>> that is good news. you can't relax. we can't handle the worst-case scenarios. >> new york state conference more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world, signs point to a flatter curve if americans stick to the rules. rob: we are live with new data that is giving everyone hope. jillian: new trial underway for a second potential covid-19 vaccine as researchers say patients are banging down the doors to take part. rob: widespread protesting to determine immunity is just days

or weeks away, the breakthrough revealing more light at the end of the tunnel. jillian: working from home, just because you are stuck inside doesn't mean you have to dress like it. rob: "fox and friends first" starts now. good morning. you are watching "fox and friends first". jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. new york coronavirus cases topping every country outside the us. rob: the governor sending a stark warning is new york may have hit its peak. todd pyro joins us with the governor's message. >> reporter: close to 162,000 cases of coronavirus in new york, almost 10,000 more cases than the next closest country, spain according to johns

hopkins. all this when the death toll eclipsed 7000, 5100 of them in new york city alone. new york governor andrew cuomo on the grim morning. >> we can't handle. and we can't handle the moderate -- it is essential we keep the curve flattened because we don't have the option of handling the curve if it goes higher. >> reporter: hope that new york has stories near its peak continues to grow thanks to the drop in hospitalization was assigned experts point to in order to show how important it is to keep social distancing. >> what we were predicting with the increase in real adherence to the physical separation, the

guidelines the vice president talks about, the physical separation was at the same time we are seeing the increase in deaths, we are seeing a dramatic decrease in hospitalizations, yesterday was something like 200 new hospitalizations, has been as high as 1400 at any given time. that is going in the right direction. >> reporter: meantime another night and more tributes outside new york city hospitals as nypd officers outside nyu, at the same time this the's other nightly ritual, amazing clapping and cheering, from apartment windows all over the big apple. it is awesome to see that every night. nationally we should point out 26,000 patients have recovered so far. jillian: love seeing those videos. rob: donald trump promising the

us economy will recover from this pandemic. jillian: as an employment line to grow democrats are blocking additional relief money. richardson joins us with the battle on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning. as all this is ongoing officials are debating when and how the us economy can safely reopen, the president's top economic advisers hope it can happen in the next four to eight weeks even as congress and federal reserve pump trillions of dollars into the us economy. >> we have tremendous stimulus, tremendous stimulus plans, things in the works that are going to fire the country. what is going to happen is we are going to have a big bounce rather than a small bounce, but we will be back. >> reporter: another round of one of those stimulus plans is stalled, senate democrats blocked a republican effort to spend an additional $250 billion on small businesses. democrats want to direct a

significant portion of that to farmers, and veteran owned business and wants more funding for state and local governments. republicans tried pushing their bill through the senate quickly yesterday through a procedure called unanimous consent. >> this is a political stunned because it will not address the immediate need of small businesses. >> i want to add more money to the only part of our bipartisan bill that is currently at risk of running out of money. >> reporter: congress is trying to provide more aid to the economy is the federal government says 17 million workers have filed for unemployment insurance over just the past three weeks, 6.6 million last week alone. the federal reserve has

announced $2.3 trillion series of loan programs to help small and midsized businesses and state and local governments, donald trump's job approval inching up to a record high in the latest fox news paul as voters rally to the white house and congress in the fight against the coronavirus, the president at 49% approval, 49% disapproval in the latest poll, compared to 48% in march and 47% in february. all of this with the election just 7 months away. back to you guys. rob: the election, forgot about that. rob: a second inmate at cook county jail dies after contracting covid-19. leslie and jeffrey were hospitalized last week, federal judge now ordering the jail to halt the spread is a test the nation for hotspots, inmates must have access to soap and sanitizer and are not required to be tested when showing symptoms. 300 inmates and 150 workers have tested positive.

rob: the captain of the uss theodore roosevelt could be reinstated according to the admiral investigating his termination. >> i am taking no options off the table as i review the investigation. that is my responsibility, to approach it with due diligence to make sure it is completely fair and unbiased as i can possibly make it. >> reporter: he was fired after writing a scathing letter slamming the navy's response to the outbreak on the ship. 400 sailors have tested positive, one of them rushed to the icu when found unresponsive. the cdc extending its no sale rule for cruise ships, the 30 day order and acted in march will stay in place until one of these three conditions is met, the hhs public health emergency expires, the cdc director

changes is no sale decision or 100 days passes from in order being published was the port of miami posting this photo the coral princess cruise ship leaving to self quarantine at sea with 13 foreign passengers for two weeks, travel restrictions prevent them flying home and local authorities will not let them stay in hotels. what a situation. >> reporter: british prime minister boris johnson is moved out of the icu but remains hospitalized while battling the coronavirus. a spokesman says he's being closely monitored and is in good spirits. johnson tested positive for covid-19 two weeks ago, john mc rob has been deputized in his absence. >> a california group helping hundreds of military families during the pandemic support the listed project also known as step, set up a drive threaded san diego headquarters to pick up much-needed supplies.

>> they can get stuff for themselves without getting out of the car. we can get them a week of food and diapers and at the same time to know communities really care about them, somebody's trying to help. >> the number of families they serve has tripled since the pandemic started, the nonprofit plans to continue the program until the end of the month. for inspiring stories just like that you can head to foxnews.com/america together. putting the needs of american workers first. >> we are asking small business owners across america to place their faith in us. my colleagues must not treat working americans as political hostages. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell urging democrats to start dealing medical relief for mainstream. next guest, financial analyst lays out what needs to happen now to help small businesses. >> i work in the er in here for you, you don't have to be afraid anymore.

>> reporter: right down the street, the comfort crewmember building on her family's around legacy of helping new yorkers in need. a moving story that is going viral.

>> this unanimous consent is a political stunned because it will not address the immediate need of small businesses. >> we are asking small business owners to place their faith in us. my colleagues must not treat working americans as political hostages. rob: the senate split on providing additional funding for small businesses. jillian: the federal reserve will provide $2.3 trillion in additional economic support. rob: what does this mean for you and your wallet?

joining us is matthew carberry. as they argue, there is a risk this program could run out of money. it is very possible. >> we put it in context, in one day, one banking institution accepted 180,000 applications for $32 billion as we put that in the concept, one tenth of the money and that is one day, that money will run out quickly. jillian: let's look at the differences, the gop plan, $250 billion in a paycheck protection program, democrats put more in that program at $100 million for hospitals, 150 million for state and local expansion of food assistance. a couple minor differences, major differences i should say. i have gotten a few messages from our viewers who ask questions like help, my lender isn't included in this. i can't benefit from this, what

can i do? that is one of the sticking points as lenders are benefiting from this and in turn, people are not getting the money. >> that is correct. they want to roll this out april 3rd and they get the information to a lot of these banks and these banks are dealing with incredible influx of people trying to apply. they can't handle the amount of flow. they don't have personnel that can process the applications, some banks are not even online, the bigger banks in the country so businesses are being left out of the dark at a time they need it most and those who have gotten through are not getting a response. rob: let's talk about what the federal reserve is doing to alleviate stress on this economy, $2.3 trillion in loans from the fed and here's the breakdown, $600 billion to the mainstreet lending program, $850 billion to expanding credit

and loan facilities and credit protections the fed and the treasury. talk about what this will do in your opinion. >> the fed had to be one of the biggest purchasers of bonds because we had no liquidity in the bond market so that helped a lot. it provided stability in the economy but the fed had to be very accommodating by keeping interest rates as low as they can. we may have negative rates, the fed is taking a lot of action in that respect and if you think about that coupled with different policies to get more money back in the pockets of individuals and small businesses all hands are on deck and all the tools, more to come for sure. this is stimulus one.one, there will be a lot more out of it. jillian: you look at the

unemployment numbers, the weekly jobless claims 3.3 million, you can see the numbers on your screen. these are gutwrenching numbers when you see them. where do you see us going from here? >> numbers came in lower than any consensus that is speculative and that is why we had that. you will see these numbers go up and saw right now it is a race of the medical community against the disease. as we start to get any sort of guidance regarding a flattening of the curve up until that point we will see unemployment numbers skyrocket but with part of the sba cares act, the pension protection act there is encouragement for employers to

bring employees back for purposes of loan forgiveness but we may see improvement in unemployment. rob: trillions of dollars to prop this up, we've got to get back to work somehow. we appreciate it. jillian: how can joe biden convince bernie bros to get on board, a new poll showing how he stacks up against donald trump. rob: churches sit empty on this good friday. where is the good? pastor robert jeffers joins us with where we can find it today. awesome internet.

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rob: joe biden trying to lure bernie sanders supporters to his side, biden plans to expand medicare and forgives and student loan debt. both are big issues for progressives. now that sanders has dropped out of the race and biden is the presumptive nominee a new poll shows the former vice president in a tie with donald trump if the election were held now, georgia postponing its presidential primary for a second time after it's state of emergency is extended, scheduled for june 9th, voting starting on may 8th, promising precautions for keeping voters and poll workers safe until they sanitize the machines.

rob: we look at the celebration of easter sunday which for millions of americans and christians won't be happening in church but in their homes and over live stream. our next guest says the hope should not be lost and could be what we need right now. joining us with his easter messages pastor robert jeffers of first baptist church in dallas. good to see you. i feel this is a time when everybody needs every ounce of hope they can get. >> it is. good friday is a day tens of millions of christians are remembering the death of jesus christ for our forgiveness and if historian did on that friday there's nothing good about today. his death was horrific and awful and tragic but the story doesn't end there. three days later there was a resurrection and it is the same

for us, today we are surrounded by death in our country, 16,000 americans lost their lives, families are grieving and if the story ends here it is tragic but fortunately there is the promise of an easter resurrection. jesus said in john 11:25 i am the resurrection and the life, he who believes in me though he were dead yet shall he live again. the only thing powerful enough to extinguish the reality and pain of death is resurrection. rob: would you argue i know a lot of people are upset they can't go to easter services and can't worship in their churches or establishments, whatever religion you may be, would you argue easter is coming at a good time so we can take a pause and remember this message? >> i think it is. we are having record numbers of people tuning in online to churches, we have hundreds of thousands watching foxnews.com

streaming at 10:20 a.m.. in a lot of ways i think god knew what he was doing in the timing of this and this is a good time to connect with the message of easter and doesn't matter where we are, we can receive the hope christ offers through resurrection. jillian: those who might be watching this and saying i'm losing my faith, losing my hope, what do you say to them? >> the bible never denies or diminishes the pain of death but does at one word, temporary. the real pain americans are feeling right now will not last forever, the darkness always precedes the sunlight and one day there will be a great victory we will celebrate together. jillian: we want to remind everyone you can join pastor jeffers on easter sunday on

foxnews.com at 10:20 a.m.. thank you for joining us. it is 25 after the hour, medical researchers racing to find a cure. >> the problem with covid-19 is no one has a specific treatment for the disease. jillian: a new clinical trial throwing a variety of drugs that the virus. we are live with an infectious disease expert to discuss whether anything on the market could do the trick.

jillian: in indianapolis police officer shot and killed in the line of duty, responding to a domestic dispute yesterday afternoon. a woman was wanted and survived. the suspected gunman is in custody, the mayor expressing his condolences. >> we mourn the loss of a true hero whose name will forever remind us of the honor, courage and strength of our police officers. >> reporter: the officer was 24 years old and the mother of a young child in a veteran of the army national guard. members of the nypd died from covid-19, officer eric mary

worked in his apartment since 2006. richard austen served with the force since 1985, 2600 nypd members had to test positive, more than 7000 call out sick yesterday. hope on the horizon, the trial for second coronavirus vaccine getting underway in the us. why people are a part of it. >> researchers calling this the most important trial we have ever done is the hunt continues to find a vaccine, and what they are calling skin deep shot instead of the jabs they got previously. doctor john irvin of the center for pharmaceutical research stressed how crucial the test is. people are beating down the doors to get the trial. the company is going to test two

doses of vaccine on 40 healthy volunteers in kansas city and the university of pennsylvania and as leaders of our country have been warning about this when it comes to covid-19 there is some light at the end of the tunnel, leaders say it could be days to weeks until the tests are made available and then we wonder who had it. >> we believe people we don't see, the antibody test is going to be helpful to us. >> reporter: doctor anthony fauci says testing will make a better bet of getting back to normal. that doesn't mean we can get our card down, donald trump asked if nationwide testing of covid-19 was needed to reopen the country. >> we have the best testing system in the world, certain sections of the country, in

phenomenal shape already. what we are doing in the near future in certain areas of the country to do massive testing. it is a good thing to have. >> reporter: original us officials predicted the death toll from 100-200,000. rob: we are all in this together. researchers at the university of pittsburgh medical center rolling out a rapid method to test multiple covid-19 drugs and hope of making a medical breakthrough. >> we are launching we map covid-19, part of an international clinical trial to fast-track identification of potential barriers for covid-19,

the antimalarial drugs hydroxy chloroquine in different combinations. rob: there's been debate about hydroxy chloroquine but what is the story behind this, is another drug on the market already exist the answer that we need until a vaccine arrives. joining me with the answer is doctor grayson. thanks for coming on, we appreciate it. what they are trying to do is find out if these off label prescriptions can work in a faster way? >> what they are trying to do is throw everything at the kitchen sink at this deadly virus which is what we need to do. a chance that some of these fda approved medicines for different diseases might work against this virus, chances are a likelihood that this is a game changer, this is very low. rob: we are looking ideas they have here.

anthony fauci says hydroxy chloroquine is not proven, they are trying to prove it faster than the time it takes to test and go through the process which is too long at this point. >> what is happening is the fda and researchers are working collaboratively, speeding test of such drugs. baby those people were left sick and that test in a rigorous way, we should have answers over the coming weeks to a short few months. rob: trying to expedite the process, that is great. we had the top doctor in the white house coronavirus test, we should never shake hands again. listen to that. >> i don't think we ever should

shake cans ever again to be honest with you. get people to start thinking more about personal hygiene and the way it impact the spread of the deadly infection. rob: what is your opinion? >> most infectious disease experts would agree with anthony fauci. shaking hands is the perfect way to spread a respiratory virus. somebody touches their eyes and shake their hands, quite honestly if people want to protect themselves they shouldn't shake hands. i'm careful if i'm in a situation where i am shaking hands i go wash my hands before i do anything else or have hand sanitizer because you are allowing the virus to spread, even a common cold spreads easily through shaking hands. rob: who knows? some questions from our viewers, what if someone in my family has this.

>> it is very challenging and the best way to do this is to have your loved one stay in a separate part of the house, separate bedroom and separate bathroom and have your loved one decreased the amount of virus they are spreading and try to think about leaving things outside the door for them, food, whatever items your loved one needs and you wear gloves and a mask as well but try not to be in close contact which can be difficult when you share the same home. rob: try to mimic those icu nurses. rob: wash your hands. if you got the virus and survived what are the chances of getting it again? especially on the front lines. can you get this twice? >> there have been reports of

people having tested positive after testing negative. it is thought the virus was reactivating, haven't totally cleared the virus and had a negative tested it was lingering. one study of china suggested 30% of people don't get protective antibodies but that was just one small study that needs to be looked at. most express myself included think it is very likely that once you have this illness and cleared it you will likely have immunity. the question is how long will the antibodies last? a couple months? a couple years? we don't know because it is a new virus. rob: we appreciate it. 38 minutes after the hour, vital mission close to the heart of a navy corpsman.

>> here for you, you don't have to be afraid anymore. rob: the message, this hero in uniform building on her family's legacy and helping others. her emotional video diary going viral. >> grow using her talents to protect front-line workers, she joins us live with her mom to talk about this labor of love.

jillian: severe weather sweeping across the nation, snow dropping in maine after a massive storm. samaria seeing 6 inches. rob: quite beautiful in may. the midwest, the path of destruction in southern indiana, one of several slamming the midwest. jillian: janice dean joining us for 7 million brace for severe weather this weekend.

>> reporter: that is why we are warning everyone we have a wide swath of the country that will expect severe storms. across the northeast snow on the backside of the system and cold temperatures and wind chills and gusty windss upwards of 40 miles per hour. here are the areas with wind advisories remain in effect until 7:00 pm today or tonight and into the weekend we will look at the threat for strong to severe storms across portions of texas, new mexico but then things really started to erupt saturday and sunday. i'm concerned about easter sunday where we have several states under alert and the threat for long-lasting, long track and potentially deadly

tornadoes. that is a big concern and i hope everyone that lives across the south, ohio, tennessee, mississippi river valley need to be on alert and know where you will get those watches and warnings, forecast rainfall several inches of rain as well. the take away is a threat for severe storms across the south. across the northeast gusty windss, 40-50 miles per hour. we will stay on top of it. i can't stress enough know where you will get those watches and warnings. we will have severe weather outbreak that will last much of the weekend and easter sunday as well. rob: thanks so much. jillian: it in your mackerel in ohio standing with first responders on the front lines, turning the sewing business she started with the help of her mom and grandma into an effort to provide much-needed facemasks. rob: the young entrepreneur has made an incredible impact donating hundreds of custom-made masks proving every american has

a role to play in getting this country through the pandemic. rob: joining us is zoe and her mom, thanks for joining us. i understand when i was reading your story that you just started this business in the last few months and quickly turned it from a business where you are making money into all-out donations of facemasks, right? why did you decide you wanted to make these donations? >> i wanted to get back to everything they gave to us and it is such a blessing to giving back. rob: this started with making pillows earlier in the year and evil into making masks for a costume. it leads to what we need right now.

>> in order for custom facemasks and some research and from there, it is what we are going through now, donating masks as well. jillian: my grandma gave you a sewing machine in your aunt was your first customer. tell me how it feels for workers working for all of us. >> they tried to help us, giving them masks so they could be safe. rob: everybody wants to check

out your mask, what do they do? >> go to my facebook or instagram, scroll down to all my pictures with facemasks, any size of pillows and customized statements. jillian: before we go you must be very proud of your daughter. >> very proud of her. jillian: thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. rob: thank you, we appreciate it. 47 minutes after the hour. cheers to a beach bar owner doing right by her workers. a wall of cash taken down and handed out. tremendous show of generosity going viral. jillian: just because you are

stuck inside doesn't mean you have to dress like a, social media reaction to these inspiring ensembles when we return. as we work to get through these times together, you may not be thinking about blood donation, but blood is needed to save the lives of people who are sick with a range of illnesses. it's easy and safe to give. if you are in good health, please donate. we need heroes now. visit red cross blood dot org to schedule an appointment.

rob: an emotional moment for a medical specialist aboard the comfort when she explains why this mission to new york means so much to her. >> i'm stationed on the comfort, i work in the er. i responded to 9/11 with the comfort, having this opportunity

to be here and follow the steps, we are here for you. you don't have to be afraid anymore. jillian: that is powerful. carley shimkus with serious xm is here with messages of thanks and support. carley: hospital corpsman third class alexandria got emotional and that video not because she was overwhelmed or overworked but because she is honored to be serving the american people in the capacity she is now. the twitter account of the u.s. navy posted that to social media calling it the true definition of service. countless people have responded. donna says thank you for what you are doing and for showing your emotion. we need more people and leaders like you. noel saying god bless you, alexandria. you are an angel from heaven and warrior. kathy quoted alexandria saying

you don't have to be afraid anymore going on to say thanks, i needed to hear that. stay strong. of special video. rob: we have all been to a dive bar. jillian: not like this. rob: what they are doing is pretty cool. carley: a georgia bar owner took down $3,714 in bills for the walls and ceiling and gave it to her employees who aren't working right now. jennifer knox, the owner of us and far, said she and her staff were sitting in the empty bar after they were forced to shut down and realized they were surrounded by money so they got to work and took it down and people on social media are loving it. veronica says those who left one dollar never imagined the impact it would have in the long run.

judy on facebook said that is a keeper, so caring. sandra chiming in saying that was saving for a rainy day. some patrons heard about that, extra cash, six employees received $600 each. jillian: this story is interesting, most people are wearing sweatpants. i don't know anyone who is wearing jeans little account. carley: no sweatpants all-out in this apartment. a woman in new york is dressing to impress while working from home wearing a different down every day. lindsay rogers recently rented a bunch of dresses from rental runway but all her plans got canceled and she wanted to wear them. she decided to start and instagram account called say yes to the work from home dress. you can see the pictures right there. a lot of people are commenting on social media. one viewer says i wear a

different 3-piece suit each day, i have a feeling the person is getting. this person is more realistic said i have been working from home for 6 years. i am lucky to get out of my pjs before 2:00 pm on most days. dana, thanks for cheering her up. the hardest part about working from home is motivation, getting up and getting dressed and she appears to be doing quite well with that. rob: i have been wearing some elaborate downs around the house. carley: you need to post those to social media. rob: you can follow that. jillian: i am going to hold you to that. rob: put an image in your head. jillian: in the next hour on "fox and friends first," they are locked up and afraid. >> not just the detainees. jillian: inmates living in a coronavirus hotspot are getting creative in their cries for help. rob: behind-the-scenes look at a field hospital located in a field.

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rob: new york state confirming more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world but signs are pointing to a flatter curve of americans stick to the rules. jillian: new data giving everyone home. rob: the trial underway for a second potential covid-19 vaccine. researchers say patients are banging down the door. jillian: a test to determine immunity is days a week away. revealing the light at the end of the total. rob: the special gesture of thanks bringing america together. jillian: "fox and friends first" continues. good morning to you. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. rob: thanks for starting the day with us, new york