the coronavirus crisis more from nicole killian. >> reporter: president trump didn't take questions during a friday night briefing at the white house, cut it go short after about 20 minutes. press secretary says it's not necessarily a sign of things to come. >> i leave that to the president and that's entirely his decision but i believe the president is at his best when he is speaking directly to the american people. >> reporter: she al president's comments were taken out of context when he said this about disinfectants thursday. >> is there a way we can do something like that? by injection inside or almost a cleaning? >>reporter: less than 24 hours later, he said he was just joking. >> i was asking a sarcastic in a very sarcastic question. >> reporter: but the maker of lylysol take it li er for dise caused disinfectants can cause health brobs when not used properly. the president tweeted the u.s. tested more than 5 million people. >> we're doing about 1.5, 2 million per week and probably should get up to twice that into the next several weeks and i think we will. >> reporter: addit

. >>> i'm nicole killian at the white house with new warnings tonight from members of the president'savirus task force, why they warn this could be a difficult week ahead. >>> by now we've all heard the recommendation, but what about the science behind it? a local expert ways in on facemasks, why we wear them and why it's not really about protecting you. >>> you're watching kpix5 news. >>> things are going to get bad and we need to be prepared for. that it is going to be shocking for some. >> this is going to be our pearl harbor moment, our 9/11 moment. >> our top story, different voices with the same grim message. >> cbs reporter nicole killian on the hard week ahead and some hopeful indications that we could be nearing a turning point. >> reporter: outside wyckoff hospital in brooklyn there is a makeshift morgue filling up with orange body bags. new york has been the senate hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, but the governor said over the last few days the number of deaths have decreased. there are fewer hospitalizations. more coronavirus patients have been discharged. >> we c