good morning, america. the milestone this morning, the number of coronavirus cases in the u.s. topping 100,000. help on the way. president trump moving forward with the defense production act with the critical need for ventilators, job number one. states gearing up for an expected explosion of cases. the makeshift hospitals and the need for more with new clusters seen across the country. medical war zone, doctors, nurses and other health care workers saying they have to choose between their patient's safety and their own. their pleas for more equipment as hospitals reach the breaking point. motion is adopted. >> check's in the mail. president trump signing a $2

trillion emergency relief bill, the largest in u.s. history. the race to get the cash out the door to boost small businesses. what it means for your pocketbook and who could expect a check? personal battle. abc's boe o lp save his life in iraq, now working to save coronavirus patients. >> is this more frightening to you than it was when you were there in the battlefield? >> truthfully, yes. >> reporter: why she says the fight against this unseen killer is so tough. and cheers for the fighters. the touching tributes overnight, the people on the front lines against covid-19 getting a boost from americans clapping because they care. hey, good morning, everybody. before we dive into the news, a quick personal note we are very happy and very relieved to have dr. whit johnson with us back on

the set. >> i get the title of doctor? >> yes, after self-quarantine. >> we timed it out based on the first contact, no symptoms, feel fine and good to be back with you both during this very important time. >> so good to have you back here with us. so much news this morning. president trump has announced he will use the defense production act to force general motors to produce ventilators. gm saying they were already committed to the cause. the president signed a $2 trillion relief package that includes money for individuals. loans for small businesses and bailouts for industries hit hard by the outbreak. >> here are the latest numbers as we come on the air. the u.s. is leading the world in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases. according to johns hopkins university that number reaching nearly 104,000 diagnosed cases overnight with more than 1,700 deaths. >> more states taking aggressive new measures to stop the spread. north carolina's governor issuing a stay at home order while the governor oalcenew res gath.

and t pope francis praying alone in an empty st. peter's square. team coverage starting with ra times square. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: whit, good morning. new york is seeing more covid-19 cases with nearly 50,000 a is warning that the month of april will be much tougher than march. this morning, as the u.s. deals with the most cases of coronavirus worldwide, president trump now says he's ordering general motors to manufacture those much needed ventilators moving forward with the defense production act. >> oftentimes you don't need ventilators very much, hospitals don't have very many and now we're turning out that we have to produce large numbers. >> reporter: in new york, where cases have soared past 44,000, governor andrew cuomo says he needs more ventilators now. >> the people that are on

ventilators much longer than most patients are on ventilators. these covid patients can come in and need a ventilator for up to 20 days. >> reporter: cuomo touring fema's new field hospital in manhattan. 1,000 new beds available here when it opens monday. but the governor warns it might not be enough as he asks the president to build four more facilities. the virus hitting new york city's first responders. the nypd reporting its second death with more than 500 members of the force sick with covid-19. throughout the country, other states on high alert. in detroit, michigan, the chief of police testing positive for the virus. big concerns in illinois as well as a new cluster forms in the northern chicago suburbs. 43 people sick after a church service. the pastor testing positive. >> i've been feeling very poorly. my health has not been very good.

i don't have a cough. i don't have a fever -- i don't think anymore. today i don't feel like i have a fever. i haven't checked my temperature. they wouldn't test me for coronavirus. >> reporter: plans now under way for the army corps of engineers to convert the mccormick place convention center in chicago into a 3,000-bed hospital before the end of april. in louisiana another major outbreak. new orleans a ghost town as the state grapples with 2,700 cases of covid-19. the governor there saying the state will run out of ventilators next week. >> we have put in many days ago orders for 12,000 ventilators. to date we have received exactly 192. >> reporter: in california where cases are expected to explode in the coming days, some much needed relief. the u.s. navy medical ship "mercy" pulling into port providing 1,000 beds for overburdened hospitals

in missouri, the governor mobilizing the national guard. but today, a ray of hope after five members of one family were sickened with covid-19. >> as long as every day seems to be a little better than the day before, that's all we can ask for at this point. >> reporter: parents into the same room, after being in the icu. and rhode island is now implementing strict measures to prevent the exposure to the virus. members of the national guard and police officers in rhode island will be going door to door looking for people who may have traveled from new york. the governor says they'll collect their contact information and enforce the 14-day quarantine. dan? >> stephanie ramos, thank you very much. doctors and nurses on the frontlines in the fight against coronavirus are now sharing their harrowing stories and pleading for supplies. abc's trevor ault is at new york city's javits center which has been turned into a makeshift

hospital. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, dan, good morning. so once the javits center has completed its conversion to a hospital come monday, it will be used exclusively to house patients who don't have covid-19. the goal, try to relieve the incredible pressure on the medical system because nurses and doctors are enduring a tremendous physical and emotional toll and so many continue to say they can't get the equipment that they need. across america this morning health care workers are stepping into a medical war zone. in queens, new york, this video shared on facebook earlier this week showing a packed emergency room wall to wall with bedridden patients. >> who is the sickest patient? >> i don't know. >> reporter: as the influx of covid-19 patients grows higher, health care workers are desperate for more critical equipment. in oakland, highland hospital a th mawa kara said she and her fellow nurseha between theipa eir own. wanted to take care of everybody and this situation has put me in

many positions where i felt like i was doing a disservice. >> reporter: health care workers are putting themselves at risk for infection. one nurse in atlanta with an urgent plea. >> i'm asking if you have -- if you can just look anywhere, you know, your basement, in your attic, in your storage, if you have any face masks, supplies, please consider donating them. >> reporter: this week 48-year-old nurse kious kelly contracted the virus himself texting his sister from the icu, can't talk because i choke and can't breathe. i love you. the last words he would send her. >> tuesday night my mom would call and say that he was declining rapidly and showing very little life signs and she probably called back seven or so minutes later and said they said he had passed. >> reporter: in a facebook post shared thousands of times, this

nurse, ashley, detailing the agony of seeing some patients die alone as she feels the public still doesn't take the threat of this virus seriously. >> if we don't change our behavior and people stay home and we don't provide our health care providers with the correct equipment to attack this and fix it and get rid of it, we have a serious problem. >> reporter: but the common thread among each nurse, doctor and hospital worker, an ironclad commitment to their cause providing vital care, sometimes through their patient's final breaths. mike carter just lost his mother to the virus. he's now thanking her nurse for giving him the chance to say good-bye. >> thank god for the kind nurse that was taking care of mom. she on monday was able to get us on a facetime to tell her that we loved her. >> reporter: now what's happening here at the javits center is not a one-off.

the army corps of engineers are planning to convert a similar size convention center in chicago and a smaller size in sacramento and say they're in the process of surveying more than 100 sites against the country trying to figure out what's possible and what's needed. eva? >> trevor ault for us, thank you. president trump looking for a little appreciation this morning suggesting some states aren't grateful for the help they're receiving. abc's rachel scott joins us from the white house with more on this part of the story. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: eva, good morning. president trump is firing back at governors who have been critical of his administration's response to the pandemic, even telling the vice president that if they aren't appreciative, don't even bother reaching out. >> all i want them to do, very simple, i want them to be appreciative. >> reporter: overnight several states are in desperate need of medical supplies as the president feuds with governors he views as unappreciative. >> we need help and at the very least we don't need people standing in our way from getting it. >> reporter: as covid-19

spreads, president trump has singled out the governors of washington state and michigan. slamming washington's governor jay inslee as a failed presidential candidate and claimi esn't get it done. we send her a lot. >> reporter: the president going as far as telling the vice president not to reach out to the states' leaders he views as disrespectful. >> personal attacks are never something that i've engaged in. that's not something i'll participate in now. i need help out of the federal government. we all do. >> reporter: and president trump today will be heading to virginia to see off the "usns comfort." the 1,000-bed hospital ship will be heading to new york to help deal with the crisis there, bringing along with it critical supplies. whit? >> rachel scott at the white house. our thanks to you. americans struggling financially because of this health crisis will soon get a critical life line. abc's devin dwyer is in

washington with more on where the $2 trillion in emergency relief aid is going. devin, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, whit. that relief cannot come soon enough for many families. last week alone 3.3 million americans applied for unemployment benefits. that's a new record and this morning those families, small businesses asking when their checks will come. >> motion is adopted. >> reporter: this morning, financial relief for millions of american families is finally in motion. >> i've never signed anything with a "t" on it. >> reporter: president trump signing a historic $2 trillion emergency aid package, the largest in u.s. history. >> i think we're going to have a rebound like we have never seen before. >> reporter: millions of americans hit by the crisis will get direct government payments in early april. $1,200 to individuals earning $75,000 per year or less, plus, $500 per child. those earning up to $99,000 will get a smaller check. it also expands unemployment benefits to include workers like uber drivers, extends forgivable

loans to small businesses that keep workers on the job and creates bail-out funds for the airlines and hotels and sends $100 billion to hospitals. >> we want to demonstrate that we do care for the american people in every way. >> reporter: with many lawmakers back home in quarantine, the measure passed without a recorded vote. now it's a race against time to get the stimulus cash out the door, especially to small businesses which employ half of all american workers. >> when you run out of cash as a small business, you're dead. we need to get this money into their hands quickly or their employees will suffer and they may not be here when the recovery comes. >> reporter: pia who owns a craft distillery in washington says the government's financial aid could be a game changer for her business. >> the whole point here is to keep americans employed and keep paychecks flowing. i would take that deal any day. >> reporter: now, a lot of people asking how you get that

check. the government says you don't need to apply for it. if you qualify based on income, the money will come to you through the irs either through direct deposit to your bank account or a check in the mail depending upon how you file your taxes. dan? >> let's hope they move quickly. a lot of people need that money. thank you very much. devin, thank you. staying in washington, d.c. now, let's bring in abc news contributor tom bossert, a former white house security adviser and now an abc news contributor. tom, good morning to you. so, the president is finally pulling the trigger on the defense production act, compelling gm to make ventilators. is this likely to work? in other words, will it actually get more ventilators to hospitals who say they need them right now and how quickly can it happen? >> yeah, dan, it absolutely will work. you know, the dpa has a lot of authorities, but actually this priority and allocation authority is used more frequently than people realize. our military uses it all the

time. what happened yesterday was a little different. the president seems to have some sort of breakdown with gm, we don't know if it was over price terms or delivery terms. normally we negotiate that with the companies when we use those allocations. yesterday it seems like he used that authority to end those negotiations to say enough and push gm into doing something in negotiations they were still uncomfortable doing. but, you know, these are extraordinary times and i think gm has already started their production line. so this didn't seem to cause a delay in that effort. >> that's good news because, as discussed, many hospitals need those ventilators stat. let me ask you about something overseas that is alarming globally. the british prime minister, boris johnson, has tested positive for the coronavirus and it raises the question how do countries move forward if leaders test positive given that covid-19, the disease caused by this coronavirus, can be debilitating? >> yeah, dan, there's going to be really two key things brought up by that development and the first is for all of us to remember that business or government to continue our

operations, the so-called continuity of operations effort needs to rely on those people on our team. we call it devolution and they need to be fully empowered to step into the number two role. that's how we get through these things when there's absenteeism at this scale and operation levels. and it raises a second question about when it's safe to return to work. and what we saw the british do was set a standard of seven days and we saw some argument with other doctors saying that was too soon. but i think that's going to stick as the global standard until someone else comes out with a different one. >> yeah, that standard could morph over time. no question about it. as our reporter, abc's rachel scott reported just a few moments ago, there has been some sniping between your former boss, president trump, and the governors of affected states. setting aside the politics and who might be to blame in the sniping, is this bickering likely to hamper efforts to save actual lives? >> yeah, you just said the key

thing. let's set aside the politics. i understand tensions are high but what we just saw from the white house this week was i think an advisable pivot away from dates set, you know, conditions and into a conditions-based drawdown, if you will, if you want to make a risk-biased approach where counties and governors and mayors and county administrators will make decisions on when to ramp up and when to deescalate these social distancing measures and that's going to require a lot of faith and trust in our governors and local leaders. it will be very important to encourage them and to support them and try to avoid these fights because it'll ultimately affect how we re-open our economy which is everyone's concern at this point. >> that and, of course, the health concerns. tom bossert, thank you very much. really appreciate your analysis on a saturday morning. whit, over to you. a check of the forecast now because even though you are stuck in your home with nowhere to go, the weather still

matters, at least that's what our friend, robert marciano tells us. >> you can go outside in the backyard. >> that's right. it's important. >> a lot of people have been outs trying to get fresh air and exercise and do what you can, keep your distance of course. today we do already have a significant weather threat. already some hail damaging cars in jefferson city, missouri. three dozen reports and doing damage to that car. we have with this storm a significant low pressure at the upper levels that's bringing blizzard conditions to eastern colorado. three to six inches of snow. winds blowing 50 miles an hour and starting to see more thunderstorms pop across parts of oklahoma and as this low develops, we look for the warm front to lift north. that snow on the back side. 7:00 tonight from parts of arkansas all the way up to chicago, peoria, i-80, this corridor will be an area where we could see strong long track tornadoes, damaging area through the overnight period and that extends to a lesser extent down to the south and pushes off toward the east as we go through sunday and getting close to the

i-95 corridor as well watching it carefully. fo if you live in this area, think about where you normally go during a severe weather situation. if it's a public space, it may not be open. think about a contingency plan for your family later tonight. >> thanks, rob. today we celebrate the life of civil rights leader joseph lowery. he helped lead the fight against racial discrimination working with the reverend martin luther king jr. to found the southern

christian leadership conference. he was awarded the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor by president obama in 2009. the reverend joseph lowery was 98. we have new details this morning on that holland america cruise ship carrying more than 300 americans off the coast of south america. at least four passengers have now died. holland america also saying more than 130 others on board are showing flu-like symptoms. at least two testing positive for coronavirus. now, we don't know the nationalities of the deceased but are told they are all older. the "zaandam" was supposed to end its journey on march 21st. passengers have been on lockdown on the vessel docked in chile and don't know when they'll be able to get off. >> tough situation. jean -- janai norman is joining us remotely. she's normally on the set with us and she's got news about tom hanks and his wife rita wilson who were two of the first celebrities to share their stories about testing positive for coronavirus.

janai, we miss you. good morning. >> reporter: dan, i miss you guys too. i thought you almost forgot my name there for a second. rita wilson and tom hanks for a lot of americans were the first to put a familiar face to this unknown illness and after being hospitalized and in quarantine in australia for two weeks they are finally back home here in the u.s. hanks and wilson were seen smiling driving through los angeles after reportedly coming home on a private jet. the couple first shared the news of their diagnosis earlier this month and since then they've chronicled their recovery on social media while urging everyone to self-quarantine. hanks was in australia to begin work on an elvis presley film and, of course, that's where they were when they announced the news. that's where they quarantined but now good news they are back home and, of course, they were very funny throughout all of it sharing their quarantunes list and all of that. but a good reminder what you need to do self-quarantining and taking care of yourself.

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♪ ♪ >> i thought this was going to be whit for a second. welcome back to "gma" on this saturday morning. families are finding ways to stay entertained now that we have nothing but time together. oh, yeah. in our second hour we'll speak to the mcfarlands who have become a social media sensation with their dance challenge. >> reminds of the synchronized swim skit from "snl" back in the day. it was pretty awesome when they're holding dad. >> exactly. >> great stuff. >> there is a silver lining. it is bringing families together in a whole new way. much more on that later on in the show. in the meantime, now to some of the other top stories we're following on this saturday morning happening right now. historic help, president trump signing off on a $2 trillion stimulus bill. the largest emergency aid

package in american history. millions of americans set to receive checks as soon as next month. among the measures unemployment checks going up to $600 per week with benefits extended from 26 to 39 weeks and student loan payments suspended for six months. also right now, flattening the curve. an upstate new york county health commissioner says she thinks tough measures like a containment zone were successful in slowing down the rate of coronavirus cases in new rochelle. the rate of positive cases slowing down after just a few weeks ago, the town was considered the epicenter of covid-19 cases in the u.s. the swiss alps shining bright amid the coronavirus pandemic. the message is #hope and #stayhome beaming over the peaks of the matterhorn. switzerland reported nearly 13,000 cases of covid-19 and more than 230 deaths. well, we start this half hour with the young coronavirus

patients sharing their stories warning others their age not to be fooled. reminding them they are at risk for coronavirus. as covid-19 cases surge above 100,000 in the u.s., an increase of positive cases in young people is dispelling the myth that only older patients are at risk. >> whoever thought that talking, something as simple as talking, would be this difficult. >> reporter: terrica parks, a 28-year-old from georgia, sharing her personal battle with the virus. >> because it felt like i was using all of the energy i had just to stay alive. >> reporter: in states across the country from georgia to michigan -- >> that dry, painful cough, which eventually led to wheezing. >> reporter: younger americans are being urged to take these symptoms seriously. >> we're seeing young previously healthy people get critically ill and even die of this infection.

>> reporter: 20-year-old mia knows how serious the virus can be. the college junior was on a trip to spain in early march when the number of cases exploded across europe. >> at this point i called my mom and i said i think it's best if i try to get home a day early just in case i do get sick or more. >> reporter: after returning, she went back to her family's home. >> i wake up with feeling so warm i decided to take my temperature. it was 104. >> reporter: days later mia tested positive, forced to self-isolate away from her family. those like terrica and mia joining a chorus of voices with celebrities like cardi b and kylie jenner. >> the coronavirus is very much real. >> the coronavirus is a real thing. >> reporter: all urging young people to do their part with social distancing warning them that this virus does not discriminate. >> i appreciate your commitment

to protecting the masses. >> what we are starting to see is that there are some people who are younger, people your age, young, healthy, vigorous who don't have any underlying conditions who are getting seriously ill. >> we want to bring in dr. jen ashton, our chief medical correspondent. thank you so much for being with us. dr. jen, first, none of the people we just saw had a history of vaping or e-cigarette use but researchers are looking at lung damage as an underlying issue in cases, especially among younger patients? >> we don't really know yet, eva because there hasn't been any published clinical data on the u.s. patients. but we do know that people with underlying conditions, heart disease, lung disease, kidney disease are at higher risk and since coronavirus primarily attacks the lungs, it makes sense that inhaling anything can do chronic lung damage and really up the ante in terms of increasing someone's risk.

>> doctors at mt. sinai are trying to do research on a possible treatment. our diane sawyer asked about their research into antibodies from those who have recovered. let's take a look. >> am i right, the antibodies of a recovering person can actually save the life of someone who is critically ill? >> that is the concept, diane. if you give the plasma, a portion of the blood that contains the antibodies from someone recovering from an illness, a viral illness like covid-19 or ebola, it may help the patient overcome the disease and so our plan is to infuse this into patients with moderate to severe illness who are in our hospital. >> so, dr. jen, what do you think of this approach to treating coronavirus? >> well, this is getting a lot of attention right now, eva. it's called convalescent plasma and basically, as we just heart, it takes antibodies that we make after an infection and then

gives them to a patient who is suffering from that infection. now, there is a lot we don't know. we don't know when those antibodies appear at their maximum. we don't know how long they last. it's being tested not only in new york at mt. sinai but johns hopkins, other places as well. there will be a lot of attention on this but a published series just out yesterday in "jama," only five patients did show improvement but that's why we need to test it and the hope is it can treat patients who are sick but also give us some information about how long we may be protected as well. >> all right, dr. jennifer ashton for us, thank you so much for all your help and the information. >> exciting but early days. >> yeah. let's switch gears and check the forecast with robert marciano. ern.'s going on? prey acve wther we'll take you back to your old stomping grounds, whit. we're ahoscoling,

aren't we? some hail there. another cold system into the west and another one dropping down, no relief in sight for the west coast especially southern california but seattle, portland, san francisco tomorrow this cold front drops down into the rockies, monday, tuesday, this will be our second severe weather threat once we get past today which which bring rain and this weather report is sponsored by wayfair.com. i was just going through my year end credit card summary and there's a lot of wayfair.com on there. >> i've been ordering a lot from wayfair recently too. trapped in your house makes you want to redecorate. >> a lot of accessories for sure. rob, thank you so much. >> coming up on "good morning america," from the battlefield overseas to the one at home, the nurse who found herself fighting two different enemies, the latest on this unseen killer. no couch potatoes here.

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the tale of two very different the tale of two very different war zones as seen through the eyes of one nurse. first iraq, now the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak and abc's bob woodruff brings us this story to which he has a very personal connection. >> reporter: more than 14 years ago lieutenant colonel debra muhl was a nurse on the surgical team that saved my life when our armored vehicle in iraq was hit by a deadly roadside bomb. did you think that i was going to survive? >> i did not think you would survive. >> reporter: she was highly decorated as an air force reservist during the wars in iraq and afghanistan. >> and i said, bob, my name is deb and i'm your nurse and you just have to -- you just have to stay with us. >> reporter: but now she's on the front lines of a very different battle. a soldier in the war against covid-19 at the highland hospital in oakland, california. so is this more frightening to you than it was when you were there in the battlefields? >> truthfully, yes. there was a big microphone on

the base and that would be announced, incoming, mortar incoming. so we would be warned and we could prepare for that. this one is just impossible. >> you just can't see it and it could be -- not only that it could be in your backyard. iraq was never in our backyard. this one in some ways much more frightening than iraq was. >> i truly agree with that. it's invisible. you don't know where it is. we have so many patients coming through a triage tent. there is a crew down there attempting to pick that needle out of the haystack. >> this is a little bomb that could be on your shoes. >> it could be on the door handle of your car. it could be on the box that someone shipped something to you and you bring it in your home. how do you chase that? how do you chase that down? >> who would have thought you would have this as our brand-new war? >> not i. that's for sure. and i have done so because i

love my country so much. you know, some years ago i was in a uniform in combat boots and now it's with masks and a funny little hat, but any way i can give back i want to do that. >> she is incredible. >> yeah. >> what she's done for our country and is now doing for our country is incredible and all these people are out there risking -- and they are risking their lives. we need them. and it's really, really powerful. >> she gives that true comparison to the battlefield to what we're facing in the hospitals here at home. really gives people a sense of what we're dealing with. >> a reminder we don't know where the virus is. >> exactly. >> we can't see it. coming up on "good morning america," ways to keep your sanity when you're behind closed doors and all the fun you can have. stay with us. for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights

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citizens to offer their thanks for those on the front lines of this battle. i was around the upper west side yesterday, driving around. i could hear the claps and the cheers, i'm like, where is this party coming from? but it's so great to support those out there. >> it is. "gma" is now two hours on saturday. coming up the latest on the covid-19 fight and the government's move to ease the pain. good morning. i'm liz kreutz. because of all the overcrowds we saw at parks and beaches, officials are announcing closures for the second weekend of shelter in place. on the peninsula, all 23 san mateo county parks closed last night. east bay regional parks district

close closed 20 ofity most popular parks. and many other state parks have been shut down, like mt. diablo state park and walnut creek on top of park closures already in marin county and other san francisco beaches. today begins the first weekend bart will temporarily reduce hours because of a drastic drop-off in ridership since the outbreak. bart will close at 9:00 p.m. every day. weekend hours will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. riders must be in the system by 8:45 to have a guaranteed ride. they considered eliminating sunday service but the board decided against it. >> let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> light rain across the entire bay area. showers now as we get closer, berkeley, oakland, lighter rain out toward our east bay. you can see the darker shade there, light showers around redwood city, hayward, union

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