♪ ♪ judy: good evening. i'm judy woodruff. on the "newshour" tonight, the toll takes shape. the u.s. crosses an ominous threshold -- more than 1000 aths from covid-19 -- after the senate takes up a midnightvo to pass a $2 trillion then, fallout.ue package. unemployment claims spike to a eecord high -- more than t million people in need of aid from the government -- as fears ow that the u.s. may already be in the midst of a recession. and as the worst pandemic in living memory bears down on us all, how people across the country are weathering t crisis. >> this has been hrific. i had to lay off my staff of 50i on march 16, awas just devastating.

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cases -- more than any other country -- inclu.ng 1,100 deat meanwhile, a huge economic n rescue bill ring final approval in congress, amid a tidal wave of unemployment claims from people thrown out of work. amna nawaz begins our coverage. amna: in one of the first mar measures of the pandemic'som ec impact, a staggering figure -- 3.3 million americans filed for unemployment benefitse in the las alone. the head of the federal reserve, jerome powell, offer this assessment on "the today show." recession, but, again, i would point to the difference between this and a normal recession.th isn't -- there's nothing fundamentally wrong with our economy. quite the contrary. e economy performed ry well right through february. amna: the increase in jobless claims is by far the biggest ever in a single week, as more and more businesses are forced to close, or shed jobs. stephanie myers was recently laid off from two restaurant

server jobs near charlotte. north caroli stephanie: i've been pretty good about holding it together, and i finally just broke down and cried, because you have to think about what's in that bank account, how you're going to start paying bills. >> on this vote, the yeas are 96. naths are zero. -- nays are zero. amna: some help for those bill payments is on the way. the senate last night unanimously passed a massive $2.2 trillion dollar rescue package. speaker nancy pelosi setor house vote friday. spkr. pelosi: we will have a victory tomorrow for america's workers. amna: the bill then goes top, president tro be signed into law. most americans can expect to receive payments of around a thousa dolla or more within three weeks. that's according to treasury secretary steve mnuchin, speaking with cnbc this morning. sec. mnuchin: we're determined to get money in people's pocket amna: the pandemic's economic 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 lanos, a devastating 40%. than half of all u.s. cases. e infections here, as across the country, are on the rise, and systems are straining ope. this is how onintensive care doctor in new york described the scene at his hospital. dr. kasspidis: hell, biblical. i kid you not. people come in. they get intubated they die. the cycle repeats. amna: farther uth, louisiana now has the third-highest number of confirmed cases per capita in the u.s. the national guard has deployed in new orleans to help run s mobile teses. 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 irecent days, especially's ramped up its testing. mr. wallis: i've never seen anything like this. and frankly, our u.s. healthcare syem has never seen anythi

like this. and so, really, they're dealing with something that -- this is a first-ever kind of event for u.s. heah care.na and in another first, to avoid outbreaks in priso, attorney general william barr told the federal bureau of prisons to use more home confinement where possible. in other close quarters, 5,000 servicemembers on a u.s.ra ai carrier in the pacific are being diverted to guam, after dozens tested positive for the virus. president trump today sent a alerting them to nte house guidelines soon, class counties by risk -- high, medium, or low -- as testing capabilities expand. nd a press briefing late today, the president de the national response so far. pres. trump: we're senng more every day, and we've got tremendo amounts of equipment coming in. a lot of great companint making equipight now. the ventilators, obviously, they take a little longer to make, but we've got a lot of companies making them, and we' be in great shape.

amna: at a virtual meeting eaday, world health organization officials warnedrs from the g-20 nations that the virus spread is now exponential. worldwide, nearly 3 billion people -- more than a third of the earth's population -- are now under severe travel restrictions. in hard-hit 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, a new ban, temporarily barring foreigners from entering, to preventct inbound inns and ward off a potential second wave of the virus. for the "pbs newshour," i'm amna nawaz. judy: hopes for that huge aid plann congress helped push

wall street to rally for a third day, despite surging unemployment. the dow jones industrial average gained 1,350 points, 6%, to close above 22,550.41 the nasdaq rospoints, and the s&p 500 added 154. now to help us understand how the nation's workforce will be impacted by congress's $2on trillion cirus aid package, i'm joined by our own lisa desjardins. let's take it one by one. first, with people who already lost jobs or are about to lose them whatoes this package mean for them? how quickly can they get it? lisa: talking to sources today -- unemployment benefits, this bill increases unemployment benefits by $600 per week for everyone who iable to receive them. it could be a very wide group. it would add 13eeks ofoy

unemnt over what your state allows now. that is the key issue. w how longld it take these increased benefits to get the people? it depends completely on the state. the system is how long it takes each state to stand up the admistrating of this money, which could be significant. judy: let's focus on what this means for jobs. accounts -- this direct money, it goes to people directly. how does it work? lisa: there are some questions about this and i got a lot of informatn about it today. talkingbo those individual checks -- they go to a very wide group, essentially everyone w has a tax i. number. that does include people on social security. there is a limit. it goes to individuals making undered $75,000, marouples making under 250 thousand

dollars. if you areingle and have a child, your limit is $100,000. when could these checks be in our mailboxes or bank accounts? it depends on if you used direct deposit with your taxes. in that case, it could be three to four weeks. if you do not use direct deposit, it could be longer. one other note aboutec these -- they are not taxable. judy: apologies for some ofhe audio difficulties we are having. everybody knows you are working with the compute stalk about the money that is going to companies. obviously, some of this going to big companies, what about small businesses? what are they getting, and how is that going to work? lisa:that is a huge p of this bill. this is payments they are going to try to keep workers on the olpafor small businesses. people should know that money is met to take care of eight weeks of payroll and rent, and

that money will also be applied retroactively tok pay bar as february and through june 30. it initially will be a loan, but used only for workers.s is going to be a lot of money. judy: lisa, how fast can the small businesses t this money? lisa: that is a good question. aonly had one source who was able to give me wer on that, because this depends on banks being able to get this money out. they are going t a moves fast as possible for small businesses. it does not look like this loan will go -- they are hoping for april 1, but much to b determined on that. judy: what do we know about the money that is going to go to the big companies? lisa: this one could go out more quickly. that is the 550 billion dollars in loans to large cspanies.

this because secretary mnuchinmo, thay is leveraged out of a very large pool of cash the gernment alreadyas. it could hpen quickly. mnuchin must nify the public of every transaction within 72 hours. on large loans go out to big corporations, we will hear about it. judy: remarkable reporting on this nearly 90 page piece of legislation, which still has to go to the house of representatives. lisa, thank you so much. ♪ ♪ judy: an evening briefing by the coronavirus at the white house wrapped up moments ago. a reporter joins us now for the latest. we know among other things the president was talkingbout the

compromise legislation that the senate passed late last night, now headed to the house of presentatives. what is the president saying about how much this is going to lp? reporter: well, the president is saying that this bill is going to help people who badly need the help, and he also says that he is eager to sign it. he is urging the house to pass it. he could sign it as early as this week. i want to walk through one big thing that shows a publicans and democrats are compromising. that is how paswenger airlines dealt with in this bill. the thing that is going on is that you are getting to any $5 billion for worker salaries and benefiou. this money not need to be repaid directly, but airlines may offer the government some stock to compensate taxpayers. there is another 25 billion dollars in loans and loan inarantees. ai have been lobbying for direct grants and not just loans. that was the compromise. there is also $3 billion for contract worhers, people who with baggage and ticketing,

so there is not only airlin c employees, btractors are getting the help. judy: separately, at this briefing, we understand the president talked about those huge new numbers of unemployment claims, 3.3 million people filing for claims just in the past week. what are white hyise officials about it? yamiche: these um mployment clmbers are stunning. 3.3 million pple in the last week filing unemployment claims. the president said it is no one's fault,d but he also tal about the fact that this means americans need to get back to work. here i what he said moments ago from the white house. pres. trump: i heard it could be 6 milln, could be 7 million. it is 3.3 or 3.2. it is a lot of jobs. i think we will come back very strong every day we stay out, it gets harder to bring it back very quickly. people don't want to stay out.

mie: the president stressing again that he really wants to rky to get people back to he has said he wants to get people back as early as easter sunday, which would be only in about 17 days. that said, officials say wedave not reache peak of the outbreak. the time the president wants to bring people back to work -- another thing treasury secretary steven mnuchin -- he talked about these unemployment claims and said these are irrelevant numbs, the people shouldn't focus on them. he said things might get worse and likely will get worse. you heard the president say he was thinking there might be 6 million, even 7 million unemployment claims. we might see more's staggering -- more staggering numbers as the week goes on. judy: finally, what are they saying at this point about efforts to address this conavirus pandemic head on, and what is needed in this country? yamiche: tre continues to be

this tension between the federal government and the white house and state governments and governors. the president today held a call with governors. there was a back-and-forth. contentious, the president also had a back and forth with washington state governor jay inslee. ensley said after the president said the federal government should be a backup, the gdoernor said wot need a backup. we need a tom brady,he referring touper bowl champion tom brady, talking about that the to dol government nee more.here a lot of governors sag we want more. the president wrote a letter to governors today, saying he is thinking abo maintaining, increasing, or reducing social distancing edgers. he said iwill be based on data and says that government is thinking about categorizings countiesgh risk, medium risk, or low risk. you even have some republican governors, including larry hogan in maryland, saying we need hel

with testing facilities. even as president trump is running to governors, saying we ed to get the government back up, you have both democrats and republicans telling the president we still need more resources, and we still need to figure out how bad this is going to get. judy: s there isll this disagreement at such a high level. yamiche alcinde reporting for us at the white house. thank you, yamiche. ♪ ♪ stephanie: we will return to judy woodruff and the full program afterlihe latest hes. an update to our top story on the pandemic tonight. the death toll in the u.s. from covid-19 now stands at more than 1200, with more than 83,000 cases. president trump spoke with french president emmanuel macron tonight. in a twitter message, macron saidountries were working on a new initiative to19 combat

covi montana's governor is the latest to issue a statewide order for all nonessential businesses to close, and for businesses to stay-at-home in the day's other news, the u.s. justice department announced indictmts of venezuela's president, nicolas maduro, and his top allies, on charges of narco terrorism. attorney general william barr said they conspired to flood the u.s. with cocaine and to their own country of billions of dollars. a.g. barr: t maduro and other defendants have betrayed the venezuelan people and corrupted 'venezuels institutions. while the venezuelan people suff, this cabal lines the pockets with drug money and the proceeds of their corruption. this has to come to an end. stephanie: themi trumpet stration has been trying to oust maduro since his disputed reelection in 2013.

israel's year-long political deadlock may be ending after a .y vote in parliament tod lawmakers elected opposition figure benny gantz to be t new speaker. he won the support of benjamin netanyahu's followers, signaling a possible deal for a unitynt govern he said the coronavirus crisis overrides everything else. mr. netanyahu: these are not noal days, and the call for special decisions. therefore, as i have said, i intend to examine and advance in any possible way the creation of a national emergency government. stephanie: netanyahu is under criminal indictment. up to now, penny gantz had ruled t serving with him in any coalition. in iran, officials again denied any knowledge of robert levinson, a former fbi eaent who disad their in 2007. the foign minister said he left the country years ago.

yesterday, levinson's family issued a statementaying u.s. officials concluded he died in iranian custody. says he has covid-19 symptoms .and wants to be sent ho michael white was released from on iriniann on medical furlough last week, but was not permitted to leave the coury. he has been held since 2018 on charges of insulting iran'. supreme lead chinese officials fired back at u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo todayover the coronavirus endemic. he had lobbied to name covid-19 as the wuhan virus. >> we urge this u.s. politician not to goon further on the road. it could only further expose his hypocrisy and ill ientions, eachus would a more opposition and indignation of the chinese people and people around the world. 70: the world health

organization opposes giving the bar is a ographical name, since it has spread globally. others said it performance discrimination against asians. author and journalist richard reeves has died of a heart attack at his home in los angeles. heas known for his books on presidents, from john f. kennedy to bill clinton. he also had a long-running syndicated column and appeared on pbs public affairs programs. richard reeves w 83 yea old. still to come on "the newshour" a crush of patients crash against the country's front line defense. the pandemiccross 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. >> this is the pbs newshour. in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: that huge rise in

unemployment claims we learned about today nearly 3.3 million , filed over the past week -- dwarfs all historical records in e u.s. many economists say that number doesn't fully capture the true number of people who have been laid off or furloughed, or are out of work because they are losing their busines we asked people today to share some of their stories -- and the real strgles they are facing right now. here's just a sampling of what we heard. brittany: my name is brittany picuri. alson: my name is allyson jaffe. ababuti: my name is ababuti olok.my larril name is larrilou carumba.an my name is edan alva. candace: my name is candace rogers. d'm a software engineer. i was l off just a couple weeks ago. i just embarked on buying ay first hom 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. jaffe: i'm a co-owner here at the this has been horrific. i had to lay off my staff of 50 on march 16, and it was just devastating. you know, they're hard workers. they're hourly workers.w they key have families and we don'know how long we're going to be closed. and that's that uncertainty has been the worst pt. ee olok: i'veworking at the airport, logan airport. originally, i am from ethiopia. i came in 2011 as a refugee. now i'm a u.s. citizen. padon't have any clue or anywhere to go tmy rent. i have two boys, which is make me to worry the most. my mom's here. my wife got laid off, too. so my thinking now is not for myself, but for my kids. picuri: 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 non-verbal.i ann't even fathom taking her to the hospital. if something like that were to happen. edan: i am a lyft driver. we're being put in a particarly difficult situation where we have to make a choice between going out there unprotected and losing our homes, losing in our car loans or all the things that might happen financially when you don't make your payments. larrilou: i'm a hoper. for eight years. i'm a single mom and i have three kids. i amdeally concerned and sca about our health care. i just want everybody to be safe , and i hopeev thaybody will really be in the shelter in place, because to control this virus, because everybody's being

-- everybody wants to end thi because it is really -- i mean, everybody's being excited about what's happening, because we don't know what would happen next. and i really don't know when i'm gonna go back to work. judy: so hard to hear, and there were so my more just like at. let's talk some more about that financial rescue plan -- what it does, and what might be left to do. we turn to someone with deep experience in economic policy. he is lawrence summers. he served as secretary of thesu tr under president clinton, and was director of the national economic council during the obama administration. he is currently a professor of economics at harvard university. yesterday, he joined a bipartisan group of 34 former secretaries of the treasury, federal reserve governors, and economic scholars who signed a statement making the case to

officials that the best way to address the economic fallout ofu the corona was to first attend to the medical emergency. larry summers, thank you so much for joining us. it is so hard to hear these stories, and i want to ask you first about these unemployment claims. today, 3.3 million people. orhow much could this get? mr. summers: judy, we are at war with this virus, ame you showed f the casualties of that war, and that is not a war that is going to end sn. there will be millions more people who will be filing for unemployment, insurannd who will lose their jobs. fortunately, that $2.2 trillion is directedg at provids big and broad a safety net as we can at this point.

that is a lot of money, and it will do a lot of good. i'm sure it's not going to be the end of the things we do to keep our economy going, and to maintain our economic system. what's crucial, in a war like this -- and tt is what the letter i sigd refers to -- is that we do with a strategy to win as rapidly as possible. cand that means not abandon the war to early, because if we do, we will lose any ground we gaine , andll have that much longer a struggle. that's why we are going to have to see through this period until there is enough progress that public health authorities tell us we can let up on this current period of painful social isolation. judy: we understand a letter

directedt least inart to president trump, who has been talking about opening up busissesoon,ithin weeks, whenever the virus snds,t the same time targeting the virus. but larry summers, le's talk ab what more needs to be ne. there are people who are saying this relief is great and this $2.2 trillion bill, but it is only going to last -- we heard lisa de chardin -- lisa de chardin -- desjardins saying eight eks. is it more cash directly to individuals? is it loans to small business?y exac it? mr. summers: all the above, judy. i tnk the highe priority right now would be to add enough money for state and local governments, for mayors to take care of their people.

th is the first priority. the second priority is we have w got to be ontime footing, with respect to getting tests, protective equipment, with respect to getting ventilators to take caref people. d we n spend whatever it takes. we need to use wietever authorthe government has to deliver the resources, that we can target people, get t the assistanthe people who need it, be secure in the haknowledgewe are identifying the people who are victims, and also recognizing the people for whom it is safe to go o and go back to work again. isnoke -- no matter how much money the federal reserve commits, no matter how big a budget deficit we run, we cnot

solve this problem until we contain the vsus. and that why a careful strategic, determined strategy of the kind that dr. fauci is pushing is what we need. but above all, in a war -- and that is what we are in -- you have to be steadfast. you have to be moving forward in a consistent direction. and we have to not change course every few days. that is why the president's talk about easter, about 15 days, is so potentially dangerous a destabilizin judy: it sounds like you are saying not enough money is being pushed in the direction right now for testing, for research -- not enough priority in that direction. th i am hearing you say yes, we need a lot more money on the

medical side. at the same time, we sure up individual people's lives. when you hear mothers of chilen with special needs, a manays, "i don't know if i can meet my rent this month," people are hurting and panicking in some instances right now. mr. summers: this is probably the most profound test of american society since pearl harbor. hewh we can manage the resources to contain the virus, and at the me time protect -- protect and maintain the mosng vulnerable a us as a society. it is a test of our competence. it is a test of our compassion. it is a test of our will. i think ultimately we will meet it, but certainly there have

been some false starts.e thve also been some encouraging signs, the speed with which congress was able to pass this massive legislaon, the way the fed has been able to step in and address the financial oblems. but the really important thingh is the stren our effort around addressing the disease and protecting its victims. that is what history is going to judge us on. judy: former treasury secretary larry summers. thank u very much. hospitals in more and moreng cities are feehe pressure and consequences of covid-19 cases. new york state is still at the stcenter of some of the wf it.

hospitalizations shot up0% in one day, and there were 100 deaths they are in just about 24 hours. william brangham gets a view from t front lines of what's being done to adjust to a worsening situation. william: that's right. overrun, and many are taking extraordinary steps to prepare for the wave of patients to come. stony brook university hospital on long island, new york is one of those places. they been asked by governor andrew cuomo to double their bed capacity in just a few weeks. carol gomez is ceo of that hospital. ms. gez, think -- comes, -- ms. gomes, how is yourystem doing right now? pandemic underway and the apex of the storm approaching us quickly, in the next 14 to 21 days, there is a concerted

effort to address safety, and a concerted effort to take care of our patien. it is of a very serious nate, but we are tacklingth this all of our might. william: right now, can you give us a sense of how many coronavirus -- how many covid-19 patients you currently have? ms. gomes: each day, obviously, it escalates, and the numbers thate received this morning could potentially be different than the ones we have currently, now or in the next five minutes. last we heard, there were 70 plus cases positive, and we have ma persons under investigation who are pending laboratory tests. and the numbers continue to escalate each day, but here we are constructing tents in a rking lot, a large tent. we are able to see hundreds of patients coming through, particularly for covid testing. liam: i know you have a relatively large hospital. the idea you are building a nt out in the parking lot seems to signal the depth of how serious this is. ms. gomes: this is extremely

serious. the governor of new york asked each ceo of every hospital in new york state to increase its surge capacity by at least 50%, and then subsequently, a day or two later, the quested for all r us to increase pacity so we have 624 beds.%. that means we need to create another six under 24 -- another 624 beds. ywhen have a limited amount of space you have to be creative. william: i've been talking with doctors and hospitals at several loeetions this and i've been hearing a real sense of anxiety and concern about this. the storm that in some placess already there, in certspn als, and the storm that is coming to others -- i'm curious how you staff is doing. how are people holding up under all of this? ms. gomes: i can't be more proud of our stony brook medicine team. they come in every day. they are m serioded.

they are laser focused. we know we have a job to do. twe know we hav care for these patients, who will be coming in by the droves. and we will do everything we can to ensure their safety and the safety of our team. you have to prepare for this form possible -- staffing, and supplies, and space, so everyonl is compl laser focused on this task. william: do you have enough supplies right now? been reading aboutrt the se of n95 masks, shortage of ventilators, shortpre of ective gowns. do you feel you have enough equipment to do the job safely that you need to do? msgomes: i don't believe we're any different than any other hospital in the united states. we are all clamoringor supplies -- n95's, face shields, the like. have the good fortuneso of prof and researchers and scientists who are on campus at stony brook university. we have folks who are working on

using 3d printers to create face shields, so this is really an enmoust, effnd everyone is involved. we also found a link on how to to our chemistry dent.nd sent it low and behold, they started handng gallons o sanitize so yes, the a supplies limited, but we are certainly not waiting for them to come to us. we are taking matters into our own hands as best as wel can, o contat is in our control. william: i think anyone would look at what you are doing and salute the ingenuity and taking this on yourself. butee it doeslike this is a sign of something very, very serious, where you guys are having to make supplies that gojust a monthost hpitals took for granted, and took as just regular equipment that we have. you now have to make it yourselves. ms. gomes: yes, yes, but when you don't have a choice in the matter, you have to take actionl

that is precwhat we are doing to ensure the safety of our team. william: we know that the governor of new york has ask eryone who is not involved in what are called essential services to largely stay-at-ho. what is your sense about how the new york, the long island community, is heating that request? are people following those recommendations? ms. gomes: well, you know, i've mbeen spendingt of my time inth hospital, so it's hard to be able to say firsthand. i certainly do hope people are heeding those warnings, aswi it give us the opportunity to flatten the curve and potentially slow that surge of patients. and that's our goal, is to flatten that curve and prepare for the worst and hope for the best. william: all right. carol gom, ceo of stony brook university of hospital. best of luck to all of you out there. ms. gomes:nk tou.

♪ ♪ judy:or now look outside the u.s. last week, president trump announced strict new border controls, citing concerns over thficoronavirus. als will now turn away most migrants entering the country from the southern border. that includes people fleeing violence, even if they come legay and show no signs of being sick. jean guerrero of member station kpbs spoke to family stuck in limbo at the country's busiestor landr crossing, just south of san diego, and tijuana. jean: this family wants tosk for asylum in the u.s. after seven monthsn an asylum waitlist, it was finally their turn to enter and start pleading eir case. but when they came to the port of entry, they learned the border had been shut down they asked us to hide their identities for safy reasons.

we are escaping a place where you can't really live. they extort you, and if you don't pay, they kill you. jean:ana has pictures of her house from when she says it was riddled with bullets, and marks beaten by the local gang. was ana:ir the worries me because of my health, but what worries me much more is what i've experienced. lywe are tn danger in mexico. jean: she has audio ofn we says the gang broke into her house and threatened her. [screams and weeping] jean the family and tens ofnt thousands refuge, but they're stuck in mexico. it's unclear when t port will reopen. lines at the once-bustling port seindled rustic clean after the u.s. banned non-ial travel at the border last week, in addition to the ban on eves.one without ocuments. tens of thousands of people

shop.lly cross daily to work and paola avila, of the san diego regional chamber of commerce, says the impact will be severe, but the halt is necessary. paola: his misses are going to suffer from that halt, but it'av something weto contribute. jean: vulnerable families fling death threats could be most affected. some jumped the border wall out of desperation. president trump said new restrictions are meant to prevent an outbreak in border stations. pr. trump: our nation's top health care officials are ceextremely ced about the public health consequences of mass, uncontrolled cross-border movement. jean: tijuana migrant shelters are screaming to keep up with the need for beds. father pat murphy rolled out new rules to try to prevent an outbreak. erfa murphy: one of the decisions we made was to put less people in each room, so they can be a little separated. jean: hands are sanitized each

time they enter, and a doctor will soon be checkinve temperatures day. shelter is reducing intake to 80 , peoplf its usual capacity, to keep people spread out. could get the viruhe and others father murphy: i'm 68. i shouldn't bowhere. i should be in my room. but my heart doesn't let me do that. jean: asylum-seekers have a place to eat andl safe until it's their turn to enter the u.s., but the shelter doesn't have room for everyone. many sleep on the street, where they are exposed to cartel violence. otrs stay in cramped tents, where it's hard to protect themselves from getting sick. or if he says the trumpet ministration is using the coronavirus to push a political agenda, and heard some of the world's most vulnerable people. father murphy: he's taking advantage of this situation to take away theht few rthat people have left to ask for political asylum. he has no idea, the suffering. jean: the acting secretary of

the department ohomeland security, chad wolf, says the decision to turn people away is based on input from top health leaders at the center for disease control. mr. wolf: the introduction and spread of the coronavirus in the departments border patrol stations and detention facilities since a serious ng to migrants, frontline agents, and officers, and the american people. jean: while the u.s. has more than 75,000 confirmed coronavirus cases, exit come has about 500. -- mexico has about 500.is health care provider helped set up checkpoints and tijuana to giveru free coronasymptom screenings. ricardo vega, president of the baja health cluster,s s they want to prevent the spread in mexico, including among due to crowded conditions. icardo: they are confined places where we know they don't have enough toilets or enough

flushing water, or separate spaces. jean: at one shelter, a guatemalan asylum-seekers with three children faced an uncertain future. >> i never wanted to leave my country. i never wanted to expose my kids to so much dange jean: but she says she had no choice. the people threatening to kill her family in guatemala were for the "pbs newshour," i'm jean g.uerrero in tijua ♪ ♪ judy: with so many americans now staying home, the pandemic continues to have a majoy effect on neal aspects of our lives. but one area getting less attention is how that isolationx caerbate the problem of domestic violence. john yang has a closer look.

john: in past times of stress like 9/11, the economic downturn of 2008, and hurricane katrina, experts say the intensity and frequency of domestic abuse has gone up. kae ray jones is the ceo of the national domestic violence hotline. she joi us by skype from austin, texas. in the current environment, what what are you most worried about? katie: what we are most worrie about, the national domestic violenceotne, is knowing that many victims, survivors, are currently living in isolation with their abusive partner, and their ability to seek help or guidance is significantly limited, knowing that oftentimes abusive partners are observing phone calls or tching what material someone might be looking at on their device. so we'rece really ced right now, knowing that history has shown us with an increased severity of abuse and increased

frequeyy of abuse that m survivors are currently in dire situations. john: to what extent is this social distancing to try to stop the virus spreading contributing or aiding andbetting people who commit this violence and abuse? katie: it's a great question. what we know is that oftentimes abusive pvetners will ge something happening in society as a further means to ilate, create fear, intimidate, or coerce a victim. we have already started to hear stories from survivors who areac ng out to the hotline, who are indicating that their abusive partner has indicated that they can't go to work, they can'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'verd already histressing stories where one woman shared that her community where she's currently residing does not have shelter--place protocols. her employer was indicating it was safe for her to go to work.

he abusive partner essentially said, "you are not going." when she stated she was, he took the firearm out in their home and began to load the firearm. she said this is not something he had ever done, that they have an abusive relationship, but h never broug a firearm out before, and this was causing her great concern. we kno that at times when there is fr, that oftentimes people who have control issues, power ,issu they may exasperate those dynamics and their abusive relationship. john: how is thisoc comping your work? for instance, are shelters operating? are they worried about social distancing in that sense? seen our ability to even connect some survivors to shelters, or ex strategies, be greatly impacted. we know shelters are going to great lengths to deeply sanitize shelters, keep existing resides safe. it makes sense that one's

ability to do intakes to new clients may be limited. we have heard from survivors who were reallholding out for their custody hearing or divorce hearing, or protective order hearing -- that those are being impacted. so a lot of the dynamics in terms of systems that survivors rely on, and we would say many of the tools we are keeping in a survivor toolbox, feel like they are disappearing rapidly. so that's reallyoncerning, on top of what might be happening in their home already. john:on you men this before, but i want you to expand on it -- the idea that when you are isolated with someone who may b abusing you, you can't necessarily call the hotline and seek help. katie: yeah, i think that is one of thetr most dsing things about this. we know, and we hear from survivor pre-covid-19, that their behaviors were being monitored,wa down to s bng installed on their computers, watching what they're looking at of material online. so when you are in close proximity to someone, having the ability to make a phone call,

and sharing the very intimate details of an abusive relationship, may be significantly impacted, which is why 're trying to encourage friends, fily, neighbors to contact the hotline and get information about resources, might be available for someoneat -- because you may be their only lifeline right now to information and help, and even emotional support. john: with social distancing, could it be' that people 't know that it's going on? people, friends, neighbors may not know, and may not know to call, to reach out for help? katie: i tnk often domestic violence ts the secrett happens behind closed doors and is not our problem. weeally encouraging folks to understand that right now we need everybody to be activated, to be aware of what is happening around them. if they are hearing sounds coming out of their neighbor'sth house, bghtful of what that might mean. sometimes, calling the police may not be option. the hotline is here to concern

anyone who is concerned ae,ut some if they are not being directly impacted, really encouraging people to get educated and leverage the hotline as a resource to increase your knowledge about safety planning.you may be safeh your neighbor right now. john: are there similarou conces abuse against or violence people, partners in intimate relationships? katie: yes, so while our mission is really focused on intimate partner vlence, we have had individuals reach out, indicating concerns with abuse happening at home toward children, and we are providing support around that area as well. thother piece we know is that children are often leveraged in abusive relationships, so kids can be often in the midst of a violent situation, where things might be being a throw the kids accidentally get in the crossfire of what's happening. we are wanting to safety plan ound kids in the home as well, like -- really taking the whole family as a unit, to think afthrough whaty planning in

place is possible, what exit strategies may be avaable to a survivor, as well as safety planning for kids. john: katie ray jones, ceo of the national do must of violence hotline, thank you very much. as the audience, if you or someone you know is experiencing abuse, these call the domestic violence hotline at 1-800 -799-safe. that's 1-800-799-7233. ♪ judy: many families, we are learning, are finding it a challenge in dcoiding how much navirus news is too much when it comes to their children and teenagers. the televisions in many householun on athe-clock, it's tough to shield kids from the constant stream of reporting. at the same time, many teens may not be taking the pandemic as

seriously as they should. tonight,uthor kelly corrigan shares her humble opinionow on to keep children safe. kelly: if you are the parent of a teenager, shelter-in-place is nda strangeerious gift. i know, we've all seen the images of the hardheaded spring breakers, shoulder to shoulder inloridaand friends across the country tell me they are ill going toe to theirids over every conceivable outing. at my house,e quarantin began with my teenager suggesting a da she thought itould be fun. they coulderve coronas and quantinis. there were tears. apparently we were the only parents who were psycho about this new virus. anyway, kids don't even get sick, she said, lying on information that's been proven to be outdated. then camee, shelter-in-plnd

our bay area town was sequestered. at that point, our teenager's pleas became smaller. can i go to dinnerne forour with one friend? can i watch tv all afternoon? can we please not tal about conavirus after 5:00 p.m.? e theme ofhe all requests was the same -- escape. can we, they seemed to be asking, turn our back on the world map blowing up with hotspots? we can. we can play rummy 500 and read bos, and rewatch "the office" from the beginning. we can paint eac others toenails and makeup dance routines, and learn to draw. as far as kids go, even kids old enough to dreamp quarantinis, my husband and i decided that a steady stream of information may be less of a comfort, and more of a high-speed on-ramp to unmanageable stress. it's our job to stay up-to-date, not theirs. wsole they deal another hand,

we check quickly the cdc website, or read the notes from some future day, we can talk like thes aduey nearly are about what happened to the wld in the spring of 2020. an can look carefully at how it might have beened better, and who the heroes of the moment were. for now, in our family bunker, i say bring on the distractions, and let the daily escape begin. yudy: author and parent ke corrigan.and on the "newshour" , right now, in the middle of the pandemic, there is new life being born. photojournalist sebastian rich aadowed midwives attendin homebirth in utah. they shared thoughts about the works and how the endure that is on our website, pbs.org/newshour. that is the "newshour" for tonight. i'm judy woodruff. jonas online and write here tomorrow evening. or all of "s at ts

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