>> thank you for joining us. we'll be back with more what we do now will forever change our tomorrow. updates coming u for joining uss so let's do the right thing, today. let's stay at home. let's wash up. monday. let's always keep our distance - please, six feet apart at least. let's look after ourselves, as well as others. it will all be worth it. we can all do our part. >> got a funnel cloud in front of me. good morning. breaking overnight. so those on the front line can do their part. deadly storms. and when this is over, a tornado outbreak on easter sunday leaves a path of we will all, continue, destruction through the south. to thrive. >> look here, y'all. ♪ ♪all strength ♪we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ ♪won't wait♪ look at these houses. ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ >> at least 18 people killed, more than 1 million without ♪we can do it power this morning. thousands forced into crowded shelters still trying to ♪all strength, no sweat practice social distancing. now 200 million from the midwest to maine face a new risk of breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. severe weather and high winds today. hope on the horizon. my congestion's gone. >> the models do show we are i can breathe again! ahhhh! i can breathe again! ughh!

vicks sinex. breathe on. very close to the peak. >> the race of new coronavirus cases and hospitalization stabilizing across the country but the white house responding to new evidence top officials ignored repeated warnings and failed to act earlier at a high cost. >> if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. >> just ahead our live one on one with the director of the cdc. direct deposit. the first wave of that badly needed stimulus money starts arriving in bank accounts this week and the government's potential new plan to restart the economy in some parts of the country in a matter of weeks. all that plus keeping the faith. church services streamed online, family get-togethers over zoom and facetime. an unusual easter around the globe while millions tune in to see this awe-inspiring performance outside a cathedral welcome back time for "pop start" extra special because guess who is bringing it to us?

♪ amazing grace >> how sweet the sound, "today," carson at home. >> cgi computer generated imagery. this is kgi, kid generated "saturday night live." you can't keep the comedy sketch down this weekend they made their monday, april 13th, 2020. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah return to tv guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. "snl" at home. the cast members practicing >> and good morning, everybody. social distancing from their welcome to "today" on monday morning. it's so nice to have you with us. wasn't that a beautiful rendition of amazing grace hoda. such a strange easter but in so many ways so appreciated because house, apartment they handled production. tom hanks served as host fresh off his recovery from coronavirus. >> why me as host? well, for one, i have been the celebrity canary in the coal mine for the coronavirus every since being diagnosed, i have been more like america's we recognize how important our dad than ever before since no one wants to be around me very long, and i make people connections are. >> if you haven't seen the uncomfortable. andrea bocelli service, you should tune into it. it will warm your heart. i watched it yesterday, too, and i was awestruck by him. wow. we do, of course, have to well, we have a great show for get to the latest on the coronavirus in a moment. you tonight. we are going to start with the is it going to look a little different than what you're used breaking news we spoke about earlier. to yes. will it be weird to see sketches without big sets and costumes?

sure nearly the entire eastern half but will it make you laugh of the country at risk for eh, it's "snl," you know, there severe weather today. will be some good stuff, maybe one or two stinkers. it comes in the wams across the south and the coronavirus has made dealing with the impact even more of a you know the drill challenge. nbc's morgan chesky in monroe, >> "snl," can't believe what those guys are able to do. a lot of highlights, weekend update as well louisiana. we have to keep moving hey, monroe, good morning. we don't have a lot of time. it was easter this weekend a lot of people practicing >> reporter: good morning. social distancing there. let's do a little roundup and see how everybody's easter was what a blow. that's me and my family watching you see the devastation in monroe, louisiana. mass at my sister's house. it was fun for us to get dressed up at least 18 people have been that was good. killed in two states as a result hoda, you shared this picture of hailey and hope from easter. of the massive system that do we get a celebration? brought damaging winds, hail, >> hope's birthday, too. so we did a little birthday celebration for hope she's one-year-old. >> great craig, you got dressed up. i saw your great picture dressed to the nines that was good to see the melvin and massive tornadoes. family parts of the south have there they are looking good. devastation on their doorstep. savannah, what is the deal with the hard boiled egg? knocked out power to more than a >> hoda told me how to hard-boil

million people. it couldn't happen at a worse time as most of the country is following shelter-in-place orders to stop the spread of the an egg the easter bunny put them outside and the wind blew them over coronavirus. in georgia, officials confirm apparently -- five killed. >> listen, in my defense. >> we transported 23 injured to >> apparently that's how you local hospitals. soft boil an egg. >> i might have had the timing right noi off just a smidge. are still unaccounted for. so i hope that number goes down. >> a little bit. >> hold on, guys in tennessee, high winds toppling trees, trapping while we're all here, let's talk hundreds of residents inside about uncle al their homes. emergency responders frantically he wasn't just celebrating searching neighborhoods for easter this weekend. al's daughter courtney got engaged. survivors. al shared the news congratulations, on instagram. courtney showing off the ring. a big congratulations to the roker family al. >> we're at the residence. checking here, the house next to it, a lot of damage to it. >> making a rumbling noise so i went in the bathroom and took shelter. >> folks in monroe, louisiana, >> he's a terrific young man now picking up the pieces. he makes my daughter very happy. so we could not be more pleased. obviously no plans for the wedding yet because we don't know when we're all going to be able to get together stunned residents walking around their leveled neighborhood. but we are looking forward to wes and his family joining our family in the not so distant >> went to get up and the

windows behind us shattered. >> structures reduced to piles of wood. future. >> well, congratulations. >> carson, so good to have you small planes just mangled bits back, babe of metal. so good to have you back. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with our third also overnight multiple twisters and fourth hour all coming up ripping through mississippi. after your local news. bye, jack. heavy wind and rain bringing down trees and power lines. families trying to practice >> thanks. social distancing inside a crowded tornado shelter. mississippi's emergency management agency tweeting if good morning. you go to a public shelter, please wear a mask around your nose and mouth, practice social 8:56. i'm marcus washington. california g in a national call today for more safety measures. "the washington post" counts distancing. more than 40 u.s. food workers who have died from coronavirus. this is a damage area here in monroe. one south bay food max worker meantime, nearly a million died last month, but she was not people are still without power. infected on the job. some of the bay area the scary part is they're kur communities getting top grades churning to the north where they two weeks ago on social distancing are now slipping. nearly every county between napa could bring even more damage. and santa cruz is now gettingco back to you. >> all right. morgan, thank you. we will get al's forecast coming up in just a little bit.

savannah. >> all right, hoda. now to the coronavirus outbreak. officials are pointing to some measures of success in the fight against the virus. there's also a lot of uncertainty surrounding the months ahead especially here in new york state. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. the good news is social distancing and stay-at-home orders appear to have diverted the most dire situation, especially here in new york city, but the debate now is about the next step. there's a fierce debate aboud n schools. here in new york, that is leaving a million students in limbo. this morning the coronavirus crisis is far from over in hard hit new york deaths in the state now more than 9,000 the overall number of intubations is down while the number of patients discharged daily is steady suggesting the spread is slowing. >> you're not seeing a great decline in the numbers, but you're seeing a flattening.

>> governor cuomo is now ordering businesses open to provide face masks to workers who interact with the public iconic st. patrick's cathedral virtually empty, the service broadcast online. >> we miss you, though we'd rather you be here physically. >> reporter: while the curve may be flattening, the battle is not letting up for some doctors and nurses on the front line. >> everyone is covid positive in this hallway all you hear is oxygen. >> this doctor works at the hospital in queens. >> governor cuomo announced we are potentially getting close to the plateau phase or at least the peak, but it's really hard to see that day to day given the extreme volume of our patient population. >> columbia university, the soccer stadium is a field hospital with over 300 patients with mild symptoms. >> patients coming into the hospital don't come in and go

right back home. this is going to help us off load the hospitals where we are caring for a huge influx of covid patients >> with social distancing rules still firmly in place, now the debate is raging over when to open up new york city schools. >> we have to keep our schools closed for the remainder of the school year. >> mayor bill de blasio saying that over the weekend but governor cuomo openly contradicted him claiming it was his call and that no decision had been made. >> june is a long way from now we'll work with jersey and connecticut and local governments in each state to come up with a coordinated plan. >> this is an emergency field hospital in central park there are concerns about powerful winds set to roll through the area today we're told these are protected and can withstand winds of 65 miles an hour. but hoda, some drive-through testing sites in the region have been canceled today in anticipation of severe weather hoda. >> all right, gabe thank you.

the white house is also reacting to evidence that repeated warnings about the outbreak were brushed aside. we'll talk about that with the director of the cdc just ahead first nbc's peter alexander is at the white house hey, peter, good morning. >> reporter: hey, hoda, good morning to you as the national death toll keeps rising, president trump and the administration are coming under scrutiny for the initial response to the disaster with new reporting that conflict among advisers, lack of planning and the president's reliance on his gut led to significant delays in combating the crisis with the u.s. surpassing italy as the country with the most coronavirus deaths in the world, a new warning from health officials that the virus is not going away. >> we think it's going to be a virus that stalks the human race for quite a long time to come.

until we can all have a sack se - vaccine that protects us >> among those hardest hit, the nation's nursing homes, including this one in indiana where 24 people have died. social distancing is working across the country, the rate of hospitalizations down. the pace of new cases dropping, too. >> the models do show we're close to the peak. >> president trump expressing optimism in his address to the nation. >> we're getting rid of the plague it's a plague on our country like no one has seen. >> reporter: still, reports that the president brushed aside warnings about the coronavirus crisis in january and february allowing weeks to pass in mid march when he urged americans to stop the spread. the "times" documenting complaints from top public health officials one sounding the alarm about federal government missteps saying we have thrown 15 years of institutional learning out the window that report coming as dr. anthony fauci is making headlines for these comments sunday. >> you could logically say that

if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives obviously, if we had right from the very beginning shut everything down, it may have been a little bit different, but there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down back then. >> the president responding to all of it on twitter calls the "times" story fake and pointing to his january ban on travel from china, even retweeting a comment that contained #firefauci president trump says he will announce a council of experts to advise him on reopening the economy. he says it will be the toughest decision whether to lift those federal guidelines on social distancing that will expire at the end of this month and that he'll base that decision on the facts and he says on his instincts. health experts warning backing off social distancing too soon without a plan for widespread testing would set back any progress made in slowing the spread >> all right peter alexander outside a rainy white house.

joining us now dr. robert redfield, director for the centers for disease control. dr. redfield, good morning good to have you here. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> we've talked about some of these encouraging signs where you're seeing new cases and hospitalization rates stabilized are you ready to say that we are at the peak, at the apex >> you know, i think, savannah, we are nearing the peak right now. i think we'll sometime -- hopefully this week -- we'll be able to say -- you'll know when you're at the peak when the next day is less than the day before. clearly the rate, we are stabilizing across the country in terms of the state of this outbreak. >> looking at the calendar as i did this morning, i realize we have another three full work weeks of social distancing the president has said he's hopeful the country could reopen may 1st. he said it's the hardest decision he's going to have to make

from a public health perspective, your lane, is it doable, conceivable, that we could reopen the country on may 1st? >> you know, i think it's important to look at the country as many different separate situations this pandemic has affected different parts of the country differently. we're looking at the data carefully, county by county by county we will be assessing that. clearly the things that need to happen for the reopening is what's happening with the numbers of new cases we've got to substantially augment our public health capacity to do early case identification, isolation and community so the community has confidence to reopen contacbuild confidence in the community, so the community has confidence to reopen. >> do you feel we need to do widespread antibody testing? in other words, the blood test that shows if you've ever had covid-19 or

coronavirus, because so many people, and i've seen studies that say up to 50%, can be spreading the virus and never show any symptoms at all >> yeah. in terms of active infection, there is a limit to the time one is going to be infectious. so that's the one test for the virus, to see if you're actively infected we're going to need to have that aggressively employed as we begin to reopen. again, central to the success of that, so we stay open, is to be able to do early case identification, isolation and contact tracing, and to basically prevent the opportunity for community transmission to come back into the system antibody testing is going to give us a good idea from a surveillance point of view of how significant the outbreak was. and in certain circumstances, i think it will help bring consumer confidence in certain work forces, particularly

infrastructure work forces, where individuals will have greater confidence knowing they are already immune particularly in the health care setting to see which health care workers basically have been exposed and now may be able to care for patients without concern of infection. >> one of the influential modelers, a researcher at the university of washington, talked about the dangers of reopening society prematurely. he said he's concerned about a second wave of infection actually in july or august what's your take on that >> well, there's no doubt we have to reopen correctly it's going to be a step by step, gradual process. it's got to be data driven as i said, i think it will be by county. we've all sacrificed a substantial amount, and i do want to thank the american people as you've seen with the only models we had in terms of the potential mortality of this virus on our nation, it could

have easily been 250,000, 500,000, a million i think the social distancing that the american people all embraced to the reality we see overall mortality while sadly too high was far less than we t. so it ha anticipated. so this has to be done very carefully. >> on that note -- look, there's going to be a time to look back once the crisis has passed but "the new york times" is reporting that you and dr. fauci were among those recommending mitigation, social distancing in until three weeks later mid march. dr. fauci candidly said yesterday, look, we could have saved lives if it had started earlier. do you agree with that >> i think it's important what you said i think right now our job is to get through this outbreak and get our country back to work i will say if you look back in january and february, the cases

we had in the country were all related to china travel. actually, it was 14 cases throughout the country cdc evaluated 800 contacts of those individuals and only it wasn't until february 28th when we saw ou transmission where we said, wait a minute, where is this coming from i think it's important when we get back and get through this, we can look back at the time line but our initial response was containment. as i mentioned through february 28th, you think we had 14 cases in the country that's when we get the first two community cases at the he said of the month and then began to -- began to institute broaden mitigation. >> real quickly, the cases exploded between february 28th and mid march. to put a fine point on it, if you can answer yes or no, whether you did recommend that social distancing in late

february >> we had -- february 28th as we got into march, we recognized in different areas that mitigation was now important. seattle opened up mitigation, cdc sent recommendations to washington, to california, to new york, and to florida recommending they expand mitigation in those areas. >> all right thank you, cdc director, dr. redfield, we appreciate your time this morning. a programming note, tomorrow night hoda and i are going to host a special on the pandemic we'll have the very latest, of course we'll have a story about a new solution to the protective gear. streaming on "nbc news now," on let's turn our attention to mr. al roker he's been busy in the at. >> hey, guys

we've got serious changing and volatile weather going on right now. as you look at the radar, it is really heating up. can you see we are under -- 20 million of us are under tornado watches right now. as we check out the radar, you can see there's severe thunderstorm watches, tornado watches. we also have tornado warnings up right now there's a tornado warning just to the west of charleston as this line pushes in 40 million people at risk for storm hazards, tornadoes, damaging winds of 75 miles per hour or more hail 1" or more. look at this i can't remember the last time we saw this. 161 million people under high wind warnings or wind advisories for new york city. the heaviest wind will be between this morning and into the afternoon. boston will be into this evening. strong wind, flooding rains at times. wind gusts over 60 miles per hour then as we move through the day tomorrow, we are going to be watching this system bring in

heavy rain through tonight, anywhere from 1 to 4" of rain on a wind-driven rain it's going to be very, very dangerous out there. we're going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next , keep sharing, keep watching, and most of all, keep together. it's the job we've always done... it is the job we will always do. good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're looking at some cloudy skies to start. as we look outside in the south bay, we'll see it all clearing out as we go into the rest of the day.

i give it up until 10:00 when we start to see more sunshine and then warming up for the afternoon as we reach into the low 70s. we'll see some mid-70s by tomorrow and upper 70s as our temperatures peak for the middle of the week. we won't see rain in the forecast until sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. guys >> all rightal thank you so much. i spaced out there for a moment, al still to come this morning -- just being honest. food banks boy, we couldn't believe it when we saw these pictures, thousands of cars lined up at one food bank that's exactly what's happening when we see the surge in the unemployment rate. it's a crisis coast-to-coast we're going to talk to the head of that san antonio food bank swamped by those families in need just ahead. >> plus facts over fear. vicky nguyen has important information about how you can avoid coronavirus scams.

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distancing are now slipping. that's according to new driving data. every county between napa and santa cruz is getting cs instead of as with more people venturing from their homes for nonessential reasons. i'm not sure if the nice weather has played a part of it but still not a good idea. not a good idea at all, and that over the next few days as our temperatures warm up. right now we're seeing some sunshine in walnut creek. it's a cool start to the day with some low to mid-50s and look at the temperature trend going straight up for this afternoon. we're reaching into the low 70s. and we are going to see some warmer weather at least through the middle of the week as we reach up to 78 degrees. we will have a cooldown friday and into the week. the next chance of rain will be in the forecast by this sunday. until then we have a lot of sunshine in the forecast throughout the workweek. we'll be tracking that, of course, keeping an eye on all of these warming temperatures through the middle of the week.

marcus? >> thanks, kari. we'll have another local news update coming up in 30 minutes.

back now, 7:30 on this monday morning. what a powerful image. brazil's iconic christ the redeemer illuminated to look like a doctor to honor the health care workers. what a site. wow, as craig joins the table with savannah and me. good morning. >> new york's archbishop also performed mass at the base of that statue as well over the weekend. >> beautiful. so many moving images. let's get right to your 7:30 headlines, guys. the latest on the coronavirus pandemic.

there are now more than 550,000 confirmed cases here in the u.s., nearly 22,000 deaths. >> meanwhile though financial help is starting to arrive for families struggling over the weekend, the irs deposited first wave of $1200 stimulus payments. >> as the demand for gasoline continues to fall, so does the price at the pump. the price for a gallon of gas, $1.80. that's the cheapest it's been in four years. >> and now to the overwhelming demand at food banks nationwide with unemployment numbers exploding, families struggling to afford basic necessities. relief organizations struggling as well. the national food bank says they might need the national guard to ohunker in

america. san antonio, texas, 10,000 cars lined up at the food bank where they usually feed 58,000 people, last week 120,000 showed up for food. >> i'm on a fixed income, my sister-in-law are on a fixed income. yeah, we pretty well have to do this to survive. >> with unemployment skyrocketing, many families no longer have enough for groceries leading to record lines at food banks across the country. >> i had a lady here yesterday with four little kids in the car. she said, i'm a waitress and i don't have any food. >> from california to miami to the heartland of nebraska >> it's not unusual for twice as many people to come through the line than what we were able to provide. >> it's a similar scene in pittsburgh where the national guard was brought in to distribute nearly 1,000 boxes of food in just three hours. >> we're looking at an increase of 17.1 million people over the course of the next six months.

>> claire runs feeding america, the country's largest hunger relief organization. she said demand up 98 but federal donations and inventories have plummeted. >> in order to feed the people turning to us for help, we're going to need an estimated $1.4 billion and we believe that's, ieve that's, in fact, a conservative estimate. >> coming to the rescue organizations like the u.s. olympic team with the tokyo games postponed, it's donating 18,000 pounds of food earmarked for tea usa oprah winfrey donating $10,000 -- $10 million to hunger relief, jeff bezos, $100 million every dollar relieving the hunger crisis coast-to-coast. >> when they see that box of food, some of them smile and some of them cry. >> we're doing our best. we're thankful for that. >> for "today," joe fryer, nbc news. we're joined by eric cooper, president and ceo of the san

antonio food bank. eric, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, hoda. >> i have to tell you, we showed images in the parking lot of the food bank with thousands, we thought it was 6,000 cars, it's more like 10,000 you have been at this 25 years is this kind of the worst you've ever seen? >> it is, hoda you know, we were so blown away and overwhelmed at the need in the community because of the need has risen to 120,000 st working as hard as we can to meet that need. >> when i saw those lines of cars, i couldn't help but think if you're in need of food, you're in need of gas. you're probably sitting waiting in line hoping you don't run out. a lot of those folks, it's the first time they have ever been in a food bank line like this.

describe the people you're seeing. >> these are the hospitality workers in our community many of them are coming from our hotels many are taxi drivers or uber drivers. many were impacted because their place of oyment shut down. their last paycheck ran out, and there's just nowhere else to go. they know the food bank maybe from volunteering but they have never had to ask for help. this is the case with food banks across the country we're one of 200 food banks part of the feeding america food bank network. all of my peers in other cities are struggling to have enough food to meet the needs of that line it's been overwhelming. >> well, it's so personal, because i'm watching your volunteers and you go up to each car and talk to the people what are you hearing from people in those cars, eric? >> such immense gratitude.

it's so humble i was loading boxes of food into the back of a minivan. as i did that, three little heads popped up along the back seat, children that were excited to get food with their mom look, we've got milk just humbled all of the families so grateful. children put little heart signs on the glass saying thank you. we were so worried because they had been out there so long, but moms were saying, no, we brought snacks we knew it would be a long wait. people lined up hours and hours before the distribution to get ready. so humbling. >> eric, i think one of the things we want to make sure is you have enough food to feed how are you getting it do you need volunteers do you need mo

>> we really need all three. we're struggling to keep up. our inventories are going fast the best help is to make a financial contribution, but volunteers have really been amazing. we are in need of more volunteers knowing they are working on the front lines, putting themselves at risk has been humbling to see. but they want to make a difference i would challenge anyone watching to reach out to their local food bank, to volunteer, make a monetary contribution we hope that we're going to have enough food and to meet this need it's really going to be a need of a public-private partnership. we hope that the federal government and state governments lean in on this crisis. >> you're going to need federal and state help for every day folks. thank you for the work you're doing. the lines look really daunting i still see smiles on the faces

of your volunteers thank you for what you do. >> thank you, hoda. >> eric is one of those guys they are doing incredible work over there. >> god's work. i was over at a pop-up food bank last week over in queens, catholic charities runs this one in particular, folks had to wait in line. like they were standing in line four blocks wrapped around the corner, with kids waiting for food. >> i think people want to figure out how to help. we'll put information on the website, today.com vicky nguyen with scams and the coronavirus what all families need to know coming up after this bringing us packages. delivering our food. those who are there when we need them. just by staying home. our communities are beyond grateful.

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scammers are going to prey on that. the irs wants people to know, there's nothing you should be doing right now. if you filed your taxes in 2018 or 2019, they know how to get to you, if you've got a direct deposit. if not, this is important. i want people to listen up. if that is the case for you, you didn't get a refund but you are website,that's the only time you should fill out informatiodon't on links that say they are irs. go to the website itself. >> let's talk about scams and complaints. what are the number one scams and complaints. >> huge issue, fed trade commission saying it's received 15,000 complaints related to coronavirus costing consumers $12 million. so the number one complaint right now has to do with spring break and vacation travel refunds. that's a major concern for people having a hard time getting their money back. the second major complaint has

to do with online shopping. we think these are complaints related to people ordering high demand items they aren't getting. the other thing to watch out for are these websites you've never heard of offering things you can never get anywhere else. they say free. you pay shipping and handling. this isn't the time to go to unfamiliar websites. >> are people getting refunds for spring break trips or no? >> it depends who they booked with. we want to hear from them because we're working on that. >> okay. people are getting these robocalls. sometimes they say we've got the cure for the coronavirus, we have a blood test, we have x, y, z. >> the ft sent out nine warnings letters to companies doing these robocalls. reminder to everyone there is currently no cure for coronavirus, no treatment that's approved by the fda, and no at-home test kits. any time anyone is going to approach you with that information, turn away. also want to let people know about fema warning for medicaid and medicare patients. people are calling those

patients and saying, hey, we have a free covid-19 test, just give us your social security number. that's not real. hang up the phone. never press buttons if somebody says dial this number, dial that number. >> don't do it. >> a lot of phone companies offer a free app to block robocalls. call your service provider and see if you can get that. >> quickly, if you have been scammed, what can you do? >> call your bank right away. that ups your chances for some resolution. go to ftc.gov and file a complaint or ic3.gov. your complaint will help folks in the future. >> thank you so much. time to check in with mr. roker, hey, al. >> hey, hoda. we are watching this outbreak of tornadoes happening. the reason for it, part of it, what's going on in the gulf right now. record breaking water

temperatures. above average. the warmest anomaly ever. it's fueling extra moisture for the storms. that's why we've got this unprecedented tornado watch line stretching from florida up to virginia. 15 million under a tornado watch. we have a tornado watch north of charleston. we're watching this very, very closely. in fact, so far, between now and the beginning of the year and april 13th, this is the deadliest start to the tornado season since 2012. so it has been deadly. unfortunately we have more weather today. we're going to get to your local forecast cominook at our live view in the south bay, san starting out with some clouds. and we are going to see our temperatures warming up today. we're going to make it into the

low 70s with our sky clearing over the next couple of hours. as we go into the middle of the week expect our highs to reach up to 78 degrees for the valleys. and then we'll start to cool off by the end of the week into the weekend. our next chance of rain not coming back until this sunday. >> that's your latest weather. hoda. >> all right, al thank you. coming up next, music for hope andrea bocelli's easter performance that has people talking all around the world right after this ♪ ♪ (baby coos)

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good monday morning. right now at 7:56 we're taking a live look outside in san francisco, some clouds to start out, but we are also seeing a hazy sunshine in the tri-valley. so if you're about to head out temperatures are cool. we'll warm up quickly as we go throughout the day as our temperatures make it into the low 70s for the inland areas. we're going to see more 70s throughout the week. in fact, our warmest day will be on wednesday as we peak at 78 degrees. for the weekend it will start to cool off. for san francisco we're also going to see a nice warm-up over the next few days reaching up to 70 degrees by tomorrow and then cooling down as we get more of a breeze picking up for the ocean and we'll also see our rain

chances coming back for the weekend. as we head over to mike, you've been tracking the commute. anything new popping up on the reports? unfortunately, something did pop up. a bunch of junk on the report, garbage reported. a garbage can west 237 as you're approaching 101. still, we'll watch for that but the map doesn't show a lot of slowing. a crash in the san jose area does show up but that just cleared from the chp report. a nice drive through the rest of the bay. the approach to 580. no problems. that's all clearing from the bay bridge. thanks, mike. happening now santa clara county health leaders are getting ready to update their efforts to battle the coronavirus. it comes as many models on forecasting this week will be the peak when it comes to the number of deaths across the state. as of this morning there are 139 deaths in the bay area.

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go to xfinity.com/prepare. thank you. ♪ it's 8:00 on "today. it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, deadly outbreak. overnight dozens of tornadoes tear across the south. residents forced to practice social distancing inside packed shelters. this morning tens of millions up al has got the latest forecast. plus growing hope. new numbers showing the rate of coronavirus hospitalizations is dropping. this as the white house's response to reports on what it knew about the virus and when. >> if you had a process that was

ongoing and started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. >> we're live with the very latest. and lift up. harry smith takes a look back at the "apollo 13" mission with one of the astronauts on board. >> i was at the lunar module when i heard a bang. >> is that when you get on the radio? >> houston, we have a problem. >> how a misfire to the moon became one of nasa's most historic victories, and how its success is taking on new meaning today monday, april 13th, 2020. good morning, everybody. welcome back to "today" on monday morning. nice to have you with us especially those of you just starting your day. nice to look back at "apollo 13" and see what we can do, humanity, when we put our minds to something. it's extra powerful in this moment. >> only harry smith can tell the story the way he tells it. we have a lot to get to there. let's get to news, shall we? people across the south

recovering from a series of deadly tornadoes that swept across the region over. 1 million without hour. -- power. morgan, good morning. >> reporter: morning. a brutal reminder for millions across the south that mother nature waits for no pandemic. they are seeing this in the form of devastation stretching from state to state. here in monroe, more than 300 homes were damaged and the totals from this storm at 16 people killed, 11 of those in mississippi, 5 in georgia. we know the system spawned tornadoes and damaging wind and hail. one of the biggest issues officials will now face moving ahead is how to balance co against covid-19. we know governor john bel edwards is expected to tour the damage in louisiana. governor of alabama already temporarily suspending those stay-at-home orders for

coronavirus to assist in the recovery efforts stressing that citizens in her state need to be able to go into community shelters so they can have a safe place to move forward from as everyone continues to move forward in this pandemic. hoda. >> meantime till trying to practice social distancing in those shelters. morgan, thank you. we're going to get to al's forecast in just a moment. craig. >> now to the latest on the coronavirus epidemic and three things we're watching on this monday morning. while the curve does appear to be flattening nationwide, the death toll continues to soar. now the debate is on when it will be safe to open the country. here is what cdc director dr. redfield told savannah earlier today. >> we have to reopen correctly. it is going to be a step by step, gradual process that's got to be data-driven. as i said, i think it will be community by community, county by county. >> the second thing we're watching, "the new york times"

reporting that president trump repeatedly brushed aside warnings about the coronavirus crisis in january and february allowing weeks to pass until mid march when he urged americans to stop the spread. dr. anthony fauci making headlines for these comments he made on sunday. >> you could logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. obviously if we had right from the beginning shut everything down, it may have been different. there wa there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down back then. >> here is the third thing we're watching the debate is raging over eventual reopening of new york city schools the mayor announcing the largest school district would be closed for the rest of the school year. but governor cuomo openly contradicted him claiming it was his call and that no decision had been made. savannah >> all right, craig. thank you.

good news for british prime minister boris johnson, he's heading home, released from the hospital where he was being treated for the coronavirus and had three days in intensive care "today's" senior national correspondent keir simmons in london witrts this morning that keir, good morning to you >> reporter: savannah, good morning. reports this morning that boris johnson may not be back at work for several weeks, and that this country may be one of the hardest hit in europe. but there is also in the uk huge pride in the national health service, many of where doctors and nurses are not from britain, which saved the lives of the british prime minister. >> a glimpse of boris johnson leaving the hospital reunited with his pregnant fiancee. first a video message unlike any seen from a political leader doctors and nurses saved my life, he said. >> it's hard to find words to

express my debt. >> prime minister praising jenny and louise from portugal who cared for him overnight, where it could have gone either way. >> the reason my body started to get enough oxygen was because every second of the night they were watching. >> this morning their proud families say they were just doing their job. they and thousands like them in britain's national health service will help us beat coronavirus, boris johnson says. >> our nhs is the beating heart of this country. it is the best of this country it is unconquerable. it is powered by love. >> this week the number of global cases will surge past 2 million. in asia, fears of a new wave, with cases in china, singapore, and japan. but some european countries are slowly opening up this morning in hard hit spain today, some

nonessential staff can go back to work. with coronavirus cases spiking has been less visible working remotely while moscow is shut down meanwhile president macron of france said to speak to his country later today, savannah. reports say he may extend the lockdown there until may savannah >> all right keir simmons in london for us. thank you. it's 8:07. we've got the news i think we need a double boost, hoda. >> got one for you. >> and craig. >> yes, indeed all right. so health care workers on the front lines are sacrificing with their families these days. some of them staying away from home all together to protect their loved ones when they do come home, it makes for emotional meetings like this surprise mother-daughter reunion in turkey. she hadn't seen her daughter in a month. when she showed up, as you can

imagine, the tears flowed. the 6-year-old girl staying with her grandparents while her mother at a clinic that treats covid-19 patients. she's home for a while she and her daughter will have girl time together you can't imagine the toll it takes on every family of every health care worker. >> look at her that little baby hugging her mom like a koala bear. you're killing me, hoda. so beautiful i have another one for you this was an easter surprise for a pastor in tennessee. emanuel baptist church he walks into church sunday thinking i'm going to be giving my sermon to empty pew, while parishioners were online but look what he saw instead. >> you've got a church full. >> that is unbelievable.

>> okay. let me show you what happened. about 200 photos of church members, almost like they were actually there, sitting in the pews best audience he ever had. pastor preston seeing those faces he hasn't seen in a month gave him hope that everyone would be back in those seats soon i loved that so much when i saw it online, i thought, hmm, how can we do that for my pastor at church i love that. >> that's good coming up in a few minutes, our exclusive look inside one hospital that started preparing in december. how the lessons learned by its staff and the ebola scare keeping them one step ahead of this outbreak. that's right after this. ♪

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we are back with our we are back with our special nbc news watch on the front lines. this morning an exclusive look inside an atlanta hospital that's been preparing for the coronavirus since december. >> georgia has seen a surge in covid-19 cases emory university hospital has cared for 25% of the state's hospitalized patients. they are leaning heavily on lessons they learned during the ebola crisis nbc senior investigative and legal correspondent cynthia mcfadden has that story. good morning. >> good morning. what you're about to see is what it looks like when a hospital is prepared for a global pandemic emory is one of 10 hospitals designated by the federal government as a special pathogen hospital when it comes to infectious disease, they're pros. it was summer, ebola terrifying the world. they admitted the first ebola patients in the united states.

the courageous team of doctors and nurses miraculously saved the lives of all four of their patients fast forward to december 2019. something that couldn't be that same team was watching wuhan, china, and worrying. >> it became clear this was something that couldn't be treated as usual. >> he says they went into high gear to be ready for the new enemy, covid-19. >> it had to be a much more serious, much more coordinated response with the health system. >> the first step preparing the staff. ern on the front lines, the doctors, the nurses, every tech got trained on how to protect themselves, how to use the ppe they had on hand in very particular ways they had learned from ebola for example, you don't just take off your gloves, there a safety

protocol to it of course, they quickly realized they needed more ppe but getting it, especially face shields, was not so easy. >> our chair of biomedical engineering said, hey, this looks like it's going to be tough. where are your biggest challenges we said, we're out of face shields.biomedical engineers go right down to it, figured how to design it, the rest of the we can't get them. >> the emory team knew from ebola a face shield is better for protection than a mask alone. so they got creative. >> our biomedical engineers got right down to it, figured how to design it, the rest of the engineering cool at georgia tech worked on laser cutting the plastic, 3d printing, the frames. >> by march 1st, the doctor and his hospital were ready for battle on march 6th, when the first covid-19 patient arrived, he was ready. since then the hospital has treated over 600 covid patients. dr. kraft is one of the courageous doctors who battled ebola at emory. >> it's been a packed day.

>> and now fighting covid. her first covid patient was the hospital's first patient. >> i wanted to walk away i had like an ebola ptsd moment for sure. >> but, of course, she didn't. her hospital was ready, she was ready, and thankfully the patient recovered. >> the scale of this is so different than ebola the ebola containment worked, right? you just had to keep it in one place and never let it out this has community transmission. we can't link all the cases to where they started so if that is the case, that makes everything suspect andng them work ahead of the tidal wave, providing precious hope everything we touch suspect. >> and yet so far the lessons from the deadly ebola outbreak have served them well, helping them work ahead of the tidal wave, providing precious hope and expertise on the front lines. so the folks at emory would be the first to say the peak has not hit them yet

it's expected in a couple of weeks and they're stil trying to keep ahead of that curve. they believe they will an interesting note. they said their top six department heads were never allowed to be in the same room for months now because they didn't want -- if one person got it, they didn't want to spread it this was a hospital that was really prepared. they said they also learned a lot from watching what was going on in italy and in new york.>> back to you, hoda. >> a lot of lessons to learn from emory thank you very much. >> how about we shift gears on monday morning and get another check of the weather mr. roker, good morning, sir. >> hey, good morning, craig. your beloved state is under the gun right now as far as severe weather we're talking tornado watches and tornado warnings right now as we look at the radar, charleston and coastal georgia, we're watching this line move very quickly 40 million people at risk for tornadoes, damaging winds, and

hail 1" or larger. those severe winds stretch all the way into the northeast we've got 160 million people as far back west as chicago under high wind watches and advisories rainfall we're t >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we check out our weather here, we're seeing a lot of clouds. start very much like yesterday where we'll have a lot of clouds but then it clears out as we go into today. we check out our temperature trend. mid-50s to start. nice warm-up with evergreen reaching up to 70 degrees. as we go into the rest of today. and our temperatures will continue to warm up going into the middle of tweek. upper 70s for the inland ar coon by the end of the weekend.

>> that's your latest weather. hoda, savannah. >> >> we're talking about agriculture from one of the country to the other crops are at their peak but going to waste kerry sanders is at a farm in florida so explain why kerry, good morning. >> good morning. this doesn't make sense. crops that are ripe and in some cases still being picked but are going to waste as you can look right here, this is a big field here that's going to waste this is all happening as a result, farmers say, of coronavirus. because it all happened at the same time, the coronavirus hit and that posed a problem crops like this field of ripe, sweet corn should be feeding the eastern half of the nation from chicago, maine, throughout the whole eastern portion and either not just corn that's being

ripe zucchini and squash dumped, rotting. tractors plowing under a ready to pick crop of green beans. it's a harvest of sadness driven by coronavirus on just this one farm, 1 million pounds of green beans already mulched back into the soil it's the same story with sweet corn, cabbage, corn, blueberries. why? >> a large percentage of those were meant for restaurants and schools an ships and cruise lines. you know, obviously that industry just shut down. >> crops like these endless acres of sweet corn here grocery stores unable to absorb this immense added harvest ripening all at once because stores are already stocked. >> and in this refrigerated warehouse, 3 million ears of sweet corn farmers say they are heart broken because this is all going to be thrown away. >> some is donated like 4,000 ears of corn we saw given to a local fire department. but --

>> the supply chain is not there to cover it. even if you wanted to give it away to people who weren't needy, it's not there. it's just not. >> not just vegetables in wisconsin dairy farmers dumping 3 million gallons of milk a day after schools closed. so far hinchley's avoiding the dump. >> it's devastating. something none of us could have >> hit hardest, this family in florida, a $250,000 a year boutique farm growing microgreens for high-end chefs for restaurants who are now closed. >> we need the restaurants without them -- without them, we've got some serious things to figure out around here if we want to stay afloat and keep five people employed with us. >> all this while harpkes are expecting their first child. adding to that family's challenge, claire's pregnancy

has complications. if you're wondering, there is no crop insurance for farmers all of this is happening at the same time that vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers, watermelons are making their way from central america and mexico across the border into the united states. farmers in the united states here saying it's a case of policy confusion in washington where the left hand and the right hand just are not talking to each other. savannah, hoda. >> it's such a shame to see all that waste as we just interviewed somebody from a food bank who so needs this kind of thing. i wish that could be figured out in some way, hoda. thank you, kerry, for the story. man, that just breaks my heart. >> totally agree with that so many places need food and food going to waste out there. just ahead music superstar shares his new song inspired by the current world we're living in, plus we've got great news

for the roker family al, you're going to fill us in coming up after your local news. >> al is having a baby 3w4r57

good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. the bay area now has almost 5,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. at least 139 people have died. santa clara county has the most cases with more than 1,600. chp plans to update the investigation into a horrible incident last friday on interstate 242. that's when a 63-year-old antioch grandmother died in the passenger seat of a car from a brick that smashed through the windshield. that woman's two grandchildren were in the back seat. no one else was injured. so far investigators believe that brick was likely tossed

from the highway 4 overpass. let's get a look at the traffic for you -- no, weather this morning for you, kari? >> it looks beautiful out there, marcus. we're getting a live look outside in walnut creek. we're going to see a lot of sunshine throughout the day as our temperatures warm up into the low to mid-70s. and it's going to be sunny all throughout the week as our inland valleys reach up to 78 degrees by wednesday. and then cooling down by the end of the week. our next chance of rain not back in the forecast until sunday. so until then, we've got a lot of sunshine in the forecast. back to you, marcus. we'll have another local news update coming up for you in 30 minutes. we're all doing our part by staying at home.

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we are back. 8:30 on this rainy monday morning april 13th, 2020 again, there's our little corner of the world a little wet this morning, a little empty this morning. we keep thinking of brighter days ahead brighter days ahead. >> the sun will come out again soon coming up on monday morning, carson daly's triumphant return to "pop start. carson has a lot to cover, including the reaction to that one-of-a-kind "snl" over the weekend. plus grammy winner ryan tedder of onereputlic, he's going to join us hey, ryan. be forewarned, he's been productive during self-isolation he pretty much makes the rest of us look like slackers. we'll talk about return of

music, song land and more. >> that's right. but first we know there are so many folks out there who are struggling to make ends meet right now from those furloughed folks, workers who have been on the frontline. they have been laid off. older americans who may need help getting essential things. and of course, there are the incredible first responders working day and night. nurses, doctors, groups doing good in their communities. cashiers, folks who help us get through our daily lives. what we want to hear from you, head to today.com and tell us why you, or someone you know, may be in the need for a helping hand savannah >> we want to hear those stories. al, you have quite the day in the weather department a rainy one in much of the east coast. >> that's right. let's take a look, show you what's going on as far as the

week ahead is concerned. it's been a rough start to the week, especially along the east coast. damaging winds, severe storms along the mid-atlantic coast, a record chill back through the plains, sunshine the western third of the country as we look at today then the midweek period, snowy through the western plains and rockies. an april chill throughout the eastern two-thirds of the country but record highs down through florida. then as we get toward the end of the week, we've got a quick-moving storm bringing rain and snow through the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys but it's going to be mild out west. >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we check out our high temperatures for today. it's going to be a little warmer than it was yesterday, reaching into the low 70s for many inland parts of the east bay as well as the south bay. up to 76 degrees in antioch. we're going to see a warming trend throughout the middle of the week reaching 78 degrees for

the valleys. and then we start to cool off. still no rain in the forecast until about sunday. that's when we'll see our rain returning back to the bay area. >> that's your latest weather. hoda. >> all right, al. thank you so much. coming up next, i have two words for you, harry smith. how is that? he's going to join us. he's got a great story coming up, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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welcome back. in times like these, it can be helpful to look to the past for some inspiration. >> that's right. fifty years ago today those infamous words, houston, we have a problem were spoken. the explosion on "apollo 13" and subsequent rescue mission captivated the world but ultimately was a breakthrough. harry smith has an important look back. harry, good morning. >> good morning, guys. remember, it was just july, we did historic flight, neil

armstrong, stepped on the moon. nine months later lunar flight, another day at the office. well, that really changed 50 years ago. just this past several months ago, we went to chicago to talk to the commander of "apollo 13," jim lovell. "apollo 13" would be america's third trip to the moon in less than a year. by april of 1970, four astronauts had already walked on the lunar surface. >> launch day. >> the crew of "apollo 13," jim >> the crew of "apollo 13, jack swigert settling in, safely on their way, or so they thought. >> the crew of "apollo 13." >> pleasant words from a confident captain, jim lovell. but minutes later when a routine instruction from houston arrived, everything would change.

>> we've got one more item for you when you've got a chance. we'd like you to stir up your cryo tanks. >> seconds after jack swigert flipped the appropriate switch, all aboard suspected trouble. >> i was in the lunar module when i heard this bang. this thing went back and forth. so i looked up at fred to see if he knew what caused this noise. i could tell from the expression on his face that he had no idea. >> is that when you get on the radio? >> houston we have a problem here. >> houston, we have a problem. >> understatement if we ever said it. >> an oxygen tank exploded in the service module. the part of the spacecraft that was supposed to power them to the moon and back. >> at what point do you know you're in deep, deep trouble. >> when i looked out the window after the tank blew and i saw all the oxygen. >> we are venting something out

into space. >> the explosion, nearly catastrophic on the ground and in the spacecraft, there was only one mission now, getting the astronauts home. it would require every ounce of ingenuity nasa could muster. afraid? lovell said, yes, they were. >> we didn't say anything. you know, here is the situation. here is what we've got to work with. >> for the crew to return safely to earth, they needed to shut down the command service module to save its power. the lunar module would become their lifeboat, but not before lovell scribbled down critical navigational data. >> i thought to mission control people, would you check my arithmetic? >> you had to do this manually. >> yeah. >> was this pencil on paper? >> it was pencil on paper. >> with landing on the moon out of question, the lunar module had a new mission, get around the moon and back to earth. >> lunar module built for how

many people? >> two people for two days. >> and you had how many people? >> three people for four days. i counted them. >> three men crammed into the space for two began to overload ventilation system. the astronauts were in danger of suffocating on carbon dioxide produced by their own breath. the filter from the command module, useless. >> you can't put a square canister into an oblong hole in the lunar module. >> on the ground, engineers at mission control jerry-rigged a solution with stuff they knew was on board, including an old sock, the cover of a manual and lots and lots of duct tape. incredibly, it worked. >> so i let them know, don't leave home without it. >> you have several days in the lunar module on the way back to

earth. what was it like in there. >> the lunar module was cold, and it gets colder all the time. all we did was hang in there. we slept. we slept just standing up. >> the hours seemed endless but eventually it was time to prepare for reentering the earth's atmosphere. when the service module was jettisoned, the astronauts assessed the damage. >> and there's one whole side of that. >> is that right? >> what else in the explosion might have been damaged. >> did you think, when the explosion happened, i wonder if something happened to the heat shield. >> oh, yeah. >> during the reentry burn, communication with houston was impossible. for four minutes america held its breath. >> "apollo 13" should be out of blackout at this time. >> four minutes that turned into five. >> then six. >> standing by. over.

>> okay. we read you, jack. >> we show you, really looks great. >> what was it like when you splashed down? >> we hit the water and the water splashed over the window, we all breathed a sigh of relief. we shook each other's hand. >> happiest moment of my life to see them come down. >> the greatest feeling since man landed on the moon. >> really. >> to be as cool as you all seemed to be under such enormous pressure, you talk about the right stuff. >> sometimes i think about that myself. why were we so cool. we just didn't know the situation. >> but if you had the chance to do it all over again, it sounds like -- >> i would do it. >> in a heartbeat.

>> that's exactly right. >> one of the great good fortunes of this job is being able to meet people like jim lovell. one of the great parts of the jim lovell story is once they got home, he's with the other astronauts doing to a news conference. somebody says, gee, do you miss having had the opportunity to walk on the moon? would you go back in space? he starts to clear his throat to say yes. he looks out in the audience and his wife is out there with the thumbs down. but what a story in terms of these guys are in the fix to end all fixes. there's nothing logically that says they can get back around the moon, which is its own very difficult maneuver, let alone a 5,000 degree reentry through the earth's atmosphere, and make it home in one piece. that shows some real -- >> such a lesson right now. >> totally. >> it's like we were talking at the beginning of the hour that

looking back, especially in a moment of hardship like right now, to look at something like "apollo 13" where you could argue, well, that's a situation where everything went wrong. it was at that precise moment that this true genius came forward. i think that's so inspiring for right now, harry. >> absolutely. it's the collaboration, being able to keep your composure. that's absolutely for sure. what an example, though, from the standpoint of if you're home, stuck at home with your kids, maybe there's school, maybe there's not school, this is something you can google. there are amazing documentaries about "apollo 13" let alone the great movie with tom hanks. >> thanks, harry. >> thanks, harry. >> great idea. thank you, harry. >> thanks, guys. just ahead, two more reasons to smile. carson is back with "pop start" duties including some very special news for the roker family. what? but first this is "today" on nbc. let's hear it, hoda? >> w at cigna, we don't just stand with healthcare professionals

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we a we are back with grammy winner ryan tedder, front man of onerepublic, also the lyrical genius behind hit songs from artist including beyonce, adele, jonas brothers, taylor swift he spent time in quarantine and, boy, were his creative juices flowing. perhaps like most of us putting them to work, writing a song a song called "better days" and it's a hit all right. can we just play a little bit of it do we have "better days. ♪ i know there will be better days ♪ >> hey, ryan that song -- did that one come easy >> it's so strange i got locked in quarantine for

two weeks we got exposed in london the week everything was shut down we got exposed to somebody sick i got quarantined for two weeks. i already had the chorus to "better days." i was outside thinking of what was going on i called my collaborator i said, brent, i have to write this right now what's the least cheesy, most accurate way i can capture what happened i posted on instagram two days later. ceo of chrysler, jeep, fiat said i want to use it in the spring campaign then meredith from nbc heard it, and it's taken on a life of its own. yeah. >> ryan, it's interesting. you were on tour talk about the phases of this. you were on tour you found out your friend was exposed. you were scared initially. >> i can't tell you -- i'll summarize this as succinctly as possible while touring through europe, the italian border shuts down. we end up camping out in holland for six days just to kill time i get to london, my wife keeps telling me, ryan, this is really bad. you need to get home

i said, it doesn't feel like anything is happening over here. as i'm landing at lax, literally as the wheels are extracting, we're touching down, my phone goes off, as it does when you land my buddy from london says, mate, i'm so sorry, you need to go straight to a hospital or doctor i'm in the hospital now, as he's telling me i'm really sick and i just tested positive for coronavirus. we shared pizza and drinks we were hanging out to 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. it was surreal landing in the states, it all hit me at once then president trump locked it down about three or four days later. >> you've been busy while in quarantine have you been away from your wife and kids? >> i'm with them now i'm in my airstream. i converted 1960s airstream into my studio, which was parked in the driveway i was away for two weeks on tour i'm driving away from my house

and went to my studio. >> you kept a good attitude. i admire that about you. you've been cooking. i've been watching you cook. i've been watching you dance you've been very busy. >> yes. >> you've been very creative during this time, haven't you? >> amazing yes. get it girl. yeah, i've been very creative. i got roped into -- i'm not good at just sitting still. i got roped into doing songs for a couple movies. i love you're showing all this this is amazing. >> of course. >> i got roped into doing songs for movies. >> one of them. >> bill and ted's excellent adventure, like bucket list. i've been finishing tv show ideas for nbc. i've been staying as busy as possible and creative. i think because people realized i was quarantined in a recording studio, my phone is going off. he can actually get stuff done let's call him

like you guys. ryan, if you can wake up at 4:30 tomorrow morning, we're going to put you on the "today" show. >> i love it we should point out song land, the second season, is coming out. what can we expect >> oh, my goodness episode one is lady antebellum julia michaels, three-time grammy winner her, we've got ben platt. i'm biased but i can honestly tell you having them season one and season two, season one exceeded my expectations season two we all agreed after we wrapped it, we have surpassed what season one was in song quality and energy and everything i'm so excited it starts tonight. >> ryan, we appreciate you and we should point out proceeds to the song we played at the top are going to charity thank you so much for being with us "songland" tonight at 10:00, 9:00 central.

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working from home. a lot to get to with the coronavirus. al, you've been watching the weather closely. we've got some deadly storms down south. >> yeah. we were talking about this on friday, craig. unfortunately it has come to pass we've got 40 million people right now at risk for some sort of dangerous storms, high wind watching and advisories, 160 million. look at the radar. you can see the line of storms stretching from the northeast into the carolas