Washington. Throughout the hour, kristen, obviously we will get the latest news and get some folks questions answered by our team of doctors. Kristen im kristen fisher. Also in washington, just in a separate studio. Were practicing our social distancing just like all of you at home. The number of coronavirus cases, also of course on the rise nationally. More than 26,000 infections confirmed here in the United States. And at least 340 people have been killed by the virus so far. Our Steve Harrigan is tracking all of this outside the cdcs headquarters in atlanta, georgia. Hi, steve. Kristen, we have been watching the numbers creep up. Both globally and in the u. S. Exact figure as of this morning 26,747 cases, 340 deaths. These numbers continue to rise. We heard this morning from the former director of the cdc on Fox News Sunday about what we can expect in the near future. The severe cases were seeing today are people who are infected 10 to 14 days ago. That means for the next 10 to 14 days were likely to continue to see a big increase in cases in places like new york city. Thats why were so worried about healthcare becoming overwhelmed. Part of the reason the numbers keep going up, thats because the testing keeps going up, 800 jump in testing over the past week alone and for the first time the fda approved on site diagnostic test for the virus. Gives results in about 45 minutes. This instead of sending a sample to a lab waiting one or two days. Those tests those on site tests expected to be on the market by the end of the week. They are used either with a swab or a saline rinse. Thats good news because swabs are suddenly in short supply. Of course masks in short supply as well. Thats why the task force yesterday cautioned people about unnecessary testing by the socalled worried well. The shortages of protective equipment. The Task Force Said the government had ordered 600 million new protective masks but gave no date as to when those masks would be in use in the system. Kristen, back to you. Kristen really sounds like the next 10 to 14 days are going to be absolutely critical for hospitals across the country. Steve harrigan, thank you. Leland . Leland 10 to 14 days critical as well for the economy. Negotiations going on as we speak on capitol hill for a phase three coronavirus aid bill that could top 2 trillion dollars. Molly henneberg following those negotiations that appear to have hit at least one or two snags. Hi, molly. Just minutes ago we heard from the top Senate Republican, majority leader mitch mcconnell, a couple of notes from that, it doesnt sound like theres a final deal yet. Mcconnell says the g. O. P. And Democratic Leaders from the house and the senate are still talking about issues they disagree on, that they are still some back and forth, some as mcconnell put it, some elbowing and maneuvering for room, but at some point, mcconnell says that needs to stop and there needs to be legislation. Will there be a final bill that can pass the Senate Perhaps by tomorrow and also have a chance in the house . Heres what mcconnell just said on that. Well, you would have to ask her. What we intend to do here in the senate is to move forward with a senate bill. Im hopeful and optimistic that well get bipartisan support because this bill has been negotiated on a bipartisan basis here in the senate. Best for the country if the house would take it up and pass it just like we did. Mcconnell spoke after a bipartisan meeting this morning, with treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, representing the Trump Administration, and then the top four legislative leaders, Senate Republican mcconnell, Senate Democrat schumer, House Speaker democrat pelosi and House Republican mccarthy. Going into the meeting, as Speaker Pelosi walked in, she was asked if there would be a deal today, and she said going into the meeting, quote, from my standpoint, we are apart, but i will have more to say on that later. They are trying to hammer out what and how much aid goes to individuals and families, what and how much aid goes to small and medium businesses and what and how much aid goes to big businesses. Heres Speaker Pelosi after the meeting. Their deadline for a vote. We will be introducing our own bill and hopefully it will be compatible with what they discussed in the senate. So no deal [inaudible] at this point . If somehow a deal is resurrected today, there could be a procedural vote later today in the senate that essentially test if theres enough initial bipartisan support of the measure. Final vote could come tomorrow. A lot of ifs here. The price tag on this evolving legislation as you were talking about leland is over a trillion, some estimates up to 2 trillion. Those are eyepopping numbers, indicating the impact of shutting down huge parts of the u. S. Economy. Leland . Leland you think about how long these negotiations have stalled. They talked about having a deal midnight on friday. Already past noon on sunday. Molly, thank you. Kristen . Kristen we are also waiting for an update out of the white house this afternoon. Members of the Coronavirus Task force are set to address the nation again at 4 30 p. M. Eastern this afternoon. Here to talk about how the Trump Administration is handling this crisis and trying to help americans during this pandemic is hud secretary and white house Coronavirus Task force member dr. Ben carson. Doctor, secretary, both titles, very applicable in this case, secretary, lets start by talking about what your department is doing in particular. Hud has suspended foreclosures and evictions for two months, for Single Family homes, with loans through the federal housing administration, but that only applies to about 8 million units. So what is your message to everyone else who will likely be struggling to pay their rent and pay their mortgage in the coming weeks and months . Part of what is being negotiated in congress right now are measures to be able to help take care of some of our most vulnerable citizens. A lot of people who live, for instance, in Public Housing or assisted housing, you know, they are not covered by our fha guarantees. And as a result of that, you know, weve been in contact with the phas, with the various landlords, to ask them to extend forbearance and to use a variety of different things, including some of their reserve funds to tide them over, recognizing that, you know, if they evict people, then youve got to start all over again, plus youre exacerbating the situation nationwide. I have not found many people who dont understand that. I dont think thats a particular issue, but weve also been in contact with the continual care providers for homelessness and given them a tool kit that can be utilized to help get them connected with local Healthcare Resources and understand what the best practices are and what kind of contingencies to have in place in case somebody contracts the disease. Secretary, these servicers of Mortgage Loans will be feeling the economic pinch themselves. At some point, could you see yourself supporting or advocating a National Moratorium on evictions and foreclosures . I would if that was necessary, certainly advocate that. But again, i really dont think its going to be a big problem because everybody is in this. Everybody knows what the consequences are of exacerbating the problem, so i dont think thats going to be a big issue. What we do need to concentrate on is recognizing that were all in the same boat, and even though you may have an advantage today, youre not going to have one tomorrow, unless we all pull together and solve the problem. Secretary, i would like to ask you to put on your doctors hat or in this case mask for a minute, i know the administration, the federal government working very hard to provide all of the personal protective equipment to hospitals, doctors, and nurses across the country, but there is no doubt, it is in very short supply, which prompted President Trump to suggest this yesterday. Listen and then i will get your reaction on the other side i said why are we sanitizing masks . You look at the masks. I have looked at all the different masks. Some dont lead themselves to doing that, i think, but many do. I said why arent we we have very good liquids for doing this, sanitizing the masks . Secretary, you are a well respected doctor. Do you agree with President Trump that this is what it has come to, in some cases sanitizing and reusing masks . There are some masks for which that would be totally inappropriate, but there are some that could be resterilized. There are some that are being made with cloth like materials, some with plastic like materials with cloth like materials around the edges. People are taking that into consideration. We are in a very Innovative Society and they are recognizing that this is going to be a problem and theyre trying to create things that in fact can be reused. I mean, did you ever think you would see a time in the United States in the cdc was being forced to issue guidelines like in worstcase scenario, use a bandana . Well, you know, it just goes to show you how quickly things can change. You know, some of your older viewers remember how quickly the soviet union fell apart. It was like overnight. And we should never be overconfident. We always need to be looking at what we can do to make sure we stabilize our society and stabilize it for the future, which is one of the reasons we need to be careful as we go about this economic recovery that we dont compromise future generations. We have to be very wise in the way we do this. Secretary carson, i know you are a busy man today. Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us. One extra thing kristen please. I would love to tell federal workers we need blood. Youve got income coming in. Its safe to donate. Please donate blood. Kristen great point, dr. Ben carson, thank you very much. Thank you. Kristen leland . Leland great point, live coverage of the virus briefing at 4 30. The task force there from the white house here on fox news. Its of course been made very clear to folks, stay home. Yet, thousands if not tens of thousands of spring breakers are determined not to let the coronavirus ruin their spring break and theyve headed for miami. Miami mayor has been in quarantine now for 11 days after having tested positive for covid19. Mr. Mayor, we appreciate you joining us. It looks like you are feeling a bit better than the past week or so. This is the moment where the skype connection that weve been using for social distancing as we try not to make sure we dont have people in the bureau, in studios next to each other. Sometimes the technology i hear you perfectly. Leland hes not hearing the show. He was hearing somebody else. Lets see if he hears me in a minute. Kristen, dr. Carson saying we need blood. You dont often hear a plea like that. So often at times of crisis in america, im thinking 9 11, often times after mass shootings, there are lines of people to give blood, and now nothing. Kristen i think a lot of people are scared to go to the places where you do donate blood. Thats why it was so important to hear the secretary say he believes it is still very safe to do so and urging all americans to do so. And, you know, all you have to do is take a look at whats happening in countries like the United Kingdom and of course italy to get a sense of why the call for blood now is so important. And right now the italian Prime Minister is calling the coronavirus the worst crisis that the country has faced since world war ii, and despite being on lockdown, the country is still facing a growing number of infections. Amy kellogg has been tracking it all as she has been for several days if not weeks now, and she joins us from florence, italy. Hi, amy. Hi, kristen. We just got the latest italy numbers. We all wait for these every day at around this time. 59,000 people since the outbreak began have been infected with coronavirus here. In the last 24 hours, there have been 651 deaths and about 4,000 new infections. Now, what do these numbers mean . I mean, it is overwhelming. We keep hearing about the u. S. Numbers and the european numbers. Spain is about at half where it will is where italy is, i think it is important to point out that each of these numbers represent a family, some tragedy, some stress and some sorrow, so we need to consider that as we parse all the information. In an effort to lift the spirits of her patients, this doctor made an announcement that all of italy is with them, and then she played the National Anthem through the ward here by loud speaker. The Prime Minister made another announcement, late last night, just before midnight, calling the coronavirus outbreak italys worst crisis since world war ii. He announced further closures. Until now, a lot of factories have still been up and running, but now theyve drawn up a very strict list, and only the most strategic and essential are allowed to carry on. And another decree came down, no more movement between towns. Everyone with very rare exceptions needs to stay where they are. People in affected countries are pining for their older isolated family members. This opera singer in israel serenaded her father who was under quarantine. Israel has buried its first covid19 casualty, an 88yearold holocaust survivor with an underlying illness. Iran is one of the worsthit countries by this pandemic in gravity. Its third after china and it y italy italy. The u. S. Has offered to help. In an address to the nation, the Supreme Leader rebuffed the offer. Translator you americans are suspects of having produced this virus. I do not know how real this accusation is, but when it exists, who in their right minds would trust you to bring them medication . Now, again, kristen, with all of these numbers that cause a bit of confusion, irans death rate from covid19 so far has been 7 . The u. S. Is just over 1 . But italy, kristen, is at 9 . And people are just trying to understand whether calculations have been done differently, whether it has to do with the fact that this is such an aging population, whether it has to do with the fact that there are a lot of smokers in italy perhaps, compared to other countries, or whether it has something to do with the bad air pollution in the northern part of italy, which has been the hardest hit. Theres of course an ongoing debate about all of this. Certainly we wont know exactly why until this is all done. Kristen . Kristen 9 , thats hard to wrap your head around. Amy kellogg, please be safe out there. Thank you very much. Leland . Leland with that, we think we have the skype connection worked out with the miami mayor, Francis Suarez who has been in quarantine himself and trying to continue to work from there. You like you are feeling a bit better sir after testing positive and going through some rough fevers. Good afternoon, leland. Yeah, i feel much better now. Im on day 10. I should be getting out of quarantine in the next few days. So i feel much better. Im very fortunate that all things considered, i had a pretty mild case of the covid19. But were still very serious about the precautions that we as a city are taking and the message that were sending to our residents which is basically to stay home. Were telling spring breakers to go home and was pleased to announce along with the governor and the county mayor just moments ago the opening of a new testing site at the stadium where the Miami Dolphins play, which will begin testing First Responders today and tomorrow testing the members of the general public for free. Leland we have heard this message from you even you being willing to work through some pretty serious sicknesses, and we could tell to try to get this word out, about telling spring breakers to stay home and stay off the beaches, they just dont seem to be listening, though. We saw this flier i know you saw it as well about a big Spring Break Beach Party and bring your jetskis, sunday march 22nd, 2020, sandbar boat and jet ski party. Do you think people just dont believe you . They just dont care . Whats your feeling . Unfortunately, i think some people just dont care or they think because they are young, that they are not susceptible to having severe complications. We have seen a lot of young people suffer some severe complications. I believe we had the death of a young person here in the state of florida. What we have seen across the country, as was stated by your prior guest is definitely in countries as high as 7 and 9 percent. We know that happens when our medical system gets overloaded, and so one of the reasons why were telling people to be responsible is not just because they need to take care of themselves, but they need to take care of the others in our community. They need to take care of those who have a compromised immune system. They need to take care of our First Responders who are the ones that are responding to them and keeping them healthy. And they need to take care of our doctors and Hospital System as well. Leland mayor, you will understand as the Television Star that you have become over the past week or so, that were up against a hard break in about a minute. I want to get to this, what can you do if people just wont listen . What can you do to actually force them to stop these parties and to stop going out to the beaches, etc. . Is there a next step that people should be aware that you are going to take . Well, a couple of days ago i announced a stay at home rule, an order, unfortunately right now it does not have the force of law because our City Attorney is telling us that i dont have the