e. so over the last five to six days we've seen declines in cases across the country and this has been very reassuring for us >> the administration says we are past the peak and with millions of americans just starting to see stimulus checks, there's new unemployment data out there that could show 22 million newly jobless people in america. to the heart breaking crisis for families of people in nursing homes, the virus is exploding in these facilities with more than 5,500 deaths. how folks are coping

and then a remarkable story of hope as a severely ill husband with coronavirus receives anti bodies from a plasma donor with tremendously promising results. >> and what the new normal might look like as if country starts to reopen. "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm david gura >> good to be with you i'm frances rivera the president is determined to reopen the country as officials from coast to coast continue to grapple with when and how to do it >> america had its deadliest day so far with nearly 2,500 new deaths as the number of infected americans surges past 638,000. >> meanwhile los angeles mayor says large gatherings like sporting events and concerts may not come back until next year. l.a. is one of the world's capitals for entertainment and it is the royal wedding that

keeps on giving. harry add meghan are donating $125,000 from the broadcast of their wedding. >> from coast to coast out of work americans are struggling to put food on the table. this raceway in california was transformed into a food bank drive through. last week they served nearly 1,700 cars hundreds more showed up this week after dramatically slashing flights united expects to fly fewer people during the entire month of may than it did on any single day in may of 2019. the airline will resume international flights next month. the state of california is helping out its undocumentedacke the state will give 150,000 undocumented adults $500 each with a $1,000 capper household undocumented immigrants make up 10% of the state's work force and was of the pandemic a number

of colleges and universities across the country are considering drop the sat and act requirements so far 51 universities have waived them. schools like boston university, and north eastern have made the tests optional starting sunday, best buy is going to furlough 51,000 employees, a move to set to impact all of its part-time workers and some full-time workers as well. sales have started dropping off after a surge last month tv hostelen degeneres and her wife are donating $1 million to coronavirus relief efforts. they're the latest to join the all in challenge with a number of out of work americans expected to surge past 20 million this morning the white house is preparing to release new guidelines for reopening the economy. president trump will make the announcement after a conference call with all 50 governors this could spark a new fight

with governors >> reporter: these governors insist that this is their call to make when to reopen for business in their states president trump says he has ultimate authority and he has a plan and they'll find out that plan on a teleconference on a call today the governor -- the president's plan according to a draft that has been released includes in states where they're already in recovery, where they've hit the peak reopening sooner rather than later the first week of may and starting with child care and schools so people can go back to work and other areas still considered hot spots where the virus is still spreading, they may open as late as june >> we will be opening up some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states can open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that that will be a very exciting time indeed. >> i want to get people back to

work of course i want to get kids back to school but i think it's going to take months to go through that whole sequence we shouldn't do that until we're really sure that we're out of this crisis. >> now, going back to work means you have to have somewhere to go businesses have to be open that program that gives loans to small businesses, the paycheck protection program, government officials say it's almost out of money. may have run out overnight in fact and congress democrats and republicans are still at odds over how and when to replenish it president trump now wants to use a power in the constitution that's never been used before to adjourn congress there are only a few leaders here anyway keeping things going. he wants to adjourn them so he can appoint more than 100 vacancies that they have yet to act on the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, he's not on board with that >> all right thanks families fear for the lives

of their loved ones in nursing homes as the pandemic continues to spread. the coronavirus is exploding in these facilities hitting more than 3,300 of them nationwide killing well over 5,000 people and families say too often they are left in the dark kate snow has more >> i was wondering if i could speak to one of the nurses. >> reporter: she was again calling the nursing facility where her mother lives >> sometimes i can get through, sometimes i can't. >> reporter: two weeks ago her mom could wave from inside >> so i would call every day and i kept get the same thing, she's fine, she's doing great. >> reporter: but last week she says she walked up to the window and was shocked. >> i see her lying in bed with the oxygen in her mouth. >> that's how you knew she was in trouble. >> yes >> seeing an oxygen tube >> correct >> a nurse said her mother had tested for covid-19. the facility notified her husband but were not obligated

to tell annette since she is not her mother's primary guardian. >> that's the hardest part is not being there for her, not being able to touch her and hold her and just're there. >> many states including florida are not requiring nursing facilities to report to their departments of health when there are cases of covid only 17 states provided nbc news with the names of facilities that have infections and privacy laws constrain communications from nursing homes. >> you're required to tell the family members if that family member has covid-19. you're not required to tell another person living in that facility that somebody has the virus. >> so if someone down the hall has it you may not find out. >> exactly >> i heard you got a test yesterday. do you remember? >> yes, i got a test but i don't know what it was >> andrea's father has dementia, heart problems and copd. he was moved from his original facility to another to make way

for covid patients >> i worry every minute and every second of the day because of the move. >> but we love you very much. >> if he contracts the virus, she fears, she'll never see him again. a fear for far too many families right now. nbc news just over 3 million people in this country have been tested for the virus. that's a tiny fraction of the population, but there may be signs of progress in this critical stiptoward ep toward rg the economy. >> reporter: in edison, new jersey, long lives for a drive through coronavirus test spitting into a test vial rather than a nose swab rutgers says it's safer for medical professionals and more accurate results come in 24 to 48 hours another game changer at emery university hospital in atlanta

rolling out its own test for patients and staff to determine if someone has coronavirus anti bodies indicating they've had the virus, recovered and hopefully have immunity. >> i don't think i've had covid-19 but i am kind of trying to see how this test is going to work >> among the first to get tested associate chief medical officer, but when the results came back, a shock. despite never having been sick, dr. craft has the covid anti bodies >> i was a little surprised partly because of my careful attention to infection prevention at work but then i also was happy that if i eve had it and i recovered from it en at least i know that. >> reporter: the original anti bodies to do the testing came from an unlikely pair of 80-year-old donors >> we were the poster children for the people that are supposed to succumb to covid-19 but we never did and we don't know why. >> they were quarantined on the diamond princess cruise ship

with their grand kids in february after hundreds became sick they never did but still tested positive for the virus they started using their anti bodies to start testing the medical staff. >> having their blood was very important to be able to develop the blood test >> meanwhile in many lo income neighborhoods, an army of public health workers is now going door to do contact tracing. >> we go out to various places that most people in public health don't want to go out to >> frustrations boiled over in the state of michigan over the extended lockdown order. thousands of people gathered at the capitol and cars jammed the streets protesting strict stay at home orders there the governor warned that these protests could worsen the outbreak and a decision on the west coast has been met with both applause and backlash

governor gavin newsom announcing california will give cash payments to undocumented immigrants it will be made up of taxpayer money and charitable contributions. >> let's get our first look at the weather with janessa webb. good morning >> we're watching this spring storm that's making its way across colorado into the central u.s. but also these freeze watches and alerts that expand across the ohio valley into the northeast and just 24 hours, temperatese spots and unfortuna that's going to continue of snow and rain that we continue to see across colorado with alerts expanding from the central u.s. al

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anticipated michael jordan series last dance, one with all the athletes' rough language and the other with the profanity edited out the nation's top coronavirus expert is pitching a radical solution to bring sports back. >> nobody comes to the stadium, but them in big hotels you know, wherever you want to play, keep them very well surveilled and have them tested every week and make sure they don't wind up infecting their family and let them play the season out >> miguel has a look at what else could change when the country reopens. >> reporter: in the nation's most populated state there is no time line on when kroucrowds can return to beaches, yosemite or hollywood but california's governor is laying out a road map to reopening where the most difficult and challenging phase of all

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