Thats now making ventilators. But is it enough and will they get to sick patients in time . And reading the room. Levar burton on the solice in reading books at this time. First, heres todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. This san allout military operation that weve waged. The president warning americans to brace for a big spike in coronavirus fatalities. This next week is going to look bad because were still not yet at that apex. This is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9 11 moment. The coronavirus is truly vicious. British Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is now hospitalized a week after he tested positive for coronavirus. Its a big move going to the hospital. Thats a big thing. Hes a great gentlemen, so i just hope hes okay. Queen elizabeth gave a special address from her residence at windsor castle. It offered words of comfort. We will meet again, but for now, i send my thanks and warmest good wishes to all. Nba champion kobe bryant will be inducted into the hall of fame. This was his first year of eligibility. These scenes are all living on a prayer. Halfway there living on a prayer thats what you call a distance dancing. And all that matters. Tonight, im here as gronk, your wrestlemania host with the most. Rob gronkowski taking part in wrestlemania. He jumped into the match at the last minute and won it. This right here is going to be the most bragged about title ive ever won. On cbs this morning. And now are you wearing pants . I do have a question for you. Yes. Are you wearing pants . Kim, what are you wearing . Lets see. I am wearing pants. I have pants on. Youre just going to have to take my word on that because im not standing up. The question is, are you wearing pants . Are you wearing pants . Are you wearing pants . You know, party on the bottom . Are you wearing pants . I know what youre going to ask. I am not. Welcome to cbs this morning. Anthony and tony, do i dare ask the question . Do i dare . Do i dare . I am wearing pants. I will also ive got pants on. We were early on the are you wearing pants story. We were breakers on that. I was wondering how long that was going to take to catch on. Were broadcasting from our homes to yours out of an abundance of caution. But wherever youre watching, we promise you well bring you the news as this crisis unfolds. We begin with a blunt warning on the coronavirus from the nations top doctor. Yeah, gayle. Surgeon general jerome adams says this week most americans will face the hardest and saddest time of their lives. Across the nation, more than 337,000 cases of coronavirus are reported, but the real toll is likely much higher. More than 9,600 americans have died. The outbreak is slamming hospitals across the country, including in new york where cases surged over the weekend. Here in new york, our lead National CorrespondentDavid Begnaud spent time inside a hospital in a desperate situation. This morning, hes outside the Navy Hospital ship comfort docked in manhattan. Whats happening there . The president yesterday assured new york that the hospital ship comfort is ready. But only 30 of the 1,000 available beds actually have patients in them. The ship was not supposed to treat Covid Patients but were being told if theres a need, theyll do it here on the ship. Theres a real need around new york city. The federal government sent 1,000 workers into hospitals to help out. And we did ask to go inside that Brooklyn Hospital and were allowed inside and they are doing everything they can right now to meet the demand. Some of them required intubation the second they hit the hospital. Reporter here nearly 80 of the patients are being treated for the coronavirus. Dr. Joshua rosenberg is on the front line and has been for weeks. Based on what hes seen, he has a stark warning for the nations hospitals. To the rest of the country who are lagging behind new york, and i pray it doesnt get to that level in any way, shape or form, god forbit it does, i hope that they are taking this lead time to get organized. Public Health Officials say the u. S. Is entering one of the most critical weeks of this crisis. Another park in new york city is designated to be converted into a field hospital. Within days, the death toll could peak in places like new york, michigan and louisiana. The next week is going to be our pearl harbor moment. Its going to be our 9 11 moment. Its going to be the hardest moment for Many Americans in their entire lives. I think we all know we have to reach a certain point and that point is going to be a horrific point in terms of death. But its also a point at which things are going to start changing. Today louisiana is expected to open a makeshift 1,000bed hospital inside the Convention Center in new orleans. The state has more than 13,000 cases. Today, texas state troopers will stop drivers at the louisiana border. Asking them for documentation on where theyre going and if theyre staying in the state. Theyll need to selfquarantine for two weeks. Every day is like it gets every year. Cheryls mother and father alberto both died in the same new jersey hospital a week apart due to complications from coronavirus. People said things will get easier day by day. Im like, no, i feel like its the opposite. Day by day, it gets harder for me. Reporter they both died alone. Cheryl said goodbye to her father on facetime. She and her siblings werent even allowed to have a funeral. When they got cremated, we couldnt even hug each other because we just facetime and then we prayed through facetime. Thats how we had their service. Cheryls parents were married for 44 years. This morning her uncle who also has coronavirus is in the icu fighting for his life. There may be some good news that we got from new yorks governor yesterday. The number of deaths has been far fewer. The number of hospitalizations was under 600 and the number of people being discharged from the hospital has gone up. Well be back at 7 30 to bring you more of our report from inside that icu in brooklyn. Tony . Possibly some glimmers of hope there, david. President trump wants americans to take an existing drug to fight coronavirus, but as ben tracy reports, his advice contradicts dr. Anthony fauci and other top scientists who say we simply dont know if its the right medicine. We dont have time. We dont have two hours because there are people dying right now. Reporter in a lastminute News Conference sunday night, President Trump repeated that doctors should use the drug hydroxychloroquine which is not yet proven to treat coronavirus. They should do it. What really do we have to lose . Reporter dr. Anthony fauci has called the drugs effectiveness anecdotal. I dont think we can definitively say it works. Reporter over the weekend, fauci clashed with the president s economic adviser Peter Navarro who said the drug works. The president stepped in when fauci was asked about the drug at the briefing. You dont have to ask the question. Hes the medical expert. Hes answered that question 15 times. Reporter the federal has now stockpiled 29 million doses of the drug. What do i know . Im not a doctor. Im not a doctor. But i have common sense. Reporter mr. Trump also dismissed questions about a report that the u. S. Waited two months after the coronavirus outbreak was obvious in china to stock up on critical medical supplies. Fema, the military, what theyve done is a miracle. Reporter meanwhile, the former captain of the Nuclear Aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt which is suffering a coronavirus outbreak, has reportedly tested positive and is in quarantine on guam. Captain Brett Crozier was fired by the navy after a letter he wrote to navy leaders about the situation on the ship was leaked to the media. He was given a heros goodbye from his crew but a vote of noconfidence from the secretary of defense. The navy has a culture of swiftly and decisively removing captains if they lose confidence in them. The secretary of defense says he is now advising that all military personnel worldwide wear cloth face masks. President trump was asked again yesterday here at the white house if he plans to wear one, and he said, i would if i thought it was important. Gayle . Ben, thank you very much. Dr. David agus joins us from his home in los angeles. Very good to see you. I want to pick up on bens report about the hydroxychloroquine because there seems to be a big difference of opinion between the president and the doctors on his team. And as the president keeps pointing out, he is not a doctor. So what is the benefit, what is the risk of using this antimalaria drug . Who is right here . Hydroxychloroquine has been used for over three decades for malaria and, more importantley, for lupus here in this country. Its a remarkably safe drug. When you give it for lupus, we dont even check. If nobody has a history of of heart problems, you classically dont even check the heart. Were talking a period of giving it for less than a week or maybe a little bit more in some cases. So the safety is there. The problem is, the data showing it works where a rather small study in france and one in china. The studies the data was there. The question is were the studies well done . The answer is no. Were the studies definitive . No. So do we know it really helps this disease . No. But when you look at potential up side and potential down side, its certainly in the right cases makes sense to take that risk and use these drugs. Were at war now. And sometimes we dont have all the evidence we need. Talking about being at war, i want to talk about what the Surgeon General said because it was very ominous. He said get ready for our 9 11, pearl harbor moment. Very frightening to hear those words. What should we be preparing for this week . You know, i am just afraid of this week. This is a week were going to see a growth in the number of deaths across the country. Certain cities really explode. And, you know, all of us fear this. It happens to all of us, have a friend or somebody we know who is affected by this virus. It takes about 2 1 2 to 3 weeks from interventions to actually yield a flattening and then a decrease in the curve. So my hope and prayers are this is the last week until the interventions we all made start to kick in and we see a drop in the number of deaths and a flattening of that curve and a major decline. Dr. Fauci also said something very interesting on tv yesterday. He said half the people infected may not have the symptoms. And thats much larger than the estimate than what the cdc has told us. What does this tell us about this virus . Gayle, this is telling us this is an insidious virus that weve seen nothing like it. He said 25 to 50 of the people can be asymptomatic. When youre asymptomatic, you feel fine. You go out and do things you wouldnt have done. You take risks that probably are not appropriate and hence the dramatic spread across this country. And it certainly scares me. When you see areas whether here in washington, church services. They dont want to hurt anybody, but they dont know they have the virus. If theres one thing thats universal it is that were all scared. Thank you very much, david agus. Always good to see you. Anthony . All right. Thank you, gayle. Conditions appear to be improving in the two hardest hit european countries. Italys daily death toll has declined over the past two weeks and spain reported fewer deaths on each of the last four days. Britains Prime MinisterBoris Johnson is in a hospital for tests this morning because hes had persistent coronavirus symptoms for more than a week. As Charlie Dagata reports, Officials Say johnson is still in charge. Reporter the Prime Minister last appeared in public when he popped out of downing street on thursday night to lap in support of British Health care workers. The next morning, looking visibly run down on twitter. Although ive been better and ive done my seven days of isolation, alas i still have one of the symptoms, minor symptom of, i have a temperature. Reporter that persistent temperature ten days after testing positive for covid19 prompted doctors to send the 55yearold to the hospital for what a spokesperson described as a precautionary step and routine test. Hes faced Harsh Criticism for acting too slowly against the virus just one month ago, unconcerned of close contact with coronavirus patients. I shook hands with everybody and i continue to shake hands. Reporter now the wrath of the virus is taking hold in britain which has seen its three deadliest days yet. And the news of johnsons hospitalization broke just an hour after Queen Elizabeth delivered a rare televised speech evoking britains wartime spirit. We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return. We will be with our friends again. We will be with our families again. We will meet again. When Boris Johnson now here at the hospital, the foreign minister will now chair the daily crisis briefings. But downing street says the Prime Minister remains in control of the government. Tony . Charlie dagata in london, thank you very much. A new u. S. Government report finds hospitals face a combination of problems. Slow testing, equipment shortages and staff burnout that make it much harder to deal with the coronavirus. And now one more problem. Many of these hospitals are suddenly losing revenue. Our consumer investigative correspondent anna werner shows us how hospitals are trying to reduce costs by, if you can believe it, temporarily cutting staff. Reporter in florida, at miamidade countys Jackson Memorial hospital, executives say theyre taking pay cuts and other employees are being asked to go on temporary furloughs due to the financial strain. We were required to take time off. We were required to take our personal leave time. Reporter rn case manager angela freshley fairchild was surprised to receive an email saying shed be mandated to take a week off in the middle of the crisis. Couldnt understand it because all over the country, theyre asking for nurses right now. Theyre asking for Health Care Workers to work in facilities that are with the coronavirus and increased number of coronavirus cases. Reporter the ripple effects of preparing for the coronavirus are hitting hospitals around the country. Boston Medical CenterHealth System temporarily furloughed some 700 employees. A Health System in sarasota, florida, said its revenue dropped by 16 million in march. Its furloughing some employees, trimming hours for others. Similar cuts are in place at a syracuse, new york, hospital. The problems are reflected in a new nationwide survey of hospitals from the Inspector General for hhs. Ann maxwell is an assisted ig. In order to prepare for taking care of this infectious disease, the hospitals have stopped elective procedures which bring in money to the hospital. Theyve stopped other procedures as well. So they are losing revenue. Reporter back in miami, the ceo of the jackson Health System which runs Jackson Memorial is carlos migoya. He says the answers are in the math. Were a public Health System. Our operating margins are really, really tiny. We dont make a whole lot of money. And we dont have a huge working capital of a lot of forprofit health care systems. Since his hospitals have stopped doing most elective surgeries, his system has lost 40 of its revenue and predicts it will lose 25 million in the month of april alone. So he says hes keeping frontline doctors and nurses but cutting wherever else he can. When do you think some of these hospitals might hit bottom . We were already hitting bottom. The moment revenue stopped coming in, the bottom is already there. We just dont know for how long a period of time. Some hospitals indicate they can and will call workers back when the need becomes greatest here, but migoya says it would help them a lot if they knew when the federal stimulus money that hospitals are expecting was guessing to come in. He says it could take months. In response to this report by the ig, by the way, the health and Human Services spokesperson said they are working hard to support local communities, gayle. Boy, anna, this is a headscratcher. This is such a handson deck situation. 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