e ♪ well, we're doomed. a smooth jazz troll? i don't care for smooth jazz. the world premiere is in your home friday. go to watchtrolls.com for more. rated pg. kristin: the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise with more than 278,000 cases confirmed across the united states. as officials worry about how to contain the virus, they are growing particularly concerned about new emerging hot spots. welcome to america's news headquarters. i'm kristin fisher. leland: 3:30 eastern is the briefing at the white house, live coverage. i'm leland vittert. some of states right now they're keeping a close eye on include louisiana, texas and michigan,

as possible new hot spots on the curve. steve harrigan outside the cdc headquarters in atlanta, georgia with the latest numbers and also what they're saying about the next couple weeks. hi, steve. >> reporter: leland, tough times now for the state of new york. they are pleading for help from around the country for medical professionals to come and volunteer and the help is a arriving. people are answering that call, more than 85,000 volunteers, medical personnel coming to new york to volunteer and help more than 20,000 of those from out of state. friday was the worst day so far for new york as far as number of cases and number of deaths. the death toll in new york state stands at 3,500, the number has doubled since wednesday. some bright spots on the horizon as far as ventilators go. china donating 1,000 ventilators from the chinese government, arriving in new york today and the state of oregon sending 140 ventilators to new york. here's governor cuomo on that.

>> the state of oregon contacted us and is going to send 140 ventilators. oregon, that could have a significant problem towards may, our problem is now. they see the fire spreading, stop the fire where it is, before it gets to my home. >> reporter: china has declared saturday a day of mourning all across the nation in major cities, people coming out, officials as well, sirens are blaring, flags at half staff, horns honking in an expression of grief. kristin, leland, back to you. leland: steve, thanks so much. kristin. kristin: new important guidelines from president trump, he announced yesterday that the cdc is now recommending that all americans wear face coverings in public but they're hoping to keep those critical n95 masks for doctors, nurses and other first responders.

our mark meredith is live at the white house where he's going to be asking some questions at the next conference which is set for 3:30 p.m. hey, mark. >> reporter: you're right, last weekend it was all about the social distancing guidelines, the white house extending it until the end of april. this weekend the conversation is focused on the decision to ask people to wear those masks to protect themselves when they're out in public. the president talked about this last night. >> the cdc is advising the use of nonmedical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so it's voluntary. you don't have to do it. they suggest it for a period of time. but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. >> reporter: we'll ask the president about that later on today. the president has been tested at least twice for the virus, the white house says the tests have come back negative. the administration continues to monitor and test people who are coming into contact with the president, temperature checks are in place for members of the

press that come in and out of the building. the white house is working hard to contain the economic fallout from all of this. we got the march jobs report on friday morning and it was bleak. and it was expected to be bleak. 3w-9 this is give -- but this is giving us a better idea of where jobs lost are. retail is down 46,000 jobs, even some health care jobs cut. the federal government did hire some 18,000 people in march but majority of them, 17,000 of that was for the census. >> this is a very deep contraction. the numbers are going to come in very badly. they're going to look terrible in the weeks ahead. how much longer, i don't really want to forecast. that's up to the health people. but there's no question that it's going to be bad. >> reporter: the administration has also helped bank issues some 13,000 loans to small businesses so they can keep people on payroll. this was a program that launched on friday. it's expected to continue to be rolled out but there were reports that it was a little rocky for some banks to get into the program.

the president tweeted about this earlier today. he wrote, quote, i will immediately ask congress for more money to support small businesses if the allocated money runs out. so far, way ahead of schedule. he mentions bank of america and community banks, some banks as we mentioned have said they're concerned this money is not as easy to access as originally planned. the stimulus checks are expected to go out in two weeks, at least for direct deposit. not all americans qualify. we're also watching a new unfolding development, kristin, when it comes for the president's pick to monitor how the money will be spread, some pushback on capitol hill. never a dull moment around here. as you mentioned, the president's briefing at 3:30 this afternoon. kristin: mark, thanks. new york coronavirus cases continue to rise. health experts are also concerned about emerging hot spots in states including texas, louisiana and florida. we're joined by two lawmakers on the very front lines of this

coronavirus pandemic. local coronavirus response efforts. we've got ben kallo, a new york city council member and a amy peck who is a houston city council member from district a. ben, i'll start with you. we have been watching new york city for weeks now. it keeps getting worse. we're still a ways away from the peak. what is your number one concern right now? >> first, thanks for having me. our number one concern here is making sure that we have enough resources to make sure that we don't have to decide between people who live and die. so number one, that's ventilators. then it's ppes, getting more beds and then getting more testing. we don't have enough tests so we haven't been able to be testing everyone who is concerned that they might visit. if we can get through all four it means we should have smooth sailing and we can get to work helping every other state in this union. kristin: amy, let me bring you in here. a lot of people are watching

texas, houston in particular, as an emerging hot spot for the criecoronavirus open di epidemi. as you watch what's happening in new york, are you worried you'll be dealing with similar issues in ho houston, techs as in the coming days and weeks. >> absolutely. obviously it's our hope that it doesn't become another hot spot and in houston alone we've seen that our numbers are a lot lower than in other major cities across the country. and so the plans that we put in place early on, it's my hope that is going to help make sure those numbers don't rise so fast that we can't accommodate people at the hospitals. kristin: let me pop up something from the dean at baylor college of medicine, usually sounding the alarm that houston is at a growing risk. he wrote there's every reason the virus could pick houston as its next target. we're similar demographically,

referring to louisiana, new orleans. he's concerned about where diabetes and hypertension rates are high and people are living in crowded conditions. ben, as somebody who has been dealing with this a little longer than everybody in houston, any advice for amy? >> act now. get that stay at home order in now. it needs to be in every state in the union. the president needs to lead on that issue. when this started, we were in double digits for the number of cases, the number of people affected and hospitalized. it's not a matter of if. it's a matter of when. and the more you do early, the more likely you are to have that flat curve where you don't have to worry about anybody dying. kristin: ben, let me ask you something about governor cuomo. he's taking his authority, he's decided to use his authority to take ventilators and other critical equipment, readies tribute them as he sees fit. is that helping at all? >> here in the city, we've actually started to see some

resources. we still need so many more. i think governor cuomo has actually now become america's governor. his daily briefings is something everyone's watching and actually feeling relief from even though he's giving a lot of bad news. he has taken strong stems. he put new york state on pause. he's been closing down a lot of nonessential businesses. very recently because -- listen, i have a small child. she's 2 years old. we were trying to use a playground but we weren't seeing social distancing on the playgrounds. he issued an order to close the playgrounds. we're seeing a lot of support. in terms of resources -- kristin: i want to make sure -- sorry to interrupt. we have a few seconds left. i want to make sure we get amy in here. amy, how are hospitals in houston doing? >> right now, the hospitals are doing okay. we are not at capacity. we are very fortunate to have some of the best hospitals in the entire country right here in houston. and so we are not at capacity but plans are being put in place

in case there is a surge, we're trying to add additional locations and more beds just in case. kristin: all right. well, amy, ben, thank you both so much for your time. best of luck going forward and hopefully houston does not end up like new york is right now. thanks, guys. >> thank you. leland: a fox news alert, live pictures now as we're listening to the governor of ohio. he was way out in front in shutting down businesses inside his state. we'll listen in on his updates. >> what this chart shows is the increase that's already taken place. it's already taken place, just because of internally what the hospitals have done. so thanks to all the hospitals, thanks for all of you who are working on this and making a big, big difference. let me take a moment to -- we

thank a lot of people who do a lot of different things and who represent us and do some very, very tough work. i want to first of all start off with kind of a shout-out to those of you who work in our prisons. we appreciate very, very much what you do and want to thank you for that, appreciate what you do every day but also during this coronavirus challenge that we are facing. let me also do a little shout-out to those who are on -- other people who are on the front line that we don't talk about too much either. and these are the dedicated ohioians who make up the health and human services safety net. thank you.

thank you for providing the programs, the care, the shelter, home visits to ohioians with mental illness, those were addiction, developmental and intellectual disabilities. thank you for what you do. your service is too often unsung. today, we pause to let you know that we see what you're doing, we're grateful for your service and so on behalf of everyone that you serve and the families of those that you serve, we thank you very, very much for that. about 15 minutes ago i signed -- leland: governor mike dewine of ohio there giving an update on the coronavirus and what's happening in his state. the governor will join us

tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern about his early decision in the coronavirus pandemic to shut down much of his state, obviously small businesss in the state were incredibly affected there and as mark meredith reported president trump is saying he's going to ask congress for more money if a small business relief fund runs out. the program got off to a rocky start yesterday with some of america's largest banks saying they weren't ready to take applications from their customers. southern bank corp. of arkansas and mississippi has already issued a number of loans. their ceo, darren williams, joining us now from little rock. we appreciate you taking some time out. you were working on a saturday to try to get more of these loans approved. tell us what the process is and what you're hearing from your customers, sir. >> leland, first, thank you for having us on. you're right, we are working this saturday. i've got a team of folks at the office trying to get applications done. yesterday, we probably received over 100 applications from small

businesses across our markets and just a little bit about who we are. kind of set the stage. we are a community development financial institution. we serve underserved communities and small businesses. you know, we serve communities throughout the arkansas, mississippi delta that have already experienced tough times. these businesses were trying to thrive and this pandemic really is making it very, very tough for them. so they need access to these resources. this paycheck protection program is a big deal for them. our team is working every day to make sure we can get those applications processed. leland: the way it works is that the employers, the small businesses can come to you for a loan, they say we've got x number of employees, we've got y in rent, we get a loan for that and if in eight or 12 weeks they haven't laid anybody off, the loan is forgiven and you're reimbursed by the government as i understand it. but there's all these questions now in terms of exactly how this is going to work, how it's going to be underwritten, how exactly

things are going to be verified. are these challenges for you? >> leland, this is the challenge, you're right. but this is a very, very large program. $349 billion going through the sba channels. in 2019, the sba did less than $30 billion in loan guarantees. with a program this large, this massive, you can expect there are going to be challenges. but americans need this money. small businesses need this money to put their workers back to work so we're going to figure this challenge out, work through those difficulties and i'm proud of my team because they're working very hard to make sure we can get the money out the door to support america's workers. leland: we appreciate their hard work through all this. you know there are small business that's are counting the pennies and that's the different between shutting down or laying people off or keeping people on the payroll. that's what larry kudlow was talking about yesterday. >> we are suffering through a

painful, very difficult economic contraction. that's the way i look at it. it's going to be temporary. it's going to be very difficult. >> depression, larry, is it a depression, larry? i've got morgan stanley coming out saying the second quarter we recontract 38%, own an annual basis, but that's an extraordinary contraction. that is a depression. leland: is that how you're feeling, as you're on the front lines with those that are most vulnerable. >> that's exactly how we're feeling. community banks across america have always been on the front line with small business. we finance small business and so we know our customers. we know their pains they're going through. we're going to do everything we can to help. we processed a loan yesterday. i got an e-mail from the business owner. and the business owner employs about 400 employees and several restaurants across our markets and he got that check processed and he sent ane-mail back saying we're going call our workers back tonight and tell them they

can get back to work and they're going to get paid. we're glad we can help. that's what the program is doing, it's putting americans back to work. leland: also, you can't forget that that's 400 families now who have a way to put food on the table, have a way to pay their gas bills, that's 400 people not on unemployment. real quickly to you, as a final question, 2008 we saw the banks fail and everything trickled down. now we're seeing american business fail and the risk of everything trickling up. are you worried as somebody who watched the banking industry so many different ways for so long that the community banks have the potential to fail in the way they did, say, during the great depression if we go back to that terrible word? >> no, i don't see that as a problem. coming out of the great recession -- let's keep in mind. it was not the community banks that caused the great recession. but coming out of the great recession, the regulatory requirements for banks -- banks across america are as well capitalized as they've been in decades and so most banks are

strong. and we want to now be a part of the solution to help put people back to work. that's what community banks have done all the time and we're glad that we can use this paycheck protection program to help americans get back to work and i've talked to my community bank colleagues all across america and we're trying to figure this program out, trying to help get money into business owners' pockets so they can put their employees back to work. as you said, that's families who can buy groceries, who can pay rent, families would can really thrive and make it. leland: darren williams, working on a saturday. i know there's a lot of your customers who are very grateful that you're doing that, of southern bank corp. come back over the coming weeks and let us know about the e-mails you're getting. >> thank you, leland. thanks for having us and thanks for helping to get the word out. i want to say for folks who are trying to reach their banks, be a little patient with us. we're being inundated with calls. we've got hundreds and hundreds

of calls and that's true across america. leland: when you have $350 billion to give out, you become pretty popular. god speed, sir. we'll let you get back to work. >> thank you. leland: kristin. kristin: president trump is firing the inspector general who told congress about the whistleblower complaint that ultimately led to his impeachment. president trump sent a letter on friday night saying michael atkinson is out in 30 days. democrats are not happy about it. senate minority leader chuck schumer is accusing the president of, quote, firing people for telling the truth. >.leland: sad news for you. two members of the kennedy family are presumed dead following a boating accident that happened in maryland. the search to find them has been turned into what's being called a recovery mission. she was a granddaughter of robert and et they'l ethel kenn.

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leland: this just in, the basketball hall of fame named kobe bryant and eight others to the 2020 class. bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in january. the enshrinement is scheduled for august. kristin: norad and north com commanders are taking extraordinary precautions to isolate their troops from the

coronavirus. they're in an under ground cold war era bunker inside a colorado mountain. allysia kunes live in denver with more. this takes social distancing to a whole new level. >> reporter: absolutely, kristin. these measures are being taken to ensure that the mission of defending our country against the potential attack continues even in the face of the deadly virus. right now, mission critical personnel is inside cheyenne mountain near colorado springs, isolated from the outside world. the defense department made the decision, calling it mission assurance, last month. so no matter how bad things get with covid-19. >>covid-19, the defense ofour ne solid granite. the military were quarantined for 14 days to ensure they were not infected by the coronavirus before moving inside for what will be a 30-day rotation.

>> so even amongst the covid-19 response, we want to make sure our crews, we have the command and control capability no matter what happens. so our crews are isolated. we brought them up to cheyenne mountain station which gives us the ability to put them in there, isolated from the local society, making sure they won't be exposed to covid-19. they are able to do command and control from that facility. it was really designed for a nuclear disaster. >> reporter: air force general terrence o'shaughnessy says this is a sacrifice being made by this personnel and their families during this time. entering in what was originally designed as a cold war era facility that is also designed to withstand almost any attack. the general is also commanding the military aspect of the war on coronavirus deploying assets all over the country and when asked he had this message for americans. >> it's absolutely phenomenal to see the nation come together in order to take on this virus and i'm 100% confident we're going to end up on the other side, stronger than we are

today. >> reporter: kristin, the president talks about covid-19 as if it is a war we are waging here and the general had the same sentiment. kristin. kristin: absolutely. allysia, thank you. leland. leland: we're going to bring you an update on a coronavirus patient whose story we have been following. you might remember us talking to carl goldman who was on a cruise ship, came back to the united states, was quarantined in nebraska at a hospital there. he's now back home. but he's still on quarantine, day 56 after coming down with covid-19 while on-board the diamond princess cruise ship. carl, you look healthier than when we saw you before, a little stronger. how are you feeling? >> leland, i'm feeling great. thanks for checking in. this is as you said my fourth quarantine, day 56, starting with the diamond princess and then i was in the biocontainment for 10 days over in omaha and then they moved me to a lower level of containment so i spend

29 days total in omaha and now i'm back home so at least i can walk out in the backyard, play with the dogs, clean up the dog poop as i've been talking about missing that, and just great to be back. leland: this was the longest vacation of your life, probably unplanned and unwanted at the same time. it brings up a question as we look at the cruise ship you were stuck on, do you feel like it's all been worth it in a sense in terms of as you have gotten through this or do you feel like there's been a little bit of an overreaction to what the virus that you had or are you okay to have been through it all? >> for me, i feel fine. i'm glad that i'm home. i'm glad that i'm over the virus. i'm glad i'm not contagious and can't pick it up again. but it's a different world now than when i first left with my wife for tokyo and we're seeing it as small business owners, we

own a local radio station here in santa clarita. we're feeling it. i'm reading the trades and talking to other radio station owners. they're feelings it. what's worse, i'm talking to businesses that have been shut down for weeks and they're really, really hurting. so it's a sad situation. we're real glad that the federal government has now stepped in and helped create a bridge here and we're working with our local banks, they're starting a process -- they're starting to process the applications and hopefully the aid comes in for small businesses, it's going to help all of us. leland: we're certainly glad you're getting that help and that you've had good luck with the banks. you're in a unique perspective. you recovered from the virus, you've seen what it's done and you're feeling the economic effects of the shutdown that has occurred because of it. do the two match? does what the virus did to you

and what you have seen the effects of it medically are, match with the effects that you're seeing economically? >> well, i've seen that the virus spreads so quickly and so easily, that if we don't do a massive quarantine, this will continue for a long, long time and then impact business even further. so the quicker we can all do the quarantine, get the spreading of the virus to start leveling off and winding down so we can get back to business, the faster we can do that, the better it's going to be for everybody. so i'm a strong advocate right now of doing the self-quarantine and making sure that we keep this virus from spreading eastern further. leland: carl, both your story and your attitude has been an inspiration through all of this. i think it's given a lot of people hope that even if you're a little older and get the virus you can still come out in good spirits and good health as you are, sir. next time we want to make sure your wife is with you so we can

say hi to the both of you and we're glad to see you. >> absolutely. she's already at work, working right now, at the radio station. next time we'll get my wife here. she's been just awesome and leland, thank you so much for letting us check in. leland: thank you and sometime you're going to have to take her on a vacation where you guys don't end up in quarantine afterwards. i think that's coming up in a little while. thanks, carl. kristin. >> you can take a cruise with us next time, leland. leland: we'll see about that. thank you, sir. kristin. >> take care. kristin: coming up, a look at the front line fight against the coronavirus. we'll be on with a very special guest, he's an emergency room doctor from houston, texas and my dad, dr. bill fisher, right after the break.

leland: nowhere is the fight against the coronavirus more real or more desperate than in

new york city. aishah hasnie joining us now from the streets of a very quiet new york where they are still in need of ventilators, masks, gowns, et cetera and they say it's going to continue to get worse over the next couple of days, correct? >> reporter: that's right, leland. things are dire here in new york state and governor cuomo announced a couple hours ago that the apex, the state will hit the apex in about a week. in about a week we'll see the worst of it. he says we need every day to get ready for this. >> by the numbers, we're not yet at the apex. we're getting closer. we're somewhere in the seven-day range four, five, six, seven, eight-day range. >> reporter: now, cases in new york shot up by 10,000 overnight but about two-thirds of people hospitalized so far have been discharged. help is on the way. now, the governor's office

announcing just moments ago that china has sent a plane filled with 1,000 ventilators, that plane has now arrived at jfk today and the governor also ordered medical schools to allow students who are slated to graduate this year to begin practicing now. also, calls for more doctors and nurses continue as 85,000 medical workers have already signed up to volunteer here in new york with 22,000 from out-of-state. meantime, new york mayor bill de blasio urging new yorkers to cover their faces when out in public with a scarf or bandana. pennsylvania's governor recommending that for his residents. there is confusion as to whether you should wipe down groceries when you bring them into the home. food safety experts say the risk of transmission through packaged food is pretty low but the u.s. surgeon general, dr. jerome adams, told fox news earlier this week that he wipes down this grocery. >> i'm going to be honest with.

you when i go grocery shopping, i lay out my grocery on the table. i leave them there for several hours to the extend that i can if they're not perishable. and if it's perishable before i put it in the fridge i wipe or spray it down. better safe than sorry. >> reporter: better safe than sorry. if you don't have a way to wipe the grocery down, the most important step is to wash your hands after you touched your groceries, that is very vital in all of this. leland. leland: the common theme from every doctor is wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. after that, some of the opinions diverge. aishah, thanks so much. stay safe. it sounds odd to say on the streets of new york. we're talk to you soon. kristin. kristin: texas could be one of the next covid-19 hop spots. houston and harris county lead the state with more than 1,000 confirmed cases and 13 deaths. our next guest has been an emergency room physician in that area for more than 40 years.

he's also my dad. dr. bill fisher. dad, it's great to see you. i know you've been working long hours so i appreciate you taking the time to figure out how to use skype and come on our show today. >> yes. kristin: so dad, a lot of doctors sounding the alarm that houston could be the next hot spot. does that assessment match with what you're seeing in the emergency rooms that you work at? >> it's just starting to hit here full force, but houston's the fourth largest city in america and there's no reason that we should be spared. we haven't seen it yet but i think it's moving west and we're starting to see it. there was a very bad patient in the er i worked on last night who clearly had the virus, transferred to icu. so it's coming. in a nursing home, about five minutes away from where i work, they have 83 people who are -- patients and staff who have been positive for virus. kristin: wow, 83. >> 83 in one nursing home.

kristin: wow. you told me you were more concerned about catching covid-19 than you were on the day that you launched into space. what is the mood around your emergency room, among other doctors and nurses? are they also that worried because it's quite a statement. >> well, it's -- there's an apprehension and that apprehension leads to a very paspassthorough personal care. everyone has masks, gowns, and gloves. everyone is very careful. we know this thing is coming and it can be deadly. kristin: what is the one bit of data about this virus that worries you the most? is it the fact that 50% of people appear to be asymptomatic according to some studies. >> we have to assume that every patient we see is positive for the virus because many can be asymptomatic and transmit it. if you coming in for a sprained

ankle, i'm in full garb. i have to assume everybody is a potential transmittedder of this disease. so yeah, it's concerning. kristin: some people have been questioning why you continue to do this and i hate to share your age with everybody but i've already done that, you're 74 years old. you just turned 74. happy birthday. you do have some underlying medical conditions that make you more vulnerable to covid-19. why do you keep going into these emergency rooms? i'm one of those people who would perhaps prefer if you sat this one out. why do you refuse to just pass the torch to the younger generation of er docs. >> i've been an er doctor for 45 years. i like it. it's interesting. and i have lots of experience. to abandon the ship in the middle of the greatest public health crisis of our lifetime is inconceivable to me. i can't imagine doing that. this is what we trained for. this is the big show. and i can't imagine fadeing into

the background. kristin: i know i'll never be able to talk you out of it so i'm just going to say how proud of you i am and you know, i go back to this research paper that you helped me write when i was in the sixth grade, my first research paper, you helped me come up with a thesis and it was all about pandemics and really about this very moment. you have truly been preparing for this moment your entire life and i know people are going to truly benefit from your experience. i want to bring in leland. i know he has some questions for you. so leland, what have you got for my dad? leland: this is really special and the love you two have for each other is really something that we should all take a moment and in times like this that are so bad, reflect on the things that are so good which is our family and the people we love and care about so much and dr. fisher, kristin and i have had a lot of conversations about you and what you are going through and i think she worries more about you almost than she does about clara and walker at

times because we know how vulnerable you are. kristin: 100%. leland: you talk about preparing for a pandemic and this is what you trained for. when you were training on the space shuttle, you have thousands and thousands of different contingencies that they go through and they analyze and you come up with a checklist for. and if we go back through the space program, we think about the one emergency that everybody made it through, it was apollo 13, that they never simulated, never came up with a playbook for it. so are we in a situation now that there is a playbook for this pandemic or in completely unchartered territory? >> the playbook's still being written. we don't know. i tell everybody to wear a mask. i pretend that everyone i meet has this virus and we're learning daily about different capabilities that it has. i think the playbook itself is to be seen yet, it isn't written. we can do the best we can with what we have here. leland: i think i'm going to say this because kristin can't. or she's at least biased if she

says it. which is that with people like you on the front lines, we're decembedesited to success sees. thank you, sir. we appreciate it. and you have an awesome daughter as well. kristin: thank you, dad. be safe out there. wear that ppe. leland: working 24 hour shifts and finds time to come on and talk with us. coming up, what states are doing to help people whose mental health, and there are a lot of folks who are awfully scared and sad because of this pandemic, how to get help for you or a loved one when we come back. i don't add up the years.

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and there's a lot of states now who are trying to provide someone to talk to folks who need help getting through this, as so many of us wonder what our lives are going to work like on the other side. jonathan hunt with the details for not only you but family members if you need it as well. >> reporter: no one is immune to the unprecedented stresses of these times as we look at deserted streets, shuttered stores and deal with the sound of silence on the few occasions we leave our homes and already, according to the american psychiatric association, the mental health effects are beginning to show. their latest polling indicates about half of all americans are anxious about contracting covid-19, 40% are anxious about becoming seriously ill and more than one-third say it is having a serious effect on their mental health. >> clearly, this national emergency is having an effect on

people as it goes on and on. you know, i think for many people, they don't see a light at the end of the tunnel yet. we're all being told it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> reporter: california is among many states that have 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 daily hygiene, getting meals done, clothes washed, things that ordinarily you would be able to accomplish, that's a pretty big warning sign. >> reporter: if you're experiencing any sort of mental health issue, call your local help line or the national disaster distress help line at 1-800-985-5990. the centers for disease control also has an entire section of its website dedicated to stress

and coping in this crisis. you can find that at cdc.gov. leland. leland: jonathan hunt with some very useful information. good website as well. those will be up on our twitter account. we'll be right back. at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. the recipe we invented over 145 years ago and me...the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection.

kristin: with schools closed

and social events canceled across the country, one family in texas is throwing a prom with a personal touch. the chapman family threw a prom on the porch for their high school aged daughter, grayson. in attendance were her parents, siblings, an uncle and cousin, all keeping their distance of course. grayson was reportedly named prom queen and i don't know if you can tell from the picture, leland, they were drinking and eating what a burger, anybody who went to prom in texas knows that is exactly what you eat and drink after prom. i know i did. leland: there's been a few country songs written about what a burger for sure. it is great, though. we always say this, we've covered hurricanes and other things together, that the worst of time brings out the best in america. if you ever need an example, look on instagram or twitter at all the wonderful things that parents and children are doing for each other and for neighbors

through all this. i saw one that was a father who set up a bar in his garage for his daughter so she could have a 21st birthday party because she turned 21 and couldn't go out to the bars. kristin: i was going to say that. i love that idea. and then you look at some of the other hero that's have really come together and come up with these incredible ideas like the shopping angels that we interviewed a student, going out organizing an event to get people to go shopping for elderly people, people that can't go out during the pandemic. pretty incredible. leland: we'll keep highlighting what you need to know to keep safe and those good stories as well. it's important to keep in mind and forever. we'll see you tomorrow. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

witpeople at higher riskng, must take extra precautions. you are at higher risk if you are over 65, or if you have an underlying medical condition, like heart disease, chronic lung disease, diabetes, or if your immune system is compromised for any reason. if you're at higher risk, stay six feet or two arm lengths away from others. better yet, stay home if you can. the choices you make are critical. please visit coronavirus.gov for more information.

eric: we are awaiting the start of the white house news briefing from the coronavirus task force. that will come later on this hour, about a half hour from now. you know, it comes one day after the president announced new cdc guidelines as the number of covid-19 cases sadly and deaths continue to surge here in our country. but new york governor andrew cuomo said in his state, two-thirds of those who are hospitalized for the virus are successfully treated and released. hello, and welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm eric shawn. >> i'm arthel neville. the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. now more than doubled that of any other nation. this a