american entrepreneur. steve: thank you for that. great discussion tonight. thank you for joining us do, please, come back again next sunday when "the next >> we're at war, in a true sense, we're at war and we're fighting an invisible enemy. no force is equal to the strength of a unified america, united america, an america like we have it right now. heather: it is monday, march 23rd and this is a fox news alert. president trump deploys the national guard to fight the invisible enemy, covid-19. service members now heading to the states struggling to deal with the brunt of the pandemic. leland: what we know about the new steps, helping hospitals and hopefully curbing the crisis. heather: politics getting in the way of crucial economic relief. leland: with another vote hours away, mitch mcconnell says nancy pelosi is to blame for the

impasse. ♪ reaching out. heather: a fan favorite gets a bit of a quarantine remix. leland: there you go. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ leland: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm rob schmidt. jillian: i'm jillian mele. president trump deploying the national guard to new york, california and washington hit the hardest by covid-19. rob: this comes as tens of millions of americans are waking up to new stay in place lockdown orders. ashley stromeyer joins us as lawmakers praise the president's

actions. >> president trump committed to send the national guard. washington, california and new york have been hammered with the coronavirus cases as all three were declared disaster zones. president trump says the federal government will be funding 100% of the cost for deployments of the national guard. >> this action will give them maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about cost or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of people in their state. >> the president ordered fema to ship mobile hospitals to the states, new york being the hardest hit state accounting for 30% of all u.s. cases, as of 2:00 this morning, the number of cases in new york stood at nearly 17,000. the death toll rose to 153. two naval hospitals, one on each coast, will be used along with thousands of fema provided hospital beds. those are also supposed to be in

place within the next 48 hours. california's governor praising the president on twitter saying, quote, president trump has approved our request to deploy the u.s. mercy to los angeles, grateful for the quick response and partnership. the total number of cases keeps climbing, past 30,000. many americans find themselves under new orders. cities in california, connecticut, delaware, louisiana, new jersey, new york, ohio, all have new stay at home orders. some are already in effect, others take effect today and tuesday. some countys in colorado, georgia and idaho are under shelter in place orders until the first week of april and oregon may join the list of states issuing stay at home orders. jillian: thank you very much. rob: senate lawmakers coming to blows after democrats block a more than $1 trillion coronavirus relief package.

jillian: this as house speaker nancy pelosi promises to draft a bill of her own. griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. >> reporter: after going late into the night with multiple meetings between treasury secretary mnuchin and minority leader schumer there is still oo deal,. >> we're fiddling with the emotions of the american people and the markets. if we aren't able to act tomorrow it will be because of our colleagues on the other side, continuing to dicker when the country expects us to come together and address this problem. >> reporter: schumer held out over reservations. >> legislation has many problems. at the top of the list, it includes a large corporate bailout with no protections for workers or significant

shortfalls of money that our hospitals, states, medical workers desperately need. >> reporter: we expect three votes at noon today, proceeding to reconsider this. but it's all about the math, as senator rand paul tested positive for covid-19. his office said he is feeling fine and is in quarantine around is awesom asymptomatic. he was not aware of any direct contact with any infected person. mitt romney and mike lee are also self quarantining bringing the total number of gop senators of five to doing so. no democrats have been doing so. 12 democrats will have to cross the aisle to get there. there's a hint that if the markets open and tank it could prompt the senate to act faster but there is nothing scheduled on the books about that. mri kateing is, -- complicating it, speaker pelosi said she

would draft her own version of the bill. anything that heads to the president's desk has to be reconciled first. rob: that will take a long time if we start a new one. thank you so much. jillian: overnight, a new push to bring americans stuck in peru back home. the company closing the borders to slow the spread of coronavirus. one north carolina woman said she needs to get back to help. >> we desperately warrant to come home. i'm an er nurse. i'm needed on the front lines. jillian: she came to peru to donate food and clothing. the trump administration is considering sending a plane for american citizens like her. italy bans all travel in the country in an attempt to slow the spread of covid-19, the government giving all nonessential businesses until wednesday to shut down for two weeks to keep people home. the number of cases topping 59,000 with nearly 5,500 deaths.

the most in the world. israel and palestine are reporting more than 1,000 cases, forcing the west the bank go on lockdown for two weeks. rob: six university of tampa students test positive for coronavirus, one student recently returned from an overseas trip, the other five had traveled together on spring break, four of them have returned to campus. it's unclear where the students traveled to, they're all self-isolating. the florida keys closing to business, the destination has one confirmed case of coronavirus. all hotels and vacation rentals are closed to tourists. recreational activities like water sports are also shut down. jillian: denny hamlin captures the virtual checkered flag. check it out. >> the winner is hamlin. what a race. what a finish.

jillian: hamlin edging out dale earnhardt jr. on a digital version of the homestead, miami speedway. rob: i still can't believe that's not real. the nascar season is on hold until at least may. until then, the racing league will hold an e-race every week. jillian: hamlin got to do something he normally doesn't, race barefoot at home. isn't that something. rob: it is. the national guard deployed to three hard-hit states, fema now setting up mobile hospitals nationwide and a new test could detect the virus in hours. jillian: dr. nicole saphier is here to break down how critical those steps are in our fight against covid-19. we're coming right back.

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use the guard against the virus without having to worry about costs or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. rob: fox news alert, the president mobil mobilizing femad the nation fall guard to the states topping the nation in cases of the deadly virus. jillian: this as some cities and hospitals take drastic steps, setting up overflow wards wherever they can. rob: is the country ready for a surge in patients. joining us now to discuss, fox news medical contributor, dr. nicole saphier. what do you think? are we prepared at this point? >> i mean, i think at this point it seems that we are doing what we can from a state level, from a municipality level and from a federal level, having fema come in to put together makeshift hospitals will absolutely help keep the more critical patients in the hospital setting, in the icu where they need to be to allow more milder disease to be treated elsewhere.

this will help us with our personal protective equipment which you hear people talking about. we don't want to use that for all presumptive positive cases which is why the new test that just underwent emergency fda approval, it's the first test that's able to be done bedside with results less than 45 minutes. that coupled with makeshift hospitals is going to help us keep our ppe as well as keep the people who need to be in hospitals within the hospitals. jillian: on the note of that test you're talking about that was just approved that would give you the results in about 45 minutes, do you know where that would be administered? would that be in a hospital setting? would that be in one of those drive-up swab situations that is happening all over the country now? where would that be? >> so, when they got this approval it was just for essentially medical care-based settings, it's not an at home test. i imagine it's going to be for

hospitals and people who are needing to know fast which way people need to go. if someone's coming into the hospital right now, we're presuming the majority of people have covid-19 when they present with fever, cough, sneeze. when that happens we have to put them in isolation and that is their own room, that is everyone coming in, coming out has to have a gown on, has to have a mask on. that's why we're seeing a drastic shortage of these ppes. if we're able to immediately test these people, we won't have to utilize that extra space and that ppe for those people, so i imagine at least this initial batch is going to be deployed to the hospitals that are having to rapidly screen patients to decide who needs isolation and who doesn't. rob: let's look at these numbers here real quick on the confirmed cases. in new york, 16,916, and 153 deaths. you go to california and washington, some hot spots there as well. new york's governor just

yesterday says he expects somewhere between 40 and 80% of his state to get this virus. i wonder what you think of that and are you expecting an explosion of cases in the next week or two? >> well, you know, we have been saying we are expecting to see a lot more cases and that's not necessarily because the virus is having rapid spread that's happening at this moment. it's because we're testing a lot more. we have put together all the social distancing measures so we are mitigating community spread. the more we test, the more we're going to see. you have to remember, this virus has an incubation period of about five to six to seven days. so people that were exposed a week ago are now having symptoms. now they're presenting and now they're getting tested. it is important to remember that in china, specifically wuhan, china, where this began in six weeks they went from 1,000 to 80,000 cases. we in the united states had our first case attend of january. towards the end of march we're nowhere near those numbers from china. are we going to get there?

it's possible. we have put together a lot of measure far before china did. i'm hoping we are going to get ahead of this fairly soon within the next several, four to six weeks. we have to remember the strict social distancing and isolating of positive and presumptive positive cases in china had them over the hump in another six weeks. they have reported they're significantly lower on cases, they had about 30 new cases in the last 24 hours and those are all from people traveling into china. i know the measures seem very strict and upsetting. people have to remember that it will get us to the other side. jillian: i have this question. you hear about antibodies we might have in our system. we were talking about that this morning, that perhaps if more tests are readily available that those of us who aren't presenting symptoms right now could potentially one day have antibodies to know if we had it. what are the facts about that? >> right now the tests we're

looking for antigen, active virus particles when we're swabbing. they're looking at the rna and building the virus, make sure the virus is there. what you're talking about is when you take the blood and see if there's antibodies that the virus produced with the virus. in china, antibody testing is underway. we will have that. that's not helpful for us right now. we need to know who is actively infected, not necessarily who was infected but that's in the future. rob: a lot of people want to know that you maybe don't have to worry about it as much, that you've already been through it. jillian: there have been repeat cases in china, showing people can be infected more than once. rob: that's the other side. thank you. jillian: it is 17 minutes after the hour. tens of millions of students now stuck at home as parents are scrambling to figure out home schooling. rob: kathy barnett home schooled her kids for the last six years. she joins us with some critical tips. if you're a parent, you're going to want to hear this.

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jillian: good morning. welcome back. president trump gives automakers the green light to help the medical community. the president said ford, general motors and tesla are given the go-ahead to make ventilators and other metal products fast. hospitals throughout the country have reported a shortage of ventilators. breweries and distilleries are pivoting their business. anheuser-busch is now making hand sanitizer. they are working with the red cross to determine where the bottles will be sent. at thitito's vodka is also prodg

hand sanitizer. the product will adhere to government standards. rob: school closures shut down class in all but four states as coronavirus containment efforts keep tens of millions of students home. parents across the country adjusting to a new normal as unexpected home schoolers. my next guest has been a home school mom for the last six years and she is here to help you and your kids through an unprecedented time. a mother of two, and congressional candidate kathy barnett joins me this morning. good morning, kathy. how are you doing? >> hi. good morning. thank you for having me. rob: want to start off and show people a staggering number, 121,000 public and private schools are closed, at least 54 million students affected by this. kathy, a lot of parents are wondering what do i do in this situation? what do you have to say. >> for a overwhelming image art

of families going through this right now, they can just breathe and relax. my family and i, we decided years ago to do a life change, to go on this journey of home schooling and not only have we been able to survive it but we're actually thriving. just last year, i authored by first book, nothing to lose, everything to gain, being black and conservative in america, while i was home schooling my children and today i'm actively running for congress in the fourth congressional district of pennsylvania while i'm home schooling my children. so it can be done. but you've got to do some things. rob: you say the first tip is just breathe. don't get too anxious about it which i think a lot of parents are because it's a strange thing you all of a sudden have to do number two, you say organization is key. talk about that. >> it is. organization is key. let me say with the whole breathe, listen, for most of you this is temporary. by the grace of god, covid-19 will be in our rear view mirror

and you will send your children, gladly i'm sure, back into the school system. second, organize, organize, organize. for me, organization is key. if things are cluttered around me, it tends to clutter up my day. third, rob, you are going to have to wake up early. you can't wake up with your children and expect to get things done because they don't care if mommy and daddy have a deadline to meet, they don't care if mommy is running for congress. children generally want what they want when they want it. rob: you say keep it light and fun, which i think is an interesting thing to say because i would wonder how do you keep your kids engaged, how do you get them to take it seriously? that this is a real thing. >> yeah, you know what, listen, we are in unprecedented times. we are charting in unknown waters for the most part. a good thing is to pull out google or pull out old maps,

help your children locate where china and india, italy is. bring in current events. allow them to see what's going on in those particular areas, how are people living on a day-to-day basis, how is that interacting with my own life here. so you can keep it fun. pull out a good book, sit on the floor and read. again, for the overwhelming majority of parents, this is not a lifestyle change. this will be temporary for you. you don't have to go out and buy all curriculum. rob: also highlighting current events and to round it out, have the older kids help as well. one quick question i want to know, do you actually -- do the kids get tests? do they have a test? do you grade them? do they feel that pressure? >> they do feel that pressure. my children, they are a little bit of everywhere. prior to covid-19 my son was in the united nations program, was on three different basketball leagues, my daughter swims, my son is taking latin, speaks it

fluently. there is a whole other world. the thing that most parents feel -- i know i felt it my first year, i felt inadequate and overwhelmed. mom and dad, you've been doing this from the beginning, you've been home schooling your kids since the day you took them out of the hospital. can you do this, just relax, have fun, enjoy your family. rob: good tips. thank you so much. we do appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. jillian: new jersey among several states under a stay at home order as cases there spike. but stores like dry cleaners and liquor stores are still open. rob: so what's essential and what's not? is the government doing enough. senator tom keane joins us with the work being done behind the scenes to protect the people of his state. guys, it's that time... and nothin's happenin'. well now there's score!, from force factor, to rev your libido and maximize physical response.

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alert, president trump deploying the national guard to new york, california and washington, hit the hardest by covid-19. jillian: it comes as tens of millions of americans are now waking up to new stay in place lockdown orders. ashley stromeyer joins us in the studio as lawmakers praise the president's actions. >> reporter: the three hardest hit states have been declared disaster zones and president trump committed to send the national guard to all three. washington, california and new york have been hammered with coronavirus cases as all three were declared disaster zones. president trump said the federal government will fund 100% of the cost for deployments of the national guard. >> this action will give them maximum flexibility to use the guard against the virus without having to worry about cost or liability and freeing up state resources to protect the health and safety of the people in their state. >> reporter: and the president ordered fema to ship mobile hospitals to those three states. new york now being the hardest hit, state accounting for 30% of all u.s. cases.

as of 2:00 this morning, the number of cases in new york stood at nearly 17,000. the death toll rose to 153. and as the total number of cases keeps climbing past 30,000, many americans are finding themselves under new orders. cities in california, connect cut, delaware, louisiana, new jersey, new york, nevada, new jersey and ohio have stay at home orders. some are already in effect. some will take effect today and tuesday. oregon might be joining the list of states issuing stay at home orders. the governor is expected to announce specific plans today. rob: thank you so much. jillian: happening today, the u.s. navy hospital ship mercy will set sail for los angeles. it is being fit to be able to treat up to 1,000 patients at a time. peher sister ship is expected to arrive in new york city in a few

weeks, gavin newsom praising the president on twitter, saying president trump has approved the request to deploy the ship to los angeles, grateful for the quick response and partnership. rob: texas taking massive steps, the governor signing an executive order banning all elective surgeries until further notice. hospitals not allowed to treat two patients in the same room. the measure is expected to increase hospital capacity in the lone star state and boost high in demand supplies. hospitals could face fines if they don't comply. jillian: places like dry cleaners and liquor stores staying open in new jersey, despite the stay at home orders. the policy shuts down what is deemed nonessential businesses. the question is, is it enough. rob: joining us now with his take, state senate leader, tom keane. let's start with -- explain why

i guess a liquor store and dry cleaner are deemed an essential business. >> first and foremost, i want to thank all the medical professionals on the front line. fire, ems, police, employees, shipping company employees, truck drivers, grocery store employees, all those types of individuals are doing a great deal of sacrifice, keeping our economy strong and new jersey and america moving and i think we owe them a great debt of gratitude. rob: absolutely. >> the stay at home orders were created for things like grocery stores, the dry cleaner, the bank, the pharmacy, all those are done in conjunction with the cdc, local health departments, u.s. department of health and a lot of common sense to figure out what are those type of industries that will have operations to continue, other larger companies with essential employees that are allowed to come to work and make sure those

companies are issuing payroll checks, make sure the manufacturing is going so the ongoing day-to-day operations. jillian: i was having a conversation with my parents about this yesterday, actually, sir, because my dad has a used auto parts business and he's on the list of business that's are deemed essential, allowed to stay open because a lot of the truck drivers and people who are making deliveries to medical facilities and hospitals need to be able to get parts if they have an issue with their vehicle and it's something that i didn't know about until yesterday. so what is your message to folks in the community when they see businesses opened and they're concerned that so many are still open? >> well, this is an evolving day by day decision by the governor and other health professionals at the state and federal level, local level as well. we're doing everything we can to make sure that the backbone and necessary services that actually keep the economy going are allowed to continue to operate. rob: i guess my question would be -- i mean, why does a pet store owner get to keep his

place open but other businesses in the state that would love to be able to stay open and maybe survive this thing without going out of business, it's almost like you guys are picking winners and losers, why is a pet store an essential business? >> pet food, for example. there are medicines at pet stores. each one of these industries has been determined on a long list of priorities that allows them to work together to make sure we work in conjunction with the cdc and make sure local activities continue to operate. jillian: let's take a look at the cases since they've been confirmed in new jersey, starting on march 5th and you can see how much they've gone up since march 22nd. i mean, just a generic message to your residents of new jersey who are watching right now and a lot of people still aren't heeding warnings to stay at home. >> well, it's important people shelter in place as much as they can, limit the contact, having

social distancing, those are all important things. we have to make sure that people in new jersey understand the legislature just last week on a bipartisan basis passed legislation to allow for better access to health care for things like telemedicine, make sure education can continue, we have the school lunch programs, have the right technology, things we've done to make sure people have access to health care and education attainment we want to have for our kids, public school systems, make sure those things are going on at the same time people are practicing safe distancing recommended by the cdc and local officials. rob: as a state leader, what do you make of the federal response so far? >> listen, i think the president has just like the new york governor and other governors who do what they need to do to keep

their population safe and i think it's a strong partnership. jillian: thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. jillian: have a good day. rob: 36 minutes after the hour. 37 million, that's the estimated number of jobs in the u.s. vulnerable to layoffs during this crisis. we take a closer look at the industries expected to be hit the hardest. ♪ reaching out. jillian: neil guy month turning his classic sing-along into a coronavirus psa. carley shimkus here with the social media reaction. announcer: there are everyday actions to help prevent the spread of respiratory diseases. wash your hands. avoid close contact with people who are sick. avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth. stay home when you are sick.

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of broadcasters we find a way through it.y, it's about taking care of each other. it's the small parts that make a big difference. at chevy, we promise to do ours. we're offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. if you need a new chevy, interest-free financing for 84 months - with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. you may even shop online and take delivery at home. it's just our way of doing our part... jillian: good morning. welcome back. stock futures plunge as congress stalls on a coronavirus stimulus deal. the s&p fell by 5%, minutes

after futures opened, that's the farthest a stock can fall before triggering a limit down. right now, the dow is falling by nearly 700 points. the stock exchange will open with the trade floor closed. all trading will be electronic. and the economic turmoil could cause unprecedented job losses in the u.s. the job quality index estimates 37 million jobs are vulnerable to potential layoffs, the hardest hit industries will like by be restaurants, education, and retail. some experts estimate unemployment could hit 30%. gdp could drop by as much as 50%. rob: that is a scary thought. new york's attorney general calling for automatic absentee voteing in the state's presidential primary. the ag wants all in-person voting suspended, instead all eligible voters would be sent an absentee ballot. right now, anyone who wants to vote absentee must fill out a specific form and indicate the

reason. the summer olympics losing two big competitors, canada and australia saying they will not send athletes to toke i did amid the -- toke i di tokyo amid the coronavirus crisis. the tokyo olympics committee president and japanese prime minister say a delay may be inevitable. the games are scheduled for july. jillian: 2020 hopeful joe biden doubling down on criticism of the president's response to the covid-19 pandemic, announcing he'll hold his own coronavirus briefing. rob: carley shimkus with fox news headlines 24/7, is here with reaction to that. >> joe biden's delaware home is getting outfitted with high speed internet and a game room is being turned into a tv studio so he can live stream his own coronavirus press briefings. this as several democrats including a donor have complained that biden has been absent on this issue.

during a teleconference he said he is going to take a more public stance and also criticized the president, saying i want to communicate what i would be doing and what i think we should be doing, we need to tell the american people the truth. that's the presiden responsibila president. the reaction is mixed. chad says we have one president at a time, biden should respect that. stephanie chiming in, saying sanders has already done this. joe biden's first shadow briefing is going to be today, monday, at 11:30 a.m. eastern time and another twitter user responded saying monday biden will have been mia for six days in the midst of this pandemic. a lot of other people say that new york governor andrew cuomo's star is rising, while biden's is falling, because cuomo is having those televised press conferences that are getting bipartisan praise. rob: he's been doing great.

he thought about running too. i remember that. if you like neil diamond, we having for you. let's take a listen. ♪ washing hands. ♪ reaching out. ♪ don't touch me. ♪ i won't touch you. ♪ sweet caroline. >> everyone is doing their part to get the pes a message of perl hygiene out there. i think this one is the best. adam says, so good. laura says thank you, neil, for being a national treasure. that video received about 4 million views on twitter. so it is certainly going viral. rob: did he say caroline or quarantine. sweet quarantine would have been funny too. >> adam says so good, so good, so good. all right. so many people have to cancel a lot of things and that includes

birthday parties. some are getting heart-warming responses. >> a man -- actually, a world war ii veteran was forced to cancel his 101st birthday party amid the pandemic. he's turning to social media for a little bit of love. owen is asking folks on twitter to help him celebrate by liking that picture of him, 101,000 times. as of this moment it's received 126,000 likes. happy birthday owen. a lot of people on social media are thanking him for his service and sack size. it's good that he knows that people are thinking about him, he is not alone. jillian: happy birthday, owen. and than you. rob: carley, thanks. jillian: it's 15 minutes until the top of the hour. everything is bigger in texas, including the outpouring of community support in this time of crisis. rob: one facebook group with a small beginning commands a volunteer army as people jump at the chance to help their fellow americans. the founder and one of the

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rob: back with a fox news alert, secretary of state mike pompeo arrives in afghanistan to help with peace talks. overnight tweeting the taliban and afghany government are discussing the prisoner agreement. the greatest threat is political in-fighting in afghanistan. pompeo will meet with afghanistan's president and the opposition leader that is claiming that he is the president, he will meet with both. illegal immigrants can get tested for coronavirus in this country without having to worry about being deported. the president hoping this will help to slow the spread of

covid-19. >> we will test that person. i think it's important that we test that person. we don't want to send that person back into wherever we're sending the person, whether it's another country or someplace else. we now bring them out of our country. rob: customs and border protection agents will not target emergency rooms or health clinics to arrest illegal immigrants. jillian: a group in texas is givenning a whole new meaning to the word community, what started as a facebook page with 10 members very quickly exploded to more than 7,000 people looking to help those most at risk during this covid-19 pandemic. here to share their stories, greg danson and kelly benson. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> hi, good morning. jillian: good morning. greg, you sent an e-mail to me last week. why don't you tell us how this all started. >> sure. i started the group last thursday. my wife and i were sitting on

the couch, watching the news, watching the evening news and we saw reports about how dangerous the virus is for seniors and those with underlying health conditions. so after seeing the news, we thought how they must feel, we thought about my wise 92-year-old grandmother and just how she's in pennsylvania and is able to get around but she's by herself, so how would she feel trying to get out to the store and get items, especially with people rushing to get toilet paper on whatnot. we decided to start a group, reached out to some people, thinking i would get 10 friends to help pick up groceries for seniors in the community and it exploded and we have 7500 people as you mentioned joined the group. jillian: wow. kelly, you're one of those volunteers. why did you want to help and at what point did you get started? >> i actually joined the group last thursday. i actually had gone to the

grocery store for a couple things, and saw how crazy it was and i thought about my grandparents and their communities and wondered how they were getting out and getting groceries and supplies and so i happened upon this group and thought -- i'm an able bodied person so i thought i should help. jillian: here's some of the services offered. it includes shopping and delivery, financial and supply donations, child care services, helping seniors in assisted living facilities. this is incredible. greg, i understand you have people from other states calling, asking how they can help and how they can donate. >> yes. we've had people reach out to us, asking how they can start a similar group in their state. so it's exciting. this happened in utah and california and the dc area, reached out to us, asking how they could form a group just like ours. jillian: that's incredible. kelly, what's the response like when you're able to help these

people and how does it make you feel? >> oh, it's crazy. yesterday i just delivered a load of groceries to a mom here that is going through cancer treatments and we didn't have any face-to-face contact, it was all through phone. but as soon as i dropped the groceries off, i got back in my car and started crying. it's a good feeling to be able to help people and it's times that people that need help the most don't want to ask for it and that's what we're here for. we want to give people that hope and that sense of peace that we're here to help them. we've got 7,000 people and counting that are ready and willing to help. jillian: someone said something yesterday that stuck m with me. they said we have to be willing and able to accept the help. a lot of people have a hard time accepting the help. i want to ask you, how many people have you helped so far? do you know? >> it's hard to tell because there's been a lot of help

within the group but we're estimating about 200 people so far we have helped through our group. jillian: and if people want to donate, how can they do that? >> they can go to our facebook page, we have a gofundme that's launched. so they can donate through there or they could sign up on our facebook page. they could volunteer in they're in the area by going to the facebook page and filling out the forms we have on there. jillian: before you go, i want to get an answer from both of you. i imagine doing something this big and helping a lot of people is going to change you. greg, i'll start with you. >> yeah, it does. it just makes you more aware of your community and makes you more aware of your surroundings. i've been overwhelmed with the response from the volunteers, people just started flooding and trying to help. so that's how it's changed me, kind of looking at the community. i've met people i never met before. i met kelly one week ago. just a lot of people coming in the community and helping, that's how it's changed me. jillian: kelly, how do you see

this changing you going forward? >> definitely, going off of what greg said, i feel like i've already made so many new friends that i wouldn't have connected with otherwise. and it's great to see and during a time that feels a little bit uncertain, you don't really know what's going to happen, just to have an entire community come together and feeling, hey, these people have really got my back. it's amazing to see everybody come together. jillian: absolutely. well, greg danson and kelly benson, thank you for what you're doing in your community. thank you for sharing your story and for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. jillian: have a good day. rob. rob: good stuff a fox news alert. a scramble on capitol hill as partisan politics threatens to derail the federal relief that the american public desperately needs. we're getting an update from congressman bill johnson, a member of the bipartisan problem solvers caucus. jillian: you can't blame spring

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rob: it is monday, march 23r march 23rd. this is a fox news alert, tens of millions of americans waking up under lockdown orders, watching many facets of day-to-day life grind to a halt as the president deploys the national guard to the front lines of the fight against this virus in three hot spot states. jillian: on capitol hill, lawmakers worked well into the night to watch the much needed relief deal start to unravel. >> the legislation has many problems, it includes a large corporate bailout with no protections for workers and virtually no oversight. >> the american people expect us to act and the country expects us to come together and address this problem. jillian: with millions of workers watching closely, mitch mcconnell says the senate will vote today. we're live in washington with every breaking development. rob: and an act of kindness in a local community, part of a national movement to ensure that students stuck at home never miss a