times. we know the unknown can be frightening for many but we'll continue to bring you the facts so you can protect yourself, tests. how dire a situation is it if the cdc itself is suggesting your loved ones and neighbors. maybe you use a bandana if you we are truly in this together. don't have anything else. thank you for choosing and trusting me and nbc bay area. >> obviously when you have the seriousness of an outbreak like have a good day. you see right now, there's going to be a significant stress on supplies that's what we're seeing play out right now. one of the things that can be done is certainly not the total good morning breaking overnight lockdown. >> this is a moment we need to solution to the problem is to delay, if not cancel, anything make tough decisions. >> california's governor makes a drastic and unprecedented move, that's elective. ordering all 40 million people any medical or surgical procedures that need to be done to shelter-in-place. on an elective basis should not the desperate call from doctors be done in anticipation of the and nurses from coast-to-coast over a shortage of crucial fact that beds and equipment life-saving supplies. >> if this doesn't slow down and we don't get relief, we're going to have some problems. >> the president suggests new ways to treat the virus could be that you would use, even in an coming soon. elective situation should be iteven though you don't see it w in certain locations, pretty soon there's a stress on everyone's system and that's one >> it's a medical war. and we have to wip win this war. it's very important. of the things that can be done.

>> how important are the treatments just ahead, our infectious >> we've seen these disturbing anecdotes, one hospital setting up its own makeshift assembly line using parts purchased from home depot and craft stores. disease doctor, dr. fauci. a $1 trillion plan to rescue the the president said he invoked -- economy as outrage grows as senators dumped millions of tweeted i only signed the dollars in stock just before the defense production act to combat crash, "today," friday, march 20th, 2020 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of the chinese virus should we need to invoke it in a worst case scenario that is to order private manufacturers, businesses in the country to help out and start manufacturing this stuff he says he's only done it in a worse case scenario. are we there "today: the coronavirus pandemic" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. is it time to act on it? >> and good morning, everybody >> literally every single day, welcome to "today. multiple times of day, this is it's good to have you with us on brought up and discussed friday morning it feels like a really long week doesn't it, hoda i don't want to get ahead of the i'm at home again, you're holding down the fort in studio president but i want to tell you he's very serious about doing 1a everything we can possibly do. are you walking in turning the lights on and everything. >> we have a couple of lights. we we'll meet in a couple of days -- hours, i'm sure this will your face every morning.

we want to get everyone caught up on the latest on the come up front, an intense discussion >> what do you think coronavirus. the governor of california is it time what would your recommendation issuing a strict stay at home be >> i think we should do everything we possibly can do in order to a state's 40 million all sectors, because obviously, as i've said so many times, when residents, warning more than half of them -- half -- could you think you're maybe become infected in the weeks overreacting, you probably are not acting as forcefully as you should as we've said, we've got to try very much to stay ahead of the ahead. the state department is out with a new warning telling all americans to avoid overseas travel and anyone who is already out of the country, they say should get back now or they could get stuck. meantime the dire situation in curve. >> yeah. italy only getting worse i mean, i guess to put a type point on it, if doctors are its death toll now the highest resorting to going to the craft in the world, surpassing china store to come up with their own equipment to protect themselves and we anticipate how badly we with more testing under way, there has been another dramatic need them, isn't that kind of the worst case scenario that the president is talking about rise in u.s. cases >> yes obviously -- you're speaking the obvious. obviously we're in a very difficult situation and we should be doing everything we possibly can to mitigate that. now more than 14,000 with 206 deaths >> let's talk about some of okay we're going to walk you through all of this. we're also going to talk with dr. fauci, a key member of the government's task force. but first nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer has the latest from l.a. for us. these new therapies, new drugs hi, miguel, good morning. that the president talked about. he said they were exciting and

>> reporter: it's a matter of the fda has approved them. time before tens of millions of i'm talking about -- i guess you people catch the virus, according to the governor, here can pronounce it better than me. hydroxychloroquine and in california. it's a sobering statistic. chloroquine used in the past for malaria and rheumatoid every other person becoming ill and california may not be the only state with similar projections. arthritis. first of all, has the fda approved them for use of this this morning in the most virus? do they work for this virus? should doctors go out on their populated state, all residents are ordered to stay at home. own right now and prescribe >> we need to bend the curve in them >> i think the commission of the the state of california. >> california's governor gavin newsom issuing the order overnight for the state's 40 million residents. >> as individuals and as a fda, steve hunt, said it very community, we need to do more to well, as well as the president yesterday. these are drugs that anecdotally without being done in a meet this moment. controlled trial have some suggestion they might work >> reporter: this after warning we're getting stories from that more than half of those who live in california could become infected with the coronavirus over eight weeks people who tried them. the action following this letter but they have tried them in trials that are not controlled so what we're saying is we want to make them more available but to the president projecting 25.5 million people in the golden state alone might contract the illness. newsom is requesting a billion dollars in federal funds to in the context of a protocol that would not only make them available but we can get some suppt e's medical information as to whether they

response to covid-19 >> today is a day that will be are safe and whether they really work, because even though the seared into the story and the information is anecdotal they would work, we need to prove it so people will get the right streets of this city. drug that's safe and effective >> with ghostly scenes like these unfolding in new york, drug that's safe and effective. boston, and san francisco, in the nation's second most that's what the fda was talking about yesterday. populated state, texas, the >> so there's hope but we're not there yet. governor there now ordering the that's what the fda was talking about yesterday. >> so there's hope but we're not closure of dine-in restaurants, there yet. let me ask you about the virus itself bars, and gyms, with a grog list fundamentally this is a novel virus. of cities restricting groups we haven't seen it before, so we're all learning about it at the same time. there are reports it may be hitting the younger population larger than 10 people. maryland's governor issuing a blunt warning to those not more seriously than previously taking the crisis seriously. described. cdc of the hospitalizations in >> you are endangering the lives the u.s. 20 are between the age of 20 and 54 >> 42-year-old matt has had of your fellow marylanders. >> 32-year-old matt has had the is there new consideration virus for more than a week. >> i'm short of breath, so sometimes i just have to -- yeah, heaviness. it feels like my lungs have perhaps this is hitting the young more than was initially thought? >> you know, that is quite possible there are a couple of things you fluid in them. >> at the end of a long week, which millions of americans have spent at home, this morning a remind, want to look at. you want to find out if the people young and getting hit more now have underlying all separated together. conditions or not. if they don't have underlying

conditions -- many of them do -- >> reporter: amid that dramatic warning from the california governor that millions and millions more could get sick, we've really got to carefully look at the data if you look at the data from china and some of the data we've seen early on, clearly younger individuals had very little involvement of any seriousness he's also asked the president to dock the u.s.s. mercy, at the if this is true, which it might port of los angeles. another indication of how bad this crisis is expected to be, we have to relook at that and make sure -- another reason become why when we say young people should not consider themselves invulnerable they should be doing everything savannah. they can to protect themselves >> all right miguel almaguer leading us up from infection, not only for with americans all across the country are eager for financial relief as well on capitol hill, negotiations on a $1 trillion plan are intensifying themselves but for the nbc's tom costello working from possibility they may pass the home as well once again today and has that part of the story tom, good morning. >> hi, savannah, good morning to infection onto someone who is really vulnerable like an elderly person or someone with an underlying condition. >> absolutely. doctor, we've said many, many times that as far as we know the you. lawmakers are trying to expedite telltale signs of covid-19 are that shortness of breath, a financial aid to the country, to fever, the coughing. general americans out there, and they are meeting today in the senate to try to move that through. meanwhile, the fda is looking to expedite drug treatments that may work at least one drug is showing some promising early signs but the fda cautions all of this is in the early stages.

coronavirus is entering a new phase this morning with now that it's here and you're starting to get information from american doctors, is it preventing -- excuse me, is it presenting with other symptoms president trump pushing the fda such as a runny nose, a sore throat are you learning more about how to fast rack possible medical treatment for the disease, and this virus is appearing in patients in this country lawmakers on capitol hill anxious to fasttrack much needed >> yes i mean, of course. financial help. the more patients you see, the more you learn >> these are urgent discussions. they need to happen at a member it really is somewhat of a level, and they need to happend confirmation of what we've seen from our colleagues in china and starting right now. >> starting right now. now in europe. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell unveiled the generally it is not an upper airway disease that doesn't mean no one will republican plan on thursday that ever get an upper airway type of involvement. but if you have an itchy eye and would provide direct payments to runny nose, that generally is americans. not associated i've spoken to people, my colleagues have been infected, and it's pretty consistent they get fever, they get achy, based on 2018 tax returns, they get a flu-like symptom, a cough. people making less than $75,000 would receive $1200 each while anyone making above $99,000 would not get a check. the measure would also provide relief to businesses and provide more support to health care workers. they get a little bit short of >> we know this legislation will breath it isn't predominance of upper airway symptoms. >> let me ask you before we go not be the last word. about testing. >> doctors, nurses, and that has really been the persistent issue with regard tog technicians in hard hit states like washington state are now running out of supplies. >> we may be reusing masks and

trying to conserve things like the respirator hoods. >> the shortage of supplies in some areas has cdc recommending than ever before in this doctors and nurses use homemade country. masks or even bandanas as a last you famously acknowledged when testing was failing. how do you grade it now? are we where we need to be or resort president trump touting two potential treatment options that does more need to be done? the fda is looking into. >> no. clearly more needs to be done. we are rapidly getting to the point where we will have many, many tests out there available an antiviral called remdesivir and chloroquine. used for malaria. >> exceptionally used for prescribed use, and i think it's going to be very exciting. for everyone early on, as i said, it wasn't i think it could be a game the way it should have been but we're really now much in the right direction flooding the system with it changer and maybe not. >> but the drugs are not there will be people for sure who will call in and say they approved yet and the head of the fda says getting there will take time to ensure they are safe and can't get tested it's not a perfect system yet but we're getting there very rapidly. >> real quick. that they work. here is the question everyone >> we need to look at it wants you to answer. i don't know if you can, sir, we need data we need to make sure the sea of new treatments will get the candidly right drug to the right patient at the right dosage at the right time. >> it all comes as the state we're all at home right now, including me right now in my basement, how long do you think department issues new guidelines that americans need to be in this posture of staying at home telling americans not to travel abroad for those already overseas, and avoiding other people for it

to work? >> obviously -- that's obviously the question everyone is asking. if you look at the trajectory of the curves of outbreaks in other areas, it's at least going to be return immediately a question this morning, how long will america's new reality last. >> when can americans executive their lives to go back to normal. >> i hope very soon. we'll see. several weeks. i cannot see that all of a sudden next week or two weeks from now it's going to be over i don't think there's a chance of that. i think it's going to be several it's new territory. >> reporter: yeah, the vice president, by the way, is now weeks. saying now that private labs >> all right dr. fauci, i know you're busy. we so appreciate your expertise joined the testing effort for covid-19, the number of tests being processed every day has jumped dramatically, thousands of tests every day the president says that hard hit and being with us. thank you very much. >> good to be with you as carnival cruise ships is allowing one or more of its always >> all right ships to be used for floating hospital purposes. we'll send it back to hoda now. >> savannah, thank you so much just ahead, the mayor of los angeles. he'll join us live with savannah. >> all right, tom. thank you very much. we are joined now by a key member of the government's coronavirus task force, dr. anthony fauci, director of the california's new unprecedented stay at home order means for the people in that city. first, back to that shortage national institute of allergy and infectious diseases. of basic medical supplies at dr. fauci, good morning. sir. hospitals around the country some help is on the way and kind of from an unexpected source tv medical dramas, those shows are donating unused masks, >> good morning. >> the urgent good to see you, sir. >> good morning. gowns, other supplies to >> the urgent matter this morning appears to be this matter of health care supplies we've seen it on the front hospitals and fire stations. pages. production halted at a number of

we've seen it online, tv, these shows because of the doctors literally begging for outbreak one doctor wrote on social media, this kind of community support means so much to our frontline providers. all right. let's take a pause and now have our first check of the weather mr. roker tracking a storm from home hey, al. >> hey, good morning, hoda interestingly enough, today is the first full day of spring and we're talking snow first let's look a denver, denver, colorado, blizzard conditions the good news is nobody is out so it's not impacting folks, it's just nice to look at outside the window showers and thunderstorms from texas to the northeast it will bring some strong storms today into the northeast with areas of heavy rain, down to the southeast with anywhere from 2 to 4" of rain, then the system stalls along the gulf coast with storms from panama city into san antonio. as you can see, we're talking upwards of 2 to 3" of rain,

texas into louisiana look at this, early next week, low intensifying off the shore bringing accumulating snow for the northeast. we're talking about anywhere from 4 to 8" of snow interior new york all the way up into new england. we're going to get to your local we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds or have your prescriptions delivered whenever you need us, we're always just minutes away. walgreens. good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we get a live look outside we are seeing a nice, sunny start

to the day. it's also very chilly. looking at dublin light now, that sun shining right into the camera. as we go into the next several days we will enjoy sunshine for today. a slight rain chance in the south bay and up to 70 degrees tomorrow. then going into sunday a new storm system will arrive bringing in scattered showers and cooler temperatures. weather. hoda. >> all right, al thank you so much. good to see you, honey we have a lot, including an interview with the mayor of los angeles as the city deals with the drastic shutdown another day of spring breakers despite the warning to stay away can anything be done about that dangerous decision putting lives at risk? nbc.first, this is "today" on

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a very good morning to you. it is 7:26. i'm laura garcia. within the last few minutes the white house tweeted out a big change for tax day you need to know about. the deadline is being pushed to july 15th instead of april 15th to give americans everywhere some additional time. california is waking up under a shelter at home order. it's like the one already in place around the bay area but now covers all 40 million californians told to stay home if at all be possible. if no action is taken, governor newsom says infections will skyrocket in the next eight weeks with more than 25 million becoming infected. you can go out for groceries or gas, see your physician or check with your bank to make sure

they're open before you go there. it is 7:26. kari has a look at our forecast as we practice some social distancing. good morning, laura. yes, we are starting out with sunshine and very chilly temperatures as we do have a lot of people out heading for work this morning. make sure you have a jacket. as we take a live look outside a beautiful start with temperatures in the upper 30s and low 40s and then our hour by hour outlook keeps a chance of rain in the forecast for part of the south bay and the east bay going into this evening looking at the time line anywhere from 4:00 to 8:00 this evening we could have another round of pop-up showers that could briefly be heavy looking at san jose at 7:30 a chance of heavy downpours moving through and going into the rest of the weekend we will see a drying out by tomorrow but then more rain with

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we are back now. it is 7:30 on this friday morning. it's the 20th of march, 2020 so savannah, we are together this morning how are you? >> we are together throughout, hoda just amazing to be working with you in these strange circumstances and it's been a trying time for our whole country but we are with you as we like to say on this show. let's get the 7:30 headlines on the coronavirus, including that unprecedented move, california becoming the first state to issue a statewide stay at home order. covers 40 million people they are able to go out for food and medical care we'll talk about this with the mayor of los angeles in a moment in the meantime the president is pressing fda to fasttrack testing of drugs already approved for other illnesses,

including malaria to see if they may be effective against coronavirus. the sports world continues to be hit hard sean payton, head coach of new orleans saints says he has tested positive now and he's resting at home. two unnamed players on the los angeles lakers have the virus but showing no symptoms and boston celtics marcus smart post add video that he has tested positive as well also this morning there is growing outrage over a stock trade scandal that involves the coronavirus and members of congress nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has the details of this story. kristen, what can you tell us? >> hi, savannah, good morning to you. the top republican on the senate intelligent committee richard burns under pressure from democrats and some republicans after his decision to sell hundreds of thousands of stocks one week before the stock started its historic slide under the coronavirus.

also under fire, kelly loeffler who also sold off large amounts of stock recently. both senators received regular briefings since january that included nonpublic information from the information about the pandemic before more drastic measures were put in place a spokesperson for burr said he's deeply concerned about the toll it's taken on the economy loeffler tweeted, i do not make investment decisions for my portfolio. other senators including james inhofe and democrat dianne feinstein. so far no response from inhofe a spokesperson for feinstein saying all of senator feinstein's assets are in a blind trust. savannah, back to you. >> all right kristen welker, i know you'll keep your eye on that one for us hoda, back to you. >> more on the unprecedented lockdown in california

the entire state ordered to shelter-in-place with us eric garcetti, the mayor of los angeles mayor, good morning. thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning. thanks to you and savannah for being such amazing voices during this time. >> thank you this was a big, big decision for you and your governor. you are ordering people to stay in their homes walk me through why you thought you had to go to these drastic measures. >> it's a decision i made with a heavy heart and very clear mind and real resolve you look at history, and citie that act quickly in the crisis have a better shot those that don't lose more lives. i describe this to my people as an act of love that human life is precious, that days are precious what we do, unlike fires or other things in california, you can see the curve, we're a little behind northern florida, whether six days or nine days, one or two, we're about to be overwhelmed, which means people won't get into our hospitals

people who don't just have covid-19 could lose their lives and it's working what we decided to do on sunday, it's the last time i've seen a traffic map that at rush hour was green on every freeway in los angeles. that's just the evidence that people are listening and care about each other and thought, this is the precious time to do this. >> let's talk about the logistics. i bet other cities and states are looking out west and thinking, should we do that. some are looking at it and saying this has got to be a logistical nightmare run through quickly the things you can and cannot do. >> that's so great it was misreported, lockdown or shelter in place are the wrong terms. they are about school shootings an other things. there's a lot you can do and are encouraged to do go out, 6' away, exercise. go to a park eastbound if we have playground equipment closed go for a hike. there's a lot of critical industries, not just for los angeles.

we know in los angeles it's a manufacturing and trade center, we've got to get you the goods and the rest of america to save the country for the pandemic there's an exemption for the stores where you have to get your food, hardware stores, some very basic things. infrastructure construction continues. so there are a number of places where people can still work but they have to distance themselves right now during this critical period. >> mayor, governor newsom said something i found completely shocking and surprising. he said at the current rate of infection, it is likely -- likely that 56% of the state of california, that's 25 million people plus could have this within eight weeks that number -- i was like, does that even seem plausible >> yes all the folks we've been talking to that do the data analysis and project this and look at history, 1918, others say that is absolutely plausible, which is why we took these steps, hopefully not to get to that number there will be millions of people

who do get this, most of whom will come through this very strongly but for the folks that we care about and to the young people especially across this country, who think they are immune, they are young, this won't affect them this is coming somebody you love will be killed by your actions if you do not distance yourself. >> i think a lot of people want to know about expectations i think if someone said, well, you're going to be in this situation for weeks, it would put your mind at ease. if i knew i had to put myself in this situation for months, it would change my head but at least we'd understand where we are. what's your best guess you'll have to keep this going in your state to see results. >> experts say you won't see the results for 10 days. my expectation, the order was for a month. my for a month. my expectation is it could be twice as long as that. if you look in china, it was a two month stay at home order, and i think that's the only way

you flatten that curve. >> lastly, i just want to ask you, you had a doctor from california, ucla on yesterday, and he was talking about the equipment and shortages. he said we have enough protective equipment for two weeks. all i could think of was oh, my gosh, what happens in two weeks. as the mayor of that city, what does happen in two weeks when your hospitals run out of things that they need >> we are mobilizing everywhere. more tests, more equipment, going to rural clinics and seeing if they need the supply you saw the donations from tv shows and others we are looking everywhere, and we also manufacture a lot in l.a. we hope to help not just california but all of america, some of our apparel manufacturers, this is our time to come together as americans. there's no protective moat around any city, state, country and immigrants here folks picking the food we're eating, driving the trucks, and

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we're back with in-depth today. there is an even more urgent plea this morning to young people about the coronavirus after images continue to surface of large c beaches in florida and other areas still packed despite the many, many warnings about the importance of social distancing. nbc's kerry sanders joins us with more on that story. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning, savannah. polk state college and the university of central florida, both about a two-hour drive or less to the beach here are reporting they now each have students who have tested positive for coronavirus. health officials say this underscores what they are trying to tell people at the beach, they are also vulnerable. this morning a growing plea to put the breaks on spring break immediately. >> this is so unintelligent and reckless. >> it can knock them on their butt. >> we're seeing more and more of you aren't immune.

everything we say and urge applies to you as well. >> troubling images of large groups of young people seemingly ignoring coronavirus guidelines. >> obviously people our age is like, oh, it doesn't affect us. there's cheap flights. let's do this. >> government officials are emphasizing new statistics from cdc showing 40% of the coronavirus cases hospitalized. focusing on deadly disease for elderly and pre-existing conditions. >> if even 10 or 15% of the population decides what they are doing today is more important than the health and welfare of more americans, they can spread the virus in a strong way. >> the surgeon general asking kylie jenner to share the message online with 200 million followers. >> nobody is immune to this. millennials are not immune to this. >> thursday.

>> the news you're getting is primarily from social media. >> i think coming from people we're more familiar with rather than a random person on the news catches our eye better. >> reporter: catching their eye. the beach here, clearwater beach, will be closed monday morning. -- will now be shut down today. florida's governor ron desantis is now encouraging that police and deputies patrol beaches, not only the ones that are open but even the beaches that are already closed to make sure that people are separated or that people aren't even at the beach. that enforcement could begin as early as today, savannah. >> all right, kerry sanders, thank you very much. that time of the morning we like to go to mr. roker and get a check of the weather. i haven't gotten to see you yet, so good morning. >> hey, honey. >> good morning, savannah. hey, hoda, how are you guys doing? if you're looking to get outside and stay distant from people this weekend because of the warmth, early start to the

cherry blossoms. hard to believe down in washington, d.c., average date, first date of those blooms, april 1st is the peak. this year it should be this weekend into early next week. the earliest was march 15th back in 1990. the warm weather continues along eastern third of the country, record highs from boston, cleveland, nashville into raleigh. look behind it. temperatures anywhere from 10 to 20 below average. saturday that cold air continues to infiltrate from chicago, cleveland down to little rock and wichita. then as we move into early next week, temperatures stay cool but then warm up by tuesday. 53 in detroit, 60 in st. louis, 53 in new york and 60 in richmond. that's what going on around the country, here is what's ha good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. sunshine as we wake up and a lot of people heading out the door heading to work. we are going to see in san francisco chilly temperatures and a mostly sunny start in san

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good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to start out with sunshine. we are seeing lots of it right now. a live look in the tri-valley. it's also going to be a chilly start to the day. we've seen some upper 30s and then going into the afternoon we'll reach into the mid-60s. some nice weather today as well as tomorrow. a new storm arriving on sunday that will bring in our next chance of rain, and that will also bring in cooler temperatures as we pointed out on the map. we do have a slight rain chance, mostly the south bay this afternoon into the evening. tomorrow it will be 70 but partly cloudy sky and looking barely nice for most of us. we will see scattered showers arriving once again going into sunday. cooler temperatures coming in monday through the middle of next week. san francisco expect a high of 61 today and 64 tomorrow. mike, what's happening out there for the commute? kari, i'm noticing slowing

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it's 8:00 on "today. coming up, breaking news shelter-in-place overnight california orders all 40 million residents to stay home. >> let's bend the curve together. >> as congress fast tracks a $1 trillion relief plan to help the economy. so what does it mean for your wallet we'll break it down. plus life inside italy as the death toll in that country surpasses china. we'll hear from an american living there in lockdown what she wants us to know about what could be coming here. and checking in with a legend ♪ i will stay with you >> the special way john legend is making staying at home a bit easier

he's with us live today march 20th, 2020 good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today." it is friday that feels good. we're glad to have you with us we're all in our different spots again. hoda is in the studio, i'm at home in my basement. craig and al are at home as well we've seen al and we'll see craig next hour. >> just seeing john legend an listening to him sing, he's like the best medicine for later in the show. >> i can't wait. you're going to talk live on facetime we'll get to that in a little bit. let's get to the news and this unprecedented move in california overnight. the governor orderings 40 million residents to stay at home fast tracks at a much needed financial relief tom costello joins us with what he's watching today. good morning. >> good morning. really staggering developments out of california and affecting the world's fifth biggest economy, california alone.

the goal is to spread -- rather, slow the spread of the virus so that medical systems aren't inundated at once and pushed to the breaking point california experts believe, listen to this, that 25 million people in california could become infected with the virus this order means they will still allow grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations, banks and laundromats to remain open the senate is considering a massive financial rescue package for american families and businesses, including direct cash payments to keep people afloat $1200 per adult taxpayers plus $500 per child the government would move to bail out the airline industry and small businesses meanwhile the fda is moving to fasttrack drugs that hold some potential here to treat the virus, but there's an awful lot of work to be done before they are released no guarantees at all earlier this morning dr. anthony fauci talked to savannah. >> what we're saying is we want

to make them more available but in the context of a protocol of some sort that would not only make them available but we can get some information as to whether they are safe and whether they really work. >> one of the drugs used to treat malaria already. the other was meant to treat ebola so they are holding some hope for the coronavirus. >> tom costello reporting from his home thank you. hoda. >> savannah, thank you they are saying to watch out for coronavirus-related scams. they are saying bad actors are preying on fears and targeting them in different ways officials say for one, anyone who needs to be tested for coronavirus should contact a medical professional directly. apparently there are people trying to contact you, talking about a prepaid test they say never, ever do that if anyone calls offering to sell

a test, hang up that phone another big scam is related to an alleged coronavirus vaccine, which at this point does not exist. so if there's a crisis, there are scammers out there, savannah. >> that's right. that's the unfortunate side of it but when there's a crisis, there are good people doing good things and that brings us to the boost of the morning. >> you've got it all right. so an ohio woman affectionately known as honey hasn't been able to see some of her family members this week because, of course, social distancing. that got her a little down because it was her birthday. her four daughters and eight grandchildren wanted honey to know how much they loved her ♪ happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday

dear happy birthday to you ♪ >> honey honey! honey! >> can we watch it on repeat the entire family lives close to each other so they hopped in cars probably a lot of birthdays she's forgotten but i doubt she'll ever forget that birthday. >> how sweet it is i love it. >> expert advice on ways to keep your family busy and entertain them, really calm this weekend up next a firsthand look at the turmoil in italy a nation under lockdown ravaged by the coronavirus we're going to take you there live and then talk to americans in italy who have a warning about what we here in the united states could soon face coming up after this s stuck in the drawers! i'm sorry! oh, jeez. hi. kelly clarkson. try wayfair! oh, ok.

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coronavirus pandemic this morning italy is bracing for an extended lockdown after an ominous development in the outbreak there that country has now oveaken ito coronavirus deaths nbc's matt bradley is in rome for us matt, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. those soaring numbers you mentioned, they are rising even though there's been a nationwide lockdown in place for well more than a week and now we're just hearing italian media that the military might be called out to enforce that lockdown even more. today italy has passed a deadly milestone. more people dead from the virus in italy, 3,405 than in china, a much larger country where it originated last year italy with more than a third of the deaths of covid-19 worldwide. >> how does this happen to italy? why italy? >> essentially was a perfect storm.

wasn't taken seriously at the beginning. everybody thought it was a distant problem coming from china. >> in northern italy, the heart of the outbreak, army trucks were called in to carry corpses out of the city for cremation. a viral vide shows page after page of obituaries in the local paper. the health system nearly buckling under the pressure. hospital workers sharing images of daily trauma. unfortunately we can't contain the situation, says this nurse in milan there's a high level of contagion and we're not even counting the dead anymore. many health workers even falling ill themselves. >> have any doctors or nurses you know of contracted the virus? >> that i know, at least 20. >> thirteen medics have now died from the disease from one american in rome, enforced solitude back home. >> we all here in italy are fighting, a, loneliness. b, fear. but i think the worst of all of it is the uncertainty of what's to come.

>> italians now trying to warn the world by warning themselves. a film company in milan asking italians to record messages to their skeptical selves 10 days ago. >> in 10 days life will be no more like this. >> a glance at italy's recent past and a potential glimpse of america's future you know, we're talking to some doctors. they were telling us it could take two or three weeks to start actually seeing the effect of this lockdown in the numbers of deaths and transmissions but italians are starting to wonder, is this all worth it being kept inside for weeks at a time or is it already too late savannah. >> all right matt bradley in rome for us. thank you. joining us now on facetime is rachel buchholz, an american that lives in milan. she's been in lockdown for two weeks. her husband, her children. good morning nice to see your face. >> good morning. >> first of all, i understand you and your family are healthy. that's the good news. >> yes

yes. >> describe what life has been like for you the last few weeks. >> initially it was -- we didn't understand how serious it was. they canceled school, they canceled church, they canceled sporting events. i guess we should have known in italy if they are canceling church and school and soccer, that means there's something big going on we thought, stay home, limit our movement a little bit. then as the numbers continue coming in, we kept seeing the number of cases rise and the number of deaths rising and got a little more sad, real. but then at the same time we have two little kids in the house, so we can't just sit around feeling everything all the time we have to be hopeful for the kids so we've tried to just have a family schedule that the kids know about that we kind of stick to every day, so they can have their routine.

we switch out the kids, who is going, versus who is on the phone. we're ministers here so now we're trying to do things like help some of our members find groceries and talking to people, praying with people whose relatives are in the hospital with this virus so it's pretty intense >> yeah. what is it like -- you're in northern italy, which is in the heart of the outbreak really is. are you able to leave the house at all, for example, to get groceries, something like that, step out and get fresh air if you keep your distance, or are you truly locked in your house >> so we are very lucky because we actually have a little tiny private yard outside of the house that we rent, so we can step outside and be in the fresh air. most people can't. you are allowed to go to the grocery store, though i heard that they just placed more limitations on that. i haven't even read up to know

what those are but we've gone to the grocery store once in the last three or four weeks my husband waited outside in line standing 1 meter apart from everybody. they let a certain number of people in at a time. have you to keep your distance and then you go home right away. you have to have a document that certifies you leaving the house with your name, your passport number, exactly where you live, your phone number, why you're leaving. if they stop you, they will look at all of that information and make sure you're not too far from home, you're not saying you're going to the grocery store but actually trying to go somewhere else. >> it's just unimaginable that this is happening in italy rachel, so many people are worried that the united states is just a few weeks behind italy in terms of the virus itself just in the few seconds we have, what would you americans, knowing and seeing what you're living there in italy, what would you want to tell your fellow americans this morning about this outbreak? >> i would say take it

seriously. it is very serious but at the same time in all that, i'm trying to choose peace over panic and faith over fear and trying to meet the needs of my family. but i think as we try to meet the needs of ourselves and our own families, looking for opportunities to meet other people's needs, looking for opportunities to be kind it takes the whole community to conquer this it's not just a few people can sacrifice and then it will go away, we all have to be willing to sacrifice a bit of our daily lives in order to protect everybody. so yeah. peace, faith, kindness. >> absolutely. and your family, little ones, we appreciate your time this morning. >> sure, no problem. thank you. >> we will send it over to al now for another check of the weather. good morning it's going to be a warm one out east. >> yeah, it is we're getting a little -- for those of us who have our little

therapy dogs, if you will, it makes this a little bit easier, but we're also looking at a lot of rain. from the national weather service they issued spring outlook, flood risk for 30 states, 128 million people with major flooding in the upper mississippi river valley we have heavy rain from texas all the way into the northeast with some severe at times. heavier rain we're talking about anywhere from 1 to 3 maybe 4" of rain, an we're also looking sunday night into tuesday, anywhere from 2 to 8" of snow from western new york, western pennsylvania, upstate new york, and interior new england that's what going on around the country, here is what's happening in your neck of the ♪

♪ >> pepper says she wants to lick your face, hoda, but she will do it socially distant. >> oh, my god. i love pepper. by the way, watching you pet that dog makes me feel better. al, thank you for that as we head into the week, a lot of us will have more time on our hands than usual no practices to take the kids to, no trips to restaurants or dinner so this morning we've got a guide on what to do and how to first up, nbc's vicky nguyen, vu let's talk about a lot of folks are staying indoors but we heard mayor of california say get out and get fresh air. so let's give you a little scenario what if it's a beautiful saturday and you do want to go outside with fresh air with one friend and have lunch.

is that a yay or nay >> it's still a nay. social distancing doesn't take a break for the weekend. getting out by yourself, having a picnic lunch getting together with friends virtually, a lot of producers using technology group facetime allows you to connect with a ton of people you've got zoom or google hangouts you can have that book club discussion or wine party everyone is really truly being asked to shelter-in-place. you're seeing in california 40 million people asked to shelter-in-place that's how serious it is. >> if it's your own family, your core group, can you have a picnic >> absolutely. the core group you're together with all the time and share germs. >> let's talk shopping some of our pantries might be empty. a lot of people heading to the grocery stores this weekend because we don't know when the end is are you expecting crazy panic buying >> the message there is truly please do not panic buy, please do not horde

-- hoard we talked to supply chain experts who say there is no problem with the supply chain. it's just a matter of getting the shelves restocked. you're seeing a lot of grocery stores hiring. there's a hiring opportunity there. this is a special and we want to put this up on the screen, a lot of grocery chains have opened up special hours for the vulnerable, pregnant folks and obviously our elderly. take a look at those walmart, target, stop and shop these are early hours one day a week, some are every day early hours. so call ahead, too, though i was reading some comments on facebook people saying i showed up early and some of the supplies i needed were still sold out good thing to call before you make the trip to the store and don't forget about grocery delivery as well. >> amazon. some people say that's the only place to shop. >> not at all. you still have insta-cart, costco, target, walmart, pea pod as well. but this the key there's a huge spike in demand that same day delivery you're used to could take two, three, four days. plan in advance, order ahead. >> we're going to move on to

jay. he's with us he's going to help us kind of calm down. all right. hi, jay. first of all, seeing you makes me -- >> nice to see you again. >> makes me want to take a real deep breath. we should let folks know you're a former monk. you understand being peaceful. a lot of folks are sitting at home, jay, and they are watching you in this moment and they are feeling anxious and kind of confused so what would be your best advice with all of your experience. >> yeah, a lot are alone right now. in our language we only have one word for being alone and it's loneliness, which sounds like a weakness, which means we need y. i understand there's another word that describes this, solitude solitude is the strength of ing. it's where we become our best company. if you are alone, i want you to recognize, find the one thing every day that you do by

yourself that brings you joy it could be learning something new. it could be reading a book it could be getting creative and bringing out an instrument or painting i read some tweets that said shakespeare wrote king lear while in quarantine. it may be time to get creative with your passions a lot of people are with drawing. it's important our environment is inspiring and energizing. three things we can change the first thing is things we're looking at take a painting and make it the first thing you see in the morning. surround yourself with colors d you hear maybe you can go to sleep listening to nature sounds or enjoy throughout the day that keeps your energy up the third is change your scents, what you smell will impact how you feel maybe put on a diffuser, light a candle, maybe it's lavender, a

sense. you don't need to do a home makeover or anything like that but it's great to move around. >> i feel like the two most important moments in the day are the first thing i do when i open my eyes and the last thing i do before i close them. sometimes if you flood yourself with news, like you wake up, what's the latest, or go to sleep reading a little news -- it's good, i keep a book on my side table so before i go to bed i read something that just sort of fills me up and nourishes me. in the other thing people need is a little kind of meditation i know you're good at this i'm wondering, i know we have a our minute doing that. will ye through this with me. >> absolutely. anybody can do this whether you've done it or not. i'd like you to take your right palm and place it on your heart and left palm on your stomach so

you can feel your body inhale and exhale breathe in normally for a count of four and breathe out for a count of more than four. allow yourself to extend that inhale, breathing in calm, peace, stillness, and breathing out any negative toxic energy, breathing in for a count of one, two, three, four, and breathing out the count of more than four. just once more with me breathing in for a count of one, two, three, four, and breathing out for a count of more than th four.

>> jay, jay, i like it i'm feeling this little moment by the way, all little things we can do at home thank you for waking up early. i know you're out in l.a., you've got those new rules and restrictions thank you for spreading the good word, honey. i appreciate it. >> thank you very much i'll be live on facebook and doing this every day for 20 days if anyone wants to join, come and join me. >> where can they find you >> instagram or facebook, jay shetty and i'll be leading guided meditations. >> thank you. still ahead, we'll answer more of your questions on the coronavirus and financial impact being felt by millions of families plus, look who is up early hello, john. >> good morning. >> john legend is up we love you. we are going to talk to you in a minute we'll be back with john legend after your local news.

good morning. i'm chris with breaking news. within the past hour, health officials in contra costa have announced the first confirmed coronavirus death. the person was in their 70s and did have an existing health condition. the victim also recently traveled overseas. we're expecting to learn more at 10:00 a.m. when the county has scheduled a news conference. california this morning is waking up under a new statewide shelter at home order like the one already in place around the bay area. now all 40 million californians are being told to stay home if possible. governor newsom says if no action is taken, infections are likely to skyrock net the state. potent kwleel more than 25 million people could be infected. let's check in with mike and

traffic. >> leading the way right here in the bay, folks. we're looking at your roadways. very smooth drive. the south bay map shows no major problems. our big view of the entire bay shows only the report of an incident near the san mateo toll plasa. the debris hasn't proven to be a problem. the bridge shows a light flow of traffic. >> mike, thank you. i'll have another local news update for you in half an hour. now back to today.

hi, guys, 8:30 now on this friday morning it's march the 20th. this is our home, y'all. this is our plaza. usually packed and teeming with people, maybe a concert or two, but not these days savannah is at home, craig and al are at home they are going to join us at the top of the 9:00 hour carson, our pal carson is about to become a new dad at home soon but somehow, savannah, i feel completely connected with you. >> me, too we're glad carson and siri are nesting, right it's the perfect time for them to get ready for the new baby. we have a jam-packed half hour coming up. i loved doing the meditation with you, hoda, last half hour now we have john legend. he really gave us a gift if you're stuck inside, what do you need music.

how about new music? >> john is dropping some new music. he's going to talk to us and we plus help for self-employed and questions you have about coronavirus and paying your bills. dr. john and steph ruhle will be here with some great advice. >> harry smith will be here to join us. he's home. he, as only harry can, has some really beautiful shots to share on the unexpected upside of all this time at home. we're happy to report we've got some more good news. hi, harry. yes, we miss you oh, more good news ready for this >> yeah. >> citi, the sponsor of our concert series, is going to make a huge donation to help those most in need during the outbreak, who don't have access to resources. >> $15 million to a few relief organizations, including $5 million to no kid hungry, to

make sure kids stuck at home aren't missing out on healthy meals. for a lot of folks, that's the only access they had citi also pledged to match up to $2 million in donations to no kid hungry so good for them before we get to all of that, we have a lot more coming up. how about the check of the weather from mr. roker >> hey, hoda and savannah. good to see you guys first full day of spring and spring always means cherry blossoms down in washington. make sure you're physically separate check it out average day, peak bloom april 1st, we're going to see it this weekend. that's the earlier since 2012, earliest peak, 1990. as we look through the weekend, scattered storms in the gulf, colder, mild and dry out west. sunday -- sunday! -- a march chill in the east and new england. new storm developing down in the south which eventually will bring snow in the northeast. rain and snow in the mountains in california, plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest. that's what going on around the

>> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to see some sunshine today, and as we take a live look outside, we've seen sunshine to start out. also some chilly temperatures. and then as we go into this afternoon, we will be tracking a slight chance of some showers, especially for the south bay and highs reaching into the mid-60s for the inland areas up to 70 degrees tomorrow. and then by the end of the weekend, we'll see a new storm system coming in to bring much-needed rain, and temperatures will cool off as well. >> that is your latest weather hoda. >> al, thank you coming up next, one of our favorites. john legend. what he's doing to keep our spirits up, and he's releasing some new music he did that overnight. first this is "today" on nbc ♪

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okay you know john legend he's an egot winner, emmy, grammy, oscar and tony he serves as a coach on "the voice. like a lot of us, he's home with his family practicing social distancing but this guy is helping us get through this all with new music he's got a single out called "actions." it's out this morning. john, good morning, how are you? >> good morning, hoda. i'm well how are you? >> i like your morning voice yesterday the governor of california ordered kind of a shelter at home. let me know what's going on, what it's like for your family >> well, we're not going anywhere we're here we've been just hanging out with the kids, cooking, ordering in you know, just hoping we all get through this together. as you know, the other day i performed for everyone on my

instagram live, and a lot of us entertainers, you know, we are trying to find ways to connect to people still and help people get through this time. it's tough for everybody. >> it sure is. i've got to tell you, i happen to have been watching your instagram live concert for people who have something beautiful in the world, a time to put it out, it's now. in case you missed insta-live concert, here is a little snip take a look. ♪ all of me all of you ♪ all your perfect imperfections ♪ ♪ give your all to me i'll give my all for you you're my end and my beginning even when i lose and winning ♪ >> by the way, it's on repeat at our house.

the other question we have is why was chrissy wearing a towel? what went down there >> she asked her followers on twitter what should she wear she gave them four choices one of which was a gown, one was a robe, one was a towel and they chose the towel. >> surprise surprise hey, babe, i thought it was a really great thing that in the middle of all this, you decided to drop a little new music why was this the right time? >> well you know, i've been working on an album for the last 18 months, actually. we were ready to put some new music out anyway you know, i figure people want to hear something, they want to be entertained while they are stuck at home, we might as well keep putting the music out you know, we're going to be inside for a while. >> that song is called actions, and it is -- there it is

let's listen ♪ ♪ >> john, i know it's early, i know it's the crack of dawn. i know your pipes need a minute to warm up we talked about putting something beautiful in the world. is there anything you can play or sing? >> i don't have my piano to me ♪ actions speak louder the melodies carry on actions speak louder than love song speak louder than love songs ♪ ♪ i've been doing it all wrong >> oh, my gosh savannah, savannah, you've got to get in here are you there? come on. >> yes, i can't believe how good john sounds at like 5:30 and he's singing a cappella.

you sound great, john. >> thank you. >> john, what are you doing -- i know you've got two toddlers under five so do i, so does hoda, asking for a friend, what do you guys do for them? >> well, we rented a house on the beach, because we figured it would be easier to entertain them with the beach here. >> oh, yeah. >> we're just trying to find stuff to do all the time you don't realize how hard it is to figure it out until you're thrown in this situation where you've just got to be creative her school has been helpful. they have been sending us little activities to do even the music teacher from the school sent little songs and things for them to do on their instagram page so you know, we're just trying to find little activities that will keep them entertained they don't really know much

about what's going on. you just try to entertain them and make them feel your love and try not to go crazy. >> john, keep putting beautiful music out for us we need you, man it feels so good any time you can do an intsa -- insta-live concert we're here for you. >> we'll probably do it again. we're trying to keep people feeling the love and connection to each other. we want to send the love to all the workers who don't have a job or paycheck. i think any of us that can help support them, we should do that. you know, we're just going to keep going. >> i know you will thanks again, john we'll be basking in that for a long time. >> thank you. >> we're answering more coronavirus questions including find help for yourself if you're self-employed but first this is

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back now 8:43, we're answerin back now 8:43, we're answering more of your questions, of course, #withyoutoday. we're working with facebook and they keep pouring in so we're going to talk to stephanie ruhle and dr. john you guys are first back. steph, first question for you. a lot of people feeling the pinch with money this is daphne on facebook. >> what type of assistance will be made available to self-employed people. >> okay. a lot of self-employed people. >> there's a lot of worried self-employed people you keep hearing about big bailouts for big businesses and individuals are saying what about me. about me. >> yeah. >> first the stimulus program we're getting the most recent numbers, $1,200 cash payment or check to individuals that's people making less than $75,000 here it starts to go down above that and phases out after $99,000 a year you get $500 per child that you have that's a cash payment.

if you're a little more than self-employed, if you have a small business, they have expanded small business loans in the federal government so you should be applying asap. i also want you to go to benefits.gov things are changing every day. different states are offering different disaster relief programs specifically, think about it, self-employed, musicians, artists, some of the most creative wonderful people who do our favorite things, we've got to take care of them. >> that $1200 check, when is anyone going to see that. >> should be the next few weeks. treasury secretary steve mnuchin they are trying to get this through. not that it will last forever but people need a cushion. >> claim or file, what are you physically supposed to do? >> go to your state's website or you want to call to get youroyn. here is the thing. there's a really good chance websites are crashing because they are overcrowded

they will be resolved. think of it like old school when you used to get a busy signal when you call someone. young people are like, what's a busy signal. think of it like that. just keep going back to the website and apply for unemployment benefits now. the sooner you apply, the sooner you get them. >> dr. john, we have questions for you. this has come up several times people want to get the message they want to know if you can get the coronavirus twice. >> people worry about passing i on as soon as they recover we don't know a lot about the coronavirus. what we do know, once you get it your immune system is primed to keep you from getting it again we think that lasts a year or longer once you're cleared you're okay to go out and about. >> getting cleared is important. there's a question here, if you have the virus and recover, can you go back to work and what's the time frame >> the time frame depends on whether you have symptoms or not. if you have symptoms and tested positive, there's criteria you have to go through two negative tests within 24 hours of each other or three

days without fever, symptoms went away more than seven days after they started, that's the way you get cleared from there once you're cleared, you can go ahead and go if you're on isolation or quarantine for 14 days, once the quarantine is over you can go. >> a question, my husband works in home service repair appliances they have been asked to continue work unless they have symptoms should he be going into people's homes? >> this is a great question i hadn't thought of. people are going into house to repair plumbing, do different things remember, you've been going into somebody's house if they are sick you don't want to go in there if you're sick you don't want to go in there. if you do go, 6' away, not getting in that distance i'm going to clean everything i touch, clean everything after i touch it if anybody looks sick, don't go in there say i'll come back when things are better. >> the government extending, more information, family first act, for people to be able to take paid leave, even if their company currently hasn't been offering it.

the plan is for you to take leave if you need to and the government will reimburse your employer and they pay you. talk to hr. >> a lot of people are maxes their cards out. what should they do. >> there's not a universal, you're all set, you don't have to pay i can tell you across the board, i have to tell you i spoke to the head of chase bank, they told me we're trying to do everything we can for all customers. they are waiving fees. bank of america decided they are giving more time for mortgage payments do yourself a favor, pick up the phone, call your mortgage company. call your landlord i get it if it's a small building they might not be able to help you. but a big company, they are trying to help you ev

this is an nbc news special news report. hello everybody. we are coming on the air with today's update on the coronavirus. latest numbers as follows. more than 14,000 cases nationwide with more than a third of those in new york state alone. 205 deaths so far in this country and of course we know the numbers sadly will rise as testing ramps up. a big development today. the trump administration announced the tax filing deadline postponed by three months. no longer april 15th. now july 15th because of the crisis. today's white house briefing will be beginning in a second or two. some familiar faces are up there and a few faces we haven't seen at one of these briefings before including secretary of state governor cuomo wrapping up his briefing of new york state. doesn't quite have a shelter in place a la california, but announcing all but that at that

point and talking at one point saying, look, sending a message to young folks that may be playing pick-up basketball. you can't play basketball and stay six feet away from each other. you can. not do it well. the point being, trying to take every measure possible in new york state. read you one quote he said. he's going to continue all of these measures he's been announcing, as the cases go up he wants to tighten the valve. cases go up, tighten the valve some more. if cases keep going up, there's a point he says you've got to close the valve. we're not quite at closing the valve but it's as close as we've come yet. that's at least in new york state. and now here's the president. >> thank you very much. i had a very good telephone conversation, extremely good, with senator schumer a little while ago. we're working on various elements of the deal and the democrats are very much wanting something to happen and republicans likewise are very much wanting something to happen and i think it will.

i spoke with, at length with mitch mcconnell and this tremendous spirit to get something done so we'll see what happens. but my conversation was have good with senator schumer. i thank you all for joining us and i'd like to begin by providing an update on what we are doing to minimize the impact of the chinese virus on our nation's students. with many schools closed due to the virus, the department of education will not enforce standardized testing requirements, very importantly, for students in elementary through high schools, for the current year. they've been through a lot, and they've been going back and forth, schools open. schools not open. it's been all standardized testing and, you know, we're not going to be enforcing that. so i think you can let the people know. i think probably a lot of the students will be extremely happy. some probably not. the ones who work hard maybe

not, but it's one of those things. unfortunate, very unfortunate circumstance. we've also temporarily waived all interest on federally-held student loans. they'll be very happy to hear that and i've instructed them to take that action immediately and today secretary devos corrected feder directed borrowers to suspend student loans and loan payments without penalty for at least the next 60 days. if we need more we'll extend that period of time. borrowers should contact their lenders but we've given strong instructions. so we've temporarily waived all interest on federally-held student loans. that's a big thing. that's going to make a lot of students very happy, and we have more to come on student loans. more good news for the students, but we'll do that at a different time. this morning the treasury department also announced it will move tax day from april 15th to july 15th.

so we're moving it out to july 15th so that people will have time and people will be able to hopefully by that time, will have people getting back to their lives. families and businesses will have this extra time to file with no interest or penalties. we're getting rid of interest and penalties. however, if you have refunds or credit you'd like to claim, you may still file. in other words, you can file early if you are owed money by the irs. other than that, we're moving it all the way out to july 15th. no interest, no penalties. your new date will be july 15th. today our team will also provide an update on our continuing effort to prevent the transmission of virus across america's borders, and i watched what's been happening in california with governor newsom and this morning with governor cuomo and i applaud them. they're taking very strong, bold

steps and i applaud them. we're all working together, working closely together including those two governors but i would say based on the call, the media was there. i think we can say with respect to every governor on the call, every governor, we had all if not all of them, and i would say you could see for yourselves that the level of respect and es spree decorps was extraordinary. nobody angry or upset. we were able to help them and that's what we're all about. we want to help. we're doing things that a lot of people wouldn't be able to do, but the relationship with governors and states is, i think, very extraordinary. especially under the circumstances where this just came upon us. we're working with canada and mexico to prevent spread of the virus across north america very closely. you heard what we did yesterday

with canada. and secretary of state pompeo will be making a statement in a little while having to do with mexico and the border. and chad likewise. chad will make a statement. a joint comprehensive effort in collaboration with our neighbors. the measure and all of those measures that we're putting in place will protect the health of all three nations and reduce the incentive for a mass global migration that would badly deplete the health care resources needed for our people, and so we are working very closely with mexico, very, very closely with, with canada, and the relationship's never been better. we're all working for the same, officials are extremely concerned about uncontrolled cross-border

movement, and that would be mostly and even beyond, but mostly during this global pandemic. every week our border agents encounter thousands of unscreened, unvetted and unauthorized entries from dozens of countries, and we've had this problem for decades, for decades. you know, sorry, but now it's -- with the national emergencies and all of the other things that we've declared, we can actually do something about it. we're taking a very strong hold of that, and we have before, but this is now at a level that nobody's ever approached. in normal times these massive flows, places burden on our health care system. we're doing a global pandemic, they threaten to create a perfect storm that would spread the infection to our border agents, migrants and to the public at large. left unchecked this would cripple our immigration system

overwhelm our health care system and severely damage our national security. we're not going to let that happen. so we have a lot of information and they'll be discussing that in a moment. to confront these public health, the centers for disease control and prevention has decided to exercise its authority under the title 42 of the u.s. code to give customs and border protection the tools it needs to prevent the transmission of the virus coming through both the northern and the southern borders. so we're treating the borders equally. the northern border and the southern border. it's being treated, they're both being treated equally. ale of people say they're not treated equally. well, they are. as we did with canada we're also working with mexico to implement new rules at our ports of entry to suspend non-essential travel. these new rules and procedures will not impede lawful trade and commerce.

furthermore, mexico has taken action to secure our own southern border and suspend air travel from europe. so we're coordinating very closely with the air travel going to mexico and then trying to come into the united states. the actions we're taking together with our northern american partners will save countless lives. at the conclusion of my remarks secretary azar, secretary pompeo, secretary wolff, we're going to be also taking some questions with tony and deborah, who you've gotten to know very well, but they'll be discussing certain things, and i think you'll find them of great interest. we're going to be providing tremendous amounts of detail over the coming days, but a lot of it will be provided right now, if you'd like to find out about it. there's been relationships that have developed with people that,

frankly, didn't get along. people that didn't like each other are now working together and maybe even if in cases learning about each other and liking each other. it's a nice thing. i invoked the defense production act, and last night we put it into gear. we moved the national response coordination center to the highest level of activists. if you take a look at what we did, the level of activation increased to a grade one level, which is the highest level. we're providing historic support to small businesses and to the states. the states need support. normally they do this themselves, but because of the magnitude of it, the federal government has gh involved in terms of gueetting e equipment they need. we're helping them. it's a responsibility they have, but we are helping the states a lot. that's why the governors, i

think in every case, have been impressed and very nice. we enacted legislation guaranteeing paid sick leave for workers at no cost to employers. and i think it's very important. so they get paid sick leave at no cost to employers. we're accelerating the use of new drug treatments. we're advancing legislation to give direct payments to hard-working families throughout our country americans from all walks of life are rallying together to beat the unseen enemy striking our nation. in times of struggle we see the true greatness of the american character and we are seeing that. a lot of people are talking about it. we're in 141 countries from what they're telling me, and some of those countries are really working in a unified manner.