well, hi there. i'm joshua johnson. good to be with you from msnbc headquarters in new york. welcome to a special hour of msnbc live. the coronavirus pandemic across america. the u.s. has more than 131,000 confirmed cases of covid-19 and nearly 2,300 deaths. but it's really easy for numbers that big to kind of lose their meaning. it's just a big statistic rather than thousands of individual lives that are shaken or taken by this virus. in this hour, we want to humanize those numbers with a deeper look at the cities and states that are fighting this pandemic. our correspondents across the country are wanting to share those stories. we will find out how some of the nation's mayors are trying to help their residents. we begin with a quarantine quandary. a comment from president trump that could have dramatically affected 32 million people in

the epicenter of the pandemic. yesterday president trump claimed that he was considering a federally mandated quarantine of new york, new jersey, and connecticut. last night, he tweeted some clarification. the president wrote that the quarantine will not be necessary. instead, the cdc issued a strong 14-day travel advisory. the tri-state area is already under stay-at-home orders coordinated by all three governors. as for that initial claim, connecticut governor lamont said he believed the president was, in his words, thinking out loud. connecticut has more than 1500 confirmed cases and 33 known deaths. new jersey's govern phil murphy says he has spoken with the white house about his desperate need for ventilators. jersey has reported more than 140 deaths. new york still leads the country in cases. its health care system is stretched thin. governor andrew cuomo said the worst is yet to come.

that overstretched system includings mt. sinai west in manhattan. a nurse at mt. sinai died from covid-19 this week. cory, what's the situation there now? >> reporter: yeah, joshua. i think 48-year-old kious kelly's death was one that cut deeply to this community this week. not just here to the hospital but to the medical community as a whole. it is a reminder for all of us as well as how much risk these first responders are taking on. governor cuomo also acknowledged kelly's death and spoke about the other first responders out there. take a listen. >> we lost a nurse. we've lost a couple of other nurses. kious kelly, 48 years old, who was the assistant nurse manager at mt. sinai west. we wish his family the best. these public people -- i don't

even have the words to express my admiration for them. >> reporter: now, cuomo, in his press conference earlier, was reflective. he was candid. at times he was forceful, saying that he would not be deterred in getting the state the life-saving supplies that he needs. he also said, quote, we were more prepared than any state for this. but the emergency is testing the state's limits now. we are hearing that the 911 system is becoming overburdened and officials are saying calls are up by 40%. joshua, average number of calls that the city gets is about 3,500 to 4,000. they are now reporting s6,000, 7,000, 8,000 according to fdny. workers are sleeping in their cars, they are pulling double, triple shifts sometimes. and governor cuomo also said

they had put out an all call for any volunteers who could help out anywhere possible. he said just get in where you fit in, whether it's medical staff here or if you have any background and help with first responding. or if you don't have any skills in those ranges, you can help out when it comes to food delivery or volunteer at local nonprofits that are helping. he said he needs people to come out. he is happy that about 12,000 people have volunteered so far. . >> thank you, cori. not far from here at mt. sinai west in manhattan. now, coronavirus does not stop at state lines. that is what has folks concerned in texas. it borders four states and mexico. some texans are worried about a rise in caseload within their borders and about spillover from neighboring states like louisiana. texas has more than 2,000 cases and 27 known deaths. nbc's priscilla thompson joins us live from butler stadium in houston, the city's only testing

site. how is houston preparing for a possible spillover from other states, particularly louisiana? >> reporter: well, both state and local officials are monitoring what's happening in louisiana very carefully. joshua, in 2005, when hurricane katrina hit, there are a number of folks who were displaced from new orleans who actually moved to texas, and houston specifically. so there's always been deep community ties between these states. and so this week the governor of texas actually issued an executive order calling on anyone who is flying in from louisiana or the new york tri-state area to self-quarantine for 14 days. and so -- and this is part of an ongoing effort as officials expect that the number of cases here will continue to rise. in houston yesterday alone saw the single largest increase in the number of cases here. the number of cases actually tripled. and so houston now has more than 200 cases of coronavirus here in the city.

>> priscilla, also -- just a moment, priscilla. we should also talk about houston's mayor and what he had to say about how the city is bracing for a possible spike in cases. let's listen to that. >> whether you're flying, driving, boating, walking, jogging, if you go outside of the state of texas, louisiana included, then when you come back to the city of houston, if you're an employee, you will self-quarantine. >> the mayor is saying something similar to what others have been saying around the country. what is the mood like in houston now? what is it like around houston right now? >> reporter: yeah. so what you heard there was the mayor talking about the advice

that he is giving to his city employees. he hopes that going into the second week, the city wide shutdown, the residents of houston will follow that advice as well. folks are coming back from anywhere that they self-quarantine, the mayor was actually out this weekend evaluating some of those places that are still open to the public like the parks and the restaurants where they can pick up to-go orders to make sure people were practicing safe distancing or whether he needs to implement more measures this week. he told me he was happy with what he saw out there. we were out at a park recently and, you know, saw kids riding their bikes by themselves. some of them saying they hadn't seen their friends in a few weeks. i think it's a testament to the fact that folks here are taking this very seriously >> thanks, priscilla. priscilla thompson in houston. hospitals are struggling not just on their front lines but their bottom lines. revenue is way down with routine

visits and elective procedures postponed. so you can imagine how much worse it can be for rural hospitals. those include facilities in virginia with cases nearing 900. they are bracing for a major surge in covid-19 patients. hospital administrators are fearing shortages in staffing, in supplies, and in cash. we are in charlottesville, virginia. how prepared are the rural hospitals for what could be a surge in patients? >> reporter: that he wants a great question, joshua. this is a unique problem for some of these facilities in these rural hospitals in virginia and other rural parts of the country. i have been speaking with folks in idaho and wyoming, here in virginia as well. the crisis that they are bracing for has led to some creative problem-solving you could say. i spoke with a hospital ceo down in wise county, virginia. they only have about 40,000 people living in their county. and of their three hospitals, they have decided as one as the

designated covid-19 hospital in an effort to keep the other two hospitals running normally and trying to see as many patients as otherwise they can. so some of these creative services are what people all across the country in the rural areas are aiming for. i want to play you a piece of sound from a ceo of a really rural hospital i spoke with in idaho. and he kind of describes the situation that they are facing. so take a listen to that. >> we have 15 to 20 days cash on hand. they are trying to make payroll when things are good. and being asked to lay out all of this additional expense while at the same time enacting the patrol, they are always in jeopardy of closing. but this coronavirus is taxing us to the absolute root. >> reporter: joshua, you can hear right there how dire the

situations are for some of these rural facilities talking about how they are making their paychecks on a good day. it speaks to the larger question here of the rural health crisis we face in this country. there's over 100 rural hospitals that have closed in the last 10 years. and i spoke with a number of folks who told me, no, it is not an exaggeration to say some of these facilities will shut down at the end of this public health crisis. they face a shortage of cash, supplies, and in addition a shortage of doctors as well. >> yeah. deepa, as if they didn't already have enough to worry about before coronavirus and heaven knows what this is going to do after this outbreak is over. thank you, deepa, reporting from charlottesville, virginia. now to pennsylvania where we are seeing a troubling trend. cases there have spiked and are now approaching about 3,400 with a big jump among young people. mora barrett has more. the department of public health says the bulk of its cases are

between 29 and 40 years old. what's going on there? >> reporter: exactly, joshua. that is what is interesting in pennsylvania. as we started talking about this coronavirus pan dem ig, officials emphasized the elderly would be some of the most affected. like you said, nearly half of the 3,400 are age range 19 to 49. and i wanted to note these are people showing symptoms. they are not asymptomatic people. they are displaying symptoms. that's how they are getting tested. here in pennsylvania they are only testing people that are showing symptoms. that brings us here to citizens bank park, home to the philadelphia phillies. they are not playing baseball. it is the site of a drive-through testing site. there has been at least 100 cars that have already gone through here today in the past hour. they are able to drive up, roll their window half down, get a quick test. they should be getting results within 24 hours to a couple days

here. and we have the latest number just in the last hour or so from the pennsylvania secretary of health, dr. rachel levine. there have been spikes nearly 500 to 600 now cases a day over the past couple weeks. she basically said this is not going to stop any time soon. they are really tracking the trend. but the university of pennsylvania's model shows that the peak here in pennsylvania will not be until at least mid-may. so there is at least a month and a half here to go. when you look at the praise that governors from across the country have been getting, governor tom wolf is one of those. they started their coronavirus operations center here in p.a. in the beginning of february, even before they had their first positive case of coronavirus on march 6th. since then, he has acted quickly, closing schools as cases spike spd issued a stay-at-home order in a third to half the counties here in pennsylvania. also new today he asked the

president for a major disaster declaration. fema would give extra funds to provide support here. joshua? that's nbc's mora barrett in philadelphia. thank you very much. we are just getted started on msnbc. north carolina is our next stop. it has seen a rise in coronavirus cases, particularly in its largest city, charlotte. one big problem is getting care for the uninsured. the mayor will tell us how her city is dealing with the epidemic just ahead. icust aheade table until your finished. fine, we'll sleep here. ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. then you might have a dcondition called dry mouth.? biotène is clinically proven to soothe and moisturize a dry mouth. plus, it freshens breath. biotène. immediate and long lasting dry mouth symptom relief.

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>> reporter: what we are seeing in north carolina is just a taste of what we are seeing all across the country, especially in the 14 states, including north carolina, that so far have refused to expand medicaid under the affordable care ability. as the pandemic continues to spread across the country, there are many people who found themselves sliding between the health care gaps. they make too much to qualify for medicaid but not enough to afford their own insurance. this week on "into america," i team up with our colleague with an nbc news.com reporter. he takes us to charlotte, north carolina, where we meet folks on the front lines of this issue, including penny winguard. she had a string of bad luck. breast cancer. she is confronted with this very deeply, very serious virus. for at least penny, who needs to make ends meet, she works driving a lift and as a care

taker or for an elderly woman. not only putting herself at risk but everyone she comes in contact with. they have no choice but to press on. fortunately for her sake, she got health care from community health centers which try to help those without insurance. as the pandemic continues to spread, the vulnerability is weighing on penny. but penny a is one, as you mentioned, of 30 million people without insurance who found themselves really in this really, really seriously unfortunate situation. joshua? >> it's interesting, they have made covid-19 testing free p. but if you are uninsured, there are other kinds of costs to go along with just being able to get to the doctor. i imagine that creates a different kind of health gap. where even just the surveillance of where the disease is compromised by the fact that there are people who are otherwise locked out of the

system in a larger sense? >> reporter: well, certainly. if you're an hourly wage worker, you don't have the benefit of paid time off, paid leave. let alone, do you have a vehicle? do you have a license? just getting there is an issue. people say i will forego seeking treatment because i would rather try to make money to put food on the table. but then the testing is free. but the actual care isn't. so someone like penny, you know, could face upward of 20,000 or more in costs to take care of coronavirus treatment. to your point, there are many marginalized communities, not just those living in abject poverty who are forgotten and left along the side anyway. but all the people in the service industry who are working, delivery food, the cashiers, people like penny who are driving lifts and taking care of folks. many of them won't be counted. and as the days tick by are they infecting people? are they getting infected? are they pushed aside because

they can't afford it? >> what is the biggest question folks have for elected leaders? what would they ask if they could ask face-to-face? >> reporter: i imagine they would want people over politics and over profit. put the lives of people in their community and their constituents ahead of any other agenda. the time to act is now. joshua, thank you. >> thank you, trymaine lee, "into america" podcast. please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. speaking of talking to elected officials, let's continue in north carolina, the mayor of the largest city. vi lyles, welcome. >> thank you for having me, joshua. >> that question that trymaine said they would want to ask elected leaders like you, people over politics, people over profits. how long do you think that north

carolina and, in your region, charlotte, mechlinburg county, are putting people over politics and profits? >> first, we are the largest county in mechlinburg. it is the largest county in your state. and we have put people first. if you could imagine, we are feeding every student that's no longer in school. and there is no requirement that you have to come with letters or paper or how much you can have. we want to feed our families first and foremost. then we also have a community response fund. but i have to say, you're exactly right on the health care issue. what it means for us is that people -- when we closed our restaurants and our hourly workers, when we closed our schools, our teaching assistants and bus drivers, we know that this is going to be a crises in health care. testing may be free. but can you get there? is it something that is convenient to do? and what happens if you are tested in a way -- you have a

positive test. how do you pay for it? it is time. and we're fortunate in charlotte to have two great health care systems. and they are working with us, with the community to make sure anyone that's tested has the appropriate level of karas we go through this crises. >> we did get another question from a viewer. i want to put that viewer question on the screen. my husband and i are over 70 and unsure if we can and even should go to places like the grocery store. mayor lyles what would you say? >> the state at home order is the most important way we have to take seriously to flatten the curve when we start talking about this virus and what we need to do. so, yes, we do want you to stay at home. of course grocery shopping, medicine shopping, all of those

things are eligible and considered essential services. so please go and get your medicines if you have to. get your groceries. but stay at home. today is a beautiful north carolina day. and i am so concerned about the number of people that are out in our parks and our open spaces. our messaging on this has been very difficult. we said if you're young you're not going to get sick. it is only for the vulnerable populations. now we know it that is not true. it is such a fluid situation. first and foremost, get your groceries, your medicines. please stay at home so we can deal with this issue before it becomes a place where we are having more loss of life. >> mayor vi lyles of charlotte, north carolina. mayor lyles, thanks for making time with us. >> thank you, joshua. we continue our trip across america in louisiana. coronavirus has hit the new orleans area especially hard. what's being done there to slow the spread? >> plus, the outbreak is forcing many people of faith away from their houses of worship. how religious leaders are making

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it's msnbc's coverage of coronavirus across america. experts say louisiana could become one of the next epicenters of the pandemic. it currently has more than 3,300 confirmed cases and 137 known deaths. more than 1,200 cases are in and around new orleans. and the timing of the outbreak could not have been worse. mardi gras made it easy for the virus to spread. jeff, staff writer for the "times". >> right now louisiana, as with most other states, has instituted restrictions on all sorts of gatherings.

bars have been shut down. restaurants are take-out only. across the state they are trying to enforce measures. about 100 people gathered for a second parade, a common thing usually around here on weekends. but the police had to go and shut that down. they are trying to take a progressive attitude toward stopping a lot of these gatherings, these events. and really enforce social distancing all across the state, particularly here in new orleans. >> yeah. i was just going to ask you how is that going? i think trying to get people to stop having parties like getting people in key west to go inside during a hurricane. one thing people don't like to do socially in new orleans it's distance. are people paying attention to

the orders at all, especially in parts of the city that depend on tourism and night life? >> actually, for the most part people are really paying attention. they are really taking it seriously. we have been all working from home and social distancing ourselves. the few times we have been out, it's actually eery how few people are on the streets. french quarter has been largely deserted, as most people know, which is the epicenter of tourism in the city. all the bars, restaurants, seem to be implying with the order. of course that's had pretty huge impacts on tourism, which is new orleans's major industry. we have had thousands and thousands of people laid off or put on furloughs. hotels are dealing with serious

economic effects of this as well. . >> in a way, it is easy to see why they are implying. john bel edwards created a grim picture of what it would look like if they did not comply. here's part of what he said. >> while the hot spot is down around new orleans, it is statewide. we know that if we don't flatten the curve, we're on a trajectory currently to exceed our capacity in the new orleans area for ventilators by about april the 4th. and beds in hospitals by april 10th. >> so where does louisiana stand in terms of getting what it needs, especially in more critical and sensitive areas? we found out today that the first coronavirus-related death of a prison inmate was a 47-year-old man at a federal prison in louisiana. sounds like there are a lot of

different fronts on which louisiana has to fight this? >> that's correct. i mean, we are dealing with certainly major problems here in the new orleans area. we are still the epicenter of the state and seeing pretty significant growth. one thing the governor did say yesterday was that the new orleans area is down to about 192 available ventilators. they are projecting that all of those ventilators will be needed by sometime early next week. and there won't be any more available for any additional patients that need them. there are currently 380 people on ventilators within the new orleans area. so he has been aggressively trying to get more ventilators. at least 5,000. those efforts have been somewhat slow, though. right now the state government says they placed orders for a

few hundred. haven't really heard back about getting more from the federal government or from other agencies that would be able to help out. >> jest adelson of the new orleans times-pi krciyune. employees are being furloughed and charitiable giving on hold. the nation has more than 400,000 churches. by some accounts, up to a fifth of them are holding or held services today despite being urged to shut down, or at the very least, reduce capacity. lindsay riser is at st. patrick's cathedral, the seat of the archdiocese of new york. lindsay, how is st. patrick's adapting to this shutdown, or at least, to the very least, this slowdown >> reporter: they did not hold service today. they are called america's parrish church. they have only closed once.

tragically in 1988 when an usher was murdered. since then, every day their doors have been opened except for two weeks ago they decided they are going to heed all the warnings. they are going to move services virtually, digitally. it is really catching on. before coronavirus, only about 600 people tuned in for web streams. and really there's no more powerful image of the way that these houses of worships are adapting. pope francis, alone in st. peter's square, delivering a blessing on friday. other houses of worship around the country are trying get creative as well. a catholic priest in minnesota doing curb side confession. drive-through services. you mentioned there are still some who are holding services. there's a church in louisiana, and despite warnings from governors and specifically their governor not to have large gatherings, they said we are still going to do service today.

and i asked monsignor richie about that here at st. patrick's cathedral and what he thinks about other houses of worship still having services. this is what he said. >> they say, well, you know, we're god's people so god will take care of us, which is true. but it doesn't mean he's not -- he's going to save us from the virus. i think it's foolish. it puts in jeopardy not only the people that are coming and the people next to them and behind them, but also their families back home purchase. >> reporter: well, new york city mayor bill de blasio believes it is more than foolish. he has been addressing this. this is what he had to say about those houses of won ship still holding service. >> if you go to your synagogue, if you go to your church and attempt to hold services after having been told so often not to, our enforcement agents will have no choice but to shutdown those services.

>> reporter: and so you mentioned this is a trying time for everybody. but these houses of worship are included in that. they don't have parishioners coming. nobody is tithing. they are not able to do normal charitable work. maybe also keep people on payroll. monsignor richie did tell me new yorkers are new yorkers. we will pull through this. he said if there's any silver lining it's that people are still finding ways to come together albeit distantly. >> lindsay, i have been hearing a lot of pastors repeat that where two or three gathered together so too school i be. you don't have to be gathered physically. that you can, lindsay riser at st. patrick's cathedral. coming up, two coastal states being hit hard. this should be a great time for seafood for maryland. the peak of the season is approaching. but how is this pandemic turning that industry on its head? plus, the mayor of pensac a

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let's continue our look at this pandemic's impact across america. in maryland, there are 1,200 cases and five known deaths. the rise in cases includes an out break in mt. airy, west of baltimore. 66 residents tested positive, 11 of those hospitalized. on top of the human toll, there is the economic toll. some business owners and employees are not sure how they will get by. normally we would gear up for maryland crab season. restaurant closures hurt demand badly, especially with places moving to carry-out only. from wbal, we have the story from kent county on maryland's eastern shore. >> reporter: while there are a limited number of cases, it has an impact on crabbing, oysters

and fishing. because of the virus, the whole seafood industry may collapse. >> we were in full production right now. this would be completely full of people all day, 10 hours a day. >> reporter: jason ruth in graysonville says usually during oyster season he is processing hundreds of bushels a day. now virtually nothing. >> all we have is a couple 8-ounce cups for retail locations. >> reporter: after restaurants were forced to close, seafood dropped. >> it is absolutely horrific. ever since eat-in restaurants were shut down. and we really took it on the chin. >> out on the water, those who catch them are feeling the pain as well. ironically on what was supposed to be one of the better oyster seasons on record. >> it kind of put us out of business. now we are looking at spring fishing and going into summer

fishing. the markets are slowed. and almost to a stand still for that. and now we are worried about the crabs. >> reporter: worried about crabs not a good thing for marylanders to hear. with social distancing, crab feasts would be out as well. >> it's not good. i mean, virtually we are shut down. >> reporter: crabbers like chucky white aren't even sure they will set traps. if there is little or no demand, there would be no way to make up the costs. >> you have money out in gear. and equipment. and you are hoping to get it back. but there is no guarantee that we are going to do that this year. >> that was lowell melzer reporting. they are hoping for relief from the state or federal government. in florida, 4,000 people are known to be infected with coronavirus. new yorkers are key to the tourist space. now there is a push to keep them away in hopes of reducing the spread. grover robinson is the mayor of

pensacola, florida. he has announced he will donate his salary to help his residents fight the spread of coronavirus. mayor, welcome. >> joshua, thank you for having me on. we are proud home of "morning joe" scarborough. >> yes. indeed. we have our own joe scarborough from there but also because there is so much going on in pensacola. not only is it a tourist hub, you are an hour drive from mobile, alabama across i-10, there is a pensacola naval station. so it feels like there is a lot that pensacola stands to be affected by with regard to coronavirus. how are things going right now? >> well, right now we are working with -- we have three great hospitals. we have been working to make sure we are keeping our medical capacity going. i really think the social distancing has worked. we are seeing our numbers go up as testing is happening. overall, we have seen a flat

kind of consistent rate and positive rates. you know, a lot of things that we are doing, i think we are doing the right thing to keep containment. today is my mother-in-law's 82nd birthday. we can't go visit her because she is in assisted living facility there. we will stop by and wave at her but that's all we can do at this particular time. people are taking it seriously. we are taking measures that are trying to keep that medical capacity going. but we are very fearful of what's happening only 200 miles away in new orleans. and if individuals are leaving there and coming to the state of florida and bringing covid here, we are concerned about that. >> i know governor ron desantis has not issued a stay-at-home order. they have described that as not surgical enough equipment. here's what he had to say. listen. >> it would be a very blunt instrument. when you are ordering people to shelter in place, you are consigning a number probably hundreds of thousands of

floridians to lose their jobs much you are throwing their lives into potential disarray. and if that were something that were necessary statewide, because the health comes first, that is one thing. if you look at florida's situation right now, this is not a virus that is impacting every corner of the state. >> we should clarify. shelter in place order is what happens when there is a hurricane, an emergency. we are talking about a stay-at-home order. what do you make of the governor's approach so far? >> i do think one of the things about florida that's so unique is that it is so diverse. we are much different. we certainly share common bonds and statehood together with a number of people, 20 million people across this area. but we are much different than where things are happening right now in miami and south florida. we certainly are with them in spirit. but we have yet experienced those kind of numbers or those kind of rates coming into our hospitals yet. >> i hate to interrupt you.

i know our time is short. are you concerned at all, though, by the time cities like pensacola shut down the seaside, it may be too late? >> we have shut down your beaches. >> cities along the coast. >> we have closed our beaches. we are working at that. we are looking for pensacola to be as receive as possible. we obviously don't want this contamination here. it is fairly significant in size. we're all trying to meet this. i think what is happening right now for mayors across this country, they are at the front line of this. we are trying to do as best we can for our communities. >> last few seconds. your salary, how much are you donating? where is it going? >> well, again, i have said, listen, i'm not going to ask you to lose your job. i'm not going to take a salary. as soon as we close restaurants, we're a heavy tourism area, i said i would donate my salary and donate it to natural gas bills and also sanitation bills here at the city of pensacola.

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