touch. cbs this morning is coming up next. have a great thursday. good morning to you and welcome to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king with anthony mason and tony dokoupil. possible progress today in the push for coronavirus testing. plus a new warning for young people. >> big economic relief from washington as millions of workers worry about being left behind. >> how to stay fit and healthy even in isolation. the new tools that can keep you healthy and eating right. >> it's march 19th, 2020. we'll have the latest updates on the coronavirus right after today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >> we're going to defeat the invisible enemy. i think we're going to do it faster than we thought and it will be a complete victory. a total victory.

>> president trump is closing the border with canada. and calling himself a wartime president. >> this is a war. and we're in the same trench. >> this is no time to panic, but it's just as much no time for business as usual. >> reporter: infections in the u.s. have swelled to more than 8,000. the first known members of congress have tested positive. >> probably the worst cold i've ever had. and -- sorry. and i'm healthy. >> the new york stock exchange said it would temporarily close its trading floor and move to electronic trading beginning monday. >> we're in a real doozy of a crisis. you simply cannot do enough to help make things better. >> gun and ammo sales are way up amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. some stores are having trouble keeping up with the demand. >> all that -- >> if you still want a holiday experience, take inspiration from these melbourne retirees. >> who managed to enjoy their canceled cruise without leaving the comfort of their own home.

>> and all that matters. >> we're all in this together. ♪ ♪ i'm a dreamer ♪ but i'm not the only one ♪ i hope some day you'll join us ♪ ♪ and the world will be as one >> on "cbs this morning." >> the coronavirus continues to be everywhere. after trump made a big deal about it not being in west virginia, last night we found out that west virginia is the 50th state to report a coronavirus case. so now we're all in this together. no red states or blue states. just 50 anxious, pale states. this is a crisis that we have to face together by staying as far apart as possible. >> this morning's "eye opener" is presented by toyota. welcome to "cbs this morning." it's fitting that we end with stephen colbert. if this looks familiar it's

because we're in the home of stephen colbert. it's the ed sullivan theater in new york where stephen colbert broadcasts every night. he's on hiatous right now. our studio is temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution. we're grateful to stephen and his staff. dante on camera one. some of stephen's people and our people. we get to be here. >> we promise to be good house guests and leave the place like we found it. >> tinker on the piano. >> i have a hankering to tell funny anecdotes. we do appreciate this home having to do it. >> we want to be very careful. we're taking this very seriously. this is where we stand this morning in the coronavirus pandemic. there are now more than 9400 reported cases here in the united states across all 50 states now. the number of deaths in this country has jumped to at least 152. >> president trump now says he

considers himself a wartime president because of the coronavir coronavirus. last night he signed a $100 billion emergency aid package into law. it includes free virus testing for every american, paid sick leave and expanded unemployment benefits. weijia jiang is at the white house. president trump is also expected to reveal a significant development from the fda this morning. what do we know about that? >> the white house is being tight lipped with any details but the president could talk about a potential treatment for the coronavirus. he's also mentioned researchers are working on a test that people could give themselves. in the meantime, he has taken a series of stunning steps that underscore just how serious this outbreak is. even activating fema to level one. the highest level across the country. >> we're winning it. we will win. it's a question of when and i think it's going to go quickly.

>> reporter: before meeting with a group of nurses on the front lines, president trump said he was using the full power of the federal government to combat the coronavirus. >> we'll be invoking the defense production act. >> reporter: the president signed a korean-era war law that compels manufacturing companies to produce certain goods during a crisis like masks and other protective gear for health workers. though he later said it was for a worst case scenario. one major concern is having enough ventilators to help patients breathe. >> we have a specific number of ventilators in the stockpile. it's in xhexcess of 10,000. you just heard the announcement from the department of defense, they'll be adding several more thousand to that. >> reporter: on capitol hill, lawmakers are working on a trillion-dollar economic stimulus package to bail out the airline and hotel industries. help small businesses and even send money directly to americans in need. >> we are moving rapidly because the situation demands it.

>> reporter: but senate minority leader chuck schumer warned that's only a quick fix. >> this is not a time for small thinking. this is not a time for small measures. this is a time to be bold, to be aggressive. >> reporter: president trump is also under fire for frequently referring to coronavirus as the chinese virus. the president says the virus originated in china and he's pushing back on a chinese official who had suggested the u.s. military brought the disease to wuhan. >> it's not racist at all, no. it comes from china. i want to be accurate. >> reporter: but many asian americans say it is racist and that the president's actions have led to a growing number of attacks on the community, both verbal and physical. tony? >> weijia, thank you. last night we learned at least two members of congress have tested positive for the coronavirus. they are congressman mario diaz-balart from florida and ben mcadams from utah. they developed symptoms over the

weekend and both are now in isolation. mcadams described his symptoms to our salt lake city affiliate kutv. >> a temperature of about 103 and it feels like i have a belt around my lungs. i just can't take too deep a breath. it's a little labored breathing and then really achy. probably the worst cold i've ever had. and -- sorry. and i'm healthy. >> a lot of people feel that way. we understand others who may have been in contact with those congressmen are now self-quarantining. dr. deborah birx is the response coordinator for the white house coronavirus task force and joins us from washington. thank you for taking the time. your plate is overflowing. i want to refer to weijia jiang's piece where we heard the president say we're going to win, and we will win very quickly. what is the white house definition of quickly? >> i think we're all looking very closely at the data. the data coming out of china. the data coming out of south korea. we're encouraged by the recent

reports from china of no new cases. we're watching very carefully about china going back to work and seeing if that impacts the spread of the virus. we're learning from other countries. if our profile looks like china, we believe that that is very quickly. but if we are evaluating every single country and the data coming from that country. >> dr. birx, i think americans can handle just about anything but they need to know what to expect. you mentioned china as a possible timeline. we're in this two weeks to slow the spread period but there are other reports coming from the administration about a possible 18-month a 18-month fight. how long should americans be prepared to take precautions to fight this epidemic? >> the models not only looked at what's happening during this current outbreak. we know with respiratory diseases they have a peak and often fall off during the summer months. if this works like every other respiratory disease that comes to us in the winter. we're tracking very carefully about what would happen if it

came back in the fall or came back in the fall after that. and that's why the president has been working nonstop both on therapeutics. that could be available in the summer and fall. and vaccines that could be available in the fall of 2020. it's a long -- it's just a today vision, a tomorrow vision but also a 90-day vision, a fall vision and a fall 2021 vision to make sure that we're following everything. >> at this point, when do you anticipate the peak to be? >> well, the only thing we can look at is the same thing you all are looking at. what the peaks look like in every other country. in every other country where the peak came and the cases declined, it was because every single person in that country followed the guidelines that our president has put out. these guidelines are extraordinarily important. it's about social distancing. it's about washing your hands. it's about ensuring that you're protecting yourself and protecting others. it's not about partying on beaches during spring break. >> dr. birx, what concerns you

most at this point? >> i think the rapidness of the getting our own data. i think that's very important. we applaud the legislation for putting in the white house request for reporting. i think we need to see 100% of the cases. a lot of people are looking at the data that came out of the mmwr this morning. the numbers are not large enough for us to make conclusions from, but as we have always been worried about individuals with pre-existing conditions and every age group. so we're asking every hospital, every clinic to report both their testing results and their outcomes at the hospitalization. >> can you give us an update on the testing? how many cases are out there? how many more do you need? when you take the test, how long does it take to get the results? people are very concerned about the testing. >> that's an excellent question because what happened with the testing before we could get the high-speed laboratory commercial labs up and running is there was a backlog. and so every american out there

that's watching the new cases, these are new cases coming from the backlog for samples directed four, five and six days ago. and as those get run, our number of new cases will dramatically increase because they're not daily cases. they're cases from the last few days. once we get through the backlog, we'll be able to tell you precisely how many tests are negative. how many are positive and with this new reporti ining requirem it will be accurate. >> dr. birx, thank you for being with us. cbs news medical dr. tara narula will be with us. we heard dr. birx mention spring break and people shouldn't be out there on the beaches. that's mostly young people. the cdc says 20% of hospitalizations are young people. what does that population need to know? >> the cdc numbers are really important. 20% of those age 20 to 44 were hospitalized in this country. 12% of those aged 20 to 44

needed icu level care. so we're still learning a lot about this virus. so for those young individuals who think, it can't happen to me. i'm not susceptible to this, that's just not the case. we are seeing, you know, young people in italy and france who are having issues with the virus. >> i saw a knucklehead on the beach yesterday from florida saying it's my spring break. if i get it, i get it. it's really so irresponsible because you put so many other people in jeopardy. that's what's so frustrating watching that. >> and that's this big idea of social distancing. we can't hammer it home enough. this comes down to something we call the reproduction factor. that's how infectious i am. if i have the disease i can spread it. we think to about three people. that's reproduction number is affected by how the virus properties itself, who is susceptible but also the duration of contact with individuals and the number of people you contact. by decreasing the duration of people and contact with those people, you are decreasing the speed of the spread of the virus. >> this can seriously affect

young people is the point. >> dr. narula, thank you. >> as an elder millennial, those people on the beach are probably generation z, 20-year-olds, college students. >> it was so maddening to see. >> good of you to stand up for your people. >> thank you very much, doctor. we'll be checking in with dr. narula throughout our broadcast. right now we want an update on hospitals which are overwhelmed by the coronavirus. they'll soon get help from the u.s. military. the navy is planning to send hospital ships to new york and california. the "comfort" and the "mercy." and the army is preparing to deploy to field hospitals. mola lenghi is reporting outside lenox hill hospital right here in new york. good morning. >> good morning, tony. many doctors say they expect more very sick people needing critical care. many say that a lot of hospitals are already over capacity. in west chester county in new york, they're calling on licensed nurses who are out of work, perhaps retired, to jump

back in the ranks and get back to work. most of all, they are imploring the public to stay home unless you need life-saving treatment. this medical center in brooklyn has built a special facility just for coronavirus testing. but some say they are being turned away. >> told me to go to the emergency room for the screening. and then the emergency room, they told me that they ran out of tests right now. >> reporter: other hospitals are also gearing up for the expected spike in coronavirus testing and treatment. dr. hannah locasio is with the hospital in brooklyn. >> what are things you may be facing if this continues to go the way it's going? >> so we have to make decisions about our personal safety, whether or not we're willing to see patients without the proper protective equipment. and i think the worst case scenario for any physician is to have to deny a patient treatment because we simply don't have enough medications or ventilators. >> reporter: ford motor company is ready to gear up production

of ventilators and other equipment as the company, along with general motors, says it will shut down u.s. factories over fears of spreading the virus and falling sales. at the children's hospital of wisconsin in milwaukee, hundreds are being tested after a doctor who treated children with compromised immune systems tested positive. nursing homes also continue to be a major concern. in illinois, long-term care facility announced more than 40 cases wednesday. nearly double the number reported the day before. >> from everything we know about this virus, no place and no person is immune. >> reporter: the red cross says nearly 4,000 blood drives have been canceled nationwide due to coronavirus concerns, resulting in 100,000 fewer donations at a time when demand is on the rise. while governors in at least four eastern states are expanding shutdown orders for malls, amusement parks and bowling allys, many young people are ignoring pleas to stay home,

including spring breakers in florida. the city council in clearwater, florida, ordered the beach closed starting next week. >> we don't want them gathering but they don't realize they can be carrying lots of bad things home to grandmother and grandfather and even their parents. >> reporter: officials here in new york and across the country are also concerned about jail populations contracting the virus. new york city mayor bill de blasio says he plans to release vulnerable inmates in order to help stop the spread and in sacramento, california, anthony, officials there say they're planning to do the same thing. >> thank you. the new york stock exchange will temporarily close its famous trading floor on monday switching to all electronic trading after two people tested positive for the coronavirus. the dow closed below 20,000 yesterday, nearly erasing all of its gains since president trump took office. cbs news business analyst jill

schlesinger joins us. good morning. we've got a trillion-dollar stimulus package on the table and the market still is incredibly unsettled. why? >> there are a number of things playing into this. obviously, uncertainty about how deep and long this period of economic standstill will persist. and i think from the investor perspective, while the deals are on the table, there is a sense growing that a trillion dollars, as big a number as that is, it may not be enough. we're hearing just some of the details coming out, but, really, a lot of the economists that i speak to, they are very worried that we're already starting a recession that next quarter that we could see a contraction in this economy of 10% to 15%. guys, the worst contraction by quarter during the financial crisis was down by about 8%. so this would be seismic over the next 90 days. >> jill, i saw an interview with

a man who said when you hear you're losing your job you just have to rethink your life. it was touching to hear how upset he was and we all hear that. what's the potential for future job losses? >> unfortunately, economists are really guessing. i'm going to throw numbers out there. they'll sound horrible, but we don't know. i'm going to frame it that way. there are some economists i speak to who say they believe there will be 3 million job losses just by this summer. that we could see the unemployment rate spike, probably maybe around 6%, 7%, 8%. you remember in the great recession, we topped out at 10%. now on the good news front, a lot of those same economists believe that as soon as the virus levels peak and start to diminish, we'll see people come back to work, and that would be great news. >> jill, thank you very much. ahead -- adriana diaz shows us how many americans face extremely tough choices as they try to avoid losing their

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in the meantime, a tough story. the cdc reviewing new information about the explosive coronavirus outbreak at several washington state nursing homes. the probe says it was fueled by missteps including six staff members. 35 fatalities are linked to the life care center in kirkland. that is the hardest hit facility. our jonathan vigliotti shows us what investigators have found. >> reporter: among the key findings, some of life care's staff worked while sick. and in some cases, worked a second shift in other facilities, raising concern that the virus was spread from one nursing home to another. already in king county, at least ten nursing homes are reporting cases of the coronavirus. a newly released cdc report is shedding light on how the coronavirus sfred life care center -- spread at the listen care center in kirkland and other area facilities. the agency says of the roughly 130 residents at life care, 62% became infected, and 27% have

died. we first met carmen gray earlier this month. >> they're being held hostage in a petri dish. >> reporter: her mother, susan haley, is one of the life care residents who tested positive. >> i'm in shock. this report is -- it's despicable. >> reporter: according to the report, in mid-february several residents developed respiratory illnesses but tested negative for influenza. it wasn't until roughly two weeks later, february 28th, that health officials confirmed the first case of coronavirus. timothy killian is a spokesman for the life care center. >> had we gotten those tests earlier, all of this might have played out differently. >> reporter: the cdc says several other factors at the nursing homes also contributed to the spread including staff members who worked while symptomatic and worked in more than one facility. inadequate supplies including personal protective equipment and hand sanitizer and limited testing. >> both my sister and i had concerns about the lack of use of hand sanitizer.

and only having masks on. and wearing the same masks in and out of one room to another. >> reporter: are there things within the report that are troubling to all of us? of course. there are questions about proper infection control. this disease, this virus requires measures different than anything else we've dealt with before. >> reporter: at least 34 life care center employees and 14 visitors also contracted the virus. >> i hope that they find this as an example of what not to do. if you listen to the doctors share it saying it's going -- doctors, they're saying it's going to get worse before it gets better. >> the report doesn't mention the shortcoming with delayed testing, nor does it mention the initial response by washington state health officials who four days into the outbreak said their resources were stretched thin. >> thank you. our dr. tara narula is back with more. we heard one of the relatives say their family members were

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president trump signed a multibillion-dollar coronavirus relief bill into law last night. this legislation gives many americans paid sick and family leave, but it reportedly leaves out millions of people, people with businesses with more than 500 employees, and in some cases less than 50 are exempt. it's estimated nearly one in four u.s. workers do not have access to paid sick leave. and nearly 60% are living paycheck to paycheck. adriana diaz reports from chicago where some rush hourly workers worry they will have to make a very difficult choice. >> reporter: good morning. there's a lot of uncertainty right now. working from home isn't an option for someone who flips burgers, works a cash register, or drives a school bus. for people barely making ends meet as it is, they may be less willing to miss work no matter what the reason. they're often inpatient acting

face to -- often interacting face to face with customers putting them at exposure. 27-year-old single mother adriana alvarez has been working at this mcdonald's shins she was 17. she says she couldn't afford to get sick. >> every two seconds, hand sanitizer. there's a lot of people coming through the drive-thru. exchanging money, what if it's spread through food. >> reporter: mcdonald's has shifted to takeout, drive-thru in its stores and is encouraging franchises to do the same. the franchise where alvarez works made the switch this week. minimum wage movement, alvarez is calling on mcdonald's to provide paid sick leave to all employees. so you do have sick days, but it's hard to get them. order that to use them. >> they don't want to give it to us. i don't understand why. >> reporter: mcdonald's sent cbs news this video statement saying corporate restaurants are provided two weeks paid sick leave due to the virus.

but that doesn't apply to franchises. >> we have an amazing group of franchisees who lead almost 95% of our restaurants. i'm confident they will support their teams in a time of crisis. >> reporter: we reached out to alvarez's franchise owner but haven't heard back. for alvarez and her 7-year-old son, manny, she says every hour of work she misses is a precious $13.45 lost. >> basically one paycheck is for the rent, the other one is more groceries. then it's watching the calendar, waiting for the next paycheck with like $25, $30 in your bank account. >> reporter: president trump signed an emergency relief package that includes paid time off. alvarez is skeptical help will come. >> i'm not completely confident, no. as of now, i would much rather go to work sick because i can't afford to miss a day. >> reporter: if you got sick, you would still go to work? >> unless i can't get up. then you will see me at work. >> reporter: unless you

physically cannot stand. >> yes. >> i get $20.75 an hour. >> reporter: how hard is it with a job to make ends meet? >> it's very hard. >> reporter: shelah redd, a school bus driver of 17 years, is out of work completely after illinois closed schools this week. she's expecting to file for unemployment, but she says it won't cover all the bills and food to support her two daughters and two grandkids. what keeps you up at night? >> them. worried about them. i don't know. i'm sorry. >> reporter: it's okay. and now with this new world we live in, everything's upside down. >> it is very. very much upside down. >> reporter: and redd is not alone. a new survey found that one in five households has already lost work because of this pandemic. and school closures are further complicating life. mcdonald's worker adriana alvarez is now trying to sort out childcare for her son. >> thank you.

such an anxious time for so many people. we're already seeing a big spike in unemployment claims in many cities around the country. >> such a big spike that even some websites at the state level were crashing because they couldn't meet the demand. >> this new normal is not fun. we keep hearing we'll get through it. i believe we go. but i think people don't know how. how are we -- >> it hardest part is people don't know how long. >> the low-wage workers are some of the highest risk because they're dealing with people every day. working at starbucks, supermarkets. >> exactly. exactly. >> no easy answers. ahead in "what to watch," how the coronavirus is having an unexpected side effect in italy. the c the site that's leaving many in awe. first, it is (whistling)

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"what to watch." what the have you got? >> hey, guys, let me just say you all look amazing there. missing jean-baptiste. but -- >> yes, us, too. >> i've got to give a shout out to our crew and our executive producer, diana miller. well done in just 24 hours -- >> we were saying that, too. it's amazing what they've done. >> it is -- >> as we're professionals over here. we're viacom cbs. we're professionals. good to see you. >> we are indeed. we are professionals wherever we are, including here at my home. as you know, i'm not sick. i'm healthy. but we are working from home like so many millions of other americans. while we're working from home, we're tracking a couple of stories we think you'll be talking about including this -- zac brown, getting really emotional in an instagram post because he is going to have to postpone his spring tour. the coronavirus obviously affecting everybody, and in this instagram post, listen to what he told some fans. >> i've had to let go of about

90% of my family. the people that i travel with and -- and grew my business with. the people i high five on the way out to the stage. the people that have done all their jobs and done them well. >> you hear all that emotion in his voice. >> yes. >> i spent time with zac brown a few months ago. and touring is the lifeblood of his operation. millions of fans come out and see him every time he tours. this has got to be devastating. he also goes on to say in that post that he wants everybody to stay indoors. the more that we stay indoors, flatten the curve, the more people will be able to get back to their jobs when this is over. >> you're right. you could feel the emotion. i remember when you did the piece it shows how much people truly care about each other and what is happening to all of us. >> so many musicians in the same position there. there's a large family that depends on them for employment, they can't tour, there's no money. >> true. recommendation is so interesting -- americans are these -- we're

a can-do people. now the recollection is do nothing. >> what were you going to say, vlad? >> i was going to say the band and group and staff have been together for 15 years. this is say real blow. hopefully they'll be able to get back and share that love, share the music with the fans. >> hope so. what else do you have? >> all right. let me -- let's talk to you about italy. obviously that country it people have been devastated by the coronavirus. there is a little bit of a silver lining in some of its historic cities. this is venice. for the first time, you have been to venice, you can never see the waters because they're so miami hurricaurky from all t. now you can see the crystal-clear waters. you can see fish swimming in the canals. pretty remarkable for those of it you who checked that out. and this is a satellite map showing the level of pollution that has gone away the past three months because of the reduction of emissions across northern italy.

there is a bit of a silver lining even though our hearts go out to our world citizens there going through the pandemic in italy. >> uh-huh. >> keep it going. we've got time for one more. >> all right. one more. i'm going to leave with a little heartwarming video. there is christ the redeemer in brazil. check this out, guys. you don't see this often. it is lit up in the places hard hit by the coronavirus. if you look closely, you see all the countries affected. we love everybody. >> wow. >> all the flags. >> stunning. thanks. ahead, how to help your children do schoolwork at home. that's coming up. stay with us. how do you get skin happy 24/7?

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good morning on this thursday. it is 7:56. if you are hitting the roadways this morning, a couple things to look out for. if you're heading toward the bridge, we're seeing some delays on the westbound side, slight delays. we are seeing delays but looked like that wrapped up other than that, quiet along the peninsula, no delays at 880 to 801. san mateo bridge very quiet. and not a lot of volume at the bay bridge right now. things are clear out of the east bay working into the city and a live look at the bridge.

traffic moving nicely. the drive times all in the green. no delays on 101. well, in tracking some areas of fog along the coast for parts of the bay and looking at some breaks in the clouds. a pretty view. we're in the 40s. a chilly start to our day. let's show you the dense fog. zero for visibility and a mile in fairfield. here's what to expect. partly sunny with a few showers possible for the south bay as we head through the afternoon, mainly dry for friday. and especially for saturday. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds for saturday. wet weather returning late sunday into next week. for today, daytime highs warmer than yesterday. below average. upper 50s in san francisco. 60s for oakland and 62 for san jose.

it's wednesday, march 19th, 2020. welcome back welcome back to "cbs this morning." i'm gayle king. washington is sending -- spending billions in relief funds to help fight the economic effects of the coronavirus. we'll tell you who is getting the money. >> and school is out for tens of millions of students. how online education can help. >> and i'm anthony mason. nutrition is a problem for many americans in isolation. meet maeals on wheels volunteer helping older americans. >> here's america's eye opener at 8:00. >> president trump now says he considers himself a wartime

president. >> he has taken a series of stunning steps that underscore just how serious this outbreak is. how long should americans be prepared to take precautions to fight this? >> it's just today a and tomorrow vision, a 90 day vision, a fall and fall 2021 vision to make sure we're following everything. >> for those young individuals who think it can't happen to me, i'm not susceptible to this, that's not the case. >> there are some officials who agree like california's governor who said i don't think the schools are going to open again. that was confirmed by secretary of education alice cooper in his statement "scho ♪ school's out for summer we need stephen colbert now more than ever. we are hear because the cbs

broadcast center where we normally broadcast is closed. we are in in stephen colbert's house. lucky for us, they're on highuate us, and we get to be here while they're away for the next two weeks. we begin with this. the u.s. government is ramping up the response to the coronavirus. president trump last night signed into law a sweeping $100 billion relief bill. it guarantees paid sick leave, expands unemployment benefits and makes coronavirus testing free. >> the more we test, the more infections we find. in the u.s. it's topped 9400 and at least 152 people have died. let's get to david begnaud who is self-quarantining in his new york apartment. what have you got, david? >> tony, good morning. we hear so much about the numbers. we've been trying to focus on the stories behind the numbers. i want to tell you about a close

n knit family from new jersey. they are regulars at sunday mass. but the virus has tragically affected them. at least six, six of them, have tested positive for covid-19 and three of them have already died. including 73-year-old grace fusco a mother to 11 and a grandmother to 27. at least three of the family members are still in critical condition this morning. on the other hand, let me tell you about some good news out of the hardest hit areas in new york. a lawyer one of the first to be diagnosed in new york state is on the road to what is apparently a full recovery. his wife says he is awake and alert. and after reportedly being in a medically induced coma for more than a week his first words after he was taken off the ventilator were i love you so much. >> that's beautiful. >> boy, david, i'm so glad that you ended on that note. we've been following that story,

and you'll hear medically induced coma, you think this could go a couple ways. i'm glad it turned out the way it has. that's very good news. thank you, david. >> i wanted to share that. >> happy to hear that. >> our doctor is a cardiologist in new york joining us once again. you have a lot to discuss, but i want to talk about your piece yesterday. i can't stop thinking about it. we were all -- we all felt some kind of way when we hear a doctor say i'm scared. i'm worried. i'm afraid. you just don't hear doctors speak this way. >> and that's really why we wanted to tell this story. we never open up as doctors about our own vulnerabilities. we run into the room and take care of people when they're dying, bleeding in pain, and we comfort them. but we're human, too. and so it was very important to show that side. and doctors are scared and they're really scared because they feel like they're going to not only be infected themselves but more importantly the risk of infecting their family.

they feel like they're having to make a choice no one should have to make. a choice between a profession you look an oath for to heal and protect and serve others and your family. and what do you do when you're in that profession? the feedback we got from the piece yesterday was just all these health care professionals saying i was crying. >> yes. >> for the first time. >> i felt that too. >> and we're not even near the peak here of what we're expecting to be up against. i mean, when you look at the numbers of other countries, what are we potentially facing here? >> well, it depends. it depends how good we socially distance and how good we follow all the public health measures we're talking about. certainly we have seen a plat u plateau, a decrease in the numbers from china and south korea. that's encouraging knit. tells us if you follow these measures -- granted, they were aggressive -- you can slow it. that's why it's important for more thanes to understand this term of flattening the curve and social distancing is powerful. >> those aren't just empty

words. they mean something. >> they mean protecting our vulnerable and decreasing the impact on the health care system. one of the things that's important to understand is what is going on in italy. those doctors talk about a difficult decision. they're having to make decisions like in wartime about triage, meaning i can't save you. i won't save you because you're older and sicker and you're not going to survive. imagine being put in that position. that's what we could face here. >> the benefit of care calculation, if it's an older person taking the bed or a younger person. we hope that doesn't come here. we have the navy sending two ships. the army setting up field hospitals. i'm interested in remote medicine as a solution for doctors reducing their physical risk. is that a stand-in? >> it is. it's the perfect thing for a pandemic. we're doing that in my hospital system. condensing the number of visits and using telemedicine. it can never replace that in person visit. right? but it can go a long way, and so i think right now in the situation we're in, it's really a great tool for us.

i think it's going to allow the field to really grow and expand. >> we heard about the self-swab test yesterday. what do you think about that? do we know enough to self-test? >> just yesterday there's a company that announced it will be releasing and producing a self-swab test this month. >> do you like that? >> i think it's a good idea in the sense that we can use it more widely. it's safer. somebody isn't exposing themselves in the office. doctors and health care professionals are not exposed. there's some experience with self-swabbing. >> but it's our nose? how do we know to do that? >> it's not going to be like the kind you see that's very aggressive. >> is it a reliable test? >> that's what we need to figure out. and that will give us more of a sense of the -- how widespread this is. and one other thing that's in the works is also these anti-body or blood tests. those are going to look at who has had the infection at some point. that will give us the best picture of how the virus is spreading and what the true mortality rate is.

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if it looks a little different, there's a reason for that. we're at the home of stephen colbert at the risk theater because our broadcast center is closed for the time being. >> we hear a lot. out of abundance of caution. with this. the choioronavirus, of course,

forced schools to close affecting more than 42 million kindergarten through 12th graders. teachers and students are trying to adapt to the new normal with online classes and a lot of video chats. >> any parents are finding themselves teaching kids at the kitchen table without measure support. salman khan is founder of khan academy and offers free educational content on line. i have used it myself and recommends it. he joins us from mountainview, california. good morning. one of our colleagues posted a picture of her kids who -- their school is shut, but every morning they get dressed, puts their backpacks on, and pretend they're on the bus. just to psychologically prepare themselves for the classroom experience which is at the kitchen table. so do you have tips for how parents and kids can get motivated when they're going to school but not going anywhere? >> yeah. this is the first i've heard about the pretend bus. it's a good idea. i think that's the right idea. the more that students can get into a schedule, they get up in the morning, have their

breakfast, get on the same time frame, and you know, what i've told parents is a lot of parents are psychiatristing out including in my house -- stressing out, including in my house, i have three kids. i told them give yourself a break. focus on the basics. if your child of any age is able to focus on math and reading, two hours a day, that's a great start. there are other resources available. we're free. we're nonprofit. there's other resources where students are able to have a whole schedule. that's why we publish the schedules over the weekend for any age from 4 on this 18 to structure those days. >> sal, i've got a college student son who's taking classes on his bed now. and i've got a wife who's a teacher trying to figure out how to teach kids reading from our living room. so i think so many people are not used to this and overwhelmed by it. what's the best -- you're used to it. what's best approach? >> so the way i would do it, i would not recommend the learn from bed approach. what i would recommend is start

the day strong. i actually like that model of pretend you're on the bus. but then, in our schedules, depending on the age group, we start with a little math while the brain is fresh. put breaks in there. make sure especially in this time of social distancing that the students have a chance to at least run around in the house or dance or do something, have some physical activity. ideally they'll be able to go see outside. structure the entire day like that. what you find is as long as you build that habit, it's not just about doing it at once and eight hours of learning and everyone's tired. it's about keeping that consistency because this is likely to last for a little bit. >> if you're not getting direction from your child's school during this time, what subjects do you think people should prioritize? >> yeah. that's why we -- khan academy is not for profit. we could have never seen in eventuality. we've been building content from pre-k with khan academy kids in reading, writhing, social/emotional learning and math. the rest of the academy goes through middle school, high school, includes math, language

arts, history, sciences, and free s.a.t. prep that we've partnered with the college board, reading, writing, mathematics. if you have to focus on one thing, i would do an hour of reading. as simple as reading a book. on our schedules we've published book lists for students of different ages. i would get that math. those are the two skills if they don't atrophy students will be fine. i encourage continue during the summer so that, you know, whatever habits you're forming now can keep up. but then as those students are those basics and they're feeling like they're getting two subjects, layer on the rest of the school day. the resources are there, they're free. and there's also ways that teachers and parents can keep track of what the students are doing. >> sal, do your classes also work for parents themselves who may need to learn math before they teach their fifth grader fractions? >> math is so hard, sal. it's so hard! >> they're teaching it different now. >> math is not hard. math is not hard, it's just a mindset. >> okay. tell my algebra teacher, mr.

pagetti. yeah. i'm still traumatized. >> it -- what you just described is actually a best practice. if parents can model that learning with the student, especially for younger students, if you learn alongside them, a parent might be imbar-- be embarrassed that they forgot their fractions, but say, i forgot that together, let's do exercises together. your kids will appreciate that. >> we're all going back to school in a way. thank you so much for being with us this morning. >> good to see you. volunteers are making sure older americans who face food insecurity do not go hungry. ahead, we ride along with meals on wheels to see how they're delivering food and social connections. you're watching "cbs this morning."

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wheels is making sure they're still fed. the group has more than 5,000 chapters around the country. mireya villarreal shows us how their work carries on despite the risks. >> reporter: good morning. normally food would be served inside this dallas location right here, cafeteria style, for the elderly people in this community. while that practice has stopped, the need hasn't. so the operation is actually moved outside where people can pick up meals curbside. one of safety precautions nut in place to make sure the elderly in this community are kept safe from this virus. the mission here is as steady as its serving line. make meals for seniors in need. >> no senior can go unfed. we'll do what we have to do. >> reporter: fulfilling that mission has become complicated with lingering concerns over coronavirus. >> did you get a counts for what's left? >> reporter: paul ando is here every morning at 3:00 a.m. more than a dozen workers in his kitchen pump out more than 6,000

meals every day. >> if we mess up one meal, one bag, that person goes without a meal for that particular day. >> this is unprecedented. >> reporter: olivia rogers is the chief nursing officer with the texas visiting nurse association. the agency that runs the regional meals on wheels program. they have the largest kitchen in the country covering dallas county. their clients are considered the most vulnerable at-risk age group for covid-19. would you guys consider yourselves on the front lines of this knowing you are feeding some of the most vulnerable potential patients? >> yes. i really respect what first responders do. you know, they really have to set aside their own feelings and emotions and fears to go in and take care of a patient or a client. i feel like that's what our staff does. >> reporter: we wrorode along o the volunteer right. >> meals on wheels! >> reporter: this is the part of the process that's changing the most. >> how you doing? you feel okay? >> reporter: when volunteers drop off these meals, they're required to keep their distance.

>> one of the hardest parts was the hugging and the handshakes and coming in the house. that's the hard part. >> reporter: they want to sit and chat with you. >> they do. >> reporter: food service has stopped at community centers across the region replaced by cu curbside pickup. would you have food? >> very little. this helps a lot. >> reporter: is there a level of fear now with the uncertainty? >> i think so. i think it's -- normally we're able to predict how much it's going to cost and how much food we're going to need to get through a certain period of time. right now we don't know. >> reporter: i can't stress enough this is more than just about food. it goes way beyond that. it's about a handshake, a hug, this social interaction between people that for some of these seniors come into a place like this, this is all they get for the day. so these organizations are dreading the point where they will have to stop all of this to keep people safe. they are also very much preparing for it. >> all right, maria. thank you. they're doing such good work.

as she said, for many of the people, that's all they're getting at the moment. >> social interaction is so important. >> yeah. >> it is. >> really everything. maria, thanks again. the coronavirus is forcing many people to good morning. as we check the roads right now we have a traffic alert to report on 680. if you are headed out you have delays in both directions. this is a pretty serious accident reported, involving a big rig. the fire crews are on the scene, looks like it is a tractor trailer hauling gravel. the latest as far as lane closures, lane 1-4 are closed. that number five lane is open.

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welcome back to "cbs this morning" from the historic ed sullivan theater here in new york city. we're here because the cbs broadcast center across town is we're here because the report. i'm kris van cleave in washington. we're about to receive a briefing from the president's coronavirus task force. he's got some news, perhaps a treatment concerning the virus. let's listen in on the briefing as we watch as some members of

the coronavirus task force are assembled. our weijia jiang is standing outside the white house. weijia? >> reporter: yeah, kris. we don't know what words they have to offer until we hear them, but we know president trump has been teasing some fda announcement that could potentially be a treatment for the coronavirus. people also want an update on what he talked about yesterday, which is some sort of swab test that people could administer themselves. unfortunately these are just ideas he's put out there without any of those critical specifics to support them, and we really won't know what else the president will offer today, but certainly there are many outstanding questions, and i think what's on everyone's mind is some sort of update on the testing capacity in the u.s. yesterday even though these administration officials were

asked to do that, we did not get a solid number even of how many they think have been tested. and, of course, that's critical to really have an idea of how this virus is spreading across the country. kris? >> i'll get to that toward the middle, but i have a few things to report. i want to thank you all for being here. i have to say, i think with social distancing, that the media's been much nicer. i don't know what it is. all these empty -- in between chairs. you probably shouldn't have anybody sit behind you either. you should go back. it's so much nicer, but i shouldn't say that because you'll get me now. thank you for being here. we continue our relentless effort to defeat the chinese virus. before we begin, i want to start by announcing today we're bringing home another american citizen. it's a big thing, very big.

he's on his way back to the united states after being imprisoned in lebanon since september of 2019. he's battling late-stage cancer. mr. fekori will be able to receive the treatment. we've been working hard to get him freed, and he's able to have his entire family at his side. i'm very grateful to the lebanese government that worked with us, and we're very proud of his family. they stood by him so strongly, and they are thrilled. the united states has no higher priority than the safety and well being of our citizens. we've gotten a tremendous number of hostages out, as you know. i think we're 42-0. robert o'brien, as you know, was our chief negotiator for a large

part of it. in fact, he did so well, we have him in a different position. i want to congratulate and thank robert and his team, and i want to let everyone know that recovering americans held cab active and imprisoned abroad continues to be a top priority for my administration. we have one young gentleman austin tice, and we're working very hard with syria to get him out. we hope the syrian government will do that. we're counting on them to do that. we've written a letter just recently. he's been there for a long time. he was captured long august. austin tice. his mother is probably watching, and she's a great lady, and we're doing the best we can. syria, please work with us, and we would appreciate you letting him out. think about what we've done. we've gotten rid of the isis

caliphate in syria. we've done a lot for syria. we have to see if they're going to do this. so it would be very much appreciated if they would let austin tice out immediately. as you know, my administration is working every day to protect the american people and the american economy from the virus. yesterday i signed into law a critical support for american workers, families, and small businesses. it's a big thing. we're providing sick leave and family medical leave to those affected by the virus, and more help is on the way. as we speak, our entire team headed by secretary mnuchin is on the hill. we're working with democrats and republicans, and there's a lot of good will going on. this was something that happened that was some people would say

was an act of god. i don't view it as an act of god. i would view it as something that just surprised the whole world. and if people would have known about it, it could have been stopped in place. it could have been stopped right where it came from, china, if we would have known about it f they would have known about it. but now the whole world almost is inflicted with this horrible -- with this horrible virus, and it's too bad. it's too bad because we never had an economy as good as the economy we had just a few weeks ago, but we'll be back. i actually think we'll be back stronger than ever before because we've learned a lot during that period of time. i also just invoked the defense production act to help with the distribution of essential supplies if necessary. we're working with congress to provide major additional relief to the workers, small

businesses, and hardest hit industries. we want to make sure everyone can continue on so when we recover, all of these companies and great businesses, very, very small and very, very large are not going to have to be broken up and put back together because that could be a very long time. i believe in the v-curve. when this is defeated, this hidden scourge is defeated, i think we're going to go up very rapidly, our economy, and get back to where it was and beyond. today i want to share with you exciting progress that the fda is making with the private sector as we slash red tape like nobody's ever done before. summon was on yesterday, one of the networks, and said there's never been a president who's been able to come close doing what i have done in cutting the red tape and getting things to the market, the medical. so we slash red tape to develop

vaccines and therapies as fast as it can possibly be done, long before anybody else was even thinking about doing it. as you know, earlier this week we began a campaign for the vaccine virus. it took weeks. it would have taken years to do not so long ago. as we race to develop a vaccine, we're pursuing anti-viral therapies, and that's what we're going to be talking about today. that's the purpose of being up here today. to me that's even more important. a vaccine by its nature, you have to have long tests. have to make sure what goes into somebody's body is not going to do destruction, do bad things, so you need long tests. they're doing great with the vaccines, but it's still a long process.

but the therapies are something we can move on much faster potentially. and the treatments that will reduce the severity of the symptoms, make people better, essentially we're looking at things to make people better or at the very earliest stages, they wouldn't know they had it. that's where i believe it's going to work even the best. the fda administrator steven han is with us. he's fantastic. he's been working with us 24 hours a day. he's worked as hard or harder than anybody in the group other than maybe mike pence or me, and what the fda is doing is incredible. they've done things in times that were not even thinkable.

i updated rules and bureaucracy so this work could proceed rapidly, quickly, and i mean fast, and we have to remove every barrier. there were a lot of barriers that were unnecessarunnecessary they've done that to get fast rapid safe deployments and treatments and i think we have safe answers. we'll find out very, very soon. clinical trials are already under way for many new therapies and we're working on these to allow many americans to access different drugs that have shown really good promise. we've had some really good promise. we will do so in order to collect data to know which medicines are safe and which are working the best.

we have a couple that we're in really good shape on, and that's for immediate delivery. immediate like as fast as we can get it. the fda has proved compassionate use for a significant number of patients. you know what that means. we're also reviewing drugs that are approved abroad or drugs approved here for other reasons. one of the things i'm most proud of is right to try. that's where someone who is very sick, terminally ill -- in past administrations, we signed this a year and a half ago. you wouldn't be able to think of getting drugs that showed great promise. it's because of liability and lots of other things. i was able to get it approved with congress.

this is right to try. what we're talking about is beyond right to try. right to try, by the waying has been a tremendous thing. wu used to have to go through things. if someone was terminally ill, i would say, why can't they try this. they would go to europe, asia, all over the world to try something. if they had no money, they went home to die. they had no hope. right to try has been an incredible success. this is beyond right to try. if treatments are known, we'll use that information to protect the health and safety of american people. nothing will stand in our way as we pursue any avenue to find out what works against this horrible

virus. now a drug called chloroquin or hydroxy chloroquin, this is a common malaria drug. it's also a drug used for strong arthritis. if somebody has pretty serious arthrit arthritis, also uses this in a somewhat different form. but it is known as a malaria drug and it's been around for a long time and it's very powerful. but the nice part sit's been around for a long time, so we know that if things don't go as planned, it's not going to kill anybody. when you go with a brand-new drug, you don't know that that's going to happen. you have to see and go long

tests. it's been used as a powerful drug. it's been used encouragingly and with promising results. we're going to be able to make that drug available immediately and that's where the fda has been great. it's been approved. they took it down from many, many months to immediate. so we're going to be able to make that drug available. i spoke with governor cuomo about it late last night, and he wants to be first online, so i think there's tremendous promise based on the results and other tests. there's tremendous promise.

normally the fda would take a long time and it's been approved by prescription. individual states can handle it. they can handle it. doctors will handle it. and i think it's going to be -- i think it's going to be great. and we're continuing to study this drug. we're continuing study it, but the study is going to be done as it's being given out in new york and other places. they're promising new results. there's ramdesovar. that's a drug that's been used for other purposes since it's been out and has had very good results for other purposes.

that drug also has been approved or very close to approved in that case, but the fda and i can't tell you what the fda -- these people are incredible patrioted. and the job that steven hahn is doing -- dr. stephen hahn is one of the most respected doctors. he's really stepped up to the plate. where is he? there you are. i'd shake his hand, but i'm not supposed to do that i. so regeneron, again, is a company that's done fantastically well with ebola

and some other things, great company company. so you have remdesovar and chloro quinn and hydroxy chloroquin. those are two that are out now, essentially apriefrp ever. i think it's going to be very exciting. and i think it could be a game-changer. maybe not. but i think it could be a game-changer. very powerful. i want every american to know we're doing everything we can. these next steps are very important. for the fda to act like they did with this kind of speed is very abnormal. they could say we'll have it next year or two years fro now. normally it's years and years

and years. they hate ve it. it's based on other things. we believe therapeutics will be able to provide relief to millions of americans. this is going to be tremendous break through. what we're doing with the fda is so exciting and so many other feenlsd, so many things that are happening. it's a very exciting time for medicine, and we appreciate that the americn possible lick has. there's tremendous spirit in this country like people have not seen. people have not seen it for a long time.

that means democrat, republican, they're pulling together. i hope everything is going good on the hill. i shouldn't say this till i check what's going on, but i think there's a great spirit with the democrats and republicans and they're trying to get together and get things done, but most importantly the american public is incredible. we took the best economy we've ever had and said stop, you have to stay home. normally you pay a lot of money to get things going. here we're paying a lot of money to stop things so people won't be together. there's never beening in like this in history. we're doing the right something.

-- thing. this is not a financial war. it's a medical war. with that i'd like to introduce dr. stephen hahn. again, i'd like to send back with stephen all of the people working with the fda, fantastic talented peel. we appreciate everything you've done, especially the speed you got these two important elements done. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. i want to thank you for your leadership during this coronavirus outbreak and your kind staff. we have thousands of doctors and others working around the clock to aid the people in the fight against the coronavirus, and those words are very much appreciated sir. >> thank you. >> before the president nominated me, i was a cancer

doctor, and i've sat across a countless number of patients, and i've had to talk to them about their diagnosis and treatment. one thing i had to provide for was great hope. what's also important is not to provide false hope but provide hope. as a doctor, that's the way i come to this. i speak to you now, the american people, as commissioner of food & drug. look at how the american people have sri ponded to our calls for social distancing. american people have great resiliency and i'll so proud how they've reponded. we've been asked to develop life-saving treatments and we're doing that at the fda. the fda is committed to providing regulatory ability and guidance. let me make one thing clear.

the responsibility to the american people is to make sure products are safe and effective. our folks are working day and night to do this. you can't even imagine how much they're working to provide support for the american people, and i thank them. since january they've been working in collaboration and we stood up and have been focused the coronavirus since the very beginning of this public health emergency. this is in addition an all-american approach and i'll tell you what i mean by that. an important part of that work is expanding the potential therapeutic options associated with coronavirus, and we've learned from our colleagues across the globe about this. i want toe focus on one thing. i was a cancer researchers before all of this.

one thing i know about this great country of ours, we have unbelievable innovators. we have people every day who it's their job to develop treatments for all sorts of diseases. we are incredibly blessed to have this. and as is true with anything, these great innovators, academia, private sector, they have engaged us about the best possible treatment options. we're looking at everything coming across our desks as possible treatments for the coronavirus. now, again, we need to look at it. we need the data, the information to make the absolute best decisions, but i want to assure you, we have over 17,000 people at fda who are doing this every day. we need to make sure the sea of new treatments will get the right drug to the right patient at the right dosage at the right

time. as an example, we may have the right drug but not in the right dosage and that may do more harm than good. those are the things that it's important we look at it. that's why it's important that they look at the aspects of the therapeutic development. at the same time we're looking at getting drugs into the right hands of the people. let me tell you this. if there's an experimental drug that's available, a doctor could ask to have that be used in a patient. the important thing about that is that we get to collect the information about that because one of the things i promise the american people is we eekt collect the data about the safety and efficacy of the treatments. we're working expeditiously and

working to make sure the products are as safe as they can possibly be. let me tell you about a few things we're working on. this plan was developed with many people at our table. in the short term we're looking at drugs approved for other indications. as examples, many have heard and read about this anti-malarial drug. it's already approved as the president said for treatment fr arthritis. again, we want to do that in the setting of a clinical trial, a large pragmatic clinical trial, to again that and it was ask and

answered. let me give you another example. it's called convalescent plasma. it's an exciting area. we have given assistance to others. t if you've been exposed to the coronavirus and you're better, we could collect the blood, concentrate that, have the alktd once it's viable to give to that to the patient. we're pushing hard to accelerate that. that's in the mortgage treatment short term. this is a continuous process. there is no beginnd and end to

each of this. p some have told us it's taken years to develop therapies. 're looking to move to that to a month's per yoods i'm tape. they need to make sure it get dones if the people. there's a phase 1 trial, the earliest study that gets done. we expect that to take time where we could approve a vaccine. these are all things to bridge to the convention part of this. it's exciting work. this is record time for the development of a vaccine and impressive public/private partnership. they're focused on ensuring timely access while meeting the agency's world respected goerld

standard, reliance on strong data to determine if an experimental or off-the-shelf drug can be used safely to treat payments. we want to ensure it's all hands on deck. we remain steadfast in order to develop and foster a safe development for covid-19. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> mike? >> thank you, mr. president the white house coronavirus task force met this morning. and o this spring we're making tremendous process to martial all aspects, the state and local government and house the private academic tore, and the

opportunistics over the last day has been affected by all of those forces. yesterday they garnered helpful insights about how we can best serve those who are seng, we also had a production active call with over 5,000 state and local officials explaining the development and our partnership with the territories. last night you heard about the first coronavirus response act. treatment and testing, paid sick leave, food and care among the needy among a broad range. today we believe the senate will begin work on an economic complete package. later in the day the president and i will meet in the group

later to outlied president trump's position to have fema take the lead in our national coronavirus response. it will be locally executed, state managed, and federally supported. on testing, we want the american people to know once again testing is available in all 50 states as it's becoming increasingly available literally every hour of the day. because of the public and private partnership the president initiated several weeks ago with commercial labs i'm pleased to report that tens of thousands of tests are being performed every day and with the passage of last night's legislations, state and private labs are now required by law to report all coronavirus testing directly to the cdc which will give the american public and researchers timely and important information. it's important for every