79-year-old who has been the face of the u.s. coronavirus response. >> leave that man alone. >> leave him be. >> he's doing god's work right now. >> people. good morning. >> hi, kumasi. >> hi, friend. how are you? >> i'm good. good to see you. let's check in with our other friend, mike nicco. i understand it is going to be a beautiful day. >> it really is, reggie. hard to shelter in place today. i'm just putting it out there and let you know. if you do go out make sure you do the social distancing. i know you're tired of hearing it, but i just had to say it. let's look at what is going on with live doppler 7. absolutely clear out there. let me throw out the winds and very calm right now except for in fairfield about 13 miles per hour. they will pick up during the afternoon hours. it will be breezy near bodies of water. fewer clouds than we had for most of the week and 45 degrees. temperatures this morning range from the upper 30s inland and

low to mid-30s around the bay. hit 55 to about 60 at noon and 56 at the coast because the breezes will keep your temperatures down while the rest of us hit the mid-60s. i wouldn't be surprised if a few upper 60s especially up in the north bay and low 50s at 7:00 this evening. this will be the last really sunny and dry day. >> now to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic here in the bay area. more than 2,700 people at this point have been infected. 69 people have now died from covid-19. santa clara county is by far the worst-hit county with 1,000 confirmed cases and 32 people have died there. governor newsom has announced schools will be closed for the rest of the academic year and also some tenant rights groups are calling for a state-wide rent strike next month. calls for better protection for those on the front lines of the corona crisis continue to get louder and this morning it happens in san francisco as nurses at ucsf voice their

concerns. amy hollyfield is live in mission bay. amy? >> hi, good morning, reggie. nurses are going to be here in about an hour and this is not the only place where this is happening. look at this video from yesterday. this is in san jose. this is outside regional medical center where nurses stood outside the hospital in silence. their message is one that medical teams across the country have. they need more protective gear in the hospitals as they treat patients with covid-19. nurses say it is not just for their protection, but also for the safety of those who they are treating.ar patientho iscovid positive. i'm wearing that one mask and then if i have is a potentially ruled out for covid-19. then i am exposing that patient. >> regional medical center said in a statement that the worldwide supply of protective equipment is low. this is not a problem unique to the bay area. administrators say they're doing

everything possible to protect the patients and the caregivers. and they say this is not a time to create conflict, but rather a time to depend on each other. we'll be reaching out to ucsf today as they face their own protests here at the mission bay campus. there's also one scheduled for later today at seton medical center in daly city. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. the cdc is considering recommending that everybody wear a nonmedical mask when in public. today's gma first look abc becky worle i, is looking into the most effective way to cover your face. >> gma first look call it face coverings 101. >> at this point there seems to be n ery shlde wearing a mask to protect themselves and more importantly to protect their community. when you're talking bits of saliva comes out of your mouth. you don't even see them. >> reporter: whether everyday americans should cover their faces in public and with no one wanting to take real masks out

of the hands of medical professionals, it's time to get crafty. >> you can get an old t-shirt and cut it. you can get, actually, an old sheet is great because it's a nice cotton. >> reporter: coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll walk you through the dos and don'ts of diy face coversings and all the advice you need with "shark tank" marb and ba and barbara live. today san francisco's biggest convention center will be transform under to a temporary homeless center. it will help alleviate overcrowding in shelters. 400 cots have been laid out and supplies are already ready to o social distance. the supervisor thinks the city can do better. >> if we can truly have distancing in moscone that is better than what we have now.

we should be working towards hotel rooms and individual rooms so they can stay distant from each other. >> people we spoke with seem to have no problem with their new neighbors. a new homeless shelter is opening at the santa clara fair grounds tomorrow. bringing in dozens of cots and other supplies. the new shelter will give people the space they need to practice social distancing. >> we're serving all homeless individuals who might not fall into the risk categories or vulnerable adults or those who are not able to get into some of the shelter because the capacity. they had to lower the capacity and those are individuals we're looking to serve here. >> this is designed to be a temporary shelter. it will likely be open until the end of may. new tighter restrictions are in effect around the bay area because of the extended stay at home order. in san mateo county people are not allowed to travel more than five miles from their home. officials want families to stay in their own neighborhoods to slow the spread of coronavirus.

now, that limits bikers and hikers l san te county parks are now closed. the decision came after a surge of visitors to the parks. governor newsom is urging uth states to crack down on their stay at home orders. >> what are you waiting for? what more evidence do you need? if you think it is not going to happen to you, many proof points around this country and for that matter around the world. >> spoke with cnn's jake tapper yesterday. at least 45 states are now imposing stay at home restrictions. president trump says a national stay at home order is not likely right now. >> some states that are different. some states that don't have much of a problem. you have to look at and give a little bit of flexibility. >> governor newsom was the first governor to issue a statewide stay at home order last month. the nation's top coronavirus expert is beefing up security after receiving several threats.

jobina is at the live desk with more on this. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. good morning. a source says dr. anthony fauci has law enforcement serving as personal security at all times including at his home. dr. fauci did not answer a question yesterday asking about the security or the threats made against him during yesterday's briefing. fauci is one of the health advisors who is encouraging president trump to keep the country locked down to curb the spread of the coronavirus. the move has drawn criticism among right wingers who are eager to get business moving again. some right-wing commentators have questioned his expertise. so far it appears the president is taking dr. fauci's advice and moved forward with his recommendation to stay closed at least through may. >> that is wild. okay. so, i have better news when it comes to dr. anthony fauci. he's getting his own bobblehead and it is for a good cause. the national bobblehead hall of fame and museum and i guess that

is a thing says it will donate $5 for every dr. fauci bobblehead sold to the american hospital association. it's for the 100 million mask challenge which supports health care workers fighting the pandemic. you can order a bobblehead. it's 25 bucks and it is expected to ship in july. >> you want one. i know you do. >> i mean, that's not what it is going to look like, right? >> you never know. >> they just pasted his head on top of like any man's body from images. but that's cute. it's for a good cause. hi, mike. >> i'll take one, too. even if it looks like that. all right. let's take a look at what's going on. good to see everybody this morn morning hopefully you're doing well. 38 in castro valley. little chilly there and low to mid-40s for most of the east bay with a clear sky out there. we do have some upper 40s and 47 in places like oakland and we've

got alameda at 49 and looks like richmond is about 48. let's look at some other neighborhood and what you're going to see temperatures in the 30s in the deepest valleys and some 50s out of antioch and brentwood and easiest the mildest temperatures. calm conditions at the bay bridge. that means we have high pressure sitting on top of us and that sinking air will dry us out and sunny and breezy this afternoon and that will kick up some pollen if you're going to be out, watch out for your allergies. winds out of the west and blow across our coast and our shoreline during the afternoon hours. so, if you are out for that local walk, just be aware of that. make it a little bit cooler than the actual temperature because it should be warmer today. 42 in the south bay to 60 at noon to mid-60s during the evening hours. you'll get more sunshine than you had the last couple days especially in the morning. for the east bay valleys, 41 at 7:00 and mid-60s for several hours this afternoon and let's take a look at the peninsula where we have wall to wall

sunshine and little breezy this afternoon. we start off with sunshine and 42 in the morning to 64 this afternoon. we're going to take a look at the storm impact scale and we have a pretty wild weekend coming up. jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. so, checking in on traffic here. up fortunately, we do have some bad news in napa. it does look like there was a fatal crash in the area on dry creek road this is just coming in from the chp. the crash happened shortly before 4:00. it is on a side street, but i want to let anybody know if you need to run out to the store or anything avoid that area. taking a live look outside. all our major roads across the bay area are looking good. live picture here showing you the san mateo bridge. no problems else where that i am tracking. >> thank you. coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> a man behind the 2003 hit has passed away from coronavirus. what we know about the "stacy's mom" singer this morning.

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two alarm fire that started in an rv, spread to two homes in san jose around midnight. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. number two. health care workers are expected to hit the picket lines again today this time in san francisco. nurses are planning to protest saying that they need more protective gear in the hospitals as they treat patients with covid-19. number three. moscone west will be transformed into a temporary homeless shelter. 400 cots have been laid out in the convention center. the goal is to help the homeless better social distance. number four. everyone in los angeles is encouraged to wear a nonmedical mask. that is the recommendation from the city's mayor. this comes the same day as the state department of public health announced wearing masks combined with other measures. dr. anthony fauci now has personal security at all times. someone is sending him death threats. he encouraged president trump to shut down the country which aggravated several right wing

personalities. number six. get outside, even if it's in your backyard today and tomorrow while it's dry and pretty mild because we've got wet, cold weather this weekend. the chance of thunderstorms. and even snow down to 3,500 feet. and number seven. overall our major roads across the bay area are looking great. taking a live look right now showing you san jose, 101 and clear conditions in the area. the singer behind the hit song "stacy's mom" has died from complications due to coronavirus. adam schlesinger was the bassest and songwriter for fountains of wayne and he wrote the title song for the 1996 film "that thing you do." he was just 52 years old. in just two days, 34,000 licensed health professionals have signed up to help with the response and this is part of governor newsom's health corps enlisting people like retired nurses and medical students one answering the call is a

part-time emt worker and she spoke with melody woodrow in a story you'll only see on 7. >> reporter: a second generation first responder, her father a retired fire captain. she got certified as an emt two years ago. >> i told him and he was over the moon. he said you always had this in you and someone who run towards people in need. >> reporter: in addition to her full-time job in tech, crawford typically works one 12-hour shift a week. >> a level of intensity and a level of focus with my partners that i work with. >> reporter: she says she's definitely in contact with people suspected of having the virus. >> any time someone has flu-like symptoms, we treat them as if they have covid-19. >> reporter: crawford recently took this video of doctors exiting the hospital to meet a patient brought in by ambulance outside. something you don't typically see. >> that's a covid case. >> reporter: her training serving her well.

>> one thing when we join we have a mask fitted for us and they put a hood and spray stinky stuff to make sure it is properly sealed. make sure it is completely around our jawline. >> reporter: the decontamination process just as meticulous. spray everything down and i keep a can of lysol and come upstairs and take a calculate ed route t sh shower. >> reporter: she has to. she is protecting her husband and almost 7-year-old daughter. >> lucy, i can't say her name too loud because she's in bed now and she'll come running out. she gets it. she totally gets it. she's seen my dad's helmets and the siren that we have. we have one of the fire sirens at my parents' house in santa rosa. >> reporter: understandably, crawford's husband worries and sometimes she does, too. >> the down time.

the kind of in between time that is stressful. kind of in the middle of the night if i hear him cough or taking everyone's temperature constantly. i have three pretty intense full-time jobs right now. >> reporter: home schooling mom, business professional and first responder. what is the why for you? >> when you are raised by a f t first respauonder, your life is just different. my dad is my best friend and through all of this, i haven't been able to see him. >> reporter: she recently answered governor newsom's call for health care workers to join the state. >> that's a no brainer especially after being quarantine would a kindergartner for three weeks. you can just call me now. on behalf of all first responders who are ready. >> reporter: she said they have been waiting and training for this moment. >> we've got this and we're kind of all in it together. >> reporter: in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> that is so inspiring. she said it was a no brainer,

but it really isn't. i mean -- >> you have a lot to consider. doing so much already. the city of san francisco is launching a new effort to help the most vulnerable communities in the pandemic and that includes our seniors. mayor london breed announced the citywide network to assist people with errands like going grocery shopping and getting medications and the program also hopes to provide a sense of community for those living in isolation and who can't leave their homes. you can apply to the program on the city's website. >> i really love this idea, reggie. >> we have to remember the people that are most vulnerable during this time. >> hi, mike. >> hi, guys. yeah. i think our community is doing a great job of coming together and helping each other out and i love hearing these stories every day and more opportunities. hi, everybody. let's talk about it. we made it to thursday. we have gorgeous weather today. we'll start by opening the weather window on the

exploratorium where it's about 43 degrees right now. we have a ton of sunshine out there and that's going to help push our temperatures up the scale just a little bit as we head throughout the afternoon hours. we do have that wet and unsettled weekend on the way as temperatures will fall back into the low to mid-50s and then pretty nice weather next week. just happens to fall on the weekend. here's a look at what is going on. we have mid to upper 60s down in the south bay. most of our inland neighborhood will have mid to upper 60s as we head into the afternoon hours while around the bay and the coast, we'll have low to mid-60s as you can see right there. let's talk about our lows tonight. kind of chilly, once again. we'll drop down into the mid-30s in our deepest valleys to low to mid-40s around the bay. all right. let's talk about what's going on with future radar and we'll start at 7:00 or midnight, i should say. it's saturday. and then head up into the morning hours. you can see the yellows in there. that's light to moderate rain and then it kind of tapers in the evening and then we have

some heavier rain for sunday. the chance of thunderstorms downpours and snow down to 3,500 feet. a brisk day but i promise you, nicer weather next week. reggie, kumasi. >> thanks, mike. home depot will not sell because of the pandemic. relief for student applying to college. easing admission requirements. live look of the bay bridge. some people, obviously, still need to go work. those essential workers. . i'm abc chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashs ashson. remember

you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuwerlacc accuweather forecast. >> good morning. we'll take a look at how much rain to expect both days and then a total there. as we head through saturday, start in the north bay and notice how it sleeps southeastward across the south bay and this storm weakens just a little bit. by the time we get to saturday evening a tenth to a half inch up in the north bay.

the heavier rain will fall sunday as you can see. we get up to a third of an inch in the south bay and a third to half inch of rain around most of our neighborhood and then even up to an inch in the north bay. you have to remember, the heater is going to be working hard in the house this weekend as we're highs in the upper 50s to near 60. >> thanks, mike. new help from the uc system that should ease some of the stress for students trying to get into college. uc is relaxing its undergrad admission requirements and one requires suspending the need for sat scores and applications. with schools out for the year, transcripts are in jeopardy. uc will suspend the letter grade requirement for any classes completed in 2020 and accept pass/fail. the stay at home order continues into another day. have things changed for you our abc 7 news viewers?in the life. ♪

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♪ home depot is saying that it is no longer to sell n95 masks in order to deal with the shortage. ordering all the stores in north america to stop sales of the mask. home depot says that it wants to try to free them up for the front lines of the coronavirus emergency response. i like that idea. >> that makes sense to me. >> they need it more than we do. we are coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the other sport steph curry has taken up to entertain himself while stuck at home. and this. >> child care, keeping kids fed and keeping kids learning while schools closed for the rest of the academic year. some concerns you might have this morning. i'm julian glover in san jose. what the state is doing to get laptops to those in need.

and taking a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. a few vehicles making their way over. it's 5:25. we'll be right back. i'm abc chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton with tips to help you stay safe during the covid-19 pandemic. if you're having mild, flu symptoms that would have not have driven you to seek medical help six months ago, stay home and call your local for help. if you have mild symptoms and go to the e.r., you could be putting more vulnerable people at risk. for more

now your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. now at 5:30. bridging the digital divide. learning from home has been a major challenge for a lot of kids and their parents. school leaders are racing to change that. the mayor of l.a. is urging everybody there to start wearing

masks. will the bay area be next? breaking overnight, more than a dozen people displaced after the big fire in the south bay. one person got combative with the fire crews. good morning, it is 5:29 on this thursday, april 2nd. >> we'll get to all those stories in a minute but first mike at home tracking our weather. good morning, mike. >> good morning, reggie, kumasi. welcome to thursday a day where we're starting off cooler. check out these temperatures. you can see some mid to upper 30s in our inland valleys and even around mountain view and low to mid-40s around most of the bay until you get to oakland and san francisco. upper 40s there. now, let's take a look at the temperatures this afternoon. one of the warmest days moving forward as we have mid to upper 60s inland and especially up in the north bay thanks to that northerly wind that will come off the mountains and low to mid-60s around the bay and out towards the coast. that is our second weather headline. the third one has to do with our weekend. it's a one on the storm impact

scale with rain saturday and a chance of showers and thunderstorms sunday. more on that coming up. now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> breaking news at the live desk this morning. 16 people are now without a home after an overnight fire started at an rv and spread to two other homes nearby. the two alarm fire started in an rv around 11:45 last night near st. james street. the flames spread to two other homes, each aing eht pelenside. one person was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation but appeared to need some restraint. after kicking you can see he was chained to the stretcher and appears to be a spit bag was placed over his head before he was load under to the ambulance. three children were among the displaced and the cause of the fire is still under investigation this morning. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, jobina. this morning parents and students in the bay area are waking up to a new reality. schools will stay closed through the academic year. the governor announced school

district and parents are left to figure out how to best educate students. abc 7 news reporter julian glover is at book tree elementary in san jose with more on this. julian? >> good morning, kumasi. keeping kids fed and learning are just some of the things parents are concerned about. with the most recent announcement yesterday that classes will not be back in session this academic year or at least in a physical setting. with the school out for several weeks at this point, we know many school districts across the bearia have been rolling out lesson plans to get kids learning at home and now getting students without internet access connected online and also working to get computers to those who do not have them. >> how do we get those students connected who are disconnected when they leave our school district and they go home. so, you know, we're now looking at vendors how we can get hot spots and looking at solutions of how can we radiate the wi-fi

that we have at different schools. >> that was the director of technology for the school district speaking there. his schools have handed out already 1,000 chromebooks. laptops to students in need. let's talk about what the state is doing. $100 million from the state coming to help students in rural areas connect online. now, governor gavin newsom also announcing a big donation from google yesterday. we're talking about 100,000 wi-fi hot spots and 4,000 of the chrome book laptops to get kids connected online and learning. as the governor said yesterday, while schools might be physically closed, school and class is still in session. and hopefully we can get everyone on board so the learning can continue. reporting live in san jose this morning, i'm julian glover. >> thank you, julian. happening this morning, san jose mayor sam liccardo will provide an update on how to get food to families in need.

food banks have been hit hard by this donations and volunteers are down, but the need is growing. liccardo and school leaders will unveil a map for seniors and young people, as well as food banks and open for pickup restaurants. this morning bay area counties and santa cruz county have eclipsed 2,700 cases as we now enter the critical period in fighting the coronavirus pandemic. at least 69 people have died from covid-19. santa clara county remains the hot spot now with at least 1,000 confirmed cases and i should say nearing 1,000 confirmed cases with 32 deaths reported. san francisco surged with nearly 100 new cases reported with at least 434. san mateo county also seeing an increase. now close to 400 cases on the peninsula. to the north. mendocino county reports at least four confirmed cases. lake county remains unchanged. no positive cases so far. we're plotting all of those

case numbers on to a graph. it uses data from the seven bay area counties and seven other surrounding areas. as you can see, we're still on that upward curve. on the peninsula, a new medical station is ready to deal with a possible surge in coronavirus patients. abc 7 news got a tour inside the facility that was set up in about 24 hours. it's at the san mateo event center where coronavirus testing is also taking place. that new facility holds 250 beds. >> we hope that we never need this facility, but we want to be absolutely prepared because when that time comes and you need space, you want to have it. >> this is the fourth makeshift hospital the national guard has set up in california this week. there are more than 9,500 coronavirus cases across california and the death toll has now passed 200. the state added 1,000 new cases in just a 24-hour period between tuesday and yesterday. $100 million will now be distributed to california's schools and child care centers to cover the cost of school

cleaning expenses. starting today, savemart, food max and lucky stores will dedicate special shopping hours for first responders. law enforcement, fire and medical can shop one hour before and one hour after posted store hours. jobina? >> thank you, kumasi. good morning. more states are heeding the call to flatten the curve. georgia and florida are both on board. at least 45 states now have implemented some sort of stay at home restrictions. nationwide, more than 5,000 people have died from the coronavirus with more than 200,000 infected. hospitals and health care workers are overwhelmed. president trump says the next few weeks are going to be difficult. >> difficult days are ahead for our nation. we're going to have a couple of weeks starting pretty much now but especially a few days from now that are going to be horrific. >> vice president mike pence

says he expects the worst of the pandemic will be over by memorial day. about two months away. dr. anthony fauci said social distancing orders will be removed when there are especially no new cases or deaths. now, there is a piece of good news here. more than 8,500 people have successfully recovered from the coronavirus here in the united states. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, jobina. definitely is good to hear. everybody in los angeles is now being encouraged to wear a nonmedical mask. this is a recommendation from the city's mayor and it comes the same day that the california department of public health announced that people are not required to wear masks. but that they could be helpful when they're combined with other prevention measures. volunteers in redwood city are sewing thousands of masks based on the kaiser approved template and those will goeto medical workers who are facing a critical shortage of n-95 masks. >> within a couple days of when we launched our effort, we had hundreds of volunteers signed up across the bay area and actually

across the country to make these masks for, you know, for our health care workers. >> the cdc is reviewing its guidelines on who should wear masks. coming up, more people are losing their jobs and paying rent is getting tougher. some tenants rights groups say if the governor doesn't take action, they will. >> stay at home means that a lot of construction projects are suddenly on hold, but there are some exceptions. today's the day to take that walk outside. and then go right back home. hi, mike. >> that's a perfect example. even in the backyard, just roam around and do some yard work if you need to. everything is blooming and growing rapidly and you won't be able to do it this weekend. when that rain it will grow more rapidly next week. try to get it under control if you can. one way to stay home and stay outside. talk about this morning. chilly. east bay temperatures. in the upper 30s through the trivtr

tri-valley. some tse 50 around any of our neighborhood. let's talk about the commute today. if you have to get out and about, everything is going to be pretty nice as far as we go from stars to sunshine and little breezy on the bay and some of our north/south bridges like the golden gate and the carquinez bridge and the venetia bridge will be in the afternoon hours. for neighborhoods, check this out. this is the north bay. 42 this morning and 59 at 11:00 and then low to mid-60s from noon all the way to 7:00. all right, we'll go to the east bay where you have 43 this morning and 58 at 11:00 and from noon through 5:00, low 60s. even the 63 possible around 3:00. and san francisco we've got 47 this morning. it's pretty chilly in san francisco and up to 60 with remember, the breezes will pick up especially the closer you are to the water. now, here's the big story for the weekend. a one on the storm impact scale for both days. we've got two separate storms.

we have a cold front with rain and then we have an upper level low coming down and a cold one that will bring us wintry weather and thunderstorms sunday. i'll have more on that coming up. here's jobina. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. so, checking in with traffic here. i do, i haven't been bringing you the best news throughout this newscast but good news for any of our essential workers who need to head into work. walnut creek, the good news is all across the bay area on all major roads they are completely clear. no major issues coming in from the chp. so, i'm going to take that as a positive for this thursday morning. and that is all i have. good news. >> i'm abc news chief medical correspondent dr. jennifer ashton. if you feel you have been exposed to coronavirus and no symptoms and you self-quarantine. behave like a confirmed case and keep away from i am robert strickler. i've been involved in communications in the media

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>> they have names, rosy and richmond. and they recently laid their first egg. i don't know where that egg is right now. the parents apparently take turns hunting for fish, which i'm assuming is what they're doing now and also sitting on the nest and raising their chicks. maybe we just can't see it. maybe it's farther down. so, for the millions of people now homeschooling there are downloadable lesson plans on the website sfbayospreys.org. you can follow along with their progress. good luck hunting this morning, bird. that time of the morning. oreo has been in here a couple times going, dude, i'm hungry. i'm like, you got to go away. let's talk about what is going

on. temperature wise a really nice day to be outside tomorrow and going to be a little bit cooler thanks to a little stronger onshore breeze and increasing clouds in the afternoon hour and look what that cold front does to saturday. mid to upper 50s. we may get to 61 in san jose. look at cloverdale and even colder sunday with the stronger thunderstorms and this is why we could have some hail and snow level down to around 3,500 feet as temperatures will struggle into the low to mid-50s. it will feel more like winter than spring. but i promise you, spring is coming back next week and we'll talk more about that coming up. coming up next at 6:00, california's largest convention center turned into a homeless center. a spot where people can practice better social distancing. nurses in san francisco will be protesting today. their demand,

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now your health, your safety. this is abc 7 news. and right now at 6:00, san francisco's biggest convention center turned into a temporary shelter for homeless people vulnerable to coronavirus. the new help coming today as some leaders across the nation worry the pandemic could stretch into summer. >> and happening right now, nurses are staging a protest in san francisco. demanding better protection as they work on the front lines of

the battle against covid-19. what these nurses that you're seeing here are desperate for this morning. at the live desk, i'm tracking stepped up security for dr. anthony fauci. the threat directed at the face of the coronavirus response. good morning on this thursday, april 2nd. you know what i'm doing right now? >> what. >> hand lotion. >> your hands are ashy. >> i feel like at 6:00 a.m. every day we should have a moment of lotion. is everyone's knuckles getting ready to bleed just like mine? >> mine are, friend. >> it's a thing. it's happening. >> and right here. the little crevice. >> yep. >> you know what i'm talking about. >> it is to be nice. >> absolutely gorgeous out