demolition. you'll hear some noise in the area. back to you. as well as others..lves, >> thank you very much. and thank you for joining us as well. >> and last we want to leave it will all be worth it. with you a look at all the we can all do our part. health care workers working on so those on the front line can do their part. the front lines. we thank you for your hard work and dedication. and when this is over, we will all, continue, to thrive. good morning breaking overnight, heated defense. good morning, breaking overnight. heated defense >> everything we did was right. >> president trump pushing back against criticism his administration was slow to react to the coronavirus while claiming it is his call on when and how to reopen the unexpected situation? cov. country. three seconds to flawless roots. >> the authority is total. 3...2...1... and that's the way it's got to roots gone. be. magic root cover up by l'oréal paris. look for the turquoise one. >> but a group of governors, led by new york's andrew cuomo saying not so fast we are back with a big star >> to say i have authority it is absolute, that is a king we didn't have a king. hoping to make a big impact.

making progress, signs the worst could be over in the drew barrymore is the founder of flower beauty. epicenter of new york despite deaths in the state topping she's part of 40 brand leaders 10,000 just ahead the good news coming together to support in the fight and the dire covid-19 relief. warning on what could spark a new outbreak it's a new campaign called we'll talk to governor cuomo live beauty united, and we have a trail of destruction, the peek at its star-studded launch video. >> as we face this global health crisis. >> with uncertainty, sadness and fear. >> we are coming together. death toll rises to more than 30 >> coming together. >> to support doctors and nurses. >> and all the health care following the easter tornado workers. outbreak in the south. >> on the front lines of the more damaged by winds and rain covid-19 pandemic. >> we really need to be united. >> united. as the system moved up the east coast. >> united. >> united. >> drew is with us this morning. millions out power while concerns about the coronavirus hi, drew, good morning. >> hello, savannah. take a toll on the country. >> it's nice to see your sweet plus real talk. face >> this is so serious. how are you doing? it's taking us out. >> i'm so good >> a very personal message about it's funny to see you this way sometimes i'm just texting you early in the morning. on the african-american >> yes, exactly. community as we go on one on it's nice to be talking across wit the airwaves with oprah. >> everybody needs to look out i was so happy to see you and for themselves and their some of the other beauty company neighbors. founders come together and really try to support our frontline health care workers.

>> today, tuesday, april 14th, tell me about it 2020 you guys are calling it beauty >> announcer: from nbc news this united but what exactly are you is "today" with savannah guthrie doing? >> yeah. and hoda kotb. it's the frontline responders from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. fund good morning, so happy to date, the goal is $10 you're joining us on this tuesday morning. million. even happier because look who's so basically most importantly sitting next to me. >> we are reunited we have another prime time special tonight on nbc, i think it starts a little after 10:00 going to ppe in hot spots. tonight so i'm in town for that and happy to be in your we're past the $6 million mark, presence. >> happy to see you. which is just extraordinary. i'm one in a sea of people that >> we have a lot to get to you, is supporting this including the tug of war over we have goop, bobby brown, queen who has the authority to reopen the country for business when of beauty, victoria beckham, the pandemic crisis has passed barbara stern, revlon, cover as we begin this morning the u.s. has more than 583,000 cases girl, unilever, who i started of the coronavirus, including cover girl with 15 years ago and nearly 24,000 deaths >> that number include it is what started me really in the first reported fatality in the beauty game and prompted my state of wyoming, means all 50 start into flower beauty the thing that i take away from this as well is this is a moment states have recorded at least one coronavirus related death. in time where everyone is new signs of hope here in putting sort of their separate new york where deaths and companies and going to

hospitalizations have flattened. alignment. i see kimmel, colbert and fallon governor andrew cuomo saying the hosting a show together. i see every beauty company worst is likely over if people continue to be smart when it coming together. i see a sea of change where comes to safety precautions. let's begin with white house network lines and company lines correspondent peter alexander. are fading away as a common goal >> reporter: president trump has is bringing everyone together. repeatedly put the ball in the i think a lot of people in governors' court saying they're business think, oh, god, if i help this person, if i lift them the ones responsible for up, will i sink. battling the coronavirus in it's the exact opposite. there's enough room for their states but now reversing everybody. course as they make plans to reopen saying he is the one to call shots i hope to see this trend as we just one of the president's are going to need so many things moving forward everybody working together comments in a heated briefing for that i am so grateful. >> i think you raised such a that focussed more on his good point, it is deeper than handling of the coronavirus. just what any one organization president trump saying he is the is doing, but that idea that sole power saying when and how right now we're all in this states reopen even as governors together make plans of their own. we're all in this collective boat, and everybody needs to be doing their part >> when somebody is the president of the united states, you're home. you've got two little girls, i the authority is total know, at home. that's the way it's got to be. the governors know that. >> yeah.

>> reporter: the constitution >> what's it been like to do that -- i mean, there you are, gives that power to the states experts say the president does you're momming, you've got the home school, you've got not have the authority to direct everything, you're running a officials to lift their emergency orders business, what's this been like this period of time? >> i don't know if there are overnight, new york governor good days and bad days, i think there are good hours and bad hours or hard, challenging andrew cuomo challenging the claim. hours. week one, i was paralyzed, >> to say i have authority over honestly i didn't want to participate in social media the country because i'm the president, it's absolute that is a king i started a blog we didn't have a king. >> reporter: the white house i found that writing -- there's briefing where president trump a great quote, which is "insecurity is loud, confidence was combative and at times angry. >> i didn't ask, because i don't have to. >> who told you the president is quiet." has the total authority? i thought as i psyched my way to >> enough. confidence in this time, because i really didn't know how to act >> reporter: the president or react playing a white house produced campaign-style video in an effort to defend his handling of it was all so new and unknown the crisis and scary. >> everything we did was right. i found that writing was a great >> reporter: president trump highlighting his january ban o >> one case in the whole united way for me to communicate. states, one case it was quiet and more graceful than trying to be on social i'm supposed to shutdown the governor media. then i tried to find routine the biggest -- the biggest with my kids, go on a bike ride, take a car ride, break out the economy in the history of the world, shut it down we have one

case >> reporter: and sparring with reporters who challenged the chalk and do hopscotch, board federal response beyond that january ban. games, do seeding things in >> what did your administration little cups and make signs and do in february with the time your travel ban bought you >> a lot. be inventive, and then school >> what? started. >> we'll give you a list and it all went out the window part of what we did was up the minute i was like, i'm three there. we did a lot look, you know you're a fake weeks in, i got this, i cried every day, all day long.n'think >> reporter: over the weekend dr. anthony fauci argued more lives could have been saved here it was like every church and state, it was the messiest plate if the government acted sooner. i held in my life,retaker. >> obviously if we had from the beginning shut everything down it may have been different but i thought, oh my god, and there was a lot of push back survive it because they get to about shutting things down back then. go away and work with other kids but they have their children in >> reporter: on monday the their classroom? how does this work president calling him to the i didn't think i needed to podium where he clarified his appreciate teachers any more than i did comments about pushback within the administration. then you start seeing assistance >> that was the wrong choice of words. >> reporter: a day after retw t and you see people on social retweeting the words that media making lists and you're like, i don't make lists. that's never going to work for included the hashtag fire fauci, me. >> i know. >> you find your way we're resilient people. >> you know what i love about the president phrasing fauci. you, drew. i'm so glad you share that with

>> i think he's a great guy. people a lot of times you see >> reporter: as for the economy, celebrities, people who are famous and you think they have the president says when he reopens in his words i think it all worked out. you do write in your blog, you're in the army of we're going to boom but many optimist -- i see your face allies and economists agree no right there. you know what i love about you, drew, is that you're fighting matter what president trump for your optimism. >> yes says, it will not reopen until >> you're fighting for it. americans feel safe in their lives. and look, we all know, let's get >> thank you, peter. honest, we are all so lucky. we are beyond, beyond blessed to even be having this amid the battle on when and conversation how to reopen parts of the but i think what you say, it is a choice economy comes new signs that the it's a choice to choose coronavirus curve is flattening happiness or at least in every here in the epicenter of the moment just to take a deep outbreak breath and have gratitude and recognize your blessings and we gabe gutierrez joins us from an empty times square all have blessings. morning. >> reporter: good morning, it's been more than three weeks since >> i think you fear trying to be a business person or anyone of the governor issued his stay-at-home order here and depth talking about happiness because it feels so lofty. times square has been quiet since then it's not happiness is a war you fight now governors from multiple states are banning together to every day. decide how best to gradually the victory is if you accomplished any of those wins, that is a win. reopen the economy here. it is a very disciplined thing the death toll has now topped it's about reaction.

10,000 in new york state, but it's about the energy you put icu admissions and intubations out there. it's about the way you treat are way down, clearest signs yet the curve is flattening. people with dignity and take a >> the worst can be over and it quick exchange as a moment to connect. optimism -- i do is over unless we do something i march in the army of optimism reckless. >> reporter: now the governors and i'm looking for recruits but of new york and six over northeasten states that represent more than half of the nation's coronavirus cases are i'm very real about it partnering to discuss the best i'm not some, you know, vapd way to safely ease restrictions vapid hippy, who's just like you've got to be happy, man. this is the way and the direction i will point my and restart the region's compass every day. economy. the group of governors includes six democrats and one it will be my north star, and republican. every day it's going to tick >> we cannot act on our own, around and i'm going to have to push it harder and move it with even if we give ourselves an a plus that won't be enough. more energy. it won't be as available it's important we coordinated. >> reporter: three western states, including california are doing the same that's real. in new york city, 21 public but i think we -- choosing that, schoolteachers have died from the virus. what else are we going to do >> that's the moment when we and covid-19 is killing as many lift each other up, that's why we need an army. sign me up if you're recruiting, drew new yorkers in three days as the seasonal flu typically does in i'm with you, my friend. >> savannah, we are in that army an entire yeare me encouraging together >> we are. signs. >> i will be next to you every single minute of life. >> you sweet thing

the number of newly hospitalized i'm so glad you're writing patients in new york is at its the first time we met years and years ago was because you wrote lowest point in weeks. a book you're a gifted writer that doesn't mean doctors and i'm so glad you're on the blog nurses still aren't stressed. i'm sure it's healing for you >> every patient is getting but it will be healing for those who read it. multiple medications, some are i got to let you go. thank you, drew. getting blood transfusions. >> reporter: she works at mount sinai in brooklyn. i'll see you on my phone later >> it's hard to think some of you want -- if you want to learn more about the beauty united your patients you treated today campaign, go to our website, we won't be here tomorrow when you have the info there. have a good day. come back for your shift or -- still ahead, we have you know, all of it, i don't know elizabeth, she has substitute if i'm just tired. you're running low on cooking you're running low on cooking supplieslike eggs, butter and , >> reporter: ariane is an icu nurse who brings ipads to her sickest patients to communicate with loved ones. >>at it looks like when we're in there with these patients. >> reporter: we do not know when all this might reopen but governor cuomo says that the multi-state group of governors

might begin working on the plans as early as today. savannah >> gabe, thank you so much and again governor andrew cuomo will join us live in a moment. but as officials grapple with how and when to restart the economy, what could it look ♪ ♪all strength like ♪we ain't stoppin' believe me♪ good morning to you. ♪go straight till the morning look like we♪ it's good to see you >> good morning, good to see you as well. ♪won't wait♪ ♪we're taking everything we wanted♪ >> you said on a sunday show ♪we can do it this weekend that you look at ♪all strength, no sweat this kind of on an 18-month time line you think the economic strategy breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. should really be over 18 months my congestion's gone. because that's the outside estimate of when we could get a i can breathe again! ahhhh! vaccine. what does that mean? i'm sure a lot of people are i can breathe again! ughh! thinking, 18 months, i can't sustain this for 18 months vicks sinex. breathe on. >> i understand. but when we look around the esse with economic controls tre's a

tendency for the flare-ups to happen again because so many people have the disease but they're not showing symptoms until you extinguish it with a treatment or a vaccine there's the risk of flare up, we have to be careful and think about the long term. it's not the next couple weeks or months to me, it's how do we get to the destination of a vaccine or therapy >> you're not suggesting that everybody stay at home and businesses stay essentially as they are for the next 18 months, or are you >> not as they are but i think we need to be very smart about this i'll give you an example, some businesses are more important than others. think about optometrists are we are back with "today" largely closed food this morning. i could see them opening so you help if your kitchen is running low on some of those every day can get your eyes checked. ingredients. there's not a lot of people we're talking milk and butter and garlic crowded into an eye store at a given time today elizabeth will share some substitutes. hey, are you in your house in contrast that with a movie theatre. mississippi? does it make sense to have 100 >> honey, i am i miss y'all so much. people crowded into a theatre until we have a vaccine? >> we miss you, too.

i think not. mississippi looks good. i don't think we'll go back to >> so good to see you. what life was like in january or how are y'all doing? february for the next year or 18 months >> we're good. we're missing you. we can't wait until you come back to our kitchen at 30 rock i think we have to be more we hope that happens soon. let's talk about it. targeted as we try to open the economy. >> from your analysis, what do a lot of people are ordering you think needs to happen before kind of limited supplies and they're ready to make something. you can start talking about so let's start off with you have a recipe and it calls for milk you open the fridge and there letting people go back to society? ain't no milk. what do you do even if it is in a piecemeal >> the great news is you can fashion, for example do we have take half and half, heavy cream, all you have to do is add water. to have widespread antibody if you've got half and half, you test, a test that would tell you double the amount the recipe is if you have had the virus and calling for with water you are presumptively immune. this is heavy cream. >> that would be great so we want to triple the amount of water with that now we're back to milk this is going to work we should pursue widespread beautifully. testing as well as ravaccines ad now, if you have milk but need therapies. heavy cream, you can add a little bit of melted butter. but i spoke to officials who >> melted butter. said we're months if not years >> it's fabulous away from testing millions of people because now we have that fat i think we have to slowly reopen added into the milk and it will work great for any sort of baking recipe. things and very carefully see if >> what about eggs if you don't have eggs, you're in trouble

we're getting flare ups, we're in a case of relaxing things, it >> if you want scrambled eggs, yes, you're in a heap of flares up, we have to lock down trouble. again and do that for the if you're using this to bake, foreseeable future until we get just a fourth a cup of plain an effective treatment or vaccine. yogurt, you can add that in, >> the federal reserve chairman exact substitute there is that not brilliant? this is the thing. was on the show and he said the right now people are being so economy was on a good position, creative i am inspired beyond -- i cannot the long expansion after the even get over it so, you know, if you don't have great recession, uninterrupted job growth garlic, that's fine. use an onion, or maybe you've got a shallot. the notion was once this crisis you've got a shallot, that's passes we should be able to return to a strong economy. going to work. is it going to be an exact >> i think that's true. substitute no again, if this reopening -- i it may be better just play around with this wish it were a light switch. don't be afraid to try something if there was a therapy that emerged a month from now, we had new?f you're confidence we could go back to work, not take risks we could turn things around quickly. i think the more the health >> what about like vegetable experts are learning and learning from what's happening oil, a basic staple? around the world it seems as what if you don't have that? >> you're going to die over this one. vegetable oil, if you're baking, though it's a more gradual you can use apple sauce, the return to normal. same exact amount. the more gradual it is, the if you have a cup of vegetable oil called for in the recipe, go

ahead and use a cup of slower recovery and longer it applesauce how much fun is that takes to get back to normal. >> if you don't have oil. >> it's kind of a deeper >> that's right. >> i love it. >> if you don't have any oil question, but an economical one too. where is craig what has changed fundamentally craig knows. that may not go back to being the same. >> craig knows about oil i think about small businesses he's here, too >> listen, here is what i'm thinking, elizabeth, if you don't have an onion, you don't in my neighborhood, i wonder if have a shallot. they'll ever be back. >> you never know. i wonder if people will want to you absolutely never know. go to big sporting p events, if >> you know what, elizabeth, businesses will say, we should have a convention. i've got one more for you, too if you're out of tequila, try have you thought about how this economy may have changed forever vodka. by virtue of this experience? >> now, i've got that. >> absolutely. so that is the thing -- and what you're saying is right. bringing to that, if you're down we know after the great depression, people carried the to your last two glasses of wine and this recipe calls for wine scars with that experience with and you have to decide whether them for many, many years. ultimately who's going to you're going to drink it or you're going to cook it, i'm determine how the economy going to tell you right now, you recovers, it's all of us. need to drink it it's how comfortable we are >> amen. having our families go to that restaurant, the movie theatre or that sporting event. >> so then you can use chicken broth, substitute red wine vinegar or i think the longer this goes on white wine vinegar and the more people affected by it, the longer the recovery is drink the alcohol. going to be because we have to >> elizabeth we love you of course we will. thank you, we love you. regain confidence ourselves. >> we miss you. >> go to today.com. >> thank you, thank you, thank

>> we do, kneneil, thank you fo you. >> bye, honey. your work. >> third and fourth hour coming we appreciate it and your time this morning. >> thank you. up we'll have more on the pandemic just ahead. coming up in a few minutes, a family of five on the mend from the coronavirus. hoda and i will be together >> good story. first your local news and weather. tonight anchoring our prime time have a great day nbc news special bringing you the latest, answering your questions and also a lot of stories about what's being innovative right now and how people are handling the crisis. good morning. 8:56. i'm marcus washington. later today governor newsom will you can find it on nbc, msnbc. unveil plans to reopen california businesses and perhaps relax social distancing >> millions cleaning up from rules. yesterday's powerful storms and so far, all we know is that the governor is working in tandem the easter sunday tornados that with the governors from killed at least 30 people across washington state and oregon. and it's likely that their plans the south. will roll out at the same time morgan chesky is in louisiana for the entire west coast. for us. whatever decisions are made, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's hard to believe when you they may get some pushback from see the extent of this damage president trump. in a heated briefing yesterday, it's a fraction of what these the president tried to insist storms left behind. that he and not individual states have the final say when but it's what you can't see it comes to restarting the that's really concerning first responders, coronavirus and the economy. happening now, our tom growing question of how to handle two disasters at the same jenson is following the story.

we'll have a live report during time. our "midday" newscast. this morning a massive cleanup santa clara county leaders under way, from a deadly easter are getting ready to debate the rules of wearing face mask storm system that caught many in its path by surprise. covering in public. it comes a few days before >> it calmed down and all of a sudden that noise started and then boom. sonoma county launches its own >> reporter: more than 50 reported tornados. rules. violators may face fines and jail time. and much-needed help is on leaving a trail of destruction across the south. the way for the californians the twisters forcing dangerous suddenly without a job. state employees are working overtime to get those checks in rescues and raising new concerns. the mail. head to our twitter feed for the fear of coronavirus now part of every call. >> we don't know if they could moi be potential carriers. more details, including when the stimulus checks may start, too and we have no way of knowing. rive. i'm marcus washington. we'll have more news coming up >> reporter: fire chief terry in an hour. williams says creating safe shelters for people who lost homes is a big challenge. >> with the coronavirus we were not able to set up the shelters as we normally would because we would nobe the social distancing. >> reporter: in mississippi where storms killed 11 people, a sheriff's department in mourning.

they say deputy robert answorth died a hero trying to protect his wife who was also killed. >> we are under a tornado warning at this time. we're all doing our part by staying at home. >> reporter: and claiming three more lives in tennessee. that could mean an increase in energy bills. >> blowing everything our way, you can save by setting your heat to 68 or lower... including the roof. >> reporter: remnants of the unplugging and turning off devices when not in use... same system left this mess in or just letting the sun light your home. new jersey. the coronavirus field hospital stay well and keep it golden. in central park also threatened. the dual tragedies leaving parts of the south shell shocked. this morning we're getting a better picture how powerful the storms were, in mississippi an ef-4, it was packing winds of up to 170 miles an hour when it struck those communities. hoda. >> morgan for us in monroe, louisiana. thank you. it's 7:16 we want to get more on the storms and also today's forecast. hello al roker. good morning, sunshine. eveso we can stillg a answer your calls. now. and we are monitoring our system 24/7 >> hey guys, good morning. good to see you.

thankfully our weather is a to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, little quieter today than keep the customers connected, yesterday. and making sure people are staying safe. as we look we can see the remnants of the system has and we're still on the road. solving critical issues as they arise. pushed into the south making its way through northern florida ♪ where we have strong storms firing up. the stront stalls from florida go to xfinity.com/prepare. to carolina coast. tomorrow showers and storms continue all day. thank you. and we're looking at heavy rain, upwards of 4 inches or more, northern florida into southern georgia and here in the northeast we're looking at this upper level impulse from the great lakes, it's a developing storm that brings rain and wet snow to the northeast. clearing sky and cooler temperatures later in the day. on thursday much cooler than usual for mid april. we'll get to your forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds.

a good tuesday morning to you, welcome to the third hour of today craig melvin in the studio, al continuing to work at home like so many of you watching and listening. good morning, how are you both good tuesday morning. doing? >> we're doing good. i'm meteorologist kari hall. let's get a live look outside in dublin right now. it's a clear sun rise and we're i miss your shoulders but for going to see a lot of sunshine now we're hanging on today. our temperatures warm up into the upper 70s for an afternoon can't complain. >> bumping your shoulders. high. our coastal areas in the mid to >> a white house briefin upper 60s. into the next few days we still as questions were raised about when and how to get the country will have this very warm weather reaching the upper 70s today and back to normal and whether tomorrow. and then a gradual cooldown in president trump did enough i team for the end of the week into the weekend. and by sunday we'll be tracking the slight chance of rain. >> and that's yo >> and that's your latest weather. ladies. >> all right, al, thank you. coming up we're going to go one-on-one with new york governor andrew cuomo, talk about the heated debate

surrounding when and how to lift the coronavirus shutdowns and the hope doctors are seeing at hospitals here in new york plus, could an app on your phone hold a key to stopping the spread of the virus and possibly reopening the economy. we're going to show you a new tool launched by apple and google but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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states, have the final say on when to restart the economy. a look at the forecast for you that morning. meteorologist kari hall, how is it looking out there? we're going to have another beautiful day. in fact, yesterday was perfect and today still very nice. a little bit warmer. here's a live look outside in san jose. we are seeing some clouds over some of the foothills. we're going to see our temperatures today reaching into the mid-70s for an afternoon high, even upper 70s for the inland east bay and north bay. over the next few days we'll still have some well above normal temperatures but then we gradually cool off heading closer to the weekend. and then by saturday and sunday we're seeing more clouds, a slight chance of rain on sunday into monday as we track that. we'll also see some cooler air coming in. and for san francisco we're up to 67 today and then cooling down for the rest of the week as we get a stronger ocean breeze. so that's something we'll be watching along with the slight rain chances by sunday. now back to you, marcus. thanks, kari.

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we have a primetime special we're doing in the studio. all together and it's nice nice to be in your presence. >> the headlines at 7:30, the very latest on the christoforous. coronavirus. the u.s. more than 583,000 cases coast-to-coast including 24,000 deaths. >> the mother of nba star karl anthony towns has died due to complications of the coronavirus, she was 58 years old. >> the supreme court will hear some cases by telephone conference call. justices and lawyers will dial in remotely and audio of the sessions will be made available to the public. >> as we mentioned, new york governor andrew cuomo believes the worst is likely over in this state, the nation's white hot center of the outbreak he's launched an initiative with six other governors to coordinate and develop strategies for reopening aspects of the economy governor cuomo is joining us now. good morning, governor. >> good morning, hoda. good to be with you.

>> good to be with you you talked about some good news here in new york, you said we reached a plateau, the death toll has flattened, the number of intubations is on the decline. a lot of people may be saying, this thing is over is it over >> it is not over. all we've done, which is a significant step, we have shown that we can stop the spread of the virus. we were looking at those lines that were continuing to go up and there was a big question, can you stop the spread of this beast. and we have done that. you closed everything down and it worked. and the quote/unquote plateau was a flattening of the increase it's not a decline, it's just a flattening of the increase so we have to keep that in mind. and we have to remember, hoda, we did this by our behavior. this was not natural all the projections were much worse than what actually happened because our behavior worked if we stop doing what we're doing, you will see those numbers go up again, period. >> let'sk about reopening

the economy. i think everyone wants that to happen the question is when is it going to happen, how is it going to happen and who says it's going to happen? yesterday the president at his news conference, and this is his quote, he says he has the power. he says when someone is president of the united states, the authority is total -- he said it was total -- and he said the governors know that. do you know that >> nope. i don't know what the president is talking about, frankly. we have a constitution the constitution is based on balance of powers. you have to remember it's the states that created the federal government it t we don't have a king, we have a president. and that was a big decision. we ran away from having a king and george washington was president. not king washington. so the president doesn't have total authority. the constitution is there, tenth amendment is there, number of

cases over the years it's very clear states have the power by the tenth amendment the president is just wrong on that point. >> okay. so if the president says let's open new york, and you say you don't think it's a good idea, what happens then? >> look, if he pushed it to that absurd point, then we would have a problem. if he thinks he's going to force this state, or any state for that matter, to do something that is reckless or irresponsible that could endanger human life, literally, because if we don't reopen correctly, you will see those virus numbers go up again and more people will die and we paid a heck of a price to get the - >> let's talk about reopening correctly. i think this is a big deal you're teaming up with six other governors from the northeast i mean, i'm sitting here thinking about reopening a city or a state, and it seems like the only way you can do that is if you have testing to find out

who is safe enough or who is well enough to go back to work the idea of widespread testing doesn't even seem like a possibility. so how do you even start >> yeah. you put your finger right on it. first of all, nobody has done this before. it has to be phased. it has to be balanced. and an economic reactivation strategy and the key to me is testing people have to know that they are safe and the testing actually works to make people feel safe, and we don't have that capacity now. the states can't do it on their own. we have to develop that widespread testing capacity. the way on the first go-round we had to develop additional hospital capacity. testing is going to be key, and we are not there yet, but that has to be developed. >> do you have, governor, any kind of a time frame about what we're looking at

savannah was just asking an expert about businesses opening, going to ball games. i was just thinking about concerts on our plaza in the summer we always have summer concerts on the plaza do you have any idea of a time frame of when all of that may start to look like normal again? >> hoda, i don't and i think if anybody tells you they do, they don't understand the issue ahead of us. this is all uncharted territory. you have to feel the way it goes you have to start to reopen with a plan, an informed plan, that actually improves on the situation and learns the lessons, but then you have to watch the number of infections you tell me how new yorkers or americans behave today, i'll tell you the infection rate in three days it's that cause and effect as we reopen and everybody wants to get out of their home and everybody wants to get back to work, if we don't do it

gradually and controlled, you'll see the viruses go up, and that would be a terrible shame, and then we'd have to start all over again. >> all right new york governor andrew cuomo, thank you for your time. we appreciate you. >> thank you, hoda. >> widespread testing. >> yeah. >> widespread testing. >> it's so interesting as we cover this, i think not just officials but journalists, everybody has to have humility and transparency about what we know but also what we don't know >> what we don't know. >> there's a lot we don't know this is truly unprecedented. we don't know how to start an economy all over again when it had to grind to a halt because of a pandemic. we're going to have to find out. >> when you were talking to that expert about will some small businesses ever come back, that was such a jarring question to me i thought, wow, i wonder if that's going to be the case. >> we'll have to see i mean, there's a lot of effort being brought to bear and a lot of funding and these businesses need it and individuals need it, and this is the time that, you know, we got to bring all of our resources to it. >> one of the things striking, especially in new york city, i remember when governor cuomo

started talking about social distancing and staying at home and i was skeptical people would be doing it. people have done it for weeks. >> the proof is there. he said that's why it's working. that's why you're seeing a plateau, not a decline, but at least you're not seeing that skyrocketing rate of new cases it is working. just ahead, a question, could technology keep us safe. how could the company open sooner apple and google have a plan, it's to turn your phone into a coronavirus tracking machine could that work? right after this [ "lean on me" by bill withers ]

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enough to join us, the network connectivity on bluetooth establishes proximity. it's not just walking by each other as you would hundreds of times a day. in this case, you have to be close in a sustained contact for minutes before the contact actually connects. in an age where nine out of ten smartphones in america are either an iphone or android, apple and google in a unique position to track health crisis called contact tracing the two tech titans are reworking their operating systems, turning blue tooth into a tool for measuring proximity, so you may know if you've been exposed to the virus >> apple and google are the only two companies in the world that could make this blue tooth tracking possible. >> reporter: how does it work? two people come into contact 6 feet or less for a sustained or unspecified period their phone send out keys or beacons that help identify users anonymously. when they go their separate ways and later one person tests positive for covid-19, that

patient uploads his or her confirmation and all the keys with the phone are alerted kevin has been working on privacy contact tracing at m.i.t. his app will work with the new system >> one of the important things that will take place is privacy centered. >> to me the most important aspect it has to be distributed, decentralized. there has to be no single location that has information on who came in contact with whom. because that can be too easily abused by a government in particular >> reporter: apple and google line out their privacy protections clearly. explicit user consent is required they don't collect identifiable information and the list of people you came into contact with never leaves your phone but privacy concerns still remain a pivot point >> a lot of people don't like it from the standpoint of constitutional rights. >> reporter: the san francisco-based electronic frontier foundation examined the intersection between technology and privacy. >> the biggest thing i'm worried about, whatever we put in place

would stick around after the crisis ended. >> reporter: countries like china, south korea, and israel have also used contact tracing effectively, but experts say without the same attention to personal privacy placing more scrutiny on the novel efforts here. >> if built correctly this could be a powerful defense against all pandemics. this is not just about covid-19. covid-19 is terrible, it's a tragedy. historical pandemics have been worse. >> fascinating two questions, though. when will this contact tracing program be available and what's the end game >> reporter: craig, so the first rollout is going to be about a month from now, mid may. you will have to update your operating system to do that. as far as the end game is concerned, both apple and google say this is not a silver bullet but should be used in conjunction with testing and preventive measures. all the things we're talking about right now collectively because we don't know much about the virus in terms of its transmission there's still details that need to be learned but they are

hoping this will help. for me and my wife, let me send it back to you guys. >> where is your wife? >> bring your wife back, we want to say thanks to her, too. >> come back >> she's a meteorologist, by the way. there is your lady >> hi. weather looks good in miami. thank you so much. speaking of the weather, why don't we go to mr. roker and get a check of it. hey, al. >> hey, guys, good morning we're looking at what's been going on as far as our temperatures look at this worldwide it's the second hottest march in 140 years and it's been 423 consecutive months with above average temperatures. that's 35 years. florida, warmest march on record second driest. the gulf coast is at its all time record march heat today below average temperatures from pittsburgh to dallas up to

minneapolis, anywhere from 10 to 125 degrees below average. tomorrow, new york city 10 degrees cooler than average at 51 austin 68, 12 degrees cooler in milwaukee, 10 degrees cooler with a temperature of 41 degrees as we head into the late week period temperatures do start to moderate where temperatures in the 50s in boston, up into the good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. we're going to see sunshine in the forecast today. also some warmer air as we reach into the upper 70s for many of our inland areas. and then this warm, beautiful weather. a cooldown is headed our way in time for the end of the week into the weekend. especially as we drop back into the mid-60s. we'll see more clouds and a slight chance of rain in the forecast from sunday into monday as a new storm system moves in. >> and that's your latest weather. good to see you guys together. i miss you. >> we miss you, too, al. we sure do

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>> it's a gold medal got it >> it almost looked like she was soaring there. >> the crowd deafening here. the mighty michael phelps. >> the champion is leading he's had a very big campaign he's throwing everything at him but phelps is increasing the lead, increasing the stroke length >> there has never been a better swimmer, the most decorated swimmer is miles ahead michael phelps. >> now, that's got to get you guys excited, right? that's exactly what we need to start, michael phelps, simone biles winning there, and also the 200 men's individual medley, you can see all of this tonight on the nbc sports network and e regymnastir relive gymnastics finals and all

michael fe micha michael phelps' races. katie ledecky won four gold medals in rio. in these times when we're home, it's going to be exciting for nbc sports networks to have some real olympics. >> for all other sports deprived folks, carson, you probably caught it over the weekend they reshowed masters during march madness, reshowing best of college basketball games from a decrease aid ago as well. >> yeah, i was watching some of the old masters, showing tiger winning, famous chip shot from behind 16. they showed that cbs doing a great job getting that programming out there to watch. i've been watching old islanders hockey games and sort of pretending that it was live. it's exciting just to have a sporting event on your tv. just something to root for the olympics coming back, start with rio here on nbc and then maybe get into some of the london games from 2012 and also beijing. it's good news. >> i like it. >> it is good news carson, we're so happy because you're back with "pop start" in a little bit also, we have our conversation with oprah why the ght plans to support the relief efforts and efforts to spread so

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good tuesday morning. right now at 7:56 let's get a live look outside in walnut creek with a clear start to the day, also some chilly temperatures, but it will continue to warm up as we reach into the upper 70s for today. along the coast we'll see those highs reaching into the mid to upper 60s. our inland temperatures will continue to be well above normal for today as well as tomorrow. then as we go to the end of the week we start to cool off with a little bit more of an ocean breeze dropping in from the north. we'll see a slight chance of rain end of the weekend forecast by late sunday into monday. a few spotty showers in for san francisco. we'll see those temperatures peaking the next few days and then dropping back into the lower 60s as more clouds move in over the next several days. we'll continue to watch that as we head over to mike. a look at the morning commute.

thank you, kari. after the early traffic alert in the east bay it cleared quickly from fremont. we haven't any problems. the map will show a little bit of slowing in san mateo. southbound 101 there may be a lane blocked. just take note. we're looking at the rest of the bay, a smooth flow of traffic. slowing south 101 through san rafael. the live camera doesn't show us any problems there. that slowing on the sensors, just be aware. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now santa clara county lead remembers getting ready to debate new rules on wearing face coverings in public. it comes a few days before sonoma county launches its own face covering requirements for all indoor public facilities. violators may face fine or jail time. much-needed financial help is on its way for many of the 2 million plus californians suddenly without a job. state employees are working overtime to get checks in the mail. you can head over to our twitter feed for more details including when the stimulus checks may

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stay well and keep it golden. it's 8:00 on "today," coming up, pushing back at the podium >> everything we did was right. >> president trump unloads at the coronavirus task force briefing defending the white house response and igniting a debate over who can reopen the country. >> i don't know what the president is talking about. >> we're live with the latest. plus, oprah opens up oprah winfrey talks about the coronavirus and the impact it's having on the african-american community. >> it's not only ravaging our community, but people who have preexisting conditions, which i think people didn't hear that. >> just ahead her heartfelt message. and party in the back. blake shelton sits down with jimmy fallon while gwen helps him out with a new old look.

>> i'm going to be helping blake grow out his mullet. >> are we all on board with this >> how is the mullet getting long in the back. >> "today," tuesday, april 14th, 2020. >> i think that's a mullet. i think he had a mullet. >> he wears it well. >> business in the front, party in the back.tuesday morning. nice to have you with us nice to look here and see savannah guthrie craig is here. >> i know. we're all together. >> we're just missing al and carson >> soon. soon >> we've got that nbc primetime special tonight that we'll do from this studio >> that's what brings me to town >> 10:00 >> 10:10. >> get right to the news at 8:00 watching. >> yes the number of coronavirus cases across the globe has almost reached the 2 million mark more than 200 countries are battling the virus here in the united states there

are more than 580,000 cases, and nearly 24,000 deaths here is the second thing we're watching, the debate over how and when to reopen the u.s. economy. president trump now declaring he has the sole power to determine when states reopen however, the constitution gives that power to the states, the tenth amendment. here is what new york governor andrew cuomo told hoda just a few moments ago on "today." >> i don't know what the president is talking about frankly. we have a constitution the constitution is based on balance of powers. you have to remember it's the states that created the federal government, right. it's the colonies that created the federal government not the other way around we don't have a king we have a president. >> the governors of new york and six other northeastern states are partnering together to talk about the best way to safely ease restrictions and restart the region's economy that brings us to the third thing we're watching there are some encouraging signs this morning in the fight against the coronavirus. the number of new

hospitalizations in new york is at its lowest point in weeks daily icu admissions and intubations are both also down governor cuomo says as far as new york goes it appears, quote, the worst is over if we continue to follow social distancing guidelines. >> but also this morning china is reporting an alarming spike in new covid-19 cases. that's got other countries worried about the unpredictability of the coronavirus and its ability to come back. today senior international correspondent keir simmons joins us from london with the latest on this. keir, good morning. >> reporter: hey, savannah good morning everywhere you look around the world, countries are battling to figure out the right approach. in india, home to more than a billion people, they have extended the lockdown. in turkey, they are set to release people from prison for fear of the infection spreading there. meanwhile once again the world is watching china. in china, where the coronaviru began, fears that a second wave

could be beginning with cases imported back into the country the chinese setting up mobil laboratories and imposing tough new restrictions in a remote chinese region on the border with russia, a 28-day quarantine for anyone arriving and 14 days for people living in places where a new case has been detected we do need to do many tests, this chinese communist part party official says. russia had apparently avoided europe's coronavirus crisis, but cases are escalating moscow and saint petersburg. in lockdown. and president putin saying, the military could be deployed the situation is changing daily he told ministers. unfortunately it's not changing for the better coronavirus reappearing in places and people that had won the battle south korea reporting a small number of infections,

just over 100 cases, in patients who had recovered. scientists fear not reinfection but the virus has reactivated. its unpredictability means nervous weeks in italy, spain, austria, where restrictions are slowly lifting. >> the way down is much slower than the way up. that means controlled measures must be lifted slowly and with control. >> the french president extending the lockdown there for another month. the epidemic is not under control, he told his country the u.s. aircraft carrier uss harry s. truman extending its time at sea to avoid the virus, navy officials said, and maintain capability. while back in asia, calls for unity at a summit of southeast asia leaders, separated by video, and a warning against complacency. if any of us fails, one leader said, the rest will follow

despite that call for unity, savannah, what we're seeing around the world is a patchwork of approaches and challenges, and that is likely to be the new normal until there's a vaccine savannah. >> all right, keir simmons in london for us. thank you, keir. again, as we just mentioned a few moments ago, another live prime time special report coming up tonight on the pandemic we took a trip to a catholic school here in new york that has been hit especially hard for a powerful conversation with a principal who has found herself in an impossible situation how has this virus -- how has it impacted the school? >> i don't want to cry but when you see their faces as we pass by, we miss them they feel alone. some of them have said, it's hard, and it's not fair. >> how many of your students have lost family members to the virus? >> 35, i think. >> 35 of your students >> 35. 35 >> i'll have the rest of that conversation more tonight in that live primetime special.

savannah and hoda will be your hosts, it'll start at 10:10 eastern and pacific on nbc, msnbc, and nbc news now. >> all right we've got our news covered how about a super boost. we have a young couple, matt and susan, that planned a big wedding in chapel hill, north carolina they had to scale it back to make it a small private ceremony, just their friends however, they had something else in mind. dozens of friends and family members greeted them after they said their i dos they lined the road with their cars, horns were honking, they were holding signs. everybody kept 6 feet apart, except for, of course, the bride and groom. >> give her a smooch >> give her a smooch >> by the way, some of those friends drove hundreds of miles to be part of that special matt and susan parade. nice, right? >> that's so sweet you're going to love this one, guys

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for your diabetes, if you're taking medication because of hypertension, if you need an asthma -- an inhaler for asthma, if you have any kind of lung disorder, which i am still concerned about myself, hoda, from pneumonia because my lungs never really fully cleared so the moment i heard pre-existing conditions, i'm like, lock the door. nobody else is coming in here. >> hi, everybody - >> oprah winfrey taking a deep dive into the deadly and disproportionate impact the coronavirus is having on black america in the latest installment of her oprah talks, covid-19 series. the critical message, no one is safe something she discussed in a previous episode with british actor idris elba. >> i just felt compelled to tel >> i was struck by listening to idris elba making a plea to people, since he was diagnosed

with it, pleading saying, there's a rumor going around that this is something that doesn't affect us in the african-american community >> you know, hoda, that's the first time i had heard about the rumor. obviously he was dispelling the rumor. i didn't even take the rumor seriously. this was three weeks ago i was like, who is going to believe that >> magic johnson was saying the same thing he's like, listen, this is serious. i was struck by their heartfelt pleas. like begging people to take it seriously. >> not only is it serious, but people that you don't know but probably will know are losing their loved ones. >> there was a bus driver from detroit named jason hargrove >> yes >> and he was literally talking on his phone saying, people, stop getting on my bus and coughing >> to those who watching, i'm just letting you know, this is real y'all need to take this serious. >> he ended up dying

and i -- it struck me, as i was thinking about all the african-americans who are in the service industry, who are doing jobs that they are coming in contact with people. did you find in your special that that was also one of the contributing factors >> we as a people, as african-americans, have jobs that require us to be at work. for so many african-americans there isn't this ability to telecommute. community in particular, there are not many testing stations for people to have access to >> one of the things we're talking about in the special is the need for more testing stations, obviously. but most importantly, i think it's important for african-americans to understand for ourselves that this is so serious. it's taking us out. >> is there anything that can be

done, oprah, from this point on? you're pleading. it sounds like you're trying to educate. you want people to know what's going on. >> we certainly understand that the responsibilities and dynamics of some people's lives, particularly african-american and brown people, do not allow you to be able to stay at home therefore, they need masks you need masks in these grocery stores all these grocery store workers who are out there without the mask, that is at this point that should not be. for now everybody needs to look out for themselves and for their neighbors. >> her heart is in that. she's also putting her checkbook in that, too she donated $10 million to help americans suffering. she told me what she's doing with that money, she's giving it to communities where she has a connection, nashville, milwaukee, chicago because she wants to help those kind of communities. you can hear it in her voice. right? >> when she was talking about the rumors going around, the

pandemic, facebook especially, i had friends send me these articles about how african-americans were not as susceptible to getting covid-19, and it was -- and people believed it for a long time. >> yeah. >> and it's -- you know, her point about people of color in this country not having the luxury of staying at home because so many are hourly employees, that's a salient point that i think has gotten lost in a lot of this. >> she talks to regular folks, she talks to doctors, she talks to people in the spiritual community so she's going to do a wide ranging special tonight. >> that's great. >> i'm glad she's using her voice, because her voice is powerful and i think people will listen i hope the message gets out. >> oprah talks covid-19, deadly impact on black america. it's available now, free on apple tv what do you say we turn to mr. roker. get a check of the weather hey, al. >> what's up, al >> thanks, guys. in fact, i lost a sweet cousin, sondra, this weekend to covid-19 so it is striking everybody. we really have to be very, very vigilant about it.

let's show you what's happening at least as far as our temperatures and our conditions today. we are looking at snow in the mid plains more heavy rain down through northern florida currently temperatures we've got record to near record lows from madison, billings, fargo, to denver. then we head down to florida and record temperatures second day in a row for orlando, tampa, fort myers, melbourne, into miami. rest of the country freezing frost midsection, record lows in the plains heavy rain southern georgia into northern florida plenty of sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard and on the west coast as well that's w >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. yes, we're seeing a lot of sunshine right now. we take a live look outside in san francisco. beautiful day. and it's starting out cool, but it will continue to warm up as we look at our high temperatures for the inland areas. expect some upper 70s and upper

60s right along the coast with san francisco reaching 67 se a couple of days of some of the weekend, we'll see our temperatures coming down and rain possible sunday. r. guys. >> all right, al thank you so much. we're going to shift gears now it's "pop start" time. carson, take it -- i see you have your tech staff there jack daly, nice job. >> there's nobody there, that's just my graphics that's just my graphics department day two, "pop start" from home we're ready to go. let's do this. we're going to start with our buddies blake shelton and gwen stefani. they were on with jimmy fallon last night, telling what it's

like quarantining in oklahoma. according to gwen, blake scheduled a haircut that day and she got to work with the buzzer right there in oklahoma. >> i'm literally putting your initials in my head right now, jimmy, i'm not kidding. >> this is why these shows are fun. you would never do this in real life. >> she said they aren't showing up very well because of the gray. >> oh, my god. dude, you are so tiger king right now, you have no idea. >> he's stealing my hair cutting gig right there. gwen and blake performing a duet of the song, "nobody but you". good looking shot. blake wearing a baseball hat after the cut. i wonder if gwen is offended by that at all. ♪ i don't want to live without you ♪ ♪ i don't want to even breathe ♪ i don't want to dream about you ♪ ♪ i want to wake up with you next to me ♪ ♪ i don't want to go down any other road now ♪ ♪ i don't want to love nobody but you ♪ >> sounds pretty good.

gwen said last night, she's just sort of dumbfounded that she's on country radio now after a career in pop. it's pretty cool how it all worked out that's a great song. next up on "pop start," we're going to switch gears and go to our other fellow "the voice" trend. kelly clarkson like so many of us, kelly has been working from home also, which means basically every day is take your kids to work day. on monday's show, kelly's daughter, river rose, she gave hosting a shot. >> hi, everybody i know it's going around and we can't be together. but it's okay. we can still call. i hope you're doing fine, and i love you, bye. >> isn't that cute that's little river rose i see her voice" at all times. it's like roll -- romper room at the "voice". we all have 10 kids each it didn't start that way 10 years ago. maybe i'll get jack involved

don't speak yet. have you to work your way out of the graphics department. you start talking and i have to start paying somebody. zip it over there. we are getting the kids at work and that is a wonderful thing. next up on "pop start," demi moore and bruce willis did you see these pictures the hollywood stars were married for 13 years before they got divorced back in 2000. that hasn't kept them apart during all the social distancing demi posting a photo of her quarantine crew which includes bruce there in the back, along with their daughters, scout, tallulah and rumor they were rueading the book "how to rule the world from your couch" another picture, bruce and demi in matching pajamas. why not? nothing says diehard like green and white striped jammies. finally practiced pit. new from drew and scott, celebrity iou. brad getting his hands dirty to

help renovate a garage into a guesthouse for his friend and makeup artist over 30 years. the oscar winner getting a little emotional when he saw the finished product >> this is amazing, just amazing. oh, my god, she's going to lose her mind i'm the guy who is going to cry on television. i can't even tell you -- i don't even know yet. i can't take it all in just yet what it will mean to her and all the people she helps and how much she means to me i mean, it's just great. >> that's kind of cool seeing brad like that other big celebrities on the show celebrity iou, melissa mccarthy, viola davis will be up coming when it airs monday night. guys, that's all you've got. >> we think you should be paying jack a day rate anyway, by the way, carson daly >> i think we're out of time thanks for the thought. >> you're promoted, jack you're out of the graphics department congratulations.

>> you're crushing it. >> we love you jack daly >> he can't hear you >> we're doubling your allowance. >> doubling your allowance for jack daly and you can play fortnite until noon today, no school how do you like that >> i think he cut the audio. >> he did. he's like i don't want to hear this >> i think he really did cut us off. >> oh, that's cute put them back in, carson. >> there you go. >> we were telling jack he could play fortnite until noon today. >> there you go. >> and he's getting a double allowance. >> so cute thank you, carson. >> got to love facetime. >> love. love it all. just ahead, a star who's stepping up in a big way miss drew barrymore, there she is good morning, sweetie.toell us and other beauty owners are doing to support health care workers. how she's keeping happy and positive in quarantine with the rest of us but first your local news and weather

good morning. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. thousands more prison inmates across california are waking up free this morning. this after a statewide emergency order to stop the spread of the virus. the state's judicial council issued that order to reduce bail and free many lower level felony and misdemeanor offenders. the new order is expected to remain in effect for 90 days until after governor newsom ends the california coronavirus state of for alameda county, the policy change has amounted to the release of 56 more inmates on top of the more than 330 released last month. santa clara county's d.a. expects between 100 and 200 inmates to be released over the next few days. and the san mateo county, 130 inmates have already been

released thanks mostly to bail reductions. right now we want to get a look at the forecast for you today. meteorologist kari hall has those numbers. >> we're going to have a beautiful day. in fact, our temperatures warmer than yesterday as we reach into the upper 70s for the south bay, east bay as well as the north bay and our inland areas will also be warm tomorrow. more sunshine in the forecast with a slight cooldown by the end of the week. this weekend we're looking at highs in the mid-60s. more clouds and a chance of spotty showers in the forecast late on sunday. marcus? >> thanks, kari. more local news in 30 minutes. everyone is working a little differently now.

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as savannah guthrie likes to say, our little corner of the world here >> yeah. >> welcome back. 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, it's the 14th of april, 2020 we so appreciate you being with us again, a reminder, it's tuesday. >> it's tuesday. >> it's tuesday. >> or as we like to say tues-yay why not, let's make it catch on. it's all about optimism. it could work. you know what, we do need an optimist and we've got one drew barrymore is here this morning.

>> hi. >> hi, cuteness. she is spreading her positive attitude she is doing some great work along with other beauty company founders on behalf of the health care and other front line workers. if you want to start cooking, we've got the person for you. you know elizabeth she's got recipe substitutions in case you're missing an egg and you think i can't make that. >> it's funny you brought up eggs >> look, i just want to say -- >> maybe you could ask her to hard-boil an egg not to bring up a sore subject but you did say eggs. >> elizabeth, we're going to square this up i did tell savannah that you're supposed to boil the egg for seven minutes.oraster eggs. >> for easter eggs >> the fact we need recipes for boiling eggs. >> excuse us, betty crocker, i guess you know how to hard-boil an egg without googling it how about calling your mom >> i don't know. al roker.

>> 15 minutes. >> okay. here is what you do. you take a pot, no matter how many eggs, you first take boiling water, okay, you put those eggs in so that they're covered, 12 minutes. no more, no less turn it off at 12 minutes. drain the water, put in ice. five minutes in ice and then you've got a perfectly hard boiled egg and it peels very easily >> all right >> there's always next easter. >> ten minutes if you like a jammy hard boiled egg. anyway, there you go meantime, we're kicking off special series for our viewers and we're calling it with you today. so we may not be able to visit our friends and families in person, but since we're all connecting virtually, do you have a favorite nbc star or celebrity that you've always wanted to meet, or is someone you know a super fan, someone you love a super fan

tell us all about it at today.com/withyou. >> renaissance man, master of the egg boil, how about a little weather? >> well, you know, we'll try to get that in, too let's show you, starting off with today, we are looking at awfully chilly temperatures in the central plains heavy rain in northern florida look for frost and freeze warnings in the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys sunshine out west. for tomorrow, it is going to be awfully cold from the plains down into the central mississippi and ohio river valleys. some rain along the mid-atlantic coast. strong storms continue through florida. heavy snow in the western plains >> good morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. as we take a live look outside in the south bay, we're going to continue to see all of this sunshine continue today. it's a cool start, but it warms up into the mid-70s with some of our warmest inland spots up to

78 degrees today and tomorrow. 79 degrees. then as we go toward the end of the week, a little more of a breeze that will bring down our temperatures just a bit. we'll also see more clouds by the weekend as our temperatures continue to cool off. we could possibly track rain on sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. guys. >> all right, al thank you. coming up, one couple's live saving idea hatched in their dining room table to deal with the shortage of masks facing our nation's health care workers but first this is "today" on nbc.

step by step, we're going to figure this out. we're gonna find a way through this. we're working really, really hard in hospitals, our nurses, our techs, all the docs. it's about staggering when people get sick so that the hospitals can cope. we're gonna go through an awful lot of these. all across puget sound, people have been stepping up and donating personal protective equipment. we stay at work. for you. you stay at home for us. just know we're all with you. thank you, thank you so much. thank you doctors & nurses.

our nbc news live series, "search for solutions. we've been reporting on the critical shortage of personal protective equipment, ppe for nation's health care workers. >> that's right. and now a break through system is rolling out across the country. it will provide make relief.

the story of how it came to be is an inspiring one that started with a simple question inside one columbus, ohio home. nbc's stephanie gosk has the story. hey, steph, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah the n95 masks, they are thrown out when they are contaminated there's been a shortage in this country since the pandemic hit what if health care workers didn't have to throw them out? what if all they needed to do was clean them >> i'd be lying if i said i wasn't scared. >> r challenges in this crisis, a shortage of the critical protective gear for front line health care workers. but a month ago at the dining room table, lori and kevin got an idea. a potentially game changing, life saving idea lori, a family doctor in ohio was worried. the n95 masks in the hospital were in short supply. >> we had a meeting that day and just mentioned, i'm afraid we're going to run out of n95s i think i said, i don't know if i'm going to have a mask

>> that's when her husband, kevin, an engineer, asked a simple question. >> i said, why don't you just clean them up? and lori said, what do you mean? >> kevin works for battelle, a nonprofit research institute that tests for deadly pathogens and remembered a study they did five years ago that showed that medical masks could be cleaned and reused in an emergency >> we hit the ground running friday night we were drawing schematics of what it could look like >> sat down with a paper and started drawing? >> i was describing what it looks like, the air flows. we got into it right away. >> reporter: by the way, you're obviously the perfect couple for each other >> thank you >> reporter: the following week testing on masks began how long did it take to get fda approval >> i think it was a total of 14 days before we got the green light from the fda >> reporter: i don't know how often you guys work with the federal government, but that's

blazingly fast >> yeah. >> reporter: here is how the technology works a hydrogen peroxide vapo decontaminates the n95 masks it takes about two hours and the masks can be cleaned and reused 20 times. >> each one can handle about 80,000 masks a day. >> that's a game changer for hospitals, isn't it? >> that's an entire hospital's worth over a few days. >> reporter: the decontamination systems are already being used in p ohio, washington, and new york, and launched in boston over the weekend >> we can't get this technology up and running fast enough. >> reporter: with more scheduled to be delivered around the country. >> do you guys sit there and just think, wow, we're so lucky i have you, you had me, we had that moment. >> yeah. i still don't think it's fully sunk in yet. it's overwhelming to think it started with an after-dinner conversation, drawing it out on a piece of paper and seeing if it was even feasible >> reporter: a nurse in ohio wrote to lori to thank her and she said she walked into her

break room at the icu and saw boxes of clean masks and it felt like christmas day it's about to be christmas day in a lot of places in this country. overnight the department of defense said it was commissions 60 of these machines, worth $415 million on top of already pledging to pay for operational costs for the machines in other hospitals for an additional $400 million. they are going to be all around the country by early may back to you guys. >> stephanie, wow, thank you so much i love that story. >> yeah. i was out on long island last week where they are actually using one of the systems they said it's a game changer already. already. >> the nurses seeing fresh masks an good for them. just ahead, one of our barrymore here, talks about a star-studded campaign to help front line responders and how she says we can all fi joy in

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