good evening. we've made it to friday. and as we've done all this week, we're here to bring you up to date on the covid-19 pandemic. the latest headlines from the front lines of the fight, here in the u.s. and around the globe. inside the hospital at the epicenter of italy's outbreak. difficult but important pictures. life and death decisions we can learn from right now. and first responders in the u.s. facing their own dire shortages. >> we should not have to be in a position where we have people die, simply because we don't have adequate supplies or adequate workforce. >> and the all-out effort in every corner of the country. plus, doing good in the darkest times. support, smiles and solidarity,

for the heroes on the front lines. and how to keep the faith alive with bishop t.d. jakes. by every measure, it's been a tough week. stay with us. we'll talk about how we'll get through all the weeks to come. "nightline" will be right back.

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good evening. thank you for joining us, i'm byron pitts. tonight in the u.s., mandates of shelter in place, coast-to-coast. first responders in a mad dash to respond to covid-19. this as italy sees the largest jump in the death toll, 627 people dead in one day. we caution you, some of the images are disturbing. >> they are doing their best, but maybe is not enough. >> reporter: urgent warnings coming from italy's overwhelmed medical community, telling the rest of the world, prepare. this stream of italian army trucks removing the dead, haunting reality of the inundated morgues. >> there is no health system which can take care of all these patients. the hospitals are overloaded and

full of patients, especially theithe icu. >> reporter: this doctor works in the icu department in the lombardy, italy reasonable where covid-19 has been soaring. >> in the richest area of italy, so we had 800 icu at the home, we have 1,000 ventilated patients. >> reporter: he says each patient requires two to three members of the hospital staff. >> all of their routine surgical activities have been stopped. all the staff nurses, health care personnel, medical doctors are now indicated to intensive care unit. the situation is very serious. >> reporter: italian doctors cautioning covid-19 is much more

serious than the flu, with many developing pneumonia. >> it was suggested to shut down to stop all the outbreak and not come in this kind of. that is very, very difficult to manage. >> reporter: in this hospital, 120 beds filled to near capacity, roughly 20% of the medical staff there also infected. italy now has the highest death toll in the world. more than 600 deaths in just the last 24 hours. the biggest day to day increase in the country's epidemic. >> everyone lost somebody. our population is not used to losing so many people at the same time in such an unpected the u.s. is now on a race against time to make sure it doesn't suffer italy's fate. >> this virus is unforgiving. it spreads before you even know you've caught it. >> reporter: california, new

york, illinois governors calling for residents to remain at home along with mayors of other major cities. that moaeans one in five americs now being asked to stay inside. state leaders also asking for any spare supplies. >> there are a lot of medical offices that have ventilators that are not operational now and they're just in the corner of the office. we need those ventilators. the ventilators are to this war what missiles were to world war ii. >> reporter: a new report revealing more than half the counties in the united states have no intensive care unit beds. 37 million americans live in those counties. president trump today activating the defense protection act to help shift production of critical medical supplies, a step he previously said ihe'd only a worst-case scenario.

>> are we in a worst-case scenario? >> none other than the states are unable to get equipment they need for themselves. >> reporter: there's not nearly enough coordination at the national level. >> we are the united states of america. we should not be in a position where we have people die simply because we don't have adequate supplies or adequate beds or adequate workforce. >> reporter: dr. megan ranee is in a state with 54 cases at least. >> we're following the cdc guidelines which is to use procedural masks as long as you can. i have colleagues who have run out of masks or are told only to use them if they're taking care of a patient who is known covid-19 positive. >> reporter: many other professionals are putting more than just their own life on the line. >> my shoes come off here. they never come inside my house. >> reporter: she an icu doctor in san francisco. she worries what she could be

carrying back home to her children after seeing covid-19 patients all day. >> probably changed my outfit four times already and showered twice. a little bit of a change of my work flow, but it's all worth it. >> reporter: alexist and gabe share her fears. they both work in health care with two sons, and at home. >> i came home and undressed in the garage and showered right away. i'm worried about getting them sick. i am scared. ive agone through a couple different phases of emotions. at the start i hadxind now comi peace with the situation. >> reporter: but they are not bearing the burden alone. communities across the nation

are stepping in to help. this group of moms in head massachusetts are collecting ppes and items. their efforts being organized by rebecca love, a former practicing nurse, the president of sonsiel, a group that brings scientists and innovators together. >> about a week ago on facebook our members started to notice that nurses were posting they were short on supplies. there is no time to wait. >> reporter: she put together a ppes to hospitals and on medical community in desperate need. >> we went to our minds, who had n95 respirator carpenters and dentists.

we started making phone calls across the country to basically say who could help us. >> reporter: from atlanta. to pennsylvania. >> we have like 30 n95 masks. >> every little bit helps our front line providers. thank you to everybody who is stepping up and donating. >> reporter: boston. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: to new york. groups began to mobilize. >> all right, go ahead. >> reporter: bringing out the best of humanity in the worse of times. >> we can't depend on government alone. we as people, as neighbors, as friends, as family, are going to need to do more to help each other now. >> thank you for bringing them. >> reporter: dental specialist jonathan levine answered the call, pairing up with a local catering company, eat sunny, whicpent the morning collecting items from other dentists. >> rebecca called me and alerted me to this problem.

so, for mow, e it was a call to arms, and i wanted to get as many colleagues on board. we closed our offices. we have inventory, we're probably not going to open up for a number of weeks. >> reporter: levine's work trip ending here at a hospital in new york city. >> these people delivering next week. >> the more the better, you know? >> to really help thwart this terrible foe, everybody has to do their part. >> in the course of coming weeks you're going to hear of more calls and ways you can help. that is your opportunity to basically step forward and see this nation forward. >> up next, staying spiritually healthy, with bishop td jakes, and from the dark the light. theod sri warming our hearts. once-weekly ozempic® is ) helping many people with type 2 diabetes like james lower their blood sugar.

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domestic cases of coronavirus. all this began in wuhan, and they built those makeshift hospitals. now they're pulling them all down. we've seen these extraordinary online video celebrations of health care workers taking off their masks in kind of jubilation. we've seen people rushing out to sign the uniforms of health workers as well. it's going to take a little bit more time for china to really know whether or not it's totally clear of coronavirus, but hopefully this means they'll be able to send over some of their life-saving equipment to help other countries, and hopefully it's a sign that we will all one day get through this. ♪ we've all seen these extraordinary videos of italians out on their balconies singing, playing musical instruments and it's kind of a trend that picked up around the world. ♪ ♪ we all live in a yellow

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since this pandemic began, we've been looking at the impact on our physical, emotional, mental and financial health, but tonight a look at our spiritual health. earlier, i spoke with bishop t.d. jakes who leads one of the largest churches in america. bishop, thank you for joining me. >> it's a real pleasure. thank you for having me. >> a pew study shows the vast joert of americans honor some faith tradition. but everyone is missing their sense of community. so what do you say to people struggling. >> it's when faith becomes very, very important, and it's an advantage when you have that sense of not being alone anyway. that's what nait faith is all a. but that does not negate the fact that we all need human touch and interaction. hopefully this won't last so long we can't get it. in the meantime we have to rely

on social media. >> you gave a sermon in your empty mega church. how important was it for you to keep going despite these restrictions? >> it's very important for me that your voice not only speak to your congregation but to my community and constituency and nation. our world right now is experiencing extreme chaos. and i think people underestimate the impact that faith has on holding a sociological ecosystem together. we're part of the narrative that keeps people calm and keeps people sedate in times of crisis. >> everyone's talking about this being the new normal. but for those who don't want to accept that and want it to be abnormal, how do they lean into this time? >> i think, you know, i'm more on the latter end of the stick. we hope that it will not be the new normal. we're hoping that this phase will pass and that we will return to our previous normal, armed with better information

and better prepared for these types of events to come into the future. i think what we can do in the meantime is learn from the situation so that we can go back and produce the things we need and be better prepared in the future. >> bishop, we both remember some 19 years ago, just days after 9/11 in new york, the city of new york held a prayer service in yankee stadium. politicians spoke, ministers of different religions spoke and i remember the words of healing from calvin butts. what say you? >> we are much better together than we are apart. it is important to understand that this coronavirus that has crept into our midst might ultimately give us an opportunity to rethink how we treat each other. we have become too tribalistic, too narcissistic, self-consumed and god-ignoring.

in this home moment of that notion, that understanding should bring about a humility that connects us with one another if not with god himself and makes us more intentional about living up to the highest eye teals of th ideals of this country. i would remind you tonight that we have w w w w w w before. we can rise from the ashes of despair. i would say to mamerica, arise and tlolook to your god and to r neighbor and prove that we are better than this. >> bishop t.d. jakes from texas, thank you. >> thank you. you can watch a longer video of our conversation on the "nightline" facebook and instagram page. and next, the little boy

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