good morning, america. across the country, the new message this morning for millions of americans -- stay home. new states shutting down all nonessential businesses with the coronavirus pandemic growing. the major disaster declaration for new york city. >> we are now the epicenter of this crisis. president trump invokes the defense production act. how it could help hospitals and first responders get the supplies they desperately need. global spread. new and frightening numbers from italy and spain, cases soaring overnight as new measures are taken in the uk. plus, the pope's plea this morning. on the front lines, hospitals overwhelmed. medical providers facing a critical shortage of masks and

ventilators. the dire situation as health professionals put their lives on the line to save others. donating dramas. the popular tv medical shows are pitching in to help. >> thank you, we appreciate you. we love you, stay safe. >> closed productions, now offering their masks and gowns in the fight against the virus. and celebrating the life of kenny rogers. his seven-decade music career dominating the pop and country charts. ♪ you've got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold'em ♪ >> how he delighted his fans through the years. hey, good morning, everybody. we really hope you're staying safe and following the latest guidance from health officials this morning. saturday, more than 20% of the u.s. population, that is 1 out

of every 5 americans has been ordered to stay at home. new york, illinois and nevada now joining california and pennsylvania in shutting down all nonessential businesses. there are more than 275,000 diagnosed cases across the globe and more than 11,000 deaths. nearly 20,000 cases here in the u.s., with at least 260 deaths. >> and president trump approved a major disaster declaration for new york overnight. new york city's mayor calling the big apple the epicenter of the crisis. home to a third of all covid-19 cases in the country. concerns are growing about the health system's ability to handle the peak of the crisis with beds filling up and critical supplies dwindling. >> president trump closing the border with mexico, in addition to the border with canada. the administration saying, it is working to help americans stranded abroad to get home. we have team coverage from new york to washington, d.c. and london.

let's go right to diane macedo outside of new york city's mt. sinai hospital. good morning, diane. >> reporter: eva, good morning. all throughout new york, hospitals like this one are bracing for the worst. big surprise that they'll run out of supplies. and fema has declared the whole state a major disaster area, freeing up federal funding that officials say cannot come soon enough. this morning, a major disaster declared in new york as the state reports more than 8,000 cases of the new coronavirus. >> we are now the epicenter of this crisis. >> reporter: in new york city alone, confirmed cases have topped 5,000. now the governor is ordering all workers who don't provide essential services to stay home. with similar orders in at least five other states. >> 100% of the workforce must stay home. this is the most drastic action we can take.

>> reporter: illinois is also ordering residents that don't provide essential services to shelter in place. >> i fully recognize that in some cases, i am choosing between saving people's lives and saving people's livelihoods. >> reporter: with beaches in florida still heavily populated with tourists and spring breakers, the state of florida is now implementing an emergency order taking effect this sunday which will close hotels and resorts. miami beach mayor dan gelber saying right now, as painful as it may be, the reality is we just cannot be a tourist destination. california a deploying the national guard to distribute food at food banks in an effort to protect the state's most vulnerable. the announcement comes one day after governor newsom issued a statewide stay at home order. >> we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. >> reporter: the with mexico and canada is now closed for nonessential travel.

and to address medical supply shortages, president trump says he's invoking the defense production act. >> we're invoking it to use the powers of the federal government to help the states get things they need like the masks. like the ventilators. >> reporter: but how the president is using that power is still unclear. new york pediatric surgeon al med. she and her husband are doctors with two small children desperate for supplies as they fight the outbreak. >> what people are doing at the hospitals is reusing masks that we would otherwise throw out after one use. and writing our names on it so we can remember whose is whose and to ration and conserve those masks that we do have left, and what we're doing in the mean while is using regular masks, not n95s. >> reporter: but as testing becomes more available, warnings as many as 70,000 americans could be diagnosed by the end of next week.

so many people showed up to his testing site in new jersey friday, that cars were turned away. and general motors now says it will work with life tech system to help prevent life saving ventilators. ford and tesla have offered to help, but tesla ceos say ventilators are not complicated he adds they cannot be produced instantly. time is of the essence here, guys. >> no question. those health care workers on the front lines of this disaster. thank you very much, diane. we want to move on, a member of vice president mike pence's office has tested positive for coronavirus. abc's trevor ault is at the white house with the details on that, and fresh criticism over the messaging coming from the white house. trevor, good morning. >> reporter: well, whit, good good morning. to our knowledge, this is the first mention of anyone on the president or vice president's team to test positive for covid-19. we had seen a few members of the white house, employees go into self-isolation out of an

abundance of caution. now the vice president's team said they learned about this last night. they assured everyone that this staffer had had no recent direct contact with the vice president or with president trump. but they're in the process of figuring out everyone who they were in contact with to take the proper precautions. of course, one of the big headlines right now, everyone in the country and around the world is looking for medical treatment for coronavirus. president trump has been championing a drug called chloroquine. it's been around since the 1940s, used to treat malaria, but president trump says it's a game changer in the fight against coronavirus. he said that it's going to be available to the american public very soon by prescription because he said the fda have already approved it. the problem with that is the fda quickly after he said that, said this drug is not approved to fight coronavirus, and dr. anthony fauci of the national institute of health, he went as far to say the answer is no. there's no scientific evidence that this drug can be used to fight coronavirus. it will still need to undergo clinical trials. having heard all that, president trump says she's still hopeful.

he's a big fan of the drug. to the point that his administration has ordered millions of units of chloroquine. >> still questions about how effective that drug will be as well. trevor, i do want to pivot to that trillion dollar stimulus bill. where does the time line stand now? >> reporter: of course, everybody is waiting on this. a lot of people waiting to receive their checks from this right now. the timeline right now is planning is still to vote tomorrow -- on monday, excuse me. we know that top leaders from democrats and republicans spent 12 hours negotiating yesterday. they weren't able to hammer out a bipartisan deal just yet. we're told some of the sticking points are an expansion of unemployment benefits and getting aid through the state and local government. the plan is to try to get this hammered out through the weekend. vote on it on monday, and treasury secretary steven mnuchin said once it gets to congress, they can send out checks within three weeks. those negotiations set for 10:30 this morning. >> so many americans will need that assistance. trevor ault at the white house. thank you. eva?

the pandemic is spreading in europe, especially in italy and spain where cases are soaring. the growing outbreak also leading to tough new restrictions in the uk. abc's julia macfarlane is there. good morning, julia. >> reporter: good morning. more and more capitals around the world are closing their shops and restaurants but the toll is rising. in the global epicenter, italy more than 600 died in a single day. a stark new milestone in the fight against coronavirus. spain and italy grappling with a new rise in covid-19 cases. the number of new infections in each country soaring. >> i never thought i could have entered such a nightmare. not myself only, but the whole planet. >> reporter: spain now seeing over 20,000 cases. and in italy, the epicenter of the outbreak in europe, nearly 50,000 diagnosed cases.

hospitals in northern italy overwhelmed. those helmets connected to vital ventilators helping the gasping patients breathe. >> it's very hard on the doctors too, on the health care workers together because we risk every day to get infected. >> reporter: soldiers transporting bodies from italy's bergamo after the local cemetery became overwhelmed. in spain, the health chief warning that 80% of madrid will contract the virus. the country on lockdown. it's the second worst hit country in europe. and in the uk, prime minister boris johnson ordering all bars, caves, restaurants, cinemas, an. >> by your actions we're putting this country in a better and stronger position. >> reporter: the government preparing to pay up to 80% of salaries capped at $3,000. for workers facing job losses, and for many of the americans stuck overseas, desperate for a way home amid the global pandemic, a sign of hope. overnight in honduras, the u.s. military evacuating a group of female football players to

charleston. and secretary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. will use all the tools we can to get americans stuck overseas. by international travel restrictions, urging any americans to still try commercially to fly home. dan? let's go to washington and bring in abc news tom bossert and who used to be a former white house security adviser tom. good morning. thank you very much. my wife is a former icu doctor right here in new york city. she is hearing dire, dire reports from colleagues right now on the front lines. they're talking about a huge influx of patients that they feel is being underreported in the media. many of these patients they tell us young, very young. 20s, 30s, 40s. they say they have no protective gear as a result. doctors are getting sick. they're running short on doctors. there are reports of doctors

crying in the icu. do you think federal officials are aware of this? and do you think there's a real icy? in place to deal with thi >> yeah, dan. my heart breaks to hear that story that's unfortunately exactly what we have been trying to fight against and predict here and warn people of the virus spreads in a way that grows that doesn't make sense to a lot of people because they think it grows in a straight fashion, but they don't think of it doubling. then doubling, then doubling. these icu capacities, these hospital capacities are overwhelmed. i'd like to do two things one dire thing is if we thought and i think a lot of officials did that the italian curve would start to peak now applying the chinese experience, we were wrong. the chinese curve is continuing to grow. there's a reason why some deaths occurred there that might not occur here with their health care system and standards, but their case growth is continuing

to grow, and it's troubling. the second is that new york is not the only epicenter and unfortunately the second one is california, another very large state, and so at this rate and at this pace of anticipated case growth, i think those hospitals are going to continue to be under pressure, and so yesterday your question was, do people know? i heard an hour and 40 minutes yesterday in the white house press conference of a lot of effort, and we're doing a lot of things and a lot of positive spin on what we're doing, but then i also at the very end, heard something important. and i hope that the president and vice president continue to remind people of, despite our efforts with millions and millions of pieces of equipment it's not enough. we're now in a desperate life and death type, almost two weeks before, a week before decision-making process. where federal authorities are going to have to start shunting equipment away from places that need it to places that want it. >> we have to make hard decisions about who gets equipment right now and who doesn't. we have a few seconds left, but let me quickly ask, we have 1 in every 5 americans being told to stay home.

do you think that will grow to perhaps 5 out of 5 americans? >> dan. such an important question, one of the things we end up doing is speaking nationally as if we're in a monolithic country. right now, three states are in a really more dire position. i hate to say, washington, california and new york, and they should anticipate a lot of stringent, maybe not just mitigation efforts, but we're starting to think about containment efforts. those other states should view themselves as having time to plan not being off the hook. >> tom bossert, thank you. really appreciate it. whit, over to you. north carolina senator richard burr is asking for a ethics committee review over his stock selloff following a briefing on coronavirus weeks before the stock market began to plummet. abc's rachel scott has more from washington. >> reporter: this morning with mounting anxiety on wall street at least two senators are being asked to explain why they sold off their stocks after classified coronavirus briefings before the outbreak.

senator richard burr defended the move. in a statement, he says he relied solely on public news reports to guide his decision. personally calling on the senate ethics committee to investigate. but before the market tumbled, burr and other members of the senate were told in a february briefing about the potential impact of the crisis to come. a day after burr sold up to $1.7 million in stock, including shares in the travel and hotel industry, weeks later at a private event, he sounded the alarm. this audio obtained by npr. >> it is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything we've ever seen in recent history. >> reporter: but just last month in an op-ed, burr expressed confidence in the united states. writing, the country is better prepared than ever before to face emerging public health threats like the coronavirus. now, he's facing calls to resign and he is not the only one under fire. senators dianne feinstein and james inhofe also criticized for selling holdings before the market took a nosedive, but

senator kelly loeffler whose husband works at the stock exchange attended a coronavirus briefing and on the same day, she sold more than a million dollars in shares. >> i'm not involved in the decisions around buying and selling. no longer do my husband and i have the ability to do discretionary trades and that's why it's outsourced to third party investment managers. >> reporter: while senator richard burr does deny wrongdoing he understands why this may appear to some which is why he's calling on that ethics investigation. now lawmakers are required to disclose their stock sales. that 2012 law is aimed at preventing them from cashing in on insider information. eva. >> rachel scott for us, thank you. in this era of physical distancing, one couple is getting creative. they wanted to go ahead with their wedding but didn't want to exclude their family and friends. janai norman has more on that. >> i would love nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you.

will you marry me? >> reporter: for jera and aaron, instagram tells their story. from their proposal to everyday fun, it's all right there. ♪ >> reporter: so when covid-19 derailed their wedding plans -- >> parts of the wedding that wouldn't have made sense in the current context of what we're living in. so, we had no rehearsal dinner. we canceled that. we had no reception. >> reporter: with social distancing and travel restrictions, the couple wouldn't be able to include most of their family. >> we might not be able to travel and hang out with friends in person like we're used to. but there's still ways that we can connect via facetime, via instagram, all of this technology that we have access to. >> reporter: jera and aaron deciding to stream their wedding in the same place their friends and family have followed their story, instagram. >> do you take aaron to be your

lawfully wedded husband? >> i do. >> that normalcy with your family and loved ones it's going to bring that joy that we're all craving right now. >> reporter: jera's mother was able to walk her down the aisle while the rest of her family watched with love from afar on their phone. >> it's important to really maintain that and get innovative with how we're connecting and how we're boosting our positivity and morale each day. >> reporter: so we're all adjusting to the social distancing. we all know that's changing plans and that's why i'm here at home. but it's so great for that couple still trying to be socially responsible while also celebrating milestones. guys, back to you. >> janai, we miss you, but we're glad that you are protecting yourself and your health, especially since you're pregnant right now. >> yes. >> thank you, thank you, i'm sure you miss me a ton. >> i was just going to say -- >> making jabs from afar.

>> physical distancing doesn't mean those knives don't come out. >> the dan and janai rivalry lives on. janai, we'll talk to you very soon. meantime, let's check in with our pal rob marciano following some difficult weather in some parts of the country. >> i think that's as close as you get to being invited into janai's home. we had some rain yesterday across ohio, really from dayton to columbus, a good 4 to 5 inches of rainfall, this road that was cut through east of columbus. in franklin county there were some water rescues, flash flooding and some river flooding with all the rain that came through. for a lot of these people as much as you typically get in one month you got in a day. that front pushing through. cooler air behind it. next storm up, it will be good saturday morning. waking up to clouds here in the city. we'll see more sunshine today. mainly sunny and warmer. upper elevations could see cloud buildups and isolated shower.

we did see that yesterday. rain returns late tomorrow and will continue into the overnight hours. highs today milder. how about 68 for you in concord, 66 palo alto, accuweather seven-day forecast, level one on aiai still march, and of the snow should be across parts of northern new england. guys, back to you. >> snow not making this all easy per. at least we're inside. this morning, we're celebrating the life of kenny rogers, his legendary career spanning decades. >> reporter: known for his husky voice and lyrics, kenny rogers redefined what it meant to be a country artist, bridging the gap between country and pop charts in the 1970s and '80ed. ♪ you've got to know when to hold 'em know when to fold 'em know when to walk away know when to run ♪ >> reporter: the singer's song "the gambler" inspired five

tv movies starring himself as the gambler, brady hawks. >> winner takes all. >> reporter: perhaps the most iconic song with friend and collaborate dolly parton. "islands in the stream." ♪ islands in the stream, that is what we are ♪ that quickly became a country staple as well as a hit on the pop charts. >> there's no question it's kind of the crown to everything to have done the song with her and have it be accepted so highly worldwide. no matter where i go, the one thing they always ask for is "islands in the stream." >> reporter: in a career spanning seven decades, he won three grammys and sold over 100 million records, and left an indelible mark on country fans and artists alike. >> he's very familiar to me. he seems like family. >> kenny rogers was 81 years old. >> wow, what an icon. will be missed by so many for sure. we have a lot to get to here on "gma."

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♪ ♪ love to see this. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. residents in the german town of bomberg showing the love for the italians in these trying times by singing an italian folk song from their balconies and windows. for days we've been seeing the italians doing this as well showing their love and support. >> it's amazing and i heard there was a similar activity in west side manhattan, people singing out the windows. >> so cool. and a reminder we do have a sense of community even if we can't see each other. >> exactly. >> so true. now the stories we're following this morning. happening right now, the coronavirus pandemic growing more than 20% of the u.s.

population has now been ordered to stay in their homes. more states shutting down. nonessential businesses telling everyone to stay home. there are more than 275,000 diagnosed cases around the globe. more than 19,000 of those are here in the u.s. also happening right now, the coronavirus outbreak impacting the 2020 race for the presidency prompting a number of states to delay their primaries. this as president trump lets students across the u.s. know that this year the federal government is waiving its required testing, the standardized tests while most students are learning from home. and the show must go on. a fan favorite from yesteryear days of social distancing. drive-in movie theaters are giving people a place to go, and a chance to be social from afar. drive-ins in california have seen a boom in business, but they are staying safe and limiting the number of people actually going to the concession stands. >> a good example of making social time. >> absolutely. we're desperate. >> and a netflix party everyone

logs in and watches the party at the same time. >> that's pretty cool. >> you feel together. we start this half hour with a close look at the doctors, nurses and other health care officials on the coronavirus front lines and how they are trying to keep themselves protected, battling this unseen enemy. abc's david wright has more. >> reporter: bedside manner is not easy when patient care also comes with a fear of infecting others. >> using all protection i'm supposed to. i probably just wiped the surface with my hands and wiped my face between mask uses and i was probably documenting on a patient. and got it that way. >> reporter: thousands of new patients, the numbers multiplying by the day. medical providers nationwide now face a critical shortage of protective equipment. >> my mask snapped while i was trying to take it off in between patients and i had to staple it back. >> so there's absolutely fear in

the unknown, and as we see these numbers grow, it's very anxiety-inducing. >> reporter: houston's fire department says it only has enough protective gowns to last one more week. here in new york state, where there are now more than 7,000 confirmed cases, governor andrew cuomo invited manufacturers to start making new masks. >> if you are in this line of work, i'll fund it. >> reporter: 3m, the company that makes the commonly used n95 mask says it has doubled global output since the crisis began. the president invoked the defense production act to prioritize production of items under government contracts and to allocate scarce items where they are needed most. >> they have millions of masks which are coming and which will be distributed to the states. >> reporter: but it's not clear if the administration has actually required companies to make these products as the defense production act allows. also, in short supply,

ventilator vital for the most severe cases. trump says the administration does have an emergency stockpile of masks and ventilators to distribute in the meantime. the shortage, a real problem increasing the risk for the people on the front lines of this battle and the patients they are trying to help. david wright, abc news, new york. >> we mentioned this earlier, but i woke up to some texts and emails from my wife who had been talking to her colleagues in the medical community, and the reports from the front lines are really, really scary. one of her former colleagues referred to this as a tsunami that is hitting now. so, let's talk more about all of this, all of your questionings about covid-19. joining us from newton, massachusetts, dr. todd ellerin, an abc news contributor and infectious disease physician. dr. todd, thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> let's talk about something

that came up with the coronavirus briefing yesterday with the president. he was talking about this anti-malaria drug chloroquine as a possible treatment. there was some confusion and contradictions between some thought between the president and dr. tony fauci over this. what are your thoughts, is chloroquine a possible treatment here? >> okay. so, i'm on the front lines and i'm seeing more covid-19 patients every day. we are using hydroxychloroquine as a first line agent for patients with more severe illness, people with oxygenation problems. remember, it has shown promise in the lab and it's also effective in a small study but we need large clinical trials to inform us before it can give that stamp of approval. >> the white house coronavirus task force director dr. deborah birx said there's a concerning trend that's coming out of italy showing that the mortality rate among men is twice as high as women. what do you make of that? >> that's right, eva.

well, you know, it could be multiple issues. first, when you look at italy, the patients who are dying mostly are older men who smoke. so smoking may have a major issue. contrast that with south korea that has a very low mortality. and those tend to be in younger women who aren't smoking.e chronic conditions like chronic heart disease and chronic lung disease tend to do worse. and overall men tend to are these conditions more often than women. those are some of the things. >> doctor, one other thing we wanted to touch on here. the new alarming numbers that show young people are more at rink than previously thought. how does that change the outlook or the dynamic here for this pandemic? >> yeah. so, our cdc just published a study that shows that people between the ages of 20 and 50, roughly, 40% of those patients are hospitalized. so this isn't just a disease of the elderly. and we have to make sure that

our younger folks are taking the quti i distancing really dr. ellerin, thank you so much, and thank you for being on the front lines and helping all those people, and to all of your colleagues as well. we truly appreciate it. thank you. let's get a check of the forecast now. rob ma >>uys,et's talk about 9 ra ansnke t3 inchesf s the area tha we've been saying it all spring and winter long, and up in the northeast, this is where things get dicey, and then on monday, probably will start out as wet snow in the metro areas in philly and new york and then change over. this time of year, it's hard to stick on the roadways. nonetheless, central and northern vermont could see half a foot of snow. all right. california, boy, i tell you and so-cal, i feel your pain. i don't want to hear you complaining because it's beautiful out there, but the last few weeks it's been tough for you. i know it's been cool, damp, and we've got another one sliding through that will make it feel below average through monday.

this doesn't change a whole lot. that's a check of what's good morning. a few showers in the south bay that could be drifting up towards the peninsula. afternoon chemicals could be milder, mid ander 6it fe isolated swe and suny maybe e and a little system coming e into the pacific northwest also a beautiful spot. this weather report sponsored by subaru outback. guys, over to you. >> thanks, rob. coming up on "good morning america," the real life story line of tv's medical dramas helping to fight the coronavirus. the tax deadline you need to know about. liz claman joining us with her answers and more. d more. there was nothing i could do. (daughter) daddy! (dad vo) she's safe because of our first outback. and our new one's even safer.

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it was a bruising end to a dismal week on wall street. the dow down over 900 points on friday, and down 17% for the wo week. joining us with some insight is liz claman anchor of fox businesses the claman countdown. thank you for joining us. let's start. stocks sank to their worst week since the financial crisis of 2008. are we in a recession? >> well, you know, because of the culture of fear that's swirling around this pandemic, the stock market and the economy, and that would mean, you know, any kind of signal from whether we're seeing a recession are so tightly woven into the fabric of this virus, eva, that so far, nothing, even huge amounts of money the government has thrown into it have not been able to separate or tease out the threads. when you are talking about recession, one would argue we

are definitely in a fwloeglobal recession at the moment. there were many weak points on the globe so you know it's really not that much of a stretch to say that we are. but when you're talking about the united states, the exact definition if you're holding any more to a recession is two quarters of contraction, meaning shrink and growth. and i've seen some very ugly predictions by economists for the second quarter we could see contraction or shrinkage about 24%. that said, as far as the stock markets are concerned, you have to know just as quickly and violently as the stock market has fallen, the minute we see that bell curve start to plateau and to flatten out and, perhaps, we get a eureka moment for a vaccine or some type of therapy. that as quickly as we have dropped, we may very well climb once again. >> we have to wait and see how that all goes. the tax filing deadline has been delayed to july 15th. what does that mean for people? >> tax filings, the.

americans, many of them watching are in triage at the moment. some of them have been laid off, they've been desperate to find some type of income. they're not worried about going on electronic filing and quicken documents and trying to figure it out for themselves. however, i would say that, yes, it is extended until july 15th, and that gives people so much breathing room. but if you're due a refund, if you feel and you can pretty much anticipate that you're going to get some money back, you should absolutely file electronically and opt for the direct deposit, when it comes directly to your bank account, because that's money. that's money in your pocket. although we do know that the irs is going to be very stressed printing checks once the senate is able to get that package out. and i do have this news. i was speaking with one of the administration officials after midnight last night. they were on the hill. of course, they were trying to hammer this out with the senate.

and this source was telling me that they do expect that they're going to have at least some type of a form of a deal today. they will possibly vote for closure tomorrow, and it could be a big one, eva. it could be 10% of gdp. and that is more, trust me, than $3 trillion. >> so many people watching to see what they decide to do. liz claman, thank you so much for joining us. >> important note, too, if you expect a refund, go get that money while you can. >> yes. >> especially before they start printing other checks. >> exactly. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with a little bit of a lighter note. our "play of the day." exactly. we'll be back with a little lighter note, our "play of the day."

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>> amazing. >> as all of the neighbors are joining in, moving to rihanna's "we fell in love", and other tunes. she was inspired by italy singing from their balconies. great moment. >> amazing. by the way, "gma," now two hours, coming up the latest on the coronavirus. 20% of americans now told to stay home. keep it here. much more ahead. here. much more ahead. told to stay home. keep it here. much more ahead. good morning. i'm jobina fortson. 75-year-old man was admitted march 14th with a fever. his two initial roommates and staff who provided care are being monitored. covenant care released a statement on its website that rereads in part, we will be

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