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When you have a situation, when the cases today compared to tomorrow is increased dramatically, thats no time to pull back. Were going to see that in louisiana, in florida, in arizona. We are concerned about certain counties that look like theyre having a more rapid increase. Weve seen the numbers, weve seen the projections. I dont have the support that i need. Even the materials that i need physically to take care of my patients and of america. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to the viewers around the United States and around the world. Its 6 00 here in new york. As of this morning, the United States has more reported cases of coronavirus than any other country on earth. More than italy, more than spain, and more than china where the outbreak began. The virus has killed nearly 1200 people in the United States and it is accelerating across the country. At least 24 states reported 100 or more new cases on thursday. Cases are surging in florida, michigan, illinois, louisiana. Those are hotspots. Governors there struggling to find vebt lay tors and are facing competition are other states and the federal government. Hospitals in different locations around the country tell cnn they expect to run out of icu beds within two weeks. The number of hospitalized patients in new york jumped by 40 in one day. Refrigerated trucks are being mobilized as makeshift morgues. More than 160 Health Care Workers at four hospitals in boston tested positive for coronavirus. Overnight, the new York Police Department reported its first death. This morning, more than 10 of the force is out sick. John, last night, President Trump said he did not think that the states will need all the ventilators and the equipment that they are requesting. The medical experts, of course, disagree. In a few hours, the house will vote on that 2 trillion stimulus deal to get workers and businesses the much needed help. Lets begin with Brynn Gingras in queens new york at elmhurst hospital where four more deaths have been reported, brynn, since just yesterday. Whats happening behind you . Reporter yeah. New York City Health Officials Say that those four deaths are tied to patients who use those ventilators. This hospital, alone, has been resupplied four times in the last ten days with ventilators and other supplies. That just, again, speaks to the demand of that piece of equipment. As john laid out nicely, what were seeing here now, other u. S. Cities are seeing that we saw last week are seeing now. Were talking about the surge in hospitals, the numbers of cases. Were seeing that in detroit, chicago, new orleans. Again, i know youve heard this, but im hearing it on the ground. Next week is going to be even worse. New video inside elmhurst hospital in the middle of new york citys outbreak. This footage published by the New York Times shows an e. R. Crowded with patients that doctors says are suffering from coronavirus. Doctors are struggling to keep up. From our perspective, everything is not fine. I dont have the support that i need and even just the materials that i need physically to take care of my patients. Its america. Were supposed to be a firstworld country. The number of hospitalized patients in new york skyrocketing 40 in one day according to governor andrew cuomo. But some help is on the way. The u. S. Comfort Naval Hospital ship sets course for there tomorrow to ease overcrowding hospitals. Cuomo says the state has enough personal protective equipment for now. But theres a shortage. Ventilators, ventilators, we need more. We have approved the technology that allows one ventilator to serve two patients. Across the u. S. , leaders fear their cities and states could be next. Cases in michigan growing tenfold in one week. The governor says shes struggling to find enough medical supplies. Weve gotten a shipment from the federal government. Strategic national stockpile. The allotment of ppe and the personal Protection Equipment allocated for one of our hospitals was not enough to cover a full shift. Not even a full day. One chicago hospital filling lobby with hospital beds in preparation for a possible surge. We are concerned about certain counties that look like theyre having a more rapid increase. Meanwhile, President Trump is once again suggesting social distancing guidelines may soon be relaxed. Lot of progress is made but we got to go back to work. We may take sections of our country, we may take large sections of our country that arent so seriously affected. Dr. Anthony fauci says trump is trying to give people some hope. Hes listening to us when we say we got to reevaluate in realtime any decision we make has to be based on the data. Reporter back here live in queens. Its just after 6 00 in the morning and you can see the line of people has doubled within the last 15 minutes. The line, we know, theyre reporting it just continues to grow and grow. Weve reached out to elmhurst hospital to get comments on that New York Times video. They have not gotten back to us. One thing i want to mention, alisyn. I talked to a nurse. This has been echoed by reporting across the network, were talking to health care professionals. She described being in a constant state of paranoia. It wasnt about her getting sick. Shes worried about getting sick. Shes worried about getting sick and passing it on to other patients. We can only imagine, only imagine the physical challenges that theyre having and the mental and emotional challenges, brynn. Thank you very much. Joining us now is a physician at Staten Island University Hospital and director of Global Health at northwell health. Also a cnn security analyst julia kye yam. Great to have both of you. Doctor, i want to start with you. Give us a status report of whats happening at your hospital. New York Hospital has surged by 40 in terms of patients had one day, we understand. Are you seeing that . Yes, thats definitely something were seeing in our hospitals as well. Its not ubiquitous across all hospitals. So were taking personnel and staff and moving them to the hospitals that have been hardest hit in order to meet that surge. Thats definitely something. Weve seen some e. R. s that have doubled. Doctor, as brynn said, the doctors carry the fear that theyll get sick, of course and number two, that they wont know theyre sick and theyll pass it along. Can you describe, how are the Health Care Workers at your Hospital Holding up emotionally . I mean, this is a taxing time. Id like them the Health Care Provider feel were at war against this virus. Were worried about infecting our patients, our families. Worried about the risk it causes to us. Everyone is concerned about ppe and making sure we have enough ppe that we dont run out of it. Even though we have ppe on hand at our hospitals, were using it as much as safely possible so we dont run out and we dont have a problem in the future with getting that supply to keep us and our patients and our families safe. Julia, it sounds like the president wants to open parts of the country. Hes been restless with the idea that theres shutdown, the economy has taken a huge hit. Of course, governors have other ideas and ultimately it may be up to the governors in terms of if their state opens. Can you in terms of your experience, having been in the white house, see a scenario whereby the places that are not as hard hit can return to some sort of functioning . Well, obviously, we want to look at what recovery will look like. Any person who sees the data knows were this is a little premature and also youre looking at metrics rather than dates, right . The metrics are fewer people getting sick. Are there icu Units Available . Are there respirators and ventilators available . When we see good metrics based on what the doctor was saying, based on are you over that curve, thats when you begin to open up. President trump sort of focused on an open update is not only premature, its distracting us from what we need to do know. We need to socially distance, aggressively across the 50 states and we need to surge resources and as you noted in the opening, and personnel. Were starting to have a personnel issue. Weave 15 of the nypd sick and nurses and doctors getting sick. This is the surge phase and we need to focus on it knowing that at some stage well be able to measure the metrics. The president is looking for easy fixes. He does this with the vaccines and the treatment. This is the hard part and the long part. The sooner we can focus on what we need to do now, the metrics will come easily. Theyll come. We know theyll come. Italy got there, china got there, south korea got there. Doctor, its not just new york, of course, where theres a surge in patients as we have reported. The u. S. Has now outpaced china in terms of patients. What about what juliette just raised. Are you many doctors and Health Care Workers short . Are they having to call in sick . Whats the status of personnel in Staten Island on the ground there . Personalwise, were redistributing. Im going to be in queens later today working one of the e. R. S. Thats because there are shortages. Not only do we have doctors that are out, doctors and nurses out sick, but we have higher volumes than the normal amount of doctors to take care of. It causes disruptions and requires reorganization to manage. If it continues, it will get to the point where were going to have a lot of people working more than theyre supposed because colleagues will be out sick and willing to cover them until they recover. Thats an issue were contending with and dealing with. Doctor, what about ventilators . Were relieved to hear you have enough ppe at the moment. How about ventilators . Were comfortable with our current volumes, how many ventilators we have. We reassess this on a daily call. But right now we had enough extra ventilators that we feel comfortable we can continue taking care of patients through the surge. I dont think thats true citywide or statewide. Were in contact with the other hospitals and Health System to make sure we dont have a stockpile while another hospital is going through need. We are trying to coordinate between the systems, ventilator supplies. Transferring patients when appropriate to make sure were meeting the need. I think the government is right. Were going to fall short without an increase in production. Its hard to know what the right number is, juliette. President trump said he doesnt think new york will need 40,000 ventilators. Not sure how he can possibly predict that. But we hear such differing things. Its true. This is why the defense production act makes a lot of sense. The president invoked it but they have not forced the private sector. It satisfies the market, right . In other words, you tell a producer, i dont know my number. Lets make 50,000 respirators. We will buy them. The good news about respirators, like gloves and masks. Unlike milk and bread, they dont go bad. Big deal. Its not a crisis if you have a surplus of goods that eventually you need. You put them in the strategic stockpile or sell them to the states that will be depleted and everyone is happy. This idea that we know the number now, we dont even know what the patient pool is yet. Overorder, absolutely. Then if you have a surplus, sell them to the states. Theyre going to have to regroup and help sick people for other ailments. I keep saying its the easiest thing in the world. The defense production act is genius. It creates the market, you buy stuff and you distribute it in a meaningful fashion. The doctor mentioned that new York Hospitals themselves are divvying up stuff. This is ridiculous at this stage. We know that new york is going to need more respirators. The number in my mind doesnt matter. More is my number. At this stage, more is my number. If you have a surplus, you sell it at the end of it. Overprepare. That makes perfect sense. Juliette and dr. Pena, thank you both very much. As states plead with the federal government for equipment, President Trump is downplaying the needs. What does that mean for patients today . Thats next. Go on and ask her. Tell her how you feel. Cause there is no doubt this love is real ooohh. Take the leap, with our diamond price match guarantee. Jared. I often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues. Does it worry me . Absolutely. They are both very much hand in hand. So you should really be focusing on both and definitely at the same time. 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I want to play something from charlie baker. Hes mildmannered as they become. What youre about to see is an outraged governor baker talking about how hes trying to get supplies and has had them taken away from him from under his nose. Listen. I stand here as someone who has had confirmed orders for millions of pieces of gear evaporate in front of us. I cant tell you how frustrating it is. Weve literally gotten to the point, until the thing shows up here in the commonwealth of mass, it doesnt ex ibs. Our First Responders are, our Health Care Workers, everybody deserves to have that gear. Im telling you, were killing ourselves trying to make it happen. I dont think governor baker is alone in this. What exactly does that mean, juliette . That the governors the states are trying to get the gear, as the president told them theyre supposed to. But when they think they have it, it gets taken away by someone else, sometimes the federal government. Sometimes the federal government and sometimes other states. So because the market is open now because were not utilizing the defense production act, it means that the seller has leverage. Because you have desperate buyers, 50 governors begging for the stuff. The federal government trying to get it. That gives leverage to the seller because we live in a capitalist society. They then begin to raise the prices. People other states get desperate, they say ill go up with you on that price and they outbid either massachusetts or another state or the feds do the same. This is why we need to stabilize the supply chain. This is the easy part. Its just logistics. Satisfy the supply chain. The defense production act sets the market at fair market value. You dont have this bidding. You dont have this price gouging or price increases and you stabilize this is the simplest part of this. Satisfying the supply chain. The doctor and his colleagues are doing the hard part, right . This is the just get them what they need. Dr. Pen a, i think sometimes we get lost in all the talk about numbers and terminology. I want you to explain to viewers why ventilators are so important. One of the things about covid19, its so dramatic in its presentation. How much it focuses the attack on the lungs. Essentially what happens is, in the first five days if youre going to get a problem with your lungs, you get a viral pneumonia which is basically an infection in the lungs. By day ten, youre getting something called ards. Where your lungs are attacked and filled with fluid. It creates a problem with your ability to breathe. Its almost like youre drowning in your lungs. The ventilator essentially pushes some of that fluid out of the way, opens up the lungs as much as they can be open and oxygenate your blood and gets you through it while your body fights the infection. The ventilator is keeping you alive long enough to fight the virus. Its a vital part of Critical Care for the viruses. Dr. Birks she said there are no examples of people wanting ventilators that arent getting them. Im trying to understand that statement with what im hearing from people like you and doctors around the country who are scared theyre going to run out. Your fear is what . You wont have them in a week or two when the need is most acute. Is that right . If youre looking at ex owe nengs numbers, we expect Critical Care to be a percentage of that. Its going to overwhelm the splief we ha supply we have. We dont anticipate needing more than seven bullets to fight a war so make seven. I never want to make a decision that i decide who goes on a ventilator and who doesnt . If we dont prepare for this, were in trouble. Juliette, you focus on so much. You run operations like this. Sometimes there are things going on over here that youre not watching carefully. One of them in new york city has to do with First Responders. 10 of the police force calling out sick today. Weve found our first covid19 death among the new York City Police force. What are you looking for here . This is the secondary impact of the virus. In planning we actually determine what percentage of your resources, your Human Resources might be depleted for three reasons. One is they get sick. The other is that they have to be confined because they might be sick. Its stressful. As we saw in new orleans after hurricane katrina, theres going to be a certain percentage who dont want to deal with this, maybe understandably. Were looking at 10 of the nypd. That is high because most planning assumes around 10 or 15 . Were already at 10 with the nypd. What does that mean . It means we have to get to essential functions. In other words, the police now are not going to be worried about your cat in the tree, theyre not even probably going to be worried about tickets. 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Heres a look at whats happening on the ground there. In some of northern italys cemeteries, theres no space left for the dead killed by the coronavirus. Hospitals are crumbling under the sheer number of patients and u. S. Experts warn if this disease could cripple italys Strong Health care system, the u. S. Could be next. Essentially got out of hand. It became difficult for them, as good as they are and theyre very good, to be able to contain it in a way that is Contact Tracing all that kind of thing. It was more mitigation. How do we deal with what we have . Theyre in a very difficult position. In this exclusive footage given to cnn, doctors show us operating rooms in a hospital in northern italy turned into makeshift intensive care units. Barely conscious patients. Doctors and nurses pushed to the brink. They now have to choose who will live and who will die. Some medics described it as wartime triage. Patients with the highest chance of survival get priority. Its doctors, nurses and emergency workers who are exposed to the greatest risk. At least 39 medical professionals have died in italy since the crisis. Even a smaller roar can can give you infection. You have to hope not to get any serious problem. Its a stark picture for those in the u. S. Now fighting the disease. Americas doctors are already planning for the challenges they will soon face. In italy, exhausted doctors struggle physically and mentally from the strain they hope other countries will learn from them. Translator were not even counting the dead anymore. Look at the news out of italy and take note of what the situation really is like. A dire situation and a warning for the world. Reporter alisyn, i want to say that other countries are helping out in this crisis. Germany is taking in some patients. Russia and cuba have sent in doctors and the u. S. Army has sent up seven truck loads of temporary hospital equipment, stretchers, wheelchairs to the area outside of milan. Alisyn . Ill take it, delia. Delia gallagher thank you. This is a global effort. Obviously, we thank you very much for the reporting. John . New warnings of coronavirus hotspots in the u. S. Beyond new york. A surge in cases in new orleans, chicago and detroit. Whats behind this . Were live on the scene next. Right now, weve got 100 reasons for you to switch to jackson hewitt. Say goodbye to your old tax service and get 100 when you file with jackson hewitt. Plus, youll get our lifetime accuracy guarantee. So maybe its more like 101 reasons. Get your coupon code at jacksonhewitt. Com and get 100 today. Your work day stretches all whenthe way to the horizon. You need bestinclass acceleration and handling with cargo. Cover more ground with the fast, durable kubota sidekick. This piece is talking yeah . So what do you see . I see an unbelievable opportunity. I see bestinclass platforms and education. 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Again, the lobby turning into a potential war where they can lay down beds to have extra space to prepare for a surge of coronavirus patients that they are expecting to see in the coming weeks. Not only that, at chicagos convention center, theyre exploring thousands exploring ways to lay out thousands of additional beds if need be. Were also now learning from the medical Examiners Office here in chicago, they are in the process of acquiring additional refrigerated Warehouse Space to account for, again a surge they could potentially see. In the words of all the officials, they hope they do all of this planning and they dont end up needing it. For right now, they say they have to be prepared. Its been a similar situation in a nearby state of innish mitsch where, as you mentioned, a week ago, they had around 350 cases. Cases are closing in on 3,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in that state. The governor there, Gretchen Whitmer has said theyve struggled to find adequate personal protective equipment for the First Responders and the Health Care Workers on the frontlines of this battle. She says in many cases they are fighting for the supplies for some of the earlier states that have been affected by the coronavirus outbreak here in the United States. And she has requested a major disaster declaration from the federal government and specifically from President Trump. The two have gone back and forth. The president criticizing the governor on television. She going right back saying that if you do support michigan, she wants him to prove it. Why is this so important . Well, we have seen how the coronavirus has exploded in Major Population Centers across the United States, first in seattle and were unfortunately seeing it play out in new york city. But in the words of the Coronavirus Task force, theyre now concerned about two counties as potential next hotspots, wayne county, which includes detroit and of course cook county here in chicago. John . Major population areas that have to be ready right now. Because when the surge comes, its already too late. Omar jimenez in chicago. Thank you very much for that reporting. Alisyn . John, so many states are, of course, in that same boat. So, for instance, louisiana. That state is seeing a surge of coronavirus cases. The state now has more than 2,300 confirmed cases. Compare that to roughly 400 a week ago. 83 people have died in louisiana. So joining us now is dr. Jeffrey quo. Hes an e. R. Physician and medical director of the Referral Center at okay objection ner health there. Whats happening in new orleans this morning, doctor . Reporter ill tell you what. Ill tell you what. We know were at the epicenter, at the tip of the sphere here. To use a gulf south analogy. Our concern is that at this point, we are perhaps at the outer band of a category 5 hurricane. This may get worse before it gets better. I think as part of that, we understand being the Largest Health Care Organization in the state of louisiana, its our charge to lead in statewide efforts to support our partners, to support our other systems. But we understand that this isnt just here in louisiana, just here in nor lannew orleans this is a national issue. We are are definitely not immune. At this point, were practicing under contingency plans and such. Let me give some numbers. There were 510 new cases yesterday in louisiana as i understand it. As you said, theres now 2,300 cases at least. I know that youve been monitoring, you say youve been monitoring the situation over several months. So when you say that you fear that this is just sort of the tip of the iceberg, what are your models telling you or what have you seen in terms of where you are on the surge . So lets be frank. Obviously nobody really knows where this is going to go. But i think that being that we have been monitoring this for quite a few months now, we are prepared. As part of that, we were able to implement ppe protocols very early on for our employees. We have our care teams are working judiciously in order to make sure we dont run out of ppe. Our supply chain works tirelessly to make sure theyre purchasing. Were utilizing we have an Innovation Lab that really is helping us in order to manage our patients in a very safe manner. Were utilizing telehealth. As an example, if i were to see you in one of my Emergency Departments and i deem that you have covid19, lower respiratory infection, but you dont have any reason to be admitted, ill send you home. Our pull monday olmonologists w. We can decrease the exposure risk to our people and ute i willization of ppe. Doctor in terms of reducing risk to employees, 16 employees have tested positive, 300 in quarantine. What is it like to function down that many men and women . Thats a great question. Just to put it into perspective, we are the largest private employer in the state of louisiana. We have over 26,000 employees. So at this point, we recognize that the numbers, although they are quite scary, are actually very small from a percentile perspective. With that understanding, we also know that when we go into health care profession, it comes with certain inherent risks. Its inevitable when you have a Global Crisis like this, where you have a pandemic, that some of us are going to get sick. But i do think that a lot of the policies that weve implemented have really helped us decrease the amount of employees that have gotten sick thus far when you compare it to other countries and the Health Care Workers there. With that being said, its still heartbreaking. Of course. I mean, it is good to hear that you all could see this storm coming, to run with your analogy and you did feel as though you were prepared with ppes, et cetera. Look, you guys are selfless. We really appreciate you being on the frontlines and taking this risk for everybody else. Dr. Jeffrey kuo, thank you very much for updating us. Take care and of course, well be watching what happens in new orleans. Thank you very much. Meanwhile, the 2 trillion stimulus plan billed as a way to help ordinary working people. But it turns out there is important fine print in there that could put billions of dollars in the pockets of real estate moguls. Thats next. Any occasion the perfect coffee occasion. Family brunch just add Ground Coffee for a carafe, or pop in a pod for a freshly brewed cup. Good strong coffee. Our french roast. It was a decaf for you, yes . In your favorite mug. There we go. Thwhich, if im mistaken,w papadia. Is latin for better than a sandwich. Heheven has a better pickle. 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Joining me now, cnn chief Business Correspondent Christine Romans and julia chatterley. Romans, this is a taste of whats going on. I want to read a statement from the new York Department of labor. Last week we received more than 1. 7 million calls for new york workers filing unemployment claims. Their dedicated staff answering all the calls and committed to serve every person needed no matter how long it takes. Thank you for your continued patience. Theres two parts of that. Number one, the scope of it. The 1. 7 million claims in new york alone. But the second part of it is, its pretty clear that all those people arent showing up yet on the numbers that were seeing and the needs arent being fulfilled yet because theres such a backlog. There were 80,000 new claims for unemployment officially filed in new york city. You can see that big spread, right . All the other people are going to probably be counted this week or the week after. The state labor departments are telling their citizens, look, youre going to get back dated unemployment insurance. Dont worry about that. But just be patient with us while our systems crash, frankly, because of the huge demand. Youre right, it is a snapshot, john, of the new part of this crisis. The layoff crisis. Because of the shutdown. Weve intentionally shut down the economy and now these layoffs are the by product of that. Julia, people are trying to figure out how they get the money when it comes. Maybe direct deposit, maybe by check. Youve been digging into this. I have. I spoke to the union of taxpayers and the woman i spoke to there said, look, the good news here is if you look at the tax filings from 2019, around 60 of people actually provided direct deposit information. That doesnt include people that get Social Security benefits. So that actually mied under state the number of people who gave the information. Not all of them qualify for checks. But certain limits of people that earned some money but dont qualify, dont earn enough to provide that information. Therefore, theyre going to the treasury secretary said, look, well get them out after april 6th as soon as possible. But history suggests it could take up to two months. Romans, this bailout bill, the house will vote on it, we believe today or will pass by unanimous consent, there are specific provisions which prevents president , the Vice President , their families from getting any direct loans. But, weve learned overnight about part of this bill which can directly benefit the president , Jared Kushner, anyone in real estate, which is these tax writeoffs that had been eliminated or mitigated as part of the last tax bill. That boon is coming back. Explain whats going on. This is fascinating. The New York Times found this slipped in at the last minute on page 203 of an 880page bill. The New York Times called it a bonanza for the richest Real Estate Investors in the country. This is the top of the 1 ers who get this. This is part of a Tax Deduction of real estate depreciation. When you dig all into it, it comes to the tune of 170 billion in tax savings. 170 billion over ten years for the richest, richest real estate families in america. Can i jump in very quickly and just talk about this as well . Yeah. What weve got here when the city that never sleeps then goes to sleep. Every business calls up their landlord and goes, guys, im not going to pay rent. We dont know for how long that goes on. Some part of this will be preventing a cash crunch. You cant have every real estate going out of business. At the same time, to christines point, some people will look at this and go, perhaps were trying to prevent that. But there is an element of greed here, too. You decide. You decide. This is how, though, there were years that Jared Kushner reportedly did not pay taxes, there were years that donald trump reportedly did not pay taxes. Part of this was supposed to be removed as part of the last tax bill. But now its back. That will, i imagine, julia, raise some eyebrows. It absolutely will. Again, ill give context. The Business Roundtable to the representative of some of the biggest businesses in the country. All asked for this and said look, can weave all have this, it will allow us to keep our employees on. There is an element here, a gain of not again, of not allowing every business including the real estate sector to go under all at once. To your point, the connections here are stinky and will always come back to that. An 800page bill, if not more. Julia chatterley, Christine Romans, thanks very much. The United States has more coronavirus cases than any country in the world. We have so many developments to bring you this morning right after this. 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As of this morning, the United States has more reported cases of coronavirus than any other country on earth. Thats more than italy, more than spain and more than china where the outbreak began. The virus has killed nearly 1200 people in the u. S. And it is accelerating. At least 24 states reporting 100 or more new cases on thursday. Cases are surging in florida, in michigan, in illinois and louisiana. Governors there still struggling to find ventilators, but theyre facing competition with each other and with the federal government. Hospitals in different locations around the country tell cnn that they expect to run out of icu beds within two weeks. The number of hospitalized patients in new york jumped by 40 on thursday. Refrigerated trucks are now being mobilized as makeshift morgues. More than 150 Health Care Workers at four boston hospitals have tested positive for coronavirus. Overnight, the new York Police Department reported its first death. This morning, more than 10 of the police force is out sick, john. If First Responders and emergency workers cant help, then were all sunk. Thats a source of major concern this morning. It is worth noting, despite all the pleas were hearing from mayors and governors, the president says he does not think that they require all the ventilators and equipment that theyre requesting. In just a few hours, the house will vote on a 2 trillion rescue deal to get American Workers and businesses muchneeded help in this crisis. We want to begin our coverage with Brynn Gingras. Shes live at elmhurst hospital in queens here in new york. Four deaths over the last 24 hours, brynn. A 40 increase in new York Hospitals in just 24 hours. Thats a big number. Reporter it is. Remember, john,