adrienne bankert joins us. and we just learned that fema will be setting up new medical stations in the three states that have the most coronavirus cases right now? >> reporter: yes, that's right, tom. the president making a major announcement. he says that fema will set up those makeshift hospitals in california, new york and washington state, providing thousands of new hospital beds. tom? >> all right, adrienne, thank you for that. >>> now to the breaking headline on capitol hill. senator rand paul testing positive for the coronavirus, as congress negotiates that massive stimulus package, now growing to at least $2 trillion. at least two other senators placed themselves in self-quarantine. abc's rachel scott is in washington. >> reporter: tonight, senator rand paul of kentucky, seen here on capitol hill just days ago, announcing on twitter that he has been diagnosed with covid-19, becoming the first senator infected. his colleagues now facing the same confusion and questions as so many across this country. >>

adrienne williams is showing us the beautiful grounds her mother would tend to at her parents' oakland hills home, the gardening shoes of 81-year- old barbara hopper sitting still by the front door never to be worn again. >> none of her friends or family would imagined that she'd be gone right now. >> reporter: barbara johnson hopper died l but not terrible she went to the hospital on a saturday. >> three days later ys later sh it happened very fast. >> reporter: hopper had wanted to go home for hospice but never made it because her health declined too fast. her husband, dr. hopper, is now cherishing the love of his life of 55 years, a vibrant woman who once owned her own real estate business and was still planning on doing deals just a week before her death. >> an incredibly beautiful, vibrant, achieving person, you know, that i was just absolutely grateful to have shared 55 years with. >> reporter: in a facebook post adrienne williams delivered a heartfelt warning about the coronavirus. >> we have to take this seriously because there are too many lives that are beinrace, y >> reporte

we turn to democratic strategist adrienne elrod and executive editor and publisher from michigan zachch, what is going down in michigan? >> it's a frantic effort by the sanders campaign to crisscross the state. they're trying to reassemble the coalition. the question is this momentum juggernaut that joe biden seems to have assembled, is it going to be too much? sanders has been in second place in grand rapids. he was in detroit, on the university of michigan campus going for the young voters. he's been in flint, camped out in the state the last few days. joe biden arrived today. he's got a three-city swing going. it really is starting to feel like it may not just be in the cards for sanders, he's not seeing the same support from the same coalition -- >> let me read you something about medicare for all in michigan because, as mentioned, he did well before. detroit news writing that the contrast between sanders' plan to overhaul the health care system and biden's proposal to build, is on the union workers, many whom like their current coverage. why do you think potentially that kind of

former chief of staffs dccc and former director for hillary clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, adrienne ed rod joins us. we have so much to sort through and the right people to help us through it. jonathan lemire reports or shifting the blame on the coronavirus. richard haass analyzes the u.s. peace pact with the taliban and we go live to south bend, indiana, where pete buttigieg just dropped out, and bob costa looks at joe biden's piece to consolidate support in the wake of south carolina, and jeremy peters says despite some setbacks, mike bloomberg is getting better on the trail. and we will begin this morning with that much-needed shot in the arm for the biden campaign. the former vice president dominated in south carolina's primary on saturday running away with 48% of the vote. bernie sanders came in a distant second place at 20%. followed by tom steyer at 11%. pete buttigieg, elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar and tulsi gabbard still in the race, all in single digits. the former vice president pinned his hopes on black voters, and they did not let him down. according to nbc news exit

nick, adrienne, the campaign did a good job with that stuff.n, don't vote for me. she gave a very straight answer. and it just didn't work. nothing worked. and, you know, there's just so much she and we can do. we would have loved to have had this. nanette probably is responsible for more than vladimir putin if we had this documentary the day before election day in 2016. she would be president right now. >> well, i mean, it's important to remember because everybody looks back at 2016 like hillary clinton got wiped out and there were a lot of mistakes that got made. she won by 3 million votes in the popular vote, and the comey letter. there were a collection of things that happened. we were talking about it yesterday. it was a perfect storm on wall street. there was a perfect storm that last day. even donald trump said we could have had the election ten days in a row and i would have probably only won on one of those ten days. i, do nick, i want to go to you on what we were talking about because we did certainly notice that hillary's campaign in

adrienne elrod, john heilemann and of course michael steele -- and mike memoli. >> jim clyburn joins us now. you are the man of the hour, the king maker. there's no underestimating, understating the difference your very emotional, personal endorsement made. if not for south carolina, we would not be here. joe biden would not be here. >> well, thank you so much for that andrea. were it not for the community that i represent, i would not have made that kind of an endorsement speech. i was perfectly willing to say who i was going to vote for. i issued a press release. until i attended a rural church and had an elderly lady becken me. she said, you lean down. i need to ask you something. she asked me, who was i voting for? she said, just whisper it in my ear. and she said, this community needs to hear from you. and i talked to other people there that day and i came to the conclusion that the african-american community, especially, were laying back, wanting some validation of joe biden. and so i got involved because i knew that that was -- he is the one guy that african-americans by and l

. >>> adrienne wants to know if you have an approximate time, i going to happen forarea.now, os the a shelter in place working. is that surge coming later now? when do you think that might be? >> it's hard to say if we're flattening the curve. i think we're optimistic at sf. we don't want to count our blessings too early. we're calling this very carefully. i think that we may have a mini surge maybe with nursing homes in the area, et cetera. but whether or not we get a huge surge like what was in new york, i'm hoping that we don't. i think -- in my heart of hearts i think that our shelter in place policy will help with that. >> i certainly hope so. we got to keep it up. we can't relax? >> we can't be complacent and relax. we have to keep it up. >> terry dean has a question. she wants to know how do you care for a loved one if they get sick with coronavirus? she wants to know how to prepare your home, what proper supplies to get? >> yes. i think about some ps with helping to prepare your home. taking care of a loved with covid-19 if you didn't have it. that's making sure y

to africa correspondent adrienne creech joins us from cape town welcome what's it like that on day one of this lockdown. well phil you can see behind me it is empty i'm on normally one of the busiest streets in the center of cape town on long street and there's almost nobody everybody is forced to stay at home as the sign says right behind me this is the order for the next 3 weeks and it will be enforced according to the president and his ministers nobody is allowed to leave the house it's only for essential services if you go to a supermarket for example but you're not allowed not even alone to walk around to go for jogging to walk your dog this is all forbidden so it's really very tough weeks ahead for south africa but it is necessary and necessary step the president says looking at the numbers how they're growing they have reached more than 1000 corona cases today so following on from those numbers how is the country's health care infrastructure coping. well at the moment it is still coping rather well but this is at the moment the reason why president took the decision was quite cl

african countries who've been staying at this busy how bright in the center of town our correspondent adrienne krishna's been following developments there for the last several months and he reports now on the changes that kate townsend greenmarket square. it was a time in the heart of cape town the city has organized a free concerts to support local businesses right at the spot where hundreds of migrants living on the street were forcefully removed by the police on sunday. join hands are celebrating in front of the stage hundreds of the refugees still live inside the church right next door and they have less reason for celebration this. after xenophobic violence in south africa last year these migrants gathered in the city and steve to be relocated to another country. who from the democratic republic of congo says she was a victim and doesn't feel welcome in south africa the more so more than 4 months she has been living inside this church with her children who no known go go to school. we have a choice you know sometimes. it. is not good for them because there are seeds is just sort of this i

abc's adrienne bankert has more. >> reporter: a massive rush to get tested suddenly cut short.ile-long at new jersey's biggest drive-thru testing site. just 30 minutes after opening they hit capacity and police had to turn people away. medical professionals now advise only those with severe cases seek medical help. inside hospitals, there is growing concern. >> it's a scary time to be a doctor in america, and especially in new york. >> reporter: dr. cornelia griggs, a mother of two, is a pediatric surgeon who works with coronavirus patients at columbia university medical center. she says she is worried the hospital could run out of masks, eye protection and gloves. her message on twitter, don't make us orphan our two toddlers. >> it's forced me to feel like i have to live apart from my children in order to protect them. and that breaks my heart. >> reporter: internal memos written by columbia university's chief surgeon dr. craig smith say that his hospitals have seen a 50 increase in coronavirus patients, burning through 40,000 masks every day, adding that officials predict the

. >> reporter: adrienne has three students including one at lowell. right now all extracurricular activities are canceled in the district but may choose to keep his family home altogether. >> i may think about letting my kids do work from home. >> reporter: i have been back in touch with the san francisco archdiocese who confirm they plan on closing 90 schools tomorrow for the next two weeks because a student and parent tested positive for coronavirus. >> obviously this story developing very rapidly. we will keep track of all of the developments with a live blog on the coronavirus. you'll find it on abc7news.com/coronavirus. i can't believe it. that chad really was raised by wolves? which one is your mother? that's her right there. oh, gosh. no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. it's really great. well, i'm just so glad to have met your beautiful family. and we better be sitting down now. believe it! geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> we are bringing in larry bei

well thank you very much adrienne last of for joining us there in san sebastian is really good to get your view on all of this want to move on now to the u.s. because there's been an announcement that country will temporarily close the border with canada to nonessential travel this of course in an effort to combat the pandemic of almost 9000 kilometers it is the world's largest land border between 2 nations and about 200000 people cross it every day the move will not affect trade between the 2 countries all 50 states in the united in the u.s. have now confirmed cases of the coronavirus and the u.s. president says that he's invoking legislation to accelerate the production of equipment that they need to fight the coronavirus to hospital ships have also been deployed as a number of infections across america passes 6000 we are sending. upon request the 2 hospital ships are being prepared right near the massive ships the big white ships with the red cross on the search what is called the mercy of the other is called the comfort. in tip top shape if they were to will be they're getting rea

so a lot of useful information for you coming up, but adrienne bankert has promised us some laughs orecially. we begin this morning with some of our favorite celebrities coming together amidst the coronavirus outbreak for a really great cause, some community.chdren's books online to raise money for kids who might be going without food now that their schools are closed. take a look. >> reporter: kids gathering around to hear familiar voices like josh gad reading some of their favorite books. >> gondola. gondola. >> reporter: and jennifer garner calling on her friends to raise awareness and money for those in need of school supplies and food. >> then i'll munch and i'll crunch and i'll smash your house in. >> reporter: more a-listers joining in on story time including reese witherspoon. >> everyone knows there's no such thing as little girls. they're just make believe. >> reporter: amy adams. >> are you kidding me? shouted penelope as dragons spewed flames with a fiery exhale. >> reporter: camila cabello reading her story in spanish. and jamie lee curtis giving kids quite the show. >> t

. >> these washington redskins players trade football drills for military drills that is adrienne petersonn military operations in the middle east. the players are in israel as part of a collaboration with a high school robotics team. how cool of an experience is that, guys? steve: something they will never forget. thank you have a great weekend. 18 minutes now before the top of the hour and janice is joining us, because people want to know about the weather and it's a little chilly. >> janice: right? people are traveling and yes just want to show you their current temperatures across the great lakes and northeast. is it cold enough for snow in some cases yes it is. the wind chill is going to feel more blustery as this coastal event strengthens offshore in the next several hours and overnight tonight so there is the past 24 hours with this low across the great lakes and a low over the mid atlantic both of those combined are going to give us our coastal storm, our nor'easter we don't have to have a lot of snow to have a nor'easter so there's the future radar. we are going to get a clipping