carley: it is monday, april 20th. states are moving into phase one, taking the first step towards reopening america as governors sound the alarm over whether they can do enough testing to keep people safe. rob: we're live with how americans across the country are making it clear that they want to get back to work. >> we want to have those small

businesses ready to go. we have a good chance of getting the deal. we want the deal. >> as they have committed the money that is there, we want to add more money there. carley: and close to a deal, much-needed relief is coming for small businesses and hospitals. rob: we're live in washington with why democrats say that they were right to drag their feet. carley: no wedding, no problem. the boozey benefit couples who had to cancel their weddings can now get instead. rob: "fox & friends first" fins right now -- continues right now. ♪ rob: good morning, you are watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm rob schmidt. carley: i'm carley shimkus in for jillian mele. today, some states will begin taking the first steps to reopen. rob: while some say it is too soon, protesters nationwide are

saying it's about time. carley: todd piro is live to break down when states will be ready to enter phase one. todd. >> reporter: good to see you, carley and rob. these phases really guidelines for the states with governors having discretion to implement them at their own pace. now, under phase one, employers should encourage telework, return their workforce in stages, minimize nonsense shoes travel, and -- nonessential travel and consider special accommodations for vulnerable personnel. individuals should continue to shelter in place if they are considered vulnerable, maximize social distancing in public, avoid groups larger than 10 and avoid nonessential travel. as for specific employers, schools should remain closed. social visits to hospitals and senior living facilities are prohibited. large venues should continue to physical distance. elective surgeries can resume. gyms can open with strict sanitation but bars should stay closed. take a look. this map shows the states that

say they are ready for phase one based upon key virus indicators such as number of cases and testing, about which the president and vice president addressed governors' concerns ile announcing that more than 4 million people have now been 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 to do so has increased amid skyrocketing jobless claims, protesters taking to the streets, worried

about their livelihoods and infringement on their freedom, president trump tweeting support for some of the protests leaving some like washington governor jay insley of accusing the government of, quote, illegal activity. the number of people that have recovered jumped over the weekend, close to 71,000. carley: that's a good number to hear. sorry, todd, you broke up there. thank you, todd. we appreciate it. rob: today the senate is expected to vote on a deal to replenish the paycheck protection program. carley: mark meredith joins us live from washington as democrats justify the holdup in congress. >> reporter: the white house remains optimistic that a deal can be reached that would replenish the fund for the small businesses, this is that loan program that ran out of money, it's supposed to keep people on payroll. the president, we talked about it with him last night at the

briefing. take a listen. >> we want to take care of our workers, we want to take care of our small businesses, they're really the engine of this country. when we open, we want to have small businesses ready to go. we have a good chance of getting the deal. we want the deal. >> reporter: now, if the congress is able to agree on this we believe it's going to include $300 billion more for the small business loan program. $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for testing. testing is the one thing we heard about over and over again, not only from the administration but from the governors this weekend. this will also include funding for states to help with disaster loan programs. now, the treasury secretary said sunday he had hopes the senate would take it up today and the house would take it up tuesday. the president would sign it wednesday. it's unclear at this hour whether or not that schedule will still hold. the president kind of hedged his bets last night. over the weekend, lawmakers from both parties implored each 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 paychecks. people need their paychecks. and stop holding it hostage in order to do something else. >> reporter: things do not get much better between speaker pelosi and the president this weekend. she gave the president an "f" when it comes to the testing rollout and he called her dumb on twitter. no indication that the two are talking at this point. we are expecting to get an update from the vice president when he speaks to america's governors a little later on this morning and rob and carley we are expecting another briefing later on this afternoon from the white house. back to you. rob: mark, thank you so much. carley: to other breaking news, the suspected gunman in canada's worse mass shooting in recent

history is dead. 51-year-old gabriel whitman killed at least 16 people including a police officer in nova scotia. authorities say the gunman disguised himself as a police officer, even driving this car that appears real. he is expected of attacking vic dims in their home. the deadly 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. ramone gomez taking the bus hostage north of dallas with two people on-board. shooting at police as they chased him. officers using 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: today, thousands of protesters expected to push back on pennsylvania's restrictions over coronavirus. 1.4 million people in the state are out of work since they closed nonessential businesses

in pennsylvania. protesters expected to wear masks, expected to comply with the state's new mandates. four states and washington, d.c. have put in place similar mandates. the mayor of jacksonville, florida defending his decision to reopen beaches following a lot of backlash. overnight, the mayor tweeting political agendas during couped are irresponsible/disgraceful. leaders at every level in florida are working together to keep counties, cities and state safe. this comes after a doctor studying the virus there slammed the decision, saying i prescribe your prescription for 10 days, you that for two or three days and you're feeling better, oh, i don't need to take it anymore. that's exactly what we're doing. carley: some consolation for beer loving couples whose wedding plans were postponed because of the coronavirus. bushies giving away -- busch is giving away free beer for a year for 250 winners.

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rob: welcome back. a fox news alert. only nine states in the u.s. will peak in covid-19 deaths by the end of april. that according to a new model

from the university of texas. carley: what does the shocking data mean as the country tries to reopen? here with his expert insight, fox news medical contributor, dr. marty makary. dr. makary. we're talking about reopening the country, but this model shows a majority of states are going to really reach their peak over the summer. what do you think about that timeline? >> well, it's very interesting, carley. you know, this model from the university of texas at austin looked at cell phone data to actually figure out whether or not people were practicing true social distancing. and using that information, they tried to calculate when the peak is going to be coming around. it's interesting. even though the country engaged in different official government policies at different times, the peak has been relatively harmonious. that is, we've not seen the staggering of peaks over the course of two months as the models have predicted. we've seen things that at least

the increase in hospitalizations, the increase in icu stays and the increase in deaths arrest relatively around the same time nationally. and so it's interesting to see whether or not this model that predicts early peaking in seven different states turns out to be true or not. rob: and if that's not troubling enough, we also have this concern about immunity in people that have already had it. let's listen to dr. deborah birx. >> we know that when you get sick and you recover and you develop antibodies, that that antibody is often confers immunity. we don't know if it's immunity for a month, six months or six years. rob: doctor, if you're immune, if you get it and you're immune for a couple months, what does that mean? >> well, it could mean their susceptibility in the fall when we expect a second wave. i say that not to expect panic.

when we see cases in september, we don't want to create hysteria. this may be expected. it may be we get this manageable to a point where it's more like the seasonal flu. the antibodies, we don't know what they mean. so we've got to remember that immunity just means at the time that you're tested. carley: you know, i think when people hear that a majority of states are going to peak sometime in june, that scares a lot of folks. then we also have to recognize the fact that we are sort of already seeing a national flattening of the curve and a lot of governors are saying that we are not going to experience the peak that they anticipated in their states. so how do you kind of square this study away with what we're actually seeing on the ground in individual states? >> well, remember, early on, carley, we thought that a peak meant a massive spike at one moment and while that was the case in new york and maybe in louisiana, what we have seen is as people got aware, as the word

got out, as we heard from the white house early on about even the initial 15-day measure, that people started to take the right precautions. they started to do social distancing, regardless of what their governors said and what we've seen is most of the country has started to plateau around the same time which is this week. this is the peak. this is probably the week and maybe the following week from this week that is probably going to represent the peak and what we're going to see is a plateauing where, yes, the maximum number of cases technically might be a little bit down the road but we're starting to see that plateau around the country. and our concern is how long is that going to go on for and can we get lucky and have this virus mutate to a safer form or can we come up with a therapeutic in the meantime or can the distancing stop the transmission from person to person so that we reduce the burden in society to make it manageable.

carley: that's right. you don't want that plateau to last for -- you want to see that dip. dr. m makary, thank you for breaking that down for us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. rob: 16 minutes after the hour. the trump administration working night and day to get relief funds flowing again. >> we're negotiating with the democrats and we are very close to a deal. we want to take care of our workers, we want to take care of our small businesses. they're really the engine of the country. rob: unemployment lines growing by the week. our next guest works with small businesses every day. which ones he says should be getting top priority to keep main street afloat. carley: and the squad looking to squeeze donors for more campaign cash. the politician recruited to help them fund their socialist revolution. ♪ you doing okay?

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carley: welcome back. happening today, new york will start antibody testing state-wide to fight the coronavirus. governor andrew cuomo making the announcement after touring a testing facility. >> it's not like testing where somebody can ask to be tested. it has to be a random sample that is conducted throughout the state, thousands of people get tested. so we know this percentage of the population had the antibodies. carley: about 14,000 people will be tested a week. results will help give a clearer indication how many people have been exposed before lockdowns are lifted. onto a fox business alert.

wells fargo facing a class action lawsuit citing unfair actions with the paycheck protection program. a california company is accusing the bank of prioritizing larger loans to get millions more in processing fees. ppp loans are supposed to be given out on a first come, first served basis. wells fargo has not commented on the suit. rob. rob: capitol hill nearing a deal to fund the payment protection program, the paycheck protection plan, after the $349 billion program meant to help small businesses quickly ran out of funding. >> we're negotiating with the democrats and we are very close to a deal. we want to take care of our workers. we want to take care of our small businesses. they're really the engine of this country. when we open, we want to have those small businesses ready to go. rob: joining me now with what he says should be included in this plan, financial planner matthew carright. you're a great resource on this.

you are working with the small businesses that are trying to get this money right now and it ran out so fast. so tell us, they're going to filthies thing back up again. how should it go this time around? you know what works and what doesn't. what do you think? >> yeah, good morning, rob. i mean, the companies that are the most vulnerable are the dry cleaner that's in your local community, the restaurant that you go to on a weekend, and unfortunately because they don't have the infrastructure, they don't have cpas on-staff, cfos, unfortunately, they maybe were a little late to the party or their applications didn't get expedited like some of the other businesses, those are the people i would like to see prioritized, often the businesses that have no more than two months of operational cash flow in the bank and they may not survive if we don't get additional funding. rob: there are businesses that are getting the money that probably don't need it immediately, that have used up cash for businesses that will go out of business. have you a phase four plan as the government will put some money into this very soon.

you say personal or audited financial statements, you want to see those, a focus on shutdown nonessential businesses, so focusing on businesses that actually cannot be working right now. you want to cap underwriting fees to learneds, eliminate loopholes and not allow publicly traded companies to participate, also reducing the maximum allowable loan. the plan from the government, if we take a look at the graphic, puts billions back into this. is it enough? >> from what i'm seeing and based on some of the different projections, it's not. i heard as much at 850 billion, i've heard almost a trillion dollars. if you look at the amount of applications approved at this point, it's a fraction of the small business community and that's the biggest fear i have. i don't know if there's a dollar amount that's enough to get it out to the businesses that need it most. as you saw from my list, i think we need to try to get more money out to the masses and if we can

lower the loan amount from 10 million down to a million and we get it to some of those businesses that have been deemed nonessential and those are the ones that are shut down, then we can really get some of these businesses a lifeline to hopefully allow them to survive and get through this. robso.rob: so we can carry more companies, instead of giving a huge amount of some companies, more than they may need. what do you think of the delays we've seen here. you've been on the front lines. to see the delay where we've run out of money, what do you think of that? >> it doesn't completely surprise me. small businesses make up over 50%, if you look at small businesses relative to the fortune 500 companies in the country and realize that small businesses collectively employ more, i'm not surprised. everybody was out there, trying to get access to the money as quickly as they could. i don't fault the banks on this although i do have issues with the banks maybe prioritizing some of the better customers. everybody was trying to get

access to the same money at the same time and when this new money does become available, we are telling our clients, listen, make sure your applications are as in good of order as they can be going into this because you're going to want to try to get this money that's also going to go just as quickly. rob: there's a lot of competition to get those dollars. matthew, thank you so much for your time. we really appreciate it. >> thank you. carley: the time is now 26 minutes after the hour. protests across the nation filled with americans eager to get back to work. today, pennsylvania joins that list. rob: our next guest says he's confident the state can fight the virus and responsibly reopen parts of the country. dan nuzer joins us live. (music)

carley: back with a fox news alert. tensions flaring between the u.s. and china as the trump administration slams beijing over its handling of the

coronavirus. rob: trey yingst is live in jerusalem on how the u.s. wants to dig into this outbreak. hey, trey. >> reporter: rob, carley, good morning. we are now learning president trump is not happy with china's original handling of the virus outbreak after previously praising the country and its leadership. president trump speaking at length on sunday during a white house press conference, saying that he wants the u.s. to actually go to china and investigate to determine more about the origins of the covid-19 outbreak. the president said his administration is talking to china 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 gets from 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. finally, in iran, some parts of the country are reopening, though more than 1,000 new cases are coming in each day. the iranian economy remains under heavy international sanctions and continues to call on the trump administration to provide relief. iran is reporting over 82,000 total cases though the true number is likely much higher. when it comes to the spread of covid-19 in iran, it's important to note that the current u.s. sanctions do not affect humanitarian aid entering the country. also, yesterday president trump reiterated his willingness to provide the iranians with any sort of medical equipment as it

relates to this virus, despite those continued sanctions. rob, carley. carley: trey, thanks so much. rob: drug cartels are taking a hit amid the pandemic. shutdowns and border closings are severing supply chains worldwide. fentanyl has been most affected. one of the main chemical suppliers is in wuhan, china, believe it or not, the epicenter of the outbreak. there is a drop in money laundering and online drug sales. carley: call it a stroke of luck, a cruise ship has no confirmed cases of covid-19. it just docked in spain. it's the first port for the boat after sailing for more than a month without any outside contact. the italian cruise company saying the more than 1800 passengers were allowed to use all of the facilities. 168 travelers will disembark in spain before the ship heads to its final destination in italy. rob: fox news alert.

protesters will swarm pennsylvania's capital today to rally against the current lockdown restrictions, this has the state's governor, tom wolfe, outlines his plan for the future. >> we need to start talking about reopening. all of us are anxious to reopen. unfortunately, we cannot flip a switch. let's focus on things that are productive to save lives. get our economy back on track when the time is right in a measured way. carley: as other states across the nation enter phase one of reopening, pennsylvania congressman dan meuser joins us with where his state stands. good morning, congressman. how are you? >> good morning, carley. carley: all right. so there's a lot of anxious people in pennsylvania ready to get back to work. do you agree with those who are saying enough is enough, let's start the economy now? >> you know, many people in pennsylvania feel their freedom as well as their livelihood is being taken from them toe.

to engage in an arbitrary and capricious who stays open based upon what products they make or what services they provide, frankly is the wrong pat h i completely understand our governor's intent but the results are far different. what things should be based upon is safe working conditions and any business, regardless of what they make or produce or the service they provide, should be able to stay viable as long as they follow very safe working standards. and that's where the criteria should be. and the private sector needs a seat at the table. people don't feel as if they've got any say in this and, you know what, the private sector if they're asked has a lot of answers on how to accomplish this because they want to look after their employees and keep them in a safe environment while their businesses can survive. rob: sir, about 16 -- almost 16 billion of the paycheck protection program so far has been approved in your state.

and one and-a-half million people have filed for unemployment. which is almost i think one in five people of working age in that state. your state took it further than the federal guidelines as far as the lockdown went. was that a bad move? >> well, i think so. again, i think the intent was fine but to go to some undefined interpretation of what life sustaining is versus essential let everyone in -- left everyone in a very precarious position, everyone meaning small businesses. they didn't know whether or not they filled that eligibility or not and we went through some extensive waiver programs and seeking appeals. it was -- look, it was added pain that was really not necessary and that's very unfortunately. again, what we need is just safety standards that exist for all and the people would live with that. and again, the people need a

seat at the table. too often these big government plans are made in a conference room in the capitol and it needs to be far more inclusionary. then let's throw on it speaker pelosi decides we need to add to the ppp well beyond just increasing the funding and that may way not be a bad thing. but what is a very bad thing is that the paycheck protection plan, because of this, was delayed. there was no reason at all that this ppp would have passed by unanimous consent, seven or agent days ago, -- eight days ago, minimizing disruption to small business. it would have continued. just when banks and small businesses were accessing, this is when the government once again comes in and causes undue, unnecessary -- carley: congressman, we don't have a lot of time left but i want to ask about the ppp, just really quickly. do you think that something is going to get passed this week?

>> yes, we do. we had a conference meeting last night and it looks good. it looks like we are going to washington, and we will be debating and it is -- it's for hospitals, it's nor testing, it's an increase in the ppp, also an increase in the idle program, the sba loan program. so it's all things that frankly i agree with and are necessary. but again, we could have increased the ppp last week and done all this this coming week. rob: it's got to be done. >> unnecessary pain put on people. rob: thank you so much for your time. we really do appreciate it. and we'll be right back.

rob: look at that nasty storm and all that hail. overnight severe storms breaking out across several southern states, a reported tornado touching down in mississippi and

also flash flooding and hail battering alabama and georgia. carley: in mississippi, strong winds and heavy rains made it hard to see, forcing trees down as well. rob: look at that shot right there. look at that. janice dean joins us live as this tornado threat remanges res pretty high this morning as well. janice. >> unfortunately, some of the same areas that were hit hard this time last monday across portions of texas, mills sip by, alabama, georgia and you can see the severe threat extends to parts of the southeast today, up towards the mid-atlantic. there are your storm reports. we have tornado watchings for w- watches for florida, georgia and south carolina. this isn't the outbreak that we saw on easter sunday where we had hundreds of reports of tornadoes but we still have the risk as we go through the day today, up towards the southeast and then in towards the mid-atlantic. there's the severe threat through midday today, the storms

will quickly exit off-shore but for the next several hours we'll have to watch for the threat for not only the tornado threat, but heavy rainfall, the flooding threat and hail and damaging winds. around the noon hour, things will start to improve but we'll just get through the next couple of hours here and make sure you know where you're going to get those watches and warnings. forecast today for the rest of the country looks pretty good. we have an area of low pressure across the great lakes in the northeast. that could bring wintery weather. more rain in the forecast for parts of california and i just want to make mention as we get into wednesday, another round of potential severe storms for parts of the same areas, texas, louisiana, mississippi, into alabama. we are into the severe weather season right now unfortunately and the severe threat is going to be ongoing for the next couple weeks. we'll keep you posted. rob, carley, always a pleasure to see you guys. we want to make sure everyone is safe today. we're into that time of year

where severe storms tend to crop up. rob: the weather does not care about the virus. it keeps coming anyway. >> true. rob: thank you so much. good to see you again. >> good to see you. carley: outrage growing after the global citizens concert raises more than $127 million, some of that for the world health organization. rob: cheryl casone here to explain the backlash. >> some of the money went towards them and some of the biggest names in the world, former first lady, the trio of late night talk show hosts raised nearly $128 million for charity. the concert was broadcast from the homes of all the participants, was eight hours long, it was called one world together at home. ♪ you know i'm still standing better than i ever did. ♪ i'm going to need somebody to lean on.

♪ >> but where the money went has critics up in arms. 55.1 million of the 128 million went to the covid-19 solidarity response fund, that includes the world health organization. that is the group that's been accused of not sounding the alarm fast enough about the coronavirus. some in media are saying that who is a traitor to human kind. the president has accused the who of pro-china bias. global citizen responded in a statement, saying the fund enables the tracking and containment of the spread, the incredibly generosity will help the world health organization and partners accelerate their life-saving work. some on social media made comments like why didn't you raise money for out of work americans, just a thought. i will say i watched some of it but then i had to get back to netflix. they tried their best. hats off to the rolling stones. i got to say. that was probably the only

performance i really enjoyed. they did a pretty good job. rob: they keep rolling on. they keep going. carley: cheryl, a controversy that we'll keep watching. faith based effort to keep each other safe during the pandemic, a group of volunteers quilting to keep the virus at bay. we'll be joined by one of the willers and her husband, a firefighter, going the extra mile for their community. rob: first let's check in with brian kilmeade, see what's coming up with "fox & friends." >> the problem with the big concert, they kept singing about the quarantine and the disease. we wanted to get our minds off that. they made me feel worse when it was all said and done. the rolling stones were the highlight. i had to switch it off and think of something happy. let me tell you what we have planned for the next three hours. is congress nearing a deal for more small business relief. take your time. it's been a week and-a-half.

we'll ask that to kevin mccarthy. jay johnson worked for president obama for eight years but now he's working for the country in a multistate council focusing on getting states to reopen. what will it take to get back to normal in new jersey where he's working. we're going to talk about that sarah sanders is queued up, newt gingrich is going to be here, and charles payne and ban bongiono and dr. oz coming your way in i think 14 minutes. so please wear pants.

rob: welcome back. one of president trump's former advisors strongly denying that she is the author of anonymous.

victoria cotes was named as the source of the tell-all book. overnight she released a statement, the allegations are utterly false. i am not anonymous and i do not know who a anonymous is. bernie sanders is asking voters for donations to reelect members of the squalled. the failed presidential candidate urging people to donate to democrats alexandria ocasio-cortez, ilhan omar and rashida tlaib's campaigns to, quote, ensure they can continue fighting for our values in congress. they are facing republican challengers this fall and endorsed sanders' campaign before he dropped out. the fourth member of the squad has no challengers. carley: neighbors helping neighbors using needle and thread, gateway community church's quilt ministry selling

thousands of masks for hospital workers and firefighters. joining me with more, ministry member beth hubbard and her husband, who is a volunteer firefighter, trent hubbard. good morning to you both. beth, you are part of a quilting circle and obviously, trent, you are a volunteer firefighter, both doing your part to help out. so beth, tell me a little about how this whole thing got started and you're making thousands of masks now, i understand. >> we first were contacted by a regional hospital in the area, one of our members, and that's how the ball got started. carley: wow. so how many masks have you made and do you feel pretty inundated with requests. i understand some people in texas are trying to get back to work so everybody's looking for masks right now. >> we've done over 2,000 masks

and, yes, we have probably over 2,000 more that people want. carley: well, trent, you seem like a pretty manly man as a volunteer firefighter, but you're also helping out with the sewing circle, huh? >> yeah, absolutely. they need help. so anything i can do to help is good. i've been helping doing some of the cutting and getting things lined up the best i can while she does all the sewing. carley: yeah, explain to us why it's so critical for our first responders to have these masks right now. >> well, the main issue now is they have such a limited supply of the the n95s so the cloth masks come in handy because they can use that to help prolong their n95s and get more use out of them and then the cloth mask they can wash them as needed, they can throw them in the washer and reuse them as required. carley: yeah. amen to that. beth, your making your masks in a special way because it has a

pocket in the mask, right, so you can put some more protection in there, a hepa filter in there? >> correct. carley: that's a great idea. >> the emts, we made them for have the hepa filters in there. carley: beth, i'm sure you never thought your quilt ministry would involve making face masks. but how does it feel to be helping out your community? >> it just feels like it's what we should be doing. it's right now we should be helping each other. carley: trent, how about you? >> oh, yeah, very much so. i feel like there's something we can do, then we'll do it. i'm glad there is something to do. i hate to just sit here on the sidelines and feel like we can't do much. there's stuff we can go out to the community and help out and that's great. carley: good for you. the dynamic duo helping out in two special ways right now. beth and trent thank you so much. we appreciate you coming on.

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♪ carley: welcome back. furloughed workers in florida holding a dave prayer as they demand nor help from the state. >> may the lord bless you and keep you. >> needs to be fixed. if people don't come out and voice their opinion, you know, nothing going to happen. carley: the workers including former disney employees lining up in caravan calling for unemployment assistance. disney furloughed more than 40,000 workers yesterday. rob: first toilet paper and now hand sanitizer and now a lack of frozen pizza among this pandemic. u.s. shoppers buying $275 million worth of frozen pizzas just in march. that according to ad week. that is up more than 90% compared to last year.

unreal. carley: wow. the nfl holding a virtual mock draft today before kicking off the actual draft. the league wants to catch any tech issues before thursday's event. all 32 teams will be drafting from home. rob: draft hopefuls must follow a strict. can't wear pajamas or pjs. clothes with third party logos not allowed. clothes making political statements not allowed. references to movies or media not allowed. carley: many divide on whether there should be a dress code. holly said i skimmed by this and thought it was a headline from the onion. rob: charles on facebook agreeing with the decision writing they are employers want their new employ grease follow dress code. can't say i blame them. carley: another person on twitter saying is wearing a hazmat suit or mask considered dressing down? this is a whole new world we are

navigating, rob and a lot of new rules to go with it. rob: hey. they need a paycheck protection program which has run out of money. that's a big thing. the senate is going to look at it today. more on that coming up "fox & friends" in connectio next few . carley: that's right. and the show starts right now. ♪ >> america continues to make steady progress in war against virus. testing expanding rapidly by millions and millions of people. the american people have done a hell of a job. we're saving countless lives. brian: there you go. a fox news alert. president trump announcing the u.s. reaching a major testing milestone nearly 4.2 million americans have been tested for covid-19. that's the most anywhere in the world. steve: meanwhile, the white house is now preparing to use the defense production act to increase swab testing. meanwhile, a number of states pl