>> we need relief for nurses, we need relief for doctors, we need relief for attendance. if you are not busy come help us, please. >> it is tuesday march 30 first and this is a fox news alert, a desperate plea is new york transforms unprecedented resources pouring into america's epicenter. >> some hospitals are going to stunning lengths to keep up with overflowing capacity. >> we reached a historic milestone in our war against the coronavirus. over 1 million americans have

now been tested. >> testing technology quickly advancing to push the benchmark even higher is us cases pass 160,000. >> the president asked experts looking to the potential return of this deadly virus. why they say next time will be a different ballgame. >> if you think you are feeling stir crazy checkup guy getting in touch with nature in a whole new way. >> "fox and friends first" starts right now. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. shannon: thank you for starting the day with us. let's get to the talk fox news alert, the comfort will begin serving america's epicenter, new york city. >> a massive shift as the work states new makeshift hospitals

and more as cases climb. lawmakers call for help. >> the comfort officially arriving in new york city as the nation's top spot grapples with staggering number of coronavirus cases. new yorkers cheering as the floating hospital past by the statue of liberty. people seen ignoring the social distancing guidelines to get a glimpse, the ship will serve non-coronavirus patients to free up space in city hospitals. it contains 1000 beds, 80 intensive care beds and 12 operating rooms, the captain describing it to the capabilities. >> we have our own gallery which can serve thousands of meals per day, provide support to the crew and the population. it is enormous.

>> it's arrival comes as deaths climbed to 250 in 24 hours. totaling over 1300. fema deploying 85 refrigerator trucks to this he to serve as temporary morgues for 7 hospitals. new york governor andrew cuomo says 1 million additional healthcare workers are needed to tackle the crisis. >> please come help us in new york now. we need relief for nurses who are working 12 hour shifts, one after the other after the other. we need relief from doctors. >> a makeshift hospital built by franklin graham's even juggle group christians for is will open in central park, ten tents will provide 70 beds, ten ventilators at a pharmacy. >> people that have experience dealing with infectious diseases, they are equipped for it, ready for it, we pray that god will bless not only them but

all the doctors and nurses that are working overtime. shannon: in our nation's darkest times we seek limits of hope. a 6-year-old nurse named angie going viral for her care. >> 16 hours and we've not lost one patient. we did an excellent job. jillian: she's one of many doctors and nurses on the front lines giving their all every day. see enough videos like that. rob: 1 million americans have been tested for coronavirus. jillian: the president shows off a rapid test that can give results in just 5 minutes. >> other potential breakthroughs in the fight against this virus. >> reporter: calling it a milestone in our war against the coronavirus donald trump showing off the new test kit from at

laboratories, the company saying it would launch the test next week at certain urgent care facilities following two of the rapid test cleared by regulators in the past week after other older tests took 48 hours to deliver results. >> we have something from abbott labs which is right here and that is a 5-minute test, highly accurate. with those tests being approved for abbott and others these are available around the country, they are planning to scale up the number of tests that can be put out throughout the country in the next month. >> the president lauding the emergency authorization by the fda for the decades-old antimalarial drugs hydro chloroquine and chloroquine but as with so much in the mortgage the pandemic the news is next, new stay-at-home orders arizona, virginia, maryland and dc until florida and a similar order in tennessee along with this grim warning from the white house. >> if we do things together

almost perfectly we could get in the range of 100,000, 200,000 fatalities. >> the washington post reporting of the cdc is considering recommending we all wear face coverings in public, doctor anthony fauci warns the virus could return in the fall, our weapons will be better. >> it will be a totally different ballgame than when we first got hit with it in the beginning of this year. several things will be different. our ability to go out and test, identify, isolate will be orders of magnitude better than what it was just a couple months ago. in addition we have a number of clinical trials looking at a variety of therapeutic interventions. we help one or more of them will be available. >> office as the number of deaths in the us approaches 3200. back to you.

jillian: the first american servicemember has died from coronavirus, captain douglas hickok passed away after battling the virus for a week. he served in the new jersey national guard as a drilling guardsmen and physicians assistant. he did not get the virus on active duty. he leaves behind a wife and four kids. more than 600 service members of contracted covid-19. florida leaders pushing back as a cruise ship carrying four bodies and dozens of sick passengers heads to fort lauderdale. >> we think it is a mistake to be putting people into southern florida given what we are dealing with. >> people ever, people staying at home, we don't need anymore infection in our communities. jillian: fort lauderdale's mayor says his city does not have the resources to help the passengers who have been stranded at sea for ten days. two people have tested positive for covid-19.

130 have flulike symptoms. the president of holland america released a statement calling for, quote, compassion and grace by allowing the ship to dock. rob: the man who shot and killed the phoenix police commanders identified. he opened fire on 3 police officers as they responded to a call about a fight at his home. he was with the department for 31 years just months away from retiring. he was shot and killed, leaves behind a wife and four adult children, two other officers were shot but are expected to recover. the suspect was shot and killed by police. a man is facing federal charges for coughing on fbi agents and hoarding medical supplies, he told agents he had covid-19 as they confronted him about selling a stockpile of masks, gowns and cleaning supplies in new york city. one doctor told agents he had enough supplies for an entire hospital. the man is accused of selling

the supplies that are 700% markup. >> mark meadows officially takes over as white house chief of staff. meadows was tapped by donald trump earlier this month to replace acting chief mick mulvaney. north carolina congress and has served in the house since 2013. meadows officially resigning from congress overnight calling it, quote, the honor of his life. >> brad paisley teaming up with country music stars to say thank you to doctors on the front lines of covid-19 kicking off a 30 day project called gratitude to honor medical staff is at vanderbilt university medical center in nashville. ♪ ♪ it can be straight ♪ it can be straight ♪ >> there will be a new one every day. amy grant and joel will take

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rob: if and when the us turns the corner in the pandemic the president sees a scenario where all americans could wear masks in public. >> there is something we could discuss, the number of masks you need, we want our country back, we are not going to be wearing masks forever but it could be for a short time after we get back into gear. >> those comments as the cdc

considers making a recommendation. the question is is it the right direction? rob: could give a false sense of security? doctor dino grayson joins us to weigh in. people don't know what to make of that comment. what did you make of it? >> it was curious. we had a lot of conflicting guidance on masks. my first thought is where are we going to get these masks from? we have a nationwide shortage of masks. my friends and colleagues are desperate to have more and my physician colleagues are being told they are not allowed to wear masks when team patients unless the patient is suspected of having covid-19 so that was my first thought was we are going to have even more, tighter supply chain of these critical masks for our healthcare workers.

>> in addition overall masks are a good idea in the sense of not protecting you but protecting the world from you. if you wear a mask you will limit the spread of your germs to other people but how well will the do-it-yourself mask protected from other people's germs, not very much. >> let's take a listen this is a former fda commissioner, scott gottlieb, this is where the conversation sparked on sunday. >> people should be contemplating wearing masks, a cotton mask. how can you develop mask on your own so someone who is infected is wearing a mask are less likely to transmit infection, some studies show up to 50% reduction in your ability to spread the fluid you're wearing a mask. >> that goes to your point, it is not necessarily going to protect you but if you are sick or could potentially transmit

any droplets, that is where it could come in and the but i still have to wonder, goes back to the argument we had weeks ago, you're still touching your face more than if you are wearing a mask. >> you bring up a really great point, the issue of now people are constantly adjusting that mass, they are not used to wearing them, when i was in medical school when i started wearing a mask it was really uncomfortable and i was constantly reminding myself in surgery don't touch your face, don't touch your face. that is part of it, it also gives people a false sense of security, i'm not necessarily against masks but we have to do it in the right way which is we need to have proper masks, not just somebody throwing a bandanna on her face thinking i am now protected because people will be even more careless than they already are. i'm living in florida and everyone has seen those scenes from the beach so one can only imagine what might happen if people are now thinking i am safe, i'm wearing a mask.

>> last thing anybody wants to think about is this virus reoccurring next season but here is doctor vallow -- anthony fauci in the fall >> it will be different from when we first got hit. our ability to go out and be able to test, identify, isolate and contact trace will be orders of magnitude better in a variety of therapeutic interventions. a vaccine is on track. >> what do you think it looks like, if it comes back next fall or winter what do you think the situation will be? >> somewhat better and somewhat worse. i think the second wave of infection will likely be worse because we will have a longer period, we got a little bit lucky and dodged a bullet this time because the virus hit us at the end of the flu season which ends right around now. next.

season we have coronavirus circulating the entire 6 months. on the flipside i do think some things will be in our favor, test, test, retest, we still are nowhere close to where we need to be on that front. we need a test that is simple and can be everywhere if we want to open up our economy and community. but then the idea of a vaccine, only if we are super lucky, everything goes right we might have enough vaccine to only does high risk individuals like healthcare workers but i do think there's a chance some of these antivirals being tested could be available sometime in the next flu season if everything goes right and we are really lucky.

shannon: 18 after the hour, from the classroom to the front line, medical schools are letting students graduate early to fight the pandemic. one school chancellor joins us live with a message for those students and the public. >> dramatic art heist, while nobody was watching, a beautiful work of art stolen from the museum closed because of coronavirus. the american red cross urgently needs blood and platelet donations and asks all healthy donors to schedule an appointment to give. now, with the corona virus outbreak, it is important to maintain a sufficient blood supply.

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rob: new york's attorney general considering legal options after amazon fires worker who organized a work out -- walkout demanding better health and security precautions in new york city after another worker tested positive for covid-19. amazon says small could receive warnings for filing social distancing guidelines and putting the safety of others as risk.

macy's laying off most of its 130,000 employees as stores remain close for covid-19 from coast-to-coast. workers will maintain health benefits through at least may. coles is furloughing 85,000 workers, the comedy will offer curbside pickup from stores with limited staff. gap laying off 80,000 employees across all of its brands including old navy and banana republic. jillian: massachusetts medical students had to the front lines of the pandemic, graduating early to help overwhelmed hospitals. in just hours the university of massachusetts will hold a virtual graduation so their students can join the fight. joining me live is michael collins, thank you for joining us. i was excited to talk about this. i see so much value in getting young eager graduating students who want to help on the front lines out there as quickly as

possible. what made you come to this decision? >> we have been thinking about what would happen if a surge inpatients would occur in the time to plan for a surge is in advance of it. we spoke to the governor of massachusetts and said to him what would you think about us graduating our medical students early so they could participate and provide healthcare services to patients city surge occur? the governor immediately ran with the idea, got the board of medicine to come up with a facilitated license program and later today we will graduate our class of students. >> there are four schools in massachusetts graduating students early, we put the list on your screen. in addition there are schools in other states across the country who are either doing the same thing or considering doing the same thing as what is the reaction from students? >> students are quite excited.

i heard from many of the students in advance saying to me we would like to help out. how might we help out? i was encouraged by that reaction was one of the wonderful things about our profession is we teach our graduates to go towards patients in an illness. someone says to you i have a bad disease you might go well but in medical school we teach our students to go towards patients and i think it is a great statement about our noble profession our youngest and newest doctors want to go toward patients at a time when there is such a big challenge in our nation. shannon: let's look at these numbers, the coronavirus cases in massachusetts something significantly in just 24 hours and an interesting study that revealed the affect of

coronavirus on medical workers mental health. you can see on-screen depression is at 50%, anxiety 45%, insomnia 34%, psychological distress 71.5%. i'm curious how you guys are helping the students in preparing them mentally for this because this is something we have never dealt with, we've never seen in this capacity. >> the decision weighed heavily on me as i was thinking about asking our students and new graduates to go to the front lines. we have many programs in place, and orientation, they work among a team of other doctors and we have many supports available to graduates, they can talk to more senior colleagues, they can talk to counselors that are available but i think at a time like this the profession rallies, these young, talented students, we have the finest medical students in the world in massachusetts and the students are ready,

ready to get to the front lines. most importantly they are ready to exercise the privilege they know it is to care for someone else in need and though it will be virtual i will be extremely proud of our students as they graduate and then step forward to help out at this challenging time. >> congratulations to them if they graduate today and commend them for what they are about to be venturing into in the fight against coronavirus. michael collins, thank you very much. rob: 27 after the, donald trump says there could be new virus guidelines after the next 30 days. >> we may add a few more but the guidelines will be very much as they are, maybe toughened up a little bit. >> plans being discussed by the white house task force. shannon: cases doubling as michigan is the new hotbed.

one michigan doctor says they are on the wrong side of increasing curve. he joins us live. e at highest r, 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

>> welcome back. donald trump fulfilling a promise to extend social distancing guidelines by at least one month. experts now warn the next 30 days could dramatically change the virus's outcome. >> reporter: the president calling the next 30 days final and urging patience and resolve in following these extended guidelines and everyone's may be added as experts warn of a national curve spiking recommending federal guidance. >> they are having a tremendous impact and we are starting to see it. >> when you look at all the states together all of them are

moving in the same curve and that is why we really believe this needs to be federal guidance so that every state understands it may look like two cases that become 20 but become 200, that become 2000 and that is what we are trying to prevent. >> this as millions of americans wait for those direct deposits to hit their bank accounts and businesses small and large begin applying for payroll support loans, nancy pelosi telling reporters on a conference call a fourth bill will be necessary saying it would be about recovery and include emergency and mitigation factors but also where we go from here, the infrastructure needs our country has got to deal with. there is no timeline for a rollout as the sergeant-at-arms at the capital urges members to stay at home and telework when possible with another member

follow your, new york resumed positive for covid-19, she is self quarantining and encouraging people to stay home and practicing social distancing, she was last on capitol hill this last friday speaking with pelosi and on the house floor in support of the stimulus bill. it really hits home when you have a member in new york that may have to come and in some fashion to get more stimulus going. >> taking a live look at capitol hill close to the public until may 1st, only lawmakers, staff and press with credentials can into this building, the announcement comes as we learn a second us capitol police officer has tested positive for coronavirus. according to the hill that female officer had been assigned to the senate. as a fifth member of the nypd dies, more officers are now taking sick days. more than 5200 police officers called out sick monday new york city, that is 14% of the force

and 5 times as many as a typical day, 930 members of the department of tested positive for covid-19, 824 are police officers. the commissioners says officers can handle the challenges of this pandemic. >> i'm 100% confident the men and women of this police department will rise up to any and all challenges and do whatever it takes to keep the people of the city safe. >> the commissioner also says crime has gone down as more people practice social distancing. jillian: case for spiking among veterans, the va confirms 1000 deaths have contracted the virus, 13,000 tests have been administered in va hospitals. oven veterans died after an outbreak inside a veterans home in massachusetts. at least 27 deaths have been

killed by covid-19. a las vegas parking lot serving as an emergency homeless shelter, the temporary space is open when another shelter in the city shutdown when someone tested positive for coronavirus. people are being kept 6 feet apart by grids on the concrete. >> by giving shelter in an organized way with social distancing i feel we can minimize it rather than them being initials are. >> people are tested before entering a lot. correct say the homeless should be put in the thousands of empty hotel rooms in the city. >> michigan's coronavirus case count is doubling every three days, the president says help is on the way. >> 400 ventilators going to michigan very shortly. when you look at what we are doing with michigan, getting along very well with michigan, great place, sending a lot of great things to michigan because that is becoming a hotbed. >> will this be enough? >> michigan state medical society member joins us with insight from the front line. good to see you, thanks for joining us this morning.

your numbers right now that are confirmed, 6498 cases, 184 deaths, what do those numbers say to you about what is happening in your state? >> we think of the bell curve we are on the escalating side with 1000 new cases yesterday, 52 deaths in the last 24 hours. i would love to be on the other side of that curve. for the next few days they are going to be worse and that is what we are bracing for. rob: this and to your governor real quick. >> we will see the curve climb at a steep level, hospitals are already at capacity. it is starting to touch everyone here. anything we can do to bring more supplies into michigan is credible. rob: the top five status far as

covid-19 cases, the moves up to number 4, 6498. did michigan do something wrong? was there something they missed that caused the spike? >> it is because we are testing more people. it is likely the physician past the disease on, the physician himself can't test even to the state. as we ramp up testing we are finding people who have been positive the last couple weeks and we are diagnosing them more. jillian: tests are hard to come by. >> absolutely. even if you are a physician it is only if you get tested so we get to the point where anyone in remote suspicion of the disease can get tested you won't be able to continue that number. rob: you heard the president's plan, do you think will be

enough to stabilize you? >> it is going to help. i don't think it will be enough. 400 ventilators, to put that in perspective we have 50 people that passed yesterday, another 50 today. we are going to burn through 400 ventilators in eight days. we have yet to go north of detroit, the worst is yet to come. hopefully -- i bet it will fall short and we have to figure out where to get more. jillian: thank you for joining us, appreciate your time. >> 38 after the hour, 25,000 americans stranded abroad now getting back to us soil. we are live with the state department's warning for anyone who is still overseas. >> hundreds of sidelined artists taking a challenge on social media, a tennessee woman

creating balloon artwork to bring smiles to her community.

>> the us sending of medical supplies to france, italy and spain as covid-19 ravages western europe. >> there bring home all-americans abroad, worldwide coronavirus spiked to 800,000. >> good morning, coronavirus continues to ravage the entire globe. as medical professionals are treating patients many of them are getting infected. in spain, more than 12,000 doctors and healthcare workers about covid-19. spain has the third highest total number of cases with 90,000 positive results. as the spanish into the third week of law, government will take restrictions though the

number of deaths and new cases has seen a slight decline. in france the country had its worst daily dust on monday with 400 people bringing the total to over 3000. the french started using military helicopters to transport patients to overseas hospitals to reduce the pressure on medical workers. in the united states the trump administration continues to bring americans home who are stranded abroad. the state department says it brought home 25,000 people the reports indicate 33,000 looking for help from the us government. listen to what mike pompeo told fox news overnight. >> 50 countries, dozens of flights, several thousand more people, the state department is hard at work. >> in the middle east benjamin netanyahu was forced to go into quarantine after one of his top

consultants tested positive for covid-19. the prime minister has tested negative but is taking steps out of a precautionary measure. additionally is really police forces, keeping ultraorthodox communities endorse or define these stay at home orders. >> right now illegal border crossings are being sent back to mexico at an average of 96 minutes. the washington report under new coronavirus measures u.s. customs and border agents are processing migrants before they even set foot in a station. 7 border crossings have plunged since new measures went into place dropping from 1000 a day to about 600. how about this? an art masterpiece is swiped from the museum that is closed because of the coronavirus, a thief or thieves smashed of the glass door at the dutch museum

install of vincent van gogh painting and it was taken on what would have been the artists 160 seventh birthday. experts believe the painting created in 1884 could be worth between 1-$6 million. >> looking for a little joy during this trying time, a group of artists are hoping to bring up communities around the globe and are doing so with balloons. the 1 million bubbles project showcases the carefully twisted masterpieces, you can see them popping up in many places if you look hard enough. you to tell us why she joined in on this is professional. artist and face painter gamble. thank you for coming on, we appreciate it this morning, big smile on your face, tell us what this is about. >> it was out of seattle, washington, started a project for us to spread a little joy and happiness, we are 100% unemployed at the moment, we are

doing social gatherings, they are canceled. we have all this inventory and all this time and our jobs are to spread joy and make happiness and that was all taken away with the coronavirus so some of my friends, i thought i kind of miss the mark because it was on thursday but i thought i felt i needed to do something so i joined in and went around friday and put balloons throughout our little town to bring happiness and joy and smiles to everybody. it is getting gloomy with everything going on. >> some of this art, this is pretty advanced stuff. not simple to do. that's really incredible when you look at it. is the statement from the leader of this project. with all the fear and uncertainty in the world. i felt we had to do something. balloons make people happy in ways nothing else does.

working balloon professionals can't make you happy right now who really can. you have a lot of countries and a lot of people doing this, 378 different designers like yourself in 15 different countries. i wanted to ask you what a lot of people are worried about the most in a situation like this, very scary, really scary for kids. do you find this cheers children up when they see these balloons? this balloon art? >> really does. children from 99 to 100 years old children, i have more adults want balloons at birthday parties than the kids sometimes. the comments and reaction from everyone in town that has driven past on the way to an appointment or to get food or something, coming back and saying it made their day and brought me happiness when i was sinking into a little sadness by

not being able to go out and do what i love to do. it came back and gave me more blessings by going out and giving a little happiness to others. >> that is something else. of balloon artist, thank you for your time, thanks for brightening up the show a little bit. >> 48 after the hour. a moving symbol of hope leads to a momentary lapse in social distancing and social media is not letting this one slide. >> the great lengths this guy went to to escape lockdown. we've got to figure this out. we will tell you about it coming up. you doing okay?

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rob: the empire state building lights up to honor emergency workers during this pandemic. you see the red and white lights like a flashing siren on an ambulance. new york is the epicenter of the pandemic. the empire state state buildings call the empire -- the heartbeat of america. new yorkers for me about social social distant crowd to watch the arrival of the comfort as the naval hospital ship docks to combat coronavirus. jillian: carley shimkus is here with online reaction to that major violation. a lot of people upset about this. carley: it is an ironic situation that unfolded yesterday. crowds of people formed to watch the comfort ship is docked on manhattan's west side. crowds are exactly what we shouldn't be forming in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

police stepped in and reminded people that social distancing and dispersed the crowd but many people on social media sounding off, craig says stay home, the longer people do this the longer it lasts. another twitter user said how am i supposed to do that when i'm not allowed to touch my face? that ship is caring for non-coronavirus patients to relieve pressure on new york city hospitals. >> here's a brighter one. this picture of healthcare workers flying to new york to help out the staffing that is so overburdened. carley: it is a heartwarming picture that is going viral on social media that shows georgia healthcare workers flying to new york city to help out, help pitch in and that is exactly what andrew cuomo has been calling for healthcare workers

across the country to do so this picture going viral on social media. one person says thank you for your work you are about to take on. stay strong, safe, god helps those professionals be safe and healthy as gary says god bless each healthcare workers for the doctors, nursing staff and cleaning crew and dietary staff. >> photos like that are so touching and should go viral. just incredible what they are doing. drumroll please. rob's favorite story of the day and for good reason. it is amazing what people will do with a little free time on their hands. a guy in the uk providing laughs by pretending to sneak out of his house dressed as a bush. jillian: at the end of the video the way he runs away, the video going viral for obvious reasons. one person on twitter says we have too much time on our hands

now and lastly i want to be this for halloween. i want to know where he got all those branches and leaves. >> people are starting to get weird. >> would you be this for halloween? rob: why not? doesn't matter, appreciate that. and unprecedented effort to save lives, iconic central park transformed into a field hospital now ready to start treating patients. edward graham joins us to discuss how samaritans first is working hand-in-hand with hospitals in new york city. >> student-athletes were floored by the loss of their seasons and a major move by the ncaa giving them a new opportunity. we will tell you about it when "fox and friends" continues.

>> a very vital 30 days as we are sort of putting it all on the line. the more we commit ourselves now the sooner we can win the fight and return to our lives. >> tuesday march 3, '01, donald trump says america is rising to

the occasion in the war against covid-19, unveiling the rapid test technology is us deaths now top 3000. >> the white house is touting this as a medical breakthrough that could turn the tide in our fight to stop the spread. grocery stores deemed essential during lockdown but what about god? >> the pastor who would rather go to jail then closes doors on sunday. >> right now the toughest weeks are still ahead but we are grateful, we are grateful for every doctor, every nurse, every ventilator, supplies, the beds. >> the comfort seems into new york harbor. >> the next mission, to help heal a hurting but grateful city. "fox and friends first" continues right now.