auto mechanic since 2014. despite the latest protective measures to keep officers safe, the number of confirmed cases is spiking in the tri-state area. in new jersey, more than 700 officers have tested positive for coronavirus. and here in new york, almost 13% of the department is out sick and more than 730 uniformed >> whenever the models come in they give a worst case scenario and best case scenario. officers tested positive for the i would say between 100 and virus. the nypd commissioner expects 200,000 deaths. we're going to have millions of that number to keep growing. cases. listen. >> we're closing in on 5,000 jillian: it is monday, march 30th. this is a fox news alert. members currently out sick. and we have i would anticipate the united states hasn't even begun to see the impact of close to 900 test positive for covid-19, that grim new prediction from a leading expert on the white house task force. covid. >> reporter: departments around rob: as hot spots states find the country are doing whatever they can to keep our heros safe themselves including in cdc including supplying protective travel advisories, president gear and face masks. trump is extending the 15 day employees are asked to work from home if at all possible. isolation period all the way the good news, several officers through the end of april. who tested positive for covid-19 jillian: we are live for what it means for average americans, weeks ago they've gotten better business owners and the heros on and as their two week quarantine the front lines every day. period ends they will be able to

♪ slide to the left. return to work this week. rob, jillian. jillian: good news to hear stories of recovery. ♪ slide to the right. jackie, thank you. rob: turning to a fox business alert, workers from two major ♪ crisscross. ♪ cha cha, real smooth. companies expected to stage a walk out today over covid-19 jillian: the doctor working just as hard to shine a light through these dark times. look at that. safety concerns. rob: "fox & friends first" continues right now. jillian: cheryl ca casone with ♪ details. >> amazon's staten island facility this been one positive test there but some of these workers are saying they want rob: good morning. this place shut down, they want you're watching "fox & friends to be paid and they want it first" on this hon day morning many i'm rob schmitt. completely sanitized. they say they believe there are jillian: i'm jillian mele. thank you for starting your day with us. more positive tests than the an your gent your urgent warnine company is actually saying. remember, there's about 500,000 amazon employees across the country. this is one of the biggest and house experts, the u.s. could this is one of these facilities see possibly 100,000 deaths and is keeping new york city fed at this point. look at the statement from 1 million covid-19 cases. amazon. they said recently implemented rob: the cdc imposing new daily temperature screenings as travel restrictions. todd piro is live as leaders are calling for help. an additional preventative

measure to support the health >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci and safety of customers and making clear it's not a employees. they actually issued that certainity we'll hit the numbers statement last night. that starts today. jillian mentioned but cautioning but 12:30 eastern time the it could happen. workers plan -- they're going to >> i think it's entirely work the morning shift, take conceivable that if we do not their lunch and they're going to mitigate to the extent we're walk out and not come back. trying to do, that you could reach that number. you could make a big sound bite instacart, there's been pushback about it. but the fact is, it's possible. because some of the people say they're working there and they >> reporter: and with peak death don't feel safe. the company is coming out with toll expected in about two several things. they say they're going to weeks, certain hot spots trying to keep up with a an influx of distribute health and safety supplies, they have an outside company making hand sanitizers cases. the michigan governor warning for them. in a statement, they said, this her state could be in dire straits within a couple of days. is not the instacart full the governor of louisiana sounding his own alarm with screen, they say they have fatalities per capita in his refused to act proactively in state rivalling that of new york interest of shoppers, customers city. >> we know that if we don't and public health. we are forced to take matters flatten the curve, we're on a into their own hands. trajectory currently to exceed they want an extra $5 per our capacity in the new orleans delivery, calling it hazard pay. area for ventilators by about the guys want sick pay from i april 4th. we've already allocated about 100,000 masks just yesterday to the hospitals. ventilators are the short-term insta cart. really big pressing issue that jillian: delta is giving back,

we're trying to solve for. right? >> they are going to give out free round-trip flights to >> reporter: and with leaders in california and florida calling anyone that works in the medical for tighter restrictions, the cdc clarifying its travel wang industry. doctors, nurses, that are willing to go volunteer. warning for new york, new they're offering free flights, jersey, connecticut, urging round-trip to georgia, residents to refrain from louisiana, and to michigan. nonessential domestic travel for they might be expanding the 14 days effective immediately program to new york, california with the white house urging other states to follow new and washington. so what you do, if you're a york's lead. health care worker in texas and >> we're asking every single you want to help in louisiana, governor and every single mayor they will fly you there for to prepare like new york is free. you have to coordinate for each preparing now. know where every hospital is, public, private. know where everyone of your state. there's websites, you sign up surgical centers are. that's where your anesthesia and the state will take it from there. ventilators are. know how to change the everything's going through the state. but this is delta's way of anesthesia ventilators up to trying to kind of help with the supportive ventilators to take spread and the treatment of the care of people. know where every piece of coronavirus. equipment is in the state, know rob: great to see that. cheryl, thank you so much. how to move that around the >> you bet. state based on need. jillian: now to this a strong message from the governor of >> reporter: but there is a flameglimmer of hope. hard-hit new jersey. >> the nation's eyes are upon with the rates of new cases across new york state dropping us. job number one for all of us, steadily since the stay at home order on march 22nd. stay at home. the positive take-away in the rob: that after police say a

resident put others at risk by country's epicenter with close hosting a corona party. to 60,000 cases, close to 1,000 a next guest, a top cop from the deaths. jillian: take any bit of community, has a warning for positive take-away that we can. flea one who refuses to comply thank you. rob: the president declaring with the emergency order. washington, d.c. a major disaster area, allowing the city jillian: first let's check in to access federal funds to with steve doocy to see what's coming u up on "fox & friends." combat coronavirus. more than 400 people have gotten i know you're talking with the sick, nine have died in the president this morning. >> we are. district. in maryland, one person is dead, also, chief officer of florida, 65 sick as coronavirus hits a we've got governor ron de santis nursing home. no staff members have tested on his plan to keep people from positive yet. some are waiting for results. fleeing hot spots like where we are and driving into florida. jillian: a massive field hospital could be up and running there was a big traffic jam by tomorrow in new york city's yesterday on i-95 heading into central park, it's being built florida from georgia. by christian relief organization it was miles long, eventually samaritan's purse. they had to say it's not working today the usns comfort will arrive in new york. and they took it down. the navy hospital ship can treat we're going to talk to the up to 1,000 patients without governor about that. also, dr. oz is going to answer coronavirus. that will free up space in local your coronavirus questions if hospitals for patients with you've got one, e-mail us, and we're also on facebook. covid-19. the usns mercy caring for and guy fietti is going to show patients in los angeles. rob: the president extending social distancing guidelines

how he's helping out restaurant through the end of april, one more month. the white house is facing some staffers with $500 grants. fresh criticism for its he's going to join us from coronavirus response. jillian: griff jenkins is live california. two navy hospital ships are in washington with new questions about reopening the economy. bringing relief to hard-hit good morning, griff. areas. >> reporter: good morning, the mercy has arrived in los jillian and rob. it was patience and resolved angeles and the comfort set to arrive in new york later today. delivered as the message from plus, we're going to talk to the theling the target general leading that mission. and as jillian mentioned, the of easter as aspirational, president of the united states, saying nothing would be worse donald trump is going to join us than declaring victory before it's won and he set a new goal live at 8:00 a.m. so we've got a gigantic monday for easing restrictions. show. >> therefore, we will be lockdown monday coming up in extending our guidelines to about 12 minutes. jillian, rob, back to you. april 30th to slow the spread. on tuesday, we will be i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, finalizing these plans and providing a summary of our findings, supporting data, and keeping me from the things i love to do. strategies to the american talk to your doctor, people. >> reporter: he also thanked the and call 844-214-2424. american people for their role in social distancing and predicted a date of june 1st when we can hope to see the economy beginning its recovery. but already there is talk of

another fourth stimulus package from an everyday solution... and it appears the spirit of to one that can take on a bigger challenge. we are solving problems that improve lives. bipartisanship that delivered the largest rescue bill in history seems to have been lost. speaker pelosi accusing the president of poor leadership that cost american lives. >> his denial at the beginning was deadly. his delaying of getting equipment to where -- it continues, his delay in getting equipment to where it's needed is deadly. but as the president -- people are dying. we just have to take every precaution. >> reporter: that criticism drew a sharp rebuke from senator lindsey graham. >> she is the one that held up the package in the senate for days to get the green new deal put in a recovery package, the most shameful, disgusting thing i've heard yet and it needs to stop. >> reporter: republican leadership saying it's too early to start drafting another relief package, that we should wait and

see how effective the 2 trillion is in bridging the economy, as we wait to hear more from the white house on their strategy going forward about reopening any sectors of the country. rob, jillian. jillian: the president is going to call into "fox & friends" in the 8:00 hour so i'm sure a lot of questions we still have that people are waking up with this morning will be answered. rob: thanks so much. a phoenix police commander is dead, two officers hurt in a shooting overnight. listen to some very dramatic -- a dramatic dispatch call. >> 998, 22,836, north 40th drive, two officers down, charlie ten, charlie ten. rob: commander greg konikle was killed when a suspect opened fire during a domestic violence call. the father of four was a 31 year department veteran and months away from retirement. the two other officers are in stable condition, expected to recover. the suspect was shot hours later. their condition unknown.

cleanup underway after powerful weekend storms pushed through the south. homes and businesses destroyed after this ef-3 tornado touched down in jonesboro, arkansas saturday night. at least 22 people hurt. support is pouring in for the doctor, you can see here in this now viral photo. you can see him touching hands with his son through a glass door, trying to stay away from his little boy as he treats coronavirus patients. the tornado actually destroyed that doctor's home. dr. jared burkes. a gofundme page is raising money for his family. jillian: can't imagine what they're dealing with. now to this, a doctor takes a break from saving lives to spread a little bit of joy. watch this. ♪ right foot, two steps. ♪ left foot two stomps. ♪ slide to the left. ♪ slide to the right. jillian: that's dr. jason campbell leading the cha cha slide in his oregon hospital. rob: new jersey police charging a man with throwing a corona rob: they look good. party despite calls from the he says he hopes to bring smiles state's governor, phil murphy,

during a tough time. for social distancing. >> new jersey is part of the dr. campbell posted the video on hottest spot in america right instagram and tick tok tiktok to now, alongside new york city and the nation's eyes are upon us. job number one for all of us, encourage young people to join stay at home. the medical field. jillian: to see the people on jillian: so what will it take the front lines take a break to for people to take the stay at smile during their crazy busy home order seriously. joining us from the ewing, new times. rob: you have to have some fun jersey police department, a or you'll go crazy dealing with chief that is enforcing the this. one million cases, 100,000 orders, john stemler the third potential deaths, the shocking forecast, what the u.s. could many thank you for being here. see by the end of this outbreak. our next guest says all levels i don't think it's too of the government are working to far-fetched to say this corona keep those numbers from becoming party in new jersey was quite a reality. dr. kelly ward joins us live. appalling to a lot of people. what do you think of it? jillian: musicians banding >> it was very irresponsible. together to help america heal. there's no need for it. the incredible outpouring and the governor's been very clear. the money raised for charity. the ag has been very clear and ♪ don't let the sun go down on the state police has been very clear that this kind of behavior me. is not going to be accepted and ♪ although i search myself, it's we're going to be cracking down on it and that's what happened friday night. rob: what did you see? always someone else i see. the party was how big?

what was the age range of the ♪ unt. people there? what did it consist of? no matter where we call home, how we worship, or who we love. >> so the officers were detailed to the party at about 11:44 and the 2020 census is how that great promise is kept. friday night. and before they even got there they could hear loud music because this is the count that informs coming from the house, about 25. where hundreds of billions in funding will go each year for things like education, when they entered the building, healthcare, and programs that touch us all. they started to knock, the resident came to the door and complete the census online, by phone, or by mail. told them he was having a corona shape your future. party. start here at 2020census.gov they told him he was in violation of the governor's order and everyone had to evacuate and as they were evacuating the house and disbursing the crowd they noted there was well over 40 people inside the house. they house or the apartment, i should say, was only about 550 square feet. and as well, they had a dj with two large speakers inside and then unfortunately as people were leaving they thought it was a game and started to chant "coronavirus" and pretty much poke fun on the global pandemic that is happening now. jillian: that's hard to listen

to. new jersey, 13,386 cases, 161 deaths, governor murphy tweeted i can't believe i have to say this at all. here we are, no corona parties, they're illegal, dangerous and stupid. we will crash your party, we you will pay a big fine and we will name and shame you until everyone gets the message in their heads. people don't think about you guys, police officers and all of these towns and communities trying to work around the clock to keep us safe, yet you have to go in and break up this corona party and get everyone out and you're there on the front lines of this then too. >> yeah. they put our officers at big risk again. there was no social distancing, it was impossible at that house. so our officers were in danger of being exposed if anyone else there had the covid-19 virus. like we said, it's just irresponsible and it's something

that shouldn't happen. everybody knows what's going on. you can't claim ignorance to the fact that this pandemic's going on and there's been an executive order put out by the governor. it's all over the news. rob: absolutely. chief, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. jillian: have the party on face time. rob: we'll be right back. you try to stay ahead of the mess. but scrubbing still takes time. now there's new powerwash dish spray. it's the faster way to clean as you go. just spray, wipe and rinse. it cleans grease five times faster. new dawn powerwash. spray, wipe, rinse. . .

rob: welcome back. the president extending the coronavirus restrictions through the end of april as dr. fauci warns the u.s. could see millions of cases and more than 100,000 deaths. jillian: practicing family physician dr. kelly ward joins us live. good morning, doctor. thank you for being here. >> good morning. jillian: i think the question everyone has at this point is are we doing enough right now and how long do we go on like this? >> good morning, jillian. it's great to be with you. and you're exactly right, but remember this, that the united states is leading an unprecedented, huge, aggressive effort to stop the coronavirus in our country. under the leadership of president trump, the coronavirus task force, and leading medical experts, we are doing everything possible to slow this epidemic. and we've got the best medical minds in the world looking at this.

and they're looking at the data in real-time and because of that, president trump and his team have decided that we need to extend the social distancing for four more weeks. that's not going to be easy for anyone. i think we are getting used to it and people are finding new ways to socialize with each other without spreading germs to each other, via social media and other virtual means. the united states is testing about 100,000 people every day and new tests are coming online. those new tests are going to allow us to have that information within minutes. there's actually a company in queen creek, arizona, right in my home state, called telepoint that is instrumental in helping to develop those tests. and so what people have to remember, just like dr. birx tell us -- i have to tell you, she is so inspiring to me and i think to many people around the entire country, as we end women's history month, dr. birx

make history every day with her calm, rational voice, telling us not to worry but to stay safe, to stay positive, because we as americans are going to come out of this stronger, more united, and we are going to be victorious over this virus. rob: at this point right now, we have about almost 2500 deaths in the country. let's listen to dr. fauci on that. >> whenever the models come in, they give a worst case scenario and a best case scenario. generally, the reality is somewhere in the middle. i would say between 100 and 200,000 deaths. i mean, we're going to have millions of cases. rob: so right now, doctor, we only have a small fraction of the number he's talking about. what do you make of that prediction? >> you know, i think that dr. fauci is exactly right. he's been another great voice of reason. i've been glad to see them during the daily briefings, almost every single day. dr. birx and dr. fauci. we have to look at those -- the >> here we are all together at entire model and we have to hope

for the best but plan for the home. we are taking care of each other. looking out for each other. worst. and so people are having to hunker down. we have to realize that a lot of ♪ young people people will be infected but the ♪ on the front line vast majority of people are going to recover and they're ♪ skipping rocks on the river by going to be fine. but there will be deaths. the railroad tracks. there will be people who are sick. there will be people who need ventilators and i think that with president trump's >> ♪ other darling could you always leadership and the leadership be my baby from governors and mayors all ♪ don't let the sun come down on around the country, we are going me. to come out on top. jillian: this was fantastic. jillian: as we see the charts i heart and fox putting on i and the numbers that have completely kai rocketed in the heart living room concert. -- skyrocketed in the us, it's important to remember we ramped rob: carley shimkus here with up testing in the course of the the biggest moments of the night. last two weeks. hey, carley. >> good morning, guys. so keep that in mind. i want to get your opinion. it was an event that aimed to the white house coronavirus task entertain, inspire and raise force is set to deliver money for two very important recommendations on reopening the causes. if you missed it, artists economy this week. performed from the comfort of what do you think about it their own homes. potentially reopening s too soon viewers also got to hear from the real heroes of this crisis, and what that could do to the the doctors, nurses, grocery numbers then? >> i think the white house store workers and truck drivers coronavirus task force led by that are keeping americans vice president pence has been well-fed, healthy and their amazing. truly amazing. because they are looking at data messages came in loud and clear

in real-time, making these this concert became the top decisions. i was very proud of president trending topic on twitter trump and the press conference nationwide. gabby says this is such a great yesterday because he was very way to get us through such a presidential, and he listened to his public health experts and hard time valerie chiming in didn't -- his own opinions didn't play into this. thank you to every artist. this is all based on data and you all rock. awesome to see the raw talent. real science. we do have to rev up this economy and i think with no big production. increased testing we're going to see who is already immune to just you, your instruments and your voices. this virus works has been exposed, who built up antibodies rob: let's listen to john lennon and who can go back to work. what age groups are safe to go back to work. here who needs to shelter more ♪ imagine all the people significantly at home so that they aren't exposed. ♪ living for today woo we are learning those things every single day. and we couldn't really trust the carley: that was the absolute data out of china. we have to rely on the data that highlight of the night dr. elvis francois singing and dr. robert we are collecting all over the world but the most important data for us, here at home, is williamson playing the fee an the data we're collecting in know. every single state around this rob: love that carley. thank you so much. great country of the united states. "fox & friends" starts right rob: increased testing really is a critical part of this. doctor, thank you so much for now.

your time. ainsley: the white house extends we really appreciate it. >> thanks, rob, thanks, social distancing guidelines through the end of april. trying to slow the spread of the jillian. jillian: a defense contractor coronavirus as governors set new spending his time helping those on the front line. restrictions on out-of-state >> we've got a lot of help for travelers. brian: all right. five states are now forcing health care workers in the family. anyone coming from new york, new i feel good that i'm able to at jersey, and connected cut to least do something. i want to give back. quarantine for two weeks. out west in los angeles, good rob: barry maxwell joins us new york city the usns mercy live with how he's using his workshop to make protective gear hospital ship is treating its tore the heros working on the first patients. front lines of the virus. steve: meanwhile, across the stay tuned. other side of the country's the ♪ usnf comfort i

rob: as yous keeps theme parks shut down, seaworld entertainment announcing it will furlough 90% of its employees. starting wednesday, those employees will no longer be paid. the company had promised employee pay through the end of march. seaworld entertainment operates 13 theme parks and

water parks across the country. so far, no date has been set for the reopening of the parks. the kennedy center for the performing arts laying off musicians despite getting $25 million from that coronavirus stimulus bill. checks will be cut off for 96 musicians starting on friday. their health care benefits will stop at the end of may if the center is still closed. house speaker nancy pelosi pushed for a big amount of money as part of the $2 trillion stimulus bill that was signed last week. jillian: americans from all over the country are stepping up to help the heroes on the front lines as the country's emergency rooms experience a surge of covid-19 patients. florida resident and defense contractor barry maxwell is now 3d printing face shields for health care workers and first responders. he joins us live to explain more about the project. good morning. thanks for being here. >> good morning. how are you this morning? jillian: good, thank you. i hope you're well too. i want to talk about your product here.

tell me about it. why did you decide to start making these face shields? >> well, i mean, as you had stated, everybody right now is really running short on personal protective equipment for our health care providers, all the way from emts to doctors and nurses in the emergency rooms and even in nursing homes. so it just seemed like a good thing to be able to try to help out on as best you can. jillian: how did you come one the prototype for it? this is something i imagine in addition to the n95 masks as we see the workers wearing and that they need to be wearing. >> so the prototype of this was actually developed by a company in the czech republic and had been worked on in conjunction with the czech medical services and is actually being mass produced over there by 3d printing companies. that design has been proliferated throughout the world and there are people, 3d

printers like myself that are trying to help out by printing that design and making it available. jillian: how many have you made so far? >> oh, let's see. we're probably well over 200 distributed. i've got another 40 or 50 to go out today. it's been very busy. jillian: where are you sending them? i know sometimes people have a hard time with the red tape and the process of once the product is made getting it into the hands of the right people who need it. >> actually, we've had people contacting us and actually coming to us to get them. we've had, again, doctors, nurses, emts, this all started with a facebook post and has somewhat -- i won't say gone viral but something similar to, no pun intended, and they're contacting us constantly.

most of them are coming to pick them up. we have shipped out, although i try not to do that. it gets expensive. jillian: what's it feel like to be able to help the people who are helping all of us right now? >> oh, it feels good. it's unfortunate that we're in this position. i wish i didn't have to help. but i'm glad that i am at least able to do something. jillian: if people want to reach out, how can they reach you? >> we do have -- had to create a facebook -- not a facebook page but a web page for this. wgfaceshields.com. jillianshields.com.that's the at outlook.com and also a web page at wgfaceshields.com. jillian: thank you for joining us. appreciate it. have a good day. >> you too. rob: 25 minutes after the hour. new travel restrictions placed on residents in new york, new jersey and connecticut.

our next guest says it is a crucial step but more must be done. dr. jeanette nesheiwat joins us live. jillian: any prime member knows delivery delays are a reality at amazon. new issues that could delay your orders, we'll be right back.

rob: back now with a fox news alert. as china moves closer to resuming daily life, the u.s. is reaffirming its commitment to european allies who are fighting this virus. jillian: italy and spain surpassing 17,000 combined deaths. tracee carrasco jointrey yingstm jerusalem. >> reporter: across the eastern hemisphere, coronavirus numbers continue to rise, though in china where the outbreak first began things do appear to be returning to normal. in wuhan city, there are long service trains and subways that are now reopened for business

requiring passengers to wear protective masks and have their temperatures taken. new images show people in the streets shopping. in hubei, flights have resumed with nearly 100 taking off from the main airport in the province. there is hope that china could be used as a model of what life could look like in the near future for the rest of the world. in another part of the middle east, israel has struggle to indoors. many traditions such as weddings and funerals call for large processions of people outside, avoiding social distancing. israelis are allowed to go within 300 feet of their homes for a short period of time. the lockdown guidelines come from the government of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who is putting together a new coalition government. benny gandz is expected to become the defense minister. meanwhile, palestinians in the west bank went into lockdown overnight. the west bank p is reporting 97 positive cases while the gaza strip is reporting nine.

the palestinian health ministry confirmed they will receive aid from china and added 51 additional doctors to help with treatment. in europe, italian hospitals are overwhelmed. italian and spanish authorities say death toll numbers are starting to trend downward. donalpresident trump recommitted support to european allies when speaking yesterday. >> we are helping italy a lot. we're working closely with italy and we're working closely with spain too which is really hit hard. we're working with everybody. i spoke with angela merkel the other day, germany's hit hard. >> reporter: breaking this morning here in israel, a possible isolation scenario for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after his consultant tested positive for coronavirus, his team searching to see where he was over the past two weeks and ensure if he did come in close contact with this person who has infected the people around them, they're going to be isolating. they don't want the prime minister to be exposed. he may have to go into

isolation. that decision going to be made later today. rob: it really is something. nobody is cache. trey, -- nobody is safe. trey, thank you so much. jillian: the techs at attorney general is taking legal action to stop the release of thousands of felony suspects. harris county jail is looking to release inmates on bond because of the coronavirus pandemic. an inmate in the jail has tested positive forin. covid-19. the attorney general said my office will not stand for any action that threatens the health and safety of law abiding citizens. rob: abbott labs has started delivering half a million rapid covid-1covid-19 test kits. it can give a positive result for the virus in five minutes, give a negative result in 13 minutes. in the meantime, the fda is green lighting new equipment from ohio that sterilizes 80,000 ppe face masks every day. that's another big one. the machines are headed to new york, seattle and washington,

d.c. jillian: president trump opting for a travel advisory as opposed to mandatory quarantine in covid-19 hot spot states. >> the concept of quarantine was thrown out to me and i thought it was too much to do. we did an advisory. it's a strong advisory. the governors are running the advisory, new york, new jersey, connecticut and i think we did a great thing. rob: residents of those hot spots will not be permitted to travel outside of their state for 14 days. but is that enough to combat the spread? fox news medical contributor and doctor of family and emergency medicine, dr. janette nesheiwat weighs in on that decision. good morning to you. did they go far enough here or should they have gone for the quarantine, what do you think? >> for now, this is certainly a critical step in minimizing the transmission of this virus to neighboring states. yes the state with the highest number of cases in the nation and our nation has the highest

number of cases globally. we certainly have to be proactive and take these measures so that we don't infect our neighboring states which will then create a domino effect and spread to other states and other communities and we don't want to see more outbreaks and more hot pockets and more clusters of this virus. dr. fauci said recently, we could see up to 100 to 200,000 deaths if we don't take these aggressive measures and i hate to say this but those numbers are real and i see it firsthand. yesterday, my last shift last night, majority of my cases i would say 90% of my patients coronavirus. shortness of breath, they can't breathe, high fevers. we have to take these aggressive measures. and if we don't see the decrease in the number of patients along with this extension of social distancing through april 30th, then we would look at mandatory quarantine. but i think for the most part,

new yorkers, people in new jersey and the surrounding area are pretty compliant in understanding how critical it is to maintain social distancing, restrict nonessential travel, really truly in an effort to save lives, prevent the number of hospitalizations, deaths and that sort of thing. jillian: you mentioned some of the symptoms you're seeing in a lot of your patients, fever, shortness of breath, things like that as we look at the numbers in new york, nearing 60,000 cases, new jersey, 13,300 and connecticut close to 2,000, a lot of people do have mild symptoms, doctor, but in that case it doesn't really matter because regardless of if you have mild symptoms or not, you can still transmit it, right? >> you are absolutely 100% right. it may be mild symptoms for you but if it passes to someone that maybe has diabetes or to a senior with underlying heart disease or lung disease or just to a teenager, you don't have to have an underlying medical condition, it can be serious in

those people. they can develop what's called acute respiratory distress syndrome and that's what i'm seeing that's really causing a lot of people to be hospitalized and put on ventilators, the severe damage to their lungs where they can't get air in and out of their lungs. you're absolutely right, we each have to be individually accountable in preventing the spread of the virus and taking precautions because it can spread from person to person, whether you have symptoms or not. so we have to take those precautionary measures, keep your hands washed and cleaned, do not touch your eyes, your nose, your face and practice social distancing because you can truly save lives that way. rob: the big moment yesterday evening, the president in the rose garden saying we're going to do this for another month, essentially locking us down, keeping people from going out unless they absolutely have to. what do you make of that decision? what do you think that looks like a month from today? >> i think it's a very wise decision, excellent plan implemented to prevent further

spread to ensure that our community, citizens are practicing social distancing because all we need to do is temporarily take these measures, rob, to help minimize the spread and truly save lives. rob: do you think at the end of this thing, doctor, we come out of this on april 30th, do we start to normalize again or do we have to go further? >> that's a great question. i think we need to reassess and re-evaluate in 30 days. i hope and pray that we will be able to come out of this. we need to look at certain areas. it may be where certain areas may be able to relax on those guidelines. and certain areas may need to continue. so it depends on the numbers. it depends on the data. we'll reassess in 30 days. i don't think we should put a deadline, guideline -- i'm sorry, deadline date until we reach that point and see what the numbers show and look what the trajectory is. jillian: dr. nesheiwat, you are helping so much. you are helping so many patients. thank you very much for what you're doing. >> be safe.

thank you. rob: new york city's police commissioner says the department is getting hit hard by the virus. >> we're closing in on 5,000 members currently out sick. and we have i would anticipate close to 900 test positive for covid. jillian: we're live with how law enforcement nationwide is adjusting to the pandemic.

jillian: a new threat on the front lines, first responders learning new safety protocol as coronavirus rapidly spreads from coast to coast. rob: as more officers report getting sick, the virus is thinning the ranks of departments nationwide. we have the latest on that. >> reporter: law enforcement agencies across the country are seeing massive spikes in first responders testing positive for covid-19 in new york city. the nypd lost three members in 48 hours. detective cedric dickson is the

first uniformed officer to die from the virus, he was a 31 year veteran of the department. bar brown, an nypd administrator died earlier in the week along with dennis dixon, a custodian at police h maleko was an