apartments are not big enough. carley: i was thinking the same thing. shut up, what are you doing, you have got to have a lot of faith. >> we are at war with the deadly virus, success in this fight requires the full absolute measure of our collective strength. i want every american to be prepared for the hard days ahead. we will go through a tough two weeks and then hopefully as the experts are predicting having studied it so hard we will start seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. >> it is wednesday april 1st, with that with a fox news alert, donald trump looking ahead to the light at the end of the

tunnel as he warns of dark days to come in the next 2 or 3 weeks. overnight us coronavirus desktops 4000. >> 1700 people have died in the outbreak epicenter, new york. 76,000 people tested positive in the state of new york. another hotspot is louisiana, could soon run out of ventilators as cases spike 30% over 24 hours. brian: hawaii retiring people traveling between islands to self quarantine. as nevada issues a travel advisory to stop the spread of covid-19 it is not all bad news, 7000 people have recovered in the us, 1000 more than yesterday, one of every eight that gets tested ends up tests

negative but stunning to think we are at 7000 deaths and we are going to get between 100-200,000 deaths over the next month. i can't wrap my head around that statement and we could be doing everything right and everything they tell us and still get to that number. we top people with the virus, now if that happens we will be by far the top of those 4000 dead, tops for people around the world with the virus. steve: the key was the president said that we heard from the experts that social distancing we are doing, the handwashing is working and because it is so crucial the president said

yesterday think of everything you do when you interface with other people as being a matter of life and death so it is a somber april 1st and we have a big program with a lot of experts to answer your questions and hours as well. we have doctor jeanette, doctor oz, and the army corps of engineers doctor mark siegel, kellyanne conway as well. jedediah: new york is the epicenter with the most individuals with this virus, 76,000 people in new york have been infected with this. in new jersey almost 19,000, california, 8000, michigan, 8000, florida, 7000, massachusetts almost 7000, illinois almost 6, washington state 5400, louisiana, 5200. we've got to take this seriously. the president said we need to prepare for a painful next two

weeks. the white house is urging the public to follow social distancing guidelines. a new warning from the president. >> reporter: that press conference, the american citizen to take their role seriously, the president warning the nation's ironclad result will be tested like never before as a cordova million americans could die from this even if they continue to follow the new extended guidelines urging every american to do their part to slow the spread. >> every citizen is being called upon, every business is being asked to fulfill its patriotic duty. every community is making fundamental changes to how we live, work and interact each and every day. >> reporter: without a start on hand, officials estimate that could reach 100-240,000. basing projections on a huge

spike in new york and new jersey but doctor burkes offered cautious optimism but if we do our part we could see less in the end. >> it is a projection based on using what happened in italy and looking at all the models. as you saw on the slide, 100,000-200,000 and we think that is the range. we believe we can do better than that. >> doing better mean stressing success and mitigation based on preventing the next surge in places like new orleans and michigan where the virus bikes next in these guidelines are not any different other than strict adherence, staying at home, washing your hands, practicing good hygiene, that will help us avoid things, the death toll crossing 4000 overnight.

steve: are people getting different strains of this? is it all about who gets this to begin with? may be italy as the curve seems to be coming down, the ultimate hope is south korea, 91 new cases a day but 357,000 tests. they have gone on top of that thousands of tests they got they get on top of this. we have to look outside our borders for hope in that case. steve: the somber data they presented last night during that press briefing was based

largely, a lot on things they learned in new york and new jersey. they made it clear doctor burkes and there is no magic bullet, no magic vaccine, no magic therapy. it is all about behavior keeping our distance and things like that. watch this. >> that can skew to a higher peak and significant mortality. all the other metro areas are able to pull the case number down than it is a different picture but you have to predict on the data you have which is heavily skewed to new york and new jersey. >> the cluster of other cities that are not new york or new jersey if we can suppress that from the spike the numbers could be significantly lower than we are talking about. >> one of the things we are the president say was if you want to wear a scarf over your face go ahead. that is opposite from the cdc

but they are considering changing the suggestion regarding masks whether you should wear want to the grocery store when you are out and about because the worry is the spreaders, people who have no symptoms but go out to the grocery store and invariably spreading the disease. the thought is if they wore something simple, not a surgical mask, not one of the in 95 masks, it would prevent the spread of the disease to other people, they are doing their shopping and don't realize that. >> when you walk in the grocery store at least in new york they have gloves usually, hand sanitizer but don't have masks. masks are hard to come by. jeff said the masks that are not in 95 maskss are hard to find so that is the problem at least in this area.

as cases surge, our next guest fighting on the front lines, here to share his experience, doctor leonardo who works in the state's largest healthcare provider serving new york city, staten island and westchester. thank you for joining us. tell us what it is like for you working on the front lines. >> every day, patients coming in, the caseload is increasing but we are handling what we have gotten so far. we are a large system with a lot of capabilities of spreading outpatients as hospitals get overwhelmed, we have been able to handle what we see. rob: if there was a wish list i could give you to fill out and -- what on the list of what you need, you have enough for now but what are you worried about

around the corner? >> the wish list is easy. we need personnel. we need more icus, nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists and beds. if you gave me those personnel and equipment we could handle a lot more patients. jedediah: i got an email from my cousin angie who said as we hear the governor call for more ventilators, when somebody is on a ventilator, two patients to wonders, somebody calling for 30,000 or whatever the number is ventilators, you need plenty of personnel to handle it but right now in new york state there is

only 8000 respiratory therapists qualified to operate. >> just to give you an example. a lot of people have to be ventilated, turn them upside down to ventilate them. imagine someone who weighs 200 pounds who needs to be turned at various times, the equipment, the inter-tracheal tube inside them, all the equal around them and having to put that on and off and take care of the patient. it takes 20 people to take care of one person for a 24 hour period. >> can you talk to one family where one was better after two days, the wife experienced more symptoms for two weeks. >> there are various strains but the severity is the same for the strains. time will tell how severe

certain strains were but they seem pretty equal. certain people are more susceptible than others, those that are older, those with preexisting lung damage tend to have a rocky course. jedediah: i was wondering what you thought when you heard the soundbite we rolled, what the president said last night the we will have between 100-200,000 deaths, in new york, 76,000 cases, 20% need to be hospitalized. when someone tells you, 100-200,000 will die in the next month and we had 4000 deaths what do you think on the front lines? >> certain communities can make a difference. new york, the course we have is the course we are already on. there are certain communities that have yet to be affected by this virus.

and mitigating those factors as much as possible are important. the other thing is to prepare. you need to prepare teams for outside the hospital. surging up your icus and staff those places, all the retired nurses and doctors, affiliate themselves with hospitals to provide help for their community. jedediah: when somebody comes in they are testing positive for covid-19 how often do they think they know where they got it? how often is that i have no idea who gave it to me? >> interestingly enough if us that three weeks ago people knew. we were testing, 40% were positive, now it is 73% are positive. it is in the community now. no one knows where they are

getting it from and everyone we are testing has been positive for us. jedediah: thank you so much. >> thank you, have a good day. these guys are working, the nurses are working 12 hour shifts day after day, they are exhausted and doing this to save lives. it is 6:14, let's hand it over to jillian in the studio for some headlines. jillian: we start with a fox news alert, communities cleaning up storm damage after multiple tornadoes struck through the south. at least two twisters in alabama ripping through a dozen homes. another striking mississippi, the storm bringing damaging wind and heavy rain to georgia, trees ripped from their roots and thousands lost power. no one was seriously hurt.

overnight people in idaho rocked by the most powerful earthquake to hit the state in decades. the 6.5 magnitude quake struck 70 miles northeast of boise, people saying they heard of war and everything started swaying, this video posted from a warehouse, so far no reports of serious injuries or damage. overnight, 2020 hopeful joe biden makes hints about a potential vp pick, ask if michigan governor gretchen whitner made his list for her coronavirus response. >> he made the list in my mind two months ago. >> reporter: she's a national campaign chair provider. we will see. then there is this story. the community comes together to celebrate a milestone of a world war ii hero at save social

distance, neighbors gathering outside his new jersey home to wish him a happy one hundredth birthday. others are advised to yell out their well wishes, a cold drink in his hand. more inspiring stories you can visit foxnews.com/america together, happy birthday frank and cheers. steve: great story. there are uplifting stories along with other stories, we are all dealing with being home with families and attentive stories inside that. donald trump signed a $2 trillion bill last week, a lot of questions what it means and how it impact you like can you get your money by direct deposit? what about retirees? the chairman of business finance will answer any and all questions. when it comes to autism, finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world

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>> the biggest economically package in american history delivering relief to the nation's families, workers and businesses. we will keep our small business a strong and big businesses strong and keeping the country strong and jobs strong. steve: donald trump, and delivering small business relief. here is a really still question-and-answer period. brian in manhattan, are you ready? thanks for joining us, many questions we have, let's roll that back to the beginning. my husband and i own and work in a small retail business which is

enclosed for two weeks, no employees, just the two of us which any relief for our businesses. what is your answer? >> that is common question. small business owners want to know if they can get relief, the best thing you can do as a small business owner is go to the sba.gov website. the paycheck protection program offers the chance to get a loan that is forgivable. if you spend on rent and utilities, is an economic injury disaster loan, these are usually in this case, the last loan provides a 10,$000 grant that you don't have to pay back. go to that website and look at those programs in particular.

steve: this is changing to direct deposit will increase the speed of relief funds. the irs does not have direct deposit information. where can i update the information? is it too late for this? >> the irs does not have the web portal that you can use to enter direct deposit information. they say is coming in the weeks ahead. check out the website, on the homepage, when you see the portal released, get your information in there right away so we can get your check right away, direct deposit is fast but you have to make sure they have your information. steve: what if i have to take the money out of my ira or replace retirement plan? does the workplace make it easier to do? >> when you take money out of your retirement early you take

10% penalty on that money. it is and waved this year. if you need to use your retirement money to bridge the gap you can take it out without the penalty. you have to pay income taxes on that amount. if you spread those over three years, if you take some money out and don't use it all, you won't have to pay income tax on it. if you put it back on any amount there is no limit to how much you can put back in. >> the recommendation is to not take money out when the market is low. what is in the relief package for retirees? that is a smart move, don't take it out now but what do you want them to do? >> you don't want to sell low. if you are retiring normally you take required minimum distribution during the year, that is and waved. you are in a situation you don't need to take anything out of your retirement account don't do it, don't sell low. wait as long as you can for the markets to back up. that is changed only for this

year. if you are in that boat and don't need to take the required minimum distribution don't do it, weight. >> if the restaurants are open again and everyone is back to work are you expecting a slingshot with the stock market ready to explode? could people not have to wait that long to get it back? >> slingshot is pretty aggressive. because the economy was strong coming into this we can bounce back quicker than people think about it depends on getting the disease under control. the longer you can wait on taking money out the better you are going to be but the key is to take access of the programs available, don't make assumptions, do your homework, get to your website, treasury.gov and find out what might be helpful for you.

>> are you as worried as senator graham that states are not prepared to get at unemployment insurance as quick as possible? are you worried about that? >> i'm always worried about that. government programs often run slower than we want them to so in theory the expansion of an employment is good but states have to deliver. make sure you are calling your state representative, don't let this slide. i'm hopeful states can pull this together. it is a real concern we have to be diligent about. we want officials to make sure they are diligent about it. steve: we need our financial questions answered but you have to answer these odd questions, thank you so much.

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ticket and instead, thanks for what you do and what troopers do too, god bless you. >> thank you very much. we have information on how you can help us more stories of people going to extra lengths to help one another deal with this pandemic. you can find that, foxnews.com/americatogether. could pink eye be a new symptom of the virus? doctor jeanette on the new advisory just issued, up next. larry david has advice for people ignoring social distancing. >> passing up a fantastic opportunity, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stay in the house, sit on the couch and watch tv. marymac the new psa that will have you laughing all morning. there will be parties again soon,

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>> we pray for the doctors and nurses, paramedics and truck drivers and sanitation workers and people fighting for their lives in new york and across the land. i watch as doctors and nurses run into a certain hospital,

like military people going into battle. the bravery is incredible and i have to take my hat, i would take my hat if i were wearing a hat and rip that hat off so fast. steve: donald trump aim to be to healthcare workers highlighting those in the epicenter of this hometown in new york city. that includes our next guest, fox news contributor jeanette, thank you for joining us. the president saluted the you. what could you tell us is happening on the inside, that wasn't happening a week ago. >> definitely a huge influx of patients.

yesterday my busiest day, 57, 58 patients, 90% of them coronavirus patients, getting into the groove, we are getting into treatment mode. we know what to expect, we know what our patients needed. it is a common theme in that is a good thing, the more experience you have treating a patients the better at it we are. it is a matter of making sure we have the tools to get them everything they need to keep them alive and at the same time send them home, reduce the burden on the hospitals, reduce the admission and that sort of thing. jillian: the american academy of optimality is warning pink i could be an additional symptom of covid-19. out of all your patients have you seen that? >> i did. i had one patient, the only symptom he had with irritation, redness, he had congestive eye disease and his son tested

positive for covid-19. my patients did not have chest pain or shortness of breath or fatigue or bodyaches, nor -- no coughing. only his i was bothering him. i'm not surprised to see this. we see this commonly with viruses, i see it with the flu, you can have bacterial infections as well. the good news is it is not common. it affects 3% of people. the things you can do to protect yourself, if you wear contacts, try not to wear contacts, wear glasses instead. keep your hands washed and clean, don't touch your face or your eye, that is how you spread this virus and if you have a family member with symptoms you have to practice physical distancing to keep from picking up other germs or bacteria or viruses. viruses are usually self limiting, it goes away on its own with time or treatment but i

was able to test my patient's vision, he had no problems with vision loss or his eyesight, no pain, just discharge, irritation, i was able to give him some eyedrops and say if you have any changes in your vision, we can get you in to see an ophthalmologist right away. steve: that could be a symptom but in the new york city area this comes at the same time as seasonal allergies, all sorts of things blooming, a lot of people have scratchy eyes and now they will think scratchy eyes from the pollen or from pink i. >> that is great question and we are seeing different symptoms we don't normally see. i didn't have a lot of patients would lose sense of smell or loss of taste, the difference between allergies and flu and allergies and coronavirus, e.g.

eyes, runny nose, sneezing, you usually don't have high fever and extreme shortness of breath and fatigue and coughing. may be mildly you might have that but that is how we tell the difference and we have medicine to treat your allergies, antihistamines and nasal sprays but with allergies the symptoms are not as severe as we are seeing with our coronavirus patients. steve: good luck today. meanwhile, jillian is poised to give us the rest of the news was a lot of happening besides what we are talking about. >> reporter: lindsey graham calls on the inspector general to testify about a blistering new report. and an audit of surveillance applications michael horwitz says the fbi did not corroborate key fact in 25 of them. the audit stems from a report

into the surveillance of former trump aid carter page. the judiciary chairman wants horwitz to explain his findings and receive recommendations. federal agents finding $30 million worth of drugs in a tunnel under the us-mexico border, the 30 foot deep, 2000 foot-long tunnel led to a warehouse in san diego where agents found cocaine, meth, heroin, marijuana and fentanyl. a man is under arrest accused of threatening and coughing on people in the store. police in new mexico charging edward babcock with assault with the threat the mother and young daughter at a big lots and coughed in their direction. they are concerned they could expose them to coronavirus but it is not known if he is sick. listen to larry, larry david has a message for people who aren't following social distancing guidelines.

>> risk those socializing too close. it is not good. the problem is your passing up a fantastic opportunity to once in a lifetime opportunity to stay in the house, sit on the couch and watch tv. go home, watch tv. that is my advice to you. >> reporter: the clip is going viral. one of those things that is so true. we went to sit down and watch tv and have a moment of silence and we can do that and we don't want to. steve: not only can we do it because we want to the government is telling us to social distance, stay home and watch tv shows like this. >> is one of our favorites, he plays the role of i hate

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steve: congress is setting aside $200 million tele services for coronavirus. this morning we are learning how exactly some of that money is going to be used. here to explain is federal commissions chairman ajit pai. aajit, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. thanks so much for having me on. steve: you have a big announcement today. >> absolutely. on friday, the president signed the cares act which, among other things, gave the scc authority and $200 million in funding to set up a telehealth program. on monday rolled out plan to immediately take action on new authority. i'm pleased to report to you today that just yesterday the fcc adopted my plan set up the covid-19 telehealth program. a bold new initiative allows healthcare providers broad band connectivity and devices help patients get the care they need remotely.

this is a game changer for american healthcare providers and america's patients. steve: you know, ajit, this is a great idea. there are a lot of people watching who, you know, for run reason or another, they don't have a personal doctor. when they get sick or, you know, they need a tetanus shot they wind up walking into urgent care and, besides, if they were go into a doctor's office, if they had the covid-19 symptoms, they could potentially infect the doctor, whoever talked to them in admitting. so this is a win-win. >> that's absolutely right. now more than ever, telemedicine is so critical for those who have coronavirus like symptoms. it's helpful for them to be treated remotely it. protects healthcare providers as well as patients. even for patients who don't have the coronavirus. if they want to be treated without coming to a healthcare facility, this is the kind of application that enables them to get the care they need while practicing social distancing. it's healthy for everybody in the healthcare system. and we think it's going to be very important for everybody in the country as we hopefully

emerge from this pandemic. steve: of course today is april 1st. a lot of people's rents are due. a lot of people are not getting a paycheck. they realize they are not going to be able to pay their bills. one thing the president made it very clear. he talked to the telecom heads, apparently during this pandemic, if you can't pay, they are not going to terminate your service, right? >> that's exactly right. during the call with the president and those providers yesterday, one of the things i outlined was the keep americans connected pledge. can you find more information at fcc.gov/keep americans connected. in a nutshell, this pledge which has now been signed by 653 broad band providers would prevent these companies from cutting off anybody from service if they have an inability to pay their bills because of the pandemic, would prevent them from late fees because of the pandemic and open up wifi hot spots to anybody who needs them in the country.

in addition to that many providers gone above and beyond low cost offerings. relaxing data caps. increasing speeds for free. kinds of things that are going to be so important as americans work from home. as kids study remotely and the like. this is a really important pledge to keep americans connected pledge. will pwr-d band system for supporting it. steve: right. indeed. because everybody, it seems like is online because they are stuck in the house. social distancing. all right, ajit pai, from the fcc the chairman. sir, thank you very much. >> thank you. steve: meanwhile, straight ahead, new york governor andrew cuomo admits the virus was much worse than even he expected. dr. oz has advice for the governor. he joining us live. my patients i often see them have teeth sensitivity as well as gum issues.

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ainsley: a fox news alert for you. expect many more deaths. that was the grim warning from our president and the task force. u.s. covid-19 deaths topping 4,000 overnight. 1700 people have died in the outbreak's epicenter in new york. more than 76,000 people have tested positive in the state. brian: all right. fema partnering with fdny to bring 250 ambulances, 500 emts to help with the record number of medical calls. another hot spot, louisiana, talked to one of the senators there could soon run out of ventilators soon as cases spike to 30% -- spike 30% over the last 24 hours.

steve: meanwhile, the state of hawaii now requiring people traveling between the islands to self-quarantine for 14 days. as the state of nevada issues a travel advisory to try and stop the spread of covid-19. but it's not all bad news. we have just learned that 7,000 people have officially recovered in the united states. that's 1,000 more than yesterday. good morning, everybody. welcome to "fox & friends," another split show. we're joining you from various parts of the tristate area. it is wednesday, april 1st, 2020. and while the president's task force last night had very somber news, they also said that the social distancing, whether it's the washing of the hands or keeping apart from people is working. dr. fauci said it's tough, it's inconvenient, but this is the answer. ainsley, it's just like that promo we are running throughout the day. and it's to solve this thing, it's going to be we, the people.

ainsley: that's right. so many people are out there doing really good things and putting other people ahead of themselves. and we are telling those stories all morning long. in addition to that we are going to interview dr. mehmet oz, interview todd semonite. commanding general of u.s. army corps of engineers. doing an amazing job. talk to marc siegel and kellyanne conway spokesperson for the president. brian: get her take on why so many other people are not taking the president's press conferences when the first half hour in particular is stuff we never even knew before. it's an odd decision. meanwhile the white house is urging the public to follow their extended social distancing guidelines. griff jenkins is live in washington with the new warning from a grim president yesterday. griff. griff: that's right, brian, ainsley and steve. good morning. if anybody wasn't watching yesterday's briefing they should have been. it was the most informative and had a very clear message for every citizen. take your role in this war against the virus seriously as

the president warned the president's strength, resolve and faith will be tested like never before. >> every citizen is being called upon to make sacrifices. every business is being asked to fulfill its patriotic duty. every community is making fundamental changes to how we live, work, and interact. each and every day. griff: huge spike in new york and knew new jersey. officials estimate 130,000 americans die even if we continue distancing ourselves from one another. birx and fauci offering optimist better results through collective behavior. prepare for the worst and hope for the best. >> that was our number 100,000, 200,000. we think that is the range. we really believe and hope every day that we can do a lot better than that. >> as socialerring a number as that is, we should be prepared

for it. is it going to be that much? i hope not and i think the more we push on the mitigation, the less likelihood it would be that number. griff: also stress the key to mitigation is preventing spikes in the next hot spots and moving fast on clusters before they get out of hand. the best way to do that is through social distancing and following these extended cdc guidelines, brian, ainsley, steve. brian: all right. thanks, griff. appreciate it. steve: bring in dr. mehmet oz, the host of the dr. oz show. dr. oz, good morning to you. you know, we heard very clearly last night all about the social distancing and the numbers were scary. they said essentially it's working. but, without social distancing and hand washing, 1.5 to 2.2 million people could die, according to the models. best case scenario here in the united states between 100,000 and about a quarter of a million. those are the kind of facts when

people hear it i really can have a big part in this behavior of the country going forward. >> well, this is an era that will generate new leaders. if you are out there wondering what you can do, exactly that figure out what can you enact in your own life and help others what they need to do. no question, the federal and state government can't do this on their own. this is a battle we won in our homes. we have all recognized that for a while. the more data we collect about how exactly this is transmitted and what actually works when you try to suffocate the virus the more we realize the decisions you make not just in your own home but as you foray out to buy things and go back to work will make a huge difference. we are training our nation to be warriors of a different type. what the president and task force saying last night. yesterday was somber but the truth. in medicine you always tell people what's going to happen that way they trust you. folks have unbelievable ability to cope if they know what's coming at them.

and that's, i think, what's happening this week in the united states. ainsley: if you look at the bottom of the screen white house projects 100,000 plus deaths possible from covid-19 deaths right now 4,000. a long way to go before we get to that number. that's pretty scary. that's what the president was talking about yesterday. listen to this, dr. oz. >> i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. we will go through a very tough two weeks. and then hopefully, as the experts are predicting as i think a lookout of us are predicting, after having studied it so hard, you are going to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel, but this is going to be a very painful, very, very painful two weeks when you look and see at night the kind of death that's been caused by this invisible enemy, it's incredible.

ainsley: dr. oz, what's your reaction? >> >> 100 percent agree with his estimates. tone reality. most not all. one of the big messages we have to get out to other parts of the country, once you see what's going on in new york and all of us are here so firsthand we are getting a glimpse of it and recognize how bad this could be, i think the task force and i'm interviewing dr. birx in a few hours, i think they are all unanimous in believing that we can stop what happened in new york from happening in other areas of the country. those hot spots are still there now we know what the clues are. here is why everyone says two weeks from thousand we will finally get a little bit of a breather. in china when they really cracked down aggressivelily in wuhan, it took 24 days from the 20th of january until the 13th of february until they finally were able to get pinnacle, the top of their mortality rates and hospitalization rates and then it came down pretty briskly that will give us two more weeks of new york of suffering.

it's been difficult. you commend all the unbelievable people. doctors and nurses a lot of folks supply chain. middle level managers stepping up and becoming the leaders that everyone knew they could be except them. and battlefield commissions are changing the way they are living life. painful, but it's working. make sure we expand that throughout the nation. because "fox & friends" is a national show, people are in places that have not been hit yes is it coming to me. yes but it doesn't have to. can you control your destiny. that's the big message i took from the press conference last night. brian: i can't believe 4,000 now and that seems like stunning and now think are thinking 100,000. dr. oz, you are calling on governor cuomo to do what now? >> well, there are a couple things governor cuomo has done exceedingly well and those are examples for the rest of the country. matilda's law. anyone who knows mill ma till da cuomo is very important.

his brother had gotten ill and had been a visitation. we want to make sure older americans stay the heck out of dodge. do not risk going to see your relatives. i get asked this question all the time it. sim pair t*eufr that we keep older folks separate. as the rest of the country struggles at least most of us will be okay because the mortality rate is exseedingly low for folks under 50. the rules change completely. i am asking governor cuomo to consider emergency measure he passed last week. study new drugs coming fda now has allowed doctors to prescribe for patients. again, we don't have any randomized data on these drugs. when you go to war, you march with the army you have. the governor has banned the ability average patient to get access t hao*eurbgs. >> take the medication advice of their doctor with a

prescription. difficult decision i know he made probably to protect people with autoimmune ailments like lupus running short on the medication. let's not fix it by banning their use. fix it by getting more supply. steve: well, as you mentioned, the governor's personal family has been touched by this. hire hhere he is yesterday middy talking about -- he didn't see this virus coming. >> tired of being behind this virus. we have been behind this virus from day one. you don't win playing catch up. we have to get ahead of it. we under estimated this virus. it's more powerful, it's more dangerous than we expected. steve: you know, dr. oz, last night we heard from the president and he said, you know, people could wear a scarf over their face when they are out and about in public. you know, not one of those

n-95s because those need to go to the healthcare providers. the thinking is the cdc may actually change the ruling because there are these spreaders out there who don't have any symptoms and they are walking around, you know, they are in the grocery store or wherever, they could be spreading it. if they had a scarf or a cloth mask, it might not causes a much spread. >> steve, my show today is actually partly dedicated to this issue. it is a lot more complicated than it would seem. here is where i'm coming down. i believe there is a role for face covering. i'm not going to call it masks. because as you point out we don't have enough masks of any type. let those masks be used by first responders by the healthcare system. the rest of us wandering around shopping, put something on your face if you think you are infected and might be able to spread. forget about covid-19, it could be any kind of infection. we used to look disdainfully other culture. if you study the anatomy of a sneeze being done and look what

happens to these droplets, the big droplets might be the more dangerous ones go into the front of your nose and infect you. it's not the small little droplets that go deep into the lungs. the big ones. if that's the case, wearing a cloth covering on your face may slow the bigger droplets from getting out of your mouth and going to somebody else. i will tell you. what might actually be beneficial to protect from you somebody else as well. we will revisit that whole issue of facial coverings. you can make one simply right now out of tissue paper. make it out of a bandanna. i will show some craft shopping samples. it's not difficult. and ainsley for sure can do a better job than me. this is stuff people can do in their homes and doesn't hurt anybody. ainsley: dr. oz, i'm glad you brought up coughing and sneezes. there is mit associate professor who research in coughs and sneezes and has for years she warns the pathogen bearing droplets of all sizes can travel 23 to 27 feet contaminate surfaces and may stay suspended

in the air for hours. dr. fauci was asked about it and he down played it. listen to this. >> >> looking at the distance droplets fly by speaking, coughing and sneezing. if you go way back and go achoo and go like that, you might get 27 feet. but, you see somebody do that get out of way. i'm sorry, but i was disturbed by that report because that's misleading. that means that all of the sudden the 6-foot thing doesn't work. robust vigorous achoo, sneeze. that's what that is. and that's not what we are talking about. ainsley: dr. oz, he says that's the extreme. what do you say? >> he is 100 percent right. if you have one of those rolling thunder sneezes and so inconsiderate you don't block your sneeze yourself, shame on you. you can probably do it. sneezes travel about 90 miles per hour, ainsley. you are not getting out of the way of it anyway.

best thing someone can do to help you is sneeze in a different direction. it goes right at you. it can go 25 feet. the reality is those 6 feet measures are designed for different purposes. they are designed for talking. it's the talking that actually allows enough spit and virus particle to come out of your mouth without you realizing it that you could quite easily contaminate somebody in your work space. definition of close contact 6 feet for more than 10 minutes. not an accident. sneezes and coughs it, will go further. that's why masks they play an important role. and i highlighted something a bit earlier i'm going to reemphasize it. it's the size of the drop let that matters. bigger droplets don't go as far this are the virus carrying drop let go in the front of your nose where we believe a lot of the these infections happen. swabbing your nose reasonable way of screening. don't have to go to the back of the throat as the president ago knowledged was uncomfortable. masks especially with sneezes. facial coverings not made any

kind of material nurse or doctor would use. basically gotten rid of handshakes a long time before you put that hand out there and firmly grasp someone. you know a handshake is 10 times more virus transition than elbow bump or firs fist bump. facial protection protect you how big droplets are and how far they go goes. no one cares if you put the some protection on of self-isolation and self-distance. brian: most disturbing thing you said so far doing limited studies with hydroxy chloroquine. they treated patient with survivor's plasma like they did with ebola. this is one key. if i prove to have immunity, use my plasma to help someone who might not yet or get better quickly. how interested are you in that

study? >> super-interested. there was a big piece in jama one of the most prestige skwreuz journal. just those numbers alone caught my attention. texas hospital protocols we have it examining as well near presbyterian and other new york city hospitals to do convalescent plasma. we need folks to donate blood if they have been sick. that's what's going to hold this back. if have you survived covid-19 and as you point out we will have a lot more survivors. a ton more survivors than people who passed from this illness. you will have antibodies in your blood that help you beat back the virus. people mortally ill don't have those antibodies at the same level. we can jump start their system. giving someone a couple cables with your battery and allow them to get their car back up again. that's what you are basically doing. blood banks, the red cross looking for convalesce sent plasma from people who recovered. take those and put them in

people in icus and on respirators. i have high hopes. teach us more how can you pull people back from the abyss, the darkness of death when they are ill with covid-19. steve: perhaps another note of optimism. dr. oz, thank you very much. we will see you back here tomorrow same time, same channel. ainsley: thank you. >> all right. steve: now it's time at 7:17 here in the east for the news. and jillian joins us with some startling news from the navy. jillian: let's begin with this story. the captain of a u.s. aircraft carrier is pleading for help as 200 sailors fall sick with covid-19. the uss here to door roosevelt is docked in guam. the captain sending a letter to the navy writing in we are not at war. sailors do not need to die. if we do not act now, we are failing to take care of our most trusted asset, our sailors. defense secretary mark esper says they don't need to evacuate just yet.

listen to this. >> we are moving a lot of supplies and assistance, medical assistance out to the carrier in guam. trying to make sure that we contain the virus, that key deploy testing kits. get a good assessment of how much the crew is infected. jillian: right now none of the sailors have needed to be hospitalized. communities are cleaning up storm damage after multiple tornadoes tear through the south overnight. at least two twisters touching down in alabama. ripping through over a dozen homes in barber county. another twister striking mississippi. the storm bringing damaging winds and rains to georgia. trees ripped from roots. as thousands lost power. thankfully no one was seriously hurt. feeding those on the front lines, a woman raises $78,000 to provide meals for medical workers in new jersey. she started the first line appreciation group on facebook

racked up thousands of dollars in donations in less than 24 hours. the idea now picked up by communities across the u.s. for more inspiring stories just like this visit foxnews.com/america together. keep those positive good news stories coming. we love them. guys. ainsley: we absolutely do. thanks so much, jillian. brian: all right. meanwhile, texas extending social distancing guidelines through the end of the month as dozen of college students who went on spring break in mexico tested positive. isn't it enough to stop the virus? we will have texas congressman chip roy. that will be next. you doing okay?

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students there in texas have tested positive for covid-19 after returning from spring break in cab because san lucas, mexico. joining us is texas congressman chip roy. congressman, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. good to be on the show. steve: it's good to have you as well. you are in austin at the university of texas, not far from where you are sitting right now. apparently about 10 days ago. 70 spring breakers chartered a plane, flew down to cabo and now 28 of them have tested positively for covid-19. you know, people in texas might think oh, that's one of those things that's happened so far away. but now it's right there where you are. >> yeah. we got the news yesterday about this group of spring break trippers who took the trip down to cab bows san lucas who came back and tested positive. obviously our thoughts and prayers cam go out.

i know the city of austin and the state of texas are all reaching out to the family members try to track down and see who interacted with whom. some came back on commercial flights most on charter flight. right now governor abbott is doing a fantastic job in the state of texas trying to figure out how to manage this crisis here in texas. we have had about 3,000 something positive tests and i think about half of our counties have had an impact. but the governor is doing a great job. is he having to balance trying to keep our economy going and make sure he said yesterday in a new order that essential services continue to operate and if you look at the list of essential services, it's a lot of businesses. because, a lot of our economy is imperative for how our supply chains work and how we keep things going. i think the governor is doing a great job of keeping things going while trying to make sure we are maintaining the distancing necessary to try to arrest the spread of the virus in texas. steve: absolutely, congressman. you know, a lot of people think it's the president who can order

states to do different things. he can make suggestions but ultimately it's up to the governors and every governor gets to figure out what is best for their locality. you know, one of the things we have learned over the last month or so is the number of drugs and medical products that we have been getting from china. then when there were all the troubles in wuhan suddenly we couldn't get those things. congressman, you have a plan to cut down our dependence on things that are critical for life here that come from china. >> yeah. this is something that a lot of the american people are starting to recognize that is a problem we need to address going forward. china, i think something like 97% of our antibiotics come from china or have significant materials coming through china. but it's not just china by the way. end i can't. 40% of our generics coming from end i can't. this is something we need to deal with we have a piece of legislation we are introducing

this week maintaining our ability to protect our territory. for example we used to manufacture a lot of our drugs in puerto rico. puerto rico is a united states territory. but, that ended about 20-odd years ago because of a tax change. we have legislation that would simply fix that tax code so you are treated equally in puerto rico as you are even in the domestic and continental united states. if we do that we can bring back a lot of the pharmaceutical manufacturing that left puerto rico in the early 00s and went offshore to china. we need to do things and some of my colleagues in the house and senate congressman gallagher senator cotton have legislation that would enforce mandates to make sure that we have our manufacturing in the united states i will look at that legislation and need to do a lot of the things. try to find ways to encourage

manufactures to make these drug notice united states or our territories where sometimes the price of manufacturing is a lot less than the continental united states. we need to do it because these drugs are imperative for our national security and the well-being of our citizens. right now we have got to get through this crisis. the president is trying to lead us through it. steve: right. >> governor abbott and other strong leaders are helping us get through the crisis we will keep working to do it. we have to prepare for the future. steve: we absolutely do. that's why that particular plan of yours would give us more control over our future and also bring back a lot of jobs. congressman chip roy. >> yes, sir. steve: who is hunkered down there in austin. congressman, thank you very much for joining us live. >> look forward to see you live and in person again steve. steve: that will be great, sir. you saw him last week on "fox & friends," connecticut restaurant owner delivering pizzas to healthcare workers. this morning is he taking his initiative one step further. he joins us live with an update and that coming up next.

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♪ ainsley: two weeks ago we introduced you to a connecticut restaurant owner delivering pizzas to healthcare workers at the local hospital. and he says since his interview on "fox & friends," donations have poured in and now he is

using them to take his good work even a step further. the owner of naples pizza kurt crecrusac joins us. >> how are you. ainsley: i can't believe it's been two weeks. i love your story. tell the folks at home how you are taking it to another level. >> after i was on your show last time i put a donate button on my website and donations started flooding. in so much donations that i decided that i thought it would be a good idea to get other restaurants in the area involved. keep them biz i can't understand get these hospital workers and healthcare workers a variety of food to eat. so, that's what we started doing. ainsley: that's awesome. so two weeks ago you were delivering how often to the hospitals? >> well, i started out delivering once a week, trying to get them food once a week to the emergency department, the icu the people on the front line and it turned out a couple more days a week. after that after i was on your

show, money started flooding. in i was trying to go every day to the hospital and i was going every day. but then i said well, they are eating pizza and pasta and sandwiches every day. let's try to get other restaurants involved. now we go to the er and icu every day with different foods twice a day. afternoon at dinner time and of course i'm getting requests from labor and delivery and oncology and all the other departments at the hospital and i fulfill all those, also. so it's been great. ainsley: you are doing good work. so what about your restaurant? are you still serving the public? >> well, i am. fun i couldn't asked that because i actually made a decision yesterday that i will probably close both of my restaurants fire and naples pizza friday. i think during this peak of the curve it may be in the best interest for everybody -- for us to close or or for me to close. everybody is doing something different. for my restaurant, it takes a lot of staff to run and i think it might be the best interest

for us to close. at least for a couple weeks. ainsley: are you still going to be able to feed the hospital workers. >> i am still going to feed. i will go in and take all the requests and all the donations and just keep on going with the hospital workers. it helps me stay busy. it makes me feel like i'm doing something in the community. it makes other people feel like they are doing something in the community. all these people are quarantined at home and they feel like they are doing something by donating, you know, making masks, having live concerts, doing anything to help. ainsley: everyone wants to help each other. thank you for what you are doing. >> they do. ainsley: what's your website if people want to donate. >> naples pizza.net or fork and fire.net. and i just want to shout out to torah and zohara and first and last fork and fire all these other restaurants helping me out. go to naples pizza.net or fork and fire.net and keep on donating. ainsley: if you are home and worried about leaving your house

or been infected go on his website. this is how you can help. give him some money. he is providing food for all these hospital workers and providing money to-to-these other restaurants in his community. his friends that own restaurants there so they can do the same thing. kurt, you are awesome, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate it. ainsley: you are welcome. >> bye-bye. ainsley: bye. thank you. this segment called america together. we have informationen how you can help. going the other mile like kurt to help each other in this pandemic. go to foxnews.com: plans to build hundreds of field hospitals across our country. commanding general todd semonite joins us with a new update coming up next.

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brian: army corps of engineers mobilizing a massive effort to build hundreds of field hospitals across the country. prompting praise from the president yesterday. >> in california, the army corps facilities to expand hospital capacity up to 50,000 beds. army corps of engineers is evaluating locations to build

alternate care facilities really really incredible work. establishing 3,000 bed alternate care site at the new orleans convention center which will be operational believe it or not this week. steve: joining us right now with an update is the commanding general and chief of engineers for the u.s. army corps of engineers lieutenant general todd semonite. general, good morning to you. you know, when we saw -- when we heard from you last week, it was all about getting ready for new york and now it seems that the focus is shifting to the west. you are worried about detroit and you are worried about chicago. and that is where it's all hands on deck, right? >> steve, it is. and before we talk about that i just want to make sure you know that all of us in the department of defense are just so proud to be part of this federal effort. everybody pulling together. so many people have been affected by this virus. and we just want to do whatever we can to be part of the

solution. you know, the thing with engineers is you have got to predict where we need to be two or three weeks out last week all about taking care of new york and servicing the governor and the mayor up there we then had to shift and be able to build where we see this curving continuing to climb and continue to be bed shortages. let me tell you about two success stories governor police kerr ipritzker. this is fema, this is hhs. the governor's staff, the mayor of chicago has been phenomenal and they have been cranking hard on three big facilities the mccormick center and two old vacant hospitals that were trying to bring back alive. so the three in chicago are ones where we built all night long. going 24/7 and we can talk about detroit as well, same exact thing we are seeing in detroit. ainsley: general, you said you were evaluating different locations as steve was stay

saying, first new york and looking elsewhere the president has said as well. where is the next city? what are you looking at now? >> i think it's important to let you know the scale of what we are talking about. when i talked to brian on friday morning in new york city. we had 114 requests. yesterday we had a 501. today we have got 620 different requests from cities and mayors to come back in and to say look at my facility. some of these we might build out. there is a lot of them that we actually did a design and we passed them back out to the states. so when we talk about some of these other ones coming up, it goes back to we might build it, someone else do. we are across the country. every day roll out more. i never want to get in front of the mayors or the governors because they want to be able to set the conditions for the staff and the supply part. but we are in california. we are going big into new jersey here soon. and we are continuing to look at all 50 states and the five big

territories. brian: i see what have you already done in new york before you left. the javits center we watched that come together. west chester county the newer shell thing. stoney brook suffolk sunni, west burry. but then you had in chicago doing mccormick place and metro south medical and sherman hospital. you have to say no. general. how hard is it to say no? >> i don't think we can say no, brian. we don't have time to say no. we have got to be able to give the best options to the local officials. they are the decisionmakers here. and they don't have the ability to say no. they have got to figure out what is the requirement. all we need to do is try to say here is when we can turn in seven to ten days. this is not a three or four week build. this is not be able to do it the way everybody wants a perfect solution. this is to be able to determine what's mission essential and make it happen. let me tell you about one of those metro south. a couple of these are old hospitals that actually had been replaced by a brand new

hospital. it is sitting there. it's in good shape. maybe it hasn't been turned on in a couple of months. we have two of our biggest contractors right now that we work in the core in those hospitals working 24/7 to bring that hospital back alive to give that mayor a capability. the other thing that's key here in new york, it was non-covid. everybody went into javits is non-covid-19. in chicago the three the mayor has asked us to do are all covid. i went get into the technical details. it's more technical building covid versus non-covid. steve: understood. amazing. i got logistical question. that is you are in charge of the facility so you make sure that all the parts are there. who runs it? who mans it. >> steve there is three parts to this three legged stool the three says. have you got to have the sites, working at with the local official. we have to worry about the staff.

that's what the federal government, the vice president is worried about. how to staff these back up. and then the third s is really those supplies. everything have you been talking about the last couple of days. so it's the entire federal team coming together. and i just want you to know that i'm getting direct guidance from the president of the united states and the secretary of defense. i carry my cell phone around. last friday afternoon i was ready to do a press conference and the president and dr. esper called me. and they said general, what else do you need? and i basically gave them what my priorities were. and there is nobody holding us back. all that is holding us back is the passion and i think the commitment of the federal government and everybody else to say this is not out of control. we can figure out how to turn the corner certainly on the sites to try to get ahead of this terrible virus. ainsley: sir, you said building the covid sites is harder. that's understandable. why don't the governors want these sites to be covid-19? why don't they make hospitals covid like they have done in new york and these sites non-covid? >> ainsley, the power of the

plan is it's not some federal plan we will jam on to states and mayors. we give them four different options. we give them the big room option. covid, non-covid. we give them the smaller room covid, non-covid. they get to decide. every strategy in every city is different. we have to tailor the exact solution. it depends on how their hospital flow is going to go. we want to make sure they know they have options. so this is where i think right now we are able to site adapt a fall strarnd pla standard plan t on the ground in every city. talk to you 600 today. we don't know how many of these will get built out. i would like to think that hundreds of these are done by states writing contracts that their local contractors. you don't need the corps of engineers to do this. go find a hotel, to find a field house and figure out how to put in that capability in an existing facility. that's the power of the plan. we aren't building in the middle of the field. we are out there building where have you electricity, water, and

life safety capabilities. brian: you know, general, i don't normally say this to guests but you have the energy to do the morning show. you are indeed a morning person. i sense a night person and overnight person. have you plenty of energy. ainsley: great personality. brian: glad you are on our side we appreciate it, general. >> brian, the thing that does this is the power of the team. that's what gives the leaders the energy. i have great corps of engineer team. we have unbelievable federal team. we are so proud to be able to be side by side with our teammates. brian: we're proud of you guys. ainsley: yes we are. brian: thanks much. thanks to you hopefully park and pray popping up nationwide as people look for alternative ways to worship. do these events violate stay at home rules? a former federal prosecutor say stopping them problematic. he explains next. for many of our members, being prepared... won't be a new thing. and it won't be their first experience

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♪ brian: as the coronavirus closes places of worship, groups are organizing park and pray events. just like it sounds. people are parking in parking lots and praying together from their cars. does this violate stay at home mandates? in some cities the answer is yes. here to answer that question is former federal prosecutor brett tollman. bret, is that illegal? >> you know, we are living in

strange times, aren't we? because sitting in a parking lot not at all harming anyone, you would think, is now a violation of orders from cities and states. >> brian: what do they do if they tell you to get out of here even if your intention is not anything but kindness? what if they tell you no you are not allowed to do this? do you have a right to say? >> well, you know, it is easier, i think, in this day and age to understand why authorities are saying hey, let's not get together, but there is -- there is reasonableness that's at issue here because these are individuals that are exercising constitutional rights. is there anything more fundamental needs of human beings than our ability to identify a loving heavenly father and to reach out to god and ask for help during trying times? and so what you are going to see is a pitting against one another

of a local rule being implemented to try to protect the public versus the individual freedoms and rights that we enjoy under the constitution. brian: bret, in the big picture, people are handing out fines for congregating together. the mayor of new york said if i catch anybody have religious ceremonies i might shut down that house of worship for good. can he? >> you know, it's scary what happens when people start exercising the police power. now, we have given the police power to our states. and when they exercise it in an emergency situation, it has to be limited. and another fact the supreme court has said is that it has to be narrowly tailored to the emergency. what about those who have not tested positive. they are not infected and they want to get together in a parking lot and they want to pray? is it reasonable and tailored to try to eliminate their trying to go so? it's a legal challenge that

certainly will be brought but it's very hard to see the justification for something like banning park and prays in parking lots across the country. brian: nobody wants to ban it. i'm sure law enforcement doesn't want to push people out of a parking lot. they know what criminal behavior is and that's not it. but these are just odd times, bret. and so i appreciate your insight. >> i can't imagine -- can you imagine the financial impact of citing and giving misdemeanors to everybody that wants to pray? brian: crazy. brett tolman thanks so much. i will see you soon. coming up in the final hour of our show dr. marc siegel will with us. senator john kennedy, guess what, this virus is coming to you. hee. will be joining us and kellyanne conway. 234r-rb if your gums bleed when you brush you may have gingivitis.

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... president trump: we're at war with a deadly virus, success in this fight will require the full absolute measure of our collective strength, love, and devotion. i want every american to be prepared for the hard days that lie ahead. we're going to go through a very tough two weeks, and then hopefully, as the experts are predicting as i think a lot of us are predicting after having studied it so hard we're going to start seeing some real light at the end of the tunnel. brian: i would hope we would see some light first but that was pretty jarring president trump looking ahead to the light at the end of the tunnel as he warns of very dark days to come. overnight, u.s. coronavirus

deaths topping 4,000, 1,700 people have died in the outbreak s epicenter and that is in new york more than 7 6,000 people have tested positive in the state. steve: meanwhile fema partnering with the new york fire department should bring 250 ambulances and 500 emt's to help with the record number of medical calls we're getting. meanwhile another hotspot in the state of louisiana they say they could soon run out of ventilators as cases spike there , over 30% in the last 24 hours ainsley. ainsley: that's right, steve hawaii is now requiring people traveling between the islands to self-quarantine for 14 days as nevada is issuing a travel advisory to try and stop the spread of covid-19 but it's not all bad news we've just learned that more than 7,000 people have recovered in the united states, that is 1,000 more than yesterday, so that is good news. the president, as he said, we're

at a war with this deadly virus he was talking about yesterday watching these first responders, these nurses, these doctors, walk into the hospitals, and he said it looks like the military going to war, going to the battlefield, so keep all of them in your prayers. they are our heros and their work is incredible. brian: fema is delivering 250 field hospitals over to michigan as this fans out and additional field hospitals to louisiana, 500 beds and 3,000 beds alternative care site in new orleans we'll be discussing that with senator john kennedy. he wants to make sure everyone is not so fixated on both coasts they forget about what louisiana needs. dr. mark siegel will be here live taking your questions talking about the new developments and kellyanne conway, the view from the trump adminitration, and how she feels about some networks bailing out of the briefings with the entire trump team telling you what's happening in this pandemic others are choosing just to bail out. what is the trump adminitration 's view on that?

steve: well the trump adminitration view on social distancing is that it is working and we have to continue it. best case scenario is one number and worst case scenario is much worse and there you can see the president of the united states last night where he delivered the somber news, griff jenkins is live in washington with the new warning from the president. griff: good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. the president is urging every american to play their part in american to play their part in the war against coronavirus, warning without modified behavior, we are facing dire consequences. president trump: every citizen is being called upon to make sacrifices. every business is being asked to fulfill its patriotic duty. every community is making fundamental changes to how we live, work, and interact each and every day. griff: the numbers are sobering officials estimate between 100 to 240,000 americans could die even if we continue the extended guidelines of social distancing

and dr. fauci says mitigation will be most successful by preventing spikes as the virus spreads. >> our goal, which i believe we can accomplish, is to get the hotspot places, the new yorks, the new jersey, and help them to get around that curve, but as importantly, to prevent those clusters of areas that have not yet gone to that spike, to prevent them from getting that spike, and the answer to that is mitigation. griff: as the institute of health and metrics here in washington gave us this , predicting use in already troubled areas look there, louisiana, in michigan peaking nine days from now, illinois and pennsylvania april 16, indiana the 18th, alabama the 20th. now, other states have more time , maryland and hawaii you just mentioned their peak is mas

go will definitely depend on how seriously all americans take social distancing. brian, ainsley, steve? ainsley: thanks so much, griff, let's drink in dr. mark siegel, fox news medical contributor, good morning. >> good morning guys, hi, ainsley how are you? ainsley: hi, so what is the goal going forward? to prevent other states in our country from experiencing what we experienced in new york, to mitigate, what do you think? >> well there's two things going on. we're looking very carefully at the emerging hotspots that you mentioned and i would add to that florida, and michigan. florida and michigan we're see ing more and more cases as well, and the goal is to decrease spread to those areas, but we have to concentrate on the areas on the epicenter where the problem is most fierce and here in new york is the number one place as brian says up to 75,000 people have tested positive in the state. you're hearing resources pouring in. in. i would add something very important here. the javet center is hoping a hospital i'd like that to be a

model covid-19 hospital where we can actually move patients who have covid-19 to get them out of clogging the hospitals where we can have the most serious illnesses. you know the boat, the u.s. navy ship comfort is not really geared to be a place and as we know from ships it's not geared to be a place, ainsley, to put people who have this , because it'll quickly spread through the ship. we have to use the comfort for emergencies, for broken bones, for heart attacks and things like that, freeing up the hospitals to take care of those who are most sick and finally, i want to report some good news. abbott laboratories says their first rapid testing site is going to be in bergen county, new jersey this week and by next week they will be able to test 50,000 people around the country , per day, on rapid testing. that will enable us to know who has this virus, who their contacts are and how how to separate them out from the general community. that in addition to the social distancing will help flatten the curve as dr. fauci says. brian: thatting be great we saw

the box now we want to see it put into action. we always wanted yesterday but doctor, the key will be and you would know better, be self-test. this way you don't need a professional's time, they don't need masks, they don't need gowns or shields to give it to you. you do-it-yourself and get the percentage high in which they are accurate, and that be a game changer even more than the rapid test wouldn't it? >> both be very useful. you know the rapid test that abbott has is a nasal swap, it's not self-administered but you don't need a lot of protective equipment for it. brian that point is key because we need that protective equipment in the hospitals. we need it in the clinics, in the doctors offices. we're using it up all on these mobile units, so a lot of it, so if we can change over to a self- administered swab, and as the admiral of hhs says we have a self-administered swab tested and found to be just as effective as the more

difficult swab that has to be used by a healthcare worker. the more onerous test so i'm agreeing with you, rapid testing and self-administered testing decreases the need for protective equipment and gives us our results right on the spot. steve: that's interesting that you said that bergen county is going to be one of the first spots for that rapid test because yesterday, dr. siegel, dr. birx and dr. fauci when they presented the data they looked at the modeling and, you know, there's a good case scenario if we do the mitigation, there's a bad case scenario if we don't do so much and so going forward, our approach to it is going to impact all of us. here are both of them yesterday, from the white house. listen to this. >> that can skew to a higher peak and more significant mortality. if all of the other states are

able to hold that case number down, then it's a very different picture, but you have to predict on the data you have which is heavily skewed to new york and new jersey. >> the cluster of other cities that are not new york and not new jersey, if we can suppress that from any kind of a spike, the numbers could be significantly lower than what we're talking about. steve: and dr. siegel that sounds good, dr. fauci said it's tough, it's inconvenient but what we're doing is the answer. >> you know, steve, i think that's extremely important that we focus on other cities in addition to new york, where this can really start to catch fire. think of it as a brush fire that's spreading and you don't want pizza in that fire and i want to point out in addition to what they said. people out there need to understand, it's easy to say that you're an elderly person we've got to protect you. you have a chronic condition, we need you out of the way so you don't get sick. it's the people, the young

people that think they're healthy that think they're never healthy that think they're never going to get this that they think they are invulnerable. they get a mild case they don't even know they have it guess what happens next it spread to a pregnant woman or somebody ill or elderly. we need the attention on healthy people so that they don't get mild cases, that then lead to severe cases and that's the most important thing we can say. ainsley: dr. siegel, people wanted to ask you some questions this is an e-mail from jeff. he says our small town in rural america has a park and the city has blocked access to children's slides and such but is permitting visitors to walk around the sidewalks, surround ing that park. is that still too dangerous? >> you know, ainsley, you know having a little girl that we love our kids to be playing in parks. we can't have it right now, because they end up being too close together. they could pick something off all the slide god forbid you could spread virus that way. as far as people walking around, i like it, because i think we need something to boost morale.

i think as long as people obey social distancing, of at least six feet apart, getting fresh air, getting outside, it's a good morale booster, we can't keep and i'm not talking about self-quarantine people now, i'm talking about people that we think can go outside. we need to keep the countries spirits up. brian: right i think dogs are beginning to ban together to demand to go back to their old lifestyle of being walked maybe three times a week rather than three times a day but we're going to follow that story as it develops. nora wrote you about this. the social distancing require healthy family members of the same household keep six feet apart when walking outside their house? what do you think, six feet, family rule? >> i know this sounds robotic, brian and it's your same point about dog walking, right? military formation, but let me tell you, the problem is, you don't know whose sick. you don't know who might have it you don't know whose asymptomatic.

so even family members, i would think should follow social distancing right now. if nothing else as a reminder of what we're all trying to do together, to protect public health. steve: we've got an e-mail from a guy named bob, dr. siegel, that says if a contaminated store clerk was loading frozen foods into the storage freezer, does it all need to be thrown out? >> i say yes on that, steve, because you know, you say contaminated. he has covid-19, he could have it on his hands. we talked yesterday about how freezing something doesn't kill the virus. i absolutely would decontaminate that freezer and throw out the food it's an excellent question. that needs to be happening right away. steve: well to clarify, when people come home from the grocery store, or get delivery food, they should be sanitizing the food parcels with clorox wipes when they get it home? >> well certainly not the food,

but i think the point there is people need to remember that there's a process that goes on with taking takeout food, that is not completely immune to this problem. you know, we're doing things differently right now. you can't common in restaurants, they give you your takeout outside the restaurants there's very little interaction, but still, i would decontaminate surfaces and maybe the outside of the packaging before taking the food and then of course, wash your hands, before and after you eat. wash your hands and face is the most important thing. ainsley: dr. siegel this is from walter. he says i have four married children and one new grandchild each of them observes the guidelines and are all healthy. can we meet some of them for dinner? >> you know, ainsley, this is a heartbreaking question because i've been getting this one for days in different forms. i just think that we need to protect our elderly right now by not having these gatherings occur, by being very careful. i'm not saying no contact

whatsoever but i would like to break it down to individuals. you're healthy, you haven't had it, you haven't been exposed to it, you can maybe see grandma at a distance, but no gatherings right now. i'm sorry to say that. hopefully by april 30 we can loosen that up in non-hotspots. brian: right. maybe teach him or her how to do face time and get a sense of that. dr. siegel talk to you again, thanks. ainsley: thank you. >> exactly, grandma has to use face time. thanks a lot guys. brian: meanwhile, let's go over to jillian, i don't need to face time you you're in the studio. jillian: i am but i have been face timing my family, good morning to you guys. let's start off with this story. communities are cleaning up storms after multiple tornadoes tear through the south. at least two twisters touching down in alabama ripping through over a dozen homes in barber

county. another twister striking mississippi. the storm bringing damaging winds and heavy rain to georgia. trees ripped from their roots as thousands lost power, no one was seriously hurt. >> the pandemic could crush america's energy industry. rick perry the former energy secretary giving the grim warning overnight. >> we're on the verge of a massive collapse of an industry that we worked awfully hard over the course of the last three or four years to build up to the number one oil & gas producing country in the world, giving americans some affordable energy resources. jillian: the former texas governor blaming the low gas and oil demand on work and travel restrictions amid the covid-19 outbreak. off the streets like these rare images in las vegas and new york city. >> vice president mike pence will visit a walmart distribution center in virginia today as he thanks the company for their work during this pandemic. overnight the vp tweeting in

part saying "from hiring thousands of new employees to working around the clock to keep the grocery and pharmaceutical aisles stocked, we are grateful to walmart for helping meet the needs of the american people." walmart is putting new safety measures in place offering employees masks and gloves, and anyone with a fever above 100 degrees will be sent home with pay. >> police officers deliver a sweet surprise for a woman's 102nd birthday. watch this. >> ♪ happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear gigi, happy birthday to you ♪ >> [applause] >> police officers and community members delivering a cherry pie to suzi monto ja. they kept safe distance of course as suzi watched from her window. for more inspiring stories visit

foxnews.com/americatogether. happy birthday suzi! guys? ainsley: that was sweet. brian: all right steve: very nice. thank you, jillian. meanwhile, 8:16 on the east coast. congress just spent $2 trillion on coronavirus relief. now, they're planning perhaps a phase iv. what does senator john kennedy expect regarding that? brian will talk to him, coming up, next. ♪ limu emu & doug [ siren ] give me your hand! i can save you... lots of money with liberty mutual! we customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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louisiana gop senator kennedy. what exactly do you need in terms of ventilators and what did fema/the white house tell you when you requested it? >> well, like everyone else, brian, we're catching hell. formation, louisiana is number two in cases and number three in deaths. like every other state we need a lot of things, primarily we need more icu nurses. doctors just think they run the healthcare delivery system, it's nurses. number two, we need more ventilators. number three, we need our unemployment compensation system not to crash, because if people can't get money to buy food, they're going to go back to work and that'll spread the virus, and as we were talking off the air we could use a few

prayers like everyone else as well. brian: louisiana has got over -- >> to answer your question, fema, i was just going to say to answer your question, fema i think is doing the best it can. they're trying to, i talked to them, i talked to pete the administrator and talked to tony the regional administrator and they are trying to aportion the events as fairly as we can, we've ordered new ones we're building new ones. i'm not real happy that some of the vent manufactures are price gouging but we'll deal with that later. brian: i was listening to some governors talk and they say they are competing with fema on the same ventilators. they said that its been like being on craigslist trying to bid against fema to get the same ventilators and when fema gets them they will distribute them around so are you finding that when you talk to your governor?

>> some. it's hard for all the moving parts to be perfectly coordinated. i'm not going to criticize anybody. i think state government, local government, federal government, president trump, everybody is doing the best that they can. ideally, it be the preferred route to have one purchaser of the ventilators, the federal government but i understand when governors want you to be proactive, and want to go out on their own. we're using about 30% of our ventilators right now. it's not like we're out, but we worry, like everyone else does, about running out, because we don't want to have to make a decision. our health care professionals don't of who lives and who dies. i think we'll beat this thing if everybody will respect what the scientists tell us, but that's why i mentioned our unemployment compensation

program. if people can't pay their rent or buy food they are going to go back to work which means they are going to come out of quarantine and that's why we need to get that money to people brian: absolutely and they are already talking about a fourth rescue plan, and the president is saying listen, the money is at 0%. i think we should have this big infrastructure bill. are you ready to write another big check? >> well number one, i'm not interested in any more of speaker pelosi's spending porn, or any other member of congress for that matter. number two, we just spent with the leverage $4 trillion. we ought to see if it works. number three, with the leverage we just spent $4 trillion, that's not louisiana ditch water we're spending that's taxpayer money, that's 4,000 billion dollars, we have to pay it back, we borrowed it

and unless you were throwing the frisbee in the quad during e con 101, deficits matter so i think we need to slow down and be mindful of what we're doing and let's see if what we just did works. i think it will, if we can get the money out to people. the irs has to do its job but our unemployment compensation programs have to do their job too. brian: absolutely senator you're doing a good job telling everyone louisiana is the e mid-terming hotspots, the numbers are only going to get more challenging but you're not blaming you want to have everyone take action. sir thanks so much for being here. >> no i'm not blaming anybody. we're going to beat this thing, but we're going to have to do it together and we're not going to do it just throwing money at them. them. brian: i hear you. thanks so much, senator appreciate it. >> you bet. brian: you got it. meanwhile the military's role is

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what gives the leaders the energy. i've got a great corps of engineer team and a unbelievable federal team and i just want you to know that i'm getting direct guidance from the president of the united states and the secretary of defense, and there's nobody holding us back. we can figure out how to turn the corner, certainly on this site, to try to get ahead of this terrible virus. steve: well, the u.s. army corps of engineers updating us on their massive efforts to build hundreds of field hospitals all across the united states, in the fight against covid-19. here to weigh in retired marine bomb technician and fox news contributor joey jones, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. steve: you know, the military is deployed all across the country assisting with covid-19 operations but this is different for people in your line of work, because you were trained how to fight an enemy but this is an enemy you can't see. >> yeah, you know our national

guard does a lot of things like this and so does the army corps of engineers. their job isn't always primarily fighting the war abroad. sometimes it's fighting things like natural disasters. one of the examples i bring up is a friend of mine was on the ship getting ready to go to the mediterranean and they responded hurricane sandy and those were marines and they did an outstanding job, so this isn't odd to us, not new to us just not always something we have the opportunity to work on, but i will say i'm incredibly proud especially of the national guard because they're pulling away from their own families and communities and responsibilities they may have there to, you know , go across their state and do things like this , but there's also quite a string on the military today. their ability to recruit is pretty much crippled. pretty much crippled. you can't go to high schools or community gatherings or sporting events or malls or colleges and bring in new faces , i think the island was shut down for a few weeks this week, so they can't train new recruits and every day, someone gets out of the military so it's a strain to them as well they live in states that are

locked down and they try to get to base every morning and so it's a stress that's felt across-the-board to include our military and that's why i'm so proud of them for continuing to step up and perform. steve: indeed. the captain of the uss theodore roosevelt said 90% of the ships crew of 4,000 be moved into isolation in guam. you've got a nephew up in washington state he's locked down right now in the navy. tell us his story. >> yeah, my nephew,colton, lewis, up there, i'm very proud of him and he's gotten promoted much quicker than i did in the marine corps and he reminds me of it from time to time but he's young and new to the navy and stationed up in washington with his wife and basically he's getting ready for deployment and they are making sure those guys and gals do not get sick before they go on their deployment so they have them locked down as a preliminary caution but we're dealing with a ship that has an outbreak on it and quite honestly that surprised me. i thought if ships were already

underway it be very difficult, but obviously, i don't know when that ship took off, and whose boarded it since then, but my thought was anyone on the ship out in sea is in the best place right now, to be safe from this , and obviously that wasn't the case with that ship, so i am concerned about my nephew but i know he's strong-willed and the navy is smart so they will take care of those sailors up there. steve: well there you go. indeed. all right joey thank you very much for joining us from atlanta >> absolutely. thank you. steve: meanwhile, 8:34 here on the east coast president trump says the next two weeks are going to be very painful, so what will things look like at the end of the month? we're going to talk to counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, next. i'm greg, i'm 68 years old.

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>> good morning. ainsley: so that was a sombering message and the extension, the pause is now extended to the end of the month. what does the next four weeks look like? he said these next two weeks are going to be pretty bad, pretty painful for all of us but what happens at the end of the month? >> we'll have to see , and the reason that the 30 days was expanded on top of the original 15 is because these mitigation tactics work and it's so great for the american people to know that they are part of the solution. if you stay six feet apart from someone if you're doing that social distancing regularly if you're staying inside as you've been asked to do by the federal government and certainly by your governors and local leaders, then you are helping to slow the spread. we've seen the positive results of that, and as i sit in the task force meetings every day and talk to our scientists and health professionals there's really no substitute for that and i think often americans are told, this is the problem, this is the challenge do this do that but here we're part of the solution, so the old saying prevention is an ounce of cure that's really true, of

mitigation here. in addition, as the president goes out there and talks about every day and gives the progress report of the regulations and the red tape that have been reduced to the emergency approvals the fda has done in a rapid test getting the results in minutes on the plasma for some seriously ill patients, and some other approval, sterilization of masks for example, all of these emergency approvals all of the lifting of the regulations and red tape off of our hospitals and healthcare workers, sometimes it takes years, its taken a matter of weeks to the billions of dollars that have been invested, the millions of supplies that have been deployed, the thousands of military doctors and national guard, the dozens of companies that have stepped up some of who have been highlighted some of who don't want any credit don't need it just want to help its really been an incredible effort on behalf of america but the president of the united states and our commander-in-chief standing up saying the next couple of weeks are going to be brutal. tells us all how important it is that we pay attention and we comply with some really

simple asks. brian: might not surprise you, but the former vice president, joe biden, very critical of the president's handling of this beings and he brought up an idea. he said the president should call up president obama for help will he? >> well the president was asked that question. i think it's really disa point ing to have president obama 's who apparently doesn't talk much to him, out there, criticizing instead of saying hey, here is what we did that we thought was effective. why doesn't vice president biden call the white house today and call the white house today and offer some support? he's in his bunker and i have to he's in his bunker and i have to tell you we're not talking about politics here at the white house at all. we're talking about ventilators and vaccines, not biden and bernie. there's really no time for that, but it's very disappointing when you see the criticism. i think the critics and the naysayers seem so much smaller and shrill and petty than they ever have. speaking of, democratic leaders i have to tell you sitting on

these calls with the president and vice president and governors the ones that leak the audio tape and try to get the information and going on the tv shows instead of being on the ground with fema and with the patients and hospitals and healthcare workers and first responders, i want to point out to you something that has not been revealed. there were four consecutive female democratic leaders, the mayor of d.c., the governor of new mexico, followed by the governor of maine and then the governor of guam, four democratic female leaders in a row on that call two short days ago, thanking the president, the vice president, the task force, for providing information , supplies, services, and then making specific asks. but there are no politics for them on that phone call. they're saying thank you so much for the federal government' response, here is what my state, my territory, the district of columbia needs next, thanking for the 29 emergency disaster declarations that have been approved thanking for the title 32 approvals,

thanking the fact that we've got , we're converting hotels to hospitals that these regulations that would have prevented clinic s and surgical centers and dormitoryies from being stand up healthcare providing facilities, they are able to do that now, so it's regulation after regulation , move after move, and i think the critics seem small. i guess i would ask vice president biden why he can't call and lend a hand and isn't it a time doesn't he think he would do better by calling here trying to help but really what would he say? what would he have to say, the president, our presidents made very clear that he feels that we inherited a bad and broken system, and that's true. i mean, the testing echosystem and the surge of supplies we've been able to do in short time is impressive but it needs to continue because people still need supplies, testing 1.1 or 1.2 million people particular healthcare workers our first

responders, but making sure that people who need a test, who have the symptoms who healthcare professionals said you should get a test are getting that test and there was a fantastic job coordinating that. steve: kellyanne today is a tough day it's april 1, forget about april fools day. it's the day that rent is due for a lot of people and there are a lot of small businesses across the country that are trying to figure out what do we do, they are still waiting for their checks whom am i going to have to lay off and whom am i going to be able to keep. i know you're in the task force meetings and i know this is a big concern for the task force and the country as well for the small business people who are looking in on this wednesday morning. what's your message to them? >> my message to them is please take advantage of the over $370 million that is in the latest package for them, and they need to get in touch with

the small business administration, the department of treasury is also managing that. folks don't feel like you're getting a handout from the government. don't be proud. this is for you. this is for you. this is because you are an economic dire straights temporarily through no fault of your own, and the paycheck protection piece of this is meant to sustain them so they can keep the payroll, they can keep people working. i also would say how great it is that the non-profits are included in that now, because the non-profits provide such important services to our communities including daycare, and food banks, for example, so they will be able to continue. but folks ask the question, call in, get on the website, we're trying to manage that, implement that and secretary mnuchin has says that the paychecks will be directly deposited or sent through the mail to you within a matter of weeks. we also asked the landlords out there and the banks out there to show compassion and coordination and collaboration and make sure

that there is forbearance here and forgiveness for folks who are temporarily in economic dire straights. look there's been three packages coming from the hill to the president's desk in about the last two or three weeks that he has signed into law. those are meant to provide direct relief to individuals in industries that are in specific distress. we're trying to give hope but also money where there is despair, and there will be the president says light at the end of the tunnel. there will be the great american comeback. it's not tomorrow or next week but it it is coming and americans will be part of that and until then thank you for the social distancing and for making simple sacrifices, for yourself and within your homes, so that we can mitigate the spread of this virus. ainsley: kellyanne thank you so much. >> thank you. ainsley: stay healthy. >> same to you and yours thank you. ainsley: thank you. two officers go beyond the call of duty to deliver a baby, saving the newborn's life and

janice dean shares their incredible story coming up next. steve: but first let's check in with ed henry for a preview of what happens in 12 minutes. ed: good morning, steve, talk from president trump as you know from president trump as you know he declared this could be a hell of a bad two week, coming on the pandemic but he also continued to express hope, optimism about potential therap ies, to beat covid-19 we'll talk to the head of the fda, dr. steven hahn, fast-tracking some ways to combat the coronavirus, more on that and also talk to the former chief of the u.s. strategic national stockpile, get a better idea where we are on ventilators , other critical medical supplies and the command ing officer of the u sns comfort tells us how our military is helping so many people. meanwhile it looks like another sharp sell-off could be coming on wall street, dow futures down with neil cavuto at the opening bell and what you should be doing with your money to protect your family. join sandra and me, 9:00-12:00. these days you need faster internet that does all you

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ainsley: during this trying time , americans are coming together and they're supporting one another in amazing ways and here to share some positive stories is fox news senior meteorologist janice dean. >> janice: hi, ainsley. ainsley: hi let's start in the bronx, what's nypd doing? >> janice: amazing this happened on sunday, sunday morning, nicholas carisi, and

joseph seger, these two officers were called out because a woman was having a baby she called 911 but the ambulances of course were backlogged doing other things, so the officers delivered the baby themselves. one of the officers had to take the umbilical cord off the baby 's neck but everything is okay, mom and baby are doing great. one of the officers said they've never delivered a baby before so this is a wonderful good news story that happened over the weekend. ainsley: that is great news. okay what about this nursing home in washington? >> janice: right, so this is story that happened over the the new ridge care center in ainsley: that is great news. okay what about this nursing home in washington? >> janice: right, so this is the new ridge care center in washington state, and people are trying to keep in touch with their grandparents and their parents so they are encouraging all of the residents to write notes to their loved ones and they take a picture and send it to them. some of them have heartwarming messages just saying hello, i'm doing great. some of them are saying we're doing our physical therapy, we're getting stronger, and it's just a nice way because we're

social distancing to tell their relatives they are doing really well. ainsley: scary times especially for the elderly so that's great news. now what about in michigan what is this teacher doing? >> janice: this is a wonderful teacher in michigan. he doesn't forget the pledge of allegiance for his students, so this is todd johnson, and every morning at 9:00 a.m., he stands at the foot of his driveway and delivers the pledge of allegiance in front of some of the student, so it's pretty amazing. some of these amazing stories that we are seeing on social media, america is coming together even though we are in a time of social distance and i love doing these stories, ainsley, it brings me such good joy to bring them to you every day. ainsley: we are so grateful because it's tough, you know, covering this news and this story our whole country is hurting our whole world is so thank you, janice. good to see you. >> janice: you're so welcome. love you. ainsley: love you too. we have information on how you can help, plus more stories of people going the extra length to help each other deal with this

pandemic, you can find all of that at foxnews.com/americatogether. we have more fox & friends, straight ahead. at outback steakhouse,

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the couch and watch tv. go home, watch tv. that's my advice to you. >> listen to larry, the curb your enthusiasm star. he has a message for people who are not following social distancing guidelines, brian. >> yes, the clip tweeted by the california governor's office now of course going viral. as i was explaining to ainsley curb your enthusiasm is back. i feel like larry david is having his best season ever. i'm surprised he used that opportunity to watch kirby enthusiasm. >> you were telling me it's really good. that's what i'll be watching. i have totally binged all of the shows i was watching. i don't have anything left. thanks for the idea, brian and steve. great to see you this morning. thank you for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow right here on "fox & friends."

we'll be here from 6:00 to 9:00 eastern time. >> then run to the radio. watch me on fox the nation and local stations. >> all right. that's it for today. see you back here tomorrow. >> sandra: we'll take it from there. scientists laying out grim new projections. we heard it from the white house yesterday predicting that at least 100,000 americans will die from the coronavirus. the best case scenario. the president urging everyone to adhere to those strict federal guidelines until the end of april calling it a matter of life and death. i'm sandra smith. >> ed: pleasant good morning, sandra. i'm ed henry. dr. anthony fauci is warning even if americans strictly follow the federal guidelines to curb the spread the nation will still see between 100,000 and 240,000 deaths from the virus and millions re