carley: i do have time on my hands right now maybe can i work on it in the days to come. rob. jillian: i did it rob is going to do it when he gets home. carley: gyms are closed so you have got to stay fit somehow. rob: have a good day. ainsley: we start with a fox news alert. president trump vowing to help those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic as he pushes to reopen the country for business in a few weeks as the president steps up his effort states are imposing tighter restrictions. brian: 15 states have now issued stay at home orders. seven of them were declared in the last 24 hours. the countries as well. some states like hawaii are threatening jail time or hefty fines to anyone violating the order. so break up those huddles. major cities like atlanta are announcing their own stay at home orders. steve? steve: meanwhile yesterday the tkwoefrpbl ogovernor of floridas

said anyone flying in from new jersey, connecticut to florida must self-quarantine in two weeks. it's different if you drive down. military is threatening to deploy military to the field hospitals where there are major outbreaks. more than 46,000 covid-19 cases are confirmed nationwide. nearly 600 people have died as you look it coronavirus pandemic map that we are showing on the screen. we continual to report from separate studios today. it's day nine of the administration's 15-days to slow down the spread. and because new york city currently has more cases than italy, a third of all the cases. we, once again are in separate studios, closer to our home. good morning to you, brian. good morning to you, ainsley. ainsley: good morning to you steve and brian. to all of you at home watching. we have a huge show ahead. we have dr. nicole saphier.

pete gaynor and congressman dan crenshaw and john cornyn. and tkrurpblg mardr. marc siege. brian: as many cases as we have i also think it's important to look at how many recoveries we have and also the coordination between the white house and governor and when you see fema arrive at the javits center with bed and medical teams coming out of retirement to work it is truly inspiring. we have a lot to get. to say do you know what is not inspiring, steve, what the lawmakers are not doing in washington. steve: i watched it brian and ainsley yesterday on television and it just about made me crazy watching c-span yesterday because capitol hill failed to agree on a relief package that could help all the millions of americans who are impacted by coronavirus promptly. ainsley: after a fiery night on the floor it looks like a

compromise could be right around the corner, brian. brian: really? somebody has to fill in the blanks is there. that's why i hired griff jenkins. i'm paying him out of my own account. ainsley: not true. fake news. brian: steve will verify that. i have overdraft, too. because griff charges a ton. griff, please tell me how they formed that bridge from insanity to sanity. griff: brian, steve and ainsley good morning there is hope from schumer and mnuchin after more late night negotiations emerging. schumer saying quote we expect to have an agreement tomorrow morning. so, that can't come soon enough because as you point out, steve, it was a wild day on the senate floor. tempers flaring, frustrations boiling over. >> do you know what the american people are thinking right now, mr. president? they are thinking that this country was founded by geniuses but it's being run by a bunch of

idiots. >> this is disgraceful. we do not have time. time is not on our side. >> they ought to be embarrassed, mr. president, this is not a juicy political opportunity, this is a national emergency. griff: complicating matters speaker pelosi introduced her own 1,000 plus page relief bill which she says favors corporations. that would have to be reconciled with the senate bill. republicans are slamming for what they call a wish list for things unrelated to coronavirus. let me show you. it has wind and solar tax credits, reduction in airline emissions, increased leverage for labor unions. the elimination of the postal service debt. same-day reporter registration and $35 million for the kennedy center of performing arts here in d.c. now, if the white house, the president is tweeting he doesn't like that sort of thing and he is pressuring lawmakers to act.

>> now congress must demonstrate the same bipartisan again and join together to pass the senate bill as written and avoid playing any more partisan games. they have to get together and stop with the partisan politics. griff: so the house is a whole other animal, schumer was optimistic emerging last night that there would be a vote by tonight. passage requires 12 democrats because the g.o.p. only has a one vote majority with five senators in self-quarantine. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: well, thanks, griff, i appreciate it. think about this. you have five senators in quarantine, one testing positive for the coronavirus some people say i feel bad for people in washington have to work so close in a situation so dire. others say that's my opportunity to drive my own agenda home and not america's agenda home that did not allude "the new york post." the "new york post" came up with this cover. as dems try to stuff covid-19 bill with their own agenda the post says get out of way.

and think about this. not only nancy pelosi walks in with 1,000 page bill that no one saw and the house didn't approve. do you know who else? james clyburn was heard this is a chance to do some restructuring. annual opportunity is the quote to restructure things to fit our vision. your vision is taking advantage of republicans who might have the covid-19 virus. they have to find a way. ainsley, they have to find a way to let these men and women vote remote. and when susan collins loses her cool, you know you have gone over the top. ainsley? ainsley: you are right, brian, even if those five had not been in quarantine though and they were there to vote, they still would not have enough votes. they needed 60 votes. brian: i hear you. ainsley: susan collins the senator said this is grateful. we do not have time. this is not about solar and wind and planing missions this is not about money for the kennedy center. i don't know why she is trying

to put all of that in here. that's not fair to the american worker who trying to pay their employees and not fair to the employees who has to find some babysitter, go to work and find someone to take care of their child. brian: it's unbelievable. ainsley: it is unbelievable. senator tom cotton calls out the democrats. let's listen. >> let's go through what is a priority for nancy pelosi and the democrats. the democrats want to impose quotas for race and sex on corporate boards. early voting mandated in every single state. same kind of early voting that almost doomed the democrat's favorite presidential candidate joe biden. oh, combine that with same day registration. airline carbon emission offsets. every airline that benefits from these programs, which is probably going to be all of them, has to go carbon neutral by 2025. i wonder if that will apply by the way to the private planes that nancy pelosi and her family

flies? brian: wow. steve: so there you go. and when you look at the very latest news. despite what we saw yesterday on the floor of the u.s. senate, at midnight chuck schumer said he expected to have a deal by this morning. steven mnuchin who has been dealing with him directly called the president after midnight. it sounds like they are closer to that deal and that could be why the dow jones industrial average futures right now are up 930 points, which is great news for all of us. let's bring in dr. nicole saphier fox news medical contributor. she also joins us from a remote location as we continue to distance ourselves from each other just as the administration is calling for. doctor, what do you make of what is in this package and the message from the medical community to capitol hill to get off the mark? >> steve, let me tell you why this whole situation is very frustrating surrounding this stimulus bill.

you hear chuck schumer he wants to put a marshall plan into the bill which is great because it decreases regulations and allows interstate practicing of physicians but they also want to improve productivity. that's why they are saying you need more hospital beds, yadda, yadda, yadda. do you know what else they are trying to get in this bill surprise bill out of network legislation. we are going to reduce regulation and require our physicians to be working more. do you know what we're going to do is cut their reimbursements. the last time i have checked as a pay cut as a means to improve the quality of absolutely anything. bottom line is, they are giving money for the hospitals and for everything that's related to covid-19 treatment but what about the rest of the physicians? remember they called to cut and stop all elective procedures. do you know how many small physician practices really depend on those elective procedures and, yet, they are still supposed to float their nurses their billers, their coders and secretaries. they have to get something together and planned not just for the physicians and those

trying to support their staff, but also all of the businesses across america. this is not a bailout and they need to stop with that rhetoric. this is a rescue mission and we need to get it done and get it done now. we are already seeing our quarrel growth halt. they will prolong that even farther if they don't do something now. the american people are depending on it. brian: our, economy is fueled by the profit. there are some things border lining on criminal. that is gouging. masks go for $70 and now $70 each. gowns highest bidder maybe to other countries. not to our country. we are seeing this over and over again as hospitalsing about for supplies and states compete with each other. that brought attorney general barr out to say let's crack down so hospitals can actually suit up. listen. >> we are talking about people hoarding these goods and

materials on an industrial scale for the purpose of manipulating the market and ultimately driving windfall profits. if you are -- have a big supply of toilet paper in your house, this is not something you have to worry about. but if you are sitting on a warehouse with masks, surgical masks, you will be hearing a knock on your door. brian: good. i'm glad. right, doctor? you hear about this all the time. how much mount sinai have to pay, correct? >> absolutely. let me tell you something, brian. i can tell you that the medical community is in an uproar. cdc makeshift masks with bandannas. are you absolutely insane. right now having to reuse face masks and respirators? this is crazy. rumor maybe the stockpile was

not replenished after the 2008 pandemic? if that's the case? then someone really dropped the ball and really put us in a very precarious situation. anyone out there who is hoarding these materials, you have to remember, when 30 to 40% of people hospitalizeness some these other countries were healthcare workers. if that happens to us here in the united states, who is going to take care of you when you get sick. you need to be giving these masks. drop them off at the local hospital, stop hoarding, you are going to risk people's lives and it may be your own. brian: great point. ainsley: we have emails for folks watching out there. this is from margaret. how can the rest of the family stay safe if someone in the household tests positive for coronavirus but is not hospitalized. >> that's the thing the majority of people who test positive for covid-19 do not need to be hospitalized. 85 to 90% won't have to go to the hospital. the big thing at that point is you want to isolated them in the house which is kind of hard to do in a lot of caves that you want to try to give them their

own room, their own bathroom. you want to try to limit face-to-face interaction with them. it can be tricky. the truth is it's possible that everybody else in the house will get viral infection. but do what you can to stay as far as away and isolate them as much as possible. brian: doctor, let me interrupt. steve: pretty much exactly what you do. brian: if someone tested positive, dr. saphier, should they wear a mask in the house? >> we are only saying that we want symptomatic people to be wearing a mask. if you can isolate that person and not use louise a face mask, that would be best case scenario and the truth is when you wear a mask, that's not 100 percent effective, either. the biggest way to prevent prevent infection is avoid being within close contact within six feet of someone who is positive for the illness. specifically if they are symptomatic. steve: so, just treat them exactly as you would if somebody had the flu around your house.

meanwhile we got an email from carol, while faced with an n-95 mask shortage can wiping down a mask on the outside, i would imagine with a clorox wipe after each use sanitize the mask so it can be used multiple times? that's a great question with such a shortage. thank you, carol. doctor? >> well that is a great question and right now the recommendations are that people are reusing their n 95 masks as long as they still maintain their seal and not physically dirt i don't know 00 outside. what they want us to do is put them in a loose paper bag that's labeled. potentially you could wipe it down with bleach but then you have to know if it's on the mask, then you are potentially inhaling that and we absolutely don't want people inhaling bleach because that itself is a irritant. the bottom line is we should not be reusing these masks we are doing it because we have to right now. the best thing to do is try to keep it on for as long as you can and not take it on and off because you are just increasing

your risk of self-contamination that way. brian: brian reads this one according to the prompter. this from lisa my daughter wants to send two of my grandchildren here to stay the night while they are out of school to give me some relief. should i do that or not? what do you think, doctor? >> i'm in the house with three kids myself. i know that feeling. and the truth is no, no, no, no, no. that's not a good idea. ainsley: sorry, mom. >> i know you would love to take them in and you want to give your daughter that relief. but bottom line, you know, i assume that you are probably a little bit older and that means that you are considerably high risk. everyone needs to stay in their house right now. they will be at your house soon enough. ainsley: it's so hard. we are face timing with my parents every day basically and sending lots of pictures. you have to follow the rules. this is from diane, she says i have had a sore throat since sunday i have been drinking hot tea and liquids. should i be self-quarantining.

i have not been in contact with anyone that has been sick. >> you may have allergies. you display a cold. the telltale signs of covid-19 are fever, cough, shortness of breath. that doesn't mean that a sore throat isn't also a symptom. if you are just having a symptoms in general. that means you probably have some are the sort of viral infection whether it's covid-19 or not. you should just stay home and see if your symptoms get worse. chances are you don't have covid-19 because we have to remember a large amount of americans won't actually get infected but we are all kind of just self-isolating right now and being quarantined in our home. continue drinking hot tea add some honey and start watching something fun on netflix. take time for yourself to get better. steve: exactly right. when i go out for my walk brian fox nation. >> we put out special on fox

nation about epidemics and pandemics. what's a viral infection versus a bacterial infection. we talked about some of the prior pandemics there you go. if you want to binge watch, that's something to watch. steve: dr. saphier is going to join -- brian, go ahead and read read. this. brian: i can't see it. go ahead. steve: dr. saphier is going to join the fox news virtual town hall today at noon eastern along with president trump and the white house task force as well. so, you can also also submit questions on facebook, facebook, instagram or email live blog at foxnews.com. dr. satisfy pfeiffer thank you very much. ainsley: thank you, dr. saphier. pick up her book make america healthy again on amazon.com. can you preorder it. brian: we will talk about this in a second. one of nascar's most famous tracks now charlotte motor

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we can provide the services we need for testing without kind of being in a clinic or hospital using up those to separate people from flu like illness for medical care for other reasons. brian: new jersey is catching up and connecticut and now ohio have a lot of lockdowns. what does carolina lack like and what do you expect for the numbers to come down to get tested. >> north carolina doesn't have as many cases as new york, new jersey, but we certainly ramping up quickly, starting to see more and more cases both in the hospital and the outpatient setting. we expect, you know, and we do want to continue to use testing rationally. not everyone needs to be tested. these are for people where it makes a difference where the test diagnosis helps us with medical care, helps us make sure they get the right services that

they need. so we anticipate volume will increase as we see more and more cases in our area. brian: who should show up to be tested? >> so we do require kind of prescreening. if you are referred by your doctor based on symptoms. so right now, you know, testing is still a limited resource and we need to use it wisely. so, your physician -- first of all, we are only testing people that have symptoms. you know, we have had a lot of requests for people without symptoms that maybe were exposed. and that's really not the intent of that. so high risk population so individuals with compromised immune systems. other kind of risk factors that have symptoms of covid-19 is really the intent. this is screened through a process either through your physician or through a central hotline. brian: you just mentioned to me, doctor, it's kind of cool you have instant testing. you have your own labs. >> yes. brian: if i cough and i have symptoms and i drive you up to the charlotte motor speed subway

when do we get results? >> we get results in about 12 hours. many places kind of sending out to commercial labs three, four, five days before results. that allows us to act more quickly which has been wonderful. brian: wow, that's great, kind of good for you picking that up. everybody knows where it is. in new york they have on long island jones beach san iconic place, everybody knows where the speedway is, correct? >> yep. everyone, it's an easy place. you say it and they know right where to go it's been wonderful from that standpoint. brian: all right. so in north carolina you got a break charlotte motor speedway is a place to go. thanks, doctor. >> thank you. brian: meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, an anti malaria drug could be the treatment for the coronavirus. next guest says the virus made him deathly ill and that pill saved his life.

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people about how the president had sent out the tweet. he said we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. at the end of the 15-day period we will make a decision as to which way we want to go. and so what the president said yesterday in an extraordinary two-hour covid-19 press conference was he said essentially i'm not looking at months. so, you know, right now we are in day 9 of the 15-days of the administration trying to flatten the curve and stopping the spread. so, he made it very clear, in the coming days, is he going to be speaking to dr. fauci, dr. birx and other experts to try to figure out how to slowly reopen the government. the question is what is the timetable? because that is not clear. and have you got to make sure that, you know, what is the point of all of the pain, ainsley if we don't make sure that the covid-19 is under control? ainsley: you know, steve, today

the testing begins. they are testing all the treatments. the administration has these drug trials. they start today. let's say we find out that some of these drugs that are -- that other people are taking and they are seeing remarkable differences hydro chloroquine, the z pack amongst others. what if the drugs work then can we wipe this out and could we wipe it out before the 15 days or maybe a week after the 15 days are up so people can go back to work. i was in the bagel shop yesterday and grabbing something to go of course i said how are you doing? how is business? she said we are hanging in there but we don't know how much longer we can do. this i think that's the feeling amongst most people that own restaurants that are feeding our families. steve: sure. of course the president does not want to, you know, wants to make sure that the economy is not permanently damaged. and he is a businessman at heart. he would like to open up as soon as possible. but, at the same time, he realizes that this is a deadly disease. although the mortality rate, as

we heard from governor cuomo yesterday is really quite low, nonetheless, you want to make sure that things are under control. just imagine if we got the all-clear signal and then they had to reverse because suddenly there was a double hit on the economy and on the people as well. the president and his advisors have got a lot to think about in the coming week. ainsley: he is working well with governor cuomo and governor cuomo here in new york said you can't stop the economy forever. meanwhile the president talking about a florida man suffering from the coronavirus who claims antimalaria drugs saved his life. the drug could be effective treatment but doctors say more treatment is needed that florida man is rio he joins us from the hospital. tell us about your story. we are so thankful that one of these drugs worked. i know you thought you were at the end of your life. tell us your story.

>> besides being a scary time not something i want to do again. i was traveling for business and went into new york city for a conference. came back home, did a little bits ibusinessin miami and thend feeling just really tired. i went home to take a nap and woke up about 3:00 in the morning with a fever. and it lasted for five days. was told by urgent cares and doctors and hospitals not to come there. to stay home and try to ride it out. which i did. and then i heard that they had a testing facility open, so i came down to get tested and was subsequently admitted into the er. turned out i had pneumonia and the coronavirus. it has been a daunting trip to say the least. they gave me antibiotics and

obviously being in isolation we went through everything that they could, you know, they could think of doing. on friday, it felt like to me, and, again i'm not a doctor but i know what i feel. and it felt like i was at my last day. i was gasping for air. probably had a bit of anxiety. and made some phone calls to some friends and family saying my goodbyes in my own way. through that, some friends they wanted to cheer me up and started a line with a lot of our friends to give me well-wishes and prayers. and through that chain another dear friend of mine reached out and sent me a text and said here, you have to try this drug i had never heard of it. was not aware of it. and when the nurse was.

in i mentioned to her that i would like to try this drug. she reached out to the doctor. the doctor come in. and basically, you know, it wasn't something that he could prescribe but they did put me in touch with an infectious disease doctor. and we spoke and said he would do the drug i was talking about. they were looking at it. but at this point he couldn't advise it because it wasn't a tested product. it wasn't -- hadn't gone through trials. but, for me i was really to try anything at that point. so, that evening. steve: so you tried it and the drug is hydro color -- would and pronounce the drug if you could. because of it's the drug that dr. oz was talking about yesterday. >> yes. it's the hydroxychloroquine. and. steve: okay. very good.

>> go ahead. steve: sorry for the satellite delay. you know, this is the same drug that the president was talking about being hopeful that it would help people. it's obviously helped you because you are expecting to be released from the hospital very, very shortly. what is your message for people who are looking to these new treatments for help? >> you know, one thing i can say is first, have you got to quarantine. you can't be in out in public right now. i'm as careful as can be and i contracted it without having any idea how it happened. but, if you do get sick there is something out there. this, for me, i'm absolutely convinced this is what saved my life. because i went from being what i felt very sick to at 4:45 in the morning having broken up a fever that lasted 9 days and losing

the rest of the symptoms other than a light headache. so, for me, this was the answer. and i think it can be an answer for a lot of people. steve: wow. ainsley: a lot of people are saying you have to take it with a z pack. do you that? >> yeah. they had it all -- everything mixed through ivs and gave me the pill daily. ainsley: it has been a miracle drug for you. god bless you. he has big plans for your life. what a great story. what a miracle. thank you to all those doctors and drug manufacturers. what would do without them? >> exactly. steve: wow. ainsley: great story, right, steve? steve: it's fantastic. all right. rio, good luck to you. ainsley? ainsley: thank you. it is day 9 of the 15-day period to stop the spread of covid-19. so how are small businesses holding up? what do they need from our government? our panel of small business owners are on deck next.

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>> we're going to save our great american companies both small and large. this was a medical problem. we are not going to let it turn into a long lasting financial problem. steve: the president vowing to help all u.s. companies get through the coronavirus pandemic yesterday. so what do the businesses need? joining us right now is our small business panel jennifer mccurio is going to be joining us shortly and culian fit body boot camp he is in the center squareally simpson ceo discover night. we are coming to you from different locations. bedroes tell us about your business before corona and what you are doing now. >> sure. our business is fit body boot camp. we have about 600 franchise

fitness locations across the country. and before this virus, we were helping clients work out in a boutique fitness environment. and about 8 days ago, seven days ago, actually, we have to do that pivot in 48 hours and take all of our in person clients from our studio and move them into online personal training and coaching, which has been good but boy do we want to bring our studios back online. steve: sure, absolutely. it's got to be bedros frustrating to you this nothing you did wrong. government said you have to close and now you are looking to the government to help you out in some manner, right? >> exactly right. not only help us out the franchises running the locations but the employees, the coaches, the front desk team members who are literally working there and paying their rent and their car payments through that employment. and the sooner we can get on the

other side of this, gosh, the sooner they can get their jobs back and work full time. steve: yeah. all right. caley let's talk about your business as well. you the co-founder of discover night. tell us what it was like b.c. before corona and what you are doing now. >> much better time before corona. discover night we sell sleep retailers anyone from nordstrom, macy's' blooming dales and costco. business was booming before. weave opened a headquarters in midtown, manhattan. we had the office open three days before we had to close it down because of the kwaurpbtd. and it's been a gut punch because all these major retailers we sell to they have cancelled their purchase orders. so we have no sales coming in from that channel. and not only have they cancelled the purchase orders, a lot of them are telling us that the orders that they already owe us before that shipped before corona they will have to

exsentenced payment terms for we won't be getting the cash receivables that we expected. it's a scary time. steve: cally, it has to be frustrating for you. they are in a jam because at these frustrating, challenging times a lot of people aren't spending extra money for anything other than food and paper towels and the stuff that they need inside their house right now. >> definitely. people, when, you know, they are in a state of panic aren't opening up their wallet which is understandable but it just further exacerbates the issue. steve: bedros what is your message to washington, d.c. yesterday we saw out on the senate floor there was a bill and apparently the democrats attached all sorts of things to it. they couldn't come to an agreement with the republicans. sounds like they are closer this morning. but what's your message to washington on how they need to

help small businesses like yours? >> you know, that's a really good question. i think now more than ever both sides need to really put agendas aside and really care for the americans, the working people who are counting on them to get the financial relief to us. small businesses, big businesses alike, even the employee who is working part time is looking for that financial relief and they need to put that aside and care about the people that voted them into office. steve: all right. very good. we thank you both for joining us. bedros and callie thank you so much. i know these are challenges times. steve: bedros what's your website. >> fit body boot camp.com. we are giving away amazing 28-day at homeworkout right now. steve: okay. that sounds good. cally? >> it's discover night.com. and we also have a promo coming for all fox audience.

fox 20% off site wide. steve: we thank you both. we are going to get through this it's going to be a little while. thank you both very much. 14 minutes before the top of the hour and jillian joins us from new york with a fox news alert. jillian: that's right. good morning. let's begin with a fox news alert now. urgent manhunt underway for six inmates caught on camera escaping from jail. watch as 12 men jump a fence and run away in washington state. police officers say they used a table to break down a fire door and escape. right now wa*ulgtd state is under a stay at home order for the coronavirus. the six inmates on the run are facing drug and weapon charges. to another fox news alert now. china announcing overnight the lockdown in wuhan, china where the coronavirus outbreak began will end on april 8th. a single new case of the virus was reported in wuhan today after almost a week of no new cases. the lockdown in the province where wuhan is located will be

lifted tonight at midnight. the coronavirus survived inside cabins on the diamond princess cruise ship for 17 days after passengers left. the cdc made the findings while trying to determine how transmission happened on multiple voyages. 3700 people were quarantined on the ship for weeks in a japanese port. 800 passengers and crew members contracted the virus. and then there is this story garth brooks and trisha yearwood break the internet with a live streamed concert. check it out ♪ whiskey and wine ♪ is just not the same high ♪ jillian: country couple crashing facebook live over and over again as they live streamed a convert from home and offered a message of hope. >> love one another. >> get through this together. jillian: we are in this

together. more than 3 million fans tuned. in and i know we are going to be seeing a lot more than that ainsley, people need to be cheered up right now and they need that moment of reprieve. ainsley: they are such a nice couple. we watch her on the food network we love his music. thank you guys. if you are watching, we love you for doing that thanks, jillian. we all know about playing with a rubber ducky in the bathtub, but what about legos? day two of our series for activities for you and your children while they are home from school. that's coming up next. adp simplifies hr, benefits, and payroll for magnolia bakery, so employees like sarah can achieve what they're working for. dealing with our finances really haunted me.ttle cranky. thankfully, i got quickbooks, and a live bookkeeper's helping customize it for our business. (live bookkeeper) you're all set up! (janine) great!

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ainsley: with children home from school we are sharing fun activities to help keep them really busy. back with some of her favorite ideas is teacher and author of the upcoming book actual parenting susie alison from busy toddler do.com. you kept me very busy yesterday thank you for all the ideas hayden loved it? >> you are so welcome. ainsley: good. so water activities. that's what you recommend us doing on day two of this week. >> yes. ainsley: why are water activities god for kids. >> water activities are amazing. when in doubt just add water. that can be our best tool to

re-set kids and kind of a nearly free resource we have just sitting around the house. and my other tip is always take bath-time and water play away from bedtime. move it in the morning or afternoon. let it be a long activity. we don't need to rush it as we are already trying to finish our day and just to make it an activity. ainsley: that's a great idea. first activity for today is lego bath. tell us about that. >> this is one of our favorites. take your bin of legos and dump it in the bath-time. the kids go nuts for this. it t. is unbelievable. ainsley: next one is a pouring station. i love. this just set down a storage container on the ground add in a bunch of cups so the kids can learn how to pour and transfer water. amazing life skill activity that kids just love. ainsley: you say wash the toys. you say make sure the shampoo or soap is tear free. that's important. >> that is very important. trust me from experience it's

very important. let the kids wash their plastic toys we need to sanitize. give the kids a job. they will love. this. ainsley: what are you tell your kids about germs the coronavirus, does it scare them? >> you know it doesn't. we know we are staying home to help keep other people safe and that we're wash being our hands a lot to keep others safe. they are aware something is going on and has to do with germs. we are keeping ourselves and other people safe. ainsley: thanks for keeping our children busy. we will be doing some of these activities today, too. thanks, suezy. if you do some her activities do #busy toddler. that's what she goes by on social media. so you can find her there. her name is susie allison. thanks, suezy. we have a big show ahead this morning. stuart varney, the head of fema pete gay nor dan crenshaw, bill de blasio and senator john hecornyn all live. t. we'll dub .

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♪ brian: all right. we start with a fox news alert. president trump vowing to help those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic as he pushes to reopen the country for business in weeks or maybe next week as the president steps up his efforts. states are imposing tighter restrictions. in fact, 15 states have now issued stay at home orders. seven of them were declared in the last 24 hours. ainsley: some states, listen to this like hawaii, they are threatening jail time or hefty fines, thousands of dollars to anyone violating the orders.

major cities like atlanta are announcing their own stay 0 stat home orders. connecticut says you must quarantine for two weeks. steve: unless they drive in and that's going to be different. meanwhile in the last hour. hundreds of cars lining up for drive-thru testindrive-thru tesw jersey. as you can see right there. the site opens up 8:00 local time one hour from right now. some people in new jersey are curious. right now the military is preparing to deploy field hospitals to new york city and seattle where there are major outbreaks. more than 46,000 covid-19 cases are confirmed nationwide, nearly 600 people have died. brian? brian: you have got to wonder if the president is going to get his way. he is getting impatient. things are going to get worse before they get better. after 15 days a big decision.

is he going to be saying restart this thing while the u.k. shuts down and other states lockdown. i'm wondering if there are other places he will lift up the vale and let the economy roar. pressure from all sides. medical community wants one thing. economic community wants another, ainsley. ainsley: i was reading on social media how people were talking back and the president was exchanging some opinions about what to do after these 15 days. and he is saying we are going to get back to work. we are going to open up businesses very quickly as soon as we can they are starting these drug trials today. hopefully these new drugs or these malaria drugs c pack and other things will get. if that's the case people can get back to work and have a solution. i pray to god that that happens. people can get back to work. people on social media are saying please, at the end of the 15 days let us go back to work unless you are at risk. unless you have symptoms, then you should stay at home. we will see if that's a good move. we will talk to some of the doctors during the show to find out if they think that's safe. in the meantime, lawmakers on

capitol hill -- go ahead, steve. steve: i was just going to say yesterday, ainsley, if you listen to the president talking during that two-hour press conference, he made it pretty clear that he is, you know, he realizes that our economic engine has ground to a halt. he would like to open it up as the economy and get people back to work as soon as it is safe. and if you listen to him carefully, it sounded like when he mentioned, you know, there are hot spots like new york and california and washington, you know, it doesn't take a genius to connect the dots and you think well, is he talking about maybe keeping those on lockdown and trying to slowly reopen the rest of the country because there are so many -- i have gotten so many emails from business leaders and whatnot, they realize the peril with the coronavirus but at the same time america has got to eventually get back to work. and ainsley, the big question right now is what is the timeline in the president apparently is going to decide toward this weekend.

ainsley: that tweet you mentioned earlier, steve and brian. the cure can't be worse than the problem, basically is what the president said. so he does have some decisions to make. meanwhile lawmakers on capitol hill failing to agree on a relief package that could help millions of americans that are impacted by the coronavirus. griff jenkins joins us live with what is happening today. griff? >> good morning, ainsley, brian and steve. it's not a done deal yet. but there is hope by minority leader schumer and treasury secretary mnuchin emerging from more late night talks from this building behind me. this time schumer says he expects to have an agreement today. there are still a few little differences nothing that would prevent a final deal hinting at a possible vote as soon as this evening. at the white house, the president is growing impatient, urging lawmakers to act. >> now, congress must demonstrate the same bipartisan again and join together to pass the senate bill as written and avoid playing any more partisan games. they have to get together and just stop with the partisan

politics. griff: this as tempers flared as majority leader mcconnell lighting in to speaker pelosi. >> we were this close, this close. and yesterday morning the speaker of the house flew back from san francisco and suddenly, the senate's serious bipartisan process turned into this left wing episode of supermarket sweep. griff: what he is talking about there pelosi introduced her own 14-hundred page relief bill that republicans are slamming for what they call a wish list of things unrelated to coronavirus. let me show you. it has wind and solar tax credits, reductions in airline emissions, increased leverage for labor unions. the elimination of postal service debt. same-day voter registration. and $35 million for the kennedy center of performing arts here in washington. as for the senate now, it's unclear when that vote will happen. and it's a heavy lift because the g.o.p. only holds one vote

majority with five senators in self-quarantine and unclear what pelosi's bill would be. her bill would have to be reconciled and openly blasting it with corporations. brian: so outrageous, griff. thanks. they talk about eliminating debt for the u.s. post office. $35 million for the kennedy performing arts center as you mentioned. and they also talk about restricting colleges from providing information about citizenship. how does that help restaurants and hotels? how does that help stand-up casinos and entertainment facility? you have got to be kidding? what an embarrassment, while everyone sells suffering, they are trying to jam this thing down our throats and bring this up, too. james clyburn lauded so much for saving joe biden's campaign says the -- saw this opportunity with five republicans under quarantine they need 12 more votes so now let's restructure things to fit our vision. it's amazing. it's outrageous. it even got republican senators

venting on capitol hill on the senate floor. even susan collins. listen. >> you know what the american people are thinking right now, mr. president? they are thinking that this country was founded by geniuses. but it's being run by a bunch of idiots. >> environmental extremists the labor special interests, we are here trying to fight for the man and woman on the street in our hometowns and, yet, they are fighting for the green new deal. >> that the answer from our friends on the other side of the aisle is delay, delay, delay. no sense of urgency. no hurry. this is disgraceful. brian: yeah. they have got to find a way to remote vote or give them an astronaut hazmat suit and let them go back to capitol hill and

do. this the house does not want to come back and look at nancy pelosi's 1100 page bill and some leadership on the democratic side is also fed up. steve? steve: well, they are politicians and they are in washington. what do you expect? >> let's bring in stuart varney, host of varney and company over on fox business. stuart, when you look at the dow jones industrial average futures, they are currently up over 900 points because clearly mr. schumer and mr. mnuchin both said, both called the president of the united states last night and said we could have a deal. there might be a vote later on today. this is finally good news for the millions of people sitting at home self-isolating. if they tuned on c-span 2 yesterday and saw that they would be thinking what the heck are they doing? >> agreed entirely, steve. and that's exactly what's happening. but, i caution this: there is hope that eventually fairly soon there will be a $2 trillion

rescue package for the economy for workers and for business. there is hope that soon and i can't put a time frame on it but soon there will be that rescue package for the economy that clearly is helping the stock market. we have got futures as we say limit up this morning. that's up 900 points. when the market opens and those limits are taken off, it is likely that the dow will go up 1,000 points because there is great enthusiasm on wall street for what's going on in d.c. at the moment. now, look, it's not just the 2 trillion-dollar rescue package. it's also statements from the president and from governor cuomo of new york that they want soon fairly soon to take some of the restrictions on our movement off. the president said this: we can't let the cure be worse than the problem. governor cuomo said it's not sustainable to run the country with the economy closed down. in other words, fairly soon,

they are thinking about taking off some of these restrictions, hrepgt some people go back to work before the economy craters in the second quarter. that's what's going on. and that's why, i think that's the principle reason why the dow is going to open up so strong, steve. ainsley: stuart, the president did say yesterday he talked about the economy. he has to make a decision. is he weighing all occupations. you are right. you don't want the cure to be worse than the actual problem. but, yet, you don't want more people to die. he says if the economy fails, then that will cause death, too. this is what the president said about america will open for business soon. watch. >> america will again and soon be open for business very soon a lot sooner than three or four months that somebody was suggesting. a lot sooner. we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. we will not let the cure be worse than the problem. at the end of the 15-day period we will make a decision as to

which way we want to go. we are going to be opening up our country and we're going to be watching certain areas. ainsley: do you think, stuart, in six more days when 15 days is up we will go back to work? what are your predictions and what if this trial does really well and these drugs work? >> well, what the president is saying is at odds with what the medical community is saying. the president is saying let's get back to work but the medical community seems to be saying no. you have got to clamp down to make sure we beat the virus first. so there is two sides to this equation. the investors, they are taking the president's side. they want the economy to start getting back up to speed again. albeit slowly but that's what they want. and that's why the market does so well first thing this morning. brian: yeah. and in new york they lost 100 -- we lost 126 people. they passed away last night. it was the biggest increase since this whole thing started. there is no question that new

york has more cases than anybody else. and there is no question that new york is getting the biggest response as they convert the javits center. in fact overall with the economy we are going to lose this month between 5 and 7 million jobs. 5 to 7 million people will be laid off. and governor andrew cuomo knows it's serious but also knows we have got to get back to work. listen. >> looking. the president is very concerned about the economy, right? the economy was doing well. the economy is now truly suffering. you can't keep spending money and close down the economy. and the president is eager to get it opened as quickly as possible. i actually have a group that is working on the start of the economy. i get it too. this is new york. we are the home of so much of this. coming up with a plan to restart the economy is very important. >> i just want to say that there

are ideas out there for restricting the restrictions to just the elderly and those people with an underlying condition. in other words, other people may be able to get back to work in certain industries. but you concentrate your restrictions on the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions who are most at risk. that will be an easing of restrictions. but an imposition of more restrictions on that risk group. that's a potential compromise here. brian: gotcha. stuart: that's what the market likes. brian: we will talk about that in our simulcast later. the former executive of goldman sachs says this is crushing the economy the downside suggested within a very few weeks we could put the lower risk people back to work. we will see how that goes. stuart we will watch you, varney and company 9:00 to noon edition. thanks for joining us this morning. ainsley: thank you so much, stuart. brian, steve and folks at home the fox news virtual town hall is today at noon.

virtual everyone is going to be safe. guess who we are talking to harris faulkner and bill hemmer. president trump and the white house task force in addition to that dr. oz, dr. saphier and dr. siegel will be there you at home we want you to participate in this so you can submit your questions either to fox news, twitter, fox news facebook or our instagram page or if you don't have social media can you send us an email it's live-ing blog at foxnews.com. we are all going to be watching today at noon. all right. let's toss to jillian mele who has headlines for us. >> jillian: a member of the detroit police department has died of coronavirus. the department is expected to release more information later this morning. in new york, thousands of nypd workers are calling out sick. on monday, more than 2400 employees called out more than double the daily average. 100 officers and 129 civilian workers have tested positive for

the virus. the u.s. $1 billion in aid to afghanistan as a political divide is jeopardizing the peace deal. the country's president and opposition leader both claiming they won the past election. secretary of state mike pompeo was unable to break an impasse between them. pompeo says their failure dishonors those who sacrificed their lives for the country's future. former campaign organizers are suing failed 2020 hopeful mike bloomberg. the billionaire facing two class action lawsuits from workers who say he reneged on a promise to employ up to 2,000 people through the november election. instead they were laid off. bloomberg's campaign insists the severance pay that the staffers received was, quote: more generous than any other campaign. simple phrase maybe making a very big difference yard signs reading everything will be okay. popping up all over dunwoody georgia. nonprofit organization is selling the signs. so far they have raised $14,000 for artist and art teachers

affected by the pandemic. the signs are meant to help build connection in the quarantine community. that's great. that's a look at your headlines. back to you. steve: we just need that kind of positive reinforcement. that's right. jillian, thank you. you know, as the coronavirus surges nationwide, our next guest is trying to connect more people with doctors from the comfort of your own home. now you can take advantage of telehealth services during the pandemic. we are going to explain how that all works coming up next. when it comes to autism,

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patients. encouraging more virtual visits during the pandemic. our next guest founded the telehealth company called madechie. he says up to 90% of doctor's visits can be done using your smart phone and telemedicine and dr. clint phillips joins us right now. clint, good morning to you. for the people who are unfamiliar with telehealth, explain what you can do. >> telehealth is an amazing opportunity for 90% of patients who do not need to go into the doctor's office. for years, 3 to 4 million americans have been sitting in a waiting room for a doctor's visit. traveling, parking, filling out bogus paperwork for a visit that could happen virtually. this is an historic opportunity for patients to be able to download an app. provider to connect with them instead of jumping through all the

ridiculous hoops that you used to have to jump into to talk to your doctor. you can now do this incredibly easily from your smart phone thanks very much to policies passed by the president in the last week. steve: that's right. now medicare and medicaid does cover it. we all downloaded a telehealth application through our company over the last week or. so but the great thing is there are so many people, and you know this, clint, there are so many people who don't have regular doctors. so it's like i don't feel good who do i go to? this way did you go to your phone and ultimately, you are connected with a doctor and i know that you went from 600 visits a day up to like 4,000 over the last week or two because so many people are interested in this. because you don't have to actually go in to see the doctor and expose yourself to all those people either in the emergency

room or the doctor's office. >> correct. doctors are scrambling to be able to understand how they are going to be able to take care of not just their patients that they're worried about to covid-19, but their patients that have got hundreds and thousands of different issues. how do doctors continue to be able to manage and deliver care to these people. with medecie download an app. today start being able to invite and help their patients later in the same day to be able to deliver virtual care. it's a huge leap for providers to be able to deliver care for patients who don't have a doctor, they can go on to medecie and invite the doctors they have or connected to a doctor if they do not have a relationship whether it's the covid-19 concerns or a host of any other medical issues that they might be running into.

in a moment for the people interested we will have you give the exact name so people can download it from their app. store. but there are a lot of people who are thinking okay, so you are just talking to the doctor on the phone. not necessarily, because the doctor may say i want to face time you or i want to skype you because i want to look at you, right? >> yes. with medecii record. record video. upload images. the doctor can turn it with a tap of a button into a video be able to look at you. whether it's text, call, video, uploading images we have unlimited opportunities to be able to use communication and technology to be able remarkable care that in many cases can be better than office visit because of the amount of things that can be connected to our plan.

steve: it is a great idea. i know telehealth is going through the roof. for people interested -- and there are a number of different telehealth providers. if people are entered in medici, how do they find the application. >> very easy go to the app. store and can you download medici. you can invite your doctor. be invited to somebody if do you not have a doctor. and this is send a text message and have a doctor respond often in minutes that your doctor may have different parameters around how to use it. will will get on and stop going to the waiting room. stop putting yourself at risk. stop putting other people at risk and be able to receive remarkable care. steve: there are a lot of people covered by medicare and medicaid who are interested in that doctor, thank you for joining us live from austin on this tuesday

morning. >> thank you, steve. appreciate it. steve: okay. meanwhile, shifting gears, more than 46,000 americans have tested positive for covid-19. and also learning more about the mortality rate. dr. marc siegel reacts to the new data you are going to want to hear. it's coming up next. yeah, and now business is rolling in. get started at fastsigns.com

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>> the mor mortality rate is a g thing for me we are substantially under 1% now. it's still terrible. >> the whole concept of death is terrible there is a tremendous difference between something under 1% or 4% or 5% or even 3%. that's something that we are learning now. i think the number may be lower than people think. brian: president trump noting more data or mortality rate as more than 46,000 cases was coronavirus are confirmed in the united states and 600 deaths. here to react dr. marc siegel. ugly statistic 126 people died last night in new york. what's your reaction to the overall low mortality rate. does that change your opinion on the coronavirus? >> brian, it has to do with who we test. you know, in italy, the

mortality rate is close to 9%. but they clearly only were testing severely ill patients who were in big risk. in china, it's about 3%. and we find out they didn't test about 80 to 90% of those in china who had the coronavirus. no one knew about it because they had really mild symptoms and talked about nasal, changes in taste or smell or diarrhea, things you are not expecting. here we are testing more and more people. that's why our mortality rate is lower. even then you wouldn't believe how many people we are missing. people that think they have a cold. people that have no symptoms at all. it's often asymptomatic. the more mild cases there are that go undetected the lower the death rate really is especially in a society like this where we are taking care of people. brian: all right. so, as you know, dr. siegel, we are going to try today in new york hydroxychloroquine combined with a z pack and see where this

antimalarial drug in terms of lessening the symptoms. one of the man said goodbye to his family already and took this and was on our show 45 minutes ago. listen to him. >> when do you get sick, there is something out there. and this, for me, i'm absolutely convinced this is what saved my life. because i went from being what i felt very sick to, at 4:45 in the morning, having broken up fever that lasted nine days and losing the rest of the symptoms other than a light headache. so, for me, this was the answer. and i think it can be an answer for a lot of people. brian: dr. siegel, is it the answer for a lot of people? >> it may very well be. that was a very, very, stirring interview, brian. let me tell you, i'm looking around the world. there is two malarial drugs

hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine in the test tube the hydroxychloroquine looked much more powerful against this virus it. definitely has properties against the virus. they used it in south korea and china. study out of france promising. medical universities are using it university of washington and university of minnesota is studying it. as you said new york is starting to study it. the who is a mull if i center trial around the world. my view on, this based on talking to many scientists is it works especially well, pretty early in the game. so, in other words, if you are a severe case, or you have a lot of high risks, this may be for you. and i came on last night on tucker right after dr. hon from the fda and i was so happy to hear what he said. he said your doctor should sit down your patient or us a just said telemedicine with your parent and determine on a case-by-case basis whether there might be something to use. that's how decisions need to be made right now. what's the clinical benefit. it's approved off label for

malaria but maybe doctors can use it for this if it's the right case as we stu study it. i'm all for this. brian: might not be the magic formula at least it's worth a try. and finally the promise indicated. >> promising. brian: promising. the president indicated yesterday he is looking to get our economy back and after 15 days he is reevaluating. do you think it's premature to think about pulling off the stay-at-home ruling that's really prevalent throughout this country right now for 100 million americans? >> brian, i think i would look at it this way. as we are testing more and more americans we are figuring out where the epicenters really are and hot spots really are. like new york, we are in the heart of it. areas like that, you certainly want people to stay at home, shelter in place. avoid large gatherings. but, you know, what if there are no cases in certain states? what if it's very low? maybe there is a way to test, to target, to isolate and then to

have. >> morgan: democrat ways of approachinhave -- to have more e ways. i think that's a more practical approach, because otherwise the economy gets in worse and worse shape. i like that the president is looking at this. brian: right. you have a lot of people. economists on one side, officials on the other. maybe the right thing is in the middle. >> do both. brian: a little bit later you will be in the fox news virtual town hall today at noon eastern with president trump and the white house task force including the vice president and by the way it's your chance to participate. you can submit questions on fox news, facebook, instagram or email live blog at foxnews.com. you will get our team with the president's team and then, of course, your questions it's always interesting. that's going to be very exciting for the channel and the country. i will see you later. fema is sending millions of masks to areas hit hardest by

the pandemic and efforts to ship more protective equipment are growing by the hour. the head of fema, pete gaynor joins us with an update next.

dr. jerome adams: why should young people care about the spread of coronavirus? well we know that people with underlying medical conditions over the age of 60 are at highest risk, but they've got to get it from somebody. dr. deborah birx: so we're asking everyone to be selfless for others so that we can protect those who are most susceptible. dr. anthony fauci: not going to bars, not going to restaurants, it all just means physical separation, so that you have a space between you and others.

dr. jerome adams: for more information on how you can social distance please go to coronavirus.gov >> 8 million n-95 respirator masks and 13.3 million surgical masks across the country right now focusing on the areas with the greatest need. in the past 96 hours, fema has also received donations of approximately 6.5 million masks. we're having millions and millions of masks made as we speak. and other personal protective equipment which we will be distributing to medical hot spots. we are focused on some of the hot spots. ainsley: that was the president speaking and his last briefing. bring in peter gaynor who we often see behind the president the fema administrator.

good morning to you, peter. >> good morning. ainsley: i know y'all aren't getting any sleep. people are talking about the shortages of equipment and people and facilities hoarding things. what is fema doing to get these essentials into the facilities hospitals into the hands of people who really need it? >> our top priority has been and will continue to be supplies. and those supplies, most critically needed at the big three, especially new york city. every day we ship millions of products and every day we find millions of products. so, the stockpiles continue to grow and we continue to ship more. but, again, these are supplies that every governor want across the country. so, again, we are trying to prioritize them and make a difference where we ship them. steve: well, that's good. peter, let me ask you about this. if you go on line for any period of time you see a lot of stories with good information but there are also a lot of people out there who put out misinformation. how is fema trying to handle

those stories that are just made up stuff? >> yeah, it's a great question. we have a pretty powerful social media team here. we just stood up a rumors page where you can go in, check out what's truth, what's not truth. coronavirus.gov. lots of information there so, again, do due diligence. make sure it's fact before you take action. every american has a role to play. please play your role. those 15 days, those actions, social distancing, washing your hands. all those things make a difference. so keep doing that please. brian: let me ask you something, peter, a lot of people say this is capitalistic economy. fema shows up and wants to buy something. they don't have the money because that's not the way the government works. have you thought about putting your money into escrow and going up to these companies and whether it's 3 m and having it in their warehouse and say

selling it to me. i hear fema is losing out to other countries and other facilities in other states because you don't have money on hand. >> yeah. i think that should be on the rumor page. we have ability to buy immediately. i have one of the top logistics chiefs here from the joint staff. two star admiral. he knows how to get it done. hes that authority to buy. we have money to do it and so that's what's happening. it's been happening it. will continue to grow as we move through this crisis. ainsley: peter, what are some of the top two or three rumors that you would like the audience to know? >> i can't go down rumorsville. let's go down things i would like you to do. we have a lot of demand for ppe and a lot of demand for testing. and if you don't have symptoms, don't get a test. unnecessary tests takes away from my effort to get critical supplies into the hands of hospitals and medical

professionals. so, please, if you have symptoms, go get a test. if you don't have symptoms and looking to make yourself feel better. please don't do it. you are cutting against our efforts and we need every single american to participate in. this it's just not the other guy doing it. it's but doing it. steve: yeah. exactly. pete, we are situated in the new york city area although we are scattered throughout the area right now for obvious reasons. but i would imagine there are a bunch of the country that are hot spots that you are devoting a lot of attention to and resources to and other spots not so much, right? >> correct. it's all about priorities. you know, we want to mike sure that we're addressing the hot spots today. we are looking for where do we go next? we want to skate toward the puck and be there before it happens. lots of professionals. 14 federal agencies behind me on every floor of this building working every day to make sure that we deal with this crisis and put it behind us. brian: so, pete, governor cuomo who has really left politics out

of this has been very complimentary to fema especially what you are doing at the javits center. i love the power the states have when it comes to equipment i want fema to take control. i can't bid against 49 states. the price goes up and no one benefits. there needs to be a priority from fema. have you heeded his advice and taken over the purchases? so again, it's a delicate, delicate balance. we want to own everything we don't want to be the small conduit that prevents action from taking. we ask every governor if you can find it, buy it. we are ready to use the defense production act. there is a couple things we need to loosen up and get ready to take action shortly. brian: why not do it. pete, dan, why not do it now? >> we are doing lots of different things. we don't want to make sure that we do something that is counter to our efforts. so, again, best professionals in

the world figuring this all out. if we need as it leverage, we have it as leverage now. if we need to do it. we are ready to do it. and again it's a fluid dynamic situation and we want to make sure we make the best decisions. brian: i just don't understand, just real quick. i don't understand what's taking so long? he said this about four days ago. just start buying the stuff and handing it out to the states that need it most. it's jacking up the price and the wrong states are getting too much stuff. >> again, we are trying to make sure we get it to the right place to the right spot. we don't want to be the straw that everything has to go through. so we are trying, again, have a balanced. we will use the defense production act to remedy some of those things but, again, we want to understand the entire system before we do something that is counter to our effort. ainsley: all right. peter, thank you so much for being with us. >> you are welcome. ainsley: don't miss the fox news

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a condo or a home, you need to move your body. you have got to exercise a little bit. and just the way i started, brian, we go back a long way. but i was the first guy to do personal fitness and made it an occupation going to people's homes. the reason being you are the strongest in your own environment. if you arwhen you are in your own home don't have to worry about putting makeup on or putting on a great outfit. household items, get the body moving, get the endorphins moving. get that energy lose the stress. brian: even though, jake, you were the first personal trainer and celebrity first. everyday people in small houses, small apartments, because you don't have weights or a gym, no excuse. you are putting different segments on each day for the last seven days on instagram. went on instagram just for this reach to use not your weights or gym but every day household

items. i'm looking at the pushup challenge. i'm looking at a broom stick squat with a side lunge and all easy to understand. >> it's super simple. a broom stick, a towel, a chair, two tubes of tomato paste. every day posting new challenge on stain gram. check me out at official body bay jake. it's so easy. and amazing what do you and how can you feel by just moving your body. i'm seeing right now my son zac is doing the sink pull. don't pull the sink out of the wall but you know, it's a great stretch. you are working the whole body. you are breathing. once again i mention about these endorphins. once you start exercising, it's this positive upward spiral of success and visualizes people have a lot of time in their

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steve: we start with a fox news alert. president trump vowing to help those hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic as he pushes to reopen the country for business in weeks not months this as the president steps up his efforts, states are imposing tight restrictions. 15 states have now issued stay at home orders. seven of them were declared in the last 24 hours you can see the map there ainsley. ainsley: in some states, steve, like hawaii, they are threatening jail time or even hefty fines i'm hearing thousands of dollars to anyone who violates the order. major cities like atlanta, down in georgia they are announcing

their own stay at home orders, florida says anyone flying in from the tri-state area from new york, new jersey or connecticut must self-quarantine for two weeks. brian? brian: and moments ago, ainsley , a drive-thru testing site opened up in paramus, new jersey. hundreds of cars have been lined up for hours about 30 minutes away. the national guard loading up wow look at that, in new york city to setup makeshift hospitals giving people in new york, more than 46,000 covid-19 cases confirmed nationwide nearly 600 people have died and when you look at what happened so far, we look at the top 10 countries we have china still number one but they say they are getting back to normal as of april 5, italy still stunning numbers 63,000, the u.s. 46,000, and ticking up but our mortality rate is still extremely low, especially here in new york city. steve: that's right, brian.

new york has more cases right now than italy, 1,000 of the u.s. cases are in new york and as we heard last night during that two hour press conference with the president, the attack rate, which is the percent of the population with the disease, is 1 in 1,000. that is five times higher than any other parts of the country ainsley. ainsley: well yesterday, we saw more americans die in a one day period. we saw more than 100 die, brian do you remember the number? brian: 126. ainsley: so all right 11,000 new positive cases confirmed yesterday. the experts are saying the surgeon general is even saying this week is going to get really bad so we talk about that curve we're at the top of the curve right now but don't panic because we are going to go down things are going to improve president is talking about people going back to work after the 15 days possibly, people are asking him if you're at risk or if you had some symptoms maybe those are the people that should stay home after the 15 days are

up we are nine days in so we still have six more days almost a week left, plus they are doing these drug trials starting today , hopefully we'll find out the malaria drug, the z-pack those kind of things are working to help wipe this out so people can get back to work and the economy can rebound, steve? steve: well, speaking, ainsley, of getting back to work yesterday the president was optimistic and lawmakers on capitol hill now yesterday they failed to agree on a rescue package, that could help million s of americans impacted by coronavirus. griff jenkins joins us live today with what's happening. griff it sounds as if schumer and mnuchin were talking last night around midnight with the president. they seem to be hopeful that a deal is right around the corner maybe later today. that's why the stock market futures right now are up about 900. griff: that's right, steve, ainsley and brian the stock market futures like the fact that they are close to a deal because schumer and mnuchin emerged after more late night talks last night, but this time,

schumer is saying, "we expect to have an agreement tomorrow morning" both sides hopeful of a possible vote tonight, and it can't come soon enough after what we saw on the senate floor, temperings flaring and frustrations just boiling over. >> you know, what the american people are thinking right now, mr. president? they are thinking if this country was founded by geniuses, but it is being run by a bunch of idiots. this is disgraceful. we do not have time. time is not on our side. >> they ought to be embarrassed , mr. president. this is not a political opportunity. this is a national emergency. griff: complicating matters speaker pelosi introducing a 1,400 page relief bill that republicans are slamming for what they call a wish list of things unrelated to coronavirus, let us show you. wind and solar tax credits, reduction in airline emissions,

increased leverage your labor unions, elimination of postal service debt, same day voter registration and $35 million for the kennedy center of performing arts here in d.c. at the white house, an impair enter president urging lawmakers to act. president trump: now congress must demonstrate the same bipartisanship again and join together to pass the senate bill as written, and avoid playing any more partisan games, have to get together and just stop with the partisan politics. griff: so cash will soon get to much-needed americans, and small businesses, well not so fast. even if the republican- controlled senate with only a one vote majority gets 12 democrats to approve this bill it's unclear speaker pelosi will reconcile that with her house bill garnering little to no bipartisan support. brian, ainsley, steve? brian: well thanks so much griff i appreciate it. really running down what's going to happened to in fact schumer says he told the president that they think they have a vote and

it will pass this morning. i want to bring in congressman dan crenshaw. the house is not back in session but you're watching this. you won't have to go back, congressman to vote on this if they just give it over and nancy pelosi says i'll take it as i see it, but for what do you, i know you've probably got a little bit cynical, after being so long but don't you believe this is a new low? >> i would absolutely agree and i've only been in washington for a year and a half now, but a lot of folks who have been there , their entire lives say this is one of the lowest of lows that they've ever seen. it's pretty unbelievable. we watched these negotiations happen, we were optimistic, there was this bipartisanship and this notion that we're all in this together, for weeks now, and then they tanked it. they tanked it in the most partisan of ways and let's talk about what they actually torpedo ed here in the bill. increased unemployment benefits, so higher weekly payments, plus

expanded population who would get those benefits so our independent contractors wobble inable as well, small business loan bailouts but those be forgiven, for rent, utilities, for payroll, i mean, and then money for businesses to keep their employees attached to this business. i don't know why democrat hate the word business so much? i don't know why the word corporation makes them so mad but that's what they are claiming was wrong with this bill. it is so absurd that in a time like this where there's an absolute crisis where there's tens of thousands of people being laid off, that they would play these kind of games and for what? so they could put greenhouse gas emission standards on our airlines, so they can advocate for more collective bargaining standards for unions? i mean, what are they doing? it's so absurd it made a lot of people really angry and rightful ly so. ainsley: so senator collins said this is disgraceful. we don't have time for this. senator mcconnell said they

ought to be embarrassed talking about the democrats. when you look at nancy pelosi's wish list, the democrats wish list, why the heck are they including wind and solar, airline emissions, $35 million for the kennedy center and this relief bill. this needs to be for people, we need to focus on relief. we can focus on all that other stuff later. >> yeah, and don't forget other things they've added in there like election reform, same day voting or same day registration , and early voting requirements, minimum wage requirements, which would kill the small businesses we're trying to save by the way. i mean, it's hard to understand what they're thinking. i don't think they understand how the economy works, what makes it function. they don't understand that our goal right now is press pause on the economy is to keep our employees tied to those businesses, because we're making them stop working. we're making businesses close, but it's temporary, so we need to set a timeline for what that looks like, and we need to make sure that businesses have the

capital to keep paying their employees so that their employee s don't need the direct cash from government. we can't make everybody in america a government employee. that's not a good long term plan and that's not how our economy works. steve: you know, mr. crenshaw famously ram emmanuel set never let a good crisis go to waste and on sunday night, on a conference call with 200 other house democrats, james clyburn of south carolina told the colleagues, this bill is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision so we should not be surprised by this. i mean, they've been trying for a while to get $15 minimum wage, student debt forgiveness, it's all packed in this thing, but at the same time, when people are watching cspan 2 yesterday there are millions of people stuck in their houses and they're watching congress do that and they are thinking really?

really? >> right and if that doesn't make you cynical about washington i don't know what does. if that doesn't make you lose trust in these people i don't know what does. this is unforgivable. this is unforgivable. when he said that quote he's saying the quiet part outloud and they think they can get away with it. they have been getting away with this behavior for so long. the new york times changed the headlines about this story three different times to cover for democrats. they are so used to being covered for by the media but this time they can't be covered for. we will not forget this and that they held the american people hostage and held our economy hostage and it's unimaginable what they did. ainsley: congressman they could have passed something last week, they worked on this , they were bipartisan agreements this weekend. here we are monday, it didn't pass. now tuesday, hopefully something will pass. that's basically a week that has been wasted when these small businesses, a week to them is a lot of money they've lost. a week is a long time for them to worry about how they are going to pay their employees or

how employees are going to pay their bills. it's ridiculous. what's your message to small business owners? >> look, my message for americans is keep order ordering take out from your restaurants, because they are hurting, a lot of cities are going into lockdown, we're about to start that in houston and that date ends on april 3 i hope we stick to that timeline but a lot of restaurants still do take out even throughout these lockdowns, so you have to support them but yeah, like you said, a barbecue joint i was just at yesterday they have a 3- 5% profit margin they can't last. another friend of mines business closed yesterday. i mean, this happens really quickly. then what are these employees supposed to do? they don't have any recourse. government action is never fast. even when we do move fast in a bipartisan fashion, it still doesn't move quickly. so we all have to be in this together, help out who you can. keep ordering takeout from your small businesses. order online. brian: right, let's just get to

the last topic in. china and the propaganda. they are flying into italy, going into iran, they act like they saved the world. they caused this whole pandemic and now since they are out of it first they are beginning to make gains on the propaganda war. are we doing enough to pushback against it? >> well i'm certainly trying. representative jim banks just introduced a bill that i'm going to co-sponsor as well that would pushback against that and make them pay for this. listen, their propaganda is out of control. they will do anything to say the chinese communist party it's really disgusting. they hit this virus from the world if they had actually been transparent about it one study showed there will be 95% less spread throughout the world but even after the fact what do they keep doing they manage to give the world health organization there was no human- to-human transmission and this was like mid january. they knew better.

they managed to convince the world health organization of that and also shame on the world health organization for believ ing it now they are trying to convince the world it was the u.s. army that spread it in wuhan. i don't think there's a lot of u.s. army soldiers hanging out at the wet markets in wuhan. brian: not really but dan you've got a great op-ed there on the chinese coronavirus and the lives that are in and around it and why americans, why democrats are obsessed with the fact that the president calls it the chinese virus. i have news for you, it is. thanks, congressman. >> yeah. absolutely thank you. steve: meanwhile, fox news is going to have a virtual town hall, we'll all be gathered around virtually today at noon eastern time, special guest as you can see there the president of the united states moderated by bill hemmer. if you have a question to the president, you can submit it at fox news on our facebook account , also instagram or

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steve: new york now the hardest hit state in the nation with more than 20,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, and more than 13,000 of them in new york city alone. the national guard now being deployed to build make shift

hospitals amid the surge. here with an update is new york city mayor bill deblasio. mayor good morning to you thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. steve: we saw the president tweeted out this morning this. he said the world market for face masks and ventilators is crazy. we are helping the states to get equipment. it is not that easy, just had 400 ventilators for mayor deblasio, work beginning on four hospitals in new york, millions of different items coming. that's your question isn't it? when are the things going to get there. >> that's exactly right, steve. look i've spoken to the president and i appreciate that he understands just how crucial it is to get those ventilators to new york city. that is the difference, steve, between someone who is suffering in one of our hospitals who might make it, if they have the access to a ventilator but if we can't have them on a ventilator, we could lose a lot of lives who otherwise could pull through, and i do appreciate that the president and his team is focused on that.

we're going to need a lot. our estimate is approximately 15,000 before this is over, because of the shear growth pattern you mentioned. this thing is moving rapidly and i think april is going to be a lot worse than march and i fear that may may even be worse than april and that's just new york city. its then going to be happening more and more in other parts of the country as well, and so steve, i have to emphasize, our hospitals in a matter of days or weeks, depending on the hospital, are going to be stressed to the point that they cannot provide the kind of healthcare we're used to, unless we can get them a huge supply of equipment, supplies, personnel and our hospitals bluntly are going to start to go broke and that's why all partisanship aside, what's being talked about now in the stimulus bill is crucial, direct support for public and private hospitals because if they cannot pay the bills and this is true all over the country, if they can't

pay the bills, healthcare will decline rapidly, overall not just about coronavirus, overall, and this is the thing i'm focused on. we got to sure up our hospitals quick. steve: well particularly in new york city, mayor, because i heard dr. burx last night in that two hour long press conference with the president say that new york city's rate of attack is 1 in 1,000 which is jaw dropping, that new york has five times the rate of infection over other parts of the country so you've got this problem and you just mentioned that you think that april and may are going to be really bad for new york city, so you in addition to the national guard, you're thinking maybe this should involve a larger portion of our federal military right? >> that's right, steve. look i think the united states military is a force unlike any in the world in terms of its ability to organize, mobilize,

do logistics, move material all over the country, and they happen to have some of the finest medical personnel anywhere. right now, the epicenter is in new york city but we see it happening more and more in other parts of the country you're starting to see florida, louisiana, georgia, all sorts of states are going to go through their wave next. the only force i think that can keep up with the need to constantly move supplies and equipment where they're needed and doctors, nurses, other medical personnel where they're needed is going to be the u.s. military. national guards are great within each state, but i think we are seeing dominoes start to fall, steve, this is a national crisis the only parallel i think is not only the 1918 spanish influenza but the great depression itself in terms of the shear national impact into people's lives, and i think we have to recognize if the military is mobilized quickly, they actually could set up a structure to make sure

supplies go where they're needed first and then transferred to the next state in greatest need and the next state and the doctors and nurses could be moved around, but there's no other force in america that could possibly do that besides our military. steve: i know that peter navarro is now the point person from the administration that you deal with on a daily basis and that's great, because we want all the supplies that are needed by the various cities to get them as quickly as possible, but new york is a unique situation because you've got so many people on that island and in the five boroughs. in manhattan you got 28,000 people per square mile. are you thinking about any other restrictions on people in the days ahead just so that they have a social distance of six feet or something else just to keep it from spreading? yeah, steve it's a great question. first thing that i want to say is i'm very appreciative that

president trump named peter navarro to follow-up because he's been doing an amazing job. i spoke to him many times yesterday he's all over it and i'm very thankful for that. in terms of the question you ask , i want to emphasize that the spread pattern even though sure, it gets more intense in a big urban area like this , i don't think anybody in this country should rest assured that there's not going to be spread in every part of the country. it's just the nature of the virus and i think people have to understand this is not about blue states red states the coast or the heartland. unfortunately it's here in all 50 states and the smart thing we can do is get ahead of it so to your question look in this city, we have the finest police force anywhere in the world and commissioner said just yesterday , you know, they are going to go out and do what they do so well. show people the right way to do things. communicate with the folks in the city and say you've got to keep that distance. now steve if you're a family living under the same roof, social distancing is a different reality because you're already

in that deep contact. if you're going out to the park families are staying close together that's fine, but for other people, anyone who is not from the same exact family unit, people living under the same roof, we're going to keep that six feet apart rule and not allow any gatherings. i'm a guy who loves sports but we're not unfortunately even going to be able to allow team sports. we have to keep people separated so our men and women of the nyp d will be out there spreading the message telling people to break it up, move along, no lines tight together in a grocery store, no grocery stores full up. if we do this right and i think people are getting it steve, i really do think they are hearing the message and the media played a very important role here helping people understand just how serious this is i think we see more and more and our police commissioner said it he's been all over the city, he said he's so impressed at the number of people are following the rules and i think this week even more, since we now are officially in this pause in new york state, life is going to be

very different but if we do this all over the country we can actually slow this thing down and keep our hospitals running and that's the other thing i want to say steve. people have to understand if we don't knock this thing down, our healthcare system cannot handle this strain if it comes on too fast and that's just not for folks with coronavirus. that's for all the other healthcare challenges all of the folks with cancer and heart disease. we have to protect everyone in danger by keeping our hospitals going and that means that social distancing is the key to slowing this thing down. steve: absolutely, and new york city is of course as we've been talking at the epicenter now in the united states. mayor deblasio thank you very much. we know you got your hands full please come back to update us on what you're getting what you're needing and how the city of new york is coping. >> thank you, steve. steve: all right you bet. meanwhile straight ahead american companies answering the urgent call for more medical supplies. one car maker is stepping up to make ventilators.

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>> businesses across america are stepping up and maybe as never before in our history, and i know i speak for the president when i say how grateful and proud we are for that. brian: vice president pence thanking the private sector for stepping up for the pandemic crisis we're in the middle of right now while president trump hoenig in his tweeting skills and saluting them as well. ford motor and tesla are being given the go ahead to make ventilators and other products fast, and let's see how good you are. here with an update is ford executive himself bill ford, on what his company is doing. bill, are you guys going for it taking the presidents challenge? >> we are going like hell, yes, we are. we're working with ge on ventilator or with 3m on respirators and doing our own face shields and we're also 3d printing the n 95 mask so we got four different work streams going and we're going as fast as we can. brian: so when can we start sey

amazing to have companies like that come together like this but when can we start seeing products? the ventilators and the masks rolling off? >> soon. some of the things we're already getting into production. we're testing the face shields this week, in the detroit area hospitals to make sure they work and then we can ramp up very quickly and we're already doing the n 95 masks, we're 3d print ing those , and with 3m, we're doing the respirators and the goal there is to dramatically increase what they are already doing we'd like to do it by a factor of 6x to 10x, what they're already doing and on the ventilators with ge, we're helping them prototype, we're using our engineers and our manufacturing people, and then as soon as we get that right, we're going to go like crazy. brian: bill, are you going to sell to the states or to the

u.s. government? >> honestly we haven't figured that out yet. we're just trying to gear up production. we also haven't figured out somebody asked me earlier, are you going to get paid for this. we'll sort all that out later, but there's a national emergency , we're responding to it. we are turning our amazing employees loose to solve these problems and they are doing it, i'm so proud of them. brian: this is nothing new to ford. what have you guys done in the past through your family and the stories passed on to you, bill. >> we are a family company and also americas company. we make more vehicles here, invest more in america and we deploy more hourly workers than any other car company and we've always been america's company and as a result, anytime the country needs us we're there. we were the arsenal of democracy during world war ii, in fact we helped turn the tide of the war by starting to crank outb 52

bombers and other airplanes that the military needed, but we've also done civilian things like we've done for polio victims back when that was an epidemic so this is very much in our dna and our employees just can't wait to get going. brian: you know, bill i'm listening to some of these questions, the president says why haven't you enacted the defense production act and he goes i did but i don't need to. companies like yours are volunteering. you don't need to be ordered to do this , right? >> no in fact our employees cannot wait to get going and this is very much who we are. we're as american as you can get and we want to help this country, and we have for 117 years and we always will i mean, we have more first responders in our vehicles than anybody else and a lot of what we're doing today that i just talked about are not just helping the hospitals but they are also helping the first responders, because they need

help as well. brian: yeah and we can't wait to see those , i want you to come back with the respirators, ventilators and how these major companies are coming together because time is of the essence as you know. bill ford thanks so much. >> thank you, brian. brian: and next time we come back you come back maybe we'll talk about the lions. meanwhile the senate is closing in on $1 trillion relief bill at least we've been told, the stall ing and there's negotiating, senator john cornan says it's time for democrats to stop playing partisan games, he will join us next. i need a ride. here hold this. follow that spud. [ tires screech ] the big idaho potato truck is touring america telling folks about idaho potatoes. and i want it back. what is it with you and that truck?

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no matter where dust bunnies hide. no more heebie jeebies. phew. glad i stopped cleaning and started swiffering. president trump: now congress must demonstrate the same bipartisan again and join together to pass the senate bill as written and avoid playing any more partisan games, they have to get together and just stop with the partisan politics,

it must go quickly it's not really a choice, they have to make a deal. ainsley: they do have to make a deal and they haven't yet let's bring in senator john cornyn republican from texas member " senate judiciary committee and select intelligence committee good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, ainsley. ainsley: so no relief package, democrats have rejected the republican bill they want to include money for the kennedy center, they want to include same day registration voting registration, wind and solar tax credit has nothing to do with coronavirus. the words the adjectives i've heard to describe this selfish, shameful, disgraceful, embarrassing what's your reaction? >> well everybody knows this is a national emergency, but this is like shooting the tires out in the fire truck that's going to put out the fire. these are people who are getting paid to show up for work and there are many people through no fault of their own aren't getting paid anything and we need to get money to them to help bridge them through this crisis. ainsley: good point. steve: senator, in listening to

the conversation on capitol hill and the floor of the senate yesterday, you would have thought that the democrats had no input on this , but that's simply not true. last week, mitch mcconnell told republican committee chairs to work with the democrats on planks of the legislation. they used a number of the ideas that were from the house as well everybody thought the deal was done, and in fact i think saturday night, chuck schumer said he was delighted and surprised that the bipartisan cooperation until nancy pelosi came back with a thousand page bill and suddenly all those things that they've been talking about for so long magically in the covid bill. not surprising it's politics. >> yeah, this is all about leverage. unfortunately the american people don't have time to wait on these games to get the help they need, nor do the hospitals or the businesses that are shut through no fault of their own. we need to make sure when we get out of this health care

crisis that their jobs there for the american people so the economy can start booming again and so people can provide for their families, but unfortunately, they are having to wait because of this idea of leverage. democrats feel like they've got a bill that must pass and it must so they are trying to extract everything they can all their ideological wish list and it is just shameful. brian: so senator, having said all of that, and i don't think there's another side to this , we saw the list, and we see that nancy pelosi thinks you guys are vulnerable because five different republicans are forced to quarantine one positive for the coronavirus. having said all of that, suddenly we hear there's going to be a deal this morning. did you guys give in? >> secretary mnuchin is representing the president and the administration, mitch mcconnell is and kevin mccarthy are representing our side of the negotiations. the list is getting shorter, but again, i think what chuck

schumer and nancy pelosi realize is that this is a must-pass piece of legislation. we have to do this and they are extracting every last dollar they can. you can't try to outbid or out spend folks on the left and they see this as a golden opportunity, but again, there's a time for politics and there's a time to be responsible. this is wreckless and irresponsible. we need to get this done today. ainsley: senator for folks that are watching that have had to close their businesses or are worried they are going to have to or employees that aren't making money, they are furlough ed especially the restaurant industry, what can they expect to come out of this bill because they are watching thinking okay that's washington how do i get that money, who do i call, how do i get a check? >> well we're doing this through the internal revenue service so people can literally get a direct deposit

into their account because of course all of those accounts are already established and then the beefed up unemployment insurance will kick in next after people get their initial cash payment, and hopefully, they will then be able to ride that out. meantime, we need to provide some stabilization to small businesses so they can maintain those businesses so they will still exist and those jobs will still exist when we come out of this crisis and then of course the big employers that employ hundreds of thousands of people. democrats call that a slush fund but you know, these are important companies that the provide the jobs and i never have understood here on capitol hill where some people who claim to love to work hate the very person that provides the worker the job so we've got to take care of this across-the-board. steve: senator we heard from the president yesterday in the form of a tweet where he said we can't get the cure be worse than the problem itself. he's going to look at the end of this week, where we we are regarding covid-19 and it sounds like he's hinting that he may

reopen parts of the economy, which is something everybody would like but the practicality of it is they still haven't cured covid-19 and we haven't quite figured out how to stop the spread. what's your concern about that? >> well i think what the president is saying is we need to have a balance. we need to stop the spread of this virus but we can't kill our economy because it's our economy which actually allows us to pay for the miracle cures that we're hoping for the vaccine and the other relief that we're now providing to the american people , so i understand his concern, we're all trying to figure out what that balance is, and that's why i think we're looking at this on a day by day basis. it's hard to make predictions about what life may be like two weeks from now, because look back two weeks ago, where we were then. brian: it's frustrating senator cornyn, look forward to getting something donald if you can make

a stand for the future negotiations in crisis like this , you should not give in on any of that checklist, because it's all about an agenda. it's not about the country. senator cornyn, thanks so much. thanks, brian. brian: meanwhile coming up a little bit later today i'm sure that topic will come up we have a virtual town hall at noon eastern with president trump, the vice president, the whole white house task force, and you could submit your questions, it's going to be unprecedented obviously, like never before fox news, facebook, instagram or e-mail live-blog@foxnews.com. steve: meantime, 14 minutes before the top of the hour, and jillian joins us with the news. jillian: that's right and we have big news, a fox news alert just moments ago. japan's prime minister says the olympics will be pushed back one year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. the international olympic committee president obama degre

ed 100% the plan on a phone call earlier this morning. it will be the first time ever that the games have been postponed. >> to another fox news alert now china announcing overnight the lockdown in wuhan where the coronavirus outbreak began will end on april 8. a single new case of the virus was reported there today, after almost a week of no new cases. the lockdown in the province where wuhan is located will be lifted tonight at midnight. >> southwest airlines has potential 1,500 flights a day as bookings plummet due to covid-19. this comes just days after the airline ceo told employees they are fighting to keep the company alive. southwest normally has 4,000 flights every day, as new travel restrictions are introduced more airlines are expected to make cuts in the coming days. that's a look at your headlines so not unexpected news about the olympics but regardless it is breaking news this morning guys. ainsley: never been done before.

tough times all right, thanks so much jillian. a nursing home spreading smiles, so this is a good story letting their residents play a giant game of hungry hungry hippo. how cute is that? janice dean is sharing some positive stories during this pandemic, that's coming up next but first let's check in with ed henry for what's coming up at the top of the hour. ed: good morning, ainsley we've got a little bit of everything, we've got the doctors, dr. siegel, the market, maria bartiromo, joining us at the opening bell, as the dow surges on hopes of a stimulus deal but will congress get the job done, we've got three key senator, kramer, mansion and scott plus mark cuban has a lot to say about americans coming together to help and people like the my pillow guy joins us exclusive with a big announcement about how he's using his factories to help america and we're joined by bill hemmer, well today he's at the white house using his virtual town hall with president trump from noon to 2:00 p.m. eastern but first join sandra and me 9:00-noon.

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hey, janice. >> janice: hi, ainsley, we have some sunshine stories how are you? ainsley: that's wonderful. i'm good i love this first story not only is the video precious but they're helping the residents not to be so worried and this is in wales, right? >> yeah, they have been in isolation since march 12, and the caretakers have decided to do a real game, a real-life game of hungry hungry hippo. it is one of the best things that i've seen on the internet in some time. you can see them with their balls and their baskets and their broom sticks and it is just precious. i love it. ainsley: and socially distancing because the stick is so long. what about new jersey because i want to support this guy, this pizza owner in new jersey what's he doing? >> federico's and the pizza manager's name is brian and he decided because their restaurant had to close down he took a $50,000 loan out to ensure his

employees will get paid for at least the next two months, and they are still open, i believe for takeout, so we want to support them. that is in belmar, new jersey we love it. ainsley: that is awesome. the employees are going to get paid he says for the next two months at least. that's very nice of him. go support that restaurant, in new jersey. how aboutlowe's, what are they doing? >> they are committing $25 million to support the needs of their employees and customers impacted by the pandemic and $10 million of that will go to essential products, keeping our medical professionals safe with masks and ventilators and all sorts of good stuff, so we love lowe's you're one of our sunshine stories today and to everyone out there, there is good news we have to support each other and love each other and ainsley i love you and please tell brian and steve and

the whole crew that i am thinking about them. ainsley: you know some of the ones that i've seen that i love too, did you see the one in boston? if you go on instagram all these videos and great messages come out but the one out of boston where everyone is hanging out of their windows on the street and they are serenading the street and singing, because they can't be out of their houses they just opened up their windows and hanging out singing together which was great. >> i love all of those stories, there are a lot of people going out singing and people going up to nursing homes, and singing to their moms and dads and playing games on the windows, social media is full of sunshine stories and i can't wait to bring all of that to everyone. ainsley: we're going to get through that. america is strong we'll get through this another one in south carolina. they had their kids write out their favorite bible versus to deal with fear and they posted them on poster boards, and they put them with stakes down in their front yard, so that anyone who was walking in the neighborhood would read those bible versus which i thought was really encouraging. >> janice: we are social

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>> ask questions on fox news facebook or instagram page. ainsley, are you going to say goodbye? >> thank you so much for joining us. >> sandra: fox news alert after negotiations went well into the night, senate minority leader chuck schumer says democrats and republicans are close to a deal on a 2 trillion dollar stimulus package. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: a lot of people waiting for that package. schumer says he expects a vote sometime day raising hopes for quickly getting cash to individuals and small businesses as covid-19 tests the u.s. economy and healthcare systems. it's up 32% from just yesterday who have the coronavirus. the rise coming from a