today is a very different easter sunday than we have ever experienced before. as a nation, continues to practice social distancing, staying at home, watching out for our loved ones, friends and neighbors. in this continuing pandemic of the coronavirus now infected more than 542,000 people in our nation. so far, it's killed 21000 of our fellow americans. marking more deaths than any other country in the world, keep in mind what we are going through. happy easter. this is america's news headquarters. i am eric.

>> happy easter, everyone. in our country's epicenter of a firestorm of new york. the iconic st. patrick's cathedral in manhattan live streaming easter sunday mass this morning as hospital workers and those in the frontline remain hard at work as a trump administration looks at when and how to reopen the country. some of the nation's top health experts morning the timing is crucial. >> if we're not careful, we will re-create the conditions that existed back in early march. we could have another peak the way we had won this month. we will have to really be careful thought and think about keeping people at safe distances from each other whenever possible. wearing cloth masks, putting up physical barriers and workspaces if that's possible. arthel: after the latest on the virus, the impact on our nation.

steve kicks off our coverage live from bethesda. hi, steve. >> what again today, we've seen those numbers steadily decline. right now, 542,000 cases in the u.s., more than 21000 people killed by the virus. look at the five day total, the average is just under 2000 people dying a day. each in the last five days in the u.s., about a 10% jump in the past 24 hours. with 16 million people losing their job through the virus, there's more and more talk about possibly opening up the economy, many of us stay at home orders expire, set to expire at the end of april and we are getting our first look at what the details of the economy might look like. here's doctor prouty. >> if you look at the patterns and other countries, what you turn the corner, hopefully will seek a very sharp decline. and you start thinking about how we can keep it that way and prevented from researching when you start to think about a

gradual reentry of some sort of normality, some sort of reentry. >> there have been a number of battles, even legal battles over how to mark the celebration of easter, perhaps nowhere more complex than kansas where we've seen a democratic governor ban any group of more than ten people. that ban overridden by republican lawmakers in fact overturned once again by the state supreme court. it's a real battle there between people wanting religious freedom and on the other hand, people advocating for public safety. back to you. arthel: unusual times, indeed. thank you so much. eric. eric: we will have to get used to wearing facemasks. that has been the recommendation when going out in today, andrew cuomo signed an executive order, directing employers to provide essential workers with facemasks

for people to wear them when interacting with the public for the state announcing 7704 people have died since yesterday. the governor says the daily numbers seems to be stabilizing. >> reinforcing the same thing, flattening of all these numbers. you're not seeing a great decline in the numbers but you're seeing a flattening. eric: been one of the centers about virus. here's more in the northeast. >> governor cuomo gave some good news and bad news on this easter sunday. isaac mentioned, the good news is we have the apex in new york state and the number of daily hospitalizations dropping as well. sadness, for troubling side to all of this is a number of daily deaths. that is plateauing as well but it's plateauing at a high price.

yesterday, 700 for the new yorkers died from covid-19 that's about how many have died each day for the past week. totally carmarthen 4600 that's not. more than 9000 new yorkers have died the crisis began. >> new yorkers did everything humanly possible to be there for their loved ones and try to save those lives. that's the one number that will look forward to seeing drop. >> let's talk about ventilators, there is an uptick in into patient but overall, the number is about a third of where it it peaked just nine days ago. into patient in new york city are also down from two or 300 a day to know about 70 a day. new york city does not have enough ventilators to get

through next week. governor cuomo is addressing all new york employers to provide facemasks for all ploys who interact with the public. new york city needs face shield and surgical gowns for their healthcare workers does. mayor de blasio saying they will need to be resupplied by next week. he's also putting pressure on the federal government, more individualized testing. he said he will call the white house today. >> we have not gotten help we needed on testing. here's a chance to get it right. i will be asking the federal government today for testing kits to allow for 110,000 individualized tests. >> local food pantry facing shortages. a third of food pantries in new york city and long island have closed. the need, the demand for food and those food pantries has shot up by 30%. eric: thank you so much. in the next hour, we will talk

to masks for docs. one of the groups we highlight here in the fox news channel every weekend, people can help get the mass and vital material to our frontline workers. thank you. arthel: thank you. millions of catholics around the world to celebrate easter from the isolation of their homes. pope francis delivering a message of hope and solidarity. holding mass as italy is reeling from the devastating effects of covid-19 pandemic. live in florence italy with mark. amy. >> pope spoke about hope being a sort of pandemic, a contagion he

put it. spreading heart-to-heart, he hit hard on that message of hope today because in this very difficult period, people more than ever seen hungry for stories of encouragement and support, particularly those who lost loved ones so often times referred losing them without getting a chance to say goodbye, losing jobs and losing a sense of faith in the future so the mass at st. peter's today. eric: >> people expecting change. for many, remaining at home has been an opportunity to reflect, to withdraw from the frenetic pace of life. left drones and enjoy their company. for many so, this is also a time of worry about an uncertain

future. arthel: this is indeed a time of worry but the pope that delivering a message of hope and solidarity. this brings to mind a book that i once read, i can't remember the name of the author finance but it was called the blessing of brokenness. times like this when god puts us all down to get our attention and make us think. eric: absolutely. this is a special day, one we can thankfully have our prayers for fellow americans and family and friends. we will get through this. having said that, coronavirus is not the only danger that threatened some parts of this nation. there's flooding, hail and tornadoes hammering americans in the southeast and southwest you can see the hail falling hard. it's outside san angelo, texas. here's the very latest christina

from on top of the virus, you've got disturbing weather. >> that's right. it's a lot to deal with. a lively tornado has hit northern louisiana, officials that tweeting that there's been damage in multiple locations including one of the office buildings as a single regional airport complex. the airport director financed all lights out of the airport have been canceled until further notice. weather and debris removal. we are hearing reports that there's been a few minor injuries from this likely tornado but touched touchdown about an hour ago, much more on the damage and whether anyone was badly hurt from this. in iowa, rain and hail pounded down as lightning flashed across the area and take a look again at the large hail and ten ange angelo, texas, 200 miles west of austin. it's rough for anyone who may have been outside when the storm hit anyone with vehicles parked

outside, it's a refund to the damage that large hail like that dust your car. multiple counties in mississippi are under a tornado warning right now. the strong storms can impact millions of americans. here's arkansas' governor on the headquarters with reaction. >> we are concerned, last week jonesboro got hit with a tornado is about 4 miles of destructive path. anytime we are in season, you have to worry about it. last year, we had a flood as well. our folks are resilient from a they understand the city but it's incredible to handle virus and then a potential threat we want it could be rough, apart from the strong storm system offers a double whammy to charities and groups already offering help to people in need during this coronavirus crisis. especially when it comes to fungus rescue organizations

doing inventory and helping millions of people are financially hard right now during this pandemic. eric: it is difficult to christina, thank. arthel: if that's not enough, tonight, more intense severe weather forecast across the south and winter weather is returning to the midwest. adam is here with more with this storm. it looks like mother nature is commanding attention right now. >> yes, it really is. a mild easter weekend across the country when you talk about this forecast and unfortunately, the really big storms in the southeast, they are not going anywhere soon. as we are watching them move as we speak right now, let's look at the weather maps addressing heavy rain across the mississippi valley, this system

will sweep off toward the east slowly through the course of the day as it makes this move, he will see areas getting big thunderstorms, tornadoes possibly, everything highlighted in that red area, a tornado watch in place, at eight for the folks in the studio. those are the areas we are paying attention to. north of jackson, the area and think box from that's a tornado storm on the ground right now. all of this is going to sweep towards the east throughout the night tonight. eventually, getting its way through alabama towards atlanta, this is the future radar, you can see the time stamp on the top edge of your screen thick and i'll put this into motion from you see it is a slow mover. big storms right now mississippi and alabama, still running through alabama by 8:00 p.m. the system likely not getting there until 11:00 p.m. or midnight. into early early monday morning.

this is a problem sticking around for a little while. outside of that initial band of heavy storms, just to the north of the area in northern alabama stretching up into tennessee, you see the deep red colors, that is precipitation, six to 8 inches of rain from flash flooding in some of those region by the time he wake up early monday morning, this is what the forecast looks like across the country. all of that very warm air in the eastern half but right along chicago, drop back behind that, possibly some snow. there is your frontal boundary, another storm system there. with that, we seen a sound of smoke even though we are talking about severe weather. this is your winter storm warnings and watches, northern plains, all the way up into wisconsin. the you pier, likely freezing rain in those areas and a little snow on the ground possibly. it's going to be a grab bag of

absolutely everything across the country. a lot of folks may be staying indoors for more than one reason this easter sunday. arthel: oh boy is all i have to say about that. let's hope the weather is not too bad for everybody. thank you so much. eric. eric: yes, oh boy. and forth in that. president trump is saying 20 reopens the nation, their new warnings about a potential new death toll if that happens to sin. this is anthony fauci predicting the virus, ready for this? it could rebound here later this year. his up next on what you should look out for. >> is trying to balance two things. make sure you don't do something prematurely at the same time to pay attention to the need to try and back to normal. hold on one second.

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we have an update now from the uk, boris johnson released from hospital where he was being treated for covid-19. saying he will continue his recovery at home in a prerecorded message to the british people, stressed the importance of self quarantine.

>> millions of people across this country have been doing the right thing. millions, going through the hardship self isolation, faithfully, peacefully for others as well as themselves. i want you to know this easter sunday, i do believe your efforts are worth it and proving their worth. arthel: he spent one week at the hospital including two days in the intensive care unit, receiving oxygen not on the ventilator. the healthcare professionals, he thinks them for saving his life and we all wish him well. >> obviously if you do it,

there's an extraordinary risk of there being a rebound. in that respect from the model is correct. that's why i mean, it's not an all or none. it's going to be something you gradually and carefully, and different parts of the country in different ways try to get back. >> he's become one of our most prominent faces and experts in the nation. the doctor say what he calls a rolling reentry could be possible starting next month because no one wanted to relapse in a second wave of infections. how does the administration way our health versus getting people getting back to work? a family emergency physician and a fox news medical contributor. always great to see you. the president has been pushing to potentially reopen, of course. passports will have more on that on tuesday. what would you suggest should be the benchmarks and the guidelines that the government follows in order to reopen the economy parts. >> this is definitely a challenge for the administration because the problem is, we don't want to prematurely open the

country without a well organized public health plan to prevent resurgent and prevent spikes in hot parks in targeted area. some of the most important things we need to look for is number one, making sure we know where the virus is, where is it brewing? where is the spike about to occur? we do that through testing and diagnostics. on top of that, we have to instruct the hospitals have the full capabilities for staffing, as far as equipment and ventilation, intubation equipment and ppe. i think we have an issue with ppe anymore but the biggest key issues that i've looked at as a physician in addition to ensuring we first make sure the numbers are significantly down because as of last night, i still had many sick patients coming in with pneumonia and difficulty breathing. we are nowhere near this month,

in my opinion, reopening. but it is possible maybe end of next month or june that may be possible. eric: yes, perhaps some are saying more like june. you hit the nail in the tent head, testing. south korea, hong kong, others have. we need to have a program. $3.6 billion in federal programs with 100,000 contact tracers. you need widespread testing. you need contact tracers and who has the antibodies. here's andrew cuomo talking about that very thing earlier today. listen. >> we are going to need this testing, more testing, faster testing than we now have when you start to move people back to work. there's no doubt about that. eric: $220 in the economy, the first ballot was 8.3.

8.3 billion. i can the federal government start at $2.6 billion program to make sure all americans are tested to get the thing over with? >> fortunately, we are on the right track. it's underway. we arty have the swab, swabs for the nose and throat. now we have new antibody testing coming up. the slowdown is, we want to make sure the tests are accurate sensitivity. we don't want false negatives. that is a big problem, he send someone out into the workforce, you reopen schools and people who are sick with this virus could potentially spread it to the classmates and coworkers so the good news is, in the next week or two, we will have these antibody tests check and check the infection, previous infection concurrent infection. that could help us tell us where can we open up? look at the errors in the nation that don't have any spikes or surges.

let's see who's sick and who's not sick, who can go back to work and who needs to continue the guidelines of stay-at-home social distancing and that sort of thing. i don't think we can open up the entire nation all at once, it's a matter of seeing where they areas are of outbreaks and where the outbreaks might occur. we know that by checking through testing whether it continues use of swabs and also antibodies and testing which i know we will see a lot more of in the next few weeks. eric: that is really encouraging. let me show you this, these numbers. they are kind of chilling. this is from the government. this is your government, folks. this is from the home and security. if it's opened up by may 30, it shows not 60 million, 160 million infections. 160 million new infections.

4.2 million new hospitalizations, 200,000 new deaths and 170,000 of those deaths are government says would be people over 65 years old. that is the danger, doctor. that's the danger you say, do it strategically, geographically with testing. will we get there? >> yes, i think we will. those numbers, is a hike numbers. i hope the models are wrong as they have been previously, that's a good thing. i think if we continue to put full force ahead and not relax on the guidelines now is not the time to relax on most guidelines. if we continue to work on accurate testing, we look at their even though right now we are seeing a high number of deaths, we had over 700 deaths yesterday here in new york and we have about have many in the country, half a million cases in the country. i think that number is much higher, we are just not testing

everyone. we need to continue with what we are doing, continue with accurate testing, they are doing a great job of taking precautions and staying home, hand hygiene, disinfecting, let's continue doing what we are doing and we will be on the road to success, which is not only what we need. eric: finally, we are looking at the correct number, there's the correct number. states like arkansas predicted not to pick until april 30. texas april 20. these are major states that won't even peak until later on this month. what's your ballpark guess on what you think? >> this virus is attacking the country in a wave. we need to look at what's going on here in new york and new jersey so they don't have the spikes and number of debts we do. it's more of a rural area in certain parts of the state but

not as dense obviously here in new york but i think everyone needs to take precautions so we can prevent acute spikes in those cases keep it as flatlined as possible to save lives. eric: is out responsibly, it's up to us, the american people to stay at home, listen to the medical experts. this will go on for a while but it will be over sometime. always good to see you. thank you. arthel: you're right, it will be over sometime. meanwhile, social distancing has become a struggle for many americans, especially those mornings the last of a loved one. grief experts say they will join us to see how we can cope with our feelings while in isolation. >> people are going to lose their jobs, they don't know how to cope with the pandemic. being socially isolated does not mean we are alone.

this morning, especially challenging, untold number of people not able to be there in person to say our final goodbye to their loved ones. even if you haven't lost someone to coronavirus, there's still the social isolation where we are all experiencing. we are 20 the founder of grief.com, david. he's also co-author of the book on grief and grieving, finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss. listen, david, it's difficult enough to deal with one of the big tragedies in life. now people are dealing with devastation and bundles. what's your advice to somehow manage the grief and anxiety? >> i think the first thing we have to do is recognize a name. this is grief. we are grieving, and at the same

time, we are grieving the disappointment of weddings and things that are being canceled. even people can have funerals these days. at least acknowledge the grief and then we can empower it. arthel: how important is it to let yourself ride the emotional roller coaster? not to feel the need to be tough? >> we have the idea that being tough and sort of pretending like this is sad is the best thing to do but to present our emotions takes a lot of energy. so many people have said, why am i exhausted? because we are suppressing the sadness and anger and it is okay to feel this. this is our natural reaction. if we let ourselves these feelings, it will be done in a few minutes rather than keeping them at bay. arthel: how do you counsel front liners? medical workers scared down

death multiple times a day? >> i have been with them and i've seen their work throughout the years. just to give them the gratitude, give them the supply and honor how important it is, it's going to be important not to just remember their work in a tragedy but long after this tragedy. arthel: absolutely. while maintaining compassion and empathy for others, how can you find a silver lining in your own circumstances? >> i think it's to try to use this time wisely. the reality is, after this is done, after every tragedy, we will either find there will be people who are fine, people in posttraumatic stress, i want to help people get to posttraumatic

growth. we do tend to growth from each of these tragedies, it's something i've studied in my new work, finding meaning that after this, we can find meaning and pay honor to all of those who have died. arthel: absolutely. you are right because there's a short term stress and then there's long-term worry. what you're talking about, how do you think we, as a society will be on the other side of this? >> i think we are going to be changed. i think things are going to be different and every generation goes through this. whether it's the vietnam war or the aids epidemic 9/11, we, as a species, come through these things. but it doesn't mean they're not horribly scary. we have to take care of the worried well, i tell people don't picture the worst scenario, which are the best scenario, two and reality will

be somewhere in between. there are those who have had a loved one die and we need to make sure we are there for them, also. that's one of the ways i serving during an ongoing grief group everyday for people who have had a loved one die. grief.com. arthel: we do have to provide solid to everyone who can touch not necessarily physically but definitely through all the technology means we have these days. thank you so much. eric: very good advice. the question on the minds of a lot of folks, when will i get my stimulus check from the government? according to the irs, some people are already getting them. they went out on friday night and for others, the check is in the mail. the agency says they are working to ensure that money as fast as possible. lawmakers on capitol hill continue to go back and forth over a huge aid package. here's more on what we can expect.

>> the irs tweeted the direct deposit already began and they said more are coming this week as fast as possible. in congress, there is a disagreement on a phase four will bring republicans $250 billion for the paycheck protection program that we don'h through back weeks. the request shot at them. kevin mccarthy said they reject democrats threatened to continue blocking job saving funding until there's a renegotiation. president trump want big money for infrastructure and is already relief for the airline industry in the courts. broken congressman michael said he hopes congress will again try to pass the small business loan money in the coming days. >> politics at its worst. rtc and we are hoping to see a skinny belt, 250 billion more for the paycheck protection program to helping small businesses the bottom has fallen

out of their business and their lives. there's no reason we can't get that group in the next few days. arthel: democrats say they want money allocated to smaller financial institutions bring money for local government, hospitals, healthcare workers providers and testing. lawmakers who held up the funding last week, senator chris said mcconnell's push was a political stunt in his party want to see real bipartisan proposal. congress is out of town for at least another week. senator schumer says he hopes there will be bipartisan agreement this week. nancy pelosi says one way or another, her members are going to pass a bill by the end of the month. eric: quite capitol hill. administration working on that. arthel: coronavirus causing serious illness and taking lives around the world. coming up, why some people are at higher risk and how local leaders are responding.

>> nobody was really tracking these things and it was difficult to do because none of the wives, the cdc, nobody was tracking these tests.

communities of color particularly at risk for being impacted because higher chronic disease, heart disease and lung disease but also because of what we call associative term of health. the opportunity people have to be healthy. one in five african americans, one in six latinos happy about telework. arthel: surgeon general doctor jerome adams calling for priority coronavirus testing in communities of colors with a virus has taken a disproportionate toll, covid-19 has infected nearly every corner of the world, which means now

might be the most important time for countries to come together and fight this faithless enemy. joining me now is president and ceo of the medical college. doctor james thank you so much for being here. we are going to jump right in. we are in a world war. is there enough global coordination in the battle against coronavirus? i know the prime minister, pedro is calling for a seamless solidarity to be this virus. you think there needs to be a global strategy? >> i think if we had a global strategy from the beginning from we would be able to control the buyers. they do not respect and given how they are, the global strategy would have been a great thing to have in place to combat the virus from the beginning. it's a global epidemic and controlling the coordination, i do agree global strategy would be something desirable.

arthel: we've all come to enjoy living in a global community. do you foresee freedom of travel the way we used to? just a few weeks ago because of this pandemic, will be returned to a modified access to travel? >> i think there's going to be a modified access in some respect. that's going to depend on a couple of things. one, being able to verify the presence of antibodies in one's system means one is immune to the virus. another is, getting a vaccine that can give us herd immunity. if we have a vaccine and can achieve a certain level of immunity and portion of the population, the opportunity to the outbreak occurred. i think being able to verify immunity and those infected and also a push to develop a vaccine will be key to returning to some

sense of normalcy. those two things are really important. arthel: are you optimistic we will get a vaccine fairly quickly? >> i'm very optimistic that we will get a vaccine, i don't know if it will be quickly. people should know that vaccines can be extraordinary difficult to make. for example, some have taken 40 years to produce. hiv has been since 1981. hundreds on this, we still do not have a vaccine. the difference is that hiv highly mutating and it changes constantly, even affecting individuals, it changes. making a vaccine to a virus like that is extremely challenging but thankfully coronavirus mutates but at a much slower rate than hiv does. i think we will be able to generate a vaccine. i don't know if it will take a year or 18 pounds but i'm

confident vaccine will be available. arthel: that is encouraging news. let's go from macro to micro. looking at the coronavirus. as we have come to know covid-19 is proportionately ravages the african-american and latino communities, what role does unequal access to healthcare socioeconomic culture play in this? >> all of those things are important but if we take a step back, this virus attacks the lung and the system. any condition that compromises lung function, we protect the conditions present a poor outcome and death and that's exactly what we are seeing. those are not just problems in minority communities, all of our communities have those conditions, because a social construct, african-american

communities, asthma, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, many of those things disproportionally to the rest of the population so we can predict and many did predict covid-19 would be very bad news for our population and less extraordinary steps were taken to prevent it. reportedly, we find ourselves having this conversation. it is predictable that's what happened. unfortunately, the resources we need to prevent it or just not available. arthel: do you think we can get those resources online and sometime soon? >> i certainly hope so and as some of your other guests have said, we will make this invisible enemy visible by testing. then we need to do true contact tracing where we identify individuals in all of those they've been in contact with we attack all of them and take

appropriate steps to quarantine those individual's. minorities communities do not have the same ability to self isolate where they live as other populations do. provisions have to be made for two things. one, possibly provide methane orders for those individuals while they get through the infection so they know and the other thing would be to provide personal protective equipment so the individuals they encounter and for them's selves. healthcare workers on the front lines have to have first priority for ppe but if we are going to solve the problem, providing those things, many of whom come from minority communities, store clerks, transit workers, although's will have to be out working, they need to have the equipment as well.

arthel: thank you so much, appreciate your advice and expertise. thank you for joining us here. we will take a break right now. ♪ you can complete the census online in no time at all. shape your future. start here. complete the census at 2020census.gov.

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millions of christians here and around the world celebrating one of the holiest days on the calendar. solitary confinement of

coronavirus self quarantine. priests and ministers across the nation holding easter mass and empty churches. some went high-tech, live streaming services online. here's more on what americans are doing to keep the faith. >> i've been hearing from a lot of urges is that even the easter services have been canceled, easter is very much alive. they made that clear today. >> bigger than fear, bigger than anything. today, it's a victory day. the moment we pray, the battle begins to turn. >> in houston texas, services for the congregation and the country streamed online. all churches close to help

prevent the spread. defines of the evil pandemic rose to the occasion on the state in which western christians celebrate the resurrection of jesus our cornerstone in defining moment of the faith. here at the basilica of the national shrine of conception in washington d.c. and across the country, more than 300,000 churches and according to lifetime research, 90% shut their doors and have gone online. churches have never used the web for any purpose have had to grown quickly. it's not just churches affected, all churches affected in all houses of worship including jewish synagogues and satyrs. eric: will be right back.

it's a somber easter sunday this year as we learned that coronavirus has killed nearly 2000 americans every day in the last five days, bring the maximum number of deaths in this country to over 21000 with more than 546,000 infected with the virus. harsh numbers to hear, we know still the spirit of this day, happy easter. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> happy easter.

i am eric. president trump called it the biggest decision of his presidency. the question, when to reopen the u.s. economy? businesses across the nation have now been shut down for several weeks. unemployment rate skyrocketing as more than 17 million americans apply for some kind of benefits. your government enter, and others saying a federal program of widespread coronavirus testing is needed because they say relief can only come from a federal level. >> without federal assistance, modestly economy come back? had we found schools, etc.? it will have to happen from federal level. there is no level above a state government that can make a difference besides the federal government. eric: economic team expect some announcements tuesday. david live outside the white

house. hi, david. >> good afternoon pretty clearly, it working we can for president trump. he announced he struck a deal with king of saudi arabia to cut oil production, ultimately saving jobs as part of the opec deal the president mentioned last week as he left the oval office today but meanwhile, president trump also mulling and discussing when he wants to potentially reopen the economy. this is the first time we've had a presidential disaster declaration in all 50 states in the united states. originally, the president helped to open the economy by today, easter sunday but the science is showing that's at least several weeks away. before he's able to do that, before he's able to reopen the economy. the president will announce a bipartisan commission tuesday to open up the economy, they first is a day floated around the west wing, to possibly get things

back to normal. that's the day after the current 30 days ends. >> you know the virus itself kills but we also know economic recession and depression scale. it's a tough decision the president will be making if they have to wait the balance and figure out which path does more damage. eric: >> they believe they are ultimately the ones to make the decisions to reopen the economy. after all, president trump has not issued state homeowners, it spent the local governors that have come so some would argue they are the ones to make the final decision to reopen the economy. president trump said it certainly a big decision. the new york times the report this weekend that president trump is discrediting, saying that the story of a president who repeatedly was warned about the impacts of coronavirus ik in january an early february presip

failed to take the warnings seriously. eric: obviously you could logically say if you had a process i was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. no one is going to deny that. >> a spokesman tells fox news president trump priority is the health of the american people and he will continue to focus on that. president trump not meeting with the coronavirus task force today, they did meet yesterday, we expect they will meet tomorrow but that's meeting on tuesday that announcement of the new task force to open up the economy, we'll see what happens when the president makes that announcement. eric: some states, looking at june 1, not may 1. we'll see how it goes. thank you. arthel: in the meantime, your governor andrew cuomo is expanding who's eligible to conduct antibody tests which

could be key for finding who has already been infected and recovered from covid-19. the state announcing more than 700 people died yesterday but the governor says the daily number is stabilizing and thanks have phased down the imminent threat to the health care system all important capacity. live in midtown manhattan with the latest virus battle here in the northeast. >> you mentioned a number of daily deaths is stabilizing. it is that is good news but the bad news is, stabilizing in a very tight number, let's look at that number. yesterday, new yorkers, 758 new yorkers died from covid-19 in fact about how many have died each day for the past week. that is really striking, more than 4600 deaths in six days.

more than 9000 new yorkers have died now since the crisis began. there was also an uptick in innovations statewide but overall, the number is about a third where it peaked nine days ago. innovations are also down from two to 300 a day to know about 70 a day. york city now has enough ventilators to get through the next week. governor cuomo is directing all new york employers to provide facemasks for all employees who interact with the public. they still need face shield and surgical count for their healthcare workers and the mayor said they will need to be resupplied by next week. both leaders calling for more testing, de blasio said he would call the white house today, the pressure on the federal government are 110,000 individualized test get in governor. >> will issue an executive order to expand who can conduct

antibody testing. >> there are two tests, one is diagnostic, one is the antibody test. antibody test tells you if the present habit buyers and got over it. that would be a prime person who could go back to work because they theoretically have an immunity to the virus for a period of time. >> on this easter sunday, food pantries are facing major shortages, nearly one third of pantries in new york city and long island are now closed with tens of thousands of people without jobs that demand for food, 30% higher than usual and it's difficult for these pantries to even raise funds from any money because they had to cancel off their fundraising events and activities, galas and charities events because of concerns that the virus could continue to spread. arthel: i have a little bit of good news, coming up, we will interview someone who's running a food pantry successfully and

it could be needed resource for many more people. thank you. eric. eric: looking forward to that. it's been a solitary easter celebration. for many of us in the country and forth millions and italy. backcountry remains under the coronavirus lockdown during this holy week. pope francis held an easter mass at st. peter's basilica without one single portion in the pews despite, his message was of hope, encouragement and here's more on what he said. >> the pope spoke about how is a contagion going from heart to heart and this time when people are going through isolation. a message of hope is more welcome than any other time that i can remember. the pope kept in mind those who

lost loved ones who they haven't been able to say goodbye to and those people who have lost jobs and have big economic concerns. the pope kept hope in all messages today and the somber st. peter's basilica, usually there are 70000 people just on the square alone. only this money, barely a soul in sight. he had political messages saying it's a moment for europe to work together to solve problems associated with coronavirus jointly. he called for an end international sanctions in all forms of indifference or self-centeredness and again, he acknowledged people's pain. >> in these weeks, lives of millions of people have suffered or changed. for many, remaining at home has been an opportunity to reflect,

withdraw from the frenetic pace of life, to stake with loved ones and enjoy their company. for many though, this is also time of worry about an uncertain future. >> finally, some good news, for you every day with statistics, numbers and the death toll. 103-year-old grandmother pull through coronavirus this week. she had a fever, she lost consciousness, needed to be hydrated and was unresponsive. it took seven days to wake up but she's back and she's doing okay, apparently. we don't focus so much on these little stories, i think easter is a good thing to do that. yesterday, a 94-year-old man pulled through so i will leave you with those two stories. back to you. eric: thank you. there is hope, faith. we will get through this and

take the holy father's words to heart. thank you. arthel: 103 and 94. god bless them. what a great part of that story. coming up, israel toughening it's already tight wanting to fight the quarantine. there's a movement shut down for getting in-and-out of several predominantly ultra orthodox areas in the city. let's go to try now, he's lived in jerusalem with more. trade. >> good afternoon. a unique easter sunday here, some of the world's most iconic sites were empty today. there was an easter mass held in the church, a small group of clerks allowed to attend. the priest were facemasks to pray at the site that christians believe was crucified. normally thousands would make the pilgrimage to this region at this time of year but amid the

coronavirus outbreak, the street of journalism's old city were empty. this is the jerusalem giving a message to all citizens of the world. listen. >> my message affect the sign of death and fear that we are seeing everywhere, look at the good and all those giving their life for the others. this is a delight. >> this easter, there was a coinciding holiday, jewish holiday of passover so another part of the old city, worshipers took part in a blessing today. many were facemasks enchanted traditional prayers, jerusalem remains the worst city with nearly 2000 cases of covid-19. israel has around 11000 total cases of coronavirus but maintained a doctoral of just over 100 people like the rest of

the work, this region is working around the clock to slow the spread of coronavirus. one piece of light amidst this dark story is that we have seen a reduction in fighting between israelis and palestinians. this time last year, there were clashes along the israel gaza border with israeli tanks preparing for the possibility of ground operation. this year, the water is quiet as both sides are fighting a new battle against this virus. arthel: that's a good ray of light in this story. let's hope somehow this changes their heart and stopped fighting. my goodness. thank you. eric. eric: there's some evidence that some states may be hitting their peak. other states have as much as a month to go before they reach that peak. then of course, the hopeful downward slope. coming up, we will look at that slope. some experts think the downward slope could still take months. stay with us.

doesn't mean the downslope of the peak is going to be fast. it could mean the plateau carries on for a while and we seen in other countries where they started to add lower cases at a time, it could take days

and weeks for the numbers to even get cut in half. i think while we may be at a peak, we hope we are, it's still going to take time to bring the case numbers down, especially in places which are the biggest hotspots. eric: of the coronavirus curve may be starting to flatten out in some spots like new york state for example, the downward slope could be a lot slower before we get the all clear. an emergency physician and medical director joins us. chief medical officer at live clinic.com and iraq were veteran. thank you for your service. >> happy easter. eric: is a coronavirus, same to you. happy easter to you. the numbers of coronavirus victims and people who have caught and started doubling over days in some spots but the path, once we get to the peak, everyone talking about getting to the peak like you are waiting

to get to that peak. what will cash down bequest will be much more gradual? >> it is interesting, hard to predict. basically, if you look at the model for stars, google that. basically divide people into compartments. the people who are susceptible people who are infected and are, the people who recovered. with that, they do data and things and they calculate peaks and numbers and plateaus and here in the emergency room, the challenges when i see a patient and they are infected, i don't always have a test and if i do, it doesn't come back within a couple weeks sometimes. so we don't know who's susceptible, who's infected with covid-19 or something else and who has fully recovered. when we have those numbers and

plateaus, if it's garbage in for the day, it is garbage out. what we need to do is correlate with the front lines. but i would like to see here in the er, less patient coming in, less patients going to the icu on ventilators and then we will know in the front lines they're down trending and we follow that not just the test results and graphs. eric: how long do you think it will be until we get to that? obviously it depends on the geographical area in which you live. >> it does. it depends on the geographical area, and seasonality, it seems like there will be no seasonal change. like influenza, a little heat kills it. but this virus has a protective lipid core around it and it seems like it's resistant to heat. look at abu dhabi and other former places, it looks like it will last through the summer. what i suspect is that we are going to have multiple areas and

this will flatten a roller coaster. we have to do this in a very careful way to minimize the casualties from this. eric: a roller coaster. emotions as it is in the economy and with people's health with so many deaths. new york state for example, we saw a reduction in the number of emergency room acceptances but the number of deaths went up. here's andrew cuomo talking about trying to flatten it and see what happens after the peak. here he is. >> it has been flattening but flattening out a terribly high level. putting the context of 9/11, which are supposed to be the tragedy of my lifetime, 2753 lives lost, we are now 90385. eric: flattening at a high level. so when we know, sadly it high

when it starts to submit go down and not go up but you are predicting that it will. >> it could. eric: can you hear me? >> yes, can you hear me? eric: i think we lost -- okay. the question is, andrew cuomo said they see a flattening here in new york, and goodness but it's data high level. so certainly, you think it will go down but potentially it could go up. when could we get to when it's squashed? >> that's a great question. we can't make a federal decision based on just new york city but in my opinion, it is when we seek disgraced cases in the er. when we look at the test results, sometimes they are not immediately resulted, sometimes false negatives and we can't be following graphs. we need to follow what's

actually happening live time on the frontline. i hope us depending on these accomplishments, sometime you reach a level of herd immunity, meaning 70% of the people are actually infected already and they have recovered so they are the herd and they are immune so you assume they will not pass it to others and that way we get across on this but we don't have an easy answer. even with stars, we could trace it back. we could trace it back to china and we annihilated those caps. now we haven't seen sars in a long time. that will happen with this. eric: this especially because you may not show symptoms. let me show you, this is the projection now for the state that will hit peaks and when they well. our folks, if you live in the states, please pay attention. north carolina april 17, april 17. alabama and tennessee, you've

got eight days to go until the peak. kentucky, even more. april 25. we show the next list, if we can, florida for the end of the month. florida and georgia, texas april 28. south carolina the 29th. arkansas the end of the month, those are just the peaks. we are talking about this going through it seems through may, june, july and maybe more? >> we will seek numbers coming down and as we slowly open parts of the economy in different areas of the country, we may see spikes again. that's why i refer to it as a roller coaster. if we do this in a calculated manner, listeners, you are the most important ones. social distance, wash your hands, we can make it easier for us in the emergency room. eric: absolutely. thank you for what you do in the front lines, thank you to the health workers, nurses,

technicians, doctors. we are staying home for you and later on, we will have another installment on the effort to get the needed masks and medical supplies to you who need it. thank you so much for joining us today. arthel: i agree with you, eric. thank you. when a new york city pastor came down with coronavirus, the organization he runs steps up to help, donating meals to the hardest hit communities and that pastor will join us next to discuss his personal battle with the virus and how he's mobilizing to help neighbors in need. stay inside, stay strong. we will get to this like we do everything else.

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holy week, world keeping them away from their houses of worship.

priests and ministers around the nation to hold easter services and mostly empty churches. some of them are using social media platforms to deliver important message. lauren live here in new york city with more on what americans are doing to keep the faith on this easter sunday. hi, lauren. >> is easter sunday is one for the history books. it will go down as the hear a public health crisis cartridges going online for the holiest day of the year. >> got israel and he's good and he's our comforter and as we celebrate the risen christ, today is a good day to hold onto god and trust him in the midst of all we are going through. >> in new jersey, the energy of easter was apparent even if the services are streamed online. the coronavirus forcing all churches to close -- to close

them, close their doors on this day. 300,000 churches in the u.s. and according to research, more than 90% shut their doors and gone online. >> the coronavirus precautions do not allow many friends to join us in person, to celebrate the resurrection of the lord this day, i am delighted. we are able to come to you. into your home for easter mass. >> they have defied the band from a belief that church is as essential as the grocery store. it's as important as food for the body but is not just churches affected, jewish passover has gone online, celebration also getting help with online resources. they will be able to open but

assume no one is really certain. many are planning for next year's celebration and a renewed and deeper sense of gratefulness. eric. eric: certainly was once everyone is back. >> another story of inspiration this easter sunday, amid a worldwide pandemic. a pastor from a church in long island, just across the east river from manhattan, created a coronavirus relief organization to help feed those in need in the area. that pastor himself coming down with coronavirus symptoms but it didn't stop the organization from giving back. during me now is pastor patrick thompson of new city church of long island city in queens, new york. so happy to have you. we are going to jump right into because i understand you recently formed long island city relief less than a month ago.

cofounded with a leader in the area, kelly craig. what made you start this ministry? tells about the people you serve. >> started with a phone call that kelly reached out to me and she works in crisis management and she knew there were going to be big issues coming and some long-term ramifications in our neighborhood and western queens and kelly and i worked together on different activities here in the neighborhood and say what can we do we set let's form a relief group that can meet the needs for the long fall that are going to be present here in western queens. so we said, how do we mobilize people? mobilize resources, restock food pantries and more than anything, how do we feed people that are in vulnerable situations? so we put together an idea to reach out to local restaurants and grocery stores to get together in our neighborhood and put together an effort were neighbors helping neighbors. that's what got us started.

arthel: excellent. i understand folks can come and pick up food from your locations and some of the local restaurants are working, they can go there. he also deliver to some of your people as well, right? >> i think one of the beautiful things of this is the restaurant model where we raise enough money to produce hot and nutritious meals that are next week will be producing 4600 meals next week, 75% of the meals are just a bit do new york city housing authority areas, 25% of the meals are picked up locally. large portion of those are going to medical personnel on the front lines. at the same time, we are investing in our neighborhood. every week, $15000 spent general lease raise from our neighborhood that goes back to the local economy. that immediately beats people,

local food seller grocery store is restocking our food distribution center two or three times a week and we are using those goods to go out and restock ongoing pantries that are already in the neighborhood. then we work with other local organizations that are doing deliveries to people who can't get out of their apartments because they are in vulnerable situations. we know we couldn't solve everything in this crisis but we knew we could solve something. we decided to take on this project of neighbors helping neighbors to make sure people are taking care of people in vulnerable situations. arthel: that is indeed a lot. you are recovered now, you worked while you were sick with coronavirus, doing e-mails and communicating through social platforms. but still, you were self isolated. what commitment did you do to your self, your family and ministry?

>> three weeks ago today i went into isolation and had the test in a few days later, received a positive diagnosis. i probably was a little bit over average of how people are doing with this, i didn't have to be hospitalized or go to the er but i was in bed for about four or five days, really with symptoms that come at you all at once, quickly, multiple symptoms. it doesn't just hit you physically, mentally as well. it makes you ask questions about faith and family and what you are talking to her. i know for me, it was a journey as a pastor, a person of faith, your first question is always why? why is it happening? i is our world going through this? arthel: i want to jump in there, i do have that question. i want to post deal. for those of you who believe, what is not telling us through this pandemic? >> it boils down to me that a

trust, learn to trust him more. it's not an easy answer, it's not something that's going to make this go away but as a person of faith, i am in a completely unprintable situation right now. i've got this virus that put me in a completely uncontrollable place in my life. it really strengthened my faith to realize i have to trust somebody beyond me, i have to trust in the lord beyond myself in fact what brought me peace. it was in my broken nature and sickness at the time i truly experienced the most peace because i realize there's nothing i can do to control this, it's something i have to trust the creator of the universe to control and walk me through. that doesn't make those across the way any less serious, it's really, we deal with tragedy, our world has been filled with

tragedy from day one. some of us have lived in isolated places away from the tragedy but it hitting us firsthand now. in new york city, plenty of people are asking me why it's going on. i can't tell you the wife but i can tell you what i am learning and what i'm learning is that through this, god can sustain us and encourage us and i pray that on the other side of this, we, stronger and more compassionate people and churches as well. arthel: amen to that. i see relief.org is your organization if you want to donate and help out. fantastic work. god bless you, thank you. eric: thank you so much and god bless you. hospitals continue to struggle with shortages, thousands of you while you step up to help donate

ppe, to those who need a somewhat great weekly we can look at a different charity doing just that is up next. we will show you how to use bikers to help our doctors and nurses. we'll be right back.

the white house over the past number of weeks has delivered a series of ventilators and other personal protective equipment but we continue to be shy on all fronts and we are constantly and persistently not just asking the white house and the federal stockpile or more support but also turning over every stone in new jersey around the country and the world. eric: paris governor phil murphy talking about the shortage of medical protective equipment. for our frontline medical nurses and doctors, minneapolis star tribute echoed what many of us

feel around the country. the paper says the shortage of protective medical care for our doctors and nurses is a national disgrace. , fox news channel, you can highlight groups that have stepped in to help. one of those is mask for docs foundation. at the focus of doctors right here at home from the foundation tweeted this, volunteers personal protective equipment known as ppe for the new york city area this week including more than 2000 shield, more than 5000 masts and they are operating all over the country. with us is docs founder, chad in los angeles. good to see you. thank you for doing the lords work. how did you see the need and how did you start this when you've been all over the world like even libya? >> we are paying attention to this virus early on in late january and i have a friend who is in icu nurse in italy right

where the epicenter of their disaster was happening and he would call me every night and tell me about his shift that day and i felt like i was living in the future, five weeks in the future of what was going to happen here in the u.s. we started a group online, which started with about ten people, to see where we can get mass and face shield and other protective gear directed to the healthcare workers and frontline. eric: you can do that and people can go on to that website and you started chapters around the country, you've done something unusual. you are using bikers, motorcycle dies and gals, women. they get the stuff to the doctors, they just drive up to the emergency room? >> that's right. it started in new york city, a group of motorcycle club who volunteered to collect masts and

other protective equipment from donors who had this stuff at home or in their businesses but who couldn't leave home due to the lockdown orders so our bikers would put on their own mast and put their helmets on for that might drive up to places as far as long island and other parts of new york city metro area and collect all that stuff in one location and fan out across the city to bring the equipment directly to the doctors and nurses in brooklyn and manhattan and other burros the motorcycles come in handy because you don't have to double park or worry about traffic. you can drive right up to the gate of the hospital and the side door and have the doctor come down physically put in their hands. eric: fat is fantastic. los angeles, mayor garcetti, chicago, how do people get involved? even said one person, one city or town can help. >> that's right. the way we work is in a chapter

model in one city and you can get personal protective equipment from the reservoirs where it exists in that city already and businesses like veterinarians, that tensed, tattoo parlors, nail salons and peoples emergency preparedness kits at home and we can collect that and distribute it directly to the doctors and nurses and we also have teams who are making 3d printed face shield, using 3d printers. it slips onto your head, they are about 10 grams of plastic and you take an overhead transparency and punch three holes in it with a standard three hole punch and you have a face shield that can be reused and we have people, hundreds of 3d printing across the country doing that. we also have folks who are sewing fabric mask which can be used for nonessential or essential workers who are on the front lines who don't need the n95 masts. eric: that's fantastic. can you show that again?

companies have 3d printers, fibrous happen. what you do and how do you make that? how did they get in touch with you to make that to protect medical workers? >> we have a volunteer form, mass for docs.com. you can volunteer on there, donate money, donate your protective equipment and if you are a doctor or nurse or somebody working as a healthcare worker somewhere on the front lines, you can request help for your hospital. we have files online to download and put in your 3d printer and you just run the pattern through and it will take it's time to print them. we are printing thousands. eric: status fantastic. mask four..com. if you have access to a 3d

printer, go on and donate money and vacant by material if you have a biker or know a biker or a motorcycle club, contact this foundation. we have raised more than $100,000 for the foundation. we, i mean you, the generosity and goodwill of fox news viewers. thank you for helping fox news viewers. thank you for doing what you're doing. masts for docs.com. thank you. arthel: pandemic does not stop mother nature. aliens under threat from large hail and possibly tornadoes. a live report on that is up next.

arthel: severe weather threatening parts of the nation this easter sunday. flooding, hail, and tornadoes are hammering americans in the southeast and southwest. in fact, there are reports now of a tornado on the ground in macon, mississippi.

if you are in that area, please please seek shelter. more intense severe weather is still ahead for tonight. christina coleman is live in our los angeles bureau tracking all of it for us with more. christina? >> arthel there's flash flooding in northwestern mississippi and reports that a tornado touched down in the western part of that state. sandbag operations are underway to help homeowners in hard hit areas to protect their property from flood damage a after heavy storms swept through. this is an apartment complex in a county in mississippi. also multiple counties in mississippi are under a tornado warning right now. and there's heart breaking video out of northern louisiana this easter sunday. a likely tornado hit there today in the city of monroe. take a look at the damage there. extensive damage, and we're hearing reports that there's been a few minor injuries, but this just happened a few hours ago. so we will be monitoring this for much more information. also one of the office buildings at the monroe regional airport

complex was damaged there. city officials announced all flights out of that airport have been cancelled until further notice, due to the severe weather and debris removal. these strong storms could end up impacting millions of americans. here's arkansas's governor on america's news headquarters with reaction. >> well, we are concerned. in fact, last week jonesboro got hit with a tornado that had about four miles of destructive path, and so any time we're in season, you have to worry about it. last year we had a flood as well. notwithstanding that our folks are resilient. they understand adversity, but it is incredible to have to handle the virus and then other potential threats at the same time. >> yeah, the storm damage and all the aftermath will surely be a lot for people to deal with, especially if they just lost their home on top of all the changes they have had to make during this coronavirus

pandemic. arthel? arthel: it is just too much, and i hate seeing those pictures there in monroe, louisiana. i'm sure governor edwards is on top of that as he has been on top of the coronavirus pandemic. christina coleman, thank you for that update. we're going to take a break right now.

eric: tonight on the fox news channel, we take you to the holy land. we return to israel and the palestinian territories to meet the people who are staking claim to the hotly contested land, the

third installment of the battle series airing tonight 10:00 p.m. eastern. so until then, stay home and stay safe and happy easter, arthel. arthel: happy easter. thanks for joining us, jon scott is next. jon: americans are spending their easter sunday in isolation as president trump vows to rebuild the u.s. economy to honor those who have died from coronavirus. good evening, i'm jon scott. this is an expanded two-hour edition of "the fox report". the number of dead in this u.s. outbreak now exceeds 21,000. this as the president declares a major disaster in wyoming marking the first time in history that a president has done that for all 50 states. david spunt has the latest from the white house. >> jon, a working easter sunday for president trump at the white house. he left the oval office this afternoon after speaking to russian president vladimir