnt know what condition he was in it was five or sakes days on a ventilator, pure anxiety it was difficult to reach the hospital because they were so overwhelmed. Of course, we couldnt see him, so it was a pretty terrifying ordeal and your parents, david, are doctors, so they knew the situation was bleak, indeed. You did recover. You are back at home i know zack had coronavirus, too, but obviously didnt have the same experience. Your little boy is okay. How are you maneuvering now that youre back home under one roof. Things are good i have to go very slowly about everything i take my time, weeks or months before i fully recover thats okay considering what the alternative is. Weve still been social distancing from davids parents and being careful about that, even though our understanding is that were no longer contagious. But just as an extra precaution. We are recovering at their house. As doctors they have all sort of gadgets here you showed a picture of me earlier with a pulse oximeter. Huge benefit. You have everything you need. Im sure you were so happy to see that little boy again. David and zack, an incredible story. Thank you for sharing with us and that youre feeling better keep in touch with us. Absolutely. Thank you, savannah. Thank you we will switch gears now time to get a check of the weather from the one and only mr. Roker. Up much. Sun is out, were happy about that unfortunately as you look at the satellite and radar, you can see weve got a lot weather and snowy weather making its way into the west. It will be a stormy day there. A spring feel in the mid plains. Its going to be awfully warm southeast and gulf coast plenty of sunshine in the northeast. Thats what going on around the country, here is good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Were going to see some scattered showers continuing today. We had some decent amounts of rain over the weekend, and were going to see more of that as we go into this afternoon. Especially for areas south of the golden gate bridge. Thats where well have our highest chance of rain. Even some thunderstorms possible going into this afternoon. We may have some small hail along with some snow on some of our bay area peaks. And then as we go into tomorrow, still some scattered showers, but rain chances go down by the end of the week. Hody. I love it when you say that now to answer your questions on facebook and instagram this morning a lotofconfusion on masks and shopping. Here with answers nbc investigative and consumer correspondent vicky nguyen we love it when you come we have a question on facebook. In the past they told us we dont have to wear the masks, now they tell us we should from what i understand, even Health Care Workers dont have enough masks is it safe to wear the ones from klein or is it safe to make our own and wear them. The good news is we can make our own. You can use easy materials at home, cloth and rubber bands or hair elastics. Lets be clear why were wearing them, why the data changed 25 to 50 of the people Walking Around with covid19 have no symptoms they could are shedding. So youre wearing this mask in case you are sick and youre trying not to spread it through your nose and mouth. Were going to make one. We have fabric. This is fabric i had at home my 8yearold daughter made scrunchies with it here is how to find how thick. You hold it up to the light. The more light that comes through, the thinner the fabric. You have an bandana, that works well, an old tshirt a sheet would also work. Lay it down. Well try to show you while jimmy is operating the camera. Fold the top part down a little bit. The bottom up a little bit, about a fourth them were going to do it one more time. Fold the top down, bottom up perfect, hoda. Now you take your rubber bands, hair elastics are ideal. Slide one onto this side and one onto this side a third through. You flip one in, one in. Im the least crafty person. Tuck it in. You can the Surgeon General showed it folding over but i agree with you folding in will make it ag you folding in will make it nicer. You fold this up, put it on your ears like this. Not pretty, but, hey, it gets nicer. You fold this up, put it on your ears like this not pretty, but, hey, it gets the job done then you can actually pull it up perfect. The key is to cover your nose and mouth. Also, this doesnt make you invincible you should still be staying home but one small measure for trips you have to make out. Another question from cammy she wants to know this why are stores allowed to have so many customers in at one time its almost impossible to socially distance at Grocery Stores, especially parking lots. Yeah, ive seen lines outside some stores, others they let in. Its frustrating. You do your part to social distance and then get to the store and let everybody in over the weekend walmart and costco had major moves costco saying if you have a membership card only two people can go into the warehouse store to protect the employees and other customers. Walmart making some big news, five people per 1,000 square feet they are making aisles one way. We have more information on today. Com. Just ahead olympic legend Michael Phelps after your local news and a good morning. 8 26. Im marcus washington. As soon as today, California Court leaders may approve a temporary emergency overhaul to the states legal system. About a dozen proposed changes include waiving bail for lower level offenses, suspending the enforcement of evictions and foreclosures and holding all criminal proceedings by video or telephone to ensure a speedy trial. To stay at home order is leaving the courts with greatly reduced staffing levels. And the bay area now has more than 3600 confirmed coronavirus cases. Santa clara county has about onethirtd of the overall total. At least 89 people in the bay area have died. Right now we want to get a look at the forecast. K kari hall has been tracking that forecast. Were still seeing rain across the bay area for the peninsula and south bay. Were going to see spotty showers continuing and even the chance of some thunderstorms going into this afternoon. I think around 2 00 to 4 00 is when we will have our highest chance of seeing those thunderstorms along with some snow on some of the bay area peaks. Temperatures stay cool, and still a few lingering showers in the forecast for tomorrow. After that, were all dry. Marcus . Thanks, kari. Well have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes. Everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Monday morning its the 6th of april, 2020. The gang is all here craig and i in studio 1a savannah and al working from home good morning, glories. Good to see you. Love the brady bunch. Hi, everybody. By the way, weve got two pretty big interviews in the next hour for you, including jeffrey katzenberg, the brain behind quibi, the new streaming service out today with a new twist to try to set itself apart from a crowded field mr. Katzenberg is standing by to explain in a few moments. Looky looky who is with us, just the most decorated olympian of all time. Michael phelps is in the house sporting a moustache and all were going to get his take on the olympics being delayed, plus get advice about anyone facing Mental Health challenges during this stressful time. Thats right. Michael is like my husband, he just refuses to shave. A lot of guys are doing that. Great stash. He does you look good, michael i like it. Thank you thank you. Later on, guys, harry smith will join us to celebrate the life and incredible voice and music of bill withers. We love him, love to hear him sing and well look back fondly. First, al, lets get another check of that weather we have that playlist going all weekend long grandmas hands just beautiful. Lets look at the week ahead start off beautiful weather in the northeast, nice day. Heavy rain and snow out west sunshine in much of the country today. As we make our way into the midweek period, more rain the northeast, record highs down to the gulf, southwest. As we end the week, much cooler in the northeast with interior snow in new york and on into new england. Cool and dry out west with record highs down through florida. Thats what going on around the good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Still some muchneeded rain continues across the bay area today. Were going to see temperatures in the upper 50s with some scattered showers. And also the chance of some thunderstorms by this afternoon. If you have the nbc bay area app, youll be able to get alerts as rain approaches your location. As we go into the next several days, well see the rain winding down, and our temperatures starting to ramp up. By the end of the week, sunshine and highs in the low to mid70s. And for San Francisco, also staying cool. Thats your latest weather craig, ill see you at the top of the hour when our pal Sheinelle Jones joins us fresh off of her vocal surgery. See you in a little while meantime, with most of us practicing social distancing, you may have caught up on tv shows. Just in time a new streaming Service Launched today this is meant for your phone its called quibi, serves up quick bites, including tailor made newscast. Were joined by jeff katzenberg, cofounder of quibi and dream works. Good to see you. Good morning, craig good to see you today. Youre launching this ambitious, mobile only streaming service during the middle of a pandemic as i understand it, its designed primarily for folks on the go but no one is going anywhere was there serious consideration to delaying the launch yeah, i think so. Yes, it was designed for those in between moments we all have, whether commuting on a train or waiting in line at starbucks but no, our lives have been turned upside down and inside out in these last 30 days. We actually now have a different type of in between time. All of us in the course of our days, whether were home schooling our kids or doing our work on our computers, we need breaks of time what quibi delivers is beautiful content made exclusively for the phone using a brandnew technology, and i can actually show you a little piece, if you want, made by the most talented Story Tellers and filmmakers in hollywood, both in front of the screen and behind the scene. Do show us the technology i think youre talking about this phone rotation technology, because i was watching some of the episodes last night. This part is pretty cool, if you can bring it up there. Okay and when you turn it, its like you get a completely different vantage point. What was the thinking behind that, jeffrey. You do. Well, the fact is, this is a device steve jobs designed 12, 13 years ago it was never meant to be a video player it was actually a phone and did many things other than watch great video. What we wanted to do was make watching video on this device, turn it off. We wanted to make it beautiful to do that, you had to come up with a new technology that allowed you no matter what way you were holding your phone to have something that really was beautiful and full screen, not a little postage stamp at the top of the screen, which is how most video looks today. That meant filmmakers had to actually approach how they made their content in a completely new and unique way thats part of the fun of it you know, the fact is go on, craig. I was just going to say i caught lebron, i enjoyed that. J. Los show where she kicks off this game of kindness, a kick this game of dangerous game i enjoyed. I wasnt able to watch this spielberg show you reconnected with your teammate hes launching this horror series you can only launch after the sun goes down. Is that right . Yes he came up with this fantastic idea he started writing it himself, which he hasnt done in a really long time. When he sent it to me, he said, i only want people to watch it at midnight. I said, well, thats not quite practical but tell me why. He said, think how much scarier the story will be if you watch it alone in the middle of the night. Meg whitman came up with this new thing on the app that on spielbergs show, theres a clock ticking down to when the sun will set seconds until sun sets its clicking down when the sun sets, you can watch the show when the sun comes up, it disappears to the next night a lot of innovative fun things were doing. Amazing content. Fifty original shows, 500 pieces of original content in our first two weeks. Jeffrey katzenberg. Jeffrey, thank you, again. Quibi, it drops today. You can find it wherever you get your apps. By the way, be sure to look for the report nbc news daily on the streaming service. Hoda kotb. All right, craig. Thank you. Just ahead, olympic legend Michael Phelps on the impact of a delayed olympics and how the battle of the coronavirus, how it strains your Mental Health. But first this is today on step by step, were going to figure this out. Were gonna find a way through this. Were working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses are techs, all the docs. Its about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. Were gonna go through an awful lot of these all across puget sound. People have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. We stay at work. For you. You stay at home for us. Just no know were all with you. Thank you,thank you so much. Thank you doctors nurses s we are back, coming up on 8 40 we are back, coming up on 8 40 with perspective of an unparalleled athlete on an unprecedented situation. In a moment were going to talk to Michael Phelps on the postponement of the olympics, how it impacts athletes who have trained their whole life first, michael in and out of the water. An olympic champion. A legend in the pool and now a leader out of it. Michael phelps. Michael phelps was a fixture on the medal stand for the last four olympics and is now weighing in on the historic decision to postpone the tokyo games by a full year the record 23time olympic Gold Medalist retired after rio in 2016. Look who is back on top hes praising the tokyo postponement but ms sounding but also sounding the alarm in stark terms on what that could mean for his peers on recent interview for nbc sports. I really, really hope we dont see an increase in athlete suicide rates because of this. Because the Mental Health component is by far the biggest decision here. It was the right decision but breaks my heart for athletes phelps has been an outspoken advocate since leaving the water citing his own struggles with it since the beginning of the year. Adding, its not something thats going to go away but ive learned my depression dont hold me back. They make me who i am. I was lost. He discussed Mental Health as an investor and paid endorser for mobile therapy app talk space. I realized i couldnt handle it myself. And in an interview with us in 2018. I finally realized i can ask for help and its okay not to be okay for me, thats what changed my life. That concern about the human toll is a timely one for hundreds of millions across the country now confined in their homes with so many worried about rent, bills, and the anxiety and uncertainty of the pandemic. Phelps hopes his influence and advocacy can be felt far beyond the pool we are so very happy to have Michael Phelps with us this morning. Hey, michael, how are you doing . Good. How are you . Im great put this in perspective for us there are athletes who have been training for years for the Olympic Games that were set for 2020, then they were told those games would be postponed from an athletes perspective, tell us what that athlete is going through. Well, i have to first thank every medical and First Responder out there, everyone working the front lines. Those are our heroes right now they are keeping us, i guess, surviving us whatever you want to say, they are keeping us alive to the athletes, its tough. You go through something for four years and, you know, we kind of know exactly when its going to come and our bodies are ready for it, then we have to wait so it is challenging, but i think the biggest thing now is everybody should look at this as an opportunity an opportunity on another year work on finetuning small things that are going to help you make a big difference. I interviewed simone biles, savannah and i did, she said she cried when she heard the news. Its kind of hard for nonathletes to look at that and say, wow, it feels like that its more than just a competition. This is something. Its your whole life. Yeah. Its difficult. Ive tried to replay what i would be going through emotionally at this very time if i was still competing. Its hard to really kind of comprehend it. So you know, i think the biggest thing is for all the athletes, especially, try to take this as a positive like i said, some of the small things but really, really, really i want everybody to make sure they are taking care of their Mental Health its something thats even more important now. You said something that was just so jarring in the piece we did. You said i really hope we dont see an increase in athletes suicide because this really is a Mental Health game right now. Ill be the first one to admit, im somebody who still struggles with depression and anxiety. Ive had a day or two over the last three weeks where it has been difficult im sure there are people out there going through the exact same thing will again, its something so important to make sure were getting were paying attention to our Mental Health as we are physical. You said your phone is always open for athletes to call you. What advice are you giving folks in this moment i think, you know, if you are in a spot where you need help, to reach out and ask for help. Its something that was very difficult for me to do i can understand somebody going through that also at the same time its something that changed my life to be honest, it saved my life so i am still myself reaching out for help i still have a therapist that i talk to. They help me just be me. Wow can i just ask, youre at home, you and nicole youve got three kids. How is that whole situation going . Its actually pretty awesome right now. Its kind of nice for me weve i guess were home bodied people in general, so its kind of nice for me being able to spend more time with the ones who i love. They are still asleep now, and im looking forward for them asking for pancakes or french toast, whatever it is this morning, then off to schoolwork with mom always moving household here its awesome. Lastly, whats the verdict on the moustache. Are we keeping it . I think for right now i mean, why not . I dont know, its kind of funny. The kids think its hilarious, so were going to keep it. All right, michael. Nice to see your face. Keep up the good work. Appreciate you. Thanks a lot. Still ahead harry smith remembers bill withers and his songs that touched generations of music lovers, but first, this were back with a tribute of a musical icon. The legendary bill withers, he passed away last week leaving behind soulful songs that remain comfort and hope especially now. Harry smith joins us now with remembrance. Hi, harry, good morning. I know i heard al earlier saying that was the playlist all weekend for a lot of folks youve got to think about a guy who grew up very poor in West Virginia his father was a coal miner. He said, ive got to get out of here, joined the navy, was in the navy for years taught himself to play guitar, and a star was born. Make time in my life we all know the words and to sing them now. We all have faith we all have sorrow if ever a time asked for an anthem, lean on me surely is ours. Both amateur and professional with a version to us they all sound good im going to need somebody to lean somebody to lean on we all need somebody interesting, isnt on we all need somebody interesting, isnt it, that the lyrics to a decades old hit can be so familiar to so many generations. Aint to sunshine when shes aint gone with all his songs, withers voice and his songs together create a feel and place all his own. When we heard a bill withers song on the radio, we turned it up shes always gone too long any time she goes away so we turned to him again now. Not just for lean on me but for other classics, and the lonely aint no sunshine. His music, the perfect balm for these unsettled days so we sing it now in solidarity believing that together we will make it through. Call me call me bill withers had all these hits for the 70s and 80s but was always in conflict with record labels. Finally he said, ive had enough youre trying to put me in a box i dont want to be in. He stopped recording in the 80s but we have all these songs that remind us of what an amazing talent he was. And hoda, youre the boost person sometimes even in these darkest days, you need a song like this just to pick you up a little bit. One of my favorites. Lovely day love it lovely day, i dont know of my favorites. Harry, i love it everyone is working a little differently now. So we can still answer your calls. And we are monitoring our system 24 7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. And were still on the road. Solving Critical Issues as they arise. Go to xfinity. Com prepare. Thank you. Efense. Youre doing more to keep your body healthy for the future. Shouldnt your toothpaste do the same for your mouth . Now with crest pro active defense, future proof your whole mouth. Its active Defense Technology neutralizes bacteria to shield against potential issues. Crest. When the murrays go to work. Michelangelo goes to work, too. Good thing they use new gain ultra flings with two times the oxi boost, and febreze. Fresh again. Whaso lets do the rightver chanthing, today. Ow. Lets stay at home. Lets wash up. Lets always keep our distance please, six feet apart at least. Lets look after ourselves, as well as others. It will all be worth it. We can all do our part. So those on the front line can do their part. And when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. Were back with Something Special from al. Hey, mr. Roker hey, hoda we just heard about the celebrations of bill withers life and his music once again, hes bringing communities back together again. In fact, some Walmart Associates in paris, illinois were so inspired by their customers and neighbors, they created a video based on bill withers hit lean on me. The video shared across the country becoming an inspiration of a commercial from our sponsor walmart. Check it out always tomorrow lean on me we know that theres always we know that theres always tomorrow friend ill help you carry on lean on me when youre not strong ill be your friend ill help you carry on it wont be long until im going to need somebody to lean n on those workers are on the front lines, neighbors helping neighbors, exactly what we need during this time speaking of folks helping out, lets introduce you to more of todays heroes check out megan from chillicothe, ohio, just turned 16, donating blood for the first time her mom shared the photos and said megan is a helper by nature look at this, atlanta putting together a collage of her family, amy, mark, hannah, sarah, stan and heather. Four nurses and a physical therapist in san antonio you talk about a family of heroes, that is pretty cool. Guys. I love it its a good one. Remember, you know a hero, please tell us about them. Post it using today heroes and well give them a shout out right here. Still ahead, on the third hour of today, owner of headspace joining us with an important announcement. Jenna and i will see you at 10 00. Well see you later. Have a good one. Good morning to you. Im marcus washington. Its 8 56. The bay area now has more than 3600 confirmed coronavirus cases. Santa clara county has about onethird of the overall total. 89 people in the bay area have died. The Convention Center has been turned into a federal Field Hospital with 250 beds. Its also fully staffed with doctors, nurses and pharmacists at all hours. We know at least two coronavirus patients were transferred there yesterday afternoon. The Convention Center will be used to treat people with milder symptoms to decrease the load at hospitals. Happening now, bob rydell is looking at what cities and counties are doing ahead of the predicted surge this week in coronavirus cases. Hell have a live report during our midday newscast. And muni lines are being cut back in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus. They plan to add more bus lines closer to hospitals and essential businesses. Other lines are being scaled back as well. A link to the full story right now on our home page. Its been a big bounceback day for stocks. Heres a live look at the big board. The dow up 1100 points right now. That rally follows three Straight Days of losses last week. A team of bay area doctors are working to turn sleep apnea devices into lifesaving devices. And a good monday morning. Welcome to the third hour of today. Craig in studio, al working from home and looky looky who is back on monday morning, Sheinelle Jones yes yes recovering from vocal cord surgery. You look great, how do you feel . Thank you it feels weird what did i miss . A lot a lot. Good to see you guys. Were not the only one to miss you a lot of viewers have been sending us questions to check up on you here is a couple