lemonis: ...a small catering business serving the chicagoland area.ad: a package of mushroom and a broccoli. this is gonna be for "soundstage." lemonis: although tad had zero formal training, his excellent food and attentive service soon put him on the map. tad: it's smelling great in here! lemonis: over time, the company grew to 12 employees... tad: whoo, hot! lemonis: ...and every year brought more business than the last, until now. tad: holy crap. and then we're left with nothing. lemonis: a sharp drop in bookings this year has tad in a panic... tad: andy! lemonis: ...and his team unsure of their future. tad: ah. i think you need to reach out to the other customer and see if -- if that is for sure or not. lemonis: because of my fast-growing food company, i wanted to expand into the world of catering, and honest foods has one of the best reputations here in my hometown of chicago. if i can get them back on the path to growth, i honestly think the sky is the limit. tad: okay, we have 30 minutes. jennifer: yeah, we're crunched. tad: it's tight in here

this morning i hador a webinar with the chicagoland chamber of commerce and we expected about a hundred people in over 500 it did. a small businesses across america are very aware of the public health crisis. this issm going to be a significant hit for a lot of small businesses. we've got to be there to help them. i support a proposal that also is being led by senate colleagues brown, bennett and booker to request direct cash assistance beginning in $2000 be sent to the market families in need. this will be a crucial lifeline in the interim help these families navigate the crisis. i support what schumer said earlier about strengthening these for the families. in a second wave likely to go on to support as well. i don't believe this is a short-lived crisis. we've got to see it through and stand by the workers and their families all the way. and in times of economic crisis, the increase in chapter 11 bankruptcy filings by businesses. too often, these businesses have been able to manipulate the bankruptcycy process to leave te workers hydride we cannot let this happen again. more than ten

this morning i had a webinar with the chicagoland chamber of commerce. expected about 100 people to participate. only five -- over 502. small businesses are very conscious of the threats to the continuing in business by this public health crisis. this is going to be significant hit for a lot of small businesses. we got to be there to help them. i support a proposal that also is being led by senate colleagues brown, bennett and booker to request the direct cash assistance beginning at $2000 be sent to american families in need. this would be a crucial lifeline but it alone can't help this family is navigate the crisis. i support what senator schumer said earlier about strengthening unemployment insurance for these same families. i second wave assistance is likely to go out to support that as well. i don't believe this is a short-lived crisis. we got to sit through, stand by the workers and families all the way. in past times of economic crisis we've seen an increase in chapter 11 bankruptcy filings by businesses. but too often these businesses have been a

night, which doesn't go into effect until 5:00 tonight, allowed people certainly in the greater chicagolandrea, which of course is a huge percentage of the total population here in illinois to get used to this idea. you also heard from the governor and chicago's mayor last night urging people to treat today almost like any other day. to not go out and panic pie, not feel like you have to overstock, not clear out the grocery store shelves. all those services will remain open as the stay at home order goes into effect. some of those we were talking to, it seems like the orders were listened to. take a listen to some of the folks here in chicago. >> everything at home, we can still go out and get food and stuff. so should be all set there. yeah, i think we're ready for it. >> i'm not going to lie, this is dessert. it is something happen. we're going to be stuck indoors. i know i should be eating healthy, but i'm sad. brownies make me happy. >> reporter: alex one thing that may help a little bit in the implementation of that order today and tomorrow, it's cold in chicago. it is not expected to

kendis, this will be the final step in what's been a slow walk towards chicago and the illinois/chicagoland area shutting down as restrictions have tightened and tightened and tightened. today, that order to stay at home goes into effect at 5:00 this evening. we expect to see a continuation of what we've seen over the last couple of days. people going out to shop, to buy their essentials. that will still be allowed after this order goes into place. but as rumors have spread, people have been going out and trying to take care of as many errands as they can as early as they can. here are some of the shoppers that we spoke to yesterday. take a listen. >> i think i have everything at home, you know, we'll still be able to go out 1k3g9 food and stuff. so should be all set there. and i think we're ready for it just as the announcements and updates. >> i'm not going to lie. it's something happy. i know i should be eating healthy, but i'm, like, sad so, you know, brownies make me happy. >> i think we all get that. listen, the mayor and the governor, other public officials have been telling people t

senators, project cure and the united center which is said to turn into a logistics hub for the chicagoland area. to be a central location for medical supplies, food distribution and even first responder staging as well. when you talk about the availability of those medical supplies, it's been a real point of emphasis here in illinois. governor pritzker, kbecompeting get the equipment. they partnered with biotech industries putting in an order to 2.5 million masks around 1 million surgical marges, a partnership ongoing but the governor says drives like this, volunteer efforts and also they are continuing to scour the global supply chain as well to keep up with what we have seen to be a rising number of cases daily. >> thanks so much. omar and paul, appreciate it. >>> the white house coronavirus task force is now weighing proposals to draw back social distancing guidelines, in parts of the country. one of our nation's top medical experts is warning we could see more than 100,000 deaths. joining me right now, to discuss this, dr. jennifer lee a cnn medical analyst and the former medical direc

but with fewer cases here, about 700, in the state of illinois, most focused in the chicagoland area,hey've been trying to act aggressi ivively ahead of the v. that included the stay-at-home order that went into effect at 5:00 yesterday evening. i spent yesterday in the downtown area, see how they're reacting, checking out the grocery stores. something of the nature of the slow walk towards the shutdown, helped keep down the panic buying. there was peopfood on the shelv. people handling this in an orderly fashion. there's individual stress, mental health stress, for people preparing to be in this for the long haul. >> i moved here a year ago. i feel a little socially isolated. and managing, i have an adult daughter back home. i'm trying to help her through her anxiety and worry about my parents, as well. >> you can hear some of the anxiety in that woman's voice. and once again, today, the weather will make things easier from a public health perspective and harder from a mental health perspective. it's supposed to be cold here in chicago and snow this evening. another thing that will l

the question i have for the mayor, does he want to see this become a model for the greater chicagolandrea, for the state itself to clamp down on this virus? we could see other municipalities trying to take more aggressive positions. here in okay paak park, people following the lessons. >> thank you to all for kicking us off. before we get to wall street, we have some update, an element of important news from the secretary of the treasury who tweeted out moments ago, at the president's direction, we are moving tax day from april 15th to july 15th. all taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties. i encourage all taxpayers who may have tax refunds to file now to get your money. we're going to talk about what that means in a second, the significance of that. that was significant development in the last couple of minutes. after another volatile week of declines and gains, stocks are flat in the first hour of trading this friday morning. we're following some big headlines that connect wall street with washington, d.c. four u

announced that one of the new cases in illinois was stemming from this long-term care facility in the chicagoland county. so they sent out the illinois department of health and they tested everyone inside, both employees and residents and when those test results came back, they got 22 positive confirmed cases of the coronavirus at this one facility, four of them employees, 18 of them residents. as you understand from the governor's office, everyone who did test positive is in isolation. and visitations have been restricted. we talked about the concern outside of just those numbers as well. now, when you talk about why we saw some of these new cases, part of it is because simply there is an effort to test everyone inside of that facility. and state wide even outside of that, we have seen new cases pop up every single day including a jump of more than 50% going from monday into tuesday. including within that the first coronavirus related death in illinois, a woman in her 60s, the exact type of population we see in these facilities. >> omar, thank you for that reporting in chicago. let's talk about

lemonis: ...a veteran caterer has been feeding chicagoland for almost 20 years.and brats. lemonis: but all of a sudden, he's starving for business. tad: it's been rough, these last four months. lemonis: you're down almost 30%. tad: yeah. lemonis: a steep drop in sales has sent his anxiety through the roof, causing him to lash out. tad: mike, you got to work faster, man. jennifer: there's so much criticism and no praise. lemonis: and as their paychecks get smaller and their patience grows thinner, his employees are on the verge of a revolt. vincent: there could be a little bit of a mutiny going on within honest foods. lemonis: if i can't help breathe new life into the company...

with the -- a webinar with the chicagoland chamber of commerce. we expected over 100 people. 500 participated. this is going to be a significant hit for a lot of small businesses. we've got to be there to help them. i support a proposal also that's being led by senate colleagues brown, bennet, and booker to request that direct cash assistance beginning at $2,000 be sent to american families in need. this will be a crucial lifeline, but it alone can't help these families navigate the crisis. i support what senator schumer said earlier about strengthening unemployment insurance for these same families. a second wave of assistance is likely to go out. i support that as well. i don't believe this is a short-lived crisis. we have got to see it through and stand by the workers and their families all the way. in past times of economic crisis, we have seen an increase in chapter 11 bankruptcy filings by businesses, but too often, these businesses have been able to manipulate the bankruptcy process to favor creditors and management and leave the workers hi