believes people coauthored by getting closer to their faith. that is something we need to hear now. >> sandra: we will look forward to that, ada. what a three hours here, as we continue to go through the news. and our best to all of those on the front lines. thank you for joining us here in "america's newsroom." "outnumbered" starts now. >> harris: we begin with this fox news alert. comfort. arriving in new york harbor. noncoronavirus patience, using the pressure and strain pressing against the city's health care system amid these events. here is what the new york city mayor, bill de blasio, such as mom so bu moments ago. >> the hospital dominic famous hospitals that we think of. it's like another one just floated right up. >> harris: bryan llenas is

live. and they were early because some cruisers worked so hard along with engineers to bring that area up to speed. and they are 12 days early, brian. >> really a herculean effort to make sure that the uss comfort, the oil tank that was converted into a navy ship back in 1987. and they had to judge for more feet in new york harbor over a days to make sure that the ship could dock here. new york mayor bill de blasio saying that the ship is a symbol of hope. a morale booster for all new yorkers. remember, the city needs to triple the number of hospital beds that they have i made. according to mayor bill de blasio. it has 1,000 hospital beds, 1200 medical personnel, as well as 12

operating rooms. the ship is equipped with dental suites and a pharmacy. just about the only thing that can be done on board is delivering babies. the crew on board includes active navy and reserve doctors, nurses, and surgeons from all over the east coast. the comfort will accept 59 covid-19 patients a day, i am told, beginning tomorrow. asians will be tested or screened for covid-19 at their respective new york hospitals then checked in and screamed again at the nearby convention center, which has opened its doors as a temporary hospital today. being taken by ambulance to the ship. at the last thing they want is for coronavirus to spread on board the ship, harris. they have taken a lot of precautions to make sure everyone is screamed before coming on board, and no one is allowed to leave the ship. we spoke to the admiral yesterday about the

usns comfort. >> the comfort is sailing into crisis. the bravery that it takes to do the to ensure that they can do the mission is -- you know, it is really a sight to behold. >> a sight to behold, indeed, harris. masks and ppe will be available for all of those on board. they will effectively be treating everyone as though they may have spewed, and if someone does have it, they have isolation rooms there. they have a plan of action to make sure that outbreak does not spread on board. and one more thing, here is incredible symbol of hope. the last time that the usns comfort was in new york was in the days after 9/11 when it sheltered and treated all of those volunteers and

first responders from ground zero. they have just spoken right behind me. the former fdny commissioner talked about how the usns comfort offered help for all of those that were in morning. and now here is the ship, offering us comfort, really, during this time of need. >> harris: beautifully said, brian. that scene behind you brings hope and strength. we are grateful. good to see you. let's get the show started out. you are watching "outnumbered." i'm harris faulkner. here today, melissa francis, dr. janette nesheiwat, medical director and fox news medical contributor. katie pavlich. fox news contributor as well. and it steve hilton, host of "the revolution" on sunday nights. never miss it. it's great. great to see everybody here. why, it's been a weekend. it's been a day. i want to break down what we are seeing in the harbor of new york

right now. dr. nesheiwat, it has 1,000 beds. can it help take the pressure off by treating noncoronavirus patients? how important is that? >> dr. nesheiwat: this is critical. and what a blessing, harris. this is exactly what we need. this is exactly what will save lives, reduce the strain on the burden on the ers, on the hospitals. this has 1,000 beds. if you need a ct scan, if you need to have your appendix taken out. i mean, it has everything. an operating room, laboratory, pharmacy. so it is certainly going to reduce the burden on the hospitals by taking any noncovid patients and even test them if they just want to be sure that they don't have it. take the patients come up with them on the ship, separate them from those who are truly sick so that the doctors and the nurses can focus strictly on the covid patients. so, definitely a blessing. it is going to help save many lives, and it is so heartwarmi

heartwarming. i just got chills when i saw the ship all up, and it is exactly what we need in addition to what we are seeing at central park. all of the tents set up as well. >> harris: yeah. and that is part of the story that will get you in just a moment. we are seeing in the center of our screen now, the usns comfort. you are talking about the stress that it relieves. even though people aren't getting elective surgery, because we know that that is on the pipeline. i guideline. if you can put it off, do. what you are talking about, appendicitis, that sort of thing, you can foresee these things. a child falls, or whatever it is, they are going to need treatment. >> dr. nesheiwat: absolutely. even though we have speed, we still have car accident, traumas, heart attacks, strokes, noncovid types of things. cellulitis. strep throat that turned into an abscess. so there is a lot still going on in the medical community in

addition to covid. so that's why it was celebrati celebrating. we have a double whammy of covid plus flu, plus all of the other nonviral infections and medical issues that have to be attended to. so, what a blessing. this is just amazing. god bless the navy and that national guard for being able to bring this in and being able to bring it in so early. they are a week ahead of schedule. we certainly need this. it is going to bring the community together and really give us a light at the end of the tunnel and way to just keep doing what we are doing and practicing that social distancing. it is critical to keep people alive. >> harris: absolutely. the state department and environmental conversation working with all of these groups that you mentioned. they had to move it for more feet so that this life-saving ship that come in. you know, steve hilton,

mayor bill de blasio said something that i don't know if the collier ear. it did with me. he said when we get through this in new york, we will send our best to any of you across america. we will send our supplies and ppe. steve, we will send their doctors. so on and so forth from this part of the east coast to wherever you are. what are your thoughts about that? >> steve: it's a really important point, harris, and it gets to the point of what we are really facing in the weeks and months ahead, which is not one instance of coronavirus all over the country. but different waves of it as it spreads and as we try to contain it, hopefully, it will be smaller and smaller elsewhere. governor cuomo said the same thing. we are the epicenter right now. we are the hot spots here in new york. we need the ventilators. we need the equipment here. we will help the rest of the country. it is a very important point, and i think it sort of echoes something that we just heard, which is the whole exercise here. everything we are doing is about

trying to prevent avoidable deaths because people can't get the ventilator treatment they need when the hospitals are so overstretched, but the avoidable deaths are not just people withs first reported, when the president announced that these trips would be commissioned and deployed, people dismissed -- on msnbc, as misinformation. they said is not going to happen. it's going to take weeks. the whole thing is nonsense. and i think it's really outrageous when we have such positive good news to just dismiss it and try to make people feel bad about what's happening. we got bad things coming down my going out anyway, and we don't need to make people feel worse. this is an incredible achievement. >> harris: steve dash and katie pavlich, i want to bring you in here. you know, when you see something in here like this happening, and you know, dr. nesheiwat and i were talking about the different agencies. it was supposed to take, according to the mayor, two

weeks. here on day eight, here they are. they can get it up and running within 24 hours, we are told. they are talking. the clock has started ticking. we are about to witness the capacity now. >> katie: yeah, here is, what this says to me that as americans, we are not going to leave anybody behind. on top of the virus issues, there are people who need help, and we are going to try to take care of everybody. it seeing the comfort of their comments establishment of that fact in the way that governors, the president, and local and national event entities are handling this crisis. and also, when you get the gentleman from pima talking about how the comfort was there after 9/11, he remembers the day and the comfort that are brought to people who were working so hard you try to rescue people who were attacked. and i hope that after this is over and we get through this, that the stories of the heroes of this virus will come forward.

we will tell their stories, just like we told the stories of those after 9/11. >> harris: amen. >> katie: the people building hospitals, working 48 hour shifts, people not sleeping, people leaving their own families to try to get to others to help them. this is the type of event, and once we get there, we can really honor those who have done the most to really try and help everybody through this crisis. >> harris: melissa. i'm going to ask our team to -- you and i can maybe hit this point. there are other things coming online today. by governor of new york is getting ready to give a briefing in the next hour about what is happening over at the city's largest convention center, javits center. but also central park. i know we have some drone footage of that today, was really impressive. they are going to do some things there, and you are in the city. you are able to witness some of

that. >> melissa: well, i'm not going out to physically witness it because because of course that's one of the problems that they were talking about with this field hospital that they put in central park, was that people were going by and stopping to look, which of course, you are curious, you want to see was going on. but that is exactly the obvious of what we are supposed to be doing. all of us, when you look at it on television, and you look at it online, it takes some of the fear away because you see that help has arrived. especially when you look at the gigantic ship pulling in. you know, it tells you that help is here, capacity is here. i have held off on myself. you know, when my kids are jumping and bouncing around the house, i think please don't fall and hurt yourself because i can't take you to the hospital right now. you know that there is this other support out there for people back, you know, or having other problems in addition to what is going on, but also as we look at the capacity about the icu capacity has here in new york, you know, they talk about

how they have fewer beds per person in the icu than in other parts of the country, but you have to think about that. we have thousands of people living on every block because we have buildings like the way up into the sky, so of course, we are going to have many more people than we have icu beds, unless we put hospitals on every corner. so i don't want to be too critical of what has happened here in new york. but we have a lot of people in a small space and a lot of people to serve. but i tell you as a mother and as a resident here, i am breathing a sigh of relief to see those pictures. >> harris: absolutely. dr. nesheiwat, something that melissa francis just brought up, and i want to but it up on the screen before we go to commercial break. the new york icu capacity is about 2.7 beds per 10,000 residents over the age of 15. that ranks 220 on a list of 305 euros hospital regions according to a study by "the washington post" and a

colombian university professor. you know, you hear melissa talking. how do you come about that, outside of putting a hospital in every corner? there is not enough space to do that, even if we wanted to. we knew that we were may be deficient in this category, comparatively, before. what do we need to do? >> dr. nesheiwat: is specifically for this current pandemic, the number one thing to do is to help prevent the spread of this virus. help prevent the transmission from person to person. how do we do that? say home. social distancing. you know, i have to say, paris, i have seen some people here in new york noncompliant with social distancing. not realizing one person can spread this from person to person. social distancing is critical. also, we have to get more testing. that is a big issue here testing so that we can isolate people and so they can stay home. oh, my goodness. my shift last night, i would say 90% of my patients last night for coronavirus patients.

and i was only able to test maybe 25% of them. but i still knew that the others had it. >> harris: why is that? why could you only test the view? is it the guidelines? what's happening? >> dr. nesheiwat: no. no, no, i just didn't have any swabs. so we are waiting for more supplies. no, the good thing is i have got my ppe. i have, gloves and my gown and my face shield. i just don't have enough testing supplies. still lacking in that apartment. but i still have to tell my patients look, i truly think you have it. your x-ray shows a pattern difficult of a coronavirus, and ammonia. it is a typical pattern that we see. and i gave them strict precautions to stay away from other people and only go to the e.r. if they truly cannot breathe and are struggling to breathe with shortness of breath. it then supportive care with inhalers and cough medicine and that sort of thing. but social distancing is critical. hand washing. and that a big thing that people

don't realize. everyone has dreams, there is bacteria on their hands. when you touch your eyes, your nose, you are spreading those virus terms. so that is another big issue. such a minor thing. we have so much control at controlling. >> harris: you always have passion and incredible information. coming off of that long night shift, it is palpable what you are experiencing. and you teach the rest of the nation who watch too because we are seeing in louisiana, we are seeing other areas pop. and your lessons to them. we appreciate your expertise. we are going to take a quick commercial break. u.s. northern command will join me on the desperately needed help that just floated up in the new york city harbor. the usns comfort. what i can bring to new york city's overwhelmed doctors and nurses. the northern command.

and in next year "outnumbered," the white house extending social distancing guidelines as president trump says coronavirus deaths could peak in mid-april. when he expects the nation may be on the way to full recovery. stay close. ♪

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>> harris: president trump extending guidelines on social distancing to april 30th and saying we can expect to be well on their way to recovery by jun. the president also acknowledging for the first time that the u.s. sba death toll could reach 100,000 or even more. and sharing his gratitude to health care experts working to try to keep us safe in these critical next few weeks.

>> i want to the american people to know that your selfless and inspiring efforts are saving countless lives. you are making the difference. the model estimates indicates that the peak is likely to hit in two weeks. >> melissa: all right. bringing it back out to the couch. dr. nesheiwat, what do you think about that change in timeline, what are the odds that it could extend again? >> dr. nesheiwat: excellent plan. this is very wise because it gives us 30 days, and i think it's a very good idea. in 30 days, that doesn't mean that we go back to our normal activities? we need to reassess, look at the data. look at the numbers. like to see the number of cases of patients being diagnosed, and we also need to look at the number of cases of hospitalization. how many people put on

ventilators are in the icu. so we have to take all of this and then make that decision collectively. and we relax on the guidelines of social distancing a little bit? i think 30 days is a very good start. and then we need to reevaluate to see where we are. but in the meantime, we have to be very strict and adhere to the guidelines put out. we all know those guidelines of social distancing, avoiding crowds, stay away from groups of more than ten people. don't you any unnecessary travel. don't go out and about. that sort of thing. >> melissa: steve, what is the mental impact of hearing that, do you think? i have to say for myself, to hear okay, you know what? it's not even close to easter. which at this point, we have kind of given up on. but april 30th or whatever. maybe to start to get back to normal, june 1st. how does that impact people, do you think?

>> steve: well, i think it entirely events on who you're talking about, frankly, melissa. because the people whose jobs like us can go on, often described as the knowledge economy. they can operate. we can do this from remote locations and so on. people with resources. and houses or apartments with gardens and yards back and let off a bit of steam here that's fine. the people i really worry about are actually the hardworking americans who don't have those resources. the factory workers and their retail workers and not restaurant workers and the blue-collar working class who are completely knocked up to one side by the spear the entrepreneurs, the local businesses. for them, it's incredibly tough. and i think we've got to think about that as we think about public health because it's not a choice, as some have put a, between saving lives and saving the economy. it is all a public health issue because you have an incredibly

strong public health impact from the shutdown. not just directly. we are already seeing suicides picking up in ways that are really horrendous. but actually, if you look at the incredible poverty that will be caused by an extended shutdown, showing very clearly about lives are shortened. people are dying early. that will happen if the shutdown goes on for too long. it's just that we won't count them up and put them in a nice, neat little box. that is why i say flatten the curve, not the economy. we need to use this month, i think the president made the right decision, to develop a plan, to open up where it is possible, but close the country only where necessary. that is what we have to do. >> melissa: all right. the new cdc travel advisory impacting the movement of more than 30 million americans. what they mean, and why the white house task force believes that this is better than full quarantine. when we come back.

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>> the original proposal was to do enforceable quarantine. after discussions with the president, he made it clear and he agreed that it would be much better to do what is called a strong advisory, and the reason for that is that you don't want to get to the point where you are enforcing things that would create a bit of difficulty, morale and otherwise, when you could probably accomplish the same goal. >> harris: meanwhile, we are learning the rate of new york and new cases in the state of new york have actually been steadily dropping a bit since march 22nd. governor andrew cuomo's order for nonessential workers to stay home. so, it would appear, dr. nesheiwat, that it is having some effect. it is working to that degree. is this what other states should be doing prophylactically, as a doctor would say, at this point, even if it hasn't hit their area of the way it has been new york?

>> dr. nesheiwat: yeah, being proactive, taking initiative so that it doesn't happen in your state is definitely a good idea. we have the highest number of cases here in new york in the nation, so we definitely need to protect our neighboring states and about the transmission of this virus to neighboring states. at the data says that new york cases are steadily dropping. i hope that data is right because it feels like the clinic taking care of my patients today, for example, yesterday, compared to a week or two ago, it feels like the numbers are going up. so anything we can do to prevent the transmission and prevent outbreaks in other parts of the country, i think, is essential. those numbers that dr. fauci said. 100,000 to 200,000 potential deaths and those are numbers. and i have had patients who have passed away from the coronavirus. and i have to say, i wasn't expecting it. i thought they are going to pull through. and they pass, sadly. so these numbers are real, and

this is definitely a step in the right direction. >> harris: dr. nesheiwat, i'm going to hit you with one more. this is so tough to ask about. but because we saw over the weekend video of people particularly across from a brooklyn hospital talking about how they were dealing with some of those, i think you already know about this. but more facilities are under pressure too. can you talk about that a little bit? i want to be delicate. i know that this is hurtful, but we need to know what we are facing. >> dr. nesheiwat: it is. it is really difficult mentally, emotionally, physically. i pray for that health care workers. it is not easy when you are dealing with a new situation and having to handle the loss of these lives and these bodies. these are someone's mom, dad, brother, and sister, and family member who have lost their lives. their lives have been short and,

it's unexpected. so it's very difficult. but i do think that with the more resources and tools and supplies that are really just inundating the state is really going to help minimize and reduce what we are seeing. especially at these other hospitals in the state. >> harris: los angeles mayor garcetti says he is pleased with the president's decision to extend the social distancing guidelines. steve hilton, you were talking before about what has gone right. and kind of the psychology of 30 more days. you could say it this way. it is always easier to know what you know, right? so if we are going to hunker down for 30 more days, that does not have the word "indefinite" next to it. though we cannot say that i will be it, but it gives us a guideline. >> steve: yeah, that's right, and i think it's encouraging to see the impact it can have. i'm actually speaking from my

home. we were one of the first in the country that have the stay at home guidelines. before the whole state of california, before new york. and you can see it is having an impact in terms of the things we have all become so familiar with. flattening the curve and this slowing down. so i think that is something that we should take some comfort from because it shows that actually if we all get together, we can have an impact. we can make a difference. i think that the travel advisories are incredibly important because one thing that is very clear is that there is a concentration right now in urban centers, and we want to try and keep it that way. when we talk about slowing the spread, it is the country. one of the things that i think a lot of people have been upset about -- a lot of people talked about it just the other week. a rural county in idaho that actually suddenly became a hot spot because a lot of wealthy people from new york and seattle and los angeles have second homes there. they are all fleeing to this

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>> so, i don't know what the numbers are going to be this quarter. what i do think is we are going to kill this virus. we are going to reopen this economy, and then the third quarter of this year, you're going to see the economy bounce back with really large gdp numbers and low unemployment back to where we were before

hand. >> melissa: treasury secretary steve mnuchin predicting a major come back after the coronavirus is defeated. saying it will happen in the third quarter. that is roughly july to september. katie, i will start with you. sometime in the third quarter. that seems really ambitious to me. but it all depends on how washington and the administration respond. what they live businesses do. you know, from a quantitative perspective, recovering from the last recession during the obama-biden administration. literally the worst on record here that is according to federal reserve data. gdp recovered at the slowest rate that we have seen. and we also saw the divide between rich and poor dramatically widen during that recovery. i wonder what are some of the things of this administration could do to make the recovery better and have that v-shaped

recovery after a big downturn like this, what could they do, do you think? >> katie: well, i certainly believe that the trump administration has built up their credibility when it comes to the economy. when they say that it will be able to come roaring back by july through september, as you just mentioned. the people say okay, they got us into a good dominic got economy. this is not something that is in their control, and we do believe, based on their track record, that they can get back to work. now, the reality of that could look very different. there are a number of restaurants that have already closed for good, but the beauty of america is that you get to start over. and there is hope and starting over, and there is going to be a challenge of people getting back to work. people also consuming. the consumer economy that was driving all of the numbers that we have been seeing over the past three years. are people going to want to spend their money after being in a situation where you can't

work, you can save money, and you're digging into your savings to pay your bills because your job is gone. if that is going to be the challenge. clearly, people want to get back to work. the balance of the administration has to make between the public health crisis and the economic impact. the decisions that they are making to keep the economy close. certainly, people are wanting to get back to work, but whether those jobs are available is another question. >> melissa: steve, a lot of that depends on the government response. the last time the obama administration went heavy on the jobs. shoveling something. it wasn't jobs. if they didn't appear. they focused on public works type of program. this administration has shown that they want to do things like lifting up regulation. and there is unemployment support, but there is also the idea of helping small businesses find the lifeline so they can keep their doors open. it is a different approach.

what do you think about that? >> steve: it's a much better approach. obviously, i hope that steve mnuchin is right. i worry that it is reflective of a background that somebody from big business would have. small business is very differe different. i ran a restaurant back in england, and the truth is you just can't assume that you can press pause for a couple of months and then press play again and everything is going to be fine. i think that the intent is great to help small businesses. i think the mechanism is a bit too bureaucratic, using the sloan system through the small business administration. a much better way to do it. i've talked to lots of businesses out there. try to stand behind the insurance companies so they can get payouts on their business interruption insurance. at the moment, they can't get that because the pandemic is uncovered. i think if we move towards that, reporting to the small businesses who really need it.

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>> harris: scientists are looking at this. they are exploring whether people who have recovered from covid-19 could help those who still have it. those who have recovered have antibodies in their plasma. last week, the fda began letting doctors use plasma from covid-19 survivors as a hail mary to treat very ill patients with the virus. a top expert told "the washington post" this. "plasma has a real role. this has been going on for more than 100 years. we know this stuff works. if you do this right and harvest plasma from someone who has undergone infection, you can get protective antibodies that can be infused in other people. those quote that sounds very interesting. dr. nesheiwat, so it's not new. will it work here?

>> dr. nesheiwat: i hope so. i love this idea. it's been around for many, many years. you have to have a patient that has tested positive for covid and has fully recovered. it usually takes a few weeks for antibodies to form, by the way. see you take their blood. you take the antibodies. you infuse it and injected into a patient that is critically ill, suffering from a covid of money appeared when you injected into their body, that virus is e load. get them feeling better. potentially save their lives. i am so excited about it. i know it is already underway here in new york. i hope at some point we will see its improvement, and other patients who are recovered from covid will be able to potentially donate and save more lives. >> harris: doctor, i have a quick follow-up for you. in some cases, people are testing negative. you have to get to you in a row to say that you are cleared.

maybe you are building antibodies that whole time. it sounds like that must be the case. but it may still live in you and other ways, like through your bodily fluids or whatever. so when do you really stop the process? >> dr. nesheiwat: that's a really good question. usually, even after you test negative. it is still positive, impossible to shun viral particles. that is why we do want to go negative test, but you can still develop antibodies. they can still be used. that's why we want patients to be fever free for at least two to three days, 100% symptom-free. wait a few days until you go back to work because we know that you could still shut the virus. usually for a few more days or even a few more weeks. we can't control it 100%, but at least we can put in those guidelines. make sure you are 100% before you go back to work and engage in social crowds.

>> harris: gotcha. all right. you're the expert. i'm just going to talk to katie now. we can go around that way. katie. >> katie: doctor, can you talk about testing and the lack of testing, especially on your shift. it dominic? do you have anything to say about this fast track testing, so to speak. taking about 25 minutes, and how that can help you dealing with patients inside and outside of the hospital. >> dr. nesheiwat: that's a great question, katie. i was so excited when i saw that ad that came up with a five minute test. they have put out these units in the united states. where is ours? i wanted to test my patience. so literally, within 5 minutes, it was show a positive. if it was negative, it would take 13 minutes. but having more testing can really help minimize the spread of transmission in this community. so still continuing to do the

old-fashioned swab in the nose, send it out to the laboratory, that is better than nothing, but these new rapid tests that are fda approved definitely certainly can be used. and i'm waiting for it. send one to us. we could certainly use it. >> harris: [laughs] >> melissa: doctor, how would it work exactly? if you have the rapid test, would they do show up? you kind of test everyone in the family and see who has the antibodies? then you could make the blood donation right on the spot? what about mechanics? >> dr. nesheiwat: good question. do different tests we are talking about. the rapid test that came out. you swab the nose or the throat. and then we send you home parcel quarantine. the other test is a blood test where we can actually check to see if you have antibodies. we still don't have access to that. i am hoping one day we can get access to that so you can know

if you have it or not. so you know if you can donate blood and potentially save lives and prevent the transmission on another hand. >> harris: wow. i hear the optimism in your voice because we know that this could work. did you have a quick question? >> steve: yeah. feeling optimistic about this. and i think a lot of people want to know the role that this and testing can generally play. the opening up again. what is the role of testing? >> dr. nesheiwat: i think we need to be optimistic yet still it here to the guidelines and the rules that we see our health care experts telling us to abide by. but i think that with broad surveillance and screening, knowing who has it, being able to identify them and isolate them will help to truly reduce the transmission and the spread of this virus and help save lives and keep the hospital numbers down. >> harris: all right. real quickly, new york

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short time ago. that ship is here to deliver a desperately needed help to the city's overwhelmed doctors and medical care teams. right now there are more than 144,000 covid-19 cases in the u.s. let's take a look at the numbers now. the death toll is above 2500. president trump extended the white house's social distancing guidelines until april 30th, and predicted coronavirus cases will likely peak in just under two weeks. watch. >> we are thinking that around easter that's going to be your spike, that's going to be your