gadi schwartz is at the meat processing plant in colorado where 120 workers have tested positive and some employees are worried about others becoming infected by people who are asymptomatic but still infectious. gadi, what are you seeing there? >> yes, andrea, you just mentioned that 120 workers number, that's the number that everybody here is still working off of. unfortunately that number is still several weeks old. we don't know, we don't have an accurate count of how many people have been infected with covid-19. we're expecting an updated number a little earlier today,

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and that -- that is where we find nbc's gadi schwartz, he's been following this pandemic and how it's affecting people since it started. gadi's going to stay with us throughout the hour. he's at a grab and go center in los angeles county where the school district is handing out meals to families in need and today gadi, as i understand it, they're going to be handing out their 10 millionth meal. what are you hearing from families in line there? >> reporter: 10 million meals, absolutely incredible out here. and this is the moment that everybody waits for. right now, 8:00, 8:01 and they just opened up the gate. so i'm going to show you what's going on over here. these are the first cars to come in. many of these cars have been waiting here for quite some time. what they're waiting for is to come to stations all around here. about five or six stations, and these are families that will basically be looking to get some bags of food. we're going to go over here and we're going to grab one of these bags. i want to show you what's inside. these are the meals that have been given out. 10 millio

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and gadi schwartz in california. california is at the forefront because of the governor and mayor of l.a., mayors in san francisco and elsewhere having people shelter at home and also bringing testing to their people as much as they could. what are they saying there now? >> yes, andrea, we are seeing a lot of good news and bad news happening all at the same time. yesterday we saw the largest number of deaths in a single day. above 60 deaths. but the good news is as grim as that sounds, that's still a fraction of what we are seeing in new york city. just to put things in perspective, here in california we've seen about 450 deaths total. in new york where you are, we're seeing upwards of 600, 700 deaths every single day. so there's some projections mondayliand modelling coming out of the university of southern california, they may not pop over 100 deaths a day, so we may avoid what we're seeing on the east coast. however, they're cautioning we still don't have enough testing. as garrett was talking about in texas, here

nbc's gadi schwartz got an up close look at how their work has recently changed. yeah, good morning, savannah. it is such a weird time, especially in a lot of places. we're here like in manhattan beach. it's basically become against the law to be around too many people or to not wear a mask in public. for police and sheriff's deputy, they say it is especially hard because unlike things like robberies or violence, there is really no clear-cut bad guy to chase down, no suspect to arrest, just people who either accept how dangerous the situation has become or those who still refuse to believe it and put everybody else at risk. nationwide, we have seen a growing number of coronavirus crackdowns, stores cited for refusing to close down to police breaking up because of the social distancing rules. even a paddleboarder arrested on the water after a beach shut down. the mayor saying to call if nonessential places are open. >> you know the expression about snitches. in this case snitches get rewards. >> reporter: by now most cities have ordinances allowing for arrest and c

joining me now from colorado is nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz. gadi, i understand there was hesitation among some of the workers going back inside that plant? >> yeah, there was hesitation over the weekend from some of these workers, even more hesitation now that they've learned that that fifth employee has died. what we've seen here is employees arriving at this parking lot, most of them are wearing masks as soon as they get out of this car, and then they go into this white tent here. this is where they are screened before reporting on to their shift. their temperatures are taken, they are asked if they're feeling any signs or symptoms of covid-19, and if they say "yes" or if they have a fever, they are tested for covid-19. that, however, is not what a lot of employees wanted to see. they say before this plant was temporarily shut down, they were told that everyone was going to be tested before this plant reopened and for some of them, they're scared to come back to work. in fact, we talked to one worker who said that she didn't want to come bac

we want to bring in nbc's gadi schwartz. he is outside of a big maet processer in greeley, colorado. we know at this time at least 120 workers have been infected with covid-19. gadi, let's be honest here. most americans tend not to dwell on the jobs and occupations and tasks that are done in that place behind you on a daily basis. yet if you live in greeley in the surrounding area during normal times, you are fortunate to have a job at that plant. >> reporter: exactly. so many people here have a sense of pride in working at this plant. they've been here for decades. we're seeing some people getting off shift right now. you can see almost all their faces are covered with masks. this is part of the new guidelines instituted here. this is a very large shift. there's 6,000 people that work here, a very large shift that's getting off right now. as they go down those guardrails, you can see some of those are touching those guard rails with their hands. right next to there is this big vat. that's filled with hand sanitizer, some sor

with us now with more on these findings is nbc's gadi schwartz. adi, we're in a weird position here as we just noted. we have to pass these along. these are really interesting figures. but it's the doctors and scientists that will tell us what's conclusive and we don't have enough yet. >> exactly right. to quickly couch that a little bit further, these studies are facing a lot of scrutiny online over how they selected the participants. the stanford study using a facebook add, the usc study using a marketing firm with questions over whether their sample was reflective of a cross-section of society. the one thing experts seem to agree with is that there are a lot more cases out there than we've tested. both studies suggesting as much as 50, even 80 times the number of confirmed cases. for example, here in l.a., we had about 15,000 cases. these studies suggest there may be as many as 200 to 400,000 undiagnosed cases out there which seems incredibly alarming. but also might mean that the mortality rate is a lot lower which underscores why more studies

by gadi schwartz. gadi, what are you learning about these antibody testing numbers? >> reporter: those antibody testing numbers are still coming out. another big surprise for the west coast and really the entire country is that we now know that the first covid-19 death may have happened here in california almost a month earlier than what officials originally thought was a first death out of washington state. it turns out that two people died in their homes of covid-19 in santa clara, california, weeks before. a man in his 50s died in kirkland, washington. all that is raising questions on how early covid-19 may have been introduced to the united states. once again, it's stressing the importance of testing. when those two people died in their homes in california testing wasn't really available to everyone with symptoms like it is now in los angeles. you had to have a known travel history to china or have contact with somebody that had covid-19. in those early days, it appears as though the virus was spreading dramatically which brings us to the antibody testing studies

gadi schwartz is standing by. one of the things we've seen here, gadi, we've seen law enforcement making sure that people are socially distancing as they wait in line. i know you spent time with a deputy there in l.a. who has been doing that for the past few weeks there in los angeles, making sure that people are staying six feet from each ot r other. >> reporter: it's interesting. in a lot of these places law enforcement is all that you see, it's completely abandoned. we're at one of my favorite beaches here. this is manhattan beach. this place would normally be packed with people near the pier surfing. the message is loud and clear here, and it took a couple days for everybody ketaking it seriously. the police department started giving outcriations, over 100 of them, each one about $1,000. around los angeles it's been more a matter of law enforcement trying to remind everybody that we're all in this together, and that's something we saw yesterday when we went out for a ride-along with the los angeles sheriff's of

craig. >> gadi schwartz there in california, thank you. now let's go some place that, quite frankly, we don't go very often. we don't usually have correspondents who are stationed in sioux falls, south dakota. this morning that's precisely where we find blayne alexander. you're there because sioux falls has become the site of the largest cluster of coronavirus in this country right now. >> reporter: sioux falls, south dakota and specifically looking at this plant behind me. talking about smith dlooeft field foods. this plant is one of the largest producers of pork in the country, produces some 5% of the pork that we consume across the country every day. for right now, this plant has shut down indefinitely because 438 employees at least have come down with covid-19. so today the governor -- at the request of the governor, the cdc is sending a team in to come in and assess the situation, find out exactly what is going on at smithfield and what can be done to put measures in place so they can open back up. of course, craig, that raises the la

right now everything else is closed. >> gadi schwartz there for us in colorado. gadi, stay safe. gadi just mentioned the meat processing facility down the street where there's been a covid-19 outbreak. beef, bacon, chicken wings, are they going to be tougher to find? experts are now warning about potential meat shortages that could hit your grocery store by the end of the beak. first though, this morning on the third hour of today, i asked the governor of illinois, j.b. pritzker about the state lawmaker who sued over his stay-at-home order and won. >> a republican state lawmaker, he sued and a judge sided with the lawmaker and basically said that your stay-at-home order went too far. as i understand it, the judge's ruling only applies to this state lawmaker. what are the implications moving forward? >> well, first of all, the suit itself was extraordinarily irresponsible. this state representative was looking to gain some celebrity for himself. it's abominable, disgusting, frankly. we're immediately appealing it. you're right. it only applies to this one individual, this state re

you're looking at the face of a covid survivor. >> gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> let's check with robade day. he is at his home weather center with a look ahead to the prty nice forecast drought. >> and pretty warm. looking forecast especially by the end of a week. a chance of a few showers headed your way for monday. right now partly cloudy skies in san jose. the tree pollen and grass pollen updated. oak pollen still the highest among tree pollen. if that gives you problems over the next two days as things continue to stay somewhat breezy, dry and warmer later this week, that could cause some issues. and grass pollen getting a bit of a resurgence thanks to the on and off again rain we've seen over the last three to four weeks, and perhaps back on again for a few spots during the day tomorrow. now for the morning we got mostly cloudy skies. and we may see some light rain or drizzle along the coast and a few isolated passing showers moving across the bay area. and temporarily, we're going to see temperatures cooling down a little bit for monday. we're looking at close to 65 degrees in

nbc's gadi schwartz is with us. the impact of l.a. and around the state and around the country. gadi? >> yes, andrea, those numbers are high right now and that's because at this point even with all of the testing that we have, even with all of the recordkeeping with the deaths, the state of california doesn't seem to know the results of 60% of the deaths here in california. they don't know the ethnic background of 60% of those who have died. so that is particularly alarming when people of color here on the west coast look to see what's happening in places like new york. i just want to show you the numbers depend we're seeing out of new york right now. take a look. the breakdown is 34% of people who died in new york city are hispanic but they only make up 28%, 29% of the city's population. the african-american community make up about 28% of deaths, even though they're about 21%, 22% of the population. we heard city leaders in new york stressing that's really because of two different reasons. one is that so many in those communities are the frontline workers who are essentially kee

gadi schwartz in los angeles.adi, thank you very much. >>> before i go, i think we should end on a good note. we have a nice story to tell you about. a 90-year-old korean war veteran called new york city's help line because he couldn't go get himself groceries. and the new york city cops, the nypd, did him one better. officers showed up not only with groceries in their hand, but groceries that they paid for themselves. to be clear, new york city police officers don't make the most money in the world. so this is an act of generosity that extends well beyond just the simple delivering of these goods to this man. we want to thank new york city police officers and all of the first responders for doing good out there and making sure all of us remain safe. just one more time, we are at the aqueduct in queens, where there is a mobile testing site, 1,200 people a day here being tested for coronavirus. they are doing their best here. they're seeing as many people as they possibly can. they want to do more. they need the fe

nbc's gadi schwartz is at the jbs meat processing plant in greeley, colorado. what are you seeing and hearing from people who work there? >> reporter: craig, on one hand, a lot of these workers are happy to be back to work because they need the money, after the plant shut down for a couple of weeks and there was a lot of uncertainty. on the other hand, they're worried about safety, underscored by the fact that this plant has had five deaths so far. once they've come back to work and reopened this weekend, they saw a lot of different things here at the greeley plant. i want to show you what we're looking at here. this is the smoking area. you can see even plexiglass here where people take their breaks. you have people that have masks on. most people we see have their masks on at all times. some of them take their masks down occasionally. but what we've been seeing is workers who say that they're worried most about asymptomatic carriers, carriers that may make it through their screening process, a process where their temperature is taken, they're asked some quest

acco joining me is gadi schwartz.orgive me for being skeptical about this, but i have a few questions about this antibody study. number one, does it have fda approval? number two, we already have some questions about whether these early antibody studies are effective. there's been some questions in south korea. what makes usc think they have the correct test? >> well, chuck, right now it's not just usc. it's stanford, as well as ucla. so at the beginning, we're going to see a lot of these tests come from institutions where they have epidemiology departments, and these tests are going to be parts of rigorous studies. so we're still a ways from seeing these wide-scale tests but it's frufstrating for californians under these stay-at-home orders and californians may see the worst case scenario slip us by. we may have flattened this curve so the immediate thought for so many people out here is, okay, well, when can we go back to work? and right now, the big key to that door is wide-scale testing and tracing. the test we we

msnbc's gadi schwartz is in l.a. there's a lot of information coming out of california now, which is quite startling. >> yes, and some of the other startling information we have seen of the projections of the antibody studies are eye-popping. right now we have preliminary resul results from two studies, one in santa clara and another in los angeles. they're suggesting 2% to 4% of the county's population might have already have antibodies and might have been infected at some point which suggest 10 to 50 times the amount of people may have covid-19 than the confirmed cases we see every day. like here in los angeles, we have about 15,000 confirmed cases. the usc study is suggesting the coronavirus might have already infected as many as 200,000 to 400,000 in this county. but, again, the studies are still preliminary and still going through the peer review process. but the one thing everybody seems to be in complete agreement on is way more testing needs to be taking place here in california and across the country. so the

words that promise it won't always be this way and the sun will shine again gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> and that's "nightly news." i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other >> eli: surprise. >> lani: you asked me to stay in bed, and what you had in mind was breakfast? >> eli: oh, come on, all right? i got those eggs just the way you like them. >> lani: [chuckles] that's really sweet. but what's the occasion? >> eli: well, rafe has david back, and we helped him do it. >> lani: in that case, you should be having breakfast in bed too. >> eli: no, no, no, no. i--i wanted to do something for you. i know how scared you were for that little boy. i mean, you helped rafe-- helped him raise him after we lost our david. >> lani: our david. you know, right now, he would be toddling around, getting into everything. >> eli: yeah. he would. you think it's maybe time we start thinking about trying again? [knock at door] let me get rid of whoever this is at the door. sheila? what are you doing here in salem? >> sheila: i had to come back, eli. i need your help. >> will: hey, guess

gadi schwartz. >>> now to louisiana, which registered the most deaths in a single day tuesday. the governor says new projections show the stay-at-home order could be working in hard hit new orleans. they're no longer on track to run out of bed. if you're not careful, the numbers will spike back up. >> we believe that we're seeing early signs that the mitigation efforts are starting to pay off. we are seeing early signs that the curve is starting to flatten. but what this means is, we have to continue to do those things that have caused the curve to flatten. that caused the slowing of the spread of this virus and this disease. >> joining us now from new orleans is nbc correspondent morgan chesky. it feels as if two weeks ago, governor edwards came on "meet the press." he was dire. they were nervous. it reminded me of washington state, the first week of march and they dramatically locked things down. two weeks later, they had control. is that what we have here today? they're not out of the woods but their arms wrapped around this challenge? >> reporter: chuck, there's certainly a

eam eamon, back to you. >> jo ling kent, kara lee, gadi schwartz thanks for kicking off this hour.oining us for facts over fear, epidemiologist, i struggle with that word, scientist, dr. farah, i want to ask about the new cdc guidelines for essential worker. those exposed to coronavirus would be able to return to work if they don't have symptoms. if they take their temperatures, wear face masks and practice social distancing at work while employers are responsible for ensuring their work spaces are aggressively clean, from what we know about this virus, is that enough to ensure these employees will be safe? >> not 100%. you obviously are going to make it a safer environment if you by chance go by all of those regulations but i think it's going to be rare we see absolutely 100% of everyone on the same page, even in the same building. so while i understand why this is happening, and why people need their paychecks, i grew up in a paycheck-to-paycheck family, at the same time it can be penny wise pound foolish if we're talking about human lives and we know by putting them in the same

nbc news correspondent gadi schwartz joings me now from greeley, colorado. re conservative parts of colorado. not surprised that they might be pushing the envelope there. gadi, what are you seeing? >> reporter: yeah, chuck, it's going to be really interesting to hear what the governor has to say in that interview with you in just a bit. because what we're hearing from some small business owners here een this game of who's in charge of reopening? is it the state or something that's being done on the local level? this is a barbershop here. let's see if we can just look in the window here. people have been coming in all day and they are open for business. in fact, they said that they have been open since yesterday. you can see the people that are cutting hair are wearing masks. the people that are getting their haircuts are pretty happy, because they haven't had their hair cut in over a month. and throughout the store, you can see, they've kind of spread things around. they say they are operating under the weld county guidelines, which are safer at work set of g

by covid-19 more than a dozen going dark as the virus continues to spread among workers nbc's gadi schwartzs in colorado. >> new numbers from a union representing meat packing employees shows 20 workers have died from covid-19 nationwide including five from this plant in colorado. >> reporter: four deaths at a tyson plant in camilla, georgia. tonight edgar fields who represents workers at that plant calls the president's order irresponsible. >> look what's happening around the country where people are dying every day and yet he still wants people to go into these facilities where no people have tested positive >> reporter: and another demanded daily testing for meat packing works. yet signs the price you pay for meat is going up concerns about panic buying >> i think if we can get through the next two weeks and be okay. >> reporter: the problem with more plants shutdown farmers are left with too many animals and nowhere to send them as kerry sanders found in florida >> ranchers seen a 30% drop in sales cheering the president's decision beef, pork and chicken farmers stressing they never had

. >> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news. >>> when we come back, kate snow with the story behind this nowiral photo of the nurses serving together on the front lines. >>> and this moment from spain, a standing ovation for this cab driver who has been heroically driving the sick to the hospital for free the staff honors him with cheers and applause >>> there's good news tonight about the power of love and the special connection some nurses share, their families working -- they are families working shoulder to shoulder in hospitals, lifting each other up through the darkest of days kate snow has their story. >> reporter: it's the front line photo that's inspired so many, a married couple. >> well, we met in 2007 in nurse anecessary that test school up in tennessee. >> reporter: both nurse anesthetists with team health in florida, finding each other between surgeries. the moment captured by a colleague. >> we were talking to each other we had realized nothing like this ever happened before in our life we were just really happy that we could serve together as a couple. >> reporter: ben care a

lester >> all right gadi schwartz tonight, thank you. >>> up next, our exclusive look at a potentially life-saving treatment. tonight, the surprising results >>> well, researchers around the world focus on finding a vaccine, there is also an urgent effort to develop more immediate treatment. tonight we have an exclusive look at a drug trial with early but encouraging news here is tom costello. >> reporter: at the icu floor a drug trial for a potential lifesaver. doctors prescribing remdesivir the emery trial is one of the largest in the world infectious disease expert dr. meta is the chief investigator. >> whoa we're searching for is medication to help people get over the infection more rapidly and allow their immune systems to really kick in and knock the virus out of their body. >> reporter: it could be far more effective in treating covid-19 it's a double blind nih study meaning patients and doctors don't know who gets a placebo. >> we've seen lots of patients recovering, a study drug or but placebo, we don't know. >> reporter: in washington state icu doctors gave remdesivir. >> rep

. >> reporter: gadi schwartz, nbc news >>> 16 people were killed in a shooting rampage in noef skoesh. it happened over 12 hours. the victims were ambushed by a gunman who posed as a police officer. police identified the gunman as 51-year-old gabriel wortman. he made dentures after leading police on a manhunt, he was captured at a gas station and later killed the victims of the attack inclouded a 23-year veteran of the police constable she was a mother of two. prime minister justin trudeau says his heart goes out to everyone affected by the situation. >>> the south is getting slammed by another round of severe weather. after a series of deadly tornadoes, powerful winds are ripping across the southeast and leaving behind a path of sdrux there's been reports of serious damage in alabama, georgia and northern florida before the winds picked up again, alabama had already been hit by storms powerful enough to bring down trees this weather also brings the threat of is severe flooding and more than 90,000 people across the southeast lost power >>> meteorologist janessa webb has been tracking

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katy, brian, back to you. >> gadi schwartz in l.a., thank you for that. let's go on up the coast to seattle. nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin standing by. erin, a couple of points, number one, at this time when the president appears to be fixing for a fight with the nation's governors, we were reminded, just listening to the california governor, what an important role they're now playing in the life of their states. washington state is no different, and on top of that, washington state as our first national hot spot, now has lessons to teach the rest of us, sadly. >> reporter: that's right, brian. in washington state, of course, part of the pact, that west coast pact with oregon and california. i was speaking earlier with the seattle mayor, and she was echoing much of what we just heard there from california governor gavin newsom, that the economy here is not ready to reopen, given the situation. yes, washington, as the state has been seen as a success story. social distancing has worked here. they've been able to flatten the curve. they've even sai

gadi schwartz, nbc news. >> too cute. and that is how we wrap up this trip across america. thank you for taking the time, until we meet again, i'm joshua johnson. i will see you tonight at 9:00 eastern, and back here tomorrow at 3:00 eastern. the news continues after the break, including that white house briefing with nicolle wallace on msnbc. so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ new crest pro/active defense. you're doing more to keep your body healthy for the future. shouldn't your toothpaste do the same for your mouth? now with crest pro/active defense, future proof your whole mouth. its active defense technology neutralizes bacteria to shield against potential issues. crest. these expect and way more. internthat's xfinity xfi.u get powerful wifi coverage that leaves no room behind with xfi pods. and now xfi advanced security is free with the xfi gateway, giving you an added layer of network protection, so every device that's connected is protec

california's governor gavin newsom has laid out a blueprint for how he wants to reopen his state, gadi schwartz is in los angeles. walk us through this. >> reporter: hey, how's it going, steph? yeah, so right now i think california is really processing this glimpse of the future the governor laid out. he said basically social distancing is working here, do not expect things to go back to normal, asking people to imagine where you go to a restaurant where your temperature is taken before you are a loyed to eat, where all the waiters are waters gloves and the menus are disposable. there's a list of things that could happen. first tracking and tracing. those who have covid-19, making sure they're isolated. protection of vulnerable populations. also increasing the surge capability at hospitals, which we have seen happen here in california so far, working with universities in the private sectors on ways to treat covid-19. finally reimagining the way we go to school and work by incorporating some sort of social distance, the governor stressing it won't be an on or off switch, but more like a dimmer w

. >> nbc's gadi schwartz, thank you very much. i'm sorry, brian. i'm stepping all over you. take it away. >> i was going to say we look forward to the day the jungle gym is swarming with kids behind gadi in that park. we're joined by dr. aaron krairl, a pediatrician at the indiana university school of medicine. doctor, because we're trying to take an accounting of different areas in the country, let me first ask you how your institution, how your state of indiana is doing? we see your former governor now, the vice president with a blizzard of numbers and reassurances every day at the white house briefing. i'm wondering what it's like on the ground? >> like everywhere, we're concerned that there could be a surge that could overwhelm the health care system. we were able to put some shelter-in-place orders in before a lot of things got really bad. we've seen a much slower increase. that, of course, means our peak will probably come later, but it should be more manage lk. there are differences around the state of how well people are complying with shelter-in-place, how well the

joining us from the jbs meat packing facility is gadi schwartz. >> hey, ari, yeah, so 6,000 or so employees here at jbs are learning the news. it was announced today that fifth employee has died here as they come to work, they're being greeted by a new screening process. new guidelines that are set forth. they find out about the -- they're screened and their temperature is taken. anyone showing signs or symptoms of covid-19 is tested. but that is what employees here say they were not promised weeks ago after over 100 people tested positive. now five of them passing away. at the time, they say that they were told that they would a be tested and that hasn't happened. the company said they operated on the assumption that the entire workforce was positive and subject to quarantine and so they shut down the plant entirely for about two weeks. so they could sanitize it and disinfect it. and we know that since they have been given employees masks. they have been giving them some protective gear as well as $600 of a bonus and then about four additional dollars an hour. but without testing everybody

joining me now from los angeles, nbc's gadi schwartz. good day to you on this easter sunday.t is not just about when we could reopen, but how long covid-19 is actually been here in california and how many people might already be basically immune. that is because these tests aren't necessarily focusing on people who symptoms of covid-19 or think they might have been infected. a lot of studies are going to focus on the general population as a whole to try to learn much more about those asymptomatic carriers, people who might have spread it but never shown symptoms. so far here in l.a. county they've tested 900 people with blood tests that are looking for the antibodies inside your immune system and whether or not they've seen covid-19 or come into contact with covid-19 in the past and learned how to fight it which would basically make you immune. up north in santa clara, another 3,000 people have undergone similar tests and these tests will hopefully give us answers as to how deadly covid-19 actually is. dr. millash sud is out of usc. >> we're just testing the sick. so we don't

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gadi schwartz is at the meat processing plant in colorado where 120 workers have tested positive and some employees are worried about others becoming infected by people who are asymptomatic but still infectious. gadi, what are you seeing there? >> yes, andrea, you just mentioned that 120 workers number, that's the number that everybody here is still working off of. unfortunately that number is still several weeks old. we don't know, we don't have an accurate count of how many people have been infected with covid-19. we're expecting an updated number a little earlier today, around 4:00 p.m. local time. but, again, 120 people were infected. that number is several weeks old and that was enough to shut down this plant for a couple of weeks in addition to four deaths, now up to five deaths of workers. they have finally reopened. they reopened last friday. i will show you some of the changes you see out here. this is a gentleman, this is one of the only times we see people without masks. he's got his mask on but they come out here and sit if they're taking a smoke break or lunch break. they

>> gadi schwartz at mcarthur park, thanks for that national outlook. let's now go to chicago and shaquille bruster outside of the cook county jail, the largest cluster of cases in the nation. we heard the mayor say the disparity and the way that it's hitting chicagoans is completely unacceptable. where you're standing there are so many cases that there's real concern that that prison is going to be overwhelmed. what are officials in chicago doing about it? >> reporter: katy, we're outside of mt. sinai hospital, one of the largest safety net hospitals in chicago. this is a location that regularly services people who don't have health insurance for example, people who need that quality health care and rely on the emergency room to come and get it. what you're hearing from the mayor, she said -- and you heard that earlier in the segment there. she said the numbers in the disparity that you see is unacceptab unacceptable. she knows that there are systemic issues at play but the immediate focus right now is doing what she can to enforce stay at home and enf