deanne chriswell served 21 years as a firefighter and deputy fire chief.ng us. thanks for your service to our country. we know you're really busy right now. i want to start by saying new york city and u.s. leaders getting praise for leadership and response. what is happening now, deanne? >> liz, thank you so much for having me on today. as you mentioned and can probably imagine this is an incredibly busy time. we are putting in measures to make sure that we can protect new yorkers, and help limit the spread of this virus. changing every day. we get new information about it. so our actions ramp up accordingly. we're making new decisions every day to help limit the spread. elizabeth: will new york city should -- shut down? >> we're constantly looking at thing we can do to stop the spread of virus. we put a lot of measures in place already. we closed schools. we shut down bars and restaurants starting 8:00 p.m. tonight. we closed our senior centers. we're putting all of these measures that we can in place but we also understand people need to do things in the

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. >>> i'm deann lynn. here are the latest surrounding coronavirus tonight. we'll get right to it. two bay county areas announced a total of ten new cases today. there are dozens across the region. >>> governor newsom sewed in california 110 have tested positive. 1045 are being monitored. 12 people from that february cruise have been diagnosed with coronavirus. a plasser countiman has died. >> the state department released a statement saying that u.s. citizens, especially those with underlying conditions, should not take a cruise. >> more now on that decision to dock the grand princess at the port of oakland. moments ago the governor toured it. >> abc7 news reporter ansar h hassan joins us live an the earlier press conference. >> we don't know what time the ship will be coming in tomorrow, bsed on the weather and tides. governor newsom said they picked it for a couple of reasons, the size, a secure location, and it's nor near the airport this is being secured to bring in the grand princess chewship and it's crew members who have been quarantined due to the coronavirus. >> this site

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joining me now is the commissioner of new york city's emergency management department, deanne criswell you so much. this is -- this is what you and your team prepare -- i suppose you don't imagine something like this, but these are the crises you guys prepare for. so thank you for what you're doing. >> thank you, poppy. thank you for having me today. >> talk to me about how realistic it is that we could see some of the biggest hotels in the world, new york city hotels turn into hospitals. i should note not to treat coronavirus patients, but to take care of so many other people that fall ill with something else. >> exactly. i think it is a real possibility right now and as you stated, we want to be able to have maximum space available in our current hospitals to treat those that are the most infected and the most ill from the coronavirus. and so that means if we can take and move some minor patients over to hotels or other types of locations, it will relieve the pressure on our hospital system so they can take care of those that need it most. >> you're considering -- i think there is im

deanne e a cullinger.alk me through how you think this will work and why it is so important. >> hi, john. thanks for having us today. well, we're here in san miguel county in southwest colorado, and we have been given this amazing opportunity to add another arm of testing to what we've already been doing in our county. our hope is to do this blood test, which specifically is a test for antibodies to the covid-19 virus, and we are hoping to conduct this on all of the members of san miguel county once and then again in 14 to 16 days to give us a better idea of the burden of this virus in our community. >> what do you know currently and what are your big questions that you hope, if you have this wide-scale testing? you'll be able to answer sort of what's behind the current that you don't know today? >> so, there's a lot of unknowns right now, in our community and all around the country and the world. what i do know is that we have been able to do some pcr testing, so the nasal swab testing that everybody's ta

volunteering to help us here, michael israel, president and ceo of westchester medical center network, and deannenk you very much for being here. we just had a great meeting which i will refer to in a moment. let me also wish everyone happy national doctors day. this is a day that doctors are truly busy and truly stepping up to their oath and their passion, and literally saving lives. we honor all the doctors in the state of new york today. let me also thank the people from the javits center, alan steel, the director. javits center has done many magnificent exhibitions and transformations, and they never cease to amaze me but this is a transformation i don't think anyone could ever anticipate. 2500 beds as an emergency hospital. it's a partnership between the state and the federal government and i want to thank the federal government very much for what they've done. the army corps of engineers did a fantastic job moving in here and getting everything set up as quickly as possible. it awill become operational today, receiving the first few patients, and we will start to run the facility and then t

i had him on my wall as academic and deanne sanders as football hero.of academic and sports. when football was done, i got it all out of my body. my hands were still okay to physically operate in the operating room and i didn't have any traumatic brain injury. it's exciting for me i it get to help concussion and brain injury some of my former teammates become patients i can advocate for. it's been an amazing journey. steve: that is amazing indeed. for the people who are looking. in what is your message about what's going on in boston at mass general there on the front lines? >> i would say that it's bad right now. it's difficult right now. for a great hospital like mass general that is taxed and strained and stretched with resources but we are dealing with it. i would say to the public adhere to what the healthcare professionals and the politicians are saying right now which is, you know, have lifestyle behavior modification. stay at home. physical distance right now. do your part. play an active role. i know i mentor a lot of kids at florida state. you