the naval hospital ship comfort pulling into new york harbor. the 1,000-bed facility ready to take on extra non-covid patients. >> we know how to do this. but we've never done it in someplace like this before. >> reporter: in manhattan, a new field hospital specifically for covid-19 patients. the group samaritan's purse building building it in just days. starting tomorrow this is going to be a working intensive care unit in the middle of central park. complete with hospital beds, ventilators, overhead lighting, even a negative pressure tube, sucking all the contaminated air out, making sure the room is sterilized. as new york is pushed to the brink, health experts warning the potential u.s. death toll in the coming weeks could soar as high as 100,000 to 200,000. >> i think it's entirely conceivable that if we do not mitigate to the extent that we're trying to do, that you could reach that number. orr: the presi forced to reverse an earlier proposed plan to reopen the county by easter. now extending social distancing guidelines to april 30th. dr.

harbor by met in york governor -- in new york harbor by governor cuomo. e skilled sailors and civilian mariners on the ship who provide a critical surge capacity for the new york metropolitan area, their mission will be to care for new yorkers who do not have the virus but who require urgent care. in other words, they will be using -- people will be coming out of hospitals who don't have the virus and they will be on the ship with great operating rooms and great facilities in will be whereound people with the virus will be. the ship will be used for people pending operations and other things other than that. by serving these emergency patients away from the hospital, beds will be opened up all over the city for those who are infected. ofs ship can handle a lot people so it will open capacity all over the city. to address anyy life-threatening medical emergencies. it is stocked to the brim with equipment and medicine and everything you can think of. treatingly, by noninfected patients remotely on the ship, it will help to halt very strongly the transmission

navy hospital ship is now in new york harbor it's there to help relieve pressure on the land hospitals. a welcome sight for new york as the battle against the coronavirus ramps up. a u.s. navy medical ship with a 1000 beds docked in new york harbor on monday. the mayor spoke of the city's frayed nerves with hospitals are already stretched to a breaking point we've all been through a lot these last few weeks. and we needed this roosts we needed this hope that's being created by our brothers and sisters the u.s. navy marine corps central park in the middle of manhattan is the latest site to be taken over by a field hospital but new york has been caught in a war of words president donald trump says that medical equipment already in place should be enough for the city but the mayor and the state governors say they both need more help from the federal government to be ready for what's coming. it is a fundamental blunder. to only prepare for today that's why in some ways we are where we are we've been at behind this virus from day one you have the scientist in the data projections show you a

arriving in new york harbor. noncoronavirus patience, using the pressure and strain pressing against the city's health care system amid these events. here is what the new york city mayor, bill de blasio, such as mom so bu moments ago. >> the hospital dominic famous hospitals that we think of. it's like another one just floated right up. >> harris: bryan llenas is live. and they were early because some cruisers worked so hard along with engineers to bring that area up to speed. and they are 12 days early, brian. >> really a herculean effort to make sure that the uss comfort, the oil tank that was converted into a navy ship back in 1987. and they had to judge for more feet in new york harbor over a days to make sure that the ship could dock here. new york mayor bill de blasio saying that the ship is a symbol of hope. a morale booster for all new yorkers. remember, the city needs to triple the number of hospital beds that they have i made. according to mayor bill de blasio. it has 1,000 hospital beds, 1200 medical pe

the hospital ship "comfort" now heading to new york harbor. >> the ship will be arriving in new york harbor on monday. i think i'm going to go out and i'll kiss it good-bye. >> reporter: another navy hospital ship arrives in los angeles today as that city announces more than 400 new cases. >> if this rate of increase continues, in six days we will be where new york is today. >> reporter: health officials have warned the virus may come in seasonal cycles but last night doctor anthony fauci said rushing to release a vaccine could do more harm than good. >> it's the worst possible thing you can do is vaccinate somebody to prevent infection and actually make them worse. >> reporter: more of what president trump said about those ventilators being expensive he did mention they're building four hospitals, four medical centers and many other things. mona and kenneth. >> megan, thank you. >>> we turn to those on the front lines. only ones facing a nightmare. now hot spots are emerging. more medical professionals are getting infected. one boston doctor now wants every health care worker in the

new york city overwhelmed, today the u.s. navy sailed the hospital ship "comfort" into new york harbor.nd tonight that state's governor is issuing a nationwide call to doctors and nurses to join what he calls the front lines of the war on the crisis. and with the u.s. still several weeks away from the peak of infections, he warned new york is a canary in the coal mine. and as we come on the air, there are already more than 160,000 confirmed cases here in the u.s., more than 2,900 have died. there is also some movement tonight when it comes to testing. abbott labs says next week it will roll out a diagnostic test with results in five minutes. also, virginia, maryland, arizona, and tennessee issued new stay-at-home orders today, joining 28 other states. that means three out of every four americans have now been told not to go out. and all of that is leading to a sobering assessment from the federal reserve in st. louis that as many as 47 million americans could be laid off in the coming months. there's a lot of headlines to get to tonight with our correspondents, and mola lenghi leads us

help floated into new york harbor today. the u.s.al ship "comfort" with its 1,000 beds will treat non-covid-19 patients to free up much-needed hospital beds in the city. crowds disregarded social distancing guidelines to get a rare look. another unprecedented sight, this 68-bed field hospital right in manhattan's central park. the faith-based non-profit samaritan's first set up the facility. how desperately is this needed? facility. how desp >> so, we're being told it's significantly needed, especially fo offload hospitals in brooklyn and queens where they're really ns whereng. >> reporter: nursing team leader tim mosher says the hospital has ten ventilators in their makeshift i.c.u. >> our goal is to get them off of the ventilator and move them on out of the hospital. >> reporter: the video appears to show a gruesome sight, bodies being put into refrigerated trucks that serve as makeshift morgues. ( sirens ) the city's medical supplies running out, and intensive care units running low. >> it's like working in a war zone. >> reporter

navy hospital ship is docked in new york harbor to bring some relief to the city's struggling healthcaresystem gabriel elizondo reports. the gigantic u.s. navy ship comfort enters new york about to dock at the terminal normally reserved for cruise ships a $275.00 metre long floating hospital with more than $700.00 hospital beds 12 operating rooms and 1200 doctors nurses and staff. new york hospitals will start sending sick patients not infected with corona virus to the ship this week to free up hospital beds for those who do have the virus. some new yorkers came out of their apartments where most have been holed up for more than 2 weeks to marvel at the ship. a memorial to the victims of the 911 terrorist attacks looks over the hudson river the last time the comfort was in new york harbor was 3 days after 911 to help those injured let me be clear that this is such a crucial part of the plan we are putting in place but i want to understand the sheer magnitude of the plan we need to triple our hospital bed capacity in new york city by may. but the comfort alone won't be enough to fill the

new york city, cases doubling in 24 hours. what they're seeing here. and the new york governor confirming a navy hospital ship will be sent to new york harbor. critical shortages of medical supplies across the country. we'll hear from e.r. doctors, the reality inside hospitals. and the long lines tonight for testing. these images from so many places. dr. jen ashton, on how long coronavirus lasts in the air and on surfaces. let's get to it all tonight. and we're going to begin with whit johnson. >> reporter: tonight, sweeping action to fight the virus. the president saying he's prepared to invoke a korean war-era law allowing him to direct american industries to produce critically needed medical equipment and protective gear. >> we must sacrifice together, because we are all in this together, and we will come through together. it's the invisible enemy. >> reporter: president trump closing the northern border with canada to all non-essential traffic, and potentially limiting the flow on the border with mexico. the pentagon announcing those two hospital ships will soon be on the move. the mercy deploying to the west coast. the comfort will head

new york's governor andrew cuomo says the president is sending a navy hospital ship to help deal with the region's surging number of patients. the ship has around 1,000 beds and will be docked in new york harbornew york state is the worst hit in the u.s. a total of 1,008 new cases were reported on wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 2,382. infections are also spreading in the south pacific region. the government of new zealand raised its overseas travel advisory to the highest level on thursday. it's the first time the country has advised its citizens not to travel abroad. it's also banning foreigners from entering, with some exceptions. the australian government also announced similar steps. the world health organization says more than 207,000 infections have been confirmed across the globe. more than 8,600 people have died. in france, the number of people infected with the coronavirus has risen to more than 7,600. president emmanuel macron has introduced stringent measures including a lockdown for at least 15 days. nhk world spoke to one doctor who's trying to stem the outbreak. >> reporter: dr. yanny wallace is on the frontlines of the crisis. as chief of emergency services at publi

new york. a u.s. naval hospital ship arrived in new york harbor a short time ago. that ship is here to deliver a desperately needed help to the city's overwhelmed doctors and medical care teams. right now there are more than 144,000 covid-19 cases in the u.s. let's take a look at the numbers now. the death toll is above 2500. president trump extended the white house's social distancing guidelines until april 30th, and predicted coronavirus cases will likely peak in just under two weeks. watch. >> we are thinking that around easter that's going to be your spike, that's going to be your highest point, we think, and then it'll start coming down from there. that'll be a day of celebration. we just want to do it right. so we picked the end of april, the last day, april 30th, as the day where we can seeogress. and we expect to see that. >> harris: meanwhile, the cdc has issued a travel advisory urging people in new york, new jersey, and connecticut to refrain from nonessential domestic travel for 14 days after president trump had considered a quarantine. this, as task fo

. >> just today the navy hospital ship "comfort" pulling into new york harbor. 1,000-bed facility ready to take on noncovid-19 patients to relieve the pressure of the city's overwhelmed hospitals. and in the heart of manhattan, a new field hospital specifically for coronavirus patients set up in central park. as new york is pushed to the brink, the president's own team warning the u.s. death toll could soar as high as 100,000 to 200,000 in this country. >> i think it's entirely conceivable that if we do not mitigate to the extent that we're trying do, that you could reach that number. >> reporter: tonight president trump reversed his hope to open the country by easter extending social distancing guidelines to april 30th. this is what the president said just tonight. >> challenging times are ahead for the next 30 days, and this is a very vital 30 days. we're sort of putting it all on the line, this 30 days. >> reporter: doctors across the country struggling to help families unable to visit their loved ones kept from the icu for fear they would be infected too. >>

we told you a little while ago about the "uss comfort" is in new york harbor. else has arrived in new york. this is a little more unsettling. we are hearing from fema that it's already centusent refriger trucks to new york city as temporary mortuaries for coronavirus victims. the good of a ship coming in with rescue on the way, and the dismal with fema sending refrigerated trucks for victims that are also on the way. stay with us. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from anyone else. so why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms which most pills don't. get all-in-one allergy relief for 24 hours, with flonase. [ "one morwoo!me" which mob[ laughing ]]. woo! play pop music! ♪ no way dude, play rock music! yeah! -woah! no matter what music you like, stream it now on pandora with xfinity. and don't forget to catch "trolls world tour". let's party people! ♪ one more time neil: governor andrew cuomo now speaking mu speaking. let's dip into that. >> -- northwell health, larry schwartz, former secretary to the governor who has been volu

passed 35738000 cases have now been confirmed a navy hospital ship with a 1000 beds has arrived in new york harbor to help relieve the crisis gripping new york's hospitals israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has gone into quarantine after one of his staff members tested positive for the corona virus and the price of oil has fallen to just over $22.00 a barrel that's the lowest since 2002 it's because of plummeting demand due to the global economic slowdown or here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world hungary's parliament has voted to give prime minister viktor orban extensive powers to rule by decree the prime minister says they are necessary to fight the pandemic but is a critic critics see it as a power grab and a way to entrench his authority. lockdown poland is considering postponing its presidential election because of the coronavirus the president has said that the 1st round scheduled for me 10th could be delayed if health and safety conditions cannot be guaranteed poland has almost 2000 confirmed cases of the virus a pave team by the dut

situation particularly in places like new york now we know that the new york governor andrew cuomo as said that the conference is going to be heading to to new york harbor what we don't know is where the other ship is going to go at the moment but also in the united states media is reporting that it could actually be. weeks away from arriving and we also don't know exactly where on the west coast at this ship is going to be based and then there is the economy that's been a major worry we've seen markets plummet how is trump planning to steady this ship well obviously this is one of the big concerns for president trump you know the economy is one of the areas where president trump has basically based his success as a president and also with his grave situation happening at the moment we're seeing how that's affecting all aspects of the united states economy and there's an aid package at the moment and one is that there is a one trillion dollar plan and that's going to be directly for businesses and individuals the senate has also passed a corona virus bill that's the 2nd one at president will have to sign that also basically expand sick leave and also it

navy hospital ship arrives in new york harbor. ill help relieve the city's hospitals and deaths as coronavirus climb. leaders warn the worst is yet to come. >>> as cases surge across the country, new models indicate itrs are afraid and see a peak exhausted. see what they're doing to protect themselves and their families. >>> plus the race to find a vaccine. what we're learning about the clinical trials and when testing on humans is set to begin. >>> how the most popular show on tv today, "tiger king," has just prompted a new development in a decades-old missing persons cold case. >> so many people are asking, where's don? it's tuesday, march 31st. it's tuesday, march 31st. >>> march 31st feels like march 71st. >> right. so, i finally got to the second episode of "tiger king." you talked so much about it yesterday. i wasn't ready, i really wasn't, y'all. there's a lot. >> there are a lot of people who are not ready who are jumping right into this, because they're just like, take me away. >> right. . we'ltalk about "ns the coronaviru

as we look at what's happening, the ship is going to sail up to new york harbor, and then becomes an flow hospital of such. you made the point kind of that you're going to have the covid coronavirus positive patients inside the hospitals in new york and then hopefully you would have this as overflow if you will. you made the point that the comfort is a trauma-based program, obviously to treat those who are wounded in battle, et cetera, is how it was designed. there was an er doc from new york who said as things develop in new york city into crisis mode is that possible because you've got people coming into the hospitals, we just lost the signal, we'll get back to it when president trump arrives but you've got people who are coming into hospitals in new york who aren't there because of a coronavirus symptom but a day or two or three days later of being in the hospital it ends up they become positive either because they picked it up in the hospital or they were exposed outside. how do you do those splits in a case like this? >> well, that's a real risk. i mean, that's a risk that they'r

convention center is now a makeshift field hospital and another navy hospital ship is due to arrive in new york harbor on monday this is an invisible beast it is an insidious beast this is not going to be a short deployment this is not going to be that you go out there for a few days we work hard and we go home. this is going to be weeks and weeks and weeks while corona hotspots like new york are preparing for a long battle trump wants to talk to experts next week about easing restrictions in areas which are not yet as badly affected now to some of the other stories making news around the world in a press conference on saturday japanese prime minister shinzo abbay asked people to refrain from nonessential meetings to stop the spread of covert 19 he's also promised an unprecedented stimulus package to combat economic fallout from the coronavirus. china has scaled back its restrictions on the original epicenter of the pandemic the city of new han has partially reopened after more than 2 months of almost total isolation people are now allowed to return to han but no one is allowed to leave yet. the plan

convention center is now a makeshift field hospital and another navy hospital ship is due to arrive in new york harbor on monday this is an invisible bees it is an insidious beast this is not going to be a short deployment this is not going to be that you go out there for a few days we work hard and we go home. this is going to be weeks and weeks and weeks well corona hot spots like new york are preparing for a long battle trump wants to talk to experts next week about easing restrictions in areas which are not yet as badly affected. time to take a look now at more of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic in south korea has seen a jump in corona virus cases officials are reporting 146 new infections the highest number in a week zimbabwe has announced a total lockdown to stop on monday and brazil is stopping all foreigners without residency from entering the country via ports the ban will go into effect on monday . british prime minister burns johnson has tested positive for the corona virus he's the highest profile political leader confirmed to have contract that the infection so far th

navy hospital ship due to arrive in new york harbor on monday to ease the pressure on the city's own hospitals normally packed times square is now eerily deserted with no tourists in town and do your kids heeding a government ban on working and socializing in public. a city already in fear knows that the worst is still to come. correspondent solaces in washington i asked him about the $2.00 trillion dollars rescue package appeared to be voted on by the house of representatives nighter. it's again an unprecedented money that is urgently needed and as you say it's mostly needed as a kind of emergency relief so to compensate people and businesses that are suffering from the situation right now from the lockdowns across many economic center is in the united states but if you look at the health system that in particular in the center in new york that many health workers there described as catastrophic where fritz trucks are used right now to store the bodies of deceased patients in the hospitals well that money of course is necessary and would help but only if the necessary material is av

convention center is now a makeshift field hospital and another navy hospital ship is due to arrive in new york harbor on monday this is an invisible beast it is an insidious beast this is not going to be a short deployment this is not going to be that you go out there for a few days we work hard and we go home this is going to be weeks and weeks and weeks while corona hotspots like new york are preparing for a long battle trump wants to talk to experts next week about easing restrictions in areas which are not yet as badly affected well here in europe the production lines for volkswagen may have come to a screeching halt because of the pandemic but in china the company is ramping up production once again for now the world's biggest carmaker is getting by without government help but here in germany company management is having its patience test . folks bargain is losing 2000000000 euros a week costs have already been radically cut back and in germany alone 80000 workers have been forced on to short time or leave the company's outlook gets worse with every day its factories remain shut it and there's n

convention center is now a makeshift field hospital and another navy hospital ship is due to arrive in new york harbor on monday this is an invisible bees it is an insidious beast this is not going to be a short deployment this is not going to be that you go out there for a few days we work hard and we go home. this is going to be weeks and weeks and weeks well corona hot spots like new york are preparing for a long battle trump wants to talk to experts next week about easing restrictions in areas which are not yet as badly affected. south korea is tightening border controls after reporting a spike in coronavirus cases and it started enforcing 2 week quarantines on all passengers arriving from the united states similar quarantine that already been in place for travelers coming from europe so-called walk through testing stations have been set up capable of more than 10 tests per hour south korea though reported $146.00 new infections the last day $24.00 of them came from airport screenings still one news agency reports that the number of people recovering from the virus has for the 1st time exceeded th

will tell you when a minute but first, an american hospital ship has arrived in new york harbor to provide for the city's besieged hospitals. a live report from the comfort is next. before the break, new images from barry new york city. dr. jerome adams: why should young people care about the spread of coronavirus? well we know that people with underlying medical conditions over the age of 60 are at highest risk, but they've got to get it from somebody. dr. deborah birx: so we're asking everyone to be selfless for others so that we can protect those who are most susceptible. dr. anthony fauci: not going to bars, not going to restaurants, it all just means physical separation, so that you have a space between you and others. dr. jerome adams: for more information on how you can social distance please go to coronavirus.gov >> tucker: dramatic efforts underway to keep the hospital system from collapsing under the weight of new patients. a new one is being erected in central park while the u.s. hospital ship has docked in the harbor. rick leventhal has more tonight. >> new york city says and h

we will tell you when a minute but first, an american hospital ship has arrived in new york harbor toelief for the city's besieged hospitals. a live report from the comfort is next. before the break, new images from barren new york city. ♪ - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos, that are degrading? legacybox professionally converts them to dvds, thumb drive, or the cloud. legacybox is simple and safe, with over half a million satisfied customers. visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off. ♪ >> tucker: dramatic efforts underway to keep the hospital system from collapsing under the weight of new patients. a new one is being erected in central park while the u.s. hospital ship has docked in the harbor. rick leventhal has more tonight. >> new york city says and he is to triple its hospital beds in a month and they u.s. and as comfort is here to achieve that goal and also provide reassurance and some immediate relief to hospitals on the medical staff who are overwhelmed by the surge andme positive covid-19 cases. the ship arrived here in new york harbor this morning bri

a year after leaving the hospital, in april 1944, my dad and i arrived at the new york harbor on the first night of passover, which also was my 18th birthday. the statue of liberty was waiting to greet us. even now, when i pass lady liberty, i feel emotional. and acknowledge the strong need for always believing in her message of hope. the holocaust teaches us about human nature. that there is great capacity for good, as well as for evil. that when one group in a society is singled out for persecution, other groups are likely to be targeted, too. in small and large ways, each individual has the capacity to hurt or to heal, to savage or to save. perhaps the most important lessons to note at today's 75th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz is that the holocaust did not begin with auschwitz, nor should it be solely defined by it. it began with words and small acts. then, infinitely larger ones that resulted in the murder of 6 million jews. for so many, auschwitz is a symbol of ultimate expression. and the ultimate expression of hatred and inhumanity. for me, it isn't the symbol. i

citizens other emergency measures include this 1000 bed us navy hospital ship due to arrive in new york harbor on monday to ease the pressure on the city's own hospitals. normally packed times square is now eerily deserted with no tourists in town and deal kids heeding a government ban on working and socializing in public. a city already in fear knows that the was is still to come. tearing his daily briefing on 3 stay u.s. president donald trump stressed the need to relax guidelines on social distancing and to get america back to work he has the reaction from washington correspondent stephanie. you get a different president trump every day there was a somber very. almost pessimistic trump a few days ago and now everything seems to be on the trajectory of hunky dorey for the president encouraging the thought or at least the idea that in not too long. not too many days he's able to this kind of surgically decides what counties or what states could loosen their their measures in terms of social distancing or shutting down businesses and with that the economy well i have to tell you this is the de

new york city epicenter of pandemic, much needed help, usns comfort arrived in new york harbor yesterdayserving noncoronavirus patients so hospitals can better help those with the illness. 1,000 beds, 80 intensive boards and 12 operating rooms on board. hospitals at a breaking point. many new yorkers broke social distancing to welcome the comfort. bill de blasio warned those who do not follow the rules can face up to $500. more than 1300 people have died statewide from this virus. ford and ge healthcare teaming up to make 50,000 ventilators in the next 10 days to treat covid-19 patients. gm is also helps production. production will take place at plant in michigan starting april 20th. 15 hunt ventilators are expected by the end of april to meet critical shortage of devices. the ventilators will be made by 500 member it was united auto workers union. there's a look at the stocks this morning and you can see they are up. we are just getting started this morning. a lot to come, coming up in 7:00 a.m. hour north dakota senator cell phone cramer on coronavirus response. ceo of johnson & johnso

. >> martha: president trump is deploying the navy hospital ship into new york harbor and here is the governor of new york reacting to that today, watch this. >> i spoke to the president this morning about specific actions he is going to take, i can tell you he is fully engaged on trying to help new york, it's literally a floating hospital which will add capacity and the president said he will dispatch that immediately. >> martha: each navy hospital ship is amazing, they come into port in the times of greatest need. they have a thousand beds, operating rooms, labs, other medical devices, democratic congressman max rhodes said i'm incredibly grateful to hear the call to deployed a comfort to new york harbor. joining me now as a secretary robert wilkie, a member of the coronavirus task force. thank you so much for being he here. it's not every night that we show that bipartisan support in the spirit of what we are seeing in this effort. >> as the former undersecretary of defense, the comfort was one of the things i was responsible for, it's a great asset and a sign of the president's co

it will be in new york city harbor. it's an extraordinary step, obviously, but it's literally a floating hospital which will add capacity, and the president said that he would dispatch that immediately. the president also spoke about the mobile hospitals that the federal government has, and where we could set up mobile hospitals where they come in with a mobile hospital that has a capacity of 200 people, 250 people. i told the president that we would do everything we need to do to expedite siting of those facilities, and we're talking about a couple of locations now, but that is also specific and concrete help and something that we can get done within the 45 days. at the same time, as i said, we're proceeding on all these tracks simultaneously. density reduction, we have taken a number of dramatic steps, but i think they are necessary steps. you've seen the curve. we can't handle the number of cases in the healthcare system at that current rate of spread. we have to get it down. we've taken dramatic steps. i've said, an

that will be arriving in the new york harbor in the not-too-distant future. they are doing a very big maintenance. >> let's bring in mike hanna. we opening by easter despite warnings from health experts. >> president trump making a huge issue of this in the past, saying he is wanting to reopen things by easter. most health absent roots have argued -- experts have argued that the measures must be in place for much longer than that. not only has the rest not reached an apex of infection but there is the ongoing possibility of a resurgence of the virus, should it not be continued. president trump insists that this is the case. nobody directly contradicting the president at this point. you saw the daily briefing. usually -- he was reading from careful notes, giving specific details and numbers. aidentioned the amount of going to new york. of infections are taking place in new york. it was 2000 to 3000. an absolute minimum of 20,000 is necessary to cope with the demand. critical of the federal government for its tardiness in providing these essential supplies to h

they will be in the new york harbor to provide aid to those desperately needed hospital bed and president also signing the production act to wrap up the production of urgently needed medical. chuck schumer is saying there is a desperate need of. and ventilators and things that help desperately ill people continue to breathe. here's what the senator sat on the floor. speak to a thing like this has never been requested and we have never even had to think in terms of these numbers but we need millions of masks and all of that will be ordered. we need respirators, we need ventilators which is a big thing because it's a complex piece of equipment. we have a lot of ventilators but we are going to be ordering mo more. >> and the financial stimulus could top $1.3 trillion. the treasury department is planning to send out checks to taxpayers in early april and then again in mid-may. no word on how but they will be but there is talk that they could each be more than a thousand dollars. the airlines and other companies as well getting help. is what the president said on that front. >> president trump

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new york. it's in new york harbor. and the "comfort" and a federal facility that we built at the javits state convention center, those two facilities 2,500 beds in javits and 1,000 beds at the ship will serve as a relief valve for the hospitals. they won't do covid patients themselves, but they'll be a relief valve for the hospital system, and that's the whole battle is the capacity of the hospital system. it will be a relief valve to relieve some of those patients so the hospitals can focus on the covid patients. >> so, simple question, has the president been stepping up? are they keeping their word on the federal level? >> yeah. look, i said to the president privately, i've said it publicly, we need to work together in partnership. this is the essence of federal/state relations, right? this is how we deal with these types of situations. if the president is helping the state of new york i will be the first person to say so. if we have a difference, i will be the first person to say so. and the president has been very

new york. arriving in new york harbor today. here in washington, after stern warnings from his top two medical experts, president trump is extending the new normal of social distancing, telling people to stay home through april. the administration hoping that millions of americans will get the message and prevent other cities from suffering the same coronavirus outbreak, the levels that we've seen in new york and other hotspots around the country already. this morning, dr. deborah birx gave savannah guthrie on the "today" show a grim reality check about what the country could be facing, worst case, in the months ahead. >> if we do things together well, almost perfectly, we could get in the range of 100,000 to 200,000 fatalities. we don't even want to see that -- >> wow, that -- that -- i know, but you know, you kind of take my breath away with that, because what i hear you saying is that's sort of the best-case scenario. >> the best-case scenario would be 100% of americans doing precisely what is required, but we're not sure, ba

america's two largest cities, los angeles and new york as those cities struggle with the coronavirus crisis. the comfort is set to arrive in new york harborext week. the mercy arrived in los angeles today. these are floating hospitals, 12 fully equipped operating rooms, 1,000-bed-hospital facility, radiological facilities, a medical lab, a pharmacy, an optometry lab, a ct-scan, two oxygen producing plants. on the day the mercy has arrived in los angeles, the commanding officer of one of those floating miracles joins us live from on board that ship. captain, it is an honor to have you join us tonight. thank you for making time. >> on behalf of the men and women of the usns mercy, it's an honor to be with you. >> what can you explain to our audience tonight about what the mercy is capable of? we shorthand it as a floating hospital. we've seen the mercy and also the comfort deployed to disaster zones abroad. what should americans expect about the kind of capability you're going to bring to los angeles? >> we offer a very broad range of medical specialties. we have operating rooms as you mentioned, so we're a very capable hospital. >> we've b