next fox news sunday. ♪ ♪ eric: america reopening, well, slowly, ten states to lift stay at home orders this week and others trying to strike a delicate balance amid second wave could hit states if they reopen economies too quickly. the number of confirmed coronavirus cases now surpassing 940,000 here in our country and so far tragically there have been more than 54,000 american lives lost at this time. hello, everyone, welcome to brand-new hour of america's news headquarters, i'm eric sean. arthel: i'm arthel neville, states like georgia and oklahoma have already begun allowing some nonessential businesses to open leaving business owners divided

over whether the risk is worth it. the governor of colorado defending his decision not to extend his state's stay at home order. >> we have to make the best informed decisions based on data and science with the information we have. what we know is what matters a lot more than the day stay at home ends is the day going forward and how we have ongoing sustainable way, psychologically, economically and health perspective to social distance. arthel: let's go to steve harrigan, live outside of cdc headquarters in atlanta, steve. steve: arthel, in many states it has become controversial decision but clearly some states are in the lead when it comes to reopening the economy. you mentioned georgia also, tennessee, south carolina, alaska and oklahoma. they've all opened to some extent, retail stores. some of that is curbside pickup and some opened up restaurants with strict limitations on how many people can be inside.

31 states in the next week are scheduled to relax some sort of control over the economy and looking at california beaches show how hard it is to keep people inside especially with temperatures in the mid-70's. officials plea for social distancing but a lot of people say they are just desperate to get out. >> open up all of the beaches. let people have a little bit of fun. no work, no -- i mean, we are just dying at home. >> everyone is working hard and at the same time we need a little bit of outlet. steve: other states taking a different approach. hawaii extended stay at home order till may 31st and officials say they are worried about a second wave. they are worried about undoing the progress that they've made so far. as far as testing goes, right now it stands at 1.5 to 2 million tests a week. some officials in the task force including dr. fauci say that really needs to double before

they can be safe gradual reopening to have economy. finally, the nba set to reopen practice facilities if they don't interfere with stay at home orders. the practice facilities can be used by no group practices an still no timeline on return to professional play. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan, thank you very much for the update. eric. eric: second day in a row president trump does not have a coronavirus task force briefing. on his schedule later to have it in this afternoon. he tweeted that he may stop doing it altogether saying they are not worth the time and effort. this comes amid reports that the president has also looking to replace the health and human service's secretary alex azar. mar meredith live at the white house in the north lawn with the very latest on all of this. hi, mark. mark: hi, eric, as steve was talking about several governors giving the green light to reopen and the white house is trying to prepare the people for dire

economic news that's likely to come out in the next couple of weeks. congressional budget offices forecasting that unemployment rate could be 14% and those numbers could be even higher. now the president signed the latest stimulus bill on friday. the money adds $310 billion to the paycheck protection program and also provides money for other things, but the stimulus did not include money to states to help them make up for loss revenue. that's something that treasury secretary says the white house will consider down the road. >> this will be something that both the senate and the house debate. it'll be something that we discuss on a bipartisan basis. the president has heard from governors. he wants to speak to governors. this is something we will consider. mark: some governors say they need the help now and now later and house speaker nancy pelosi is pushing back of complaints. >> judge it for what it does, don't criticize for what it doesn't because we have a plan for that and that will happen.

i think you see the response even from from republican senators that mitch mcconnell is getting. >> this is an issue that would likely come out of white house briefing. as you mention there's no briefing on the schedule and we haven't had one this weekend. last weekend happening on friday and short session with the president not taking any questions. what is the purpose of mainstream media as nothing but hostile questions and freezes the report and accurately get record ratings and the american people get nothing, the fake news not worth the time and effort. one thing we did hear that health and human service's secretary azar was forced out of

the job as pandemic unfolds. a lot going on as always, eric. eric: all right, mark, thanks so much, arthel. arthel: eric, thank you, meanwhile in new york governor andrew cuomo saying some less hard-hit regions in the state might be able to reopen after may 15th. the governor announcing that new covid-19 numbers today are, quote, relatively good. aishah hasine live with details. aishah. aishah: sounds like up state new york among the first areas to reopen and not until though may 15th is when the stay at home order expires for new york state and also not until the decline of covid cases for at least 2 weeks per cdc guidelines. here is a look at the governor's reopening, construction and manufacturing jobs with low-risk of spreading the virus. after 2 weeks of monitoring

that, phase 2 start. more essential low-risk jobs and cuomo really here is asking businesses to weigh in on this category. now there cannot be any openings that would draw in crowds from out of state. everything has to be coordinated with other north eastern states. reopening new york city though will require more thought. today mayor bill de blasio announcing creation of advisory council for several sectors like small business, tourism and labor. >> i'm going to ask them to in addition to their very busy day jobs take some time to come up with a preliminary recovery road map by june 1st. this is not going to be the final word, this is going to be the first outline of how we build that smart recovery. aishah: also the ussns comfort and the devastating news among

the pandemic especially on the front lines, rooky new york emt killed himself after 3 months on the job. rob was working in one of the busiest areas. and a friend expressed he had been feeling anxiety after seeing so many people die. deaths fell 400 since the first time since march 31st, arthel. arthel: oh, boy that was heartbreaking to hear. asihah hasine, thank you. eric. eric: that is true. well, arthel, the sheriff for washington state third most populist county will no longer force stay at home order there. rank high in state's number of deaths of covid-19. a second sheriff in the state in the southern part of washington, while also saying they are not

going to enforce that order. dan springer live in county with the very latest on this sheriff who is defying the governor's call, hi, dan. >> dan: 2300 cases of coronavirus and over a hundred deaths second only to king county which is the largest that includes seattle. it also was the first if you remember had the first known case of coronavirus that was back in january. first case in the country but it's also been over 4 weeks since the infection peak hit the state and a number growing of people for easing governor's order and not encouraging people to break it county sheriff he and his deputies will not enforce the order in a facebook post this week he wrote, quote, i believe that preventing business owners to operate their businesses and provide for their families our right to liberty, and the pursuit of happiness n. the last four weeks as the number of new infections has

been coming down, 84,000 people have filed new unemployment claims in the county that represents over 10% of all the people in this county. sheriff fortney says that the governor has not lifted order to get people back to work. >> i want to try to give them a voice. there are people who they can't go two months without a paycheck . >> dan: said the county is open for business and that was later extended but the sheriff there also says governor ainsley's order is not being enforced bringing reaction. >> law enforcement officers who i have huge respect for who thousands of them today are not going to enforce the law, they are enforcing the laws.

>> governor ainsley says he's being guided by science and data but not being more specific. eric. eric: arthel. arthel: well, eric, contact tracing will play a huge role in the months ahead, one expert tells us how it works and how it is key to containing coronavirus.

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eric: contact tracing will be key in the next stage of fighting the coronavirus pandemic. the effort involves interviewing people who have been diagnosed with covid-19 and then finding each person that that person may have come in contact with and may have infected them. the next guest says the cdc may lead on this type of effort but many governors, you know, are saying they need federal funding chief medical officer of association of states and territorial health officials. dr. plesha, massive undertaking

it seems, so why firstly are we so behind in terms of contact tracing? >> well, we can only do contact tracing when the rates of an infection of a community are lower. so what happened early in this covid pandemic is we had some early opportunities to do tracing, part of the problem then was the challenges with testing and what happened with many communities the number got so great that contact tracing wasn't effective anymore but now that we go through the surges that we are seeing in many cities and states and we start to see the numbers come back down, that's when we can start putting contact tracing into place again. the idea that we try to open the economy back up and let people out of their homes, return to more normalcy, the way they keep infection under control is through contact tracing.

eric: new deal conservation, massive effort. here is what the committee said, quote, the united states is drastically behind in testing compared to other countries. the administration's failure to administer widespread testing left the united states unable to contain the spread of the virus. the u.s. is testing roughly one in 273 people, countries like south korea and germany have tested about 1 in every 100 people and, doctor, here are some 3 of the proposals. johnson hopkins, bloomberg, public health schools say they need $306 billion. they, meaning the u.s., to hire 100,000 contact tracers, senators brennan has proposed and schumer wants 30 billion for testing, tracing and eventual vaccination. what type of program would you like to see and how widespread and who should run it?

>> our suggestion is to build back a capacity for contact tracing in every state. now, let's be clear, we do contact tracing. we do infection control in state and local health departments all of the time. we have not been in a position where we have anything at this scale, this many people getting sick and that's the reason why we need more people. in the johnson hopkins report that you mentioned earlier, we made an estimate that it's probably one hundred thousand people across the nation. that's going to be different in some communities, it'll depend on the number of cases and the level and infection they are having in each of the states and local communities. so the numbers would be balanced based on where the needs are. how does that -- >> eric: how soon can they get this up and running? >> we want to get this up and running as quickly as possible. that's why we put out the reports an that's why we have been vocal about it and working very, very carefully with the states. this is urgent. if we want to reopen the

economy, we want to let people come out of their homes and get away from some of this physical distancing, we have to have something else to put in place or the virus is going to come back. so we need to hire the people so we are ready to go in the next weeks, summer at the latest. eric: when you say we should hire the people, who should hire the people, who do you think will run this and can they get it up and running as you say before the summer start? >> i think it'll be a hybrid of approaches. we are already seeing the federal government, the cdc begin to hire some people to help with contact tracing. those are finally going to be more skilled professional people. we see contact tracing being done by teams. you have some very skilled professional people running the teams. then you can hire a whole army of people who don't necessarily have a public health background or a lot of experience in epidemiology and trying to talk to them. so we put together these teams.

we think a lot of the core contact tracers will be found locally in the states and local communities. we are seeing a range of different aprevention. some states and local departments are hiring themselves. others are contracting with universities and others are looking for other workforces where they might be able to get a significant amount of people like librarians, and people who have been displaced working at local ymca's. eric: state -- some states that already started. doug berman has aggressive plan. here is the major general alan of north dakota, they don't have as many people as some other states but here is the major general describing how it would work in north dakota. let's listen. >> the testing will be focused on the close contacts from those positive cases we had last week. it'll be focused on some areas where we think covid-19 has

maybe jumped to other locations, so we want to test there too and then as always, we will do some surveillance testing which provides valuable data on what's the percentage of, say, asymptomatic people walking around. eric: are you finally optimistic that this will finally be put in place? >> i am optimistic. it's what we have to do. i'm not only optimistic that this will be put in place. i think this is the thing that will get us one step ahead. we have been one step behind for a long time now and we can put this kind of capacity, this kind of a workforce in place in our states, in our communities and we have a ray to really go back and keep the virus under control, allow ourselves to get back to normal functioning in our society but do so without the risks that the infection -- eric: we need to be unstep

ahead. thank you for the work that you're doing and thank you for your advice. >> thank you. eric: of course, arthel. arthel: a long-time detroit healthcare worker died on monday, more than a month after she started having symptoms of coronavirus. her family says she was denied a coronavirus test 4 times including at the hospital where she worked. jessica dunpak from detroit affiliate has the story. >> 31 years debra gate would wear the beaumont badge and they were saying she most likely had covid but they didn't test her. >> her daughter kayla marked in a calendar when she went to the

er. she said her mom sent home four times with cough medicine and told to rest. fever got higher and symptoms worse. >> the fact that she got infected doing the job she loved for 31 years and shoe couldn't be taken bay her own family, that being beaumont is heartening to say the least. all of this time you're telling her to go home and rest it off, how do you really rest off bilateral pneumonia without any type of treatment other than cough medicine to try and could have -- cough it out. it's too severe. >> debra collapsed and taken to nearest hospital sinai grace at that point is where she would spend final days. >> i just went up to the hospital, sat in the parking lot. if this is as close as i can be to her, if this is going to happen, i will sit in my car

until i get the phone call. >> the only child said good-bye to 63-year-old, 2 years from retiring when she would be a full-time grandma. >> i'm hanging there for a couple more years and she said he was going to retire and she's going to be the greatest grandmother, nanny that i needed her to be to take care of my daughters. >> it was a different point in the pandemic a month ago when debra first went to beaumont er, we asked the hospital what their protocol is now for admitting people. this was the response. as patients come to beaumont for care during the pandemic we are doing everything we can to evaluate, triage and care for patient based on the information we know at the time. we grieve the loss of any patient of covid-19 or any other illness. arthel: it's infuriating, it's wrong and i feel for the daughter. she's an only child and she goes and sits in her car in the

parking lot of the hospital because that's as close as she can get to her mother who is in there dying. eric. eric: yeah, coronavirus, arthel, really is a cruel and unforgiving brutal enemy of ours and that is just one example of it. our heart goes out to her. well, healthcare workers, you know, some are fearful of exposing families to coronavirus but in one place they are getting a temporary home away from home. up next we will show you how one ohio company is trying to keep medical personnel safe while keeping the place going good mo. good morning, blair. [ chuckles ] whoo. i'm gonna grow big and strong. yes, you are. i'm gonna get this place all clean. i'll give you a hand. and i'm gonna put lisa on crutches! wait, what? said she's gonna need crutches. she fell pretty hard.

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it says two of the 3 restaurants employees have lost their jobs. government programs so far may not be enough as restaurants have been sitting idle or force today dramatically scale back. christina coleman live in los angeles with more. christina: existing federal relief programs will not prevent restaurants from having to lay off even more people so they're asking congress to approve this restaurant industry blueprint for recovery. this lays out details for a temporary emergency 240 billion-dollar recovery fund. they say it would help restaurants with rent, utilities an on going debt obligations and reopening expenses like sanitation equipment and inventory. the restaurant coalition says restaurants need money right now to pay venders and rent. here is the national restaurant association executive vice president of public affairs with more on the call for $240 billion in federal aid for restaurants.

>> so far the programs have been created by congress just don't work for the unique business model of the restaurant industry and unique recovery in social-distant era. christina: based on survey of 8 million restaurant employees have been layed off or furloughed since coronavirus outbreak. 2 out of 3 restaurant employees have lost their jobs and 61% of operationers say existing federal relief won't prevent more restaurant layoffs. >> we have had to furlough approximately 80% of our hourly team members and we are keeping in contact with them, you know, we are still looking forward to the day when we get clarity of when dining rooms can get reopen and that would be first call to bring them back. christina: many restaurants are staying open by doing curbside pickup and increased delivery was the economic hit to restaurant industry is still very huge. as of now the national

restaurant association says this industry is on track to lose more than $50 billion in sales in just april alone, arthel. arthel: oh, boy, christina coleman, coach, eric. eric: well, fire departments across the country are facing a new challenge. how to safely respond to coronavirus while facing a huge budget crunch. washington can he recollect the mike -- correspondent mike emmanuel has more. mike: at a time when city budgets are getting crushed due to tax revenue. the care's act sign intoed law provided $850 million to law enforcement and 100 million for freighters. >> this is a war and we are in the streets. i commend the hospitals and healthcare workers for all that they are doing but how the

patients gets to the hospitals is through the systems, through the fire departments. >> the international association of fire chiefs is requesting $5 billion for assistance, $5 billion for staffing and adequate fire and emergency response. priority equipment in strategic national stockpile, advanced notifications about pending drug shortages and prioritizing access to testing and potential vaccinations. the fire chief in naples, florida note it is first responders are putting their lives on the line against this invisible enemy. >> our workforce is being greatly affected over 5,000 firefighters have been quarantined and we need to keep them and their families in our thoughts, our prayers and our hearts because the public safety first responders are without doubt on the tip of the sphere and we can't lose sight of that. >> despite challenges their fighters are committed. >> even though we are challenged economically and we are still challenged operationally with

supplies and ppe, when the bell hits, i can assure you that firefighters will show up at your door. >> house speaker pelosi is selling it for money for our heros in next funding bill. it's not entirely clear when lawmakers will try to get that done. in washington mike emmanuel, fox news. arthel: workers on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic are facing many challenges including the risk of taking the virus home to their families. now one organization is teaming up with a couple of hotels to keep the healthcare workers at a safe distance from their loved ones. joining us now is josiah meyers ceo at ariva caregivers shelter fund. good to have you. first of all, if you can tell us how you coordinate your efforts and how many frontline workers have you provideed shelter for so far? >> absolutely, i think there's been about a hundred.

when this first started the outbreak, we had 95% occupancy rate and in coordination with us we sat there and said, hey, what are we going to do with unoccupied units and came up with this idea, the fact that all of the frontline workers need a place to stay, and so we turned into a nonprofit and today we are housing about 90% of occupancy again, all with medical workers, people around the front line of this, so it's been really great to be a part of it. arthel: absolutely. i hear you say you're a nonprofit, so far how much money have you had to put into this? >> to get the thing started we put in $25,000. so far the community and where we have our units, cleveland, cincinnati, columbus has put another 25,000 about. arthel: and are you able to

coordinate with other hotels throughout the country because this is a needed service and shelter for, you know, frontliners all across our nation? >> absolutely. so our focus is to flatten the curve and so what we are doing is getting people who are fighting this, frontline workers, medical community protected, isolated, sheltered. we aren't just going to stop in the 3 areas that we have units, we want to roll this out for the entire nation because we see the impact that it's making on people so as we are getting calls from other areas we are connecting the dots with other hotel that is aren't necessarily our units to make sure they've got, you know, isolated, free housing. arthel: yeah, well, you will get more calls after this segment because it is needed. if i'm a frontline worker, is there an application process? how does it work and again name

the cities where you're already operating? >> so we are in cincinnati, cleveland and columbus. there's a minor application process. basically checking sure that you are fighting this on the frontlines. go to caregivershelterfund.org. there's an e-mail and a number on there, just reach out, we will pick up your call and just take you through the application process. arthel: okay, and do you ever -- when you go through this application process with the frontline workers, do you ever get a chance to talk to them and, you know, if you do, what's it like hearing their stories and hearing whatever is going on in their voices? >> yeah, it's -- the individual person to person contact is what makes it so valuable to our team. we get constant messages of people shedding tears from what we are doing and there's been a

few stories of people actually being in their cars and having to sleep in their cars because they don't want to bring this back to their family or bring this back to their roommates and there's a lady actually in cleveland that we supported, her parents are older and she didn't want to spread this to them. when she stayed the first night she reached out and called one of our representatives and just had a heart to heart with him and so it was really great to hear and every story is different, but it's just been awesome to see the ground-level impact and having available resources and turning them back to the community has been awesome. arthel: so josiah, you're in ohio right now. we are going to need you to take this across the country because this really, really is so desperately needed so i'd imagine you are going to have hotel chains and maybe some, you know, some boutique hotels or

other organizations that has facilities that can help you with your efforts, so i want to remind people while you're still here how they can get in touch with you no. just front liners but people who want to con contribute, again t caregivers -- let me do it. hang on. hang on one second. i'm sorry, i apologize. ly get it right. caregivershelterfund.org. again, caregivershelterfund.org. all right, josiah. i love you, you've got a great attitude. i don't know how old you are, doesn't matter, but what you're doing is fantastic. >> thank you, and we are asking the people to help us with this so every donation counts and we are very appreciative of everything that everyone is doing so thank you a lot. appreciate it. arthel: let's get me off this

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personal interactions between people while we keep social distancing. joining us the ceo of the company drone-up tom walker, he's in virginia beach. tom, tell us how drones are now working and what they can achieve in that opinion demic? tom: thank you for having me, eric. i think right now we know they have a lot of potential. certainly we recognize the dramatic impact that they made on the public and private sector and we know they can be a force multiplier for emergency response but delivery is something different and so what we are really working on now is developing policies and procedures and working with regulators to determine the safest way to leverage these platforms to bring that support to the front line that you're talking about. eric: what -- when do you think this will happen? flirty is using drone to deliver

food to restaurant takeout and the industries waiting on the faa to give it the green light? >> well, i don't know that we are we are waiting for the faa to give us the green light as how do we scale it. there's a lot of examples where they are doing small point to point delivery and delivery within campus environment. what we have been really focusing on and working with farther near at ups is how do we scale this specifically in response to an event like covid and in doing so figuring out how to scale it and learning the right ways to safely and efficiently deploy these while protecting the public and how do we do it in a scaled effort that we can immediately respond to, to a significant event. eric: what guidelines do you need? tom: i think it can

happen very soon. right now there's question about how far a drone can travel, does it need to be with line of sight and once it travels out of line of sight what are rules and regulations on that. there's concerns of whether it needs to be private operators 107 or 135 or airline and regulated like an airplane. i think the regulations are there and i think what we are doing and what we are going to be working on very diligently in the next 12 months is clarifying what we can do under the existing regulations and to answer your question, i don't think it's that far off. i think we are seeing a lot of companies do a lot of great things and we had a lot of success in the exercise and we demonstrated that we can deliver and deliver at scale and we can do it safely and we are looking forward to the next steps. eric: you mentioned an exercise, tell me what did you do. tom: so with ups in abandoned

campus we brought operators that were not delivery operators. these were professional drone pilots that are part of 10,000 pilot fleet who do other things, inspections, and things that we do every day with drones and we retrofitted their -- their platforms with delivery mechanisms and said if we needed to do this right now and we we wanted to start delivering in the morning and deliver through the night over and over and over, how would we do it, how do we protect the air space, how would we deconflict and drop the things and how do we control everything and this exercise was really about that. we are get to go publish a report on what we learned and share with the industry and the state and federal regulators that we think will demonstrate that there's a way to deliver at scale safely, efficiently and in response to whatever they may need us to do. eric: yeah, you know, talk about the jetsons, certainly it would seem that this would be really

needed during a crisis and help out those in the front lines. tom walker in virginia, thank you for the work that you're doing. tom: thank you, eric. arthel: eric, i just want my personal -- anyway. as states begin to reopen, small business owners are looking at unique ways to maintain social distancing. details on that up next.

♪ ♪ ♪ arthel: as some states start relaxing stay at home restrictions, many restaurants, gyms and nail salons are trying to come up with ways to maintain social distancing for their customers without having to cramp their styles. david, tell us david: david hey, arthel, good afternoon to you. we are hearing different stories from different businesses across the country. as you mentioned governors starting to relax rules in some states, others are not. for the states that are relaxing rules, you will see a lot of difference in the next few weeks, months and possibly for

the rest of the year especially in restaurant businesses. when you see closed signs turn open they'll be many differences. i mentioned the restaurant industry, the hardest-hit industry throughout the coronavirus crisis. i spoke with senior executive vice president with the national restaurant association about some of the changes, listen. >> folks that recognize that they have to build a comfort level with their customers to get them to come back david: some of the changes to larry, you see them right there. plexy glass, social distancing guidelines and the menus you touch expect to be sanitized and possible you may see waiter or waitress wearing a mask. i also spoke to owner of pelates studio, not the case now, cut in half. she's had to go online and she had to go virtual, she says

online trend may continue into 2021. listen. >> if this sended tomorrow, let's say everything was lifted and we would still have in-person classes, we would continue virtual experience to our client and we've had such good feedback about it that people are able to take classes whenever they want to but still enjoy their favorite instructor at the same time. david: these are mock-ups, your next flight could look like something like this. taking social distancing all the way to 30, 40,000 feet in the air. this is italian company called avios interiors. they are making mock-ups for different airlines across the world to see if any airlines are interested, talking about plexy glass seats and conform to social-distancing guidelines, arthel, representative tells fox news that the company has been

discussing plans with large airlines. of course, they will not get into that for business reasons but they had several inquiries so far, arthel. arthel: okay, we will see. david spunt. thank you. eric. eric: also discussed by the president, well, he may no longer holding those famed-daily coronavirus briefings that we have been watching as he takes the podium at the white house. why and when will the next one be? we will take a look in the next hour right here straight ahead on the fox news channel it's the next one. you always drive this slow? how did you make someone i love? that must be why you're always so late. i do not speed. and that's saving me cash with drivewise. my son, he did say that you were the safe option. and that's the nicest thing you ever said to me. so get allstate. stop bossing.

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tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. eliquis, the number one cardiologist-prescribed blood thinner. ask your doctor if eliquis is what's next for you. arthel: senate republicans and house democrats clashing over the next round of coronavirus relief spending as 10 states prepare to ease or lift stay at home orders this week despite concerns from health officials and business owners. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. i'm arthel neville. eric: hi arthel. i'm eric shawn. the white house reportedly is supporting another stimulus package, as democrat leaders say hundreds of billions of dollars more is needed to help fuel the country's economic recovery. this as state and local governments warn that they are facing massive budget gaps because of coronavirus but senate majority leader mitch

mcconnell is slamming the brakes on any more spending, citing concerns about the national debt, even as states say reluctance could harm law enforcement and other state responsibilities because they face huge holes in their budgets. mark meredith has more on all of this. >> reporter: since the crisis began, congress doled out billions of dollars to try to keep the economy afloat. several governors say it's simply not enough. they want the federal government to spend more money to make up for shortfalls in state revenues. the president's treasury secretary was asked about this earlier this morning on fox news sunday. >> this will be something that the senate and house debate, it will be something that we discuss on a bipartisan basis. the president has heard from governors. he wants to speak to governors. this is something we'll consider. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi says congress will provide relief for the state in the future but she's also pushing back against complaints that this relief did not come in the latest stimulus bill that

was signed into law last week. >> just calm down. we will have state and local and we will have it in a very significant way. it's no use going into what might have been, judge it for what it does, don't criticize it for what it doesn't because we have a plan for that and that will happen. i think you see the response even from republican senators that mitch mcconnell was getting. >> reporter: tomorrow the small business administration is expected to start processing more loans for the paycheck protection program that money was replenished through the stimulus bill the president signed into law last friday. the treasury department says it believes some 30 million american jobs have been saved through this but they realize there is a lot of need. the treasury department putting out a statement about what businesses can do. they say we encourage all approved lenders to process all

loan expeditiously. as of right now, we are not expecting to see the president nor the vice president in the briefing room. there was a briefing on friday. it was short, though, less than 30 minutes and the president did not take questions. the president tweeted last night that the briefings are not worth his time and effort because the questions he says he is getting are too hostile. we are hearing from the administration over the reports that came out late last night that it was a story that was floating around in washington that the health and human services secretariale secretaryr would be pushed out of his position envelope say there are no plans for imminent personnel changes. they are doing what they can to contain the outbreak as it continues to impact communities nationwide. eric. eric: thanks so much. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. from supply shortages to questions about death rates, the department of veterans affairs is facing scrutiny over how it

has been handling the coronavirus response inside its system. this as new reports claim that practically 5 million masks ordered by the va got hijacked by fema for the national stockpile. the washington post meanwhile reporting that the va had to ask for help from fema and by the time this happened, badly needed items were nearly gone. thousands of va patients have been diagnosed with covid-19 and hundreds have died. let's go to jacqui heinrich now with details in new york city. jacqui. >> reporter: arthel, for weeks va officials denied any claims about there being shortages of ppe but apparently things got so dire they reached out to fema for help. that's when the va says they learned that orders that they had placed were being diverted to fema to replenish the national stockpile. but fox, however, has learned that fema cannot and has not and won't be diverting any of their

orders from their state, local or federal partners, they don't have the legal authority to do so. that, though, stands in direct contrast to what richard stone of the va told the washington post. look here. stone said i had 5 million masks incoming that disappeared and the supply system was responding to fema. i couldn't tell you when my next delivery was coming in. fema sent a half million masks to the va after they asked for help, with the va's supply nearly depleted. people would not go on the record with us over claims over the diversions but told fox that fema and the va have been in close coordination over the covid-19 response saying to date fema coordinated shipments of more than 4.3 million respirator masks, 1 million masks and face shields to va facilities across the country. va workers are telling a different story. the union represents employees says nurses have been told to prepare to reuse, disinfect and repair masks.

they're often they say not given n95s which offer the most protection and the labor department is investigating one hospital's complaint alleging that employees sick with covid-19 were told to keep working. to date the va has 6800 positive deaths, more than 2,000 employees have fallen ill and 20 have died. on thursday senate democrats appealed over what they call the broken federal distribution process. overall, the va's handling of the crisis has been commended. the health system has not been overwhelmed by cases and that's in part due to early restrictions on visitors, also screening and recruitment of more medical workers for their hospitals. arthel. arthel: jacqui heinrich reporting in new york city. thanks, jacqui. eric. eric: arthel, the world food program is putting out a dire warning that the pandemic could double the number of people suffering from acute hunger

around the globe, bringing the number to a total of quarter billion people by the end of the year. amy kellogg has more on this prediction, live in florence, italy on that. hi, amy. >> reporter: first a little update about the situation here. the prime minister unveiled his plans for phase two of this crisis. some manufacturing is going to kick into gear again on may 4th. there were some very limited areas of life that can resume, some bit of normalcy from that point and then a little bit more in the middle of the month and a few more things were floated for june 1st but this is not a lifting of the lockdown in italy by any stretch of the imagination. now, meanwhile, in spain for the first time in six weeks, children under 14 were allowed to get out of the house. next weekend, everyone is going to be allowed to take walks. in berlin, far right groups today gathered to protest the restrictions on their liberties that they say this lockdown has

caused. they defied social distancing rules to get out and make their point and as such some were detained. now, the world food program is sounding the alarm about covid-19 hitting the world's poorest countries. in the last 10 days, infections in africa have gone up 40%. world food is trying to get supplies in place and even coordinating medical shipments, organizing mobile hospitals for future likely necessity. they worry the number of people on the verge of acute hunger could double by the end of the year to a quarter of a billion people. and relying on donor nations, they worry about having enough funds to do what they need to do. >> if we don't get the money, if we don't get the supply chain moving, it literally -- we could be talking about anywhere from 1150 to 300,000 people dying per day. this would be absolutely catastrophic. >> reporter: finally, these are the first days of the holy month

of ramadan and many muslims are having to do without the prayers at mosque and large gatherings with friends and family to break the fast at the end of each day. here in pakistan, the streets were quiet compared to what they would normally be at this time and finally, eric, pope francis today prayed for those people who are feeling sad, who are feeling lonely and unsure about the future, for economic and all sorts of other reasons. eric, back to you. eric: very stressful time. amy, thank you. arthel. arthel: and eric, this is a fox news alert. two police officers were rushed to the hospital this afternoon after they were shot in bat ton rouge, louisiana. other officers were responding to a call when they say someone opened fire. officials say there is an active search underway right now for the gunman. the condition of the officers is unknown at this time. we're going to bring you an update when we receive more information but again, two

officers shot this afternoon in baton rouge, louisiana. eric. eric: well, arthel as some businesses start to slowly open, social distancing you know may really harm restaurants and bars. how will they be able to keep their businesses alive? a whawhat they are asking of congress, straight ahead. they're our neighbors, and our friends. but now, they are forever our heroes, too. and while they're working to keep us safe, prudential is proud to provide over one million health care workers with benefits that help bring peace of mind in times like these.

eric: the national restaurant association estimates the industry could experience a $240 billion loss by the end of this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. you know, four out of 10 restaurants they say are closed. government programs so far they think may not be enough as restaurants have been sitting idle or forced to dramatically scale back their operations. christina coleman is live in loslosangeles with more on whate industry is asking for. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, eric. the national restaurant association says the existing federal relief programs will not prevent restaurants from having to lay off even more people. they say the shortcomings of the small business paycheck protection program makes it tough for restaurants to even use the loans at all. as of now, u.s. restaurants are asking congress to approve a

restaurant industry blueprint for recovery, a temporary emergency $240 billion recovery fund that can help with rent, utilities andongoing debt obligations and reopening expenses like sanitation equipment an inventory. >> congress is very focused on the workforce, the population, public health. and we appreciate those needs. we represent one out of every 10 workers right now. we're looking to congress to create a restaurant and food service recovery fund that would allow the nation's second largest employer to make sure our doors can stay open when we're allowed to reopen. >> reporter: the national restaurant association estimates that more than 8 million restaurant employees have been laid off or furloughed since the beginning of march because of the coronavirus pandemic. a stuftough situation no doubt a lot of workers. as for restaurants that remain open, extra guidelines were put in place. here's one restaurant owner as

to how he checked with employees to make sure they were comfortable working during the public health crisis. >> we had to ask them whether they were okay to keep coming to work. you have to make sure that every single one is aware of the risks, that every single one feels that there's somebody supporting them, that we're a team. >> reporter: and even when more and more restaurants start to open back up, what exactly is that going to look like for a lot of these restaurant owners? will patrons want to eat in their establishment as much as they did before? will they hire back as many workers? how long will that take? there's so many unknown factors right now that will eventually play a role in the bottom line for these businesses. eric. eric: a lot of questions, but it's important, though, call them up, they'll deliver. christina, thank you. arthel. arthel: well, eric, 4.4 million americans sought unemployment benefits last week, bringing the staggering total to 26.5 million

jobs lost over the past five weeks. as the country continues to see a historic labor market decline amid the coronavirus pandemic. now, on friday, president trump signed off on another $484 billion economic relief. so how will this new money be distributed? let's bring in gene marks, president of the marks group, and gene, i want to walk through this so let's jump in. first of all, we need a red tape work-around. what is the best way for small businesses and independent contractors to get money from this latest tranche of coronavirus relief? >> well, arthel, it's good to see you as well. there's a lot of money that's now available that will be available tomorrow morning, monday morning, for small businesses and independent contractors. it's still the two main programs that are out there. the biggest one that we've heard about the most is the paycheck protection program. that is the program where you, whether you're an independent

contractor, a hair stylist, a landscaper, or if you're running a business, you can apply for money under the paycheck protection program. apply as soon as you can. my recommendation, although a lot of people are going to their bank to get this money, there is some really good online lenders, arthel, that are doing a really good job at this as well. on-deck capital, cabbage, pay pal, quick book capital, they have the infrastructure and set-up to make the application process really easy. i've been telling my clients, go to those places, apply for a paycheck protection loan. get in the queue. my biggest fear is the money is going to run out and it could run out really quickly. arthel: that's the thing. the new measure includes an additional $310 billion in funding for the paycheck protection program, $60 billion of which is reserved for community banks and small lenders.

and again, for those who have not received those checks, what can they do on their end? i know you said you're going to have your -- i'm going to have you repeat the places where they can apply. but what can they do? there's an application, let me finish, because people are trying this and they're running into brick walls at every step. what is the best way to get that check in the mail or into their bank accounts by way of direct deposit. >> so it's a great question and again, we're talking about the paycheck protection program, so this is for small businesses and independent contractors. and the best way for them to do that is to not only apply for this program, particularly with an online lender, and stay on them and stay on the application process as well to make sure that your application's in the queue. we haven't talked about this in the past. if you're an independent contractor or just a sole business owner, you can also apply for unemployment as well. the downside to doing that is that a lot of the systems are

trying to catch up. the systems need to be upgraded, a lot of the people at the state are trying to get up-to-speed with what the new rules are. you can apply for unemployment if you're an independent contractor yourself. you go to your state. every state is supposed to provide benefits for independent contractors now and sole proprietors and sole business owners as well. you can get state funding and additional $600 a week as part of the federal benefits through the end of july. so you can try for the paycheck protection program or you can also try for unemployment insurance as well. either way, arthel, it's not moving as fast as we want to see it move for a lot of business owners and independent contractors. a lot of people are frustrated, waiting around to get their money but the system itself has just got to go as fast as it can and it's been a little frustrating. arthel: now, i think i'm hearing an update since last we

spoke because i asked about this before and i know the rules are being recalibrated but you're telling me that if you are a small business and/or an independent contractor, you can collect unemployment and apply for the paycheck protection program. first of all, yes or no, are you saying that? >> okay. so you can apply for both. however, you can only accept money from one of those sources. no double-dipping. in other words, if you're going to unemployment -- arthel: then why do i apply for both? >> it's a good question. the big reason why is because of time. if you're eligible to apply for both, what i'm telling my clients to do is go ahead and apply for both but you can only accept one in the end. and if the dollars are somewhat equal, and i whoever you can confirm you get the money from first, that's the route i would go. otherwise, you're giving yourself more options for where the money is. but again, you can only get unemployment or you can get

money from the paycheck protection program. you can try for them both. but if you get accepted for them both, that's fine. only take the money -- only choose to go one way, one or the other, unemployment or paycheck protection. one might be faster than the other so why not give them both a shot? arthel: okay. i'm glad we cleared that up. so look, we've got $484 billion currently on the table. is this enough, gene? given the number of small businesses and independent contractors who need the funding to get them on the other side of this nationwide closure, so you're saying -- i heard you say that's not enough and you think there needs to be additional coronavirus aid. >> so first of all, you just had the report on right before me saying that the restaurant industry is asking for another $260 billion because when you see a lot of the unemployed workers out there, most of them are -- they're hourly workers, from restaurants and from retail and even the restauranteurs are

saying that's not going to be enough for our industry, no, it's not going to be enough. 1.6 million businesses were approved for sba loans which is fine. we're hopefully going to be seeing a lot more loans going out this week to businesses that need it. there are 30 million small businesses in the country. between nine and 12 million of them employ people. so it's a very small percentage still of businesses that are getting the funding that they actually need and i predict there's going to be another round of stimulus that's going to be needed if the situation continues on the way it is. arthel: yeah. i'm hearing it may not happen before may. but listen, before i go, before i let you go, i want to ask, listen, based on the thousands of questions that you've been bombarded with and the problems that people have shared with you, can you give congress a heads up if you will on how they can improve the rollout distribution and allocation of the next coronavirus relief package whenever it comes? >> i'm tweeting at a lot of senators now and also people at the sba and we're in contact, giving them the feedback from

all the people that are asking me questions on twitter. i hope you put my twitter address up on the screen as well. it's at gene marks, if there's any specific questions you have about applying for these loans or these programs. but really in the end, arthel, the reason why i'm getting so many questions is because there's so much confusion out there. because people don't know exactly what they're being -- what they need and how to get the money as soon as possible and the biggest thing i think congress can do is to really get that education out there to make it easier and provide more funding for the business that's need it. arthel: okay. i am out of time with you here at gene marks which is your twitter handle but i'm going to pose a question and i'll have you answer it, include my handle as well, at arthel neville. here's the question. if you're an independent contractor, a trainer, for instance, and you don't have contracts or w-9s or a way to -- a cash intake, if you will,

how do you apply for one of these programs? >> can i answer it right here or do i answer on twitter. arthel: i don't have time. my producers will kill me if i spend -- i'm already over time. answer me on twitter, at arthel neville, at gene marks. thank you. always a pleasure. >> stay safe. arthel: eric: the supreme court is set to make a key ruling on daca this week. what would ending that program mean for the thousands of dreamers who are working on the frontlines in the medical community during the pandemic response? we'll take a look, next. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey.

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be daca recipients, many of whom are working on the coronavirus frontlines right now. what happens to them and to the coronavirus response if the court dozened the -- does end the program. let's bring in john decker, fox news correspondent and an attorney. john, do we know what we expect the justices may actually decide this week. >> obviously, we don't, we don't know if the decision is going to come down this week but it's going to come down certainly very soon. if you ask me the question what would this mean for daca recipients, before january, before the coronavirus pandemic, the answer would have been very clear. the daca recipients that are in this country would be eligible for deportation. now it's a different situation entirely, eric, and the reason being is because of a supplemental brief that the justices have accepted regarding this particular case. the brief was filed on behalf of the plaintiffs, those daca

recipients and the brief says there is a catastrophic situation that could emerge if those 27,000 doctors and nurses and first responders are immediately booted out of the country. it would have a drastic effect on our healthcare system and obviously the supreme court is taking that into account. eric: that's really an important number, 27,000 daca recipients are now doctors, they're nurses, members of the medical community, 200 medical students right now in med school, some of whom may have just been able to graduate prematurely in order to get them into the frontlines. could the supreme court split this? could they make an exception for those who are medical workers? or do you think legally would that not hold water? >> well, the supreme court clearly was looking at one aspect of the law, eric, and that's called the administrative procedure act. , the ap a and what the apa says is when making policy changes the government has to consider

reliance interest, in other words, what would the policy change mean for businesses and institutions and in this case even hospitals. and i think because of that, and clearly this was on the mind of one of the supreme court justices hearing this case, neil gorsuch, he asked the particular question to the chris tore solir general, the supreme court may send the case back down to the district court level and have this aspect of the case heard before ultimately ruling on whether daca and eliminating daca is con constitutional or unconstitutional. eric: so then what would that mean going forward? >> well, that would mean that those daca recipient, all 700,000 in addition to those 27,000 first responders and doctors and nurses would still be in limbo, while this case remains in the federal court system. eric: there was a quoted on report from one of the daca recipients, he's 27 years old,

and this is what he said. quote, i'm helping people that are not daca recipients here in the united states through my job and there is definitely that fear if this daca gets to end and i'm like so all those years have been for nothing, probably my time and my health and my family's health that i'm putting at risk right now, seattle is my home. he's in seattle. he's working says the report at two clinics, working with covid, coronavirus patients. knowing the law as you do and knowing the intricacies of washington, d.c. do you think it's possible there could be a stay on this for now, once we get through this and they can kick this down the road as they have so many times in the past? >> i think very much so, eric. we're in a very interesting situation to say the least. we are dealing with a pandemic and those frontline healthcare workers, those doctors, those nurses, those first responders are playing a critical role all

across the country and you see that up there especially in new york state and new york city. and so the justices i think have to recognize that. after all, the justices themselves are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic in the sense that starting next week, they'll hear six days of arguments telephonically, it will be by conference call. so even the justices right now are dealing with aspects of the coronavirus in the sense that they can't go to work and hear cases like they ordinarily do in the supreme court building. eric: wow, imagine that. we're standing at the white house, the north lawn, washington, d.c. the mayor says may not peak until sometime next month or june. john decker, good to see you as always. looks like a wonderful day. thank you for your insight. arthel. arthel: we have been reporting for weeks now coronavirus is having a significant impact on how religious celebrations look this year.

and during this holy month of ramadan, muslims are not immune from having to rethink their customs and do things differently. in fact, many are debating whether to go ahead with traditional fasting. lauren green speaks with one muslim doctor here in new york city about this as well as his role on the frontlines. >> reporter: the three abrahamic faiths are different in their core doctrines but the coronavirus makes no distinctions, so as muslims begin their month long celebration of ramadan, they are faced with huge challenges. as with all houses of worship, mosques all over the globe are shuttered to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. mecca is in lockdown with a scattering of believers. but ramadan daily events are all suspended. in their place, online spiritual lectures and praying at home. >> our community is

heart-broken. at the same time, they recognize the challenges and dangers of the pandemic, they are fully complying with the county, state and federal advisories and guidelines. >> reporter: another concern is the fasting during ramadan. muslims are required to go without food or water during the daylight hours. there's been a growing concern that it could weaken the immune system for the nearly 2 billion muslims, making them more vulnerable to the virus. doctors say it depends on the individual. >> there's no evidence that that type of fasting in healthy people without other disease or illness compromises the immune system. so my general guidance to people who are healthy would be there's no danger to them. >> reporter: dr. amir is one of 90,000 muslim doctors in the u.s. working on the frontlines of the coronavirus. he cares for geriatric patients at mount sinai hospital in new york city. he plans to fast but that could change. >> but if i'm not feeling well

or if i'm feeling tired or under-rested on that occasion i may choose not to fast. for myself, and for all physicians that i know, whether they be muslim or some other faith, the priority is patient care. >> reporter: islamic center of north america created a coalition of some 60 partners to help muslims navigate through the challenges of ramadan during the covid-19 shutdown. in new york, lauren green, fox news. eric: the world health organization is warning those people who do get coronavirus, well, you may not be immune to a potential second wave. dr. nicole saphier is here. she knows a lot about this and she will fill us in on if we are not immune. when dehydration gets real... ♪

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>> i think what who is saying, we don't know how long that effective antibody lasts and i think that is a question that we have to explore over the next few months and over the next few years. but i think everything that the who said should be happening, we're doing here in the united states to help the american people. arthel: okay. and that is white house coronavirus response coordinator, dr. deborah birx along with jake tapper this morning, on the world health organization's warning that people who have recovered from covid-19 and have antibodies may not actually be immune to the virus. this as the director of the cdc says that a second wave of infections could come in the fall. nothing that it -- noting that it could be more difficult to tackle because it would likely hit at the same time as flu season. joining us now is dr. nicole saphier, she's fox news medical

contributor and author of make america healthy again. all right, dr. nicole, nice to see you. here's the question everybody wants to have answered and i don't -- you know, can i catch coronavirus more than once? i know scientists are still studying to find that out, right? >> arthel, first of all, great be on with you on this sunday. the truth is, we don't know. dr. birx is an incredibly intelligent woman, a wonderful leader, it's great to have her on the task force. the bottom line is we don't actually know. the going theory is yes. if i had the infection and you recovered from it, they are believing that you are immune to future illness. however, there are some reports out of south korea and china of possibly a second wave of infections. we don't really know. the data's not there. just like anything else, there are some viruses that you can get once and you can get many times. think of the common cold. and then there are other viruses

like the chicken pox that you get once and you're done with it. this is a novel coronavirus, novel meaning new. we don't know much about it. it will take us some time to get that more information. but the bottom line is, it is very possible that if you get covid-19 right now, you possibly may get it again. arthel: well, let's talk then about the second wave of this coronavirus outbreak. as far as you know, what you've been reading, how bad might it be? >> well, arthel, it's a good question. and so if you think about sars, sars went away. it went away after a couple of years and then it was gone. it wasser rad dated. that was a time before international travel. because we live in a fast environment right now, we've gotten more cases, the virus seems to be a lot more contagious. so it's not so crazy to think that come in the fall, you're going to start seeing increasing cases again.

my biggest concern as a physician is that is when flu season starts ramping up in august. luckily for us right now, this time covid-19 hit us as we are coming out of our flu season. but we start seeing our first peak of flu in about december, so when we have about 920, 930,000 hospital beds in the united states, the thing that i want to know -- everyone's focusing rights now on we need to make sure we have enough testing and that is true. because as a physician, i need to make sure that i am able to access testing for patients. however, what i really want to know is how many beds do we have available. because right now this year, this flu season, about 400 to 700,000 people were hospitalized with the flu alone. we know hundreds of thousands were hospitalized with covid-19 which is why we had to make these makeshift hospitals. but if we now are going to have this coronavirus circulating with the flu as we're peaking flu season, we may be seeing

this all over again. so it is so important that we do everything we can at the beginning of the flu season to decrease the spread of the novel coronavirus, but also the flu. and the good news is, we actually have a flu vaccine. unfortunately, we don't have a vaccine or a proven treatment for covid-19 right now so we have to do -- we have to be smart about it. we have to continue hand hygiene, washing your hands, staying home if you're sick and getting the flu shot to try and keep people out of the hospital because it's very possible we may see more covid-19 cases again in the fall. arthel: okay. so you raised a lot in that answer, dr. nicole. and so it brings me to this question. is there enough lag time between now and the fall to prepare for the next wave? and is the white house task force, the coronavirus task force up to that task? >> well, let me tell you, americans are coming out much stronger and i'm going to stay healthier at the end of this

because en educated on how respy virusesre because everyone is doing the right thing right now. i think people are going to be a lot more aware going into the fall. now, that being said, as we -- we have to start opening up our country again because the thing is, public health is not just virus. public health is also the economic fallout we're seeing right now. that goes in line with increased suicides and drug overdose deaths. we have to be smart about it. we have to get the economy opening again. we also have to prepare for what is potentially to come. but i think americans are going to be a lot more aware. they're going to be doing what they can this summer to stay as healthy as possible and the coronavirus task force coupled with the economic task force i truly believe has the best interest of americans at heart and so everyone needs to do their part. it's not just about the government stepping in and helping us. in fact, if americans stepped up and did what they could to be healthier come the fall, then

the government wouldn't have to intervene as much. so i call on everyone, the government and every american to do what you can to keep yourself and your family and your community healthy and safe as we still continue to battle this until we have a proven treatment and a proven vaccine. arthel: and maybe americans can come up with a vaccine while they're at it. i don't know, dr. nicole. >> we're working on it. arthel: take care. all right. eric. eric: yeah, arthel, have to keep at it. meanwhile, as states start to reopen slowly, many businesses are thinking about their new normal in the wake of coronavirus. coming up, what some are doing to protect their workers and their customers during this new normal. to everyone navigating these uncertain times... whether you're caring for your family at home or those at work, principal is by your side. we're working hard to answer your questions. like helping you understand what the recently passed economic package can mean for you.

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eric: as more and more states move toward reopening their economies, businesses are trying to figure out exactly how they will incorporate social distancing into their plans. will we continue to see people continuing to work from home? have we seen the end of crowded and packed bars and restaurants? david spunt talked to several business owners about all this. he has more on what they're

thinking. >> reporter: each state is different when it comes to reopening. that has a lot of business owners worried, trying to pay attention to the latest signs, is this going to go on for weeks, months, possibly for the rest of the calendar year. eric, when businesses of all different kinds change the closed signs to open signs and people eventually start to walk back in there's going to be a lot of procedures people are going to have to follow, a lot of people working out what will happen there. i had a chance to speak with a senior executive at the national restaurant association. here's what he says about the changes. >> there's folks that recognize they've got to build a comfort level with their customers to get them to come back. >> reporter: but it's not going to be easy. some changes according to larry lynch, you just saw right there, plexiglass between booths, tables spread out to conform to social distancing, also menus that you're touching, those will likely be heavily sanitized in between customers, it's possible you could see your server wearing a mask.

it's not out of the realm. in clime bus, ohio, a popular boutique called tiger tree, the owner telling customers now to expect changes. >> whether it's temperature checks, plexiglass, masks, whatever it is, i think they seemed jarring and odd in the beginning of march. i think when you go into fourth quarter we're going to be so used to adapting to those thin things. >> reporter: check out these right here. this is avio interiors, an italian company that designs interiors for planes. you can see the social distance designs, plexiglass between chairs, also chairs facing different directions to try to keep that social distancing between people. avio interiors said they're already in touch, they told fox news they're in touch with a major airline across the world, they're not saying for business practices but you could see these are some of the changes we're seeing, whether it's in restaurants or the local salon, local bar, or even 40,000 feet

in the air. eric. eric: david, i'm not flying backwards. i'm not. i'm going to throw up. sitting backwards -- >> reporter: i don't blame you. eric: got to be safe. thank you, david. arthel. >> reporter: you bet. arthel: eric, i was wondering the same thing, like who is going to fly backwards. i was wondering that same thing. [ laughter ] all right. eric: the british tried it i was going to say, the british tried that. no, i'll take the bus. sorry, back to you. arthel: [ laughter ] we've got to fly at some point, i guess. i don't know. we'll take a break, regroup and we have another story to tell you before we wrap for the day. it's best we stay apart for a bit, but that doesn't mean you're in this alone. we're automatically refunding our customers a portion of their personal auto premiums. we're also offering flexible payment options for those who've been financially affected by the crisis.

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the fox news channel. pete hegseth is going to host a prime time special, very special, "america together." 10 p.m. tonight. arthel? arthel: okay. that does it for us. jon scott. ♪ jon: more states are preparing to ease coronavirus restrictions, welcome news for many. but experts also warn those communities are risking a possible resurgence. good evening, i'm jon scott, and this is a special two-hour edition of "the fox report." ♪ ♪ jon: the latest numbers show more than 5 million americans have now been tested, confirmed cases surpass 900,000. more than 50,000 people is have died in this country. this as a number of states begin the gradual process of reopening this week in hopes of bringing relief to the many americans who have lost their jobs and incomes. we have fox news team coverage on the