and every half hour after that. and we also want to tell you we've extended our midday newscast. it's a full hour now. good morning grim milestone. >> i've never seen a good morning grim milestone. >> i've never seen a health crisis like this before. >> the u.s. now leading the world in coronavirus cases more than 85,000 and counting. the epicenter, new york, about to get hit hard. just ahead the president's plan to track the risk county by county so things could return to normal in some places. could it work? what the nation's top doctors are saying this morning. breaking overnight mad dash house members unexpected race back to washington over fears today's vote on the massive economic rescue bill could be held up by one congressman the eleventh hour drama

threatening to halt much needed checks to millions of americans. desperate times. some hospitals now forcing two patients to share a single ventilator this morning a look inside one of new york's busiest hospitals where doctors are doing anything they can to fight the virus. those cases plus danger zone, deaths in louisiana. the dramatic spike blamed on new orleans's most iconic celebration. >> people weren't only catching beads here, they were catching the coronavirus. >> just ahead, desperate plea for help from louisiana's governor and the nfl star stepping up in a big way. drew brees joins us live january 27th, 2020 >> from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today," the coronavirus pandemic with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb hi, everybody, good morning. welcome to "today.

it is friday morning thank you for being with us. i'm home again hoda, it's been a lot week a lot of developments and that continues. >> a busy morning. major developments on the coronavirus. the 85,000 cases in the u.s., now the most in the world. at least 1200 deaths are being blamed on the virus. here in new york the toll on doctors and nurses is growing with each passing day. yesterday the number of patients in need of hospitalization jumped 40% to help, the navy will deploy "usns comfort," a floating hospital used to treat noncoronavirus a similar ship arrives in los angeles today. meantime amid its push to get america back to work, the president says new guidelines are established to let states decide when it's safe to begin pulling back on social distancing our team is covering all of

this gabe gutierrez joins us from the hospital where they were completely overwhelmed. >> reporter: hoda, good morning. there's already another line for testing. the state is scouting new locations for overflow hospitals. governor cuomo said the pressing need is ventilators. doctors are being allowed to split two ventilators to help patients over time overnight president trump said he wasn't so sure the projections for new york were accurate this morning, the u.s. has the most coronavirus cases in the world. >> i've never seen a health crisis like this before. >> in new york the number is skyrocketing now more than 37,000, a triple digit spike in deaths in just one day. our station wnbc got rare access inside a hospital in the bronx the er i packed, patients with covid-19 symptoms are isolated.

soon this triage tent may be necessary. the city sent 40 ventilators and dozens mor workers to a hospital in queens. thirteen deaths in 24 hours. outside the line of patients begin before dawn. >> i don't know what's going to happen. >> from a distance we spoke with ignacio ramirez who started feeling symptoms on saturday he waited five times for testing. >> a fever, headache, nothing has stopped. it's horrible. >> reporter: overnight on fox news, the president casting doubt on the number of ventilators being requested in new york. >> i have a feeling a lot of the numbers being said in some areas are just bigger than they are going to be. i don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. >> this from the white house coronavirus response coordinator on the scope of the crisis coast-to-coast to make the implication that when they need a hospital bed it's got going to be there, when

they need ventilator it's not going to be there, we don't have evidence of that right now. >> the city's emt response approaching crisis with spike in 911 calls causing three-hour delays for ambulances in nonemergencies. >> in two weeks we have a 20% or 30% on set. >> across the country there's an increase in coronavirus cases. doctors risking their health in atlanta, intubating critical patients. >> you're aware every moment, you're aerosolizing this vicious virus. >> her husband is also a physician with three children. every day she worries about bringing it home this weekend they redid their will to make sure their children are cared for in case they don't make it. >> there's a possibility one of us could be gone it's affected our work life, our

home life. there's nothing that's separate from the virus at this point >> reporter: here in new york, the governor says there's enough ppe for the moment for doctors and nurses he attributes any spot shortages around the city to distribution issues again, he says the main problem right now is the lack of ventilators, savannah. >> all right gabe, thank you so much. now to the overnight drama tied to the rescue package on capitol hill there are fears today's scheduled vote in the house could be delayed because of objections of a single congressman. nbc's tom costello has the latest on that this morning. tom, good morning. >> yeah, good morning. that's right there's now a mad dash, members of congress trying to get back to washington as fast as possible to vote on that emergency rescue package the concern is that a single member of congress may not go along with plans to vote today this morning members of congress are scrambling back to washington over fears that

passing the massive $2 trillion relief package could be delayed. with several lawmakers testing positive for the virus and others exposed at home, house speaker nancy pelosi was planning a long distance voice vote overnight at least one member of the house, republican thomas massey might force a recorded vote, meaning at least 216 members must show up to vote on the house floor. the rescue plan aimed at helping american families and businesses would provide an additional 13 weeks of unemployment benefits, plus an extra $600 per week for four months. it would send loans to small businesses that retain their employees and $1200 to most adults plus $500 per child the treasury secretary steve mnuchin says those individuals could see that money direct deposited within three weeks

it comes as president trump is previewing new guidelines for state and local officials grappling with the outbreak, allowing them to set their own standard for social distancing. >> we may take sections of our country. we may take large sections of our country that aren't so seriously affected and we may do it that way. but we've got to start the process pretty soon. >> the president in a letter to america's governors says his administration will classify counties as high, medium, and low risk based on coronavirus surveillance testing, mapping the spread of the virus. but some doctors are already blasting the administration's plan insisting the proposal is impractical and premature. >> i think it's lunacy it's the exact type of messaging we don't need. we need eight to ten weeks of lockdown, not a county by county approach that's never going to get implemented. >> now the devastating financial toll is coming into focus. after a record 3.2 million americans filed for unemployment last week. the question this morning, when can things get back to normal. nba all-star steph curry with anthony fauci on instagram.

>> what magic are you looking at to be able to then determine mass, sporting events are okay >> we can start thinking about getting back to some degree of normality when the country as a whole has turned that corner and starts coming down. >> reporter: okay. also this morning dr. fauci is responding to concerns that president trump's desire to have the economy reopened by easter may, in fact, run contrary to the advice of his own medical experts. >> i think the president was trying to do, he was making an aspirational projection to give people some hope he's listening to us when we say we've really got to re-evaluate it in realtime and any decision we make has to be based on the data. >> the white house had been interested, is interested in states deciding on their own, county by county, whether certain counties should be on

lockdown, if you will. but the concern is if people move from county to county to county very easily back and forth, that may make those types of quarantine situations, those lockdowns really difficult to enforce. savannah. >> all right tom, we're going to talk about that very thing with our doctors now, medical correspondent dr. john torres joins us at home and nbc news contributor with us he's a virologist, on the front lines of africa's ebola crisis before we get into this county by county idea, i do want to ask you about the pr fox news. he said i don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. you go into major hospitals, sometimes they have two ventilators. now they are saying can we order 30,000 ventilators. dr. torres, why would we need so many ventilators? does the president have a point there? >> that's the plan number one you do when there's any kind of disaster, you make sure you have enough equipment that you can supply the patients you're going to have. we know patients are cropping up

especially in hotbed areas. ventilators are crucial to keeping people alive. if you only have three or four ventilators and all of a sudden you need 20, you're behind the eight ball. if you have those supplied already, you can start savings lives right away. they are trying different tricks to get those ventilators to work better on different patients. having that supply is crucially important. if you don't use it, you don't use it. at least you have access to it. >> yeah. dr. torres, real quickly, don't these covid-19 patients on average spend a lot longer on the ventilators than the average? >> they do. typically patients are on a ventilator for a few days, week or so. these covid are on for weeks. if they are on that ventilator, they are taking that ventilator, you can't use it on new patients. you're going to need new ventilators for those coming in. that's something you can't predict so you're planning for worse case, moderate case

scenario. >> let's talk about the white house letter to governors suggesting there could soon be county by county guidance to assess the risk of low, high, or medium and suggest social distancing practices accordingly. could that work? would that be effective? >> it can only work if you have the data and the data is based on the testing and you're still seeing we don't have testing everywhere. if you don't have diagnostic testing in each and every one of the counties and everyone able to get the test, there is no data that could work. if there is data, you could do that. however, that being said, what's going to stop you from going to one county to the next county, which may be high risk to low risk. there's no way to enforce that. so i would recommend that the governors ignore these guidelines and stick with their own guidelines they are doing right now, which is approximately 50% or more of the states are on a commercial

shutdown and sticking to nonessential or essential services. >> dr. fair, you live in new orleans. we know that louisiana is getting hit hard and perhaps getting hit hard even more so. when you look at that map that shows up and shows new york city as the epicenter with the most cases, is it a tad misleading? new york, of course, has more people. if you start looking at, for example, percentage of cases per capita, where do you start seeing there are other regions that are experiencing this significantly? >> every major urban hub, so new orleans, chicago, detroit, we're starting to see those as emerging hot spots and it's not unexpected. the way we work in this country is we travel. everybody has family in another state. a lot of people go home to their home areas when they are not working in times of crisis. so you're going to see a lot of transfer between places.

again, without that testing in every place, we're not going to know who has the most cases. we referred to it earlier about mardi gras. it was obviously spreading during that time. as the individual said earlier you weren't only passing beads, you were probably passing coronavirus, too. new orleans is definitely of major concern right now, as are other cities, and that's going to spread out to the country side as well. it's coming. natural human behavior, if you're in a major suburban city undergoing a crisis you're going to want to get to your family in the country side. we can't call anywhere low risk right now. >> dr. torres, we've heard the stories from the front lines of doctors, particularly in the new york area, lack of resources, lack of that personal protective equipment, is that something that's a problem nationwide? >> it seems like it's a problem nationwide. doctor friends i talked to in other parts of the country are saying the same thing. they are hearing there's a lot of supply, a unique situation. they are having to reuse masks and reuse ppe. the big concern for them is the

fact they might get infected. if they do get infected, get it for their families, pass it to the patients, might not be there to take care of them. they say it's getting better, much better than it was a week ago but still not where they are where they can use it and use it as much as they need to. >> dr. fair, dr. torres, thank you so much. i know you'll be back later in the show. we have questions, including one a lot of people are asking, does ibuprofen really make the virus worse? also, does it impact men more than women? those are some of your questions we'll answer in a few. for now, hoda, we'll send it back to you. >> savannah, thank you. worldwide cases of the coronavirus now total more than half a million, doubling in just over a week. and we learned boris johnson tested positive. correspondent keir simmons with the very latest on the situation overseas. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning

to you. he is holding up his phone, saying he tested positive for coronavirus, that he had a temperature, persistent cough, he says he has mild symptoms. we are hearing another member of british government, british health secretary has also tested positive for the coronavirus. the british prime minister making the announcement on twitter, appearing upbeat. >> i developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus. that's to say a temperature and persistent cough. >> his partner is pregnant, lives with him at downing street, he has been at news conferences with scientists leading the coronavirus response. >> i want to thank everybody working to keep our country going through this epidemic, and we will get through it. >> they're putting them on trains to move them away from overstretched hospitals.

there are signs the yurns aeuro are winning. people in the streets, clapping and cheering, overwhelmed health workers. even the royal children. even the royal children, prince george, louis, and princess charlotte. prince charles pictured for the first time since news he has the coronavirus. the u.s. military facing infections on the aircraft carrier uss roosevelt are based in south korea and in western germany two u.s. air force personnel isolated as soon as they showed symptoms. their commander speaking to "today." >> european leaders, the president himself has described it as a war. is it like a war? >> i think that's a good approach. i've approached this just as we would any adversary. you have to understand the adversary. >> disinfecting gear, closing children's schools and playgrounds, operating a drive-through clinic. 7,000 service members and families in five countries,

she's working 15 hours a day and staying in touch with folks back home in tennessee. >> i actually was yelling at my mom yesterday about her being out and about because she's considered high risk, so we pull at mom sometimes. >> reporter: there are other members of staff on downing street that think they have symptoms, there are no further positive tests. food is being left for the prime minister outside his door, conducting business by video krchls. from buckingham palace, they say that he met the queen back on the 11th of march and she's following advice, but the queen remains in good health, some reassuring news there. >> awesome breaking news at the end there. thank you. i know you'll follow-up. what do you say we turn to mr. roker who is once again working from his home. hey, al, how is the weather looking? >> well, hoda, we've got some

severe weather to talk about. already firing up from central illinois on into indiana we're watching the system push through. as it does we've got a risk of severe weather, hail, damaging winds, possibility of tornadoes. we're really concerned about tomorrow. 41 million people at risk. hail, damaging winds, tornadoes. this hail could be upwards of 3" in diameter. these storms are fast moving. they will be moving 50 miles an hour. it's not unusual to see illinois tornadoes in march. tomorrow a tomorrow a windswept rain pushing through. sunday heavy rain entering into new england. snow showers in the upper midwest with this thing. rainfall amounts from the dakotas all the way to upstate new york back into the mississippi river valley we're talking anywhere from 1 to 3" of rain before it's all over. flooding may be a problem as well as we move into illinois and indiana. that's what's going on around the country. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next

30 seconds good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we are going to enjoy sunshine today and also cool temperatures. we're going to take a break from the rain, but it will return tomorrow as we start to see our temperatures cooling down even a few more degrees tomorrow. off and on rain throughout the day on sunday. by monday the rain is clearing and our temperatures warm up significantly. in san francisco we'll be in the upper 50s today but warming up into the mid-60s by the middle of next week.

and that is your weather. ladies. >> all right al roker straight ahead, the latest hot spot why mardi gras may have worsened the situation. also, drew brees he's going to talk about his family's generous donation to people in need there >> looking forward to that also, hoda, we're spotlighting more heroes in this crisis in the age of social distancing how teachers from coast-to-coast are getting creative to keep kids learning, and parents, too. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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chilly temperatures across the bay area. we started out below freezing. elsewhere we are in the upper 30s with a very cool start. a live look outside in san jose now that the sun is rising. we are going to warm up going into the afternoon but look at where we are now, freezing in napa and in the upper 30s for the south bay as well as the south county. dry today but rain returning tomorrow. going into the rest of the weekend our temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. sunshine and warmer weather back with us early next week. what's happening out there for the commute, mike? kari, we have a light commute because only the essential drivers should be out there. we have an incident, a report of a fire alongside eastbound 80, hilltop drive, should be on the shoulder. probably no big deal. we'll track that. the rest of your commute is not a commute. an easy flow of traffic but

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hey, everybody. 7:30 now on a friday morning. it is march 27th, 2020. savannah, nice to see your face this morning? >> nice to see you. friday still feels good, even when so many of us are working from home. let's get right to the 7:30 headlines. the very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. there are now more than half a million cases worldwide. the u.s. is at the top of the list, surging past 85,000 cases since the start of this outbreak. meanwhile, members of the house are racing back to washington over concern that $2 trillion rescue package could be delayed. house speaker nancy pelosi was planning a long distance voice vote but leaders are now fearing

that at least one member, congressman thomas massey, might demand a recorded vote on the house floor forcing members of congress back to washington. the new york police department was down more than 10% of its workforce yesterday after more than 3,000 officers have called out sick. in the meantime nypd deputy commissioner john miller has been hospitalized after he tested positive for coronavirus. we wish him the very best, hoda. >> certainly do. meantime louisiana has seep a -- seen a staggering new amount of coronavirus cases, many in new orleans. this morning some experts are pointing the finger at last month's mardi gras celebration. now, in a moment we'll talk to saints quarterback drew brees who is stepping up to help his adopted home state. first, nbc's blayne alexander is in new orleans. hey, blayne, good morning. >> reporter: hoda, good morning to you. of course we recognize the french quarter but we have not seen it quite like this.

here on bourbon street, not only are the businesses closed, they are boarded up. not a person in sight. experts believe this area may play a role in the exploding cases we're seeing right now thanks to the biggest party of the year, mardi gras. >> across louisiana, the numbers are simply staggering. >> it scared me. i screamed. i'm like, you're kidding me. >> reporter: the state has seen the fastest growth rates in the world. they soared to 2300 coronavirus cases and 83 deaths. >> if this spread continues on its current path, could it start to look like spain or italy? >> absolutely. >> new orleans, nearly 1,000 cases with 46 dead. now experts pointing to one major factor, mardi gras. >> people are drinking and sharing glasses, throwing beads off a float. unfortunately people aren't only catching beads from mardi gras

but coronavirus. >> oliver stokes, a popular d.j. was riding one of those floats, now he's feeling sick. >> the comforter and provider. >> the doctor ordered no visitors in his final hours. his wife cassandra couldn't be by his side. >> i couldn't hold his hand, couldn't tell him i love him, nothing. that was the hardest part for me was that i couldn't be with him. >> across new orleans, the heartache shows no mercy. jay banks lost three friends in a single day. two died still awaiting test results. >> it is crazy. three people dead within three hours, all of which were living very vibrant, very, very, very fulfilling lives, now they are gone. >> gone, too, the crowded restaurants, the bustling french quarter, so much of the city's soul and livelihood. >> it's not normal. is it ever going to get back. >> on thursday, a message of hope from new orleans saints

quarterback drew brees who donated $5 million to help his city writing, let's all do our part, maintain hope, an get through this together. most people are listening and staying home. but for those few exceptions, cassandra has this warning. >> they still don't get it. when it hits them, they will, because it's a life-changing experience. >> and the governor this morning is warning that the state will run out of hospital beds in less than two weeks, hoda. now the convention center is being prepared as a back-up to possibly house patients there. for many it's recalling memories of the response to hurricane katerina in 2005. hoda. >> blayne alexander, thank you. we are so happy, so happy to be joined by our pal drew brees. drew, it's nice to see your face this morning. how are you? it's good to see you. hopefully we have a good connection. i was heart broken watching blayne's piece about what's

going on in new orleans. there's such a need. they need hospital equipment, all kinds of stuff. all of a sudden on my twitter feed i saw $5 million from drew brees. i said, he came through again. why did you decide to do that? >> just like you said, there's so many people in need right now. obviously the state of louisiana thrives on small businesses, and we're a hospitality state. so many people have been affected by this around the country but especially in new orleans. so when brittany and i think about new orleans and people's greatest -- just basic needs, that is to make sure they and their family are fed and that was where we wanted to start. obviously there's a lot more work that's going to need to be done and we'll evaluate that as we go along but certainly we want to help. >> i think, drew, people don't know the need for food in new

orleans. the numbers have always been staggering to me but one in six louisiana households struggle to put food on the table. one in four seniors are hungry. one in four children. i mean, if there ever was a need, this is it. you came to new orleans post katerina. back then i thought that was the worst thing that could have happened to our state. how do you think this compares in your mind? >> well, this is a devastating thing for a lot of people but especially for the state of the state of louisiana. like i said, so many people are involved in the hospitality and restaurant industry, involved in a small business in some way or another, so obviously those have been some of the ones hardest hit. even with the stimulus package that will hopefully get passed today, it's probably going to take a while before people see the benefits of that how do they sustain, survive that's why we have to come together and make sure we get to this together.

>> you're not the mayor of new orleans but you're pretty doggone close, so if you're saying something to the people of new orleans that are probably watching you this morning, what would you say to them? >> i'd say hang in there and maintain hope. obviously we've been through a lot of tough times together, whether it's hurricanes, oil spills, floods this is another one of those bits of adversity that we're going to come out better on the other side we've got to stick together. obviously it may get a little worse before it gets better but at the end of the day we'll be better because of it. >> can we talk football for just a second your coach and friend has been diagnosed with the coronavirus sean peyton. how is he doing? have you spoken with him >> i did speak with him when he was diagnosed and a few days ago when he got cleared. he's maintaining good spirits, extremely positive attitude. he also recognizes, you know, just the danger in this. i know that he's encouraged

everyone to follow the orders and guidelines put in place. don't put yourself or your family in any type of risk let's get over the hump with this thing and move onto bigger and better times. >> you think we'll have a season, a football season? what do you think? >> well, if i was speaking for the american people, i would say that one of the toughest things about this, honestly, typically sports brings america through tough situations, right? it's something people can look forward to it brings them hope. it brings them together. yet right now you can't even turn on the tv and tune into any type of sport. that's what's unprecedented about this as well so i think the american people would say, yes, we want football back as soon as possible so that we can start gathering together and have something to look forward to. >> i know you've got a lot of fans but i was struck by something i saw on twitter from khou in houston. okay, houston, you have permission to root for a saints

player just this one time. thank you, drew. >> that's pretty cool. >> that is pretty cool. >> i am a texas boy. i do still have my texas roots from austin. >> just lastly, you've got four kids under 11. you guys are in san diego. i know your heart is in new orleans. how are you all handling being together like this >> you know, it's the new normal for a lot of families, right we were all thrust into this situation where all of a sudden we're getting lesson plans it's like we're going back to elementary school trying to figure out how to teach our kids i can't tell you how much time i spent with my fifth grade son yesterday on his math. i'm thinking to myself, if i had to take this test right now, i would be in trouble. so it has its frustrating moments. i think every parent would agree with me. yet, i think if there is one positive at this point, it's

that so many families are coming together, maybe through what is normally a crazy, hectic life where you're going all kinds of different directions, especially parents with kids involved in tons of activities, all of a sudden now you're just together all the time and reconnecting. i hope this is something that when we come out of this, we say, you know what, it really brought families together. >> i think you're right. i think a lot of things are contagious, including generosity our hope is that because you let us know you made this big, generous donation, i think other people look and say, hey, maybe we can help out, too drew, we love you. >> love you, too. >> a lot more. sorry. >> hoda, i know. it's a lot hoda, i'm so sorry, hon. take a moment. >> sorry. >> it's a lot. i know where your heart is, my dear i do how about i read the tease want me, too >> please.

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technology which presents both opportunities and challenges these days, this is one of the only way students are seeing teachers in person caravans of educators driving through neighbors. >> i just feel so brokenhearted i haven't seen them. >> i'm excited to see my teachers. >> they love seeing your faces. >> beyond that, connections between teachers and students have been virtual. leing place online. >> i think the biggest challenges are a lot of kids are fatigue, they are tired. >> alexis teaches fifth graders at echo horizon in california. >> how are we providing the best education for our students, maintaining that bar of excellence while still having this humanity understanding their young children. -- they're young children. >> it's certainly a new experience for kids. >> i just think it's really cool the things you can learn about them. >> it can be hard on low income

families. >> we do have some students who don't have internet. >> seventh grade teacher says they have a plan for kids who can't go online. >> a learning packet where we kind of create workbook materials, where the students can still engage in some sort of learning. >> and for kids who are homeless, the california organization school on wheels is offering remote tutoring that shelters with internet access. in these tough times teachers everywhere are finding creative ways to connect. from brooklyn where mr. james keeps his phys ed kids moving to lakeville, minnesota, where teachers sent a musical message to their students. ♪ every little thing is going to be all right ♪ >> prompting parents to give teachers an a plus. >> i know how hard trying something new in technology is for me. their whole job interface

technology. they make it easy and making my kids happy. >> teachers tell us they are relying on parents as much as ever to give kids structure and to help with their assignments. after all, so many parents are now at home, too. savannah. >> all right. joe, thank you so much. we just give a big shout out to our teachers. whether you know a teacher, health care worker, anybody else going above and beyond, we want to hear about it. tell us their stories on facebook, instagram and twitter. use our #todayheroes. >> shout out to candice as. that's haley's teacher. time for a shout out with the weather. hey, al. >> hey, hoda, glad you're feeling better. by the way, nick started his online classes using zoom with all his teachers yesterday. it's kind of interesting.

we've lost some snow. spring is coming. let's show you what's happening around the rest of the country today. you'll see basically we're looking at record highs through the gulf, windy conditions in good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. today we'll enjoy sunshine and highs reaching into the low 60s. rain comes back tomorrow and temperatures take a dip reaching into the upper 50s for the inland areas, low 60s on sunday. next week sunny and reaching into the 70s inland while san francisco will see temperatures in the mid-50s with the rain throughout the next few days. then going into next week we'll dry out there and reach the mid-60s. ok, al, gracias. >> all right, al. thank you so much. good to see your face. coming up, some of the folks

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good friday morning. right now 7:56. we take a live look outside. in the south bay waking up to sunshine but very chilly temperatures. we're going to keep that sunshine today, and we'll also see a little break from the rain that we've seen off and on all throughout the week as our temperatures reach into the low 60s. some upper 50s in spots like livermore as well as san francisco. in the north bay up to 62 today in napa. our seven-day forecast shows that it will be cooling down this weekend as rain returns. we'll see some off and on showers coming back. and then by monday that storm system is gone and temperatures will be warming up with sunshine reaching into the low 70s. we'll see some mid-70s by the middle of the week. san francisco will see some showers this weekend. we're looking at some clearing and possibly several days of dry weather going into next week. i'll continue to watch those weekend rain chances right now

watching the morning commute. that's right, kari. a big view of the bay and no big problems. that's great news. the south bay southbound 87 right around an earlier crash looks like everything is cleared. there may have been a traffic break -- there you go. a little bit of slowing. that will clear. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. a very easy drive. notice the signs, the cash lanes, no cash, check mail for bill. they'll get you. back to you. >> thanks, mike and kari. happening now house lawmakers are debating the vote that will pave the way for $2 trillion in stimulus. the senate approving the bill unanimously earlier this week. as soon as today's vote takes place we will post the updates straight to our twitter feed. and the likelihood of a vote not translating into optimism on wall street, stocks are deep in the negative after a historic three-day runup. the dow is down 900 points or about 4%. we'll have more local news

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hello goldie we talk to the proud papa coming up good morning everybody. welcome back to today. we are glad to talk to carson. >> coming up, something we haven't done in a while, you, me, craig, carson together this is a celebration. we are going to join from home, facetime, from wherever. we'll be together which will be sweet. >> cannot wait first, let's get to the news it is 8:00 members of the house are suddenly in a mad scramble to make sure coronavirus economic relief package is not delayed. urgent see underscored by news the u.s. has more coronavirus cases than any other country tom costello joins us with three things he is watching today. tom, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, savannah 86,000 cases, new york is the epicenter. the mayor of los angeles and governor of louisiana warn their residents are noi on the same path, same trajectory as new york meanwhile, members of congress rushing back to washington to vote on the massive $2 trillion economic rescue package, with several members of congress testing positive and others exposed to the virus, house speaker nancy pelosi hoped to hold a long distance voice vote. a single republican lawmaker may not go along with plans demanding a floor vote instead house members are hoping to vote today. leaders insist the rescue plan for businesses and workers is not in jeopardy. president trump is questioning whether new york and other states actually need the number of ventilators that they claim

they do, thousands of ventilators they claim they do new york governor cuomo says his state needs another 20,000 as its hospitals are overwhelmed with critically sick patients, many more expected in the coming weeks. the federal government shipped 4,000 ventilators to new york. hospitals there report splitting ventilators, hooking up two patients to a single machine ment president last night questioned whether they need the number of ventilators they say they do. >> tom, thank you. british prime minister boris johnson announced he tested positive for the coronavirus he is the first major world leader known to have covid-19. senior international correspondent joins us with more on breaking news good morning >> reporter: this is a shock for people in the uk

boris johnson saying the last 24 hours developed a fever, temperature, and persistent cough. he says they're mild symptoms, but he was tested and found he tested positive for coronavirus. he made the announcement on twitter. appears to have self filmed on the phone because he is self isolating. >> no doubt that i can continue, thanks to wizardry of modern technology to talk with my top team, to lead the fight against coronavirus. >> reporter: some concerns are for his fiance that lives with him and is pregnant and for those around him, including the scientists that are leading the fight against coronavirus here who appeared with him regularly at news conference again, the prime minister saying he believes he will be able to continue leading the country, albeit by video conference >> got it. thanks for the update.

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kent has a look behind the numbers. >> been devastated. >> i don't know how to pay my bills. >> how am i supposed to survive? >> reporter: this is the grim reality on the shoulders of millions of americans, after 3.28 million claims were filed, shae shattering records, five times the high set in 1982 beyond the numbers, american workers out of a job this one lost her passenger service job at jfk international airport in new york. >> i poured my heart, soul, blood, sweat and tears into this job, and the airlines laid me off. >> kelly was told her job at a major hotel in seattle is suspended until at least may. >> i haven't worked in over weef i'm three weeks and i don't know if i am going to run out of money

before i can start working again. >> reporter: in alabama, matt west bury is in the same boat. >> luckily i worked a few shifts before this happened, i had money to keep me afloat, but not enough to get me through a whole month. >> reporter: congress inches closer to passing a relief package to send money to americans, state unemployment offices are overwhelmed. >> was fired last thursday, tried to file unemployment continuously to no avail >> the unemployment phone lines are always busy, been kicked off the website while filing my claim. >> reporter: with the first of the month days away, every hour of work lost, every delay in getting unemployment benefits matters. >> you know, i have rent i have to pay for, family to provide for. i have to make sure my kids are able to eat. you know, my wife able to eat. we all have a roof over our heads.

>> reporter: on the other side, small business owners. this one forced to close two shops and says laying off almost two dozen employees was excruciating >> of being business, i had to tell them one by one, you know, we're laying them off. lot of them, you know, they become your family >> reporter: many workers grasping at straws mike reed in new york is optimistic about a marketing job at a law firm. >> firm i work for want to bring us back, several weeks, could be several months, don't know when. >> reporter: there's hope that some relief funds out of washington can bring relief to the ongoing struggle guys, we know a possible recession is on the horizon, and that can change the nature of work for so many people. as you can imagine looking ahead, there's a lot of anxiety and struggle out there, but we

heard from so many people, personal, powerful stories, giving you insight into what's behind that massive unemployment claims number we got this week >> they pull at your heart there. we are joined by senior business correspondent steph ruhle. yesterday, savannah spoke to the fed chair. he said we may already be in recession. then horrible job numbers came out, everyone thought my god, these are staggering the question is how bad do you think it is going to get >> hoda, i think i'm going to be the house optimist today because in that very rare interview that fed chair jay powell did with savannah yesterday, he also said help is on the way, and it is. 3.3 million jobless claims is a huge number. i know people are trying to get claims through, trying to file for unemployment, but it's coming and whether you talk about the fed printing money and enabling banks to keep lending or this bill that the senate voted 96-0,

you almost never see it happen, to offer $2 trillion in support to individuals, small business, to big business. that's huge. the very clear message from the government is we know that this virus is ravaging us from a health perspective, but economically, the government is saying we'll bear hug the country through this and get you to the other side. >> april 1st is coming, that means bills are coming checks aren't here yet a lot of people are freaking out basically. now people are getting laid off. i was listening to that piece, people are like i am trying to file, can't get through the lines. walk us through the abcs if you get laid off >> okay. so if you were in fact to get laid off, you need to apply for unemployment right now i hear people. the system is flooded, when you have all those people applying, websites are crashing. but yesterday the governor of california, connecticut, and

other states said we are hiring and hiring to have people come in and help process the claims just yesterday when i was doing a facebook live, someone said get on the website late at night. so the system is flooded but these expanded benefits in the system are huge. suddenly these unemployment benefits that chuck schumer says are super sized are being offered to free-lance workers, to gig economy workers, for ten months, not just four months, and more like 100% of income, not 40 or 50%. help is on the way i want to give you another anecdote that should give people comfort. inside this senate bill, i know it is not approved yet, think of the support for small businesses, over 50% of businesses in this country remember last week when you and i were talking to the founder of pig beach and he said i had to layoff all my employees. he was devastated. in the paycheck protection program, the government will offer 8 weeks of loans to

businesses that they can spend on anything to stay afloat if they keep their employees on staff. you're going to see people laid off last week get calls from employers to say come back on. and by the way, that loan for eight weeks, if you keep the entire staff on, the loan is forgiven it will be a grant i know this pain is huge and i know we're scared but the more information we're giving people and the more the government is signaling we are here to help, people should feel some level of comfort. even snap benefits have been expanded we know across the board from a state and federal level the government is saying i realize it will take some time, we're here to help you, and i see it, i'm telling you, hoda. >> thank you, stephanie. she always makes us feel better. we appreciate that let's turn to mr. roker for another check of the weather hey, al. >> hey, all right, thanks so much let's show you what we have going on we have severe weather looking at that make its way

through the central plains storms firing up through central illinois into indiana. some could be severe we are looking at severe weather again later tonight into tomorrow temperatures are soaring from florida into texas with temperatures and records in the '90s during the day today and tomorrow look for rocky mountain snow for today into tomorrow. wet weather on the pacific northwest coast. sunny skies in the northeast, plenty of sunshine through the >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we have sunshine in our forecast today. a bit of a break in between these weather systems, and we're going to see still mostly sunny skies. a live look outside in san jose and checking out our temperatures that will reach into the upper 50s and low 60s for today. going into the weekend, we'll see that rain returning, especially for tomorrow, off and on throughout the day on sunday. monday, we're clearing out and also warming up with mid-70s by

next wednesday. if and that is your latest >> that's your latest weather. >> i know it has been awhile i am savannah, she's hoda. all right. let's turn to with you today every day we learn more about the covid-19 virus that means lots more questions you've been sending them to us in collaboration with facebook and instagram. we're really trying to answer as many of these questions as we can with the help of nbc medical correspondent dr. john torres. hi, dr. john. >> good morning. >> let's get right to it the first question from reba on facebook she asks, is the virus mutating and becoming different from something that originally had in the country and can people be reinfected with it. >> they are looking at the genome of the virus, they found out overall it's changing a little bit, overall it's a

stable virus it hasn't mutated. you think about the flu, every year it's a different flu and mutates, needs different vaccines this is stable and they don't think it's going to mutate much over the next year or so. >> so does that mean if you get it, you probably won't get it again? >> that's the theory right now it's looking like when people get it, they get this immunity to it because they build up their antibodies that immunity, we're not sure how long they last sometimes they last a while, sometimes they go away after a little bit of time most experts say they think it will last a year hopefully a lot longer than that. >> i'm not sure our next facebook question is on that, do they have testing available to test for antibodies in blood for those who think they may already have had it. >> right now there's a test where they can test for antibodies it's a bit of a cumbersome test. it requires a blood draw, has to be sent to the lab, takes a day or two to get results.

what they talked about on a press conference, dr. birx said we need a point of testing, do a fingerprick and they can tell in a few minutes whether they have the antibodies or not. this will help us with a couple of things, finding asymptomatic cases, which is probably a large number the convalescent plasma to treat somebody somebody infected with it, they have antibodies in their body, we can tell from that test if they have antibodies and use it to treat someone else. that's going to be used on case-by-case basis only for the critically ill. it's not quite up to fda approval yet so again, it's just going to be used very sparingly and only if they need to. >> okay. i've got a couple more here we go next question from david on facebook is it true men seem to be suffering more seriously from the virus than women >> it is true men seem to be suffering more seriously couple of things

they seem to be getting it more often and seem to be havin worse outcomes because of it there's more reasons number one, men tend to engage in riskier behaviors they aren't listening to social behaviors. they are gathering more which spreads it around. on top of that, they have higher rates of smoking overall especially in china, europe, they have huge increases there women generally have stronger immune systems overall because of their genetics. that stronger immune system is helping them survive this more than men it's not a huge difference but a big enough difference that it's raising a few red flags. >> all right i really only have 20 seconds but valerie on facebook says is acetaminophen better to use rather than ibuprofen. people have said ibuprofen might make it worse? >> this is hitting a lot on social media experts are saying there's no credible evidence behind this. the world health organization did a quick review of the data and said they found no data to support this overall they are both equally good if you're excessively worried

about it, then just switch to acetaminophen or tylenol at this point. there's no evidence to say ibuprofen is any worse than acetaminophen. >> dr. torres, thank you keep the questions coming. good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. a high school in martinez will soon be housing less critical high school patients. the gym and adjoining kitchen areas will be used but no classrooms. this is an effort to relieve some of the burden on east bay hospitals expecting to see a surge of covid-19 patients. starting today the dmv will be closed for a temporary statewide shut down. this comes after an employee tested positive at a southern california dmv office. in all, office appointments are scheduled. starting next week the dmv will reopen but only online. let's get a look at the commute. mike inouye is standing by. mike? >> that's right, marcus. the dmv also pushing back or

authorities pushed back the need for real i.d. so a lot longer, another year. check the dmv site. no rush there. no rush on the roadways. a smooth drive. folks who need to get out to do essential duties we thank you and there should be no big deal. west 80 at ashby an earlier crash that's been cleared. and it's all clear now. so is the bay bridge toll plaza. the live look shows you oakland with a smooth drive past the coliseum both directions. same for the san mateo bridge. they're all cashless bridges. fast track, no problem. just send through the bill -- they'll bill you if you don't have a fast track is what i meant to say. >> thanks, mike.

hi, guys, doing "the tonight show" from my home at home this whole week having interviews, online interviews and raising a lot of pony for a -- money for lot of great causes. tune in every single night this week here we go good morning, everybody. it's 8:30. it's a friday morning. thank goodness it's friday right, hoda. so many people are just thinking this was one long week you know, it's been a tough time, hasn't it? >> it sure has i feel like we need this break people have been home a lot of days and days are morphing into each other

it is friday and it does matter. we hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. definitely of course, with everyone focusing and having to face this together, we want to be part of the solution and provide you with information you need to stay healthy. >> that's why launching cdc, a new set of public service announcements from the more you know campaign and it's got some familiar faces take a look. >> due to the coronavirus, a lot of us are staying home with our kids. >> across the globe and even across our own communities. >> our daily lives have changed. >> be a role model for good behavior. >> do what you can to stick with routines and be an example. >> make time for working, learning, playing, and relaxing. >> remember to reassure your kids things are okay. >> we're in this together. >> the more you know ♪ stand by you ♪ >> these public service

announcements obviously feature members of our nbc family. they have tips from everything on how to stop the spread, talk to your kids about what's going on the cool thing, all of them were shot on our phones, right in our own homes. >> yes so meantime, guys, we've got a special half hour ahead. we think it's going to boost your mood. first off we are going to check in with carson as he introduces us to his new baby girl goldie is in the world. >> good morning, carson. we've missed your face we can't wait to see the newest face of the daly family. we have another ray of sunshine, kristin chenoweth. how she's helping fellow actors while broadway is on hiatus. hi, cutie, love your pink. she will have a song put is in better spirits. >> happy to see you. >> you, too. >> the guy who makes us smile, harry smith, sharing thoughts on our changing world first, mr. roker, have you got a

check of the weather >> hey, yes, we do, hoda so good to see all those faces can't wait to meet goldie. let's show you what's happening as far as your weekend is concerned. after today, we are looking at severe weather in the upper midwest into the central midwest with tornadoes possible, record warmth through the southeast, unsettled weather. sunday -- sunday! -- that rafe -- heavy rain moves into the northeast in new england. more records into the southeast. mountain snows through the intermountain regions, cascades. look for wet weather down along the west coast all the way into the pacific northwest. that's what go >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. live look outside and san francisco we start out with clear sky and we're going to see lots of sunshine today. our wet weather has taken a break and moved away from the bay area. we'll see another storm system approaching by tomorrow. in the meantime, we're looking at highs in the upper 50s to low

60s today. and over the next several days, expect mostly sunny skies. as we go into the weekend, though, some rain moves in, but we'll see that sunshine and warmer weather returning early next week. >> that's your latest weather. actually, this dawns on me, this is my neck of the woods. >> finally, it's true. you are in your neck of the woods. coming up next, the daly party, now a party of six. wee going to check in wi'rth

we are back. when i say we, we've got the brady bunch boxes up we're all here, me, savannah, al, craig, and carson. >> gang's all here. >> you know what, we had to get everyone together because we've

got a new member of the family, mr. daly and siri just welcomed through new baby girl goldie she is beautiful goldie patricia daly 8.2 pounds, 20", drop dead gorgeous carson, tell us everything about goldie and how is siri feeling this morning? >> guys, so great to be with you all. she's doing great. goldie is awesome. her middle name is patricia, named after my mother, who you knew well. her birthday would have been tomorrow so that worked out well i woke up today profoundly moved, two things come to mind number one, the strength of my wife watching siri, not to mention during the pregnancy but being pregnant at this time you can't imagine the anxiety this brought. i dropped her off at the hospital because the hospital in and around new york had new guidelines and she went alone on wednesday night.

i could only join her for the birth, then i had to leave again as they are quickly trying to flip these rooms around. her heroism, she's a superstar, a superhero. i wake up enamored by her and also the medical staff we worked with last night. the work they are doing on the front lines, you don't believe it until you are actually there and can see it. >> carson, we've got other children as we know. i don't know who is on the other camera. >> jackson is right here. >> hey, jackson. >> jackson. >> what do they all think about the new addition >> they are very excited for a little go-go as we're going to call goldie. they are anxiously awaiting for mommy and go-go to come home also london, my five-year-old reminded me, daddy, i think you said go-go was going to buy me a toy. when am i going to get my toy?

>> hey, buddy. >> hey, car sentence, -- carson, where did the name goldie come from >> in this time we have quarantined, a lot of time on our families, i just got back my test, and i was looking at irish names on st. patrick's day morning, and i stumbled on goldie we had a list of names i thought about it seems like the fourth kid, seems like the pot of gold at the end of our family rainbow. i said what do you think about goldie patricia and that was it. one of these things we knew. >> buddy, how are you and the gang holding up there just in general? >> you know what, we're holding up pretty good obviously it's an anxious time for everybody, having siri be pregnant we're being extra cautious on the germ front we're also in minor construction on the house we're confined to several rooms. we have no kitchen but that's been good because it promotes us

locally supporting our local restaurants and getting food and bringing it in so we've just been hunkering down doing what you tells us to do on the news and being extra cautious our circle is small. we're just remaining connected with the kids. the schooling, digital schooling helped, helped to put a little structure back in our life your wife, lindsay, was a big inspiration, too, craig, because she created time for the kids which included god time. we stole that idea now the kids have a routine. it's getting easier. we remain mindful of new york city, which has become the epicenter and all the people having a tough go. at the end of the day we feel quite blessed especially with goldie. >> amen to that. >> carson, she is a blessing siri is amazing, you are, too. i know there's nothing you love more than being at home with your family. i hope this time is so precious for all of you guys to just cuddle up and cozy up with

go-go. when she comes home you've got go-go, lolo, jack, etta, can you believe how many kids you have >> no. it's a circus. we want to thank the doctors who delivered go-go. they were incredible on long island they were amazing. i want to thank them there's so many of them. it's crazy, like a college campus last time you're on a college campus, only then are you reminded how huge the institutions are hospitals are the same admin people, did you get your n95 mask yet i haven't gotten mine yet. it's not until you realize what makes this mechanism work, there's so many people that do it all for us. we're incredibly grateful for all they are doing, not just maternity but ers around the country and around the world a shout out to them. i can't wait until i get back in the same room. >> maybe "pop start" from here. >> that's all of us. >> we're for it. >> there you go.

>> congrats, buddy. >> thank you so much love you guys. >> thank you, carson big hug. send lots of pictures of goldie. we can't get enough, right >> oh, they are coming. >> all right, guys coming up next, we're going to bring a taste of broadway to your morning thanks to the one, the only, our pal kristin chenoweth but first this is "today" on nbc when we face adversity, we find a way through it. it's about taking care of each other.

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broadway may be dark for now but kristin chenoweth isn't letting that slow her down oscar and emmy winner has been donating time for the actors fund it meets the needs for entertainment community through funding and affordable housing and health care and beyond kristen is with us she's in her home. she's right here in new york city i think you're in your kitchen. >> i am. >> it's so good to see your face.

>> you, too, hoda. >> there's lots of people in your home right now and they arn your home right now and they are watching you on the screen what would you say to them to fill you up. >> i would say limit your hours to too much -- watching you on the screen what would you say to them to fill you up. >> i would say limit your hours to too much -- the news is great but don't watch it all the time. we've got to have breaks i would say bedazzle bedazzle a mask for fun. >> i like the work that you're doing there. >> listen, what else am i supposed to do, hoda, i'm still me. >> yes, you are. you are still you. have you been able to keep like singing in your home is that what you're doing, just filling the house with it? >> yes, this is what i'm doing i'm walking around with wipes, and i'm like -- ♪

just cleaning and cleaning and singing high notes i'm cleaning and getting my high cs in. >> will you sing something for us, kristin? i think those at home could use a little what are you doing at home today? >> i went back and forth and decided on one of my favorite hymns. for me it's god. for other people it's other things, and that's fine, too i just want to sing this for everybody.e make an instrument ♪ lord me make an instrument of thy peac where there is hatred let me sow love ♪

♪ where there is darkness let there be light ♪ when there is sadness let there be joy ♪ ♪ for i must sow the seed to be consoled as to console ♪ ♪ to be understood and to understand to be loved and to d to be loved and to lov love ♪ ♪ lord make me an instrument of

thy peace an instrument of thy peace ♪ amen >> wow, kristin, keep filling your apartment with music and thank you for sharing with us today. that meant the world. >> i will. love you, sis. thank you so much for everything take care of yourself. >> we will we will. love you. >> my love to goldie. >> her love to goldie, savannah. coming up next. >> her singing that prayer, beautiful. >> yes, gorgeous coming up next, we've got harry smith, hoda, a really unprecedented few weeks. she got harry. she got us all first, this is "today" on nbc.

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welcome back in difficult times like this, we like to turn to harry smith. >> yeah. he always makes us feel better and has a unique way of putting things in perspective and giving us something to smile about, harry. so that's a pretty tall order. do you think you're up to it, my friend >> i'll tell you what, this half hour alone with carson and go-go and kristin chenoweth comes on "lord make me an instrument of peace" and i have tears in my eyes i don't know what i have to offer this morning but here is what i've been thinking about. so many people cooped up in their homes. they are sheltering in place, doing social distancing with their families they are like, i could use a little social distance from my wife or i could use a little social distance from my husband, even my kids

it's like, enough already. in the meantime we cope and turn to see what our friends and neighbors are doing online two weeks in and the end is not in sight, so we cope in ways both silly and sublime we scan our screens constantly looking for things to make us smile. and folks around the country are certainly rising to the occasion our isolation apparently has been the mother of a creative explosion. >> people buying out diapers. >> we need this, because there are still moments when our frustrations are more than we s

most important moments in our lives go on in ways we couldn't dream can handle >> i can't afford to buy 20 at a time like you can -- >> as ever, though, some of the most important moments in our lives go on in ways we couldn't dream of a few weeks back. a mother welcomes her new baby home with a song ♪ how i wonder what you are ♪ >> beautiful and we wonder what we would do if we were told we could not be at the bedside of a loved one losing their battle with the virus. it's not easy, this moment in time, especially for the medical professionals. they are inspiring, selfless, heroic and we are in awe. like the reserves in wartime, thousands more are answering the call, coming off the sidelines

to pitch in. there's a line in the hippocratic oath that seems particularly powerful now. it says, i will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug for all those people in medicine, the families they are serving, now is the time for thoughts and prayers, and especially for our gratitude you know, i've got to say, i've been paying so much attention to friends and neighbors and other people we know you see these pictures of these doctors who are self-isolating they have removed themselves from their families so they make sure they don't unintentionally spread the virus somehow there's the picture of the guy in his tent in his yard,

separated from his family. all these folks doing their bit. i read about a fellow i know, a plastic surgeon, working 12-hour shifts in the emergency room our old pediatrician, who is 74 years old, is out at one of those testing stations swabbing people to find out whether or not they have the virus. i have to say my heart is so full and so inspired it is beyond the reach of most of our imaginations. >> our hearts are full, harry. you've helped them heal a little bit with your words this morning. thank you. >> thank you, harry. >> really miss all of you guys i'll tell you, it reminds us how much we value our collegiality and the opportunity to do the jobs we have the opportunity to communicate like this, really important. >> we do miss you, harry speaking of our staff and us, we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you folks at home are working really

hard at "today." take a look at this wall these are the people putting the show together, the producers, the writers, everybody working from home. people stepping up i like a slow pan. i want you to look at every single face. they work each day, and we just really want to say thank you. >> we do you know what, this is a family. one of the things we love about working here is being together, but we're still together in our hearts hoda, i've got to say to you coming into that studio every good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. a live look at capitol hill where house lawmakers are debating ahead of that vote that would pave the way for $2 trillion in stimulus meant to help americans hit hard by the pandemic. if approved, americans making $75,000 a year or less would receive direct payments of $1200. it would also provide billions for unemployment and relief for

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for more information, visit getcounted.com, and to participate, go to census.gov. and good friday morning, welcome to third hour of today craig mel sin in studio 1a al roker working from the home office looks to be a nice day there, too. >> yeah, it's a little brisk but we've lost snow we've had. but again, we're in great shape here a lot of folks suffering this morning. so many new developments in the fight against the coronavirus. this morning we're getting a glimpse at exactly what doctors and nurses are f