come up with different ways to make masks a dozen of responses. a lot of creative people out there. thanks, carley. thanks for joining us. hope hav you have a good day, everyone, "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ brian: let's get started. we wine go this fox news alert. more than 14,000 americans now have the coronavirus. a sobering stat as leaders nationwide beg residents to, please, stay inside. ainsley: overnight california's governor gavin newsom said half of the state could be infected if drastic new measures are not obeyed. >> there is a mutuality and recognition of our interdepen dense that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. we are confident that the people of the state of california will abide by it. steve: meanwhile in new york state governor andrew cuomo

cases in new york cases skyrocket as more people are tested. nonessential businesses in the big apple are required to keep three quarters of their staff at home. only 25% can report to work on any given day. brian: but u.s. senators will head to capitol hill to work on help. today they will negotiate a 1 trillion-dollar rescue deal, maybe more. to provide financial relief for all americans. ainsley: as the world's most popular cities remain empty, there is some good news. 86,000 people have recovered from the virus worldwide. steve: meanwhile new reports also suggest that the number of people who died from covid-19 in wuhan, china, the very starting place of this pandemic, is actually lower than was previously thought. apparently, ainsley and brian, you know, initial estimates in february was that the mortality rate was 5.8%. well, now they have looked at the end of february and they

said you know what? it's not almost 6%. it's 1.4% at the end of february. ainsley: yesterday in the briefing the president said we look at the numbers. that is better news than we thought, but he did question whether or not we could trust those numbers. brian: right. just keep in mind, too. want math gets complicated but the more people you test the more people that recover the mortality rate goes lower. so it's now thought to be 2%. now down to 1%. and as these testing is more pervasive, that number should drop even more. as you see, we do have 86,000 people who have recovered after getting it. ainsley: you say the numbers will go higher but eventually drop. brian: more people get it but more people surviving which makes that number dip. steve: today would be day five of the administration's 15 days to stop the spread. we have 15 days of holding our breath. that is what dr. oz told us yesterday. and as you can see he is going to be on the program today along with defense secretary mark

esper. dr. marc siegel, dr. nicole saphier and country music star john rich who has made the decision to pay everybody who works for him even though they are not working. brian: yeah. it's pretty tremendous. you just know these small business us if they are forced to do that some of them will have to shutter. that's why the washington help has got to come right away and got to come to the small business and it better not be going to the pockets of those coos around the country. steve: they have to find a way to suffocate the pandemic without suffocating the economy. brian: yeah. that's true. we will talk about that more over the next two hours and 57 minutes. today negotiations are to begin on capitol hill. over the 1 trillion-dollar rescue deal and this crushing outbreak. ainsley: the white house is also working hand in hand with the fda for a brea break through treatment. steve: griff jenkins joins us from washington with where it stands right now.

republicans, 200 plus page idea has been floating around and today they are going to sit down and talk to the democrats, right? griff: that's right. we will get to that but quickly you mentioned that new drug thing. let me clarify that the president is directing the fda to fast track clinical trials on drugs showing promise to combat covid-19. in particular colo color quinn. it's. >> it's a common drug. safety level has been relatively safe it showed really encouraging results. griff: fda commissioner who also will aggressively pursue that important to the to provide false hope. negotiations are underway on the trillion-dollar plus act. the phase three of the economic relief bill bringing direct financial aid to americans.

here is how those payments would break down. $1,200 to adults or 2400 for couples, plus $500 per child. however, there will be income caps, 99,000 for individual or 198,000 per couple. also adds billions for small businesses or employees, healthcare professionals, hard hit industries and some big businesses. majority leader mitch mcconnell says we have got to act. schumer and pelosi have concerns issuing a joint statement that says we are beginning to review senator mcconnell's proposal and on first reading it is not at all pro-worker and instead puts corporations way ahead of workers. that obviously a colonel, brian. you note. now you have got the top white house folks minute ne folk mnuc. larry kudlow: get some form everyone can agree upon. there is a real sense this has to happen by monday and it cannot sustain these volatile markets, guys?

steve: griff, it sounds like politics is creeping back into it. griff: well it, certainly is, steve. the initial response from schumer was that he was upset he was left out of the drafting. but, that is traditional. now, the question really is whether politics can get out of it by the time they are going to work over the weekend. like i said, have you all the top guys secretary treasurer mnuchin, larry kudlow, hasset and nuland the nuts and bolts guys on this trying to get something they all agree on. we will see if it happens. brian: thanks, griff. you know what's amazing too. i know people can go to perspective corners that's the way we have been dealing with things over the years. kind of cool when you see governor cuomo going out of his way to praise the president even when the mayor does and see ilhan omar say i looked at this package, i saw what's done already. and she went out of her way to tweet praise for the president. steve: she did, indeed. and so the president is, you

know, i think it's a good idea that they have these press conferences every day so that the american people can be up to date. is he surrounded by his medical a team and all come up one at a time when appropriate to give us updates. and yesterday it was about these drugs that could be used and could be helpful a ray of hope. ainsley: yeah. he was talking about -- they looked at the map and they looked at where the numbers are down in certain countries and they thought why? why are the numbers down there. and then they started looking at some of the drugs that people deal with or take there and malaria is a big issue in certain parts of the world. some of those areas they are seeing lower numbers. steve: right. ainsley: started looking at malaria treatments and certain drugs he says he is going to try to fast track available to anyone with corona here in the country. they had their press briefing and we all watched it. here is a clip from it if you didn't get to see it. >> i think there is a great spirit where the democrats, the republicans, and everybody else

they are getting together and they are trying to get things done. but, most importantly, the american public has been incredible. we taofrbgt best economy we have ever had and we said stop, you can't work. you have to stay home, you know. there has never been a case like this. normally you pay a lot of money to get things going. here's a case where we are paying a lot of money to stop things because we don't want people to be together. nobody has ever seen anything like this we are doing the right thing. our big war is not a financial war. it's a medical war. weave to wiwe have to win this . steve: and he is now a war time president. as we have heard and this goes back over a week when there were limited tests. the more that the tests are becoming available, the higher the numbers are going to look. but dr. fauci made it very clear we knew that all along. but the impact of people sequestering themselves and isolating and staying away by

social distancing is having a real impact. he said it might not feel like it when you are sitting on the couch, but trust him, he says. this is how we can do it. brian: all right. so let's take a look at how many more fests we got. testing in the u.s. taps 100,000. 50 % jump as promised by the vice president in a 24-hour period and just looking overall that means about 103,000 have been tested. an increase pretty significant and 89197 have tested negative. waiting on 3025. one thing i see a variation some people say they got a call in two days. others say waiting four days. one of the complaints from the governor in conference call. i love the president is doing that urge interests different from maryland all have the same focus. listen, you got us the test. now we need the agent that's going to give us the results of the test. can he get that to us and get to us right away. every hospital says we need more

equipment. the defense mobilize things like g.m. facilities in order to make more masks and more gowns and more of the medical equipment needed to treat everybody. because we are anticipating more will need treatment. ainsley: the vice president talked about that at the press briefing yesterday. he talked about all the different companies here locally or in the united states that make all the masks. and he said they are increasing a lot. so we are going to -- it's going to take a little bit of time. but he is on it. did you see the cover of the "new york post"? this is so sad. this is a family in your state, steve, new jersey, four people died of the coronavirus in this one family. steve: yeah. they were just having regular tuesday dinner together there were a dozen people there and apparently one man in his 50's who had underlying health issues apparently also had the coronavirus. the number of that family all perished. it is a tragedy coming out of new jersey. meanwhile, dr., ambassador deborah birx made it more clear

with more testing the numbers are going to go up. watch. >> i know you are watching the data carefully. you can see the dramatic increases in the number of new cases. based on our ability to test additional people. and this will continue over the next two to three days. i really want to applaud the front line healthcare workers. the nurses and the doctors and the testers that have really prioritized and the american people who prioritized those with symptoms. the number of tests positive is increasing. that is a dramatically important signature that everybody is doing their job. brian: shows that the test they have confidence in. made it clear that the test was offered by the world hession offerings to us. they didn't have any confidence in the test. as far as they know they weren't ao*efpbl offered that test. when they first started the cdc and offered the test they had hiccups. enough to they have one they have confidence in. here is the great thing about having a test. you know if you are infected or not. you know when to quarantine and

when not to quarantine as opposed to i don't feel great. just to be sure i'm out. now you can say pol pull back. let's get ahold of them and continue. we can't get an action plan if we don't know the answer to the test let alone get a test. that's what is so encouraging. steve: also i was reading in the "new york post" this morning that apparently there is a company that is going to start selling through the mail a test you can do yourself. do you, however, need a prescription. yesterday, lindsey graham was on our program and then he was up late with hannity and he knows exactly what the prescription is on this virus. listen. >> we're gonna counter attack the virus. we're gonna starve it, we're gonna bomb it and we are going to kill it. the way you starve it, as you stop human-to-human transmission. shroerbld starve the virus. the way you bomb it is drug therapies that you were talking about. we are going to bottom th bomb l

out of it take it from a 10 to a 1 or 2 and eventually kill it with a vaccine meantime stabilize the economy and make sure you have income coming to the fact that you lost your job through no fault of your own but containment policies pay dividends paying for them now. ainsley: if you were watching the press briefing yesterday did you see the market continue to group as they assured the american people that we are going to get through this and melania released that psa yesterday saying we are not going to live like this forever. watch this. >> that changes need to be made now, this is now how we will live forever. our children will return to school. people will return to work. we will gather at the places of worship, concerts and sporting events again. i urge you to stay connected to family and looed ones through the video chats, phone calls, social media and other safe technologies. stay safe.

and, remember, while many of us are in part we are all indeed together. steve: that's a really good message. so many of us are in our houses kind of self-isolating and we feel so alone. but, just remember, there are people in millions of houses all around america and around the world doing the exact same thing because, according to the experts that social distancing, cleaning me from infecting you is how we bring this thing to a halt. brian: we are all doing the same thing so many people going to school online slowing down the internet massively. asking netflix to push back on streaming. that was a problem with my cable operator yesterday. they basically lost internet connection for a while because people are online doing anything. whether they are communicating or actually in school. ainsley: yesterday at the grocery store. i go every day to walk in and pick up essentials or things i'm world about running out of it or just to check the shelves to see

if they restocked things i want. they had a box extra large and one was medium. everyone in the grocery store was wearing gloves and purell next to the gloves. things have changed. steve: they have indeed. it's all about being safe. we have got to take care of ourselves because if we don't, who will. ainsley: do you guys think this is -- after this is all over, do you think more people, more business its we can save more money if people work from home. steve: 100 percent. we are trying to figure out how to get cameras into our houses how so we can do it. brian: i had to make my adjustment. i usually see jillian and rob. you guys had to do a show so i didn't get to see you. jillian: good morning. yes, that's right. we have a daily meeting in the hallway with brian. good morning. a look at your headlines. lebanese prison is released. suffering torturing palestinians

when he served with lebanon's military in the 1980s. he denies the accusation. president trump says he is on the way home. >> i'm very grateful to the lebanese government, they worked with us and we are very proud of his family. they stood by him so strongly. jillian: an american navy veteran is being temporarily released in iran amid the coronavirus outbreak. michael white was let out of an iranian prison to get medical treatment. he has been detained since 2018. the state department says white was wrongly arrested. they are working toward his full release. 2020 hopeful joe biden picks up two big endorsements from former rivals. >> i'm suspending my presidential campaign and offering my full support to vice president joe biden in his quest to bring our country -- jillian: hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard backing the former vice president after dropping out of race. senator kirsten gillibrand is also endorsing biden. in connecticut coronavirus concerns just pushed back the

april 28th primary to june. and then there is this story. family celebrates their grandma's 95th birthday from a safe distance. watch this. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ happy birthday dear grand imagine ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ jillian: grandma burns sons and grandchildren all surprising her singing happy birthday on her front lawn as she stood on the porch quarantined in new york. she said she loved the surprise. jillian: they were standing about 5 feet apart too. steve: just shows you that the american people realize that people who are over 65. particularly the elderly with underlying health issues we have got to isolate them and insulate them from people who can give

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[applause] ainsley: that is video out of amsterdam people going out on their balconies and door steps to cheer on healthcare workers, putting themselves at risk to combat the covid-19. and they are not alone. people all across the world are taking a moment to praise the brave men and women on the front lines of this crisis. joining us now is one of those heroes, patricia howard director of emergency supervisors at the university of kentucky healthcare system and former president of the emergency nurse's association. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for inviting me. ainsley: we are just hats off to all of you. we know you are all helping so many people and trying to get people healthy again. what are you seeing? have you seen anyone with corona? >> yes. we have seen patients with the coronavirus here in our emergency department. ainsley: how do you protect yourself? >> personal protective equipment

is essential in our roles today. we have done many things to make sure that our staff are staying safe. certainly they wear their correct personal protective equipment as recommended by our protection and prevent and control group as well as following the cdc recommendations. >> do you have enough equipment? >> we have enough equipment but certainly our supplies are being very guarded. we certainly would like to have more equipment. i think that's true around the world. no one feels a surplus of personal protective equipment at this time and many places are feeling the shortage very, very acutely. ainsley: patty, i know have you had 35 cases in kentucky. two deaths that number just increased this morning. do you know any of these individuals? >> i do not know any of the patients individually, no. ainsley: did anyone pass away in your hospital? >> we have not had a death in our facility to date. ainsley: well, listen, what y'all are doing, i mean, this is very scary and i know when you go to work you don't normally think about things like that but

things have changed in our country. tell us what the nurses are going through. >> yeah, the nurses are being hyper vigilant about their safety and the safety of their patients. that's one of the things very important to focus on is we are very aware of you who we need to work to actually protect our patients, or family and loved ones. ainsley: what's going through your family, patty, why do you do this. >> i do this because i'm an emergency nurse. we prepare for these types of events. this is the work we do day in and day out. we prepare for when crises like this hit our country. the american nurse's association hebrew phenomenal in making sure that we have the right resources and we are prepared even before events like this hit we are prepared. we know how to manage ourselves. we know how to respond to these crises. and, they provide a great support to make sure our members have all of the up-to-date information. ainsley: any last message for americans that are watching today? >> i think the most important

things for americans is to stay home and take care of yourself. if you stay home and monitor yourself and only seek care when you absolutely need it, it helps all of us because none of us are unnecessarily exposed. and so we want you to stay home. protect yourselves, protect your families. because if you stay home and are able to manage your symptoms at home? it will help us really stop the spread of this virus. ainsley: okay. thank you so much, patty, for being with us. god bless you. may god protect you throughout this difficult time. >> thank you very much for inviting me. ainsley: you are welcome. amid the panic and all the fear, there are also messages of hope. coming up next, we will hear one man's story of recovery after being diagnosed with coronavirus. open road and telling peoplee that liberty mutual customizes your insurance, so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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ss brian brian next guest tested positive for covid-19 after coming back from california with his wife. a response to what seemed like a minor bought of the flu can be credited with stopping the virus in its tracks. joining us now to share his story of recovery is john o'neil. 69 years old in the bracket which oftentimes gets it the worse. what made you think that you might have this virus? we had recently spent two weeks on vacation in california. like i said, i was worried about

my -- you know, possibly having something to be going to a medical facility and stuff then that morning i got a text from my son-in-law that rancho mirage where we had spent a lot of time and had dinner there four times. we had done shopping in the area and we had gone to two movies there that they were reporting first two coronavirus cases testing positive that morning. with all of that information the medical staff decided yes we need to test you. i went in and they did the broad spectrum viral thing first to make sure it wasn't influenza a and b and about 12 other viruses think accessed me and two hours later the results come back. the doctor and nurse came in very seriously and said you are negative for everything that we tested for. now we have to do the coronavirus test. as they were, i'm sure that time

just making only using the test where they had to use them. but i was the first one that they tested, they told me. brian: so you go to california from minnesota to visit. that's in february 19th. you return home on march 4th. you start feeling aches and pains, so you go and find out how to get tested now. so you go through the easy stuff to find out you didn't have the regular flu. how hard was it to get a test. >> correct. brian: how hard was it to get a test for corona? that was first one at that point in time they all decided they should use that test on me. brian: you got the test and how long until you found out that you were positive? >> okay. that was tuesday night at about 7:30 when they got the test. and i did not get the call until approximately 5:00 on friday from the mcroom. the doctor that took care of me

there called and told me. offered to do anything i needed if i needed anything. we talked about the state would be calling, which they did call within probably a couple minutes of him getting off the phone with me. brian: so you self-quarantined when you got the test. your wife did not test positive. what was it like having this how do you compare it to just being sick or having the flu? >> basically i didn't think it was anything. i just had a few body aches. and i looked -- ran a temp it that was probably at the very highest was 101. it was usually about 100.1. maybe up to 100.8 or something. it wasn't that much of a temp. i felt like crap but i ate good. i had a good appetite and everything else. so, i thought it was fine. but i have 8 grand children. and my wife is an extreme germ phone.

and anybody sick she runs -- rules with an iron fist when somebody is sick especially for that many grand kids. >> she is built for this. she is okay. are you testing negative now? >> yeah. she is okay. from the minute i was diagnosed that we were called by the state department we were told exactly what to do we were also told that she should stay in one room of the house and use one bathroom and i should stay in another room and use another bathroom and we should wear face masks for her protection. i laughed and said yeah 68 years old and we still have to use protection. brian: okay. [laughter] calm down, ainsley. that was very funny. lastly, you are okay. you test negative and you are okay now? >> me? brian: yes. >> my wife has not been tested. brian: what about you? >> no.

the test kits are so scarce and chemicals to process them are so impossible to find that they have said they will not waste one to test a retest. brian: all right. >> so they go strictly off the quarantine dates that the cdc is giving them as to when i am safe to leave. brian: right. >> they released me from quarantine it was last sunday. and i still didn't go out of the house until tuesday to do the press conference public health. brian: as you mentioned before. it's a shame we both missed saint patrick's day with our last names but we will remember this one forever. john o'neil, so glad you are okay and shared your story with america. can you get it, can you get a test and can you recover. and you are living proof. john o'neil, thank you so much. >> yeah. you are welcome. just stay home if you are sick and don't be running around. as this thing gets worse on the healthcare workers and everything else.

if it snows, shovel the snow. later on maybe go mow their lawn, help them out. they are going to have a tough time through all of this by helping each other as friends and neighbors, we will get through. this. brian: you got it. john owe neil, very optimistic, appreciate it. meanwhile your questions about coronavirus are pouring in like what can you do to strengthen your immune system amid the pandemic? dr. mike joins us with answers right after the break.

ainsley: your questions about the coronavirus are pouring in today. steve: here to join us is dr. mike. >> good morning to you. steve: first up an email from michael. what simple medications can we take to help avoid covid-19? anything we can do to strengthen our immune systems? dr. mike, i was at the grocery store yesterday. it was almost cleaned out of vitamin c and the orange juice is gone. >> well, i have some good news for you there, you don't need to take any specific supplement in order to keep your immune system healthy. in fact, we as doctors in the community sort of laugh when we hear supplement companies making immune boosting claims because if you overboost your immune system you actually develop an autoimmune condition when your own immune system attacks your own body like psoriasis and

crohn's disease. this is not something we want and no miraculous products do that for you despite what the marketers may tell you there are a few things can you do to keep your immune system optimized. that is getting enough sleep. 7 to 9 hours. if you are on or about getting 6 hours or less of sleep you drop your immune system cells called natural killer cells by up to 50%. nutrition is important. fruits regular tablts very important. exercise. just because your gyms are closed doesn't mean you can't get your exercise in. do calisthenics plenty of youtube or go for a run no. rules about going for a run. please, go outside and exercise. and the final one is despite what we want to do with alcohol, we should not be overdrinking during this time quarantine. when you drink at high levels it stkrupgts the cells that we know as mono sites which is white blood cells that protect you and keep in tip top shape as well.

brian: take note. this is from sandy. sandy says is a higher temperature the first sign of the coronavirus? >> not necessarily some may have a low grade temperature. your previous guest. mentioned his temperature was 100.1. technically medical standards a fever begins at 103 or higher. three main symptoms that coronavirus seem to be experiencing in this order is fever, cough, and shortness of breath. do they have to have all three? not at all. will some parents have a sore throat, runny nose, absolutely. our bodies react differently to these viruses and we have to be accepting of that if you are feeling mild symptoms. the first thing you do is contact your health professional for further guidance. brian: i just have a quick follow up to that. there is a story out today that says digestive unrest could be the first sign that you have it. have you heard that. >> yeah. absolutely. there has been some evidence showing that this virus effects

your digestive system. in fact the third most common way this virus spreads is through the fecal oral route. those under quarantine do not share a bathroom with those that are healthy. ainsley: email from angela. are those who test negative only virus-free at that moment in time should they still use social and hygiene recommendations because they could contract the virus at any time after a negative test. >> absolutely. that's why those who are asymptomatic should not be going out and paying for extra testing. here is what happens. they get the test. they find out they are negative. they step outside, they can now be positive for all we know. so now they are possibly spreading the virus even further. we need to maintain the social distancing no matter if we're asymptomatic, mild symptoms, or extremely sick. i mean, especially if we are extremely sick. if you are wondering if you should get tested based on your symptoms. the answer always comes down to contacting your local health department to figure out what your plan of action should be.

steve: finally, dr. mike, if you have your annual checkup scheduled karen has emailed us within the next 30 days, should you keep it or reschedule it. i think we know the answer. >> yeah. i'm a primary care provider. i love when patients come in for preventative visits like this. this is not the time for it. all elective visits. annual physical visits should really be pushed for at least a month while we figure out the situation so we can protect everyone flatten this curve and really get this coronavirus situation under control. ainsley: hey, dr. mike, i know about 2,000 kids have gotten it and 6% of those pretty serious according to the journal of pediatrics. what do you think about play dates? can our kids if they are stuck inside. if we have a friend who lives next door county kids play together? >> i wouldn't recommend it. i think it's unnecessary risk at this time. especially because kids touch everything and anything. while the kid may not have serious symptoms. they may pass disease to the parent. i don't want that because then again we're adding to that burden on our healthcare system.

steve: all right. dr. mike, thank you very much for joining us directly from your office. thank you, sir. >> thank you. brian: there is no co-pay during this pandemic time we hope. jillian mele, you are upstairs. you have been following other news while we were talking to the doctor. jillian: let's begin with this. the state department issuing the highest travel warning telling americans abroad come home or stay put as worldwide deaths reach 10,000. in italy covid-19 killing more than 3400 people surpassing the number of deaths in china. italy now calling in military tanks to remove bodies from hospitals and homes. california democrat dianne feinstein, the latest senator scrutinized for stock sales before the market crash. she and her husband sold as much as $6 million of stock in the first half of february. according to the daily beast. love ler sold millions of stocks following a private senate meeting on the coronavirus. her husband is the chairman of the new york stock exchange.

a spokesperson says the sales were handled by third party advisors. senate intelligence committee chair richard burr sold more than a million dollars in stocks. he says the transactions were made weeks before the market crash. people in california are ordered to stay at home. but, main dispensaries are open for business. they are labeled as essential healthcare services that means they can stay open along with groceries and hardware stores. stores must limit the number of customers inside at once. and everyone must stay 6 feet away from one another. and how about this? an incredible act of kindness toward service workers during the coronavirus crisis. a stranger walking into arizona restaurant and giving every employee there $100. the man was visiting from minnesota. careful handling that cash though. steve: yeah. but that helps. still 100 bucks. ainsley: thanks, jillian. steve: turning now to extreme weather. powerful storms and possible tornadoes hitting the south. ainsley: meanwhile a winter storm slams the west all on the

first day of spring. brian: adam klotz is here to explain it all he joins us from the weather center as the system is moving east, right, adam? adam: that's absolutely right. big weather system. we are seeing storm reports across a wide range of the country. storm reports over the last 18 hours and looking from texas stretching all the way up into the midwest and back off across the plains. some of the hardest hit areas are going to be because of winds and that's going to be in the south. video of that coming in from arkansas where have you seen a bunch of storm reports. that video showing damages, homes being knocked down. winds reports yesterday up over 60 miles per hour gusting. 70, 80 miles per hour. these are really big powerful winds. this is the system that is still on the move. it's one we are going to be paying very close attention. to say when you see that very strong frontal boundary out in front of this. maybe it's nice where you are '70s, 60's, back behind it cold as can be. we have seen snow across the mountains because of this. here is your futurecast, put this into motion for you. this is going to be sweeping to

the east. back side a lot colder air. the biggest thunderstorms today guys sweeping across the southeast so we're talking about again, alabama, georgia, getting up into tennessee. those are areas we will be watching today. steve: keep an eye on the sky. adam, thank you. brian: that was adam klotz in the weather center. i still do not know where that is it looks great. ainsley: social distancing. brian: military taking action here at home to combat covid-19 with thousands of guardsmen activated and two of the navy ships set to dock in some of the hardest hit areas. still ahead, insight from defense secretary himself mark hesper live with us. ainsley: michigan school bus company is stepping up to make sure students in need still get the meals they need to stay healthy. that incredible story coming up next.

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steve: as more states order schools to close over covid-19, concerns mounting for students to depend on their school's free lunch program. ainsley: last year over 21 million american students received free lunches, in detroit one company doing its part to make sure no child goes hung grill. steve: student transportation brian flag and the company's

community regions manager walker joins us from detroit. good morning to both of you. ainsley: good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. steve: here is one of things that a lot of people don't think about tarry, that is the fact that while the schools are closed, for a lot of the kids, particularly in the detroit area, sometimes that school lunch is the only hot meal they get during the day. >> yes. that's correct. steve: you came up with this plan that not only keeps your drivers driving but the kids fed. what are you doing? >> well, our goal here is two fold. one is to provide for the continued nutritional health of our students and the financial help for our employees. what we're doing every morning, can you hear that activity right now in the background is we are lereleasing our drivers, they ae going to 15 school-based kitchens and picking up more than 1500 breakfast and lunch meals to be delivered to home i

bounhomebound students. ainsley: wonderful program. you used to drive the kids to school. when the governor shut down. you operate one school district in detroit and feed the kids. tell us the stories. we take it for granted. we go to the grocery store and trying to stock the pantry. there are some parents out there that don't have that luxury. tell us some of the stories that have touched your heart. >> well, what's happening right now shut schools are closed here in michigan as you stated. as in many states. everyone is homebound. grocery store shelves are empty or near empty. and we are providing that value -- that needed food service with door-to-door delivery. so, families don't have to go out and risk the challenge of catching an infection. steve: tarry, you make the deliveries to the homes so the kids can eat. any news about the parents? anything for the parents to eat?

>> well, it's part of the program to provide meals for the parents but we do provide additional meals for any children, school-aged children that are in the household. ainsley: tarry, why do you do this? >> oh, because it's a necessary -- i mean, at the end of the day, we go to the grocery store and we are able to -- a lot of people are able to stockpile and have additional food, but when you are on a very limited income, sometimes you are not able to buy in advance. we want to make sure that these kids don't go hungry. ainsley: thank you so much you are angels, god bless you. >> thank you. thank you all. steve: big show left to go. two more hours straight ahead.

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cuomo also tightening regulations in new york as cases skyrocketed last night. nonessential businesses in the city required to keep three quarters of their staff at home. but there is no lockdown. ainsley: u.s. senators will head to work under capitol hill under negotiation a 1 trillion-dollar rescue deal that could put cash in the hands of americans that are affected by this outbreak. meanwhile the world wanted most recognizable cities have empty streets as 86,000 people recover from the virus but that's worldwide? steve: that's right. new reports also suggest that the number of people killed by covid-19 in wuhan, china, the epicenter of this pandemic is actually lower than was previously thought. welcome to hour two of the special "fox & friends" where we are social distancing. it is day five of the administration's 15-days to stop the spread and so we have got a great lineup of guest to tell you exactly what's going on with

the government. ainsley: we have defense secretary mark esper. we have dr. marc siegel, dr. nicole saphier and country music star john rich. brian: right there. are so many different aspects to this story. number one, the lockdown. number two, the shelving of our entire economy, how we are responding to this. and, of course, everyone doing the home schooling. people isolating themselves. people teaching home school from their homes. there is so much different aspects to it. yesterday we were struck by dr. oz who joined us and said, listen, i'm not doing my show. somebody tested positive. we have done enough shows. we have put them in the bank and i will continue to join you from his library. so let's bring in dr. oz. he joins us again to provide his expertise and to continue to cover this moving story. dr. oz, we're getting on top of the testing and we're getting more results, and, yet, there is some good news, the mortality rate is dropping, right?

>> dropping because we are testing more people who are healthy. i will tell you there was massive, massive news overnight on this french study that came out the night before. but people are finally getting to be clear on what it really means. and just to be clear, they gave two already existing medications. these medications were in remarkably effective in reducing the viral load in people who had coronavirus, the covid-19. and by six days the people who were given the two drugs had none of the virus remaining and the whole course of the treatment they had less virus, which means we could actually make this virus behave a lot more like the flu virus. if that's true then the fda. ainsley: what's the drugs one a drug used for malaria chloroquine and a drug brought on the market in 1955. the other drug is z pack. so two already existing drugs. we know their profiles are very safe. they have been used very widely

and the combination initially used in france has been used in israel and other countries. was finally studied in a plushed paper. not published yet but shared because it's such important news has caught the attention of the administration. the fda says we'll fast-track it. we have got to double-check it because you don't want to make a huge decision based on one paper. if this bears out, it's incredible. ainsley: what does that mean, fast track, does that mean they don't have enough right now for all the cases in america? >> no. it means that they have got to really demonstrate to the comfort level of american regulators that this is a safe combination and has the impact that was revealed in this first trial. brian: so this is the brown that is also looking for partner to help bring it to market, corre correct? >> there are business issues as well because you have to produce enough of the product to ainsley's question to satisfy the national need. but this is the first time i have seen news that makes me think oh my goodness we don't have to wait for a vaccine. we have been having tantalizing

ideas, but these guys actually plush data from a respected institution that they can change viral load. there is a change -- outcomes of patients? we don't know that yet. there is lots of questions remaining. the fact that you could drop the virus amount that you are secreting that much? this is why it is also important. it turns out a lot of people that have covid-19 are secreting virus for 20 days. that means the period of time have you got to be away from everybody else may not be 14, it might be 20 days. that's a lot of time to be out of circulation. if this combination changes that, it also will make life loot easier, changing the quarantine period. steve: that's probably one of the reasons wife if people look in the corner of the screen right now the dow futures are way up. they were up about 800 an hour ago, dr. oz. now they are up over 600. it looks like a really good open for today after rough kind of week or two. now, you were on the program yesterday. and you said something that was so impactful and -- two people

mentioned it to me later in the day. it's all about the social distancing. and when we are going through right now. where we are self-isolating. and you said if we can just hold our breath for these two weeks, it's going to have such a gigantic impact not only on the country but the world and the economy. >> we are going to go through a painful period. we can do it quickly or slowly is. when you are giving somebody a shot yo you don't put it in sloy it hurts longer. thrust it in and needle it out everyone is happy. the period of time we will have to buckle down sun clear. in california they said pretty much a month. i think within two weeks, we will have a lot of insights about where we are headed. the 14-thousand number that brian mentioned at the outset is actually a good number. it's not skyrocketing as much as it could have. if that number were 40,000 today that would be a very different place. that 14,000, where are we going to be tomorrow or a week from

now. 60,000 or 30,000? if it's the lower number we are bending the curve down. more importantly we are giving science a chance to win. this study, additional ones that will be coming out over the next few days or like most weeks are going to tremendously change our perspective on how to treat this can you imagine if covid-19 behaved like the flu virus? would we be doing this? no. let's let science make that come to fruition. ainsley: yesterday the president talked about mask and the countries thacountry companies d around the country and increasing production of these masks. at war with no ammo. doctors say shortage of protective gear is dire. the lack of proper masks, gowns and eye gear is imperiling the ability of medical workers to fight coronavirus and putting their own lives at risk. do you agree with that? >> i 100 percent agree with it. i was talking to physicians all day yesterday who were complaining about this very issue. talking to people on the front

lines. >> a beautiful op-ed by dr. tkpwreugz in the "new york times." she used to be one of my medical students on the show in medical unit. we have got a problem. we need more help. and across the board there is the emotional toll this takes on clinicians when you know what to do but it's hard to do it because you don't have the equipment to manage these folks. it's going to force us to challenge two realities. one, we have to get the supply chain up and running. the federal government doesn't have much really when it comes to supplies. most of it is actually in the private sector. and we have got to open the spitting completely. flood the market. we cannot have too many masks or protective gear for our docs. if the docs and nurses go down we are down. brian: that came out in the governors with the conference call yesterday. requesting the same thing. south dakota and governor noem says listen i hope because we are a small state you are not ignoring me because we need it. obviously new york needs it the most. california the second most by purely the numbers. i'm wondering, doctor, we know where the suppliers are.

we know that they can make some money in doing it. what is the holdup because we have already had the defense authorization to allow the conversion of these plants to do this at a high speed. >> you have got these gargantuan facilities that you have to do exactly what they produce. they know that's what the country consumes. then you say you know what? we actually need 100 times more. you can't just gear up. when we got ready for world war ii. you didn't just gear up in a week and get going. it took months and months to get this country's work capacity up. we are not building tanks we are building masks, i get it. it takes a while. these companies are desperately trying to do it. i have been trying to procure those same products for people who need it. it's hard. do you know who has them? china. we are going to china for some these solutions. test test test testing kits that are available in china are cheaper and already made because they were thinking they were going to use them. as the coronavirus has basically died out in china nau they have extra capacity. steve: one of the things on the

program you were talking about yesterday were the images of spring breakers down in florida and elsewhere where they were not practicing shoerbld. the message you gave us was that the millennials, you thought, were starting to get the message. yesterday, before the president's press conference governor andrew cuomo had a preference. his 22-year-old daughter a millennial was seated right next to him and he said this about young people getting the message. listen. >> these pictures of younger people on beaches. these videos of young people saying this is my spring break. i'm out to party. this is my time to party is so unintelligent and reckless i can't even begin to express it. i'm governor of the state. i can order a quarantine of 10,000 people but i can't tell my daughter to do anything. from soon as they could crawl, i

used one line. what is the one line i used to say? >> risk/reward. >> risk reward. risk/reward. steve: dr. oz do you think given the fact that the cdc came out and said people under 50 getting sick is higher than we thought? is that helping them get the message? >> not really the group at risk is 30 to 50-year-olds and talking about teenagers. your college correspondents, published an op-ed yesterday in the washington examiner on this very issue. and i don't think the governor is absolutely right about the risk/reward comment. he raised a great family. i don't think he is right about kids being unintelligent. they are uninformed. living in a bubble. reckless all teenagers and young people again z's and uninformed they don't appreciate the massive risk they are bringing to our country. what oliver said in op-ed

hearing it from young folks. you see it shifting, this sour chance to shine. we can finally be adults, real adults grow up and lead this country. we will one day take the mantel of responsibility the baton to lead. let's start today. let's define our generation differently. it's going to happen. by monday you will not see kids jumping up and down on the beaches in florida. brian: they are as smart and as any generation and number two if you walsh them at war and watch what our military has done with those same millennials, you know what they are capable of. so, it's going to just relay the message. can we get some questions? ainsley: sure. >> one last thing if i could say one last little thing i want to give a big shout out to the president's council on sports fitness and nutrition. ivanka trump wrestled the group together. creating a ton of material for the youtube channel president's youtube channel geared for

millennials for again z's to get them to think it's cool to do the right thing. get them to shift behavior. brian: youtube is the right venue. ainsley: what about camping? isn't it good to be out in the fresh air. >> 100 percent. social distancing is easy when you are outside. see a change with the summer. get the virus and plump and can't travel away from each other. go outside and play with yourself outside by yourself. brian: and go shoot a basketball just don't get in game. doesn't mean you can't go outside and shoot baskets or juggle a soccer ball. kathleen writes if it's true the coronavirus will likely die away when the summer heat comes. why are outbreaks occurring nouriel in warm weather countries and i would add that warm weather states? >> happening because of travel from cold weather states.

australia clearly these folks traveled from northern countries that were still cold. the southern states are paying the price for what happened in the colder weather. steve: email from alan he says in 2005 my 63-year-old wife had the lower left lobe of her lung removed. she is healthy but is she at a greater risk and, also. what about people with asthma? it's a two-for question. >> sure. 100 percent increased risk because she is over 60 and she has already had some lung issues. cardiovascular disease though is the number one risk factor. dramatically change everything. when you have your arteries damaged. this virus creates this cascade of inflammation that closes off those arteries. however, asthma doesn't seem to be as much a problem. whatever you use as a rescue near you those patients do well. steve: that's good news. because there are millions of people, but the key is managing your as marks right? >> stay ahead of it. same for allergies and everything else. stay ahead of your issues that

are chronic irritants and they won't become big irritants if you get covid-19. >> your son is going to take after you. he was so precious. weighs on our show the other day and he is at harvard your alma mater. >> he loves you guys. thank you for hosting him. ainsley: you are welcome. brian: pick up his column in the washington examiner. dr. oz, talk to you later on radio. >> that's right. i will see you later, brian. take care, irving. >> the trucking industry is feeling the impact of covid-19. one driver going nonstop because many rest areas are shut down and she is going to join us live next. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life.

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ramps up to deliver essential goods that we all need. truckers reporting issues like some rest stops are closed and ramped up restrictions at the loading sites for disinfection. truck drivers ed and tracy zimmerman join us right now. they are on the road. i think you are on 77 out by mount airy right now, right, tracy? >> correct. steve: okay. what are you hauling today? >> we are hauling. >> refrigerated pork right now. >> yes. steve: all right. very good. ed, tell us about some of the trouble. everybody has gone to the store and seen some shelves out and that kind of freaks us out we are thinking they are running out of stuff. they are not running out of things per se but there are some questions about the supply line. and you are part of the chain of supply. so what is the hardest thing you are coming up against as you try to get your products to market? >> the biggest thing right now is the fact that the reasons

stores are out they are buying abnormally. they are stocking up, hoarding it. there is plenty of food in the supply chain. it takes time to get from the plant to the warehouse to the grocery store. and when people buy extra and hoard it up that puts abnormal stress on the chain and things have to double up and takes a little time to catch up with everything. steve: tracy, tell us about some of the hurdles you have faced because i have heard that some of the stops have been closed because they worried about infection and things like that. >> well, when we go into our customers, they are having us fill out a questionnaire and asking us questions if we have been sick, have we had a temperature? where have we been? and then we just hand our paperwork and go back and wait in our trucks and call us when they are done. there is a little bit of a longer wait now because there are so many trucks bringing products in to the warehouses.

but overall, i think it's going really good. it's a lot better than it was the first couple of days of the shutdown. steve: that's good news. the administration is trying to work with the american trucking to make sure the supply lines are open: how about places eat. >> one of the problems we are running into a lot of chain stores that won't let us walk up to the drive-up windows but there is a lot of the mom and pop local restaurants that have putting signs up saying you are welcome to walk up call us ahead of time and we will bring the food to your truck. >> there are several police departments throughout the state helping truckers find safe places to park. restroom facilities and even taking the drivers to get food or bringing food to them. that's really nice that the community is really stepping up to help the truck drivers. steve: that is terrific. as i look at the two of nut cab of your truck. you essentially are doing what a

lot of americans are doing right now which is they are isolating at home together with their loved ones. their husband, wives, partners, children. what. ed, what's the secret to being with your loved one for so long in a confined space like that? >> it's most of it is just being able to get along with each other. when we are at home we do have a little bit of alone time. when we are out here, we work as a team. we have been doing 10 years agency and it works for us. >> communication is a big key. you have to like the person you are stuck in a 4 by 8 space with. ed: no kidding. folks watching in this house is closing in on me. you are in a 4 by 8 space year around. that's really something. tracy and ed, good luck to you. thank you very much for joining

us today. on the road down around mount airy, north carolina. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. steve: all right. 7:23 now in new york city. straight ahead, defense secretary mark esper is going to join us with how the pentagon is fighting the pandemic. and offering forgiveness to go. you are going to meet a priest who is holding confession in the parking lot.

♪ ainsley: church goers practicing social distancing as church services got cancelled across the country. one priest offering drive through confessionals. saint edward the professor which is a parish in buoyy, maryland. good to see you. >> good to see you. thanks for having me. ainsley: you are welcome, father. you found a loophole. we are not supposed to gather in big groups but you still are able to do confession. why are you doing this. >> yeah. it happened last weekend. you know, it's really hard on a priest not to be able to give the blessed sacramento i bless n

the mass. 10 minutes before we are supposed to be doing regular confessions on saturday at 4:00 p.m. i grabbed some cones and put them in the parking lot and then a chair. and i had a seminarian with me i was giving direction. to say if any cars show unjust send them through the cones. i will keep a 6-foot distance and they rolled down the windows and they can go to confession. then he would hold the other cars back so no one would overhear the confession of the person in the front car the one that's is basically in the confessional lane. ainsley: a lot of people have been doing this? >> well, ever since this thing went viral a lot of people showed up last night. we were packed last night. we went for about an hour. i lost track of the cars. ainsley: can you tell us what most people are confessing? [laughter] >> nope. [laughter] >> good try. ainsley: don't have to tell us their names. brian said you can't. i'm wondering like we were talking earlier during the commercial break how are these couples dealing with this?

quarantine in their house together and steve just did this interview with the truckers. i thought they might confess that. >> yeah. so i could tell you this. i can tell you this. people have -- when they drive up, they are so grateful that they get to talk with somebody. ainsley: right. >> especially a priest. because, you know, people love their priest and when they get separated from their pastor, it just causes an ache in their heart and it creates an ache in the pastor's heart. and it wasn't even a catholic, i think, who first saw me out there. it was some other some other christian denomination. she came up and said i love what you are doing and she took a picture. and yadda yadda yadda here we are on "fox & friends." ainsley: i love this story. i'm protestant so i think i know that in the catholic church can you either choose when you go to confession. can't you sit on the side where the priest doesn't see you and

then. >> correct. this was a problem. ainsley: yeah. >> you have to give an option for people to be anonymous. the seminarian tells me blindfold yourself if you want to go anonymous. ainsley: gives you a cue for the drivers drives up. >> i don't even look over at the cars. the seminarian tells me, you know. i don't even see whose car it is or anything. so then i put the blindfold on and then they pull up and then -- we did that a couple of times last night with the blindfold. so, and it worked. and so i just keep my, you know, keep the mind fold on and that does the trick so we can go anonymously in addition to doing face to face. ainsley: father, i love that you are doing. this if someone wants to come to one of your confessions, which is the next one? >> well, it's basically our mass schedule. ainsley: okay. >> so any time you would have been having mass at saint edwards we are having confession. so it's going to be 8:45 a.m.

this morning. i think i got your fox affiliate coming out here and do an interview beforehand and then, so then we do that and go through the thing. ainsley: do you have it listed on your website. >> i just hear confessions until i'm done. ainsley: okay. father, thank you so much. that's so nice of you. >> you are most welcome. yeah. a pleasure. god bless you guys. hang in there okay? ainsley: god bless you. you as well. >> all right. god bless. ainsley: thank you for being with us. the military helping to take action to combat covid-19. two navy ships set to dock in some of the hardest hit areas. defense secretary mark esper takes us inside the operation. that's next. you've got it all.

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brian: as coronavirus case us spike around the nation. more states deploy the national guard. governors in arizona and ohio for example among those activating troops. steve: highways normally jam-packed with traffic meanwhile are normally empty as you can see there in los angeles yesterday. people are heeding the warning to stay at home and the governor has ordered california, essentially to shelter in place. for a while. ainsley: that's right. whole state. businesses around the world taking extra steps to stop the spread. this mcdonald's worker you can see passing food with his latex gloves on. brian: yup. and in the netherlands worker

cleaning shopping bins with a giant sterilization truck. steve: kid's ball pit cleaned by workers in hazmat shoots. ainsley: that's good. those things can be gross: steve: sir, good morning to you. >> good morning to all of you. steve: mr. secretary, tell us about the state of this particular crisis right now and how guardsmen are being activated. >> well, look, obviously, we are a national crisis with regard to covid-19. i'm confident at the end we will all be okay. we will get through this. but, dod has been busily supporting the inner agency whole of government effort ongoing now for several weeks. we are contributing to this effort by adding manpower, medical equipment, supplies, our own we searchers who are pursuing vaccines and therapeutics, the army corps of engineers and as you mentioned the national guard. we now have 4,000 guardsmen in

31 states. helping governors and the people of those states. steve: are they properly protected with enough gloves and masks and things like that. >> they are. we he provided personal protective equipment to do it. and at the same time, we have offered up to hhs up to 5 million respirators and offered gowns and gloves and all those things. we have offered nearly 2,000 of our portable ventilators. all the equipment we can put forward from our strategic stockpile to help out in this crisis. brian: they have taken you up on it. >> we have. we had a very good interagency team effort. the president has demonstrated excellent bold leadership in this crisis. the whole team is pulling together working closely with the governors of the states to make sure we support the american people. ainsley: mr. secretary, i have a friend who works at the v.a. she says the telemedicine will be wonderful because they can chat via skype and the patients won't have to come in because they are worried bin perfecting one another. she says it's really tough getting through that red tape. it's going to take a long time getting approval because you are dealing with medical records.

what do you have to say to those v.a. workers and our veterans that would love to have this? >> telemedicine is a great way to go. we have been experimenting with it for some time now particularly when you think about deployed troops that don't have access to sewag surgeon mel care. working with the v.a. on a number of issues like that. i have known secretary wilkie many years. is he doing a great job. that's an example of a technology that we need to continue and accelerate so we can stay ahead of this crisis. steve: mr. secretary, i think it was week the pentagon ordered no domestic travel for personnel which delays all permanent change of stations and things like that. what else have you discovered since that order has gone out. >> several weeks ago implemented pandemic response plans giving authority to the commanders and services at all levels to do what was necessary across the board for dod we did stop all movement between the united states and abroad. and then a couple days later

within the united states, trying to at the time contain the virus and we were largely successful. and now we are doing everything we can to mitigate the virus. and so, even at the pentagon we are practicing things like social distancing. wiping down doo doorknobs and te tops several times a day. do i do teleconferences. pushing really hard. the president's call to all americans and dod pursue the 15-day plan try not to gather in groups of more than 10 people. we self-isolate. self-quarantine. all those things we can do to break the spread of this virus. brian: turns out you are in the middle of the storm with china. we definitely think it's a military enemy that you guys will plot and plan against should that ever happen. but they also blame you. china is blaming the coronavirus, get, this on an -- it's an american disease that was introduced to the country by the u.s. army, members who visited the wuhan province in october. did you really start this

disease and give it to china? >> no. that's completely absurd. you know, if the chinese government had been more transparent early on late fall, december at least. all of us, the all of the nations of the world would have been able to get our arms around this and contain it in china where it began and stop its propagation around the world. i called my counterpart the chinese defense minister and offered up the united states' assistance to them with regard to understanding the virus and researching and supplies and whatnot. to say have somebody like that from the chinese government come out and make a statement like that is completely ridiculous and it's irresponsible and it doesn't get us to where we need to be. at this point we all need to be working together. we need to be very transpatient. we need to be sharing information on vaccines and therapeutics and do everything we can to get this virus under control quickly and get back to normal. ainsley: the very u.s. army members that they were blaming they said spread the virus, they were sent over to go and help? >> well, i offered u.s. military assistance, u.s. government

assistance to the chinese government. steve: also, i understand, you know, the state department, mr. secretary, is telling americans either to come home right now or just to shelter in place. but and so it's making -- it's making -- getting test swabs from italy to the united states for testing more complicated. i understand according to peter navarro that apparently the united states is going to be receiving a million nasal swabs and the u.s. air force is going to be involved in this particular mission, right? >> yes. we have already been involved in that mission. we last weekend we moved over a half million test kits from italy to the united states for further redistribution. we have another mission planned. again, it's what we do to help support the inner agency effort to help protect american people. we will continue to support those efforts or as we bring americans back home support housing them on our bases for the self-quarantine. we have 1500 americans on 400 of our bases around the united states, again, trying to help take the load off the civilian

infrastructure. brian: wow, tremendous. meanwhile, the defense department was brought up yesterday by mayor de blasio i is calling on the military to be deployed to help build hospitals in new york. last night there was a spike of 57% in new york city which has the most cases. have you gotten that call and if you did, what would you do? >> well, i have spoken to many governors to include governor cuomo. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff spoke to mayor de blasio. what i said to governor cuomo we are willing to offer whatever we can to assist the president has already committed the hospital ship comfort to be in new york. we have alerted her. she is going to be getting underway. just after the end of this month and early april. i have also spoke to the governor about offering up the army corps of engineers. the head of the army corps was up there three days ago and had a very good working session with the governor. we plan on working closely with them as they identify college sites such as college dorms or hotels.

the army corps of engineers go in contract renovate and turn them over to the state. all about freeing up bed space to paeurbtsdz identified as having coronavirus or on the back end recovering from coronavirus. we plan on doing that at the same time i spoke to both the governors of washington state and california. we hope to deploy, aim to deploy the mercy early, early next week and get her underway to one of those two states to help out as well. brian: yeah. he wants it in los angeles. mr. secretary, what's stopping you from doing it? do they think it's not needed yet? are you not sure about the plans yet? it seems like you guys are all ready to do it but no one is doing it. >> no. there is nothing stopping us. we have put units on alert that are preparing army units with regard to the field hospitals. so they are assembling and preparing to pack up. the big challenge we have, of course, i have mentioned this, before is that doctors and nurses the medical professionals we use to staff up these hospitals the majority of which will come from probably the reserves. we are being very careful,

cautious we call up reservist to work in these units we don't pull them out of civilian hospitals to rob peter to pay paul if you will. ainsley: right. mr. secretary, how is this affecting our operations overseas in the middle east. >> well, mission number one for the united states military remains ensuring that the american people, the country and our interests abroad are protected. i can assure the american people we are well on top of that. otherwise, the practices we have instituted it regard to kwaurpb taoepbg of folks going in country or out of country underway. we do do that to protect the force. i have been very clear with my commanders and leaders priority number one protect troops and families. priority number two is to ensure our national military capabilities are intact and number three make sure we are fully supporting the whole of government approach being led by the president. brian: there are some positive tests on ships though, correct? >> we have had, to date, 67 positive tests of service members. they have been quarantined and taken care of. i have spoke to several of them on the phone. they are all doing well. they are all doing well and we

are blessed with having a young fit population ohio think will farewell throughout this virus. steve: we know you have got your hands full with a lot going on. secretary of defense, mark esper, sir, thank you for joining us today from the pentagon. >> thank you. ainsley: toss it over to jillian who has headlines. jillian: begin with a devastating story. four members of new jersey family have died from the coronavirus. vincent, his brother, sister and mother all passing away days apart after contracting covid-19. three siblings are now hospitalized fights the deadly virus. two are on life support. nearly 20 other relatives are quarantined at their homes awaiting test results. state health officials believe the virus was shared at a recent family gathering. a pakistani doctor arrested at a minnesota airport is facing terrorism charges. the former mayo clinic researcher admitting to fbi informants he wanted to carry out lone wolf attacks in america

for isis according to prosecutors. at the time of his arrest, the 28-year-old was allegedly trying to fly to syria to join the terror group. he was working in the u.s. on a visa. 2020 hopeful joe biden picks up two big endorsements from former rivals. >> i'm suspending my presidential campaign and offering my full support to vice president joe biden in his quest to bring our country together. jillian: hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard backing the former vice president after dropping out of the race. senator kirsten gillibrand also endorsing biden. in connecticut coronavirus concerns pushed back the april 28th primary to june. and then there is. this country music star zac brown gets emotional as he is forced to lay off crew during coronavirus outbreak. look at. this i have had to let go about 90% of my family. the longer that america doesn't take this seriously, and doesn't stay in and try to contain, this the longer that everyone is

going to be out of jobs. jillian: brown postponed the first part of his tour last week. he is urging everyone to take social distancing seriously. a look at your headlines, guys, send it back to you. steve: he is trying to get the word out. thank you very much, jillian. it was yesterday that the surgeon general said he would like to have the young millennial influencers put the word out. people like kylie jenner about stay in your house and stay away from people. ainsley: not a bad idea. steve: it is. meanwhile, we were talking about this. hospitals are running low on some supplies and rooms as they try to keep up with the growing number of virus cases. dr. marc siegel says they need all the help they can get and he is going to join us next. brian: and unveiling phase 3 of the covid-19 financial relief. including checks for most americans. when will that vote happen and why are some republicans not for that ask senator john barrasso.

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ainsley: healthcare workers reported explaining of supply shortages as they combat the coronavirus while the president moves to ramp up production. brian: fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel joins us now. dr. siegel works at nyu.

that's his other job. now he is informing america about this job. dr. siegel, you forecasted trouble. how bad is it? >> it's bad and it's getting worse. as you said, brian, we have seen 60% increase in cases in new york overnight alone. we have close to 4,000 cases in the new york area. 6500 cases in the three states, new york, new jersey, and connecticut. we have 100,000 hospital beds in new york city. and new york general area. but that is actually isn't going to be enough. given the number of people with covid-19 who end up with pneumonia or associated complications. we are seeing it effects not only the elderly, unfortunately. the vast majority of cases are still mild though. i want everyone out there to know. we need to gear up hospitals. the president invoking the defense production act the other day which was originally bought in 1950 in response to the korean war was an extremely smart move because it will allow -- it will compel businesses to pony up the kind of supplies we need in hospitals that we are not getting, brian.

we are not getting the supplies we need. ainsley: so yesterday the vice president said that 3 m used to be making 35 million masks every year. he said he has increased that now to 420 million masks per year. honey well, he said they re-purposed a factory that is destined for mexico. they are using that factory now to make 120 million masks per year. so total what is that 540 million -- or 540 masks a year. are we going to run out of these or is that enough to battle this? >> well, you know, ainsley, the answer to that is are they going to be used appropriately? are people going to use them who don't need them. it's healthcare workers that need them the most and of course patients who are sick. i'm talking about the n-95 respirator mask which actually stops viral spread. that has a filter in it. that's what workers need if you are going to be on the front lines taking care of these covid-19 patients. we need the masks, we need gowns, we need gloves, we need

full suits in some situations. we need ventilators. we are going to run low on ventilators and one other point i want to make. i think people in the community that we want to shelter in place with the virus, i want to have the ability to check their oxygen level remotely. we have the ability to do all of that but we don't have the supplies. steve: let's see what the government is going to do. all right, marc siegel, thank you very much, sir. >> very important. thanks, guys. brian: final hour a lot of big guests senator john barrasso will us with us from wyoming. dr. nicole saphier will be taking your questions and pete hegseth getting ready to host his 8 hours of shows over the weekend and he will be joining us. john rich all here live. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try neuriva for 30 days and see the difference. dealing with our finances really haunted me.ttle cranky.

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download the blood donor app. visit redcrossblood.org or call 1 800 red cross today. you can make a difference. brian: we begin with a fox news alert more than 4,000 americans have now tested positive for the corn it's a sobering statistic -- steve: 14,000. brian: it's a sobering statistic as leaders nationwide beg residents to please stay inside. steve: overnight california governor gavin newsom saying nearly half of his state could be infected if drastic new measures aren't obeyed so he's telling people to stay at home. >> there's a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment that we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. we are confident that the people of the state of california will abide by it.

ainsley: the sites across the nation are unreal look at that washington d.c., the national mall turned into a ghost town basically, and boston traffic on the busy bridge practically cleared out during rush hour, and here in new york city, the so-called fearless girl statue is now wearing a mask. brian: today, $1 trillion rescue bill maybe a little bit more will hit the negotiation table on capitol hill that could help put cash in the hands of america's most impacted by the outbreak. ainsley: we now know worldwide, 86,000 people have recovered from the virus. steve: that is good news and this morning, new reports suggest the number of people killed by covid-19 in wuhan china, is actually lower than previously thought, they thought it was something like 6%, but by the end of february the chinese say it was actually 1.4%. one other bit of news and that is regarding the state of texas. governor abbott yesterday declared a health disaster there , first time since 1901, by

executive order he stopped dine- in service at restaurants and bars and schools are closed, and he banned gatherings of more than 10 people in the state of texas. brian: now in california it's not a total shutdown. you're still allowed to go to grocery store, pharmacy, farmers market, convenience stores and still go to restaurants that deliver, or takeout, banks or laundromats so you can still do some stuff, they just don't want you hanging out at all. i wonder if that also says no exercise outdoors. ainsley: even though they have not done that in new york city it's basically what everyone is doing especially in these three, the tri-state area, connecticut and new jersey and new york. brian: but ainsley you know better than me the apartments in new york are so small and cost so much, it's bad enough you have to live there let alone stay there, for 20 hours a day, that's crazy. steve: they do say you can go to the park and walk around just keep your distance because they were talking yesterday i think it was governor cuomo was

talking about he just doesn't get these groups of people that are congregating in the parks, way too close. ainsley: the apartment buildings are doing just to your point, brian, they have different measures, now they aren't delivering the boxes to your front door, the doormen are holding your boxes you have to pick them up so it's not exchanging too many hands. one of my friends called me yesterday and said i just heard in my apartment building someone has it so she left to go stay with her mom and dad, in pennsylvania. she left a week ago so she think s she's okay. steve: well the key is that we all self-isolate if we have any of the symptoms, call your doctor, of course if you've got teledoc, that's absolutely great because we're just trying to do the social distancing as dr. oz said an hour ago, we just need to hold our breath for these 15 days and by the grace of god, we will be able to change the trajectory of this. ainsley: we're ready to get to the other side but in order to

get there we have to go through these difficult times. steve: meanwhile the white house is working hand in hand with the fda for some sort of a coronavirus treatment. brian: there is progress there. this as negotiations begin on capitol hill over $1 trillion rescue deal for the crushing out break. ainsley: griff jenkins joins us live from washington with more on this measure. griff: yeah, those negotiations starting very soon this morning a white house team led by treasury secretary mnuchin will start with key republican senate republican democrats to get this phase iii trillion dollar-plus rescue package called the cares act into final passive legislative form by monday. it's a massive effort to save the u.s. economy, small businesses, devastated industries like the airlines and the american people, the center piece being those direct payment s to every american earning up to $75,000. here is how the payments break down. $1,200 to adults or 2,400 for couples, plus $500 per child ; however, there are caps

beyond 75,000 it's reduced by $5 or 100 earned over 75k, then at 99,000 per individual or 19 8,000 per couple, they get nothing. the majority leader mcconnell said it's time to act but two of the four corners of washington, schumer and pelosi have concerns , issuing a joint statement saying we're beginning to review senator mcconnell's proposal and on first reading it is not at all pro-worker instead it's puts corporations way ahead of workers. meanwhile on the health front the president started directing the fda to fast-track clinical trials on drugs showing promise in combating covid-19, in particular an anti-malaria drug called chloroquine. president trump: the safety level we understand relatively well is safe and it showed very encouraging early results, really encouraging. griff: but the fda commissioner also noted that it's important not to provide false home until

they get the final results, but watch that building behind me, the capitol because they have a tough task, they have little time with these markets tumbling day after day after day, and you have to get to 60 with only 53 republicans and two are in quarantine, rick scott and corey gardner so democrats are going to have to get on board and do it quickly. brian: instead of just leadership, griff i understand mitch mcconnell wants two dozen lawmakers in at the table negotiating together, some say that's not wise, but he wants everyone to have buy-ins, but this type of event and he also wants everyone to stay in town and not go home and leave it to leadership. griff: it's a unique strategy, usually you want a smaller group to try and move things quicker; however in this case, everyone. there's not a single person denied that we're on the front of a really damaging moment in our history, and so his thinking is get everybody together, the larger the better. steve: yeah, griff, thank you very much. ainsley: thank you, griff.

steve: there's a bit of news out of new york. a majority of new york cities 700 hotels are expected to close in days because as the owners struggle to reduce the losses, 80% of 55,000 hotel workers will be laid off within a week. that's one of the challenges facing the lodging industry. we had about an hour ago, ed and tracy zimmerman on with us, they are a husband/wife trucker team and joined us via skype from north carolina and they told us that there is no shortage of food, in fact in their refrigerated truck at that moment they had poultry and pork and they were hauling it to markets to put it on the grocery shelves but there has been a lot of restrictions put on them that have impacted them in the past week or two but it seems to make it a little better. >> the biggest thing right now is the fact that the reason stores are out is because people are buying abnormally. they're stocking up and hording

it. there's plenty of food in the supply chain. it just takes time to get from the plant to the warehouse to the grocery store, and when people buy extra and horde it up , that puts an abnormal stress on the chain. >> there are several police departments throughout several states that are helping truckers find safe places to park, restroom facilities and they're even taking the drivers to get food or bringing food to them so it's really nice that the community is stepping up to help the truck drivers. brian: if you don't have the truck stops i get a loss of those truckers who listen to the radio show and they say they shutdown the truck stops we can't eat. we have to gas up, so there's got to be something they can do, for example, i'm sure the truck stop people want to work obviously, and the truckers need help, we need food so maybe they can put the phone number on the outside, text them what they want, deliver it like everybody else because they can't really call ahead of time, i would

imagine because nobody has truck stop numbers so i think there's something that has to be worked out but addressed immediately. ainsley: that is so scary brian they are saying they are driving down the highway and they could run out of the gas because the stops are closed? steve: they also the government is working to make sure there is enough gas and food for everybody. one of their problems ed and tracy said was that a lot of the mom and pop places are providing food but a lot of the chains because they are in 18 wheelers they can't drive around to the drive-up window and you can't walk up to it so that has been challenging. ainsley: she said some people have been so sweet some of the restaurant owners put up signs saying we will bring you food to your car, give us a call , we'll make it and bring it out to you. that's a great interview good job. brian: let's bring in dr. nicole saphier always answering your questions every single day as well as the new developments. just for straight up quick question, yesterday they came out late that one of the first early signs that you might have

it might be digestive issues. have you found verification on that? >> so that's right, yeah, actually they have put out a lot more data from china and other reports across the globe that about 1 in 4 people are actually presenting with gi symptoms which tends to be those that present with gi symptoms may actually indicate that they are going to have a more severe course of illness. steve: doctor, you were coming to us from your home in new jersey. the big story in the new york post today is horror hits home. four people in one family die of coronavirus offer what started to be, they thought it was a normal tuesday night dinner. a dozen people around the dinner table, and yet apparently one of them a guy in his 50s with underlying health issues had coronavirus. nobody knew it, and now, this tragedy has occurred. >> that's right, steve. you're also from new jersey and this story highlights something extremely important to have one

large family. they were altogether for a big family dinner within the last week or two, and now they have four family members which have died, there are still a couple more on respirators and about 19 -20% are still having pending testing so they are all self- quarantined but this highlights something so crucial right now. the importance of social distancing even from your loved ones because just a simple family dinner has reeked havoc across this entire family and it's devastating. brian: i don't know the details but i'm wondering if there were no underlying issues is this a strain that is stronger than a different strain? ainsley: exactly because nicole you don't normally hear four people dying, i mean that's the first time we've heard of this , right? >> you know, this is very hard to dissect. we don't know anything about these people. we know there was a mother and three of her adult children have died of this illness so the mother we can only assume was elderly, one of her adult children we're told had chronic medical issues, we don't know

what they are, we don't know about the siblings, we don't know. so i'm not going to try and draw some conclusions. the bottom line is we do know about 6 in 10 americans do have chronic illness, and about 4 of 10 americans actually have two chronic illness so just that alone does put certain americans at vulnerable risks for severity of infections. steve: we've got some e-mail questions for you, craig, says i keep hearing to wipe down counters. if my girlfriend and i are already isolating ourselves, do they still need to wipe down the counters? >> really good question, and who knows. i continue to wipe down. we are locked down in our house right now but i'm wiping down surfaces multiple times a day. the way that i think of it is and what i keep telling everyone else is just pretend that you are infected with the virus, those in front of you are and everything else has it so it's a good idea to still just tip use to wipe things down. chances are things are clean, but it's not going to hurt to continue practicing these safe

hygiene rules. brian: let's open up to your questions from john. john says when we received the ups or fedex package what should the protocol be about unpacking? since the virus could be on the cardboard or on the items inside. this is a very common question i'm getting right now and i really think i need to get a camera crew out to my house so you can see what i'm doing because my mother asked me if i was doing what i say i'm doing and the truth is it's comical but here is what i'm doing. we're doing no contact delivery meaning they drop the package off on my front doorstep. i go outside, i open it up, outside, i open the packages, i wipe down everything that was inside of the package, i put that now inside of my house, and i'm leaving the boxes outside and then i go inside, i clean the scissors that i opened it with and then i clean my hands really well and then i put the things away. my boxes are all piling up outside they will sit outside for a few days because studies are showing there is viable virus on cardboard, for up to 24

hours, so the best thing to do is just keep it out of your house. ainsley: good advice, this is from brian. is donated blood being tested for covid-19? how does covid-19 cause fever, headaches, pulmonary dust answer and not be in the blood? >> that's a great question and especially because we're starting to have a call to action for people to go and donate blood if you can because there will be a need for blood. there is always a need for blood what it comes to testing of blood i don't believe currently they are testing for coronavirus in the blood before it is trans fused but that is because there's no precedent that's been set that respiratory for virus es are transmitted via blood. the reason you have systemic symptoms meaning the fever and all of that is because of chemicals or hormones that are released in your blood in response to the viral infection, so it seems counterintuitive you'd think that the virus is running in the blood but the truth is the symptoms that you're having that's actually

your own body's response to the infection and that's one of the biggest problems we've been seeing with covid-19 especially when it comes to the lungs. people are developing what's called acute respirator praetor it distress syndrome and that's not overwhelming virus. it is your bodies response with these chemicals being released that it's causing the fluid in your vessels to actually go out into the lungs. that's it and i would say please , please, please, still continue to donate blood. it's very important. brian: dr. sapphire by the way the places are packed i tried to give twice yesterday and the places are wrapped around the block. i guess people are answering. are you doing telemedicine now? >> so my profession, i don't necessarily do telemedicine and especially where i work, we are still a cancer center and so a lot of our people, our patients still require interaction, and, you know, i'm not going to say business as usual where we are but people still are encouraged to get their chemotherapy but

same with my husband he's a surgeon and he can't do surgery via telemedicine but i have a lot of friends who are doing it right now and it's a learning curve for everybody but the restrictions that are being lifted for a lot of these doctors have just been so crucial to making sure that people are able to be seen with their doctors, to talk to doctors and be evaluated. steve: you are, however, today making a house call, you're being on television from your house, dr. nicole saphier thank you very much, have a good weekend. ainsley: thank you, dr. sapphire jillian is up there with headlines. reporter: good morning let's begin with this. an american held in a lebanese prison for six months released, suffering from lymphoma captured while in lebanon for a family reunion and accused of torturing palestinians when he served with lebanon's military in the 80s. he denies the accusation. president trump says he's on the way home. president trump: i'm very grateful to the lebanese government that worked with us,

and we are very proud of his family, that stood by him so strongly. reporter: an american navy veteran is being temporarily released in iran. michael white was let out of an iranian prison to get medical treatment and he's been detained since 2018. the state department says white was wrongly arrested. they're working toward his full release. >> 2020 hopeful joe biden picks up two big endorsements from former rivals. >> i'm suspending my presidential campaign, and offer ing my full support to vice president joe biden in his quest to bring our country together. reporter: hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard backing the former vice president after dropping out of the race and senator kirsten gillibrand is also endorsing biden in connecticut coronavirus concerns just pushed back the april 28 primary to june. >> a server gets a surprise that leaves him completely speechless a customer leaving a $1,000 tip for a $70 takeout order in

arizona. i froze like a statue and i was walking and i picked up the check and i'm walking and it's like wow! reporter: raymond shepherd says this could not have come at a better time. he might lose his job during the coronavirus crisis. that is incredible, one of my favorite things sometimes when it's a difficult time and you get these amazing stories of people helping people. steve: unbelievable. ainsley: very nice. steve: as people wait for their $1,000 checks from washington he got his yesterday. thank you, jillian. brian: meanwhile coming up straight ahead with 18 minutes after the hour, senators getting ready to work on a $1 trillion rescue package that includes checks for most americans, or does it? senator john barrasso says time is of the essence we've got to act quick. steve: plus just like many towns across america, nashville is, look, kind of a ghost town, as businesses have been closed, forced to close their doors. country music star and bar owner john rich vows to pay his staff

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operation for our country. we need immediate relief for people all across america to meet us with direct support as well as dealing with the medical component of this. i think we need all hands-on deck, the more senators involved in discussing it, the better we have a number of task forces who are working on it, we're working straight through the weekend, we need to go big, we need to be bold on this , and it needs to be bipartisan, brian. we have two crisis right now. we have the health care crisis and the economic crisis, and until we get this medical crisis behind us, we're not going to be able to do what we need to do to recover our economy. brian: so are you getting pushback already up to $1,200 per individual, for 2,400 per couple, and that be for a couple that makes i believe under $175,000 in the $75,000 threshold, and a $500 payment per child, is all these things still being brought about? >> that's all part of the discussion. we know we have people all across the country in every

community from the places in wyoming all the way to new york city and california, who through no fault of their own, are out of work. businesses have had to shut down so we have to focus on the people, the families as well as the businesses, because we want those businesses to continue to be viable, so the folks when this pandemic passes can have those jobs and the jobs will be there but they need immediate relief and direct support now. brian: i hear you, but how to do it and who gets it? the airlines, they need 50 billion to survive. there's pushback from the democrats saying we aren't going to give it to these big corporations we got to give it to the people, casinos need money, small businesses need money and here is a statement from the schumer pelosi leadership group. we're beginning to review senator mcconnell's proposal and our first reading it is not all at all pro-worker and instead puts corporations way ahead of workers. your response? >> well i want everybody to review it and the standpoint of

the organizations the goal there is loans only, not direct support, but for small businesses, and the folks who work for them, it be direct support, so they can continue to make their payroll, so they continue to keep the doors basically ready to be reopened by paying the rent and the electric bills, those sorts of things so we need to make sure that all of america is ready to be brought back to life economically once the disease is defeated. brian: just how you do that and how you get it done if time is of the essence it seems like votes are on the other side. when do you think we can expect a bill? >> well the goal is to have something ready by monday. we'll work all day today, tomorrow, sunday, i've already met with a couple of senators earlier this morning. this is going to be an all hands-on deck effort to try to get this donald get it to the house of representatives. monday is the goal, the american people expect us to act and do it in a bipartisan way. brian, things are usually pretty slow up here.

we passed that first medical relief bill that got signed earlier this week, $100 billion bill to help additionally and now this is the third part of what will likely be more to come as we go to recover the economy after the medical component is behind us. brian: lastly real quick, senator feinstein has been accused of dumping a whole bunch of stock right before the stock market bailed out. what's your reaction to that? >> i've seen the report. i don't know the details. i know we'll hear more but look we all know the rules and we all know the laws and we are expected to live by them. that's what our constituents expect. that's what we expect of one another and i expect to hear from each of them later today. brian: please don't let these corporations buy their own stock with the money we give them even if they are loans senator barrasso. they got to play this game straight. >> absolutely, absolutely right this is we're all in, we need to all be in this together. it is a rescue operation for america, which means medical

treatment, immediate relief, and then recovery as soon as we can get the medical problem solved. brian: absolutely and you're a doctor as well as a senator. thank you so much. thank you, brian. brian: straight ahead nashville ghost town as businesses are forced to close their doors, country music star and bar owner john rich vows to keep paying his staff and help other musicians keep the music going. we'll talk about it. (gasps and screams) i got in! yes! woah! oh yes yes yes yes! to start a college savings plan, find an advisor at massmutual.com ♪ when in your gut,dent you feel confident to take on anything. with benefiber, you'll feel the power of gut health confidence every day. benefiber is a 100% natural prebiotic fiber. good morning mrs. johnson. benefiber. trust your gut. actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases. wash your hands. avoid close contact with people

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steve: well on this friday morning, nashville's iconic broad way strip, a ghost town as the mayor closed all bars and limits restaurants in the music city. ainsley: but country music star john rich says the employees and musicians at his honky tonk will not have to worry about going without a paycheck during the closures. brian: that's because he will continue to pay them. john rich joins us right now. john, how are you doing first off? >> doing pretty good. we came down to gulf shores, alabama which is where i'm at right now for spring break for my kids so i'm actually in the actual heart of the red neck riveria but they shut all of the beaches down here yesterday and we've been, spent a lot of family time getting a sun tan and trying to stay away from people like everybody else. steve: so when the mayor of

nashville ordered the bars closed and limited restaurant capacity, you've got 60-70 people working for you so explain what you're going to do for them and how we can actually help them as well. >> well, so me and my partners in the bar, doug martin,p j mc daniel we had a meeting hours after they shut our bars down and said you know, it's going to hurt our bottom line but really to us, people are the bottom line. i mean, that's your real bottom line is your people. we have moms, dads, veterans, active duty, that work at red neck riveria and we decided to make the commitment that no matter what we'll make sure those folks are taken care of and that's exactly what we did. as far as our fans go we've actually setup to go to facebook , redneck riveria nashville we're live streaming our bands and they put a venmo account at the bottom for each individual band and you can sit there and tip the bands and say here is $5, here is $10 and our bands are making tips

like that so we're figuring out ways around it. ainsley: that is so nice of you and how you get loyalty amongst the people who work for you because you're so generous with your money. how about the liquor business? because i know you have your whiskey. i was curious about that because when you go in the liquor stores or you go in a wine store they're selling gosh, it's busy because people are trying to horde alcohol, because they're worried they have to stay in their house for a long time. >> i mean people need a drink, ainsley let's be honest. so redneck riveria whiskey is nationwide, and if you're at home right now and i know you are, go to that website, and i'm offering a coupon you can actually download it. it's good for $8 off bottles of redneck riveria whiskey, this bottle here you can download that coupon, take it to your local store and show it to them and they will knock that money off. steve: john it looks like you've had a drink out of that bottle. it's a little empty. >> i was getting ready for fox

& friends last night. ainsley: okay. it's 8:34 it's a little too early, john but i guess you're on vacation right? >> it was last night. brian: john a lot of people look up to entertainers and say wow what a great lifestyle but your lifestyle as much as anybody else, you and your business, has ground to a halt in the way no one ever predicted no road concerts. the trucking business that takes your stuff the people that transport you, the bands that go along with you, the people that work in the theaters, the rent, the leases that are due, the managers who work in these places, have you talked to other artists and talked about the magnitude of what has happened to their personal economy? yes, i have. i've had other artists actually call me and say what are you guys going to do? what am i going to do as they talk about the exact things you just brought up. i am encouraged though to see the president, our congress going in and trying to do a package for workers. to my understanding, that for

actual regular working people and small business people , which is the majority of business in america's small business, that if that stimulus comes in and you spend it on your payroll, or on your rent or things that keep your business alive you don't pocket it and go out and buy something silly with it, that maybe don't have to pay that back. that be an incredible thing and i think would save millions of americans jobs and their businesses. this country is tough, this country works hard. this country plays hard. this country sticks together, we love our families, our military, we love our constitution, and at times like this , i hope that our democrats and republicans can get together and come up with something that works. steve: absolutely john since you were there down in alabama, on spring break, initially with your family, what is the secret to staying sane with your family for weeks? >> well, for me, i was down here and i didn't have a guitar so i actually found a pawn shop right up the road and for $100 i bought this cheap guitar and i've been playing on that but

this is a time i think families get back together and let's spend some time. we don't spend enough time together and let's take advantage of that while we got it. brian: my family doesn't have the musical ability to pass the time, so i got to come up with plan b john. >> kick the soccer ball around. i know you're good at that. ainsley: john what does the beach look like there? i know it's usually packed with people but right now did a lot of people go home? >> no, a lot of people are still here but they aren't on the beaches so they actually closed the beaches yesterday all throughout everywhere, even flor bama, it's closed down but people right now i'm looking out at the water there's people on pontoon boats fishing but they are social distancing in a redneck riveria kind of way. brian: by the way if you want to pass the time john has a great series on fox nation so check it out. >> yeah, in pursuit. steve: go to the redneck riveria 's facebook page to help watch the virtual concerts and tip those guys as

well john thank you very much and good luck to you. >> thanks. steve: meanwhile straight ahead, defense secretary mark esper said on this program, our country will stay strong during these troubling times. >> he's demonstrated excellent bold leadership in this crisis. i'm confident at the end we will all be okay, we will get through this. ainsley: pete hegseth coming up on the military response to the coronavirus that's next. i like liberty mutual.

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>> good morning washington takes command of what was the name of the u.s. army in the revolutionary war? the continental army, that was the name of the u.s. army during the revolutionary war, the continental army. in july, of 1776 -- >> we declared our independence >> from who? >> the british. >> correct. steve: you have been looking at the hegseth school for higher learning, pete hegseth posted this on instagram, he said daily lectures on history, politics and/or economics, not clear who

enjoys it more the students or the principal, and joining us right now, the students and the principal, of the hegseth school for higher learning, joining us via satellite, okay, skype, from new jersey. ainsley: hey, everyone. pete, i follow you on instagram. i saw those pictures as soon as you posted them and i'm like that is so pete and i'm very envious because you have so many precious beautiful children. i know you all have a lot of fun what gave you this idea? pete: it's such a difficult time for so many but you try to find the silver lining of spending wonderful quality time with the people you love the most, and who better than these munch kins and listen i kind of look back on this and say if i didn't take an opportunity to use at least an hour a day to try to talk to tell them about the things that really matter we also have an pete hegseth nba summer virus coronavirus hoops camp every day as well so play a little sport, talk about things that really matter and yeah, we

start off the day every day with the pledge of allegiance and a prayer, what else do we do every morning guys? >> star spangled banner. steve: pete? if you start every day with the pledge of allegiance how about doing it right now? pete: will you guys do the pledge of alliance age for fox & friends right now? start it route. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, undergod, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. brian: pete, that was great, and the thing is, you actually do have to, the kids actually do have to go to school right because there's something that they are supposed to like do they go on zoom or interact or just telling them to give you the curriculum and you'll handle it? pete: combo. so, there is an online learning for two of them they're doing right now so we work through

that in the morning but also individualized plans that it's kind of fun, pick what you want them to learn and focus on based on their grade level and then i just told them together for the lecture, here is george washington and what you didn't know about him and the other day we talked about politics and the nature, maybe a little deep for a six-year-old but we got there and yesterday was about money, where money gets its value from and then today, their grandparents are giving a guest lecture about what it's like to live on a farm because none of them never have. ainsley: a guest lecture? pete: yeah, it's via skype, the library lecture at the hegseth school for higher learning so topics they would otherwise never hear about with all of this time together we have as a family. ainsley: you should actually do zoom because i would love for haystack den to be a part of your classroom. pete: jen is just off camera, she's at fox nation maybe we'll put a few of these on fox nation on the library lecture. ainsley: great. brian: now i know why jen comes

to work for peace and quiet. steve: pete for the millions of americans stuck at home self- isolating with their families, few have seven kids around them like you and jen do but what advice would you give families? >> you know, i think it's stick to basics and a simple schedule that you can execute that gets a little predictable for the kids so they know what's coming and they have easy expectations and then for school you got to treat it like a school. if it's a free range thing, it's going to get out of control quickly so you have to enforce that they're in their seats, on time, doing their work, getting it done on time. i delynn rate when it's recess, gym time, when the school day is over. brian: you're in heaven. pete: i don't have to be the principal. ainsley: pete how do you feel because i do value your opinion how do you feel about the coronavirus are you worried? >> you know, i just want to see everybody take it seriously in their own lives i think our countries extremely resilient and we have wonderful leadership right now. i'm worried about the economic impact for people losing their

jobs and where they have the resources. the medical side, the goal is to slow it down as much as possible right so that you bend the curve down, but on the economic side you want it to end as quickly as possible so people can get back into their daily lives so there's a tension there, got to be safe with people, but the economic side is what i'm most concerned about right now. brian: pete whose coming up in your show over the next saturday and sunday? pete: we'll have such a fantastic job coronavirus coverage we'll try to do our best to keep up the pace this weekend with it, we've got dr. nicole saphier, a bunch of guest doctors that'll be on, as well as joey jones will be on talking about the military response, and just covering the types of stuff you're doing. ainsley: and bethenny frankel. pete: correct. ainsley: she does a lot of charity after what happened in puerto rico she was down there passing out gift cards to them so i'm sure she is doing a lot. steve: well, principal hegseth

good luck. now it's time to start your day. thank you, sir. ainsley: look at your twins! pete: so long, everybody. brian: look at that. ainsley: i don't know how they do it. so much fun though. steve: coming up on this friday, america's offices are empty as more people work from home, but how do we do that effective ly? and what about our spirit and we're going to talk to a psychiatrist about that, next. brian: but first, i'd like to check in with ed henry whose been up for a few hours preparing his show. what do you have? ed: guys i had to sit through those pete hegseth lectures for three years on the weekend. be careful what you wish for for hayden, ainsley, he's a great guy, but seriously, good stuff. steve: it's a good thing. ed: we are standing by for another press conference from president's coronavirus task force we'll go there live but first dr. jenette here to answer your questions, and

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steve: millions of americans suddenly find themselves working from home or self-isolating from school so how do we deal with this new normal? psychiatrist, jones us right now , via skype, from new york city, doctor, good morning to you. >> hi, good morning, thank you for having me. steve: we've got some questions from some viewers. from tom, he e-mails, my wife and i have three teenagers and the five of us aren't used to being under one roof 24 hours a day. how can we prevent short tempers from too much time together? >> i would say that it's so important to set boundaries and to have clear communication and limits and for people to not take things personally. i'm working with a lot of young adults and their families via face time and skype right now and the most important thing to remember is that they're teenagers and at the end of the day they really want their own space so it has nothing to do with you and i think if you can say hey i want to take a nap , shut my room, go on my

phone, i'll meet you for dinner i think that's perfectly acceptable right now. steve: and these are trying times a lot of people are on edge. >> absolutely and you know just say apologize it's the best thing that you can do. if you did something come back and say i'm sorry and you've got to keep repairing things because this is more of a marathon not a sprint. steve: we've got another question from maggie. i'm starting to get stir crazy with all of this time inside. what can i do to help? >> yes so i've been talking about the four m's of mental health and these are thins that people should be doing in their life anyway and we should be especially doing them right now. so can you take 10 or 15 minutes a day i think now we're home we have that time to do medication. can you take 10 minutes to do some sort of exercise, some people are getting and taking advantage of a lot of the free apps that are allowing people to work out at home, and i would say if you can, as much as possible, keep in touch with people, through facetime, through phone calls, letter writing if you will, listen to music.

get your mind off these things watch funny videos don't be plugged into coronavirus news 24 /7 that is not healthy for you and i would say do something that's fun. i was cooking, and breaking soup last night, for my anger, so i think there's ways that you can do sort of some of the frustration. steve: we all cope in different ways. thank you very much. we'll step aside, be back in two minutes. if your gums bleed when you brush you may have gingivitis. and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums and possibly tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. made it myself. i love this place! made that myself, too. order up. fries on the side. right where i like 'em. don't forget the grease fire. burn, baby -- wait, what? -[ alarm beeping ] -i said grease fire. what are you doing on the counter?

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>> [loud music playing]. >> these are wrenching times. we are stepping aaside. >> this will be action passed. dr. oz leds off. >> sandra: the governor of california ordering people to say home. taking aggressive measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus. >> i am sandra smith. >> ed: i am ed henry. the u.s. task force will hold a daily briefing on the pandemic. the president expected to announce there are brand new travel restrictions. there are more than 14,000 cases in america. the number going up as testing ramped up. there are 205 deaths in america. new york city coming to a stand still. texas declaring a public health disaster for