>> we didn't know how it was spreading, when you make miss assumptions about contagion early on you don't prepare the way you should prepare. rob: it is friday april 3rd. white house experts admit they didn't know how contagious coronavirus was at the onset of america's outbreak. jillian: as the us nears 1 million cases, life-saving promise for widespread use. rob: is the pandemic turning political, nancy pelosi demand oversight of white house action. >> we have the president's response to what he calls the latest witchhunt.

changed trying to get into your life, be safe and stay home. shannon: abutting 7-year-old journalist shares an important message during a tough time. >> the special report going global. "fox and friends first" starts right now. good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. >> street to a fox news alert, covid-19 more contagious than originally thought. the white house taskforces it did not realize how fast the virus can spread until it hit the states. >> more on the breaking task force research. >> reporter: good morning. doctor deborah burks telling fox the initial data out of

china didn't fully allow us to prepare for what we are facing. >> we didn't know how is it was spreading, we didn't know the surface contact. bottom line is we didn't know how contagious it was. when you make miss assumptions around contagion early on that you don't prepare the way you should prepare for the level of contagion that this covid-19 exhibits. >> reporter: level seen all too well in new york which is approaching 93,000 cases, 2500 deaths. new york city emts overwhelmed with calls for help at some face a new. if someone is in cardiac arrest and can't revive them in the field don't bring them to the emergency room, the goal to keep patients with little to no hope of being saved limiting as much time as possible emts on the call, the nypd is then called to remove the body.

amid that grim reality, hope. a cavalry of 500 paramedics and emts from across the country coming to the big apple to join the fight. the empire state building leading up in solidarity for those impacted by the virus, the colors of first responders added at the top of each hour. more things like this. new york city firefighters showing their support for the healthcare workers on the front lines of the crisis. amazing to see this lighting the street from outside even more hospitals to applaud our heroes in scrubs. those heroes helping save 9200 people so far in the us who have recovered from the virus. obviously looking forward to that number hitting 10,000 very soon. >> covid-19 fears growing on board stranded cruiseship struggling to get back to land. today a princess cruise is heading to florida with several

infected passengers. it comes as a crew member dies on the celebrity infinity ship sitting off the coast of st. petersburg and 146 patients from two holland america ships are rushed to the hospital after the cruisers were about the docking port everglades, 70 passengers and crew members with covid-19 symptoms will remain on board until they are deemed medically safe. passengers will return home on charter flights or with private drivers. at least 71 members of the same church are infected with covid-19. the church in sacramento county, california, has been closed for two weeks but members are worshiping at home to gather. there are concerns the mainly russian speaking congregation doesn't understand the importance of social distancing was a pastor says they are working on translating the county's health guidelines. rob: the navy will finish evacuating sailors in the

theater roosevelt after the captain was relieved of his duty after writing a memo pleading for the navy's help, navy officials say he created unnecessary panic when resources were already on the way. >> first captain's actions made his sailors, their families and many in the public believe his letter was the only reason help from our larger navy family was forthcoming which was hardly the case. rob: more than 100 sailors on an aircraft carrier have tested positive for covid-19. more than 500 troops are headed to the southern border amid the crisis, they will help prevent potentially infected migrants crossing into the united states. there are already 5000 troops deployed at the border to help with non-law enforcement duties, border patrol and homeland security requested additional help despite a declining number of immigrants being taken into custody. shannon: donald trump unloading on democrats as nancy pelosi

introduces a committee to oversee the coronavirus response. rob: this as the white house is cracking down on distribution of important medical supplies. griff jenkins live in washington with where they are being sent. >> reporter: the ideal an american company would not be looking out for americans first of the crisis seems and thinkable. enter 3m, the company that makes a highly sought after and quickly needed n95 mask. here is the director of emergency management blowing the whistle. >> are they aware they are authorized distributors? us companies are telling me that the reason why our orders are being pushed down is because foreign countries are showing up with cash to purchase the orders. when i told 3m that not only did they not disputed i asked if they put out any guidance to prevent the behavior and the answer was no. >> reporter: the president is further invoking the defense

production act tweeting we had 3m hard today after seeing what they were doing with their masks. big surprise to many in the government as to what they were doing. a big price to pay. as for 3m's response they are tweeting this, to get critical supplies, working with partners to expedite distribution this includes air shipping respirators directly from our plant to areas in the us where they are needed most. meanwhile as you mention nancy pelosi announcing the creation of a house select committee on the coronavirus crisis to provide oversight of the federal response, she says they will be bipartisan but the president is slamming him. >> this is not the time for politics, endless partisan investigations. here we go again. witchhunt after witchhunt after witchhunt and in the end, the people doing the witchhunt have been losing.

>> pelosi is naming jim clyburn as the chairman but before this even get started a resolution must be passed on the floor to give it purpose and that may be the next fight in congress which is in recess until the end of april at least. rob: a heartwarming open, a u.s. navy captain returns from a 14 month deployment to the middle east. jillian: captain evan smith at 7 kids greeting him with love. and laughing longer than expected. he was required to quarantine for two weeks once he returned to the states. rob: a great video there. more inspiring stories like this visit foxnews.com/americans together, 7 kids. i'm sure the wife is happy to have home. >> it is 8 minutes after the hour. michigan's governor declaring a state of disaster over the coronavirus. >> we have a unique crisis on our hands. people are dying, we are far from out of the emergency we find ourselves in.

jillian: what will take to turn the corner as the state emerges as the third deadliest hotspot? the action being taken right now. >> when grandpa going the extra mile. a heartwarming journey to see his new granddaughter. ♪

>> i had to close down, there were people that were going to get laid off. i know they are issuing a stay-at-home order. here's what else we know. covid-19 is a novel virus. it is incredibly contagious and it is deadly. >> michigan's governor tells the state they will be under a stay-at-home order for at least 70 more days, declaring a state of disaster as michigan surges to the third most cases in the us.

>> states in a majority whip joins us live to explain with the great lakes state is doing to try to flatten the curve. thanks for coming on, telling people to stay home for 70 more days is a lot to digest. >> it is. on the seventh of april, we are not going to allow 70 days because it is an arbitrary number. you've got to look at this on the level of week by week and even day by day because nothing is being measured right now with metrics on whether we are making progress or not making progress. the peak will come in the next 9 days. >> do you know where the 70 came from? >> the ironic part of this is no one knows where it came from. if the governor would explain herself we could be clearer why she got there because listening

to the medical director she relies on that information from her there's nothing that she could have come up with somebody days because they said go on a day by day basis. rob: a lot of leaders are trying to look like the most prepared and doing the most and i can see that being the case. let's look at what the executive order breakdown look like, extending emergency powers, declaring a state disaster, the ability to purchase health items without bidding which a lot of states they is the problem and emergency management coordinating state efforts. back to the timeline, you say in 9 days you expect the peak. what is your diagnosis? how long will it take before you let people out-of-the-box again? >> the problem is, i looked at china, what they have done. they make 95% of our masks and

a lot of this outsourcing we have had is a result of we not being able to produce it here in the usa. if we don't have those masks on everyone in the united states doctor calhoun who advises michigan residents says you can just talk to somebody and spread the virus or breathe it in the air and the particles continue to be in the air. it is unfortunate that we see it this way, the stay in your home, the economy crashing is a lot different than putting a mask on and you are looking at the same thing over and over again. how many deaths were caused by a common cold that turned into more of a problem later on and how many are caused by the coronavirus. shannon: can i ask why you think your status all of a sudden up there at third on the

list, why your state has been so hard-hit, specifically the detroit metro area. if you look at the cumulative data, it has been hit hard. what do you attribute that to? >> if you look at like chicago, la, detroit, main hubs as relates to travel. a lot of people from china come through these hubs to do business in the united states. i think there has been in this country a lot longer - all of the international traffic the cost a lot of these issues. rob: we had adam schiff wanting to do a 9/11 style commission to look at how the president and white house responded to the virus early on and nancy pelosi with the oversight

committee on how the administration is reacting to this virus. what do you make of this? is it getting political? >> absolutely. no doubt about it. everyone is using this as a tool to go ahead instead of take care of the families and make sure people are safe. if we don't have proper measures in place for medical personnel, first responders, first line responders we will have a bigger academic because we are not even testing all the medical people that are taking first line defense that is the issue that should be brought up as well as telemedicine. when i call my doctor i have to go through questions and if i don't meet the standard they told me not to come to a hospital because they don't have the bed space. it is an epidemic, a pandemic. if they don't have an emergency room bed and an icu unit, the proper equipment, then they are

not going to have me come in but that is not what i paid for my medical card. my medical card gave me access and i'm not getting the access and this is going on nationwide. rob: okay. thank you for your time, we appreciate it. >> stay safe and stay healthy. kim jong un game changing creation for workers on the front line, machine that makes tens of thousands of masks every day. jillian: in the pacific in world war ii, he just beat the coronavirus, the 95-year-old hero joins us to share his story, you don't want to miss it.

rob: a new machine could be a game changer heading to boston hospital sterilizing 80,000 respirator masks every day. masks and be recycled keeping doctors and nurses save in massachusetts. the machine is expected to be up and running next week. the fda easing restrictions on desperately needed blood donations. gay and bisexual men if they have been celibate, the previous period was one year. people with new tattoos or piercings are asked to wait 3 months. obligate screen for a number of infectious diseases. there's been a dramatic drop since the outbreak began. >> from surviving apostle of guam to be a deadly pandemic, 95-year-old world war ii

veteran bill kelly, he jointly live with his daughter to describe his recovery that beat the odds. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having us. thank you for your service. tell me how you are feeling >> i feel fine. still a little tired. i am gaining strength day by day. other than that coming along fine. >> when did your symptoms start? what symptoms do you have? >> fatigue, quite tired and i didn't have much of an appetite. i had to force myself to eat and get my strength up. those were the things i had to do. i did get plenty of rest and obeyed the doctors and nurses requirements and to do it with

a positive attitude. they mentioned to me a lot of this is psychological, in a person's mind. to have a negative attitude about something it does affect them. do what you are told, get rest and things will work out. have a positive attitude. jillian: that is a message we could use every single day. it is scary to watch your grandfather go through this. >> incredibly scary. it is very interesting. it was on sunday march 15th. we all live together, four generations in the house right now.

i asked him, and not feeling great. bad body aches, and low-grade temperature and i called his doctor, better bring him in. we had to go home and wait to hear from the doctors. they call was the next day, got his fever down, nothing major. they were not going to test him in the only reason they did, my husband is a medevac helicopter pilot and has been transporting covid-19 patients. on st. patrick's day it was

funny, my grandfather was an irishman and he was positive. we all were like now, was it me? did i bring it in? there is no way, so many ways he could have positive. jillian: you came out of this strong. before we let you know, i want to know more about you, tell me about your life and service and tell me what you are doing. >> after pearl harbor, we were attacked by the japanese fleet, killed a lot of sailors. they don't do that to us.

finishing in the senior year. i was assigned to the 50 third naval construction battalion, attached to the third marine division and we served in marianna island and that is where i ended up during the war. in that time the government wanted to build quam up as a second pearl harbor. there was going to be trouble. we were assigned to 29 strips and this sort of thing. jillian: i wish we had more time to talk to you. i would love to hear more about

your story, so thankful you joined us with this message of positivity and hope for people who might be struggling with this with 95 years old and you could come out on the other side, be strong, appreciate it. stay safe out there. we will be right back. when we started our business

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successfully counteract the virus. scientists say they were able to act quickly because they had already done research on similar coronavirus's. >> when the genetic sequence was established late in january, we were able to plug into our existing tool. >> reporter: it contains 400 tiny micro needles made of sugar and protein pieces, it is applied like a band-aid with needles evolving into the skin rapidly to build up immunity. the vaccine will deliver an of antibodies against the coronavirus in two weeks. researchers say it has proven effective on humans, could be made scalable for widespread use. this as donald trump reassured americans help is on the way. >> fighting this battle from home we are working with the best scientists, doctors and

researchers anywhere in the world, raising to develop new ways to protect against the virus as well as therapies and a vaccine, making a lot of progress. >> the study's author is now applying for a new drug approval from the fda so they can start clinical trials in the next few months. back to you. rob: workers will protest at the same hospital where this photo went viral showing nurses wearing trash bags in mount sinai in new york, they have gone proper equipment. this will address concerns about supply. this has been a growing problem across new york. >> we have people coming, sewing masks, shield, making things out of plastic. like a soldier going to war and making a plastic gun to bring with him. >> the protests were planted 15

hospital across six dates this week. >> the white house is expected to announce plans to make payments to hospitals for uninsured coronavirus patients. mike pence made the announcement at the white house, the average cost for uninsured patients could be 20,$000. according to the census bureau, 27 million americans may be uninsured. rob: us cases of covid-19 nearing a quarter million. americans prepared to hunker down for another month. >> the sacrifices we make the next four weeks will have countless american lives saved, whether you are fighting this battle from home, we are working with the best scientists, doctors and researchers, raising to develop new ways to protect against the virus. >> will may first be the light at the end of the tunnel? when society can be reopened?

joining me is doctor jeanette, thank you for being here. there is a lot to unpack but do you think the next four we can do it if everybody follows the guidelines and restrictions, stay-at-home and practice social distancing, do you think that can work? >> it is possible. it is more of a steppingstone, a guideline. in four weeks we need to reevaluate where we are. we need to see a decrease in the number of sustained cases, reduction in the number of hospitalizations, a number of icu admissions and reduction in the number of intubation's. until we see this, we may have to extend that even further but we can potentially reach that goal sooner if everyone in the community adheres to strict guidelines, social distancing

so we can be successful in reaching that goal sooner rather than later. rob: if we can get specific when you look at the curve what do you need to see specifically? how far down does the curve have to go before we can start opening up again? does it need to be almost completed, you worry, people go back out it goes back up. >> we need to get down from that trajectory, past the apex, that peak, make sure we don't see any increases, any many peaks as we call it. if we see that we are in trouble, we are relaxing our social distancing guidelines too soon. that is a good question. it is up to the cdc how long we need to see a sustained reduction in one week or 2 weeks or 21 days but we do now we have to see sustained reduction in the number of cases. the only way to know we are doing that is if we have more testing which i know firsthand we are lacking.

my last shift, my last patient last night, 6 out of 50 people because i didn't have enough swabs which i was able to swab their noses, i was able to diagnose my patients with covid-19 using other methods. a lot of them are coming in with similar symptoms, fever and shortness of breath, you know this is another covid-19 patient and we will treat them as if they haven't even though i don't have a swab. jillian: let's listen to what the president has to say about the masks. >> as an example of the masks if people wanted to wear them they can. if people wanted to use scarves which they have, many people have them they can. the recommendations coming out we will see what the recommendation is. jillian: we are told you don't where the masks, save them for medical workers, everyone understand why they need them

but we are told masks might be effective in all of us should wear them when we go outside. the problem is you can't get them right now. we are told we need masks do you think we should be wearing them and if you can't get one what else will work? >> the masks are recommended for healthcare workers and if you are second been diagnosed. what they are recommending is it is okay if you can't find a mask to cover up, you can use a scarf. this is the masks that i use. the reason we are not quick to jump to say yes everyone wear masks, if your hands are dirty, if you are not putting it on properly you will contaminate yourself, your eyes are still exposed, you're touching the outside of your mask as you put it on and it is dirty and you are reusing it you are going to allow entry of the virus and your i. the cdc are recommending to cover up. it does not have to be a mask

because there is a small possibility you could be outdoors when you shouldn't be, when you should be staying at home. of someone coughs or sneezes is it possible for it to get into your airway or eyes or nose? it is a possibility. rob: a better chance of contracting this through touching stuff and touching your face rather than walking through? i feel like that has got to be that way. >> there is a chance, this virus does live on inanimate objects anywhere from a few hours to a few days so that is one way in addition to someone coughing and sneezing, in addition to it being on your face are dirty mask, touch your eyes it enters your body that way. jillian: thank you for working hard, have a great day. it is 39 minutes after the hour. the power of prayer helping medical workers get through

dark days and sleepless overnight shift. rob: photos like this going viral is lifesavers turned their faith to lift morale, from jackson south medical center in miami. ream has the hydrating power of 5 jars of a prestige cream, which helps plump skin cells and visibly smooth wrinkles. while new olay retinol24... provides visibly smoother, brighter skin. for dramatic skincare results, try olay. and now receive 25% off your purchase at olay.com brand power. helping you buy better.

jillian: the democratic national convention in milwaukee is postponed and joe biden and bernie sanders are doing what they can to reach voters online. peter doocy has the latest from the virtual campaign trail. >> reporter: democrats are delaying the crowning of their next nominee. >> having tens of thousands of people in one arena is different from having people walk into a polling booth with accurate spacing, 6 feet apart and having machines comes down. >> reporter: the bernie sanders campaign has no comment on

moving from july to august but the ceo of the convention committee explains i'm confident the planning partners will find a way to deliver a convention in milwaukee this summer placing the democratic nominee on the path to victory in november. this delay helps donald trump extend his years long head start which democrats say makes him strong. >> his base is so solid he will turn out voters at historical level on his behalf. makes him very dangerous if you are joe biden. >> reporter: biden has bigger problems, he is isolated in delaware. >> i'm not going out. i've been here keeping my distance from folks when they come in and everybody walks in, put on rubber gloves, masks, the secret service. >> reporter: democrat wanted to have a convention in july. with the games postponed, they are not competing.

peter doocy, fox news. jillian: wisconsin is still on. and an additional 6 days to turn the ballots. rob: faith on the front lines which many american healthcare workers turning to prayer to prepare them for battle against a dangerous virus. this group of nurses and emergency room personnel from jackson south medical center in miami florida going viral for the rooftop prayer circle during the covid-19 pandemic in two of those officials, danny rodriguez and gina medina join me to talk about that picture and what this means. we appreciate you coming on and tell us about the photo and why you meet on the roof to pray. >> thank you for having us.

basically that day, we were going about what we normally do taking care of patients, something came over me. i look to the left of me in the right of me and seeing so much movement, everyone just stop, take 5 minutes, give me 5 minutes and follow me and i said with give ourselves this moment to identify and feel and pray and say what you need to say. i turned over and said lead us in prayer. rob: you lead the prayer. tell us what the situation is, your hospital on the south side of miami, how bad is it and what does prayer mean to you? >> it is tough to work in this setting but we got to be strong

for our patients, priority does help in the situation, the burden we have on our shoulders. it made our paths clear. rob: talk about what you are experiencing in that hospital. how do you handle that mentally? >> a lot has changed since the pandemic occurred. it identified areas improvement in the hospital ourselves. we reevaluated the policies and plans we had in place so now it is taking every precaution necessary and we are

approaching every patient is this -- as if they have the disease and taking all necessary precautions, talking about wearing a mask, goggles, hat, gloves, if we have to intubate them if they are sick. we are taking every necessary precaution and even some new rules have been implemented. we are maintaining the 6 feet distance rule apart from one another. another suggestion which is wonderful we are adding extension to iv tubing to give that much distance, so we don't have to go inside the room and expose ourselves and pushing medication. we are trying to comfort one another, support one another and stay positive and realizing there is power in prayer. rob: we are going to pull up a poll, 45% of americans say coronavirus has impacted their mental health, people who don't work in your industry.

you are on the front lines of this. god, prayer kind of a p for you right now? is that how you get through this? >> 100% yes, prayer is number one. without prayer i believe nothing is possible. without having god lead you through the day without starting the day right, with a little prayer weather for 5 seconds or 4 or 5 minutes it really does help and impacts us all. rob: it is a beautiful picture and we thank you for the work you are doing and what you experience every day i cannot even fathom. we appreciate it. we will be right back. [ "one more time" by daft punk ]

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rob: disposable bags making a comeback amid the covid-19 outbreak. jillian: carley shimkus has reactions one big city reversing its bag ban. carley: people in san francisco no longer allowed to bring reusable shopping bags into grocery stores. mugs and other reusable household items have been banned as well. this is surprising to some people because san francisco loves their reusable shopping bags, they were the first to ban plastic bags all the way back in 2007 but the coronavirus has changed a lot of things we never expected. look at the social media reaction. keith on twitter is pretty surprised. i thought plastic bags were in arrestable offense was a twitter user says bring back the plastic straws as well. there is no evidence reusable

bags can spread covid-19 but people are being on the cautious side. rob: that is interesting. we have a 7-year-old coming for our jobs. take a listen. >> good morning. covid-19 is trying to get into your life. people can fight it. old people struggle. be kind, be safe and stay home. carley: that is 7-year-old harriet granger allen who put on a mock newscast to explain the coronavirus to her classmate and people around the world are impressed with your presentation. sunny on facebook says thank you for explaining details of the covid-19. teresa says amazing, you have a great future in broadcasting. may be a future in sky news. rob: credibility with the british accent. you sound smarter than

everybody. jillian: a grandfather walks four miles. jillian: this grandfather in michigan walked four miles to look at his granddaughter through a glass door, this proud grandpa was able to hold the baby twice and counted down the days until she was born. the dad, his son says this was tough for him but look at the grandfather's face. he is okay with seeing her through the glass door so a lot of families making sacrifices to keep people safe. rob: great picture, we appreciate it. jillian: two cruise ships unload sick passengers, others are in limbo including those

aboard the coral princess, they fear for their loved ones. that will allow their family members to disembark soon. >> cosco trying to make long lines a thing of the past.

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>> we didn't know how it was spreading. when you make this assumption about contagion early on then you don't prepare the way you should prepare. jillian: it is friday april 3rd. the head of the white house response team says underestimating the response -- the coronavirus was a critical misstep for the united states as cases pilot from coast-to-coast. rob: the hardest hit, new york, reminding us we are stronger together. rob: we are live with the latest. jillian: money for a pandemic keeping dark cloud of partisanship from tightening over capitol hill. rob: democrats turning covid-19 into another investigation as the white house fights to keep americans from dying of this virus. jillian: living up to their name on their jersey. rob: much needed facemasks on the way