gilliangillian: americans natie are growing more kinde concernet coronavirus spreading across the united states. the number of new cases is still on the rise. new fox news polling shows 76% of people are concerned about catching covid-19. this is up 7% from last month. happy easter to everybody joining us from home. welcome to america's news headquarters. we're here in washington, d.c. it's great to see you, leland. happy easter to you and your family. i'm gillian turner. leland: great to be with you. happy easter greetings,

especially worrisom worrisome fe with pre-existing conditions. there are half a million known coronavirus cases in the united states. experts say there are likely millions more americans who have or had the virus but have not gotten tested. steve harrigan is live in atlanta outside of cdc headquarters where they continue to track the spread. hi, steve. >> reporter: the u.s. death toll as of this morning was 20,00 20, up just under 10% in the last 24 hours. over the past five days, just under 2,000 americans dying each day. last night, president trump gave some insight into the decision-making process behind the next step to reopen the u.s. economy. >> and it's going to be -- it's going to be based on a lot of facts and a lot of instinct also. whether we like it or not, there is a certain instinct to it. but we have to get our country back. people want to get back. they want to get back to work.

we have to bring our country back. and so i'll be making a decision reasonably soon. >> reporter: a stay at home orders in most states are set to expire on april 30th. dr. fauci this morning gave a clear idea of what exactly reopening the economy could look like. >> you look at the pattern of the curves in other countries, once you turn that corner, hopefully we'll see a very sharp decline and then you can start thinking about how we can keep it that way and prevent it from resurging when you are starting to think about a gradual reentry of some sort of normality, some rolling reentry. >> reporter: in the meantime, a number of states there are legal battles over how to celebrate easter. kansas has been in a bitser fight, the state supreme court has just backed the governor. that governor issued an executive order, banning groups of more than 10 in a blow to republican lawmakers who tried to open things up for easter

worship. leland, back to you. leland: steve harrigan in atlanta. steve, thank you. gillian? gillian: well, president trump said in a message this morning that the coronavirus isn't going to stop easter for americans, this comes just after he became the first president to declare a major disaster in al 50 states statement. david spunt is at the white house this morning with more on the federal response this weekend. >> reporter: good morning to you. happy easter. president trump spending easter sunday here at the white house with his family in the residence. we know he watched the service this morning online. he said he was going to do that. but work with coronavirus and fighting it, mitigation, stopping it, that is going to continue here with the trump administration. now, yesterday the coronavirus task force held a meeting at 5:00 yesterday afternoon, no indication there will be a meeting today but there is a report out from the new york times this weekend and it's interesting to look at. it's telling the story of a president who was warned

repeatedly about the impact of coronavirus in the united states back in january and early february, failing to take those warnings seriously. trade advisor peter navarro, you see him on the right side of your screen, wrote a january 29th memo that circulated around the west wing, navarro laid out the seriousness of the virus and the impact on the united states. the president just a few days ago said he did not know about the memo but the new york times reports that he did. the times also reporting that health and human services secretarial esecretarial ex-azax azar warned the president multiple times and the president told azar to stop panicking. this according to the new york times. dr. anthony fauci, one of the top doctors on the task force, was asked this morning about the early signs and if the white house missed an opportunity to save lives. listen. >> obviously, it would have been nice if we had a better head start but i don't think you could say that we are where we are right now because of one factor.

obviously, you could logically say a that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. obviously no one is going of to deny that. >> reporter: in a statement to fox news, the white house did not outright deny the new york times' report but did say in part, quote, president trump took bold action to protect americans and unleash the full power of the federal government to curb the spread of the virus. expand testing capacities and expedite vaccine development when we had no true idea the level of transmission or asymptomatic spread. that statement in part coming from the white house. president trump said that the health of the american people is paramount. on tuesday, in just a few days, gillian, he will talk about a new council, a new task force to open up the economy, to get things moving again. he said that may 1st is a day he may be looking at but the science he said ultimately if there is science that tells him he needs to move it back and

sounds like some people close to the president are saying that's going to be need to be delayed, he said he is willing to take a look at that. gillian: let's hope we're going to go in a direction that is listening to that science. david spunt at the white house, thanks so much. leland. leland: drilldown state by state. coronavirus cases in florida are nearing 19,000 this weekend. with that, we bring in florida republican congressman, member of the house armed services committee, michael waltz and volusia county sheriff, mike chitwood. volusia county is where daytona beach is. sheriff, this would normally be the busiest time for the florida economy, easter weekend, spring break you would have hundreds of thousands on the beaches there. there's been controversy about whether or not florida was locked down soon enough. do you feel there's enough people heeding the warnings that you have a way to keep people from getting this virus? >> i think the governor is doing an outstanding job. he is straddling the line

between reality and practicality. 85% of the folks are following what needs to be done. like anything else, we have 15% of the knuckleheads that don't think this is serious. leland: that is perhaps where the sheriff's department comes in. we'll get to that in a minute. congressman, to you. on that issue of messaging, we had the fox news poll at the beginning of the show, there's 25% of americans who aren't concerned about getting the coronavirus. is the messaging being done in a way from the federal government that people are understanding or does more need to be done? >> i think so, leland. i think what that poll reflects is that people in, say, wyoming or montana are having a very different experience than in manhattan or baltimore or boston and for florida, for florida's economy and florida's experience, very rural panhandle and even in north florida where the sheriff and i are and where i represent, it's having a very different experience than broward county, miami beach, and

south florida. i think that's why you've seen the president and you've seen the governor looking at local officials in many cases to make the more nuanced decisions because we're walking a very fine line between the public health piece which absolutely should be the priority but there is massive collateral damage happening to our economy and in fact disney just announced yesterday they're going to lay off another 43,000 workers. that is a very difficult line to battle and i'm looking forward to this task force, the president is going to announce in reopening the economy. leland: it's a great point in terms of local control, local decision-making for local problems. bring the sheriff back in. we know you've been making pizza deliveries around much of volusia county. and what i'm interested in, sheriff, is how badly the economy's being hurt there and what locally is being done to help folks out who obviously have had their businesses destroyed, their livelihoods

destroyed during the busiest time of the year for them which is spring break. >> unfortunately, we're seeing businesses close and we don't think they're going to reopen. i believe that public safety and the economy are both interdependent on one another. if you have a good economy, then you have good law enforcement with well paid folks and great technology. if you have a poor economy, you're not going to have good law enforcement. we're interconnected. what i tried to do was focus on some of the restaurants and just say, hey, the sheriffs will deliver your pizza, the sheriff will be out there for curb side service to try to get people to realize the economy is open. these folks are the backbone of our county. we cannot have them collapse. leland: i can see the surprise on the faces of folks when the sheriff showed up to deliver phi pizza. i wanted to bring in on this, this is wftv affiliate, the abc affiliate in orlando, a fine station, i don't just say that because i used to work there.

more than 34,000 calls were placed into a hot line for vulnerable populations and at-risk children over the first four weeks of march, 26,000 calls in february. are you seeing an increase yet -- i know you're worried about it, but has the increase come in domestic violence and other issues because of this lockdown and economic damage? >> domestic violence we're a little bit down compared to last year. what we're seeing is a little bit of an upparticular on auto -- uptick on auto theft, juvenile crime, drug dealers, we just locked up 36 people for the sale of heroin and cocaine. it was interesting they're wearing rubber gloves and face masks when they're peddling this poison on our streets. leland: social distancing messaging got to them at least. congressman, we'll end with you. where do you see the next coronavirus relief bill in terms of what's happening on capitol hill. so many small businesses say they need more money but that's

blocked right now. >> unfortunately, it is. that's politics as its worst. i want to see and we're hoping to see a skinny bill, 250 billion more for the paycheck protection program to help these small businesses where the bottom has just fallen out of their business and out of their lives and there is no reason we can't get that through in the next few days. i want to say to the sheriff and his deputies, god bless you, we're with you, to our first responders, healthcare workers and all of our national guardsmen and women, i'm still serve inning the guard that are out on these front lines, we have over 190,000 military members overseas right now as we speak that can't be with their families in these tough times and on this easter and i salute all of them. leland: important to remember. we thank both of you and perhaps a reminder that there was a time in washington where $250 billion was not so skinny. now it seems to be the least number we're talking about. gentlemen, thanks so much. we'll talk to you soon. >> thank you. >> thank you. happy easter.

leland: gillian. gillian: congress is at odds over what should be a phase four coronavirus relief package but the phase three money we heard about last week is only now beginning to make it into the bank accounts of millions of americans. the irs is now officially beginning making those stimulus payments. lauren blanchard is live on capitol hill, she's got the latest on what to expect over this coming week. hi, lauren. >> reporter: good morning, gillian. well, in some good news this easter sunday, the irs tweeted that economic impact payments have begun being deposited into people's check deposit accounts. in part tweeting we know many people are anxious to get their payments. we'll continue issuing them as fast as we can. a senior treasury official telling fox the payments will continue to roll out all week. some are starting off easter with an extra $1,200 or more in their account, republican and democratic leaders are still at odds over more funding for the

paycheck protection program, a small business loan program and how to begin writing a phase four relief bill after senate democrats blocked leader mitch mcconnell's move last week to push another $250 billion to the ppp, he and kevin mccartney put out a statement saying republicans reject democrats' reckless threat to continue blocking job saving funding unless we renegotiate unrelated programs which are not in similar peril. this will not be congress' last word on covid-19 but this crucial program needs funding now. american workers cannot be used as political hostages. democrats including senate minority leader chuck schumer rejected mcconnell's push because he said it was a political stunt. in addition, they want money for local governments, hospitals, healthcare providers and testing. both speaker pelosi and chuck schumer said they have spoken with the treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, and they say there will be bipartisan talks over the bills going forward.

president trump said while he would rather push through some of that small business loan program money now, he said he believes it should be now and he says he is willing to include it in democrats' next bill if needed. gillian. gillian: lauren blanchard on capitol hill. thanks so much. president trump says he's launching a second coronavirus task force now. it's going to launch on tuesday. it's going to focus on when and how to reopen the u.s. economy. joining us to take a look at the economic forecast, we have got former administrator of the u.s. agency for international development and president of the rockefeller foundation, raj shaw. we're also joined by paul roamer, new york university professor and co-recipient of the nobel prize in economics. two perfect experts to join us on this easter sunday to break this down. thanks for your time. paul, i'm going to go to you first. president trump said a couple times this week that he's going

to oversee what he's calling the biggest bounceback in u.s. history. take a listen to this, what he said the other day about the economy. >> well, i think the economy is going to do very well. now, that's just my feeling. it's a strong feeling. i've had good, proper feelings about a lot of things over the years and i think we're going to do well. gillian: paul, what is your feeling about where the u.s. economy's headed? >> you know, the first thing to keep in mind is the quicker we can get started with the recovery, the more likely we'll make it all the way back to full recovery and of course the less we'll lose as we wait. so it's very important to get going on recovery but to do that, we have to first make sure that it's safe for people to go back to work. gillian: presumably you're talking about the platform, the stand you've taken this week

which is that widespread you'd ubiquitous testing will be the key to getting the economy open again, the key to getting people to work, right. >> absolutely. the way to start with this is to provide it to the people who are already at work. think of our essential workers, healthcare providers, sheriff's deputies, the ones that were delivering these pizzas. one of the first things we should do is make testing available to them. so that if one of their colleagues happens to be an asymptomatic carrier, has no symptoms but could be spreading the virus, you catch with the test that that person's infected, you don't let that person infect all of his or her colleagues. so that kind of strategy of test and then isolate the people who test positive, this is the way to keep the pandemic under control, even as the rest of the people who aren't infected go back to work. gillian: raj, coming to you,

what do you see right now in the sort of medical pipeline, whether it's the race to a vaccine or these antibody tests that paul just mentioned, what are you seeing that's giving you the most hope, that looks the most promising in terms of whether it's preventative vaccine or treatment for coronavirus? >> well, thank you for having me and happy easter. i'll start by just saying that this is actually a tremendous crisis and the first thing we have to do to get people back to work and to protect essential workers which include all the folks that paul mentioned but also the frontline health workers who are my sister -- my sister is a physician, who are rushing into the hospital to take care of folks who have covid-19. and the reality is, to protect that population broadly speaking we need to move from hundreds of thousands of tests a day to many millions of tests a day at a minimum. and that's going to take a big national effort. it's going to take a lot of public investment. it's going to take cities and states all working together with

the federal government. we need biotechnology companies, scientists, university labs, all working together to achieve that goal because we're at war and we can win it but we can only win it with a broad effort around testing. i think we've seen a number of very promising efforts including from abbott, the new test that they're rolling out in detroit and some other cities. we see a whole host of antibody tests that could phone ten sly identify who -- potentially identify who has immunity. we need to know who has the virus, who doesn't. we can do it cheaply, people get results within minutes. the technology we think is there. it's about having a national strategy and a big public, private collaboration in a time when our country desperately needs it. gillian: which is -- we're running short on time, unfortunately. but if one of you gentlemen so lay out for us the -- the rockefeller center is rolling out a national strategy for testing.

could you give us a quick overview on what's contained within the strategy? >> absolutely. i'd say -- >> what we're doing right now, if we get about 80% of -- or 70% of the people who are infected into isolation, we've beaten the pandemic. we're done. now, the only way anybody knows to get 70% into isolation, 70% of the infected in isolation right now is to try and put all of us in isolation. that's not sustainable. if you just test to figure out who is infected then you put 70% of them or catch 70% of them and put them in isolation, you're done and that's the plan we need to do is how do we get to that. >> i would just add briefly that we are working with scientists, with industry leaders, with economists like paul and frankly with mayors, governors and we hope even the trump administration to put together a public/private collaboration that can scale testing from hundreds of thousands a day to many millions a day. it's not the kind of thing any

one part of american society can do alone. so we're bringing people together to get that done and that's the plan that you're describing. we're seeing real progress already, los angeles is very quickly scaling access to testing using ngos and other partners. detroit has partnered with abbott. new orleans got a waiver from the federal government and has been able to test 6% of their population in collaboration with the pence task force. so this is an effort that can work but it's going to take all of us working together and it's going to take a massive investment. paul estimated -- gillian: gentlemen, we've got to leave it there. we would love to have you back to talk more about this. we wish you the best of luck with the strategy. raj shaw and paul roamer, happy easter. >> happy easter to you. leland: the u.k. prime minister is out of the hospital. what he says about his personal fight against the coronavirus.

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howey kurtz. president trump and the coronavirus task force have been holding briefings every day for weeks. while it gibb gives us an insidk at the federal response to the pandemic, we also see the president clashing with members of the media. howey kurtz joins us, the star anchor of media buzz. what do you make of the sparring with journalists in the briefings? >> there's a deliberate strategy the president is following in the near daily activity-ups with reporter, such as when jonathan carl asked about a survey of problems in hospitals. take a look. >> kristie grim, it wasn't so much her opinion but they interviewed 323 different hospitals -- you're - >> you're a third rate reporter. what you said is a disgrace. you said sir, just got appointed. listen to what you said. thank you very much, john. thank you very much.

you will never make it. >> john carl is not a third rate reporter. he was following up similar questions by kristin fisher whose question was labeled hard by the president, who went after a question about ventilator as threatening. i think these are legitimate questions. even if you think these are unfair, got you questions about reporters that don't like the president, it comes with the oval office territory and finally i think the president having toned down his rhetoric against democrats and governors is relishing the chance to use some of these reporter as foils. >>.gillian: interesting theory there. doesn't the president kind of have a point, though, howey when he complains about the media coverage at large. put aside the press conferences and whether you think the questions are fair or not fair, there is a media bent against him. >> absolutely. i have never seen this level of mutual disgust. that's the best word for it between the two sides. the boston globe said trump has blood on his hands in the coronavirus crisis.

also, frank bruni wrote can anybody find trump's soul and the times put a headline, jared kushner will kill us all. it's a negative onslaught. what's in a different category is the ledge this investigative -- lengthy investigative piece in the new york times which said the president dismissed many earl dire warnings from his hhs secretary, alex azar, a january 29th memo he was told about but didn't act upon by peter navarro his trade advisor warning there could be hundreds of millions of americans -- excuse me, yes, could be hundreds of millions of americans that could die in a pandemic and finally there was so much internal struggles over the impact on the economy that that also slowed the administration's response except for the president's early travel restrictions against china which was a smart move. gillian: now, howie, as you look at the criticism you're

seeing of the briefings themselves, do you see it mainly coming from the left or do you see it coming from the right as well? do you see -- where is the most of the thunder. >> not exclusively from the so-called media president. the president was stung by the wall street journal, called it fake news after the conservative editorial page wrote a piece saying he made the briefings too much about himself and too much about politics. the times is quoting republican advisers and allies of the president as saying that the briefings are hurting him politically. for example, lindsey graham saying on the record that trump is drowning out his own message and maybe should participate in the briefings once a week. the president on his behalf he loves the ratings which he compares to the bachelor finale of 6 million plus and relishes the opportunity to speak directly to the public without the filter of a largely negative media. one last point, gillian, that is

it is ows ray just in my view -- outrageous for some of the pundits to be calling on television to blackout live coverage of the briefings, whether they think they're doing the country a service or not because they're saying the public is too dumb to make up their own minds about whether or not he's being a straight shooter or being overly optimistic or is being misleading. i don't think the public is dumb. i don't think we have to tell them what to think about this. gillian: howie, thanks for shooting it straight with us as always. if you can, please stick around. we're going to bring you back for more media analysis next hour. well really appreciate it. leland: how teenagers are helping those that can't leave their homes to go to the supermarket, we're going to introduce you to these grocery angels when we come back. ok everyone, o mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein,

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gillian: u.k. prime minister boris johnson is now out of the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus just over two weeks ago. johnson delivered the following video message after his release. take a listen. >> good afternoon. i've today left hospital after a week in which the nhs has saved my life. no question. it's hard to find words to express my debt. but before i come to that, i want to thank everyone in the entire u.k., the effort and the sacrifice you have made and are making. when the sun is out and the kids are at home, when the whole natural world seems at its loveliest and the outdoors is so inviting, i can only imagine how tough it has been to follow the rules on social distancing. i thank you because so many millions and millions of people across this country have been doing the right thing, millions

going through the hardship of self isolation, faithfully, patiently, and with thought and care for others as well as for themselves. i want you to know that this easter sunday i do believe that your efforts are worth it and are daily proving their worth because although we mourn every day those who are taken from us in such numbers, and the struggle is by no means over, we are now making progress in this incredible national battle against coronavirus. fight we never picked against an enemy we still don't entirely understand. we're making progress in this national battle because the british publishing formed a human shield around this country's greatest national asset, our national health

service. we understood and we decided that if together we could keep our nhs safe, if we could stop our nhs from being over well med -- overwhelmed, then we could not be beaten and this country would rise together and overcome this challenge as we have overcome so many challenges in the past. in the last seven days i have of course seen the pressure that the nhs is under. i've seen the personal courage not just of the doctors and nurses but of everyone, the cleaners, the cooks, the healthcare workers of every description, radio offing gray , pharmacists, who kept putting themselves in harm's way, kept risking this deadly virus. it's thanks to that courage, that devotion, that duty and that love that our nhs has been

unbeatable. i want to pay my own thanks to the utterly brilliant doctors, leaders in their field, men and women who took crucial decisions a few days ago which i will be grateful for the rest of my life. i want to thank the many nurses, men, and women, whose care has been so astonishing. i'm going to forget some names. i want to thank paul ine, shannon, becky, rachel, nikki and ann and i hope they won't mind if i mention in particular two nurses who stood by my bedside for 48 hours when things could have gone either way. they're jenny from new zealand and louise from portugal, near porto. and the reason in the end my

body did start to get enough oxygen was because for every second of the night they were watching and they were thinking and they were caring and making the interventions i needed. so that is how i also know that across this country 24 hours a day for every second of every hour there are hundreds of thousands of nhs staff who are acting with the same care and thought and precision as jenny and louise. that is why we will defeat this coronavirus and defeat it together. we will win because our nhs is the beating heart of this country. it is the best of this country. it is unconquerable. it is powered by love.

so thank you from me, from all of us, to the nhs. let's remember to follow the rules on social distancing, stay at home, protect our nhs, and save lives. thank you, and happy easter. gillian: that was boris johnson with a message of thanks just after being released from the hospital. he plans to recover at home for a little while longer at the advice of his doctors before returning to work. leland: we wish him well and now we come back home to america as america comes together, the economic disaster created by the coronavirus response is creating unprecedented demand for food banks. just check out this line from the forum arena in los angeles. they served thousands of people, the line of cars of people

coming to get food stretched throughout the parking lot and then back onto the roads of los angeles. meanwhile, in another part of the state, a group of teenagers are working to help deliver groceries and supplies to people who can't leave their house during the pandemic. for that we bring in the organizer of those efforts, christian center youth leader ritoni lafadi and her sister, grace. how did this all come to be? >> my girls have always wanted to serve our community and once the pandemic hit they just -- they jumped and knew exactly what they needed to do. we were going to start out with my grandma's community and then it just went from there. leland: help us understand, grace, what you all do. you take grocery orders or do you bring everybody just the same box? how does it work? >> we go to their house or they can give us a call and they will give us a list and we go out and

try to find everything they need on their list. leland: what's been the hardest thing to find so far? >> toilet paper. [ laughter ] >> leland: the common answer we're getting these days. you guys are part of the church that is doing this. are there any of these seniors who you're helping out who aren't able to pay for their groceries and how are you working with that? >> we have had a few and we have plenty of donations that are coming in as well so it's been amazing. it's overwhelming. leland: that's great. you're in the northern part of california, as i understand it. give us an idea of how things are happening with the economy there. do you feel like there's going to be more demand for the free groceries there as people get laid off? have you heard that at all? >> yes, i think it's going to start hitting us pretty hard here really quick. it's sad. we come from a really small town. we're dead center of california. and our downtown is one of the main fairways and it's just --

it's so sad to see all those shops closed, no one walking around. and i think it's going to hit us really hard unfortunately. leland: i might be a little off in my geography. this is part of the bread basket of america in terms of fruits and vegetables grown in california. when you pick the stuff up from the grocery stores, how do you give it to these folks to make sure that you're not getting in contact with them? >> we sanitize before we go in. we san nice after. we -- sanitize after. we sanitize before we deliver. we leave it on their doorstep. if they need to wipe it down, they will. leland: help us understand how much of a demand there is. it started with your grandmother and now it's spread. how many families are you serving every day? >> well, it's hit and miss. we've actually served the same people multiple times which has been amazing. we've been doing it for a few

weeks now. so probably about eight, seven. leland: and any particular stories you want to share? anything that's come out of this that particularly hits you guys? >> i think the overwhelming joy that everyone gets from it. even the people that we're serving, they are just so ecstatic to see these girls come through and it's amazing and i'm so glad to witness it. leland: well, you're doing great work, especially on easter and really bringing folks together and doing things for people who can't. you are what is right with america. congratulations. the new life center christian church, folks want to look it up on the internet and donate. ladies, appreciate all you do. we have it on the screen, new lifecc.com for dough layingses -- donations. congratulations, all the best. >> thank you. leland: gillian. gillian: that was a great message on this easter. but millions of americans are now facing down severe weather today. we'll get the very latest on

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leland: a stormy easter especially in the south and central part of the united states. we see the storms moving there. some of those could be severe. adam klotz following the track of it for us. hi, adam. >> really big weather that's going to be moving its way across the southeast from now all the way past midnight and here's what those storms look like. currently, some of the hef heavt rain in the mississippi valley. that's taking you through the heart of mississippi, into alabama, getting all the way up to atlanta. the biggest concern is going to be large, violent tornadoes that could be springing up here, particularly in the evening hours. here's the timeframe that we're looking for this particular system. you do see your time stamp, this is the future radar, looking at a timeframe picking up from 4:0g

across the southeast all the way up until midnight or 1:00 a.m., the storms very powerful, again, winds up to 606 miles an hour -- 60 miles an hour with isolated tornadoes, hail a possibility, very heavy rainfall and large hail could be associated with this system also. even if you're not in one of these spots where you're talking about big tornadoes moving through the area, heavy rain across northern portions of mississippi, alabama, running all the way across tennessee, you could be looking at possibly flash flooding in some of those regions. otherwise, this is a look at your easter forecast where temperatures a little bit warmer in the midwest but there is a lot of rain in the eastern half of the country and then you see a very defined line, a cold front, there's snow back behind this system. that is your easter sunday forecast. more america's news headquarters coming up after the break. are you overweight with a slow metabolism?

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gillian: an army veteran is back no, ma'am the u.s. now after getting stuck in india for over a month due to the coronavirus outbreak. kendra similar kins was on a retreat, teaching fellow veterans to practice yoga when india's prime minister announced

the country was going on a total and complete lockdown. joining us now is kendra simkins, co-founder of a nonprofit that works to improve the mental health of our nation's veterans. she is also my good friend. it's so great to see you. you're looking good. i hope you're feeling good after your whole ordeal. >>.we might be having a little t of an audio issue. kendra, if you can hear me, i want you to tell our viewers about what happened those first days when you got wind that india was going to go on lockdown. what did you do with your program? what did the other veterans do? >> thank you, gillian. i can hear you just fine. when india went into lockdown, i didn't have a choice but to stay there. and to try to figure out how to get home and i worked with the congressman back here, congressman buchanan.

gillian: problems -- our viewers can hear you. i am not able to hear you. i'm watching you on return, trying to read your lips. tell us what -- a little bit about your ordeal getting back. it took weeks, and as i understand it your congressman had to get involved, he wrote a letter to secretary of state mike pompeo, is that right? >> yes. absolutely. once india closed their borders they were cancelling flights so i was -- it was probably four flights that all got canceled and then india finally shut their borders, no air travel. thankfully congressman buchanan got involved, sent letters to the secretary pompeo and they were able to facilitate some repatriation flights to get out. gillian: well, kendra, i want to give our viewers an opportunity before i let you go to hear a little bit about your organization, the work that

you're doing to help veterans overcome pts, overcome any negative experiences or trauma they have as a result of their service. tell us about that. because it's a really unique thing you're doing. >> absolutely. and that's the reason that i was in india, is i go over there once a year to do training because operation warrior resolution, we provide treatment for treating anxiety, depression. one of the programs is a yoga and meditation program. learning those techniques and coming back, bringing them back to service members who are interested in more holistic methods. gillian: i want to thank you for joining us today. we'll check back with you soon. 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%. click or call for a quote today.

gillian: every new fox news poll shows just how much people have changed their lives because of the coronavirus outbreak. according to the new poll, 56% say their daily lives have been changed almost entirely, welcome to the coronavirus pandemic special, i am julian turner. leland: you have to worry about the three or 5% that say their lives have not been changed a lot, however, has not been affected, everything that we do day in her day out seems to be

effective. the number of deaths and cases continue to rise across the country, steve harrigan standing by life in atlanta as a tracking the spread at the cdc. >> the number of cases in the u.s. topping 532,000 as far as the number of deaths, that is now topping 21000, the average death in the u.s. for the past five days just under 2000 per day. so there has been just under a 10% jump in the u.s. from the virus in just the past 24 hours, there's been a lot of talk of how to reopen the economy as quickly as possible, some health experts think it might be extremely challenging task to reopen the economy my bather an. >> i think there may be parts of the country that have such good numbers and can build up such good public health capacity and get diagnostic testing ability in place, some perhaps in may but it seems maybe may or june

before the most ready places are likely to have all those things in place. >> a number of cities across the country are shutting down roadways in order to get pedestrians more room for social distancing, trying to allow them to stay 6 feet apart, oakland is been extremely aggressive shutting down 74 miles of roadway just of the 10% of the city's total roads. back to you. leland: those pictures a lot more than we can or a lot more than a thousand words. steve harrigan, thank you very much. gillian: president trump has around the new coronavirus task force reopening the economy this week, he will do it on tuesday. hoping to send americans back to work and kids to school. he says as soon as possible. david at the white house with more on the federal response. >> for the good afternoon, there is a presidential disaster declaration in all 50 u.s.

states, president trump signed one for new york state on march 20, that was the first and the last was yesterday the state of wyoming. today easter sunday was the original day president trump had hoped to reopen the economy starting to get the country back to normal, later he said those aspirational and as a science showing, we are weeks away from anyone been able to do that. the president will announce a bipartisan commission to open up the economy in two days on tuesday. may 1 floated around the west wing to get things back to normal and that is the day after the current 30 days to slow the spread ends. the president last night in a phone interview said this about his thinking. >> whether we like it or not, there is a certain instinct but we have to get her country back, people want to get back and get back to work, we have to get our country back. >> ultimately, many governors around the country would say it is up to them and they're the ones that have the power to open

up the economy and stop the state home orders after all, president trump is not issued any specific state home orders, this has been on the state level so those governors would say they are the one in their own individual state that can go ahead and make that decision. meanwhile the new york times is out with a report this weekend telling the story of a president who was warned repeatedly about the impact of the coronavirus in the united states back in january and february and failed to take those warnings seriously. we have some sound right now from the head of the school public policy and healthcare at john hopkins university. listen this is from "fox news sunday". >> if we had acted on some of those warnings earlier, we would be in a much better position in terms of diagnostics and possibly masks and personal protective equipment and getting the hospitals ready. >> president trump spending easter sunday with his family,

he watched the service online yesterday, there was a coronavirus task force briefing at 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon as of now, nothing on the schedule today but on tuesday he said he will announcing the bipartisan commission to look at opening up the economy, some of the governors saying ultimately it is in their hands to do such a thing. back to you. gillian: david reporting from the white house, thank you for that. leland: although most states have issued statewide state home orders, there are eight states currently that have resisted calls for the lockdown even calls from anthony fauci among others, joining is now one of the governors of the states, to discuss the coronavirus response. good to see you sir, we appreciate it. interesting before segment i talked to two prominent democrats in your state expecting them to criticize you on this issue and both of them saying praises and saying you're doing a good job, what is the secret sauce. >> we are taking it very seriously and the public really has engaged in terms of wearing

masks, social distancing and so that allowed us to have a targeted response to this. we've kept our numbers down, the growth rate has slowed so were having some success here, it's really the cause of the people taking this so seriously. as you look at the future, we are in this for a longer period of time than we think, we want to get our economy moving again, i agree with the president's concern about that. we worked hard with the targeted response to be able to have some of the economy continue to go but it has to be done with the protective measures. leland: excuse me for interrupting, give me specifics in terms of this, you have a lot of heat for not having a lockdown, stay-at-home order, what have you kept open, what have you not, what do you mean by targeted. >> for example, we have closed the schools for the rest of the year, in-line instructions, we

have closed the bars, restaurants, the gymnasiums, the barbershops, the salons, all the person-to-person contact and then we close the state parks because they were interaction out-of-state visitors, the lodges and in our national park has been closed, those of the targeted majors and whenever we see more that needs to be done, we take that step but the key again, we set the example for masks, wearing those social distancing, we can keep some of the essential services in other businesses that are open with those protective measures. if we need to do more, we will but the success is because of those efforts and we see our numbers flat, we only have 80 hospitalized at this time. if we have to do more, we will. leland: i want to bring our attention to the other numbers that we are now talking about more than simply the case numbers which is the number of unemployed in arkansas, six-point to million nationwide,

that was last week's unemployment claim, 61000 unappointed claims, in arkansas, is that the verge of overwhelming the unappointed offices in your guys ability both financially and a people standpoint to deal with all those claims? >> from a financial standpoint, we can handle this in short-term, we have a big reserve that is built up. in the federal assistance is going to be good for those that are in need but yes it does overwhelm the system, we have never seen numbers like this for unemployment claims and then we actually have to build a new system to distribute the federal dollars for those that are self-employed. so these are big system challenges and then you have your office is open, you have to people to process these claims, we are meeting that challenge and were putting a lot of resources to it. leland: the two democrats we

talk to, and how you're dealing with this, not in terms logistically but in terms the way you're bringing bipartisan support to it. lastly i want to talk to about what's happening in arkansas, we will put the weather maps, thoughts on a little bit earlier, we have tornado warnings and watches just south of arkansas in the border, it's a little difficult to tell from those masks, give us an idea, how concerned are you about a double whammy of severe weather which we know arkansas has a history with combined with a pandemic. >> we are concerned, last week jonesboro got hit with a tornado that had about 4 miles of destructive path and so anytime were in season you have to worry about it, last year we had a flood as well. notwithstanding that, our folks are resilient, they understand diversity but it is incredible,

that we have to handle the virus and other potential threats at the same time. leland: godspeed, we appreciate you being with us, as you pointed out, the coronavirus will be around perhaps longer than we think, we look forward to having you back to talk about it and what's going on in arkansas. >> thank you very much for the opportunity today. leland.gillian: a man in ohio iw sharing his message of gratitude to the healthcare workers who took care of him during his 18 daylong battle in the hospital with coronavirus. nick brown joins us now to share his story. nick is not true you spent 18 days, as i understand it, in the hospital, several of those in the icu, tell us how you're feeling now. >> 18 days in the hospital and seven on a ventilator. today i have been home two weeks and i actually feel great, i did unfortunately develop a blood clot since being home in my leg so i'm trying to nurse that along but other than that i'm

doing great. gillian: you look great, you sound great, really nice to hear you're feeling good, do you know anything about whether the blood clot is related to covid-19 and have you had any sort of side effects or symptoms fallout -- even though you're in the clear from covid-19. >> i do not believe the blood clot is because of covid, i believe it's fro lane in the hospital i believe it's pretty normal to get a blood clot after leaving the hospital for the only side effect they still have and i'm not sure if it's due to the virus or due to the drugs that they put in me, i just have a little bit of a numb spot in the back of my head that has been there since i've woken up from a coma. but each day it's getting better and starting to shrink. gillian: can you tell us about the early days of the virus onset. where you overcome his symptoms pretty quickly, yet a severe

case of covid-19. how long did it take to develop before you are really sick. >> i actually had a fever and headache for about four days. it was not until the fifth day when i developed a cough that i felt it was time to go in and see if i had the flu. gillian: wow, okay. as i understand it, you have this incredible story from your time in the hospital, you are communicating to some of the healthcare workers who were taking care of you through notes that you would write and put up on the window of your icu room, i think we have some shots of the letter. it is one letter you left it says it's been the most impactful window in my life come on days when i watch duke work hard to keep me and others alive, unable to thinking for the time that you poured into me. gillian: a really wonderful message of thanks to healthcare workers from somebody who really had their lives saved by them.

>> they were amazing people in a situation where you're in isolation and you have no contact with your family. those nurses treating me like they were my family. they care and the kindness that they showed me, i really felt god's love through those people and they were amazing, i cannot say that enough. gillian: have you stayed in touch with any of them since you got back home or do you plan to stay in touch with any of them. >> i have this one, she visited me after i left the icu and she gave me a card and some cookies and we sense become friends on facebook. i told my wife i would love to someday maybe take all of them out to dinner this to show the my appreciation. gillian: that is wonderful. it is an amazing story, it's great story of redemption and resilience which is especially resident today on easter, you can think about writing articles

or book. i'm sure a lot of folks would like to read it. nick brown wishing you all the best and a very speedy full recovery. thank you so much. >> thank you i appreciate it. leland: i hear sirens outside were juliana's. it is easter 1 millio many of ue at church, they will continue despite government warnings or threats per the justice department said it might investigate any state or local authority to punish churchgoers or their pastors. looking into both sides of the debate going on for all week. >> the attorney general's warning state and local governments that there could be consequences for cracking down on religious services in response to the coronavirus. on saturday easter eve, bill barkbillbarr's spokeswoman, thed they must be applied evenhandedly and not single out religious organizations. expect action from d.o.j. next

week. this comes as a number of churches are pushing back against local orders banning them from worshiping in person. on saturday, a federal judge in kentucky, he ruled that the mayor cannot walk a local churches drive in easter service. u.s. district judge told the mayor's decision to ban all drive up worship services stunning and unconstitutional. saying they would face an impossible choice, skip easter sunday service in violation of their sincere religious beliefs or risk arrest, mandatory quarantines or some other enforcement action for practicing those religious beliefs. former arkansas governor mike huckabee waiting on these fights earlier on fox. >> i think some people have let power go to their head in their shredding the constitution and common sense.

for example, why am i safer in a walmart with hundreds of shoppers than i am in my own yard or my car or by myself at a church with the car rolled up windows listening to an fm transmitter so i can hear the pastor. >> if a different story in kansas, the supreme court held a videoconference hearing and ruled in favor of the state democratic governor after republican lawmakers tried to block her order limiting religious gatherings to ten people. following the decision governor tweeted our response to the unprecedented pandemic that even in our most fundamental institutions find alternative messages that preserve public health. in kansas like most other states, no religious leaders have announced decisions to reopen their doors, their physical doors at least, however, across the country there's only a handful who announced they will hold in person services today in

defiance of state and federal recommendation. leland: we will see how that plays out. we will follow that throughout the date and what the d.o.j. does next week. thank you so much. chris wallace talked exclusively to mark cuban about the economy and how to help businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. dallas mavericks owner coming up right here on "fox news sunday" 2:00 p.m. eastern. gillian: a lot of you, hundreds expecting questions about the coronavirus, we have a top panel of doctors who will answer some of those questions coming upen next. ♪ head turners and stripe burners. run with us on a john deere mower. because this is more than just grass. it's home. search john deere mowers for more.

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leland: a couple of months into the coronavirus pandemic, there is so much we do not know about. and so many questions you submitted, on facebook, and instagram, we want to get answers for number of those, we will bring in doctor from center health, doctor of internal medicine from san francisco. we appreciate you spending easter with us. sicilia on facebook rights i have a chronic kidney disease, stage iv, amite at greater risk from the coronavirus. >> thank you for having me, we

know coronavirus spreads through respiratory droplets. when an infected person coughs or sneezes the dro droplets sprd the virus, they can land in the mouth or the noses of people who are nearby. so if you are having to visit the doctor's office due to your kidney disease during the pandemic, you may be at increased risk and you could be exposed to infected people while there. it's really important to wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds or use alcohol-based hand sanitizer and wear a cloth mask or face covering when you're in public. leland: i thought the cloth mask didn't protect you they only predicted the other people from you. >> we are recommending that anybody in public whether going to the grocery store doctor's office, wear a mask, we do think intercourse protect other people from you and potentially you from other people spea. leland: , that's another one. now joining us from tennessee.

i'm hoping you can hear me, you're nodding along, i love it when technology works. can high risk people use the hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic in the fall since there is no vaccine. we heard antidotal evidence of doctors and ers using hydroxychloroquine as a lower dose. is that going on right now, how is that happening. >> hydroxychloroquine is typically used for prima logic conditions like lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, sometimes it can be used for malaria. but there is really not very good evidence yet that hydroxychloroquine is a preventative medication for coronavirus. so i would be hesitant to say that it could be something that we could use to help prevent patients from getting coronavirus. now there is a lot of research

that is being done in this medication and lots of other medications and i feel confident in which of these medications are safe for treatments and safer preventions. leland: important to keep in mind, were dealing with these things before, especially if you have a pre-existing condition, make sure you check with your doctor that treats you and knows you as well. this came in by instagram for peter, do we have any statistics for how long it takes a person on average to recover from the virus. >> as we see there's a lot of variability in how the virus affects people from very mild disease to very severe. recovery is different for different people. it depends on how severe the course of illness is. so from the onset of symptoms to clinical recovery for mild cases, it is usually around two weeks and it's up to six weeks

for patients with more severe or more critical disease. leland: we learned from a major study there so many people who are asymptomatic walking around and have the disease and may not even know it. this is from phil on instagram, this is particularly important as people are ordering things online and staying in, can coronavirus be transmitted by mail packages, how long can it remain life on surfaces. >> this is a question i get asked so frequently and is a difficult one because there's not really great data to say how long coronavirus stays on the surface. some people think it can last a few hours, some say it may last even a few days. what i can say is the majority of people who contract coronavirus are getting it from close personal contact with respiratory droplets that are getting near them and not from touching the surface that

someone who is actively infected touch a few days ago. so the real way to protect herself is to distance ourselves from patients who are actively ill with this disease. leland: thank you very much. gillian: we will have more with the doctors coming up after the break. it also looks like new coronavirus hospitalizations in new york city might be easy now. is new york's peak in the rearview mirror? ♪ but what i do count on is boost high protein. and now, introducing new boost women... with key nutrients to help support thyroid, bone, hair and skin health. all with great taste. new, boost women. designed just for you. new, boost women. robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood.

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leland: finally we're getting good news about the ventilator situation in new york. this is the governor showing numbers that a real change in the number of total hospitalization and the changes for the better. live in new york city with more. good afternoon. >> governor cuomo also received a donation of 35 ventilators from upstate new york.

perhaps in a sign that things are heading on the right track. he will return the ventilators back to the nursing home that made the donation and thanking them for the compassion as you know ventilators have been in high demand in recent weeks but the state has reached the apex with daily coronavirus plateauing at about 700 mark every single day. there was an uptick in intubation statewide but overall the number is just about third of where it peaked nine days ago. the intubation in new york city are also down from 2 - 300 today to about 70 per day. new york city has enough ventilators to get through the next week. >> we are most worried about nursing homes. the vulnerable population, they are in nursing homes. a nursing home would come forward, what an incredibly

beautiful generous gesture. >> also today governor cuomo said he will address all new york employers to provide facemasks for all employees who interact with the public. new york city still needs face shields and surgical gowns for healthcare workers. mayor de blasio says those will need to be resupplied by next week. he is putting pressure on the federal government for more individual testing, he said he will call the white house about that today. >> we have not gotten the help that we need on testing. here's a chance to get it right. i will be asking the federal government today for test kits to allow 110,000 individualized tests. >> local food pantries in this area are also facing major shortages on this easter sunday because of covid-19. nearly one third of the pantries in new york city and long island have closed because of this.

with tens of thousand without jobs, that is so important right now, food is a demand in the demand is up about 30%. leland: we have seen lines around the block, six hour weights at food pantries around the country. great reporting. thanks a lot, we will see you later. gillian: let's bring back our panel of doctors, they are here to answer your questions, joining us the health internal medicine physician and vice president of emergency services for extension health. thank you so much for hanging out and joining us again. let's pick up on viewer questions. we have a question from lisa who says how long from the time of exposure do people become contagious. >> the time from exposure can

have symptom onset which is the incubation period is thought to be 3 - 14 days. so symptoms typically appear within four or five days after exposure. so we don't know the extent to which people who are not yet experiencing symptoms can infect others. so it is possible that people may be contagious for several days before they become symptomatic. >> interesting. this is a question i have personal interest in. allison writes to you, severe seasonal allergy symptoms versus the virus, how do you tell the difference. how do you tell people like me who suffer from seasonal allergies. >> that is actually a really good question, that something i get asked a lot as well. there is an overlap and sometimes people are having a hard time differentiating, do i have allergies or is this covid.

what i tell patients, there are a few things that you can look for that are definitely different. the first being a fever. fever is not a part of feet into seasonal allergies, most people who have coronavirus will have a fever. the second is a severity in your symptoms. we know with seasonal allergies, we may have -- we may feel bad but we can go about our business and daily lives pretty well. but patients have coronavirus feel very, very terrible and might say they have the flu or be bedbound. gillian: okay. stacy writes, if you did get it and then recovered which is amazing, will you be able to go back to work, what about the rest of us who did what we were told and stayed home, what will happen with the vaccine, how can we go back to work? >> these are very important questions. we need several things to be in place before we get plans to reopen society.

this includes the ability to do accurate antibody testing and now this test looking for active and current infection, tells us of your once exposed to the virus and covered. and we do believe that there is some degree of immunity but it's not clear how long you will be immune to the coronavirus once it's closed. we also need widespread diagnostic testing to see if you're actively infected and would require strict isolation from there. in infrastructure to track all of this. so we can respond appropriately if it does occur. we are 12 months are probably like 18 months away from a vaccine so we are still at mile one and a half of a 26-mile marathon. we really have a long way to go but we will get through this, the one thing we cannot do right now to say state is to stay home. gillian: is sobering reality

check. doctor, the final question is for you from beverly who says we are picking are some up from college and bringing him home, what precaution can we take to protect herself in case he is the virus and asymptomatic. another good question. >> that is a good question. to be honest if he is asymptomatic and feels fine, what i would encourage you to do is practice the same safety precaution that we are encouraging everyone to practice and keep healthy and those of the regular handwashing, trying to limit them in a time where urine close personal contact. don't share food and drinks with each other and make sure you are consistently cleaning hard surfaces or the high touch surfaces in your home just to try to keep yourself and him and everyone in your home healthy and safe. gillian: doctors thank you so

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leland: a lot of information, almost every day about the coronavirus pandemic, some conflicting and some directly in contradiction with each other. so to sort this out for what the media is saying, the host of "mediabuzz" which will return to fox news channel next weekend and until then were glad to have you with us. how do we understand the different perspective and views of the coronavirus. is it genuine differences of opinion or a partisan undertone that we have to keep in mind. >> some of this reflects a

partisan divide republicans versus democrats. but it's really more fundamental, were drowned with information and interpretation of the coronavirus. the white house, governors, medical experts, journals, commentators, folks on facebook and twitter. people understandably are not sure who or what to believe, even doctors disagree and that's genuine differences of opinion and when the computer models cannot accurately forecast the death toll because there's so many assumptions and fast-changing circumstances it creates a deep sense of unease. leland: at times like this, it is all the more important for the media and for journalists to understand their responsibility and to take it more seriously, this is not about a debate on capitol hill of funding or whatever, these are people's lives in the balance. do you feel as though that sense of responsibility is taking over reporting and are people still too interested in the 15 seconds of fame. >> i think that the commentator

and the columnist are treating this as another political battle and i think that's a shame because there's a lot at stake. when you look at reporting on the white house and the state, a couple of quick examples, andrew cuomo said new york state needed 30000 ventilators and up to 140 hospital beds and the president said the new york did not need that many, it appears he was right, now new york using under 20000. but he had a plan for the worst case scenario. in the surgeon general said it does not do any good to wear a mask, the cdc said the guidance is to wear masks in public and the president said sure but that's voluntary. while his wife was posting a picture of herself in a mask and i world mask in public two. the public and the president are flirting the use of hydroxychloroquine against coronavirus but anthony fauci says it has not been proven in use against the disease so people have to make up their own mind.

leland: should at the media at times like this when often times the right answer isn't no, there may not be fax yet, there may not be a right answer, should they be slower to be as negative or contradictory at times like that? >> i think there has to be accountability reporting how the administration is handling and all that. i think it's not a situation where you can say this is totally wrong and this is totally right because even those of us to study this for a living and the doctors of this for living don't know what is totally right. for example, the debate you reported a few moments ago about the flattening of the curve and hard-hit areas of new york city and even as the death toll continues to rise, that has a president and some of his cabinet numbers saying we have to try if we can to start reopening the economy by the beginning of may. that is less than three weeks from now. so dr. fauci and others say that

could be a mistake that the virus could come roaring back if we loosen up too quickly, there is no one clear answer, the same time as you know we have 60 million people to file jobless claims, that number will continue to rise, a lot of people hurting and out of work. finally for all of the presidency, these decisions about reopening schools, reopening businesses, lifting stay-at-home orders, they will be made by the governors, they are the ones that imposes restrictions and ultimately they will vary from state to state, they are the ones on the front line that will have to make the decision and when. leland: they are the ones making the decisions but quickly what is the responsibility of the media to hold them responsible for those decisions rather than have them make the decisions and if it's a wrong one it feels as though to hold the president responsible for it not working out or they're not having ventilators or enough gloves. >> hindsight is 2020 but i think a lot of fact-based reporting

particularly about which states have handled it better and looking at what the death toll is and what the hotspots are in the entire country is not experiencing this at the same rate, as well as the state of the economy which has tripled and i think fact-based reporting is the way to go. leland: there will be a lot of reporting to come over these weeks on the fox news channel and to look at it all on "mediabuzz" returning next sunday 11:00 a.m. eastern. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. gillian: around the world bustling during this easter weekend, we are seeing they are quiet today. a look at how countries across the world are celebrating. coming up next. hold my pouch. trust us. us kids are ready to take things into our own hands. don't think so? hold my pouch.

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gillian: pope francis is calling for solidarity in his easter message early this morning as catholics celebrate the most joyful day in the christian calendar around the world mostly at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. amy kellogg is reporting live from florence italy. reporter: hi, the pope said today that easter is all about hope and at this time more than any in recent memory, a lot of people are hungry for comforting words especially people perhaps

have lost a loved one, maybe without having the opportunity to say goodbye or has lost the job for example. the pope was close to all of them with a message of support it was a easter mass on like none other, last year there were 70000 on st. peter's square, early this morning there was barely a soul in sight, pope francis said this is a moment for europe to work together to solve problems associated with coronavirus jointly, he called for an in an international sanctions, wars and all forms of indifference and self-centeredness as he acknowledged people's pain. >> in these weeks with the lives of millions of people with sudden change. but for many remaining at home it has been an opportunity to reflect and to withdraw from the frenetic pace of life to stay with loved ones and enjoy their

company. for many, this is also a time of worry of an uncertain future. reporter: as the mass began the military police raise their program cross outside the basilica as mass went on and a sign of solidarity and burden. it was a gift to them from an archbishop for protecting public safety during the jubilee a few years ago. those among other things were have to go to pensions and deliver them to the elderly who cannot get out these days. there has been much volunteer spirit around here in milan, the shelter run by an ngo which normally works during night has turned into a safe place for the homeless serving meals and giving them a place to stay with social distance base created for them to keep them from getting or spreading coronavirus. it is all run on donations by volunteers and said it's a way for them to feel connected to

the community as so many of us feel isolated during this time and is not only about keeping those without a home safe from coronavirus and from sickness but protecting the doctors on the frontline who have been so overwhelmed in italy for tickly northern italy. more than 100 doctors have died so far of coronavirus. gillian: amy kellogg life from florence, thank you for that report on this easter sunday. leland: nafta easter in the holy land. tray standing by in jerusalem. >> happy easter, a unique easter sunday in the holy land as some of the world's most iconic sites, today we are empty, we did see a mass held at the church of the holy sepulcher, a small group roop of clerks were allowed to attend. christians believe he was crucified and resurrected. nearly thousands would make th e

pilgrimage to this region but omits outbreak, the streets were empty. this is a long patriarch of jerusalem they gave hope to citizens around the world. >> my messages despised death and. that we are seeing everywhere and all over the world we have to look at the good in all those giving their lives to others. the message of easter is the life we prevail. >> this year easter in the jewish holiday over passover, another part of the old city, worshipers took part in a blessing today. many were facemask enchanted for additional prayers, it remains a worst hit city in israel with 2000 cases of covid-19. as a whole it has nearly 11000 total cases but maintain the death toll of over 100 people. middle east like the rest of the world is working around the clock to fight coronavirus and light amid the dark story, we see a significant reduction in

clashes between the israelis and palestinians. you might remember this time last year, the israeli tanks along the gaza border for the possibility of a ground operation, this year the border is quiet as both sides are fighting a new battle. leland: you were there last year with great reporting and once again holding down the fort in jerusalem. we appreciate it. he made the point that a whole lot has changed in a year, even one year ago at the masters tiger woods one. now there is no masters. gillian: everything has changed, it is a whole new world, things were keep on changing pre-thank you so much everyone at home, we you so much everyone at home, we wish you and your family a and healthy easter. ♪ ♪ downy unstopables we're returning $2 billion dollars to our auto policyholders through may 31st.

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