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steve: exactly. there you are. thank you all, great show for it nice to see you in sewall next sunday when the next revolution sunday when the next revolution rob: it is monday, april 20t april 20th. this is a fox news alert, states are moving into phase one, taking the first steps towards reopening the country, as governors sound the alarm whether they can do enough testing why americans are making it clear they want to get back to work. >> we want small businesses ready to go. we have a good chance of getting the deal. we want the deal. >> we want to add more money there. rob: close to a deal, much needed relief could soon be coming for small businesses and hospitals. jillian: we're live in washington with why democrats say they were right to drag their feet. thank you to all our first
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responders and those on the front line, police, fire, ems, doctors, nurses, thank you. >> thank you for my dad and the firefighters. rob: that's cute stuff there. a message of love and appreciation for frontline workers from america. >> "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪ >> good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm carley shimkus. rob: i'm rob schmidt. we begin with a fox news alert. today, some states will begin taking the first steps to reopen. >> while some say it's too soon, protesters say it's about time. rob: todd piro is live to break down when states will be ready to enter into phase one. todd. >> carley and rob, good morning to you. these phases, one, two and three are guidelines for states with governors having discretion to
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determine when they want to open these at their own pace. now, under phase one, employers should encourage telework, return their workforce in stages, minimize nonessential travel, and consider special accommodations for vulnerable personnel. individuals should also continue to shelter in place if they are considered vulnerable, maximize social distancing in public, avoid groups larger than 10 and avoid nonessential travel. specific employers, schools should remain closed, social visits to hospitals and senior living facilities are prohibited while large venues should continue to physical distance, elective surgeries can resume, gyms can remain open with strict sanitation but bars should stay closed. this map shows the states that say they are ready for phase one, based on number of cases and testing, about which the president and vice president addressed governors' concerns while announcing that more than 4 million people have now been
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screened. >> you must remember that the governors wanted to have total control over the opening of their states. but now they want to have us, the federal government, do the testing and, again, testing is local. you can't have it both ways. >> 150,000 tests a day, we think we can double that number by working with governors to activate all of the laboratories in their states and we have every confidence that we can have a sufficient amount of testing to be able to reopen america. >> reporter: speaking of reopening, pressure has increased amidst skyrocketing jobless claims, protesters taking to the streets, worried about their livelihoods and infringement on their freedom. washington's gover governor is accusing the president of encouraging illegal activity.
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close to 71,000 people have recovered from the virus in our country so far. back to you. rob: thank you so much. >> today, senators on both sides of the aisle expected to vote on a deal to replenish the paycheck protection plan. rob: mark meredith joins us live from washington as democrats justify the holdup in congress. hey, mark. >> reporter: hey, rob and carley. good morning. the white house does remain optimistic that a deal can be reached to replenish the small business loan program. that money as you know ran out last week. a lot of small businesses trying to keep people on their payroll, negotiations were going on all weekend long. it's unclear when a deal will actually be reached. i asked the president about this last night during the white house briefing. >> we want to take care of our workers. we want to take care of our small businesses. they're the engine of this country. when we open, we want to have those small businesses ready to go. we have a good chance of getting the deal. we want the deal. >> reporter: now, this package once it is approved is expected to include roughly $300 billion
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more for the small business loans, $75 billion for hospitals, billions for testing, testing being the big thing we heard about all weekend long as well as more money for disaster loan programs. this is not expected to include additional money for the states, that's what the president said last night. at this point, unclear when a deal will actually be reached up on the hill. the treasury secretary said he believes the house will be able to take take this up tuesday. the senate today. but it's unclear if that timeline is still going to work. over the weekend lawmakers from both parties implored the other to move quickly. >> i think we're on a very good path. first of all, i support the cares act. we were very pleased to be able to turn it from a corporate trickle-down bill to a workers first bubble up and support the ppp, the paycheck protection program in there. and so as they have committed the money that is there, we want to add more money there. >> we should tell ms. nancy pelosi please give us our
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paychecks. people need their paychecks. and stop holding it hostage in order to do something else. >> reporter: this weekend the president and speaker pelosi traded jabs at each other, the president called her dumb on twitter and pelosi gave the president an "f" when it comes to testing. we are expecting an update from the white house and the vice president is expected to speak to america's governors a little later on this morning. rob and carley, back to you guys. >> mark, saw you working all weekend, now you're up for us at 4:00 in the morning, what a guy. we appreciate it. >> i'm trying not to wake up my wife. she's in the next room. >> you did a great job. >> reporter: thanks, guys. rob: thanks. all right. we've got to get to some other very serious and breaking news now. the suspected gunman in canada's worst mass shooting in recent history is dead. 51-year-old gabriel wartman killed at least 16 people including a police officer in
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nova scotia. the gunman disguised himself as a police officer, driving this car which looks like a police cruiser. he is suspected of attacking victims in their homes, the rampage ended 12 hours later following a police chase. a motive is unknown. >> the gunman who hijacked a bus and left three texas officers hurt was wanted for killing his girlfriend. he took the bus hostage north of dallas with two people on-board, shooting at police as they chased him. officers used a spike strip to stop the bus after several hours. the gunman was killed in a shootout. all three wounded officers will be okay. rob: overnight, severe storms breaking out across several southern states, sparking tornado warnings and flash floods.
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that video looks like a hurricane. what a storm. hail battering parts of alabama, also georgia and in mississippi strong winds and heavy rain making it very hard to see outside. the powerful storm forcing trees down. the tornado threat remains high through this morning in mississippi, alabama and georgia. so keep an eye on those weather radios. >> absolutely. today, thousands of protesters are expected to push back on pennsylvania's restrictions over the coronavirus. at least 1.4 million people are out of work since the state closed nonessential businesses. protesters are expected to wear masks and comply with the state's new mandate. four states and washington, d.c. have put in place similar mandates. rob: a cruise ship with no confirmed cases of covid-19 docked in spain of all places, it is the first port for the boat after sailing for more than
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a month without any contact with the outside world. the italian cruise company said they had a normal cruise. the travelers will disembark in spain before they head to italy. >> it's like they were on a different planet. >> a heart-warming tribute to first responders battling the coronavirus pandemic. watch this. >> thank you emergency personnel. >> thank you to all of our first responders, police, fire, ems, nurses, doctors, thank you. >> thank you for my dad and the firefighters. rob: cute kid there. the video put together by police offered foreverand forevers fro- firefighters from across the country. >> we are all in this together. rob: absolutely. nine minutes after the hour now. vermont is ready to partially reopen. the green mountain state taking
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carley: today vermonters are heading back to work, the governor implementing a plan of action to reemploy workers affected by the covid-19 pandemic. rob: could the green mountain state be a model for the rest of the country? carley: joining us now for what this will look like, vermont state senator corey parent. good morning, sir. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thanks for having me. carley: explain what's happening today. who is going back to work and what are some of the restrictions being put in place to make sure that these folks stay safe? >> sure.
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the governor, our governor, phil scott, announced on friday that after about 12 days of seeing positive results on our new covid cases that we start to get some folks back to work including construction workers who can go back with crews of no more than two people, when they're traveling to their job site they have to be in a vehicle of no more than two people and keep certain safety measures in place including wearing masks and proper ppe. we're starting to return folks to work who can work in an office setting with one or two people present including town clerks, municipal employees, lawyers, real estate agents, starting to get the service economy going again and the construction workers out there. retail is allowed to start to go back to work in a limited fashion, especially to allow folks to place orders online or call in for pick-up and curbside that had been on hold for a few weeks. so just the beginning of getting
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things going, but starting to loseen up those re-- loosen you up those restrictions -- loosen up those restrictions. rob: this is a tempered phase one when you look at the number of employees that can go back to work, a construction crew of two people. are there are a lost of nerves in the governor's office about the fear of doing something too drastic that might cause a spike to come up? >> absolutely. i think across the country the last thing we want to do is -- we've all taken three, four weeks off here, the last thing we want to do is push people back to work as quick as possible and have a relapse of everything and having to pull back again. i think doing it in an orderly manner, in a cautious manner will set us up for more long-term success. carley: there are protests taking place across the country because people want to get back to work but governors in those states are saying we don't have the hospital space, we don't have the tests right now. what's the situation like in vermont that makes you confident that even if you see a little
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bit of a spike that things will be okay? >> yeah, so again, i mentioned for the last 12 days, two weeks now we've seen consistent decline in newly -- new cases daily. our hospitals, we set up a lot of field hospitals and capacity across the state really set up and we're seeing stabilization there. we're not seeing increases in need. so i think, again, cautiously putting people back to work and monitoring it for the next week to 10 days before we put more people back to work will allow us to gradually get there but make sure that hospitals have the resources they need if there is any kind of increase in activity. rob: sure. let's look at some of the reopening restrictions here for business in vermont. employees with any covid-19 symptoms may not work. employees have to stay six feet apart, wear the face coverings. they have to have access to soap, water and hand sanitizer and no more than two people in a work vehicle at a time. i want to talk about
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unemployment there for a second. you have been inundated with people filing for unemployment and it's backlogged the system. people desperately need the money. have you a plan in place to give $1,200 to everybody that's backlogged tell us about that. >> they're going out today, the governor and state treasurer, we have a hands-on governor and they met and printed off checks for $1,200 for folks who filed and haven't been able to get through the it system, if you will. and get any benefits. some of these folks, i hear from them every day, haven't had a paycheck for three, going on four weeks and so to be able to give them a little bit of relief and then basically borrow the money from the ui fund while we figure out the technology piece and true-up everything in a few weeks, but we know how important it is just to get some money into people's pockets. they have rent and mortgages due, they have car payments due, they have to pay bills and we're all very sensitive to that and when it became clear we weren't going to be able to meet those
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needs late last week, the governor made the decision to issue those checks and like i said, we'll true them up in the coming days and weeks to real payments. it's not an extra benefit but it's just making sure we can get through these technological challenges in a time when so many people are in need. carley: absolutely. seems like a pretty cautious, carefully crafted plan. i'm sure a lot of people will be happy to wake up to the sound of the alarm clock this morning. thanks for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thank you. have a good day. rob: 18 minutes after the hour. crowds flooding the beaches in jacksonville, florida after reopening in the midst of a pandemic. how the mayor is defending the move. carley: a battle of church versus state, worshipers clashing with governments over stay at home orders, should they put aside their first amendment right for public safety. pastor robert jeffress says
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rob: welcome back. fighting for the right to worship, a federal judge blocking the kansas governor's order limiting church gatherings, saying it violates freedom of religion. carley: this as a kentucky church sues its governor for instructing police to ticket worshipers on easter sunday. rob: pastor robert jeffress is serving on president trump's faith council for the reopening of churches safely and he joins us this morning to talk about this. sir, thanks for coming on. in the kansas case, it appears a lot of the anger was because they were trying to stop churches from congregating but allowing other things to happen at the same time. right? >> that's exactly right. look, the vast majority of faith
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leaders like me are willing to suspend services temporarily to break the back of this horrendous pandemic, we have to do whatever we can to stop it. what faith leaders are unwilling to do is to suspend their services but allow exemptions for other organizations to keep them from experiencing these same restrictions. and that's what you had happening in kansas. this governor was prohibiting church services from meeting together but she gave 26 exemptions to that that included shopping malls, airports, libraries, and fortunately this judge stepped in and issued a temporary restraining order and said that's not right. carley: i'll never understand why drive-in services were prohibited in some states. this is happening across the country. we have fights going on in california, colorado, kansas, kentucky, louisiana and mississippi. the governor of kansas had this to say in defense of her
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restricting church services, saying this is not about religion, this is about a public health crisis. what say you to that? >> well, i would say that as long as every organization is having to obey these restrictions, i think she has a point. but when it's singling out churches and keeping churches from meeting but allowing other groups to meet, that is a clear violation of our first amendment rights, the freedom of assembly, the freedom of worship. rob: why do you think it's happening, pastor, why do think they're picking on the churches? >> well, i think you've got a secular mind set and, frankly, it's in many of the states that are run by democrat governors that really doesn't value the right to worship like we do. and look, i'm on the president's council as you mentioned for reopening churches and we had a call friday with the president. we are all on the same page. we all want to open church as soon as it's safe to do so. not one moment sooner, not one moment later. and i think one reason people
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are willing to follow president trump's guidelines, he has a long history of standing for religious liberty. when you don't trust government and their record on religious liberty, i think faith leaders are weary of these restrictions. carley: some mega church pastors have held services like nothing is happening right now, like there's no pandemic. what would your advice be to them. >> i have said and continue to say to faith leaders, look, we may have the constitutional rights to meet and worship together but being a christian sometimes means giving up your rights to serve the needs of other people. that's what jesus did. he gave up his rights as the son of god to die for our sins. we're going to follow that selfless example in how we treat others and how we deal with our community. carley: well said. rob: thank you so much for your time. we do appreciate it, sir. >> thanks for having me. carley: the time is 25 minutes after the hour. vice president pence says the u.s. will get answers about the
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virus from china. >> the president's made it clear, he's not happy. we're going to make proper inquiries into this at the proper time. carley: we're live with the new push to get investigators inside that wuhan lab. rob: and if you have a cold or a skin rash, are those symptoms of coronavirus? we are separating fact from fiction with dr. janette nesheiwat and that's coming up next.
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rob: back with a fox news alert. tensions flairing between the u.s. and china as the trump administration slams beijing over the handling of coronavirus. carley: trey yingst is live in jerusalem as the u.s. wants to decision into the origins of the outbreak. trey. >> reporter: good morning. president trump is making clear, he is not happy with china for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak after previously praising the country and its leadership. speaking on sunday at a lengthy white house press briefing, the president said he wants u.s. investigators to go to china to determine more about the origins of covid-19. the president said his administration is talking to china right now about having americans go into the country to gather more information. the administration has been critical of china when it comes to withholding accurate statistics on the number of total cases and deaths from
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coronavirus. vice president mike pence was pressed on this issue sunday when speaking with fox's chris wallace. take a listen. >> china was not as forthcoming as they should have been with america or the world about what was happening. the president's made it clear, he's not happy. we're going to make proper inquiries into this at the proper time. >> reporter: moving now to europe, in spain the country has closed a large field hospital set up by the military in madrid as new cases there continue to drop. the spanish reported the lowest daily death toll in nearly a month on sunday with 410 people. spain remains the second worst hit country in the world with nearly 200,000 total cases. in iran, some parts of the country are reopening, more than 1,000 cases are coming in each day. the iranian economy remains under heavy international sanctions an continues to call for the trump administration to provide relief. iran is reporting over 82,000 total cases, though the true
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number is likely much higher. as iran continues to get hit hard by the covid-19 outbreak, it's important to note that humanitarian aid is not affected by u.s. sanctions. president trump again on sunday making a pledge to help the iranians if they are willing to accept that help. rob, carley. rob: trey, thank you. rob: the number of coronavirus -- carley: the number of coronavirus cases on the uss theodore roosevelt rises to 672. nearly 5,000 were on the aircraft carrier, 94% of the crew tested positive for covid-19. eight sailors are being treated at a hospital in guam with one currently in the icu, it comes as the navy expands its medical capabilities at the island base by setting up a new modular hospital. the pennsylvania national guard bringing relief to a nursing home facing staff shortages during the pandemic. >> literally almost in tears now
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because obviously yesterday we didn't know how we would make this happen. we have no staff. my staff is calling out. they're afraid to be here, which we understand. carley: 18 medics and nurses from the national guard are helping out. 49 residents at the nursing center and 20 staff members have tested positive for the virus. cases of covid-19 are on the rise in ohio jails. more than 1800 inmates at the marion correctional institute have tested positive. mass testing now in place even for those who do not show symptoms. at least 600 inmates are quarantined. 21% of the state's cases are behind bars. the mayor of jacksonville is defending his decision to reopen beaches following major backlash overnight. the mayor tweeting political agendas during covid-19 are irresponsible/disgraceful. leaders are working together to keep our counties, cities and
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states safe. this comes after a doctor studying the virus there slammed the decision, saying i prescribe you a prescription for 10 days, you take that for two or three days, you're feeling better, i don't need to take it anymore, that's exactly what we're doing. rob. rob: wow. all right. as the country continues to battle this coronavirus pandemic, millions of americans still have questions about this virus. nearly 80% of u.s. adults say they read false information or they read false information in the early days of the pandemic. joining me to separate fact from fiction is fox news medical contributor dr. janette nesheiwat. thank you for coming on this morning. we appreciate it. help us separate some of this stuff. we're going to start with this. some people think if you can hold your breath for 10 seconds you don't have coronavirus. fact of fiction, doctor? >> that is fiction, rob. this is not a test of exclusion. the best way to actually
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diagnose coronavirus is by physical examination, history, we can do swabs, we can do blood testing and we can do imaging. holding your breath does not exclude or include coronavirus. i would not recommend that. it can be dangerous for some people. rob: here's another one, fact or fiction. skin rashes could be a potential sign of coronavirus. >> yes. actually, small study just came out of italy of about 150 people which showed one in five, about 20% had a skin rash that was associated with their coronavirus diagnosis. we are definitely seeing some cases of this. this can happen. and it can be treated as well. we can treat the symptoms. rob: could be but don't freak out if you have a skin rash. covid-19 is just like the flu, that's another one? >> that -- well, that's both true and false. some of the symptoms of the flu and coronavirus can overlap but the coronavirus is actually much
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more severe, more deadly. some of the symptoms like body aches, fever, chills, those can be similar. what i'm seeing with coronavirus is you get a lot more chest pain and difficulty breathing which i think the coronavirus is definitely much worse, more deadly. rob: here's one. if you have a runny nose, it's just a cold. >> that can be true or false. the reason is, there are actually some strains of the coronavirus that cause just a runny nose. we have seven strains, two alpha strains, two beta strains which just cause a cold or runny knows. we have other strains like sars and the current covid-19 which can be more serious. there can be other colds that just cause a runny nose. rob: if you have coronavirus, you'll get ne pneumonia, how abt this one? >> that is not always true. you can have coronavirus and not
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have pneumonia. some people have chills or body aches or headaches or they lose sense of smell or taste. you don't necessarily have to develop a pneumonia if you're diagnosed with coronavirus. good question. rob: here's one for the bad cases of this virus. by the time a person with coronavirus is hospitalized, their lungs will have experienced fibrosis. we heard a lot of bad things about what can happen to the lungs here. what about that claim? >> not necessarily true. the fibrosis, scarring of the lungs, that can happen over time. just because you're hospitalized doesn't mean you will develop fibrosis and scar tissue of the lungs. rob: okay. and we have just the cdc recognized coronavirus symptoms and let us know if we're missing any, fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, loss of taste and smell. you're not going to get all of these, right? >> absolutely correct. you may have one or two or all of them but those are some of the most common symptoms that we
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are seeing, systemic, pink eye, sore throw, headache, most common symptoms i see are shortness of breath, body aches and fever and some coughing. rob: up at 4:00 a.m. to do some news with us and then you're going to see some of these coronavirus patients all day long. doctor, we thank you so much for your time. we really do. >> my pleasure. thank you, rob. rob: tune in each day this week at 4:30 a.m. eastern time for our series, coronavirus facts versus fiction. tomorrow we're going to break down the effects coronavirus really has on the body. we'll do the series all week. carley: the time is now 38 minutes after the hour. the trump administration making sure there are plenty of tests to go around. >> continues to make steady progress in our war against the virus. as of today, we've tested 4.18 million americans. carley: the major step the president is taking to make sure the frontline doesn't run out of supplies. rob: pregnant during the
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you may not be thinking about blood donation, but blood is needed to save the lives of people who are sick with a range of illnesses. it's easy and safe to give. if you are in good health, please donate. we need heroes now. visit red cross blood dot org to schedule an appointment. carley: welcome back. a russian jet getting a little too close for comfort to a u.s. spy plane. the whole thing caught on camera. it happened in international air space above the mediterranean sea. it's the second time in four days that this has happened. the russian jet came within 25 feet of the navy spy jet. wow. rob: that is too close for comfort. carley: yeah. rob: thousands of israelis protesting prime minister
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benjamin netanyahu while also protesting. mass demonstrators bashing the prime minister over corruption allegations, calling on benny gantz to avoid forming a unity government with net y netanyahu. nenetanyahu has denied any wrong doing. carley: president trump announced the country passed a major testing milestone. rob: this comes as americans are getting anxious to get back to work. >> reporter: as part of the country are connected -- expected to start reopening, the trump administration remains focused on testing, saying it's the best way to determine when it's truly safe for local officials to implement the three-step phase to reopen the country. >> america continues of to make steady progress in our war against the virus. as of today, we've tested 4.18 million americans. >> reporter: to ensure widespread testing, president trump says they're procuring
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large quantities of the necessary testing supplies. >> we're close to finalizing the second partnership through which a u.s. manufacturer would convert its existing plant to produce over 10 million additional swabs per month. >> reporter: on monday, vice president mike pence, the head of the coronavirus task force, which talk to the nation's governors to come up with improved strategies for local testing. >> we're going to continue to scale that testing and then work with governors to make sure that they can manage and implement and deploy that testing in the manner that will most support their efforts to move their states forward. >> reporter: meanwhile, pressure is mounting for local governments to loosen restrictions and reopen whic businesses, many struggling to stay afloat since stay at home orders forced them to close their doors. >> open up colorado. >> reopen! >> reporter: more protests popping up around the country as people push for a return to normalcy. >> we want our elected officials to start thinking
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about this, start changing course right now. >> reporter: the president is urging congress to pass an additional $250 billion in funding to bolster the tapped out paycheck protection program which provides loans to small businesses during the shutdown. lawmakers say they are close to making a deal. in los angeles, christina coleman, fox news. rob: from humble beginnings can come great things. students at professors at lsu team up for a life-saving operation run out of a garage. carley: now physics program joins us live to explain how they're helping flatten the curve. ♪ awesome internet.
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alert. shake shack returning the $10 million loan it received from the stimulus bill. the company wanting to give it back after funds ran out for the paycheck protection program, saying in part our people would benefit from a $10 million ppp loan but we're fortunate to have access to capital that others do not. until every restaurant that needs it has had the same opportunity to receive assistance, we are returning ours. the burger joint qualified for a loan because each location has less than 500 employees. what a good thing there. the head of wynn resorts laying out his plan toy open the has -- to reopen the las vegas strip by the end of may. they say it depends on testing capabilities. extensive safety measures would be put into effect including thermal cameras, physical distancing and hand sanitizers. staff and guests would be encouraged to wear face masks and gloves. the possibility of giving birth during a global pandemic was likely not among the thoughts of
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expectant mothers. now that's changed. laura ingles explains. >> reporter: there are many things that can be postponed during the coronavirus outbreak but childbirth isn't one of them which is why so many mothers are quickly adjusting birth plans as hospital staffs are adjusting their plans as well to help keep everyone involved safe. here at the long island medical center they started a drive-up testing site for pregnant women, screening for covid-19 so medical staff can be prepared with proper equipment and isolation plans. >> this is vital, that we ensure that we have the testing done, that we know the status of the patient and it's for the safety of all of our patients. it's also for the safety of the newborn. >> reporter: giving birth at a hospital where covid-19 patients are being treated is creating a whole new level of anxiety for parents-to-be, who are checking blood pressure and glucose levels at home and holding last
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trimester doctor appointments over video conference. >> i was anxious, period, just having a baby and then you add being in the middle of a pandemic to it and i'm sure i'm not alone in that. so it makes things very uncertain. >> reporter: one new mother here on long island whose 3 week old tested positive, spoke with fox news, having one of the country's youngest positive patients and saying while her baby is fine, the experience left her shaken. >> i worry, because i fever i knew something was wrong, so i called the pediatrician and he was like okay, get her to the ed. i never thought covid. >> reporter: according to the latest statistics, over 300,000 babies on average are born in the united states in the month of april alone, which goes to show you how big of an adjustment this is for so many. in new york, laura ingle, fox
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news. carley: protecting our protecters, what started in a garage as a mission between a louisiana state university professor and his students has grown into a large-scale production to create ppe for frontline workers and joining me now, director of lsu's medical physics program, dr. wayne newhouser. doctor, good morning. this is such an incredible success. so explain exactly what you're making and how it went from your garage to an arena on campus. >> well, good morning. good to be with you. it really started out as a response to a phone call we got from a new orleans area acute care doctor who was in need of some ventilator parts and he was aware that we were involved in 3d printing, so we rolled up our sleeves and got started with that. during the course of doing that, we became aware of some of the other things that were in short
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supply, gowns, masks, face shields, and so we started developing prototypes of each one of those personal protective equipment types and worked with the physicians to refine the design and things progressed. it turns out that the gowns were most urgently needed and i think there's a long-term shortage of them so we focused on that. carley: wow. so you're really cranking out the ppes. what's the response been like from the medical community? >> well, it's been just fantastic. first of all, to work with them. i come from that community, so these are my colleagues and it has just been harmonious, very rewarding. it's been fun to see the community pull together by this crisis. and it's just been all around a
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great experience. carley: so we were looking at pictures of some of the students that are working on this project with you. despite the fact that school isn't in session, has this sort of become a learning experience for your students? >> oh, indeed it has. you know, lsu was working on enhancing its online curriculum well before this pandemic hit and this simply provided another stimulus to -- for us to find new ways to provide creative research and learning opportunities for our students. so many of them are doing research for us remotely. they never were actually in my garage. in fact, we limited the number of people here at my house for that reason, just social distancing. so it was kind of a fun way to jumpstart a lot of the online initiatives that we're working on here anyway.
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carley: i know you're working on making ventilator parts and you're using laser cutters so this is a pretty high tech operation. you received a shout-out from the governor, john bell edwards, who said we are proud to see the response being rallied at lsu, the entireity of the lsu family has responded to this health crisis and are making a difference for the people of louisiana through their innovation and commitment. how do you and your students feel about contributing in such an impactful way? >> well, i think we're all of a like mind in that it just instinctively felt like the right thing to do. if there's a hurricane people band together and help one another and this is a similar sort of event in some ways. so it just felt like the right thing to do and it was an enjoyable experience. it was very harmonious. and even for me it was a great learning experience. i got to know a bunch of people
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i wouldn't otherwise know, learned how to use a laser cutter, i wouldn't have learned how to do that otherwise. it's been a terrific experience all around. carley: that is fantastic. congratulations for all the good work you're doing. i'm sure you're glad to be able to put your car back in your garage as well. doctor, thank you so much for coming on. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. carley: rob. rob: good stuff. 56 minutes after the hour. coming up in the next hour of "fox & friends first as states itch to get back to work, a red flag about covid-19 immunity. >> you know that when you get sick and you recover, that antibody is often confers immunity, we don't know if it's immunity for a month, six months or six years. carley: with only nine states predicted to hit their peak by may 1st, are we really ready to reopen. a public health expert from johns hopkins is on deck to weigh in. road-trip companion.
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