neil: the way to do it. >> and people going to work every day, it may well be we'll be in that kind of situation afterwards. that's the next phase after hopefully this public health one is done. neil: doris kearnes goodwin. ♪ >> more than 278,000 coronavirus cases now confirmed across the united states. the numbers updating as you can see by the minute. right about 7500 deaths. and now a worry about a new round of hot spots that could emerge in states including texas, florida, and also close eye being kept on this hour on michigan. noon eastern here. welcome to america's news headquarter. we're both looking at the capital, just from different

vantage points. kristin: that's right, i'm kristin fisher. more than 7500 killed by the coronavirus, wyoming is the only state not reporting any deaths, not yet. and steve is in atlanta georgia. hey, steve. >> hey, kristin. the c.d.c. coming out with new recommendations urging all americans to wear masks, cloth masks, when they go outside or some sort of clothing that covers their noses and mouths. the president made sure to say that this was a voluntary recommendation, that he himself would not be wearing a mask. we're getting a new information out of new york from governor cuomo's presser, the single worst day in new york, the death toll in new york state 3500. that number has doubled in the past three days alone. some bright spots, they're getting 1,000 ventilators donated today from china, arriving in new york today and

also 140 on loan from oregon. the mayor of new york says those ventilators are desperately needed. >> if we're going to save every single life we can save, we must have the ventilators we need exactly where we need them when we need them. what do we need for next week? a minimum of 2500 to 3,000 ventilato ventilators. >> as far as being lodo lockdow, there are partial lockdowns and five with none at all. iowa, nebraska, arkansas, north dakota, south dakota, back to you. kristin: steve in atlanta, thanks. leland: a fox news alert. u.s. officials telling lucas tomlinson at the pentagon that multiple patients infected with the coronavirus were transferred to the usns comfort docked in

narc rather than to the javits center in new york. the left side of the screen is the javits center and right side is the hospital ship. officials say the patients were tested for covid-19 as part of a protocol. they were transferred to the comfort. then they tested positive, but they spent a night on the ship before the results came in. the patients have been moved to the javits center and right now, the usns comfort is not taking, we're told coronavirus patients and boy, kristin, does this bring up so many questions about what's happening with the usns comfort as well. you've got two hospital ships, some 2000 beds set up for trauma cases, one in new york, one in los angeles and they're well less than 10% filled. part of the reason because they want to be able to test everybody for coronavirus before they get on the ship and now they have this. gillian:. kristin: yeah, it goes to show you some of the technical

difficulties that people in new york, doctors on front lines are dealing with. one up-side i'll say, this reporting according to lucas tomlinson, the official said that we did plan for something like this to happen. clearly some contingency plans have been put in place for something like this, but pretty shocking when you hear that these people simply taken to the wrong place or that these tests were-- the results were not put forward in time before they were transferred to that ship, scary stuff. leland: we're wiping down the part of the ship. and later from the fog more with his reporting. meantime in the white house, president trump is announcing a new recommendation from the c.d.c. that suggest americans should wear a nonmedical cloth face covering while out in public. that is to help stop the spread of the virus. mark meredith joining us from the north lawn of the white house where the president

himself even in the oval office, he's not doing this. >> you're right the white house has been backing those social distancing guidelines for several weeks, but that news that we heard from the briefing yesterday about the cloth face coverings, certainly catching some by surprise. the president says it's not about the masks that doctors need and first responders needs, it's to protect people when they go shopping, things like that. the president talked about this during his briefing yesterday. take a listen. >> the c.d.c. is advising the use of nonmedical cloth face covering as additional voluntary public health measure. so it's voluntary, you don't have to do it, or they suggested it for a period of time, but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. >> the president in addition to talking about that also announcing that blue cross/blue shield is joining sigma, anthem, waiving co-payments for treatment. and what would happen if those

people got sick and what they'd be able to do from there. that's the health crisis, to the economic crisis, administration says so far 4.3 billion in assistance loans to small businesses have been issued since friday. friday alone, that this program got launched because so many small businesses are worried about keeping enough people on their payrolls. we heard from treasury secretary steve mnuchin, he says at least 800 banks have begun using the program and some of the largest banks have issued with the launch, calling it slow and confusing. but mnuchin told fox last night, things will be worked out in the days ahead. >> i know there's a lot of hardworking small businesses that couldn't get their applications processed this week. they shouldn't worry about it, there's plenty of time, there's plenty of money left. >> the president also tweeting about this saying i will immediately ask congress for more money to ask for small businesses loans, and mentioned community banks that are rock g

rocking. and the stimulus expects expected to go out, and not everyone is going to get them and some of the amount depends whether you're married or have kids and all of these are ready to roll out. we've lost our ifb. i can't hear you, i'll send it back to you from capitol hill. leland: mark meredith will be there 3:30 for the briefing live coverage on the channel. kristin. kristin: well, manufacturing giant 3m is pushing back from criticism from the trump administration over its distribution distribution n95 masks. and he orders them to stop selling to foreign countries. the director of the florida division of emergency management and he's been pushing the manufacturer to sell those n95 masks directly to his state.

jared, thank you for coming in. because you have played a critical role in convincing the trump administration that it needed to step in and do something to make sure that companies like 3m were getting its critical masks to the places it needs to go, states in the united states of america, and not foreign countries. so before we get into how you're doing right now, could you briefly just explain the hurdles that you have to go through to get to this point? what was 3m doing that was making you so mad? >> kristin, thank you, thank you for continuing to highlight this. i want to thank tucker carlson obviously for making this something that we're talking about now. i'm extremely encouraged by, you know, what came out of the white house, getting 3m to come to the table. so, what led to this all of this and governor desantis and myself obviously decide today ring the alarm bells is we've been chasing around these n95 masks for the last several weeks, i have orders now that are almost a month old, we've received 10%

of the product and what we found is that between all of these brokers, all of these distributors, that orders kept getting knocked down. we were going to warehouses that were empty. cargo planes that didn't exist, we were going the runaround. i literally had a team of people, like in the boiler room out of wolf of wall street, they-- they didn't exist. what they were telling us some of the product was leaving the united states and going to foreign governments and people were paying cash, paying higher amounts than obviously state procurement would dictate and don't get me wrong, we're willing to pay whatever it takes to get the product, but obviously, i can't walk in with a briefcase full of cash and get to the front of line. so, you know, that's what we uncovered. we want today ring the alarm bells. obviously, you saw pete navarro's comments on that, the white house clearly was seeing the same signals, we're encouraged that the production act has been used and i know

that governor desantis spoke to the ceo of 3m this morning and 3m pledged to do whatever they can to help the state of florida. i want to be clear, it's not about me, it's know the about governor desantis, not about the ceo of 3m. this is about our first responders, our nurses, our doctors, health care workers. kristin: so-- >> the maintenance folks, janitorial folks that work on the hospitals on the front lines, making sure that they have the ppe and these masks they desperately need. kristin: let me just jump in here. do you now have the masks that you need? >> so he far, 3m has not yet fulfilled any of those pending orders that we have. i'm encouraged by the conversation. we're getting drips and drabs, and fema and hhs has been fantastic. they have he -- they've sent 650,000 of masks and florida had a cache of masks before this event and we've sent them out to hospitals, nursing

homes, als, first responders and around the state 24 hour logistics operations largest in state history larger than michael or irma. we've partnered with the national guard out of our warehouse. and we're just not in the state of florida, the state needs millions of the masks. they're making 10 million out of some factories and can make 100 million around the world. so-- >> to be fair i'm sorry to interrupt, but only have a limited amount of time and make sure that i get 3m's response in all of it. they say they are complying with the president's orders, that invocation of the defense production act and they wrote. in addition-- ceasing support of respirators would cause other countries to retal --

retaliate and that would decrease and what we and the administration on behalf of the american people both seek. your response. i'm happy that 3m wants to revive the league of nations and worried about their business plan for the next six months or a year. and at the end of the day right now, the white house, the states, governor desantis and myself have taken the correct action, these masks need to stay here, we can work around trade relationships later and fix that, but at the end of the day the masks made in america must stay here and the masks made out of country made by a u.s. firm must come into country. and that's got to be the priority and i look forward to 3m stepping up to the plate and fixing it and taking care of u.s. nurses, u.s. doctors and u.s. first responders. kristin: to be clear, 3m has not told you when you'll get the masks you ordered over a month

ago, right? >> that's correct. kristin: all right. jared, thank you so much for talking to us and for bringing this critical issue to light. >> thank you, appreciate all of your help. leland: just after the first interview, president trump tweeted that 3m will have to pay-- will have a big price to pay over the face masks? how will congress deal with these companies and medical equipment shortages? joining us tennessee congressman, oversight committee, mark green, and flight surgeon and emergency medicine physician, congressman, good to see you as always. has this become a national security issue rather than say a commerce and distribution issue? >> very clearly. the whole issue of ppe, our medical supply chain is a national security issue. you look at right now, we maintain a manufacturing base for, let's say tank barrels. even though we're not making a

tank barrel, there's a plant ready in case of war to build tank barrels. we've got to start thinking about ppe, ventilators, public health stuff in the same vein and lessons learned from this, increase our strategic stockpiles, disperse them, have more locations for those. and we clearly have got to fix this issue of relying on china, the guys who started this whole virus, for our supply for medications and medical supplies. it's just one of the lessons that we've learned out of this. leland: there's a joke in business that says if you owe the bank a million dollars, bank owns you. if you owe the bank a billion dollars, you own the bank. it seems like, in a way, china owns us because we may have the cash to buy things, but they've got what we need. andrew cuomo was thanking china for donating ventilators. >> yeah, i think that's a little ridiculous he would do that, because china does have,

honestly, in some cases the whole world over a barrel right now and again, it's the virus, hid this from everyone and we told them not to do the wet markets back when sars came out and they persist, i digress. back to the issue you're raising in france, we were told yesterday on a conference call that macron was talking to xi, and macron asked for a billion masks and xi said we'll give them to you if you implement 5g with huawei. that's who china is and it's time the world recognize it. leland: you're saying that china is using this crisis to try to gain more power around the world. anthony fauci, the man we've known as almost america's doctor. >> a great guy. leland: was on talking about the wet markets. take a listen. >> i i think they should shut down those things right away. it just boggles my mind how when

we have so many diseases, that emanate out of that unusual human animal interface, that we don't just shut it down. i don't know what else has to happen to get us to appreciate that. leland: best time to plant an oak tree was 10 years ago. the second best time is today. >> today. leland: are we able to take on china or do they have us over a barrel and this is already a lost war, so to speak? >> yeah, they're incredibly dependent on us, too. they're certainly not-- xi is willing to spend 25% on trade with america because he needs trade with america. so we have leverage, too, and clearly our president has been saying this about everything in terms of the manufacturing base, since he got in office, since he was a candidate for office. so, i wish, i wish we would have implemented this on the medical supply line sooner, but time to start today. there are several bills in the senate. i know tom cotton has one and so

does marsha blackburn. we will take action. leland: tom cotton has been extraordinarily outspoken about this and so have you, and interesting op-ed on the heritage website. this brings up an important question about the president. his tone about china has changed. a couple of weeks ago he was calling this the china virus from the podium. lately, well, i want to have a good relationship with president xi and i hope things work well and i want to have a good relationship. is this a little bit of, you know, of i don't want to say chamberlain at munich, but a good relationship with someone who has one motive, president xi, world-- >> guys like myself and tom cotton can be out there yelling look, look, look. i think the president has a

balance from the leadership standpoint. if you look at tom pompeo, he jumped on the chinese foreign policy guy who said it was the united states army who started this. pompeo was on that guy quick. i think the administration at a whole is trying to balance it, but do the right thing at the same time. leland: all rightment we'll see what comes out of your hearings and committees as well as looking into china. thanks, stay healthy and stay safe down in tennessee. >> will do, you, too. leland: next hour, a panel of doctors with your questions about the coronavirus. have been doing this the past couple of weeks. submit the questions on the fox facebook or instagram places. and then there's a special. and howard kurtz looks at the pandemic on media buzz tomorrow at 11 a.m. eastern. and it's the only thing we've been covering for a couple of weeks, kristin.

kristin: that's right. and we have now hit a critical milestone, more than a million people have contracted the coronavirus around the world. more than 60,000 people have died due to the virus. our ryan chilcott is keeping track of the global developments for us live in london. ryan. >> hi, kristin, well, spain has now overtaken italy as the european country with most confirmed cases, nearly 125,000. second highest number in the world second only to the united states. meanwhile, the death toll in spain is approaching 12800 people dying in the just the last 24 hours. the good news, if there is good news about this, an epidemiologist saying spain may be turning a corner, the reporter is that the government

will extend the lockdown been in place by three weeks by another three weeks. here in the u.k. where the second week of the lockdown is coming to a close, the numbers of deaths in the last 24 hours, more than 700, also hit a new high, at least one hospital on the outskirts of london just a couple of hours ago telling people not to go to its emergency ward anymore because it has run out of oxygen. 3700 people in the u.k. were reported to have the virus just in the last 24 hours. still though, like in spain, there is some encouraging news and that's that there are 16% less reported cases today than this were yesterday. finally, it was a day of national mourning in china, as people stood in silence, the sound of air sirens blasted across the country as people stood and paid their respects over a three-minute period. of course there's the economic consequences and the head of the imf came out with a worrisome statement saying that the imf

believes that the consequences of this pandemic are going to be a much worse than the global financial crisis we saw in 2008. . kristin: brian chilcott live for us in london. thank you so much. we'll be right back. hold my pouch.

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>> well, this just in. the basketball hall of fame has named kobe bryant and eight others to their 2020 class. bryant, of course, was killed in that helicopter crash in january. leland, i don't think there was any question that kobe bryant was going to be inducted into the hall of fame. now it's official. leland: hall of fame not only as a basketball player, but how he lived his life as well. moving on now, late friday night president trump told congress he's firing the inspector general of the intelligence community, the same person who told congress about the ukraine whistleblower complaint, which is why democrats are crying foul about the firing and the timing as well. hi, garrett. >> this was a big friday night firing. as you mentioned, michael add k kin-- atkinson was the first to tell about the whistleblower and ultimately head to impeachment. and atkinson got a lot of

criticism from republicans and for refusing to identify the whistleblower. and the ig was investigated by g.o.p. members of the intel committee over it. president trump nominated atkinson, a 16-year veteran of the justice department to be the chief watchdog of the nation's spy agencies in 2017. last night the president formally notified lawmakers he planned to fire atkinson and didn't offer much in terms of explanation, except to say it's vital i have the fullest confidence in those in the inspector general. that's no longer the case with regard to this inspector general. democrats immediately blasted him and house chairman adam schiff called it another blatant attempt for the president to gut the independence of the community. atkinson's removal is part of a larger movement, and joe mcguire

and replacing him in the short-term with u.s. ambassador to germany, rick grenell, a staunch ally of the president and then naming another strong ally, congressman john ratcliffe as the permanent replacement. last night the head of all inspectors general weighed in on atkinson's firing by praising him, his record and backing him up on the handle of the ukrainian complaint. leland: congress out of session for a couple of weeks and see if they take any of this up when they get back. garrett tenney, thanks so much. kristin. kristin: here is a sad story, two members of the kennedy family are presumed dead following a boating accident on chesapeake bay in maryland. the search to find mauve kennedy townsend and her son. mauve was apparently-- she is the granddaughter of robert and ethel kennedy and according to reports, she and her son, joseph gideon were in a

canoe trying to find a ball that was kicked in the water and they couldn't make it back to shore. a sad story. leland: for the first time in years the u.s. military is isolating senior officers and operations officers, in a cold war era bunker built deep into the side of a colorado mountain. alicia acuna in denver, not too far, 100 miles or so from the bunker we're talking about. >> not a long drive south, you're right. u.s. northern command located in colorado springs is maintaining what it calls the homeland defense mission, protecting our nation in the event of an attack. but with the other fight against such a virus, mission critical personnel is now isolated inside the mountain that we're going to show you right there. that's part of the cheyenne mountain complex where last month the defense department celebrated crews from the rest of the world, protected away

from covid-19. 1800 feet beneath solid granite state, america's fortress, as it's known, as originally designed to withstand a nuclear or biological attack. we've talked to the commander in charge of the mission no matter what happens on the outside, the u.s. military will be able to maintain command and control in protection of our nation. >> each individual crew is on a 30-day rotation and they have a 14-daytime that we have to put them in isolation before so that way it's sustainable and we have a crew in preparation to go in the mountain, a crew that's just coming off the mountain and a crew that's actually in the mountain, doing the mission. >> air force general, terrence o'shaughnessy says the continuity of their mission is critical and because of that, they're ready to see crews at a moment's notice can respond to a threat and the general is in charge of responding to military assets at covid-19, like the

usns comfort stationed in new york. i asked him if he had a message to americans. he says he's 100% confident we'll end up on the other side stronger than today. leland: real quick, during the cold war they kept people inside the mountain 24 hours a day and 365 a year. it stopped for a while. is it the first time they've reacted on this scale not because of a drill, but because of need? >> right. because there's an actual threat to crew members, military, everybody right now with covid-19 so they needed to isolate everybody and get them in there. but, yes, you're right the first time they've had to get things up and running in this manner. leland: thanks. kristin. kristin: coming together in a time of need. how one medical student is helping her community and how her efforts are truly spreading

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>> as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, americans are coming together to help their neighbors in need and one of the best examples of that comes from a medical student in in nevada who has mobilized her community to deliver groceries to people who can't leave their homes during this pandemic. joining us now is the founder of shopping angels, jade powell. jade, thank you so much for coming on the show and talking to us, what a simple, yet brilliant idea. tell me about the moment that you decided that you knew that this was something that you had to do? >> yeah, thank you for having me on. so i came up with the idea of shopping angels a few weeks ago. i was just starting my spring break and on the phone with my mom and she said she was going to ask her older neighbors if they needed anything from the

grocery store. and since then it put things into perspective because me and my mom, we're healthy and we don't have any fear or anxiety about going to the store, but a lot of people who are older or immuno compromised do. so i really started to rally my friends and trying to get a group together that could volunteer time to go to stores for people who are at risk and ever since then, you know, it's really taken off and we've gotten over 5700 volunteers across the country wanting to do the same thing, it's amazing. kristin: it's not just across the country now, it's become kind of a global phenomenon, right? >> yeah, we have about 150 volunteers like ready to go in australia. we have-- doing really good. kristin: wow. >> and we have an awesome coordination team in canada set up. there's been interest in other countries, but due to the different like state of affairs in some of them, they've, you know, kind of waned the interest, but they still want to be able to help out when the time is right and restrictions

are lifted. kristin: well, you know that you and your organization are truly making a difference when you get a mention at a white house briefing. listen to what president trump said about you and your organization from the white house briefing room podium just a few days ago. >> throughout this national emergency everyday heroes continue to step forward and demonstrate the extraordinary character of our nation. in nevada, a college student recruited 9 off her friends to help deliver groceries and supplies to the most vulnerable. this is happening all over the country, thousands and thousands of instances. kristin: jade, what was that moment like for you when you heard that president trump mentioned you and what you were doing? >> yeah, it's abouten really mind blowing altogether. i never expect it had to grow outside of my state, you know, this was started as a community effort in las vegas and reno. and i was blown away already by the response by people across the country and across the

globe, and then to have the president of the united states, you know, see what i'm doing and to, you know, mention it, it was just an awesome experience. kristin: what about for people who need your help, senior citizens, people with underlying health conditions and concerned about going out in a pandemic. what if they're tight on cash, is there any type of assistance to help with grocery they need? >> we're working in partnership with pantries and food banks across the country. and we're trying to be able to deliver to those people as well and we're having local people come up with donations. you know, we have people in vegas who are collecting donations for those commonly requested items to give to people that are in need and then, at the moment, a lot of the fund for go-fund-me are going towards operational costs to just keep the program going, because we do want to continue this service after the pandemic.

so, that will include, you know, we want to try to look at 5013c status. once we get this figured out we'll look at discounted financial assistance, but none of that is guaranteed because we don't know where the need is, you know, exactly. kristin: well, jade, thank you so much for your time, for putting this whole thing together. truly an inspiration and a bright spot in the middle of a pretty terrible pandemic. jade, thank you. >> thank you so much. kristin: leland. leland: and coronavirus is taking a toll on many people's mental health. what resources are available to you and anybody else, if you're feeling a little blue cooped up inside. see you on the other side of the break.

>> a momentous day for the mormon church. for the first time in more than 70 years, spiritual leaders from

the church of jesus christ of the latter day saints will hold a conference without a crowd in attendance. the bi annual conference is one. most important in the mormon calendar and brings usually 100,000 worshippers to salt lake city. not during the pandemic. they can still watch the speeches online. leland: well, a lot of folks watching church online as well. probably something to do perhaps if you're feeling stressed because you're not alone. polls show around four in 10 americans feel that the coronavirus pandemic is having a serious impact on their mental health. other six in 10 of us really feel like we're bored to death sometimes. >> no one is immune to the unprecedented stresses of these times as we look at deserted streets, shuttered stores and deal with the sounds of silence the few occasions that we leave our homes. and according to the american

psychiatric association the effects are beginning to show. half of all americans are anxious about contracting covid-19 and 40% anxious about becoming seriously ill and more than one third say it's having a serious effect on their mental health. >> clearly the national emergency is having an effect on people as it goes on and on. for many people they don't see a light at the end of the tunnel yet. we're told being told it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> california is among the states that set up a mental health hot line for those feeling anxiety and experts say there are clear signs when you or someone you know might be needing help. >> if you're finding that it's really difficult for you to do things like taking care of your daily hygiene, getting your meals done, your clothes washed,

things that ordinary northwest airlines you would be able to accomplish, that's a pretty big warning sign. >> now, dr. miller says that self-care is paramount. be kind to yourself. and if you're experiencing any sort of mental health issue, call your local health line or the national disaster distress help line at 800-985-5990. the there's an entire website dez kated to stress and coping in this crisis, you can find that at c.d.c..gov. all good resources if you're feeling any kind of anxiety. leland. leland: yeah, these times give you new appreciation for those submariners who spend six months underwater. great c.d.c. information, jonathan, thank you. chris in. kristin: or up in outer space on the space station for extended periods of time. meanwhile, amazon workers around the country are walking off the

job. how they are describing their working conditions. plus, some information about your legal rights during the coronavirus pandemic after the break.

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officially done, if you walk in there, we're going by c.d.c. standard. if we call the c.d.c., they're not. leland: workers in several amazon warehouses around the country say they're going on strike, some have going on strike saying the company isn't protecting employees during the coronavirus pandemic and amazon disputes some of the findings and responded to criticism over its decision to fire an employee who organized a walkout at a staten island warehouse. joining us to talk about this, adjunct law professor, andrew, go to see you. covid pandemic are all the employment laws out the window? >> no, it's in effect. because it's a new phenomenon there are no guidelines from osha, the main body that regulates workplaces how to deal with this. we're flying blind on this, but laws are on the books to protect workers. leland: labor organizers would

say that because amazon a hiring and trying to keep food to us and our homes stocked with goods that they're using this as an opportunity. they deny that statement. the person fired was found sof close contact with a diagnose of confirmed covid-19 and asked to stay home with pay. and despite the instruction to stay home with pay he came on site march 30th putting the teams at risk. how do you break it down, did they fire him because he was trying to organize a labor union of some type inside this warehouse or because he deliberately put people at risk? >> the stories vary between the parties. both are in a tough position. amazon is basically seen as the red cross to a lot of people and people are susceptible to the coronavirus and they're relying on amazon.

at the same time workers are working side by side and taking the position amazon doesn't care about our safety. so you can kind of see both sides. this is one of the thorny complicated legal questions where there's room to argue both positions. leland: and more room to argue both positions, even if there aren't both positions to argue. i digress. the bigger question. amazon to your point is seen like the red cross and 80,000 people they've hired so far and hundreds of thousands of employees putting themselves at risk to make sure that folks get what they need. how does this get decided? because courts are out, lawyers are working from home. osha doesn't have standards. where does this get decided? >> well, leland, we're in the wild, wild west. amazon as valued as one of the best companies in the world. they have to be careful. real damage could be done during the crisis. a lot of people rely on amazon,

but they can't be tone deaf. they have to make certain they optically take the right steps for the workers. i think they sem mies with them-- >> amazon says they'll start taking temperatures and as you pointed out we're in the wild, wild west, what they've never been before. in kentucky, a judge ordered people who will coronavirus they'd have to wear an ankle monitor, is that what it's going to-- >> that seems draconian. but state both and local municipalities have a tremendous leeway what to do to keep their border safe and people safe. i don't know if this is a

slippery slope. i don't know if we'll see more of this. leland: real quick, we saw national guard troops in rhode island checking people coming off trains and then we heard about check points in florida on i-95, et cetera, and that all went away pretty quickly with threats of lawsuits, et cetera. is there a point that nobody really wants to test these laws? >> well, people don't want to test the laws, but in the same sense like you mentioned, most courts can't opened and that's why i referenced the wild, wild best because we're in a new environment right now. >> new indeed and with you to help us break it down and guide us through, andrew pressure-- appreciate your time and putting on a suit. leland: thank you, all the best. kristin. kristin: hospitals around the country are struggling to deal with a surge of patients and a lack of protective gear for their own employees. more on that response and efforts to fight the coronavirus in our pandemic special right

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trust us. us kids are ready to take things into our own hands. don't think so? hold my pouch. >> yet at the apex, part of me would like to be at the apex and just let's do it, but there's part of me that says it's good that we're not at the apex, because we're not yet ready for the apex either. leland: new york governor andrew cuomo saying the battle against the coronavirus clear clearly

isn't over yet as the number of deaths, obviously, comets to grow quite literally by the hour. welcome to "america's news headquarters" from washington, i'm leland vittert. we're just about two and a half hours away from the president's big briefing at the white house where we'll learn a lot more. kristin: yeah, the cdc also is issuing new guidelines and recommending that all americans wear face masks or some kind of covering anytime that they leave their house, especially if they live in one of those hot spots. steve harrigan is outside the cdc headquarters in georgia with the very latest on those new guidelines. hey, steve. >> reporter: kristin, that's right. the cdc urging all americans when they go outside to cover their a faces either with clothing or with cloth masks. of course, this is a voluntary request, it's an urge, it's a recommendation. the president taking care to stress that it was solingen tear, that he himself will not be w