as you can see, los angeles county is the largest with 13,000 cases. at outbreak is significantly bigger than anywhere else in the state. riverside and san diego counties follow in second and third. santa clara county is next in fourth. you can see, though, this circle is much smaller compared to los angeles county. san francisco and alameda counties come in seventh and eighth. in tenth, we have san mateo county with less than 1,000. >>> governor newsom wants to make it easier for all californians to help as the state moves toward lifting the stay-at-home order. he's doing it with a new volunteer website. it's called californians for all. it was unveiled at today's briefing. the site allows you to sign up for jobs that interest you or you can pinpoint needs that occurring in your own neighborhood. >> we need you at food banks. we need you giving blood. we need you delivering meals, and we need you joining us. if you want to stay at home to be safe, you can still make an enormous difference in our state and communities everywhere. >> newsom says he won't

the los angeles county health department showed a new model which projected that the there could be ahey lifted their stay-at-home order now. i'm talking to the department of health. this is an illustration of how quickly the infection can move if restrictions are lifted. what does it tell you, then? los angeles is not thinking about keeping people inside their homes forever. what does it tell you about when and how quickly you dial some of this back? >> yeah, thank you and good morning, jim. i appreciate being with you here today. i think you're asking the essential question. all of us want everyone to be able to get back to work as quickly as we can, but we all want to do that safely. we do know that the physical distancing requirements are working. we do a fairly aggressive job at isolating and quarantining people whov have been exposed ad can expose others. but i think in order for us to safely reopen, a, we have to understand it's going to take us some time because we cannot reopen, go back to where we were and then see the huge spike that, of course, will overwhelm anybody's hea

in a window less room deep inside the los angeles county morgue, the autopsy was under way. >> he didn't find any evidence of puncture wound, no broken bones, no trauma to the head. there was no evidence of any foul play on the body. >> two things were ruled out. trauma and illness. >> we were satisfied the cause of death is not a natural one. the presumptive opinion is overdose of drugs. it has to be confirmed by tox caly studies. d by toxicology studies. >> but for mode of death he circled both accidental and suicide in which he wrote in the word probable. the suicide team will be conducting a psychological autopsy to determine if it overdose was accidental or intentional. for now marilyn was placed inside box 33 in the county morgue in the complex housing the los angeles county courthouse. >> it wasn't the first time i utilized bottles of scotch to get into an area that was off limits. the next thing you know he was in back. he snapped pictures of the toe tag. he watched as they opened box 33, slid out the steel door and attached the tag. he says they uncovered her body and aloud him

details of her tortured life. >> norma jean was born to a single mother and the charity ward of los angeles county>> part of marilyn's desire to be loved was because of her excruciating childhood. to be born illegitimately in 1926 in los angeles was to already have respect against you. you are flawed, not wanted, not accepted by society. there was something wrong with you. >> gladys baker, norma jean's mother, spent time in and out of mental institutions. >> her mother had a troubled childhood as well and her father died in an asylum. there's a long line of mental illness. >> no family to care for her rummaging was put into the foster care system. the trauma of her functional childhood not only left her feeling vulnerable but exposed to systemic feuds. >> she went to different foster homes and was abused and you see that play out throughout their life. >> when imperial japan attacked the pacific wheat at pearl harbor la was poised to be transformed big time. long considered a sort of far-off outposts thousands of miles from the industrialized los angeles was about to shed its trickle-down images.

in los angeles, the issue is that there are different jurisdictions. there's los angeles county. er north there's ventura county, who have reopened their beaches. los angeles county, they are still close. it is very hot here at the moment. my people are going to the beaches and some travelling from los angeles to ventura county, meaning that those beaches are becoming quite crowded. the governor of california is concerned about that, and actually suggesting that he might ramp up some of the restrictions, having them being relaxed in certain areas, to try to deal with that situation. because what the authorities do not want — they don't want it anywhere — is people getting out into those beaches and collecting in small groups, as they clearly were this past weekend. trying decide when and how individual countries relax their lockdowns has become the main talking point for people around the world. so what are the main options for a gradual lifting of the lockdown and what does the experience of other countries tell us? 0ur science editor david shukman has been investigating. week af

police say the dog was dropped off in a shelter in los angeles county and a man from palmdale has been arrested. that is crazy . >>> a data breach affecting small business owners who applied for government loans up next. what sensitive information has been exposed and what st trendy approved by the fda. my new bite-sized, crispy popcorn chicken is so irresistible, you'll wanna eat them anywhere, so don't resist! pop 'em outside, or on the go, or on the way home! pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. >>> when you have hundreds of people on the beach, that is not social distancing. >> local leaders and law enforcement's correcting the importance of social distancing to curb the spread of covid-19 cases . >>> plus, a great difference for the american people but we certainly need to do more. >> another round of emergency financial aid for small business is is coming after the first round ran out of cash in a couple of days. weekly what is next for lawmakers on ca from ktvu fox2n mornings on 2. >> good morning, thank you for being on mornings on 2

. >>> we've been awaiting the results of a large-scale antibody test in los angeles county. tonight, the results are just in. and in that one county alone, finding the number of covid-19 cases may be 55 times higher than first thought. here's kaylee hartung from california. >> reporter: tonight, the major headline. the actual number of covid-19 infections may be 55 times the confirmed cases in los angeles county. usc testing nearly 900 people for antibodies, now estimating as many as 442,000 in the county had the virus as of april 9th. but that's just 5% of the population. the test finding hidden covid cases, but -- >> these tests are not good for telling if someone has immunity. >> reporter: that's because questions remain about whether antibodies provide immunity. >> there's an assumption, when you have an antibody that you are protected against reinfection, but that has not been proven for this particular virus. >> reporter: while health officials rush to test thousands more in michigan and new york, critics say the fda is allowing these tests, many coming from china, too

but a los angeles county health officials, they are warning californians must abide by social distancing to beat the threat by the virus. in los angeles for us and joining us live. the l.a. mayor, paul, is putting additional measures in place to help flatten the so-called curve. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: well, wolf, mayor garcetti is keeping on the pressure. first off, he has said people that go to essential businesses such as grocery stores, must wear a face covering. and in turn, the workers at the stores must wear some sort of face covering or mask. and tomorrow, easter sunday, normally in los angeles. you would see gatherings in parks and see people holding picnics, easter egg hunts and the like. he has banned those gatherings in l.a. parks. it also extends to churches. there will be no grand celebration of our lady of the angels. normally 10,000 people would be spread out over three services. but tomorrow all you'll see in that church is a pianist, a canter and the archbishop himself, jose gomez. >> the archbishop has made it a point to continue being our spiritual lea

if you want dramatic contrast look at the pictures over in los angeles county. still not allowing anybody to go to the beach in los angeles county. now, as we come back live, look at this unfolding scene at ventura county, it's interesting to hear from state legislators. we talked to two of them. fine and well the beaches are open, but talking about getting california going again. the nation state, if you will, 40 million people. also 40 counties in california that have less than 500 coronavirus cases. and in talking to melissa melendez of riverside county, she says key state may 4th, when the assembly is supposed to get back together in whatever form. maybe social distance from the capitol but say it's important they do start passing laws, most of them covid-19-related. take a listen. >> our hospitals are not being overwhelmed across the state. so i think given that, it seems like what we have done has worked, but now we have to go back to that conversation of, okay. so how long are we going to continue to do this? because we can't continue to do this with the g

delivered days of encouraging news the caseload troubling in hot spots like massachusetts, los angeles county and the largest native american reservation on the country. new york on the mend after weeks of beating back a disease both deadly and devastating. >> the recent news is good we are on the other side of the plateau and the numbers are coming down. >> reporter: hospitalizations are down again but the governor warning the fight isn't over the daily death toll still above 500. the state will issue 3,000 antibody tests that may tell us who is immune to the coronavirus. >> this will be the first true snapshot of what we're really dealing with >> reporter: neighboring new jersey has a second largest caseload in the u.s. on saturday, the death toll there passed the 4,000 mark. more than the last three flu seasons combined and another troubling sign that infections aren't slowing in massachusetts. the third highest ranking state with confirmed cases obituaries in the boston globe stretched 16 pages saturday marked a grim milestone in los angeles county. 81 lives lost, a one-day record. in one

indicated in an internal email that los angeles may not necessarily allow large gatherings including concerts and sporting events until 2021. this comes as los angeles county saw a record number of deaths for a second straight day. i'll speak with the l.a. mayor eric garcetti and new york city mayor bill de blasio in just a few moments. >>> first let's go to cnn's nick watt joining us from l.a. right now. nick, the u.s. death toll continues to climb. >> reporter: it does, wolf. and we are now also getting a glimpse of what life might look like after the lockdown. and it's pretty far from the old normal that we were used to before any of this began. you mentioned this email by this source at "the l.a. times," allegedly from a source at the fire department. in it is a statement that large gatherings including concerts and sporting events may not be approved in l.a. for at least another year. for us to really get back to normal, we'll need a vaccine. >> it's over when we have a vaccine. you want to use new york state as a laboratory? we're ready, willing, and able. >> reporter: but a vaccine could take from eight to 18 months. meantime, to reopen at all, we n

los angeles. that's next. stay with us. >>> it's been about six weeks since schools in los angeles county were closed.while district officials are trying to make sure every student has internet access and the devices needed to do their schoolwork, thousands of high school students are simply not logging on for a variety of reasons. we're joined now by austin buetnor, superintendent of the los angeles unified school district, the largest in the nation. thanks for joining us. you said about 13% of your students had no online contact with teachers since schools closed. why is that, and what have you done about it? >> sure. let's jump ahead just a couple of weeks, we've reduced that number to a bit less than 3,000. but the context would be, we didn't start from a position of strength. there's been much public conversation over years now about adequacy or lack thereof in public education funding, where a class size is too big, or we have libraries without librarians. one of the intended or unintended consequences of inadequate funding from the state is a lack of investment in digital tools. we started not

and i want to go "outfront" now to the los angeles county public health director. and i appreciate your time. we just played again what the president said. is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, talking about a disinfectant, saying gets in the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that. today, you have taken an extraordinary step to warn los angeles residents, just moments ago, not to inject or ingest disinfecta disinfectant. did you ever think you'd have to xw give a warning like that? >> i don't think we expected we'd be spending today talking about that because really what we want to talk about is what should we do to prevent more people from being infected. how do we slow the spread. we have an enormous task in front of us. the entire country, and we need the stay focused on this. there's ins that tells us what we need to be doing right now to prevent people from dying and to slow the spread and you know that's what we wanted to be doing. i do want to make it clear that you know people in the public need to u

you can see the circle is smaller compared to south california here in los angeles county. santa clara county is shy of 2,000 cases now. san francisco and alameda county, they each have about 1200 cases. and san mateo, less than 1,000 cases. jessica. >>> governor newsom wants to make it easier for the state of california to help as he is lifting a stay at home order. he is doing it with a website, californians for all. it allows to you sign up for a. >> joe: that might interest you or you can pinpoint a need in your own meals, we need you joining us. if you want to stay at home, to be safe, you can still make a e enormous difference in the state and community everywhere. >> the governor addressed a report that a hospital is holding gear from the staff. he said he will not wear an n-95 mask until every nurse in the state has an n-95 mask. >> and couple unable to pay their rent in the covid-19 cases, they have been harassed by the landlord. the landlord prevented to check with the ir storks ss to see if received their payment. >> we know our responsibilities. e we have taken c

not only in los angeles county but, all over the united states of america. >> yeah. >> well, just to ou the truth, more than 30% of those who have died in los angeles county are residents of long-term, skilled nursing facilities. so the old people are not being taken care of properly. they are being infected. they don't have the testing. they don't have the equipment. the same thing in the black community. we don't have the testing. the president does not want the testing. he does not want the numbers to show because he is trying to open up these businesses. and without having those numbers reflected. yes. >> i want to ask you about that, congresswoman. about coronavirus and people of color because i'm starting -- i don't know about you -- but i'm starting to question the use of the word disproportionately to describe the impact on black and brown people. reason being, you and i both know just about every health concern affects us more than it affects whites, historically. in that regard, it seems like this is precisely proportionate. so is there anything to be done about this dispari

partial data for los angeles county shows that 17% of deaths have been african-american in los angelesonly 9% of los angeles county's population. governor newsom committed to relatesing releasing demographic data for 100% of the coronavirus cases in california. joining our discussion now is dr. oliver brooks. he's the president of the national medical association and chief medical officer at watts health care. dr. brooks, thank you very much for joining us tonight. what is your sense and interpretation of what you're seeing in the racial breakdowns of the data of coronavirus cases? >> so i can speak to in general we're seeing the disproportionate effect on the african american community. now, you also just noted the findings in california. i will say this. it is early on. the wave, the tidal wave that hit new york is coming our way. it is predicted that it will hit california next week. so as the surge, if you will, hits, it will have much more data as this plays out. so i would say right now what you showed is early data. you did show in l.a. county it's twice as deadly for african-am

. >> norma jean was born to a single mother and the charity ward of los angeles county general. >> partmarilyn's desire to be loved was because of her excruciating childhood. to be born illegitimately in 1926 in los angeles was to already have respect against you. you are flawed, not wanted, not accepted by society. there was something wrong with you. >> gladys baker, norma jean's mother, spent time in and out of mental institutions. >> her mother had a troubled childhood as well and her father died in an asylum. there's a long line of mental illness. >> no family to care for her rummaging was put into the foster care system. the trauma of her functional childhood not only left her feeling vulnerable but exposed to systemic feuds. >> she went to different foster homes and was abused and you see that play out throughout their life. >> when imperial japan attacked the pacific wheat at pearl harbor la was poised to be transformed big time. long considered a sort of far-off outposts thousands of miles from the industrialized los angeles was about to shed its trickle-down images. >> los ange

los angeles, theissueis more generally. in los angeles, the issue is there are different jurisdictions. venture a country in the north have reopened their beaches. los angeles county close. it is very hot at the moment. some are travelling from los angeles to venturer cou nty from los angeles to venturer county meeting the beaches are becoming quite crowded. the governor of california is concerned about that, suggesting he might wrap up some restrictions, having them being relaxed in certain areas, to deal with the situation. authorities do not want the situation where people are getting out into beaches and collecting in small groups as they clearly this past weekend. wa nt to they clearly this past weekend. want to keep an eye on. thank you very much. it's 7 weeks since italy announced a lockdown but from next monday some restrictions will be lifted. parks, manufacturing and construction businesses will be the first to reopen. restaurants will also be able to serve takeaways and people allowed to exercise outdoors. we've just received these pictures of the italian prime minister giuseppe conte, who's been visiting lobardy to meet health workers and doctors — 150

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in san francisco last year's back home with its owner and pretty happy after being found in los angeles county is named jackson he was told in december 2014 and surveillance video shows a man approaching the bench where jackson was tied up police say that jackson was dropped off at a shelter in los angeles county on monday and a man from palmdale has been arrested in this case. >>> starting today face masks will be required in six bay area counties, details of when and where you will need to be covered. >>> influenza, even in a normal season can be taxing. >>> doctors have a warning about treating the coronavirus during flu season the concerns they have and the impact it could have on hospitals. from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2 . >> if the earth day today the let's check in with steve paulson, it's warming up for us . >> it is in our neck of the woods but for us the warming started tuesday going above-average today but not crazy. a little patchy fog and sfo sees them in the distance but santa rosa

shannon: jillian: a sandbox, los angeles county filling the venice beach start with and after skaters obey stay-at-home orders, the move was blasted on social media with ted cruz tweeting clearly the greatest public health threat, a kid on a skateboard. this is what democrats do, they take away your freedom. this is been used at other parks including san clemente california and queens park in arizona. rob: some kids digging the standout and going right back to it. louisville slugger taking its hardest hit yet because of this pandemic, the iconic batmaker closing its factory and furloughing 90% of its workers, they will get a 20% pay cut, the company tried getting a loan from the paycheck protection program but they ran out of cash while their application was being processed. shannon: bill diblasio shocked by crimes committed in the city allegedly some inmates who were released due to covid-19 concerns. >> it is unconscionable on a human level that folks were shown mercy and this is what some of them have done. we i don't keep buckling down, making sure this close monitoring and superv

many are ready to test unchartered waters, even as deaths nearly doubled this past week in los angeles county it's okay to open up and let us come to the beaches and just take the precautions that are needed. >> reporter: orange county beaches reopened and were packed as thousands beat the record heat. and invisible lines were drawn in the sand in sacramento as most stayed more than six feet apart. >> i think we're all kind of just giving each other the eye, like, "back up, you're a little too close." >> reporter: many of california's beaches remain closed with no set date for when the state will reopen. in nevada, the governor has not committed to a date to reopen, but las vegas' famous hotels are preparing to get back to business, though it won't be business as normal. david schwartz is a las vegas gaming historian. >> we don't know how comfortable people are going to be traveling once this happens. so we would have to be prepared to reopen cas d not ha lot of people. >> reporter: visitors to hawaii won't receive a warm welcome. travelers to any of the islands will have to undergo a mandato

los angeles county, this blue bar. you can see there it almost has. 402 deaths right here. and if we go over here to the green bar, that is the bay area. we did shelter at home before los angeles did. our cases just a little bit over 5600. and so far we've had 169 deaths. >> we know our nursing homes are hot spots for this disease. so are the homes. so are these homes following the law in terms of safety? the district attorney has launched an investigation into the senior facility in hayward where 11 residents have died from covid-19. we've also learned work frers that facility may have spread the virus to another senior home just down the road. >> reporter: the gateway care and rehab center in hayward can hold 99 patients. more than half have tested positive for the coronavirus. 11 have died. now there's an outbreak at a similar senior home within walking distance of gateway. windsor post acute care has 17 cases. seven patients and ten staff. >> we know already that the way the virus gets into these facilities is via health care workers. >> reporter: attorney mike dark say

." >> fade in, los angeles county, california. was gunned down, shot four times in his own home but somehow survived. it hit his character, really, a hollywood stunt man, martial artist and former fighter. not only did he survive but able to identify his shooter, man caught with what looked like a hit note in his car. >> and they tell you his name is migu miguel quiroz, mean anything to you? >> not at the time, at all. >> sounded like strong case but more prosecutor hoon chun investigated, weaker it seemed to become. >> done a lot of work, mostly proved your defendant's alibi. >> and really proved that he didn't do this. >> multiple witnesses put miguel quiroz 80 miles from garrett's home on the night of the shooting. then like a scene from columbo tlt, the latest twist that the prosecutors saw in a court hearing. >> noticing something, first of all, quiroz was left-handed. shooter was described as right-handed. >> what left-handed person would try to commit murder with gun in his right hand. >> out of a movie. a script writer mig

that was stolen in san francisco last year is back with its owner after being recovered in los angeles countyat dog named jackson was taken from outside a grocery store on december 14. remember the video surveillance is showed a man approaching the bench were a dog was tied up a police of the dog was dropped off at a shelter in los angeles county on monday and a man from palmdale his and arrested in the case jackson is back home. >>> the bay areas see's candies is starting to resume operations see's candies suspended a production a few weeks ago because of run a virus but now the well-known chocolate company is starting up again at its headquarters and the company says it is now reconfigured how it makes and sells candy. right now, only a limited number of stores are open and they are taking orders by phone with an outside pick up including in north san jose, sunnyvale and petaluma locations website sales will also resume soon. >>> a commercial real estate agent and separate cisco found a way to help small business. nor me to smith says her and owns 10 properties in san francisco and this mon

gone ahead and recommended that everybody wear masks to stop the virus. 65 people have died in los angeles county. garcetti granted permission to shutdown electricity tomorrow businesses that remain open. >> this will be the look. let me lead as mayor and let people know this is how we are going to be seeing each other. >> he said he wants the medical-grade masks in the hands of health workers. >>> it's 4:35. back in the bay we are learning an ac transit driver tested positive for covid-19. sources tell us ac transit posted a letter at the bus yard yesterday to notify their staff, the driver was last at work on march 11th and then went on vacation, so the company says it's unlikely the employee had covid-19 when he was still working. >>> the dmv says some driver's license will be able to be renewed through its website, and it will allow vehicle registrations to be completed online. some say they are running into glitches. the dmv closed its stores to the public indefinitely last friday. >>> still pushing to get your vote. next here on "today in the bay," the changes the presidential candidates ar

>>tonight, most beaches in southern california remain closed in los angeles county that includes all public beaches peers beach parking lots and beach access point but there's a different picture in orange county people flock to newport beach should today soaking up the sun and warm weather a ventura county also open most beaches, but parking lots and peers remain closed out of towners are discouraged from visiting and social distancing remains in effect. tonight house speaker nancy pelosi says the next coronavirus released bill will help state and local governments but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and some republicans are concerned about the amount of debt. the country is taking on the debate over that funding could heat up that a crucial time is states way the economic. >>and public health risks of remaining closed. first is reopening karin caifa reports now from washington. >>number of people who know speaker nancy pelosi reiterating that congressional democrats will include help for hard-hit states and cities in the next coronavirus relief bill, but lot has state and loc

we know that los angeles county had about 1600 available yesterday. but we would really like to know statewide. how many statewide beds are open right now? we think that is a critical number. gov. newsom: we have done an amazing job. done anital system has amazing job. a remarkable job at reducing the number of elective surgeries. trauma is down. on those numbers change on a daily basis. you referenced los angeles county. >> thank you for raising what is increasingly an important number, which is the slack in the system. those beds that are available now to us that might not have been at the hospitals as a collective had not done a number of the things that the governor has mentioned and urged them to do to prepare. region, there are hundreds if not thousands of beds available. we are working closely with the big systems to track that on a regular basis. we do not have a clear estimate statewide. we expect that a number of hospitals are doing the same in terms of collecting that information. that number will be made available notches to the public, bu

he was dropped off at a shelter in los angeles county on monday. a 26 zero man has been arrested in the case. >>> the marine mammal center is trying to figure out why a home bell humpback whale washed ashore. scientists performed a partial necropsy this morning and said the young female humpback is about 37 feet long. >> about the humpback, it's always interesting, there was a time when we didn't see a lot of humpbacks, and you see a lot more now, unfortunately that one was dead along the coast. the temperatures will warm up this week, and that's what's happening. as we go into friday, upper 80s, may be a 90, i'll bet somebody pops a 90. for this time of year, if you hit 88, i call that hot. as we elevate in temperatures over the next couple of days, you will start noticing, and you will really noticed that tree and grass pollen's. they will start to proliferate, they already have. but this kind of warmth really pops those blossoms so be ready for that. for about a month during this time of the year i have to take something. temperatures today, 74

ventura county is right almost where you got to the border of ventura and los angeles county. you could see people were out there because los angeles county, san diego county, those beaches remained closed. here at newport beach, ventura county, they opened up. so now they're talking about closing the beaches for the next three weekends or perhaps closing the roadways that would lead out here, but this is why the governor very concerned that people were coming out saying, if we don't shut down, we'll have to stay in the situation much longer, so stay at home. poppy and jim? >> it can just reverse the progress california made early on by taking those actions early. steph, thank you for that reporting. >> we're in the midst of big experiments here. it affects social experiments going forward to see how this works. >>> in less than an hour, president trump will meet with his ally, florida governor ron desantis, at the white house. >> a 30-day stay-at-home order remains in effect in the state until may 31st. desantis says the federal government gave florida more than enough testing

in los angeles county, the number was much higher than in the bay area. the report did not say how many people died in those nursing homes. you can see a complete list of california nursing homes virus coronavirus outbreaks on our website ktvu.com. >>> that is the same place where one safeway employee died from the virus. 1700 people now work at that huge district patient center, serving all safeway stores to bakersfield to the oregon border and parts of nevada. longtime safeway employee, pedro seen a cat, died. the safeway said it has since increased its guidelines for social distancing. it is also connecting temperature screening before any employees going to that plant. >>> san francisco police telling everybody don't come to golden gate park which is normally added to a day to mark. >>> it is 420. the police have already fenced off hippie hill. >> you will see officers in the park. you will see streets closed. ulysse as out with the area fenced off. we want to remind people please do not engage in for 20 festivities. bay area rapper e 40 as you see he

well, there is a new study from here in los angeles county that says if we stop staying home right now, and all just went about our business like we used to, then more than 95% of us here in l.a. county would become infected with this virus, wolf. >> nick watt with the very latest, nick, thank you very much. >>> joining us now, the governor of new york, andrew cuomo. thank you so much for joining us, we're grateful to you and i know our viewers are grateful as well. you've convened governors across the northeast to tackle reopening of your states. but earlier today the president tweeted this. let me read it to you and get your response. some of the fake news are saying it is the governors' decision to open up the states, not that of the president of the united states and the federal government. let it be fully understood that that is incorrect. that's part of his tweet. who will make the final decision when it comes to reopening new york state, for example? >> yeah, good question, thanks, wolf, good to be with you. look, you could have a legal debate on whether it's a federal responsib

is a new example of how that could happen in one part of the country, a model presented by los angeles county officials predicting that up to 95% of los angeles residents will be infected with coronavirus if the stay-at-home order would be lifted right now. although no one is talking about doing that. if the current measures are maintained, that number of infections will hover around 30%, according to the projection that have model. in the virus epicenter of new york, governor andrew cuomo said today he believes the worst may be offver but he cautioned restrictions must stay in place, as cnn's jason car roll reports. >> reporter: for the first time in history, every state is under a national declaration of emergency at the same time. in new york, the epicenter of the pandemic, there are indications the number of infected is leveling off. >> here is the good news. the curve conditiotinues to fla. >> reporter: across the country, the number of hospitalizations is down. the u.s. surgeon general says it appears the nation's hotspots such as new orleans, detroit, and new jersey, are all showing si

los angeles county has the most confirmed cases with more than 4000 dollars by anna clara county at more1000 cases. san diego county is at 849. with the growing need for hospital beds across the state, historic building in richmond is being converted to a medical station for coronavirus patients. as henry lee explains, organizers say it's an ideal spot to aid in recovery.>> reporter: the crane way pavilion was bustling with activity on thursday. this historic building is being transformed into a 250 bed medical station for coronavirus patients. >> it is very obvious this would be a phenomenal facility to conduct such a mission. >> dr. who also manages the property says it provides isolation, privacy and plenty of scenery. >> if there are any patients coming in with initial symptoms or any patients recovering, take a look at this view. i personally believe your mood helps in your recovery. >> the building is huge, no tents are needed, the national guard is bringing in beds and medical supplies. contra costa county is coordinating medical staffing. it will only be used if local hospitals d

to have 1 million tests per day by may 1 to safely reopen. >> the number of virus cases in los angeles county appears to be much higher than testing shows. a usc study shows roughly adult in la county may be infected compared to nearly 8000 confirmed cases reported at the time of the study this research is in line with other studies that have suggested more asymptomatic people have been infected and are silently spreading the virus. >> today the richmond city to assist and rent and mortgage payments for the rest of the stay-at-home order two weeks ago, the city council voted to block landlords from tenants who couldn't pay their rent for coronavirus related reasons. the new proposal wants to set up a city service to help small businesses and landlords file for government help. >>> today the marin county board of supervisors will be asked by housing advocates to double the amount of a rental assistance fund to $2 million. it was created to help people in the county who were either homeless or might be losing their home because of the pandemic crisis. so far this month, 487 low income people ha

in los angeles county instead of isolating the elderly officials are creating an exception to the stay-at-home order calling on families to bring their elderly relatives home if at all possible. kenneth, mona. >> kimberly, thank you. >>> new fallout this morning after the firing of a navy captain in guam. former navy secretary thomas modly visited the "uss theodore roosevelt" days after visiting its commander. "usa today" reports that trip cost taxpayers $243,000. the visit led to modly's resignation after he called the former captain stupid for the way he handled the virus outbreak. >>> coming up, the place in america where it's business as usual. >>> later from powerball to mega millions, big changes for those lotteries. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women or for men with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer, as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed disease progressi

this as los angeles and san diego county beaches remain closed. ina coleman is tracking all of this from our los angeles bureau. christina? >> jon, people protested against beach closures today in san diego county. sheriff's deputies say three protesters were arrested after refusing to leave moonlight beach after being asked to, multiple times. you know, we're in a heat wave here in southern california, and to cool off, apparently a lot of people are heading to the beach, despite stay at home orders and efforts to social distance. many beaches across the country are closed as health officials push social distancing, including the beaches in los angeles county and san diego county. 72 miles of this region's coast is closed. but in nearby orange county, an estimated 40,000 people were at new port beach on friday, and crowds flooded nearby huntington beach. california is one of the top ten states with the most coronavirus cases in the u.s., with more than 41,000 cases so far. yesterday l.a. mayor garcetti warned people that not following social distan

you referenced los angeles county. might as well ask the former head of that health department more.s.s. secretary to nil details about the statewide numbers. >> so again, thank you for raising what is increasingly an important number, which is the slack in the system. meaning those tpwheads are available now to us that might not have been at the hospitals as a collective had not done a number of the things that the governor has mentioned and urged them to do to prepare. to prepare for covid-19 surge. we know that in each region, that there are hundreds if not thousands of beds available. we are working closely with the big systems to track that on a regular basis. to try to get that number so we can quantify it. we do not have a clear estimate statewide. i think you mentioned the l.a. county number that has hovered between 1400 and 1600 on a regular basis and that's in the collective hospital system within that region. we expect that a number of hospitals are doing the same in terms of collecting that information. and

>>los angeles county reports most of its deaths 365 deaths in institutional settings have been among residents of skilled nursing facilities now the county did issue a new public health order today and that requires covid-19 testing. excuse me of all residents and staff in such facilities, including those who are asymptomatic i want to bring up. this is new. excuse me this new web site that today, you know 20 residents died at redwood springs, health care and there's a new website that the state has brought up that is showing the different number of cases across the state. 18 residents died. at senior mountain facility. excuse me my computers having some issues here. 18 residents side is rehabilitation center in san bernardino in california is now among a small sample of states that publicly report all of their coronavirus cases at nursing homes, the state's health department keeps a tally from all skilled nursing facilities and i'm scrolling through them right now so that you can see them from here across california, many of them just indicate the numbers as under 11, but when you sc

the state li ycounties most impacted throug those hospitalization rates, they are not just los angeles county, santa clara county, they include fresno county, they include current, they include san joaquin, san bernardino, they include orange and riverside, san diego, it is a way of emphasizing this, covid-19 and hospitalizations, covid-19 and the total number of positives impact the entire state of california. if you are living in a community where you think we are immune we are okay we got this, we are not la, we are not these other counties in the states. i hope you will disabuse yourself of that and consider that some of the most challenging parts of the state remain in some of our rule parts of the state, particularly as it relates to skilled nursing facilities, adult and senior homes which we continue to track. i should note, we have in our portfolio, i laid out on april 10 our new strategies and plans to protect our seniors and redoubling our efforts. remember, one of the first executive orders that we put out in the state was around guidelines in the skilled nursing facilities and nur

gadi schwartz for us there in los angeles county. gadi, thank you. we are here in queens, just to give you quickly here, the reason we're here. i was here last week and was so moved by what catholic charities is trying to do here for this particular community that i wanted to come back this week. we were here last week. we saw a line that spanned several blocks. people who were out of work, teetering on the brink before, and all of a sudden coronavirus comes along, and a neighborhood where a full third of folks were living in poverty before the pandemic, now thousands of them don't know where their next meal is coming from. we wanted to come back to show you precisely where those meals are coming from. i also wanted to give you more a look at this particular part of queens, new york. 17 stops from the dazzle of new york's times square, the number 7 subway pulls into a world away, corona, in the heart of queens, america's melting pot, a place where generations have made their start at the american dream. today corona is at the epicenter of the virus t

the health department says there are no plans to extend that order in los angeles county which is due to expire there on may 15th. the l. a. tombs reports the county board of supervisors announced a plan. county officials say they want to work with local businesses and community leaders to have the best strategies going forward. >>> well, happening today, the federal reserve wraps up its two-day policy. this waive and give up is unusual. the fed is expected to offer reassurances that it will act to limit the damage done to the economy, but it is unlikely it will unvail any new emergency programs. the fed has now, the meeting is being held virtually like just about everything else which is also how chairman jerome powell will hold his news conference after the meeting wraps up this afternoon. >>> well, the u.s. treasury department is now asking people who received stimulus checks that were issued to someone who is deceased to be returned. a treasury spokesman person says the department is coming up with a plan to retrieve those payments that were issued by mistake. treasury secretary t

neither was the test used by usc and los angeles county preliminary results suggestion the virus is less deadly than first thought and more wide spread with hundreds of thousands infected come paired to 8,000 initially reported cases and today dr. anthony fauci responding to concerns states need more antibody and diagnostic tests to reopen. >> with what we have, if it is used strategically, we feel we'd be able to have most people enter into phase one after they pass that 14-day gating period. >> reporter: fauci says it's reasonable to assume recovered patients have some level of immunity but right now that's still unproven it's also unclear how long that immunity might last. lester >> all right vicki nguyen, thanks. >> to the growing financial disaster from this crisis hitting so many so hard with no agreement on the next government relief package for small businesses they're left waiting for that desperately needed money. here is jo ling kent. >> reporter: tonight, small businesses desperate for relief are going to have to keep waiting. ron has owned a jewelry store in pennsylvania for

they plan to assess how many in los angeles county have already had coronavirus and where they live. overwhelmed with calls from people wanting to participate. >> my e-mail is filled with hundreds and hundreds of e-mails from people who want to participate in the study. >> reporter: on "meet the press" this morning, the fda commissioner said he is concerned some antibody tests already on the market may not be precise or accurate >> no test is 100% perfect. but what we don't want are wildly inaccurate tests, because as i said before, that's going to be worse than having no test >> reporter: when it comes to diagnostic tests, those nose swabs to see if someone that see active virus, nearly 2.7 million americans have been tested, bu that's less than 1% of the overall u.s. population and access to those tests vary. >> i'm getting tested today. >> reporter: when my husband who's been symptomatic for 11 days felt well enough to drive to a site, he had to wait three days for an appointment like so many in the country, he's now going to have to wait three or fou days to get the test results