hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes. we are now entering what could be the most crucial week yet in the u.s. fight against coronavirus. top experts warning it is going to be extremely painful. there are already more than 1,000 people dying each day in this country. the u.s. surgeon general making a startling comparing, lichening the coming week to the two biggest attacks on u.s. soil in living memory. >> this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most americans' lives quite

frankly. this is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment only it's not localized, it's happening all over the country and i want america to understand that. but i also want them to understand that the public along with the state and the federal government have the power to change the trajectory of this epidemic. >> we are struggling to get it under control and that's the issue that's at hand right now. just buckle down, continue to mitigate, continue to do the physical separation because we've got to get through this week that's coming up because it is going to be a bad week. >> the u.s. death toll now headed toward 10,000 making up about 1/7 of all the fatalities worldwide according to johns hopkins university. globally the number of confirmed cases is approaching 1.3 meanwhile. meanwhile the u.s. president doubling down on an unproven treatment for the virus. jeremy diamond questioned him about that on sunday.

>> reporter: president trump talking about the grim reality that americans are going to face over the coming weeks as it relates to the death toll for coronavirus. but the president at the same time still saying that he sees the light at the end of the tunnel. so, it was once again a story of mixed messages from the president. one other thing that the president was focused on on sunday was once again touting the use of this drug hydroxychloroquine which so far there is no conclusive scientific evidence showing that this drug is effective in the treatment of coronavirus. i pressed the president on why he continues to promote this drug. why not just let the science speak for itself? why are you promoting this drug? >> i'm not. i'm not. very simply -- i'm not at all. look, you know what i'm trying to do. >> you come here every day, right, sir, talking about -- >> i want them to try it. it may work. it may not work. if it doesn't work, there's nothing lost by doing it, nothing, because we know long

term -- what i want? i want to save lives. and i don't want to be in a lab the next year and a half as people are dying all over the place. >> the president of course has been promoting that drug, appearing in the white house briefing room day after day to talk about the benefits of this drug hydroxychloroquine. there are clinical trials underway and some doctors are able to prescribe it in off label in emergency cases. but there is not yet a body of scientific evidence backing up the use of this drug. that is why when dr. anthony fauci, the head of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases whrks he stepped up to the podium i tried asked him about that. the president, though, would not let him. >> would you like to weigh in on this issue of hydroxychloroquine? what do you think of this? >> 15 times. you don't have to answer the question. >> he's your medical expert, correct? >> we've answered that question 15 times. >> dr. fauci has been on the

record saying there's not conclusive proof this drug is effective in the treatment of coronavirus. but i think it's especially notable when you see the president there acknowledging earlier in the day that he is not a doctor as he dulls out this advise about that hydroxychloroquine drug. and then when you actually see a doctor at the podium, the top government expert on infectious diseases, it's notable that the president won't let him speak. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. meanwhile the british prime minister boris johnson is in hospital. his author says he was admitted last night as what they call a precautionary measure because he still has persistent coronavirus symptoms some ten days after announcing he had indeed been infected. nick robertson is in lyndon for us. fair to say quite an unexpected development. precautionary that a prime minister going to the hospital is pretty significant. >> yeah, it's a very rare occurrence in the uk and of

course this exceptional time the prime minister exhibiting the signs of coronavirus for ten days. that's a threshold that if you're not recovering by that period, then further tests are required. that's what we're being told. the prime minister is having what's described as routine tests. there are no descriptions from downing street officials as to what those tests may be. medical experts say there's a possibility there could be blood tests or ct scans or such. but whatever it is, downing street is describing it are ys routine. the prime minister remains in charge. the cabinet meeting that happened this morning in about four hours will be chaired by prime minister. rob is the first secretary to step up in the event that the prime minister were no longer

able. but the message clear from downing street is that the prime minister is in charge. he is having routine tests but yes, he is admitted to hospital, precisely the ramify cautions and implications of that we don't know. he's 55 years old. the medical assessments are that once you're over 60 and if you have other underlying medical conditions then this is a period of coronavirus infection ten days and beyond that can be quite critical. >> and meanwhile, i wanted to ask you also, the queen addressing the nation herself a rare event really does speak to the gravity of the situation. >> reporter: hugely, hugely. and the queen's only ever spoken to the nation including yesterday now five times. 1991 before the gulf war, 1997 after princess diana's death, 2002 after her mother's death, 2012 in a jubilee. absolutely rare, and she -- it was quite a short message, but it was really one that would

have likely been done in conjunction with the prime minister's office as well. it was one to speak to the nation and to encourage the nation to stay at home. but her first comments were really huge thanks to all the medical health care workers and all of those in the front line fighting the virus but a very clear message for everyone at home. this is one the government really wants delivered. that is to everyone at home, please stay at home. >> i also want to thank those of you who are staying at home, thereby helping to protect the vulnerable and sparing many families the pain already felt by those who have lost loved ones. together, we are tackling this disease, and i want to reassure you that if we remain united and resolute, then we will overcome it. >> and she said that people this generation, if you will, would be able to judge themselves and

be judged in the future by how they've risen to this challenge. and towards the end of her speech, she said, look, this is difficult being separated from loved ones but we will meet again. that really, i think, struck a cord with most people in this country, very reminiscent of the wartime message in britain during the second world war. people were separated. it was tough, but we will meet again. that's what she said. >> nic robertson outside number 10 downing street where the prime minister is not this evening or this morning there in london. all right. want to go now to dr. emily borders, an emergency physician. she comes to us from austin, texas. it's great to talk to you. i wanted to start if i could about this hydroxychloroquine being hyped, no less, by the president of the united states yet far from proven effective. studies have been done that are flawed or inconclusive, but the president's been on a sales

pitch. what do you have to lose? try it, try it, take it. what do you make of that? >> so, the annals of internal medicine which is the journal for internal medicine doctors which are taking care of hospitalized patients, they have a very strong opinion on this which is that as doctors we learn first do no harm. at this point, we don't know that we're not doing more harm than good with these drugs. so, if somebody's dying, then that's one thing. but we have a president who's telling people that they should go get their doctor to prescribe these so that they can prevent -- they're actually malaria drugs and used for autoimmune diseases -- but that it can prevent maybe coronavirus. there are people that have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis that are in acute crisis having kidney problems and rebounding off of their medications because they're not available. there are physicians and health care workers hoarding these

which i find to be despicable. there are only two trials published before this announcement was made. one had 30 people in it out of france. it showed a little bit of benefit. and the other one was from china and didn't know much benefit. so, we are so far from knowing that we are not doing more harm than good. in fact we have had people that have died not only from covid-19, it not working, but also the people who were hurting who used the drugs for other things. >> yeah, yeah, and yet the president continues to promote it. i want you to speak to the ongoing issue of testing. is widespread testing of every american possible still a priority in terms of wanting to isolate the virus, contact trace the way other countries have done. i think you said 25% of those who test positive are asymptomatic and of course they are the potential spreaders without knowing. >> absolutely. and that's what's really dangerous. we are only testing -- we tested

1.6 million americans out of 331 million which is less than a half percent. so, we are -- the horse is out of the barn though. contact tracing, when you have people walking around not sheltering in place, people are asymptomatic, for protract cat purposes, a lot of places are only being tested if you're getting admitted to the hospital for coronavirus symptoms. so, fever, shortness of breath, pneumonia, things like that. you're not getting tested if you're getting admitted to the hospital for something else. we had a patient in a local hospital who was pregnant, got admitted for a kidney infection, wasn't tested because she had a kidney infection, and four days later displayed shortness of breath. she exposed health care workers that are furloughed for wo weeks and now the patients are suffering because they don't have enough physicians and nurses to take care of them. we need to test everybody and everybody needs to walk around with a mask and gloves on if you are interacting within six feet

of people that you have the disease and that everyone else has it as well. >> yeah, that's a terrible story to hear. the administration's saying the next few weeks will be like -- we played it earlier -- like another pearl harbor or 9/11. trying to visualize what that might look like. what's your take on the next couple of weeks? >> so far more than three times the number of americans who died during either of those events have already died. so, dr. fauci says we're 2 1/2 weeks lag behind. there's some hope. you know, new york had fewer deaths today and fewer new cases than they've had in the most recent days, so that's hopeful. i hope we can stay that way. but the worst is still yet to come because we have not exhausted our resources of ventilators, of hospital beds. the hospitals in the hard hit areas have done amazing jobs of creating field hospitals and such. it

but it is going to get worse before it gets better. we have a potential to lose a hundred or more thousand americans which is not even on the same level. >> it is unimaginable. i also wanted to ask you this before we go. there is still no formal federal control over procurement and distribution of resources, masks, ventilators. you've got the governors and the mayors right now literally bidding against each other and against the federal government as it's being reported. do you think there does need to be that federal control? why do you think it hasn't happened? the president essentially saying states are on their own and the federal government is not a shipping clerk. >> i think when we started out saying we were behind the curve on this and everybody panicked it was very hard to have a plan in place. we had a few months notice. compare this to ebola. we sent -- the cdc sent people down to west africa two months before we had one ebola patient that tested positive in dallas and we limited it to only four

people that got sick in the whole country because we prepared, we sent people, we had a plan. i think that by the time people started popping up left and right here and it went from one person to 15 to 100 we were already behind. everyone's just duking it out. every mayor, every governor is trying to do the best for their people. i do like to think that president trump is doing the best for his people as well. i'm not saying that he's not. but it's a hard fix now because we're behind. i'm glad that other countries are helping us. there's mexico and china and other countries that aren't hit quite as hard right now sending us supplies and i'm very grateful for that. but only god knows if it will be enough at this point. >> it does seem crazy to have states bidding against each other and driving the price up. dr. emily porter, thank you so

much. great to have you on. >> thank you. well, new york of course is the epicenter of the pandemic in the u.s. and on sunday that state reported fewer coronavirus-related deaths. now, while that's encouraging, of course, governor andrew cuomo told cnn it is too soon to say it is a trend. >> every day we're waiting for this quote/unquote apex of the curve. and there's a theory that the apex is actually a plateau where you'll hit a high number and then you'll stay at about that high number for some period of time and then start to drop on the other side. but it's the first time we've seen any drop at all. so, you know, in a place where we're just hoping and praying to see a light at the end of the tunnel, it was good news. we'll know better tomorrow and the next day when we see what those results are. >> but the situation of course does remain dire. new york city still desperately short of medical supplies.

the mayor says they only have enough ventilators to last until mid-week. the virus is taking a toll too on new york police. almost 20% of the force out sick over the weekend. and the force has lost its 11th officer from suspected coronavirus. now the hard-hit country of spain has begun distributing its new batch of 1 million rapid coronavirus tests. officials say they have been performing as many as 20,000 standard tests every day but they want to ramp that up. the tests are going first to hospitals and also nursing homes. globally right now only the united states reports more confirmed cases than spain. and the virus has killed more than 12,000 people in spain. it is also simply overwhelmed the cemeteries. for priests and family members who have lost loved ones, the process of laying the dead to rest is almost unthinkable. scott mcclain who was granted

access with more on that aspect. >> reporter: every 15 minutes or so, a hearse pulls up in front of the crematorium. a catholic priest comes out to greek no more than five grieving family members who keep their distance. the blessings and prayers last barely five minutes. the sealed casket is doused with holy water and taken away on a gurney. there's hardly even time for good-bye. these are the rules under spain's coronavirus state of emergency. a strange scene even for one of the largest cemeteries in western europe. it's been there through wars, famine, and the spanish flu. >> translator: i can't express the sadness that people are carrying, not only because their loved one has died but because the system is so overwhelmed that they may have been take ton the ice rink for several days before they're brought here.

>> reporter: in madrid, the epicenter of spain's pandemic, two ice rinks are being used as temporary morgues. cemeteries say they're burying two or three times as many bodies as usual. >> we cannot do things by the book because unfortunately there's no book. >> reporter: felix contracted the virus weeks ago. his brother and mom got it too. all were hospitalized. his mother who was 77 died in the hospital. she was not given a ventilator. >> i don't know how to feel. i am alone here. my brother and sister, they couldn't come. my wife is not coming. grandsons and granddaughters are not coming. just me. >> reporter: it's not the kind of final send off anyone would hope for. felix plans to have a funeral for his mother when the crisis is over. he's just not sure when that will be. scott mcclain, cnn, madrid. now italy on sunday reported its lowest rate of coronavirus

deaths in at least two weeks. it does give a glimmer of hope for a country that has been struggling to consistently stabilize its number of new infections. even though italy has been on lockdown for almost a month, it's overall death toll near 16,000. still the highest in the world. u.s. markets look poised to start the week up, but oil plummeting. we'll have the details and how it all ties into the coronavirus pandemic. that's just ahead. also we're going to take look at a new california plan to shelter the homeless during the pandemic. that and more when we come back. motor? nope. not motor? it's pronounced "motaur."

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stay connected with t-mobile connect. welcome back. wall street looking to recover from yet another week of declines amid the coronavirus pandemic. u.s. stock futures jump at the open for all of the major ind deese. the increase is driving asian markets higher as well. japan's nikkei index leading the pack. you can see they're up nearly 2.5%. the hang seng up as well. but there is painful oil. both u.s. and brit crude are plunging. you can see the numbers there.

investors reacting to the delay of an opec meeting originally set for monday. john defterios joins me. >> let's look at the impact of the coronavirus on the numbers. glimmers of hope in new york and italy as you were reporting and even in south korea providing some solace. i don't want to overplay this because it's early days, what life will be like on the economic front six to nine months down the road. as you suggest, very different outlook in the oil market here. we had quite drama between friday and sunday playing out here. let's talk about the three major players. vladimir putin of russia, the crown prince of saudi arabia mahamed bin salman and donald trump. who started the price war in march and who was not adhering

to the opec plus agreement. as a result, michael, we were supposed to have this virtual meeting taking place today. that's been pushed to thursday. then donald trump weighed in to the debate saying that the two need to get their act together. opec plus needs to come together and cut. and if not we're thinking about putting tariffs on imported oil from russia, saudi arabia, and opec players starting as soon as possible to protect u.s. industry. you see the complexities playing out here. i tell you in the energy market itself, we went down 8% at the start and stabilized. it could have been much worse at the open. the volume picks up in europe. this is not the end of the day by any stretch of the imagination. >> how difficult in your estimation will be it be to get a deal? >> i think very because the time line is so tight to thursday. and again as i noted the original timeline of monday. there's 23 players within the opec plus. and donald trump threw a wildcard at everyone because he

was the one pushing to get a deal to cut 10% to 15% of supplies, michael. that's a record if it comes off. the problem is from the opec plus standpoint, particularly saudi arabia and russia, they thought the u.s. would be part of the equation. they're saying if you want to cut that scale, we need u.s., canada, brazil, mexico, norway. some are willing to participate but when president trump met with his ceos at the white house it was not brought up. i'm not sure if this is a negotiati negotiating ploy or the belief of donald trump at this point. to get some sort of alignment when they're used to barrels a day, despite the rally on thursday and friday and the slight sell off here on the monday the price is down better than 50% since january which in the oil market seems like a year ago but it was only three months ago. how's that.

>> yeah, last week elt if like a year. john defterios in abu dhabi. we'll take a quick break. tokyo records it's biggest single day jump in coronavirus cases so could a state of emergency or even lockdown be coming? we're live in japan's capital coming up. also light among the darkness. india sparks a flame of solidarity amid the coronavirus pandemic. you doing okay?

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america's top doctor says the days ahead will be like pearl harbor or the september 11th terror attacks but spread out across the country, of course. according to johns hopkins, the pandemic has already killed more than 9,600 people in the u.s. more than 337,000 infected. at least the ones who have been tested. president donald trump again touting an antimalarial drug although experts say there is not enough proof to show it works against the virus. and in the united kingdom prime minister boris johnson has been spending the night in the hospital more than a week after he tested positive for covid-19. turning our attention to tokyo, it's reported 143 new infections on sunday. that brings the city's overall total to more than a thousand. japan's prime minister shinzo abe still says the situation is not bad enough for a lockdown. let's go live to tokyo.

yeah, that number is spiking, but there hasn't been a lot of testing. some people thought japan moved slowly in it's response, but now there's talk of a state of emergency. >> well, michael, japan is on the verge of declaring state of emergency. and i think calls have been mounting over the last days in particular as the death toll mounts, particularly in tokyo but also osaka that the government might not be doing enough to convey a sense of urgency and do more to contain the outbreak. the number of sick -- testing positive for coronavirus, particularly in tokyo seems younger. the governor has been urging for a more national response. i want to reiterate if a state of emergency is declared by the prime minister, it does not mean that japan is going into a

lockdown. legally, japan can't go into a lockdown. the police can't go into the streets and clear off the people like you've seen in some european cities. that just is not possible from a constitutional perspective. what it does do if a state of emergency is declared is that it gives a lot more power and authority to the local governors who are now in charge, 47 of them around the country, to impose measures or ask residents to stay at home. it's a little bit similar to what we've been doing now, but there is a lot more authority given to these local governors. >> i wanted to also this, the human aspect is most important. but postponing the olympics, huge for the government. what has been the economic fallout. >> i think that's going to seem like child's play given the downturn we've seen in economic

activity. daiichi economist says that if businesses are closed in april as they are now stay that way for four weeks, he sees an $80 billion hit to the japanese economy. this is a huge number when japan is likely to be in a recession already. add on top of that you have the eight top japanese automakers shutting down entirely or partly all of their operations here in japan. they're one of the biggest employers and one of the most important industries in the country, and that is being played out in other sectors as well. airlines, department stores, and the like. so, japan was already starting in a very precarious situation. if this is prolonged, this could -- a huge dent into the economy. i'm seeing forecasts as low as minus 7% reading on gdp in the months ahead. >> wow. that is grim. appreciate it. thanks for your reporting. let's turn to india now where there was a candlelight vigil on sunday.

people across the country lighting a flame of solidarity amid the coronavirus. india's prime minister narendra modi said everyone should, quote, ensure the dark clouds of the virus make way for the light of hope, adding that no one is alone in the fight. meanwhile, a slum in mumbai, the largest in asia is now of great concern. four people testing positive for the virus. for more, let's go to cnn who joins us live from new delhi. a densely populated slum, one imagines fears of how it could spread there. fill us in on that and this candlelight vigil. >> it's a logistical nightmare. we're talking of a population of at least 1 million people in the slum, one of the largest slums. and the density of the population, believe it or not, is 30 times that of new york. we have five cases there. you've pointed out rightly. now, the man who died was a

56-year-old man. he had no travel history. that is important. there was no travel history connected with the man who died last wednesday. confirmed to have the coronavirus. now three more cases over the last two days have emerged. we're talking about huge density of population in the slum. this is the simple reason that these people leave jeek to joule in that area. they don't have access to running water. they don't have access to toilets within their homes so they have to walk out of their homes even now while a few areas are sealed off and they have to walk to the public toilet 1,440 people to one public toilet in the slum is what we have as far as that's concerned. this remains a very, very big challenge for the indian government. they're doing as much as they can. as far as the candlelight vigil, india responded massively to the prime minister's call he made on friday asking people to come

together in the dark hour that the nation is facing. we saw people go to their balconies, their doorsteps. they did light candles and lamps as well as used torches. but do you know what? there were a few people who didn't adhere to the call by the prime minister. they actually went ahead and burst fire crackers. that happened right outside by balcony as well. when i spoke to other friends it was happening across other metropolitan cities. so, clearly it is not a phase for people to actually go ahead and burst fire crackers but the lockdown ends in another ten days from now. >> thank you for that. let's stay with india and continue the conversation with dr. randy gueria. he joins me from delhi too, a very respected man in the medical field in india.

the three-week lockdown, i think it ends in nine days now. but we've seen a spike. in fact, india has past 4,000 cases, 109 dead. the economy is taking a beating, but can india with a population of 1.3 billion afford to lift that lockdown? >> so, we need to really look at the data very critically because of the fact that as you just said the number of cases is not that large. and the lockdown is helping. therefore if we have the number of cases increasing and we want to prevent community spread especially in the area that you mentioned in mumbai, we need to have a more aggressive lockdown. we could look at a graded lockdown, that is some area where the infection is low based on the data, the lockdown may be partially lifted. but in the hotspots where we have a large number of cases being picked up, i think we will need to look at a more

aggressive lockdown so that community spread can be stopped in these areas. >> how much testing is being done? one of the criticisms around the world and particularly here in the united states, we don't really know how many people have it or have had it because the testing isn't widespread. does that need to happen so you know where the hotspots are? also can the medical system handle numbers which could come? >> so i think that's two important questions. the first is regarding testing. testing has been done in a graded manner and we're looking at areas to expand testing. it started with people coming from abroad because this virus came from outside and close contacts. now we're doing aggressive testing in people who have severe acute respiratory illness and picking it up in hospitals. there's also surveillance going on for what we call influenza-like illness across the country to see if there are hotspots, if there is a spike in the number of cases being reported.

and that area is getting tested. we're also now going to develop the antibody testing if had a large number of areas to see whether we are having some degree of mild asymptomatic community transmission in the country. so, those questions help us to really see where we need to go ahead. regarding the hospital resources, it's a huge challenge. india is a huge country, and we have hospital sources going to be strained. what advantage we have is that we've had time over the last few weeks to start preparing. and a lot of work has gone in to prepare a lot of covid hospitals facilities, whether it be ppes, ventilators, or trying to train doctors to manage this. but i suppose we need to see how we could flatten the curve because if we have this huge surge of cases as is happening in the u.s., it's going to be a big problem as far as india's concerned. >> and just quickly we've only got a minute or so. your concerns about spreading

these deeply populated, these densely populated areas, the slum as we were talking about. your fears when it comes to these densely populated areas because that's where things could be really bad. >> that's true. so, the most important thing there is to get community participation because this is an area which is very, very heavily populated. we will need to see how can we isolate these individuals and put them into an institutional-based quarantine because they cannot quarantine themselves at home. you have a number of people living in one room. it's not possible for them to have home quarantine or self-quarantine. so, a facility which can put them up for two weeks so that they don't spread the infection to others in their community is something that needs to be looked at. in my mind, the control of this disease is going to be through the community rather than through the hospitals. >> a great analysis, doctor.

thank you so much. appreciate you joining us on the program. >> thank you very much. all right. we'll take a quick break. california trying to help the homeless survive the covid-19 crisis. we're going to talk to an expert about the relief plan for a population at extremely high risk of exposure. stay with us. we'll be right back. ren't a mot? sure. sometimes i wish i had legs like you. yeah, like a regular person. no. still half bike/half man, just the opposite. oh, so the legs on the bottom and motorcycle on the top? yeah. yeah, i could see that. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein,

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now hundreds of thousands of people living on america's streets were already facing tough times. and now the most vulnerable among them are becoming infected by covid-19. for the homeless in california, help is on the way. governor gavin newsom that will shelter at risk and infected members of the homeless population in hotels. the federal emergency management agency will pay 75% of the cost. and joining me now to discuss the challenges facing the

homeless is dr. margot herchel. obviously the homeless have specific risks. it's hard to stay home when you don't have one. >> right. exactly. i think people experiencing homelessness face several risks. one is just they're so much more likely to catch this infection because of so much of what we're trying to do to prevent people from catching this infection revolves around staying at home, keeping distance from other people. that's obviously impossible to do if you don't have a home. many people who are homeless live in crowded shelters or live outdoors where they need to come together to get food or other resources. so, extremely high risk of developing the infection. >> you know, i was reading an article in "wired" and you were quoted and i wanted to read it. it encapsulates this so well. it's this, quote, it's a

calamity, it's our worst nightmare, it's an enormous crisis superimposed on an existing crisis. expand on that and how these were already among the sickest and most deprived in society. >> exactly. i mean, for us in america, the homeless crisis has been an ongoing calamity for about the last 40 years. we haven't really been able to get a handle on and to solve. and people facing homelessness even before covid had some of the worst health outcomes of all americans. we saw a lot of early death, a lot of sickness, a lot of stays in hospitals because it's just been really so hard to keep a healthy lifestyle or to stay healthy. and in some ways an outbreak like this is our worst nightmare. it really intensifies the already numerous dangers of homelessness. >> you also pointed out in the article that when it comes to the homeless, they're 50 or over, if they're 50, they're

physiologically and medically, their bodies are more likely 70 or 80 because of the challenges of being homeless. so, that makes them doubly vulnerable. >> exactly. the homeless population in the united states and worldwide is aging. so, in the u.s. right now about half of the single adults are 50 or older. what we found through research is homeless individuals in their 50s and 60s have health profiles that look much more like people in their 70s or 80s. when you're then confronted with a virus like covid which is particularly dangerous for older adults, that is another layer of concern that we have. so, not only are people experiencing homelessness more likely to become infected but they're much more likely to experience the deadly and serious consequences of the virus. >> we're nearly out of time. i did want to ask you on top of the existing problem you've got 10 million people more applying for unemployment benefits over the last few weeks, people who have lost jobs likely facing precarious financial futures

perhaps including housing. >> exactly. so, right at the time where we are most aware of the dangers of homelessness, we're really preparing ourselves for what could be an enormous influx of new people experiencing homelessness which would be a tragedy really at this time. >> really good to get your perspective dr. margot kushal, an important conversation to have. thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. all right. we're going to take a quick break. no wedding cake to order, no guests to worry about, and most importantly, no drama. some weddings moving online to avoid the coronavirus pandemic. we'll have that after the break. (vo) at sprint, our priority is

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within earshot applauded. they waved the italian flag. the next story proves not only the coronavirus can stand in the way of love. cnn's anna stewart met a couple who moved their wedding online. ♪ >> you are now husband and wife. you may break the glass. >> it's actually in an old bag. in a pandemic, i couldn't get a nice one. here goes. >> mazel tov! >> reporter: newlyweds planned to have a private chetting in chicago in april. >> all the coronavirus stuff happened and i saw people e postponing things and canceled things and i said let's move it up. >> reporter: the couple decided to take the ceremony virtual by

the app zoom. >> a secret wedding no relatives, we invited everyone e. >> reporter: i know, i watched it. i enjoyed the wedding. complete with musicians, o officials. they tied the knot across the web in front of their friends and family. >> i was a neat thing. to be able to have people all over the country and the world. we have friends that are abroad and a 90-year-old lady in a nursing home who is quarantined, never would have been able to make it because of health, cost to be able to watch it and figure it out on her ipad and attend. that was the coolest thing. >> reporter: the two have a piece of advice. don't forget the bride.

>> sorry to interrupt. we forgot to bring the bride in. >> reporter: many others across the world haven't let them cancel their decoration of love. >> only love can be a beacon of light. >> reporter: to show that beauty can come from chaos. anna stewart, cnn, london. >> mazel tov to them. you wonder if there will be online divorces after a while. up next, the cnn special report. inside the e.r. the fight against thes can accounts. it will be back in another hour with more news. you're watching krns.

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