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closing in on having more cases than any other country, including more than 1,000 deaths. meanwhile, a huge economic rescue bill is nearing final approval in congress, amid a tidal wave of claims for benefits by peop thrown out of work. amna nawaz begins our coverage. >> nawaz: in one of the firasst major es of the pandemic's economic impact, a staggering figure-- 3.3 million americansfo fileunemployment benefits in the last week alone. the head of the federal reserve, jerome powell, offered this assessment on "the today show." >> we may well be in a recession, but again, i would point to the difference betwema this and a nrecession. this isn't-- there's nothing fundamentally wrong with our economy. quite the contrary. e economperformed very well right through february. >> nawaz: the increase in jobless claims is by far the biggest ever in a single week, as more and more binesses are forced to close, or shed jobs. stephanie myers was recentlyro laid offtwo restaurant

server jobs near charlotte, y rth carolina. >> i've been preood at holding it together, and i finally just broke down and cried, because you have to think about what'sn that bank account, how you're going to start paying bills. >> nawaz: some help for thos bill payments is on the way. the sete last night unanimously passed a massive $2.2 trillion rescue package. speaker nancy pelosi set a house vote for friday. >> we will have a victory tomorrow for america's workers. >> nawaz: the bill thegon to president trump, to be signed into law. most americans can expect to receive payments of around a $1,000 omore within three weeks. that's according to treasury secretary steve mnuchin, speaking with cc this morning. we're determined to get money in people's pocket immediately. >> nawaz: the pandemic'son ecic and health hits go hand-in-hand.

according to one study this week, in hard-hit new york city, nearly a third of residents lost a job in their household over the last two weeks. among latinos? a devastating 40%. new york state accounts for more than half of all u.s. cases.ct inns here, as across the country, are on the rise, and systems are straining to cope. this is how one intensive care doctor in new york described the scene at his hospital: >> hell. biblical. i kid you not. ople come in, they get intubated, they die. the cycle repeats. >> nawaz: farther south, louisiana now has the third- highest number of confirmed cases per capheita in.s. the national guard has deployed in new orleans to help run mobile testing sites. local officials fear the city will be inundated with infections by the end of next week. michigan has also seen a dramatic spike in cases in recent days, especially as it's ramped up its testing. >> i've never seen anything likn

thisfrankly, our u.s. healthcare system has never seen anything like tls. and so, rey, they're dealing with something that this is a first-ever kind of event for u.s. health care. >> nawaz: and in another first, attorney general william barr, told the federal bureau of prisons to use more home confinement where possible. in other cloe quarters, 5,000 service members on a u.s.ft aircarrier in the pacific are being diverted to guam, after dozes tested positive for the virus. president trump today sent a letter to state governors, alerting them to new white house guideles soon, classifying counties by risk-- high, medium or low-- as testing capabilities expand. at a press briefing late today, the president defended the national response so far. >> we're sending more every dt , and we've emendous amounts of equip coming in, a lot of great companies are making equipment right now. the ventilators, obviously the

take longer to make, but we have a lot of companies making them. shape.in great >> nawaz: at a virtual meeting today, world health organization officials rned leaders fr the g-20 nations that the virus spread is now exponential. people-- more than a third of the earth's population-- are now under severe travel restrictions. in spain, as the death toll is still soaring, madrid hospitals are stretched past capacity, relying on a daily convoy to carry away the dead to a makeshift morgue in an ice rink. italy maintains the most infections in europe, and though they leveled off earlier this week, the numbers are rising again in the worst-hit region of lombardy. in china, meanwhile, arnew ban tempy barring foreigners from entering, to prevent a potential second wave of thef virus. for the pbs newshour, i'm amna nawaz. aid plan in congress helped toge

wall street in a rally for a third day, despite surging unemployment. thdow jones industrial average gained 1,350 points, 6%, to close above 22,550. the nasdaq rose 413 points, and the s&p 500 added 154. now, to help us understand how the nation's worker force will be impacted by congress' $2 trillion coronavirus aid package, i'm joined by our own lisa desjardi so lisa, let's take it one by one, first with those people who are already -- they've already lost their jobs or they're about the lose them, what does this package mean for them? how quickly can theyet it? >> it comes from a close reading of the bill and also talking to sources, so unemploymentbe fits, this bill increases unemployment benefits by $600 per week for everyone who is able to receive them, and that could be a very big group.

it would add 13 weeks of unemployment over what your state allows now. judy, that's the key issue. how long will it take for these increased benefits to get to people? it dependspl cely on the state, and their sysem as well as how long it takes each state toed administer this money. that could be significant. >> woodruff: so lisa,et's focus on what this means for jobs and people worried about this direct money, it goes to people directly. how does it work? >> there are so many questions about this, and i got a lot of information about it today. so a reminr, we're talking about those individual checks. now, they go to a very wide group, searchly everyone who has a tax i.d. number. that does include people on social security. there is a limit. it goe ps tople, individuals making under $75,000, married couples making under $150,000.

if you're single and have cha d, your limit is different. one other thing, when could these checks be in our mailboxes or bank accounts? if you use direct deposit, i told that in that case it could be three to four weeks. if youo not use direct deposit, it will be longer. one other note out these checks, they are not taxable. >> woodruff: lisa, apologies for some of the audio difficulties we're having. everybody knows you're working with a computer. but let's talk about the money that's going to companies. obviously some oin this to big companies, but what about small businesses? what are they getting abhow is that going to work? >> right. bill, judy.uge part of this this is payments that they're going to try to keep workers on the payrl for small businesses. th35 billion, people should know that money is meant to take care of eight weeks of payroll

and that money will also be retroactively used to pay back possibly as fareb asary. that will go up to june 30th. initially it will be a loan, but it will become a grant ifit is used only for workers, and it's going to be a loof money >> woodruff: lisa, how fast can these small businesses get this money? >> i only had one source who was able to give me an answer on dthat, because thisends on banks being able to get this money out. they are going to move as fast as possible, but for small business, it doesikot looke this loan will get in their bank they're hoping for maybe around then, but much to be determinedn hat. >> woodruff: and in brief, what do we know about what the money that's going to go to the big companies? >> right. this money could go out more quickly, judy. that's the $500 million in

loans. it's allut leveraged a very large core of cash the government already has. it could happen quick. one thing, mnuchin in this law n wants ify the public of every transaction within 72 hours some once those large loans go out the bioig corpor we will hear about it. >> woodruff: all right. lisa desjardins doing some legislation, which sts to go to the house of representatives. lisa, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> woodruff: the huge rise in unemployment claims today-- nearly 3.3 million filed over the past week-- dwarfs al historical records in the u.s. many economists say that number doesn't fully capture the true

laid off or furloughed, or are out of work because they are losing their busiss. we asked people today to share some of their stories, ugd the real ses they are facing right now. here's just a sampling of wha we heard. >> my name is brittany picuri. >> my name is allyson jaffe. >> my name is ababuti olok. >> my name is larrilou carumba. >> my name is edan alva. >> my name is candace rogers. i just embked on buying my first home. and that happened almost a month before this happened. so i think being a first-time homebuyer and trying to navigate unemployment at this moment is, you know, the most scary for me. >> i'm a co-owner here at the d.c. improv comedy club. this has been horrific. i had to lay off my staff of

50 on march 16, and it was just devaating. you know, they're hard workers. they're hourly workers. they-- you kn, ey have families, and we don't know how long we're going to be closed. and that's-- that uncertainty has been the worst part. >> i've beenheworking at airport, logan airport. originally am from ethiopia i came in 201 as a refugee. now i'm a u.s. citizen. i don't have any clue or anywhere to go to pay my rent. i have two boys, which is make me to worry theost. my mom's here. my wife got laid off, too. so my thinking now is not for myself, but for my kids. >> i was a server at the legal seafoods in the king of prussia mall. i have a child with special needs and i haven't taken my daughter outside because she's and i can't even fathom taking her to the hospital.

>> i am a lyft driver. we're being put in a particularly difficult situation where we have to make a choice between going out there unprotected, and losing our homes, losing our car loans or all the ings that might happen financially when you don't make your payments. >> i'm a housekeeper. i'm a ngle mom of three. we are really scared how long this will last. i just want everybody to be safe, and i hope that everybody will really be-- will shelter in place, because to control this virus, because everybody's being

so excited about at's happening, because we don't know what would happen next. and i really don't know when i'm going to go bk to work. >> woodruff: hso hard r. and there are so many more just like them. let's go back to the financial rescue plan: what it does, and what might be left to do. we turn to someone with deep lawrence summers served asicy. secretary of the treasury under president clinton, and was director of the national economic council during the obama administration. tly a professor economics at harvard university. yesterday, he joined a bipartisan group of 34 former treasury sretaries, fed chairs and economic scholars who signed a statement urging authorities that the bestad way tess the economic fallt of the coronavirus was to first attend to the medical emergency. lawrence summers, thank you so much for joining us. it's so hard the hear these

stories. i want to ask you first about these unemployment claims today. 3 million people. how much worse could this get? >> judy, we're at war with this virus, and you showed some of the casualties of that war, and that's not a's war thoing to end soon. there will be millions more people who will be filing for unemployment insurance and who will lose their jobs. fortunately, that 2.2 trillion dollars is providings oad a point. net as we can at this a lot of money and little do a lot of good, but i'm sure it's not going to be the endf the things we do to keep our economy going and to maintain our economic system.

>> woodruff: and that's what ci-- >> but what's c in a war like this, and that's what the letter i signed refers to, is that we do it with a strategy to win as rapidly as possible. and that means we n't abandon the war too early, because if we do, we'll lose an ground we gained and we'll have that much longer a struggle. and that's why we're going to have to see through this period untilre t enough progress that public health authorities tell us that we can letp on this current period of painful social isolation. >> woodruff: and we understand the letter directed at least in part to president trump, who has been talking about opening up businesses soon, within weeks, wherever the virus stands, at the same time targeting the

virus, but larry summers, let's talk about what more needto be done. great and this $2.2 trillionf is bill, but it will only last stwe heard lisa desjardins say eight weeks in some instances. what is themo powerful thing that can be done in addition to this? is more cash directly to individuals? is it loanto small business? what exactly is it? >> all of the above, jy. i think the highest priority right now would be to add enough money for state and local governments, for mayors to take care of theiple. that's the first priority. second priority is we've got to be on a wartime footing with respect to wgetting testh respect to getting protective equipment, wiesthct to

getting ventilators to take care of people. and we need to spend whatever it tas, we need to use whatever authorities the government has to deliver the resources so that we can target people, get the assistance to the people who need it, and be secure in the knowledge that we're identifying the people who are victims, and also recognizing the people for whom it issafe to go out and go back to work again. make no mistake, no matter how m muey the federal reserve commits, no matter how big a budget deficit weun, we cannot solve this problem untile w contain the virus.th an's why a careful, strategic, determined strategy of the kind tha dr. fauci is

pushing is what we need, but above all, in a war, and that's what we're in, you have to be steadfast. you have to be moving forward in a consistent direction, and you have to not change course every few days. and that's why the president's talk about easter, about 15 days is so potentily danrous and destabilizing. >> woodruff: so it sounds like you're saying not enough money direction right nr testing, for research, not enoughty prion that direction, but i'm hearing you say, yes, we need a lotore money o the medical side, at the same time, we shore up individual people's lives. when you hear mothers with children with special needs, man says, i don't know if i can meet my rent this month, people are

anrting, panicking in some instances right now.hi >>s is probably the most profound test ofmerican society since pearl harbor. whetheran we manage the resources to contain the virus and at the same time protect and maintain the most vulnerable among us as a society. it's a test of our competence. it's a tt of our compassion. it's a test of o will. i think ultimately me willt it, but certainly there have been some falsest ts, although there have also been some encouraging signs, the speed with which congress was able to pass thisonassive legisla the way the fed has been able to

step in andss addhe financial problems. but the really important thing is the strength of our efforts around addressing the disease and protecting its vctims. that's what history is going to judge us on.uf >> woo forme treasury secretary larry summers, thank you very much. >> woodruff: in the day's other news, the u.s. justice department announced indictments of venezuela'a president nicolas maduro and his top allies on charges of nao-terrorism. u.s. attorney general william barr said that they conspired to flood the u.s. with cocaine, and to loot theirbiwn country of ions of dollars. >> maduro and his otheran defe have betrayed the

venezuelan people and corrupted venezuela's institutions. while the venezlan people suffer, this l cabes their pockets with drug money and the proceeds of their corruption, and this has to come to an end. >> woodruff: the trump to oust maduro since his disputed re-election in 2018. israel's year-long political deadlock may be ending, after a key vote in parliament today. lawmakers elected opposition figure benny gantz to be the he won the support of prime minister benjamin netanyahu's followers, signaling a possible deal for a unity government. gantz defended his decision, saying the coronavirus emergey overrides everything else. >> ( translated ): these are not normal days,and they call for special decisions. therefore, as i've said, ia intend to mine and advance, in any possible way, the creation o a national emergency

government. >> woodruff: netanyahu is under criminal indictment, and up to now, gantz had ruled out serving with him in any coalition.da in iran , officials again denied any knowledge of ra ert levinsonormer f.b.i. agent who disappearedthhere in 2007. foreign ministry said he had left the country years ago. levinson's family said wednesday that u.s. officials told them he diedn iranian custody in recent years. a u.s. navy veteran held in iran says he that has covid-19 symptoms, and wants to sent home. michael white was released from furlough last week, but was not permitted to trleave the co he has been held since 2018, on charges of insulting iran' supreme leadr. chinese officials fired back at u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo today, over the coronavirus pandemic.

pompeo had urged leading dustrial nations to label "covid-19" as the "wuhan virus," after the chinese city where it first appeared. >> we urge this u.s. politician not to go further o.the wrong ro otherwise, it could only ill intentions, which willsy and arouse more indignation and opposition of the chinese people and people around the world. >> woodruff: the world health organization opposes giving the rus a geographical name, because it has spread globally. others say it foments discriminatin against asians. back in this country, the pandemic has led to the postponementof another major sporting event, the indianapolis 500. the famed auto race will run on august 23, instead of memorial day weekend. that hasn't happened since 1946. and, author and journalist richard reeves has died, after suffering a heart attack at his home in los angeles. he was known for his books on

presidents, from john f. kennedy to bill clinton. for 35 years,e also penned a syndicated column, and appeared often on pbs public affairs programs. richard reeves was 83 years old. and, fred "curly" neal of harlem globetrotters fame died todayea at his home houston. of the death.word on the cause over two decades, he dazzled millions of globetrotters fans with his dribbling magic, before retiring in 1985. curly nealwas 77 years old. still to come on the newshour: the view from the hospitals, as a crush of patients crash againsthe country's frontline defense. the pandemic across the border. life in limbo, as migrants wait for entry into the u.s. a silent tragedy of social distance-- examining the rising risk of domestic violence. and, the latest moves from the white house amid skyrocketing unemployment.

woodruff: hospitals in more and more cities are feeling the pressure and consequences of the spread of covid-19 cases. new york state is still at the center of some of the worst of it. e spitalizations shot up 40% in one day, and thre 100 deaths there in just about 24 hours.an william ham gets a view from the front lines of what's being done to adjust to a worsening situation. >> brangham: that's right. some hospitalare already being overrun, and many are taking extraordinary stepso prepare for the wave of patients to come. stony brook university hoital on long island, new york is one of those places. they've been asked by governor andrew cuomo to double their d capacity in just a few weeks.ca rol gomes is the c.e.o. of

that hospital. ms. gomes, thank you very much for being here. i wonder if you could just start off by giving us a sense ofow is your hospital, how's your system doing right now? >> so, clearly, with this pandemic underway and the apex of the storm at us, approachings uickly in the next 14 to 21 days, there is a concerted effort of focus, a concerted effort to address safety, and a concerted effort to take care of oupatients. it's a very serious nature, but we're tackling this with all of our might right now. >> brangham: and can you give us a sense of how many coronavirus, how many covid-19 pattlnts you currhave? >> sure. well, each day, obviously, it escalates, anthnumbers that we received this morning could potentially be different than the ones we have currently now or in the nextmi fivtes. but last we heard, there were 70-plus cases positive.

and we have many persons under investigation, who are pending laboratory te and the numbers continue to escalate each day. t here we are constructing tents in a parking lot-- a large tent. we are able to see hundreds of patients coming through, particularfor covid testing. >> brangham: i mean, i know that you have a relatively large hospital. the idea tha you're building a tent out in the parking lot seems to signal the depth of how serious this is. >> this is extremely serious. the governor of n york asked each c.e.o. of every hospital in new york state to increase its surge capacity by aleast 50%, and then subsequently a day or two later requested for all of us to increase our capacity by an additional 100%. so, we have 624 beds. that means we need to create another 624 beds. and so, when you only have a limited amount of space, you have to start to be creative. >> brangham: i've been talking wi doctors and hospital

officials at several different locatis this week, and i've been hearing a real sense of anxiety and concern about this. the storm that in some places is already there, in certainn hospitals,d the storm that is coming to others. i'm curious how your staff is doing. ldhow are people g up under all this? >> i can't be more proud ofmur stony brooicine team. they come in every day. they are serious-minded. theyre laser-focused. we know we have a job to do, we know we ha to care for these patients who will be coming in by the droves, d we will do everything we can to ensure their safety and the safety of our team. we have to prepare for is surge in every way, shape and form possible: staffing, supplies, and space, and so everyone is completely laser- cused on this task. >> brangham: do you have enough supplies right w? we've certainly been reading about the shortage of n-95 mask the shortage of ventilators, the shortage of protective gowns. do you feel like you have enough

equipment to do the job safely that you needel to do? >> i don't believe we're any different than any other supplies, n-95s, face shields, the like. so, we have the good fortune of professors and researchers and scientists who are on campus at niversitook u we have folks who are working on usg 3d printers to create face shields. so this is really an enormous effort and everyone is involvedo we alsd a link on how to make hand sanitizer and sent it to our chemisy department. and, lo and behold, they started making gallond s llons of hand sanitizer. so, yes, the resupplies limited, but we're certainly not hem to come to u we're taking matters into our own hands as best as we can to control what is in our control. >> brangham: i d ink anyone wook at what you're doing, and salute the ingenuity ngd t¡'

tahis on yourself.' but it does seem like that this is aign of something very, very serious, where you guys are having to make supplies that, just a month ago, most hospitals took for granted and took as just-- that's just relar equipment that we have.no and yohave to make it yourselves! >> yes.ye but when you don't have a choice in the matter, you have to ke action. and that's precisely what we're doing to ensure the safety of our team. >> brangham: we know that the governor of new york has asked everyone who is not involved in what are called essential services to largely stay at home. what is your sense about how the new york-- the long island community is heeding that request? are people following those recommendations? >> well, you know, i've been spending most of my time in the hospitals, so it's hard to be able to say firsthand. i certainly do hope people are

heeding those warnings, a it will give e opportunity to flatten the curve and potentially slow that surge of patients. and that our goal, is to flatten that curve and prepte for the wond hope for the best. >> brangham: all righ carol gomes, c.e.o. of stony brook university hospital, thank you very much. and best of luck tothll of you oue. >> thank you. >> woodruff: now, for a look outside the u.s. la week, president trump announced strict new border contls, citing concerns over the coronavirus. officials will now turn away most migrants entering the country from the southern border. that includes people fleeing violence, even if they come legally and show no signs of being sick. jean guerrero of member station kpbs spoke to families stuck in limbo at the country's busiest land border crossing just south

of san diego, in tijuana. >> reporter: this family om michoacán, mexico wants to askyl for in the u.s. last week, after seven months on sylum wait list, it was finally their turn to enter and start pleading their case. but, when they came to the port of entry, they learned the border had been shut down becae of the coronavirus. they asked us to hide their identities for safety reasons. >> ( translated ): we're fleeing a place where you truly can't live. they extort you, and if you don't pay, they kill you. >> rorter: ana has pictures of her house from when she says it was riddled with bullets-- and marks on her body from when she was beaten by the local gang. d>): the virus worrs me, because of my health, but what worries me much moreat i've experienced. we are truly in danger mexico. >> reporter: she has audio of when she says the gang ented her house d threatened her.

( screams, sobs, shouting ) >> reporter: the family and tens of thousands want refuge, but they're stuck in mexico. it's unclear when the porwill re-open. lines at the once-bustling port dwindled drastically after the u.s. banned non-essential travel at the border last week, in adtion to the ban on everyone without u.s. documents. tens of thousdsf people normally cross daily to work and shop. paola avila of the san diego regional chamber of commerce says the impact on workers will be severe, but that the halted affic is necessary. >> people are going to lose jobs, our buinesses are going to suffer from that halt, but it'something that we need to contribute. >> reporter: vulnerable families fleeing deat threats could be the most affected. some jump the border wall out of desperation. president trump says new restrictions are meant to prevent an outbreak in border stations and ndbe >> our nation's top health care officials are extremely

concerned aboatut the g public health consequences of mass uncontrolled cross-border movement. >> reporter: tijuana migrant shelters are scrambling to keep up with the need for beds. casa del migrante's director, father pat murphyrolled out new rules to try to prevent an outbthak. >> one o decisions we made is to put less people in each room. instead of ten, there are five, so they can be a little separate >> reporter: migrants' hands are sanitized each time they enter, checking temperatures every day. the shelter is reducing intake to 80 people, half its usual capacity, to keep people spread out. murphys worried he and others could get the virus. >> i'm 68. i shouldn't even be down here. i should be up in my room the next two months-- but my heart doesn't t me do that. >> reporter: here, asylum seekers have a place to eat andf feel se until it's their turn to enter the u.s. but, the shelter doesn't have room for everyone.n many sleep the street, where they're exposed to cartel

violence. others stay in cramped tents, where it's hard to protect themselves from getting sick. murphy says the trump administration is using the conavirus to push a political agenda, and hurt some of the world's most abvuln people. >> he's taking advantage of this situation to take away the few rights people have left to ask r political asylum. he has no idea the suffering. >> reporter: but the acting secretary of othe departme homeland security, chad wolf, says the decision to turn these people away is based on input from the nation's top health aders at the center for disease control and prevention. >> the introduction and spread of the coronavirus in the department's stborder patrol ions and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants, our frontline agents and e american people. >> reporter: but, whilthe u.s. has more than 53,000 confirmed coronavirus cas, mexico has around 500. this private cross-border health

care provider helped set up checkpointin tijuana, a short walk from the u.s., to give free coronavirus symptom screenings. ricardo vega, president of the baja health cluster, says they want to prevent the spread in mexico, including among migrants, where the risk is particularly high due to unsanitary, crowded conditions. >> they are confined in places where we know they don't have enough toilets or flushing water or separatspaces. >> reporter: at one shelter, a guatemalanit asylum seeker three children faced an uncertain future. >> ( translated ): i never wanted to leave my country. i never wanted to expose my kids to so much danger. >> reporter: bushe says she had no choice the people threatr ing to kill mily in guatemala were scarier than the coronavirus. for the pbs newshour, i'm jean guerrero in tijuana. >> woodruff: with so many

>> woodruff: with so many americans now staying home, the pandemic continues to have a major pact on nearly all aspects of our lives. attention is how that isolation can exacerbate the problem of domestic violence. john yang has a closer look. >> yang: judy, in past times of stress, like 9/11, the economic downturn of 2008 and hurricane katrina, experts say th the intensity and frequency of domestic abuse has gone up katie ray-jones is the c.e.o. of the national iodomesticnce hotline. she joins us by skype from austin, texas. katie, thanks so much for being with us. in the current situation, the e curreironment, what concerns you most? what are you most worried about? >> i think for us, john, what we're most worried about, the national domestic violence

hotline,s knowing that many victims, survivors, are currently livoning in isola with their abusive partner, and their ability to seek help or guidance is significantly abusive partners are observing phone calls or watching what material sombeone migh looking at on their device. so, we're really concerned right now, knowing that history has shown us, with an end to increased severity of abuse and increased frequency of abuse that many survivors are currently in dire situations. > yang: to what extent is this social distancing to try to stop the virus spreading, contributing, or aiding and abetting, people who commit this violence and abuse? >> it's a great question. what we know is that oftentimes abusive partners will leverage something hapening in society as a further means to isolate, create fear, rintimidate coerce a victim. we have already started to hear stors from survivors who are reaching out to the hotline, who are indicating that their

abusive partner has indicated that they can't go to work, they can't see family, they can't see friends, as a means to what they feel is further isolate them, and leveraging covid-19 as a means to do that. we've alrearddy home really distressing stories, where, one woman shared that, you know, her community, where she's currently residing, does not have shelter-in-place protocols ployer was indicating it was safe for her to go to work, and her abusve partner essentially said, you're not going. and when she stated she was, he actually took the firearm out in their home and began to load the firearm. and she said that this is not something he had ever done, that th have an abusiv relationship, but he'd never and this was causing her rely great concern. so we know that at times when there's fear, misinformation in society, that oftentimes people who haveontrol issues, power issues, they may exacerbate those dynamics in their abusive >> yang: how is this

complicating your work? for instance,he areers operating? are they worried about social >> yes.hat sense, too? so we've already seen our ability to even connect some survivors to shelters or exit strategies be greatly impacted. we know shelters are going great lengths to deeply sanitize shelters, keep existing residents safe. so it absolutely makes sense that one's ability to continue to do intakes, to take in new clients, may be limited. we've heard from survivors who were really holding out for their custody hearing, their divorce hearing, or protective order hearing, that those arect being imd. so a lot of the dynamics, in terms of systems that survivorsy n, and what we would say many of the tools that we're keeping in a survivors toolbox, feel like they're disappearing rapidly. and so that's real t concerning. of what might beg happen their home already.ta

>> yang: let' about-- you mentioned this before, but i want to sort of expand. onwant you to expant. the idea that when you're isolated with someone who may be necessarily call the hotline and seek help. >> yeah, i think that is one of the most distressing things about this. we know and we hear from survivors pre-covid-19 that their behaviors werd being monitown to spyware being installed on their computers and watching what they're lmsking at in tf material online. so when you're in close proximity to someone, having the ability to make a phone call and sharing the very intimate details of usive re tionship may really significantly impacted, which is why we're really trying to encourage friends, family, neighbors to ntact the hotline and get information about resources, safety planning strategies that might be available for someone, because you may be their only lifeline right now to information and help and even emotional support. >> yang: and with social

distancing, could it be that people don't know that it's people, friends, neighbors may not know, and may not know to call to reach out for help? >> yeah, i think oftentimes domestic violence is the secret that happens behind closed ors and "it's not our problem." and so we're really encouraging folks to understand that right now we ne everybody to be activated, to be aware of what's happening around them. coming out of their neighbors' house and being thoughtful about what that might mlln, sometimes g the police may not be an option. the hotline is here to serve anyone who is concerned about not directly being impacted. so really encouraging people to get educated and linerage the ho as a resource to increase your knowledge about safety planning, because you may be safety planning with your neighbor right now. >> yang: are there similar t ncerns about abuse agaie violence against children as against people who are partners in intimate relationships? >> yes. and so while our mission is really focused on int partner violence, we have had individuals reach out iicating concerns with abuse happening at

home towards children, and we're providing support aund that area as well. the other piece we know is thath dren are often leveraged in abusive relationships, and so ki can be often in the midst of a violent situation where things might be being thrown and the kids accidentally get in the crossfire of what's happening. so we're wanting to safety plan around kids in the home as well. and what that might be looking like. really takinghe whole family as a unit to think throh what safetyplanning in place is possible, what exit strategies may be avlable to a survivor, as well as safety planning for kids. >> yang: katie ray-jones, c.e.o.heofational domestic violence hotline, thank y very much. and for anyone in the audience, if you or someone ye know is expencing abuse, please call

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is you're getting $25 billion for worker salaries and benefits. oney would not need to be repaid directly, but airlines may offer the government some stock to compensate taxpayers. there is another $25 billion in loans and loan guarantees. airles had been lobbying aggressively for direct grants and not just loans. that waprthe cise. there is also $3 billion for contract workers. those are people who helph w baggaging, who help with ticketing, so there's not just only airlinemployees but contractors who are getting the help. >> woodruff: and separately, yamiche, at this briefing, we understand the president was asked about and talked about those huge new numbers of unemployment claim, 3.3 million people filing for claims in the last week, whae, is what are white house officials saying about it? >>leoods these >> well, thunesployment claim numbers are stunning, 3.3 million filing unemployment claims the president said it's no one's fault, but he talked about the

fact that this meansmericans need to get back to work. he's what he said just moments ago from the white house. >> i hrd it could be six million. it could be seven million. it's 3.3 or 3.2, but it's a lot of jobs, but i think we'll come back very strong. every day that we stay i out,t gets harder to bring it back very quickly. people don't want to stay out. >> so the president there stressing again that he really wants to try to get people back to work. he has said that he wants to get people back as easly aster sunday, which would be only in about 17 days. that said, there a health officials who are saying, we have not reached the peak of the coronavus outbreak, so they're not sure whether or not we'll even know how bad this outbreakt might t a time when the back to work. another thing, treasury secrery steve mnuchin talked about the unemployment clad ims. he sthese are irrelevant numbereos.

he saide shouldn't focus too much on them. he said that because things might get worse. the president said he was thinking there might be six miliion or seven m unemployment claims. we might see more staggering numbers as the wee go on. >> woodruff: sounds like they're expecting it to get worse. what are they sayin about a efforts ress this head-on country?'s needed in this >> well, there continues to be this tension between the federal governmst and the white he and state governments and governors. the president today heldca with governors. there was some back-and-forth. the president saidt wasn't a too contentious call, but the president also had a back-and-forth with washington jay inslee said after the president said the federal government should be a back-up. the vernor said we don'tneed a back-up. we need a tom brady, referring to the super bowlmp cn tom brady. talking about the fact that the federal government needs to be doing more. so you hear a lot of governors sag we want more. the president also wrote ato letter overnors today saying that he is thinking about

maintaini, reducing, or increasing social distancing mitigation measures. he said that's going to be based on data. up for people. letr we'll it says the government is thinking about categorizing counties as high risk, medium risk, or low risk. you have there president trump again pushing, forwarying to get people back to work sooner. you even have some republicano govers including larry hogan in maryland saying, welk we need help with tesieng facil on that call. so even as president trump is writing to governors saying, we hied to getball rolling and get the government back up, you have both democrats and republicans telling the more resources and we still need to figure out how bad this is >> woodruff: there's still this kind of disagreement at such a high level. yamiche reporthng for us from white house. thank you, yamiche. >> woodruff: many families are

finding it a challenge in deciding how much coronavirus news is too much when it comes to theidrr ch and teens. with the televisions in many households on around the clock, it's tod ugh to shids from the constant stream of reporting. at the same time, many teens may not betaking the pandemic as seriously as they should. shares her "humble opinion" on how to keep children safe. >> if you're a parent of a teenager, shelter-in-place is a strange and serious gift. by now we've all seen the determined spring breakers shdalder-to-shoulder in flo and friends across the country tell me they are still going toe-s -toe with their ker every conceivable outing. our quainrabegan with my teenager asking if she could have a "darty," a daytime party. she would serve coronas and quarantini's. i said no chance.

there were tears. parents" who were "psycho" about this new virus. anyway, "young people are on an idea that is quicklyeaning proving false. then came "shelter in place," and our bay area town was sequestered. at that point, our teenagers pleas became much smaller: can i have dinner for one hour with one friend? can i watch tv during the day? coronavirus after 5:00 p.m.? the theme of all their requests is the essamepe. can we please turn our backs to the world map blowing up with hot ots? we can. we can play rummy 500 and read books and rewatch "the office." we can paint each other's toe nails and make up dance routines and learn to draw. as far as k old enough to dream up

quarantini's-- ha husband and i decided that a steady stream of information may be less of a comfort and more hi- speed on-ramp to unmanageable stress. it's our job to stay up to date, not theirs. so, while they deal the next hand, we take turns checking the

hello, everyone. welcome to "amanpour & co." here's what's coming up. the coronavirus is hitting spain hard now. e death toll overtakes china's and the spanish foreign minister joins me to explain desperate measures taken. then as you have cases climb, hospitals need back-up comfortable the veteranson administraill this gap? i ask the former v.a. secretary dr. david shulkin. and -- >> i'm anxious. the lockdown is working, right? so the is no mor people getting infected. but when they open, then what happens?