The leading disease forecasters, some of whom provides the forecast telling the Washington Post they have no clue how the white house reached those projections. In fact, two officials with direct knowledge telling the post that at Task Force Meetings this week dr. Fauci said, i looked at the models. They really dont tell you anything. And President Trump announced he had he expanding the defense protection act. The order authorizes the head of fema to acquire as many n95 masks from 3 million as deemed necessary. The act is expected to help manufacturers like ge, medrronics. The order, quote, will save lives by removing obstacles in the supply chain that threaten the rapid production of ventilators. Meanwhile, in the hardest hit state here, new York Governor Andrew Cuomo said last night that he has enough ventilators to last about six more days. Here he is on msnbc last night proposing a solution. The one Silver Lining here is not every place in this country gets hit at the same time. Theres going the be a different curve for the disease in different areas. Depending on when it started. And those curves will have a lag. Why dont we device a National Strategy that moves with that rolling apex, if you will . I need roughly 30,000 ventilators which i cant get. I only need 30,000 ventilators for two or three weeks at the top of my curve. Lets be smart. Otherwise, youre saying to every state, every locality, you must be prepared on your own to handle this. Where we are now, 50 states all trying to buy the same equipment from china and then the federal government comes in with fema which is trying to purchase the same equipment. This is not the way to do it. And the simplicity is what makes it so tragic, specifically. Because we dont have a piece of equipment, someone is going to die . Because we dont have staff, someone is going to die . Ohio did we get to this place in there country . And this type of rollout is something the governor has been proposing for the last couple of weeks or so. New york state added more than 9,000 new cases yesterday, totalling more sthan 92,000, more than half in new york city. The death toll in the city increased by 188 last night to more than 1500. Hospitals are stretched so thin that city paramedics have been told that Adult Patients in cardiac arrest and cannot be revived in the field should not be taken to the emergency room. Meanwhile, Funeral Homes are struggling to keep up. A funl owner saying hes capability of handling 60 cases at a time, and now hes handling 130. A Record Number of unemployment claims, an alarming 6. 65 million. The week before, the department announced 3. 82 million claims, bringing the month of march to over 10 million jobless claims. In fact, the past two weeks all but eliminated the jobs created in the past five years. The government has yet to release the unemployment rate, but the Congressional Budget Office predicts it will be as high as 10 this quarter, startling. That is a stark jump from februarys 3. 5 . This all coming ahead of the much anticipated march jobs report which will be out later this morning. And we will be watching that and bringing it to you. So the new jobs report will be released later this morning. So far, the nation has seen record breaking number of americans filing for unemployment amid the coronavirus outbreak. Joining me now to talk more about this, peggy collins. Peggy, thanks so much for joining us on this. Lets talk about this jobs report. Wow, the numbers regard to unemployment claims over the last two weeks or so. Pretty unbelievable, to say the least. What are you expecting to see from this report released later today . Unfortunately, i think well see the numbers ride for the first time potentially since 2010 in terms of payrolls actually declining. We went into this jobs report thinking the economy was on a really good footing weeks or months ago, seeing huge gains in jobs over the last few years. This will be a pivot, we expect, but unfortunately it wont capture all of march when we saw some of the largest job losses because of the economy shutting down across swaths of the u. S. So were cautioning our readers to basically think about the report, but its not going to capture all of the worst jobs and that actually the april report may be a better reading of where we are. Lets talk about basically phase three of this stimulus package, this aid package that was recently passed. Some of it involving Small Business loans, a lot of Small Business owners needing some much anticipated help amid this economic downturn with the pandemic. The white house saying theyre going to start loans with Small Businesses, but you have a lot of participating banks that are saying they are not ready. Are people going to have access to the proper documents here to even start this process . And when starting this process, how long will it actually take . As you said, were watching very closely today with reporters across the country to document how this process goes. Again, the government is saying the program is up and running starting today, but, again, the Small Business administration has already encountered problems with its website in terms of Small Businesses being able to access the information they need even to fill out forms. And banks are saying they dont understand all the processes in place for how to get those loans and to who. Today will be a test how will the program is going to go and that will, in turn, affect how long it takes for people to get that rch needed money. Which if they follow certain protocols, that might turn the loan into a grant. Is treasury not talking to they banks that theyre not all of the same page . They are talking. One of the things is the magnitude of the program. The bill was huge. It included about 350 billion for Small Businesses, but the treasury is working with the Federal Reserve on developing a main street facility, but thats not up and running yet, either, in terms of direct loans to Small Businesses which were waiting for, as well. Peggy, thank you. Stay close. Im going to talk to you again in just a little bit. So Jared Kushner has again inserted himself between the Government Agencies and the trump administrations response to a global crisis. As a Real Estate Developer with no medical expertise, the New York Times notes kushner has made himself the point person for Agency Officials who know that he can force action and issue decisions without going to his fatherinlaw, the president. While some officials have praised kushners efforts, several officials claim he has added more confusion to the Coronavirus Response and failing to deliver on promised improvements like nationwide drive through Testing Centers and a screening website powered by google. According to two people familiar with the events, trump unleashed his fury avenue kushner after the site never materialized which seems to knock him off balance. And for the first time at yesterdays briefing, jared occur ner stepped out to question states quote, real need for life saving ventilators as more americans are dieing every single day. The states should know how many ventilators they have in their states. Some governors ill speak to and theyll know to the number how many ventilators they have in their state. Dont ask us for things when you dont know what you have in your own state. Just because youre scared, you ask your medical professionals and they dont know. You have to take inventory of what you have in your own state and you have to be able to show that theres a real need. Okay. Still ahead, u. S. Senator Kelly Loeffler under new scrutiny after questions emerge about her stock trades before stock markets took a major tumble. Plus, democrats are looking ahead to november and what can be done to keep voters safe while casting ballots. Those stories and a check on your weather when we come back. N your weather when we come back who has time for wrinkles . Neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair®. Weve got the retinol that gives you results in one week. Not just any retinol. Accelerated retinol sa. One week is all it takes. Neutrogena®. Killer attitude. Nevor hydration. Neutrogena® hydro boost. The 1 hyaluronic acid moisturizer delivers 2x the hydration for supple, bouncy skin. Neutrogena®. Welcome back. The wall street journal is reporting that republican senator Kelly Loeffler of georgia and her husband purchased and sold about 1. 4 million in stock during the market panic setoff by the coronavirus pandemic. Loeffler reported that she and her husband, who is chairman of the new york stock exchange, bought about nearly 600,000 of stock and sold about 845,000 of stock from february 18th through march 13th. Had they held those shares through the weekend, the stock would have been valued at 86,000 less than what they sold it for. News of her stock trades comes as she battle toes keep her seat in the senate. A spokesman came to her defense calling it a baseless political attack and said all daily trades are handled by professional Investment Advisers without loefflers private knowledge. Joining me now, danny savalos. When this story first broke, danny, and weve talked about this periodically as it has been developing, it was shocking to so many. Considering what we saw took place at the in the stock market and what is happening with peoples 401 k s across the board. What do you make here of her latest filing that shows she and her husband sold about 1. 4 million in stock during this pandemic . If you take a step back, the entire essence of getting involved in the market is the belief that i know something that other people dont know. The market itself and investing is based on asymmetry of information. And thats why prosecuting or ferreting out Insider Trading is a complicated thing. Now, congress, members of congress are not traditional officers in a company or a corporation who trade on material nonpublic information. But in secret briefings, it could be said that theyre getting material, nonpublic information. But on the other hand, could it be said that any information, given that congress, members of congress who are by their very nature public is cannot be nonpublic in the sense that a member of a corporation has an obligation to keep things secret. Now, in 2012, federal law was passed that said essentially, yes, members of congress have this duty to the american people. But the reality is nobody has been prosecuted since 2012, at least members of congress, for information they received while or as members of congress. Theres been prosecution of people who were independently on the board of a corporation, but not for information received as members of congress. And if i was defending this case, my exhibit a would be showing all the communications or lack of communications with the people in her trust or whoever is managing her finances and showing the genesis of those trades and that it wasnt my client. But if youre looking at some of these dates, starting on february 19th, the first coronavirus case was discovered in late december or so in china. In january or february, people on the hill were already getting classified Intelligence Briefings with regard to a possible covid19 outbreak. They were assembling a covid19 task force. With advisers on board. If, in fact, that is the case and senator loeffler had information and received some of these briefings, could that not lend itself to a problematic situation for her . Possibly. But the next step in the face of that powerful circumstantial evidence is to show that that information made its way to the people in charge of making her trades for her. If the government can show that theres that second step from the tipper to the tippee essentially that they received that information and acted on it, then the case becomes stronger. But then you go back to the origins, which is information given to members of congress it may be material, but is it truly nonpublic, even in light of the stock act of 2012, it may still be public information. Thats why i think you see the doj has shied away from actually prosecuting members of congress. But keep in mind, there are not only criminal penalties, by civil penalties. You can be sued by the s. E. C. , as well. Thank you. Still ahead, what dr. Anthony fauci is saying about a National Stay at home order. Plus, Democratic Leaders make changes to the Upcoming Convention amid coronavirus concerns. Does it make sense to you that some states are still not issuing stay at home orders . Scientifically, doesnt everybody have to be on the same page with this stuff . I think so, anderson. I dont understand why that is not happening. The difference between federally mandated versus states rights to do what they want is something i dont want to get into. But if you look at whats going on in this country, i dont understand why were not doing that. We really should be. That was dr. Fauci in a cnn interview last night. Democrats are pushing for more fund to go support mailin voting this year due to the coronavirus. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to increase the funding for mailin and absentee voting in the next stimulus package saying an additional 2 billion to 4 billion is needed to democratizes americas election system to address complications calleded caused by the coronavirus. However, minority leaders are not on board. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said its too early to determine what should be included in the next stimulus bill. The democratic convention, originally scheduled to start on july 13th will now be held the week of august 17th in milwaukee. The move comes to the heels of democratic frontrunner joe biden calling for the event to be reseld. In our current climate of uncertainty, we believe the smartest approach is take a look at how this unfolds so we can best position ourselves in a safe environment. With that, i want to bring in nbc meteorologist bill karins who is standing by for us. Good morning, bill. Good morning. I know youre tracking the weather for us and youve been tracking that curve, as well. Yes. How does it stand this morning . Yesterday, the day before was our record. Wednesday, we had over 1,000 fatalities. Yesterday, we had about 950, so it was a slight decrease. Well have to see if we get a trend going lower, but were not expecting the apex to happen this weekend. Maybe next week, maybe the week after that, but you can see the curve still going pretty high, up to 6,000 fatalities, approximately, right now. And state by state, new york had about 500 some on wednesday. Thursday, new york reported 319. New jersey had its deadliest day yesterday, 182 new deaths. Michigan, 80 new deaths. Florida up to fourth on the list with 43 and then louisiana and massachusetts. So as we see, the spread is continuing across the country. Now lets take a shift to the weather. Yesterday was as ugly as it gets from cape cod to boston. This huge ocean storm has backed up towards us. The other weather concerns out there today, severe storms late this afternoon or this evening from san antonio to laredo, back to the waco area. So the forecast for today, a raw day. Not bad. Carolinas southwest. Minneapolis to oklahoma city, feels more like a winter day than anything else. And a sneak peek for your winter forecast. Its not going to be quick and in the southeast, well watch it up. Well take a look at the total cases and yesterday, we had almost 30,000 new cases of covid19. That was a record in the country. Still ahead, what treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin is saying about when stimulus checks will be delivered to americans affected by the coronavirus. We are back in a moment. E coronavirus. 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While leading forecasters said they dont challenge the numbers validity, white house officials have refused to explain how they generated this figure and they have not provided the underlying data so others can assess its reliability or provide longterm strategies to lower that death