football future holds, but it is time for a new stage for my life and career, playing with the patriots. the buccaneers, charters, and readers are apparently interested in him. we will see what happens. >> sandra: fox news alert. president trump warning that the coronavirus pandemic could stretch well into the summer now, as the white house issued its strictest guidelines yet to help to stop the spread of this. >> ed: the numbers topping 4600 right here. death toll now climbing to at least 85. thousands of businesses all across the country's closing their doors indefinitely. the virus also affecting today's political primaries. after ohio's governor announced bulls will remain close to avoid the risk of spread. >> sandra: president trump is advising to hunker down at your home for at least the next 15 days.

>> we would much rather be ahead of the curve than behind it, and that's what we are. therefore my administration is recommending that all americans, including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible, avoid gathering in groups of more than ten people, avoid discretionary travel. and avoid eating and drinking in bars, restaurants, and public food courts. i have spoken actually with my son. he says how bad is this? it's bad. it's bad. but we are going to be hopefully best case, not worst case. and that's what we are working for. >> sandra: fox team coverage this morning. in ohio, tracking health covid-19 is tracking today's contest. we began live out the white house this morning. he has some breaking news or a dispute >> sandra, good morning. watching the upright developments here, including what has been happening at the white house. calling on americans to do two more to stop the spread of the coronavirus, including limiting

social contact with other americans as well as other people that may be in your household not feeling well. also saying people should avoid social gatherings of more than ten people. >> over the next 15 days, as we combat the virus, each and every one of us has a critical role to play in stopping the spread and transmission of the virus. with several weeks of focused action, we can turn the corner and turn it quickly. >> he is running that this emergency may stretch on until july or even august. reaching out to governors, urging them to take whatever steps they feel are needed to protect the public. they are now forcing places like casinos, theaters, and nightclubs to close down. but the president says as of now, there are no plans for a national curfew are locked down. speak out this point, you know, some places in our nation that are not very affected at all. but we may look at certain

areas, certain hot spots, as they call them. we will be looking at that. but at this moment, no we are not. >> millions of americans are wondering what covid-19 will mean for their jobs, their ability to pay their rent on their mortgages, and what it will mean for their kids. that ate a package will not be moving over to the senate, but of course lawmakers say that they still have a lot to consider, including reports that there will be a request for about a 1-800-$50 billion aid package. steve mnuchin will be speaking later on today. they are expecting them to have calls with the retail industry as well as restaurant and tourism industry, dealing with the new reality today. we are expecting an update about 90 minutes from now. >> sandra: we will be watching for that. >> ed: state leaders ordering polls close just hours before primary voting was set to begin

there. making that controversial announcement after a judge and initially denied his request for the election to be postponed over coronavirus concerns. >> you should not force them to make this choice. a choice between their health and their constitutional amendment -- rights. as american citizens. >> ed: ellison barber is live in columbus, ohio, with the latest. good morning. >> good morning. to say that things have been confusing here in the last 24 hours or so is a bit of an understatement. some people actually try to show up to the various locations thinking that they could vote, only to find out that it was not happening today. they were greeted by signs on the door, saying that it has been postponed. mike dewine sends in order to protect the health of ohio voters. they needed to postpone in

person voters. he doesn't have the legal authority to make that change, so they filed a lawsuit to extend absent email and voting until june 2nd. but a judge in franklin county denied that request and a deemed voting was back on. then governor dewine announced that the election would not happen, and ohio's health director, date dominic dr. amy atkins ordered the polls close. "we will seek remedy through the courts to extend voting options so that every voter who wants to vote will be granted that opportunity. we just spoke to that man. he told us that he is now preparing for legal challenges. but he says he is confident that that decisions made in this state are legal, and he says they acted as quickly and decisively as possible. >> i'm confident that we may have the right choice and the legally correct choice as well. i don't think that any of us who

serve in positions of responsibility can never look back and say we did everything 100% perfectly. what i know is that governor dewine acted to protect health and safety feared what i know is that i immediately responded to protect the integrity of our elections, and the confidence people have in our elections, and other governor stands by his decision. i stand by mind. >> the secretary of state is now urging voters to go online to vote. ohio.gov. register for those mail-in ballots. >> ed: ellison barber, thank you. >> sandra: the coronavirus outbreak, how we are dealing with this as a country, let's bring in vivek murphy, former surgeon general under president obama. thank you for being here this morning. >> thanks so much, sandra. >> sandra: during your tenure, you face multiple public health emergencies. how do you assess the situation at hand when it comes to covid-19? >> well, sandra, when i was

surgeon general, we handled the ebola virus as well as zika. and we have a history of coming together against disease threats. i will tell you, though, that this particular threat, covid-19, is unlike anything we have seen in many, many years. perhaps even in a century. it is more infection than the flu, it is deadlier than the flu. and it also involves people who get sick and stay sick for a long period of time, which taxes are hospital system even more. it is especially important now that the measures you are hearing about, that are urging people to actively distance themselves from others and avoid crowds, that urging people to wash their hands and ensure that they are not touching their face when they are outside. it is especially important. because we see what the impact can be. we have seen south korea having fewer and fewer new cases appeared we have seen china starting to shut down and see

stores open up again. that is why it is so important that we act right now. >> sandra: but of course the timeline to the point that we can get to the other side of this is in question. i know you have called this an all in moment and for everyone to step up to help mitigate the spread of this disease. when it comes to the timeline, president trump yesterday, he suggested that we could see this well into the summer. through the summer into september. here is the president making the point yesterday. >> people are talking about july, august. something like that. so it could be right in that period of time. i say it washes through. other people don't like that term. but it washes through. >> is this the new normal until the summer? >> we will see what happens, but they think august. it could be july. it could be longer than that. >> sandra: you have been on the ground visiting some of these hospitals that are preparing for this and are in some cases already dealing with

this. what did you see, and what did they need? >> hospital systems around our country are really struggling right now. they are struggling for a couple of reasons. many of them are still trying to get sufficient testing capacity so that they can understand whether or not the patient's are carrying or have speed. the second thing they are struggling with his equipment. we know that masks and gowns advisors to protect your eyes are especially important right now, specifically for health care workers. in hospitals across the country, doctors and nurses who are having to reuse masks. my own father and sister, who are doctors in miami, florida, and have a private practice here are unable to get masks to protect themselves and are just waiting and hoping that one day these will actually get delivered to them. so the lack of protective equipment is not only causing anxiety and worry among doctors, but it is also increasing their exposure. and we are now seeing in atlanta and more cities around the country that doctors are now

getting sick with covid-19 and taking them out of the workforce at exactly the time when we need them. so this is how and why are hospitals are struggling right now. but sandra, as we look forward to the days and weeks ahead, we will undoubtedly see more cases, and what i am worried about is that we will start to see space and are hospitals taken up as more patients become ill. so as we think about our health care system, we need to establish a reliable supply for protective equipment. we need to make sure testing is in place. and we also need to make sure that we are standing up temporary hospitals and extra capacity of. >> sandra: we also need to know what we can all do as americans to help prevent the spread of this to the most vulnerable population in the country. here are some of the guidelines put forward. avoid gatherings of more than ten people, they are encouraging. engage in homeschooling. avoid discretionary travel. avoid eating and drinking and bars, restaurants, and food

courts. many of the local municipalities are just shuttering those businesses. people cannot gather in those large groups, but if you could just lay out for is very specifically what we can all do to help stop the spread of this. >> yeah, i'm so glad you asked, sandra. as much as we may focus on the steps that our government and the health care system have been taken, there are right now steps that we can take to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. number one, wash your hands. for 20 seconds at a time. certainly whenever you come into contact with other people or when you go outside. second, make sure that you're carrying hand sanitizer with you. third, make sure you are not touching your face. especially when you're outside. though it gets inside our system is often through our nose, mouth, eyes. that happens when we touch and effective surface and then touch our face. cleaning surface as regularly as. that includes our phone and are key, which we pick up.

and finally, thinking about physically distancing ourselves from others is essential right now. not shaking hands, moving to noncontact greetings. unfortunately, it also means canceling playdates and dinners and evenings out with friends and concerts or games that we may have wanted to go to. as a father of two small kids, i'm trying to figure out how to make this work for my kids too. they are not able to see their friends, live the life that they want to. this is hard. really hard for all of us, but this really is an all in moment for america. and lots all of us are stepping up to do our part, we cannot keep each other safe. >> sandra: on that note, dr. -- sorry about that. we do hope that we all come out of this stronger than before, doctor. but if you look at what you are saying about these gatherings, it brings into question the tokyo olympics and whether or not that is going to happen. you are recently tapped to sit on the board of directors of

about 2020 tokyo olympics. is that going to happen? >> well, we don't know yet, but it is an important question because the olympics are an extraordinary symbol of unity for the world. for years and years, they have waited for this exact moment. obviously, public safety is the most important. the international olympic committee will make the decision. the u.s. olympics and paralympic committee on which i sit on the board of, that organization will make the decision about whether our athletes well -- >> sandra: do you have a suggestion at this point as to whether or not it should happen? >> at this point, no. it depends in part on the virus. there is a chance it may respond to warmer weather by actually declining. if that happens, we may see a safer environment around the world, and it may be safer to hold the olympics, but time will tell. we have to be prepared for all eventualities, including not

holding the olympics. >> sandra: vivek murphy, we really appreciate your time. former surgeon general. great if you to be here. a lot of good information. >> thank you so much, sandra. >> ed: fox news alert. coronavirus task force is set to speak next hour. that after president trump issues the strictest guidelines yet. we will bring you that briefing at the white house live as it happens. >> sandra: we are watching those markets. the worst day on wall street since 1987. and now futures looking up your 15 minutes ahead of the opening bell. dow futures. maria bartiromo will join us for that opening bell moments from now. >> ed: plus, another hollywood star in quarantine. why idris elba says social distancing is so crucial. >> sandra: a major west coast city is essentially on lock down now, with 7 million people order to shelter in place. we will have a live report on

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speak of these measures be disruptive to day-to-day life, but there is no need to panic. >> we are asking the public to voluntarily comply. now, this order, by law, is enforceable as a misdemeanor for failure to comply with that, but that is an absolute last resort. >> sandra: taking historic steps to contain the coronavirus, ordering 7 million people to shelter in place. businesses that are not essential to the functioning of society ordered to shut down. that excludes hospitals, grocery stores, and pharmacies, among others. william la jeunesse is joining us with the latest on all of that. >> sandra, ed. partial lockdown. it all adds up to the same thing. telling residents to gather the size of connecticut to remain home unless they are buying groceries our medicine. the exception, police, fire, utilities. businesses that do not provide

essential services must close and send their workers home. the exception, restaurants doing home delivery or take out, gas stations, and banks. >> new public health order that we are announcing will require san franciscans to remain home with the exceptions for essential outings. >> the bay area is at the epicenter of the california outbreak with half of all infection statewide. cases in santa clara county, home to silicon valley, doubled. >> i think that is probably than the best thing to do right now, considering that the virus is spreading. >> i think it's necessary. i do. i just -- i worry about paying my rent because i don't have a job where i cannot go to work and still get paid. >> residents can still walk their dog or buy food, provided they stay 6 feet apart. the governor signed an order

prohibiting evictions by landlords or banks, and utilities cannot be cut off. residents over 65 have been told to self isolate. >> you want to establish a framework of martial law, which is ultimate authority and enforcement. it we have the capacity to do that, but we are not at this moment feeling that that is a necessity. >> officials say the san francisco order is meant to slow the spread, protect the vulnerable, and protect that health care system until april 7th. >> sandra: william la jeunesse, thank you. >> ed: now from capitol hill, the senate expected to consider a multibillion-dollar package aimed at at giving relief to americans amid the coronavirus pandemic gear the house unanimously passed a bill in a late-night session viewed some technical changes to the original bill appeared on the phone now joining us live, michael burgess. he is also a medical doctor. we appreciate you coming in and

joining us by phone. do you believe the senate is going to move quickly today to pass this new and improved bill? >> i think they will. you know, this is just such an unprecedented time in our country. when we stop and think about it, we have gone from a full employment situation to unknow employment situation and literally a few weeks' time. and it is a shock to the system. i think people are adjusting, from what i have seen here locally. it seems to be the case. both the house bill, even though it had some imperfections the other night, he needs to happen. >> ed: some of those imperfections you have mentioned, they have raised questions about what exactly constitutes a small business, medium-size business, and that i paid leave provisions for people who are going to be out of work, as he just noted a moment to go. if it is really going to impact enough people. do you think the senate should just move forward with the way it is written right now in the

so-called phase two? because i had been another bell. about $8 billion that is considered phase one. and then adding more businesses, more people down the road in phase three. >> i won't presume to tell the senate what to do. if they've got better ideas, then by all means, punitive needs to come back to the house, i think the technical adjustment bill that passed last night on unanimous consent is indicative that the house could move quickly if they had different ideas. but the main thing is they need to get them out there, and we need to hear about them. let's get going on them. the president has said we needed. we need to get them what they need. >> ed: things on the table already, we are now getting this breaking news already this morning that the president wants a stimulus package of about $850 billion. it could have that payroll tax cut that he talked about. that was not included in the bill that passed through the house that we have been talking about. money for the airline industry.

mitt romney now, the republican senator talking about every american getting $1,000 a month you inject it -- help them pay their bills in the short term obviously. do you think that is a good id idea? >> personally, no, i don't. i think that there are things that could be done. with the two bills that have already passed the house, i think we are on the road to doing those things. we haven't had a chance to evaluate this third episode that we are going to be facing. you know, one of the tough things for me through all of this, i'm on one of the committees of -- the rules committee appeared to get all of the stuff that we got last week, we have really not had a single hearing with the commerce committee. that has been tough. the republicans are going to be having a series of conference calls today. i think that's good, so we can begin to talk through some of the things that are being

proposed. but obviously, it is not something i should be negotiating through the news shows. >> ed: talking right now. absolutely. the white house was supposed to have a press conference. we are now hearing it will be 11:30 a.m. eastern time. we will bring alive, of course. yesterday, the president popped in. we will see if he will do that. 15 days of actions to help slow the spread. congressman burgess, we appreciate you coming in here today. sandra. >> sandra: we are now just moments away from the opening bell after that they'll sell nearly 3,000 points. what a day it was. will action by president trump and congress calms that nervous market? maria bartiromo will answer our questions on that next.

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that is where we are right now because of this coronavirus. here is the latest that we know. we are expecting a clear contraction of the growth in the second story. estimates ranging from anywhere between one-tenth of a percent decline to now in the journal today a comment that we would see a 10% decline. 10% contraction in the second quarter. the second quarter is taking the brunt of it. that is happening right now. the third quarter is questionable, and that goes back to all the answers and questions we have around the severity on the duration of this, sandra. that's why these markets are so nervous. we don't know when they sense. we don't have this kind of clarity. over on fox business, i spoke with the ceo of regeneron. iand the ceo told us that he could have that out by -- get this -- the summer. >> sandra: it was hard to

stomach about drop. it was that 2,997 points, 13%. we know that circuit breakers were triggered. it happened while you were sitting on the site yesterday at this time yesterday morning. what are the professional saying about what happens next with markets? you look at where that doubt is today, compared to when the president took office. we know that he has talked about the stock market his entire time in office. and we lost a lot of ground yesterday. what are you hearing? >> we sure did. that was one of the best parts about president trump's tenure here that the stock market and the economy had done so well under his leadership. we had given much of that up. we were here together, watching the open yesterday when we saw investors try to push this down 3,000. then marcus came back by the midday. by the close, they did it again. this is where we ended yesterday, with the decline of

30,000 points. this was obviously the worst day and points of her. there were day in terms of percentage since 1987. these are markets that has to be both. these are markets that remind us that we need certainty. we need clarity in terms of where the growth comes from. the expectations that i'm hearing from people are anywhere from very short recession to a deeper recession to no recession at all. nancy from cornerstone macro has a report out this morning that says third-quarter gdp -- the gdp will decline in the second quarter. they are down 3%. japan, down 1%. japan is already in a recession. that risk of a recession. she does not believe the u.s. will enter a recession. she believes that we will just start it. some companies will not be able to make it. let's just be honest. the restaurant business. i have spoken with many restaurant owners and restaurant tours. they think that a third of those

restaurants certainly in the new york area will not make it. this is one of those moments in time where this will test companies. it will test cash flow. i think when you look at the oil companies, exxonmobil is not going away. give me a break. they have a huge dividend. they are down 30% in a week. by the way. there are real opportunities throughout this market. but people need a little more clarity and confidence to stick their toe in the water. >> sandra: the president making it very clear, he's not talking about a recession. he's talking about painful economic times and focusing on keeping people healthy and mitigating the spread of this disease. but he said let me be clear. when things come back, they will come back and a big way. >> we are not thinking in terms of recession. we are thinking in terms of the virus. there is a tremendous pent-up demand both in terms of the stock market and in the economy.

and once this goes goes away, once it goes through, when we are done with that, i think you're going to see a tremendous search. >> sandra: as you know, with markets and investing, timing is everything, and it is anybody's guess when that moment will come. >> we are looking at significant headwinds. we will see a decline. but it is times like this one people who feel like you are not going to die tomorrow, that is when they jump in. for example, when you look at interest rates right now, the reason that we look at the 10-year yield, which is at 0.7% right now, it is tied to mortgages. so you would be nuts not to refinance right now. if you are thinking about getting a mortgage and buying a new house, you would be nuts not to do it right now. that is the ways people come back into this market. and we will see if the 150 basis point cut, we will see if that emerges over the weekend by one

full point. if it is enough to lure people into take out those mortgages, refinance their homes, to create a spark of economic activity. we need a spark. sometimes that spark turns into a nice fire. it is hard to see that spark coming, but certainly with these rates, you've got to believe that people are going to take advantage of that. >> sandra: the dow up. it is a remarkable time for eric's markets and for our country. thank you for your time, maria. ed. >> ed: thank you. all banning stomach banding together. all three states closing down gyms, theaters feared other public venues last night. right here in the heart of new york city. good morning. >> good morning peter we actually buy st. patrick's cathedral. it is st. patrick's day. usually on this day, about 150,000 people marched down this road. it is a tradition that has been in place for 250 years.

so it is very eerie being here alone. most people are told to stay home, and together, we all begin to navigate this new norm. the first st. patrick's day celebration took place here. around the northeast, they are canceled too, some of these celebrations bringing millions of people together. the president now calling for gatherings out no more than ten people in the same place. only allowing for delivery and take out at restaurants, cafes, and bars to keep people separated as much as possible. more than 370,000 people work in new york city bars and restaurants. they agree with this decision but uncertain as to how they will stay afloat. >> i have been here for many of those years that we have been open, and i have seen a lot of things happen. hurricane sandy, blackouts. >> it is going to be like -- i don't know. allman is now.

>> i understand the urgency of everything, and we are in uncharted territory here. speak on monday night, new yorkers unemployment website crashing because of the overwhelming number of applications. in ohio, the primary election is postponed. graduations all put on hold as people are told to hunker down. here in new york city, the mayor announcing that they will roll out in isolation acts that will be in nine different languages. people can stay home, but make sure they have the latest information, knowing what is coming next. >> ed: very quiet. thank you. >> sandra: still ahead, drive their expansion across the country. they will implement test i will get results in just four hours. so how could this cause a number of confirmed cases to spike in the united states? >> ed: plus, the mayor of miami now in isolation after

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coronavirus. capping out their message with the hashtag, #don'tbeaspreader. report thing that tom hanks and his wife were released from a hospital and will self isolate in a rented house. they both tested positive five days ago. >> test results back for coronavirus, and it came back positive. i wasn't -- i don't have any symptoms. this is serious, you know if you're now is the time to really think about social distancing, washing your hands. beyond that, there are people out there who aren't showing symptoms, and that can easily spread it. >> ed: actor idris elba right there announcing that he too tested positive for the coronavirus, despite not having any symptoms at all. there is growing concern this morning about people who are infected with covid-19 but not showing any of those symptoms and then infecting others.

the mayor of miami, francis suarez, also saying he has the virus but no significant symptoms, emphasizing the need today for social distancing. he now joins live with an update. i see you have your shirt, promoting the campus. it has been -- everyone has been pushed into online learning for a while. how are you feeling this morning? >> i feel great. i have been relatively asymptomatic since i tested positive for about five days ago, but i too want to encourage people to take this very seriously. hopefully i am in the category of people who are young and healthy and i'm not going to feel any significant symptoms, but the elderly in our community are definitely at risk. we have to do everything we can to protect them. in the city of miami, we have a large elderly population, which is why we took measures very early on to cancel large events. we were actually criticized at the time by some who said it was

premature. but today, obviously we are seeing closures of bars, restaurants. we are recommending that people stay home and to avoid any places where there are congregations of people. >> ed: let's talk a little bit about what president trump was talking about. they will lay out more details this morning for the nation, but yesterday, the president had this plan for 15 days to stop the spread. i want to get through some of those. avoid gatherings, engage in homeschooling when possible. avoid discretionary travel where you don't really need to do it. avoid eating and drinking at bars, restaurants, food courts. quarantine the entire household. if one member is diagnosed. focus on protecting the elderly. those with pre-existing conditions. you so eloquently pointed that out. governor cuomo from here in new york was saying that he wants more direction from the white house. more national standards. the president laid some of those out.

what else do you want to hear from the administration? >> i think that is a very, very good road map for what city should be doing in the united states. obviously, the only stuff that goes beyond that is whether the city will be on citywide lockdown, and i think that is something that we will be exploring. and maybe a step we are taking in the future. we have to understand that people do obviously have to eat. this is happening so fast that we are looking at also what will happen with hospitals that can be overrun by people who want to get tested and by people who potentially might be in intensive care. these are all things that are sort of evolving and very quick succession. we are making sure that we make the very best decisions to protect our residents. we know that they have to eat. they have to buy things at supermarkets. they have to protect themselves. >> ed: there is something else going on in your city and say today, this democratic primary

for president. your governor, ron desantis, has decided to go forward. he is as health officials say people can be healthy going to polling places they are in miami and throughout the state. ohio, as you know, governor dewine has made a different decision and has said to call it off. they have delayed it in ohio. why is florida going forward? do you agree with that decision? are you confident that people in your city will be saved today? >> i think there is definitely going to be an impact and participation rates. i can't imagine people are going to want to congregate to vote. so it is certainly going to impact the number of people who vote. the governor has done a wonderful job of being out front of this issue as he has with other emergencies with hurricanes as well. but look. it is an evolving world. we in the city are taking very dramatic measures to make sure that our residents are protected, which is the only thing that we can do as mayor of the city. >> ed: we hope that your city

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>> sandra: fox news is now learning that a democratic national candidate will be getting secret service for joe biden will now have protection for the rest of his campaign, those coming after protesters approached the stage during his super tuesday victory speech. that news dressed in. >> ed: some nonpandemic news you're going to want to hear about. tom brady announcing he will not return to the new england patriots next season. and a lengthy statement posted on social media, brady things fans, his coaches, and teams for their support during the past ts football journey "will take place elsewhere." it is unclear what team he will be joining. he has been with new england since he was drafted way back in 2001. won six super bowl spewed only the fourth player it in nfl history to spend 20 seasons wit. i noticed that trending on social media is "damn brady."

we lose brady, and the bars are closed on st. patrick's day. >> sandra: you are a huge sports fan. >> ed: i have been trying to listen to sports radio, and it is as boring as anything because they don't have anything to talk about. they will talk about brady for days now. >> sandra: meanwhile, still underway in illinois. primary election is scheduled today, despite some lingering concerns over covid-19. mike tobin is live on the ground there in chicago for us. hey, mike. >> there are a number of reasons that illinois is not choosing the path of ohio and delaying. the governor, said that democracy must go on. matt dietrich, who is a spokesperson for the illinois state board of elections as there is no day in the foreseeable future that would be any different. it would require action by the general assembly or a court

order. much of the voting is already done, with absentee voters matching numbers not seen since world war ii. the problem right now is a shortage of election judges, as many of them have opted to stay home. >> anyone under 60 who is healthy, who hasn't traveled, if your home, working from home. if you are back from college and you have the time, please, please heed our call and volunteer. >> joe biden is showing a considerable lead over bernie sanders with pulling polling's overt purity you may r the name of kim foxx, who dropped charges against jussie smollett. she is opposed by the fraternal order of police. crowds in this particular location are very late.

voting at a chicago public library last night. the crowds were very heavy. they lasted much longer than 10 minutes. the crowds were packed in much tighter than that 6-foot social distancing zone. >> sandra: mike tobin on the ground for us. >> ed: escalating around the globe. the white house rolling out brand-new guidelines, urging people to avoid contact across the country. our e team of doctors on deck. back in a moment. financial security. being able to retire. on our terms. no matter what your goals are, our trusted advisors can help you reach them. ameriprise financial.

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>> ed: fox news alert from the white house this morning or the coronavirus task forces now do to give a briefing in 90 of course go there live as soon that happens. this after president trump yesterday issued brand-new guidelines to try to slow the spread of coronavirus over the next 15 days. it includes avoiding restaurants, nonessential trav travel, and gatherings of ten are more people. the white house also reportedly set to announce the economic fallout with his breaking news this morning, announcing a stimulus package of roughly $850 billion. but first, brand-new numbers on the global pandemic just coming out as life in america virtually grinds to a halt. welcome to our brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm ed henry. >> sandra: things are changing quickly. good morning to you, ed. i'm sandra smith. they are now 4600 cases of the

coronavirus here at home, and at least 85 deaths across the country. health experts warning people not to panic as the number of cases spike as testing grows. the president says it is ramping up. >> i think the testing we have done, we have really took over an obsolete system. we worked with the system we have, and we broke down the system purposely. we broke it down in order to do what we are doing now. and in the short period of time, we are testing serious numbers of people. >> ed: doctors marc siegel and norman freda are here. i brand-new swab test that could yield results in just under four hours. but we begin with david, live and washington. good morning, david. >> cases continue to rise this morning. that is because we are seeing an increase in testing and a confirmation of positive cases.

important to note that testing continues to improve much more than where we were even a few days ago. we have new data coming to you from the covid tracking project. that is 50 states, plus washington, d.c. we want to point out it is approximate. right now there are roughly 49,000 test that have been taken. approximately 4400 are positive. 43,000 are negative. 1900 tests are pending. private labs have not yet been included in these latest numbers. state labs are taking a much larger role in testing before tests went directly to the cdc, and the results were well delayed. a private company announced it developed a swab test that could provide results in about three and a half hours. states like yo new york, they cn get tested with little exposure to others. health officials not only of the united states but around the world say this fire fire his

needs more testing. now. >> we have a simple message for all countries. test, test, test. >> some positive news. check out this video. vaccine testing underway in washington state. it began with a volunteer in seattle yesterday. the national institute of health and on motions to use his company are behin behind the fad clinical trials. >> everybody is feeling so helpless right now. i felt like there was something i could do to help, and i'm excited to be here. >> jennifer there took the vaccine. medical experts say a foolproof vaccine is about a year ago, though experts do not want people to visit emergency rooms for testing. there is a fear of spreading the virus. testing health care workers, americans aged 65 years and older with a cough, and a fever.

>> ed: david, thank you. >> sandra: let's bring in dr. marc siegel here. i will toss you the first question this morning. what do we need to know this morning that is changing when it comes to developments of the spread of this disease? >> in terms of the testing we just heard, i think we are going to be seeing over the next day, these pods. they are large mobile units going around the country to hot spots. during those tests that you just showed. the drive-through's. the show to ramp up the amount of test results we have two more than 100,000 per week. we obviously need more than that, but one of the numbers that ed just shot was a number of negatives. you know what that means for me? i can send somebody with a cough, shortness of breath, and a fever. hopefully everyone that has those symptoms in any group, i can assure them hey, you tested negative for speech. you tested negative. that will take a lot of the temperature down.

a lot of the panic that we are seeing. >> ed: i had a senior administration official reach out to me late yesterday say that they are also getting a little bit optimistic about therapies that could be coming soon. they don't want to be overly optimistic and give people false hope. are you seeing anything in that arena? >> yes, first we are seeing some help with what is in the clinical trials. that is pretty hopeful and has been working. there are a couple of other treatments. chloroquine, malaria drugs, has been used with zinc. and another, which is an arthritis drug. now we are seeing some antibodies that are being tried here that is coming out over the last day. you target the virus directly with antibodies. all this array of tools may help us to fight the virus. >> sandra: 967 confirmed cases

in new york state. obviously, new york and washington, the hardest hit so far. we are expecting out presser from the new york governor, andrew cuomo, about ten: 15 eastern time. we will watch for that. meanwhile, we are seeing these sounds pop up in new york at least. there are multiple drive-through facilities. what do people need to know about being able to drive up to those facilities? you call your doctor first, right? >> you need to have a virtual visit or contact with dr. who says you are someone who needs to be tested. the government is going to roll out in the next few days, which i'm not sure is going to be recorded yet, you are going to be able to do this online. plug in your zip code, plug in your age, conditions. they will approve or not for you to get one of these. that will definitely speed up the process. hospitals are now able to send specimens over the next few days

for rapid testing from the hospital. that is going to cut a lot of red tape over having to go to safe, city, local health databases. >> ed: the health aspects, very important. we have been covering it. what about the mental health aspects? you have people who have anxiety. people with fear. some of it may be well placed. some of it may be exaggerated. they are also isolated now. people are lonely. how do you deal with that? >> i think fear is a very normal response, but you over personalize the risk. you think it's going to be you. then when we see numbers out of great britain -- anytime you see a mathematical model, it sounds very exaggerated. worst-case scenario. i think about the solution to this is business as usual, to go about what you are doing. i talked to jerry over there in virginia.

people come in a couple of times per day. we have talked to her on the show. she got through it by sticking to her computer, doing her work, focusing, not letting the emotions overwhelm her. the other thing i would add is the purpose of this, because we don't have immunity to slow this virus, we have to slow the virus by isolating ourselves. >> sandra: dr. siegel, you heard the timeline of the president, that we could see this virus spreading through summer. markets are fearing the worst. obviously, we saw that nearly 3,000-point sell-off yesterday. we are watching markets again this morning in negative territory. as far as a timeline, how long do you think this is going to pose a threat to that vulnerable population? what are we looking at? >> i was thinking that maybe we could hope for some seasonal variation. we are not seeing this in south america or africa or places close to the equator or australia.

we are not seeing it yet. they are going into their fall. the problem is that with this amount of virus around, we might not see the diminishing that we are hoping for by weather alone. that's why we need to do all this isolation and public health measures. we are trying to do this. people need to know this is not because of any specific person. this is because we have to protect the whole society and decrease this threat. >> ed: doctor, there seems to be a noted shift in tone from the president yesterday. we will hear from his task force. yesterday afternoon, he was part of the press conference. he talked about the timeline that sandra is mentioning. we want to put this in the right context, think about the president's shift in tone came after the white house got a report saying the worst-case scenario. you could see 2.2 million americans die. but specifically, said if we don't take dramatic actions. how do you sort that out?

it seems to me we are taking dramatic action so that worst case could be averted. >> i agree with that. i think it can be averted. and it lit a fire on the situation, which we needed. we already have a national emergency. about one of the reasons that i don't always go with these mathematical models, it is not taking into account the denominator. we don't know how many people have this virus. it could be that there is a lot of mild or asymptomatic bases around. not just here. let's take china. why are the cases slowing? it could be because there's a lot of unseen immunity emerging. no one has immunity to begin with. but that is hopeful, that we might have more mild cases. thousands of mild cases that we are not counting here. >> sandra: dr. fauci talking about isolating yourself if you are sick. dr. fauci. >> if you are positive for the infection, if you have

coronavirus, it is less how you feel than whether or not you are still shedding virus. so the general issue about letting people out of a facility, for example, a hospital or whatever, who have been infected, you need to go negative cultures. the same way that was just described. 24 hours apart. >> sandra: interesting information there. >> people are focused on that test a little bit too much. he has obviously really on the top of his game here know better infectious disease expert in the country. thank god we have him piloting the ship here. he is basically saying you could have a false negative. i would add that i think once you have had this, we should wait even extra days. i would add a couple extra days. it is not just when your symptoms go away. we have to make sure you are not still spreading the virus even after you are feeling better. >> sandra: all very good

information. >> ed: all right an ominous warning from china, threatening to plunge us into the mighty sea of coronavirus. considering imposing controls on the expert aveo pharmaceuticals to america that could lead to catastrophic shortages of potentially life-saving drugs. >> all the components of it, we rely on china for it. these are not just covid-19 drugs we're talking about here. things that people use on a daily basis, especially generics. that is because we allowed off shoring. the market basically said it is cheaper to make it over there. it is more profitable for the companies. >> ed: this is a big story. gillian turner a live in washington with more. >> good morning, ed. marco rubio is not the only one here. both sides of the aisle are starting to ring alarm bells about the threat of this drug shortage here in the

united states. sources tell me that as china is tamping down on the spread, this other new threat is now just beginning to ramp up. fox was told by senator rubio that about 80% of the ingredients in drugs here are made abroad. most of that 80% is coming from china. take a listen. >> now, we don't now -- there will be shortages. i anticipate that there will be because those factories have been shut down because of the virus. >> this worry doesn't go all the way to the top. even president trump have brought this issue up. he did it with pharmaceutical execs over at the white house. he said his main goal here is to bring manufacturing back to america. he said if that happens, we can be much more self-reliant going forward. pharmaceutical execs agree with him. the ceo told me last weekend the vast majority of drug ingredients today are made either in china or in india. he said it is a national

security issue. here is the rub, though pure china, rather than trying to calm fears now, as ratcheting up threats. this recent article came out in china state-run newspaper. it is basically the mouthpiece for the communist party. it has claimed that chinese might impose control that would plunge america into "the mighty sea of the coronavirus." it is important to note this isn't really a hypothetical threat. the fda has already announced a drug shortage related to the coronavirus. they haven't said which drugs this is, perhaps to quell fears and insight some kind of a panic here, but there are already drugs that are in short supply. one that is in dangerously short supply. >> ed: something to stay on top of. >> sandra: we are on dow watch this morning. it dropped almost 3,000 points at yesterday's close.

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>> sandra: new york governor andrew cuomo now speaking. let's listen. >> so we want to make sure that as the facts change, our strategy changes, right? we have a plan. we are sticking with the plan. the plan of trust store moves as the facts move. first day it was always testing. now, the first up was testing. the second stop was containment. and they work together. the testing has ramped up. it is continuing to. it will be in the thousands per day. that is going very, very well. the state is managing its testing capacity. we are working with the federal government on automated testing. that is all going very, very well. the numbers are going up. containment, we have taken a number of measures.

significant measures to do containment. and that is working very well. on the containment side, we had a tri-state strategy, which is highly unusual but highly effective. we worked with connecticut and new jersey. we announce the same rules. why? you don't want people shopping different states because different states have different rules. you don't want people driving to connecticut or new york or new jersey because it is a different set of rules. so uniformity works. it is hard to do, but when you can do it, uniformity works. so we did that yesterday with restaurants, bars, gyms, all closing at 8:00 last night and staying close today. with the caveat that they could

sell off premises by a delivery. and state liquor has already changed their rules to make that possible. we closed all schools. all schools are closed for the period of two weeks. and of the 180 day requirement is waived for two weeks. at the end of two weeks, we may renew that period of time, but all schools have the same period. why? because once again, you need uniformity. you don't want a business having some employees and one school district that is open, and one school district is closed. so and all of this disruption and this change, try to keep it as uniform as possible. to the extent that businesses can operate, people can live their lives. in keeping uniform. my phone has been ringing off

the hook with the number of local officials saying people are very, very upset. who's upset about the gym being close, who is upset that their restaurant is closed. who is upset that the bar is closed. actually, i have had the highest number of calls being compliance about bars being close. i don't know if that is statistically representative of anything, but that is just anecdotal. some people are upset about schools being closed. i tell local officials, and i want to say to the people of the state of new york, if you are upset by what we have done, be upset at me. county executive did not do this. the village mayor did not do this. the city mayor did not make these decisions. i made these decisions. these were all staying rules. it's not your local elected

official. i made them because i believe they are in the best interest of the state. i know they caused a disruption. i know people are upset. i know businesses will be hurt by this. i don't feel good about that. i feel very bad about that because i know that we will have to then deal with that issue as soon as this immediate public health issue is over. my judgment is do whatever is necessary to contain this virus. and then we will manage the consequences afterwards. the old expression, the buck stops on my desk. the buck stops on my desk. your local mayor did not close these places. i did. i did. i assume full responsibility. again, these are all statewide rules. because we don't want people

shopping among different jurisdictions. you close the bars in new york city, but you keep them open and nassau, all you would see is off flood of cars going to the bars there. it is also important that no local government puts any rules in place without first checking with the department of health so that apartment of health can make sure they are consistent with all other rules that we are about to put in place. mitigation is continuing. and it is ramping up. there are many rumors out there. part of the fear, the anxiety. people spread rumors. well, maybe you're going to quarantine new york city. we hear new york city is going to quarantine itself.

that is not true. that cannot happen. it cannot happen legally. no city in this state can quarantine itself without state approval. and i have no interest whatsoever and no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city. you contained new rochelle. we did a containment zone on new rochelle, which was actually misunderstood. nobody was contained in new rochelle. there was no -- around it. you could come as he wanted. the containment referred to the virus. all we did in new rochelle was close the schools and close places of large gatherings.

so, nobody was contained within new rochelle. and nobody is going to be contained in any city in this stage. so that is a deep breath moment. and the last part of the strategy is dealing with the health care system. and this is where we are now going to shift our emphasis. and i want people to understand what we are going to have to do with the health care system. because that is in our top priority. and remember what we have been saying all along. there is a curve. everyone is talking about the curve. everyone is talking about the height and the speed of the curve and flattening the curve. i have said that the curve is going to turn into a wave, and so wave is going to crash on the hospital system. i have said that from day one because that is what the numbers would dictate. and this is about numbers.

and this is about facts. this is not about prophecies or science fiction movies. we have months and months of data as to how this virus operates. you can go back to china. that is now five, six months of experience. so just project from what you know. you don't have to guess. we have 53,000 hospital beds in the state of new york. we have 3,000 icu beds. right now the hospitalization rate is running between 15 and 19%. from our sample of the tests we take. we have 19.5 million people in the state of new york. we have spent much time with many experts, projecting what the virus could actually do. going back, getting the china numbers, south korean numbers, italy numbers.

looking at our rate of spread because we are trying to determine what is the apex of that curve? what is the consequence, so we can match it to the capacity of the health care system. match it to the capacity of the health care system. that is the entire exercise. the " -- quote --" experts, they are all using the same thing that they have and other countries, but they are extrapolating from that data. the expected peak is around 45 days. that can be plus or minus, depending on what we do. they are expecting as many as 55,000 to 110,000 hospital beds will be needed at that point.

that, my friends, is the problem. that we have been talking about. since we began this exercise. you take it from 55,000 to 110,000 hospital beds. you compared to a capacity of 53,000 beds. and you understand the challen challenge. as many as 18,000 to 30,000, 37,000 icu beds. that is different from a hospital bed. it has additional equipment. most notably ventilators. that is why you hear on the news ventilators are very hard to get. globally. why ventilators? because we are all talking about acutely ill mainly senior citizens who have an underlying illness. they have emphysema. they are battling cancer.

they have heart disease. and then they get no money on top of that. that is the coronavirus. they need to be incubated. they need an icu bed. and that is the challenge. and that remains the challenge. and the numbers are daunting. what are we doing? everything we can. first, flatten the curve. continue to flatten the curve, so you reduce the peak demand. we announced a dramatic closings yesterday. to reduce the density of. it is possible we will be doing more dramatic closings. not today. but i am talking to the other governors in the other states. showing that the expected flow the hospitals.

it is clear we can't manage that flow. how can you reduce the flow? you reduce the spread. how do you reduce the spread? you close down more interaction among people. how do you close out more interaction? yesterday we close the bars, the gyms, et cetera. you would continue to close down things such as businesses. italy got to the point where the only things they left left openwork grocery stores and pharmacies. those are essential services. but they close down everything else. we are not there yet, but i am telling you, we have to get down to that rate of spread. because whatever we do on the hospital side, we cannot accommodate the numbers. that demand on the hospital system. so again, we just enacted rules yesterday. we are not enacting any other

rules today. but it is very possible because the numbers, as you will see in a moment, are still going up. whatever rules we come up with will be statewide rules. hopefully. it could be done with our surrounding states. because the best way to do this is uniformity, now shopping. among states. among cities. among counties. everybody lives with the same rules, so we don't have people on the road going back and forth, trying to game the system. at the same time, that you are trying to reduce the numbers coming into the hospitals, you are trying to increase the capacity of the hospitals. how do you do that? a hospital surge capacity. what is the surge capacity? getting the existing hospitals

to hold more people. right now, there are rules and regulations about how many people can be in a hospital. how many people per room. how many square feet per bed. et cetera. that is under normal operating conditions. these are not normal operating conditions. we are examining the entire hospital system. what is the maximum capacity, per hospital? if department of health waves their spatial rules, how many people can you get into hospitals? there isn't meeting today with all the hospital administrators. we have asked them to run. my goal is formal deputy secretary for health and human services, former health commissioner. michael worked for my father. i have known him for 30 years. ken raski, the same.

sitting down to the hospitals, saying change your headset. this is not about how you normally do business. frankly, forget the economics. what is the maximum number of people we can get into your hospital? and what do you need to do that? what equipment do you need to do that? and what staff do you need to do that? we are going back to retired staff, and we are asking them to contact us at this website. health.ny.gov/assistance to get former doctors and nurses to sign up and be on call. medical schools, nursing schools to try to get additional medical personnel. and then we are talking about temporary construction of medical facilities. obviously when you're talking about 45 days, you have a

limited capacity of what you can actually get done. about i am working with governments and organizations all across the state right now. how do we set up temporary hospital facilities? even if they are not intensive care units, you can take people who are in the hospital beds, move them into a temporary medical care facility, and then backfill the bed. we are also working with fema, the army corps of engineers, and the national guard. and unions to help us on this issue. the numbers of people tested today were up to 10,000 people. which is obviously exponentially higher than it was, and it is continuing to grow. positive cases, up to 1300.

new positive, 432. number of counties with cases continues to grow. they have been added to that. our cases are again, number one in the nation. our number of deaths, now up to 12. 264 out of the cases are hospitalized. that's a hospitalization rate of 19%. that is higher than the normative hospitalization rate, which is at about 15%. but the 19% is higher. again, keep this all in focus with what we know. the facts we know of what this disease does and what the impact is, which is a johns hopkins study. tracking every case since china.

a couple of other points. and then we will take your questions. we have -- we are open today in nassau county. drive through testing office, we open one in new rochelle. it worked very well. we are going to open a suffolk drive through county office, and staten island drive through testing office. we are going to send up the paid family leave bill to the legislature today. i believe we have a three way agreement on that. we will also have a provision to cover all people who are quarantined. and we will be doing that also. we will also be opening a rockland drive through testing facility. two other points. one, this is an extraordinary time in this nation's history. it will go down in the history

books as one of those moments of true crisis. and confusion and chaos. i lived through 9/11. i remember the fear and the panic. that existed in 9/11 where a single moment, your whole concept of life and society can be shaken. where you need to see government perform at its best. you need to see people at its best. everybody's afraid. everybody's nervous. how you respond, how you act. this is a character test for all of us. individually. it is a character test for us collectively as a society. what did you do at that moment? when all around you lost their head? right? rudyard kipling.

that is this moment. what does government to in this moment? it steps up, it performs. it does what it's supposed to do. it does it better than it's ever done it before. what does government not do? it does not engage in politics or partisanship. even if you are in the midst of an election season. even if you are at a moment in time in history where you have hyper partisanship, which we now have. the president of the united states, donald trump, it is essential that the federal government works with the state and that the state works with the federal government. we cannot do this on around. i've built airports. i've built bridges. we have made this government do things that it's never done

before. this government has done somersaults. it's performed better than ever before. i am telling you, this government cannot meet this crisis without the resources and capacity of the federal government. i spoke to the president this morning again. he is ready, willing, and able to help, speaking with members of his staff late last night. early this morning. we need their help. especially on the hospital capacity issue. we need fema. fema has tremendous resources. i've worked with fema. i know what they can do. i know what the army corps of engineers can do. they have a capacity that we simply do not have. i said to the president, who is

a new yorker, who i have known for many, many years. i put my hand out and partnership. i want to work together 100%. i need your help. i want your help. new yorkers will do everything they can to be good partners with the federal government. i think the president was 100% sincere in saying that he wanted to work together. and partnership and in a spirit of cooperation. steps he has taken our evidence of that. his team has been on it. i know a team when they are on it. i know a team when they are not on it. they have been responsive late at night, early in the morning. and to thus far, they have been doing everything that they can do, and i want to say thank you, and i want to say that i

appreciate it, and they will have nothing but cooperation and partnership from the state of new york. we are not democrats, and we are not republicans. we are americans, at the end of the day. that's who we are. and that's who we are when we are at our best. so, there is hypersensitivity about politics and reading every comment and wanting to pit one against the other, there is no time for this. the president is doing the right thing and offering to step up with new york. and i appreciate it. new york will do the right thing in return. also, on a personal level. this is -- we use the word "disruption." it is such a clinical antiseptic word. "it is a period of destruction."

life is turned upside down. it is just turned upside down. remember those snow globes when you were a kid? the snow went all over, and the whole picture changed as soon a you picked up and shook that snow globe. somebody picked up our country and just shook it. and turned it upside down. and it's all chaotic. and things are flying all over, and there's new information. there is mixed information. people don't know what to do. businesses are closing, and the rules change every minute. can i go out? can i not go out? how do i get the virus? how do i not get the virus? now i'm at home, i'm stuck at home, and the kids are at home. and then there's a whole component to this. don't touch anyone. don't touch. don't hug. don't kiss.

we are human beings. that interaction is so important to us. that emotional affirmation is so important to us. and now you have all these decisions. should i go out? should i not go out? is this say for my kids? is this not safe for my kids? i'm stuck in my house. my experience just as a metaphor to communicate and relate. having the kids in the house, it sounds great. having the kids in the house. yay, the kids are in the house. i remember when i was young, i was divorced. my kids were three girls. six, seven, eight years old. six, seven, eight years old, small apartment in manhattan. that's a lot of fun, and then that gets old very fast.

right? claustrophobia just sets in. it sets in for the kids. it would set in for me. what i would do that is i would go to my mother and father's apartment, which was also manhattan. it was to get out of my apartment. and i would go to my mother and father's apartment. and my mother was magic with the girls. she would play with them. she would play with them all day long. my mother's pure sugar. she is pure love. my mother. but i would be there for a couple of hours, sitting there, we would watch a ball game. and after a couple of hours -- in other kids are running around, and the kids are picking up the sand that. his picture frame. "put that down, put that down. don't touch that." after a few hours, my father would say i think you have to go to work now, pal.

dad, i don't have to go to work. no, no. "no, i think you have to go to work." having all the kids in that tight environment, that's very stressful. that's why yesterday we said all the fees on all the parks away if you'd get out of the house. go to a state park. we have beautiful state parks. by the way, traffic is down. put the kids in the car, go to a state park. go to a county park. the park in brooklyn is beautiful. it's open. it's air. the weather is getting better. spend the time with the kids. there is also tension among families. i mentioned my mother, who is numerically a senior citizen. although in her reality. i wanted her to stay home, i wanted her to be isolated. she's my mom. i want her protected.

one of my siblings that i want to take mom to my house, and we are going to have a party at my house. i want her to see the kids, et cetera. i said that's a mistake. you shouldn't do that. you should let mom stay home. i am more protective. the sibling was saying i want to take mom. she wants to get out of the apartment. i said you don't know. all you need is one kid appeared all day long, all i hear about isn't someone coming up to me and saying i didn't know, but my daughter was with this person. so i can't even see the tensions in the families. and that israel too. and people should expect that. and lastly, there is something to this lack of ability to connect. don't hug. don't kiss. stay 6 feet away. we are emotional beings.

and it is important for us, especially at times of fear and at times of stress, to feel connected to someone. to feel comforted by someone. i mentioned my daughter. i haven't seen my daughter in over two weeks. it breaks my heart. it breaks my heart. and then this concept of maybe i can't get next to her because of this virus. there is a distance between me and my daughter because of this virus. it saddens me to the core, and it frightens me to the core. and i had her on the phone this morning. and i said it to her. i just set it to her. i said i can't tell you how hard this is for me. not to be able to be with you.

not to be able to hold you in my arms. not to be able to kiss you all over your face. which she hates anyway. and that plays out 1,000 different ways. you put all this together. it's a hard time. it's a hard time on every level. it's a frightening time on every level. at the same time, it is this much time. it is this much time. is it three months? is it six months? isn't nine months? i don't know. but it is this much time. we will get through this much time. understand what we're dealing with, understand the pressures that were feeling. but we will get through this much time. be a little bit more sensitive.

understand the stress. understand the fear. be a little bit more loving. a little bit more compassionate. a little bit more comforting. a little bit more cooperative. and we will get through this time. we will lose people. yes. like we lose people every year with the flu. we are going to be challenged and tested. there is going to be periods of chaos, he asked. we have been through that before also. but this is all we are talking about. and we will learn from it. and we will be better prepared the next time. because this is not the last time, my friends. this has been a growing rate of these emergencies and health situations and storms.

but we are going to get through it, and we are going to get there together. but understand the pressures that everyone is feeling. and let's be considerate of those feelings. that are now collective and societal. that's my two cents. any questions? >> i was looking at my calendar. that is right around the presidential primary. are their thoughts about that? >> governor cuomo: i have virtually no political thoughts at this time. no thought about postponing an election. yeah. i don't have -- i have not considered it. i haven't thought about it. i haven't had a discussion with anyone about it. if you'd speak a mandatory quarantines. san francisco bay, they have

shut down. some officials in new york city have called for a similar action of sheltering in place in the city. i explained to us what you are thinking on that, why you are resistant to that, and whether that could change. >> governor cuomo: i am resistant to nothing. whatever we do, we will do statewide. ideally, whatever we do, w we wl do regionally with the other states. you take action in one place, jesse, that you don't take it in another place, you say to me in nassau county you have the shelter in place. i say fine, i'm going to go stay with my brother in westchester. you say all of new york, you must shelter and place, i say fine. i will go stay with my cousin in new jersey. that makes the situation worse, not better. so to the extent that you can, come up with a policy, enforce

it uniformly. what is the policy? just yesterday, we took very, very dramatic steps. bars, restaurants, schools. the curve is not flattening to a level that we can sustain. which would suggest that you are going to need to take more efforts to slow the curve. that's what we're exploring now. it is likely that we will take more efforts to reduce the spread by reducing the density. what are they? that's what we are considering. but there is a number of ways to do it. the quarantine so just to see you are. to a geographic area. unless you were to quarantine -- all you would do is move people

out of one place to another, right? because there are people who just will panic at the thought of being quarantines. we are going to impose the quarantine in albany city, starting tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. you know what that means? everybody gets out of albany city and gets to another location. so -- and there's ways -- many, many steps before that. before you go to limiting an individuaindividuals mobility. places of density and places that create density, like businesses, right? that's where you would go. you would reduce businesses. business operations beyond essential business operations. that would be the initial calibration. but we are not there yet either.

but these are all the things we are talking about. >> you have spoken many times about the importance of child care. there are a lot of parents out there concerned about day care centers. what would you say to them? >> governor cuomo: i would ask -- that is a technical smart, hard to question. >> they will remain open. they are going to limit density and specific rooms as required. and the governor, knowing especially first responders and our health care workers remain essential. we have the floor down state plans for school closures that take care of many of the day care issues, which will be approved on a regular basis. then the government recently directed the health care associations to develop a plan to drop in day care at some of the locations to address some of these emerging issues. they will be waving many of the

requirements and are fastly expediting those immediately. so limiting density, day care facilities. ten or fewer. bringing in more staff. in other cases, expanding day care in areas where we have less need, for instance. many of the campuses have a not-for-profit day care centers. they are not coming back. nonessential employees. we are working with them. the day care services for our first responders. meeting some of those needs as well with less density. >> some of these operators will shutdown at some point? >> we are working right now on the educational side of the department of health with children and family services to do it on a case-by-case basis.

it depends on the size of the day care. it depends on if there's any positive cases. so when we have been working on school closure plans, we have been making sure that we have more availability across the state's, open up more opportunities by limiting the number of children and specific rooms, specific locations to meet those needs for parents all across the state. >> governor cuomo: you have to remember when you're setting these policies, these things are all interconnected, right? close the schools. okay. how do the essential workers go to work on next day? who is going to watch the kids? webs. didn't think about that. close the day care centers. okay, then how do the people go to work who have their children in day care. leave the business is open, but close the day care. well, how do you leave the business open if you close the day care? so, it all goes like this,

right? that's why there is no such thing as a piecemeal isolated strategy that works. it has to be comprehensive. and it has to be statewide. and to the rumors of these things are not productive eith either. that's why i said to jessie quarantine in place. no. no place. first of all, no state, no locality in this state can take an action without state approval, right? if albany city said quarantine in place, i wouldn't allow it. so, whatever we do is going to be statewide, thought through, comprehensive, nobody is going to be quarantined, you know.

if there are any additional actions, the likely additional actions would be on the business side first, right? because before you do anything with day care or anything else, you have to be home, right? so what businesses need to be operational now that are putting people in an office setting? the first step would be reduction on the number of businesses. that then leaves parents home. that that allows children to be home. but that would be the normal calibration. >> do public libraries close? we have talked about this a little bit -- >> governor cuomo: that is also one of the things we are thinking about, and we will have a decision on that. >> they currently have -- how many of those are available? what the projection is?

>> governor cuomo: we do know that we have around 4,000 ventilators. part of the team that the governor put forth around them, we are going to sit down and discuss thoughts going forward today. >> there are more available than that, but that is the numbers that we have right now. we have a stockpile. we are looking at getting more ventilators. hundreds and hundreds and stockpiles. >> governor cuomo: your question is right. you are under 10,000. and you are right. the need could be much, much higher. and the complicating factor is you can't find a ventilator for sale. we are looking desperately. but china just bought all the ventilators, and then south korea bought all the ventilators. and then to italy about them. and now germany is buying all the ventilators.

and now california is buying all the ventilators. the man repository for ventilators is federal government. >> would you ask a company lik like -- [indistinct question] >> governor cuomo: no, i can't say to a private company you can only sell off your goods. i can't say that legally. i can ask them gratuitously and graciously but you know, they are business people. and this is now one of the hot products, right? we saw price gouging on hand sanitizers and those things. a ventilator can be $20,000 or $30,000. without the premium. >> governor, can you talk a little bit more about how you came up with the 45-day estimate? what experts you have talked to? how you got to those numbers?

>> there are individuals who do modeling to look at this. public health experts. scientists, epidemiologists who study this. and we had two groups look at this, and they came up with a similar answer on that. we are going to sit down and look at that a little closer. we have asked them to give some of those numbers. we have looked at what has happened over in china and italy and south korea, and that helps to guide to the decision that they made as well. >> governor cuomo: it is always a function of the growth curve. when you have these statisticians, they put out china, south korea, italy, european countries. you look at the growth curve. and it is a curve. and the curve hits an apex. answer the question is when and how high is the apex? and that depends on what you d did. how many tested you to?

how many did you get an isolation? how much did you reduce density? right now, the curve and the apex is a point that is unsustainable for our health care system. hence more efforts to reduce the curve, reduce the spread. more efforts to dramatically increase the capacity of the health care system. >> westchester county continues to be a hot spot for the state. more ventilators to westchester? >> governor cuomo: we will distribute the equipment according to the need, so if the need is in westchester county, that is where we will move. if the need is a new york city, that is where we will move. the problem is on the numbers right now, you don't have enough equipment -- or forget equipment.

you don't have enough hospital beds to meet the needs statewide. >> the number of hospital beds, 53,000, but you will need 55,000 to 110,000. why such a large range? how are you going to come up with all those bets? >> governor cuomo: that is what we have been talking about. that's been the issue for three weeks. here are the numbers. we have 53,000 bets, right now we are at a hospitalization rate of 15 to 19%. then 20%. so you take our 10,000 cases. how many cases today? >> about 100 -- 1700 positive. >> governor cuomo: 1700 positives, they are running at a rate of 20% hospitalization today. we have 19 million people.

overall. the expected peak is somewhere between 55 and 110. the low range, 55, is a problem because we have people now, or 80% of them, it is not like they are vacant. 110,000 is a problem because it doubles your capacity if every bed was empty. and to the real problem is the icu beds because that is what people are going to need because they're going to come in acutely ill, and they are going to need to be incubated. and you can't do that without an icu bed. you can't do that without a ventilator. and the ventilators are scarce already. >> hospitals that could handle -- are you doing that? >> governor cuomo: the meeting today that i mentioned that they

are doing, dr. zucker and i are going to appear by video. saying to the hospital administrators forget the department of health and regulations. what is the maximum number of people you can get in your facility? >> are doctors trained to handle those patients? >> governor cuomo: we need more nurses and doctors. we are going back to the retired nurses and doctors. we are going to medical schools. the oh has waived certain certifications for nurses and doctors, so we have available personnel. >> they are saying this is going to peek in 45 days. should parents, businesses and expect that school closures, et cetera continue beyond this two to five weeks. period. should businesses start to anticipate that they will be closed for 45 days? >> governor cuomo: these are just projections.

i deal with projections because that is what the science on the data sets, but there is always a little grain of salt in there that says anything could happen. but these are the projections now. we are doing schools -- that was some school districts wanted to do one week. some school districts wanted to do fo four weeks. i said we need some time. "the new york times" is operating a business. it can't be that some employees have a child, they can't go to her, but in another school district, they can. we are doing it and two week intervals. 45 days. if you want to say -- we are going to have a number of two week intervals. that is probably a safe assumption. unless it changes. [indistinct question] >> governor cuomo: we spoke about the entirety of the

federal response. i told him what i was looking for. he said that he wanted to be as cooperative as possible. i have been speaking with members of his team. again late last night, early this morning. i believe him when he says he will be as cooperative as possible. i believe him when he said he is aware of our situation and the numbers. you know, he is president of the united states. you have some states that are in a much different situation than we are. i am governor of new york. i have some counties that have like one case where they think that this is all much ado about nothing. and then i have westchester and new york city. he is in the same situation. so he -- i know he knows our situation in new york. and i believe him when he says he is fully committed to doing

everything he can. >> this specific request at -- >> governor cuomo: he said i will work with you. what do you need? i said i need the army corps of engineers, and i need fema, and he said okay. >> governor, -- perhaps longer on sales tax for businesses? >> governor cuomo: right now, our revenue projection is so bad, i haven't gotten the -- but i believe the controller's report, the budget director was brief. and i believe he said our revenue estimate was already four to $7 billion higher than what he would estimate. remember, we did our revenue estimate before any of this. so he is saying we are four to

$7 billion high on the revenue estimate. which means our budget, as we prepare to, is possibly overly optimistic. i would love to see everybody and the stay -- i know you're having a tough time here nobody pay any tax. i have cut taxes. i have cut taxes every year. but we are not in a fiscal position to do that. we may comment on what we think -- i mean, it is based on economics that were in late february. so all of those projections are now -- we have asked the controller. those numbers are -- his estimates were based on his forecast prior to yesterday's sell-off. so we have to look at just liquidity. how much money we are getting in. we are also tied to the federal

p.a.t. days. so we will be talking about state sales tax. so it really goes back to essentially the federal government will have to stop in here to deal with this because we will have our own liquidity issues if we don't get some relief. [indistinct question] >> we will have to do a budget that has flexibility in the budget to be able to make changes as you go, right? we don't know how long this is going to last, as the governor has stated. we need a budget that is in place that gives us the flexibility to pull payments back, modulate things, move payments ahead of time for health care. so that is really the budget that you are going to need. one that has flexibility for us to be able to make changes and calibrate as we go throughout the year.

>> governor cuomo: how do you do a budget? you pick up points where you believe the revenues will be. how do you pick that point? well, we pick the point a few months ago. the assembly picked a point. the controller now says that point is too high. that is a big decision. you do a budget based on that point, and then you say -- caveat -- if the revenues are below that, we have to have a built-in mechanism to adjust the expenditures. right? you know what i'm saying? so you pick up point, and then you have a built-in adjusted mechanism that if the revenues continue to slow, which i believe they will, that you have a self adjustment mechanism in

the budget. so you don't have to come back every 24 hours to readjust the budget when the revenues shift. i will take one more. >> would you please comment on if the curve does not flatten, and if these rates continue to rise, would you consider domestic travel bands between states? is that something that you would put on the table if the curve does not flatten? >> governor cuomo: look. we have the highest number of cases in the country. i don't think af people would beoming this way. [laughs] i don't think that's going to be relevant. look. it is a difficult situation. but we are going to go through it. and again, the people -- the people who we are worried about is my mother. a senior citizens with a compromised immune systems. underlying illnesses. being sure that we have a hospital beds for them. that is what this is all about. we have to keep that in focus.

the reason it is so important is because it is my mother. it is your mother. it is your sister. it is your cousin. it is your sister. it is your father. these are the people who raised us. these are the people who built the society. and we honor them with every cell in our body. and we are going to do everything we can to make sure that they are here with us this christmas and this hanukkah and this kwanzaa and next christmas and next hanukkah annex kwanzaa. so we are going to break our rear end to make sure our health care system is there for them. whatever we have to do. the last point is this. keep it all in focus. keep it all in focus. there was a gentleman who used to be here, who used to come through the back door. in this room, we get behind a desk. dealt with every hardship. raised himself up from a

wheelchair every time he had to speak. franklin delano roosevelt. he said most things best things that anyone has set them since. and he said -- paraphrase, things are going to get worse and worse before they get better and better. and the american people deserve to hear it straight from the shoulder. tell the people the truth. tell them the facts. and the facts are comforting. and that is my job and what i have been trying to do. these are the facts. this is the truth. i tell you the truth when it's pretty and when it's not pretty. but knowing the truth i think is reassuring. and as i know the truth, i tell the people of the state the truth. and that's the first step.

and then we do what we have to do. and we will. thank you. god bless you. >> sandra: the governor of new york, andrew cuomo, wrapping up a news conference they were in albany, saying we will be challenged and we will be tested. and we will be better for it. he did have some news there. 10,000 people to date have been tested. they are opening more drive-through testing sites in the state of new york. as far as confirmed cases of the coronavirus, he also said we are not considering a city quarantined at this time. one of the biggest challenges that he again laid out just a moment ago was hospital beds q. there is a capacity for 53,000 beds in new york. they are estimating between 55,110,000 hospital beds will be needed. also as far as peeking out, his opinion based on the expert analysis is about the virus will peak at about 45 days.

that was andrew cuomo from the state of new york with an update on the situation here. >> ed: he has spoken to the president again, and he is confident that they want to help. just moments, they are said to hold another news briefing. we will go there live. this is the nation is grappling with the strictest guidelines yet to try and stop the spread of the deadly virus. welcome back to "america's newsroom." brand-new hour appeared i'm ed henry. >> sandra: good morning to you. i'm sandra smith. the number of corona dell mike rohn, as president trump urges us to hunker down. >> i believe when the president takes a bold step of putting out national guidelines you can read those as national rules. that is what he is saying based on all of the science on the data. that will make a change in how the virus is spread.

presidential guidelines for all americans, take that as presidential rules for every american. we understand that we are a united states of governors and mayors that have independent decision-making capacity, but this is what we are seeing from the national level that will make a difference in this epidemic. >> sandra: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with more. we are about to get an update of the federal level. john. >> we will very soon indeed. this seems to be sort of 15 days at a time. taking bite-size chunks. it could last a lot longer than that if you're the president this morning and the 9:00 hour had a teleconference with ceos, some of the biggest food service companies in the country. places like chick-fil-a, domino's, subway, mcdonald's, wendy's and more. he had a commitment from all of those companies to continue to feed the american public. doing it through drivers, pickups, deliveries as well. so it seems as though plans are

underway to make sure that those restaurants do not close. they just deliver their food and a little bit different way. big headline coming out will be about the federal government will be asking congress for an 800 plus billion dollars stimulus package to help keep industries of florida. and people afloat during the coronavirus. this breaks out to $500 billion in a payroll tax cut until the end of the year. small business associations, and then $58 billion over the long haul for grants, loans, loan guarantees for the airlines. they are lines running yesterday that without some kind of help, they could completely run out of money between june 30th and the end of the earth. the president indicated he will do what is necessary to keep them from going under. listen here. >> we are going to back the airlines 100%. it is not their fault. it is nobody's fault, unless you

go to the original source. but it is nobody's fault. we are going to be in a position to help the airlines very much. we are going to be helping them very much. it's very important. >> the president warning yesterday about the virus could not be over until may be late july or early august. dr. anthony fauci says it is not set in stone, but the restrictions we are experiencing will last that long. there could be a short recession as a result of all the closures. america could be prepared for a big bounce back after that. >> sandra: john roberts of the white house, thank you. >> ed: we have some breaking news from the state of florida. ron desantis has announced that all bars and nightclubs will close in the state of florida for 30 days. that starts at 5:00 p.m. eastern time today. watching the markets as well. you can see that they are off now. after this break, we are going to have a doctor answering some of your key questions. coming up next.

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we need to get away from people thinking this is fantasy football and they've got their opinion. this is about facts and data. >> ed: it is real life. very important point. i want to mention some of these. give you a chance to react. we have all heard that we should avoid gathering in groups of big people. the white house guidelines now say groups of no more than ten people. all americans, young and

healthy, engaging in homeschooling. district by district, state by state. avoid discretionary travel. avoid eating and drinking at bars, restaurants, public food courts, among other things. first the travel. the president is now talking about potentially a big bailout for the airline industry. nobody wants to see these big airlines go bankrupt, but in the short term, what is your advice for people thinking about traveling on an airplane right now? >> one of the biggest modes of transmission right now is airport travel. a bus or some kind of common travel vehicle. the other is boats. people use those. i think that is a really great -- >> ed: obviously, the wipes that people are using, use on your phone's pure not just services like your desk or table. but you mentioned that concern here not just airplanes but airports. how does that affect your daily commute as well, beyond a big

picture trip? a subway, a train? >> generally speaking, that more people aggregating -- and that is why you are seeing this number set at ten. for public gatherings. the greater the likelihood for that community transmission. remember, it is often younger, healthier, asymptomatic people who are transmitting this to those at risk. so, that's the key. >> ed: the bars, restaurants, public food courts. just like the airlines, we don't want to see these restaurants go belly up, but the fact of the matter is we mention that florida, the state of florida now announcing that bars and nightclubs are closing for 30 days, starting at 5:00 p.m. eastern time here today. you are allowed to go in and pick up food for take away. not diane. it talked about how people should protect themselves even when they are picking up food. there may be other people in line ahead of you. what should people be doing?

>> people don't think about the common surfaces when they go out. the door handles. when you go to the bathroom, even the faucet or the button on the dryer. these are the common surfaces that are very concerning. in addition to that distance that people keep, there is a great article in the "l.a. times" this morning that talked about restaurants diversifying into the delivery business. and that is probably going to be key for the next few months here as we hunker down. >> ed: absolutely. very good advice. dr. marty makary, we appreciate it. from the johns hopkins -- thanks for coming in. >> good to be with you. >> sandra: let's take a quick look at the big board at this hour. the dow is now up just after that historic drop yesterday have nearly 3,000 points. let's bring in the chairman under president obama's, good to

see you this morning. fair warning, we are expecting that briefing from the white house shortly from the coronavirus task force. we will go to that when it begins, austan. your thoughts as we see the dow rebounding. it was an unbelievable day for the markets yesterday. >> yet, it was a brutal day yesterday. that followed a couple of brutal weeks. as people have been getting the information about this virus. we are starting to see if it's going to have a freezing effect on economic growth. and there is going to be a drought. probably a pretty deep recession. and we've got to get our -- we got to get our heads around how to prevent a temporary drop of this kind of magnitude from turning into a permanent financial crisis. economic crisis. if that is what everybody's got to be working on now. >> sandra: the presidents that i'm not worried so much about that and whether or not we go

into a recession or not. this is about the health of the american people right now and protecting the vulnerable population. we are going to hear more about that in just a moment, but when it does come to the economy, i just heard you say recession. are you projecting one? >> yeah. it looks. i am. i don't think you can see what happened in china where they had math shutdowns of their economy and not think that we are going to be facing a similar circumstance like that. >> sandra: you look at the economic impact of shutting down restaurants. movie theaters. bars. gyms. it is just across the board right now. of the american people are seeing a different way of life. we are a consumer driven economy. >> that's totally right. >> sandra: do you believe we are in a recession today, as some have said? >> yeah, i do. we are not going to know that

until we get the data, and the data doesn't come out for a while. you know, it has lags. january, february, we're okay. but at this moment, we are hunker down in our houses. people are afraid to go out, and 70 plus percent of the economy is exactly the kinds of service industry that we stop frequenting when we are engaged in social distancing. so like i say, i think the critical element here, stop the spread or slow the spread of this virus. by then itself would be a great stimulus. second is that preventing this temporary hit from morphing into something more permanent. you've got to make sure people can pay their bills. we can't have bankruptcies and foreclosures and people's gas getting cut off and stuff like that because they can't pay the bills because of this thing. >> sandra: economic advisor to the president was asked about

just that. when it comes to the airlines, he said this is a key challenge for our economy right now. you've got to have the airlines up and running. he said that we don't see them feeling, but if they get into a cash crunch, we can help them with consulting. we can try to help them out. are we talking about a bailout of some of these large companies? >> you know, it certainly sounded like it. the reports coming in about the stimulus program that they are proposing, that they would single out the airline industry and give them $50 billion. i don't know -- i think a. they really need a framework for what industries will receive assistance and why industry should get the assistance when people can't pay their bills? and then b. if you are going to do some version of a bailout, the government has to take a position.

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people to stay home and not go to businesses. the result is people are going to lose their jobs, businesses are going to close, and we are going to have to do something to buffer that. >> sandra: we are going to take a pause now for one moment to let our fox stations join us as we await the white house. okay. we are going to stop there for a second. a briefing at the white house, waiting on the coronavirus task force. now you are seeing members of the press team. we have seen the vice president at past meetings. we now wonder if he will appear as well. we are going to take a quick pause. fox news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic continues here. we are going to bring in our other fox stations to join us as we await this. this is fox coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and a briefing the white house is

coronavirus task force. as you can see, steve mnuchin and others have filled the room, including alex azar. we are told that this will be a briefing at the white house. it was postponed from earlier by about an hour. running a little bit late now. we may see the vice president. he has shown about these briefings in the past. this as we now have confirmed meetings. 4,651 confirmed cases in nearly every state. you heard from governor andrew cuomo a short time ago. now you're saying seeing the president and the vice preside vice president. >> president trump: i appreciate you all joining us. last night, the fda announced groundbreaking new policies to further increase testing very substantially so. all states can now authorize test developed and used within their quarters, in addition to

the fda. so the states are very much involved. they have been involved from the beginning, but we are stepping it up as much as we can. and the testing procedures are going well. and we -- in a short period of time, all the private labs will kick in. this has never been done before, and it is going to be something very -- i think it is going to be incredible if it is done properly. these are great companies. these are among the greatest companies in the world, actually. so the state is going to be dealing through themselves and with local government and local physicians. local everybody. they are also dealing with us. tremendous testing capacity. today we are also announcing a dramatic expansion of our medicare telehealth services. they can now visit any doctor by phone or videoconference at no additional cost, including with commonly used services like facetime and skype. it is a historic breakthrough.

this has not done before either. states have the authority to cover telehealth services for their medical patients. and by doing this, the patient is not seeing the doctor, per se, but they are seeing the doctor. there is no getting close. we will not enforce applicable we will not enforce applicable hippa penalties. the penalties will not be enforced. we encourage everyone to maximize use of telehealth to limit exposure to the virus. it has been a very successful method of communication, but never used on a scale like we are going to use telehealth. we will be able to also better maintain hospital capacity by doing this. earlier this morning, i spoke with executives from america's fast food industry. wendy's, mcdonald's. all of the big ones.

burger king. and they were grades. they were talking about the pickups. in light of yesterday's guidance, you heard. to avoid eating or drinking at bars, restaurants, public food courts. we discuss the role that delivery food service and pick up can play. so that is happening, and they have been fantastic. they have been absolutely fantastic. it they are keeping it open. smaller staffs. very capable people and very capable companies, and they are doing it. our guidance yesterday urges americans to take action for 15 days to help stem the outbreak. so it is a 15-day period. they would say it is a 14-day period. we are asking everyone to work at home if possible. postpone unnecessary travel. limit social gatherings to no more than ten people i am making shared sacrifices and temporary

changes. we can protect the help of our people. and our economy because i think our economy will come back very rapidly. so it is 15 days. we will see what happens after that. if we do this right, in our country and the world, frankly. but our country can be rolling again pretty quickly. pretty quickly. we have to fight that invisible enemy. i guess it is unknown, but we are getting to know it a lot better. today, the senate is taking up coronavirus legislation that involves retesting for those who needed, as well as paid sick leave and family medical leave for workers infected by the virus. we are also committed to getting small businesses the support that they need. in fact, one of the things that we talked about with a fast food operations. we spoke to the chairman and ceo's of all the companies, but one of the things we discussed is exactly that. getting small business support and flexibility that they need for themselves and for their

workers. that is being discussed. at my direction, secretary mnuchin is meeting today with senators on additional stimulus packages. i can tell you he is meeting with them late until the night last night. and for a big part of the day yesterday. tremendous things are happening. great spirit. tremendous beard. and i can say that for republicans and democrats. i can say that with respect to governor cuomo. we had a great talk this morning. we are both doing a really great job, different states need different things, and we agreed on that 100%. but we had a very good talk. i think we are right on the same track. it is going to be very successful. new york has a pretty big problem. i guess it would be the number one hot spots. it is no fault of anybody's. it is just the way it is, but we are working very closely together. we are also getting fema very

much involved. now we are getting them to a different level. and we will have everything ready. we are dealing with the army corps of engineers, should that be necessary. have them working in some cases are on standby. my conversation with andrew cuomo was a very productive one and a very good one. i appreciate that. we are giving relief to affected industries and businesses. we emerge with the prosperous and growing economy. that is what is going to happen. it we will be standing possibly up here. we will say we want to max. and we are going to say that. that sure as you are sitting there, we are going to say that. we are going to win. later today, i will meet with the leaders from the tourism industry as well as industrial supply retailers to discuss their critical roles. as you know, i met with the departments are a people.

all of the retailers, including walmart and others. stalking up their stores like they have never stopped them before. we are trying to get people to actually buy my class, if that is possible. buy less. they will stay open all hours of the day. we are taking aggressive action now. america can rebound stronger. frankly stronger than ever before. and we recognize that while many american workers can work from home, many others cannot. many of our health care providers, first responders, men and women in the food service. they are showing up and standing up to provide us with the goods and services we need. we want people to stay home if they can, but in many cases, you talk about food service, certain items in particular, they are

going in, and they are practicing all of the safety rules and regulations that we have talked about. so with that, i would just like to introduce the vice president, mike pence. he will say a few words. >> president trump: it should be very clear to the american people that president trump has issued a whole of america approach. today it and through the course of this day, reflecting that we are not only bringing the whole weight of the federal economy. i know i speak on behalf of the president when i say how inspired we are at the way the american people have stepped up and the way that american businesses, large and small, have stepped up. it has truly been inspiring. our task force met this morning. we continue to focus on president trump's priorities of testing, prevention, and

supplies. and in that category, i am pleased to report that while testing is available in all 50 states as the president just indicated through the swift action of the fda and the encouragement of governors throughout the country, now state health authorities can authorize labs in their state and expand additional testing capabilities. but also in connection with the fda's action, which we will hear more about in just a moment. we have continued to expand the partnership with vast commercial laboratories around the country. increasing access to the high volume, high throughput coronavirus testing that is greatly expanding access currently even as we speak. our task force received a report on the progress of the u.s. public health service and fema are making, working closely with state governments. also partners on the private sector like cvs, target,

walgreens, walmart, to expand remote testing sites around the country, and we will have a full report later on this week as those come online. it is important the american people understand that testing is happening all over the country. but all of our health experts wanted me to tell the american people you don't need the results of testing to know what you should do. and president trump's 15 day credit risk guidelines are advice for every american in every community. they are the results of the best guidance of cdc and our health experts. we continue to urge every american over the next 15 days to put into practice the principles and the president's coronavirus guidelines. by every american practicing these principles, we believe that we can slow the spread of the coronavirus. in fact, our experts have told our task force that if every

american acts on the president's coronavirus guidelines, we could see a substantial reduction in the spread of the coronavirus. but as the president said, it will take all of us to do it. so if you feel sick, stay home. if someone in your house test positive, keep the entire household home. especially if you are a person with an underlying health condition. we urge you to stay home and practice social distancing from people. no social gatherings, use drive-through, as the president announced. especially practice common sense and good hygiene. the american people as a whole, the risk of serious illness remains low. but we are asking every american to partner with us in this effort to slow the spread of the virus and especially to be mindful of seniors or others with serious underlying health conditions. the threats of the coronavirus

can be very significant and very real. as i said, the president has continued to push our task force to bring the whole of the government and the whole of america. we continue to be inspired by our nation's governors and how the nation's businesses are responding. we spoke with the leader of every broadcast them or get america that will soon be unveiling public services under cdc guidelines. as we work on the issue of supplies, meetings yesterday with the department of defense about access applies, the president and i will be meeting today to speak about the supply chain for hospitals. we would make one specific request, and that is we would urge construction companies to donate their inventory of masks to your local hospital and forgo additional orders of those industrial masks. because of what the president asked to be included in legislation living through the congress of income of those industrial masks that they use

on construction sites are perfectly acceptable for health care workers to be protected from a respiratory disease. but we are asking construction companies, and our president knows very well, we are asking them to donate their masks to their local hospitals and also forgo making additional orders. at the present direction, we will continue to do whatever it takes. we will continue to marshall the best of the american people, the best of all the people behind me, the people behind them. our state and local officials. and we will get through this. we will get through this together. >> thank you. >> president trump: i want to thank chad wolf and homeland security. the job that they did at the airports was really incredible. they screened thousands and thousands of people. o'hare airport got backed up, but they got them out. everybody was screened and screened very carefully. they didn't want to rush it.

it was an incredible thing. then they had a big surge, also, from the u.k. and ireland. that went very smoothly. but they did a fantastic job. they worked long hours. i would like to introduce steve mnuchin. he is going to the hill. he has been working very hard with the senate and actually with the house. big, bold package. it is going to be big. it is going to be bold. the level of enthusiasm to get something done -- i don't think i have ever seen anything quite like it. steve mnuchin, please. >> i would like to announce some very significant actions the president has approved today. early today, i sent a letter to fed chairman powell approving his request to use 13-3. the fed it will be setting up a

vehicle which the treasury will invest $3 million in. that will enable the fed to guarantee the purchase of a1p1 going forward. that is a $1 trillion market. it's critical to american workers. it's critical to american business. it's critical to american savers who have a lot of that money and money market funds. we heard a loud and clear they were liquidity issues. this is very significant. i don't think we will need to use at all. we have the ability to have the fed purchase up to $1 trillion of commercial. that has created significant stability in the market today. the second thing i would say is, you know, we previously talked about deferring irs payments. the president early this morning authorized me to announce this program. i've previously announced we

would defer twomillion dollars. suggested that we increased at $300 million. we encourage those americans that can file their taxes to continue to file their taxes on april 13th. for many americans, you will get tax refunds. we don't want you to lose out on those tax refunds. we want to make sure that you get them. many people do this electronically which is easy for them and easy for the irs. if you owe a payment to the irs, you can defer up to $1 million as an individual. the reason why we are doing $1 million is because that covers lots of pass-throughs and small businesses. interest-free and penalty-3 for 90 days. all that you have to do is file your taxes. you will automatically not get charged interest and penalties. any american has the right to extend their taxes.

the president has asked us to go up to $300 million. that is also an enormous amount of liquidity in the system. the third thing is, the president and i work on a very significant economic stimulus plan. thank you for being available last night and throughout this morning. i will be resenting that to the republicans in the senate this morning. and also discussing that with the house. we look forward to having bipartisan support. we are now working with the senate to pass this legislation very quickly. these will be payments to small businesses. we have talked about loan guarantees to critical industries such as airlines and hotels. and we have also talked about a stimulus package to the american worker. you can think of this as something like business interruption payments for the american workers. thank you. >> president trump: do you have any questions for the secretary of the treasury?

>> do you mean direct payments to americans? are you talking about a payroll tax? >> although the president likes the idea of a payroll tax holiday. the president said we can consider this. the payroll tax holiday will get people money over the next 6-8 months. we are looking at sending checks to americans immediately. what we have heard from hardworking americans, many companies have now shut down whether it is bars or restaurants. americans need cash now. i mean now and the next two weeks. >> how much? >> i will be previewing that with the republicans. there are some numbers out there. they may be a little bit bigger. >> what help i you going to give to airlines? >> i have had discussions with all of the airline ceos this week. they've had discussions with the senate and the house. the president was up with a

subset of republican senators last night. i have discussed that with them. this is worth the than 9/11. for the airline industry, they are almost grounded to a halt. the president wants to make sure that although we don't want people to travel unless it is critical, we want to maintain for critical travel the right to have domestic travel. i'm not going to comment on the specifics. i will tell you that we are very focused. there are a lot of workers. this is strategically important to us, and we will be working with congress. >> president trump: the airline industry will be in good shape. go ahead, please. >> $1,000 checks to every american increasing support with republicans and democrats for that. would you support that going to everyone, or some sort of income restriction on who gets a check? >> i think it is clear that we don't need to send people who make $1 million per year a check. that's one of the ideas that we will like. we will preview that today and

talk about details after that. >> president trump: something that gets money to them as quickly as possible. that may not be an accurate way to do it. we will have a pretty good idea by the end of the day what we are going to be doing. >> how would the mechanics of this work? we would be talking about a payroll tax holiday, some $500 billion was loaded to me today pit however this idea of sending people a check work was to mark with that be in advance of what they would pay in payroll taxes? >> we want to make sure that americans get money in their pop pockets quickly. we want to make sure that hotels, airlines -- we have an entire package we will be laying out those details later today. >> president trump: there are 4 different ways you can do it. you can hear me well enough i would imagine. i'm sorry, okay. people at home. you are right. those are very important people.

especially your people. we have 4 or 5 ways we can do it. 4 in particular. i believe there's a fifth way. there are possibilities of getting the money out and getting out quickly. payroll taxes one way. it has come over a period of months -- many months. we want to do something much faster than that. we have ways of getting money out very quickly and very accurately. >> can you talk about the timeline? how quickly do you think you can get this done? speak to the president has instructed me that we have to do this now. this is now. we are work with the senate. it is in session right now actively pit we will continue to have conversations with the house. i've already spoken with speaker pelosi once today. this is stuff that needs to be done now. the president has instructed me that this is no fault to american workers. for medical reasons we are shutting out parts of the economy and we are going to use all the tools that we have aired what tools we don't