and prent halipa, and john carroll, i think that i said john carroll. thank you for your incredible behinbehind-the-scenes effort te this and other meetings possible as our participatoriy democracy survives during the coronavirus time. and with that, madam clerk, please call the first item. >> clerk: item 1 is an order to submit the planning code to create the intermediate occupancy residential use characteristic with the administrative code for enforceability and to prohibit rental units for temporary occupancies and the controller to analyze the impact and appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss major. colleagues this was continued from the meeting which occurred a few weeks ago right before the shelter in place order was issued by the mayor. and it is my intention to continue this item to the call of the chair. but before we do that we need to take public comment. so, madam clerk, please work whatever magic you need to work to allow the members of the public to comment on this item. >> clerk: we are checking to see if there's any

and prent halipa, and john carroll, i think that i said john carroll. thank you for your incredible behinbehind-the-scenes effort te this and other meetings possible as our participatoriy democracy survives during the coronavirus time. and with that, madam clerk, please call the first item. >> clerk: item 1 is an order to submit the planning code to create the intermediate occupancy residential use characteristic with the administrative code for enforceability and to prohibit rental units for temporary occupancies and the controller to analyze the impact and appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss major. colleagues this was continued from the meeting which occurred a few weeks ago right before the shelter in place order was issued by the mayor. and it is my intention to continue this item to the call of the chair. but before we do that we need to take public comment. so, madam clerk, please work whatever magic you need to work to allow the members of the public to comment on this item. >> clerk: we are checking to see if there's any

carroll has been hitting the ball on her indoor court she is ready. and now so is victoria serious social distancing but stay clear of the camera guy for another day and walk down another rooftop to rooftop practice to get my thoughts since then it's playing tennis so much carolyn my neighbor my close friend and my classmate we decided to try to play from one building to another i think i. was. i never thought we'd manage to play it but it is so much fun. to keep it moving and unseen ballboy the tories dad sends misfits back up to the roof. these 2 drew a following when a video posted by their coach was picked up by the association of tennis professionals the a.t.p. former number one tracy austin tweeted her admiration of carroll and vittorio indeed in these times it may take younger minds to help us determine what is possible and what is not. wrong. and that is the spirit that a virus can not stop this is the w. news in berlin a quick reminder you can get news and features around the clock on our website at the w. dot com my colleague stephen there's

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jason carroll, cnn, newark, new jersey. >> extraordinary scenes there. >>> so, let's go to the uk.ew data from the british government shows the true death toll from the coronavirus is much, much higher than initially thought there, and that's because it didn't initially include people who had died in private homes, hospices, and care homes. so i want to go to london. nic robertson is joining me now. hi, nic. and we were going to talk about the death toll, but i see in the last few minutes, we've got an email, just a sense of how extraordinary, the extraordinary times we're living in. the prime minister, boris johnson, he's just announced he's had a baby. so good news coming from where you are. tell us about that. what do we know? >> reporter: well, we have very few details about it so far. i think we can expect an update from downing street. we're more likely to hear, you know, some more personal comments from the couple later. look, i mean, this is an incredibly serious time for the prime minister. he's only just back on the job. he's only just recovered sort of from what he's des

proper infrastructure online infrastructure will be able to do well at the time was it a bit eric carroll thanks for explaining that to us if you could stick around be much appreciated and come budget a minute or 2 you're talking about you know where the economy is going to go after this it's early days can go how long he's going to go on but there is one vital element there in the world economy oil energy going to talk about that in a minute come back to the 2nd thank you sir thank you. so than the president salva russia and the u.s. along with the saudi king have endorsed in a storage deal sunday the oil cartel opec and other producers have agreed on the largest ever all output cut it will see a drop of $9700000.00 barrels per day which is around 10 percent of the global supply kuwait's oil minister says the deal will come into force on may the 1st. by the grace of god and then with wise guidance continue sufferance and continue stock since early friday we can now announce the completion of a historic agreement to reduce production by approximately $10000000.00 barrels of oil per day by

and prent halipa, and john carroll, i think that i said john carroll. thank you for your incredible behinbehind-the-scenes effort te this and other meetings possible as our participatoriy democracy survives during the coronavirus time. and with that, madam clerk, please call the first item. >> clerk: item 1 is an order to submit the planning code to create the intermediate occupancy residential use characteristic with the administrative code for enforceability and to prohibit rental units for temporary occupancies and the controller to analyze the impact and appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss major. colleagues this was continued from the meeting which occurred a few weeks ago right before the shelter in place order was issued by the mayor. and it is my intention to continue this item to the call of the chair. but before we do that we need to take public comment. so, madam clerk, please work whatever magic you need to work to allow the members of the public to comment on this item. >> clerk: we are checking to see if there's any

the virgin mary around the streets of moscow in an effort to ward off the coronavirus patriarch carroll's convoy it traveled over 100 kilometers in the capital before bringing the iconic to a cathedral more than 4900 cases have been confirmed in russia. police in france have been stopping cars leaving paris to check that people are not going on holiday authorities have warned residents to cancel any travel plans for the school holidays which began this weekend one man has been jailed for repeatedly violating lockdown rules. as british hospitals brace for an expected increase in coronavirus patients the military has stepped in to support them and deliver much needed protective gear and ventilators to hospitals some medical staff have criticised the response as coming too late. well as with many other countries in the world of colombia's lockdown has hit people without homes especially hard our next report is from detail they used to call freud on the streets of bogota she met a man whose work during the crisis has made him a hero for those in need. nobody knows the invisible like this man

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aaron carroll. >> we've done almost nothing to try to ease the path or to make it easy. in fact, it appears to be incredibly difficult. >> reporter: what's worse, he said, many states appear to be overwhelmed. >> it takes a significant infrastructure to do all of the checking and signing people up and checking to see if they qualify for subsidies during all of that. it's not clear that right now in april, a lot of the exchanges, especially at the state base level or federal, i guess, are actually staffed up and prepared to do that. >> to me it's outrageous in a ou >> reporter: senator mark warner and other democrats are proposing a bill to reopen enrollment for the affordable states where it hasn't yet happened so people don't put off getting care. >> somebody god forbid who may be coming down with signs of the virus, should not be afraid of going to the doctor because they can't afford to pay. in this circumstance, that kind of reluctance to use the system actually endangers all of us. >> reporter: donna sweig isn't sure any help will come fast enough. she's put the hou

brianna. >> jason carroll, thank you for that very important report.t's talk about this now with the vice president of the american farm bureau federation, scott vanderwall. you represent a number of farmers, ranchers and we're looking at -- you see the shortage. the shortage at food banks and then you're very well aware of the surplus of food that farmers are destroying or just throwing out. i mean, 2.7 to 3.7 million gallons of milk dumped each day and there is a missing link between getting food to people, not by restaurants or schools any more, who is retooling the supply chain to get food to people? >> well, thank you, brianna, for having me on this afternoon. i'm a farmer too. i've got almost a thousand head of beef cattle outside of the office here so this really hits me at home personally as well. nobody hates to see their food and produce wasted more than farmers do. because we put our hearts and souls into that. we have a lot of expenses into it and even if we have to sell at a loss, we're willing to do that. but so having said that, it reall

>> jason carroll, thank you so much. >>> i want to bring in dr. michael ocerom. he's the author of the book "deadliest enemy, our war against killer germs." thank you so much. thank you for joining us. the debate over opening the country back up is obviously necessary. we have an urgent ongoing public health crisis. where are we with the number of deaths and the flattening of the curve? >> first of all, we have to understand we're just at the beginning of this entire situation, and that's sometimes hard to hear, but it should also be the very reason why what we do for planning takes into account not just next week or next month but for the next 16 or 18 months. some of the most conservative estimates, we could easily have between 800,000 and 1.6 million deaths. we have had 23,000 to date. that's tragic, each one of those is a loved one, but think how much more we may have to go. part of the challenge we have as you laid out, don, in the opening comment, what is our plan to not shut down the country and not allow the cases to go unabated. we don't have a good plan

babalanced across european countries and not have a richer country recover faster. , thank: stephen carroll you. to the states where governors of the various states across the country that have become hot spots are urging continued vigilance amid signs that new cases may be leveling off. inal confirmed infections america have topped some 360,000 although the real number of cases is likely to be higher. with the death nearing -- 11,000, this makes the u.s. the hardest hit. >> as america's covid-19 outbreak continues to rage, president donald trump expressed hope monday that the spread could begin to stabilize. in a rare sign of bipartisan unity, president trump praised joe biden. >> we had a warm conversation. it was a nice conversation. we talked pretty much about this. he gave me his point o of view d i fully understood that. now become the unchallenged global epicenter of the viral outbreak with more than 360,000 confirmed cases into nearly 11,000 d deaths, its mortality count surpassed only by italy and spain. governors in three american states hardest hit by the outbreak on monday point

and prent halipa, and john carroll, i think that i said john carroll. thank you for your incredible behinbehind-the-scenes effort te this and other meetings possible as our participatoriy democracy survives during the coronavirus time. and with that, madam clerk, please call the first item. >> clerk: item 1 is an order to submit the planning code to create the intermediate occupancy residential use characteristic with the administrative code for enforceability and to prohibit rental units for temporary occupancies and the controller to analyze the impact and appropriate findings. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, miss major. colleagues this was continued from the meeting which occurred a few weeks ago right before the shelter in place order was issued by the mayor. and it is my intention to continue this item to the call of the chair. but before we do that we need to take public comment. so, madam clerk, please work whatever magic you need to work to allow the members of the public to comment on this item. >> clerk: we are checking to see if there's any

let's begin with jason carroll in new york. despite some of the expert warnings that these states are are not ready shs more states will start to ease restriction this is week. what are we expecting from other states? >> reporter: well, look, there's really no one way of looking a the this. because when you look at the states across the count truss. so many states have different plans, different ways of reopening. new york is still stay at home. then you look the at georgia where the governor there is taking heat from critics saying he's doing too much too soon. parlors are opening, a number of businesses there where you can go out and with only restrictions go to some of those it businesses. you look the a the state of kentucky. much different. you have some aspects of the medical industry are opening. you can go to the dentist in kentucky. you'll with be able to go to physical therapy. or in southern california, you have some of the beaches open on limited capacity. so different states operating and reopening in different way

. >> joining us now is president of the global project dennis carroll and an adviser at the infectiousisease and control at usid. good day to you, sir. >> good day to you, ari. >> where do we go from here? >> well, first off, we need to pay particular attention to what dr. fauci was talking about. we have to -- any -- has to be evidence based. we cannot have one size fits all, i think that is very clear, but in order to manage this, it's going to be even more critical that any transition be part of a larger national strategy. no individual community has real visibility on all things happening in its surroundings. it's really a national perspective that needs to help frame the staging of where you begin to deescalate many of the actions that have been taken, and do this in a coordinated way so that we don't create unnecessary risks. so a national strategy that is really textured to adapt to all of the local communities is going to be absolutely central. >> how big a role does testing play? it would seem as a nation we are paying incredibly high costs in loss of life, which we have cover

. >> cnn's jason carroll joins us e right now, governor is working on a reopening plan when the time is right. one of the keys needed to unlocking the state is more testing. so what else did governor cuomo have to say about when new york might decide to reopen? >> reporter: look, he knows that's the key question on the minds of so many people here in the state when things can reopen here. if you look at numbers he wanted to point out that the numbers appear to show that the social distancing is working, the closures, that's working as well. he's also said in the past fredricka that he doesn't want new york state to make the same mistakes that other places have made when they try to reopen too soon. lot of things have to happen in terms of coordination, local level, state level and businesses. again, he says before anything can happen, the key is going to be testing as many people as soon as possible. >> we want to reopen as soon as possible. the caveat is, we need to be smart in the way we reopen. what does smart mean? it means a coordinated approach, a regional approach and a safe a

if we can keep people employed, we feel happy. >> reporter: jason carroll, cnn, new york. >> thanks for your day with me. i'm michael holmes. this has been "cnn newsroom." the news continues with the one and only natalie allen after the short break. you'll enjoy that. there are times when our need to connect really matters. to keep customers and employees in the know. to keep business moving. comcast business is prepared for times like these. powered by the nation's largest gig-speed network. to help give you the speed, reliability, and security you need. tools to manage your business from any device, anywhere. and a team of experts - here for you 24/7. we've always believed in the power of working together. that's why, when every connection counts... you can count on us. ♪ >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen coming to you live from cnn world headquarters. this is "cnn newsroom." thank you for joining us. easter is supposed to be a day of hope. it's also the day president trump said last month he wanted the u.s. economy reopen

response from cnn's jason carroll. >> reporter: tonight states across the country banding together to come up with their own coordinated plans to re-open the country and the regions. governors from california, washington and oregon announced that plan to work together on an approach to re-open their economies. this after governors from new york, new jersey, connecticut, rhode island, delaware and pennsylvania announced they're forming one working group to do the same. >> because, remember, the federal government could have said, i want to close down the economy. they didn't. they said we're going to leave it to the states. now all of a sudden when it comes time to open the economy, now it's back to the federal government's responsibility? >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott said later this week he will release a strategy for what he says will eventually be a slow reopening of businesses there. >> this is not going to be a rush the gates, everybody is able to suddenly reopen all at once. >> reporter: this as president trump insists he will be the one to decide when the country re-o

. >> cnn's jason carroll live in new york. javits kercenter popopening its tore for coronavirus patients? >> reporter: yes, and a top priority. going to be run by the feds, not from local officials here in new york city, but when it's up and fully operational, it will be able to handle, fredricka, 2,500 cove ed patientid able to handle, fredricka, 2,500 cove ed patienti patients. you imagine relieving the pressure hospitals here are facing and a lot of talk also about the apex of all of this. the governor talked about that as well. all projections show we still might be a few days away from that and why he says it's imperative to get ventilators into new york city as quickly as possible. he said he knows where all the ventilators are in the statened knows about the federal stockpile and says there were not enough ventilators in the federal stockpile and why he says it's essential to get ventilators here now. once there's no longer a need here, he says, then the ventilators can be redeployed to other states where they will also

>> jason carroll for us there in new york. jason, thank you so much. >>> this morning on cnn "state of the union" jake tapper will talk with treasury secretary steve mnuchin and new york senator chuck schumer about help for small businesses. also on the show right here at 9:00 eastern on cnn larry hogan and gretchen whitmer. >>> one hospital in california is suspending ten nurses who refused to enter rooms of covid patients without having those n95 masks. that is the type of mask that has been supported by the medical community saying this is the mask that you have to have. the nurses protested together, as you see through these pictures, demanding they be given the n95 masks that other health workers in their hospital apparently had access to. instead the hospital provided them with surgical masks and those ten nurses now are suspended with pay for potentially weeks as the hospital investigates. two of those nurses, michael gulic and alison mayal are bothie us. thank you for the work you do, being on front lines is frightenin

carroll, dr.ooking at, right, this is such a critical piece of how americans are understanding it and our policy-makers are making decisions. they are getting better, it seems. what would you say to people who are looking at these projections about whether or not this means that we can move towards trying to go back to work towards trying to reopen the economy? how quickly could these projections change if we do that too quickly? >> great. well, thank you. well, first off, these projections are promising. but we also have to understand that the idea of beginning to reduce the kind of very serious restrictions we have on physical ber actions between people. they need to -- intik interactions between people, they need to stay in place until we can bring a much higher level of diagnostic capability to be able to track and follow the virus. and so as we go forward and we begin thinking about relaxing many of the restrictions, the federal government has to do a much better job in ensuring adequate supp

jason carroll is out front. >> reporter: the line of cars stretch for more than a mild. wait for food at this emergency distribution site in newark, new jersey, more than an hour. but the need so great those who came looking for help were more than willing to wait. >> i've never done this before. it's a shame that i have to do this. >> reporter: many here say it is their first time asking for food. >> there's two families in here, okay? >> open your trunk right here. >> reporter: people like rita charles who brought her elderly neighbor. >> you're alone, even my neighbor, she's alone too. so, that's why we appreciate it. >> reporter: julio or todtega w laid off as a truck driver. >> it's an experience, first time. the kids, it's hard for them. >> reporter: week after week as the number of unemployed rises across the country so too does the number of people needing food assistance. feeding america, the nation's largest group of food banks is now seeing a staggering 100% increase in demand at some of its distribution sites. but this one in little rock, arkansas where they

jason carroll has this report. he's met some of them. take a look. >> reporter: business is closed.eets empty as new yorkers, like many people across the country, continue to live under a stay at home order. but for those who are deemed essential -- >> a lot of stress. >> reporter: -- staying home is not an option. >> pray to god that i make it through the day. >> reporter: a number of so-called essential workers we found shared a common worry. thankful to have jobs when so many now do not but also grave concerns about working during a pandemic. >> it's not easy. it's scary, i'm telling you. every day we come in. we pray to god to keep us safe, you know? but it's our responsibility at this time to take care of the customers. >> reporter: the focus here ensuring the staff's safety while keeping up with customer's needs for items such as thermometers, gloves and masks. >> it's hard to get it from the distributors. we're just trying to get it but still it's not easy. >> reporter: but for some ee sengal workers, they have to deal with scenes like this before they can even get to work. m

>> jason carroll there for us outside the javits center. jason, thank you. >>> this morning on "state of the union," jake tapper speaks with louisiana governor john bel edwards as the number of cases in his state climbs. what are he and state officials doing to flatten the curve. governor john bel edwards with jake tapper on "state of the union" today at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> the next couple of weeks are going to be really crucial, desch deborah birx said the same thing. what are you feeling? what do you need to know about this virus? we have experts to answer your questions. please tweet us. we're also on instagram. we're going to try to get your questions in a little bit later in the next hour of "new day," so do keep it here. >>> meanwhile, firefighters in florida, they surprised one of their own who is recovering from the coronavirus. this is one of those really beautiful spots in the midst of all of this tragedy that we've been seeing. see this crew here with miami-dade fire rescue? they drove to the hospital in their fire truck monda

want to begin with jason carroll in new york. so despite some experts warning we're just not ready for this, help walk us through these states that are beginning to ease restriction week and what the expectation is from that. >> reporter: there's really not one way of look iing a the this because you have so many state who is have different plans in terms of how they are going to reopen. you look at places like new jersey, new york, hawaii. still operating under stay at home. then you look at a state like georgia where the governor received a great deal of criticism from folk who is say he's trying to do too much too soon. in the stit of georgia, you could go to the gym or a tattoo parlor or bowling alley with some restrictions. then you look at the state of kentucky and you look at the health care industry. if you want to go to the dentist or a physical therapist, you can do that there. but then you look at oklahoma. on may 1st, with some restrictions, you'll be able to go to a restaurant or a movie theater. so different states,

cnn jason carroll is in new york. jason, we know that to get these tests completed, the governors need the supplies to do that, and what are we hearing from governor cuomo about the effort to acquire them? >> reporter: well, look, the governor and state officials are troubled by what some of the numbers they're seeing here coming from the experts. experts are saying that in order to get this country up and running, that the united states has to basically triple the amount of testing that it's doing. if you look at that research coming out of harvard, researchers there basically are saying that in order to get the country open by mid-may the number of daily testing needs to be at about 500,000 to 700,000 and right now we're at about 146,000. a lot of folks look at that and say, where's the problem? what happened? look what happened at the cdc. you sawtaminaticontamination. new york's mayor and governor cuomo saying to get the state back on track, testing will be key. numbers in terms of hospitalizations may be down. th

>> jason carroll for us there.hanks so much. >>> this morning, new reporting from "the guardian" about the chinese government cracking down on coronavirus research inside the country. >> cnn's ivan watson is with us now from hong kong. ivan, the new report says that the chinese government is clamping down on academic research. why? >> reporter: we don't know why exactly. what we've been able to figure out is that new regulations have been issued, victor, targeting chinese universities, saying that the research and publication of research papers about the coronavirus and its origin, that they are being strictly regulated. and this is how we found out about it. one of china's most elite universities, the university of fudan in shanghai, we saw on its web page last week this document, these new guidelines, which included, quote, any paper that traces the origin of the virus should be strictly managed. and that guideline had the name and email address and phone number of an official from the chinese ministry of educati

jason carroll for us outside the javits center. thanks so much. >> thanks, jason. >>> so the president says the death toll would be higher, as you heard sarah say, if mitigation tactics weren't put in place. despite multiple warnings from top health officials eight states have not issued stay-at-home orders. >> now, the coronavirus response coordinator, dr. deborah birx, says that now is the time to do everything you can to keep yourself and your family and your friends safe. >> this is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe, and that means everybody doing the six-feet distancing, washing your hands. >> with us now is dr. charles powell. he's the head of the pulmonary and critical care at mount sinai hospital in new york. good morning to you. >> good morning, victor. >> so, give us an idea of -- you are there in new york. what is it like in your hospital? >> well, our hospital, like all hospitals in new york city, are caring

cnn's jason carroll has more on the people who are putting themselves at risk to help keep the country running. >> reporter: businesses close, streets empty as new yorkers like many people across the country continue to live under a stay-at-home order. but for those who are deemed essential. >> a lot of stress. >> reporter: staying home is not an option. >> just pray to god that i make it through the day. >> reporter: a number of so-called essential workers we found shared a common worry. thankful to have jobs when so many now do not, but also grave concerns about working during a pandemic. >> it's not easy. it's scary, i'm telling you. every day, we come in, we pray to god, you know? to keep us safe. but it's our responsibility at this time to take care of the customers and the patients. >> reporter: the focus here at thomas drugs on manhattan's upper west side ensuring the staff's safety while keeping up with customer needs for items such as thermometers, gloves, and masks. >> it's hard for us to get from the distributor, so we are just trying to get it, but still, no, it's not easy.

officials saying that a second person at the pleasant view nursing home in carroll county has died ofonavirus. they now have a total of almost 80 people at that one nursing home that have tested positive for coronavirus. this is the largest outbreak since the outbreak at the life care center near seattle several weeks ago which killed several people. >> reporter: i'm omar jimenez in chicago. we're reporting a sixth death at a chicagoland nursing facility. a few days ago we were reporting the first. not to mention more than 30 residents infected and at least 16 staff members. these are situations concerning for us. in outbreaks where practices like social distancing aren't as easily possible and these are the most concerning populations. those that are elderly and those are plea existing conditions. >>> i'm anita jones in new york. 13 veterans at a veterans home in massachusetts have died. six tested positive for coronavirus with test results still pending for several others. massachusetts governor charlie baker calling the deaths at soldiers home in holy oak, massachusetts, a gut wren

cnn's jason carroll is live outside a very quiet st. patrick's cathedral in new york. you, jason. >> reporter: and good morning to you, amara. typically, this would be one of the busiest sundays at st. patrick's, but not today. the services are closed to the public. instead, cardinal dolan will be holding mass online. governor cuomo says that the social distancing here in the state is working, working in the state, working in the city. the number of hospitalizations are down. the number of intubations are down. you heard the governor talk so much about that apex. well, that apex now appears to be a plateau. he says that's where we are now. what is disturbing -- and you touched on this -- are the number of people who have died, the number of people who have been infected in the state stands at a little more than 181,000. the number of people who have lost their lives, 8,650 people have died as a result of covid-19. but again, the social distancing appears to be working, keeping nonessential businesses closed, keeping schools closed, but there is a bit of controversy abo

aaron carroll, a pediatrician and professor of pediatrics at the indiana university school of medicine. great to see you. walk us through this. what do these antibody tests mean? >> they tell us how many people have already been exposed to the disease and mounted an immune response. we hope that means that they would be immune to it in the future. but it's the best measure we have at the moment to tell how many people have been infected and have recovered. >> to your point about how we would hope that that's what it means, interesting that you have the w.h.o. reporting yesterday that there's currently no evidence that people who have recovered or had covid antibodies are safe from getting it again. what does that mean? >> so just because they've developed antibodies doesn't mean that they could not catch it again. some viruses work that day. once we get chicken pox, for instance, we don't get it again for the rest of our life. there are some viruses that it wanes over time and you might need to get another vaccine or booster and as you get older, you could have more susceptibility. we

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even when those orders are lifted, evan carroll, ceo of the san francisco hotel council says it will take months, even a year, for those percentages to climb back. >> we know we will recover and people will start to come back to the city. but how will that look? will there be differences how we can hold meetings and differences how guests can can n interact? >> definitive questions that can change day-to-day hotel operations. how about cleaning hotel rooms, how do you expect it to change? >> we are looking at half a day to fully clean and sanitizer. >> dedicate half a day to clean a room will be really tough without adding new staff. >> it really changed how we operate. >> they're setting new guidelines for cleaning guest rooms. it'sin' clear if a wait room between guests will be required or just recommended. abc7 news. >> that's an interesting issue, stephanie. thank you very much. >>> today, the senate approved a nearly $500 billion coronavirus aid bill with most of the money going to replenish a small business rescue program. and provides hospitals with another $75 billion and imp

mary ellen carroll, department of emergency management. so we are centralizing resource acquisition and purchasing and distribution. we are working hand in hand with the department of public health to identify the resources that are needed and to make the appropriate purchases and also request for aid through the state and the federal government. the public health department will be our link to our partners here to determine the overall city needs. all of that will be centralized here through the emergency operations center, and we will work through our existing system in order to ensure that we both are aware of what our needs are, what our burn rates are, as we use it, and where we need to come in where our gaps are. >> dominick, do you have a follow-up? >> yes. just a question about the modelling. with new york sort of being the test case, if you will, or something that's fed into how san francisco's plan came together, can someone just speak a little bit about how the modelling works or how much input would be needed if san francisco s

former number one tracy austin tweeted her admiration of carroll and victoria indeed in these times it may take younger minds to help us determine what is possible and what is not. wrong with. a reminder of our top stories here on d w the head of the u.n. world food program david beasley is sounding the alarm over food shortages caused by cold at 19 he says the number of people without enough food is likely to soar by a $135000000.00 by the end of the year because of the pandemic. and britain says it will begin to begin a human trials for a coronavirus vaccine on thursday it is one of several countries vying to be the 1st to find a vaccine for the disease a german company has also just won approval to start clinical trials. now other coronaviruses radically changing life as we know it and leading some people to do things they would never have done before like playing music in the streets. filmed one performance in her own berlin neighborhood and we leave you now with her video thank you for watching. blue. blue. blue. blue. blue. blue. coal india. point 3000000000 people. may only need

services here are being streamed on the internet the leader of the russian orthodox church patrick carroll urged people to stay at home and pray he led an overnight the chill at the cathedral of christ the savior in moscow attended by a small group of clergy traditionally thousands do gather there to light candles from the holy fire which is flown in from jerusalem meanwhile the russian orthodox church is given some recommendations on how to bless the traditional instigate at home and president vladimir putin sent out this easter message. we're going to present but who do the slew of these east celebrations are happening at a time of restrictions they're necessary to battle the disease known around the world we are closely analyzing the experience of other countries to understand the situation and see the risks and assess what to do in any scenario we will do all that is necessary to stop the pandemic there is no doubt that rush will make it through these challenges with dignity happy easter stay happy and healthy. while in russia 361 people have lost their lives to the corona virus and th