Brian all right. More than a half million are without power this hour. We will continue to move everything forward. In alabama, louisiana, and mississippi, they all have declared states of emergency. We just need the prompter to go forward. I cant anticipate what actually is going to be there we continue to go, a deputy and his wife are moving six People Killed in mississippi. Deputy Robert Ainsworth a he died a hero shielding his wife. Ainsley woman rescued after getting trapped in that car right there, and unfortunately its not over yet. That storm system is on the move and janice dean is tracking all of this. Janice in the wake of the coronavirus, easter weekend thi. Janice yeah. Unfortunately, ainsley, we still have several hours to go with severe storms. We have had over 50 reports of tornadoes over parts of the south and the gulf coast. If there is any good news, we had a lot of warning on these storms. The Storm Prediction Center said this is the area thats going to potentially see the damage including long lasting catastrophic tornadoes and now getting reports of many deaths. As we move forward. This storm system moves across the southeast, parts of florida and georgia, we had reports around Clemson University this morning of South Carolina of a tornadowarn storm there and debris signature. Unfortunately we will continue to see the damage across portions of the carolinas up towards the midatlantic and the northeast. So the next several hours are going to be crucial. These storms are going to weaken, thankfully, but we still have many hours to go. And Power Outages are going to be iminequity across portions of the midatlantic and the northeast later today with wind gusts in excess of 50 to 70 Miles Per Hour. Thats almost hurricaneforce winds for some of these heavily Populated Areas stretching from d. C. Down towards philadelphia and up into new york city. So, this is going to be the leg gales of this storm. Behind it we also had many inches of snow. So, a multifaceted storm system as we go through the next several hours. The cold front will sweep across the eastern u. S. And things will start typically prove but for the next several hours we still have watches and warnings for parts of georgia, florida, up toward the carolinas into virginia. So know what to do if there is a watch or warning in your area. Have a way to get those watches and warnings. Its going to be a few the next few hours are going to be very trying. We will certainly bring you the very latest as we can throughout the day today. Back to you. Steve all right. Janice, thank you very much. And as the sun comes up, a true look at the devastation will be absolutely possible. Thank you very much. All right. 6 03 here in the east coast. Now lets turn to the coronavirus pandemic. Cases have now topped 557,000 in the United States. More than 22,000 people in this country have died and nearly 42,000 have finally recovered. Nearly 3 million americans have been tested for covid19 and researchers in los angeles have started a new Antibody Testing study. This could not only help find a treatment. It might actually help shape a plan to reopen the economy, brian. Brian and there is a lot of people that want to do that by may 1st. Maybe in certain rolling areas of the country that are deemed okay. Now the pressure is on congress with the rescue package not only to maybe put together a fourth but to finish off the third where all weekend, griff, we kept hearing about how these Small Businesses are trying to get to these loans. Trying to find out their status and coming up empty. There is no doubt about the system is overwhelmed. Even wells fargo came out and said sorry, im only allowed to hand out 10 billion so im done. Griff, whats coming up . Whats coming up brian, ainsley and steve. Good morning. There is a lot of pressure on congress. Look, the relates is, they have got likely just days, not weeks before the money runs out on phase 3 allocation of 350 billion. The Administration Says they have already sent upwards of 170 billion out the door. And of course as you mentioned theyre having kinks getting it out as fast as they can. They are warning if more money isnt added ied ad it could crul business. Congress sought of session. Pelosi and schumer are push for a larger phase 4 bill that would favor. Mcconnell and mccarthy are trying to add a fast nearly 250 billion for that Small Business program. Democrats blocked that at the end of last week as we saw. And it caused mcconnell and mccarthy to issue this statement on saturday. Saying republicans reject democrats reckless threat to blocking jobsaving funding unless we renegotiate unrelated programs which are not imin similar payroll. This will not be Congress Last word on covid19 but this Crucial Program needs funding now. America wecious cannot be used as politicals who hajj. Hogan the head of the National Governors association issuing a joint statement with new yorks cuomo over the weekend pleading for congress to provide states with more money. They wrote this in the absence of restricted fiscal support of at least 500 billion from the federal government. States will have to confront the process of significant reductions to critically Important Services all across this country. Hampering Public Health, the nic recovery and i in turn our collective effort to get people back to work. It is unclear, brian, ainsley and steve where negotiations stand right now we have heard schumer saying he wants to strike a deal with mnuchin. We will see if that happens. The debate is raging on when to reopen the government the country. And so really all the timing between those tests, of the reopening, and this Small Business loan program all go together and its going to be a very critical time there are good news. Irs saying over the weekend the first batch of direct deposits have already hit bank accounts. More is coming this week in coming days. Guys . Brian all right. Griff, thanks so much. When it comes 2024 actual Small Business owner they need to know if theyre coming off 75 has to go to salaries and 5 to anything else. They dont want to take a loan thats going to bury them in debt if they can in fact reopen. Most of the banks have no answers for them. If Congress Just make that little judgment. Wadjustment. No one is judging. They have to make this adjustment. Men and women who have Small Businesses from the waffle house to the dry cleaner are going to sit on the sidelines and just go out of business which works for absolutely no one and we will talk about that throughout the show. Meanwhile, senator chris coons is going to be on. To give the democratic perspective on this. Which is very bipartisan and senator tom cotton not only to talk about the rescue package but talk about whats going on with china. They are now skewing these reports that talked about what went wrong and how this whole thing started inside china. Senator tom cotton all over it, steve. Steve all right. Brian, thank you very much. Now lets bring in dr. Janette nesheiwat Fox News Contributor and emergency medicine expert. Dr. , good morning to you. We heard. Good morning. Steve fda commissioner he said we could be really close to a peak. We are going to get this soundbite in and then hear from you. Listen. The models do show that we are very close to the peak. And so i think that information is accurate. This has been a very fastmoving outbreak. And so we really have to take this day by day. Steve we do have to take it day by day. There is some suggestion that the modeling shows that the peak could actually be tomorrow. I know they had said it could be easter. It could be tomorrow. Mayor de blasio said yesterday last week at this time he said it was going to be a really bad week. It was a bad week, doctor, not as bad as they thought. It looks as if they have enough ventilators here in the new york city area. Yes. Yes. He is absolutely right. Day by day. Week by week. We cant predict one month or two months out. We have to see what the number is what the data is to determine whats our next step. Where are we going to focus our resources. The concern that i have is that premature reopening back into the community. Im fearful of seeing spikes again. So i think, you know, we have to make sure that we have a very wellorganized structured Public Health plan before we let everyone back into the community, meaning do we have the diagnostics available . Do the hospitals have all the equipment they need . The ppes the gowns, the masks, the gloves, the ventilators. Once we have all of that on line and in order then we are on the success to reopening. Ainsley there is a large study antibody launche launched in ca. 900 people tested for the antibody. There are just these six drivethru locations the tests were conducted on friday and saturday and continue every two weeks for the foreseeable future. I know you had this Antibody Test done. Turns out you dont have the antibody. You are on the front lines working with so much patients every day. Do you think this test holds the key on the health front and economic front and when will reall start to get tested for these Antibody Tests. Yes, ainsley. I think its a very critical tool to have. I know here in new york we will be having it rolled out in the next couple of weeks or. So when i think its important. What it tells us if you have had it in the past. Do you have it now. Are you asymptomatic carrier . I think its great they are conducting this study in california because we need to know what is the prevalence of this disease . Meaning how common is it . Where is it . Where do we focus our tools and resources . Do we see an early outbreak thats brewing in a population that maybe there is a lot of asymptomatic patients. Those asymptomatic patients could pass it on to someone who is more vulnerable and thats how we see outbreaks develop. Thats how we see these peaks going up. Thats why these tests are very important. I think these Antibody Test also help complement the swabs we already have. Not that we are replacing the navanavalnasalswabs and oral sw. Keep this flat lined so we can open the economy sooner than later. Brian dr. Nesheiwat, what about the abbott test. We were so hopeful spread started in behrman county. 15 minute test. Key to getting back into your buildings and restaurants again. Do that, get a quick answer. Go inside or not go inside. Whats the holdup . I hear its the centralization and not giving it directly to the states. What do you hear . Well, the issue is, brian, abbott only created about 18,000, 20,000 of these units. So its a greatest a great tool to be able to determine who has it, who doesnt, very fast. 15 minutes. My Antibody Test was fast as well 15 minutes. Having enough of them to disseminate to the states and communities. The priority should be give them to the states, to the communities that have the outbreaks. And then once those areas have have come down from their peak and on the decline then lets move those areas to the areas that need them. For example, florida, texas, they are expected to have their peak at the end of the month. Here in new york, we are still, you know, in the midst of it. We see a bit of a plateau. We still had about over 700 deaths over the weekend. So, lets use this equipment wisely. We just dont have enough to give to everyone. But hopefully what i would love to see is enough swabs, enough nasal tests, oral tests, Antibody Tests so we can really get grasp on where this disease is, where its going. Focus our resource and get fund control. Im ready to open up. I know everybody is. Brian absolutely. Thanks so much. Steve absolutely. Regardless of what happens, we are one step to closer to reopening. The big question is when. Thats right. Steve thank you, doctor. Thank you. Steve 6 13 on the east coast. Carley shimkus joining us from our world headquarters. Carley, good morning to you. Carley good morning to you and everyone at home. We will start with a fox news alert. Brian mentioned a moment ago the Chinese Government accused of suppressing potentially vital coronavirus research. At least two chinese universities reportedly made posts on their own sites. Now they claim new studies must be approved by the government before getting published. The post have since been deleted. It comes as President Trump pushes for more accountability on china. Alabama cannot ban abortions as part of the states response to the coronavirus. A federal judge ruling the effort, quote do not outweigh the lasting harm imposed by the denial of an individuals right to terminate her pregnancy. Prolife advocates argue that hospital medicines and medical equipment are needed to fight the pandemic it. Is now up to the abortion providers to decide whether a procedure can wait. Michael avenatti is a free man for now because of the virus. Avenatti argued he should not be held in this manhattan jail where an inmate tested positive because he had pneumonia last year. He will be confined to a friends home in los angeles for 90 days before returning to jail. Avenatti was convicted of extortion in february. He is scheduled for sentencing in june. Cardinal Timothy Dolan using his easter message to encourage social distancing. At least until we are sure this virus is behind us we can protect one another. That will be the time to go. Time is telling us use your brain, use your prudence, use your common sense, dont tempt the lord. Carley Cardinal Dolan livestreaming mass inside an empty cathedral joel osteen was joined by singer mariah carey and tv producer tyler perry. And kanye west canceled. Bocelli delivering a riveting performance Amazing Grace how sweet the sound that saved. Carley bocelli performing at empty cathedral in millan as part of his music for hope event a lot of people worshiping in their own special ways yesterday. Ainsley it was incredible. If you just watched fox news we had service after service. Franklin graham was here with mike michael w. Smith with samaritans purse behind it. We were doing it aas long as with our pajamas at home. Time to be thankful. Special day. Thanks so much, carley. Carley thanks, guys. Ainsley congress stalemate. Where do we go from here. We will ask democratic senator chris coons coming up next awesome internet. Its more than just fast. It keeps all your devices running smoothly. With builtin security that protects your kids. No matter what theyre up to. It protects your info. And gives you 24 7 peace of mind. That if its connected, its protected. Even that that petcamera thingy. [ whines ] can your internet do that . Xfinity xfi can because its. Simple, easy, awesome. [ barking ] political stunt. It will not address the immediate need of Small Businesses. Were asking Small Business owners across america to place their faith in us, to keep workers on payroll because congress, the treasury and the sba will have their back. We must not fail them. Steve well, a contentious stalemate on capitol hill in the senate over increased relief funding for Small Businesses. Republican lawmakers pushing for a clean funding bill while democrats are interested in billions of addons for Healthcare Providers and local governments. So, where will this go from here and how long is this going to take . Joining us right now is delaware senator chris coons who is a member of the senate Small Business and entrepreneurship committee. Senator, good morning to you. Nice to have you joining us from your house this morning. Good morning, steve. Great to be on with you. I hope you had a wonderful easter. Steve it was okay considering the circumstances were all going through right now. It was different. Steve what is going on with the senate it was different. With the republicans they are just looking for another quarter of a trillion dollars for the paycheck protection program. A clean bill. Just give us the money and we will continue it. However, the democrats are asking for some addons like 100 billion for Healthcare Providers, 150 billion for state and local governments and a 15 increase in food stamps. At touch a perilous time why ask for the addon as now. Steve, since we are not going to return to congress this week or next week or any time soon, this bill has to pass both the senate and the house by unanimous consent. I support and democrats support increased funding for Small Business. But its got to also go to the emergency disaster loans, the idle loans that do not have enough resources to get out the door, and we also have to make sure that these loans are going to lots of Small Businesses and small nonprofits. Even those that dont have an existing depository relationship with one of the major banks. But, frankly, steve, were in both a Public Health disaster, this pandemic and an economic disaster. And we need to address both. Most states, most hospitals, are seeing record short falls. We should be doing both. Providing support for our Health Systems and our states and providing support for Small Business. Im very hopeful we are going to work this out within the next few days. Steve well, that would be great if they could work it out. And people love to see things happen on a bipartisan basis. But, you know, if there is ever a time where suddenly it looks like one party is trying to push their agenda, the person people, at a time of crisis like this