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>> violent tornados taking the lives of almost 3 dozen people in the south >> how one precious commodity has reached a whole new status "early today" starts right now >> good morning. i'm cori coffin. >> i'm phillip mena, the debate continues over when and how americas will begin to reoepz amid this pandemic it's been once month and today the death toll has surpassed 23,000 the number of confirmed cases now creeping toward 600,000. >> state leaders are working on a plan to lowly lift restrictions meantime, seven crew members on the hopt ship mercy have tested

positive for covid-19. officials say this doesn't affect their ability to treat patients >> the device will use parts from their f-150 the company is also making medical gowns and is teaming up with ge to make ventilators. cars snaked around the block to get supplies at a food bank in phoenix millions of people are struggling to put food on the table. st. mary's food bank get v gives out 45,000 food boxes every month normally that has doubled since the panhandle. >> russell westbrook is donating 650 laptops to families that can't afford them. he teamed up to help students in houston during the pandemiced and the pga has created a relief

fund the company has pledged to match up to 2.5 million of doe nights. that will provide need based grants wild animals are reclaiming national parks more than ever before employees are sighting coyotes, bears and bobcats. amazon is looking to put more people to work. to meet the high demand the company says they're hiring 75,000 more employees. that's on top of the month what to expect is anyone's guess especially after last night's briefing dissolved into a fiery clash with the press the president railed on reports that he ignored the threat of the virus early on >> reporter: right the president continues to

defend how he dealt with this virus in the beginning saying if there's briefing that he did everything right and that thousands or perhaps hundreds of thousands of lives were saved. he also talked about what to do going forward. as you know, he want to reopen the economy sooner rather than later. the president said there would be guidance on that in a few days and he claimed that he has total authority to do so even though it was states who actually shut down business. >> the president of the united states has the authority to do what the president has the authority to do which is very powerful the president of the united states calls the shots they can't do anything without the approval of the president of the united states. when somebody's the president of the united states the authority is total >> reporter: even though not all republicans are agreeing with

that, the federal government does not have absolute power, the power is not delegated to the united states by the constitution or reserved to the states respect efly or to the people now there are two groups of stat states disagreeing with the president. all but one democratic governor says they will come up with their own plan to reopen based on what's happening with this virus. testing continues to be a big concern with the president pushing to reopen for business as of may 1st. he's going to issue some die on with his task force in the next few days >> thank you there will be some states that have shown progress at potentially flattening the curve. there are still concerns about new hot spots emerging

especially if restrictions are lifted too coop. >> reporter: the director for the cdc says the coronavirus could peak in days top doctors believe the deadly outbreak has stabilized but warn of new hot spots at smithfield foods one of the largest plants in the u.s., hundreds of employees have the virus. after the deaths of dozens of grocery store workers who caught the virus doctors maintain social distancing is saving lives. in georgia drones are reminding resident to keep their distance. while in philadelphia a man was removed from a bus after arguing with the driver after refusing to wear a mask near los angeles, the family of a 20-year-old who worked at a

nursing home says she lost her life a week after getting sick >> it's just shocking. >> with a sailor who erveged the uss theodur roosevelt among those who have died nine states have more than 20,000 confirmed cases but in illinois positive signs of a slowing spread. across the border in missouri this st. louis family of five welcomed home after they were all infected she and her husband michael are now out of the icu >> fs extremely scary especially were jane on a ventilator because i wasn't so it was extremely scary. >> there are promising signs of better days ahead. this grandmother going viral with her playful request for beer in long island, when korean war

veteran couldn't join friendo jh daze local police brought a parade to his front door >> and there's more positive news where the number of new cases is the lowest it's been for ap month but the stay at home in this area stays in effect until may 15th. thousands of families across the countryry are left without homes after violent storms sparked a string of tornados across the southeast that severe weather began easter sunday and moved up the east coast kilg over 30 people. the disaster adding more tragedy on top of the pandemic >> reporter:t in front of me a string of deadly tornados tearing a path from the deep south through the east coast >> it's a war zone looks like. >> reporter: the battle with mother nature leaving 20 dead,

more wounded ooegser sunday quickly shifting to pleas for survival. >> in charlotte, teams worked for 45 minutes >> our neighborhood, she was trapped. she was trapped so we heard her screaming. >> reporter: digging a resident from the debris. in virginia stranded drivers pulled from the rising flood waters wreckage stretches across multiple states. power lines ripped down. more than a million left without electricity across the strike zone after reports of more than 40 fwisers survivors now strugglesing to piece together what they can and still protect themselves from covid-19 >> we're all teaming up together to help each other >> those who rush to safety are doing what they can now dealing with two threats, the virus and the violent weather.

jay gray, nbc news let's get the latest on that weather with janessa webb. >> good morning. just a kind of devastating situation that continue to really unfold across the south and southeast. the storm system pushing offshore but in that two-day period starting on easter sunday we saw over 700 reports of wind and tornado damages. so the threat is still continued for southern georgia to northern florida as well. jacksonville you're on our radar this afternoon with some damaging winds and a few lice isolated tornados. also a cold front with a lotd 5.

a few winds kicking up in northern new england so we're going to leave the severe weather behind but we're still talking about snow for the southern plains. >> all right thank you. well, the sesame street friends are coming together virtually to bring some families something special. >> i know it can be hard to be away from your friends so mommy and daddy are helping to set up a video play date. >> the nonprofit put together a simulcast as part of their initiative to support families and a few stars liked the idea el moez's play date airs tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern the latest on the race to find an effective treatment for

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