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>> los angeles welcomed its 1,000 hospital ship on friday and supporting los angeles and taking unknown coronavirus patients and the ship could not have, and a better time as l.a. prepares for what could possibly be a similar surge in cases that new york has experienced. over the past two days, los angeles county reported 678 in new infections bringing the total they are to. with testing increasing, their testing even more people who need treatment in the coming weeks. >> numbers can get huge which means the implication for the health care system are equally dramatic. without slowing the sprea...

Pediatric emergency and the other kind of emergency. >> in new york awaits its stable ship and los angeles welcomed its 1,000 bed hospital ship on friday. if docked at the port of los angeles and take on noncoronavirus related patients. the ship could not come at a better time as ellie prepares for work of possibly a similar surge in cases that new york has experienced. over the past few days, los angeles county reported 678 new infections are bringing the total they are to nearly 1500 and with testing increase it, doctors are preparing for even more people who need treatment in the coming wee...

Stand up to scrutiny. the ships are the "comfort" and the "mercy." the "comfort's" going to pull into new york. the "mercy's" going to the west coast. the problem is nbc news reporting the "comfort" is undergoing maintenance on the east coast right now. no medical personnel are on board. a pentagon spokesman told "the new york times" it could be weeks before it's deployed. out west the "mercy" is also undergoing maintenance on the west coast. no word yet on its destination or schedule. both vessels, though, are a tiny fraction of the band width, the expertise, the muscle that the u.s. military...

>> do you consider to be at a wartime footing in terms of fighting this virus? >> i do. i'm looking at it that way. i view it in a sense a wartime president. that's what we're fighting. >> the president invoking powers created at the start of the korean war giving him the authority to speed up production of badly needed medical supplies. he also wants to send navy hospital ships to new york and the west coast, but it may be days before they're ready to sail despite the president's comments. the president also signed a new measure into law making virus testing free and giving emergency paid lea...

But here's the problem. even that statement may not stand up to scrutiny. the ships are the "comfort" and the "mercy." the "comfort's" going to pull into new york. the "mercy's" going to the west coast. the problem is nbc news reporting the "comfort" is undergoing maintenance on the east coast right now. no medical personnel are on board. a pentagon spokesman told "the new york times" it could be weeks before it's deployed. out west the "mercy" is also undergoing maintenance on the west coast. no word yet on its destination or schedule. both vessels, though, are a tiny fraction of the band wid...