time to take those road trips to the beach. it is 8:49 well, that's going to do it with our ongoing ser for us this morning. we will be back at 7:25. call for help. we are back now, it is 8:49. with our ongoing series today's american heroes, this morning a we will have a local news update surprise for heroic health care for you. >> before we go we want to say thank you to all of our first workers. >> that's right, a few days ago responders, and thank you for we discovered a thousand nurses from out of town are staying just down the street from our sharing your pictures with us studio and we thank you for the hard they dropped everything back work you are doing for us every day. home and packed their bags to help on new york's front lines ♪ breaking news. we also learned they hadn't had a proper meal in weeks and we decided it was time for that to 5 million americans filing change in rain, or shine, these nurses unemployment claims. unflinchingly head towards the 22 million across the country out of work. this morning, who's taking the biggest hiand fight over getting more help to people in need. ready to reopen? the president declares the country has passed the peak of coronavirus cases saying governors are anxious to get back to business. fire they come from every corner of >> they're chomping at the bit america. to get going. >> i'm from seattle, washington. >> kristen sweeney, i'm a division assistant from >> the new steps to restart the pensacola, florida. >> i'm brian from west las vegas. >> lewisburg, kansas. >> i help from the kansas city economy set to be revealed today area, go, chiefs. >> they treat each patient as if

amid growing protests to lift those stay at home orders. but the nation's top health officials striking a cautious this, too, were their hometown. >> these nurses are giving everything it's just awesome. they love these people they've only been there for tone. three days. >> but you wouldn't know it. >> to all of you that are out there that would like to join >> they have seen darkness. together and just have that dinner party for 20, don't do it >> today the facility we went to had to get a big semi truck yet. freezer for the bodies >> we are live at the white house. investigating the origin, new questions surrounding how and where the global outbreak began. it's horrible. it's really bad. i'm sorry, it's so sad to hear >> there's still lots to learn. this it's like -- and then to see it, families can't even come in here you should know that the united and be with their dying loved states government is working diligently to figure this out. >> did it start in a wuhan market as chinese officials claim, or a nearby government laboratory? and what is the u.s. doing to ones. try to find out the answer? we'll ask the secretary of defense in a rare live >> they have seen light. >> these nurses are nothing less than remarhe most important thit interview. those stories, plus let the games begin. new hope some professional order to thrive. sports may return soon. some possible good news for anxious fans from coast-to-coast. today, thursday, april 16th, . >> they have felt grace. >> the most important thing that i have found that gives me grace is knowing i can be there for

these people when they're unable to have anyone else be there for them and also to be an assistant to the nurses who are drained h >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today," with savannah guthrie, and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller >> mentally exhausted. looking plaza. hey, everybody, welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. nice >> and though they may be running on so happy you're with us. >> and sometimes they've needed to laugh. >> it's been a weird day. >> to cover the tears. i did. and it keeps your skin looking savannah, good morning to you nice. >> and though they may be working from home. running on empty stomachs -- >> we're going to get to bed -- >> yeah, good morning to you, hoda. we're going to eat we literally ate half of a we've got a lot to get to this sandwich like seven days ago. >> i don't even remember when. >> their hearts are full. morning and a little later in the show. the theory the virus started in a chinese lab. we're going to get into that with him, and including how the >> i felt called to new york military has stepped up. i felt god laid this on my heart to come and help on the front lines as an emergency room provider. >> everything i can do, and also >> 5.2 million filed for thinking that if it went to my hometown i would want people to unemployment. come out and help. >> these angels of mercy need figures like those add to the nourishment. all it took was one phone call to chef andre, he was on the growing call to reopen the

country. protests have erupted in a number of states against orders to stay home. today, the white house plans to unveil new federal guidelines to begin the process of reopening the country. after a conference call between scene within hours preparing over a thousand meals the president and all 50 governors. for these courageous women and men. meantime, there are 639,000 cases of >> we have mac and cheese. healthy and good stuff. the coronavirus nationwide and >> for many, their first hot the death toll has increased to meal or meal of any kind in days. nearly 33,000. we have complete coverage for >> i haven't had a hot meal in 15 days. it was amazing. >> the last time i had a good home cooked meal was at least over two weeks ago. >> 14 days ago at home. >> it's going to make me cry thinking about how much you guys you. we start with the unemployment embrace us and everything that the whole town's doing for us. it's overwhelming and, i don't know, what can we say? what can you say my heart is full. >> it didn't stop there. crisis and jo ling kent. >> reporter: we haven't seen job world central kitchen has loss like this since the great depression. committed to feeding these nurses every day going forward while they're in new york. is falling off the cliff. >> make it really a surprise, we're going to feed you every e another major blow to the economy. 5.2 unemployment claims made last week. over 200,000, more than a quick, nourishing bite and expected, bringing the total in then these brave warriors had to

head back to the the last month to roughly 22 day that you guys are here. million people seeking benefits, nearly wiping out all job gains since the great recession. >> oh, my goodness. the federal reserve saying the >> yeah. >> alas they only had time for a u.s. economy is shrinking quick nourishing bite, and then these brave warriors had to head back to the battlefield. as this sign hanging in their sharply and abruptly, major hits hotel lobby says, save one life, you're a hero. save 100, and you're a nurse. >> wow. to hospitality, leisure, retail. with thousands of stores closed across the country, retail sales >> oh, we want to give a huge thanks to jose andres and the plummeted 9% last month. that forced names like best buy to furlough 51,000 hourly world central kitchen. workers, cut executive pay, by the way, they have also decided to support these nurses every single day including the ceo. they've committed to feeding health care workers at every new york city hospital starting this jcpenney missing a loan payment, week we want to thank red eye grill restaurant for the use of their considering bankruptcy. space, by the way, to feed these wonderful nurses doing so much disney furloughing 43,000 workers this weekend. it's not just for the food, i think for the nurses, you can all this while small businesses see it, someone cares about me scramble for loans from the paycheck protection program. in trouble as congress has yet to agree on more funding. grappling with the worst it's so touching. >> love this unemployment crisis in history, city too that was great, savannah all right, guys, well i guess that's going to wrap it up the pain is piling on. for us right now we've got the 3rd and the 4th

hours straight ahead but first, a look at your local news oil jobs are drying up, airlines cancel flights. she lost her job at halliburton after 20 years. now she's getting unemployment. >> we cut back. we have to. we can work with the mortgage company and push some payments back. >> reporter: in michigan, over a million filed for unemployment. 25% of the work force out of a job. the worst in the country, driven in part by layoffs in manufacturing and the auto industry. >> we shifted staff from other departments. we contracted with third party call centers, hired new staff ourselves. we're throwing everything we can at processing claims. >> reporter: in nevada, tourism ground to a halt leaving caesars cocktail server debra jeffries without a paycheck. >> it is even worse emotionally. >> reporter: every industry has fewer job openings, google

cutting back on hiring this year, leaving workers on the hunt, fighting an uphill battle. >> i have been here over 40 years, i never have seen anything like this. >> reporter: there are some bright spots in hiring when it comes to getting a job. grocery stores, big box stores, pharmacies are staffing up. but economists are telling us looking at the current unemployment situation right now, the unemployment rate could be as high as 14% nationwide. >> it takes your breath away. pressure is growing to get the country back to business. new details on that are expected from the white house today. peter alexander has that part of good morning to you. the story. peter, good morning. >> hoda, good morning to you. the president is scheduled to 8:56. i'm marcus washington. america's unemployment picture speak to all 50 governors this o is a little more bleak today with the release of the first teleconference and he'll announce new guidelines to help time jobless claims. another 5 million-plus americans the states begin the process of reopening, signaling that some filed for unemployment last may be able to do it before may week. it amounts to 22 million nearly

unemployed workers over the last 1st. it comes even as business four weeks. leaders warn the president to and it negates all jobs added give people the confidence to go since the year president obama back to work, the country needs took office in 2008. dramatically more testing. 2.7 million californians are president trump warning the among those suddenly looking for signs of progress in the fight work. against coronavirus. the state employment office is operating its call center on >> the battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new extended hours from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and the state is getting ready to roll out a new process at the end of april allowing people to apply for unemployment and cases. >> reporter: that's fueling the federal assistance at the same president's push to restart the economy with the white house expected to announce new time. guidelines for governors today. signaling plans to encourage cutting down the wait times for states with relatively few covid cases to ease stay at home benefits. happening now, kris sanchez is following that story and will restrictions, and reopen have more during our midday news businesses. >> we'll be opening states, some cast. states much sooner than others look for those postings on our and we think some of the states can actually open up before the twitter feed. restaurants everywhere are doing everything they can to survive. so what's the recipe for deadline of may 1st. success? >> reporter: dr. deborah birx weos look. highlighting nine states that you can go to our home page to have fewer than 1,000 cases and see how businesses are trying to fewer than 30 new cases per day. adapt. and santa cruz beaches are while also expressing new once again open, but it comes with a heavy warning. concern about the widening go to our website for more. outbreak in rhode island, and urging americans to keep

practicing social distancing. >> i will just remind the american people again, this is a highly contagious virus. to all of you that are out there that would like to join together and just have that dinner party for 20, don't do it yet. >> reporter: it comes amid reports that the u.s. government is investigating the possibility that coronavirus originated in a chinese laboratory, rather than a market in wuhan. >> the chinese government needs to come clean. it needs to be accountable. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo responding on fox news late wednesday. >> what we do know is we know this virus originated in wuhan, china. we know there's the institute of virology, a handful of miles away from where the market was. there's lots to learn. you should know the united states government is working diligently to figure this out. >> reporter: nbc has not confirmed reports about the investigation. among multiple possibilities. there's no conclusive evidence supporting the lab theory.

>> at this point it is inconclusive. the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we don't know for certain. >> reporter: president trump saying this when asked about the reports on wednesday. >> i don't want to say that, john, but i will tell you more and more we're hearing the story. i don't want to discuss it, it's inappropriate. >> reporter: the labs theory among several. a few days after claiming he had total authority to overrule governors' decisions on whether they reopen or how that happens, he's now threatening to force congress to adjourn so he can get stalled nominees into senior government posioed before and m legal experts have serious doubts whether the president has that constitutional authority. hoda? savannah? >> peter, thank you. some states look at when and how

they'll reopen, in new york, new restrictions. gabe gutierrez has more on that. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. new york city's mayor about two weeks ago urged residents to wear face coverings here. now the governor's new mandate takes effect tomorrow, all comes over the debate over when and how to reopen the economy intensifies. in the nation's coronavirus epicenter, a tough new measure to stop the spread, governor andrew cuomo is now ordering all and a good thursday morning, new yorkers to wear face everyone, welcome to the "3rd coverings in public when they can't maintain six feet of hour of today," craig melvin in social distancing. studio 1a, al and sheinelle >> stopping the spread is working from home like most of you. mr. roker i heard you got a everything. how can you not wear a mask? little snow there. when you're going to come close to a person. >> got about four inches out our >> reporter: in neighboring pennsylvania governor tom wolf says businesses in his state must turn away customers who window sun's peeking out. things are all good. sheinelle, how about you >> it's a lot warmer here. aren't covering their faces. in new jersey, one of the i'm thinking maybe when this whole thing passes maybe i'll state's largest nursing homes has been hit hard. commute into 30 rock from south authorities found 17 bodies in a carolina craig, i'll say hi to your mom, small morgue only intended to rush into work. hold four. 68 deaths have now been reported >> they would love to have you.

>> it will take me about ten hours. >> we'll come back to yo at the facility. but from coast-to-coast, even with new hot spots emerging, pressure is mounting to reopen parts of the economy. >> it's not going to be enough for us just to say open, people are going to have to have confidence they can go to this particular business. >> reporter: at the michigan state capital protesters blasted a strict stay at home order which includes interstate travel restrictions. >> putting all of these workers out of business is just -- it's a disaster. >> reporter: governor gretchen whitmer said she understood their frustration, but was disappointed that they congregated in violation of social distancing rules. >> we know that this rally endangered people. this kind of activity will put more people at risk. >> reporter: in one of the country's newer hot spots, south dakota, more workers have tested positive at a pork processing plant in sioux falls.

the state doesn't have a stay at home order. the governor said it wouldn't have stopped the virus because the plant is an essential business. >> it's incredibly important, not just to sioux falls, to south dakota, but to our nation. >> reporter: back in new york. >> it's so hard. >> reporter: michael merit just facetimes with a patient's family during his final moments. he has this message for those who want the country to reopen. >> and i'm sorry for people that are suffering from unemployment, but i'm seeing so much pain and sadness and sickness every single day. i don't understand why they would even consider it. not until we're in the clear. >> reporter: important to note that while the curve is flattening here in new york there are still devastating scenes playing out at some hospitals across the area. some encouraging news for new york, governor cuomo is now able

to send 150 new ventilators to hot spots in michigan and maryland. hoda? >> gabe, thank you. joining us is science contributor dr. joseph fair, a neurologist. -- vie roll gist. you heard the president talking this morning about reopening parts of the country before may the 1st. in your professional opinion is that a wise idea? >> no, frankly, where we are right now, you know, when we talk about flattening the curve we're at the plateau part of the curve. the moment we relax social distancing guidelines, that's a so the peak can only go higher. we're right now flattening the curve, what we ultimately want to do before we consider any relaxation of social distancing measures would be to actually decrease the curve and see a steady decline in the curve. >> something obviously important is testing to figure who's sick, who's not sick, who's already been sick, you need widespread testing. how close do you think this

country is to doing that because that's really what you need to do before you can reopen the country. >> to be frank to where we need -- i think -- to get to where we need to be with testing i think it's going to take us realistically anywhere from two to maybe six months. that's including, you know, to get the nasal swab test out to literally everyone that needs to have it, as well as the antibody test. >> we're a country of 330 million. >> absolutely. >> i think 3 million have been tested. what do you think the right number of people that needs to be tested, like what's that number so that we can feel safe going back to work, going back to restaurants? >> i can't give an exact number, we'd want to test at least anyone that's going to go back into a situation at work where they're going to be in very close proximity with other people. that's going to be any major kind of office buildings, here at nbc, you know kind of smithfield pork, anywhere you're going to have close and intimate contact with others and not be able to avoid that social distancing.

that brings up questions, what about schools? you can't avoid that in schools. so we're going to have to come up with a plan for that. >> i think people's personal comfort. even if businesses open, you know, would someone want to sit at a table where six feet away someone else is sitting at a table and coughing so you really have to have confidence to have people go back. >> yeah. you have to have confidence and i think what we're going to see is a change in how we live our lives, post covid-19. this is -- i think dr. fauci said it's not going to be a light switch. for a while you're going to go into restaurants and seat half of the number of individuals they would seat. they're going to need to maintain social distancing in restaurants for some time to come. grocery stores you're going to see lanes -- a roadway, this lane goes this way and this lane goes that way and i think we're going to start seeing some changes like that to our lives, we wouldn't have expected that pre-covid-19. >> do you think we have to wait for a vaccine before we're no

they're sayite 2021 before we c closer than six feet away from somebody? >> it's hard to say at this point in time. one of two things is going to happen first. we're either going to develop this herd immunity that we've talked about, where a good percentage of the population has had the virus and recovered from it and has temporary immunity to it or the vaccine. we'll end up meeting in the middle somewhere. i think it was the mayor of los angeles that said he really had trouble seeing any mass gathering events before 2021. >> yeah. >> to be honest i agree with that assessment. it's bleak and it's unfortunate, but this virus is going to be with us at least until that time. we are not going to have a vaccine before the end of the year, in my opinion. i hope i'm proven wrong on that but i don't think we're going to have a vaccine and ready for use in humans by the end of the year. we can look at least going into 2021 to have these measures in effect.

>> dr. fair, thank you so much. >> my pleasure. let's turn to something bringing us hope with so many unknowns. that's the staff in bay shore, new york, cheering for a new mom. she was in her third trimester and developed covid-19 pneumonia. she was placed on a ventilator for 11 days, had an emergency c-section. yesterday, her husband put their baby boy walter in her arms for the first time as they all headed home from the hospital together. savannah, is that what we needed or what? it gave the health care workers a lift. new life, a breath of fresh air. mr. roker, what do you say we check the weather.

good morning, al. check it out. we're talking temperatures way above normal, anywhere from 10 to 12 degrees above normal from seattle down to medford. cooler weather in california along the coast. fresno, nine degrees above average. bakersfield will see 84. santa barbara, 66. l.a., 71 degrees. heading into the weekend, nice weather for phoenix. temperatures in the mid-80s. comfortable conditions in san francisco and los angeles. vegas seeing temperatures getting into the low 80s. billings, 71 in salem. anaheim, 73 degrees. heavy snow in the rockies, making its way toward the east where we have 19 million people

up for winter weather advisories and warnings. frost and freeze warnings for the plains and midwest, and look for light snow in interior sections of the northeaswith t it's cloudy and we're even getting a little bit of shower activity on our san francisco camera. over looking san francisco, you can see the drizzle on the c camera. we'll see a chance of spotty

showers as well into some of the inland areas. the current temperatures are in the 40s and 50s overlooking san jose. we're also notice iing the clou skies. take a lock at your daytime highs for this afternoon. 5 degrees for santa cruz. 76 for concorde. with rain expected for sunday night. her, ladies? >> all right, the snow is just ahead, we're going to dive into two big issues that are tied to the country's reopening, including the pathway for professional sports to return this morning there's new hope being given to fans all across the country. plus, what about everyday life what will that look like a closer look at california's plan that has everyone from doctors to teachers to waiters weighing in. but first, this is "today" on nbc. what we do now will forever change our tomorrow.

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members at nearby windsor acute have tested positive. it's not yet clear if workers may have overlapped at both facilities. so far windsor post is not responding to our request for comment. right now, let's get a look at that forecast for you today. how is it looking? >> we have rain drops in our san francisco camera. and we had predicted the chance of maybe a pot tu shower or two. certainly expecting cloudy conditions throughout the entire bay area for today. take a look over walnut creek. it's going to remain cloudy, but we're also going to see that statement that will remain in effect through 11:00 p.m. tomorrow. so stay off the coast. we're talking about dangerous waves and over the nexten seven days the cooldown will continue with the coolest weather expected into saturday, sunday and monday. but also notice those late showers on sunday night into

monday. so it's going to be an interesting weekend ahead. >> thank you. we'll have more localfor yot

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we're back, it's 7:30, and if you think it's hard to work from home, imagine working for nasa the space agency released this picture showing staffers operating the curiosity rover on mars, yup, from home so, i guess we can't complain about those zoom calls anymore, right, guys? craig joins us good morning, everybody. >> good morning, savannah. >> by the way that task involving the rover, drilling a rock sample, it's the first time the vehicle's operations were planned and executed by a working entirely off site. >> that is so great.

>> everyone's doing it. >> let's get to our 7:30 headlines, the latest on the coronavirus. the white house set to unveil new federal guidelines meant to begin the process of reopening our country. those guidelines are expected following a conference call, between the president and all 50 governors. >> many of the nation's private labs see the demand for coronavirus tests is way down from its peak earlier this month. now they say they're able to test lower priority patients, private labs handle a vast majority of testing for covid-19 in the united states and a home version of the s.a.t. college entrance exam, in case schools remain closed into the fall increasing number of universities have dropped the s.a.t. and a.c.t. requirement for fall 2021 admissions we're going to have a live interview with the u.s. defense secretary in our next hour as you know and i'm sure you've seen on the streets of new york our nation's military has really

stepped up for us during this crisis we're going to talk to him about that. also, this investigation and these new revelations about the potential origins of the outbreak in china, we've got a lot to talk to him about in our next half hour. >> all right, looking forward to that savannah, first, though, in difficult times, people have usually turned to the world of sports as a welcome distraction. but during this pandemic even that old stand-by has been unavailable. this morning, a sliver of hope that some sports could soon come back nbc's sam brock joins us from the home of nba's miami heat, sam, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. here in miami the heat players have given fans such a reason to cheer for this season. but behind me now you see barricades after the nba had to suspend its season it was the first professional league to do so. many of the leagues have followed suit since. this, as the sports world, like the rest of the country right now, trying to figure out how to get going again. sports has always brought people together even helping to heal a nation in crisis, like after 9/11.

but during this devastating pandemic sports have been powerless to help. college basketball, pulling the plug on march madness. the nba and nhl, freezing their games mid-season even baseball, america's pastime, never heard the words, play ball. dr. anthony fauci is giving ba. dr. anthony people hope. >> you can't play without spectators, i think you get enough buy-in from people dying to see a baseball game particularly me, i'm living in washington we have the world champion, washington nationals. >> opening day, i am -- i got goose bumps right now. >> reporter: commercials declaring there's no place like sports dr. fauci conditions for return would likely be no fans, plenty of testing and players league what's the hardest factor you're weighing in right now?

>> it's not about the hardest factor, the most important factor is the health and well being of the nhl family. >> reporter: he says the health of fans is critical too, though they may not even be in the building when players hit the ice. on the hardwood, no hard plans to return either the nba stilling nbc news in part while our foremost priority remains everyone's health and well-being, the league office continues to evaluate all options for a return to play any decision on a date to restart the season is likely weeks away one of the league's all-time greats, lebron james, working on his moves off the court. the next major sporting event on the calendar is the nfl draft, a totally virtual experience major league baseball is considering an arizona plan, with all 30 teams playing in stadiums around phoenix. the league says there will be no fans and it will only reopen with the blessing of public health officials, one of the

sport's best players weighing in. >> there's a lot of red flags, a lot of questions we would have to agree on it as players. the mentality is we want to get back as soon as we can. >> reporter: no easy answers for organizations that in many ways represent more than just an escape. >> during times of crisis, what does sports do to lift people up >> sports is the great unifier sports brings people together. >> amen to that, commissioner. by the way, the wnba draft also on friday. here's the thing, sam, we saw lebron jamming with his kids we're not the only ones with baited breath waiting for sports to come back the athletes are as well what's quarantine looking like for some of these athletes >> reporter: craig, do you remember when you were a kid, and you would play horse in the backyard with your friends >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: that is what nba

players and wnba players are doing right now, not together obviously, different courts, separate hoops, but they're doing it in remote locations together, just a really cool televised competition that's going on right now here in miami as well, craig, the players, the organization have donated $100,000 worth of jerseys and t-shirts to be turned into masks for first responders amazing efforts right now from nba players. i would also add in other sports news the pga expected to make an announcement soon on when golf will return as well. guys, back to you. >> we could see a tournament in fort worth sam brock in miami thank you. you don't realize how much you need sports. >> yes. >> how much you love sports, until sports is gone. >> and even without fans, just something to watch on tv something to watch. >> yes coming up next what life will look like when things finally do begin to reopen the plans in california that could serve as a road map for the rest of the country, and to alter everything from shopping to schools, we'll talk about that coming up right after this. mom what can we do after this?

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solutions. this morning what life may be reopen, savannah. >> well, for starters it may not be what we all expect. nbc's tech correspondent jacob ward has more on that. jake, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. here in california the governor says we must achieve six goals before this state can reopen, from more testing, to major changes in how we interact in public, in places like retail and schools to restaurants themselves all of that will have to change. one thing is for sure, it's going to be a very strange new world. the california governor's six-part checklist for reopening the state could be a model for the country. what will life look like for you and me the first step may be the most challenging, testing huge numbers of people all the time, to see who has the virus now and who's already had it and may be immune. >> the goal at the end of this

month is to get to 25,000 tests, and then to grow exponentially from there into may and june >> reporter: even assuming you have not tested positive it's hard to imagine going shopping or out to eat with these thingsg will ruin dining out. >> i can't envision a restaurant where people have their mouths covered and everybody's weari on. >> it's going to be like going to have lunch in your doctor's office. >> reporter: restaurant owner greg morris thinks precautions like masks and social distancing will ruin dining out. >> i can't envision a restaurant where people have their mouths covered and everybody's wearing gloves and they're trying to sit down and have some sort of enjoyable atmosphere that's going to probably wipe out, i would say, half of the mom and pop and small businesses in l.a. >> reporter: to be ready for a virus resurgence hospitals would need extra beds and equipment. right now california's looking pretty good there. >> we're pretty confident that we're in the flat part of the curve and it's going to stayes shelters, jails. >> reporter: here's where it gets complicated, you can't s.

are we supposed to send our children to school in staggered shifts? to monitor the spread of the reopen businesses unless you also reopen schools. what's a working parent supposed to do? how would that even work it's hard enough to get a kindergartner to wash her hands. are we supposed to send our children to school in staggered shifts to monitor the spread of the virus, congress is considering technology to apple and google that traces possible infections through our phones let's say i go running in my neighborhood and i pass a couple of people pretty closely their phone and my phone would be registered together as part of a contact history and then if any of them were to test positive for covid-19, well, i might be notified i should probably quarantine for two weeks. as states increase testing, will they follow china where health codes on people's phones show red if they're quarantined, and green if they're clear to return to public life tough questions we have to answer before returning to anything like normal life in california or anywhere else. >> i'm optimistic about it, but it's not business as usual by

any stretch of the imagination. >> jake, what other sorts of restrictions do we expect as the country gradually reopens? >> savannah, it's really a radical reinvention of how we live our lives here in california health officials say pedestrian traffic on hiking and bike trails may be allowed in just one direction, imagine that and people in high risk groups like the elderly may still be required to shelter at home until there's a vaccine. this thing is not going to be anything like the life we've been leading, savannah. >> at least not for the near future, jacob, thank you very much guys >> all right, savannah, thank you. what do you say we bring in mr. roker, get a check of the weather. hey, al. >> what's up, al. >> hey, guys good to see you, craig, as well. and let's look on the radar. you'll see snow in some spots.

rain in others and that will give you a good idea of where the cooler temperatures are and you can see we've got this widespread chill today denver, 31 degrees, below average. it's snowing there 12 degrees below average in d.c. chicago at 46. cold air moves to the east and friday new york will be only 50, same in pittsburgh, 12 degrees below average. dallas 17 below and then into next week temperatures hit a we have a drizzly start over san francisco. our live camera right now showing some of the moisture. a couple rain drops on the camera in san francisco. in addition to some cloud cover overlooking san jose. that's going to be today's scene. that cloud cover will rain through for the next couple days and cooler temperatures. we're starting our cooldown today. highs in the 70s.

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good morning, it is 7:55. yes, it's thursday. this is your daily reminder. a live look over walnut creek. the cloud cover, we have plenty of it. even a little bit of rain over san francisco. a couple shots of the live cam. but a quick reminder if you're anywhere around the coastline, don't be. there's a beach hazard in effect today. we're talking about sneaker wav waves. the hazard is going to remain through tomorrow even though temperatures lsh really comfortable and sunny. wee we'll keep the cloudy skies. a high of 75. by and even into sunday, we're talking ab a spotty chance of a shower or two. notice what happens to the the temperatures. 70s to 60s by sunday.

and then monday a high of about 63 for inland areas. with that rain an inch. we're looking at traffic problems sneaking up on us. we're looking at the maps in green. over here, it's been cleared. no incidents reported, but a little slowing towards the curves. just shy of there, may have this blocked but a crash. >> thank you. happening now, the latest weekly jobless numbers are out. another 5 million americans filed for unemployment. that's in addition to the 17 million jobless claims over the past three weeks. the numbers are pretty much in line with the forecast. so far this morning, on wall street stocks are trading lower than less than 1%. and beaches are again open, but it comes with a huge warning to anyone thinking about traveling

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♪ it is 8:00 on "today". coming up, moving forward. coming up. moving forward president trump pushes his plan to reopen the economy. >> the battle continues but the data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new cases. >> amid growing protests against stay at home orders. but how soon is too soon and what does that mean for your state? we'll talk to the secretary of defense. plus, hero helpers, a special surprise delivery for a group of nurses who answered the call for help in new york city. >> these nurses are nothing less than remarkable. they have the courage.

they have the inspiration, and they also have the spirit in order to thrive. and hello kelly. >> welcome to the show, y'all. >> we'll catch up with the one and only kelly clarkson. how the pop star is keeping busy with her show from home, a new song and two little ones, today, thursday april 16th, 2020. ♪ what doesn't kill you makes you stronger ♪ >> from massachusetts, we wanted to say thank you to all of our essential workers for keeping us safe. >> hi, earth science teacher in westchester county, grading papers, watching the "today" show i wanted to give a big "today" show plaza shoutout to west virginia teachers and all teaches across our country for being heroes during these difficult times we face. >> i love our virtual plaza. i love our virtual plaza welcome back to "today." it's thursday morning. we've got savannah working from home craig here in studio 1a. isn't that fun, you guys, to see our little plaza come to life

again? >> yes, keep them coming. >> i love seeing our crowd we want to hear from you you get extra credit if there's a cute baby like that or a cute animal come as you are. share your shoutouts use twitter or instagram put #mytodayplaza, we would love to put you on the air. >> let's get to our news at 8:00 craig, three things we're watching. announce new guidelir governors to help states start th the white house is expected to announce new guidelines for governors to start the process of easing stay at home restrictions and reopening businesses. >> we'll be opening up states, some states much sooner than others, and we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st. >> dr. deborah birx, a member of the coronavirus task force is urging all americans to continue practicing social distancing here's the second thing we're watching, in new york, a tough new measure to stop the spread

of the virus, governor andrew cuomo is now ordering all new yorkers to wear those face coverings in public when they can't maintain six feet of social distancing. in pennsylvania, governor tom wolf says businesses in his state must turn away customers who are not covering their faces. and here's the third thing we're watching, pressure mounting to reopen parts of the economy. at the michigan state capital protesters blasted a strict stay at home order which includes interstate travel restrictions governor gretchen whitmer said she understood their frustration but was disappointed that the demonstrators congregated in violation of social distancing rules. >> all right, craig, this morning we've got an important update on the navy captain who was relieved of his command after he raised concerns about coronavirus aboard his ship. there's news this morning he may be allowed tre post nbc white house correspondent kristen welker is on the story

and has been on it for several weeks now. kristen, good morning. >> reporter: hi, savannah, morning to you, that is right, navy officials are now signaling reinstatement is on the table for captain brett crozier. they started a preliminary investigation. he's now been hailed a hero by his crew captain brett crozier could be heading back to duty dramatically dismissed from the theodore roosevelt after going outside his command to plead for protection, warning of an outbreak on his ship writing a letter that read in part we are not at war, sailors do not need to die now a spokesperson for the navy's chief of naval operations tells nbc news no final decisions have been made, but all options are on the table adding a preliminary inquiry of the events surrounding the

firing is under review crozier's dismissal sparking outrage among the crew and eventually leading to the resignation of the secretary of the navy, thomas modly, he took a 35-hour trip to the roosevelt, costing taxpayers $243,000 he bashed crozier over the ship's loud speakers. during a 15 minute speech. >> it was my opinion if he didn't think that information was going to get out into the public, and this information age that we live in, then he was, "a," too naive or too stupid to be the commanding officer of a ship like this. >> mark esper saying the final decision about crozier's reinstatement could be up to him. >> at some point it likely will come to me the most important thing, though, is taking care of our sailors. >> reporter: president trump previously saying crozier made a mistake but that the situation should be looked at. >> i'm going to get involved and see exactly what's going on there.

i don't want to destroy someone for having a bad day. >> reporter: on monday one sailor assigned to the roosevelt died of coronavirus related complications and the captain and rers have all tested positive for the virus. now captain crozier is in isolation in guam after that positive test result for now there's no word on when we'll get the final decision on his job status savannah >> kristen, thank you. this is just one of many topics we'll talk about with the secretary of defense, mark esper who will join us live in just a moment on those issues craig? >> savannah, first, here's a story that might be hard to swallow if you enjoy a cold beer now and then i hope carson daly isn't watching or listening right now. in happier times beer was flowing freely, but in those gathering places for social distancing that beer is just sitting in tanks at local breweries.

when it gets past the expiration date it has to be hauled by the truckload. to a wastewater treatment plant to be safely dumped. this particular plant has disposed of more than 20,000 gallons of beer and the director says it's just the beginning hoda kotb, if we ever needed a boost, we need one after that. >> i feel like i can hear carson crying right now here's our boost, a soldier who returned from nine months overseas had to spend two weeks in coronavirus quarantine before he could go home to his family so when he finally did return to new jersey, there were signs, hugs, waiting for lieutenant colonel rob mobchin, but that's not all they had in store for this man that, by the way is friends and neighbors showing their appreciation they staged a 100 car horn honking parade, the best kind. rob's wife diane organized the whole thing. she wanted to make his

homecoming special, even as big parties and gatherings aren't allowed right now. >> how about another boost this is actually probably one of our favorite stories this morning. saturday night live's michael che doing his part to help those in need while honoring his late grandmother at the same time he lost his grandmother martha to covid-19. he's decided to pay one month's rent for all 160 apartments in the new york city housing authority building that she once lived in instagram post michael che said it's crazy that public housing residents are still expected to pay rent when so many new yorkers can't work i know it's just a drop in the bucket i hope the city has a better plan for debt forgiveness for all the people in public housing. >> i love that think about all the people doing things we don't even know about. hats off. >> yeah. way to go, michael. up next while most americans stay at home the military is hard at work

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welcome back on a thursday morning in the fight against the coronavirus, the u.s. military has deployed tens of thousands of troops all across the country. they've set up field hospitals, deployed hospital ships to the nation's hardest hit cities and there have also been nearly 5,000 cases of the virus among service members and at least two people have died joining us from the pentagon is the secretary of defense mark esper, secretary esper, good morning, sir, thank you for taking time for us this morning. >> good morning, savannah, thank you as well. >> as i just mentioned the military has stepped up majorly for the american people in this crisis i've got to ask you about some of these news headlines about the origins of the coronavirus "the washington post" is reporting the state department sent at least two official warnings about experiments being conducted at chinese labs in wuhan, inadequate security, in research that was actually with bats studying coronaviruses. do you have a view of the likelihood that this novel coronavirus could have come from

a chinese lab? >> well, thank you, savannah first, i know you want to talk about it later, but let me say how proud i am and thankful for the 50,000 plus service members in american towns and cities today. they've left their own families and risking their own lives to help protect the american people, particularly doctors and nurses there are thousands there in new york city. we've been on this since day one, all in since late january doing all we can to help the american people. we've been ahead of the curve and plan to stay ahead of the curve as this pandemic moves forward. with regard to your question this is something we've been watching closely for some time the results are inconclusive, if you will. we do know one thing, if the chinese government, the party had been more transparent earlier it would have helped us in terms of staying ahead of this virus, being able to understand its dna, develop therapeutics and vaccines much quicker. they need to be far more forthright than what they've been. >> on this particular point do you think the chinese have

misled about the origins of the virus? >> well, like i said, i can't speak to intelligence matters. but i find it hard to trust much of what comes out of the chinese communist party. they've been misleading us, opaque, if you will, from the early days of this virus so i don't have much faith that they're even been truthful with us now. >> real quickly, one last point on this, general milly said yesterday he still believes the weight of the evidence is that the virus originated from a natural source, not in a chinese lab. do you agree with that >> the majority of the views is that it was natural, it was organic. we need to continue to work this and once we get beyond the pandemic we'll have a chance to look back and find out what happened and to take proper precautions to prevent this in the future and getting china to be more transparent. it's a global pandemic, going to take a global response and we can't have one of the largest

nations in the world hiding information or not being transparent when it comes to helping us deal with this. >> let's talk about our troops and the incredible work that they have been doing you mentioned doctors, nurses, active duty, reserves, national guard, building field hospitals, being out on the streets i personally have seen them in new york city. how long do you think they'll be asked to do this kind of work on a pandemic w it's going to go on for a while. the good news is they're fully committed to it. more often than not we're serving overseas protecting america's interests abroad many of them, over 30,000 are national guardsmen working within their own towns and communities, proud and enthusiastic to do what they're doing despite the fact they're putting their lives on the line. we're in a half dozen major cities, to include new york city as we try and stay ahead of this pandemic we're looking to where we may go next, tampa, miami, chicago, houston, we want to make sure that we stay ahead of the curve.

that we stay ahead of the virus as it moves across the united states and we're completely committed and prepared to do that no matter how long it lasts. >> and how are they being protected, whether it's an overseas post, or something they're doing in this country, as you well know military service often calls for working in very tight quarters and closed spaces. how do you keep them safe in this new era >> yeah, you know, i've -- my first guidance to the post came on 30 january. as recall d.o.d. was working department to bring americans from china back to the united states to quarantine them. we had guidance going out early and we've issued seven or other additional guidances or directives the military is disciplined. we have a strong chain of command enforcing this for soldiers on the front lines. we're being very aggressive. i've outlined from day one three priorities, first protecting service members, dod civilians

and troops and their families, second, ensuring we can conduct national security missions and third, providing full support to the whole of nation and whole of government response. >> one of the things you did was initiate a stock movement order across the military, goes until may 11th you've indicated you may have to extend it. how much longer do you think that stop movement order will have to persist? >> you're right about that, savannah, we issued our global pandemic campaign, activated it on 1 february, nearly three months ago and then since then not soon thereafter we stopped all movement, both in the united states and abroad. as you know we have families, tens of thousands of families moving between the united states and abroad all the time. during my time in the military my wife and i moved to europe and back so we're going to extend this for a matter of weeks. we're trying to be conscious of the demands on our families, the hardships, getting your kids into the next school, whether it's a spouse moving and anticipating a job that he or she will be taking we're very conscious of the

impact on the families they've borne the hardship as much as their service member has. we want to giver them a heads up to socialize will. i've committed i will review this policy every couple weeks, if we can end it sooner rather than later, we will. >> and let's talk about this because it inevitably raises the question of readiness. you've got the stop movement order, major exercises, military exercises have had to be cancelled, even basic training postponed for a period of time some others. it will have some'm fully confi that we are 100% ready to d what is the impact on readiness? >> well, we have had to cancel some exercises, and trim down some others. it will have some impact over time but i'm fully confident that we are 100% ready to deal with any threats, any adversaries out there. i said the other day here at the pentagon while most of america is rightly looking inward and taking care of families and communities, we continue to stand guard, looking outward from america's adversaries, whether it's china trying to jeopardize freedom of the seas, russian aircraft trying to enter

our air space, we continue to deter iranian bad behavior, supporting colleagues in afghanistan, our friends in iraq all these things continue to happen out there and we want to make sure our adversaries are not taking advantage of the situation. >> i wanted -- that was my very next question. the navy just released video yesterday of iranian ships repeatedly conducting what the navy called dangerous and harassing approaches, even coming within ten feet in one case there have been russian aircraft incursions in the arctic as you mentioned, north korea doing missile tests and that's just this week. do you think our adversaries sense a vulnerability or sense an opportunity >> well, it's hard to say. we read the intelligence carefully. but this is a normal week for dod, this is why i said that we must maintain our national mission capabilities, our readiness, our ability to protect the united states. our adversaries are not standing down

i continue to make sure that we can do that. we've issued guidance to make sure that we can because as you know it's hard to get social distancing on a submarine in the cockpit of an airplane, whatere. our troops remain ready and doing everything we can to maintain they're protected we have 90 navy ships at sea, all at good health, performing important wartime missions and we're taking other actions to ensure we continue to defend the american people. >> stated simply in your mind, does a pandemic like this constitute a threat to national security >> it can because the upheaval it causes around the world, political upheaval, economic upheaval or social upheaval. we watch it closely. we developed some time ago global pandemic campaign plans, we activated that on 1 february. we're conscious of what happens out there. i speak to my combatant commanders, the generals and admirals responsible for each region of the world, i speak to them twice a week about what they're seeing, i get daily reports and they're confident we can continue to deter bad behavior

and if necessary respond. >> mr. secretary, by now many people are aware of what transpired on the uss ship "theodore roosevelt," the commander fired after sounding the alarm about coronavirus, because he sent a letter that went outside his chain of command. "the new york times" is reporting the navy is considering and open to having captain crozier reinstated i believe you said you as well are open to that if that's what the investigation finds. >> well, first of all, i directed that investigation a couple weeks ago it concluded late last week. it is now with the navy. it will come to me at some point in time. as i'm in the chain of command i can't comment further. i've got to keep an open mind with regard to everything. the important thing right now, though, is taking care of our sailors upon that ship and getting them back to sea what we found of the 600 or so that have been infected what's disconcerting is a majority of those 350 plus are asymptomatic. so it has revealed a new dynamic

of this virus that can be carried by normal healthy people who have no idea whatsoever that they're carrying it. we're learning a lesson there communicate that to our broader force and we take every precaution we can to keep our force healthy and ready. >> one more question, on captain crozier, if he were to be reinstated, would that be an acknowledgment that the official firing was wrong, was in error >> again, i can't comment an that take this one step at a time let the investigation within the navy conclude, if you will, as a they brief it up we'll take things as we can and make very reasoned opinions and judgments as this progresses. >> and to your point the uss tr is a nuclear powered ship, essentially out of commission right now if you've got 4,000 crew members who have been offshored because of coronavirus, are you concerned about that impact on readiness or at a minimum just a message that it sends in terms of demonstration of force that's so important?

>> well, we have 11 aircraft carriers, others at sea right now. if necessary the teddy roosevelt could go to sea immediately and perform its wartime mission. i'm confident about that the key thing is getting her back to sea. you know, the challenge is, it's a crew of 5,000. this is a small city, a small city where all the residents are cramped into tight quarters. and so you can see how quickly this virus, because itof not ju t.r., but other ships on the seas, 90% of other ships out there have had no problems ready to conduct wartime mission today. this is a special case we'll get it behind us and i'm sure the t.r. will be back soon performing its important wartime mission. >> finally, as i'm sure you've observed, there is no part of our lives in this country that hasn't been affected by this pandemic as you think about it, how do you think it will affect the military going forward >> yeah, obviously it's going to

affect all of us it affects me personally i have a college-aged daughter who's been at home studying and doing work online. it impacts all of us, both personally and professionally. we're in the process of collecting lessons learned as we go through this pandemic we had a well developed campaign planned but we've also deployed units, historians, to capture the lessons learned and at some point in time once we get beyond this we're going to look back and make sure we understand everything so we're better prepared going forward epidemics, pandemics are hard, they can be devastating on the force. i fought in the gulf war, and my unit was affected by a virus that swept through our unit and it knocked us down for a few days this can have a real impact on the military we have to continue to improve and refine our plans going forward. >> americans feel a great sense of gratitude for our armed forces and all that they're doing on our behalf in battling this pandemic. secretary of defense mark esper, thank you for your time this morning, sir, we really appreciate it. >> thank you, savannah take care.

>> and thank you we've got a moment for a check of the weather with mr. roker. >> we've got a little bit of drizzle over our san francisco camera. you can see it here. pop-up clouds as well. we'll see the cloud cover really all day long. look at this live look over walnut creek. and don't forget, we're going to see cooler temperatures, but there is a beach hazard statement in effect through the entire coastline. let's give you a look throughout the bay area. high of 75 for san jose. 74 east san jose and is into the interior valleys from 80s yesterday to 70s today. that's your latest weather hoda >> all right, al, thank you. coming up, i've got two words for you, kelly clarkson. from the voice she's going to join us from her ranch, brand new music to share and lots to talk about

good morning to you. 8:26. i'm marcus washington. an update on the bay area pandemic. more than 5600 confirmed cases. 176 people have died. containing all of this has been a hard situation. continuing coverage for you on the deadly outbreak in hayward impacting the most at-risk people. our investigative unit learned a second senior care facility near troubled gateway care center is experiencing an outbreak. at gateway, 66 patients and staff have been tested positive for the coronavirus. and 13 patients have now died. alameda county prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation there and news coming into our investigative unit as they learned that seven patients and 10 staff members at nearby windsor post acute have tested positive. it's not yet clear if the same workers may have overlapped in both facilities. so far windsor post acute not responding to our requests for comment. you can link to the full story at nbcbayarea.com.

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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.

we're back now we're back now, 8:30, thursday morning, the 16th of april 2020 timberlake's response that's a pretty shot of our plaza, sunshine and bright we are really excited for the good stuff we've got coming up in this half hour, guys. >> yeah, we are, carson has already promised us a terrific "pop start," including justin timberlake's response to britney spears about their decades old breakup. >> and then another music superstar, kelly clarkson. >> oh, may. >> hey, guys. >> she got her hair done. >> we're going to talk to her about a lot of things, including a new song, working at home from her shore and her kids we're going to talk to kelly about all that stuff. >> i love seeing kelly's face. and i think this is going to really warm your hearts, guys. wait until you see the special surprise given to some nurses who left their families, left their homes, and traveled right here to new york to join the fight against coronavirus.

let's just say it will feed your soul. >> look forward to that. mr. roker, how about a check of the weather first. all right, well we want to take a look, show you what's happening as far as our weekend outlook is concerned let's start off tomorrow, friday, mix of rain and wet snow in the northeast chilly in the rockies, some wet weather in parts of central california saturday, that storm will exit off the coast. leaving with it some rain in the mid-atlantic, some snow in the northeast. rain increasing down in texas. and some showers in the pacific northwest and then sunday, sunday, we are looking for severe storms through the gulf we're going to be watching that very, very closely and more warmth through the southwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your >> after warm 80s yesterday for inland areas, today we're cooling off by as much as 10 degrees in some spots. look at your south bay temperatures. for this afternoon, morgan hill,

75. san highway jose, 73. and it's cloudy. we'll keep that cloud cover all day. danville, 76. and around the coastline, 67 degrees. don't forget there's a beach hazard in effect for the entire coastline through tomorrow at 11:00 p.m. >> and that's your l weather, gang? >> all right, al, thank you. and coming up, carson is at the ready with "pop start," prince harry's first appearance since moving here to the u.s but first, this is "today" on [♪] you want a fresh-smelling home, but some air fresheners use heavy, overwhelming scents. try febreze one; a range of innovative air fresheners with no heavy perfumes that you can feel good about using in your home to deliver a light, natural-smelling freshness. febreze one neutralizes stale, stuffy odors and releases a subtle hint of fragrance like bamboo or lavender & eucalyptus. to eliminate odors with no heavy perfumes,

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show, more at home editions. last night jimmy did his monologue with his daughters win any and francis during arts and crafts time to mixed results. >> tax day is now after the 4th of july, which means a lot of americans will be able to claim their fingers and eyebrows as a total loss that's right, because the virus, kids applying to college this fall might not have to submit s.a.t. scores. in response lori loughlin, you've got to be f-ing kidding me jersey for jersey, the only benefit show where you send a oh, everybody is a critic. >> that's a tough crowd there at the fallon household donation -- >> oh, everybody's a critic. that's a tough crowd there at the fallon household. up next, with even got prince harry, made his move to los angeles with his wife meghan markle, and, of course, baby archie but that doesn't mean he's too busy to work with some of his

favorite charities in a call for the well child charity harry spoke with parents of children especially vulnerable to coronavirus. he talked about his son and gave them some encouraging words. good to see harry is still out there supporting his causes, awesome. >> finally, britney spears feeling nostalgic, we weren't the only ones looking to the past with our nostalgic songs. back when britney and justin timberlake started dating. they had a public breakup and there's no bad blood after she sent the internet into a frenzy with a new video of her dancing to justin's "filthy.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> the caption there reading this is my version of snapchat or tiktok, whatever cool thing you're supposed to do these thinks p.s., i know we had one of the world's biggest breakups 20 years ago but the man is a genius, great song, j.t. the icing on the cake there, of course, one of the responses back in the thread was from justin himself who did a bunch of laughing emojis and the praise hands and that really made people go nuts, we're all quarantined, we're going back into days that made us feel good like these days, the days where britney and trl, this was such a warm fuzzy time for so many people and it's been almost 20 years. >> did you know that's when we all came to know and love carson daly how often do you sit around and reminisce on those old trl days, buddy? >> a lot i still hear the screaming girls' voices in my head that one's a hard thing to shake. but it's moments like this when you see britney post that and

j.t. respond, it was like high school then, justin was the captain of the football team, she was the cheerleader, eminem and fred durst were the bad guys, 50 cent was the gangster, literally. marilyn manson the goth crew i was the friend of everybody. it's nostalgic. >> the equipment manager. >> i like your sideburns, carson. >> i thought you were a.b. club, roker. >> i was, but also equipment manager too. >> wow, all right. carson, thank you, thanks, guys. coming up next, our girl kelly clarkson, she's going to talk about the perks and the pitfalls of her work from home life everyone is working a little differently now. so we can still answer your calls. and we are monitoring our system 24/7 to ensure that we have a fast reliable network, keep the customers connected, and making sure people are staying safe. and we're still on the road. solving critical issues as they arise.

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well, welcome back, kelly clarkson is out with a new song to well, welcome back, kelly clarkson is out with a new song today. it's called "i dare you," she's been hunkering down with her

family in montana. but the grammy winner is busier than ever between taping segments for her talk show and performing concerts in her bathroom, we know her towels well she's with us this morning hi, kelly. >> hello you saw my hashtag brown towel. >> girl, first of all, i see your bathroom, i see your husband's towels, i like that you change them out, that's good. >> yes, it is goodal working this is like way worse than normal. >> can i tell you something? your hair is on point. did you get up and curl it what did you do? >> yes, and i don't do hair and makeup so this is literally, thank you -- for the tinted moisturizer and the mascara. ma. my hair and makeup are probably like, hashtag, that's not my work. my hair and makeup are probably

like, hashtag, that's not my work. >> i want to talk about your new song in a second, kelly. i've been laughing, watching you in montana on instagram. it's cold there. you talked about how your pipes froze. >> oh, my gosh, girl, i had to use -- this is the real thing. we're in a cabin right now we're building our house we got this ranch a year ago we're under snow right now i like hiked through a foot of snow jusat that cabin, the pipes froze where we're staying. i had to use my kids tiny potty. it was snowing outside it was freezing. like usually i'm okay with like, well -- but like it was freezing and i was like, well, gotta go, so -- >> girl, you are straight up you tell it like it is, how are the kids, how's everybody? >> they're insane. everyone is insane i mean, we're very lucky because we have our ranch to go to during this time but, oh, my gosh, with three children that are trapped inside doing school

every parent out there, you know, probably. but we're making the best of it. >> of course you are. you guys are you, you're awesome people. do not want to do it like it's just really hard for e you guys are you, you're awesome people let me ask the control room, do we have the song "i dare you" or not? we're having issues in our control room everything is a bit weird. i'm going to play it. >> i love this kind of -- i love everything that's happening now. ♪ so far from a garden >> i love this song. >> let's talk about it. let's talk about this song. >> i've had it for over a ♪ >> ay! >> hit it, go. ♪ so far from a garden >> i love this song. >> let's talk about it let's talk about this song. >> i've had it for over a year, hoda we've been working on this project for over a year. there's multi-languages. >> multi-languages >> there's multiple languages. i grew up singing opera, and i

grew up singing different languages, german, french, italian, spanish and latin i had this idea to do this with a project in my career and i never had a song that fit with it, nor did i have the team that would back that idea so it was really cool, the message was perfect. i thought it was kind of globally connecting, and i wanted to do that musically. and then all this happened and we became extremely connected globally. >> sure. >> and so we just kept with the release date we were going to, you know, shelf it for a minute. but, you know, it was planned to come out today, and i thought maybe people need this kind of message right now. >> and what are you saying it says "i dare you," you dare us to do what? >> it's basically like -- i dare you to love instead of fear, instead of hate, instead of, you know, wonder about something and actually just engage with

people, engage with yourself again. and remember that we're all like a human race like we're all -- even though we're from all different parts of the world, different religions, politics, whatever, at the end of the day we're all like the same human race and i thought wow how ironic that we're releasing this single in this time where we really are all connected. >> could you sing a little bit for us again i know my phone and this combo -- >> oh, yeah, no, not at all. now i just blanked on the words. i'm about to record it for something. sorry. ♪ there's a wolf that's raised on a world that strays ♪ ♪ so far from a garden ♪ and just like your own every heart you know ♪ ♪ seems cold and hardened ♪ >> i like this part ♪ you may not have a stage but you still have a voice ♪ ♪ you may not have the strength but if you have a choice ♪ >> and then it says i dare you to love. i listen to the other languages, arabic and hebrew and french and

german and spanish it was really hard but it was really cool. >> i'm stunned that you sing in all those languages. i knew nothing of that. >> oh, i sing this song in those languages. >> okay.throom acoustics, what is about your bathroom that works? >> honestly, every >> it was really hard. >> can i ask ason that loves to sing, it kind of great acoustics if you don't have -- a studio going on and you're trying to do something but also, let's be real, i'm in a small cabin and there's nowhere to go that you're alone, except for when you're going to the bathroom that's where i went. yeah. >> kelly, we love you. your show is terrific. i know you guys are going to do a whole live show, you're going to talk about this song, do it from montana

i hope your internet stays up. god willing -- >> girl. >> i know. >> yeah. and every kid in the world is online school right now so that helps. >> kelly, thank you so much. i know you're going to come back with us, joining jenna and me at 10:00. by the way the kelly clarkson show, weekdays, check your local listing and she's also on the voice monday nights on nbc thank you, kell. just ahead our big surprise with the help of a celebrity chef for a heroic group of chef for a heroic group of nurses who answered new york's (soft music) - [female vo] restaurants are our family. the cornerstone of our communities. and our family needs help. right now they're facing a crisis. and they're counting on your takeout and delivery orders to help them through. because if we don't treat restaurants like family today.. they might not be around to treat us like family tomorrow.

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