he still is the one. >> that's all for now. i'm natalie moralis. thanks for watching. first up on msnbc, across america, the coronavirus spread from new york to l.a., the new numbers. what do they tell us about whether there's hope for containing the disease? >> it's like a kwar zone. we're in a war with very limited resources. >> on the front lines, doctors and nurses facing tough conditions as thousands line up to be tested.

>> on the way, relief check for millions of america. and keeping afloat, some businesses finding unique ways to survive as the coronavirus shuts down the country. the details are next. as we do say good morning, everybody, it is saturday, march 28th. i'm kendis gibbon. >> and i'm lindsay riser. we begin with it is coronavirus pandemic. there are 1,274 cases across all 50 states. the death toll climbing to 1,605. >> the number of cases in the united states reaching a new high, surpassing 100,000 as lindsay mentioned. the u.s. now has more reported coronavirus cases that know any other country in the world, including china. >> president trump signed the $2 trillion economic stimulus package focused on providing relief to businesses and workers impacted by the pandemic. the bill passed with byyou partisan support in both the

house and the senate. >> the package sends $1200 to adults earning up to $735,000 a year, $2400 for joint returns and $500 per child. most americans will receive that money via can direct deposit within three weeks. others by check. unemployment benefits vary from state to state. anywhere from $250 to $800 a week. the rescue package adds $600 per week for up to four months. those benefits will run for 39 weeks. >> all of this as the government announced the government would buy thousands of ventilators from a variety of makers for overwhelmed hospitals, compelling general motors to ramp up protection by invoking the defense production act. >> so we did activate it with respect to general motors and hopefully -- maybe we won't even need the full activation, we'll find out, but we need the ventilators. >> something a lot of people have been calling for the president to do for several

weeks now, finally getting around to it. monica alba is at the white house with more. the president addressed the issue of potentially reopening parts of the country very soon. what is he saying? >> that's right, kendis. good morning. a shift in tone here at the white house and in the time frame. you remember the president spoke earlier this week about wanting to potentially reopen parts of the economy and the country by easter. of course, it's just a couple of weeks away. but yesterday when he was pressed on whether as we get to the end of this 15-day effort to slow the spread, those guidelines will be extended or whether he will be trying to implement a potential plan to open up the country potentially by county. but take a listen to what he didn't mention in this exchange last night at the briefing. >> on monday, it will be the end of the 15 days to slow the spread of the virus. do you expect that you will simply renew the guidelines or do you expect that there could be some modifications? >> we will be sitting down on

monday or maybe tuesday, depending on which is the best for everybody, and we will be making that determination. obviously, we're not doing it for new york. we are talking about possibly other parts of the country which really aren't affected any major degree or maybe we won't do that because maybe at the advice of a lot of very talented people that do this for a living, they won't want to do that. they want to do it all at one time. these are the kinds of things we'll be talking about. >> the county indicated there he and his team will be sitting down all weekend to have these discussions, looking at different models, looking at potential different timelines. but as you saw there, he didn't talk about easter and this comes as nbc news is reporting that some aids are advising the president not to put as many specific dates out there. to really listen to his health team, to listen to drs. birx and fauci as the numbers of cases continue to rise.

it's something we will be seeing here as he sits down with those top health officials all weekend to determine next steps. but as we get closer to monday, that really is the end of the 15 days. it really depends what the guidance will look like coming out of that. and he also has indicated that it may depend by region. so that's something we will be watching for. currently, there is no briefing on the schedule for later today, saturday. but the president will be heading to norfolk, virginia, to, in his words, kiss good-bye that ship that will be sailing up to new york to help with other kinds of health cases as the coronavirus pandemic rages on. kendis, lindsay. >> looking to get to new york city by monday and the president there making a photo-op of it, saying good-bye to it. monica alba at the white house for us, thank you. and new york city remains the epicenter in the united states with almost 27,000 cases by its own count and 450 deaths. one of the hospitals hardest hit is elmhirst hospital in

queens. lines of people wait to go be tested has been long. 13 patients have died in just a 24-hour period. ron joins us from outside that hospital. ron, good morning to you. what are you seeing there? i know it's very early in the morning today. what are you hearing from folks waiting to get tested there? >> kendis, this hospital is probably the center of the epicenter. it's the number one priority in the hospital system. it's in a very diverse neighborhood. a lot of immigrants in this community. a lot of low income families. and this is their safety net. the emergency room here has been overwhelmed for the past couple of weeks. they've been surging staff here day after day and equipment. you can hear yet another ambulance in the background. they've been coming and going regularly all day and we've been

out here all week. transferring from patients out, bring something patients in. they're trying to make this total ily a coronavirus hospital. so they're taking patients who do not have that illness to other facilities to try and balance the load. behind me, you can see these barriers. people start lining up as soon as the sun comes up. there are about four or five people over there now that you can't see in the shadows. they're here to be tested. they're not the emergency cases. they come and they wait and they wait for hours and hours. we spoke to some of them. they say that they are feeling sick, they're worried about their families, and to keep this all safe and for social distancing, we talk to them by telephone from our position here over there. here is what some of them have had to say. >> i'm pretty sure i just have a cold, but i was -- the hospital and the kid next door to me was diagnosed positive with

covid-19. it got my mom really worried that i might have it and i might just be symptomatic. honestly, the anxiety is get to go me, too, a little bit. >> tell me about the anxiety you're feeling. >> just about how i could be prettying it to the rest of my family without even knowing it. even though i might not have it, i might have it, which is concerning. >> a lot of people are saying, as he did, that they were feeling feverish, that they had a cough. minor symptoms, but the overriding symptom that a lot of people are feeling as he expressed his fear and anxiety. that's what's driving people here and that is spreading, as well, in communities like this all over new york. >> ron, obviously, that mother

and son in line at the hospital are fearful because they know someone who tested positive but only experiencing cold-like symptoms. should they be waiting in line for the er or should they stay home and self-quarantine? >> you know, i think that's a decision individuals have to make individually. i know officials are saying if you have tolerable symptoms, you should stay at home and self-quarantine. but if you're feeling terrified about this virus that you know is deadly, i would not tell anybody to stay home. the system here is under a lot of pressure. and yes, they're trying to ration equipment, they're rationing hospital beds, they're trying to increase capacity, they're trying to only deal and only test people who are the

most severe cases. they're trying to test police officers, firefighters, emts coming down with this deadly illness, as well. again, people are coming here. they wait for three, four hours, even longer. and, again, if it were me, i would probably come, too, because this thing is so terrifying and so fearful. >> nbc's ron allen in queens, new york. thank you. >> but there was a wonderful moment last night around 7:00 p.m. eastern time where everybody got together in the city and the boroughs and started cheering all of the first responders, kind of echoing what many of the cities have been doing and it's much needed applause for them. thank you. new reporting on what other u.s. cities are emerging as potential coronavirus hot spots. the surgeon general says boston, new orleans, detroit, philadelphia, seeing an increase

in cases of coronavirus. >> and in louisiana, the number of cases is growing faster than anywhere in the world. take a look at bourbon street. a ghost town this weekend. orleans parish has seen more deaths per capita than any other county in the country. some people say mardi gras celebrations may have contributed to that acceleration. >> those celebrations just about a month ago. joining us right now, joseph ferry. thank you so much. good morning to you, joseph. so new york is considered right mow the epicenter of the virus in the united states. here is what governor andrew cuomo had to say about the trajectory of the spread in the state. >> now we're looking at about 21 days for a possible apex. so we want to do everything we can to be ready for that increased capacity that could hit us in 21 days and ramp up

the hospital capacity. >> after being under lockdown for two weeks now, i've got to admit, 21 days seems like a long time. is that where we are right now, at least from the new york standpoint in the arc of this virus? >> well, keep in mind, 21 days is only the number of confirmed cases. so it's going to by anywhere from three to six weeks, in my opinion, before we see the apex here in new york. and that's, again, just talking about the confirmed cases. you saw the individual earlier in line without symptoms getting tested. there's a lot of people walking around asymptomatic or mild to moderate symptoms that are not meeting criteria. when we talk about flattening that curve, we have no idea how steep that curve is without having testing for everyone available. >> so on that note, we have shelter in place orders, increased testing, but it sounds like that's not enough, at least right now, to know if that is start to go flatten the curve because we don't have enough

information. >> that is absolutely right. you're only getting people tested that actually meet the criteria which are going to be the elderly with known conditions. or people that have known exposure. that might put him in the eligibility to be tested. that being said, you know, without broad scale testing everywhere, we have no idea when we're going to reach the peak and what that peak might look like. a conservative estimate would be three weeks, but i would say three to six weeks is when we're going to see the apex of the environment. >> mind boggling right there. the president was asked this week, once the united states had the most cases in the world, he was asked about it and he said that's because we've been good at testing. can you give us an idea about the testing in the united states and how does that compare to other countries, like south korea? >> i don't know the overall

number. compared to germany, for example, they're testing 500,000 cases per week in germany. and that all has to do with they engaged early on with the commercial sector and they were able to mass produce those tests and they still are. and so as i think we're getting ready to discuss, more and more commercial companies have come online in the united states and as those companies ramp up, we're going to have more and more tests available. so comparatively, we are still very much under where we need to be as far as testing capacity across the united states. that is why you see cities like new orleans, boston, emerging as hot spots because those tests are getting up and running. in states where you're not seeing those hot spots yet, it's presumable that they don't have the testing ability there yet to diagnose everyone that is walking around with the virus. >> of course you had mardi gras which was the last week of february. you had all of those people down there in new orleans and all

throughout louisiana celebrating altogether. should that have been canceled? >> knowing what we knew then, yes, but at the same time, you had the commander in chief calling it a hoax and a lot of people took that seriously and didn't pay any attention to it. anyone in public health would have told you it's a good idea to cancel that knowing we have a respiratory illness that can be fatal to a lot of people. >> the command ner chief has been saying a lot of wrong things and a lot of dangerous things. based on the science, who should people be listening to? >> they should be listen to go dr. fauci and to dr. birx. get your advice from public health professionals. and it looks like he is changing his tone on a lot of things and i'm optimistic that he's now

listening to them to open up the country around easter was, in my opinion, a terrible thing to put in people's minds. if they're closed down for all nonessential business, they should stay closed down for all nonessential business until we get a handle on the testing itself. >> dr. joseph, thank you. as italy's coronavirus deaths hit yet another new record, the new lessons for the u.s. about handling this stage of the outbreak. but first, sad news this morning on the passing of a civil rights icon. rev rest joseph e. lowery worked with martin luther king to start the southern christian leadership conference. he was a fiery preacher who became known as the dean of civil rights veterans. >> and he is one of his greatest

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almost 513 thousands worldwide, more than 23,000 people have died. europe still remains the largest hot spot. >> in the united kingdom, the number of cases and deaths is surging and there are now nearly 15,000 patients across the u.s., including the prime minister and even royalty. >> boar jis johnson announced he tested positive for coronavirus, but says he'll continue to lead the government. >> i developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus. that's on the say a temperature and a persistent cough. and on the advice of the chief medical officer, i have taken a test. that has come out positive. so i am working from home. i'm self-isolating. and that's entirely the right thing to do. >> sara harmon is live in london. good morning to you. the mayor writes there you has been concerns about the way the

prime minister is handling the coronavirus. what is happening now? >> good morning to you both. it seems like a lifetime ago that boris johnson was telling people the best way to prevent coronavirus was to wash your hands for soap and water for twice the length of time that it takes to sing happy birthday. in his particular case, you can imagine that didn't prove to be effective. you can imagine there is real concern over who is going to lead this country's response. this is a country of 66 million people and the leader cannot leave his apartment. in addition, the health secretary has also tested positive and you britain's chief medical officer is you self-isolating after he developed symptoms. there is real concern here about

whether the measures enacted were too little too late. the number of infections here in the uk is now doubling every three to four days. lindsay. >> what a frightening number there, sara. kendis here. some of the biggest figures in british politics have been diagnosed including johnson's secretary. his chief medical officer could have coronavirus, as well. you you he is self-isolating himself. the good news, this past week, boris johnson is supposed to have a weekly meeting with the queen in person. luckily this week it was done by telephone from the y93-year-old monarch. is the disease starting to hit for for many brits? >> absolutely. we talk about this rock hudson moment that people need to have where someone they know and like is confirmed. certainly prince charles testing

positive was a wake-up call. but let me give you guys a picture of what it's like this morning in london. i'm standing outside of king's crossing behind me. and you can see a number of cars going by. there are a few folks out and about. britain's lockdown has been much more liberal than in other european countries and in france and italy and spain, people are allowed to go out for exercise. public transit is still running those businesses, still zipping past every few minutes. the tube here is also running and that's important because a lot of key workers, people who work in super markets or hospitals rely on the tube in this city to get to work. to the problem is they're run ago reduced service and we're seeing shocking pictures of people crammed in these tiny carriages where social distancing is completely impossible. that is a real concern in london this morning. many people are beginning toing

wonder whether this lockdown is going to get tighter. >> nbc's sara harmon in london, thank you. italy, as we mentioned, is europe's epicenter. let's take a look at the cases there. that cunning has crossed 86,000. spain is close behind with more than 64,000 cases. and france has nearly 33,000 cases. >> and joining us now from paris, christopher dicky. france is seen as having one of the world's best health care systems. we just saw 299 deaths in one day. how are people there reacting? >> i think people are scared. i think there was a long period where people sort of thought, well, you know, these things happen. well, these kinds of things don't happen. and right now, we're looking at

a situation where the prime minister last night was telling us that there is z going to be a horrific surge in paris over the next few days. paris hospitals are already at capacity. so if there is a terrible surge, they're going to be way, way overcapacity very, very quickly. the disease is spreading across the country, moved into sort of northeast france and down into paris where it's starting to really rage. the navy is bringing in ships to try to get them to better hospital facilities. so it's a desperate situation. the total number of infections is supposed to be about 33,000, but many doctors believe it's closer to 100,000. >> and there have been some

desperate images seeing people loaded on to high speed trains from other parts of the country to other areas where there are some better hospitals equipped there in france. s the numbers in italy are still sky high. nearly a thousand more deaths reported in the last 24 hours. a country of 60 million people. what is your sense of how people in italy are making it through this? >> they're a few days and weeks ahead of the rest of us. the good news in italy is the level of infection is leveling off. when you see this kind of death count, it's the result of infections a couple of weeks ago, by and large. there is a hope that eventually within a couple of weeks, the death count will start going down or leveling off, as well. the best news out of italy is that they're testing now

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how you can expect these check toes come. there is about 7.6 million people in this country who are not eligible for those benefits and those are undocumented immigrants. and there has been a lot of criticism about that with this law saying those 7.6 million people cannot and should not be forgotten. but they're not able to get these benefits under the current law. these checks are in addition to those unemployment benefits that you'll be able to get and under this law, they have expanded those unemployment benefits to include gig economy workers for the first time. so people like uber and lyft drivers will be able to apply. >> and do you need to sign up to

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>> yeah, lindsay, that number was stunning. i've been covering business news for the better part of two decades now, and i've never seen a number of like that. more than 3% of the american workforce is out right now and we're expecting that number to rise. we're expecting jobless claims this thursday to double from that number. and, you know, before this pandemic, tun employment rate was at 3.5%. it was at a 50-year low. and now there are estimates that that can rise to 30% before this is all said and done. so to answer your question, probably not. one check is not going to do it for most americans. and many are saying within the government that another stimulus package is probably down the road. >> those numbers that you just mentioned are staggering. alexis, thank you. >> well beyond what we thought the unemployment rate was for the great depression back in the

20s. thanks, alexis. along with the relief bill, president trump approved a disaster declaration for new jersey. >> with more than 8,000 confirmed case is, corey is liv in jersey city. what does this declaration mean for the state? >> good morning, guys. it's great to see you, as well. the declaration does two major things here for the state and it was certainly much needed. the governor was very happy with his work with the trump administration on this. it frees up more federal aid so resources can be funneled more quickly to the state and it authorizeds the use of the national guard which puts bodies on the ground here which is sorely needed. governor murphy announced the supplemental nutrition assistance program will get a boost. that will be through april. so 670,000 residents will get more aid through april. and, of course, small

businesses, they have been the hardest hit among us. about 75 million in a relief package for them. that will come in the form of zero interest loans and outright funding. one of the reasons new jersey's cases have exploded this past week, and by the way, we are now at 108 deaths in the state, there's been a ramp up of testing. the state has now two drive-through sites. both of those sites are hitting their capacity each and every day. there's still not enough kits to test everyone. >> testing the worried well, the so-called worry well and the asymptomatic would be an inappropriate use of our testing supplies. the fact that we have among, if not the highest positivity rates is a good thing. and it shows us that we are using our limited resources to their highest and best use. >> so the governor put out a

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times," both the u.s. commerce and heads of major corporations have been lobbying the administration against using the defense production act saying it could impose red tape on companies. what do you think changed for the president? >> first of all, good morning, thanks for having me and i hope you're staying safe. the tricky part about invoking the defense production act, as with many other things, the devil is in the detail here. provisions of it are being used to try and incentivize the production of ventilators. with a company like gm, it's no small feat to move your production from cars to ventilators. a company like ford announced earlier this week they were figuring out some way to juriry rig fans that are normally used for the cooling seats in their trucks, but that's significantly different from retooling completely to make ventilators. so this is going to take time for everyone to figure out. >> and in the meantime, shortly after invoking the defense production act, the president

had this to say. it was interesting. take a listen. >> so we did activate it with respect to general motors and hopefully maybe we won't even need the full activation. we'll find out. but we need the ventilators. >> seems like an about turn for many people. is the administration is using the act or not? why does it seem a little muddled? >> well, the executive order and the statements put out indicated that the president was asking the department of health and human services to investigate how they could order general motors to produce more ventilators. the government cannot necessarily force a company to do something. but it can incentivize it. so, you know, president trump is still trying to figure this out and he's still very much tweeting and criticizing --

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monthlong lockdown are drastically changing the way of life in the country. >> i want to show you these new images. you can see pope francis alone outside the vatican drawing a stark picture of what is becoming the new normal there in vatican city. joining us right now is edward penton, a rome correspondent for the national catholic register. good morning to you or good afternoon as the case may be there in rome. talk to me about the significance of friday's blessings. in a hauntingly empty st. peter's square. >> this is unprecedented. the pope only sort of gives that blessing at christmas and easter in front of huge crowds of people. this time, as you saw, there is hardly anybody there. but we spoke very strongly about the sort of deeper meaning behind all of this. he said it's really a chance or a calling of the lord to faith and to come back to the lord with all our hearts. and that was very much his

message to have faith and not to be afraid. >> easter is just over two weeks away. what is going to happen there. what will that look like in rome? >> well, again, this is unprecedented. usually huge crowds for the masses and the various liturgies. this time they will just be televised. they will still were go ahead. there won't be the faithful there. the people will not be there in the pews. it will be very unusual. but televised so everyone can follow it. again, there wasn't be the washing of the feet on holy thursday and other aspects of the liturgies emitted but still televised. >> there are reports that indicate as many as 60 italian priests are among those who died from the virus. but you write that despite that fact and the pope's age, 83

years old, pope francis still meets with people. does this worry anyone right there in italy? >> yes. well, this is a concern. lots of heads of state around the world are isolating, especially meeting people who have been proven to have the virus. pope francis is denying to meet people and carry on as normal. people people in private audience. he is resisting moving as well. people say he should move perhaps to the summer residence the pope traditionally stays in. he's staying put. >> thank you very much for your time today. >> we thank you for your time for watching msnbc this past hour. we will be back tomorrow at

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