this day and age. >> reporter: and one of the latest efforts to stop the spread is here at the texas- louisiana state line. cars are being diverted off of busy interstate 10. they line up here, and once they reach the front, state troopers from texas are asking them where they plan to quarantine for the next 14 days. unless they have an exemption for business or emergency services, that is the mandate of the texas governor. norah? >> o'donnell: never seen those traffic stops before. janet, thank you. now to a story we've been following since day one, the situation aboard the u.s.s. "theodore roosevelt." the acting secretary of the navy resigned amid controversy, and tonight the president is weighing in. this comes as the pentagon says 230 sailors from that ship have tested positive for coronavirus with results from roughly half the crew still pending. weijia jiang is at the white house tonight. weijia? >> reporter: norah, thomas modly was just five months into the job when the coronavirus found its way onto the "roosevelt." president trump supported his decision to fire the captain over the han

new cases explode in louisiana. texases roadblocks to stop wey south is eiuch a dramatic uptick in cases, and the most common underlying conditions in coronavirus deaths. desperate for benefits. hundreds risk exposure to coronavirus to file for unemployment. >> i'm scared for my life. just for an application. >> o'donnell: navy shake-up. the acting navy secretary resigns after blasting the captain who warned, sailors do not need to die from coronavirus. voting in a pandemic. wisconsin voters in masks and gloves waited for hours to cast their ballots today. what this could mean for the general election. bridge to a vaccine? could antibody drugs buy us time while we wait for a long-term solution? and, a truly uplifting story. you'll have to see it to believe it. the outbreak couldn't stop best friends from celebrating a birthday. from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening. thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with breaking news tonight, and it is dire. the u.s. has again set a record for deaths in the u

emergency storms also destroyed hundreds of buildings and caused power blackouts in parts of louisiana texas and alabama in malaysia government restrictions on people's movements are affecting the lives of a lot of people but particularly indigenous people many farmers aren't able to sell their produce while labor is just out of work the government's promised help but rights groups say not everyone will get the aid this from florence italy. keep out the signs say indigenous communities in the laser have set up roadblocks preventing outsiders from entering their villages these are photos and videos we obtained from the center for our concerns a local non-governmental organization that works for indigenous people. which means original people in the name language are more vulnerable to disease like the krona virus because of poverty and malnutrition. like ameena think so now it's safer to return to the forest many indigenous communities live in remote areas with no access to running water and electricity. and as malaysia's tough restrictions on movement continue these communities face additiona

new cases explode in louisiana. texases roadblocks to stop wey south is eiuch a dramatic uptick in cases, and the most common underlying conditions in coronavirus deaths. desperate for benefits. hundreds risk exposure to coronavirus to file for unemployment. >> i'm scared for my life. just for an application. >> o'donne

new cases explode in louisiana. texas tries roadblocks to stop the spread.e'll look at why the south is seeing such a dramatic uptick in cases, and the most common underlying conditions in coronavirus deaths. desperate for benefits. hundreds risk exposure to coronavirus to file for unemployment.my just for an application. >> o'donne:

michigan, louisiana, texas among them. and tonight, after weeks of

louisiana, texas, florida, new york, georgia and michigan. tonight we take you inside some of these emerging hotspots and their fight to slow the outbreak. >> amazing. two days ago, this was floor. now we're putting a 600 rooms into here with nursing stations. >> reporter: in detroit, lieutenant colonel turner is tasked with the colossal order to transform downtown's tcf convention center into the largest alternative hospital in michigan. >> after the 9th of april, we should have 1,000 beds in here, with staff working it. >> reporter: cases in michigan have been steadily climbing, dus doubling every three days, the number is 10,000 infected with 400 deaths. >> we can build patient rooms into that. >> reporter: as the city braces for a surge of new covid-19 cases, lieutenant colonel turner and his team also anticipating they'll build additional sites. >> we are looking across the state, doing assessments, mostly in the southeast michigan area, mccomb, oakland counties but to the west. >> reporter: not just hospital beds worry dr. nick gilpin,

michigan, louisiana, texas among them. and tonight, a

michigan, louisiana, texas among them. and tonight, after weeks of resisting, florida weeks into this imposing stay at home we also have new reporting coming in. abc news obtaining the orders given to public and private ems services in the new york city area. the paramedics answering these calls. an acknowledgement that near-death patients will likely not be able to be saved while city hospitals are overrun with coronavirus infections. what the guidelines now say for these crews on the front lines. >>> across the country tonight, the doctors who say even basic antibiotics are difficult to get. another fearing he will have to deny ventilators to patients who need them. and the patients with pre-existing conditions, compromised immune systems. what one cancer patient says she was told if a choice has to be made. >>> tonight, the cruise ship headed toward florida. confirmed cases onboard. at least four are dead, including an american. but officials in florida saying they don't want the ship to dock there. >>> the dire need on

emergency storms also destroyed hundreds of buildings and caused power blackouts in parts of louisiana texas and alabama. as we've heard this the sunday celebrations around the world were muted because of the pandemic latin america at the loose in new and reports on how hard hit nations across the region mark the important religious event. in haiti the government has ordered a total lockdown but in the capital of the western hemisphere's poorest country some catholics ventured outside to the shuttered gates of this catholic church to hear the easter sunday service not everyone had internet to listen to the mass online so it probably wasn't for coronavirus the church would be full of people there wouldn't be room for all of us today is the day of jesus' resurrection a great victory over death and it is fundamental to christianity others could not be consoled them for women were still up in the morning we are seeing the end of the world so why can't we put our hands together and pray we can't great each other it's the end of the world the end of times. throughout latin america home to more tha

tornadoes ripped through louisiana, texas and mississippi on sunday, with severe storms also hittingmes were left without power. emergency officials have told people to find safe shelter, but still maintain social distancing due to the coronavirus outbreak. the government has admitted that it was concerned that the warm weather this easter weekend would tempt people out, breaking the current restrictions. but it looks as if the majority have stayed home as we enter week four of the lockdown. with an extension to it all but certain, how will we cope and how long can we keep it going? here's dan johnson. these are bank holiday postcards symbolic of a nation that largely stayed at home. our shared spaces were empty, our monuments stood silent. but closer to home, life goes on. and the cupboards must be stocked. going home to do the washing up right now! in maidenhead, we met bryan out this morning. how old are you, bryan? i'm 75. shouldn't you be at home? not necessarily, not if i've got the shopping to get, which i have, and my sister next door to me is 82, so i need to get shopping fo

13 twisters went through mississippi storms also destroyed hundreds of buildings in parts of louisiana texas and alabama where as we've reported christians found themselves celebrating easter far away from churches and cathedrals on sunday journal reports on how they and followers of their faith have adjusted the way they worship. welcome to the kitchen of our home on easter day the archbishop of canterbury as you've never seen him before justin welby broadcast easter sunday service from his kitchen using an i pad and the dining room table as an impromptu altar. of the church of england rules announced some clergy to record all live streaming services in church empty of course juliet now plays for us christ the lord is risen today others had to improvise making do with laptops and smartphones in private living spaces sharing contributions from parishioners confined to their homes to sophie what was it like for you delivering the easter sunday service from your front room me personally there was a little bit of a heartache that i couldn't be in the church and then i couldn't be with our commu

about 13 twisters worked through mississippi storms also destroyed hundreds of buildings parts of louisiana texas and alabama. this the sunday in the u.s. has been less of a celebration and more of a time to reflect almost 560000 have been infected with coded 19122000 have died in the epicenter new york the mayor is demanding more help john hendren explains. across the u.s. it was is some bird largely silent easter as millions of american christians celebrated their risen savior in a nation that has fallen on hard times the empty tomb to the risen christ. i bring all this up because we hear plenty about emptiness these days. thanks to the dreaded pandemic. in the nation that on friday recorded more coronavirus cases than any other and on saturday tallied more deaths no state has suffered more than new york home to one in 3 u.s. coronavirus deaths new york city's mayor has blunt words for washington do more we pleaded for weeks and weeks for the federal government provide testing upfront in the kind of quantity that could have helped us contain this crisis and change the whole course of that we ne

louisiana. and also there has been a little bit of back and forth between these two states, the governor of texas put on restrictions and quarantine rules from people traveling from louisiana into texas. the governor says here in texas is lifting that and doing away with that. so no longer if you're traveling from louisiana to texas, apparently no longer needed to quarantine because of that. >> ed lavandera in dallas, thank you very much. joining us now dr. megan ranney, associate professor of emergency medicine at brown university. great to have you on this morning. i wonder if there is a question here about -- there is not one size fits all in effect. is it that some states are ready to reasonably reopen and others are not? >> so it certainly is not one size fits all. we're seeing different patterns of the virus in different states. the things that we as medical experts are saying is that, first, you need to see the number of cases declining. and in order to measure that accurately, you need an adequate number of tests. if you don't have adequate testing, you should see the number of hospitaliz

some of states right now they're keeping a close eye on include louisiana, texas and michigan, as possibleew hot spots on the curve. steve harrigan outside the cdc headquarters in atlanta, georgia with the latest numbers and also what they're saying about the next couple weeks. hi, steve. >> reporter: leland, tough times now for the state of new york. they are pleading for help from around the country for medical professionals to come and volunteer and the help is a arriving. people are answering that call, more than 85,000 volunteers, medical personnel coming to new york to volunteer and help more than 20,000 of those from out of state. friday was the worst day so far for new york as far as number of cases and number of deaths. the death toll in new york state stands at 3,500, the number has doubled since wednesday. some bright spots on the horizon as far as ventilators go. china donating 1,000 ventilators from the chinese government, arriving in new york today and the state of oregon sending 140 ventilators to new york. here's governor cuomo on that. >> the state of oregon contacted us a

the donors is a doctor, donor is a person who offering the antibodies, but other states like louisiana, texasarkansas, all of these places are putting programs in place where they can be able to now try to offer it to patients. and it's being studied as a federal trial. for many reasons, i think that this is very promising. rob: we've got a lot of different things that show promise. that's the good news. there is other good news as far as this crisis goes that might be getting overlooked including in new york where it seems like we're turning a bit of a corner here in the spot spot, right? >> yes. so the number of deaths is going up which is always alarming but there's a lag between when a person got infected and when they might get hospitalized or suffer severe complications. so it looks like at least the rate at which people are getting hospitalized is coming down, which what that means is that the social distancing, all of these things that people are doing that are so difficult, it's working. it seems to be working. so i think that's very promising in itself and also i think as we were ta

louisiana had its largest single day uptick in deaths sunday. and texasfficials are now stopping people coming from louisiana into texas, making sure they understand they must quarantine for 14 days. >> i think texas is kind of protecting themselves by doing that. >> reporter: and the city of boston has implemented a curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in an effort to slow the spread. members of the white house coronavirus task force say those social distancing measures are working. but the president admits conditions will worsen. >> we'll reach a certain point and that point will be a horrific point in terms of death. the next week and a half, two weeks are going to be -- i think they're going to be very difficult. >> reporter: earlier dr. anthony fauci warned the virus may be seasonal. >> as we get into next season, we may see the beginning of a resurgence. >> reporter: he says that's why a vaccine is vital and why people in the eight states without stay at home orders should practice social distancing regardless. governors across the country continue to

africa we have parity bound for terminals in the gulf of mexico for delivery to refineries in texas and louisiana but as we said your prices of sound to record low so that threatens us produces hence these politicians in washington want the vessels turned around has been done harry the founder and c.e.o. of the insights a company providing global oil market analysis and says this will be a tough year for the saudi government all of this oil is what had been produced when saudi arabia stepped up was producing full tilt after the march 6th grade down of the opec nano pick a ladder and sent all about its your well same course starting starting in may it's probably too late to call bad those tangos now some people suggested that perhaps saudi arabia could just use last time because as has floating storage what is the other point of view is that a lot of this oil is already sold so it's not the ownership or it's but us or find us that has to come ashore and oh you know that could be another factor that is especially been hammering w t i prices much more in recent weeks relative to brant because the u.

louisiana. jillian: let's look at some numbers here. 20,258 cases, at least 1300 deaths, 1473, 1700 hospitalizations. you see those numbers coupled with the state that a border state like texaslosing some restrictions this week, do you worry that people might go from louisiana to texas and back? if people are moving around a little bit too early in your state that could have an impact on the progress you're making? >> absolutely. following social distancing standards we will have more admissions to the hospital, no question about that. we have concerns about a second wave coming into hospitals that we are well prepared for that. rob: a chart shows your cases, your still on a pretty steady rise in cases so your behind other places like new york that are starting to plateau or come down. do you see a problem with the idea of states reopening piecemeal in this way, the people will naturally flock to a neighboring state where they have more freedoms and come back and reinfected? >> reporter: the states need to make their own decisions how to reopen because each state has a different set of circumstances, some are more world than areas, urban areas are more at risk than other rur

reported tornadoes have already hit in louisiana and texas and millions more in the region are on alertor more morgan chesky has the very latest. >> man, look at this >> reporter: tonight's fast moving spring storms lashing the south, dumping hail, flash floods, and multiple reported tornadoes. >> i mean look at here, you all, look at these houses. >> reporter: into social perish louisiana, wilbur hit just in time >> i could hear the tornado making a round. so i went in the bathroom and took shelter. >> in this general area we got what appears to be a three, three-mile track >> reporter: from texas to florida, the system puts millions at risk with the potential for overnight tornadoes, hail and damaging winds. the governor of alabama pausing coronavirus stay-at-home orders writing, any provision of the covid-19 order is suspended shelters and community safe rooms should be open and accessible to all individuals seeking refuge >> a lot of things put life into perspective recently with the pandemic and, of course, now this >> reporter: a test of toughness with more storms on the way. morg

there are now checkpoints like this one at all major crossings between louisiana and texas. 's part of an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus because, as we know, cases in louisiana are spiking. most of them in the new orleans area where on monday a 1,000-bed hospital opened as sort of a makeshift area to help ease the overcrowding on local hospitals in that area. 1800 -- more than 1800 new cases reported on monday. that brings the state's total number of coronavirus cases to almost 15,000. and now 512 deaths are reported in the state of louisiana. on monday, governor john bel edwards released a sobering statistic. of those 512 deaths, 70% of those people were african-american. gayle? >> we're starting to hear more about that, janet. thank you. >>> dr. tara narula joins us from her home in new york city. good morning to you tara. really good to see you. >> good morning, gayle. >> we're all craving -- always nice to see you. we are all craving some kind of positive news. and it looks like maybe we're seeing it here in new york where they say there are reports of a lev

we spoke to governors from new jersey, connecticut, florida, louisiana, texas, and michigan about their ongoing efforts at social distancing and addressed questions that they had about needs that have been spoken of already in this presentation today. in addition, as we promised last week when we spoke to governors on thursday about the guidelines to open up america, our team presented every governor in the country, states and territories with a memorandum detailing laboratory capacity in all locations of laboratory equipmet that can perform the coronavirus test. we also provided, as dr. birx will elaborate in just a few moments, literally a map about wearing these testing devices are located. and i must tell you, mr. president, i was very impressed at the weight governors, as we speak, are scaling testing in their own states using these resources. our hope is that providing this information and by our team that we've enlisted out of walter reed that it's contacting everyone on the laboratories in the country to find out what their needs are and to encourage them to activate those testi

now president andrew jackson and former president thomas jefferson were convinced, texas came along wit the louisianae. these guys we're on their own, and they were ready to fight early on to comment nothing but success. >> would you think the truth is? was texas actually in the louisiana purchase? >> it's a great question. i think the argument was jackso made it could be part of the louisiana purchase is a as he gave that what is clear is anybody that served under andre jackson and looked up to jackson , even people that challenged him like davy crockett did in tennessee and criticized jackson, many of the felt it should be part of the u.s. because of the purchase. >> why didn't america just take it. mexico was just getting on thei feet. >> america didn't want to fight another war. >> america was trying to fight not to fight another war. there was the feeling of the future of america, we weren't looking so much to go westward in the manifestation of steroids . >> the buy around the time of 1830s the western movement was starting to kick it in with people that moved to tennessee and now further westf

we spoke to governors from new jersey, connecticut, florida, louisiana, texas, and michigan about their ongoing efforts at social distancing. and addressed questions that they had about needs that have been spoken of already in this presentation today. in addition, as we promised last week, when we spoke to governors on thursday, about the guidelines to open up america, our team presented every governor in the country, states and territories, with a memorandum, detailing laboratory capacity, in all locations of laboratory equipment for diagnostic tests that can perform the coronavirus test. we also provided, as dr. birx will elaborate, literally a map about where these testing devices are located and i must tell you, mr. president, i was impressioned at the way governors are scaling testing in their own skates using these resources. our hope is by providing this information and by our team we enlisted out of walter reed that's contacting every one of the laboratories in the country to find out what their needs are, and to encourage them to activate those testing machines to do coronavir

we spoke to governors from new jersey, connecticut, florida, louisiana, texas and michigan about their ongoing efforts at social distancing and addressed questions that they had about needs that have been spoken of already in this, in this presentation today. in addition as we promised last week when we spoke to governors on thursday about the guidelines to open up america our team presented every governor in the country, states and territories with a memorandum detailing laboratory capacity and all locations of laboratory equipment for diagnostic tests that can perform the coronavirus test. we also provided as dr. birx will, will elaborate in just a few moments, literally a map about where these, these testing devices are located and, and i must tell you, mr. president, i'm very impressed the way governors as we speak are scaling testing in their own states using these resources. our hope is that by providing this information and by our team that we've enlisted out of walter reed that is contacting everyone of the laboratories in the country to find out what their needs are and to enc

>> they touched down in oklahoma, texas and louisiana, we don't know what level these tornadoes were the national weather service call them large, dangerous and life-threatening. one tornado chaser in southeast texas it was the biggest he has ever seen and there are now reports of at least two did in oklahoma. a mobile home park was devastated, this was 10 miles from the texas border. these are social media pictures we've not independently verified but local news reports say the town is without power, twister separate across multiple counties north of houston, polk county, texas, reports of at least 30 injured, that tornado touched down in 7 oaks along trinity river off-highway 356 and we are told another mobile home park there damaged, no word of fatalities, texas governor greg abbott says medical resources and emergency teams are on the way and we should note tornado activity was spotted in jasper county, texas near the louisiana border and new county, texas. as of 30 minutes ago, 21 tornadoes reported across texas and oklahoma. this is already among the deadliest tornado seasons in

at least six people were killed when powerful storms hit texas, oklahoma and louisiana last night. e threat continues today. and janet shamlian is in hard-hit polk county, texas, north of houston. good morning. any other time period, this would probably be our lead story. this is not a normal time period. what are you seeing on the ground? >> absolutely, tony. good morning. it's devastating here. look at the house behind me. it's shredded. a tree right down the middle of it. and the same is true up and down this street in this community. about 90 minutes north of houston. right now the death toll stands at three people. 20 to 30 injured. but authorities are warning those numbers could rise. the texas tornado tore a path straight through polk and jacinto counties. >> everything is like real calm and then all of a sudden, it -- swish. >> reporter: uprooted trees litter neighborhoods in onalaska. the tornado hurled a tree at nick prager's home. >> it landed on top of the house. >> reporter: first responders scrambled on the ground and from the air as they reported residents could be tr

emergency start storms also destroyed hundreds of buildings and caused power blackouts in parts of louisiana texas and alabama and a priest in brazil is going to some extreme heights to carry out an easter blessing took a helicopter ride over at rio de janeiro to bless the city from the air many people in the deeply catholic country are staying home to stop the spread of coronavirus but here we have rio's christ the redeemer statue lives up to honor the country's front line health care workers. you're up to date with the headlines on al-jazeera from london studio b. unscripted is next. there's no punchline to state violence sometimes stuff is just bad pop culture is not innocent it's coated with all kinds of politics the white mainstream feels that the shift is happening then nervous didn't nervous i like my feminist sort of murder free. market month i can help contribute to a conversation that will lead to an outcome that is freedom justice equality and self-determination for everyone i'm an academic a writer journalist. my name is father and i'm from pakistan i think some ideas are too dangerous

barrels worth in the strategic petroleum reserve a series of gigantic underground caverns below louisiana and texas as seen here from above and meanwhile back off shore from the port of los angeles the u.s. coast guard is monitoring and adapting its procedures to make sure the mammoth ships remain safe and that the maritime traffic jam doesn't pose a hazard to navigation or the environment ending the oil glut depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus industry experts say it may be months before those oil tankers can unload their cargo rob reynolds al-jazeera sand piedro california but any central bank governor has defended his organizations role during the economic crisis protests against lebanon's deepening financial problems have turned violent for the 2nd night in a row. in the northern city of tripoli demonstrators set fire to a bank and hold rocks as security forces they responded with tear gas and rubber bullets the central bank governor says it only finances the government it is not responsible for how any of the money is actually spent enough to me we

barrels worth in the strategic petroleum reserve a series of gigantic underground caverns below louisiana and texas as seen here from above meanwhile back off shore from the port of los angeles the u.s. coast guard is monitoring and adapting its procedures to make sure the mammoth ships remain safe and that the maritime traffic jam doesn't pose a hazard to navigation or the in. vironment ending the oil glop depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus industry experts say it may be months before those oil tankers get on load their cargo rob reynolds al-jazeera sand piedro california a weather update next year on houses here and then. bring it update from lebanon after a 2nd by surprising force on by the currency crashed. and i have the latest on plans from large scale prisoner swap in yemen. hello we do still have some disturbed weather across the middle east at the moment but some pieces of cloud sliding across iraq into iran and that's where we're going to see the all of the weather little bit of cloud there just around southern parts of the gulf you might squ

out of that hole that we're currently in right now snt lack of revenue going to states like louisiana, texasd oklahoma that fund some of the services through oil revenues. >> you're not talking about months. you're talking about years for the oil industry. the saudi arabians are trying to drive us out of the oil business. and so production in the u.s. is already falling as you said. but it it's going to fall a lot more. and many, many jobs are going to be lost. and it's not going to begin to recover until prices for oil start to recover. i think for oil industry, you're not talking weeks or months, you're talking years before we get back to the employment levels, tax revenues for the state and so forth. >> imagine all the airplanes no the in the air and how long that's going to take. katy tur? >> talking about the underestimating of the economic impact, i'm curious what you sthi going to be born out of this crisis. the great depression had social security, unemployment insurance, and a massive public works program. what needs to snap. >> there is the immediate short term impact. that is appr

barrels worth in the strategic petroleum reserve a series of gigantic underground caverns below louisiana and texas as seen here from above meanwhile back off shore from the port of los angeles the u.s. coast guard is monitoring and adapting its procedures to make sure the mammoth ships remain safe and that the maritime traffic jam doesn't pose a hazard to navigation or the environment ending the oil glut depends on reviving the economy which in turn depends on beating back coronavirus industry experts say it may be months before those oil tankers can unload their cargo rob reynolds al-jazeera and piedro california. a little more information on the saudi oil tankers the some u.s. politicians are now trying to stop according to the industry website tanker truck is 50000000 barrels of saudi crude oil are on their way right now to american ports marine traffic shows at least $26.00 tankers on route around southern africa are apparently bound for terminals in the gulf of mexico for delivery to refineries and storage sites in texas and louisiana but oil prices as you know sunk to record lows a threateni

announced we'll go to market for 30 million barrels to put into the strategic petroleum reserves in louisiana and texasdge jeanine: how does this affect you as the secretary at the department of energy, how does this impact our being energy independent? we were exporting crude oil, correct? >> that's correct. the nation is turned around in the last four decades. we have got from and you importing to an exporting nation. we are fundamentally different. but we are also independent from the types of actions i mentioned earlier. where opec can address shortages, we no longer have to pay as much attention to those actors as we used to 30 or 40 years ago. let's fill up the strategic petroleum reserve. judge jeanine: russia was claiming they hadn't even spoken to saudi arabia in the beginning of all of this. i'll tell you, mr. secretary, as we go through this pandemic, it's interesting how we realize how interwoven we are in terms of the other nations. whether it's china on our need to be independent of them, or opec and the whole lot of them. but we certainly have a president who recognizes america first as

benchmark, american oil that comes from texas, louisiana, and north dakota.you have oil from the north sea. that is brent crude. that is the international standard used by three fourths of the world. it is the american benchmark oil, the wti we have been watching closely. that is the one on monday that saw a historic head scratching collapse in prices. it is still a sickly at $12 a arrel -- basically at $12 barrel, the price of a fast food lunch in new york city. the oil prices on both sectors are not looking good, but particularly wti in the u.s. has been decimated. barbara: what impact has the plummeting of oil had on the markets? gabriel: wall street is looking at this closely. everything is in the red. the dow is down by 550 to 600, about 2% or os. it has been in the red holiday since the second opening -- all day since the second opening bell. it is definitely going to close in the red. all 11 s&p sectors are closing down. it is not only the may oil futures market that was down. now they are looking at june and july. hour -- thethe last price of a barrel

intermediate is what it's called and that's the american benchmark that's oil that comes from texas louisiana and north dakota and then of course you have the texas from the oil from the north sea that's brant crude that is really the international standard used by about 3 fourths of the world as that but it's really the the american benchmark oil that w t i that we've been watching closely because that's the one on monday that saw that incredible historic head scratching collapse in prices and that is still basically at $12.00 a barrel now it's basically the price of a quick lunch in a coffee in new york city to put it in very simple terms a fast food lunch if you will but bottom line is that there will prices on both sectors are not looking good but particularly with the here in the u.s. it's just been decimated and what impact has the plummeting of the value of oil had on the markets. wall street is looking at this closely and everything is in the red the dow is down by about 550 to 600 about 2 percent or so as you just mentioned it's been in the red all day since the 2nd of opening bell c

we spoke to governors from new jersey, connecticut, florida, louisiana, texas and michigan about theirgoing efforts at social distancing and addressed questions that they had about needs that have been spoken of already in this presentation today. in addition, as we promised last week, when we spoke to governors on thursday about the guidelines to open up america, our team presented every governor in the country, states and territories, with a memorandum detailing laboratory capacity and all locations of laboratory equipment for diagnostic tests that can perform the coronavirus test. we also provided, as dr. birx will elaborate in just a few moments, literally a map about where these testing devices are located and i must tell you, mr. president, i was very impressed at the way governors, as we speak, are scaling testing in their own states. using these resources. our hope is that by providing this information and by our team that we've enlisted out of walter reed, it's contacting every one of the laboratories in the country to find out what their needs are and to encourage them to act

the death toll continues to rise there and just as you said, texas governor greg abbott ordering the control of the border between louisiana interstate 10, the major freeway that runs east and west connecting the two states troopers patrolling that area setting up checkpoints where they say they will screen travelers trying to cross into texas. this as the first temporary field hospital opens today in new orleans. emergency officials tell us the convention center is capable of holding up to 1,000 beds overflow from hospitals just filled to the brim. >> i think for our community the next three weeks are incredibly critical. when we look at the curve of the cases going up and we try and model out what the peak is going to be and the duration. >> a second site has been secured for another pop-up hospital. the sheraton new orleans hotel and the dallas convention center the corps of engineers are making it an overflow medical center. no word when it could open its doors. officials will be given 48 hours notice to make it happen. for now the texas cases remain relatively low when you consider how large this state is and how larg

in new york city and military personnel who are also serving today in hospitals in connecticut texas louisiana and new jersey yesterday as the president reflected we unveiled the president's guidelines for opening up america again there were 2 parts at the beginning of those guidelines 1st the criteria that we hope will guide the governors in their decisions about reopening their states either a statewide level or a county level and then also we outlined what we believe would be the the most important state responsibilities to have in place before moving into a re opening plan for phase one the president's guidelines you'll recall advised that states that have a downward trajectory in cases over a 14 day period of time and ensure that they have proper capacity in their health care facilities could move to phase one with the easing of some of the social distancing and the criteria that have been in place for states that meet the criteria we outlined specific responsibilities protecting workers in critical industries particularly protecting the most vulnerable those who live and work in senior c

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tornadoes ripping through oklahoma, louisiana and texas killing at least six people.ok at these pictures. the storm system causing widespread damage in polk county, texas. as many as 30 people were injured there. there is a tornado warning at this hour in mississippi. so let's get right to cnn meteorologist chad myers tracking it all for us. chad? >> john, very close to waynesboro, mississippi and to the east of there into alabama. we're going to see this continue for much of the day. it was a deadly day yesterday. these were very large tornadoes. we talked about the ef-4 from easter weekend. these are the same size as that. 26 tornadoes so far. we'll see what the weather service has to say. we're still seeing the tornado warning right now. the biggest potential for -- it will be spread all the way across much of alabama, florida and even georgia. tornado watches are in effect. it means watch out, you could get something. warning for thomasville, alabama. that means it's there. 10:00 in the morning, things are still firing. we go to 3:00 and things are farther to the