families impacted by this pandemic. take a look, the empire state building shining in red and white, on the first responders on the front line of this crisis who are risking their lives to help keep us all alive. >> anderson, as always, the per ferkt message. maybe more than ever. those first responders are getting back and our own. thank you, i will check in tomorrow. i am chris cuomo, welcome to prime time. tonight's show will be a little different. priority remain, reality set in all the way to the president. prays yourself, not for a hoax, but for the next few weeks of scary and painful realities. the government is saying we need to keep doing what we are doing. the mitigation efforts are working. the reality, we are our best and, perhaps, only defense. if you need a death toll, you will get it every day and it will frighten you.

4,000 already. maybe 100,000. 250,000. trumped up today by this president potentially saying it could have been millions. my surks don't get caught in the numbers. -- my suggestion, don't get caught in the numbers. they're scary and out of the context. we do not have the testing data beyond what we know is the face of it for an overwhelming number who get sick. and that face is mine. i tested positive. scary. yes. as you might imagine. but better me than you. my concern is what i may put on my family. just like you would. that is hurting me way more than anything the virus can do. so, let's focus, let's use this example of me having it as proof that you can get it, too. god forbid, we have to do everything we can to avoid being sick. we have to do it for ours, our families and for those on the front lines, we are saving the lives of people like me and many of you. together as ever as one.

that is our remedy. what do you say? let's get after it. >> i am fine. you are able to do the show. do you not want this. i am not able to be there for my family right now in the what i that i want to be. and i still have to see if i got any of them sick. you don't know how signatureening that is to me as a husband and a father. and yet, i'm hesitant to talk about me. because who cares. this is so small compared to what so many are facing and we're all going to go through this together. will you have stories that pop up all over you. you probably do already. why? because testing is just starting to catch up and pulling back the curtain on what we have known to be true for so long. it's not even when. we are in it. this is a fight. it's going to get worse.

we're going to suffer. and you have to accept that not with fear but with almost a fanatical sense of passion to fight. because that's the only way you ever made it through anything hard in your life and this will be no different. let me be proof. we have real vulnerability. you are not too strong. do not act that way. but show that vulnerability by what you do for yourself and for others. and not just health wise, but economically the toll this is taking. how many people do you know who are worried about losing a job, lost a job, are not sure how to fet food on the table. everyone gets it now. trump has forgotten ever questioning the hard reality. there are no more hoax. he is worried. and he should be. so let's move past this idea to fear to fact. what do they need us to do? what is working? what do wii we have questions about? what remains. for that, there is no one better than dr. sanjay gupta. it's good to see you.

>> hey, chris, man, i feel for you. i know you well. i know you are saying you feel okay. but you look a little under the tweets and i'm sorry, brother, i know you well and i'm sorry that you are feeling that way. >> well, i probably don't look great because i have coronavirus. i think that, you know, once we clear that up, that's what it is. look. i'm a fighter. most of us will be fine. i'm okay with that. there are so many who are so much more vulnerable and there is so many people as you know sacrificing themselves every day to fight for the weakest among us. so, what they did today, extending it. they seem to be pretty soft about it. you and i both believe we got to be looking at april or may in order for this to work in a way where we can combat it with our existing capacity. what are they saying now? how much does it square with reality to you? >> well, look, you know, these models where everyone is talking about, they're saying, maybe 100,000 people who will die. that's sadly you know a best

case scenario, chris. one of the things you got to keep in mind when they look at those models, they are actually talking about maintaining these measures until the end of may. right. so right now we're saying the end of april. even in the best case is scenario, you've extended to at least the end of may. it means within the next few days, every state in the country would be doing that not all the states in the country are doing this right now. if some states don't, that affects all of us. chris. you know. as we said the past couple of months, how i behave affect. s you. that is more true. we have never been more dcht on some people. there are some probably not abiding by this. they don't see the severity. it hasn't affected them directly. maybe people will behave differently. i don't know. those models are just that and they're contingent on the fact from here on out every state in the country is really serious about these social mitigating measures. it's not easy and it's tough.

it's really tough. >> what do you say to the people who are in a low density area and they want to work and they can work and they don't see the case numbers. they're not new york. they're not new jersey. they're not the coasts. they don't have the same risk factors and there is so much pressure to not crash the economy. how do you convince those people that they need to do what isn't necessary now because it may be necessary later. that is not a uniquely american instinct? >> no, it's not. look, i get no joy in having to say some of these things, we have been sort of looking at this for several months now. i spent time looking at these models. i'm not the only one saying this, here's what i would say, a week and a half ago, michigan was saying that they had 15 cases. maybe we dodge this thing. they are well over 1,500. louisiana, sort of the same thing. hey, maybe this is going to bypass us altogether. now they're considered a hot spot in new orleans. sadly, this is a virus that is circulating around the country. the virus doesn't care where you

live. it does care if you are in a densely populated area like new york, maybe you will see these numbers earlier. i think if you listen closely to what public health officials have been telling us. this is interesting. even as you listen to these press conference, everything, i think they don't want to jaer the country with what's happening now. i'm not suggesting we need to jar the country. the reality is this, i think every state in the country is in some way following the same curve as you've seen in new york. new york is just earlier on the curve. for the reasons we just mentioned. it's going to happen. we can do something about it. there is an end, if you act now. you are probably going to reduce the impact from a public health standpoint and an economic standpoint latheer. i know it's hard. it's like individual, i tell you to eat right and exercise, then you don't have a heart attack. was it because i ate right and exercised, i wasn't going to have a heart attack. how do you prove the negative? that's the challenge for a lot

of people. it doesn't make it any less important. >> i will tell you what's scary about this that i didn't realize until basically today. i have never had anything where you cannot control the suck. you know, even when i've had the flu. you got the tamiflu, the vaccine, it kind of mutes it. i didn't camp it early with the tamiflu, it goes good. they give you anti-virals that can work. it is scary, sanjay, to have people say to you, two things. one, the real answer is, suck it up. stay home. stay away from your family. hydrate. take tylenol if you need it. that's all we got until are you an extremist. that's scary. the second scary thing is, then everybody gives you a million things to take, anti-malarials, z-pack. the hydroxy chloroquine which the president made very popular with people. everybody is saying it works so well. there are all these other drugs you can take to keep it from your lungs.

do we know anything close to definitively you would feel comfortable telling your friend, let's go with it. your cough is worth the risk. do we have anything like that right now? >> can i saw say on the first point, chris, i am sorry you are going through this, really. i really feel for you. it's not good. it's a serious thing and are you a tough guy, but i know it really makes people feel miserable. so i'm sorry you are going through this. you know, there aren't any proven medications right now. and, look, people will say, hey, look, if it's not proven, maybe it works in a situation like this, should we do it anyway? let me take one of the examples you gave hydroxy chloroquine and a z-pack essentially, one people have heard about recently. the president talked about it. a lot of doctors have talked about it. one is that we don't have the evidence that it works. everyday is important here. for a couple reasons. first of all the studies that they did, there were people who

you know weren't counted in the study. they started the study. they weren't counted in the final conclusions. some of else to people got quite sick despite taking the medications. when you do the math on this very small study of some 20 people, it didn't necessarily show benefit. you've got to try this out in larger populations. the french doctor, who actually was the author of that study came out today and said, look, i want to be clear. i never wanted to recommend people start medicating themselves with this. by the way, if you do, you should get an ekg ahead of time. monitor your potassium ahead of time. those could be lasting problems. the last thing you want to do is cause some sort of harm. that's why you do trials. inwish we could say it work and my pal chris can take this and it can help him reduce the severity and the duration of this virus. but you can't say that for sure. that's one of the most common once.

ramdezivire that is supposed to block the replication of the virus slow it down. it was tried in ebola and mrz. a lot of improvement and the anti-aids drugs, those are the most promising. those trials were started a week after the first patient was diagnosed in china. people say, hey, we got it. these are the drugs that will work. you know what, two weeks ago the final study said they didn't work. that's why you do these studies. it's going to be something. we just don't know what it will be yet. >> we do know the one thing is the prevention. and that if you stay away from people, your chance of getting it is so much less and then you don't have to deal with the unknown. it's as simple as that and that's the only reason. look, i wasn't going to have this and not tell people. i will not tell people they got to be straight about this. i don't care if people live their lives ordinarily. this is bigger than your own personal choices. this is not where you want to

be. my basement is great. it's not going to be a hardship, but i can't go hug my kids. i can't be with my family or go out and get anything for them. i don't know if the tightness in my chest is the symptoms of the virus or i'm so mad at myself that i can't do things i want to do. i want people to avoid it. the biggest thing, they can avoid it. >> no doubt. we have data that shows what can decrease the likelihood of this continuing to spread, which can now hopefully avoid some of these worst-case scenarios in this country. but, chris, can i just ask for a second just because of what you just said? you know, there are some things that you know are worth probably getting checked out. you know, most, for most people, they're not going to need to go to the hospital. it's going to be a tough you know period that they recover from this illness, but they're going to as you said earlier be okay. but for a few things that sometimes is concerning. one is if your shortness of

breath is getting worse, you just mentioned tightness in your chest. i mean, we don't have to do it right now. i will call you, ask you more about that, tightness int chest, especially if it's getting worse. those are things i worry about. obviously, if you are developing any evidence where you are not getting enough oxygen, you feel like you are losing your consciousness or have blue lips or anything like that. those are obvious ones. those are things that should take you to the doctor. most people aren't going to need it, chris. but i want to make sure especially given you mentioned the tightness in your chest. i want to make sure we leave people with the right impression that there are situations that need to get checked out. >> this is scary. i se statement i know you heard what i said at the top of the show. i'm not diving into the numbers, man, i know we are playing catch-up. people are getting freakled out in the exponential numbers. the only number i will argue is one what you choose to decide. what i choose to decide and who we do it for.

that's the only number that will matter. everything else is going to ska irthe heck out of you. there is nothing you can do about it. i will talk to you whenever you want. you are the best of us. and i can't tell you. >> i love you, chris. feel better. >> i can't tell you how good people have been. even the ones who hate me are being so nice. and that is a beautiful thing. and that shows our capacity to be much more powerful than any virus. sanjay, i'll talk to you soon. thank you for helping me out, brother. >> stay close. you got it. >> all right. the man overseas, one of america's newest coronavirus hot spots says he is only getting a fraction of what he is asking for. we have to stay on this. because this is one of the flurry things. it can't be blurry. we have to shine a light on it. be blunt about it, be aggressive about it. illinois's governor says a big shipment did arrive but it had the wrong masks. is that true or not? what does it mean for his going

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all right, let's deal with a very great big point of contension. the president said that the states are getting what they need but the federal plan has really ramped up. but for some governors, it's simply never enough. meaning what? that the problem is somewhat theirs, not his. he uses that stick on new york, the governors, of course, my brother and the governor joining us now, j.b. pritzker of illinois. it's good to see you, bill. >> great to see you. we are all thinking about you, praying for you, chris. >> i'm one of the lucky ones, thank you very much. i will do the job. hopefully, i will be an example. anybody can get. if you think it's not going to be you that's what i used to say. god bless you. >> an awful lot of people will get it. no doubt and won't recover like

you will. good willing. >> the president says participants ask her. >> it makes you nervous. >> i've given you what you want, plenty, use what i've given you the right way you don't have to worry about it. your response is you didn't send me what i asked for. what itself the reality? >> well, we asked for 1.7 million n-95 masks. we've gotten about 400,000 total. we asked for many, many gloves and gowns and so on. we've gotten about 10% of what we asked for. we needed testing early on. they were promising millions of tests. you've heard them say that over and over again. the truth is that we've got very few tests from the federal government and, in fact, their federal testing is slowed down because they throw it all at lab corps and quest and they've got a huge backlog, those tests are coming back if four-to-ten days. what we are doing in the state of illinois, we can do if 21 day

or two days. that's very important. that time makes a huge difference in people's development of their virus and whether they're going to end up in the hospital or not. >> two points of pushback. one is, yeah, you only got 10%. that's all you need right now. you don't need everything that you want right now. we'll do it in stageles. use what i just gave you. when you run out, i'll give you more. that's the president's rational for many of the bigger states. what itself the reality for you? >> well, that's not been the case. we've had to go out onto the open market to find masks, both surgical masks, n-95 masks, gowns, goggles, face shields, et cetera. we are competing against the federal government. we are competing against big states like new york and california. we're competing against other countries because the president has not invokeled or used the defense production act to help with us all of the needs that we have. yes, one company gm on ventilators. that's nice, that's good.

i'm glad he's doing it. but we need a comprehensive solution. we need 4,000 more ventilators here in illinois from the federal government where we've asked for those thousands of ventilators. we have received a grand total of 450. >> look. you know, i have a little of personal insight here. i have been dealing with procurement questions going on in new york and it's not a question. the governor is telling the truth. i have had guys serving as vendors who have masks where they come back and tell you the price has changed or that they have to give them to illinois or a different state, because they came in and had money to spend more quickly. anybody who denies that is lying to you. that is the truth. how to fix it, that is a question for the federal government to take up. i'm telling you, the governor is telling you the truth right now. i dealt with his guys bidding in real time. it's a terrible place for the states to be. what is your one source of optimism right now? you are converting spaces. you are putting a mitigation strategy in place. the numbers are scary.

i'm trying to stay away from them. i think they're only revealing the obvious. every time you report a number, it will pop people's eyes. why do you have optimism? >> well, my optimism is that the people of illinois, honestly, have come through. you know we have the testing that we have today because of the hospitals here, because of the laboratories here. because our state government has gone out and bought machines and as many swabs and vtm as we possibly can not to mention rna extractor. we've got our own testing that we spun up that takes you know two days. again, the federal government delivered almost nothing. it takes four-to-ten days to get results from them. so my optimism is that we're solving it here in illinois. but, honestly, i don't know if we are going to be able to solve it fast enough. because i can see this curve moving. i can see us moving to the peak here in a relatively short order. and my great concern is we will run out of icu beds and we'll

run out of ventilators. then we'll have people dying because -- >> what does that look like? >> unfortunately as i said, with efeed 4,000 ventilators. and i spoke with the vice president earlier today. when i said that and repeated that to him. he said, well our modems show that maybe you need 1,400 ventilators. well, i hope he's right. but i said to him, give ne 1,400 ventilators then. because we're only a couple weeks away from the peak, truly. if we don't have those ventilators delivered in the next week, we're not going to be prepared across the state for the kind of onslaught that we are going to see and again i'm looking all over the world looking for ventilators. i'm purchasing every ventilator that i can find. but we're buying them in 00 lots and 200 lots, frankly, i'm taking them 50, 20, 10, wherever i can get them. we are going to run out of ventilators and the federal government really isn't helping at all. >> the biggest help will be people not creating cases. and that is the scary thing. one time the power is in our own

hands. at the same time, if we make the wrong choices, we will see things that we have never seen in this country before. god forbid that happens. fit does, governor, i will not be in your forever. we will be able to tell everything in your state. we will always have a platform here. stay well. your state needs you more than ever. don't wind up like me and i'll speak to you soon. >> be well, chris. >> thank you. thank you. governor j.b. pritzker. imagine the pressure on the men and women who are leading us right now when they know they will not have enough to deal with what's coming. imagine that. that's why to the extent that any of cuss do anything to avoid what's coming. what reason do you have not to? now, so how do you help? how do you help others survive? that's a good question. and what about those who can't be there to say good-bye to their loved ones? another job that they're doing on the front lines that they never asked to do. they shouldn't have to do but it

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all right. look, i'm telling you, the death toll can only go in one direction and it's going to go in leaps and bounds, so, yes, the number of nearly 4,000 people having succumbed to this virus is very scary. but, your going to see more of it. accept the reality of where we are and what it takes to get past it. if there were any other illness, usually the dying would be able to see loved ones. i don't know if you dealt with it in your own life. but i have my family. that's one of the most important moments in someone's life, where you get to have that closure of saying good-bye w. this virus that's being robbed from so many families, so many are die eight

loan in quarantined units. why? because we have to keep others safe. i mean, that is the reality. but it is harsh. it's so hard on people's hearts, imagine that. for families, but also healthcare workers. that's why people like my next guests are doing all that they can to help and provide comfort. i want to introduce to you carley rice. she was a critical care nurse at hard-hit hospital in albany, georgia. first of all, thank you for taking the time. thank you for being one of the angels among us. i wish the best to you and all your brothers and sisters doing god's work through your community. >> thank you for having me. i really do appreciate it? now, i've watched you guys work your magic and i've seen what you have to absorb people in pain. and how you provide not just for the patient but for the loved ones. now, you are put in a unique situation, where you may be the only person that can be with

somebody. what is that like for you? >> it's a lot of pressure to begin with. it's overwhelming, but it's, it's my duty as a person as a nurse. i took a oath to take care of these patients from their mind, body and soul and that's what i'm doing along with everybody else that i'm working with. it's heart braking. >> you are very experienced and you are getting more and more than you ever imagined by the hour. but are you also young. how hard is it for you emotionally to see people who should not be ready to die? and the desperation that i know that you see and the helplessness, how do you handle that emotionally? >> i have good days and i have

bad days. it's very hard to see someone close to your age in there fighting for their life completely healthy and the virus, the beast has taken them down so quickly. i hand him it because of my faith in my support system at home. my husband and my family and friends. i honestly could not get through every single day without them. i just get so emotional about what we have to see like, with me being so young, i didn't ever think that i would see this am of deaths all at one time. i mean, you think about it throughout your career, you will see a bunch of them. but all at one time, it's, i don't know how to explain the feelings that i have for it, i

guess. sorry. >> sorry. listen, you are the best of us. so many families are going to be given a gift by you that nobody else could. and that is so sad and it was tragic and it is wrong that that is put on you, but that is why we call you guys heroes. and i know that it doesn't end with you at that bedside. you have to think about what you are bringing home to your husband, a young family. your loved ones, they after day and with the equipment and i know you guys feel lonely. i know you are calling the virus the beast. i am hearing that all over the understand k. i know you guys feel like are you not sure if people get what you are up against. we get it. we get it enough, god willing to stay home and keep our -- on the couch so that you can do your job saving the rest of us and i promise you the people in my business get it and they will push people in power to make sure have you what you need because you are doing everything for us. i'm just sorry you are in a

position. >> i'm not. i was led here. this is my journey and this is what god wants me to do, so i will do it with my faith around my head held high and do what i need to do for you all's family and my family and the community. >> you know what, i knew you were going to say that. and do you know why? because every person i talk to in your situation, it's like it's got to be something genetic where you have a quality in you that just allows you to care for other people in a way most don't. but even now, when they keep saying, the apex is coming. we haven't seen it yet, the curve is going to get steeper. it's going to get worse. what does that look like to you day-to-day in terms of your fear? and what does that do to you

emotionally and internally in terms of how you prepare for each day? >> each is different. some you've had death while you're going home to your house to go to sleep when you come back, people are gone. the fear i have is we won't be able to do enough. we try and we try. we're the fixers. and we're not able to fix everybody. and it is very hard and i just pray for our community. we're such a smaller hospital compared to the big ones in new york and we're using our resources the way that we should. we have what we need, but eventually, we're going to run out of space and we'll have to rely on the other communities to

be able to help us in other hospitals and stuff and i just pray that each patient is taken care of the way they need to be taken care of and we have everything that we need to. >> well, it should be a prayer from you, but it should be a promise from the rest of us. because that's what this time is about. i'm talking to you for a reason. there are people in other hospitals that are doing the same thing but you matter just as much, every facetime call that you make by somebody's bedtime, where you give a family an opportunity to look at their loved one, are you aware of what you are giving them as a gift? >> i hope i'm giving them peace and comfort. that's my main goal. i will do my best to keep the patient comfortable no matter what. but i'm also supposed to take care of their loved ones even if i can't see them or touch them

or give them a hug. they're always in my prayers. they're always going to be in my mind no matter what. the facetime just gives me another chance to connect with them and to let them know that their family member is not alone. i will be there no matter what. >> it means so much. it has to mean so much. i hope that that gives you a measure of solace. i know there are so many mixed emotions for you of what you can control and what you can't and is it enough and why does it have to come this way? but you don't determine who lives and dies. but you do have a huge hand at how it happens. what you are doing with those families, carley, i am telling you, it is a gift for people and they'll remember it for the rest of their lives. i thank you and i want to stay if touch and you let me know what you need and god bless your husband and your family. stay well. we knead you. >> thank you.

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all right. health first always, always, but survival means money as well. 1st of the month looming over most of americans, april 1st. forget about april fool's day. this virus played us all four fools. even in the best of economic times, we're stretched. now there will be record spikes in people out of work, who have great need, one of those needs is going to be literally the basics of food. kid aren't the only ones that depend on meals at schools. there are a lot of families that need food on the table. how do we do you el? all right. the good news is i have somebody who is working on the problem. her name is alexis glick and yes

she's a well-known economic analyst. but she happens to be an example of an american as well as figuring out a solution. thank you for joining me, my friend. >> thank you so much for having me. and i'm thinking about you. i'm here for you. >> why do you look so much better on your shot at home than i look? >> you know, we got to get used to this stuff. i would think i got to be bright and happy for you. so i'm bright orange for you, chris. >> so, the need, look, alexis talks to me all the time. she coaches me up before the show on a regular basis. the need is greater than we imagined why? and how so? >> it is tremendous. as we sit here today, 124,000 schools are closed in the united states, impacting 55 million kids. but as i have been telling you. the thing that keeps me up at night are the 30 million kids who rely on school meals.

right now, chris, those school buildings have become school feeding sites. every one of us can, you know, when you think back to our you know our youth, right? in stepping into the school lunchroom, into the cafeteria, and that man or woman puts food on your plate. well, those people right now are on the front lines. those are the school nutrition teams and the volunteers and what's happening in our school buildings today is they are ground zero for feeting. so they're providing meals, whether it be grab and go or through buss to ensure that every kid getting a says and, chris, it's not just the 30 million kid who rely on those school meals. because of what off just referenced, families getting laid off. people getting furloughed. those school buildings are not for the kids who need the meals, now, many more kid and families who are coming to those school

buildings hungry. >> so, we have to make sure that people on the front lines get treated that way so that they are able to stay there and keep feeding people. that's about ppe. what else do you know about the need? and what resource do you have for people that might help address it? >> so, what we did is we launched literally 24 hours ago a covid-19 emergency school nutrition fund. it allows school buildings, these school feeding sites to apply for up to $3,000. for those funds, what they can do is go buy those containers that they need, whether it be cooler bags, whether it be grab-and-go packaging for those meals. because the delivery mechanism of those meals are now being clanged to school buses and handed out on corners so they're not congregateing. plus the ppe that they need to protect themselves. thus far, chris, we have been able to raise $3 million to help support schools. we've received 750 applications

in the first hand. of hours yesterday. >> so you need more? where do you go? what's the site? how do i get there? pitch, pitch, pitch. >> okay so what do you do you go to genyouthnow.org or text schools to 20222. let me just tell you. we've launched the campaign and the campaign is for schools safe. we want you to raise your hand for schools safe to help us feed our nation's kids and so far, chris, i've had america's dairy farmers, who i went to at the very outset, who have been hit so hard, who pledged a million dollars out of the gate. i'm asking friends like cris carter and timer murray and felicia shields to raise their hands in video messages and i want americans to know, to, number one, put up that video, host yourself for school's sake, raising your hand to help kids in needs. and number 2, put your heart in your hand and if you can donate

even a little bit, let's help our front lean workers who are feeding our nation's kids and families in such a difficult time >> i'm sick. i forgot where to go. what is the website? >> it is genyouthnow.org. >> and what can i text? >> you can text to "schools" 20222 and you can donate through the text. >> "schools," 20222. alexis glick, if you go to the website, you'll see all these big shots in the sports world and beyond are telling you to do it. you shouldn't need it. what alexis just told you is more than enough. if you can help, help. together as ever as one we get through this. alexis, i love you. >> i love you, too. stay safe. my love to christine and the kids. >> thank you very much. they're all upstairs.

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i don't know if you agree with me. let me know. but more than anything else, this situation is just so weird, right? isn't that the word that just keeps coming up, that we're just like living a sci-fi thriller. and it turns out that fact is stranger than fiction. right? i mean, that's the reality. so many of the traditional differences among us are disappearing. why? because we're all in the same bucket, stuck in the house,

sharing fears, sharing worries about providing and wellness and leadership, feelings of doubt. can this really be as daunting as everyone seems to think now? well, on that question, let meserve as confirmation of the reality, okay? you can get this. now, unlike me, you will not have the added oddity of watching in real time as your brother addresses the nation and discusses the fact that you have just caught the virus. >> my brother chris is positive for coronavirus. found out this morning. the -- now, he is going to be fine. he's young, in good shape, strong -- not as strong as he thinks, but he will be fine. now he's quarantined in the

basement. he's funny as heck. even the dogs won't come down stairs, he says, but he is concerned about his wife and his kids. people wind up exposing you and then they find out they're positive a couple of days later. it's my family. it's your family. it's all our families. and this virus is that insidious. >> look, let's just be clear about something. captain banana hands is right. it is all of us, but it is literally me, okay? and i know he was trying to be comforting to the rest of you. hearing him talk to me that way about me made me very worried about what the road ahead could be. i started calling all these doctors after that. i was like, this is not a good indication of my future, and luckily what's going on is what's going on with everybody. man, are we scared when it's someone we know and we love. he raised me. of course it's going to freak him out. and i don't want to be a cautionary tale, but i am fighting something that we don't

really understand, and you do not want to be in that position. no one can really give me anything good to do about it. it's really -- i've never seen anything like that before where there's, like, nothing you can do. the tightness in my chest is tough to account for. is it the virus? or is it the choking concern of my inability to do what matters most, which is the same thing for you, to care for my family? look what i've done. look what i am now. i can't help. i can't be there. i can't even hold them. for how long? weeks? now, look, it's no longer an opinion. one of the only things we know for sure is that staying home is our best, if not our only chance of avoiding long-term suffering. what else do you need to hear? even trump gets that now. look, i am honestly happy that it is me. better than you. better than my family. god formidablbid. i'm waiting for that information

and that would take me any lower than any virus ever could. and i hope so strongly for your family and for you, i mean that, and i hope you feel that as well. we have to fight for one another in a way that we never really have here before. and that is a daunting challenge, but it's an exciting one as well. it is time to walk the walk. i'm going to be in the basement in self-quarantine. big deal. of course emotionally it's hard for me, but to reduce the strain on our angels, on those front lines like you met tonight, carley, so that we don't expose other people, we don't create more case load, more risk to her to go home to her family, how long she's going to have to do this, weeks and months. do what we need to do to remind everyone of who we are at our best, and that is the only reality we need to motivate us right now. not numbers. forget the numbers. why? we're playing catch-up. they can only jump exponentially. they can only be scary. the only number that i argue matters is one. you. me. what do you choose to do?

to do and not to do, right? you know the phrase, to borrow from shakespeare a little bit. it is not the answer, it is the question. the only good news is it's working. staying away works. let that i'm doing the show and being okay be a comfort. most of us are going to be fine. hopefully it stays that way for me. also let me take away any illusion that you're too big for this. if i can get it, you can get it, all right? remember, the good news is we are our best solution. together as ever as one. we know what to do to make this easier on all of us. we just have to do it. a lot of news. "cnn tonight." d. lemon on top of all of it, as always. >> what's going on today? something's different about your set. >> is it? >> yeah. where is your suit? >> i've worked on this hard. >> your black tie and the white shirt.