breaking news in america this morning, the coronavirus emergency hits home on capitol hill. the first members of congress testing positive. new york city cases doubling in one day. >> we need the greatest federal mobilization we have ever seen. >> the new plan from the federal government to rush medical supplies to those that need them the most. plus an urgent new report from the cdc on the number of young people getting sick. we hear from doctors and patients. what they're seeing. from coast to coast and around the world people coming together. city hall in san francisco lit up in the colors of the italian flag as italy reports its deadliest day so far. all the overnight developments right now on "america this morning."

good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. president trump says he considers himself to be a war time president. from all indications it appears this health crisis we're going through is about to get worse. >> as we continue to follow the guidelines on social distancing we're seeing this graph on your screen showing the sharp increase in coronavirus cases across the country. a six-fold increase in one week. new york city has reported its numbers of cases have more than doubled in one day. >> hospitals say they're expecting a tsunami of patients. in response new york's governor has ordered businesses to keep 50% of workers home. >> italy reported its deadliest day so far. 345 deaths in 24 hours. doctors fear the united states could be less than two weeks away from similar conditions. >> abc's alex presha begins our

coverage from washington where some members of congress have tested positive. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the country continuing its fight against what president trump has called the invisible enemy covid-19. this as the president is considering a korean war era act to help stop its spread. of the thousands of u.s. patients with covid-19 two are members of congress. mario diaz and ben mcadams. the attending physician saying other members who made contact with the two are at low risk. the senate passed a relief bill wednesday. law makers moving into phase three, finding ways to put money in the hands of americans. >> i view it as in a sense a war time president. >> reporter: the president is pushing congress to approve a trillion dollar plus recovery package. it could include $500 billion in direct payments to americans. two rounds of checks sent out on april 6th and may 18th. $300 billion for small

businesses and a $50 billion bail-out for the airline industry. any deal would have to be worked out with democrats. the president is prepared to invoke a korean war era law allowing the president to force american industries to produce critically needed medical equipment and protective gear. >> we're all in this together. it's the invisible enemy. >> reporter: doctors warning they expect to see a surge in cases over the next four to five days as more tests come back, but say critical protective gear is running low and putting them in danger. the new york city's mayor saying the president's actions coming far too late. >> president trump is the herbert hoover of his generation. there's a massive national crisis going on. he's consistently late and marginal in what he does. oreitch coell saying rubcans will work at warp speed

package saying the deadline for that is this morning. kenneth. >> alex, thank you. breaking news from las vegas. the air traffic control tower at the airport has been temporarily closed because of concerns that a worker may be infected with the coronavirus. many flights to vegas have been diverted. overnight we learned a person infected with the coronavirus was contagious while traveling through jfk airport on saturday. that person flew to rochester, new york. a worker at an amazon warehouse in new york city had been tested positive. a shocking story how the virus can impact one family. "the new york times" a 73-year-old infected in new jersey died hours after her son died from the virus and five days after her daughter's death. four other children in the family are hospitalized. more younger people are getting sick than expected. the cdc says 20% of people who required hospitalization were

between the ages of 20 and 44. the virus is still significantly more dangerousld peoe. the new figures on pattenti to social distancing guidelines. people infected are describing a wide range of symptoms from a simple cough to a terrifying lack of breath. >> the feeling is not good. i just need my results back and see what they want to do with me. it's getting worse and worse. >> this virus was something that knocked me off my feet for a day. other than that, any of the lingering symptoms, any other time in my life it was something i would just try to push through. i honestly thought it was allergies. i didn't think it was anything more than that. i woke up the next morning, last thursday and, you know, when you wake up and you know something is wrong immediately. you just feel it in your body. i had the feeling before when i had the flu, when my body is broken down when i've gone too

hard and i've been rundown. i knew something was off as soon as i woke up. that's when i started consulting medical professionals. >> if that woman looked familia familiar, that was abc's kaylee hartung. she believes she was infected while covering an outbreak in seattle. >> we're thankful she's okay this morning. hospitals facing major shortages racing to restock supplies. one doctor in washington says his hospital will run out of protective gear this weekend. car companies may get involved in supplying hospitals. this morning the next producer of medical supplies could be the country's auto industry. ford and general motors in talks with president trump to make ventilators and other hospital equipment at factories closed because of the virus. >> the thing we need on the frontlines is personal protective gear for my colleagues and myself. >> reporter: hospitals across the country already facing a critical shortage of protective gear. dr. steven anderson says his

in washington could run out of supplies by tomorrow. he's now guarding his own mask. >> i have my mask for today right here. i'm guarding it with my life because it could be my life. >> reporter: in georgia they ran through six months of protective gear in seven days. >> we thought we were ready. we had no idea what was -- what this has been like. >> reporter: volunteers helping the hospital by sewing covers using surgical sheets to help the masks last longer. >> we have an army of seamstresses. volunteers, people from out of town. we've got more than 50 people making these right now. we think we can make 200,000. >> reporter: to help protect health care workers the federal government is ramping up production of a self-swab kit. the test would be sent home and the patient could do a simple

swab themselves. a technician would then pick up the sample. as work on a vaccine continues around the clock, scientists are seeing if any drugs approved by the fda will help fight covid-19 now. >> it's 24 hours a day of, you know, data flying back and forth. you go to sleep and wake up and there's ten new emails. there are lists that have changed. >> scientists say they found ten drugs approved by the fda that interact with the coronavirus. they're being tested in labs around the world. a big change at the new york stock exchange beginning monday the floor will be empty. the market will still be open, but all trading will be done electronically. chase bank is temporarily closing 1,000 branches because of the virus. the shutdown does not include drive-thru windows. despite the health emergency the irs has not changed the tax filing deadline. it remains april 15th. if you owe money, you may get extra time to pay it. as we prepare to usher in spring, let's take a look at your weather for thursday morning.

>> tornado watches just lifted in parts of texas. a storm system pounded the region with heavy rains, strong wind and hail. that system is moving to the east right now. another storm moving across pennsylvania, new york and new jersey heading toward the coast later today. today's high temperature 60s along the west coast. mostly 70s in the middle of the country. 80s in the southeast and 52 in new york. tonight we usher in spring. coming up, the rush to apply for unemployment benefits during this health crisis. the rising number of americans stranded overseas with no way to get home. what they're being told to do. later how to make sure you're cleaning your home the right way.

here's a sign of the times. medical professionals posting pictures urging people to stay home. they're holding signs that read i stay at work for you. stay at home for us. >> very important message. the governor of new york says the state will need 110,000 hospital beds in the next 45 days. right now the state has less than half of that. a navy hospital ship is weeks away. this cartoon may summarize what we're all feeling. scientists, doctors, nurses and first responders the heros of our time. right there on the frontlines. we turn to a new problem. more americans getting stranded overseas. >> more countries closing our borders. abc's zohreen shah is hearing from some of those stranded. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

we spoke to americans stranded across the world. many don't have good options right now. some are being told to find an apartment for the next three months. american medical students were traveling in morocco when they realized their vacation escape may have gone too far. >> it was shocking how quickly things changed. >> reporter: when president trump's travel ban to fight the coronavirus came down, they immediately started looking for flights. >> we travelled to be closer to an airport. we can't find any flights. >> reporter: no flights and no help from government officials. >> we're shocked how the u.s. is handling this. when we went to the embassy in rabat, they told us morocco has banned all travel. >> reporter: they say they're taking precautions, scared of what may happen if they get sick in a foreign country. they're not alone. in honduras a women's football team is stranded.

>> most people's concerns are people that have kids. kids are at home and not knowing what they're doing. your kids are worried about you. your family is worried about you. >> reporter: sandy cahill is also stuck in morocco. >> never in my life have i not had control over what i can do or where i can go. >> reporter: she says calls to u.s. officials have gone unanswered. >> it's very unsettling. i think that's the best word i can come up with. >> reporter: all still determined to get back home. >> everything i'm reading on twitter and facebook are saying people are unable to get anywhere. we'll keep trying. >> reporter: such a tough situation. hundreds of travellers are also stuck in panama after a music festival there. they have 100 coronavirus cases so far including one death. >> zohreen shah thank you so much. coming up the growing concern about how the

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new studies out of china, they looked at over 2,000 suspected cases of this coronavirus in kids and found that while about 39% of kids had mild to moderate symptoms, 6% had severe illness. that's a pretty important number. that's telling us right now we can't take our pediatric population lightly. >> we're seeing new data to younger adults and this virus. health officials are looking at data coming out of europe showing young adults can get extremely sick from the virus. the cdc here at home says out of the 508 novel coronavirus patients 20% are 20 to 44. >> which is alarming. fortunately the data out of europe and here, we're still seeing the most severe cases are still in that older group. that's not to say that younger people are not at risk. in the same mortality report from the cdc about half of the

people who wound up in the icu were below the age o these are big numbers. >> we're seeing this virus hit people in different ways. you can have a 20-year-old who can barely breathe, needs to be on a ventilator. then you have another person showing mild symptoms or no symptoms. >> we're seeing that this virus can hit people in different ways. some of this has to do with them having a pre-existing condition or some of it has to do with factors we don't know. one thing really surprising the nba player donovan mitchell who tested positive, 23 years old, he said the scariest thing was he had no symptoms. if he wasn't tested, he would have been possibly walking around unknowingly spreading the virus. the mere fact that it's hitting people in different ways tells us we have to be extra vigilant. >> the doctor is right about that. the older population and the

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now your health, your safety, this is abc 7 news. >> i don't know how i feel about that. like staying home all day long. making news right now at 4:27. more bay area counties announce shelter in place orders where it's now in effect and where another one starts tomorrow. concerns about coronavirus at an assisted living facility in san mateo county. and a warning about hackers during the fight against coronavirus. an expert is explaining the scams we need to watch out for and how to keep your information safe. good morning, everyone, it is thursday, march 19th. we'll get to all those stories in just a moment. but first get to mike with a look at the forecast. mike? >> let's take a look at what's going on outside with a live doppler 7 and a few showers off the peninsula coast there and only action interey bay.

town until you get out to modesto and mersaid aced. they are drifting around and falling apart. that allowed some fog to develop. you can see in the north bay valleys and also in the tri-valley we have thick fog. temperatures are cooler from 39 in danville to about mid and upper 40s in other neighborhoods. let's take a look at what is going to happen this afternoon as astronomical spring tries to start. warms up a couple more degrees due to sunshine and green dots out there as a random shower is possible. not enough for a storm impact scale, though, kumasi. >> thanks, mike. this morning people living in solano county are ordered to shelter in place. it joined other bay area counties one day after the top health official said it wasn't needed. amy hollyfield is joining us

live with more on this. amy? >> kumasi, this is an about face for this county. the county officer said he didn't think a shelter in place order was necessary and thought they created unnecessary panic. now the county has changed its mind and put an order in place. e bayrea with a shelter place order. now put up we are closed signs in their doors. movie theaters, gyms, bars, they have all been ordered to close and no visitations allowed at hospitals and nursing homes. county officials say they know this order is disruptive, but call it critical to stop the spread of coronavirus. the reality is this is reality. this is a pandemic. the world health organization has said it. the cdc has said it. our president has said it. our governor has said it. and you can't deny that.

sglf restaurants can stay open to offer take out and delivery only. you can't eat at the restaurant. and child care centers can stay open if they practice social distancing. officials are hoping residents will take this seriously and will comply. they plan to have this in place until 11:59 p.m. on april 7th. reporting live in fairfield, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. several headlines involving the coronavirus pan ddemic. jobina. >> london breed will provide general updates on the city's response and in the south bay a sixth person has died of the virus in santa clara county. the county now has 175 cases up 20 from tuesday and san mateo county reports 18 cases. and eight new cases were reported in san francisco which now has 51