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york city to help with the coronavirus crisis by treating patients with other surgical needs that would be handled normal times by the hospitals. well the state of new york, the epicenter now in our country of this outbreak, and that ship comes just one day after the president signed the massive coronavirus stimulus relieve bill which would give financial aid to americans and businesses that are so hardly affected by the virus. here is the president earlier on potential -- one thing he's considering, that's a possible quarantine of the new york, new jersey, connecticut areas for 2 weeks he says because of the numbers of cases here. >> i am now considering and will make a decision very quickly, very shortly, a quarantine, because it's such a hot area of new york, new jersey and connecticut will be announcing that one way or the other fairly soon. eric: mark meredith live at the white house with the very latest on what is being considered, hi, mark. mark: hi, eric, that's something that the president says is under consideration but still unclear when something like this would happen. the president himself hinted that possible quarantine could come as soon as today. you played the clip in forfolk, here is what he had to say a few hours ago. >> we are looking at it. we are looking at it and we will be making a decision. a lot of the states that are infected that don't have a big problem, they've asked me if i'd look at it. we are going to look at it and it'll be for a short period of time if we do it at all. it'll be new york, it'll be new york, parts of connecticut and parts of new jersey. mark: that was the president at joint base andrews, unclear when the decision will be made. the map where president approved disaster declaration like washington, california, texas, louisiana, florida, all of the states dealing with the outbreak. it's expected the white house will get more disaster declarations from around the country. this week the congress and the white house approved the 2 trillion-dollar stimulus bill to help individuals and industries because of the virus, based on income and help small businesses stay afloat and keep some staff stay on payroll. congress may consider additional stimulus demanding on what happened in the next several weeks. lawmakers decided to leave town. it's unclear when the stimulus checks exactly will get to americans. there's talk it could be a couple of weeks but people eager to see when this is going to happen, eric. eric: mark, no details on the possible quarantine where people can't leave or what will be brought in in terms of food stuff and supplies and that sort of thing. speaking of relief the president was in virginia, norfolk, to send u.s. comfort off heading to new york. mark: eric, you're right, the president praising the military to get ships up and runs these are floating hospitals. the president, though, making it clear what this ship is going to have. here is what he had to say in norfolk moments ago. >> the people will be the virus will not be on ship. the ship will be used for people having operations and by serving the emergency patients away from the hospitals, beds will be open up all over the city for those who are infected. park mark just a few more details about the uss comfort, 12 fully equipped operating room and capacity of a thousand beds, laboratory on board and pharmacy on board. the president says he expects the ship to be there in new york on monday and expected to start treating patients on tuesday. we saw depart from norfolk within the last hour. a lot of people eager to see what relieve the ship will be able to provide. eric. eric: that is for sure. expect to hear monday and the twin sister ship of that ship mercy departing san diego to help los angeles to help folks on the west coast. mark, thank you so much. arthel: eric, thank you, fda approving coronavirus test that could give results in about 15 minutes. the pharmaceutical company behind it now ramping up production saying it expects to deliver 50,000 tests starting next week. let's go to steve harrigan live in atlanta outside of cdc headquarters, steve. steve: arthel, that news really shows just how dramatically and quickly things are changing when it comes to testing. a couple of weeks ago it was days wait for a lab result to come back. just last week fda approving for the first time a test that could come in 45 minutes, so-called point of care test that would let you know within that amount of time whether or not you have the virus. now lab saying they are ready for a test that can come under 15 minutes, positive result in as little as 5 minutes. this really could be a game-changer. the lab says it's going to roll out 50,000 test units a day, fda approved beginning on monday. also the world health organization saying it's beginning historic drug trial treatments. volunteers from norway and spain getting those treatments to see what works the best against coronavirus. four of the most promising drugs will be tested in these trials, malaria medications, antiviral compounds as well as hiv compounds, all being test today see which is the most effective against the coronavirus, arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan, thank you very much, steve. eric. eric: meanwhile in epicenter of nation's outbreak in new york, healthcare workers face surge of new patients and desperate pleas from nurses and doctors for masks and ventilators. we will have more on that throughout the coverage this afternoon. because the focus is only battling coronavirus that has prompted governor andrew cuomo to postpone presidential primary in april as he looks to the future. >> you don't wing -- win on defense, you win on offense. you have to get ahead of this and anticipate what's going to happen and create that reality now. eric: jacqui heinrich live in new york with the very latest, jacqui. >> jacquie bringing total 50,000 coronavirus cases in new york, 7300 people are in the hospital and 1700 of them are in the icu. hospitals are straining to meet the needs. president trump approved governor andrew cuomo's for more temporary field hospitals bringing total to 8 plus the u.s. navy ship comfort heading to new york harbor. local hospitals are reporting units are full. outside of hospital in queens, long lines of people, same hospital that used refrigeration trucks to hold bodies. while the state says they have purchased enough equipment for the current need healthcare workers on the front lines say they are still rationing and reusing masks because of shortage operating under crisis guidelines from the cdc. >> we are doing our best to take care of it, put a little hand sanitizer on it, wipe it down, but it's tough because the masks are used as only -- as only stable use, you know, only for use. it's been very difficult but we've managed and we are doing our best to manage and it's not easy. >> the state also doubled down on the need for 30,000 ventilators. governor cuomo saying covid-19 patients needing support for 11 to 21 days whereas noncovid patient would use machine for 3 or 4 days. they purchased 7,000 bags of masks as backup. >> we are each talking about training national guard people to learn how to operate this device. if we have to turn to this device on any large-scale basis, that's not an acceptable situation. we are back to ventilators because we need the ventilators. >> the state estimates the peak of infections is still about 3 weeks away, eric. eric: all right, jacqui, thanks so much. meanwhile mayor bill de blasio right now, let's show you a live video. this is the mayor at a warehouse standing in front of 250,000 masks being donated to new york by the united nations. the united nations masks that are surplus in their storehouse. usually these are distributed to un workers and blue helmets around the world who deal with epidemics and pandemics, ironic that they are using here in new york. the secretary general praising our ambassador and kelly craft for arranging donation of the masks. they will be given to medical professionals of new york. secretary says for us new yorkers, headquarters to have united nations, it's a vibrant international capital through which the world communicates, debates, trades and prospers so a quarter of a million much needed masks being donated by the united nations thanks to the secretary general and thanks to our un ambassador kelly kraft. arthel. arthel: eric, there's excellent news but there's bad news i have to share. nypd announcing the third member of the department has died from the virus. detective cedric dixon veteran who sworn in harlem. first sworn officer to pass away. civilian employee and custodian also died this week. more than 500 nypd officers have tested positive for coronavirus. 4,000 officers more than one in ten are out sick right now. meantime the latest stat show crime in the city dropped 25% last week after stay at home orders were issued. meanwhile it is another grim day in italy. the country with the highest coronavirus death toll in the world. health officials reporting 889 more deaths today but there's a little good news. the rate of infection is slowing down from 7 to 5% in the last 24 hours. meanwhile pope francis holding mass in an empty st. peters square praying for the end of the pandemic. more than 10,000 people have died from the virus in italy. eric. eric: arthel, there was quite a site of the pope alone in st. peters square. meanwhile spain epicenter of outbreak. 832 more deaths reported there just today bringing the country's total to almost 5,750. brian developments worldwide and joins us live from london. ryan. >> ryan: yes, spain is second only to italy when it comes to deaths of the coronavirus and it just saw deadliest day yet, 8,000 reported infections in just the last 24 hours, that brings the total number of reported infections in spain, a country that has one seventh of the population of the united states to about 72,000, nearly 5700 deaths. keep in mind spain is about 2 weeks into a national lockdown and still the numbers keep rising. experts say spain's medical system is now in serious jeopardy, more and more medical workers, ambulance drivers, nurses, doctors, meanwhile we have seen huge spike, uk also saw its deadliest day with more than 259 new deaths just in the last 24 hours bringing the toll to over 1,000. the health of the healthcare system just said that the uk will have done well if less than 20,000 people who died before this is all over. in other words, less than 20,000 deaths would be a success. the whole of the uk, myself included, are in lockdown that will continue until at least easter monday. yesterday you may recall prime minister boris johnson became the first world leader to report he's tested positive. meanwhile in germany where 325 people have died from the virus, chancellor angela merkel chief of staff says germany won't ease its restrictions of movement until at least the 20th of april. germany is not the first european country to extend their lockdown and finally, go to china where the pandemic began in december and people are now back on the streets again. a plane from china just landed in spain carrying cargo of 4 million face masks as new cases dry up in china, the country has been on a pr offensive extending the medical assistance medical supplies, medical protective gear trying to win hearts and minds in continental europe and i can tell you those face masks are definitely welcome. eric: all right, ryan, they are, thank you. arthel. arthel: yeah, eric, here at home officials across the country calling on americans to stay at home, we will speak to a doctor about effectiveness of the orders and the possible role of the weather in spreading coronavirus. that must be why you're always so late. i do not speed. and that's saving me cash with drivewise. my son, he did say that you were the safe option. and that's the nicest thing you ever said to me. so get 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>> well, we all want to maintain hope and we know that the things that we've been told to do which is social distancing, washing our hand, wiping down surfaces, those things work. many of us americans are waiting for warmer weathers to come up not because it's end of flu season but we can't make that presumption based on what we know at this time. now really what happens with virus we pry -- try to predict behavior and that's speculation. that's all that we have at this time and there have been a few studies that have come out. one of massachusetts institute of technology which said that warmer areas such as texas and florida have fair better in general compared to new york and new jersey. there's also been some more studies out of finland and spain, but i want to point out none of these are peer reviewed. so we still need to wait and see what happens. eric: yeah, certainly wait and see and something that could be second wave in the fall even if we beat it. you just talked about the way it behaves like other viruses. does it? it seems like this has been -- it's engineered to get into the body and potentially then explode like a fuse or a time bomb. i mean, you know like a virus that's put in a computer, you don't know that you have it and sudden by boom, is that typical of other viruses and diseases or is that unique to this one? >> well, most of the viruses and germs into membranes which are eyes, nose and mouth. 20% may have serious complications where they need hospitalization. we do want to put that in perspective. the people who do have serious complications, it travels into the lungs and creates a lot of inflammation, we have a double hit. that can cause our lungs not work the way we need to. getting oxygen in and being able to get rid of carbon dioxide and that's why some people will need breathing materials for period of time. eric: so what would you suggest? you stay at home as our viewers and hopefully most americans are doing, what other precautions should you take, what do you suggest from, i don't know, tonic water, i'm not saying take that, what do you do, what can you do to protect your lungs in the best way? >> we want to keep it simple. social distancing does work. respiratory droplets can spread. we want to stay 6 feet away from people. listen to this. when we say stay at home, we have to follow state and local guidelines are and essentially means not going anywhere that's not essential, grocery stores are essential, pharmacies are essential, getting medical care is essential but going out to visit a friend's house, that's not essential. so we want to follow those guidelines. it works, social distancing works and we are trying to buy time until we do have medications that have been proven to be safe and effective and there's a number of them on the horizon. we have some hope for i can't say the word, hidroxychloroquine but we don't know if it's effect i have to all people so again prevention is the best method. eric: doctors say drink whatever you have, drink a lot of water, that would help. finally, what is your reapplication? i know it's hard and we have a bit of delay because of technology on this, what is your reapplication on when this thing will finally break? >> to think this is going to disappear because the weather gets warmer, that's a stretch. what we want to do we want to have hope not just future and the present and the things that we can do. while we don't know we are trying to flatten the curve and hoping social distancing would occur sooner than later. keep doing what you've been told to do. stay away from home, wash your hands, cover your mouth when you're coughing and sneezeing. people are seen apart from each other. that's how we will beat the enemy. eric: yeah, new york had first cluster and brought the national guard to help with food deliveries and that sort of thing and everyone was told in 1-mile radius to stay at home and governor andrew cuomo that did flatten the curve so they were successful and are success in new rochelle, certainly that's what we want for the rest of the nation. dr. nina, thank you for your advice. >> thank you. eric: arthel. arthel: eric, we have more sad news to share, former republican senator tom of oklahoma has died after year-long battle with cancer. senator coburn served in the house from 1995 to 2001 and in the senate from 2005 to 2016. senator would pick up the name dr. no for strong stance of wasteful federal spending. today his fellow lawmakers calling him, quote, a tremendous leader and a great friend whose legacy will live on. senator tom coburn was 72 year's old. and onto new orleans now, known for parties in the streets, virtually empty as coronavirus cases are on the rise. the mayor of the city, my hometown, is going to tell us howie: -- how she's handling the outbreak. next ♪ (vo) quickbooks salutes the grit and determination of those who work for themselves. they're the backbone of our economy. and in these challenging times, they're adapting to support their communities. but many need our help. if you're a small business in need, or want to help a local business, go to quickbooks.com/smallbusinesshelp intuit quickbooks. hey you, yeah you. ♪ i opened a sofi money account and it was the first time that i realized that i could be earning interest back on my money. this is amazing. i just discovered sofi, and i'm an investor with a diversified portfolio. who am i? 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>> sure. so as it relates to the ppe, it's going to need for city of new orleans and literally for the state since first case on march ninth. our first responders are medical professional personnel even as it relates to our homes and as cases continue to grow. today at we are at 1298. death toll around 90. we are seeing the payment,s -- impacts on the ground and also related to surge capacity and wanting to make sure we are truly meeting the need as hospitals are on the vernal -- verge of being oversaturated and therefore standing up our surge is something that we have been working on and doing at this moment, making sure that we are preparing for 3,000 of our patients to move them out of the hospital, making way for others who need emergency care. arthel: mayor, in addition to personal protective equipment, what more do you need? do you -- we want to neglect what you need to help your medical workers and are you in touch, by the way, from anyone of the president's coronavirus task force? >> well, we are in direct communication with our state officials and members that are served by the federal government. but on the ground in the city of new orleans is being stood up by local leadership, even by state leadership, that of louisiana national guard even. so we do have boots on the ground, but when you talk about the needs of the city of new orleans, of our region and of the state it continues to be around the federal assistance that we haven't -- have been advocating seen as levels passed as care act. we want to know how that would be fully implemented so we can get the resources again to the people who need them the most on the ground. we have seen a tremendous amount of our workforce be layed off. you know, that we are a destination of city of world-class city hospitality that fuels the economy, over 110,000 workers are closely tied to our industry that are in need of resources right now to maybe -- maintain quality of life, having food on the table, child nutrition is something that we are focusing on, heavily advocating for usda waivers that i understand are being granted. this is huge as it relates to thousands that are dependent upon our food service providers. second harvest of food bank, for example, and many others that are here on the ground, so we appreciate the access but we really want the results and the resources to hit the ground. arthel: absolutely, mayor, jarome adams is saying that the worst is likely yet to come and new orleans on new york type week. you mentioned earlier and i got it in my text message that they are happening at 12:38 p.m. central time, 298 cases confirmed cases with 70 to 90 people having succumb to the virus. i know your fight. my family is there and i know how hard you're working but according to what i'm hearing from you now, mayor, and i know new orleans is not the only city in need but according to the u.s. surgeon general new orleans is in critical need next. we need to make sure that we put you and the governor edwards, bell edwards in direct contact with people in washington. i think that's what you need next? >> absolutely. we appreciate that. i'm telling you, the governor and i didn't wait to hear that was coming from the federal government, meaning, the surgeon general. we have been working on and standing up surge capacity for weeks now, so what it does say is that we are -- we are allowing with what the research and the science is telling us and we are responding with real action on the ground and we will continue to advocate for the needs of orleans perish, for our region, for the state of louisiana. arthel: yeah, yeah, indeed. and, you know, i -- i want to address something really quickly because i've seen it in the news and, you know, february 25th was mardi gras, february 28th, our president who has since come up with creative ways and great efforts to assist in the fight against covid-19 but on february 28th, you know, 3 days after mardi gras the president was saying that this was, you know, the democrats were politicizing the coronavirus, so i'm not asking you to speak against the president because i'm not speaking against the president as well but what i'm saying, though, to that point, at that point with mardi gras happened on february 25th, not even the white house realized how grave this was going to become. i ask you now if you have known then what you know now would you have canceled mardi gras? >> you know, one thing also that we have to stay focused on on mardi gras we were appearing from the federal government that the virus was contained and so at the end of the day this is about how we've been impacted, what are the results and what are the needs that we need right now to ensure that we flatten that curve, that we prevent the spread, that we ensure that the people who are being greatly impacted by this our needs are met on the ground with resources that we have been advocating for and so we can't continue to look back, we have to look forward and that forward what it looks like to me is getting the ppe on the ground, of getting the necessary resources and dollars on the ground, getting the ventilators in the hospitals, that's what we need right now and i will continue to advocate and standby the people of the state of louisiana, the city of new orleans, all of our perishes and you know what, we thank you for the outreach and we really do need the support and that of the federal government. arthel: mayor, i hear your compassion not only is new orleans special to you, to me, it's my hometown as i said, but the president and the people around the world love new orleans and i'm sure president trump heard you and we know help is on the way. >> we appreciate it. arthel: eric. eric: arthel, there's no place in this country like new orleans. a lot of people asking, what day is it, which day is it, how many days has it been so far, you know, for many staying home the growing coronavirus you get more than cabin% but the crisis taking a toll on mental health. therapists seeing increase demand of services amid so much stress and anxiety and uncertainty. alex hogan, more on that. >> hi, eric, a week ago we were here at the park we saw it filled with people. you can see a very different sight today. people are following guidelines and that's taking a toll on mental health around the world. research and psychology showing any change is linked to stress and with this change being unprecedented. in isolation to protect the vulnerable and elderly the national institute saying that the elderly are facing another health risk noting the link between loneliness and cognitive decline, heart disease and depression. new york state has more than covid-19 cases. >> this is a stressful situation on everyone, on everyone and isolation at home. >> more than 6,000 mental health professionals now taking calls to ease the new wave of emotions caused by social isolation. one of them willfred says isolation is difficult for everyone let alone someone battling with mental health. >> this could push them over the edge and people can develop depression, significant general anxiety and so forth, and for those people getting mental health treatment even by televideo, telemedicine is really crucial. >> he recommends avoiding masks to prevent insomnia, getting dressed, socializing online and most importantly following daily routine. keeping that in mind. therapists themselves are not immune from social isolation and, of course, the stress that everyone feels right now is universal thing that people around the world are navigating with so most importantly they are urging people to take advantage of the resource and video chat and keep in touch with loved ones here and around the world, eric. eric: yeah, we are all in this together. thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, many restaurants across the country are struggling to get by during this time of this pandemic, two famous chefs join me on their efforts to keep thousands of businesses afloat. that's up next. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some... rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intestines, and changes in lab results. your doctor should monitor your bloodwork. tell your doctor about any infections and if you are or may become pregnant while taking rinvoq. ready to take on ra? 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>> well, do i want to point out -- i do want to point out that charity is fine, but that's not going to fix our problem. the care act was a very good first step. it gave us 2 and a half months of -- of revenue that we can actually move through to pay our employees, but that's not enough. we have to make sure that these restaurants not only can sort of pay our staff now but that we remain open so when the country finally free from the the horrible disease that everyone has a job to come back. it's a good great step but good to see elected officials get together across partisan divides and really stop the bleeding here. but now we have to make sure that the patients -- arthel: saverestaurants.com. okay. tom cohlikio and it's bravo. i like them both. >> take care ameriprise financil we can't predict what tomorrow will bring. ameriprise financil but our comprehensive approach to financial planning can help make sure you're prepared for what's expected and even what's not. and that kind of financial confidence can help you sleep better at night. ♪ with the right financial advisor life can be brilliant. ♪ unlike ordinary wmemory supplementsr? 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healthcare workers, we really have to limit it to one person. >> changes have prompted some to seek alternatives outside of the traditional hospital setting. >> i've seen an influx. i've seen some filling up and so have my colleagues. >> aaron is midwife. >> usually we try to keep the environment peaceful and calm and we always have two mid wives out of birth. >> she says while some feel more comfortable at home it's not for everyone trying to keep new parents calm while pregnant during a pandemic. >> your care will not be compromise. >> best to check with healthcare provider. they can walk you through any changes or concerns that you might have. reporting in milwaukee ashley sears. fox 5 news. arthel: ashley, thank you. updates of spread of the virus and efforts to fight it coming up at the top of the hour. . . . when cravings come on strong, be stronger... with nicorette coated ice mint. layered with flavor. it's the first and only coated nicotine lozenge. for an amazing taste... 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the highest number of confirmed cases so far, surpassing china and italy, with more than 115,000 patients testing positive. new york state recording the largest cluster of covid-19 cases. the state's governor, andrew cuomo, saying it may be weeks before we hit the apeck a-- aped there's new fears that new hot spots are starting to emerge, including new orleans where cases are surging. officials saying they're a few days away from running out of critical medical supplies. >> we have been working on and standing up surge capacity for weeks now. so what it does say is that we're aligned with what the research and the scientists are telling us and we're responding with real action on the ground and we will continue to advocate for the needs of orleans parish, for our region, for the state of louisiana. arthel: let's go to steve harrigan, live outside the cdc headquarters in atlanta where we stand in the battle or where, i should say, steven, where do we stand in the battle against this virus? >> reporter: arthel, the numbers keep changing every few hours. they get worse and worse. right now, the death rate for the u.s. for those who test positive in the u.s. is 1.51%. that is below the average for the world and stands in stark contrast to other nations like italy where the death rate is 10.8%. italy's had 10,000 deaths, the deaths toll in italy has doubled in one week. new york has a lot of the attention. there are potential spikes coming, spikes in louisiana where the death rate surged 40% in one day and also in chicago where officials warn they could be hospitalizing up to 40,000 people next week alone. police officials are warning that the worst is still ahead. >> this is serious business. this is not a game. this is not a time to think about your own physical strength and conditioning over public health. >> reporter: one bright spot where there has been a lot of improvement has been testing. the fda approved a 15 minute test, it will give you results on-site, that's scheduled to come out next week. abbott labs says they'll be able to produce 50,000 units per day starting on monday. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve, thank you very much there in atlanta. eric. eric: arthel, in new york city health care workers facing a surge of new coronavirus patients and they say the conditions in some emergency rooms and hospitals are dire and it is overwhelming. there is we're told an uncontrollable flow of new patients because of coronavirus. we've been reporting on one hospital, elmhurst hospital in queens, being called a war zone inside in the peak, according to governor cuomo, still two weeks away. it is the shocking lack of protective gear for our brave hospital workers that makes this more devastating. some doctors and thursdays i am told at least two in new york city, two doctors have themselves been intubated because of the coronavirus. for more on the situation here, jacqui heinrich joins us live here in new york city. >> reporter: hey, eric. since yesterday, 209 more deaths in new york state because of coronavirus. it brings the total to 728. across the state there are 52,000 confirmed infections and there are 7300 people currently in the hospital, 1700 of them are in the icu and the peak of this infection is still estimated to be maybe as far as three weeks away. so governor andrew cuomo is shutting down the notion that a stockpile of ventilators isn't necessary, saying by the time we get to that peak, it will be too late to get them then. >> do everything you can to get ready now. there's an old expression, you go to war with what you have, not with what you need. which is true. when the bell goes off and you have to go to war, you deal with what you have. because it's too late to do the preparation. >> reporter: hospitals are straining to meet current needs. reporting that units are full. outside elmhurst hospital in queens, long lines of people, it's the same hospital that used a refrigeration truck this week to haul bodies. doctors are falling ill as well. while the state says they purchased enough protective equipment for the current need, health care workers on the front line say they're rationing and reusing masks because of the shortage, they're operating under crisis guidelines from the cdc. >> we're doing our best to take care of it, put a little hand sanitizer on it, wipe it down, but it's tough because those masks are used, only a single use. you know, only for single use. and so it's been very difficult but we've managed it. we're doing our best to manage and it's not easy. >> reporter: president trump approved governor andrew cuomo's request for four more temporary field hospitals, bringing the total to eight, plus the navy ship, usns comfort heading to new york harbor. the first center will not be opening until monday day. also today the nypd announcing a third death within the department from coronavirus, detective se cedric dickson word in harlem, he was just 48 years old. the governor said that yesterday the rate of icu admissions dropped but he also added that he wouldn't put that much stock in that number. eric. eric: all right, in the next hour we'll have information on how our viewers can help contact some nonprofits to get those needed supplies to our hospitals. thank you. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. president trump is considering an enforcible quarantine or new york, new jersey and connecticut. he made the announcement before traveling to norfolk, virginia today. the commander in chief spoke at the send-off for the u.s. navy ship comfort, now en route to new york city. >> this great ship behind me is a 70,000-ton message of hope and solidarity to the incredible people of new york, a place i know very well. a place i love. arthel: mark meredith is at the white house now with more. mark, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good afternoon. president trump has spoken several times today including what you were showing down in norfolk, virginia as the usns comfort is deploying, on its way to new york. it's one of several steps the government is taking to protect people, the best they can. but also as you mentioned, the administration making it clear they're considering the possible quarantine for sections of the northeast. the president talking about this earlier today. he says this could roll out in places like new york, parts of new jersey and connecticut. he discussed who it might impact while speaking in norfolk earlier today. >> because it's such a hot area of new york, new jersey and connecticut, we'll be announcing that one way or the other fairly soon, this does not apply to people such as truckers from outside the new york area who are making deliveries or simply transiting through. it won't affect trade in any way. >> reporter: we have not seen any guidance yet from the white house about how this would be carried out. new york's governor was asked about this during his news conference today, said he was unaware and was looking for more information. we have not seen the order from the president yet. we'll continue to monitor it. though. the president today approving a disaster for the state of kentucky, one of several states that we've seen that have asked the federal government for help, at least 15 of these states have coming forward, showing you the map here, include texas, california, washington state, florida, all of these states that have been dealing with this coronavirus, the president has spoken with several governors in the last few days. today we heard from michigan's governor on twitter who tweeted, quote, had a good call with the vice president this morning, will be working around the clock with fema and the white house to get more personal protective equipment to keep michiganders safe. on friday we saw the house pass and the president sign a massive stimulus package to help states like michigan deal with the virus. the $2 trillion stimulus bill includes a number of provisions meant to help industries and individuals. >> the legislation extends a vital lifeline to american families and american workers with job retention loans for small businesses and a big focus of the bill is small businesses. they're really the energy, they're whatever you want to call it in terms of our nation, the push. >> reporter: some lawmakers have suggested another stimulus bill may be needed but congress has left town. they're not expected to be down for -- at least the senate, for the next several weeks. it's unclear when that could happen. everybody is taking it day by day. arthel: thank you very much. eric. eric: well, arthel, the comfort sister ship is the usns mercy, the mercy docked in los angeles yesterday, will help local hospitals there. more than 800 medical personnel on that ship, it holds 1,000 beds and they will treat like the one in new york non-coronavirus patients. that will be able to free up medical resources for those who have covid-19. christina coleman is live at the port of los angeles with more on this deployment. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. well, this navy ship can be in service today and at full capacity, it is the largest hospital in los angeles and local officials say that will be a big help right now. la's mayor, eric garcetti, says he anticipates seeing the number of coronavirus casing surge in los angeles to the numbers we're seeing in new york city in the next week or so. california is one of the hardest hit states for the virus and la county is the most populated county in the nation and its coronavirus cases have tripled since last week. there's been 26 covid-19 deaths and more than 1400 cases in la county alone. >> the men and women who are on that ship, the navy, marines, civilians, the coast guard that is helping us protect that and our port police are fulfilling an extraordinary mission, ensuring what those patients who don't have covid-19 will have a safe place to be, where they can find excellent medical care, we are now better prepared to handle that surge of patients we know will walk through the doors of our hospitals in the days ahead. >> reporter: and i'm going to reiterate there, patients who do not have coronavirus will be treated on this navy ship which will free up land-based hospitals to respond to covid-19. the usns mercy docked in the port of los angeles yesterday morning and it will operate with more than 1100 personnel. >> this will be the first time they've been used in the united states, particularly in areas that are sensing the crisis like new york and los angeles, that they'll see the ships and get a sense of comfort that the nation is very prepared and able to respond in crisis like this. >> reporter: again, this navy hospital can be in service today and we are in communication with the public affairs officer on-board and we're keeping an eye out for any arriving patients. eric. eric: the mercy and the comfort aptly named. thank you. arthel: thank you. president trump also invoking the defense production act to compel general motors to make life-saving vent lay tores. the president hinting he may use the law again to force other companies to step up their response to coronavirus. lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with more. lucas. >> reporter: arthel, before leaving for norfolk, president trump threatened to use the korean war era defense production act again. >> i would say we'll use it again, maybe once or twice. we have a couple problem children and we'll use it when we have to. but overall, i tell you, the private free enterprise system is at work like nobody's seen in a long time. we're looking at two companies that haved not lived up to what they said, i would say they're in a 1% group, okay. >> reporter: leading the u.s. military's response to the virus, general terrence o'sea o'seanesy, i spoke to him a few minutes ago. he's treating the battle as a war time operation, he says 450 navy medical specialists will deploy from jacksonville, florida. defense secretary esper described the military's response. >> for several weeks the department of defense has been surging personnel, capabilities and equipment to help slow the spread of the virus. thousands of national guard troops are mobilized across the country, conducting a variety of essential tasks ranging from planning to logistics to medical support. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers transformed the javet center into a makeshift hospital with nearly 3,000 beds, making it one of the largest hospitals in the country right now. the commanding officer spoke at the pentagon on friday. >> we've never done a pandemic capability. we don't have on the shelf designs of how to modify hotels into covid centers. >> reporter: late last night, president trump authorized defense secretary esper to bring back former army medics to active duty to combat the virus. arthel. arthel: lucas, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, we're told there's a new rapid coronavirus test and it could be 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expert, also the director of the center for clinical investigation and the division of infectious diseases at brigham and women's hospital. dr. lindsey baden. what can you tell us about the new test. does it work? how hopeful are you? >> arthel, thank you for having me on. and i think that as you point out, testing is critically important. 50,000 tests is a terrific step forward but still not what we need as a nation. given the spread of this virus. as you -- the earlier segment commented with over 100,000 infected in this country, we need to be testing substantially more to identify who is infected and to allow them to have proper quarantine and social distancing to break chains of transmission. this particular test is very attractive given the speed of the result, so that individuals can act on it quickly as opposed to waiting a day or two or three to get the results. so it's very encouraging. but we need to continue to do more in our response to this outbreak. arthel: and i hear you loud and clear. what about distribution? you have practically every state, some more than others are in desperate need of tests. do you know how quickly they will get to the places in need? and then once they arrive, where would potential patients go to take these tests? >> i mean, i think that's such an important set of considerations and the testing may be deployed differently in different jurisdictions. new york city has a very different problem than other areas in the country. so new york city needs testing to rapidly diagnose who is ill, and to provide care. other parts of the country where the coronavirus is not widespread also need to do a lot of testing to identify those individuals who are carrying the virus and isolate them before it spreads like in other jurisdictions, because then they too will have the problems that we're seeing in new orleans, chicago, california, boston, new york, and testing is a critical element to be able to identify and then properly isolate those who are contagious. arthel: right. >> part of that issue, arthel, is -- arthel: continue, please. >> excuse me. arthel: continue, please. >> part of the issue is that the turnaround time is essential so people can act on the information in real-time instead of delay and that's one of the aspects of this test that's so attractive. arthel: and what else about the properties of this test? i mean how is it -- is it another one of those swab tests? how does it work? >> this particular test can be done point of care as opposed to in a centralized lab. which allows consideration for deployment more widely in the community. but how to deploy it should really be driven by the public health authorities and the clinical community to best respond to the needs of their jurisdictions. it's not something that i'm sure we should -- we don't have enough testing for each of us to go get testing on a whim. we still need to strategically deploy the testing because we don't have enough testing to respond to this outbreak and provide proper public health guidance. arthel: i understand that. since we last spoke, dr. baden, has the coronavirus surprised you in any way or is it the behavior playing out as you as scientists would expect. >> it has surprised me by playing out as we would expect and we were all hoping that it wouldn't. and what underlines your comment is what we're seeing today is transmission to one to two weeks ago. so that we need to be planning for two weeks from now with whatever intervention we do. and that has been unfortunately consistent, what has happened in italy, spain, and then different parts of this country is continuing to spread and i'm concerned that other parts of this country that are not aggressively doing containment and mitigation may wind up having the spread that we're seeing in new york and other major cities. arthel: before we go, dr. baden, as we all wish for a summer free of coronavirus, or at least the end of the pandemic, and return to some level of normalcy, how likely is that scenario to become a reality in the next few months? >> well, i think the first part of our conversation speaks right to that point, which is if we do not properly test quarantine and prevent transmission in the parts of the country that are not heavily having infection being transmitted, this will go on for months. so the way to stamp this out is to massively do case identification which is testing and stop transmission. and that's our best hope of stopping this outbreak and having a summer where we can all breathe a sigh of relief. arthel: doctor, i have to leave it there. thank you very much, sir. we'll see you again soon. take care. >> thank you. you be well. arthel: you as well. eric: people are lining up in some places at gun stores this past week, despite warnings from police and law enforcement about that. you know they are freaked out by the coronavirus, though is that really the answer? people used to care. heck, they'd come all the way 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result. eric: bernard z apore joins us, a retired special agent and faculty associate and arizona state university. we heard panic buying, fear. look, fear is understandable. it is driving more gun sales. but is that wise? >> hi, eric. thank you for having me. unfortunately, the metrics demonstrate that en masse firearms and ammunition are hoarded. the outcome usually is people with no firearms training, no safety experience and no general knowledge about firearm danger, there will be accidental discharges, there will be an increase in suicide. additionally, most people don't realize that they are not going to be able to return this merchandise once they start to feel normalcy or safe. they're stuck with it and some people spend a lot of money buying this equipment and then they have it and so what ends up happening in the longer term is that material ends up into the gray market. eric: how about those who say, look, it's the only way i know that i can protect my house. i don't know if the police are going to come. i don't know what the social structure, infrastructure will be like. i need a weapon to protect my loved ones and my family and my property. >> absolutely. and it's an understandable reaction. our supreme court spoke to the second amendment. it's also a responsibility of every single person that is going to possess a firearm to get some sort of training, the safe handling and storage. unfortunately our number one and two firearm deaths in the united states are accidental discharge oftentimes by children and suicide. eric: here's what one of the gun organizations talks about, coalition against gun violence saying, quote, the consequence of these panic induced purchases in response to covid-19 could be a tragic increase of preventable gun deaths for the loved one these individuals are trying to protect. while it is understandable to seek what you feel can be protection in times of upheaval, you must acknowledge the risk that bringing guns into the home pose and take all appropriate measures to mitigate that risk, that's the coalition against gun violence, echoing what you're saying. let's say you're a new gun owner, you've never taken lessons, you bought one and brought it home. what do you do, you lock it up without ammunition in a safe so the kids can't get it. you put ammunition someplace else. what steps would you suggest to our viewers right now, the dad who may have brought a gun home who basically has no training or experience at all? >> well, it starts at the retail level. the federal firearms licensee is a very responsible industry and they will demonstrate and show the safe handling and operation to anybody that purchases a firearm from them. if they're going to a firearms retailer, they can get basic training and understanding without even firing the weapon there and that's really important to have that. secondly, i'd also add that people have to assume -- i'm sorry, eric, go ahead. eric: go ahead, sorry. we have a bit of a delay because of new technology we're working with. go ahead, i'm sorry. >> i would say also that people have to understand -- this goes with law enforcement officers, is that the finger never goes on the trigger unless one is going to shoot the weapon. so people mostly get their firearm exposure to television and movies where their finger is always on the trigger. when you look historically at accidental discharges and gun play that resulted in tragedy, people had their finger on the trigger and that is the one thing that every person can remember, the finger stays off the trigger unless it's time to fire. your retail dealer, a very responsible industry, will show you the basic handling, storage, and use of the firearm even if you don't have an opportunity to fire or practice with a licensed firearms instructor. eric: so finally, as a seasoned law enforcement officer, what do you suggest? what is your advice? >> for everybody to take the time to know what they're doing with that firearm and realize that it is completely an instrument of lethality and unfortunately it is a self critiquing event. there is no second mistakes. there is only one. eric: and that's wonderful advice and something for people to keep in mind during this very difficult time. bernard, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, sir. eric: arthel. arthel: a prominent civil rights leader who worked closely with dr. martin luther king, junior has died. reverend joseph lowry helped found the southern christian leadership conference in 1957 and led the organization for two decades. he was a close friend of dr. king. and he joined him at many protests during the civil rights movement. reverend lowry continued his activeism for much of his life, speaking out against war, poverty and environmental issues. president obama awarded him the presidential medal of freedom. the lowry family says the reverend died at his home in atlanta due to natural causes, not related to coronavirus. reverend joseph lowry 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teaching children at home as schools across the country shut down. the quarantine can also be stressful for children in divorced or separated families. how can you help your child cope with life in isolation? let's bring in child development expert, dr. grace, national director of healthy steps. we're going to go through the steps here. we'll start with this. this is not normal for any of us. especially challenging though for parents who have suddenly taken on the role of teachers and now they're home schooling their children. what do you say to those parents dealing with this unforeseen mri case? >> absolutely. thank you so much for having me. i'm an early childhood psychologist by training, my focus is on infants, toddlers and families. for all children, we know there are two main ingredients for happy and healthy children and families. safe, stable and nurturing relationships and a sense of routine and predictability. so right now, many families are very stressed. parents can be worried about lost income, they can be worried about not having enough groceries on the table. so we also know babies and toddlers especially, they're like little recording devices, they pick up everything we say. we don't get to choose whether they record the positive or the negative. it's always on. so to your question, what to do. i'd say three things we can remember during this remarkably difficult time. one, take good care of yourself so that you can take good care of your children. go easy on yourself. ask for help. create quiet time for yourself and your kid, it's that oxygen mask metaphor that we hear a lot of these days. two, try to just create a daily schedule for your child. try to ensure there's play time, time without screens and if possible some safe outdoor time. expect that their behavior will change, expect you might see more tantrums, sleep disruption, maybe feeding difficulties and for sure they'll sense you're stressed and want an extra hug or two. three, connect with your children when you're in a good place. if you're not, stop, take a break, ask for help. the only thing i would finally say is not all families, i think this is important to remember, not all families have access to a safe backyard or unlimited data for all these technology solutions that folks are offering. so i think there are a lot of free and low cost ways for parents to engage with their young children during this time and would encourage everybody to go check out zerotothree.org for tips. arthel: you're telling us right now and you make an excellent point, not everybody has access to run to the internet to find those tips. so could you expand a little bit for us, for those who may be watching us right now. >> absolutely. your best teacher is you. sometimes as parents you think you need the latest and great. and this fancy tool and that fancy podcast and your best teacher is you. if you're feeling calm and that you can be a safe, stable and nurturing provider. so honestly, the biggest tips are about self care. that may sound surprising because you're wondering wasn't there a particular game to play or particular solution. families will figure that out if adults are well. arthel: no, that's excellent too. you're right, kids absorb what their parents -- the energy their parents are putting out, they mimic their parents, they repeat their parents. you're right, this is a chance or an opportunity or actually a mandate, if you will, a necessity is a better way to phrase it for parents as you said stop, go into themselves, breathe and come back and deal with the children. doctor, what about divorced parents trying to co-parent. how do they navigate this obstacle course? how do both parents manage to get visits? >> it's a great question. and i'd say first and foremost is safety. safety both from the coronavirus and safety from adults fighting. as we heard, safety from what might be new firearms in the home. so as long as you agree with that co-parent coronavirus plan, firearm safety plan and you trust that that co-parent is that safe, stable and i nurturig environments it could be helpful to stick to the routine you established. arthel: are you saying not trying to get them to go from one house to the other house, really we're supposed to stay inside. >> we're supposed to listen to what the cdc and what our local and state health departments tell us and that's we should stay inside. if you can't connect, communication is key. your kids will pick up on it like we said. explain why things are different right now. try to honor that same time, try to connect via phone, video, have activities they can do during that time. and finally, remember, it's not your fault, it's not your child's fault, not your co-parent's fault. we could all benefit from some -- a bit more kindness and a bit more grace during these really difficult times. arthel: we'll leave it on that wonderful note. thank you very much. eric. >> thank you. my pleasure. eric: and we all second that. well, hospitals are taking some bold steps to protect patients including women in labor. two hospitals here in new york city are banning spouses and partners from the delivery room which is concerning for many women who are preparing to give birth. reporter richard gigovise from our new york affiliate has more. >> i can't imagine not having us both be there to hold the child as we're having the birth. >> reporter: imagine in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, you're someone who is pregnant, then you're told you may be giving birth alone. >> stressful, it makes something that is already stressful that much more heightened. >> reporter: it's a reality for erin peterson who is weeks away from delivering her first child at new york presbyterian hospital in washington heights. as of this week, all affiliated hospitals in the new york city area will ban all visitors including spouses to its maternity and postpartum units indefinitely. >> to not have my spouse with me would be devastating. >> reporter: the outrage from soon to be new moms like erin sparked an online petition that calls on governor andrew cuomo and mayor bill de blasio to intervene and reverse the decision. the petition has close to 300,000 signatures. mayor de blasio says city run hospitals will only keep partners from the hospital if they tested positive for coronavirus or are showing symptoms of the disease. >> to me, there's just no more important moment in your life than when a child is born, obviously. but we do need to protect the health of the mom. >> reporter: alyssa is just two weeks away from her delivery date in connecticut. for alyssa, there is still no definitive answer as to whether or not her husband will be allowed inside. >> my doctor said no question, your husband will absolutely be allowed, just no additional visitors. last week at my doctor's appointment it was a different story where they weren't sure on what the policies were going to be. >> reporter: 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those working on the front line. allysia kunna is live with more on this from denver. >> reporter: this is a critical part of that personal protection equipment and these face shields are the ones that we often see health care workers wearing, this company here in colorado was called upon by the governor of the state to figure out a way to supply those on the front lines of this fight. genesis plastics technologies has been in business since 1969, working in structured plastics made with heat for things like food packages. they are changing the production line to make the shields at a rate of 5,000 an hour. >> the initial need is to supply components to surgeons, doctors, nurses within the hospital environment and also those that would be testing on mobile sites for the covid-19. >> reporter: genesis is also working with another colorado company, intertech plastics, which is making the halos that hold things in place. the former ceo of that company is also the chair of the governor's innovation response team which called on companies all over to help out. >> so every solution we're going after is how do we stand it up right now in the next three or four days and we're seeing success. but i don't think any of us are going to sleep until the numbers are on the down side and we know we're not infecting the population and we can bring life back to normal. >> reporter: colorado as you know is not alone. we have seen businesses and organizations from coast to coast switching up production lines using their raw materials access and workforce to provide for health care workers, folks you see administering the tests and beyond. as you know, another bonus is these workers can remain employed while they help the common good. eric. eric: allysia, that's great news and we salute genesis and everyone who is pitching in during this crisis. that's just great. thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, new york city's most famous skyscraper is putting on a show for those stuck at home. 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country, some overrun with patients as the virus spreads throughout the nation. earlier today, president trump said he is confident we will overcome this pandemic. >> with the occurrin courage or doctors and nurses, with the skill of our scientists and innovators, with the determination of the american people, and with the grace of god, we will win this war and we will win this war quickly, with as little death as possible. eric: we see that courage in hospitals around the nation. steve harrigan standing outside the centers for disease control headquarters in atlanta with the latest from the cdc. hi, steve. >> reporter: eric, since this morning those numbers have just gone up steadily in the u.s., as you mentioned, 115,000 roughly u.s. cases now. that is up 10,000 since this morning. also the number of deaths in the u.s., up since this morning by 180. you mentioned new york certainly getting the lion's share of the attention with 44% of all u.s. cases but new jersey now gaining quickly. as of this morning, new jersey had just 3,000 cases, now they have more than 11,000 11,000 c. the number has more than tripled since this morning. there's concerns about spikes in different parts of the country. in chicago there are concerns that thousands of people could be hospitalized in the coming weeks. in detroit, there is fear of a spike with more than 900 cases and in louisiana, the death toll has spiked dramatically, more than 40% in just one day. keep in mind too, a number americans outside of the country trying get back to the u.s., more than 30,000, including a number of parents who were in india attempting to negotiate adoptions including one family from georgia. >> a lot of people are struggling back home, so we understand the difficulty of getting that to happen and there's so many citizens trapped in other countries but we just really need someone to come get us. >> reporter: the indian government locked down the entire nation of 1 poin 1.3 bilo trains, no planes, no busses and some americans now desperate to get out and get home. eric. eric: all right, steve. thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, president trump visiting norfolk, virginia today, seeing off the usns comfort as it embarked for new york city. the navy hospital ship will treat people with conditions unrelated to coronavirus to ease the strain at overwhelmed hospitals. mark meredith is live at the white house with more. >> reporter: good afternoon. the president mentioned the possibility of this quarantine that could happen for parts of the nor east, including new york and parts of new jersey and connecticut. we're waiting to get more details about what this could mean but the president while in norfolk at the event you were talking about, he discussed what was on his mind. here's what he had to say. >> because it's such a hot area of new york, new jersey and connecticut, we'll be announcing that one way or the other fairly soon, this does not apply to people such as truckers from outside the new york area, who are making deliveries or simply transiting through. it won't affect trade in any way. >> reporter: the president's comments in virginia came as he saw the usns comfort depart norfolk for new york. the comfort is expected to be in new york by monday and is expected to begin treating patients by tuesday. but it's important to note its mission won't involve treating patients infected with covid-19. >> the people with the virus will not be on-ship. the ship will be used for people having operations and other things other than that. by serving these emergency patients away from thetal, beds will be opened up all over the city for those who are infected. >> reporter: the administration said it's also looking beyond just the medical needs of so many but also the financial needs. of course, we had that stimulus package get signed into law by the president yesterday, some $2.2 trillion. among it were several provisions including $1,200 for adults making up to $75,000. $2,400 if you were a married couple making under 150. those numbers could change whether or not you have kids or your income could be between those. $350 billion for the small business administration as well as $150 billion for hospitals. the president's chief economic advisor discussed on friday where things stand right now with the economy. >> few months ago, this economy was roaring. and we've hit this literally this bug, this virus and we will deal with it. and i think the assistance bill here which does have growth incentives will help lead us back to a very strong economic rebound before this year is over. >> reporter: the big question of course is when would that rebound happen and when would most businesses be able to reopen as well as people go back to work. that's still the unknown. there had been talk earlier this week of another stimulus bill being needed but no set timetable or what that would include has been set up yet. arthel. arthel: boy, we have a lot to navigate through in the coming days. mark meredith, thank you very much. eric. eric: well, arthel, meanwhile president trump has invoked the defense production act, that law was enacted during the cold war. now it's being used to force general motors to make life-saving ventilators after negotiations stalled with the auto giant. this comes as the country faces a surge in hospitalizations from the pandemic. lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with more on how the action will hopefully bring life-saving material to those who need it. hi, lucas. >> reporter: that's right. at the white house president trump says he is making peter navarro the point man for the defense production act. >> we are engaged in the most significant industrial mobilization since world war ii. we have a war time president fighting an invisible enemy and we have the full force of government coupled with the full power of private enterprise working on this program for the american people. >> reporter: leading the u.s. military's response against the virus, general terrence ow oshaunesey. he said he is treating this as a war time operation. he has set up four commands around the country. defense secretary esper described the military's response. >> you should know, mr. president, that the united states military is all-in on this national emergency and the great sailors and medical professionals of this tremendous hospital ship are eager to get underway and start their very important mission. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers has transformed the center in manhattan to a makeshift hospital with nearly 3,000 beds. the commanding general says he has plans to convert a large convention center in chicago as well by the end of the month. >> we've never done a pandemic capability. we don't have on the shelf designs of how to modify hotels into covid centers. >> reporter: president trump has given his defense secretary permission to bring back former army medics to active duty to battle the coronavirus. eric. eric: lucas, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, meanwhile, hospitals in new york city are overwhelmed with covid-19 patients. the city is now developing makeshift hospitals and even morgue as governor cuomo expects cases here to continue to surge. jacqui heinrich is live in new york city with details. jacqui. >> reporter: arthel, new york governor andrew cuomo pushed back on the notion that a ventilator stockpile isn't necessary, pointing to the climbing rate of infection. at this point, there are 52,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus in new york state. the peak isn't expected for up to another three weeks. he says he's got to get those ventilators now before we hit that peak. it would be too late if we waited and nationally there needs to be a discussion about distribution because at this point all 50 states are competing for the same badly needed materials. listen. >> so yes, i'm creating a stockpile today for a possible reality, 14 to 21 days from now. i'm not going to wait for day 13 to say oh, my gosh, we need 30,000 ventilators. >> reporter: hospitals are straining to meet current needs. outside elmhurst hospital in queens, long lines of people, the same hospital that used a refrigeration truck this week to hold bodies. hospitals are beginning to transfer covid patients because of the enormous case load with units full and doctors falling ill. the state says there's enough protective equipment for the current need but hospital workers are rationing because of cdc crisis guidelines. >> i need eyewear and face masks and i need as many as you can get. the team is working at full capacity, the administrators behind it, it's just it's a pandemic. >> reporter: since yesterday, 209 more coronavirus deaths in the state bringing the total to 728. there are 7300 people currently in the hospital and 1700 in the icu. today the nypd announced the third coronavirus death within the department. detective cedric dixon worked in harlem. he was 48 years old. his death comes after a janitor and administrative worker also both died of the virus. president trump approved four more temporary field hospitals bringing the total to eight in the state. plus the navy ship, usns comfort now headed to new york harbor. but the first of those centers won't open until monday. now, some hopeful news. the state is administering 1100 tests of the medication president trump was hopeful of, that combination of hydroxychloroquine and also azythromycin. governor cuomo says that's being used on a large scale in new york hospitals and they're hopeful to get some results pretty soon here. arthel. arthel: as i'm listening to you report on the latest numbers, i'm reminded that we all have to remember that those numbers are people and families attached to those people. thank you. eric. eric: arthel, now to the coronavirus' impact around the world. china now lifting travel restrictions to wuhan where the global outbreak of the virus began in december. hundreds of people are able to enter the city by train. meanwhile, in spain that country now has over 72,000 cases. it is second in europe only to italy. the country also reporting 832 more deaths today, bringing the country's total to almost 5700. brian chikott has more. >> reporter: spain is second to italy when it comes to deaths from the coronavirus and it just saw the deadliest day yet, more than 80 fatalities, 8,000 reported infections in just the last 24 hours. there are now at least 72,000 reported cases in spain, a country with a population one-seventh of the united states. nearly 5700 people have been killed by the virus. keep in mind, spain is about two weeks into a national lockdown and still the numbers keep rising. experts say spain's medical system is now in serious jeopardy. more and more medical workers, ambulance drivers, nurses, doctors, are all getting sick and they're leaving behind a vacuum when it comes to treatment. meanwhile, we've seen a huge spike in the number of victims in the united kingdom. the u.k. also just saw the deadliest day with 259 new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to over 1,000. the head of the health care system just said the u.k. will have done well if less than 20,000 people die before this is over. in other words, less than 20,000 deaths would be a success. the whole of the u.k., myself included, are in lockdown and that will continue until at least easter monday. yesterday you may recall prime minister boris johnson became the first world leader to report he has tested positive. meanwhile, in germany, where 325 people have died of the virus, chancthe chief of staff said the country won't remove restrictions until the 20th of april. and finally we go to china where the pandemic began in december and people are now back on the streets again. a plane from china landed in spain carrying a cargo of 4 million face masks. as new cases dry up in china, eric, we are seeing a pr offensive from beijing, providing medical assistance, medical supplies, i should say to continental europe, trying to win hearts and minds there and i can tell you that those face masks are very welcome. eric. eric: ryan, thanks so much. arthel. arthel: well, eric, another grim day in italy. the country's death toll is the highest in the world at more than 10,000, after 919 deaths in one day. it comes amid international efforts to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak. amy kellogg has more from florence, italy. amy. >> reporter: the numbers here have not been good at all. we had our highest daily death toll yesterday at 919 people. slightly less today. the numbers of new infections or percentage wise slightly down but we are far from being out of hot water. 20% of covid-19 deaths worldwide have been in lombardi, the northern region of italy. it's not clear when restrictions on life will be loosened because italy knows the rest of the world is watching to see how what we do, what sort of effect it has plays out. pope francis in an empty, rainy saint peter's square i' implored god to help. there are six cases of coronavirus in the vatican. 170 tests were carried out, all came back negative according to the vatican spokesman. russia sent in teams from the ministry of defense to help treat people, some have questioned why the russian military those be here. civil defense in italy which is coordinating the response to the covid crisis said they are extremely grateful for russia's help. germany continues to take patients italian hospitals can't cope with. another issue during the time of quarantine has been caring for the homeless who not only have nowhere to go and no passers by to feed them but are extremely exposed much like the doctors and nurses who are on the front lines, over 40 doctors have died from coronavirus and thousands of health care workers have been infected. the pope has prayed for them and all the unsung heroes such as those who were in the hospitals cleaning up day and night, some of them for less than $1,000 a month. greatly exposed to the virus. and then people who work in supermarkets also are on the front lines and i read about one female employee of a supermarket who died in recent days. her story perhaps not the only one. in florence, italy, amy kellogg, fox news. eric: it is so tragic and an indication of the dangers of what we are facing. meanwhile, in good news, the feds have authorized new coronavirus testing hoping cities and tab towns across the country can be able to identify the case this have faster. coming up we'll speak to a doctor at johns hopkins about how they're tracking the virus and where we could see coronavirus strike next. we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer standing in the struggle. hustling through the hurt. asking for science not sorrys. our time for more time - has come. living longer is possible and proven in women taking kisqali plus fulvestrant or a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor. kisqali is 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the media focus has been on the growing cases in new york, chicago, detroit, new orleans. what do you want our views to know, what do you predict for the whole nation in the smaller cities and towns and in the heartland. >> we're going to see cases in every city and every location around the country. this is a community spreading respiratory virus and it's going to reach all corners of the country. that being said, it doesn't mean that every city is going to have a new york city style outbreak. we're going to see this kind of cascade across the country in a stuttered approach with certain cities have a peak, certain other cities getting over their peak so it's not going to be simultaneous. you may be spared in the first part of the wave but maybe later on you may get more cases and it's important that you prepare in that time and you set up processes to be able to detect these cases, isolate them and prepare your hospitals while you have time in some of the smaller cities. eric: you just talked about preparation. that's exactly what governor andrew cuomo spoke about earlier today. let's listen. >> we have been behind this virus from day one. we have been in a reactive posture from day one with this virus. we're waiting to see what the virus does and then we're responding. the virus makes another move, and then we respond. no. you don't win on defense. you win on offense. you have to get ahead of this, anticipate what's going to happen. eric: what should do you think local towns and jurisdictions be doing right now? had. >> they should look at diagnostic capacity, how easy it is for citizens to get tested. they should be looking at hospitals, how many icu beds do the hospitals have, how many ventilators do you have? and how many people are you expecting to serve? are there things you should do now, for example, buy ventilators, sign agreements with local regional medical centers you might have to transfer patients to, talk to local and state health departments to see how will we deal with social distancing in our town, how will we do contact tracing. all of that needs to be done ahead of time. if you don't have a lot of cases now, now is the time to prepare. we don't want to waste time. the more prepared you are, the less of a hit this will be when it comes to your community. eric: what's your prediction for this and at johns hopkins you've been studying this, have you a great public health inches tiewtion there. you've -- institution there. you've been studying pandemics. why were we suddenly taken at fault, failing basically by this and so caught behind as the governor had said and what do you predict? >> over time we've seen interest in pandemic preparedness erode. there's been lots of studies and reports and lots of warnings. it's something politicians don't pay attention to because it's something long range, it's not short range and voters don't care about it. funding goes down when there's not something in they'd lines. that's why we got caught flat footed here. our diagnostic testing was not up to par with this. we were not testing mild cases, only looking at patients that came from china, not realizing this had been spreading since at least november in china, meaning there were many mild case that's were spreading it all around. when testing came about, it wasn't well-handled. that's why we have these cases. we can't pursue those types of techniques that happened in south korea and other places where they've been able to keep the case load down. we've lost that opportunity. now we're faced with the world we have right now which is hospitals dealing with capacity issues and a real panic among governors across the country. eric: are you optimistic finally that we can learn the lessons of this going forward? >> we do still have some time. not every place is inundated right now. we can get the capacity in place in our opts. we rapidly scaled up diagnostic testing. we have vaccines in phase one clinical trials. we have experimental anti-virals available. i think we can find a way forward with this virus and with some of the economic shutdowns we're having, kind of an -- we have a wuhan style lockdown on one hand and i think there is a way forward if we get diagnostic testing up to par and get our hospitals prepared. that's the biggest thing, getting hospitals prepared. eric: that is the best advice for those folks around the country not just in the big cities. doctor from johns hopkins, thank you for your work and thank you for joining us this afternoon. arthel. arthel: thank you so much. the global pandemic also taking a toll on mental health with therapists reporting an increase in demand for their services during this time of difficulty. experts say the anxiety and fear could leave many people wrestling with psychological disorders long after the outbreak ends. alex hogan is live in new york with more on this part of the story. alex knew we'r. >> reporter: we're seeing empty streets in the country's most populated city as people stay home. there is collateral damage on mental health. that's something we're seeing around the world with new york taking action, the state calling on therapists and more than 6,000 of them stepping up. >> we ask for mental health professionals who could provide mental health services, electronically, over the telephone, through skype, et cetera. >> reporter: a hot line now up and running to fight the higher levels of stress according to psychologists, medical workers reporting higher levels of anxiety, clinical psychologists and a clinical neuropsychologist say they're pipets are not ex -- therapists are not exempt from feeling that too, saying life will likely not return to the way it was. >> we're going to be doing things differently, using video and audio technology more routinely. the world will not be the same place in the same way that the world was never the same after 9/11. it's going to be the same with this. >> reporter: millions of children learning at home, millions of adults working from home or some not working at all. van gore says that there are higher levels of stress and anxiety, saying most of the calls they're getting stem from people trying to find a sense of control in this uncertain time, most of the worries about getting sick, also worries of loved ones getting sick and of course not having the means to work right now. so many people again we are seeing are currently unemployed. but therapists are saying some of the easy things you can do at home to stay sane, open the blinds, make sure you get exercise, change out of your pajamas, don't stay in the same clothes all day. also, speak to people via video chat and use the hot line and the resources that are available in your state. arthel. arthel: the hot line, alex, is crucial because the other tips are good but when you don't know where your next dime is coming from to feed yourself and your family, that takes you to another level. so they should definitely tap into that hot line number. alex, thank you so much. stay safe out there. eric. >> >> reporter: thank you. eric: well, arthel, for those who are having financial difficulty and have been affected severely by this, congress has stepped up to help. they're setting aside that $350 billion plan to help mom and pop stores. coming up, how they say that the package can save small businesses across the country and what you can do and need to know if you own a small business, help for small business as the fox news channel coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues for this saturday afternoon. you know, new customers save over $1,000 on average when they bundle home and auto with progressive. wow, that's... and now the progressive commercial halftime show, featuring smash mouth. ♪ hey now, you're an all star ♪ get your game on, go play thank you! goodnight! 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how long does it take to get into your checking account? >> it's a great question. let's talk reality here. the law passed on friday. most of the bankers that i talked to now are not expecting to get guidelines from the sba for another week and then it's probably going to take another week or so after that to go through the approval process with your bank. so no, arthel, it's not going to be immediate. once they get that down, figure particularly on the size of the loan if it's a lower amount like $25,000 or $50,000, most of the bankers tell me they can approve that within a day and get you the money. but it's going to take a couple weeks to do. and this is important arthel. the amount of money that was allocated was a total $377 billion. most of it towards this program. it will likely be first come, first served. i don't know how long it's going to last. so we're telling our clients right now, talk to your banker, your small business administration member banker and get in line right now. get the paperwork together, get your documents together so they can be ready to go when the sba gets the guidelines. arthel: this seems like a lot to ask. what i'm hearing is small business owners have to get paperwork together and get this and that. shouldn't this be pretty easy, shouldn't there be an easy one, two, three for them to get the money they so desperately need? >> nothing is easy to that extent, arthel. really, what you're asking -- listen, i mean, i run a business. anybody that runs a business, who maybe applied for a loan in the past knows that there is documentation that's involved. so yes, there's going to be some documentation. so now you've got some time, you've got about a week until it all gets together, get it all together, your tax returns, whatever else your banker asks you for. arthel: how do you know what documents you'll need to get together. you mentioned tax returns. anything else? >> talk tour banker first of all and they'll tell you specifically what they need. specifically, you will need your tax returns, any financial statements that you have and remember to get the loan foregiven at the end of the day, you are going to have to provide documentation for the payroll owns exams you've incurred, invoices, receipts for expenses, make sure that's in order as well. you have to do a few things yourself as a small business owner. we've all got challenges. i've got my own challenges. it's free money the government is offering. let's do that and hopefully that will see us through the pandemic. >> w arthel: we started out showing you a hair salon owner. there are great stylists out there who rent spaces at hair salons. they don't own the business themselves but they too are out of work. what do people like that, those independent contractors, what do they do? >> great question. that is a great question. if you're an independent contractor, you actually are applicable for these loans because you are running your own business. you also as an independent contractor if you are working for a bigger company that are under like a job or project and they have stopped it or sort of terminated that project, you can also apply for unemployment insurance. have you a choice. so to use that specific company of the hair salon -- arthel: can you do both, quickly? i'm running out of time. can you apply for unemployment and get the small business money if you're an independent contractor? >> no, you cannot double dip. if you're an independent contractor, you have a choice of applying for the loan to keep the business going if you're a hair salon person or if you're an independent contractor working with clients that laid you off or stopped projects you can apply for unemployment insurance. you have options. arthel: okay. gene, what's your website? >> i'm going to give you my twitter address. i'd like to invite your viewers if you have a specific question, tweet me, i will respond. it's@genemarks,tweetat me and i'll respond to any questions you have. arthel: thank you. stay safe. >> it's good talking to you. stay well. eric too. arthel: eric, speaking of you. eric: than, gene and arthel. the nurses we have seen have been taking desperate measures to defend themselves from the coronavirus, amid a widespread shortage of protective gear. coming up, we'll tell you how you can help, how several groups are working to help health care workers on the front lines and what you can do to supply the much needed equipment. i'm your mother in law. and i like to question your every move. like this left turn. it's the next one. you always drive this slow? 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what type of e-mails are you getting on how great this need is? >> every day i receive e-mails, anywhere from 50 to 100, asking for help. ranging from doctors in ers asking for the personal protective equipment, n95 masks, face shields. we are being asked by federally qualified health centers that are seeing patients in outpatient settings in some areas where people have no other option for health care, they are poorly protected and then we think about all the community agencies, all of the residential facilities where people are going to work every day to deliver care, think about ucp in queens or jewish child care association in northern westchester, where they have residential facilities and their staff is not protected. so osia is taking every mask, every gown, every set of gloves, every face shield we can collect and we are receiving donations nationally now and we are disbursing them every single day, our truck is delivering collected supplies. eric: you and others are doing god's work. we'll give the list at the end of the segment of mask match and others that are also doing this. how can people help? earlier today, this last week we reported on how you can donate stuff. you can donate money. let me put up on the screen way folks at home can if you're watching this, this is how you can help, donate $6 for two masks, that will get to medical community danielle, describe this, what can you get for $6 and where do you go to help people? >> so we are now going to start purchasing ppe because we can't wait. we cannot -- we cannot bring in enough donated supplies to be able to meet the need of requests that we're get sog we are sourcing n95 masks from partners who we are well connected with abroad. so one mask costs $3. we need as many masks as we possibly can fill a plane with and that's why we are running this campaign. $6 equals two masks. there are nurses and doctors and phlebotomists and people working on cleaning in these units who have maybe one mask for a week. they are dunking it, they are cleaning it, it is not protecting them. if we don't protect our health care workers, who is going to take care of the patients that are being admitted to these hospitals? we have to do something to keep them safe. and so everyone that donates $6 or more to this campaign, you are changing the story and the protection of our local health care staff. eric: we have to help the helpers, danielle booten, thank you so much. let me put up on the full screen so you can go on the website and find out where you can donate money if you don't have a mask certainly hanging around. opfiafoundation.org, also maskmatch.com, helping out there, helping small cities around the country focusing on that and masksfor docs, apvia foundation.org, maskmatch.com, masks for docs, please help. thank you, done yell. arthel. arthel: please help. please help. strong storms expected to wreak through the midwest this weekend, milt i don't think so t for hail and possibly tornadoes. the full forecast up next. ♪ thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progression versus letrozole, and shrank tumors in over half of patients. patients taking ibrance can develop low white blood cell counts, which may cause serious infections that can lead to death. ibrance may cause severe inflammation of the lungs that can lead to death. tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including trouble breathing, shortness of breath, cough, or chest pain. before taking ibrance, tell your doctor if you have fever, chills, or other signs of infection, liver or kidney problems, are pregnant, breastfeeding, or plan to become pregnant. common side effects include low red blood cell and low platelet counts, infections, tiredness, nausea, sore mouth, abnormalities in liver blood tests, diarrhea, hair thinning or loss, vomiting, rash, and loss of appetite. be in your moment. ask your doctor about ibrance. arthel: oh, boy, a severe weather warning for millions of americans in the midwest. forecasters saying strong storms that could lead to damaging hail and possibly tornadoes. meteorologist adam klotz has the latest. adam. >> hi there, arthel. unfortunately, some of the things you're talking about we're already seeing across the country, from areas of arkansas, into pennsylvania and iowa, everything highlighted in the red boxes, that's a tornado watch which means the ingredients are there that we could continue to see tornadoes over the next couple hours. the pink boxes are tornado warned storms on the ground right now, one in arkansas, one in portions of western illinois and then you have severe thunderstorms in indiana and ohio. this is a large system. it will continue to be on the move over the next couple hours. there's a bull's-eye from st. louis to chicago, towards des moines and indianapolis where we see the best chance of seeing possibly some major tornadoes. this is going to be unraveling in the next couple hours. here's the forecast, a future forecast, i'll put it into motion. we go from 5:00 p.m., the heft heaviest rains from 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00, it's going to be a big storm, guys. arthel: thank you, adam klotz. and we'll be right back. tomorrow. it's a day filled with promise and new beginnings, challenges and opportunities. at ameriprise financial we can't predict what tomorrow will bring. but our comprehensive approach to financial planning can help make sure you're prepared for what's expected and even what's not. and that kind of financial confidence can help you sleep better at night. ♪ with the right financial advisor life can be brilliant. ♪ (bobby) you're concerned that it's going to cost you money.ouble, (ben) to this day, i only paid what i had to pay for the device. when i go back, everything is covered. there's so much you're missing by not having hearing aids. 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spreading across texas, more than 2,000 cases now. stephanie ramos leads us off. >> reporter: today, president trump sending a navy hospital ship to help hard hit new york. but as he departed the white house, trump floated the idea of shutting down the entire region. >> there's a possibility that sometime today we'll do a quarantine -- short-term, two weeks -- on new york, probably new jersey, certain parts of connecticut. >> reporter: the proposed order could affect the tri-state's more than 30 million residents, the most populous urban area in the country. >> this would be an enforceable quarantine. and, you know, i'd rather not do it, but we may need it. >> reporter: the president saying he spoke to new york's governor andrew cuomo before his announcement. but during his own press conference minutes later, the governor caught off-guard. >> no, i haven't had those conversations. i don't even know what that means. i don't know how that could be legally enforceable, and from a medical point of view, i don't know what you would be accomplishing. but i can tell you, i just -- i don't even like the sound of it. not even understanding what it is, i don't like the sound of it. >> reporter: a regional quarantine of such magnitude appears to be unprecedented. tom bossert worked for president trump as his homeland security adviser. >> although the president does have these authorities it would almost be a necessary precon dition that the governor and mayor and all the officials under their command and control do this voluntarily, in agreement, and more importantly, with their cooperation. >> reporter: trump saying governors from states less affected by the virus asked him to look into a quarantine for the tri-state area. south carolina, texas, maryland, florida, among the states asking visitors from some areas like new york and louisiana to self-isolate. in rhode island, these stark images, the national guard, deployed to train stations. checking passengers tickets. anyone who has been to new york told to quarantine for 14 days. the governor also ordering the national guard to go door to door, looking for people who have traveled to new york, collecting their contact information, asking them to self-quarantine as well. and state troopers stopping drivers with new york plates. >> folks from new york present a different kind of danger to the people of rhode island. i know this is unusual. i know it's extreme. and i know some people don't agree with it. >> reporter: the virus striking around the country. in illinois, more than 450 new cases and 13 deaths, including an infant. >> if you haven't been paying attention, maybe this is your wakeup call. >> reporter: the mccormick place convention center in chicago set to be transformed into a 3,000-bed hospital for coronavirus patients. in louisiana, another hotspot, more than 3,000 cases and more than 130 people dead. mardi gras held in the state just a few weeks ago. the mayor of new orleans saying she would have canceled the iconic parades if there would have been more guidance from the federal government at the time. >> when it's not taken seriously at the federal level, it's very difficult to transcend down to the local level in making these decisions. >> reporter: in los angeles, officials implemented even more restrictions, closing most hiking trails and beaches. offshore, one of the navy's floating hospital ships, "mercy," starting to admit patients with ailments other than the virus today. "the comfort" sailing toward new york, bringing 1,000 beds. with more than 52,000 covid-19 cases, the state is the epicenter of the crisis in this country. the death toll climbing now to 700, up more than 200 from just yesterday. the governor announcing today four new emergency medical facilities, like this one at the javits center, will be built. >> stephanie ramos joins us now from new york. i want to go back to the president's comments about possibly quarantining parts of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. when the president first made the comments, it surprised some of the governors of those states. >> reporter: absolutely, tom. and there are still a lot of questions tonight. new york's governor andrew cuomo says a multistate quarantine would not be legal and it would be more of a lockdown. and connecticut's governor, who says he's been in touch with cuomo, says wants to speak with the president about this, afraid confusion could lead to panic. tom. >> stephanie ramos on the breaking developments tonight. stephanie, thank you. now to the critical short age at hospitals across the country. mayors say more than 90% of u.s. cities don't have an adequate supply of test kits or masks and of course those ventilators are in high demand. doctors and nurses say they feel as if they're choosing sometimes between their patient's safety and their own. here's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, officials' desperate calls for more ventilators are growing louder. the president enacting the korean war-era defense production act ordering general motors to manufacture the much-needed medical equipment. in the hard-hit state of new york, the governor says they'll need 30,000 ventilators, and should they not get them they may have to resort to what are called bag valve masks -- essentially hand-held ventilators that require a person to continuously pump them. >> we're very frightened it's going to get worse. >> reporter: dr. roland waguespack is the e.r. director at east jefferson general hospital near new orleans, and he says they're running out of space. >> we have seen more and more critical patients with the disease. we're running out of capacity at our hospital. >> reporter: already in queens, new york, this video posted on facebook showing a packed emergency room lined with patients on hospital beds. doctors and nurses desperate to treat them. and tonight, more than 90% of mayors nationwide say they don't have enough masks or test kits. nurses say they don't have the personal protective equipment necessary to keep themselves safe from the virus. >> it puts us in a position where sometimes we have to choose between our safety and our patients' safety. and that's not okay. >> reporter: sean petty, an e.r. nurse in the bronx, says he's forced to use the same mask for a week. >> we are trying to take precautions, but with such widespread infection that can be transmitted so many different ways and because of our lack of protection, we are being exposed. >> reporter: this nurse posting her anguish on social media. >> this is truly scary, and nobody is taking it seriously. >> reporter: she says her hospital is not only short on masks and other protective equipment -- >> we're out of tylenol. like, we're out of tylenol. i don't know what i can do to save people anymore. >> reporter: the family of 48-year-old nurse kyous kelly says he works on those dangerous front lines. he tested positive for covid-19 and died days later from the virus. his sister saying if he had the adequate equipment, he might still be alive. >> if you're not protecting -- if you don't have to ppe, you're rationing out gowns and masks and, you know, locking stuff up, yeah, i think it could have been prevented. >> reporter: the fear of infection extending to the families of healthcare workers. arkansas doctor jared burks hoping to protect his young son, getting as close as they can to touching hands. >> that photo completely and totally demonstrates the love that my husband has for us, honestly. >> a powerful image there. a reminder of the sacrifices being made. trevor ault joins us from the javits center where a makeshift hospital will open monday. governor cuomo revealing a bit of positive news, but we have to be careful. it's about the rate at which people are being hospitalized and more importantly, the rate at which people with going into the intensive care units. >> reporter: that's right, tom. governor cuomo reports the number of new hospitalizations and new icu admissions went down in the past 24 hours, but he was quick to point out, one day does not make for a trend and the peak of the virus is still 14 to 21 days out. also tom, a note from the hospital of that michigan nurse who said she had one mask for a year. the hospital says they follow cdc guidelines, including in their conservation methods of protection equipment. tom? >> trevor ault for us tonight. trevor, thank you. growing concerns about young americans, many thinking they may be unaffected by the coronavirus. the cdc reporting 1 in 5 cases involves patients between the ages of 20 and 44. some patients now warning others their own age they are very much at risk. here's kaylee hartung. >> reporter: tonight, miami reporting its first death from covid-19. >> it's just not fair to die like this. >> reporter: at 40 years old, israel carrera was fit and healthy, but days after attending a dance party on the beach, he developed a fever and cough. soon he had trouble breathing. after nine days in the hospital, his life was suddenly cut short. his boyfriend says carrera had high blood pressure but no other known underlying health issues. >> we are seeing young, previously healthy people get critically ill and even die of this infection. >> reporter: the cdc says 1 in 5 confirmed cases is someone between the ages of 20 and 44. in georgia, 28-year-old terrica parks lives to tell about her fight with the virus. >> and i was becoming so weak, i felt like i couldn't fight anymore. >> reporter: terrica is part of a growing number of young people battling the virus. >> like a stack of bricks on my lungs whenever i ever tried to breathe. >> now he was fighting for his life an hour later. >> reporter: these stories harrowing, but the vast majority of cases are mild. here's what i experienced just before testing positive two and a half weeks ago. i'm congested. i've got a headache right here. aches all over my body that just aren't normal. my condition started improving the next day. >> kaylee hartung join us from los angeles. we're so happy you're healthy now, able to report. you have that unique perspective having battled the virus. what's the one piece of advice you would give to our viewers who may be dealing with covid-19 right now but are being advised to stay at home because doctors feel they don't need to be hospitalized? >> reporter: tom, that's the position i was in. my doctor told me to rest, hydrate, take a pain reliever for my headache and the body aches. what's most important in these mild cases is to stay home, to isolate and to take that order seriously. tom? >> kaylee hartung, who's been battling the covid-19 and is now healthy. thank you for that. we move on the president trump and the apparent rift growing with some governors critical of his response to the outbreak. michigan the 15th state to be declared a disaster over the virus. the president saying states should be more appreciative, sparring with some governors he feels are not showing enough gratitude. abc's rachel scott is at the white house. >> reporter: appearing with his coronavirus task force, president trump had this message for the nation's governors. >> i want them to be appreciative. >> reporter: the president calling out jay inslee and gretchen whitmer, the governors of two states hit hard by the coronavirus. >> i think we've done a great job for the state of washington, and i think the governor is a failed presidential candidate, as you know. michigan, all she does is -- she has no idea what's going on. all she does is say, "oh, it's the federal government's fault." >> reporter: both democrats have criticized his administration's response to the pandemic. >> i can't afford to have a fight with the white house, but the fact of the matter is, at some point we're going to have to analyze where all the failures were. >> i think it would be very, very helpful if the federal government could be more assertive and aggressive and more organized in helping all of us to obtain these systems. >> reporter: the president telling the vice president not to bother with them. >> i say, mike, don't call the governor of washington. you're wasting your time with him. don't call the woman in michigan. >> reporter: yesterday, whitmer said michigan's pleas for crucial supplies were coming up empty. >> what i've gotten back is that vendors with whom we have contracts are now being told not to send stuff here to michigan. >> reporter: today whitmer saying the vice president did call and the state received more than 112,000 of those vital n-95 masks from the national stockpile, with 8,000 more on the way. in a video message she showed her appreciation. >> we're grateful to fema for that. we're grateful to the white house for the disaster declaration. we're working 24/7. there is much work to do, but this is good news. >> reporter: tom, an update tonight on those checks to americans. the white house has indicated that americans could see that relief as early as april 6th. if you have direct deposit set up with the irs that money will go straight to your bank account. otherwise paper checks will be mailed out, but that could take four to five weeks. >> important update. rachel, thank you. overseas to the grim milestones across europe. italy topping more than 10,000 deaths. spain reporting its highest number since the outbreak began, and the vatican with news about pope francis. julia mcfarland is in london tonight. >> reporter: tonight in italy, the number that's hard to believe but a brutal reality -- the death toll passing 10,000. with hospitals overrun, there is a glimmer of hope. officials are now saying the rate of new cases is decreasing every day. the vatican testing pope francis. he and close aides do not have the virus, but several employees have contracted covid-19. the pope is 83 and has one lung. tonight, the european epicenter potentially moving to spain. more than 830 dying in a 24-hour period. >> this week has been particularly difficult because my hospital is overflowing of patients. >> reporter: authorities scrambling to build field hospitals as the number of deaths climbs to roughly 6,000. china sending 4 million face masks to spain. here in the uk, prime minister boris johnson now isolating after being infected. healthcare workers distraught over the ongoing pandemic. >> so, in the past week or so, i've seen more deaths than i have done in my -- my whole nursing career so far. >> reporter: here in the uk as the government prepares to roll out more widespread testing, officials announce the total number of dead has now exceeded 1,000. tom? 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East-jeffersonNew-yorkUnited-statesArkansasMccormick-placeIllinoisLouisianaShanghaiChinaWhitehouseDistrict-of-columbiaConnecticut >> looking at what we're seeing now, you know, i would say between 100,000 and 200,000 cases but i don't want to be held to that, because it's -- it's -- excuse me. deaths. i mean, we're going to have millions of cases, but i just don't think that we really need to make a projection when it's such a moving target that you could so easily be wrong and mislead people. what we do know, jake, is that we have a serious problem in new york. we have a serious problem in new orleans and we're going to be developing serious problems in other areas. so although people like to model it, let's just look at the data of what we have and not worry about these worst case and best care scenarios. >> new cases in the u.s. have risen sharply. now over 130,000 people infected. the number of deaths nearly doubling in just two days. now over 2,300 people. president trump has now approved disaster declarations for 20 states freeing up federal funds to fight the virus. all of this as the white house coronavirus task force is reviewing new proposals that could lead to reopening parts of the country. they will hold a briefing in a couple of hours and we'll bring it to you, of course, live, a it happens. meanwhile, nancy pelosi, speak herb of the house, blasting the administration. saying the outset of the outbreak was a deadly mistake. >> saying his downplaying ultimately cost american lives? >> yes, i am. i'm saying that, because when he made the other day, signing the bill he said, just think. 20 days ago everything was great. no. everything wasn't great. >> cnn is spread out across the country and world to bring you the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic. we start with cnn's jeremy diamond at the white house. jeremy what do we expect the task force will be talking about today? >> reporter: well, fredricka, those 15-day guidelines the white house issued nearly two weeks ago to slow the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in the united states, those are coming to an end's in a matter of days. we know the president and hid coronavirus task force have begun considering whether or not to begin to relax some of the guidelines, the social distancing guidelines for at least parts of country. cnn now learned according to a senior federal health official have federal health experts proposed recommendations that could allow some schools and some businesses in parts of the country that have lower infection rates to begin to reopen. but that is just something that the federal government is currently considering that the faske force is reviewing looking at the latest data and evidence. as that proposal works its way through the white house, we know dr. anthony fauci this morning said he's in favor of beginning to look at certain parts of the country where you can relax guidelines, but he said first you need testing. you need to have eyeballs on the situation. >> if you release the restrictions before you have a good eyeball on what's going on there, you're going to get in trouble. so i'm not against releasing the restrictions. i'm actually for it in an appropriate place. but i don't recommend it unless we have the tools in place in realtime to do the things i just said. if we can do that, we can keep things contained without slipping into the need of having to mitigate the way they are in new york, new orleans and other places now. so it's doable, but it's only doable if you put the tools in place. >> reporter: the united states, of course, has expanded testing over the last several weeks, but still lag several other countries like south korea, for example, in terms of testing per capita. that is why we have seen some of these areas that seem to be among the lower risk areas with very few coronavirus cases suddenly become hot spots. places like new orleans and louisiana, for example, and now officials are also looking at miami, for example, as a potential new hot spot. so this is all a moving target that, as dr. fauci has said, but clearly the white house is looking at the data. needs more data in order to make these decisions and we'll have to see what the president's tone is later today as he addresses whether or not he's prepared to begin relaxing some guidelines. >> and jeremy, also you're learning more about how soon americans might see some money from that $2 trillion stimulus package? >> reporter: right. the treasury secretary steve mnuchin this morning right here at the white house was saying that it's going to take about three weeks for americans to actually begin to see those $1,200 checks, maximum of $1,200 for individuals earning less than $75,000 a year. that is only if you actually have direct deposit already set up through your taxes with the federal government. otherwise, there's going to be a web-based application for individuals to go ahead and get that money. the treasury setting urging businesses to begin rehiring workers, because of some of this stimulus money. fred? >> jeremy diamond, thank you so much. new york governor mario cuomo, andrew cuomo that is, says his state identified additional sites to build makeshift hospitals including a horse racing track in queens. cuomo also saying even though new york remains the epicenter of the outbreak, the state will make it through this crisis. >> new york is going to have what it needs, and no one is going to attack new york unfairly, and no one is going to deprive new york of what it needs. that's why i'm here. that's why we have a state full of very talented, professional people. >> cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro is there and, evan, what more are we learning about his hospital, this new location? >> reporter: you know, pivoting off what jeremy said, no one is talking about reopening things in new york. this still remains the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the united states. and this is, the focus here is on trying to figure out ways to alleviate the potential problem down the road when the supposed apex of this disease may be hit in the next 14 to 21 days possibly. meaning a lot more cases, a lot more hospitals. what's happening here behind me at the aqueduct racetrack in queens is one of four new 1,000-bed field hospitals set up by the governor and by the federal government to create bed space to alleviate the hospital system, if a surge of covid cases comes in. that's the plan. the governor mentioned as you played in the sound top of the piece here, the governor talked earlier as sort of how things are going to be going here in new york. no one's going to stop new york from getting what it needs or tell new york they can't have what it wants. but the governor also said in his press conference he is struggling when trying to meet some of the basic needs of the medical equipment he needs to alleviate that apex when it comes. >> we're still working to purchase equipment all across the globe. we have a whole team working seven day as week. unfortunately, we're competing against every other state in the united states for these same things. so it's very hard, but we're making progress. in terms it of finding staff, that's gone very well. the volunteerism of new yorkers, god bless hem, we're up to 76,000 health care workers who have volunteered. 76,000. >> reporter: as the governor mentioned, new yorkers stepping up try to help through the pandemic. what the governor and state government here are trying to do is build up enough of a medical stockpile and things like hospital beds, that's the racetrack, to be able to get ahead of this virus. to try to go on offense instead of standing on defense. those are the things -- the main focus here in new york. why there's a hospital here. why there's three other hospitals like this in other outer boroughs and that's what the goal is moving forward here in new york. fred? >> all right. evan mcmorris-santoro, thanks so much. on to maryland now where one person is dead, dozens of others sick with the coronavirus at a nursing home. in carroll county. sarah westwood joins me now. i understand a total of 66 patients tested positive? what more can you tell us? >> reporter: right, fred. 66 residents of this nursing home have so far tested positive and more residents of the pleasant view nursing home are awaiting test results as well as a number of symptomatic staff members at that nursing home. maryland officials said this morning to contain the outbreak they are not relocating anyone that has tested positive unless their symptoms are so serious they need to be hospitalize and even then spreading the number of patients out around different hospitals around the area to avoid overwhelming any one maryland hospital. there are those 66 positive cases. 11 hospitalizations have taken place so far out of this nursing home and unfortunately we learned this morning that one man a man in his 90s, with underlying conditions did pass away from the virus. this was brought up in context of discussions also about the life care center outside of seattle, washington. that was really the first major cluster of cases that we saw in the u.s. dozens died as a result of that outbreak and this appears to be the largest nursing home outbreak since what we saw at the live care center. it's a very serious situation. especially given that the populations of nursing homes are more vulnerable. they are older, tend to have medical conditions. so it's a much more serious situation for the people who become sick, and that's a point that maryland officials tried to stress this morning. take a listen. >> this is extremely serious, because of the vulnerable nature. if somebody's in a nursing home, that there for underlying medical conditions. so we have 66 people who with underlying medical conditions, who are infected with this virus. >> reporter: now, maryland officials said this morning that as a result of the outbreak they're actually having some staffing issues at the nursing home. one county health official suggesting some workers at the nursing home don't want to come in to work because they're afraid of camping the virus and they've gone to a temp agency to get workers, all taking place against the backdrop of a spike of cases in the d.c., maryland, virginia area. maryland officials pointing out it took three weeks for this area to reach 1,000 cases but own three days for the number to double to 2,000 cases. >> sarah westwood, thank you siege. coming up, tragedy in the philippines. a plane crashes to the ground, and we just learned it was used as part of country's coronavirus response. plus -- a convention center in new orleans being turned into a makeshift hospital. is maurdi gras blamed for a ris in cases there? 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>> reporter: yeah. it's so tragic from the moment this airplane, lion airplane took off a. it apparently exploded into a fireball and there were no survivors. the detail important here, fred. eight passengers, pardon me. two passengers six crew. of that crew, a doctor, a medic and nurse and many, many medical supplies, as you were just saying. it has not been confirmed exactly if it was the american or the canadian that was sick with coronavirus and was heading to japan for treatment. foreign affairs here in canada will only say to us they confirmed a canadian was onboard and send condolences to the family and providing counselor services. again, such a tragedy when you think this flight definitely was supposed to be bringing a person obviously ill with the coronavirus to japan where they could actually have some better treatment in the philippines. they're struggling with their own lockdown and the coronavirus and it became apparent according to the philippine red cross once arrived on the scene, no hope for survivors. again, two crew, but also a nurse, a medic, a doctor and, of course, the american and the canadian allonboard. an investigation is pending. i point out this is not lion air, the big passenger company from indonesia. a small airline also called lion air. still, such a tragedy there. >> tragedy upon tragedy. goodness. paula newton, thank you from ottawa. meanwhile, spain is seeing its biggest single day increase of coronavirus deaths. 838 more fatalities there. that grim news offset by a sharp drop in infections, but remains a sense the country may be facing a growing crisis. our scott mclean is in madrid, and how's it going there for you? and for everyone else there? scott? >> reporter: hey, fredricka. the coronavirus in this country killed more than 6,500 people. that is a scary statistic. here's another one. more than one in everybody seven kermed case here in spain, that of a health care worker in desperate short supply of protective materials. doctors and nurses tell us the situation is improving it is far from ideal. some doctors now resorted to a pretty unusual plan b. the coronavirus pandemic has turned the surgical mask into a hot commodity worldwide. many spanish hospitals, they are in desperately short supply. a couple of doctors in northern spain watched colleagues in madrid struggle with shortages and had an idea. >> a mask, in my house. and thought maybe i can make some kind of collection to use it. >> reporter: this doctor is a cardiology invited to lead spain. this doctor is his boss. >> brilliant idea. this one impressive but true we were all very concerned. so we have to graduate all the great ideas. >> reporter: making it work took engineering replacing the snorkel with a common medical-grade filter attached by a tube 3d printed at the hospital. each part can be sterilized re-used and filters last five days. >> absolutely protecting. a complete ceiling. >> reporter: the mask doesn't have official approval from health authorities, but icu staff are using them here. i wonder what this tells you about the situation your country is in? >> we are in a dramatic situation. i know the head authorities are doing as much as they can but we need some solutions straightaway. >> reporter: because 15% of all confirmed cases in spain are health care workers. one of the highest rates on earth. some hospital staff in madrid had to make gowns out of garbage bag and re-use single-use masks. and the initiative, sporting chain decathlon blocked public sales of the mask. >> many, many from around trying to send us the scuba masks from home. >> reporter: and the hospital is going all-in on the easy breath, already bought a second 3d printer and also catching on at other hospitals. desperate for a solution to protect staff on the front line. so, fredricka, i have one of these masks before it's converted into a hospital mask. you see the snorkel here. this comes off easily. then this is where they attach that special custom-made piece that attaches to two filters that are usually used in hospital ventilators. they're usually well supplied in hospitals. this is not certified by the spanish health authorities. doctors say, if you have the norm's mask obviously you should wear that first but this is a pretty good work-around because it seals to your face completely. so you don't have the risk of infection of getting into your eyes or getting to your nose, which sometimes masks don't completely cover. in fact, italian doctors are using this same type mask to pump oxygen into patients collar to a cpap mask and doesing are not looking at that just yet. might be their next project. for now, they want to keep their colleagues safe. >> incredible. scott mclean, thdesperation is provoking innovation. still ahead, police stopping drivers heading into florida. the measures states are taking to try to protect its residents. want to brain better? 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are the are the "mercy" will be in the future, fred, when they start admitting patients. they haven't yet but are prepared to do so. back on ground the l.a. city fire department trying to help out by conducting covid-19 cases. the fire department. in fact, among other things, they are testing first responders, anyone over 65 who's vulnerable or vital workers such as department of power and water and now firefighters in l.a. before they even start think shift, having their temperatures taken. >> only have one of our responders get within six feet of a patient unless the patient is clearly unstable. the patient is hand add surgical mask to don as soon as possible and we try to keep the oh responders out of harm's way and modified dispatch questions to try to identify high-risk patients. >> reporter: and now that they are in the department of covid-19 testing, another concern for l.a. city firefighters are the homeless community such as skid row and other poor neighborhoods. >> we have people living in very poor conditions. we have a lot of immigrants and undocumented people, and a lot of people with health disparities. so we have special testing we're setting up for the homeless. under the mayor's leadership we've been able to move a number of homeless individuals off the streets into shelters and rec centers and rvs, located at various locations throughout the cities including some parking lots by city beaches. >> reporter: and as for those covid-19 tasks, the fire department feels they can get them back within 24 hours and so far thousands tested. back to you, fred. >> thanks, paul. omar, to you. talk about the step it's tas tae in the chicago area, turning the basketball arena into a place of dispensing supplies? >> reporter: that's right, fred. basically today what's happening is a personal protective equipment drive. you can see kind of the setup behind me here. at all of these boxes, they have various medical splice people have come and dropped off. masks, gloves, literally they drive up and some volunteers and staff members help place them and then they'll then be put into trucks and taken to local health care providers where that's the reason the drive is even happening, to begin with. now, this drive is a partnership between u.s. senators, project cure and the united center which is said to turn into a logistics hub for the chicagoland area. to be a central location for medical supplies, food distribution and even first responder staging as well. when you talk about the availability of those medical supplies, it's been a real point of emphasis here in illinois. governor pritzker, kbecompeting get the equipment. they partnered with biotech industries putting in an order to 2.5 million masks around 1 million surgical marges, a partnership ongoing but the governor says drives like this, volunteer efforts and also they are continuing to scour the global supply chain as well to keep up with what we have seen to be a rising number of cases daily. >> thanks so much. omar and paul, appreciate it. the white house coronavirus task force is now weighing proposals to draw back social distancing guidelines, in parts of the country. one of our nation's top medical experts is warning we could see more than 100,000 deaths. joining me right now, to discuss this, dr. jennifer lee a cnn medical analyst and the former medical director for the state of virginia and gayle smith, a former obama administration official who helped lead the u.s. government international effort to combat the ebola crisis in 2014. go to see both of you gayle, begin with you. the white house said the president's delay cost lives. what are you hoping can are learned at this juncture to help either slow down the rate of increase or address the protective equipment shortages? >> well, you know, what we learned from the ebola response was that we need to move quickly. time is our friend in this, and science and data need to be the guide, absolutely. on things like ppe, the single most important thing is to build a supply chain. and it needs to be systemic. it needs to be organized not just across this country but the entire world is going through this pandemic. so that there's a regular supply of equipment to our front line workers, who are our health workers and we need to be able to deploy them at scale and in good health. that supply chain is absolutely vital. >> in your view it's not too late to try to impose that? we've heard it from the president. he says it's up to the states, but you think at this juncture, a national plan could still come in and perhaps the dispensing of equipment could be coordinated from the white house? >> yeah. well, look. i'm thinking about this in terms of the entire world. this is a global pandemic. other countries are competing for the same goods on the market. we need to be able to deploy the resources where they're needed, but also to track the virus. because we're trying to control it all over the planet. so, yes. i think our experience, again, in ebola, it was that consistent well-organized systemic supply chains. one could county on what was coming through and health workers didn't need to worry about that, that's one of the single most important things we can do. >> dr. lee, florida governor ron desantis is hoping to stop the disease from spreading stopping screening travelers entering that state. would you recommend a measure like this? might it provoke, you know, effective results to help slow down the spread? >> well, fred, i think we need more testing, but we need more testing everywhere. you know, the testing as we all know has been in really short supply and it has been slow. in the coming weeks as our testing capacity and our speed begins to grow, we need to -- i'd like to see us be able to open up the testing criteria. right now very appropriately we are prioritizing testing for those who are the sickest, and those who have both symptoms and exposure. but as we get more testing we need to -- i would like to see us test more people who have either symptoms or a high-risk exposure. also, i'd like to see a place where all the data comes together. all the public and the private data on the testing, testing capacity, our testing results. i don't think that we can change anything we're doing with social distancing until we have evidence of what the virus is doing. and, you know, lastly, with testing, another important piece of this is what do you do with the test results when you get them? if someone's positive, they have to be quarantined. you need to trace all their contacts. who is going to do all of that? we don't have enough public health staffing right now at the state or local level. we need to be creative, look at what countries like south korea did. can we, with the permission of the american people, use digital and high-tech solutions to do contact? using phones, credit card history. we need to look at that and also can we look at the workforce? like the military. the military medics and corpsmen. their thousands well trained and dedicated, and may be able to help us with things like contact tracing. >> dr. lee, president trump and new york governor andrew cuomo don't necessarily see eye to eye on all things. ventilator. the governor says he needs 30,000. something the president questioned. listen to what dr. fauci told our jake tapper about this. >> you know, there's a lot of different calculations. my experience, i tend to believe governor cuomo. some say there are ventilators that are there in a certain place that's accessible. we just need to connect the dots to get them accessible. there are two issues here. are there ventilators there that you can use, that you need better accessibility to? and if so, get them. if not, then give them to them. one way or the other, he needs the ventilators that he needs. and hopefully we will get him the ventilators that he needs. >> dr. lee, how do you see it? >> i think the issue with ventilators is similar to the issue we had with ppe. one, we don't know how many we really have across the country and how many we can get. what is the supply side of that? the same thing with ppe. how much do we really have available right now? second, what's the demand? what's the need? we have projections, but those will change as we get more data, as we learn more about the curve of cases across the country. do i think we're going to need more than we have? yes. but that need is going to vary depending where the virus is hitting the hardest, and over time. >> okay. and gayle -- okay. and then gayle, quickly you know, given your experience in the obama administration dealing with ebola in terms of preparation and response what kind of advice would you want to give this administration right now, what it can do now to prepare for what could be a continued surge and response to the numbers that are already increasing overnight? 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do you think these nurses are not afraid to go into the hospital? they're afraid. but something is more important than their fear. which is -- their passion, their commitment for public service and helping others. that's all it is. it's just their passion and belief in helps others. and that overcomes their fear. and that makes them, in my book, just truly amazing, outstanding human beings. >> and one of the things, fred, that the nypd is doing, they're looking to, at their members, their members who have any underlying conditions who don't want to report to work would rather work from home telling them that's a possibility. they're working 0en that. any issues, report it to their commanding officers, supervisors and they will likely get to stay home. of course, everyone is dealing with this. the nypd, the fire department. so many people on the front lines here, fred. >> yes. so many having to make some big adjustments. you know? and be very nervous about what's around the corner. shimon, thank you so much. more on coronavirus in a moment, but first, investors are bracing for yet another wild week on wall street. cnn chief business correspondent christine romans has more. >> reporter: wall street is bracing for some of the ugliest economic data in decades. we got a taste last week. more than 3 million americans filed for first-time jobless claims, five times the record set in 1982. readings on consumer confidence and manufacturing due, so is the march jobs report. that report probably won't reflect the worst of the layoffs because when the labor department conductss suryou have a, but initial jobless claims staggering. figuring when the economy can reopen despite central banks and governments, so much uncertainty and that keeps pressure aring the stock market. the spread of the virus is under control, and you won't see a sustained stock market rally. until then. in new york, christine romans. ♪ you should be mad they gave this guy a promotion. you should be mad at forced camaraderie. and you should be mad at tech that makes things worse. but you're not mad, because you have e*trade, who's tech makes life easier by automatically adding technical patterns on charts and helping you understand what they mean. don't get mad. get e*trade's simplified technical analysis. - [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. and they're counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. grubhub. together we can help save the restaurants we love. who stood up. who stood strong. who demanded to be seen. to be heard. to be counted. learning about their courage and grit... ...inspires us to pass it on... ...to the women who are next. ♪ find your family's connection to this moment in history. at ancestry. to be most successful, connectivity is vital. verizon, really for us, has been a partner for years. allows us to stay connected to our 80 plus locations across the country. we use verizon throughout our entire day. it's an integral part of how our practice runs. we need our project managers and our superintendents to be able to communicate. we don't have to be together to work together. 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New-yorkUnited-statesJapanPhilippinesWashingtonMadridSpainFloridaIllinoisWhitehouseDistrict-of-columbiaVirginia it's 4:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast and the hours ahead will see residence of three states waking up to a two-week travel advisory. the region has been hit hard by the covid-19 pandemic so the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention is telling people leaving there not to travel anywhere unless absolutely necessary. it's a big step back from the quarantine donald trump suggested on saturday, an idea rejected by at least one state governor. it's not clear the travel advisory actually changes anything. stay-at-home orders are already in place in those states and many others. only people with critical jobs such as health care providers and delivery drivers are exempt. still, the cdc's latest advisory shows the trump administration is grasping for ways to slow the pandemic in the u.s. the number of reported infections has spiraled upward to more than 121,000. far more than any other place in the world. and the u.s. death toll has doubled over the past two days to more than 2,000. globally, johns hopkins university accounts 660,000 cases and more than 30,000 fatalities and rising. our team is fanned out across the globe covering the pandemic like only cnn can. we're live in the uk where a top doctor says below a certain number of deaths, the country will have done well in this epidemic. we'll take you to tokyo as japan moves closer to a national emergency following the biggest one day spike in cases there. and in los angeles, mercy coming in the form of a massive floating hospital. but we begin with the president's push toward a quarantine for new york, new jersey and connecticut. the suggestions triggered a fierce back and forth all day saturday. jeremy diamond takes out behind the scenes. >> president trump on saturday backing down in the face of criticism. the president proposing a quarantine, restricting travel for any residence of new york and people in parts of new jersey and connecticut, restricting them from traveling to other parts of the country. the president late saturday night instead backing down and proposing this instead, quote, on the recommendation of the white house coronavirus task force and upon consultation with the governors of new york, new jersey and connecticut, i have asked the cdc to issue a strong travel advisory to be administered by the governors in consultation with the federal governments. a quarantine will not be necessary. full details will be released by the cdc today. that was the president tweeting on saturday night. of course there are already pretty strict restrictions by each of those three states already in place. take new york, for example, there's a stay-at-home order encouraging new yorkers not to leave their homes other than for necessities like getting groceries or getting medicine. so it's not clear what this travel advisory would do to actually change the situation on the ground. but what is clear, though, is the timeline. the president's tweet backing down from his proposal came after criticism from new york's governor andrew cuomo. >> this would be a declaration of war on states. it wouldn't be new york, new jersey, connecticut. next week it would be louisiana with new orleans and the week after that it would be detroit and michigan and it would run all across the nation. >> cuomo made it clear that he not only disagreed with this proposal by the president, but that he believed that it would be illegal if implemented or that the president didn't have the legal authority to actually impose some kind of geographic-based quarantine. what is clear, this is in keeping with the president's thinking over the last several days. the president has been eager to get the economy going again and what he's been looking at as these guidelines are set to lapse in a matter of days is putting in a system that would be more geographic-based. looking at the risk in certain areas of the country. but it appears that the president's initial attempt to do something that would be geographic-based so far has not come to fruition. health care workers inside new york's besieged hospitals are describing jammed up conditions as more and more patients stream in coughing, sweating can fevers and with fear in their eyes. for the medical professionals, there's worry about their own health. nurses in the bronx protesting the lack of safety equipment such as masks and gloves they need to stay healthy and on the front lines. this tragic and poignant moment on saturday also in the bronx. new york city police officers standing in the rain to salute the third nypd member to die from coronavirus as his body was taken from the hospital. detective cedric dixon was a 23-year police veteran. the nypd reports almost 700 personnel have now tested positive for the virus. the state of louisiana saw a spike in coronavirus cases and is reporting more than 3,000 confirmed cases and more than 130 deaths. the city of new orleans is hit hard with the national guard coming in there to help with the emergency response. a local nurse at a new orleans hospital tells cnn that her hospital is averaging three to four deaths per day. she tells us, we have had to set up a temporary morgue outside the emergency department for those who expire from covid-19. this temporary morgue is full. with more on the situation in new orleans here is ed 11 dar row. >> reporter: the numbers suggest that this state remains a hot spot in the coronavirus outbreak across the country. the department of health here in louisiana says there are more than 3,300 cases of coronavirus in the stays and there have been 137 deaths. this is a significant jump from the day before and here in the next few hours the latest numbers will be released once again. that is the continuous increase of these case numbers is what has people here on edge. and medical experts say that this is a spike in the trajectory that will continue to go up and it's one of the reasons they're concerned. the governor says that by this time next week, the end of this coming week, they will be running out of hospital bed space as well as ventilators. the governor has requested some 12,000 ventilators. the last we heard, they hadn't even received 200 of those. many people in hospitals bracing for what's coming in the coming days here as there's a great deal of concern of just how quickly this virus is spreading among the population here. the stay at home, shelter at home orders have been issued for almost a week now in the state. and you've seen how that has had a significant effect. many businesses boarded up as if it was a hurricane coming toward the city of new orleans once again. many people taking those orders seriously and they hope that that will begin to flatten the curve. but there's a great deal of concern about what will happen in hospitals across this state this coming week. al edwards joins us now. great to have you with us. as a scientist, are the measures being taken in the u.s. enough to slow the spread of the virus? >> i think it's hard to say. i think the other thing is that it's really difficult to square up what people are experiencing locally in their home community and what's happening in different regions and, you know, even in the uk, i'm only maybe 20 miles from the capital of london and in the region i am there aren't that many cases locally yet. but we're getting this -- beginning to get more and more cases, probably a little more like what's happening in new york over there. the control measures and the changes to behavior, what people need to understand, it takes -- maybe two weeks after we change our behavior before we see any change in the new cases because the new cases we're seeing now are people who were infected two weeks in the past, maybe roughly, and so it's very difficult to know what impact the existing measures are having. and that makes it very difficult to know what is needed to go further than the current measures, if that makes sense. >> sure. let me ask you, then, about donald trump's suggestion to quarantine new york. that received a great deal of backlash, particularly from governor cuomo. in the current crisis, would it help considering there are other countries where states are closing their borders? >> yeah, i think we are getting -- i think italy is several weeks into regional traffic being reduced. there's two sides to that. one on the one side, it may be too late. if you have a lot of travel between the states, those cases will be spreading so in two weeks time, changing what we do now won't make that much difference. as you were reporting, maybe you have an outbreak already in new orleans. on the other hand, it's very, very important if we have an area in any country which is very badly affected, it's very important to try and protect the other areas near by. so travel restrictions from and to the outbreak may be helpful. the political side of it is very difficult as well. it's not that straight forward. you can't just immediately shut down travel or at least i think that's what we're beginning to see is that it's one thing to say and it's another thing to achieve it. >> and people abide by it. the race is obviously onto find a vaccine. there are, from my understanding, three dozen companies and institutions working to create a vaccine. tell me are they working together for the greater good of humanity or is this a competition? >> i think the scientists are probably working together more than ever before. what i'm experiencing is that the people i know who are working on this kind of thing such as in parts of the uk, we're all rooting for each other. everybody wants each other to be successful and be able to develop that vaccine. everybody is perhaps much more generous than a year ago when the scientific community -- we all work together but we're also a little bit competitive. everybody is rooting for each other. what i find that concerns me, even when we discover the vaccines do work and we can make them safely, which will take some months before we can do that, i'm concerned it will be difficult to manufacture enough vaccine, whatever vaccine is discovered to be able to make a really big impact. so i think the manufacturing of vaccines will turn out to be a really big -- an important factor as well, the moment that we have the scientific evidence that a particular vaccine works. >> we're not there yet. great to get you perspective. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. streets across italy are deserted. we'll look at the tragic toll the virus is taking. the virus is claiming more and more lives in the uk. we'll tell you about the letter the prime minister is now sending to millions of britains. lysol laundry sanitizer kills 99.9% of bacteria. detergent alone can't. lysol. what it takes to protect. ® you're looking at the desserted streets of milan, italy. residents heeding warnings to avoid public spaces. italy has reported more deaths than any other nation. it stands at over 10,000 lives lost. we look at the devastation coronavirus is causing across the country. >> coffins, one next to another next to another next to another. lined up in a church in northern italy, the epicenter of this country's coronavirus outbreak. social distancing means family and friends can't say their final farewells. the sick were alone as they lay dying. there were people says this father who died without anyone to hear or see them, without the possibility to talk to their loved ones with no one to comfort them. the increase in new cases has shown signs of beginning to slow down. but now covid-19 has killed more people in italy than anywhere else on earth. the public health system, one of europe's best, has been pushed to the limits. the disease has killed more than 50 medical personnel. italy has been on lockdown for three weeks, severe measures may be starting to bear fruits. we should see less people arriving in the emergency ward, he says, and we will be able to better look after patients. even if the numbers are starting to level out, the damage coronavirus has done to this country is breathtaking. friday evening, the 24-hour death toll was 969. saturday evening, the authorities reported another 889 people had died. if there's light at the end of this tunnel, it is at best a faint glimmer. ben wedeman, cnn, rome. the british government is preparing for a surge of many more cases. workers are converting london's excel center into an emergency hospital. more than 1,000 british patients have died. the medical director of the national health service says if the total death toll can be kept below 20,000, then britain will have done very well in the epidemic. boris johnson has been self-isolating after testing positive for the infection. he's writing letters to some 30 million households urging people to stay home. he writes, we know things will get worse before they get better. but we are making the right preparations. and the more we all follow the rules, the fewer lives will be lost and the sooner life can return to normal. 20,000 deaths, that is quite alarming. are britains heeding the warning? >> reporter: those are very worrying numbers. what we can say is for now, the decision is precarious. as you just mentioned, the prime minister has tested positive for coronavirus, the health minister has tested positive for coronavirus, various other members of the government in isolation because they're showing symptoms of the virus. the prime minister is very much trying to come out in front of this in a video message to the country, he says he will continue to lead the government's efforts but there has been criticism. a leading journal publishing yesterday that the government was delayed in putting these measures in place saying that patients will die unnecessarily. very strong words there. but, yes, with the prime minister sending out these letters individually to each household, the hope is that any confusion around these measures, confusion around what the restrictions are already clarified and people will follow them. yes, we are seeing there's some activity, some of the key workers, health care workers, other people that haven't identified as key workers in the country have been going out and of course doing their jobs. but beyond that, the streets of london, as you can see behind me here, are largely empty and that's because they're trying to heed that warning, keep home and keep safe, anna? >> we appreciate the update, thank you. the spanish government is imposing new restrictions on movement as the number of covid-19 fatalities soars. officials recorded 832 new coronavirus deaths on saturday. that brings johns hopkins counts of deaths in spain to almost 6,000. the country's prime minister announced saturday that all nonessential workers must stay home for two weeks. the restrictions begin march 30th and run through until april 9th. he says everyone will get paid and can make up the lost hours later on. we're joined now from madrid. >> reporter: just in the last two reported days, the figure you just gave of 832 through midday saturday and the previous 24 hours was 769 deaths, you had those up, that's almost 30% of all the deaths from coronavirus in spain in just the past two days. we're waiting for new figures in a few hours. the government saying that the percentage increase of these deaths is not as high as it was and they're supported by those numbers. but they want to get more things in their favor. halfway through this lockdown when it started, you could still go to work. the prime minister announcing saturday night, that's going to change for the next two weeks starting monday where nonessential workers, construction workers, will not be able to go on the job. although the streets are empty and traffic is very far down, they want to get it further down. these workers will be paid. they'll have to make up those hours when this is over, but they're trying to reduce the new numbers of cases, infections, that would potentially send more people to the hospitals and put more precious on the intensive care units and they want to reduce all of that so they can save more lives. the government announcing that the -- that businesses will not be able to use coronavirus as an excuse to fire workers. that's something supported by the unions not by all businesses. but there's another very troubling number here in spain, more than 9,400 medical workers themselves are infected. three doctors have died and that's a testament that there wasn't enough protective gear at the outset of this crisis. now they're bringing in millions more masks and all sorts of the gear that you need, ventilators, et cetera, but it's coming late -- too late for some of these people, anna? >> tragic news. these people on the front lines need the support. great to have you there. many thanks for your reporting. the french prime minister has a warning about the outbreak in his country. the next two weeks will be the toughest yet. he adds that the fight there is just beginning. his government is racing to add intensive care beds and get hold of protective gear while extending the lockdown. the health minister says france has ordered 1 billion face masks from china. the country is reporting more than 38,000 cases so far and more than 2,300 deaths. america's most populous state is in lock down but california is bracing for a wave of patients. we'll show you the massive navy hospital ship that has just arrived and how it plans to help. we'll look at how the virus is impacting other places around the world. ecuador under a state of emergency. horrific stories are emerging from a system straining under the pandemic. 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the idea is for it to take on any emergencies, broken bones, anything that is not a covied 19 patient. if look behind me, you can see there are crew members who are aboard the mercy, they know have a do not disembark order. they're trying extremely hard to isolate this ship and make it exist in its own coronavirus-free, self-containment bubble. this ship has a lot of experience with humanitarian missions, one at the top of that list, 2004, the tsunami that hit southea southeast asia and the indian ocean. here in southern california, not only is the mercy starting to help out, but they've got all sorts of other moves in place to ramp things up and they're being very vigilant about stay-at-home orders. this weekend, the first weekend where beaches and hiking trails are closed as los angeles moves closer toward the apex as we said earlier. reporting from san pedro, back to you. the cruise ship with at least two coronavirus patients will now be allowed to across the panama cancel. it's been stranded off the pacific coast since the cruise was cut short. more than 130 passengers are said to have flu-like symptoms. at least four elderly people have died on the cruise. although the causes of their deaths are unknown. healthy passengers are being transferred to another ship. as japan posts its largest single day increase in cases, it's prime minister warns the country is poised for a state of emergency. coming up, shinzo abe wants the public and government to respond. as singapore battles the virus, we'll speak with a best selling author about her husband's struggle to recover in a hospital. this is "cnn newsroom." this is charlie not coughing because he took delsym 12-hour. and this is charlie still not coughing while trying his hardest not to wake zeus. delsym 12-hour. nothing lasts longer for powerful cough relief. bewe're bringing the theater home to you with xfinity movie premiere. such news. i know what this is. this is a real thing. our brand new service that lets you watch movies at home, while they're still in the theater. oh, mister elton. ahh! he has figured out a way to be invisible. they picked the wrong woman. just say "xfinity movie premiere" into your voice remote to bring the theater to you. welcome back. this just into cnn, australia taking new measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. the prime minister announced a short time ago that gatherings would be limited to just two people starting monday. that's down from ten. he says all public outdoor areas including playgrounds and skate parks will be closed. he says residents must stay home except for necessities like going to a doctor or shopping for groceries. he also announced a six-month moratorium on evictions. japanese prime minister shinzo abe says the virus is pushing the country to the brink of a national emergency. this comes as japan reported its biggest one day increase in cases saturday, nearly 200. mr. abe is pushing for a massive aid package to help blunt the impact on the economy and he's urging people to avoid crowds and limit their outings so japan won't have to pose the strict controls that many european countries are now seeing. will ripley is in tokyo for us. how are the japanese citizens responding considering it was only a few weeks ago that abe said he didn't need to declare a national emergency. >> i think it was a bit of a confusing feeling for some people because all of this time, life has been relatively normal in japan. their paddling down the river, everything is okay. the government says you need to turn around right now, everything changes. they're talking about the a lockdown for tokyo, every day record increases in the number of cases and they're talking about declaring a national emergency. something that shinzo abe said he didn't need to do and he said that repeatedly. why now and why after the postponement after the tokyo 2020 olympics? huge crowds pack this area for the viewing of the cherry blossoms. they continue despite warnings from the government, warnings that coronavirus cases could see a major spike. this man sees the crowds from his apartment window. >> what do you think when you see all these people outside, some of them not wearing masks close together? >> not good. yeah. >> reporter: the japanese government is worried too. the governor calls the situation severe, cooperation critical. she says this may be the japanese capital's last chance to flatten the curve. we would like to see each resident share the sense of crisis, do what you can to avoid spreading it, she says. she's asking people to stay home, avoid nonessential travel, slow the spread. so far, it's not working. despite guidelines to work from home, many officers this week full. public transportation packed. ba ba bars and restaurants open. the city's relaxed mood does seem to be changing. the famous cherry blossoms closed, along with many department stores. this crossing always packed on saturday, empty. people preparing for the kind of restrictions on business and travel that other nations imposed weeks or months ago. japanese prime minister shinzo abe is moving closer to declaring a state of emergency just days after announcing the tokyo 2020 olympics will be postponed. experts warn of a steep price in human life in coronavirus spreads rapidly in this rapidly aging society. >> you have a lot of senior citizens here? >> in hospitals and the nursing homes. >> this doctor is executive director of japan's non-profit. he says most coronavirus patients in japan are likely showing few if any symptoms. japan claims it can process close to 8,000 tests per day. in reality, they're testing less than one-sixth of that number, averaging around 1,200 tests per day. the health ministry says as of friday, just 27,000 people have been tested. 27,000 people in a country of 125 million leaving many in japan to wonder how many cases are really out there? many are wondering how many cases we're going to learn about 14 days from now after the incubation period. all of those people who are out packing public transportation or sitting in crowded restaurants and bars, social distancing has not been practiced here. japan is not a hug, handshake culture. people keep their distance. perhaps that could save this capital city from a widespread coronavir coronavirus pandemic. but a lot of people feel it puts japan and much of its older population in a lot of danger. >> as you say, it has a huge aging population and that is a real concern. not following social distancing rules, it could cost you your health. in singapore, it could cost you money and time. those meeting in groups of ten or more, risk a $7,000 fine and even jail time. singapore has had at least 800 coronavirus cases and three deaths. we now want to get a personal perspective about conditions right now in singapore. we have the author of four best selling books whose husband is hospitalized with the virus. thank you so much for joining us. how is your husband? >> he's doing okay. his fever has -- he's still extremely fatigued, hospitalized and recovering. >> tell us about the timeline when he first fell ill and how you managed it? >> yeah, he arrived in the united states on wednesday morning and it was the 17th. the following morning, he was feeling not too great. i usually wouldn't suggest to check the temperature, but in that situation, i said why don't you. it was a mild fever. so he laid low. the next morning, the fever was a bit higher. we felt that it would be good for him to get tested and i haven't seen him since then. that was friday, the 20th of march. he's been hospitalized since then and he had a pretty high fever for about a week before into a baited and he was really wiped out for a guy that is fit and strong. i'm happy to say he's feeling a little bit better and stronger every day. but in singapore, everybody remains in hospital until they are testing negative. no one is sent home, even if they have mild symptoms. it's one of singapore's many, many protocols to help isolate people who are infectious and to contain anymore infections in the community. >> singaporeans, they lived through sars back in 2002, 2003, and obviously were hyper vigilant when coronavirus appeared on the scene. authorities have announced stricter measures. do you believe that the world should be looking to singapore on how to manage this pandemic? >> absolutely. i really -- i do believe singapore is a gold standard for this and i've had so many people. singapore has 5.6 million people living here, 3 1/2 million are senior citizens. so many people have said to me, i couldn't think of anywhere better to be in the world. it was swift and divisive in its protocol back in january when most of the world was thinking it wouldn't effect them. the prime minister has been very direct, very transparent and very clear in all of his communications from the get-go and i think that everyone in singapore, while people are a bit anxious right now and the measures have been really ramped up a lot in the last week or two as it has spread in other parts of the world, i think everyone in singapore feels that they are really living in probably the best country in the world right now in terms of how this pandemic is being managed. >> only three deaths. that's quite extraordinary. 800 infections. those figures in itself speak for itself. maggie, you mentioned your husband is recovering, he's still in hospital. when are you expecting him home? >> that's the $64 million question. he actually was transferred to another facility yesterday. he was no longer considered to need high levels of medical care. they're calling it an isolation resort. it is sort of a little bit like a hotel accommodation, sort of. he's sharing a room with someone and he will stay there until he's testing negative. i've heard -- it might be days, but i've heard of some people continuing to test positive for the virus for weeks. we're all hoping that's not the case. as dr. anthony fauci said in the united states, we don't set the timeline, this virus sets the timeline. i keep focusing on, i know he's in a good place, getting excellent care and his prognosis is really good. >> absolutely. that in itself is very reassuring. we obviously hope that he gets home to you very soon. we wish you and him the very best. thank you so much for speaking to us. >> thank you, anna. some more images of how the coronavirus impact is being felt around the world and we start in ecuador where an army soldier is checking drivers' documents in the city. it follows a national state of emergency that restricts people's movement. the mayor says the situation there has gotten so bad, bodies are being left outside hospitals, in homes even on sidewalks. to brazil, the country's top football clubs handing over their ground so health authorities can turn them into field hospital and is clinics. you're looking now at an aerial view from the polish ukrainian border. dozens of commercial trucks parked with nowhere to go. it follows the closing of all crossings to non-ukrainian citizens. back in ukraine's capital, these citizens are waiting to get on a special train that will take them back to moscow. effective tomorrow night, nearly all of russia's borders will be closed. the lock down in wuhan, china, is beginning to ease. how life is starting to go back to normal in the place where the pandemic began. first, amid the unfolding tragedy around the world, musicians are trying to calm things down a bit with songs of comfort. ♪ rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but up to 30 percent less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. china wants the world to know that life is getting back to normal in covid-19's original epicenter. public transportation is coming back online in wuhan. this is a partial reopen. but passengers are filtering back into the metro system. the virus is under control and these people are celebrating. they gave a thumbs up for the cameras as other passengers waved chinese friends. we have a former resident of wuhan whose family still lives there. lovely to see you. my condolences on the passing of your relative to coronavirus. this must be a very difficult time, like it is for so many around the world. how is your family holding up? >> thank you. it's great to be able to chat with you. my -- like you now, my great aunt had passed away because of covid-19 in early february. we have hit the news of her passing from granny who is in her late 80s because we want granny to keep up her good spirits, spirit high, so her immune system can be high so that she can survive the strict lockdown quarantine in good spirit. now that lockdown restriction is about to be lifted, we have told her about the sad news. and like thousands of other families in wuhan, we are just in the process of beginning to plan for the funerals and grieving process of our loved one. >> as you mentioned, wuhan has been reopened, partial reopened which is extraordinary. how do citizens feel? do they feel safe venturing outdoors? >> yeah, when i talked to my family and friends back home, there is a great sense of excitement. people are excited, looking forward to finally be able to stepping outside of their house. kids are looking forward to playing on the playground, but the mood is still extremely cautious. people are cautious, do not want to risk their health -- their loved one's health, their kids health. everyone is taking extreme precaution and planning to be vigilant even if they are able to finally step out of their apartments. >> what are your family members doing? >> so we are -- we are still -- we are still in the process of trying to figure out what we will be doing next. there hasn't been a big family gathering planned just yet even though we have canceled our chinese new year gathering. we are still kind of on the watch and wait and see kind of situation and see what we need to do next. but obviously i also want to mention, despite the caution, the excitement, the mood in wuhan, i would say still largely somber. like i said earlier, thousands of families who have lost their loved ones because of covid-19, they have not had the chance to say good-bye to their loved ones. they have not had the chance to pick up their loved one's ashes just yet. and people are -- people are going to start planning funerals and planning grief and we can expect a second wave of emotion that is going to hit my city in the weeks to come. >> absolutely. i want to finish on a bright note. you've taken to social media and you have done postcards from wuhan. tell us about that. >> yeah, so in the past few days we realized that so many people around the world are under some kind of quarantine, wuhaners really should share their tips and messages of support to the rest of the world. me and my friends have started to create postcards from wuhan with pictures and messages from the real people who have been under lockdown for the past two months. we hope when you see these messages and the faces and smiles from wuhan, you will find strength and hope in them as you go about your own quarantine and also, like you know that discrimination has been an issue around this virus spreading. we also hope that as you see these faces and smiles and the eyes of real people in wuhan, you will find it harder to hate and to discriminate. >> yeah, it gives people a great deal of hope. wonderful to see you, many thanks for sharing your story. thank you for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm anna coren. 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New-yorkUnited-statesMoscowMoskvaRussiaLouisianaJapanTokyoMilanLombardiaItalyUnited-kingdom new york city. saved 56 jewish families from the gestapo. lavinia henderson who was 44 from new york, a proud, single mother of three. allen lund, 81, from washington. a conductors with the most amazing ear. teresa eloe from new orleans, renowned for her business making detailed pins and corsages. and kobe adolf who was 44 from chicago, an entrepreneur and an adventurer. lila fenwick was the first black woman to graduate from harvard law school. we come on the air this morning ahead of memorial day, a time in which the country pauses to remember its veterans, all those who gave the last full measure of devotion, and all those still serving today. we come on the air in search of leadership, leadership for a nation in crisis in the middle of a human catastrophe, for a people divided, and for the chance to get this country back on firm footing. along with joe and me we have white house reporter for the associated press, columnist and associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius, and historian and author of "the soul of america," jon meacham. >> jon, i look through these names and there's dwayne valk from mission, kansas, a proud army vet who served in world war ii. mary santiago from evanston, illinois, who just loved being a mom. april dunn, a 33-year-old advocate for disability rights in louisiana. thomas reel from newton, pennsylvania, who was at peace most when he was on his harley. like "the times" said, they were us. a green bay packers ticket holder, the leader of a prayer circle, a college basketball assist winner, a tony award winning writer, an innovative high school principal, a nurse in the covid fight, an assistant pastor, and a dad who dedicated his entire life to his children. and, jon, there seems to be no historical parallel though i know a lot of people remember back in 1969 when "life" magazine showed one week's dead in vietnam and it jarred the nation to its core. i suspect this will serve as a wake-up call for those who thought we could just sort of turn our eyes and move on. >> i salute "the new york times" for brilliant use of design to convey a point, and for those who suspect that print has no role, exhibit a to this edition of the newspaper. in the business you call small type agate type. they have managed to convey something that the president of the united states in many ways does not want conveyed, which is the scope and scale and depth of the cost of this pandemic. and i think you're right about the "life "magazine piece. i remember "the times" also did a remarkable job of 9/11. >> right. >> with the lives we lost. and it's a reminder that for all of our conversations about politics and personalities that fundamentally this is about people. it's about human beings. and the root of the word politics is from city, a collection of people. that's the meaning of it. and i think that the pandemic has, in a way that even war does not have, this universality of threat. we talked about it and i thought looking back beginning of march perhaps we would avoid a partisan pandemic. we have not. but we have the capacity always to address our issues with some national purpose if we had the right leadership. >> well, i will say, mika, if you look at what americans have done, if you ignore a lot of the destructive nonsense coming out of washington and just look at what americans have done, what they're telling pollsters but, more importantly, the fact that in the state of florida, for instance, studies have shown and there's been reporting that just following cell phone data that floridians sheltered in place and began protecting their families even when their leaders were bumbling about. and we did bend the curve. we did that as a nation. unfortunately, so many politicians, and, yes, republicans mainly, but there were some democrats who were a little slow in moving forward. americans did that. and still only 8% of americans are saying they don't want to wear a mask. the overwhelming majority are not only worried about themselves and families but are actually concerned about others. >> and if you look at the losses, joseph w. hammond, who was 64 in chicago who stopped working to look after his aging parents. stanley tera, 77, a new york city developer and a friend of the president. mary lou armer, 43 years old from sonoma valley, california, a veteran police detective. daniel specter, 68, from memphis, a mentor to other artists. dale thurmond who was 65 from lexington, a tailor known for his exacting work and strong opinions. and thomas waters who was 56 from new york city who armed the affordable housing movement with data and analysis. >> david ignatius, these are those who we've lost as we move toward 100,000. as jon meacham brought up, we all remember reading "the new york times" and the faces of those we lost on 9/11, and that loss seemed so incalculable. >> unimaginable. >> we lost that many people in a single day in this pandemic. a single day in april when the president of the united states said it was going to magically go away. the same president who in january said that this was just one person coming in from china and it was going to go away. look at the 100,000 dead. it didn't go away. or what he said end of february. we said it on the show before. end of february, he said it's only 15 people. soon it will be down to zero. we've done a great job. there's nothing to worry about. or in march even he was asked after receiving panicked cries from his own administration over a month and a half ago. peter navarro saying over 100,000 souls could be lost. that was in march. we have a president running this who still is saying he's not worried at all. it'll go away. assuring republican senators, don't worry about it. so we look at those names. we hear those stories. we look at the incalculable loss and there's a great concern about what's ahead of us because while we're being warned once again like the president was warned before, this time we're being warned about the fall, we have someone engaged saying don't worry about the fall. it's not coming back. >> joe, when we look at that "new york times" front page, and i think it will stick and remember what it looked and felt like, it looks almost like a tombstone, all that black tape you see as a marker of what we've lived through. and yet as you begin to read the stories, it's not a tombstone, it's almost a mosaic of who we are. you read each little fragment. each of these little stories that capture small details about people, what they loved, what they're good at, what mattered to them. i think we're all feeling that in some ways this is a wartime like feeling, right before memorial day so obviously that comes to mind. i found myself thinking what are we fighting for in this war? every generation that has adversity i think asks two questions. one is, is there unity of effort? are we all pulling together for the same goals as we're in this terrible struggle? as we see the death toll come back. i know that was true for my parents' generation, my grandparen grandparents'. the second thing is what comes after this? what's the world that we're fighting to bring into being that will be different where the things we see and that trouble us aren't so present? that's what i hope we'll think about the day after and the day after. what are we fighting for? what do we want to keep people alive for? and i think it has to be a different kind of country. it has to be a country that feels fair. it has to be a country less crazily divided. we can't keep living the way we are now. a different america will emerge from that list of names, 1,000 names, the incalculable loss "the new york times" showed us this morning. i hope we'll think what country do we build now? >> and the stories really bring that message home. sterling e. matthews was 60 from midlothian, virginia, a cancer survivor who served as a deacon. another was 38 years old from palm beach, florida. served for the palm beach county sheriff's office for 14 years. and kira schwarz was 33 from new york who volunteered for pet rescue organizations all the time. >> a 33-year-old new yorker who helped with pet rescue, a 38-year-old florida sheriff, the stories continue and, again, the loss is staggering. jonathan, what is the white house reaction to where we find ourselves now? the president, though he criticized barack obama, was, of course, for golfing, has golfed so much more than barack obama this far in and did it again yesterday in the midst of this crisis. also insulted his last opponent, re-tweeting something that called her a, quote, skank. constant attacks for nancy pelo pelosi. even though america, for the most part, has come together to bend the curve, this president does not seem to be anything resembling a president that wants to bring the country together. more and more people are concerned that he's unmoored. and more, i think, tragically, unmoved by the nearly 100,000 dead americans. >> joe, a note on the front page of "the new york times" first i think is so powerful about the list of names is that it's what's not there. it was on displayed on the front page is only 1/100th. a number that is only going to increase. only going increase dramatically as the months go on particularly if there are subsequent waves. when you and jon meacham were talking about the portraits of grief "the times" did so movingly after september 11th, they basically said they can't do a similar effort here. that was 3,000 names this is 100,000 and climbing. there's no way to report out, write out every story, every story of a life lost to this pandemic. in terms of the white house, the president yesterday resumed golfing. it was his first time since the pandemic really came to american shores. he traveled to his golf club in suburban, virginia. it's part of his effort to show americans that things are getting back to normal. it's memorial day weekend. we are seeing beaches, some beaches crowded disturbingly without any social distancing. we are seeing the president taking weekly trips now to battleground states. he was, of course, in michigan this past week. there was a flap about him not wearing a mask in public. he is trying to turn the page on the public health crisis part of this and really focus on the economy. he did that yesterday, a sign of returning back to regular life by golfing, coming on the heels of dr. birx friday stressing over and over and over that golfing in particular will be something that would be safe. the president is going to travel again this week. he's going to mark memorial day at arlington national cemetery, an event in baltimore as well. he's expected to go to florida later in the week additionally. right now this is "the times" yesterday, that moving tribute. that is not where this white house is. it took until this weekend, in fact, joe and mika, for them to finally lower the flags to half-mast as a tribute to those who have died. >> i just want to point two more names out to you, joe, because there was a mention of the portraits of grief on 9/11. these somehow sting. mike field, who was 59, he's from valley stream, new york. he was a first responder during the 9/11 attacks. and albert petrocelli, 73, was a fire chief, who answered the call on 9/11. and i remember the police officers and the fire chiefs and the fire and rescue officials who were hiding in a school on 9/11. i was in there with them and i remember them running back into the buildings knowing perhaps it would be the last moment they spoke on the phone with their wives, but they did it. they served. they served, they responded, and answered the call. and yet this country was terribly unprepared to save them. >> you always talked about how as one of the towers came down you all went running into a school and there were the first responders. >> they were incredible. >> they were in there with you. >> even before the dust settled they were crawling out the front door making their way back to the towers. jon meacham, you have written a book that so many americans connected with, "the soul of america." and just would love for you to give us a few thoughts this sunday morning about the soul of america and, to me at least, there seems to be great contrast between the soul of america and some of our leadership in washington, d.c. and around the country in governor's mansions. because when you see as many americans come together as they did to bend the curve, you suddenly realized that pictures of people carrying military style weapons and screaming and yelling and abusing law enforcement officers are surrounding a reporter in minnesota and screaming at him, yelling at him and pushing him and telling him to take off his mask, that actually we may be doing a disservice showing those clips because they account for such a small portion of america and such a dark sliver of america's soul because, all in all, americans have stepped up. they've been strong and they've done what they had to do to bend the curve. >> the word soul itself means breath or life in hebrew. in genesis when god breathes life into man that word can be translated as soul. when jesus said greater love and the soul was the essence of where we are. socrates wrote it as a pagan and religious thought. the question is what is the freedpredominant feature you we just saying of that soul. to my mind it's an arena of contention between our better angels and our worst instincts. and the great thing about the united states has been that for all of our imperfections, for all of our derelictions, all of our shortcomings, for all of our sins, we have, in fact, bent the curve toward a more perfect union. we're not perfect yet. we're not going to be perfect. it was once said the tragedy of man is that he can perceive perfection but cannot conceive it. but the point is we're still here. we're fighting to make the country hopefully, to use david's term, stronger, fairer, more generally accepting of the full implications of the ideas that thomas jefferson, himself a flawed messenger, wrote in what was the most important sentence ever originally rendered in english, i would argue, that all men are created equal. we have always been stronger the more directly we realized the truth of that sentence and applied the strength of that sentence. we're always going to be flawed. there are always going to be those folks, as you say, with the assault weapons, always people standing at a rally saying keep the government out of my medicare. there's just -- we're going to deal with that forever. and it's probably a fairly high percentage. probably 30%, 35% of the country are not going to want for various reasons to participate in a covenant of generosity. but the covenant of generosity is what makes america america. i'll leave you with this. what i would urge people who blindly support the president or blindly support either side, think about this. what do we commemorate? what do we celebrate? we don't commemorate and celebrate hours of selfishness. we don't commemorate and celebrate people who don't help, who run away from those buildings, as mika was saying. we commemorate and celebrate the civil rights act, the voting rights act, world war ii. we don't celebrate the isolationists. do we talk about 1930s or do we talk about 1941 forward? self-evidentlily we talk about 1941 forward. we talk about hitting the beaches at normandy trying to liberate the camps. we don't talk about the fact charles lindbergh talked about america first and a silent majority. there's a vernacular of selfishness that runs throughout the country but there's also, god willing, these instincts to heed those better angels, and that's where you want to be, the side of history you want to be on. >> and we have them still outnumbered. >> we're looking at the names profiled by "the new york 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to the president that up to 500,000 souls could be lost. we will see what the number ends up being after this fall. but you go into february and donald trump said it's 15 people. only 15 people were doing a great job. soon it will be down to zero. then march the president told reporters he wasn't worried at all. they were doing a great job and things were going to end up fine. of course in april the president with the finest doctors in the world, the finest research universities in the world, the brightest minds in the world that he could have access to, the president instead was asking dr. birx to look into injecting disinfectants into patients' bodies, talked about hydroxychloroquine. also, of course, talked about the fact that this fall the virus probably wouldn't come back. david ignatius, the present was corrected by dr. fauci in real time. the fda had to put out warnings. the va put out studies. this president has been warned. the american people have been warned time and time again not to listen to the president's rambli ramblings. and i just wonder if we will finally get to a time where americans when they go to vote understand that experience matters, that intellect matters, that just getting somebody who is an outsider who doesn't know how washington works matters. that has been our instinct to go the last 20 years, find somebody who is an outsider who will shake things up. i wonder if this terrible american tragedy will actually remind voters again that wisdom, experience, knowledge, compassion, and temperament, like fdr's temperament. that temperament matters as well. >> joe, i think you're right to characterize this coming presidential election, in effect, as a character test for the country. people really need to make mature decisions about the kind of leadership that we need to get us from this period where we look at the front page of "the new york times," names of the people who died, and as mika said, that's a fraction of the total number, and find leadership that can bring the country back to its better days. and i think part of that we need to be honest is joe biden, the presumptive democratic nominee, showing the country he's that person, that he has those capabilities to be not just an adequate leader but a great leader because that's what the country needs right now. and i think when we try to step back and imagine what this election will be about as the world views it, this is a test of whether democracy can really rise to a great challenge, a catastrophe that we're living through. democracies are noisy. they're all scatter shot, competing views. can they organize themselves to be strong and powerful in responding to a crisis? is our decentralized system of medicine -- we don't have a national health care system like so many countries. can our decentralized system rally so that we end up getting the vaccine, the therapies that are going to, in the end, mark the end of this. we are a federalist system. we're not like china, a top down state. we're federalists. our founders didn't want a single unit. they wanted 50 states. each with a somewhat different response. how is that working? you can say a lot of evidence is working well but some that it isn't. so i think as we head to november we should think as the world is thinking as they watch our election this is is a character test for america. is american democracy as strong as we always thought it was? are the american people wise in the decisions they make? will they pick leaders not just who are good for america but who are good for the world? that's really what's at stake. >> and will they pick leaders, mika, that follow the advice in the middle of a pandemic of medical professionals, of the wisest people around in this area of the best scientists, of the great minds from a country that has been awarded over 50% of every noble prize for science since 1950, or will he continue talking about his gut? will he continue talking about injecting 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whenever they see fit, recommending clorox injections, stifling dr. fauci, refusing to wear the mask. he has a consuming desire to always be center stage yet he never wants to reveal who he really is. he masks his finances, his taxes, his friendships, his on going family conflicts of interest, his inadequacies. constantly making up areas of expertise he doesn't have. he doesn't read the bible, and he doesn't live as a christian and love thy neighbor. but he is demanding churches be reopened because his evangelical base will love that. everything he's doing right now is to stave off a loss in november. just as obama admitted at the end of his presidency that he had not always been attent tiiv enough for the simplistic displays of feelings and emotions, designed to satisfy the cable news hype fest, trump's presidency is all theatrics, all performance, all formed with no content. his script is the only truth. those of us who have donned protective masks to fight the virus have taken off our professional masks, makeup, now we see celebrities and journalists in their own habitats without hair and makeup, and that has made them seem more fully human. humanity is showing through everywhere, except ironically, with the unmasked trump. >> jonathan lemire, a line reminds me of an article you wrote about donald trump going through the difficult exercise of leading the resistance to his own government. he sets up white house guidelines and then the next day he starts seeming to undermine and attack the guidelines, re-tweets, resistance tweets, and soon people are showing up with military style weapons trying to shut down a democratically elected state legislature. that is the conflict here for a guy who is a day trader politically and in every other way as well. it's very hard in an election year to run a resistance to your own government while your own government is having to warn americans not to listen to your bleach and hydroxychloroquine medical suggestions. >> you're right, joe. maureen's column hits upon a theme of that piece and the tension that's within the trump campaign as they eye november less than six months away. the president only has a few plays in his playbook and one is to frame himself as the outsider. his team beliefs he is still seen as the person who is not part of the washington swamp, in their words and joe biden, someone who in d.c. was a senator and then vice president. this president, donald trump, he questions science. he questions the federal bureaucracy. he ignores the guidelines created by his own task force. he encourages the small group of protesters, many of them wearing make america great again apparel to congregate in front of state capitols, dangerously without much public support. he identifies with that as he's trying to tap in to that government anger that he was able to ride in 2016. this moment might call for something differently. first of all, this might not be a moment where having government experience and being a manager is a bad thing. vice president biden and his camp is leaning into that. they want to be seen as someone who is competent, who can be a technocrat if needed, has big ideas, can make government work. more than that it's about the president, how difficult it would be to deny and disavow your own record. he can play as the outsider, that's what he wants to do and his twitter feed was full of attacks on democratic politicians, media figures and everyone else, but it's hard to run away from your record. not only, of course, a struggling economy, which has been the president's focus, his effort to try to restart things but, of course, the death toll, the mistakes made, the signs missed. and, of course, a nation mourning, so eloquently put on the front page of "the new york times." >> so, reverend al, one of the ways the president tried to distract was getting people back to church. people who go to church want to get back to church. they're going to do it safely. they're not going to be listening to the president and, by the way, it wasn't the president's authority to do that anyway. you just said -- i saw yesterday you were talking about wanting to get back to church yourself, such a big part of your life and so many others that you know. when it's done it has to be done safely and not have some political statement that it's a political stunt. >> absolutely. you and i both are church people, joe. i can't imagine going back to church, getting on my knees -- and i still pray on my knees -- and thanki ining god for anothey of life and, by the way, god, i'm recklessly wrecking it. what would you do with con degree gant gregants that you are risking it. it is the problem of this president because not only do i agree with what you and mika have been saying all morning and what maureen dowd wrote about his lack of capacity to manage during this time. i think a lot of voters are also going to be looking for a president that can heal after the hurt, after the harm. we're going through a painful period, a period we're not going through in 100 years. we want someone who can bring us through it and heal us after. he does not display the capacity to be a healer at all. to be attacking people, media people and democrats on memorial day weekend while people are still dying does not tell us that he has the capacity to even feel for us and later to heal us. and that, i think, will be his detriment when the election comes. >> it's not a surprise, also, but he obviously doesn't know a whole lot of the bible because jesus in the sermon on the mount about how they pray. don't worry about it. don't go into the synagogues. don't feel like you have to go on street corners to pray for me. and make a public show out of it. if you need to just go into your room, go into your closet. >> your secret closet, that's right. >> and jesus said and i will hear you and god will hear you. so this idea that you can't worship god unless you pack into a church in an unsafe way, well, it just undermines the teachings of jesus, matthew 6:6. >> you are absolutely right. you're right. he talks about praying -- >> you need to be safe. go ahead. >> jesus said pray in your secret closet. and sometimes people that get in the privacy of their room and go on a viral service and can be devout and sincere today show in many ways a stronger belief than people who have to be seen going through rituals. that's that practice their religion today in private are showing a sincerity that they don't need on display. >> and a sincerity jesus talked about on is your mon the sermon mount. >> quote, people have suffered. they've been afraid. the ground on which they stand has shifted. many have been reviewing their lives thinking not only of what's important or what makes me happy but what was i designed to do. they've been conducting a kind of internal life review reflecting on the decision that seems small and turned out to be crucial, wondering about paths not taken, recognizing strokes of luck. they've been thinking about their religious faith or lack of it, about their relationships. phone calls have been longer, love more easily expressed. its lack more admitted. here is what i'm certain of. we will emerge a plainer people and a plainer country and maybe a deeper one. something big inside of us shifted. america is about to become a plainer place. maybe a deeper one, too, and maybe that's good. >> that is very talked about, mika. that this country is going through a change, and will emerge stronger because of it. coming up as we prepare to mark memorial day, the sacrifice paid by those in uniform, becomes somehow even more visceral amid this national crisis. we'll talk about the themes of honor and public service straight ahead on this special sunday edition of "morning joe." we're back in a moment. 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