>> this test end. st. patrick's mass from st. patrick's day. it's going to be live on fox news on sunday. >> foxnews.com. >> sandra: president trump vows to take bold new action calling for $1 trillion of stimulus that would top the 2009 recovery act. good morning everyone. i was sandra smith. >> ed: confirmed cases in the u.s. exceeding 6400. infections in all 50 states. kansas has become the first state to shut down schools for the remainder of the school year. vice president mike pence giving an update on the federal response. he said testing is being ramped up exponentially this week while urging americans to continue to put their health and safety first.

>> all of our experts tell us as ea doors these guidelines to avoid social gatherings of more than 10 people. if you are sick, stay home. we need every american, every american business to step forward and recognize that if we act now -- if we act now, we can limit the spread of the coronavirus significantly. >> sandra: fox team coverage standing by at the white house for us. here in new york. we begin with steve harrigan at the cdc this morning reporting live from atlanta. >> sandra, the u.s. reaching some unfortunate milestones in the past 24 hours. more than 100 u.s. citizens dead as the virus has spread to now all 50 states. there been 800 new diagnoses on monday and on tuesday the u.s. considering a $1 trillion aid package following similar moves by germany. the u.k., $420 billion. in the meantime across the

country, businesses continue to feel the hurt from this virus. united airlines seeing cuts and flights of 60%. transportation hit especially hard. new york city public transportation because of a lack of writers needing a $4 billion bailout from the government. chicago's midway airport shut down due to the virus affecting several members of its air traffic control staff. schools in 38 stakes shut down affecting more than 38 million students. a sense of growing fear among many americans as to where their next paycheck could be coming from. >> my biggest concern right now is bills and paying them. iran's, so that is a huge thing on my mind. i can pay it this week, next month is a huge question mark. >> briefly around the world to italy continues to be hit hard.

people in place allowed to go out only for essentials. iran more than a thousand new cases. growing dissatisfaction with the government response there. china, 13 new cases reported on wednesday. also those people returning to china. china having some success at slowing the spread of this vir virus. sandra, back to you. >> ed: top five house looking at all options to help american sidelined by this virus. passing legislation to boost the economy. >> 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. >> ed: live at the white house we are expecting another briefing from the president

task force. >> good morning to you. president trump has spent a lot of the past 24 hours here at the white house pushing all the levers he can over at capitol hill to get the senate to pass the houses version of the stimulus package. they left last night without a confirmed -- without a concrete commitment to get this done today. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell telling fox news, he will get this done soon. i want to point out one major idea that gain a lot of traction a lot more overnight over here at the white house is putting cash directly into the hands of americans. president trump himself doubling down on his commitment on twitter just a short while ago. he says for the people that are now out of work for the important and necessary containment policies, for instance, the shutting down of hotels, bars, restaurants, money will soon be coming to you. here's a big ticket item. take a look as of this morning. $50 billion for the airline. at least $250 billion in small

business loans. and at least $250 billion in direct checks to the american people. the final price tag in all this could top chilean dollars making this the largest bailout in the history of the united states. president trump says it's worth it. >> president trump: we don't want people losing their jobs are not having money to live when they were doing very well just 4 weeks ago. we are going big, and that is the way it will be. >> now for the bad news, the u.s. is among the top ten countries worldwide with the most confirmed cases of the virus. huge jump over the past day of over 1800 cases. that is a 34 -- excuse me, 39.4% increase. for vice president chief of staff, expect even more. >> this is a short term -- we believe challenge. you seen eight to ten weeks where the viruses had an

outbreak that we are trying to make sure that the people that are most impacted i in a short term get the resources that they need in a quick fashion. >> he gargled with reporters after that life hit. one reporter asked him about the grouting we are seeing on a florida beach. and if that is okay. he said -- remember this is a staffer to vice president pence that is leading the task force. he said there is conflicting guidance appeared on the one hand we don't have groups larger than ten people. getting fresh air never is really a bad idea. it's hard to imagine the american people to know what advice to follow if the vice president's chief of staff does not know himself. >> ed: we appreciate it. >> sandra: officials warning that confirmed cases will spike across the country as commercial labs roll out more testing kits. dr. anthony fauci said it will be weeks before we know if we are successfully flattening the

curve. here to talk about it is dr. marc siegel. good morning to you. more tests are being rolled out. the department of health and human services said we expect more than 1 million to come on board this week alone. what does that mean for the number of confirmed cases that we are likely to see, doctor? >> sandra, that means the number of confirmed cases will skyrocket especially since the pods, the mobile units that the admiral was talking about are being sent to areas where we are already seeing a lot of cases. as you mentioned, we expect that they will test hundreds of thousands of people both at those mobile units. they can do about three or 4,000 a day -- three or 4,000 a week rather. hospitals are now going to be sending their tests to labcorp inquest. both of them are running rapid tests. we will see hundreds of thousands of tests. we will see thousands more

positive spirit >> we are talk to you and thought about this strain whether it is the level of contagion or the severity of the symptoms. where are we this morning as far as what we are learning daily about this disease? >> we still do not know the denominator. the number of cases who are really infected. there was actually a study out of china that the majority of cases that get it may be completely asymptomatic. there are people without symptoms at all. there are people with more severe symptoms. we are seeing the tip of the iceberg when we see someone get really sick. those cases, we can figure out our covid-19. in one of the hot spots in new york, we are seeing at least over 100 hospitalizations in the city. people on ventilators. we have not yet overreached our ventilator capacity. it's getting to be concern for both the governor of new york and for public health officials. we also heard from the president

and the vice president and the coronavirus task force from the white house paid we are going to hear from them again, doctor. as expected in about two plus hours from now. meanwhile, dr. fauci went on fox news last night talking about the timeline by which we know more about where we stand as far as the situation getting worse, peeking, or better. here is dr. fauci. >> we almost certainly are having an effect right now even as we speak. the degree of the effect and how it is going to impact on that curve will likely take several weeks. that does not mean that we need to be in the situation that we are in right now. as we said, we put these mitigation strategies in for 15-day period. we likely extend beyond that. >> sandra: that was the administration saying hunker down. don't be in groups of ten or more. keep your distance from anybody you're with. how important is it that we follow that strategy, doctor?

>> in the absence of a vaccine, it is really all that we have for an isolated virus. that is the thinking behind this. it seems to have worked so far in singapore and taiwan and hong kong and probably in china as well where it started. so that is really the key right now. those are mitigation strategies going out to areas where there is more than ten people. washing your hands frequently, keeping well hydrated. keeping rested by the way and disinfecting surfaces. here is the most important. as we learn of more and more cases, anyone that has been in contact with the case of covid-19 or who has it themselves needs to be immediately isolated. there is some thought in new york of possibly in the u.s. army corps of engineers coming in and building facilities for people to be isolated. speak to dr. siegel, i will ask you the question we asked on foxnews.com this morning. it's getting a lot of attention and readers. can you catch coronavirus from

surfaces? people are worried about pulling mail out of their mailbox or cardboard boxes where they are receiving deliveries. there is a new study out that found that virus can remain in effect is four hours in the air and surfaces for days. what do we need to know about the possibility of catching this in our own homes? >> that study you are referring to lives on cardboard for a day and lives on plastic for a couple of days. here's what i want to add to that. just because of viruses on a surface for days doesn't necessarily mean it is contagious over that. lack of time. it is safe to assume that something remains contagious for hours, not for days. the primary method of spreading it is still coughing and sneezing, which is why the social distancing is so important. i would add to that, disinfecting surfaces with clorox wipes. >> sandra: that is what they are recommending, they frequently touch surfaces, something you might not think about. the obvious is doorknobs and tables. think about countertops, addled

desks, phones, the keyboards attached to your computer. all really good information has something to think about as we are all hunkering down. >> as you are washing your hands on the way out of the bathroom, disinfected doorknob. >> ed: good advice as always. at the u.s. department of agriculture now closing a wing of its headquarters in washington after one employee did test positive for the coronavirus. how is the department dealing with all of this? let's bring in the secretary of agriculture. mr. secretary, you're there at the white house. good morning, thank you for joining us. can we first get an update on your staff and headquarters in washington as there is only one person but every person matters obviously. how was that person doing? what measures are you taking to make sure that it doesn't spread, sir? >> thank you, ed. we are following the cdc guidelines when anyone has tested positive. the good news is that we have a lot of front-line workers that

are out there -- food safety and inspection team that is on the job because the critical infrastructure of our food supply. we are doing with the cdc has recommended. we are cleaning, teleworking. for those people that are needed in the workplace, they are they are serving. >> ed: your colleague at the white house peter navarro was talking about distancing strategies at the white house and throughout the administration. take a listen to this, sir. >> we have essentially a wartime president now. the war is against this coronavirus. we know we need to do. we need to flatten that curve. we are 24/7 either here or telecommuting. it's going to be fine. we've got to work to get this through. everyone has got to pull together. >> ed: you can talk about the distancing a seat at the top. he said we now have a wartime president. you know this commander-in-chief well. what are you seeing behind the scenes about how he's dealing with this crisis?

>> i think the president is shown example of the whole america approach, not just a whole of government. for example, the usda has the summer feeding program of school nutrition. we are working with baylor university and mclean global and pepsico to develop a program where we can deliver over 1 million meals a week to rural kids that are out of school. those are the kind of things that have to go on. we have to feed people while we do remain vigilant and safe in our employees. >> ed: that is an important initiative indeed. we've heard a lot about school lunches. children around the country that are not going to school where they may get one, two, or three meals a day. we mention something else i don't want to miss which is our farmers. the president spoke with groce grocers. that's impacting a lot of people around the country making sure our grocery shelves are still stock. what about our farmers? what steps are you taking?

>> ed>> the farmers are resilie. they social distance by their own occupation. they are part of the social supply chain as well. they need the people who move into their products and services so they can produce the food. we don't want to have a panic next fall because we don't have enough food. we have some supply chain issues or really demanded. we are continuing to access and have conversations with our overall food supply chain. there is anyone who has questions, there is an email address. foodsupplychaindotusda.gov. the guidelines put out by the president, your administration for the next few days ago. in terms of no more than 10 people gathering, engaging in homeschooling. avoiding discretionary travel appeared the last 30 seconds, what is your message to the american people to make sure that we follow this.

>> we need to do that. we are feeding kids. i want to mention that on our website. feedingkids@usda.gov. remember, that last phrase, this is a critical infrastructure sector. we are going to continue to do our job. >> ed: feeding those kids is certainly a priority. you have a lot to deal with this day and every day. i appreciate you coming in, sir. >> sandra: fox news alert. we are awaiting the president and his coronavirus task force at the white house. they are set to give an update on the number of cases and that trillion dollar plan to save the u.s. economy. that is expected to happen at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. we will have that for you live. first we will be speaking to the council to the president. she will joining us live the next hour. >> ed: uncertainty still threatening wall street. stock futures are down.

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>> ed: ohio was set to vote as well about of course they postponed their primary it with coronavirus fears. others went to the polls with masks. >> this is the richest country in the world. it's a country with unbelievable energy, unbelievable talent, incredible resources. we can do it. we can address this crisis. we can minimize the pain. let us do just that. let us go forward together. >> ed: biden has more than 50% of the delegates necessary to secure a nomination. they will speak with supporters today about the future in the race. >> this is moving very fast. we should all be very concerned about how we find ways to slow down low trajectory of this virus. the idea of shelter in place has to be considered now. it has to be done in our case of

city and state, working together and respecting the states role. get ready for the possibility. because it is not so distant an idea at this point. >> sandra: that was new york city mayor telling you knockers, be prepare for a possible shelter in place. there will be no such order without his approval. alex hogan is live in new york city where it's looking more like a ghost town this morning. never seen it like that. good morning. >> good morning. many people have never seen it like this. people think of this spot in times square where it always feels daytime is bright billboards making it feel like day. usually you would have to be pushing through people to walk around just like this. of course, a very different time. that does mean however that people are staying home. not everyone can stay home, however. there are a lot of jobs that depend on people going to work every single day. traders of the stock exchange

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>> sandra: stocks are opening slightly lower after the opening bell on wall street. you can see at 1288. sell-off. that's a drop from so many days of this. the circuit breakers triggered down at the s&p 500. we are watching this for you for another potential halt in u.s. trading. let's ring in the host of "the claimant count out of" on fox business. you're the one to see where the market closes. your thoughts? >> my thought is that everyone needs to understand one thing. right now, the markets and the economy are in a strictly linked with what is going on regarding the coronavirus. right now, when we have a huge question mark about when the cases will peak.

everyone has to be extraordinarily careful with the dow down 5.5%. it's the s&p 500 that is very important here. that is the actual index of 500 stocks that many of you may own in your portfolio. when that goes down 7% we will see the circuit breakers kick in. the circuit breakers are a rule. so, they allow the markets to take a pause for about 15 minutes. we are not there yet at the moment. but is very crucial that we all watch that level, because once it reopens, if it goes down another 13%, that would be leve. we had not yet seen anything near 20% which would be level 3. sandra, you're looking at a very treacherous time to trade. people need to be aware that it is very, very dangerous to extrapolate from any given day. yesterday we were up 1100 points for that out. if you thought we were in the

clear, again, don't try and to regulate from one single day what the rest of the week or the next 24 hours is going to do. >> sandra: look at the large american companies like boeing opening up down 18% at the opening bell this morning. look at the number of confirmed cases right here in new york state up 76% overnight as far as confirmed coronavirus cases. you got the mayor and the governor of the state talking about what to do next. their questions over whether or not markets should be halted. we saw the traders a moment ago. their temperatures being taken. but the consumer -- this is what you talk about every single day. we are a consumer given economy and people are getting harder now here's the president saying he wants to help out. >> president trump: the country is strong. we have never been so strong. we don't want people losing their jobs when they were doing very well just 4 weeks ago.

so we are going big. >> sandra: what we see the administration potentially doing here in order to stimulate the economy and give those consumers a boost? >> sandra, it's a moving target. congress approved $8 billion. the house said we will give you $8 billion. even as recently as yesterday, we are looking at $850 billion, which has now moved to $1.2 trillion. i really want our viewers to understand something. when all is said and done, this could supersede $3 trillion. that is basically money printing. the president has said and so has the secretary mnuchin. they want to give $1,000 checks out to people. they have liquid cash to purchase necessities. there are some headlines moving up. home depot -- in high demand that they are restocking as fast as possible. prioritizing their products and things that people are actually

really needing and they are adjusting their hours. you start seeing companies like sketchers, choice hotels. they are saying along with fedex, we had to suspend -- what they call "outlook" and revenu revenues. the auto industry. people are waking up to this news. many of them especially the american -- talking about ford, chrysler, and general motors. the uaw union has struck a deal with the automakers to have a partial shut out of about 2 weeks on some assembly lines. in the end, i think it is the airlines that people need to really watch here. how is that possible, sandra, that when your viewers have been told by -- whether it is their financial advisors or personal finance for dummies to have a 3-month cushion of enough cash for worst-case scenario -- and that's not within your job. that's your wife or husband losing your job -- how was it took just a couple of weeks for the airlines to get very close to bankruptcy and go to the

administration for some $50 billion in bailouts. boeing, i get. they were already having trouble with their 737 max. it is really stunning to me that big corporations, sandra, are unprepared when it comes to having preserved cash. just like your viewers have done, hopefully. it is really stunning. watch the airlines. >> ed: look at the big psychological numbers in the market. that 20,000 mark is an interesting one. opening below there on the dow for the first time since february 2017. liz claman, we will see you for the closing bell this afternoon. thank you. >> ed: cleaning supplies and toilet paper are not the only items flying items flying off the shelves due to the coronavirus. gun sales also skyrocketed. william joins us with more details. >> this is nationwide. shotguns, rifles, handguns.

people buying whatever they have in the store and dealers can find ammunition. it is gone. >> they are like literal zombies. they don't care. they want something. they don't care what it is pure to make or model doesn't matter. give me something. >> looting and robbery and when seconds matter, they fear police will be minutes away. >> everyone is scared right now, and they are uncertain. what you're going to experience his people experiencing wow protecting themselves >> i'm afraid of what happened when they declare martial law. they are going to resort to -- >> 90% are first-time buyers with no idea that california required a ten-day waiting period. >> we have a lot more -- they don't seem to be any more

worried about anything other than the same as it anybody else. they just want a gun. >> the hate crime toward asian-americans -- i feel that i need to protect my family and myself. >> some fear emergency orders already drafted were allow officials to suspend the sale of firearms. >> they are unbelievably attacking directly the constitution. they are going to find massive legal pushback if they try to do that. >> we are hearing sales increasing. police fear that this will have panic buying that will lead to accidents as they do not have a safe to lock their guns in. >> sandra: major grocery stores are shifting their hours to help those who are most vulnerable to the coronavirus. albertson's which also operates

safely. it will be dedicating every two hours every tuesday and thursday morning for those high-risk groups. that includes people with underlying health conditions. whole foods is rolling out a similar move opening their stores one hour early for customers ages 60 and older. target introducing a weekly hour starting today for elderly and vulnerable shoppers. we will be speaking with the president of the supermarket chain, stew leonard jr. joining us at the top of next hour. >> >> ed: despite pleas for social distance inc. one teen reacts to all of that live with us next. >> parking lots have been full since 9:30 this morning. it doesn't seem like people are doing too much to avoid being out in public.

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>> sandra: kevin durant of the brooklyn nets tested positive but has no symptoms. the team says that four of its players have tested positive. three are asymptomatic. one player is showing symptoms. the athletic -- everyone be careful. quarantine. we will get through this. a positive message to an important note. >> ed: a major league baseball does not know when or if they will open the season. they are supposed to open up in a couple of weeks. that has been pushed back until early september. >> sandra: crazy times and big questions over the olympics as well. >> ed: we have this fox news alert. the president announced on twitter a temporary closing of the northern border to non-essential traffic. the president saying, this is done with mutual consent.

non-essential traffic. trade will not be affected. obviously, a lot of people will be watching closely today. in the meantime, the white house with a warning for younger americans. the coronavirus task force set millennials and generation z are key to stopping the spread of the various and urging them to practice some social distancing. positive for the virus. he is undergoing a 2-week quarantine is his parents home. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me on the show. it's really important right now to be getting that accurate information. >> ed: first of all, how are you doing? what is your message to your fellow young people about how to deal with this virus? even if you don't have symptoms, but staying off these beaches. >> right now, i'm actually feeling totally fine. i haven't had any symptoms since last sunday or monday.

thank god i am a healthy young individual. this really hasn't been much worse than a flu for me. i advised to everyone is to act like you already have coronavirus in order to prevent its spread. i was not taking the threat that seriously when i was in barcelona. obviously it was not as extensive as it is right now. the only thing that you can be doing -- the major thing you can be doing to preventing the spread is social distancing, not going near anyone. you can spread this thing so easily just threw a cough or sneeze or anything like that. so absolutely making sure that you are not spreading this virus to anyone else. that includes older people. >> ed: very important message you are spreading to your fellow young people around the world. we are showing pictures as you are speaking of various beaches. clearwater beach in florida. you talk about distance of a

cough or a sneeze. people side by side on various beaches. that is raising alarm bells at the white house at various government officials. here is from the trump administration talking about your generation. watch. >> it is important that we all work together. and especially younger people, millennials. you know, they may feel healthy. they may feel that i get this virus is not going to be that big of a deal. it will be just like the flu. the reality is they can contribute to the spread. they may not be showing any symptoms, but they can spread it to other people that are more vulnerable. >> ed: an important message because you and other young people as you said a moment ago it may not feel it. you may be feeling just fine and you could be fighting it off and end up spreading it to an older relative or friend. >> absolutely. yeah. the important thing is that you don't want to be overwhelming health care systems right now. that is what people are talking

about with flattening the curve and that kind of thing. you know, if you have to be interacting with the health care system -- if you force other people in the health care system right now when they are so overstretched, it may not seem like anything. the coronavirus seems like the flu. that's what people are saying. it's not true. just by spreading the illness, you are overloading the health care system and contribute into overloading health care systems. the important thing right now is making sure that health care systems have the capacity to deal with these things. that means limiting their spread as much as possible. >> ed: we hear a lot about the negative aspects of social media. maybe we are seeing a bit of a turnabout on that. over the last weekend in recent days, you saw some in your generation flaunting the fact that they were at bars and nightclubs, beaches, and other places. there has been a backlash over that. what do you sing on social media in terms of folks in your generation trying to say wake up? >> definitely.

i think the people of my generation generally who are taking this more seriously are a little bit more plugged into the news right now. people always like to say that twitter is a source of panic and it always causes alarm. i think people need to be acting how twitter is acting right now. they are sounding the alarm bells. they are posting messages from the cdc. people who aren't paying attention to that all the ones that are going out to beaches in florida right now and potentially spreading the virus and overloading our health care systems. many are taking this super seriously. i'm taking this incredibly seriously. the important thing right now is to keep using social media for its good aspects which is letting people know that you should be going outside right now. you should be limiting your contract with the outside world. social media right now telling you to not go outside and not talk to anyone, that is what you have to do.

>> ed: you should be proud for spreading this positive message right now. we are happy to help. we hope you feel well in the days ahead. thank you. >> thank you so much. >> sandra: more countries imposing lockdowns. their brand-new steps that they are now taking to fight this virus. let's get down to business.

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speak to other countries taking bold new action to fight the spread of coronavirus. leaving more than 100 americans stranded. members of the european union meanwhile taking strong new action. greg is live from london with more on that. >> i have lived and worked in europe for nearly 30 years. i can honestly tell you, i've never seen anything like this

coronavirus. european union officials telling me in a matter of hours with some exceptions, no non-european citizens -- that includes american spirit will be allowed in for 30 days on top of internal order restrictions causing traffic jams across the nation. there are some 75,000 cases in europe. 3400 deaths are blamed on the disease. all of this training overloading the hospitals. as the clampdown grow stronger, italy, spain, france giving most folks inside for most of the time. that's about 200 million people -- nearly two-thirds of the population of the united states. the military called out to maintain order and in some cases to enforce the restriction. governments kicking in money for sagging economies. schools are shut. as for the u.k., it is pretty much looking like the rest of europe. at the government relying on

guidelines right now rather than strict rules. folks i've been talking to said that she changed very shortly. back to you. >> sandra: remarkable measures there. thank you. >> ed: fox news alert. we will soon hear from president trump and the coronavirus task force. the white house working with congress on a massive stimulus package before we hear from the president, we will get brand-new details from our headliner this morning, kellyanne conway, live from the white house next hour. >> our priority is people who have contracted the coronavirus making sure that they have the testing and they care that every american would want for their family.

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>> ed: federal health officials now say testing for the coronavirus is expanding all across the country. it's an all-out effort to identify, isolate, and treat the sick and thus contain the outbreak. this as the white house announces our border with canada will close to nonessential travel. that's brand-new this morning. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." >> sandra: the coronavirus affecting every state at least 114 deaths. vice president mike pence vowing that all levels of government are ramping up testing efforts from coast-to-coast. >> vice president pence: fema i working with states around the country to build on the states

efforts to establish drive-through and community coronavirus testing centers. those are coming online starting tomorrow. they will be widening their scope around the country. >> ed: that means it's going on today. we have fox news coverage. the backbone of our economy. we begin this hour. he's in the new york city suburb where drive-through testing is up and running. >> good morning. five total drive-through facilities are available in a new york state including 4 new drive-through facilities opening up in a couple of days. the one behind me is on joe's speech. it services people in nassau county. they can now administer thousands of tests a day in the hardest hit state. it's about a 15 minute process. drivers pull up. they are swabbed by health care

professionals. it's tested in a lab appear to drive-through testing is available by appointment only to those who needed them most. your doctor must recommend it, or you can call the state hotline. they will cross-reference your health records and give you an appointment time. nationally, drive-through testing is not operational in 1. it is expanding. according to the trump administration, 47 mobile testing sites are being devoted to 12 more states and are coming online starting today at cvs, walgreens, target, and others are opening up their parking lots to accommodate the drive-through's. the trump administration said that covid-19 in any form nationwide is wrapping up and is available in all 50 states. for example, at least 59,000 covid-19 tests have been administered nationwide since january. at a 200 monday alone. how are they making testing more available? slashing regulations. the food and drug administration have given unprecedented

permission to create their own test without fda approval. major commercial drug chess manufacturers can now create and distribute tests without fda pre-authorization. >> the american people can be confident out now that we have the commercial labs around the country with a high-speed automated tests, you are literally going to see tens of thousands of tests in the days and weeks ahead for the american people. >> 59,000 tests compared to other nations like south korea which have administered over 250,000. the administration recognizing that the testing system has been a failure. it was not designed for this. it's unclear if you'll ever get to the point where anyone who wants a test can get a test. employing people to stay indoors over the at least next two wee weeks. >> thank you for that report.

>> sandra: closures and fears across the country. small businesses and restaurant owners on their records. >> even though we shut the door, we still have to pay. it's not that we shut the door and everything stops. i cannot afford to have my employees to come in. do not make that kind of money to pay overhead. we cannot survive. >> sandra: live in washington with more on all of that. hey, rich. >> good morning, sandra. that is the case across the country. here in washington, d.c. d.c. has closed the bars and restaurants unless you are serving take-out food. if your bread and butter is serving people drinks like it is here, ed effectively means that you are closed. the district of columbia came up with this plan that they would close the bar areas, and larger restaurants could stay open, and they would spread people out of that restaurant. that happened, the owner of this restaurant got in a little trouble, because he said he was not going to close because that

wasn't fair. the mayor of d.c. pushback on twitter. she said "we will exercise the full force of the police department, emergency management, d.c. health, and the board of alcohol. this quote then d.c. decided to close all bars and restaurants. "our reaction to the mayor's first order was because it did not create a fair playing field for small business. we never violated any order. i agree it probably was not the right thing to post. i sincerely apologize to anyone." he and pretty much anyone on this trip unless they are serving take-out is closed. he had to lay off 150 employees. he's not sure when this thing ends that he will still be in business. >> how far do you go in debt before it is too far? that is what our discussions are about. is it viable to try to stay open and see it to the end? we don't know where the end is. and pretty much everybody i talked to in the industry is in the same boat.

they feel the same way. >> ed: bar and restaurant owners, small businesses said they are watching those to him this package on capitol hill, opening that it will help them. there's a list of d.c. servers and tip workers that you can send tips to try to help them out while bars and restaurants are closed in d.c. until then, these businesses say that they hope that they are still around when this coronavirus and although closures dissipate. speak to so many changes and challenges for everyone. thank you. >> ed: bread, meat, poultry, and for some reason toilet paper flying off the shelves. should we be concerned about a future shortage? >> sandra: joining us now, the chain of seven supermarkets in new york, new jersey, and connecticut. thank you for joining us this morning. >> it is a pleasure. >> sandra: tell us about what you are seeing on the ground

there in your stores. should we be concerned about a food shortage? >> first of all, don't be concerned about a food shortage. we have memorial day coming up. these are all holidays that the food industry has prepared for. the united states has the best system in the world right now. we are getting plenty of food. take a look. here's a fish counter which is doing fine. salmon is a little tight because norway with the european flight. we are getting from canada and chile shipment of salmon. i was lucky enough -- this is our home delivery service. i saw a marker here. this is something he's filling up for customers right now. the big thing is pizzas right now. another thing is chicken. this has been one of the toughest things to get right now. both a rock of the whole thing is the water right now. we're just getting 20,000 cases

of water in right now. that's flying off the shelves. and this is of course -- you can tell people -- the stakes. our butchers cannot cut them fast enough. we are seeing the stables go. starting a home survival kit with some of this. this has quadruple -- >> ed: stew, can you tell us a little bit about best practices? we have 15 days to slow the spread. guidelines about social distancing. people think about bars and restaurants. at obviously impact the supermarket as well. talk about social distancing and what you are doing so that people feel comfortable to come in that it is clean. >> here is our normal customers coming in with masks now.

everyone is conscious of it. i've talked to one of our great wine producers over in italy. italy is about seven times the cases that the united states. she said the bars and restaurants are closed. people are going out to buy things. she was just saying that they want to keep everybody 1 meter apart or about 3 feet. we are encouraging people to keep their distance. cleaning. show them the lysol that you have. lysol right there. >> ed: how many years have you been at the store right now? >> lysol, lysol. anyway, we are doing a lot of cleaning here. we are cleaning all day long. and that is what customers want. shopping carts -- keep your hands clean. that's what we are focused on. everybody wears gloves. >> sandra: do you have toilet paper or paper towels on your

shelf? >> i have four daughters and a wife. i know the importance of toilet paper. i cannot believe that is the number one hardest item to get other than masks for people. we have 12,000 bottles of sanitizer coming in this morning -- hand sanitizer is very big. but of toilet paper is becoming the rock star in the store right now. >> sandra: we appreciate you coming on this morning. final thoughts -- go ahead. >> check this out on facebook. i'm doing daily updates right now. it does seem like things between yesterday and today, things have calm down. they were rattled after trump's speech. things are calming down. >> sandra: i appreciate your time this morning. thank you. mitch mcconnell, he is speaking on the senate floor. >> with out -- without guaranteeing they will have sufficient funds in advance to finance this new employee

benefit. everyone agrees that workers need relief. the republicans are working on bold solutions to help individuals and families as we speak. but small businesses need relief as well. this is literally the worst time in living memory to pile on more burdens that are on a small businesses which are fighting to stay alive. alas -- unless we pack it up with major assistance. y'all know what small businesses are up against. just this week, new york city joins the list of towns and cities across the country where local officials have shuttered every bar in every restaurant for the sake of public health. at 5:00 p.m. today, all public facing businesses in my home state of kentucky will do the same. these job creators are literally be taken off-line by their own governments for the public good.

it's not only bars. restaurants and entertainment businesses we need to worry about. nobody expects main street small businesses of any sort of to hold a kind of cash buffer they would need to remain in business and wait out a national economic disruption that could last for weeks or months. the men and women who pour their entire lives into small businesses do not need any more abstinence. they need help. they need a lifeline. they need to know that congress understands the historic obstacles they are facing. and that we have their back as well. there is no moral hazard here. this is not some rescue following risky business decisions. no one thinks any of this is the fault of small businesses. so while i will support the house bill in order to secure emergency relief for some american workers, i will not adjourn the senate until we have

passed a far bolder package that must include significant relief for small businesses all across our country. as we speak, chairman rubio, senator collins, and others are assembling assistances for small businesses across america. we want to help them survive this disruption. continue to make payroll and avoid layoffs as much as they can and emerge from this storm in the best shape possible. that means an historic injection of liquidity and access to credit. and it means washington working directly with the lenders who already work with these small businesses to minimize the new bureaucracies of the assistance can flow as fast as possible. so we are going to pass the house's bill. it is imperfection to make our mark apprehensive package even more urgent.

so we are not leaving. everybody understands. we aren't leaving until we deliver it. the senate is not going to leave small business behind. this will be just one component of our work. as we speak, chairman grassley and others are determining the best pathway to put money directly in the hands of the american people. those who are employed, those who may be laid off, retirees, disabled americans, families, as quickly as possible. of course, chairman alexander in a number of our colleagues are working on further steps in our public health fight against the virus itself. such is getting more tools in the hands of health care providers. removing barriers to treatment and helping researchers develop therapeutics and vaccines. and chairman wicker and several senators are considering the possibility of targeted relief for key industries that are

shouldering an outsized burden from the public health directives. at which our nation would need to be operational. on the other side of this. we are crafting bold and significant legislation to meet this crisis head-on and to strengthen our nation. the congress has an enormous role to play in responding to this challenge. and we are determined to do that duty. but at the same time, never in our nation's history have americans look solely to washington for answers. that is not who we are. this is no different. even amidst the uncertainty, the american people are stepping up and reminding everyone what solidarity and citizenship look like. my home state, kentuckians are going out of their way to stand with their neighbors. stay at home parents are volunteering to help neighbors with child care when parents are

unable to telework. grocery stores in the louisville area are shutting comic setting aside after they are cleaning so older shoppers and those with underlying conditions can shop first and with less exposure. one local restaurant is distributing free meals to service industry workers. hours have been cut. this is what makes the united states of america what it is. and it is what we are today. generosity, friendship, resolve, and strength. this is not a challenge anyone wanted for our nation. but it is a challenge we will overcome. someday, hopefully soon, our nation will have this virus on its heels. main street small businesses will be thriving again. families will be flying around

the country again to reunite and catch up. we have gotten to this -- we will have gone through this together. in part, it will be because the federal government and congress did our part. but just as important, it will also be because every single american did theirs. some observations about how we will conduct the voting that will likely occur later today with other information of our colleagues. but we will do is have a 30 minute roll call vote. we want to avoid congregating here in the well. >> sandra: you have been listening to mitch mcconnell saying that there will be a vote today moments after he said that, he said i will not adjourn the senate until we have passed a far bolder package that must include significant relief for small business around the country. ed, we are watching the market,

and the improved slightly on that. >> ed: they want to see that washington is listening and not just listening, but acting. if the house voted late friday into the early morning about 1:00 a.m. saturday on what is known as phase 2 of this package. they have been about $8 billion in phase 1. this is a much bigger package, paid leave, free coronavirus testing. it has been languishing in the senate for days now. it has partly been a drag on the market. as you say, the market has improved a little bit on mitch mcconnell's know that they are going to have a vote at least. don't forget, rob portman, the ohio senator was quoted saying that there are about 45,000 workers in ohio who in the last week have now filed for unappointed claims who have been laid off. that is one state, ohio, 45,000. >> sandra: mitch mcconnell saying it small business that we are worried about. small business needs relief now. new concerns about undetected

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>> ed: more than 100 coronavirus fatalities. cases confirmed in all 50 states. how can americans prepare for the virus as it spreads? >> sandra: that is a big question this morning. chair at the american college. and dr. norman freda, board certified health expert. so many questions. i will start first with the big question. how do we know if someone is walking around undetected? to both of you on that. what can we do as we know that so many people can't get tested yet? >> if i could start -- undetected, of course. we have to ramp up testing, obviously if we are going to catch those undetected patients, we will have to continue to ramp up testing. preferably do that in a way that

you've seen a lot of states right now where it is not done in the physician's office or not done in the emergency department, but that in some other venue where people can get tested to, see if they had tested positive for the virus. but not create more congested in either of those areas are be an place where they could infect others. >> it's true. i would like to add that it's very important we recognize that if there are people out there that might be carrying disease, we don't speak or treat them as if they are infected. we speak and treat them as if we don't want to get them sick. it is very important in this climate of social distancing, where there are some stealth cases, we treat others as if we don't want to be the ones to make them sick. this keeps us from being unkind to one another. >> ed: another question, he used to be the homeland security advisor and now on the outside sounding alarm bells that there needs to be more dramatic

action. he tweeted a few moments ago. "let's be clear, it's not that the elderly at risk. 4 of the most ill patients are aged 42-51. unfortunately, very ill." please put that in context. we have heard so much about it, it is the elderly and most vulnerable. that may still be true. why are 4 of the most ill patients at massachusetts general in their 40s? >> that is a very good question. we are asking the same question. the virus may not look the same in the united states as it has in china or as it has in italy. or our preparation and the way that we approach it may change as well. all of those things can weigh into this. what we did see in italy is that there are more younger people who think they have more serious illness. there are some other reasons why this might be true. it was true. we're also seeing as you said in

the united states there are certainly younger people who are getting moderate to severe disease. i don't think that we know the answers. we are certainly looking deeply for those answers to see why that is. >> if i may dovetail on that, i mentioned that we have to think about the compounding variables in their research that we care about. people who are struggling right now -- we don't know what other things are happening in terms of their lifestyle, in terms of their conditions of their heal health. simply by the information that we hear, clearly the variables in our studies. >> sandra: if i could ask you about the psychological aspect of this spirit all of us are inside of our homes. we are hunkering down and calling the grandparents, parents, siblings that might live across the country. we are all worried about so many aspects of getting sick or someone that we know that getting sick or keeping or keeping food on our shelves or

access to medical supplies. what do you tell those that are facing this high level of stress and anxiety at this time that could last weeks? >> this is what i say to everybody. it's very important that we know the facts. there's a difference between facts and feelings. we never make decisions on feelings or fears. there are important places like television and shows like this where we can learn the facts clearly. elementary to those that we care about. make sure that we discern the differences. secondly, everyone of us as a story to tell. a story of anxiety. my practice is all remote now through the internet, through facetime. hour after hour, i'm cautioning patients who are so afraid. they reach out to someone with whom they can share their story, a priest, rabbi, or a mom that can take your fears and all of

your details. the lifting of your fear from a private place to a public abode brings us closer to healing and lower the anxiety that we feel. >> sandra: we were showing a video of someone wiping down the refrigerator. i know for many of us in our home, we wipe down the door handles and we turn around and grab our phone. i did not clean off my phone after i came from the grocery store or whatever it might be. you can really drive yourself nuts trying to follow all of these recommendations that are so important. >> what is happening is that we are developing -- >> sandra: that's okay, dr. jaquis was first. >> that is absolutely true. you can drive yourself crazy. obviously there are some key components of trying to make sure that things are clean and the impact of somebody else's potential infection doesn't affect you. you can only go to a certain point with some of that. i think once you have started to

stay in your house, once your house is clean, certainly when you go out and hit the door washing your hands when you get the door. we will see a lot of our people in emergency medicine and other physicians who come home. the first thing that they made it we do is get rid of everything they were wearing as they were out. some of those things can help. at some point, you just have to say i've done what i can. and not continue with that anxiety of the possible germs that are there. >> what you are talking about is what i call -- classical post dramatic stress response. everyone of us who has been traumatized by a life-threatening event -- that includes all of us these days. something else will go wrong. what i call it is simply that waiting for the next shoe to drop syndrome. we walk around our house saying not me, not this time. it's important that everyone understands that this is a natural response to trauma and fear. it doesn't mean that something is going to happen.

we anticipate that because our brains are wired that way. we are worried about over wiping down sicknesses and countertops. let's also give ourselves a break and remember that so much of this is human nature. we are always waiting for something else to happen. that is not necessarily going to happen. >> ed: dr. jaquis and dr. fried. we appreciate both of you. >> sandra: things for both of you. senators are at capitol hill hammering out a massive coronavirus aid package to get financial stimulus, financial relief to americans. when will they bill actually reach the president's desk? >> coming to a standstill. can we limit the outbreak now that more testing is underway? kellyanne conway sr headliner. she joins us next. >> and we need every american, every american business to step forward and recognize that if we ask now -- if we act now, we can

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there are power outages paid we are also now getting aware that there is a ground stop at the salt lake city airport. there are reports of shaking in damages. the utah governor has just put out some tweets as well. "please stay away from the downtown area while crews assess damage. lest you work in public safety or are an essential employee, remain at home or telework. confirming that 5.27 earthquake out of magna, fell across much of the state he says. follow proper safety measures and the addition of any aftershocks or quakes. this is in from the utah department of health. the state lab is assessing damage and currently down. the poison control center has been evacuated and the utah coronavirus hotline is down. this is a developing situation. we will have more on this and just a moment. stay with us.

>> vice president pence: all of our experts tell us and they advised the president to avoid social gatherings of more than 10 people. if you are sick, stay home. if there is someone in your ho home, contracts the coronavirus, that everyone should stay home. >> ed: president mike prince -- vice president mike pence saying to stay home. >> sandra: is time for our headliner this morning, kellyanne conway counsel to the president. she sits in on the task force meetings but is not on the task force. what do we need to know? >> let the president and vice president of the task force have been saying. these new guidelines from the cdc will actually mitigate this health crisis for many and literally save lives.

we can all do our part by going to cdc.gov, coronavirus.gov. the president has tweeted them out. these are unprecedented times for these virus. we also know about the resilience and the strength and the fortitude of the american people. we know that we are a strong unified nation who will help the elderly who cannot get out for meals, for example. the usda just approved the delivery of about roughly 1 million meals per week to world base to students. i talked to the secretary at the usda. he in fact has his new email that billed that the senate will vote on today at the house passed last week it does include billions of dollars for nutrition assistance for our vulnerable population, pregnant women, women under the poverty line, seniors, children. it includes billions of dollars for vaccines and paid family

leave. we can all do our best to mitigate the health consequences of this virus. our government is working together and with the private sector to end the economic devastation as well. >> ed: mitch mcconnell a short time ago saying there will be a vote later today. we shall see. on paid leave and unemployment insurance that the house is already passed. the president has talked about dramatic relief to the airline industry as well. something in the neighborhood of $50 billion. how quickly do you think the president on the congress working together can act on airline relief -- a bigger package that secretary mnuchin has been talking about? how did that go? >> that's right. early last week or so, the president and vice president also have the airline industry represented here at the white house early on. the vice president went down to miami and talked to the cruise line representatives. we keep bringing these different private sectors here on on the phone more and more.

the social distinct policies. the president is ready to act. it depends on congress. i know that they are working together very well. secretary mnuchin was in the lead. we want to make sure that we are bringing these to this industry. more portly, those individuals whose economic wherewithal is being disrupted through no fault of their own because of this virus. secretary of the treasury mnuchin yesterday broached the idea of checks going to individuals. a whole bunch of economic relief packages are being undertaken. we know that when we say whole of government, whole of america approach that there are many tools at the president's disposal. many tools that the president and congress are working together. "we will be by mutual consent closing our northern border with canada to non-essential traffic. trade will not be affected. details to follow!" that was the president at one

hour ago. how does he believe that will mitigate the spread of this virus? >> for many of the same reasons the president took early action to close on the borders with china. just last week with europe and adding to that list, making very clear that cargo would not be affected and congress and trade will not be affected. this is not punitive. this is protection. for us, the americans to change their behaviors, we also make sure that we are keeping ourselves protected and healthy here. that's a mutual agreement between canada and the u.s. they reached out to prime minister justin trudeau about his wife who has been diagnosed with covid-19 or undergoing a test. and so we continue -- we need americans to know that we are in this together and we can all do our part to mitigate the damage as well. just listening to these briefings. every cabinet agency has a role

to play. i think fema is a very familiar federal government actor. an organization to many americans. they usually see fema get get ready for a weather event. in this case, they see fema being prepared here. we want americans to understand to replace over a panic with preparedness. no one should over panic or reacts to this. >> ed: the president just tweeted out that he will have a news conference. is he doing something else is afternoon? >> stay tuned. the task force will have a briefing today. for the last four consecutive days, the president has let off and has been there to take the questions also. i think transparency has been wonderful for the public information. the president is also looking to speak separately as he wishes. he uses his social media platform all day long. he is very engaged and wanting to speak directly to the public.

i will end with this, too. we are very happy to report that the major networks, radio have devoted time. i want to thank everyone for doing that. everyone has been tremendous. these are would-be competitors as collaborators so that we make sure we are getting that message to the american people all at once. >> sandra: before you go, has the president been briefed on this 5.7 magnitude earthquake in utah? the airport is shutting down a ground stop right now. the coronavirus hotline is down. there are closures and they are assessing the damage. >> he is being briefed, sandra. i learned about it as i came out of the situation room. we have no mobile devices in there. obviously, the space we need is being grieved. we will do what we need to do to help you talk to that prices. even if you're hotline is down there are federal assets in place that you can access. you can go to the website and

called the 188 and number that the fda set up that fema had set up. there are other means if you need information. >> sandra: all right, kellyanne conway at the white house. thank you. >> ed: we are also watching wall street after a big sell-off at the open as coronavirus cases increase, what it's going to take to stabilize the market. we'll take a look at what congress may do. verizon keeps business ready for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business... (second man) virtualize their operations... (third man) and could even build ai into their customer experiences. we also keep them ready for the next big opportunity. like 5g. (woman) where machines could talk to each other and expertise could go anywhere. (woman) when it comes to digital transformation, verizon keeps business ready. ♪

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>> ed: a fox news alert. another rough day on wall street. you can see that ow down over hundred points. doing a little better amid potential optimism about of the senate acting on a relief package has sent senator mitch mcconnell on the floor. still confusion about what the senate is going to do. in the meantime, congress weighs the stimulus package. the coanchor after the bell. he joins us now. obviously, markets are still uncertain about the next move. >> trying to put that together in a timeline has been a problem. you could try to price in an environment where companies are going to make money. how long do you price that in for? how long do we have to deal with that environment has been the biggest question. in the short term, everybody says we will throw that kitchen

sink at this. all terms used on going big and stimulus. we see dollar values of over a trillion dollars. what about the details and a timeline for how quickly that money gets into the system? who gets it? where's the cut off going to be? i think the real concern now for people is a small business. if there is a lot of ideas thrown around about making low interest loans available and also more talk about direct payments to small businesses or grants of some form being part of the stimulus package. people who own, operate or work in small businesses want answers and hope to get them from congress over the next couple of days. in the meantime, the market continues to sell-off. we will get rallies like we saw yesterday. i would point out oil today. it was under $24 which was crazy. we are seeing numbers that make a lot of people -- >> the spike in the fear index reaching new heights.

20% unemployment was what steve mnuchin warned at the white house. he is warning, if we don't pass the stimulus package, that could be the fate of america? >> the treasury department said that that is not a forecast. do your point, it was meant to get people's attention. if you don't act in congress, this is what we might have to deal with. >> sandra: thank you. >> ed: senator chuck schumer is now on the floor. >> there is now a confirmed case of coronavirus and all 50 states and the district of columbia. our public health system was understaffed and under resourc resourced. without intervention, it could soon become overwhelmed. even as the market shifts from day today, though coronavirus is lowering our economy to a near standstill. we are almost certainly anticipating a recession.

you go to the streets of many cities, towns, and villages. they are empty. schools are closed and large portions of the country. businesses are struggling not to lay off workers because they don't have customers. they don't have clients. they don't have income. so there is a great urgency here. they are really two separate and simultaneous emergencies. onone in our health care system and another in the economy. we have to deal with both. if we don't solve the one in our health care, the economy will continue to get bad no matter what we do for it. less tangible than those emergencies, but still very real is the impact of the virus is having on american society. my home city of new york is effectively unlocked down. you can go to a place like times square subway station and see nobody -- actually nobody there.

americans are being asked rightly not to gather in groups of 10 or more. not to go to dinner or to a bar or to their church or place of worship. madam president, i have lived through 9/11. it occurred in my city. i knew people who were lost. i lived through the days of the financial crisis in 2008 and other moments of national emergency. but there is something much worse about this crisis we face. i have never sensed a greater sense of uncertainty, a greater fear of the future of the unknown. we don't know how long this crisis will last. you don't even know if you have contracted the virus right away, or maybe your spouse, maybe your child, it may be your parent, may be your friend. and then come out there is a much greater sense of isolation.

a problem for which there is no cure. i am is not meeting talking to my constituents. they are our lifeblood. it's not just happening to us here in the senate, it is happening across america. friends who used to get together, families who had gatherings -- different social activities are gone. book clubs, card games, the fabric of our lives as human beings has been put on hold. and nobody knows for how long. by necessity, americans are now sacrificing their normal lives and daily routines. and maybe worst of all, sacrificing a sense of community, because we all each individually and together as a country must fight this awful virus. and unfortunately, we're only

just beginning to see than necessary seriousness and mobilization of resources from the government. sadly, unfortunately, and with consequences, this administration took too long to address this crisis peered wasting precious weeks and downplaying the severity of the coronavirus that could have been spent in earnest preparation building our test capacity. as a result, the united states continues to lag behind other countries in the number and the percentage of the population we are testing. stories of americans who feel sick and are showing symptoms but are unable to access a coronavirus test appear every day in every single newspaper. warnings of a potential shortage of masks, hospital beds, and ventilators appear in the paper every day. in 2 weeks, the issue of ventilators and icu beds will be

like the issue of tests today. in other words, 2 or three weeks ago, many of us were saying get those tests out. a month ago, people are saying it. and now we are seeing the consequences. at lockdowns because we can't test people. we don't know who has the virus or who doesn't. well, at the crisis will be occurring in a few weeks. mark our words, unfortunately, it is true about ventilators and icu beds. we are behind the eight ball on tests. we are soon going to behind the eight ball on icu beds and ventilators and more and more people get sick. the administration didn't pay attention to tests. and now we are paying the price. even though many of us were hollering for weeks about the emerging issues with testing. the same problems about to happen with ventilators. we know that in 2 weeks, the number of ventilators might become a massive problem.

we must get ahead of it, and get ahead of it now. i'm calling on president trump to use his existing authority to help address the widespread shortages of medical equipment, particularly, ventilators as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. i joined 27 of my colleagues in a letter to president trump urging him to invoke the defense production act of 1950, which authorizes the president to strengthen domestic manufacturing capacity and supply an extraordinary circumstance. it is used in times of war, but we must mobilize as if it is a time of war when it comes to hospitals, beds, supplies, equipment. and the dpa, the defense production act allows the president to direct the production of private sector firms of critical manufactured

goods to meet other national security needs. at the president should do so immediately. today, a report came out that the army corps of engineers and fema are ready and willing to participate in the response process. the army corps could build temporary hospitals with beds. but they still have not received instructions from the white house, from the administration. i thank the men and women willing to be on the front lines combating the pandemic. but this type of inexcusable action is maddening, infuriating, and must be rectified. lives are at stake. public health infrastructure is the top priority. because if we can curve this virus, the economy will get better. we need to do things to help it, obviously. but if you ignore the public

health crisis with the equipment and infrastructure and personnel that is needed and many more numbers that we have seen, the economy won't get better. so, the legislation passed by the house on saturday, phase 2 of the coronavirus response is a little bit of this. that must pass the senate today. but unfortunately, first, we must dispose of a republican amendment that would make a condition of the bill a requirement for the president to terminate military operations in afghanistan. yes, you heard me right. a republican leadership has put on the floor and amendment that would make a condition of the bill a requirement that the president terminate military operations in afghanistan. in a time of national emergenc emergency -- >> sandra: you have been listening to chuck schumer on the senate floor of capitol hill as we now await a vote on that

stimulus package that is expected to come at some point today. we are waiting on the white house task force briefing at the white house. that will be about 25 minutes from now. >> ed: coronavirus cases topping 2,000 all around the world. the number of infections will search right here at home. where there have now been more than 100 deaths. we are minutes away from update of the white house from their coronavirus task force. we will go there live of course. we also expect to hear from the president separate from that. he could potentially show up in there. as kellyanne conway told us exclusively last hour, she thinks he will have a separate event after that task force conference as he announced a temporary closure of our northern border. welcome to "america's newsroom." a brand-new hour. >> sandra: the president wrapping a roundtable as the white house pushes i capitol hill for a $1.2 trillion

stimulus package. an additional $45.8 billion. counsel to the president president as i mentioned was on "america's newsroom" acting early. i know that they are working together very well. we want to make sure that we are bringing these to the industries and more portly the individuals whose economic wherewithal being disrupted through no fault of their own because of this virus. secretary of the treasury mnuchin broached the idea of checks to individuals a whole bunch of economic relief packages are being undertaken. >> sandra: more at the white house with what we are about to see and hear. >> good morning to you. my sense is that the press confidence that the president was referring to was the task force briefing. sometimes he says press conference when his participation will be at a briefing.

i expect it will will probably see him lead that up this morning. this morning as the coronavirus task force was meeting, the president reading that the united states and canada "we will be, by mutual consent, temporarily closing our northern border with canada to non-essential traffic. trade will not be affected. details to follow!" we will probably get some of those details in the coronavirus task force briefing this morning. the president teasing news from the fda that will likely be announced. he held a teleconference with the airline ceos and also had a teleconference with members of the business roundtable. we are told that it involved 140 ceos including walmart, apple, g.e., gm. jeff bezos was on the call and from ibm and a lot of others talking about how to deal with the economic crunch that we see as a result of all the shutdowns from the coronavirus. though hadas continues to to push the senate to get

on board includes checks to taxpayers. $58 billion to the airlines, $250 billion in small business association loans. and an unclear amount of how much tax deferrals that a tax pay cut. it might be north of $500 billion. adjusting for inflation, that fiscal stimulus package is bigger than the bill to respond to the economic crisis of 2008-2009. the money will be used to keep the economy from grinding to a halt. secretary of the treasury mnuchin warning senators on the republican side that unemployment could hit 20% if nothing is done. the vps chief of staff market short predicting it will not come to that. >> nobody that i know is forecasting 20% unemployment from the coronavirus. this is a short-term challenge. we have seen those curves

8 to 10 weeks overseas where the virus had an outbreak. we need to make sure that the people impacted in the short term get the resources they need in a quick fashion. >> the white house looking for an additional $48.5 billion for government agencies for preparedness and response that includes $16.6 billion for the va. we will likely hear more about that this morning. 11.5 billion for hhs. $3.2 billion for dhs. the office of management and budget here at the white house has directed all federal agencies to maximize -- come up with a plan at least to maximize telecommuting from home between now and tomorrow evening. at the same time, the army corps of engineers likely will get spooled out to create facilities that will take the pressure off of hospitals and other emergency medical facilities. a lot that we are going to hear about this morning, sandra. there are so many moving pieces

to all of this. to put it all together for us in about 20 minutes. >> sandra: we will anticipate that. john roberts, thank you. if the market plunging at the opening bell this morning. here we are 1.5 hours into trading. the dow off 1300 points. that's a sell-off of more than 6%. investors wait to see what happens next with the stimulus package on capitol hill. the chief economic advisor and former chairman of the president obama. good morning. >> good morning, sandra. >> sandra: could i get you to react to what we heard from chuck schumer on the senate floor? he said "we are almost certainly anticipating a recession. he said that there are two separate emergencies. if you don't solve the health side, the economy will continue to get bad no matter what we do for it. do you agree? >> i agree in 2 ways peered that's consistent with the

signal, the alarm bell that secretary mnuchin said yesterday by referring to 20% unemployment rate and a possibility. i agree for two reasons. one is, the globe is going through a recession. two, unless we've saw the health issue, people are not going to reengage in the economy. it is a complete stop of economic activity. we have never seen something like this. and it's very important to ring the alarm bell about the need to minimize damage until we get the health response. >> sandra: we certainly see that alarm bell, mohamed, and see the fear play out in the market without 1320. drop. they're down now below 20,000 it opened below 20,000 for the first time i believe since february 2017. what do you tell people who are appearing their retirement and what this means short-term/long-term?

>> i would tell them that it is totally understandable. you are being taken out of your comfort zone and so many ways, not just what you're saying on tv in terms of what is happening to your retirement. you can't have any aspect of your normal life. you're seeing empty shelves. you are experiencing things that were unthinkable. of course you are scared. but put it in perspective. we will get through this. there is a massive response going on, not just by the government, but by the private sector acting individually and collectively. we are seeing companies put social responsibility ahead of shorter profits. and we will get over this. we will get over this. so hold on. understand fear is understandable. but look at the destination, not just a journey. >> sandra: the wonderful gestures we are saying with their grocery stores and pharmacies that are opening their doors early to the most vulnerable populations so that they can get in there with less risk. to see private business acting like that is certainly an

uplifting thing for us all to see. you are talking about weird easing of the economic response to the virus. we are about to hear potentially from the president himself at that task force briefing at the white house. we know that the market are watching that on the economy depends on that. they will be talking likely about the stimulus package that may or may not pass on capitol hill. what are markets going to be listening for when they hear from the administration moments from now? >> they are going to want to listen to a mind-set shift that has already happened. which is, we need to do whatever it takes -- and all in approach to minimize the damage that we cannot reactivate economic activity until people overcome their fear. and that means containment of the virus and hopefully, solving it. but we can protect the most

vulnerable segments of the population. the canons should protect the strategic sectors. we can help on the balance sheet aside. and to see in all whole of government approach doing that, i think will be really important. >> sandra: i think that cooperation from business that you wrote about it so important. demonstrating a stronger spirit of cooperation. and that is something positive to look at and allow this. mohamed el-erian, we appreciate you coming on this morning. thank you. >> thank you, sandra. >> i think new yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter-in-place order. >> we hear that new york city is going to quarantine itself. that is not true. and i have no interest whatsoever and no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city. >> ed: new york's leadership is not quite on the same page

regarding the coronavirus. the mayor telling 8 million new yorkers to be prepared for a possible shelter i shelter-in-p. there will be no such order without his approval first. the big apple looking more and more like a ghost town. alex hogan is live in times square which is looking pretty eerie right now. good morning. >> good morning, ed. this is one of the busiest crossroad in the world. about 330,000 people walk through times square every single day. but what they don't see is this. a completely bare area behind me. people have been walking through this morning is very difficult to believe. >> it's pretty scary. i'm ready to go back home to tell you the truth and stay indoors. that's a scary feeling. is this what life is going to be like? what kind of future is this? >> am very concerned for other

people's health. i think that we have to be more conscious and try to be safe and everybody safety. >> everywhere you go, this is probably the single busiest part of the city right now and like i said, it's empty. >> changes in northeast and pennsylvania and amtrak's trains coming to a stop tomorrow. new york's subway ridership is down. calling on the government for financial assistance. the maryland governor pushing back the primary from april 28th to june 2nd. expanding unemployment benefits. a drive-through testing center in cape cod, massachusetts, is now open. delaware is seeing cases double with the testing capabilities of its first drive-through. in vermont, the first patient with covid-19 is now in a stable condition in hospital. new jersey residents are taken a voluntary self pilots relation that began today

new york is saying the most amount of cases across the country. adding 1,708. >> ed: alex hogan, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: we are moments away from hearing the president himself at the coronavirus task force briefing. it's expected at 11:30 a.m. eastern time. they are set to give an update on the number of cases. we don't know if the president will appear at that briefing or separately. he did say that we will hear from him that morning. and where they stand on that. >> ed: in the meantime, we will hear from colorado si sena. he is in contact with someone who tested positive for covid-19. we will get his reaction to the latest back and forth between the white house and the senate on this stimulus package. >> we've also talked about a stimulus package to the american worker. you can think about this as something like business interruption payments for the american worker. and they lived happily ever after. the end.

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conference to discuss some very important news from the fda concerning the covid-19 virus outbreak. >> sandra: as drive-through testing sites are popping up across the country and labs across the country working in overdrive, people are having trouble getting tested for covid-19. live in washington with the details on that. david, good morning. >> sandra, good morning to you. we are seeing an increase with positive test. this is not a surprise. the testing is much better and much more plentiful than it was a few days ago. i want to show you some numbers. i want to stress that they are approximate. a lot of data has not been available yet from private labs. this is called the covid tracking project. 60,000 completed tests and 6,000 are positive. 50,000 are negative. 1900 are pending. testing numbers in flux and they

really change hourly. these numbers do not include the private labs. also, the drive-through test that you see in new york and washington state, florida, and a handful of other states are the future of this testing story. in south korea, more than 10,000 people are being tested in this way. the drive-through tests are important. more will pop up. administration officials plan for drive-through sites to come in high demand. >> we expect over the next few days to begin setting up 47 of these in approximately 12 stat states. the material is pelletized and being shipped to the locations. >> there are a lot of people that simply cannot get a test. thousands of people who do not have symptoms are flocking to doctors offices, asking to be tested out of curiosity and fear. the vice president said yesterday at that briefing, if you don't exhibit symptoms, you don't rush out to get a test.

>> you don't need the results of testing to know what you should do. >> but if you do need a test, officials want you to get that test right now. the high priorities are seniors over 65 years old with a fever over 99.6 degrees. health care workers are working closely on the front lines of this battle. back to you. >> ed: members of the house and senate seeing effects of the coronavirus first hand. senator cory gardner the latest after coming in contact with the constituent who later tested positive. joining is now a senator gardner purity is joining us via skype. senator, good morning. >> good morning, thanks for having me. >> ed: i understand you went into quarantine after attending a luncheon with fellow republican senators. what precautions are taking place now? >> i feel fine. no symptoms. i feel great.

this was a phone call i received around 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon from the tri- county health department which makes up douglas county, adams county in colorado and said that one of the constituents that i had met with on march 11th tested positive for covid-19. we had some significant time in the office together. they were of special concern to call me and suggest that i needed to be quarantine. the constituent also met with delegation and one is quarantine right now. >> ed: let's get to the business at hand in the nation's business. markets are watching in the american people are watching the senate right now to see what's happening. so we can get confusing but bottom line, there is one package that the house already voted on early saturday morning. they approved it. they had to make some technical corrections. that has not been adjusted we are told. in the meantime, there's a second bucket talking about airline money and talking about may be something bigger, sending out checks $1,000 or more.

in the meantime, whether both are done in the same package or separate packages, when are you being told us and it will act on at least one or both of those measures? >> they will act as quickly as they can on the house passing bill today. there's no reason why it shouldn't take place. i believe there's going to be at least one amendment. at this and it needs to move. this is beyond urgent. it's beyond urgency. there are thousands and thousands of people that are being laid off that are out of work. they are at home i don't know what to do. we have to make sure that they know that our responses to provide assistance so they can put food on the table and make sure they will make ends meet and be be there for their families. thank goodness it was as strong as it was going forward. >> sandra: we are certainly watching for that action. thanks for the update. we certainly hope you're doing well. >> sandra: he is speaking. >> admission that your hospitals can handle.

and right now, we have 53,000 hospital beds, 3,000 icu beds. that is what the entire country is doing. that's what the federal government is trying to do. what is the particular problem here? at this is a respiratory illness. the people who come and often have an underlying illness. they need an icu beds. an icu bed is the equivalent of a ventilator. it's all about the ventilators. at that why you see so much about how we get additional ventilators. right now in new york, specifically, the rate of the curve suggest that in 45 days, we could have up to an input of 110,000 beds. people needing 110,000 beds. that compares to our current capacity of 53,000 beds.

37,000 icu units, ventilators, which compares to a capacity currently 3,000 ventilators. that is our main issue. and again, that is a projection. projections can change. or you can change projections. by that is the problem we are dealing with. what is the plan of action? flatten the curve, flatten the curve, flatten the curve. reduce the spread. how do you reduce the spread? testing, isolate the positives. but frankly, more move towards density reduction. reduce the number of people in contact. second, increase the current hospital capacity. hospital is currently at 53,000 beds. how do you get more beds in your hospital?

third, identifying new hospital beds. how do we increase the supply of hospital beds? well, that is very hard when you are only talking about 45 days. so what? this is new york. there is nothing we can't do. and, to all of those things simultaneously. which is what we are doing. identifying new hospital beds, we met yesterday on all of the hospital administrators. i spoke to them. i said we have to increase the number of beds that you have in your hospital. we are going to waive all of the department of health regulations for the time being. the department of health says how many beds you can have in a room in the space between the beds -- all good regulations, by the way. waive them so that we can get more beds into existing hospitals. we also have to make sure that those beds are staffed.

so more staff, reserve staff. we are reaching out to retired nurses, retired doctors, nursing schools, medical schools to build up a reserve capacity. because also, you have to anticipate that some hospital workers will get sick during this period so you need a reserve capacity for that basis. how do you create new hospital beds? this is probably the greatest challenge. first, convert facilities and take people who are in current hospital beds and move them into a converted facility who need a lower level of care. second, the federal partnership which is key. and as we discussed yesterday, the state cannot do this on its own. we don't have the capacity. we don't have a workforce. we are very ambitious. we are very aggressive. about the most important thing in life to know is to know what you cannot do. know your limitations.

we can build new hospitals in 45 days. the federal government can be extremely helpful here. and we need the federal government's health. i had a conversation with the president yesterday. we have always had a very good dialogue, even when we don't agree, we have always had a very good dialogue. but the president and i agreed yesterday, look, we are fighting the same war. and this is a war. and we are in the same trench. and i have your back. you have my back. we are going to do everything that we can for the people of the state of new york. and the president agreed to that. and i agreed to that. and his actions demonstrated that he is doing that. i've had a number of conversations with white house staff who are working on this. i had a conversation with the secretary of the army. the president sent the army corps of engineers here this

afternoon. i will be meeting with them this afternoon. i spoke to the president this morning about specific actions the president is going to take. i can tell you, he is fully engaged on trying to help new york. he is being very creative and very energetic. and i thank him for his partnership. as i said while the secretary of defense can be very helpful. the army corps of engineers can be very helpful and fema can be very helpful. and we are speaking with all of them and working with all of them as we speak. and we have been around the clock and the night. so commissioner looks a little tired today. that is why. young people have no stamina. the president i spoke to this morning. he's going to be making arrangements to send up this hospital ship which is called the u.s. comfort.

it has about 1,000 rooms on it. it has operating rooms. and the president is going to dispatch the comfort to us. it will be in new york city harbor. it is an extraordinary step, obviously. but it is literally a floating hospital which will add capacity and the president said that he would dispatch that immediately. the president also spoke about the mobile hospitals that the federal government has, and where we could set up mobile hospitals, where they come in with the mobile hospital that has a capacity of 250 people. i told him president that we would do everything that we need to do to expedite siting of those facilities appeared we are talking about a couple of locations now. but that is also specific and

concrete health and something that we can get done within the 45 days. at the same time as i said, we are proceeding on all of these tracks simultaneously. we have taken on a number of dramatic steps. i think they are necessary steps. you have seen the curve. we can't handle the number of cases in the health care system in that current rate of spread. we have to get it down. we have taken dramatic steps. i have said and i'm going to repeat today. i'm asking all businesses voluntarily. if it is at all possible, work from home. and have your people work from home. we also have already announced a mandatory requirement that all schools have closed statewide. mandatory requirement that no more than 50% of any

government's employees can show up for work. essential personnel, yes. but no more than 50% of city local governments. we also have a mandatory requirement as you know of a tri-state agreement. i'm pleased to announce that pennsylvania is going to be joining our state coalition. that is very exciting, because none of these measures unless you have a large enough geographic basis -- it makes no sense to try to put its own rule into effect or a city to put its own rule into effect because people will just move. if i can't go to a bar in queens, i will drive to go to a bar. if i can go to a restaurant in albany, i will drive. so that geographic footprint by definition is essential for these to work. and frankly, even if i come up with a rule for the entire

state, people will drive to new jersey or connecticut or pennsylvania. that is why the first ever, we have this statewide coalition. i want to thank connecticut governor and new jersey governor very much and pennsylvania governor tom wolf who have been great colleagues. and i thank them very much. again, i'm asking all businesses to work from home. but today, we are announcing a mandatory statewide requirement that no business can have more than 50% of their workforce report to work outside of their home. no more than 50% of the workforce can report for work outside of the home. that is a mandatory requirement. i'm going to do that by executive order. and that is statewide.

that will exempt essential services, meaning, food, food delivery, pharmacies, health care, shipping, supplies et cetera. society has to function. people stay at home. people still need to be able to order food, et cetera. they need to be able to shop. so you have to keep those essential services running. i understand that this is a burden to businesses. i get it. i understand the impact on the economy. but in truth, we are past that point as a nation. there is going to be an impact on the economy. not just here in new york, but all across the country. we are going to have to deal with that crisis. but let's deal with one crisis at a time. let's do with the crisis at hand. and the crisis at hand is a public health crisis. once we get past that, then we will deal with the economic crisis.

there is an older tone and expression that basically says -- rough translation. a rich person is a person who has their health. everything else, you can figure out. and it is true for society also. that's maintain the public health. we will figure out the economy afterwards. we have consulted with a number of business organizations. and i want to thank them for their cooperation and their activity. the business council, the retail council, the partnership for new york city, they are the main business groups in this state. they understand the concern and the crisis that we are dealing with. and they are helping communicate the message. and i thank them for their understanding and for their civic consciousness in this matter. you can see from the number of cases while we are taking these

actions. we are responding to science and data. there is no politics here. the health commissioner and health officials advise us of what we should be doing. the number of cases is way up. the number of cases is up, because we are taking more tes tests. but the numbers are going up. hence, the increased actions to reduce the spread of the density reduction. you see total positive cases, 2300. new positive cases, 1,000. you see the number of counties that now have cases spreading, just as you see it spreading across united states of america. this is just a metaphor for the entire country. you see are a number of tests has gone way up. we have now tested over 14,000 people. that is a dramatic increase. and again, that is why you see

the number of positive cases going up. we have the highest number of cases in the united states. again, by a significant margin, we are about double the next state. i don't know how much of that is due to our increased testing. but we are a more dense environments. we have more people than washington state. so science would dictate -- mathematics would dictate that you would have a higher rate of spread appear to current hospitalizations of 549. again, that is the number we watch, because that is the number that are flowing into the health care system. that is the rate of cases flowing into the health care system. 23% -- we had 20% yesterday. we had 14% last week.

so the number of hospitalizations is going up. and again, this is all about the capacity of the health care system. and it always has been. again, prospective, prospective, prospective. i understand the anxiety. i understand that fear. you look at pictures on television. empty grocery shelves. it is easy to get caught up in the emotion. but you also have to remember the facts of the situation, right? and the facts are still very clear. we know at this virus does. we know who it is. we know where it lives. we know what it does to people. it has been tracked since china. 2,000 cases have been tracked. at 8,000 people have passed aw away. 80,000 have recovered. 113,000 are still pending. we even know what it is not in the state of new york. the numbers we have seen in

new york since it started, 108 people have already recovered and been discharged from the hospital. the first case we had in new york -- which was the health care worker and her husband who returned from iran and tested positive. she never went into a hospital. she was at home quarantined. she has now been recovering at home. she actually took a second coronavirus test and tested negative. okay? so 39-year-old female came home, was at home, was on quarantine, recovered. two weeks later, test negative, which means she has resolved the virus in her body.

right? and now tests negative. and as we have said, 80% of the people, that is what will happen. she was never hospitalized. and she resolved two weeks later. that is what people have to keep in mind. and look. this is a health issue. it's a public health crisis. about more than that, i'm telling you, where stan the virus is the fear that we are dealing with. and the rumors on how they spread. and i'm going to be quarantined. i'm going to be locked out. they are not going to allow me to leave my house. i had better stock up on groceries. that is not going to happen. take a deep breath. we know what is going to happen here. people will get ill. they will resolve. people who are vulnerable, we have to be careful. the panic and the fear is wholly

disconnected from the reality. the only way that i know to communicate it is just what i experienced in my own life. and i get those calls every day. people are just disconnected from the reality of the situation. one of my sisters called me yesterday. i have to have my daughter tested for coronavirus. why? she has a fever. she is sick. she has flu-like symptoms. i said has she been exposed to someone positive? no, not that we know of? did she travel to a hot spot? no. i said then there is no test and no reason for a test. leave her home. help her. be careful that she doesn't infect you. but that is it. and flu-like symptoms and a

couple of weeks, she will feel better. one thing i said to my sister is, don't let her go near mom. it's my mother. my mother is in a different situation. again, senior citizen, but senior citizens, compromised immune systems. don't let her go near mom. otherwise, treat her as if she has the flu. what do i do? what is self quarantine? self quarantine is what we used to do when somebody had the flu. my father would say, go in the room, stay there until you feel better. right? that is crude and soft quarantining. don't get infected. stay away. throw things away. use hand sanitizer, et cetera. that is the reality of the situation. i get to the drama i get the

anxiety. but all in moderation and all in connection with the facts. questions/comments? >> essential services. does that include building supplies stores like home depot? when does this order take effect? for the doctors, obviously health care workers are exposed. they will get sick and resolved. if you have been 14 days and resolved, do you get to return to the health care workforce? >> jimmy, i will answer your question, but i forgot one thing. i want to show you the ventilator. our main scramble now is for ventilators. everybody says, what are the ventilators? this is a respiratory illness. we need ventilators which will actually -- the ventilators actually help people breathe.

this is the machine that you often see in hospitals. it is commonplace in hospitals. it is just on the number that we need is much higher. and any manufacturers of ventilators -- this is a national need. every state across the country needs it. i'm talking to governors across the state. g.e. makes them, phillips makes them. but this is the number one device that we need. because we can create more beds. but it is literally the supply. countries across the globe are all trying to get these devices. that is the main challenge. the question on -- after 14 days if you test negative, do you go back to work? if you to work. is she?

i don't know. >> building supplies stores? >> we will have a full list of essential services. i don't want to get into any specific business right now. we will list all of the essential services. >> do you have any timetable how long the restrictions will last for parents and businesses trying to plan? >> no. although the restrictions are statewide. they will track the trajectory of the disease. if we get that spread down, jesse. if we slow the spread and we can handle it in the health care system, we will relax them as soon as possible. past data, china, south korea shows that if you take more dramatic actions sooner, you actually reduce the spread, and you recover faster. so more dramatic on the front side. the faster you get out of it.

i've also spoken with elected officials all across the state. i have told him that it's 50% mandatory requirement was going to be in place. we have heard nothing but support. i want to thank all of my local officials and thank them for their cooperation. >> can you explain why your resistant to that? >> shelter-in-place first would have to be done -- i don't think any policy works unless the geographic footprint is large enough. i am from queens, new york. if you tell me shelter-in-place, and i'm living in queens, i will go stay with my sister in westchester and go out and have a good time, right? so, it can't just be new york city. it would have to be long island, rockland, westchester and the rest of the state.

shelter in place, you closed on your health care system. you closed on your food system. you closed on your transportation system. >> in the bay area, essential services -- >> depending on how you do it. you closed down businesses. you closed on all businesses when you closed down shelter-in-place. that doesn't make sense to me, because people have to eat, travel, et cetera. doing it this way, all workforce, 50% except essential services -- we will see if that slows the spread. if it doesn't slow the spread, then we will reduce the number of workers even further. 50% can be calibrated. now, you could get to a point -- you can get to 100% of workers stay home besides essential

services. that is what italy wound up doing. and we are at 50% now. i would never shut down food, transportation, and essential services. >> revenue forecast that you know? $7 billion hit -- will that require a flex and spending as you initially proposed? spending for schools? >> that is something that we are going to have to work out in the budget. as i said, the original estimates we did were before any of this. and, any reasonable person would say too high. we will have to do on budget of the best projections we can do and go from there. >> you are reluctant to do that and your proposed budget. >> look, you have businesses closing at people out of work. i don't think now is the time to tell people that we are going to raise their taxes.

[reporter question] >> this afternoon. [reporter question] >> army corps of engineers -- you have dod. you have the army corps of engineers. additional hospital beds -- the mobile hospitals helping to retrofit existing buildings. those are all within the purview of the federal government. >> is that media considered an essential service? do we fall under the 50% on umbrella? >> that is a very good question. we have to ponder that. i think -- are they an essential service? it depends on who you would ask i personally consider it an essential service. i don't know if that is a global definition. >> you getting a cluster in

brooklyn? >> we have heard about that and are looking into that. >> there's a lot of testing that is going on. or potentially one or multiple individuals that have been infected. that is something that is new on the radar. >> westchester was the epicenter. it's moving on to new york city. are you talking about expanding the capability of hospitals? is westchester an area that you're looking at a perhaps opening some new temporary facility? >> definitely. our planning will track -- it's a scientist will track where the cases are. wherever you have a cluster of cases, that's where you want to add to the capacity. you look at how many beds you have and how many beds you may need. new york city is the natural area to increase because of the density. westchester was an anomaly, that

whole new rochelle situation. we responded to it dramatically. i want to thank him who's done a great job. we will increase the capacity on westchester, that cluster and it new york city. we actually have a cluster now. wherever we see these clusters pop up. >> is it just new york state and neighboring -- >> i have not spoken to them about it at this time. to a point where we have agreement. our numbers are somewhat worse. we don't yet have agreement with connecticut, new jersey or pennsylvania. again, on this mandate -- this one is not really geographic specific. because business cannot pick up today, and move to new jersey to get around that mandate. >> moving on the state budget? >> for what?

if they want to do it sooner, great. but the date is april 1st. i'm going to be here. the government is functioning. the government is here. police officers are doing their job. nurses are doing their job. correction officers are doing their job. a lot of people are putting themselves in harm's way. you have great public service heroes. of those nurses that are heroes that are at the testing stations drawing blood. god bless them. this is public service. we will be here doing our job. if they want to come up and do the budget early, fine. otherwise, the date is april 1st. >> are you meeting with them? >> i met with the district attorney and criminal justice experts talking about bail reform. this morning. i had that meeting this morning, sir. >> can you give us an update on new rochelle? is there any evidence that that city has been affected? >> do you want to speak to that,

doctor? >> we are still contracting cases in that westchester area and county. we do see effectiveness of decreasing numbers is happening. >> certain things are inarguable. it is inarguable. to the extent you reduce density. you reduce the transfer of the virus. that is inarguable. closing schools, closing gatherings. that is an arguable. >> expected to be voted on today and passed. do you expect to sign that today? >> as soon as they pass the bill, i will sign it. >> when will people start benefiting from that? >> the quarantined bill goes into effect immediate lead. larger bill we will hold on. that will come into effect in 180 days. >> will people getting checks from their employer as early as next week? >> are there in mandatory

quarantine, and goes into effect immediately. >> what was introduced yesterday had this statewide -- taking effect later. >> we are getting a message that we believe is necessary immediately for the quarantine provision. the other part of the bill does not go into effect in 180 days. it's not necessary to go into effect medially. >> law enforcement, specifically the nypd and state police. the argument of being extra protective gear. also, do you have a plan in place for what happened and any of the officers get ill? >> every police department has been advised to expect people to get ill. you are talking about a public facing position in this environment. so reality would dictate you would expect the number of people to get ill. i have mandated that

new york city and all local governments have masks provided to their police departments. >> do you have any plan should nypd need to cut hours? and philadelphia, they relaxed -- they told officers to stop detaining people for certain crimes. >> i will leave that to the local police departments unless there is a situation that requires state action. right now we are leaving it to the local police departments. >> governor, could you please expand your decision on bail reform? >> we talked and spoke to the issue of divergence of opinion. i said to them, i'm very proud of what we did on bail reform. obviously, there are people who have different opinions on what needs to be done now. it was just a general conversation without a conclusion. it will be concluded in the

budget. let's take one more question. >> you mentioned that 108 people have been released from the hospital. maybe this is a question for the doctor. can i get coronavirus twice or build up an immunity? >> you do build up and of unity to viruses. sometimes it last for years and sometimes for a lifetime. they are out of the woods if they have recovered. that is the positive sign. >> this conversation i had with my sister. if you take your daughter to get day coronavirus tests, and she tests positive, what do you think happens? they send you home. and they say chicken soup and take care of yourself. if it gets worse, and you need hospitalization, call me. getting the test, and getting the result, all it really does is inform us to isolate that person so that person doesn't

transfer it. but there is no medicine that you get for the coronavirus, right? it is just like the flu. the body has to develop its own immunity to that virus. we have been doing this testing to slow the spread. don't go into a nursing home. don't go into a senior care facility. don't expose a person who is immune-compromised, is recovering from cancer, who has emphysema, less respiratory illness. that's all this is. we are going to go to work. thank you very much. >> harris: sorry. yep. okay, that was the governor of new york. cuomo, wrapping up there. 200 couple of things that were very meaningful, as he was speaking. we are a little bumpy off the top here but we are