breaking news in america this morning, the coronavirus emergency forcing new york city to take new action. now urging all residents to cover their faces in public.w r suggesting the virus may spread just by breathing or talking to someone. plus, the growing list of virus hot spots from the south to the rocky mountains. one governor now saying this is far worse than he imagined. a new order from president trump overnight as more hospitals plead for medical masks and ventilators. federal agents now cracking down on people hoarding supplies. meanwhile, the u.s. treasury makes a new promise to the millions of americans waiting for those $1200 checks to arrive. what we're learning about the time line. all the overnight developments right now on

"america this morning." good friday morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. we begin with a new statement this morning from dr. anthony fauci. >> he says he doesn't understand why every state in the country hasn't issued a stay at home order yet. he made that statement overnight as the coronavirus spreads across the country. more than 6,000 people have now died in the u.s. new york is reporting more than 2,400 of those deaths. >> new jersey, michigan and louisiana are each reporting between 300 and 600 deaths. meanwhile, as americans across the country wonder when things can return to normal, the state of washington is now extending its stay at home order through may 4th. >> back in new york, 250 ambulances from across the country have been lining up at the bronx zoo ready to provide relief for first responders. the city is now setting up 45 of these makeshift morgues to

help hospitals store more bodies. this morning, an urgent new appeal for help in new york city. >> if a person comes in and needs a ventilator and you don't have a ventilator, the person dies. that's the blunt equation here. >> reporter: with more than 10,000 patients now overwhelming hospitals in the city intensive care units say they're running dangerously low on supplies. >> right now we have a burn rate that would suggest we have about six days in the stockpile. >> reporter: it comes amid growing concern that many ventilators provided by the federal government are not working. and here another sign of the urgent need. this makeshift hospital recently built for noncoronavirus convention center has now been approved to take virus patients. doctors say a navy hospital ship that arrived in new york this week has not been much of a help taking only 20 patients of thursday night. they say transferring patients

to the ship is proving to be cumbersome. still, doctors say even if they're able to get more ventilators, there's still other equipment in short supply. >> we're going to go in to intubate a patient and at this time we need to be fully prepared with our ppe, face shield cover, n95 mask with another mask on top, impermeable gown, gloves, double gloves. >> reporter: meanwhile a new move to stop the spread of the virus. new york is following los angeles urging people to wear nonmedical masks or face coverings in public. >> we don't want you to use the kinds of masks that our first responders need that our health care workers need. >> reporter: and soon the white house is expected to issue similar guidance for more americans. with masks in growing demand t crackdown on people hoarding supplies. in brooklyn agents seized nearly a million masks, gloves and gowns from a man accused of

price gouging doctors and nurse. >> there is a black market, which you have described where we're having people bid against each other. >> reporter: the government now vowing to stop people trying to make big money by sending supplies overseas. >> we are going to crack down unmercifully. i would say to the hoarders out there, the brokers that are trying to make money off the misery of people in this country around the world, that's got t stop. >> overnight president trump called out mask manufacturer, 3m. he's now using the law ordering the company to produce more masks for americans who need them. 3m did not immediately comment. now to the front lines. hospital workers are pleading for help saying the lack of equipment is putting them in danger. nursing homes across the country also demanding more help. >> please, help us. we need your help. >> reporter: this morning, pleas for help from the front lines where health care workers say the lack of protective gear is putting their lives at risk. >> why are we asking nurses to enter rooms with reused masks? >> reporter: doctors and nurses

in new york say they're being told to reuse not only critical masks but everyday supplies like gowns. >> every day when i go to work i feel like a sheep going to slaughter. my colleagues and i are writing our last will and testament. >> reporter: and it's not just hospital workers dealing with massive shortages. the union representing 400,000 nursing home employees across the country has issued a plea for federal help saying long-term living facilities are not getting the same attention as hospitals calling themselves the forgotten front lines. a nursing home worker north of chicago who wished to stay anonymous tells abc news, quote, we don't have anything, not even hand sanitizer. we're told that if we want to wear masks, we had to bring our own. in georgia, the state is investigating possible outbreaks at 47 nursing homes. the national guard is now cleaning facilities near atlanta. in colorado where ten nursing homes are reporting an outbreak gretchen gordon says wearing a mask can sometimes make her job more difficult, especially when

treating patients with dementia. >> so this is an interesting shift for me because sometimes the wife forgets that the coronavirus is a thing, and she'll, you know, freak out that i have a mask on. it makes her uncomfortable. >> reporter: back in new york the hospital workers already facing dire shortages sharing this warning. >> our front lines care givers are sick and dying. there won't be anyone left to take care of the public. >> here's an encouraging number. new york's governor says 20,000 people have volunteered in the last two days to help provide relief for health care workers here in new york. two cruise ships which carried hundreds of sick passengers at sea have now docked in ft. lauderdale, florida. the most critically ill passengers were taken off on stretchers and rushed to hospitals. four passengers died at sea. dozens with virus symptoms will stay quarantined on board. now to the economic impact of the crisis. the trump administration is

making a new promise to people waiting for those $1200 checks. abc's ines de la cuetara reports. >> reporter: this morning, the whituse promisin pviously said take us three weeks. i'm pleased to report that within two weeks the first payments will be direct deposit into taxpayers' accounts. >> reporter: it comes as unemployment soars. a record 6.6 million people laid off last week alone. in just two weeks, nearly 10 million people in this country filed new claims for unemployment insurance and those direct deposit checks just one part of a multifaceted plan to keep the economy going during the pandemic. the government also promising mortgage relief, paid sick leave and small business loans which are said to be ready starting today. >> please bring your workers back to work if you've let them go. this is a very important program. >> reporter: but as the administration promises a new life line for small businesses, major banks say they aren't

ready to loan money to anybody who walks in. chase, for example, is restricting loans to customers who opened an account in early february, meanwhile amid the potential loss of health insurance for millions, trump has decided not to re-open romet to get an image of how many people are out of work right now, if everybody lined up standing six feet apart to avoid spreading the virus, the unemployment line would stretch across the country three times. kenneth and mona. >> just incredible and sobering details there. thank you, ines. more coronavirus coverage ahead but right now let's check your weather for this friday morning. a mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain is moving into the western great lakes today and there's plenty of rain from wisconsin to missouri. it's also rainy in the northeast from new york city to boston with cooler temperatures. but it's dry from philadelphia to washington, d.c. looking at today's high

temperatures to carry into the weekend, only 45 in boston, 56 degrees in detroit but warming up in miami, 83. cool in the rockies. but 71 degrees in southern california today. >>io shoppome big changes at costco and target ahead. also ahead, new information on the coronavirus hot spots across the country and which states may be next. plus, reaction this morning after a navy commander is relieved of his duty after sounding the alarm about the virus outbreak on his

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back now with the change at costco. the company will now limit the number of shoppers who can enter the store on one membership card.

from now on only two shoppers will be allowed per card. >> and target is making a change. the company says when necessary it will limit the number of customers in the store to promote social distancing. the navy fired the captain of the "uss theodore roosevelt" after a letter was leaked to the media about the virus on board. captain brett crozier requested most of his sailors be removed from the ship but the navy said crozier did not go through the chain of command and showed poor judgment. former vice president joe biden is among those criticizing the firing. he calls crozier a courageous officer trying to protect his sailors. >> we have new video from connecticut showing the national guard converting a sports arena into a hospital. it's one of many states bracing for an increase in coronavirus cases. abc's kimberly brooks reports on the states in other parts of the country that could be next. >> reporter: new york is no doubt the epicenter of covid-19 in the u.s., but as each day passes a new reality, more hot spots emerging.

>> what changes the curve is a a new detroit, a new chicago, a new new orleans, a new colorado. we're watching very carefully because we see that you can go from this to this very quickly. >> reporter: why the spikes? it comes down to who was still moving around in recent days. this "new york times" map shows the country color coded by who was allowed to travel just last week. the gray areas are where stay-at-home orders were already in place, but those areas of red business as usual from, state officials late to restrict travel. georgia finally issued its stay-at-home order wednesday. the governor making this shocking statement yesterday. >> what we've been telling people from directives from the cdc for weeks now, that if you start feeling bad, stay home. those individuals could have been infecting people before they ever felt bad. we didn't know that until the last 24 hours. >> reporter: but the cdc warned about that risk months ago.

one rural area of georgia is erupting with cases. >> it just shows you, you know, you're not safe in rural america, small urban, this isn't just for the big cities, it's for all of the united states. >> reporter: and in louisiana, this sobering chart showing cases soaring to nearly 10,000, a 42% jump in one day. in volusia county, florida, northeast of orlando, beaches were still open until last night. florida has reported a 27% increase in its death toll in one day. and growing concern in colorado. the governor writing a letter to vice president pence saying, the crisis is far worse than he imagined and saying colorado's death rate is rising faster than any other state. and experts are also closely watching texas. houston in particular is reporting a spike in the number of patients needing ventilators. kenneth, mona. >> thank you, kimberly, for that report. and coming up, some encouraging news about a possible treatment for the coronavirus. also ahead, new research

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we know that many people can spread the virus even without having symptoms or before they have symptoms. and we also have found studies now that show that normal speaking generates lots of small spit droplets, really too small for the eye to see, and the virus is contained in that saliva that's disbursed when we talk. so this may partially explain how people without symptoms are spreading the disease in those studies, and it appears that a mask or even a cloth covering your mouth can stop this emission. >> when it comes to testing, the president says he took a second test. it was much more pleasant. it was much faster. in his words. yesterday detroit became the first u.s. city to use what's called rapid test on first responders, medical professionals and city workers. what do we need to know about the new testing? >> there is a few things. one is that we don't really know

how accurate it is. the current tests that take a lot longer to get back give falsely negative results about 30% of the time. so we want to see if this does better than that. but any kind of testing as long as it's reasonably good accuracy is really important thing to have out there. >> what kind of disparities are we seeing become the wealthy and low income or poor when it comes to testing? >> we think we're seeing disparities for sure. health care in this country, there's two types of health care systems, one for the rich and one for the poor, and there's no reason to think this is going to be any different than that. so we're seeing in many cities that the wealthy neighborhoods with the big wealthy hospitals are getting a lot more testing out. i can tell you here in los angeles, the west side of los angeles where we have major first class academic institutions, there's a lot more testing than on the east side of l.a. and the south side of l.a. where those institutions don't

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making news at 4:27 another drive-through coronavirus testing site is opening in the bay area and not everyone who shows up will qualify for a test. and bracing for the possible worst yet to come. santa clara county mobilizing to stay ahead of a looming surge ahead of people with covid-19. so happy you're with us. it's friday, april 3rd. first, checking in with my friend mike who has a look at the day ahead. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi. good morning, everybody. another great day for outdoor activities. get out there and soak in some of that sunshine because you know we'll be shut in this weekend more so because of the wet weather. temperatures in clear lake and mountain view in the 30s and hayward at about 50 degrees. our destination this afternoon, upper 50s and breezes will

continue at the coast keeping you cooler than everybody else. low to mid-60s around the bay and mid to upper 60s in our inland neighborhoods. let's take a sneak peek at what is coming at us this weekend. a storm impact scale one both days with rain light and kind of steady tomorrow and heavier at times for sunday and breezy and a chance of thunderstorms and even some hail and snow and we'll give you an hour-by-hour look at that coming up. the city of fremont is opening a coronavirus testing site. it's at the city's tactical fire training center and even though the tests are free, there are some requirements if you want to get one. julian glover is live at the testing site with more on this. julian. >> hi, kumasi, good morning. the idea is to alleviate those emergency rooms that have been doing so much of the testing and also making testing easier for those on the front lines, health care workers and anyone else who is sick. but the organizers of this

drive-through coronavirus testing site are stressing that you must have symptoms in order to get a test. the site will be opening at 10:00 a.m. today and running until 5:00 p.m. and this will be open every day and leave it open until 5:00 p.m. or until they used all the available tests set aside for the day. some of the tents set up here and we want to talk about the symptoms you need to get a test. you have to have a fever of at least 100 degrees and a cough or be dealing with shortness of breath, difficulty breathing or an ongoing chest pain. organizers stressing you have to have the symptoms before they give you the nasal and oral covid-19 test and you must be in a vehicle. they hope to offer walk-up testing soon but not now. they took cues from the first drive-by testing center and they have been seeing a steady stream of long lines with people showing up hours ahead of time to be able to get in line to get one of those tests.

now, the site is here in fremont and located at 7200 stevenson boulevard. again, it opens at 10:00 a.m. if you are a first responder and someone in the medical profession and you want to be able to jump the line, they are allowing people to schedule appointments, but there is a number you have to call and i'll tweet that out. juliangabc7 on twitter. i'm julian glover, abc 7 news. as testing ramps up in the bay area and in santa cruz county so are the number of coronavirus cases. so far 3,000 cases of covid-19 which is an increase of 230 compared to the total number that we had this time yesterday. 75 people have now died, including the first reported death in solono county. santa clara leads with co