Symptoms, hanks says he and his wife and rita wilson feel better. In a tweet announcing their improvement, hanks reiterates sheltering in place and says this too shall pass. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, march 23rd. From abc news, this is world news now. Thank you for jning us on this monday. We begin with the battle over that rescue package to address the pandemic. Talks on the economic rescue bill resumed this morning after democrats and republicans failed to strike a deal. As the virus continues to spread across the country, President Trump activated the National Guard in the three hardest hit states, saying the federal government will pick up the cost. And after one of the worst weeks on wall street, s p 500 futures fell 5 minutes after opening gaining the maximum drop allowed. More now from abcs zachary kiesch. Reporter talks resumed on capitol hill as lawmakers worked to put together a package, now expected to provide at least 2 trillion in Economic Relief amid the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. If we are unable to act, it will be because of our colleagues on the other side continuing to dicker when the country expects us to come together and address this problem. Reporter President Trump at the white house saying our goal is to get relief to americans as quickly as possible so that families can get by and Small Businesses can keep workers on the payroll. This will help our economy. Reporter with at least six states ordering all nonessential workers to stay home and many businesses shuttering, millions of americans are now out of work. New jerseys governor says his state, along with new york, connecticut, and pennsylvania need 100 billion in direct cash assistance to fight the pandemic as well as personal protective equipment for medical professionals. Had a big ask into the strategic stockpile in the white house. They have given us a fraction of our ask. Reporter zachary kiesch, abc news, new york. Our thanks to zachary kiesch. Working with the department of health and Human Services to get much needed personal protective equipment to hospitals across the country. Hopefully that gear arrives quickly. More and more doctors say their hospitals are running out of equipment. Reporter some doctors sounding the alarm as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases grows. Even over the past day or two, were seeing a real increase in the acuity, the seriousness of patients coming in. Reporter the influx of patients growing in boston. Emergency doctors at mass General Hospital seeing a big change. Doctors there are concerned about running out of beds. Its a concern in new york as well where, like boston, physicians are seeing more and more young people seriously ill. There are significant number of people under 50 who have required intubation and have required admission to the hospital. So dont want anybody to think just because youre young and you dont have any medical problems that youre somehow immune to this or super human. Reporter as the disease spreads, nurses and doctors in hard hit areas say they dont have enough supplies to take care of their patients. They say they need more now. We are the United States of america. We should not have to be in a position where we have people die simply because we dont have adequate supplies or adequate beds or adequate workforce. Reporter across the nation, lawmakers making efforts to provide the needed equipment. Officials in new york purchasing more than two million new masks. Limiting tests for covid19 to patients who have already been hospitalized. This is concerning because without those we cant do some of the more common lifesaving things we normally do in the Emergency Department like intubation, cpr, other things without a significant risk to Us Health Care workers. Reporter now the federal government asking people and businesses to donate any equipment they have. Apple sending two million n95 masks to hospitals. Hanes stepping in to make masks. And tesla donating equipment that could be used for ventilators. While brian shipp of recycling pitches in too. They donated to retirement and nurses homes too. The nurse was in tears. She was so excited to get them. Reporter the cancellation of blood supplies is seriously threatening the nations blood supply. If youre willing to donate, contact your local blood bank. Senator rand paul is the fifth u. S. Senator to go into quarantine. The Kentucky Republican announced sunday he tested positive for the virus. Senator mitt romney has been ordered to selfquarantine after sitting next to paul for extended periods over the last few days. Abcs trevor ault seemed to break the news of romneys quarantine to President Trump. Romney is in isolation . Yeah. Gee, thats too bad. Do i detect sarcasm there, sir . None whatsoever. Romney was the only republican senator who voted to convict trump in his impeachment trial. Trevor also asked the president about Congress Voting remotely. The president said he would be totally in favor of it on a temporary basis. And earlier we told you about the earthquake in croatia. It added another crisis to the massive toll coronavirus has had on europe. But the worst of it is in italy, where the death toll continues to climb. Here is abcs julia macfarlane. Reporter another devastating 24 hours in italy. At least 650 people dying, this after nearly 800 succumb to the virus the day before. Hospital scenes a nightmare. Disturbing images showing doctors overrun, now 5,400 fatalities since the outbreak. One doctor in the hardhit region of lombardy saying theyre not eating or going to the bathroom during shifts in order to save masks and gloves. Im not concerned for myself. The only problem is im worried if i get sick, i cannot help anymore. Reporter an extraordinary blessing from an empty st. Peters square. In spain, the death toll climbing. The total to more than 1700. The National Lockdown extending for another month. Germanys chancellor Angela Merkel now going into quarantine after finding out her doctor tested positive. The country now banning outdoor meetings of more than two unless it is for essential work. And police in paris out in force, checking peoples papers, making sure they need to be out in public. A major headline from the International Olympic committee. They say they are considering postponing the tokyo summer games. They say that cancelling is not an option, but that theyll announce their decision in two to four weeks time. Julia macfarlane, abc news, london. And the police provided the backdrop for a coronavirus message in london. And by police, we mean the musical group. Some hospital midwives used the song dont stand so close to me to spread the word about social distancing. Dont stand so close to me. Dont stand, dont stand, dont stand so, dont stand so close to me ive been using mc hammers cant touch this but they all held signs with the words stay safe and stay at home along with the disinfectant and hand sanitizing wipes. I love all the songs that people have been using to talk about social distancing during the pandemic. Music helps. It really does. Helps spread the message. Get back from the beatles. Leave me alone from michael jackson. How about im a survivor. I will survive. Thats another one too. You got them all. I have a playlist if you need it. But cant touch this thats the best. Is america doing enough to cushion the Economic Impact of the coronavirus . But first, dr. Jennifer ashton, what she says we need to focus on now. And later, how many of us are taking to social media to make quarantined life just a little more livable. Youre watching world news now. Youre watching world news now. About the Colonial Penn program. Here to tell you test test and a price that fits your budget. Im 54. Alex, whats my price . You can get coverage for 9. 95 a month. Im 65 and take medications. Whats my price . Also 9. 95 a month. I just turned 80. Whats my price . 9. 95 a month for you too. If youre age 50 to 85, call now about the 1 most popular whole Life Insurance plan, available through the Colonial Penn program. It has an affordable rate starting at 9. 95 a month. No medical exam, no health questions. Your acceptance is guaranteed. And this plan has a guaranteed lifetime rate lock, so your rate can never go up for any reason. So call now for free information. And youll also get this free beneficiary planner. And its yours just for calling. So call now. It is not science fiction. Its happening now in brussels. Police in brussels use drones to remind visitors in a large park to keep distance from each other. Belgiums emergency order requires people to stay about five feet apart. Back here at home, some medical experts are admitting that the intense focus over the past two weeks on testing for the coronavirus may have been misplaced. Abcs dr. Jennifer ashton and tom bossert joined Martha Raddatz on this week. You heard Health Experts in the press conference yesterday saying not everyone should be tested for the virus, prioritizing those who are already hospitalized. So are we in a new phase of this disease . Does it even matter that people are not anymore tested . I think we absolutely are in a new phase, martha. If you go back just a few weeks ago, there was such a big push and focus on getting more tests out there. And i think now its almost looking like that was an unfortunate dirsio b yes, data does drive decisions. Its important to know the penetrants of this virus. But right now focus on testing everyone is drawing our attention and valuable resources a way from Critical Care not just patients with covid19, but with the patients who are already in our Health Care System at baseline, the heart attacks, the stroke, the accidents. So i think we are going to switch very rapidly, and we heard dr. Fauci mention it yesterday, to this message. If you have mild symptoms, do not try to get a test. And tom bossert, is where we are today with the number of cases, number of deaths where you expected us to be . Better . Worse . Many experts show we are tracking with italy, and thats obviously not good. So martha, one of the problems with this is to treat the United States as a monolithic thing. Were a really big country, as you know. So much bigger than italy. What dr. Jen said is right in terms of testing. We needed more case ascertainment in the beginning, because the plan going into this was to target these clampdowns into places that needed to be clamped down. Because we didnt have that testing capacity, and because it came on us quickly, we ended up shutting down the entire country, economically, but through social distancing, all at once. Now where we look like we are today is that seems to have worked if people stick to this plan. Im upset for those that dont stick to it, because were all paying a very heavy cost here economically. And if you dont follow these rules, then youre slapping us all in the face because we dont get the Public Benefits of that cost. I would say there is a dichotomy to answer your question between the 47 states that seem to have a problem, but one they can continue to control, and the three states led by new york unfortunately that seem to have a problem that is going to grow now in way, and i say this and hope im wrong, that is going to overwhelm the new york Health Care System in the coming days. Wow. Thanks, martha, tom and dr. Jen there. Its a little scary when you think about overwhelming the system, obviously. But also overwhelming peoples minds when it comes to fatigue over this and making sure they do what they need to do. And obviously one community in nebraska wants to do Something Different than what the community here in new york feels they should do. Essentially there is no one overall fix. There needs to be focus in certain areas, particularly new york, california, and washington state. Youre right. Coming up, bracing for the Economic Impact of america, the world as well in this lockdown. What one financial expert says the government needs to do to help hourly employees thrown out of work. Youre watching world news now. Surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. So try febreze fabric refresher. Febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. Use febreze every time you tidy up, to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. Fabric refresher even works for clothes you want to wear another day. Make febreze part of your clean routine for full home freshness. La la la la la world new we are back with a desolate times square. A desolate times square, a rare sight to see. One of the most devastating impacts the coronavirus has had is on the economy. And in particular, hourly workers, who have now lost their jobs and are now forced to social distance at home with no paycheck. Earlier i spoke with cpa daniel geltrude. The negotiations are under way on capitol hill regarding this proposal to inject 1. 8 trillion into businesses and households. But as we see democrats and republicans going back and forth over the details, are these checks that are ranging from 600 to 1200 for the working middle class even enough to keep people on their feet . Its really not enough. And a lot more needs to be done. We have to look at what the core issue is. And the core issue is people are losing their jobs. So we really the problem here is to preserve the jobs, not necessarily send people checks. So i dont really think that this is going to solve the problem. It may help if they can get it passed, but they really need to redirect help towards the Small Business owners and the employers. And this crisis has pushed the stock market into turmoil. We saw stock futures hit limit down as soon as they opened. Can you tell us what this means for americans 401 k plans . Well, there is no question that its going to be a rough ride ahead. I think were going to see the market literally be all over the place. This stock market is very, very headline sensitive. And im not sure whether were going to be getting a lot of positive headlines, at least in the near future. So i think as far as people having their 401 k s, theyre going to have to relax a little bit and ride out the storm, because we are really in uncharted territory here. Definitely. And we heard President Trump say a recession is likely. Now given the abrupt halt of businesses and personal activity, and at this rate, do you see the situation possibly even turning into a depression down the road . Or can you see the economy turning around . I dont think there is any doubt that we are really going to have some trouble ahead. With the amount of people that are going to be potentially unemployed here, its i dont know if we want to say recession, depression. I would just say were in for extraordinarily challenging times. And im not so sure that we really bounce back from this so quickly. It really depends on what type of programs the government can put in place to try to keep this economic downturn as limited as possible. And is there a possibility to recover some of the loss of the Economic Activity . I think its going to take a long time to recover from this, if we are going to be down for a 10 or 12week period where people cant leave their house, i think its going to be a really, really long road if were in that situation. And lastly, can you touch on some of the realities that wage workers, for example, are facing, given the uncertainty of this situation . Hourly employees particularly are going to have a difficult time getting through this, because generally speaking, those are the people that are the first to go. So now no work, no pay. How do they survive . It really goes back to the point i made before. We need to figure out how to have these businesses not close. And my concept of that, especially if the federal government wants to support this, is to have Business Interruption insurance that is generally not covered by a virus, have the federal government guarantee that interruption insurance. That will keep businesses running. That will keep employees getting paid. I think thats our best route here. Kenneth, on that note he points out Industries Like the airline industry, they will bounce back because the government wont let them fail. But for restaurants, its going to be a lot harder. Theyre going to be devastated because they dont have a lot of excess capital. We just think about the american worker. The average one is going to have a tough time. Time. Its a different world than where you come from, yes it is now here is my chance to make it and if we focus on our goal go ahead, miss aretha. Its a very difficult world from just a week ago. That is for certain. But the struggle is only proving how resilient americans can be. Will ganss is here with more. Good morning, will. Hey, good morning, guys. As you know, its important that everyone takes their health and safety seriously these days. And when i say everyone, i mean everyone. Frosty is taking this seriously, and so are people around the country. Rosie odonnell bringing back her talk show virtually. Broadway legends performing from their living rooms. And musics biggest names stepping out of the spotlight to perform on social media, like shawn mendes and camila cabello. This feels like falling in love reporter everyday people sticking to their own homes sharing the new normal with quarantine life. For those more interested in mass than mimosas, churches setting up live stream services. Faith communities watching from their cars in the parking lot to maintain a sense of community. Back at home, dance competitions canceled . Not on this officers watch. Our own Marci Gonzalez celebrating a virtual baby shower. Family game night is still on. Just online. Hey, you still get 200 for passing go in virtual monopoly. Everyones invited, including the cat. This family built their own mini gol