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church so that renewed by the pascal mysteries we may brought to the glory of the resurrection, to the same, christ our lord. [speaking italian] ♪.

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>> the holy father processes now to the sacristy. in a few moments he will return to the basilica which he will deliver his easter message and the et-orbe blessing. no banner hangs from the central balcony from st. peter's basilica, but usually does on easter sunday when the pope gives his blessing to the city of rome and to the world. a blessing the pope only gives device a year, on easter day and christmas day and on the day of his election. the blessing literally to the city of rome which he gives as

bishop of rome and to the world as supreme pontiff. exceptionally during the coronavirus health emergency pope francis decided to give an orbe blessing in st. peter's square last march, 27th. that was truly an exception. today, there are no bands preparing to play the vatican and italian national anthems outside. the floral arrangements, usually a gift from the netherlands for over 30 years. that traditionally transforms st. peter's square into an easter garden are absent. usually bustling square hosts visitors and pilgrims all over the world is empty this sunday. the streets around the vatican are silent as italy continues to respect a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. as many of you i know are experiencing. where you are this morning.

and yet, and yet, there are so many people like you who are watching and listening on every media platform we currently known to humanity, radio, television, internet, satellite, devices and most of us are here i think for the same reason. in times of trial and suffering and challenge we have always looked to the church for guidance and comfort and consolation and at this particular time when an invisible virus is turning out world and our lives upside down we look for one word in particular, the word hope. today easter sunday that word resounds in our hearts and in our homes because we believe that christ, our hope, is risen and that's the spirit with which we joined pope francis during this most unique of easter sundays, celebrating the

resurrection of our lord and comforting one another in the certainty that even in these worst of times though we may be separate we are united. we are not alone. because we believe that the risen christ is our hope. hope was the theme of pope francis' reflection during the easter vigil, even from the grave he said jesus brings life once again. the holy father celebrate ad liturgy in an almost empty st. peter's bazille car, focusing during his homily on jesus' message on hope and the gift of courage, hope and courage that we believe in because we're convinced that god is able to make everything work

unto the good. these are the two gifts that the risen christ offers to each one of us, hope and courage. the pope in his homily referred to the women who were most active on that first holy saturday. how even in the darkness of their hearts they lit a flame, a flame of mercy. the dawn comes hope he says in the person of jesus whom the women met. his first words in fact, were, do not be afraid, do not yield to fear. this is the message of hope addressed to us today, the words that god repeats to us during the night of our fear. hope is our right, said pope francis, because it is the hope comes from god. it is not optimism. it is not to be confused with optimism, it is a gift, one we

earned on our own. here in italy and the streets and villages you see signs that read,. [speaking italian] all will be well. but even -- participate in the past few weeks, says the pope, the hope that jesus offers us is different. he convinces us that god is able to make everything work unto good, even from the grave he brings life. our hope, says the pope is in a person, someone who emerged from a place no one has ever emerged, the grave. he who rolled away the stone, that sealed the entrance to the tomb can also remove the stones in our hearts. he never abandoned us. he visited us and entered and continues to enter into our situations of pain, suffering of

death. his light dispelled the darkness of the tomb but today he wants that light to penetrate even into the darkest corners of our lives. but there are two gifts. one is hope and the other is courage. the lord's gift of courage said pope francis, can only be received by rolling away even the slightest spell that we play have placed before our hearts. the light of the risen lord in this way can penetrate our deepest fears just as jesus preceded his disciples to almostly lee. he washings ahead of us in life around death. he goes before us to galilee to the place of dissip peltz and daily life and family and work

and jesus wants us to bring hope there to those places, to the places of our everyday life, to our families, to our places of work but for the dispipe sells galilee was a name of remembrance and remembering galilee, remembering we too have been loved and called by god. pope francis returns now from the sacrecy. we wait to listen to the his words of hope on this easter sunday of resurrection. his message for easter 2020.

>> [speaking italian] >> translator: dear brothers and sisters, happy easter. today the church's proclamation echoes throughout the world. jesus christ is risen, he is truly risen. like a new flame this good news springs up in the night. the night of a world already faced with epochal changes and challenges now, now pressed by a pandemic severely testing our whole human family. in this night the church's voice rings out, christ, my hope, he

is risen. this is a different contagion, a message transmitted from heart to heart, for every human heart awaits this good news. it is the contagion of hope, christ, my hope is risen. this is no magic formula that makes problems vanish. no, the resurrection of christ is not there. instead it's the victory of love over the root of evil. a victory that doesn't bypass suffering and death, that passes through them, opening a path in the abyss, transforming evil into good. this is the unique hallmark of the power of god. the risen lord is also the

crucified one, not someone else. in his glorious body he bears indelible wounds, wounds that have become windows of hope. let us turn our gaze to him, that he may heal the wounds of an afflicted humanity. today my thoughts turn in the first place to the many who have been directly affected by the coronavirus, the sick, those who have died, and family members who mourn the loss of their loved ones, to whom in some cases they were unable even to bid a final farewell. may the lord of life welcome "the departed" into his kingdom and grant comfort and hope to those still suffering,

especially the elderly and those who are alone. may he never withdraw his consolation and hp from those who are especially vulnerable, such as persons working in nursing homes or living in barracks or prisons. for many this is a easter of solitude. we have to live amid the horror and hardship the pandemic is causing from physical suffering to economic difficulties. this disease has not only deprived us of human closeness but the possibility of receiving in person the consolation that flows from the sacraments. particularly the eucharist and reconciliation.

in many countries it is not been possible to approach them but the lord has not left us alone. united in our prayer, we are convinced that he has laid his hand upon us, firmly reassuring us, do not be afraid, i have risen and i am with you still. may jesus, our passover, grant strength and hope to doctors and nurses whoever where offer a witness of care and love for our neighbors, to the point of exhaustion and not infrequently at the expense of their own health. our gratitude and affection go to them, to all who work diligently to guarranty the

essential services necessary for civil society. and to the law enforcement and military personnel, who in many countries have helped ease people's difficulties and sufferings. in these weeks the lives of millions of people have suddenly changed. for many remaining at home has been an opportunity to reflect, to withdraw, from the frenetic pace of life, to stay with loved ones and enjoy their company. for many though, this is also a time of worry about an uncertain future, about jobs that are at risk, and about other consequences of the current crisis.

i encourage political leaders to work actively for the common good, to provide the means and resources needed to enable everyone to lead a dignified life, and when circumstances allow, to assist them in resuming their normal daily activities. this is not a time for indifference. because the whole world is suffering. and needs to be united in facing the pandemic. may the risen jesus grant hope to all the poor, to those living on the peripheries, to refugees, and the homeless.

may these, the most vulnerable of our brothers and sisters living in cities and peripheries of every part of the world not be abandoned. let us insure that they do not lack basic necessityies, all the more difficulty to find now that many businesses are closed. such as medicine, and especially the possibility of adequate health care. in the light of the present circumstances may international sanctions be relaxed since these make it difficult for countries on which they have been imposed to provided a caught support to their citizens. may all nations be put in a position to meet the greatest needs of the moment, so the reduction, if not the

forgiveness of the debt burdening the balance sheets of the poorest nations. this is is not a time for self-centeredness because the challenge we're facing is not, is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. among the many areas of the world, affected by the coronavirus, i think in a special way of europe. after the second world war, this believed continent was able to rise again, thanks to a concrete spirit of solidarity, that enabled it to overcome the rivalries of the past. it is more important than ever, especially in the present circumstances, that these

rivalries do not regain force but that all recognize themselves as part of a single family and support one another. the european union is presently facing an epochal challenge which will depend not only its future but that of the whole world. let us not lose the opportunity to give further proof of solidarity also by turning to innovative solutions. the only alternative is the selfishness of particular interests and the temptation of a return to the past at the risk of severely damaging the peaceful coexistence and development of future generations. this is not a time for division. may christ our peace enlighten

all who have responsibility and conflicts, that they may have the courage to support the appeal for an immediate global sees fire in all corners of the world. this is not a time for continuing to manufacture and deal in arms, spending vast amounts of money that ought to be used to care for others and save lives. rather may this be a time for finally ending the long war that has caused such great bloodshed, in beloved syria, the conflict in yemen and hostilities in iraq and lebanon. may this be a time when israelis and palestinians resume dialogue in order to find a stable and

lasting solution that will allow both to live in peace. may the suffers of the people who live in the eastern regions of ukraine come to an end. may the terrorist attacks carried out against so many innocent people in different african countries come to an end. this is not a time for forget forgetfulness. the crisis we're facing should not make us forget the many other crises that bring suffering to so many people. may the lord of life be close to all those in asia and africa who are experiencing grave humanitarian crises. as in the province of delgado in

the north of mozambique. may he warm the hearts of the many refugees displaced because of wars throughout and famine. may he grant protection to migrants and refugees, many of them children who are living in unbearable conditions especially in libya and on the border between greece and turkey. and i don't want to forget the island of lebos. in venezuela may the lord enable concrete and immediate solutions to be reached that can permit international assistance to a population suffering from the grave political, socioeconomic and health situation.

dear brothers and sisters, indifference, self-centeredness, division and forgetfulness are not words we want to hear at this time. we want to ban these words forever. they seem to prevail when fear and death overwhelm us. that is when we do not let the lord jesus triumph in our hearts and in our lives. may christ who has already defeated death, and opened for us the way to eternal salvation dispel the darkness of our suffering humanity and lead us into the light of his glorious day, a day that knows no end. i would like to wish you all a

happy easter. much to reflect on on pope francis' message for this easter sunday. we now await his blessing. cardinal remind us now that the holy father grants indulgence according to the form established by the church, to all those that receive the blessing both through different communications technologies as well as those participating in this liturgy either spiritually or through desire. we pray, almighty god, to protect our holy father so that he may guide the church for a long time to come and to grant piece and unity to the church throughout the world.

[speaking italian] >> amen. [speaking italian] >> amen. >> [speaking italian]

>> amen. >> [speaking italian] >> amen. >> with that apstolic blessing to the city of rome and to the world, and to you, each one of you, comes plenary indulgence, in order to obtain that indulgence it is important to have a sincere intention of going to confession and receiving the eucharist as soon as possible, according to the catechism of the catholic

church, indulgence is remission before god of temporal punishment of sins whose guilt have been forgiven the faithful christian duly supposed. through the action of the church which as the minister of redemption, applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of the christ and the saints. with that we conclude this live broadcast of the easter sunday mass and pope francis's easter message and blessing coming to you live from st. peter's basilica in the vatican. it's been a pleasure to be with you. pete: welcome to this sunday, easter sunday edition of "fox & friends." you've been watching appropriately so, easter mass from st. peter's basilica at the vatican. the pope encouraged the

contagion of hope. i bring in griff jenkins, jillian mele this morning. we've been watching together for the half hour beginning of our program. powerful to watch the pope talk about how the world is affected right now by the coronavirus and how the faithful should cling to the cross and rolling away of even the smallest stone in our hearts to let the light of jesus in. guys, good morning. jillian: to you, pete, i will say something, i feel both things can be true at the same time. there is sadness, when you watch, it is empty and it is quiet but there is this reknown sense of hope, you heard the pope talking about hope multiple times throughout. you heard it last night in the vigil. it is really inspiring to hear those words. i think everybody needs to hear them right now. griff: good morning, jillian and pete. watching that service was quite powerful, the pope not just talking about hope but courage

to face what we're all feeling what we're all suffering. it sort of appeared to me, at least my personal reflection on it, he was sort of saying we've all borne our own crosses right now. we're suffering different ways, certainly those more than others. those that lost someone, we're fighting for our lives or go without a burial of our loved one. incredible times. he looked to that hope beyond today, he said listen, we're going to survive this. it is with that hope, in that message from jesus that life will prevail. we need to rededicate our lives to purpose beyond this easter. so an uplifting message as well as one of sadness in looking into that empty st. peter's basilica. pete: very true. we're looking into the reason we're hopeful. we're looking into an empty tomb. the stone is rolled away. jesus is risen today on this easter and you look at the traditions, this is 2000 years

after the birth, life and death of jesus christ on the cross. st. peter's basilica, st. peter the successor, first bishop of rome, crucified by the romans, ultimately for the gospel message of christ. the tradition continues today. a lot of people grateful that no matter what is going on in the world we have the ability to proclaim the gospel of christ. griff: that is why we now seek to bring in a pastor to give us some perspective on this incredible easter morning, pastor robert jeffress. fox news contributor. pastor of first baptist church in dallas. happy easter to you. >> happy easter to you. thank you so much. griff: pastor, give us some perspective and tell as you little little bit of your message this morning. >> first of all i appreciate what the pope said, he said in spite of this pandemic we're

living as a risen people. it reminds what somebody said as christians. we're not in the land of the living headed to the land of the dying. instead we're in the land of the dying headed to the land of the living. and you know whatever differences there might be thee logically between catholics and evangelicals like myself one thing that catholics and evangelicals are absolutely united on is the most basic truth of all, that jesus christ the son of god, died for our sins, he arose from the dead and offers eternal life to everyone who beliefs. that will be my message this morning at first baptist dallas. jillian: pastor, i wrote down something, the pope was encouraging political leaders to work actively for the common good. it is not a time much indifference because the world is suffering but we have to be able to lead a dignified life. i thought that was interesting, and interesting way to put it

because so many people are down and out now. so many people hitting rock bottom, lofted loved ones, don't have jobs, so many people are at the worst point of their life, we have to lead a dignified life. what do those words mean to you? >> they remind me that we need to remember the fact is people are suffering and you can't deny the reality of suffering and death. 20,000 americans have lost their lives. what is interesting to me, when you look at the bible, the bible never denies the or diminishes the reality of death. death is horrible and painful but it is also temporary. the great hope of the resurrection that allows us to live a dignified life to know that this life isn't all there is. jesus said i am the resurrection and the life. he who believes in me, though he were dead yet shall he live

again. pete: absolutely. many americans will be tuning in almost everybody remotely to some way, shape or form to their church or parish watching the easter service. the president is one of those, yesterday talked about is had plans for easter mass. he will be watching you. watch. >> can you imagine we have easter sunday and i'm going to be watching pastor robert jeffress who has been a great guy, i tell you, he has been a great guy. i will be watching on a laptop. the laptop is not the same as being in his church or other church. pastor robert jeffress, a terrific guy. a terrific man. i have gotten to know him very well. he is a man of great compassion. he loves our country. i will be with him on easter. pete: pastor, every moment you take the podium at church is significant to any soul but for the president to be listening, it has got to mean something else? >> well we're so honored to have him tune in.

our church absolutely loves president trump as do millions of christians around this nation. and i told him yesterday on the phone. i said our church has been in downtown dallas for 152 years and in that time president woodrow wilson, gerald ford, president george h.w. bush have all worshiped with first baptist dallas, but president trump will be the first president to worship with us online. we're so glad to have him tune in. by the way it wail be carried at 10:20 a.m. eastern time on foxnews.com. if you want to watch you can see our program, in addition to my message, 3:00 reasons the resurrection matters. our 300 voice choir and orchestra will provide easter music. yes, we recorded it before social distancing but my message will be live today. griff: pastor, out of this, do you anticipate, you know the pope talked a little bit about the different contagion of hope,

a transmitted heart to heart and we have seen in the recent weeks so many acts of self lessness, from the nurses, doctors, restaurant owners delivering meals to hospitals, prompted by nothing other than than the goodness of their heart. do you see a silver lining coming out of this? >> i really do. one thing, one of the silver linings is the fact that today more people are going to hear that easter message, the message of hope than anytime in history because of technology like online technology. people are stuck at home. they will hear the message they need to hear the most but i really believe we're going to come out of this crisis and we are going to come out of it, stronger, and i think we'll be more benevolent towards those around us. i think we'll be reminded like never before of the brevity of life. we live under this illusion we're in control of our life. we're not. and i think this reminds us that the only thing that ultimately matters is our relationship with god.

so i think good can come out of evil. jillian: you talked about about the fact that some people, more people will be able to watch the services all throughout the country, all throughout the world. can you talk about the importance of that of symbolism? we watched the pope giving his easter blessing. that is something not happened on a live stream. he broke from tradition. >> that's right. you know what i am hearing from churches everywhere is, they are having record numbers of people tuning in and they're hungry for hope. you know people don't care any longer about the denominations or church labels. they want to hear a message of hope. you know the great thing is our faith is not founded on fantasy. it is founded on fact. the fact that jesus was a real person who lived and died and rose again. you know the fact is for 2000 years the body of jesus hasn't been found anywhere because the body's not there. he has been risen from the dead just as he promised he would.

everybody needs that message. and millions of people are going to get to hear it this easter. pete: absolutely. pastor, we think about our own trying times right now, it is true, there is a contagion, we're facing something. one of the thing i felt was missing from the pope's message, the amount of people christians around the world, targeted, persecuted, killed for their faith. still the world today in the middle east and elsewhere proclaim the goss pep of jesus and are killed for for it. what is your message what we can do for fellow christians this easter. >> the most interesting statistic, there were more martyred christians in the 20th century than all centuries put together. the 21st century will look like many more christians. wees caped that in our country but fellow brothers and sisters in other countries are dying.

open door said 11 christians are martyred every day. the good news this isn't the only thing this exists. this life. those who died for christ are promised a great reward in heaven. the apostle paul said if we hope in this life alone we're all miserable. if you die for our faith there is nothing after you die you made a big mistake. the fact that those who give lives for christ will receive unending reward in heaven. pete: pastor jeffress, we think for joining us this morning. for everything you do for this country, for your congregation. everyone can join you, easter service, for example news.com, 10:20 a.m. eastern time. pastor, thanks so much. jillian: happy easter. griff: happy easter. turning now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, president trump declaring a major disaster in all 50 states, the first time in u.s. history.

pete: it comes as the u.s. covid-19 deaths double in less than a week, topping 20,000. the u.s. now has the most covid-19 deaths in the world, surpassing italy. that is if you believe china which nobody does. jillian: the number of u.s. cases, more than italy, spain, france combined, with more than 530,000 across the country. you know, guys. i keep saying it, we knew it would be a rough week, a rough few weeks. the numbers are not surprising to me. the important thing right now we are able to keep that curve in a flat state and be able to make improvements from here on out. griff: yeah, you know, both pastor jeffress and the pope giving as you little bit of that needed resolve because we have heard from dr. fauci and others it can exist at the same time that we have the record deaths as well as the signs of hope it will start to flatten. a strong message to batten down the hatches, let's get through this. pete: it is true, numbers are important, but they also can

lie. in a world where the communist chinese lie, things like we're the top in the world can be very deceptive. they have been lie about this from the beginning. griff: coming up, school closures shut down class across the country as nearly every college or university turns to online learning. we'll talk to one college changes lore bracing for the impact. philadelphia. schmear perfection. it's a voice on the other end of the phone. a note to say you're on our mind.

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as the florida theme park remains shuttered due to the pandemic. employees will stop receiving paychecks next week. they will keep their medical benefits up to a year. about 200 workers will remain at the theme park to perform essential duties. pete? pete: thank you, griff. the coronavirus causing unprecedented challenges for thousands of american universities. exacerbated already a long-standing worry among some college administrators, low enrollment. student enrollment dropped a staggering 11% in the last eight years. and now with social distancing standards and other restrictions many perspective students are not able to get to campus to tour it. could this pandemic be a turning point for higher education in america? joining us now to discuss, chancellor and ceo of kaiser university, dr. art kaiser. doctor, thank you so much for being here this morning. you've been doing online education for quite some time. is this a turning point writ

large for higher education? >> pete, yes i think it is, thank you for having me on your show. pete: of course. >> it is a time where, for the, for the most part that traditional educators are realizing the importance and the effectiveness of online education and it will be a turning point as students turn to online to meet their particular degree needs. pete: a lot of us felt hesitation to sending kids to liberal arts colleges, or others they lost their way, they're stuck in their ways. what, is there a way in which this moment could orient people toward more pragmatic solutions, career, nonprofit schools, others to say, hey, i i want a skill, i don't have to pay as much and i can do it online? >> well absolutely. i think that's already happening. there haas been a number of

non-profit liberal art school closures over the last couple years. this is because students are seeking career, technical, driven programs that will have a better return on investment for them when they go to school besides getting the academic skills that are necessary, the soft skills that industry demands. pete: last question, doctor, real quick what is the secret to good online learning? a lot of schools are trying to play catch-up, you've been doing it. >> we've been doing it since 1998. our belief, one, you still have to have small classes and the most important part is the interactivity between the student and the faculty and the students. it is a process which there is no alternative than, they still need the social contact in order to get the good academic and rigor. pete: people still ultimately learn from people.

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♪. griff: welcome back. easter sunday is looking a lot different this year due to stay at home orders spanning 42 states. how can americans celebrate at home and still keep the spirit alive? here to share his tips for viewing easter services online, curt "the cyber guy." curt, happy easter to you. good morning. >> happy easter, griff, good morning. griff: let's jump right in. where do we begin? >> the first thing we tried to figure out what our options are

in terms of celebrating easter together. so one thing that just happened this week, facebook messenger just came to the desktop. this is a great way to use another video service that might be a lot easier for everybody in the family because all you have to do is establish the chat on messenger. it works on all devices. then all of sudden you're all connected, there is no complication to it. it is safe, easy, simple. that is when you start to pour the mimosa, get together and open up easter baskets together. mine has a paper towel in it from friends in the middle. which was kind of clever on their part. griff: you mentioned minimum -- mimosas, i will forget the great bridge much tradition but you say you don't have to forego it? >> passover, we have a split family religiously, what we plan to do get together by video call. we'll have our easter brunch

together. not everybody is cooking the same thing. that doesn't matter. being together is what matters. the ease of technology that allows us to do that is making that happen. what do you do to entertain the kids during that is something a little more interesting. i put the challenge to you, griff. one of the tips to do, this is so much fun. is you line up your video call and in the background, you hide easter eggs. and so you then you ask the person on the other end, can you find the hidden eggs? i challenge you with identify the hidden eggs which i made very easy, griff. griff: love it. over there. i love it. i got it. i can see that the bunny has the pink one and flowers have the yellow one. i was the best easter egg hunter ever. that is great stuff. check out easter services, available at foxnews.com. we'll have tons of them, starting with pastor jeffress at 10:00 a.m. curt, happy easter to you. >> andrea bocelli will have a on

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i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> the whole world is suffering and needs to be united facing the pandemic. the challenge we're facing is not, is shared by all without distinguishing between persons. jillian: pope francis calling for global unity amid the coronavirus pandemic. the pope holding a is had tore rick easter mass to near empty st. peter's basilica. griff: as president trump declares a major disaster in all 50 states, the first time in u.s. history. u.s. covid-19 deaths doubling less than a week, now topping 20,000. pete: the u.s. now statistically has the most covid-19 deaths in the world surpassing italy.

an important point here, guys, italy has a population of 60 million. we have population of 330 million. surpassing them doesn't mean, it is just a data point. we know the communist chinese have been lying from the beginning. numbers can lie to you as well. reality we're taking very seriously what is happening in our country with our people, especially on this easter sunday. we'll car every angle of it here on "fox & friends." good morning to you both. jillian: good morning. happy easter sunday to you guys and you at home as well. griff: happy easter. no denying this is especially difficult time. the measure remains the same, he has risen, life prevails over death. today we'll mare the pope's message. pastor jeffress. hear franklin graham's message and all directed at one place, that is hope. >> pope delivered a special easter mass. it was live streamed from a near-empty st. peter's basilica.

something that i never seen. a lot of people were tweeting up watching it and thankful to and blessed to watch this service at this time,. pete: pete that is exactly right. the pope talked about hope and courage and contagion of hope. here is a portion of pope francis earlier. >> translator: for many this is a easter of solitude. the lord has not left us alone. united in our prayer we are convinced that he has laid his hand upon us. firmly reassuring us, do not be afraid, i have risen and i am with you still. pete: the pope also talked about rolling away even the smallest stone in our hearts on this easter. it's a reminder, guys, the church is just a place. the salvation of jesus christ and him, he being risen, he

risen indeed on easter is something we all can embrace and all have regardless where we are, that is what makes something like a threat we're facing with covid-19, puts it all into perspective. we all at home have a lot more time to reflect on it. we're taking in virtual services, reflecting with family, talking about a special message, passing on to our kids that is easter. jillian: absolutely. the pope said the challenge we're facing is felt by all. that is important every day while we're on this journey to remember but i think especially today. you're not alone. every person in this world right now is, experiencing this exact same thing and is having those emotions and those feelings you might waking up and having on the easter sunday. griff: the pope talking about, you know the victory of love over evil came through suffering. jesus went head into the battle. didn't go around it or circumvent it. certainly something we need to

hear as we listen to the he rebirth message of easter and look to rebuild our country. president trump certainly having the toughest decision of his life. when are we going to reopen the economy? when will we move forward amidst challenges of record deaths. here is the president talking about rebuilding in honor of victims and tremendous surge coming ahead. he was on the phone with judge jeanine last night. listen. >> well, i love the people of our country and we are bringing our country back. i want to pay my deepest love an respect to all of the families and friends of those who perished, so sadly. it was so incredibly how it came upon us, this invisible, i call it this invisible enemy and it is just a terrible thing. we were doing things that this country had never done before in terms of our success and now we'll rebuild it again. we're going to rebuild it again in honor of all those who perished. pete: great way to look at it.

in honor of those whose lives were lost at this moment. we have shut our economy down because of the medical necessity, quite different than other recessions we've seen in the past. jillian, a absolutely. look it will take time. it will not happen overnight. as you see the president is set on trying to get everybody back to where they were. those who lost their jobs, those who have been laid off at this point, those who are still working and sacrificing everything they have, our health care workers on the front line, fire department members, police officerses the goal is to get back at some point. griff: that's right. as more coronavirus patients and survivors share their stories are we're learning a lot more about it. there are support of new symptoms coming out as well. jillian: this is interesting. some patients who tested positive covid-19 describe ad strange buzzing or physicianing sensation throughout their body as they try to fight the virus.

griff: pete: our next guest is treating patients on the front lines. fox news contributor dr. janette nesheiwat. thank you so much. this new symptom, the buzzing sensation. what is this? >> good morning, guys. so what this is, sometimes viruses they can cause irstation and inflammation in the nerve endings. so i have had patients they come in and they complain about a buzzing and burning sensation. last night i had a patient came in. she felt like something was fizzling on her chest and her back. i looked to see, maybe did she have early shingles, some sort of bacterial infection this is common thing i'm starting to see more of. what it is temporary, usually will go away on its own. most likely from the virus. i have had patients put aloe vera on the skin, that helps soothe the skin. also over-the-counter medicines like tylenol can help or taking a cool shower can help. not something that is permanent.

it usually will go away with time. we encourage hydration as well. jillian: that is so fascinating. would you say the most common symptoms you're sighing at this point, are trouble breathing and cough and fever? >> yes. the definitely the most common symptom that my patients are complaining of is difficulty breathing, shortness of breath. sometimes they feel like pressure, a chest pressure and tightness. we're able to treat those symptoms with oxygen and sometimes inhalers like albuterol inhalers, that helps with over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen. and hydration. hydration helps with the healing process. flushes infection and virus out of patients. believe it or not, jillian, i had patients test with coronavirus and never had fever. definitely shortness of breath and chess tightness i'm seeing. will go away for most people. most people mild to moderate symptoms.

only a handful have to be hospitalized which is a good thing. griff: let's get into a few of our viewer questions. this one from jl, that writes, i'm using a saline nasal spray every day. is there any protection from the virus doing this. >> that is a good question. actually no. we recommend avoiding use of nasal sprayses. we are fearful it may aerosolize and spread the virus. hold off on using anything that might spread the virus f you're feeling congested, itchy eyes, runny nose, we're coming upon allergy season, use over-the-counter decongestant or antihistamine, that might a be safer, until we conduct more studies or research, that is might not be harmful. jillian: heather sent a e-mail, why do anti-bottom ticks work on

this virus but other cases of virus doctors don't prescribe antibiotics. what do you say about that? >> i've been waiting for this question, what we tend to see, sometimes, even though covid-19 is viral infection, sometimes you can develop secondary bacterial infections. aright throw my sin can help with that. there may be antiinflammatory properties and antiviral properties with asignificant throw my sin. it is not 100% clear it is effective. until we have more data to show it is useful and beneficial. around useful to other medications to help save lives. we definitely know for sure that antibiotics for the most part do not treat viral infections. we don't want to over use antibiotics, because that leads to superbugs and bacterial

infections like staph and utis that weren't work if we over use them. we have to be very careful with that. pete: we have a so clean machine that cleans my breathing equipment. can it be used to clean facemasks and gloves multiple times? >> sure. gloves are one-time use. use them once and throw them away. if you have a cloth mask, you wash it with soap and hot water. we would not recommend to use it in your c-pap or bipap cleaning utensils. that could be dangerous. you don't want to spread the virus. pete: you got it. dr. nesheiwat, thank you so much for your time and insight throughout this entire time. >> happy easter. pete: to you as well. on this easter we have a big show in front of us. look at that line up. you can read, so can i. mike huckabee, herman cain, dr. mark seek gel, amy grant, curt cameron, all sides covered from the politicians from the

pandemic experts to wonderful religious leaders on the program this morning. we'll have a great easter. jillian: yes, we are. meantime get you caught up on other news. start with extreme weather, millions of americans are under severe storm warning. threat stretching from texas and the southeast, look at this, baseball sized hail pelted homes in texas. >> this is gigantic. they're just falling from the sky. oh, my god. oh, my god. jillian: that is incredible. wow, the hail smashing through this skylight in del rio, texas. in nearby angelo, strong winds pulling roof off a shed sending it flying. the storm reached as far north as iowa. tornadoes could be in store this theseter sunday. wow. 1200 medical workers contracted covid-19 on long island, new york. 13 cases in hospitals in the area. at least two long island nurses,

five other medical workers have died from the virus. queen elizabeth sends a message of hope in her first ever easter address. listen to this. >> we know that coronavirus will not overcome us. as dark as death can be, particularly for those suffering with grief, light and life are greater. jillian: the queen pressing the importance of england's lockdown saying we need easter more than ever to overcome this time of darkness. and "saturday night live" doing the first at home edition this weekend the cast prerecording sketches from their apartment. tom hanks hosting from his kitchen after roverring from the coronavirus. >> ever since having coronavirus i've been america's dad since no one has been around me very long and i make people uncomfortable. jillian: "snl" suspended production amid the coronavirus

outbreak. they're adjusting like everyone else. pete: thought of that, perfect time for "saturday night live," plenty to make fun of as we go online. hopefully food stuff. got a lot more on this easter sunday. coming up the president setting up a new task force to open up the economy. data shows some of the country's hardest hit areas may be starting to stabilize. griff: who are the major players? what will they do? economist peter morici who usually joins us in studio, joins us live from home.

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>> we want to get the country open. we'll have a task force that i will announce on tuesday. names you have a lot of respect for. different names, different people. reporter: bipartisan? >> bipartisan. i think the stimulus coupled with the pent-up demand and everyone wanting to go get out to go back to work i think we'll have a tremendous surge. i think it will be like a rocket ship. i really believe that. griff: as coronavirus -- president trump set offing up new task force to reopen businesses across the country, predicting the economy will take off like a rocket ship. you just heard it, when the crisis is over. here to discuss it, former chief economist for the international trade commission, peter morici. peter, happy easter to you. you're in a live shot position with the capitol, not from home. i apologize. you came into work. >> this is isolated studio. super clean. only one guest at a time right

now. griff: peter, talk about the task force, the president having a call of a lifetime when to reopen it. how important is the task force and who should be on it? >> it is extraordinarily important because we open the economy in phases, consistent with health requirements and economy will fundamentally change than before. it will not be the same and require a lot of support but we have to do it in a careful way to provide the right incentives. that is why a task force that understands the financial system, that understands the real economy and so forth, that understands the political system, you know, we know that we'll have mr. meadows, the chief of staff, secretary mnuchin and larry kudlow from the national economic council. they really fill out those requirements very well. this is going to be like the war production board in a way from world war ii. but we can be pretty confident along with the right business leaders this should work out pretty well. griff: who else would you put on there though?

give me some names? you said maybe we bipartisan, we heard governors mention. if peter more rears sy is building the team, what else does it need? >> if you're going to be bipartisan, and you can get them to cooperate, somebody like governor cuomo. somebody like tim cook, ceo of general motors, people that understand the real economy integrating the public sector with the economy so supply chains move. the most difficult aspect of this thing just as john galbraith faced during world war ii, getting it through-put of the supply chain. if you decide to reopen production of automobiles, that you have all the little pieces that you need. the other aspect of it will be reconfiguring work places this is something that the governors really understand. because we're going to have to space out tasks. you go to a typical sewing machine set-up where they make shirts, and the, the machines

are all crowded together. you have to spread people out. that is a little tougher when you're dealing with a fixed automotive supply line, product line. griff: right. >> these things have to be worked out, bottom line, can we take off as the president said like a rocket ship? >> i think on this day of hope we should display some confidence. we, america is really at its best when it faces big challenges. when it faces big challenges it does big things. lifting a 22 trillion-dollar economy off the mat again is really a herculean task but i think we can be confident that america's private sector, the best minds in government, goodwill, a bipartisan effort will get us there. griff: quick final answer, yes or no, if you were asked to serve would you serve on the task force? >> i lofted audio. -- lost the audio. griff: thank you, peter morici, happy easter to you. appreciate your insights. we may have lost audio.

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jogging a six hour mini marathon right in his backyard to raise money for local hospitals treating coronavirus patients. steven burgess joins us with his parents elike that and paul. wow, that is incredible. thanks for joining us. >> we're so happy to be here. thank you. >> steven, tell us how this all started in? >> from a news story on -- >> that we saw that morning. >> that we saw that morning and decided, i could do that for six hours in my backyard.

jillian: wow. so i understand, mom, why don't you go ahead, i understand he saw a story and a boy ran five hours in his yard? >> yeah. story about a man in england that ran a marathon in his very small backyard and raised, i think he did a live stream, steven said, it took the man about five hours. so steven heard that i could do that. i could do six hours. he started getting together cones. got his running gear on. he set up a course in the backyard. jillian: so you ran for six hours. do you know how many steps you ran, steven? >> over 37,000 steps. jillian: 37,000 steps. i understand that you guys raised almost $2,000. i don't know if it is more at this point. paul, tell me how proud you must be of your son wanting to do something so fascinating like this? this is really incredible. >> i'm super proud. you know, we talk a lot in our house about loving others and, letting our love for god show

through, how we care for other people and steven's always had such a sensitive heart, such a sweet spirit. and, when he initially said he was going to do that, i will admit his mother and i thought, okay, this, this is cute. this will last for 30 minutes or so. but to see him going all day long, not slowing down a bit, yeah, proud. can't even describe it. jillian: i understand the money raised is going to hospitals in to help with the coronavirus response? >> yeah. it is a little bit of everything. steven, do you want to tell them about where you wanted the money to go to? >> hospitals and place called -- health. people that are homeless and meals for heroes. >> we've actually picked three different organizations here in wilmington. one is meals for heroes which

helps not only support local restaurants but also all the hospital staff and first-responders. vigilant hope is a beautiful ministry here in wilmington that helps the homeless pop luatinon. and nourish to feed. helps kids to get food in their hands that are insecure. jillian: that is great. what was playing at the very end when you played six hours? >> the rocky song. jillian: there you go. i love it. thank you guys so much for sharing the story. what an incredible family. thank you very much. >> thank you for having us. jillian: have a good easter, everyone. we have information on how you can help. plus more stories of people going to extra lengths to help people deal with the pandemic. help that on fox news

fox news.com/americatogether. millions of americans and christian around the world are celebrating from home and finding new ways to connect with the faith. ainsley earhardt and her beautiful daughter made -- hayden joinn us live with easter message. you don't want to miss it. your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. from across the city to come to this fellowship distribution spot and get food that they can't afford. (sorrowful music) - [announcer] there is an emergency food crisis for elderly holocaust survivors in the former soviet union.

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go indifferent or self-centered during the time of crisis. pete: the pope thanked first-responders, the military and other essential workers for risking their lives on the coronavirus front lines. griff: that's right. amy kellogg is live in florence, italy, with more on the pope's message. amy, good morning to you. happy easter. reporter: happy easter, griff, pete, and jillian. it was really quite eerie to see those scenes this morning outside st. peter's on the square, completely empty, beautiful blue skies. last year at this time there were 70,000 of the faithful packed into that square but as you mentioned easter weren't own and pope frances actually gave all sorts of messages. he has spoken about this tragedy, coronavirus, really summoning us to take seriously the things that are serious, and to get caught up less in the

things that actually matter less. he was full of messages and full of the story of hope on this easter sunday. he said life is of no use, if not used to serve others. he gave mass at st. peter's basilica with a bare bones staff. there were none much the faithful inside. those who were there were spaced across the marble floor. he talked about end to all wars and sanctions and resources put into taking care of people in this very difficult time. during easter he said this year, marked by solitude for many amidst sorrow and hardship. he said with cries hope too has risen. he called for the end to self-centeredness and indifference, asked for eternal salvation, dispelling of darkness and led into the light after glorious day forever. in florence where i am from the basilica, a thousand-year-old landmark, a message of easter

greeting and hope from the abbott. >> hoping for you that our future will be better than this very difficult moment with the help of god in the sky who will transform this terrible moment in a time finally of peace, love and real communion, friendship and reward. reporter: and from other parts of the world the archbishop of canterbury in the uk calling for a resurrection of our common life. then in panama, the archbishop actually blessing his faithful from a helicopter. people have had to be very creative to make this easter meaningful. certainly at a time when people are suffering on so many levels, healthwise and economically speaking, this message of hope really resonates more so than ever before for the faithful. back to you, guys, happy easter.

pete: wow, happy easter, helicopter mass. that incredible. amy kellogg, thank you very much. on this easter millions of christians are celebrating around the world from home live stream and finding new ways to connect and keep the faith. jillian: joining with us a message this morning is our very own ainsley earhardt. happy easter. >> happy easter. he is risen. hallelujah. i have some text messages this morning from some pastors i'm friend with. they're saying the same thing, posing he is risen. jillian: i have to ask, how are you feeling, you wake up the easter sunday, the world is a different place than it was last easter, the easter before, people celebrating in different ways, how do you feel? >> i know. we have heavy hearts on friday, good friday, knowing what jesus went christ, i cannot get throuh the movie without sobbing. i watched that scene again.

what he went through for us and me, we all put him on the cross that was a heavy day. today is the day to remember he was raised from the dead. he died on the cross for our sins. because of he went through we have hope, so when we die we are risen. without this day. christmas is so important. christmas is the day he was born. that is the day we celebrate. that is probably the biggest celebration for all our families but today is the most important day. with christmas he would have been born a prophet, a really great man. because of easter, because he rose from the dead we have a chance to rise from the dead too. i recently heard about a woman speak about her son commit suicide. she is a really strong christian. it is so difficult for her, but she has become a easter person. i grew up in evangelical church where we didn't celebrate lent. we never did advent at christmas. she learned about celebrating those weeks, or that holy time because now she understands the

meaning behind all of this. i grew up in the episcopal church. we went to a lutheran church. in college i really found jesus. i started going to a baptist church. i love all churches. i love to hear about jesus. we all learned in different ways. my mom had a hard time with me going through a baptist church because she grew up so formal. she changed her mind but that was a really tough time for her. i i told her, mom we're in different ways. i need to go to a church i'm learning about the bible, i'm learning about christ. she understood. that was fine. we all learn in different ways but the message is the same. that jesus is risen. to go back to the story of the lady whose son committed suicide, she said that she heard a quote from pope john paul ii the quote was don't abandon yourself to despair. we are the easter people and hallelujah is our song. she said now, i am an easter

person. without easter, my son would not be in heaven. i know one day i'm going to die. i don't know how, i don't know when, i know because of today she will be risen and she will be reconnected with her son. isn't that beautiful? pete: so beautiful. ainsley, good to hear you. you are the pope of "fox & friends." so it is appropriate we have you. >> you're so sweet. pete: so true on this sunday. >> pete, i am a sinner. i have done a lot of things in my life that i'm not proud of but the reason i became a christian is because i was in the middle of a time, i was at a fraternity party weekend. you know i grew up in a nice family. i didn't do anything too extreme or too bad but i was a teenager and a college student. i needed christ. i was so tired of that emptiness. i have not been perfect since. who is but i needed christ. i had a hole in my heart. i was trying to fill it. i was very involved in my church. until i developed a relationship

with christ i was still empty. and so i know, pete, you and general are so involved in your church. we talked about that. had so many conversations. y'all's faith has grown so much over the course of your relationship. i'm very proud of you. we're all really good friends. all four of us are great friends. we have conversations in depth about christ and we're all just on this journey together. we need to put politics aside, put our differences aside on this day especially. corona is heavy on our hearts. people are i doing. i watched one lady in an interview. she had to tell the nurse taking care of her mother in icu, to tell her she loved her before she took her last breath. she couldn't hold her mom's hand. she was sobbing on tv. can you imagine that. that is what people are going through. people are hurting. i'm homeschooling my child now. i'm spending all day with her. i'm from a studio close to my house. takes me no time to get to work. i'm greatful for my many

blessings. seeing what hayden does in school. we're skypeing with the teachers. normally i wouldn't be there, knowing what she is learning. for some families hurting today is different for them. so many people have lost their loved ones. my heart just is broken for them. and i hope that they know that because of christ, he rose from the dead and their loved ones will be raised from the dead too. they will see each other because they're christians. griff: ainsley the fundamental document of this pope francis is the joy of gospel. he wrote extensively about evan gellizations, what you did with it after becoming a christian, you with your bible study on fox nation, is walking proof of your faith. thank you so much for it. >> thank you. i have don't know if we have time. they wanted me to talk about the bible study. pete: real quick. we don't have time for the sound bite. share what is on "fox nation" right now. >> pete, you're doing a lot on

"fox nation" about your trip through the holy land. i have a bible study. some of us in our industries really wanted to dive into the word. i started it in my apartment. it kind of grew, anyone's welcome. people can bring friends. so we meet whenever we can. we don't do it on weekly basis. we have more bible studies, doing a joyce meyer bible study and, we basically go through the bible and just dive into it and talk about what we're going through personally. we pray for each other. we are on a constant text chain. fox asked if they could come to videotape that. they did, go on "fox nation" and you can watch some of our bible studies. we interviewed people around the world that are christians. it has taken off. i'm so thrilled about a company that allows me to talk about the bible. jillian: have a great easter. pete: god bless you. he has risen indeed. thank you, ainsley, so much.

isn't she the best. jillian: absolutely incredible. pete: you know who is the second best, maybe third, i don't know, we'll see. rick reichmuth. i don't know who is second, rick. at least you're third. maybe second. jillian: new bark background. rick: top 10. pete: nowhere near ainsley but somewhere up there. rick: exactly. i finally got a lighting system to be in a different spot. big weather system going on today. transition, tell you so many people across the south on easter sunday looking for really severe weather. if you look at the maps a complex system across the central part of the country. if you go up the towards the northern tier, from denver, market, michigan, snow we're watching, over a foot of snow. the southern side we'll talk about potentially strong tore

tornadoes throughout the area and evening. you really need to watch. jillian: rick, thanks. griff: coming up, america can get through the covid-19 crisis. that is the question for an american legion in georgia, lining a highway with hundreds of american flags to boost morale. meet the commander of that post coming up. we need to go undercover. hey, only rock trolls are allowed here. barracuda! cool. who wants to party? without smiling.

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to step up up to the pandemic. new england patriots brought more than a million to new york. pete: pete american legion post lining up on georgia highway with a million american flags. commander of the american legion post number 335 in sylvester, georgia, ray humphrey. thanks for being here. i'm a member of 225 in for rest lake, minnesota. a fellow legionnaire. thank you for your service, what you do there. talk to americans about your effort, what you're doing and why you're doing it? >> we started giving lunches to children whenever they were out of school. our post helped with that. we were asking what could we do besides that to help the situation. a friend of mine robert greer called me in the middle of the night, told me i think we need to set up the flags. we were thinking about doing that anyway.

we thought about the fact during world war ii when pearl harbor was bombed, flags came up everywhere. 9/11, flags came up everywhere. we decided we would get up that morning to put flags up. i put out a call. i got five people and a hound dog to come help us put them up. we got them put up. they're sitting there now. we have a sign out on the front of it, together we are strong, we will survive this like every other case comes before us, we have survived it. pete: ray, i love that. sometimes your friend calling you in the middle of the night has the best idea, sometimes not, but you responded and i love it. what is it about your veteran military background gives you the fortitude in this moment when a lot of people are anxious and uncertain? >> you know yourself, when you're under pressure you make the best decisions, you do the best things. you will make it come through. we're going to make it happen. the american lieger on is here for the community. we're here for all of the veterans, all of our former

warriors. we're here to support them, support everyone in our community. we just want people to know that we're here. we're together, we're strong, we will survive. pete: ray, sometimes that is what people need. seeing others people out there, displaying the patriotism, unafraid, courageous, displaying hope. we love what you're doing at post 335. ray humphrey, thank you for your service and a shot in the arm for you will of us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thank you, brother. never forget. pete: amen. never forget. we have information how you can help. more stories of people going the extra lengths to help people deal with the pandemic. foxnews.com/americatogether. still ahead, this easter may look a little different. it doesn't mean that kids can't have fun. we have stay at home twists. whipped cream dyed eggs. not here on set but you can make them at home next.

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♪. griff: welcome back. this easter may look a little different. that doesn't mean you still can't make it fun for your kids. pete: we have some last minute activities you can do to celebrate easter at home with your family. jillian: here with some of her favorite easter ideas, one of our favorites, lifestyle expert. and her son aid en. happy easter to you. >> happy easter, guys. jillian: start out with whipped cream dyed eggs. explain for us. >> yes. these are really easy to do. if you didn't get one of those at home dye kits, don't worry. take a can of ready whip, whipped cream. dispense the whole can to a nine by 13 pan. add food coloring. mix it all around and take the

hard boiled eggs you covered with vinegar and dried, roll it through the whipped cream mixture. let it sit there 30 minutes. you rinse it off, you get these beautiful tie dyed looking eggs. jillian: cute. pete: can you eat the whipped cream if you want to? >> aden thought, you totally can eat the whipped cream. you can actually eat the eggs completely, safely, afterwards. do the same trick with shaving cream but makes the eggs inedible. whipped cream is great way to enjoy the eggs, have the act tip of the and really fun time. jillian: good call. what about the painted carrot? what is that? >> okay so this is a really fun to do. so we did this yesterday. basically all you do, you take some paints. you paint the bottom of your child's foot. then i use orange cream. but if you don't have orange paint, you use white paint on to

white paper or trace their foot with a orange crayon or marker. then you just let it dry. with either some more construction paper or we did it with some crayons, you just draw a carrot. easter 2020 quarantine life, whatever you want. griff: quickly, got to get in this one, bunny hopscotch? >> what we've done there yesterday, we made an obstacle course. you have all different activities. ladder jump. ocean wave. strike a pose. >> [inaudible]. >> yeah he loved the obstacle course. we did it yesterday. it was really fun to do outside. jillian: so cute. aiden. we love the bunny ears. happy easter. >> happy easter. jillian: thank you. pete: parents can have a scotch during the bunny hopscotch. very appropriate. thank you so much.

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pete: straight to a fox news alert, pope francis calling for global unity amid the coronavirus pandemic. the pope holding a historic easter mass at a near empty st. peter's basilica. jillian: the message comes as president trump declares a major disaster in all 50 states, the first time in u.s. history. griff: u.s. covid-19 deaths doubling in less than a week, now topping 20,000 on this easter morning. good morning, jillian and pete in new york. i'm down in d.c. and we wish everyone a happy easter if you're just waking up and of course we heard from the pope this morning, fox news carrying it live in an empty st.

peter's basilica. a message of hope, of courage, a transmission of heart to heart from that message of the pope. you know, guys it remind me of a message at a a previous pope, john paul ii gave. he said never, ever give up on hope, never tire, never be discouraged, be not afraid. that a similar message coming from this pope, francis, today. pete: amen. he is risen, he is risen indeed. we know that. the stone is rolled away. one quick thing. we read those stats off the top about coronavirus, which is, you know, everywhere for us right now. remember, we may have surpassed italy, but italy has one-sixth 89% we do. stats matter. scale matters. and also of course the communist chinese never accurately reporting their numbers, vastly underreporting. stats are one thing. every human soul is important, but it's important to put this in perspective, too, as america rallies around battling this

coronavirus and also rises to the occasion on this easter sunday. jillian: that's right. and let's bring in now mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas and fox news contributor. happy easter to you, sir. >> happy easter to you, jillian, pete, and griff, great to be with you on this beautiful easter morning. jillian: absolutely. thank you for being here. let's start off -- we will get to more coronavirus in a minute, but let's start off talking about easter, and i don't know if you were awake at five o'clock this morning when pope been detect spoke at the st. peter's basilica. let's take a look at what he had to say. >> today my thoughts turning in the first place to administrate who have been directly affected by the coronavirus, the sick, those who have died, and family members who mourn the loss of their loved ones, to whom in some cases they were enable even to bid a final farewell. may the lord of life welcome the

departed into his kingdom and grant comfort and hope to those still suffering. jillian: what did you think of watching this, seeing it play out on a live stream for the whole world to see at the same time? >> you know, jillian, i think it's kind of sobering to see the basilica empty, but it's also a reminder that today's the day we celebrate that there's something else that's empty, and that's the tomb of jesus. it's empty. that's what we celebrate. we recognize that not even death can overcome the power of jesus christ. that's really the hope that the pope spoke of. it will be proclaimed in pulpits around the world. many will be watching, as i will online instead of physically being present in church. but the message is the same, and the church is not just a building; it's more. it's people. and people will be worshiping today and remembering what it really is all about, and that is

that not even death could contain god's love in the person of christ. griff: boy, that's well said, governor huckabee. stay with us because, you know, you mentioned those empty churches like the vatican, most churches across the country will be empty this easter sunday. pete: but some churches 'cause it's a free country violating stay-at-home orders, calling service "essential" in these un uncertain ti.es jillian: garrett tenney joins us live as the d.o.j. considers taking action. good morning, garrett. >> hey, good morning, y'all. the justice department has really raised the stakes of this fight, indicating it may take action against local governments that have cracked down on religious services in response to the pandemic. last night d.o.j. spokeswoman tweeted, "during this sacred week for many americans, a.g. barr is monitoring government regulation of religious services while social distancing policies are appropriate during this emergency, they must be applied even handedly and not single out religious organizations.

expect action from d.o.j. next week." in greenville, mississippi, police shut down drive-in church services and threatened to issue tickets to worshipers who refused to leave the king james baptist church's parking lot despite staying in your cars at a safe social distance after the city's mayor banned in-person church services. in louisville, kentucky, drive- drive-in services at the fire christian church will be allowed to take place today after a federal judge ruled the mayor's ban on drive-in-style gatherings was unconstitutional. however, that will not be the case in kansas, where the state supreme court ruled in favor of the governor's order limiting religious gatherings to ten people due to the coronavirus. it was also the first time the court heard arguments entirely over video streamed online. governor laura kelly reacted to the ruling on twitter saying "i want to thank the supreme court for expedite review under difficult circumstances. our response to this

unprecedented pandemic has necessitated that even our most fundamental institutions find alternative methods that preserve public health." however it's not clear if the democratic governor's order will be enforced because the state's attorney general, a republican, has ordered law enforcement officials throughout the state not to issue tickets or to arrest anyone violating that order. back to y'all. pete: garrett, thank you. governor, got to get your reaction. it's a huge issue. the idea that you can go through a drive-through to get delivery food but you can't drive through to your church, stay in your car and observe a religious ceremony ceremony. where are we on this issue of religious freedom? >> well, we've lost our collective minds if we think that this is okay for the police to come and arrest people in their cars, in a parking lot, safely distance from other people who are in their cars not touching, not even near each other. the closest they got to anybody was when the police came up for their car windows and told them they were going to get arrested.

that was the violation of social distancing. pete: why, governor? why? what would the rationale be? >> i think some people have let power go to their head and they're shredding both the constitution and common sense. for example, pete, why am i safer in a walmart with hundreds of shoppers than i am in my own yard or in my car or by myself at a church in a roll -- car rolled up windows listening to an fm transmitter so i can hear the pastor? now, as i said, my own church, we're conducting services online online. that's fine. but churches, if they practice safe social distancing and they take the precautions, maybe it's risky, but shouldn't they have the right to carry it out under the guidelines that have been set? pete: exactly. >> in tampa, a pastor was actually arrested, arrested for doing what the sheriff had told him the day before he could do. this is really frightening and it's got to be reviewed.

and i'm glad the attorney general's taking a look at it. pete: yeah, has to. so right. well said, governor, thank you. griff: hey, governor, let me ask you about something else, and that is, i was talking about this yesterday and i'm going to continue to harp on it because i think it matters and that is the role that the world health organization played in the un unfolding pandemic that now is just savaging the entire planet and the timeline of them really sounding the alarms. now, dr. anthony fauci, the face of our pandemic here at the white house task force briefing every day, he was on watters world last night. he was asked by jesse about the w.h.o. here's what fauci said. listen. >> you know, i don't know where the missteps went. the only thing i know what the end result was, that early on we did not get correct information. and the incorrect information was propagated right from the beginning because, you know, when the first the cases came out that were identified i think on december 31st in china and we

became aware of this, they said this was just animal-to-human, period. now we know retrospectively that there was ongoing transmission from human to human in china. griff: and now, governor, the president thinking about possibly can you go to down funding -- cutting off funding. what's your reaction? >> well, look. this president has been consistent. and thank god he's there and not somebody else who didn't recognize the threat that china posed. he's been saying this for years, that we can't live in a world where globalism overwhelms our good sense of patriotism to our own country. we can't become dependent upon some foreign government for our supplies, including medicines. now we understand better that that wasn't a statement of xenophobia. it was a statement of good sense sense. and this president ought to be congratulated and reelected for the fact that he recognized china's a cheater and they're a liar and that w.h.o. has been covering for them and maybe it's time to cut off their funding

because if they're going to lie to us and cheat for china then they're not our friend and we shouldn't be paying for it. pete: governor, what more can we do in this moment to expose, frankly, the godless communist chinese? we know where this is coming from, we know what their motivations are, we know they lie, we know they seek world domination, they are not our friend. frankly, some liberals are even waking up to this reality. what more can we do to leverage this moment to set ourselves free from them and defeat them? >> well, i think there are three things we've got to do as a country: fuel ourselves -- that means we do what this president has helped us do, become energy independent. we feed ourselves. empower our farmers to feed us so we don't import our food from people who hate our guts and could cut off the food supply. three, we fight for ourselves. that means we manufacture what we need ourselves including our own weaponry so we're not beholden to anybody and held hostage for somebody else manufacturing the things that we need to be a strong, capable, and forever nation. that's what i think we do, and

this president has led us to do it, thank god that he has, and i hope that people recognize that throughout this election year. pete: yeah. he was ahead of the curve before there was a curve. governor mike huckabee, thank you so much for your time. happy easter. god bless you. >> happy easter to you, too. jillian: let's take a look at some of the headlines we're following now. an f.d.n.y. inspector has passed away from covid-19. edward mungen passed away. he is 56 years old. he is the fourth f.d.n.y. to die from covid-19. as of wednesday nearly 600 f.d.n.y. members have tested positive for the virus, 11 of those cases at one firehouse in brooklyn. the u.s. navy says 100 more sailors have tested positive for coronavirus aboard the uss theodore roosevelt. in total, 550 people are infected on the ship. nearly 5,000 crew members are on board. the navy says 92% of them have

been tested. there are no deaths. the ship is docked in guam. more than 3,000 sailors have been moved ashore. one sailor was admitted to the icu at a naval hospital last week. nurses on the coronavirus front lines are seeing their car tires slashed after finishing up an overnight shift. this is really unbelievable. tires on more than 20 cars were slashed outside a new york hospital. one man was arrested and charged charged. the hospital reportedly says it will cover the cost of the damage. but i can't even imagine they are working tirelessly. you know, you finish a shift that is long and mentally draining, and you come out and you see that, it's just awful. pete: absolutely. jillian, thank you. still ahead, a new study shows the coronavirus could spread 13 feet, more than double the social distancing guidelines. there's always new stats. how significant is this data, and how much should it impact us? we'll ask dr. siegel coming up next. my patients

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♪ pete: welcome back on this easter. while covid-19 is forcing most of the country to stay home a new study is shining light on the importance of social distancing. the research published by the cdc suggesting the virus could spread as far as 13 feet, more than double the recommended fix fix-foot guidelines. here to discuss is fox news medical distributor dr. marc siegel. doctor, elizabeth, a lot of us are playing by the rules, doing our thing, staying away from people. you can't always measure four feet from six feet from eight feet so when you hear things like this, how is it going to affect people? >> i think we actually have to even increase the rules. this was a study done in wuhan looking at a hospital there and it found, first of all, that health care workers were tracking this virus fromroom to the next so i would add foot

coverings to this. are you taking your shoes off when you get into the house, are you disinfecting your clothing? this also showed, pete, that a cough could project this about 13 feet. this study was published by the centers for disease control. i looked at it carefully. it's reputable. we've got to increase the amount of social distancing. finally there's another study published this week in the annals of internal medicine that shows that the masks we're using and even the n95 masks don't protect us completely because this virus travels on very, very tiny respiratory droplets that can escape coverings. so that's another reason to stay a little farther apart as we flatten the curve. so i would be even more cautiou. pete: count me as skeptical of anything coming out of wuhan past our present, including studies. >> fair enough. pete: -- communists have zero credibility. we got a few questions from viewers who are more credibility

than the communist chinese. here's an email from pam. she said, "how long can a person be a carrier if we send carriers back to work, how long can they spread the virus?" good question. >> well, pete, actually we're using the 14-day rule on that and we're saying you can't go back to work until you've been observed to self-quarantine of 14 days. but i'll tell you what will happy help that is the rapid testing we're trying to push out now. if i knew that you didn't -- that you weren't shedding any more virus and i knew that you had antibodies forming to the virus, i would be very comfortable with your going back to work. we can do point of care where we have those results within five or ten minutes. we're going to be getting those the next couple of weeks widespread. that would help me with that answer. in the meantime, i would say 14 days. pete: another question from scott, my family of four all had symptoms of covid-19, a lack of strength, at a took a test which came back negative. my son was denied a covid test

but given a test for flu and strep. what else could we have had? >> there's lot of respiratory viruses around that we're not talking about we're so focused on covid. you could have had many kinds of virus, even the flu and tested negative. i'll tell you something. we're only about in '28 sensitive on this test out of a hundred; so it's not sure even if you have a negative test. so i still would say 14 days again. pete: doctor, i hear a lot of that from a lot of people, all the way back to november, december, january, we saw the symptoms, we know china was lying about it, we know it moved around the world earlier than people thought so i bet none of this surprises you. >> pete, i was one of the first people and you too to say that china was lying . the world health organization was in china's pocket on this. they were saying it wasn't a pandemic. they were saying it's not a danger to the world. we never got the right information out of this, and i

also believe that this virus was spreading around the world probably in november and december. i think my own wife had this in early december when she traveled back from europe and was in mexico. i am absolutely certain this has been around for longer than we were told. pete: i've heard very much the same. doctor, thank you so much for your insight. great stuff. appreciate it. >> thanks, pete. pete: you got it. still ahead, devoted grandparents meet their new granddaughter while social distancing outside the hospital. they and the baby's parents in a neat story. join us live next. in this world where people are staying at home, many of life's moments are being put on hold. at carvana, we understand that, for some, getting a car just can't wait. that's why the new way to buy and sell a car is also the safer way. at carvana, you can do it all 100% online from home, with a touchless delivery and pick-up process to keep you safe. and for even greater peace of mind, all carvana cars come with a seven-day return policy. shop now and get up to 90 days to make your first payment. check out carvana-- the safer way to buy a car.

from greeting their newborn granddaughter from a cdc- cdc-recommended distance, of course. the two went to surprise their daughter tiffany and son-in-law tim from outside the hospital as the couple wmd their daughter, harlow, into the world. joining us now are baby harlow's parents tim and tiffany manson, along with grandparents brandon and danette thomas.

great to have you and baby harlow. >> thank you for having us. jillian: congratulations. >> happy eas.er jillian: happy easter to all of you. grandparents, we'll start with you, brennan and daneette. tell me how this transpired because i know it's probably so hard to not be able to go into the hospital and hold your newborn granddaughter. >> it was terrible. well, it started with the pandemic and things spiraled really quick, you know, with the hospital locked down and we weren't allowed to be there, and it was -- it was rough. and tiffany's had a really rough pregnancy, and we've been so excited, and things just spiraled. jillian: so, brandon, you drove an hour; right? >> oh, y.ah, >> a little over an hour to get to the hospital. >> and we were going to sit in the parking garage just so we could be close, we had these signs, we didn't know what we were going to do. first we were going to go to her apartment and put them in there, and then we got the idea that let's go -- we knew which

building they were in, and so we decided that we would stand out on the sidewalk and look for a light that was on, and then we saw a couple lights on, called tim and said, "go to the window window," and of course we picked the day that was the wettest april day ever on record in l.a. l.a.; so we were standing out there in our masks with our signs so that we could -- you know, so that way tiffany, you know, knew we were there for he. jillian: tiffany, when you saw these photos, how did you feel? >> oh, i cried. i cried. it was sad that they couldn't be there with us in the hospital, but it was just so touching that they went to that extent to show their love and support of us, and it just meant the world to both tim and i, and it was just so touch.ng jillian: and, tim, i know that you're from australia. your family obviously not able to make the trip over here to meet their granddaughter, but they were able to give a little

hello from a distance; right? >> sure did. they had a trip planned and obviously that all fell apart because the travel bans. and it's been tough for everyone everyone. but, yeah, they still have been facetiming a lot and still participating as much as they can . jillian: look at the photo they sent from australia. that is adorable. i mean, the world is in this together; right? >> we are. >> oh, y.ah, >> -- the most important thing and that's why we're doing this. we're diego this for each other and everyone else's families, too, . jillian: absolutely. do you guys have a message that you want to give to your family, tim, if they're watching? >> just that we love them very much and can't wait to see t.em jillian: thank you for getting up and showing baby harlow. beautiful. thank you for sharing this story really incredible, tiffany, tim, brendan, danette, and baby harlow. hopefully you'll be united soon.

>> thank you very much. jillian: of course. bye-bye. christians across the world celebrating easter in new ways amid the pandemic, but some traditions will never change. our panelist pastor joins us with their easter sunday message next. so why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms which most pills don't. get all-in-one allergy relief for 24 hours, with flonase.

♪ trump: because in many cases we'll be separated physically only from our churches.

we won't be sitting there next to each other which we'd like to be, and soon will be again, but right now we're keeping separation. we're getting rid of the plague. it's a plague on our country like nobody's ever seen. but we're winning the battle, we're winning the war, we'll be back together in churches right next to each other. griff: president trump sharing his easter message just moments ago as worshipers prepare to honor their faith this morning in different ways to maintain social distancing. so on this easter sunday, during these trying times, how can christians keep their faith alive? well, our panel is here to discuss it. senior pastor of harvest christian photocopy pastor greg laurie, faith pastor -- and coalition of american pastors and author of a dream derailed, reverend bill owens. good morning, happy easter to all of you. >> good morning. >> happy easter to you. jillian: pastor laurie, let me start with you. how are you planning to share

your message of easter? will you do it live streaming, drive-through, and what is your message? >> we're going to be starting -- our services are already begun, all day long every fours two hours so four o'clock, six o'clock, eight o'clock, ten o'clock, eastern standard time. our message is very simply: jesus christ rose again from the dead and he's alive and he can forgive us of our sins, and i think this is important because right now people are stressed out. they're afraid, calls to mental health hotlines are up 850%, alcohol sales are up 55%. people are turning for help and we're saying that jesus christ can come and live in your heart. he came out of the empty tomb, and he can come into your empty heart. griff: pastor krank, tell me how you will be celebrating today in your message. >> i'm definitely not a perfect pastor, i'm just a soul in need of a savior and that's why today

means so incredibly much to me. and with a lot of the unexpected things that have happened, the main thing is we serve an unexpected miracle working god. and i felt pushed down maybe a little bit where we usually see 20,000 people worship with us, it turns out we've had over 300,000 people worship with us already this weekend. so i just want to bring people -- we have a message of hope that, you know what? nothing takes god by surprise. and though we didn't expect this god uses things in our life that we could never imagine and turn them around. and we see mountains, and he turns them into molehills and makes moments that are memorable for us and makes things happen that never could. and so we're just bringing a message of hope to people, that god turns all things around and does all things for our good. so we're expecting really unexpected miracles and great things to be happening in people people's lives, relationships, out of what looks like a plague or something that's terrible. griff: you're quite right, across krank, the pope giving

that message of hope and light prevailing over evil. reverend owens, what's your message today and how you going to get it to the flock? >> my message today is to remind people that last week during passover was the first time in history that israel was locked down. moses put a curfew on the people so they could rest and be ready when the time came to move out of -- to move out of egypt and into the promised land. and this is our time to praise and worship with our families so we can be prepared for the next move of god in this country. there is a new move of god that will affect all of our lives, and god, like moses, has prepared us, is preparing us to pray, be together, and hear from god. thank god for this day, the day that jesus rose from the dead, that we can worship god.

griff: pastor laurie, let me come back to you for a second. you are wearing all back, and you wrote a book about johnny cash. he came to jesus, had strong faith, and you talked about sinners. that's a real message of easter. it's one of rebirth, and your response from the people watching your sermons in your church. that has it been? has it lifted spirits? >> yeah, inning people -- look. here's the amazing thing. we had the privilege of having the president send out a tweet for our service last week for palm sunday and we had record views of 1,300,000 people. but here's the amazing thing, griff, is we had 11,000 people online indicate their desire to ask jesus christ to come into their life. and so i think people are asking how do i come into this relationship with god? and that's something we really try to do with our webcast we have a message on easter and what it actually means, but then

we tell people how to come into this relationship with the lord today. you know, yes, jesus was a historical figure who died on a cross 2,000 years ago and rose again from the the dead. as i was saying before, he's alive, and i think people are looking for answers. they're listening, griff, like they've never listened before. griff: and pastor krank, you mentioned those numbers really rising. do you see a silver lining that perhaps more people are coming to the cross, if albeit digitally? >> you know, i remember a story in the bible, leave it to a pastor to talk about the bible, where pile and silas are put into a dungeon in their darkest place and it was at that moment that they praised god. and an earthquake happened, something terrible happened, it seemed but it opened the prison doors and that's what we're believing, is that something that seems terrible is going to open doors for people to lead them out of maybe dark places in their life to see that there is a light, there is a god who cares about them ferociously enough to send his son to die

for them. and people who are like me who needed a savior so badly i believe this is an opportunity for them to find him in the comfort of their own living room and maybe they wouldn't have stepped into a church. griff: reverend owens, very quick final word from you, and that is, is this a message we hope continues to get us through this pandemic? >> absolutely. the message is god [unintelligible] and we should take this time to honor him, pray with our families and worship god, every day, every day. it is so important. griff: all right. pastor laurie, pastor krank, reverend owens, thank you very much, have a blessed easter and thank you for sharing your message here today. >> thank you. pete: thank you very much. mr. headlines starting with this fox news alert. u.k. prime minister boris johnson released from the hospital just moments.

downing street says he will continue his recovery from the coronavirus at home. he will not yet be returning to work. great news there from our allies across the pond. and the trump administration announcing it will require health insurers to provide free antibody tests to americans. saying the tests could give better insights into the u.s. outbreak potentially easing social distancing guidelines. the test will gauge if people are immune, indicating those who have had the virus but showed little or no symptoms. it's unclear if tests will be provided to uninsured americans. i'm sure we'll get an answer. and former vice president joe biden wins the alaska democrat primary, biden beating bernie sanders even though he dropped out of the race with 55% of the vote. the former vice president now leads sanders by more than 300 delegates. sanders dropped out of the race but is still collecting those delegates. the alaska primary was delayed by a week and only used mail-in ballots. not a signing of strength from

the frontrunner. and take a look at this drone video. a texas water tower lighting up blue honoring essential workers in the coronavirus pandemic. it's one of many landmarks lighting up blue to support front-line workers across the country. and those are your headlines. jillian: wow. beautiful. pete: very cool. jillian: let's go right now to rick because we've seen severe weather across the country. we were, rick, reporting earlier in some areas they had baseball- baseball-sized hail. >> yeah. it's a really incredible storm. it's the same storm that brought all of the rain to california this week. now it's finally moving off toward the east but it has an incredible amount of energy with it and today likely the worst of all the severe weather that we'll see from this storm, in fact one of the worst days hopefully for this spring. take a look at the map, show you what's going on. a really complex system to the north side of this we got a significant amount of snow going on. in fact we're going to some some stops you see a line coming around denver, through nebraska, up through south dakota and then

in minnesota and up towards the u.p. that's where. >> qoiio: is. the southern side of this is where we have severe weather, severe weather across the hill condition of texas, this pulls off towards the east and it's going to happen in a few batches so where you see that red bull's-eye that's the biggest threat for some large, long lasting tornadoes, those could be deadly and destructive. everybody would be watching that that. this threat does continue tomorrow so it's going to go through the overnight hours tonight and then extend throughout tomorrow across the east coast so we've got a long batch ahead of us here on this easter sunday, not the news that i'd like to be able to share with you but everybody does need to be prepared for this storm. pete: we will watch it. rick, i like your view. very nice. jillian: beautiful. >> i've got a great view out my window. pete: you really.do jillian: we're enjoying it. pete: thank you, brother. >> you bet. pete: still ahead as we celebrate east through the pandemic, a message of hope and resilience coming up next.

(vo) was that a pivotal historical moment we just went stumbling past? here we are dancing in the rumbling dark so come a little closer give me something to grasp give me your beautiful, crumbling heart we're working every dread day that is given us feeling like the person people meet really isn't us like we're going to buckle underneath the trouble like any minute now the struggle's going to finish us and then we smile at all our friends even when i'm weak and i'm breaking i'll stand weeping at the train station 'cause i can see your faces

there is so much peace to be found in people's faces. i love people's faces. ♪

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>> american crusade we need to be clear about our beliefs, our words and our actions. the enemies of our country are very clear about theirs. we love our country. not because it's perfect, but because it's the best in incarnation of both righteous and realistic values. we're patriots. we're nationalists. we're americans. america is where freedom lives and where freedom can fight. pete: guys, not a great camera angle but the best i could do in an audio booth. earlier this week i spent two days in a booth for nine hours a day reading any book, "american crusade" so that a month from now when it comes out if you don't want to read it in print you can listen to the audio book version. it's a lot of fun, actually, re rediscover your own book, having written it months earlier, and the book is called "american

crusade." so if you're looking for something to do right now during covid-19 there is something to read or something to listen to you, i will be reading to you in soothing tones. griff: that shot, let's see that shot again. the turret cam; right? riding around in an armored vehicle. if you look up a turret it looks like pete up there looking out of the turret. pete: that is basically it. that is me on my iphone, and i put on my twitter feed and facebook page and others an entire compilation of different readings but it is fun to read in your own words because you can bring the passion out, how you feel about something or slow it down or speed it up or whis.er jillian: we can't wait for it to come out in audio book. will you read for us? pete: sure. here's one that's a bit fitting from my book "american crusade." it reads this. "i'm not superman and neither are you, but we're the next best thing. we are americans. and if we make the choice to take the next step, to truly become american crusaders, the

future can and will be ours. the call never comes at the right time. life always get into the way. your cape will get caught in the door. the enemy is often more vicious than you thought. as we see in the army, no plan survives first contact with the enemy. but if you persist and if you insist and if you show courage, there's no force on earth, especially the left or a virus or the communist chinese, that can hold you back." guys, there's stories on why my cape was caught in the door because i may or may not have been taking a phone call while wearing superman tights on halloween and that story is in the book, but the idea is we can come together. america is such a special place, if we muster the courage to do so so. and i wanted to share a little of that this morning. and i was able to knock the audio out this w.ek jillian: you're a very busy man because you also have a lot on fox nation. pete: yeah, in between the hegseth school for higher learning, tonight, very cool, i'm honored that the channel picked up this project, battle

in the holy land which our third season aired on fox nation, a lot of people are watching it. a condensed version will be on fox news channel tonight at ten p.m. on this easter sunday. you're going to want to check it out. it is -- i'm telling you, it's a passion project just like the book, "american crusade," i pour myself into it and i think you'll learn something. jillian: i love it. griff: of the authors i interview, i'm going to ask you the same one which is where did you get the motivation? why did you write this book available coming out may 19th? pete: a wrote a book four years ago called "in the arena" and i feel like our politics in our country changed so swiftly, the era of trump, the reality of the left, that i needed to write an update. it was like pouring out of how i felt. and so this is sort of a reality of our moment, 2020 and the future, how do we safeguard this american experiment? and it's our culture and our education and our religious institutions where we'll do it, of course, president trump winning again would help. jillian: thank you, pete.

congrats. coming up next the grammy winning christian artist amy grant joins us with her message, a life performance and her new initiative helping our health care heroes ♪ my child, my child ♪ lay down your burdens ♪ i will carry you

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♪ griff: as we celebrate this easter sunday, we are taking the time to honor americans coming together in unique and inspirational ways. jillian: that's right. here are a few stories of positivity amid the pandemic starting with this one. the 5-year-old alaska girl who is very serious about keeping people safe. take a look at this. >> i'm sorry if you can't go to your -- don't go anywhere and wash your ha.ds jillian: oh, my gosh, how cute.

nova knight. she made this video reminding people how to stay safe during the coronavirus, washing their hands, staying home and telling everyone that she is serious. pete: yeah. justin trudeau tweeted back to the grandmaster's video saying, "what it great reminder. thanks for sharing this video, cindy. pleat let your granddaughter know i'm glad she had helping spread the word. 'cause she's right, that's how we will all stay safe." look at that. getting sole attention. another story here. new york children are giving away free face masks at a roadside stand. i think we have video of that. jillian: oh, look at that. pete: there's a picture right there. so pretty cool. they've got masks, they've got extra, they're giving them away for people that need.it jillian: a 12-year-old boy ethan levinson and his 9-year-old brother eden, standing in their front yard, this is in minetto new york work i think i said that correctly, he and his

mother have made more than 300 masks and they say they're going to keep doing it. griff: that's awesome. here's one closer to d.c. and that is a richmond photographer you guys know, i love my dog dearly and shelter pets obviously, look at this cute one this photographer helping to save shelter pets, really quite amazing here, and we can't forget our friends during this crisis. and, you know, really we thank them, our furry friends, becky huddleston there, photography, we see her. thank you, becky, for reminding us of our furry friends keeping us through this time of just unprecedented anxiety and stress stress. here's the "adopt me" photo. pete: griff, i think it's great but it's discriminating against cats. i don't see any cats, and that's unfortun.te jillian: i've actually seen so many stories that shelters have been just wiped clean because so many people right now are adopting, which i think is fantastic. look how cute. oh. griff: very, very cute. jillian: yesterday was national pet day, by the way.

just throwing that out there. griff: pete, there's always time for you to get a dog. pete: nope. huh-uh. griff: and name it corona like many people have out there and give it the love and attention it deserves. pete: i think a cat is on the docket for me. that's possible. dogs not right now, too many kids. like getting another kid. a lot of work. you know this. jillian: it is a lot of work. pete: for more stories like this tune in at ten a.m., today right after off shower winning special edition of "america together." keeping the faith, franklin graham, michael w. smith, sandra smith will be hosting that for two hours on the channel. you are not going to want to miss.it griff: turn now for quick headlines. house-to-house travel now banned in michigan. governor gretchen whitmer announce new restrictions under the state's stay at home order including a ban on visiting friends and relatives. people are allowed outside for exercise as long as they maintain social distancing. and this. walt disney world furloughing 43,000 more workers as the

florida theme park remains shuttered due to the pandemic. employees will stop receiving paychecks next week. they will however be able to keep their medical benefits for up to a year. pete? pete: all right, griff. thank you. president trump launching a new task force focused on reopening the economy as businesses cope with the covid-19 pandemic. how can the country's physical and financial health be merged? herman cain will join us on that coming up next hour. - hey, can i... - safe drivers save 40%!!! guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. ... hi, i'm bob harper,

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griff: straight to a fox news alert, pope francis calling for global unity amid the coronavirus pandemic and the pope holding a historic easter mass at a near-empty st. peter's basilica. pete: the service was live- streamed worldwide including on the fox news channel as millions of followers celebrate christ's resurrection while also in quarantine. jillian: the pope's message

comes as president trump declares a major disaster in all 50 states the first time in u.s. history. u.s. covid-19 deaths doubling in less than a week now topping 20,000. on that note we say good sunday morning to you happy easter i'm jillian mele along with pete above me and griff in d.c. griff: happy easter. pete: good morning happy easter he is risen, he is risen indeed, the stone has been rolled away, he is risen from the dead and what an amazing inspiring message we need on this day. jillian you provide those number s which are staggering for people as they look at what's happening in our country but a couple important reminders especially on this easter. one we passed italy for the amount of deaths but it it is one-sixth the size of our country so consider the scope of what we're up against we have our arms around this as best we can can and we're tackling it and we also know the communist chinese have lied about their numbers from the beginning and likely are multitudes upon multitudes of more infections than they would ever admit and i

also point out on this easter sunday in china they are closing churches, jailing pastors and trying to rewrite a state diabetes owned version of the bible that will correct the understanding of the bible so as we think about people prosecuted a place where god and christianity is not allowed to flourish and worship so we should be appreciative even when we see restrictions in our own country which many think are going too far appreciative the gospel can be proclaimed on public airwaves in this nation on this easter sunday. griff: pete that message of course pope john paul ii preach ing his easter message numerous times about never giving up hope and pope francis also preaching delivering a message today of hope, talking about the whole world is suffering and he talked about the uniqueness of which we do it now during the coronavirus pandemic, in solitude, and saying we're not alone. take a little listen to the pope earlier this morning.

>> for many, this is an easter of solitude, of the lord has not left us alone. united in our prayer, we are convinced that he has laid his hands upon us, firmly reassuring us, do not be afraid, i have risen and i am with you still. pete: yeah, he talked about courage, and hope, and the conta gion of hope in this moment we need pay lot of that jillian. jillian: yeah he encouraged political leaders to work actively for the common good and everyone needs to lead a dignified life and now is not a time for indifference because the whole world is suffering and the challenge we are facing is felt by all and i think that's important to remember every day especially today because everyone has their moments where people get down about what's going on. one of my best friends called me yesterday she was just having a hard time with everything and

she says i think it finally hit me today everything happening because she lives in d.c. and her family is in philadelphia and she said i can't go home to see my family for easter and it just hit me today and when we all have those moments and we all do we have to remember that we all have those moments and we are not alone. griff: the pope really sort of is giving at least to me as i reflect upon the message that we're all carrying our cross, some even moreso than others and he spoke about how difficult it must be not only for those who lost loved ones in this crisis but those that couldn't say goodbye, no final farewells, really quite an uplifting message and of course, one that says give us some purpose and let us in this rebirth, begin to rebuild our lives, and of course , we can shift somewhat in our coverage today because at the same time that the pope is giving us hope for our lives through this suffering, the president ultimately is going to be giving us a path forward on how we will try and

rebuild this nation, this economy that is being hit in unprecedented way, just being savaged at the moment but one not caused by financial ruin, like we saw in 2008 but one caused by this health crisis, that's claimed so many victims, the presidents are trying to put that together here is a little bit of what the president said to judge jeanine last night about that. president trump: well i love the people of our country, and we are bringing our country back i want to pay my deepest love and respect to all of the families and friends of those who parished, so sadly, it was so incredible how it came upon us this invisible enemy, and it's just a terrible thing, we were doing things that this country had never done before, in terms of our success, and now we'll rebuild it again. we're going to rebuild it again in honor of all of those who per ished. pete: i don't think anybody has

any doubt that's the commitment of this president. the question is when to do it, how far to do it, whether you do it at a national level or regionally and locally, do you defer to governors to make that call who have been very much empowered and a system of federalism where states have a lot of autonomy and this is a big one as we acknowledge yesterday it's one of the biggest decisions the president will make and it also comes in a moment on this holy holiday, guys where we're seeing some governors go too far, shutting down people's ability to even drive to their church and have a drive-in service in a country premised on religious liberty and people don't want to feel like they can't go to their church, even stay in their car and worship so the balance between security, health and liberty is playing out, and i think the president feels the weight of that and certainly when it comes to the economy, wants to get open as quickly as possible. jillian: and a little bit of good news on that subject, is a lot of services are live-stream ed today as we saw the pope's easter blessing live

streamed earlier this morning so people will be able to celebrate to attend their services in just a different aspect today. so we'll continue to follow that in the meantime let's talk about this because republican leaders are vowing to reject democratic demands for the coronavirus relief as the gop pushes for more aid to small businesses , the struggling in the pandemic. garrett tenney is live as the paycheck protection program is just days away from running out of money. hi, garrett. reporter: jillian, good morning to you. this program has been a life line for small businesses, struggling to keep their doors open during this nationwide lockdown, but with so many businesses applying for these forgivable loans the administration expects that the payroll protection program's initial $350 billion will be gone by the end of this next week. republicans want to simply add another $250 billion to that single program, but democrats are blocking that effort, and demanding that any legislation to boost payroll protection also

include an additional $250 billion in funding for hospitals and state and local governments. this weekend, the top republican s in the house and the senate slammed the democrats demand saying republicans reject the democrat's wreckless threat to continue blocking job-saving funding unless we renegotiate unrelated programs which are not in similar peril. american workers cannot be use the as political hostages. republicans and the white house had said they are open to providing additional funding for those such programs, but they want to do it as part of the larger phase iv package. democrats argue that just like the payroll protection program, is an urgent need of additional funding, so are hospitals and state and local government, but these negotiations will play out over this next week, with hopes they will be able to reach a deal before the end of the week, on that funding for the payroll protection program, is expected to expire. back to you all. pete: garrett, thank you very

much. griff: thank you very much. let me just speak up there because i'll likely be covering this for you guys on fox & friends this week. it is going to be an incredible sight because as larry kudlow said, this is going to run out by the end of the week. they've already spent 168 billion and put out 661,000 loans but it's coming at a moment when many of the small businesses across the country are still trying to make this incredibly difficult decision of what to do going forward, and if there is any hint that their leaders in washington are putting politics ahead of their well-being, it is going to be unbelievably distasteful to say the least. pete: well said as most businesses are still waiting for those loan, billions are approved to go out but the actual transfer a lot of companies still waiting and listen it was a big project done very quickly, there's faith that it will happen but it's still happening but so those are at the back of the loan, where the money is going to run out.

you see the disconnect amongst democrats between governors who have to run states who are directly accountable to the people in the states, who are working very pragmatically, with the president, across the aisle, to get things done, and democrat s in washington more detached from that, attempted to play games, throw money in, leverage things at a moment where it's pretty clear what's needed, and it could easily be solved so griff we'll be watching your reporting all week jillian: absolutely and it is the 12th of april and a lot of people already looking forward to may 1 and thinking how am i going to pay my bills for may 1? a lot of people couldn't pay april 1 let alone the second month that people might not be able to pay. pete: send the bill to china is what we should do. let them pay. for all of this. eventually at the end of the day that's the bipartisan thing that washington should be able to come together on and a 9/11- style commission that says you know who did this? you know whose to blame for this it's the communist chinese and they should ultimately pay for this. jillian: i just think the longer it takes the more disheartening it's for a lot of people trying

to figure that out so we'll stay on top of that, in the meantime let's take a look at the other headlines and we start with extreme weather. millions of americans under a severe storm warning this easter weekend. the threat stretching from texas to the southeast, after baseball -sized hail pelted homes in texas. watch this video. this is gigantic. they are just falling from the sky. oh, my god! >> [cashing] jillian: that is hail smashing through the sky light, in texas, and the storm reaching as far north as iowa. more hail and even tornadoes could still be in-store this easter sunday. nearly 1,200 medical workers have contracted covid-19 on long island, new york. a new report shows the cases in 13 hospitals in the area, at least two long island nurses and five other medical workers had died from the virus. heros honoring heros. look at this. watch as first responders cheer

for medical workers in new york city, as firefighters organize a similar effort in miami. >> [sirens] jillian: miami-dade firefighters saluting healthcare workers outside a hospital saying they are all in this together. for more inspiring stories like this head to foxnews.com/americatogether. great stuff. and saturday night live doing its first at-home edition this weekend, the cast pre- recording sketches from their apartment, actor tom hanks hosting the show from his home kitchen after recovering from the coronavirus. ever since being diagnosed, i have been more like america's dad than ever before. since no one wants to be around me very long, and i make people uncomfortable. jillian: well he looks great, and now suspended his production last month amid the coronavirus outbreak. see looking at him you can see that people do recover, and

they do recover pretty well. pete: as you pointed out, jillian, the vast majority of people recover. those numbers will only go up, because hospitalization is for such a small group, most people don't know they have it, and we have to remember that right now as well. all right, great stuff. well still ahead this week, we expect to learn more about the president's second coronavirus task force, its goal reopen the economy. businessman herman cain joins us on that, coming up. hold my pouch. trust us. us kids are ready to take things into our own hands. don't think so? hold my pouch.

pete: new york governor andrew cuomo holding a news conference right now, listen in. >> [applause] pete: well it appears it may have been the shortest press conference of all-time, it started in the commercial break we got to it as quick as we could and it appears it just ended maybe he will take q and a , and any other remarks we'll check the tape and

see if there's anything of significance. his staff sent out an e-mail about 45 minutes ago saying there be a press conference there in niskayuna, new york today and we've been looking for it and it popped up in the break. he spoke very very briefly. if he gives us an update we will bring it to you guys, it's amazing, in this era, briefings whether they be saturday or sunday, saturday night, sunday night, you're not used to hear ing from elect elected officials at the podium with that much interest seven days a week and right now, everyone is wanting to hear the latest. jillian: absolutely, i mean, that was a very short press conference. that did start right at the commercial break. we are going to try and figure out exactly what was said there because we got to it a little late when we came back from commercial break but let's re wrap that tape in the meanwhile, while we listen to that i'll get you caught up on your headlines and we'll start with this story because delta is rolling out a new board ing process to curb the spread of covid-19. the airline boarding flights

from back-to-front asking passengers to remain seated in the waiting area until their row is call and the changes will remain in place through the end of may. >> and united airlines is flying 20 healthcare workers from san francisco to new york city to help with the outbreak, and nba super star steph curry praising the volunteers for their heroic effort. >> unbelievable the sacrifice and selflessness and stepping up to call to serve people. jillian: the workers volunteered to spend a month on the coronavirus frontlines in new york. that are some of your headlines, airline headlines. pete: yeah, i liken that to people i know after 9/11 or others who are in uniform or not in an active duty position and raised their hand were in this big effort and send me as well and see people can do their job and wonder where they are, wanting to go to the frontlines and then a company like that helping them to do so, again, we've been telling these stories america together

certainly is the case. jillian: absolutely. griff: we'll continue to tell you that story too of why you took you quickly to governor cuomo's press conference i believe he was outside of a nursing home in and in the news recently about four days ago, so we'll find out, but you know, you saw in that shot so many and of course as a reporter, i can't keep from jumping into this , you saw so many cameras going in there not only because new york has been hit but because he had such a leadership role with the press conference as you mentioned, pete but you know, already, people talking about hey, is this governor cuomo possibly under consideration, i know that vice president biden has said he's going to pick a woman but a lot of people thinking perhaps it be cuomo, so there's a lot of interest possibly politically even if they aren't admitting it the press chasing after him at every single chance particularly if it's a short press conference as well. pete: we've heard the wispers at a moment like this you want your number two to be the type of person that could step up and

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off from work that have been cutting their hours in our city, and they need help, and so we've been basically turning our parking lot into a grocery drive , and we've said hey, pull up your car and we're going to give you groceries and the gospel, and so people pull up their car, and i stand on the roof with our band and we're all social distancing and everybody is wearing gloves and masks and following all of the cdc guidelines but people are getting hope and they're getting help and there's so many

people who said hey thanks for doing this , you know? i need help right now, i got laid off from work and i really needed this and then we've had some families who say man i've been couped up in my house for 24 hours and i just needed to get out and just get some fresh air and get some hope so they pulled up their car and that's what they're doing, and they feel like they are still part of community, even in the midst of all of the quarantine that's going on, while still following all of the rules, so we just felt like people needed that right now. people need hope. griff: they sure did, great point, pastor. you know, we see behind you victory church, a giant gorgeous church, empty early this morning pope francis talked about the solitude of this easter, but yet the importance to remember we are not alone. as you look out, empty church behind you, what is your message

>> you know, it's crazy. i walked in this morning, and i'm the only one in the building , and it just feels so surreal on easter morning to have this empty auditorium, but i also think that while there's empty auditoriums, there's also an empty tomb and there's so much connection to what happened on holy week 2000 years ago to what's going on right now, the pain, the suffering, the empty tomb and i think right now it's a time for church to gather in homes or parking lots in their cars and remember that jesus like you said jesus is with them, in their apartment and in their dorm room and in a parking lot and not confined inside of cathedrals and temples and buildings so i'm on the phone with pastors all over the world that are tuning in and joining in with us and they're telling me they are getting creative as well finding ways to reach their people, to drop groceries off at doorsteps and i think it's a time for the church to really shine with god's love,

god's compassion, and i think on this easter sunday, jesus has conquered the grave, he's conquered it's still a reason to celebrate even though there's a somber spirit going on all over the world, there's also still that same story that is the greatest story that's ever been told, and you know, that's why we're gathering this weekend , in a parking lot and also we're doing online services as well for people who can't make it, but yeah, i think it's a time that still celebrate s that jesus is risen. griff: celebrate, he is risen indeed. earlier in the show, paul, i'd mentioned to my colleagues pete and jillian, maybe for me i reflected seems like we're cheering our own cross this easter, some much moreso than others but you sort of say the same thing in that we should be hopeful and really celebrating it. >> yeah, definitely. in fact we lifted up a cross on our roof this week, because we

wanted people to know that the cross still has the final word, the cross still stands, and yeah, there's people that are carrying the cross. we had one lady who was on her way, she was going to get money from the atm machine outside of a walmart and she saw our church lights on and she saw the drive- in experience, all of these cars out there. she didn't know who we were, but when she saw us, tears started coming down her eyes she's having trouble in her marriage and she pulled into our parking lot and said i was about to make some bad decisions, but you guys were like the lighthouse, and i was just lost woman out at sea and i saw your lights on and i pulled into your parking lot and i asked hey, everyone who needs hope right now, turn on your hazard lights, and the whole parking lot, hundreds of cars start turning on their hazard lights blinking and i said if that's you i want you to pray this prayer with me and the tears coming down her eyes and my eyes. i didn't know who she was and she was out there but later on that night, one of our team

members who was able to talk to her she was leaving the parking lot had to tell one of our team members, listen i was one of those people that turned on the hazard lights, and usually hazard lights is an indicator that i've broken down but in this case it's an indicator i'm breaking through, and so people are breaking through and like you said, we're all carrying our own cross but man, the cross has the final word that jesus paid the price on. griff: it sure does, pastor paul daugherty, thank you so much for bringing us your message and particularly that story, of a doubting thomas feeling a little bit of the spirit thank you very much and happy easter to you. >> happy easter griff, thank you so much. griff: still ahead as we celebrate easter in quarantine, actor and devoted christian, kirk cameron has a challenge for all of us, he shares it with us live, after this break. stay tuned. ♪

(vo) was that a pivotal historical moment we just went stumbling past? here we are dancing in the rumbling dark so come a little closer give me something to grasp give me your beautiful, crumbling heart we're working every dread day that is given us feeling like the person people meet really isn't us like we're going to buckle underneath the trouble like any minute now the struggle's going to finish us and then we smile at all our friends even when i'm weak and i'm breaking i'll stand weeping at the train station 'cause i can see your faces there is so much peace to be found in people's faces.

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>> [wind blowing] pete: the u.s. air force thunder birds paying tribute to help healthcare workers in las vegas. jillian: six f-16 fighting falcons over the city's skyline passing major hospitals along the way. griff: air force officials say the whole squadron participated in the flyover making it a rare sight and an inspiring one,

indeed. jillian: beautiful. perfect they are so good, they ignore social distancing in the air. which is amazing. look how close together they are jillian: it's more than six feet i think. pete: i don't know these guys are really really good. i mean to fly that fast that close that accurate is an amazing skill. jillian: beautiful. pete: great tribute. all right, well you will recognize our next guest, amongst other things but also on growing pains. >> dad, i know i missed my curfew. >> well you admit you have one that's progress. >> [laughter] >> even tonight, we turned the clocks back for the time change? >> [laughter] >> no, mike. jillian: now, the well-known actor and devoted christian, kirk cameron is celebrating this easter with a challenge for all of us during the pandemic. >> i want god to reformat my thinking during this time, and i think that we can do that through intense and intentional

prayer, so i have a question for you. will you join me in prayer for the next 30 days? griff: actor kirk cameron joins us now, happy easter first to you, kirk, and tell us about this challenge? >> hey, good morning, and happy easter everybody, great to see you. good morning. so for the last 20 days or so, i've been praying with the nation, and i'm doing this because america loves to pray, and right now, we need to pray, you know, with all of the social distancing going on, people want to move in the opposite direction and come together, because they're feeling scared and uncertain and prayer actually closes the distance for us. it's like being connected to the most powerful social network in the universe and it doesn't require wi-fi or a connection, it's so exciting, hundreds of thousands of people are praying together every evening on facebook live and instagram with me and it's so encouraging to

see people helping each other, and downloading strength and hope and peace. jillian: kirk on this easter sunday i'm curious what or who or maybe both are you praying for? >> you know, i'm praying for the doctors and the nurses on the frontlines, everyone working at the grocery stores who are still out there every day interacting with everybody, we're so thankful for them, and for the patients, who are struggling through this very unique virus that we're still trying to understand, and one of the things that i'm going to be praying about tonight which nobody actually knows about yet is a huge online concert that is being put together by the family of faith, actually my sister, candice cam ran and myself are hosting it it's called hope ris ing, and if you think about it that's what easter is about. it's about hope rising, and this is a concert benefit with 25 of the biggest names in christian entertainment coming together to raise money for samaritans purse and to

help the covid victims and doctors on the frontlines, it's called "hope rising." perfect make sense to me, kirk you mentioned that prayer is very special to america and to americans. what is it about our country, our founding who we are, that continues to draw us toward our christian faith? >> well, you know, the history of our nation is built on prayer it's built on the principles that go all the way back to the hebrews republic under moses and all of that is by prayer and truth, and what makes prayer so important is that prayer allows us to, it's earth-to-heaven communication and in times like this , in times of crisis, in times of uncertainty, we're looking for a place where we can have strength and security and call for reinforcement and back up and help and guidance. we want to get out of this wilderness into the promise

land, and that's what america has always been about, a place where we can see with the eyes of faith, how we can move forward to a better day, and be in a relationship with god for our good and for his glory. griff: but as you know, kirk, we can't see god, we can't see jesus, and so you know as the president talks about we are at war, this unprecedented war with an invisible enemy, how important do you think the tool of prayer is in that invisible greater power to defeat it? >> you've had so many articu late people on the program and you'll hear more and more after me but one of the things is that in visit ball enemies are familiar to the family of faith. there is a spiritual battle that goes on all of the time and prayer is a very powerful weapon and i think what's so exciting about praying together with the nation every night is that it helps us to see that america is strongest, and wisest and

safest when we're on our knees because we're partnering with the god of heaven and he says that when we look to him and trust him, he'll fill us with joy and peace and hope. jillian: so the facebook live, " hope rising" how can people get involved and watch it? >> so it is going to be airing live on facebook a week from tonight, april 19, at 8:00 p.m., eastern time, 5 p.m. pacific, and you just go go to hoperising .live, and you will see an amazing night that will strengthen your faith and give you great hope. jillian: thank you so much for joining us on this easter i hope you have a great one. >> happy easter to you guys. pete: you got it. turning to a new additional headlines starting with this fox news alert, new york governor andrew cuomo thanking a nursing home just moments ago for donat ing 35 ventilators for the hardest hit areas like new york and long island, watch. >> they gave me an inspiration

and they gave me energy and they gave me resolve. pete: a quick press conference to thank that nursing home, the governor says the nursing home called him out of the blue to offer up the donation. wonderful. >> and uk prime minister boris johnson released from the hospital this morning. johnson's office says he will continue his coronavirus recovery at home. the prime minister won't be returning to work yet. johnson spent days in the icu after his diagnosis, and his fiancee tweeting after his release, there were times last week that were very dark indeed. my heart goes out to all those in similar situations. >> and queen elizabeth staying on the other side of the pond sends a message of hope in the middle of the pandemic. listen to what she said in her first-ever easter address. we knew that coronavirus will not overcome us. as dark as death can be, particularly for those suffering

with grief, night and life are greater. pete: the queen pressing the importance of england's lockdown saying we need easter more than ever to overcome this time of darkness, and those are your headlines. we'll toss it out to rick richmuth on skype. i wonder what your weather would sound like if it was read by the queen. just have a different twist to it. rick: i can not do an accent at all. you'd probably believe it more. pete: everything with a british accent is more believable. rick: it's totally true. we had really good weather down across the parts of the south and a lot of it is really severe with a threat for some significant tornadoes that could be really deadly so take a look at the map and show you what's going on we have a lot of rain already across areas of the south some of it has been severe this morning across parts of the hill country in texas but it's going to go through in waves and you see that red, that's the bullseye for the largest tornadoeses that we probably will see today and

anywhere through the yellow we will see the thread for tornadoes, certainly wind damage and certainly significant hail but where you see those hatches, that is a chance for an ef-2 toef-5 tornadoes somewhere in that area so be watching very carefully, it starts a little bit early today and then it goes through the overnight hours but it comes in waves so watch how this plays out. first batch moves through starts kind of going through parts of louisiana, around noon, to 2:00, and then we see one batch move through and another line forms back behind that, and then it goes through the overnight hours and across places like atlanta. and then tomorrow, it's still with us so by tomorrow morning, into early afternoon, watch across eastern parts of the carolinas, and down across south georgia as well, so severe weather with this there's going to be a lot of rain that will cause localized flooding and some spots three to five inches of rain along with this storm as well. so guys, you hate to see this on easter sunday, but we have it and everybody needs to be prepared and have a plan in place about where you'll go you have to epidemic koala in mind

social distancing while you can get to a shelter or a safe place, guys? pete: got it. rick thank you very much. appreciate it. rick: you bet. jillian: coming up chris tomlin joins us live with an easter message and a special performance live on fox & friends. >> ♪ ♪ i'm your mother in law. and i like to question your every move. like this left turn. it's the next one. you always drive this slow? how did you make someone i love? that must be why you're always so late. i do not speed. and that's saving me cash with drivewise. [mayhem] you always drive like an old lady? [tina] you're an old lady.

jillian: good morning and welcome back. pope francis earlier this morning holding a historic easter mass while many churches remain closed on this easter sunday. pete: and as worshipers prepare to honor their faith we've got live coverage and celebrations across the globe kicking off at the top of the hour, with " america together", keeping the faith. griff: sandra smith is hosting that special joining us now with a preview good morning, sandra happy easter. >> sandra: hey happy easter to

you, griff, and jillian and pete as well. pete: good morning. >> sandra: enjoyed all your stories throughout the morning and we'll continue delivering that message of hope, we'll hear from franklin graham, he is delivering an exclusive message on this easter sunday for our viewers, so we really look forward to carrying that, he says it's a message of hope. pete: very cool. also i believe michael w. smith, others are a part of the performance, and the idea is to refocus people on what matter s the most on this morning we're covering the news and there's a lot of it but growing closer to faith is incredibly important right now. >> sandra: yeah, i think it's an incredible time for americans while the story and the celebration over easter does not change the way we're celebrating today certainly does , so many of us are hunkered at home and we're not with our loved ones or our grandparents or our parents and that's incredibly difficult, so

you think that the best thing that you can do is tell the good stories that are out there and there's so much pain with this pandemic, and really tell the story of easter. pete i know you've got a lot of kids and it's a great time to sit down. i know that we prayed around the dinner table moreso than we ever have because you have that time with your kids. sit down and tell them the story of easter it's the fourth day of passover. we'll have rabbis, we'll have priests, ministers joining us throughout the two hours this morning, and we really look forward to spreading that message of hope because there is so much isolation right now and loneliness so it's a really special two hours. jillian: sandra, the message of hope you don't have to look too far to find it in every single community because for weeks now we've been airing so many stories about community members stepping up, doing their part, you know, donating masks for free, making 3d printed mask s, giving food to the hospital workers and medical staff who are working day in and day out. hope is all around us. >> sandra: i know that its warmed my heart and everyone i

talk to, you know, you reach out to your loved ones your neighbors, you talk to them and that's the part of this that they have taken away the most is that unity and that's why we're calling this special "america together, keeping the faith" because i think we've all gotten that sense of coming together, and doing what it takes to get through this. the appropriate's message this morning which we'll have a chunk of in the show, victory of love, over the root of evil, he talked about, in an empty st. peter's basilica this morning in rome, talking about a contagion of hope and it was an incredibly powerful message and from rome to central park in new york city we'll also hear from the sermon of card cardinal dolan in new york city will likely deliver a very powerful message so we'll go around the globe looking at easter and passover celebrations. griff: that's a great point, sandra when the pope was talking about this new inspection of hope transmitting from heart-to-

heart, certainly a powerful moment we were all watching this morning but reverend franklin graham, as you said, will give a exclusive sermon, if you will, about hope. it's going to be perhaps some of the most significant words anyone will hear all day. this is a man who has devoted his entire life to going to every dark corner of the planet where hope ceases to exist and delivers the message of christ, essentially the message of easter every single place. i've seen it in haiti to africa, to all of the difficult spots, but this one is special because it is right in the center of central park. >> sandra: yeah, the samaritans purse field hospital in central park and some of his children joined him to deliver this message as well, so he's really looking forward to delivering that because he too is highlighting the record number of people that we are sen

palm sunday, log online and watch these sermons delivered over the internet while we all stay home to keep each other safe. by the way, pete, we're also going to dip in and look at the military aspect of all of this , how are they celebrating, not just here but around the globe. we've got a chaplin joining us from a camp in japan this morning. so we'll see how they're celebrating. everyone is getting very creative in doing what they can to worship today, and we look forward to delivering that message to all of you. pete: sandra we will be hearing from you in about 12 minutes we'll keep the audience for you thanks for doing that. these days you're stuck with ed now, three hours a day, which is , you know, a task on to itself, and tons of news to cover so thanks for taking the extra time with us this morning we appreciate it. >> sandra: thank you guys and have a wonderful holiday weekend thank you guys. jillian: you too make sure you stay tuned for that at 10:00 a.m. if you're getting ready for your virtual easter sunday brunch with your family then make sure you stay tuned that is going to be starting at 10:00

a.m., "america together: keeping the faith." pete: still ahead millions sing his songs in church every week and now christian artist chris t omlin joins us live on fox & friends for an easter performance you won't want to miss, coming up, next. >> ♪ ♪

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griff: he's been called the most sung artist in the world with millions seeing his songs in church every week. pete: grammy winning artist, chris tomlin is joining us from florida with his family. >> happy easter from our house to your house, i thought i'd have my girls join me this

morning with you guys. jillian: beautiful family so we'll talk to you in a couple minutes but can you start us off with a performance on this easter sunday? >> yeah, this is a reminder that god's father brought his heart to us and making a way for us this easter, so i thought i'd choose that one and girls going to sing it with me. >> [guitar music playing] >> ♪ a thousand stories, but i tend to wisper the love in the dead of night, and that i am never gone, come on, girls, who

you are, who you are, who you are, and i'm loved by you, who i am, who i am, oh, and i am searching, far and wide, only you survive, but you're before me, and your word, who you are, because who you are, who you are , and i am loved by you, who

i am, who i am, who i am, because you are perfect in all of your ways, you are perfect in all of your ways, who you are, you're good good father, who you are, it's who you are and i am loved by you, who i am, who i am , it's who i am, ♪ >> happy easter, everybody. pete: [laughter] jillian: that was so beautiful. griff: happy easter, beautiful,

chris your daughter there to your left was dancing, giving us a dance. >> [laughter] yeah, they love to sing and dance, so it's perfect. jillian: what is your message for america on this easter sunday? >> thank you so much, first of all thank you guys for doing this and providing an opportunity for people to connect together and i think this easter what i think about is just after the resurrection, i'm thinking about how the disc iples and his friends were gathered in the room and they locked the door and they were fearful and they didn't know what was going to happen and jesus was crucified and they were scared they didn't know that he was alive yet and there they were in the house like so many people are around the world right now, and jesus comes through the doors, and goes right through and says peace to you, i'm alive, and i think about all of the people in their homes right now, and that god could come through the walls even now, and just like he did on that first easter. pete: absolutely. chris, we're out of time, thank you so much for that message.

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pete: griff, he is risen. griff: he has risen indeed. jillian: happy easter, everyone. have a good day. pete: have a great one. >> ♪ ♪ >> on this easter sunday and fourth day of passover, millions of americans will come together to practice their faith, but this year, as they never have before, hello, everyone happy easter, and welcome to "america together: keeping the faith" i'm sandra smith. >> sandra: the coronavirus testing people's faith, social distancing means services are now viewed through the internet and families can't come from near and far to share a meal. this pandemic has brought pain, heartache and anxiety to so many whether they've lost a loved one or friend or are trying to cope with this new normal, and there are those struggling financially, with nearly 17 million losing jobs in the