what about philadelphia? >> we are trying to expand our communication and outreach especially on social distancing. with the holiday coming up this weekend on sunday, it's critical that you pray from home. that god can hear from you home. we are trying to make sure that people understand that it's critical that you distance yourself from each opts and that you figure out a way to interact with folks from a 6-foot distance and continuing to do that outreach medically and socially to our poor communities to make sure that they are prepared. >> and if you go outside of your home, wear a face mask and some gloves. that's critically important as well, mayor kenny, mayor young, thank you so much for what you are doing. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it very much. >> thank you. and stay with us. once again, we are waiting to hear from the coffee task force briefing. looking at live pictures, it's been delayed a bit. also ahead, california is reporting far fewer cases and deaths than new york. what is the state

philadelphia, morgan radford is standing by in philadelphia. white house officials have expressed concern that philadelphia could very well be the next hot spot. morgan, do we know why it is that folks are so concerned about philadelphia? what's happening on the ground there? >> they're concerned because they expect to see the apex strike this city as early as next week. but it's interesting. this is one of those places where we're getting mixed messages from federal officials and state and local officials. so the white house has said philadelphia is a point of particular concern. that's why they bumped it up in terms of priority when it comes to receiving ventilators and the ppe, personal protective equipment. state officials say it's fine if you want to dub us a hot spot, because we're prepared. say anything you want to stay to encourage people to stay inside and stay safe. they believe what they're actually seeing is linear, not an exponential increase in cases and say their new cases are actually stabilizing. we've got 5,000 in philadelphia

or going home to her family in philadelphia. and she decided to go home to her family, and i'm sure that if she was guilty, she would never have done that. she wanted to stay with her family, but the council in philadelphia did not want anyone who was connected with arnold getting information of any sort back and forth and so they insisted that she go into exile. her father took her -- she was his favorite child. took her up to new york to go into exile. and i don't think he ever saw her again when the war was over. she and arnold were evacuated to london and that's where they stayed the rest of their lives. >> their only monument to arnold is this boot that was erected by someone who served an officer in the civil war. the battlefield at saratoga, it's of a leg that arnold's leg that was shattered during the battle of saratoga. there's no name on it, but on the back it says, in memory of the most brilliant soldier of the continental army, who was desperately wounded on this spot. october 17, 1777. winging for his country the de

and philadelphia. with areas with fewer infection, governors credit strict stay at home orders, some extending the orders out of fear that going back to normal will drive the numbers right back up. jim? >> yeah, and that's what's working, the social distancing is working, saving lives. cnn is learning the president's aides are in talks about plans already to reopen the economy as soon as may and the federal government is now adding to the list of responsibilities for states saying that it will end federal funding for the test sites that are so sorely needed to get a handle on the real scope of this pandemic. many cases being missed out there because of so few tests. other news we're following this morning, another record-breaking week for the economy, a sad one, frankly, 6.6 million americans filing new jobless claims just in the last seven days, making it 16.5 million over the past three weeks. we're covering this story across the country. let's begin with cnn national correspondent athena jones in ne

thomas farley, the philadelphia health commissioner, he said just yesterday philadelphia, like other large cities in the northeast, has been hit hard by this epidemic. i doubt dr. birx is looking at the numbers as updated as we are. i'm glad she's concerned about philadelphia, but at the moment, things are looking a bit better. so local authorities saying that the federal government has some outdated numbers. in terms of the numbers we know of confirmed cases, that's 4,777 for philadelphia with 87 deaths. so local authorities are not saying that this is turning around. they're not saying this is plateauing, but they are saying that the number of new cases is slowing. so that is encouraginencouragin poppy? >> that is a sign that folks look for as they monitor this. alex marquardt in philadelphia, thank you. so the government is saying don't let your guard down, continue to stay at home because it's working. this has been one of the stories of this pandemic, right, is what happens to folks stuck on cruise ships. >> reporter: right, and this is a cruise ship with a number of cruise memb

this is arnold at philadelphia. here's peggy. much she was the most beautiful woman in philadelphia. i know, we look at that picture and think she doesn't look that spectacular. but -- well, i don't know if the portrait doesn't do her justice. but all of washington's officers were in love with her. she was lovely. she was 18. her family were neutral. her father had had been a judge working on one of the admiral courts for the british and then had had -- the war broke out, obviously, he left. i hate to fell thotell those of enjoyed watching that show on television, actually, she was wooed by arnold and married him. the government of pennsylvania was led by a committee of council of seven people and they were very radical. they had fled when the british took over. they came back. they had a long list, over three names of people that they wanted arnold to arrest right away as people who were possibly loyalists or suspect. 332 people. and also some people that they wanted to convict with a bill of attaineder which is just basically v

which brings us to philadelphia. all right. so officially the philadelphia convention was supposed to start on may 14th. they didn't have enough delegates there at the time to actually get going. they would not actually have enough delegates to begin until may 25th. that's when the convention officially kicks off. so, 12 states ultimately send delegates to this. there never was all 13. rhode island refused to send delegates to this event. and i think it's also important for us to know that there was a lot of chatter going on back and forth between the different state representatives about what was going to play out at this convention in philadelphia. and for some individuals as well as the state of rhode island, they feared making major changes to the articles and that was why they elected not to go. so although the convention was intended to revise the articles, many of the people who were there including james madison and alexander hamilton had already gone into the process with the expectation that the creation avenue govern

washington was afraid that british were going to invade philadelphia and take over the capital.e knew what he needed was a bold, bold action and after meeting with the war counsel, they made the decision that on christmas night they would cross the delaware and march to trenton to attack the outpost at trenton. as they began to march particularly from the thompson house to the ferry, a snowstorm started. and the weather was terrible. there was snow and hail and it was basically a pretty bad nor'easter. and all of the men, 2400 in all, had to cross the delaware and begin their march. there were other rej ments that were supposed to cross in two other locations at the trenton ferry and bristol ferry. they were not able to get across for a variety of reasons. the weather was absolutely a major part of that. ♪ >> make way for the general. j general wash, what i know it's a secret mission, but can you tell us about this operation? >> this is our final chance. this is our chance to make an impact in this war. the problems we have is they're expiring. soldiers want to go home. i have t

the free library of philadelphia hosted the 35 minute event. >> welcome to the free library of philadelphia my name is andy director of author events. i do have one unfortunate update to our program rick burns will not participate in our discussion this evening due to a work related incident. however, the good news you will see a sneak preview of his new documentary which will be aired on pbs later this year and based on ten years of research by our guest. a curator with more than 30 years experience, doctor gretchen sorin has consulted with 250 institutions including smithsonian, jewish museum in the near state historical association. she is a director of the cooperstown drip program of the state university of new york and the author of in the spirit of martin, the living legacy of doctor martin luther king junior. and through the eyes of others, african americans in identity and american art. in her new book draw th "driving while black" just out today professor soren tells the story of an an dispensable green book that reshaped the african-american traveling experience throughout our seg

the mayor of philadelphia said yesterday this new normal of social distancing could last in philadelphia through the summer. alex? >> maura barrett, thanks for the heads-up on that and the timeline. appreciate it. joining me right now dr. stefan flores from irving medical center. big welcome to you and our thanks for what you are doing as you, sir, have been on the front lines of this fight. are you seeing signs that we are flattening the curve? >> yeah. thank you for having me. as governor cuomo has stated, there has been hopeful statistics. please interpret these with caution. admissions in discharge are down thopts as well as to the icu. again, people are dying, and they will continue to die. so the numbers are grossly understated across all things that we are seeing. the number of cases, because we are obviously still under testing at this point and we haven't been widespread testing, fatalities as well as we know, patients are dying before they even get to the hospital. even hoplgzs. admission and discharge criteria has shifted during this pandemic. that is something everyone needs

what are the conditions like in philadelphia right now?s you said, over 7,000 positive cases and over 200 people succumbed. we're holding our own. you know firsthand, we have the best hospitals in the world, some of the best hospitals in the world, and they're not at full capacity yet. there's enough icu beds, there's enough ventilators, and there's enough regular bed capacity. we set up a surge hospital at the terrific temple university, it's been wonderful to us. we have that ready to go. we have not accepted a patient there yet. we expect it to be staffed by thursday, and potentially taking patients that are not as sick, who are stepping down, into that facility to free up room for the people who are sicker. >> mr. mayor, do the health care workers in philadelphia have all of the protective gear, all of the ventilators that you need in case you see a greater surge? >> we have a capacity of ventilators now. we're working on the purchase of a -- like a hybrid ventilator that was developed at mit and jefferson university, we're in the proc

we are trying to stay between them and the city of philadelphia. >> tell us about your forces. what type of men are they? >> hopefully you keep this among ourselves, but we do have 3000 troops, of which i have found about 2400 are fit for duty. the remainder have fallen ill from malnutrition and from the weather and we are caring for them further north of the river. we have 2400 troops ready to go. we have three days rations cut, three runs variation each and we expect to get them a good fight. >> my name is frank lyons, from hardly just down the street nine portraying colonel john whoever from marvel head, massachusetts. colonel glover was the commander of the 14 fundamental regiment which was also known as the marble had mariners's. marble head is a small town about ten miles north of boston when the american revolution started. are the same part of this part of the united states on the east coast. because of the intolerable acts, all those british and documents that led up to the american revolution, most of the men at marble head were unemployed and very unhappy and they we

please welcome gretchen to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] >> good evening. it's wonderful to be in this great city of philadelphia and i apologize rick could not join us this evening. he had an emergency and italy but i hope we a jewel on - - enjoy the preview of the film. so i'm sure many of you have seen the green book movie i will talk this evening of the broader story and that is about the automobile and the role it played in african-american life. how important your mobility is to you. how important is it that you will travel where you want to and how important is that to american liberty? the ability to travel freely is something that we all take for granted. but if you think of the role that played for african-americans very much of american history they were prohibited from traveling freely. travel and the idea of journey is central to the african-american experience. and that begins a journey for african-americans and is central to what it means to be black in this country. but the idea of travel is about forced travel this is a slave path with benj

the situation with hospitals in philadelphia right now is okay.ey do have to use them, this will be filled with coronavirus patients who have tested positive. now, that number is starting to slow. we did hear from dr. birx, as you said earlier, she praised officials here in philadelphia, including the mayor, for start to change the curve. that number of positive cases is slowing by the day. we heard from the health commissioner today. he said it was 522, that is a similar number that we've heard over the past several days. but health officials are very much warning that they are not out of the woods, that things could change, there could be a surge, again, in the virus if it finds a new population. we spoke with the managing director, brian abernathy, for the city of philadelphia earlier. here's what he had to say. >> we are optimistic. the last few days have shown signs of a plateau. but we're not taking that for granted, certainly the virus can find another population to spread in. we certainly remain concerned about community spread of the viru

one of those places is now philadelphia. a city that the white house is calling a hot spot of particular concern. it has almost 5,800 confirmed cases of covid-19 and has had 137 deaths. joining me now from outside the university of pennsylvania medical center in philadelphia, mara barrett. philadelphia officials are pushing back against the white house's characterization of their concern about the city becoming one of the next hot spots, but the numbers they're painting might be a different picture. >> that's right. here in philadelphia they saw the highest death toll in one day with 33 deaths here in the city. of course we're about 90 miles south of new york city and weeks behind that city when it comes to the positive coronavirus cases and deaths. the mayor here is cautiously optimistic because over the past couple of days they've seen a stable uptick in positive cases, about 500 per day, but it's important to note that as we've seen in our reporting that this virus disproportionately affects african-americans, and in phil

deborah birx warned that philadelphia, baltimore, washington, d.c. are expected to become new hot spots for the coronavirus. what do these cities need to be doing right now to brace for a potential surge? we all hope obviously these cities aren't going to become another new york city. >> well, right. and i think, you know, especially when it comes to the corridor, the baltimore, d.c. corridor when you look at some of the modeling, it does follow a trajectory at least the early part of the curve that's similar to where new york city was a couple of weeks ago. and i think that's what prompted these concerns. i think in d.c., for example, i was just looking at the model. wolf, you may remember the first case was actually diagnosed march 7th. so just a month ago and the first person who died was march 20th. you get an idea how quick these things change in these areas. what they're going to need to do, wolf, is the same sorts of things we've seen in washington, d.c. luckily i think the stay at home orders with relative to the timing of the curve earlier i

was john adams one of those in philadelphia observed on may 20th. every post and every day rolls in upon us. independence, like a torrent. they are writing to the dell gants about independence and the delegates are starting to get the message. it wasn't just john adams. other delegates too were starting to get this message from their own constituents and on friday, june 7, 1776 1776, this man richard henry lee, a member of the virginia delegation, introduced to the continental congress the first formal proposal for american's independence for that body's history, a resolution to declare that these united colonies are and of right ought to be free and independent states, that they are ab solved of all allegiance to the british claim and all political connection between them and the state of britain ought to be finally dissolved. two days of intense debate followed richard henry lee's resolution. though the outcome of that debate may not be the result you are expecting. richard henry lee, john adams and other delegate it's in favor of independence did

, to new york and then to philadelphia by the time the tea ship reached philadelphia coming up the delaware philadelphians knew what happened in boston and they did not know what happened in charleston but knew what happened in boston and so they figured out and they were clever and they figured outut that what we do if we just don't let the tea enter we don't let the tea ship enter the harbor of it if the tea ship does not enter the harbor and were not confronted with this 20 day deadline that confronted the bostonians and the people in charleston. recently they intercepted the tea ship as he came up the delaware and gave out big handbills to the pilots on the delaware river with a description of the tea ship and the description of the captain saying whatever you do, don't let this guy come near philadelphia. in fact, the underside of the ship and they persuaded the captain that he was smart not to come into the harbor and he didn'tto put he resupplied the ship and turned around and headed backed to england. the same thing happened with the ship going to york although it happened much late

, it was in the heart of a very nice elite district on market six street, to go to philadelphia today, there is a memorial on half of the floorplan on the first floor, all of the secretaries lived basically within six blocks of the presidents house, so did many of the elite homes and it was a very -- people say washington, d.c. is a small world today, has nothing on philadelphia in the 1790s because it was a very small community, they all went to the same shops, they all went to the same market, the same merchants, they attended the same theaters, they intended the same social clubs, library and they went to each other's homes in that network in that neighborhood was really important because not only could jefferson not escape each other in the actual study that i showed, when i left the home, they probably were running into each other fairly regularly at social events and other things, i know we had records that they use the same taylor to say th tailor their seats, the likelihood they were running into each other was pretty good and they just could not escape each other, philadelphi

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what happens in philadelphia and new york? because paulpe revere wrote on - - road immediately to philadelphia so by the time the t ship reached be - - philadelphia they knew what had happened in boston. they didn't know charleston but they did know boston. so they were clever and figured out what we do was don't let the tea ship enter the harbor. if it doesn't that we are not confronted with the 20 day deadline that confronted the bostonians and charleston. so they intercepted the. tea ship to put out big handbells to the pilots to say this is a description to say whatever you do don't let them come by philadelphia. they intercepted the ship , they persuaded the captain he was smart not to come into the harbor and he didn't. he resupplied and headed backun to england. the same thing happened with the ship going to new york although it happened much later because the tea ship was blown off course by the north atlantic gail and ended up spending the winter and in antigua. [laughter] but it made the tea captain in antigua i abso

inn news of his emancipation his will got out, it was -- inated in anti-slavery philadelphia, there is a stunning eulogy to george washington, celebrating his act saying it was the last act that has made him a figure for all americans to celebrate. it really is worth reading. recognizednk it is as much as people would have loved for washington to free all the slaves in his lifetime, which he could not figure out how to do. an importantmes arrow in the quiver of the antislavery movement for white and black in the north of the united states. wants this toarly take place, this 18th-century notion that he could emulate behavior similar to his agricultural forms. he wanted to show how to do it here and that would trickle down in the world. it is an old-fashioned idea of what rave men are supposed to do as political agents of society. way of political, radical change, but washington was not a radical man. he lived and died in the 18th century. is the most important item we know was written in this space but it is worth studying and there was a lot more that is done here. you talk about the p

of course is philadelphia and not washington dc but why was he so eager tell us how people viewed him at that time. >> and the truth is to leave the presidency that he was convinced that the country would come apart and he immediately would regret the decision to serve a second term. and said he would rather be anywhere the be president of the united states by the time the second term ends no one could have convinced him to serve a third term. he wanted to return to mount vernon and live out his days as a farmer and fix up the house here which he thought had gone into ruin and wanted to put his personal papers in order because he knew people like me would one day want to write his biography and that is how he saw his post- presidency going very peaceful of course it was anything but peaceful it was personal tormen torment. >> but now there is precedent as others have gone out of the white house with the sequence of those events and then raise money through your library eventually but there was no precedent at that time as he could look to the future for himself. >> you do have to rais

an article might tell you about philadelphia and the things you could do and see in philadelphia. or it might tell you about chicago. usually they are geographically situated and they told you the places where you might be welcome to visit. the green book also recorded the black middle class and reflects black middle class values about polite and well mannered behavior. i think you can see that here, it's a very charming middle-class couple with matched luggage. you can see a little bit of their car and you can see their suburban neighborhood. that's in the background. it was the black middle class that could afford to travel. and green shows us the ideal black traveling couple. over the course of the life of the green book, the content expanded from just new york, new jersey and connecticut, to the entire east coast. then the entire united states, than all of north america and finally europe, africa and asia. but there were other travel guides like this one, this is the baltimore afro-american travel map. it is part of the newspaper. other guides were called the go guide, travel

our message to the people of the philadelphia area is now more than ever. the practice, the social distancing so that philadelphia. to some extent even pittsburgh. do not have to endure. what other communities before them have had to endure and also this from the top health advisers to the president we always talk about honoring the fallen and i think for every american what we can do now to honor the fallen fallen. >>and given the really their deaths to this just horrible disease to the health care workers that are then front lines trying to save every single one to honor them and to honor our elders and the individuals that we know are at the greatest risk. >>for bad outcomes. we all need to continue to do our work. >>theresa kron 4 news. we're now getting a look at the data that reveals racial disparities and medical outcomes of covid-19 patients in the african american community kron four's haaziq madyun talked with a medical health care provider about underlying health conditions, the coronavirus and the black community. >>according to new statistics r

to new york and then to philadelphia by the time the tea ship reached a philadelphia coming up the delaware they knew what have happened in boston. they did not know what have happened in charleston but they knew what happened in boston. they figured out and they were clever. what we do is we just don't let the t enter the harbor.er if it doesn't enter the harbor we are not confronted with a 20 day deadline that confronted the bostonians in the people in charleston. he intercepted the ship as it came up in delaware. they put out to big handbells to the pilots on the delaware river with the description seen whatever you do don't let this guy come near philadelphia. in fact they intercepted the ship paper stated the captain that he was smart and not top come into the harbor and he didn't. he resupplied the ship and he has turned around and headed back to new england. although it happened much later. it was blown off course by an north atlantic gail and ended up spending the winter in antigo. what it did was made the t captain who was there know absolutely what have happened and all of the are

to new york and then philadelphia, by the time the teak ship went to philadelphia, coming off delaware but philadelphians knew what happened in boston. they didn't know what happened in charleston but they knew what happened in boston. so they figured out that what we do, we just don't let the teak ship entered the harbor. if it doesn't enter the harbor, then we are not confronted with this headline in the people in charleston. basically they intercepted the teacher after it came in, whatever you do, don't let this come to philadelphia. in fact, they intercepted the ship, they persuaded the captain that he was smart not to come into the harbor and he didn't. he resupplied the ship and he turned around and headed back. the same thing happened with the ship going to new york, although it happened much later because the teak ship headed to new york was blown off course and ended up there which i'm sure many would like to do but this is the teak captain there and what happened in all the areas in north america when the tea chips came in from so they wrote a letter to new york saying well,

because i was from philadelphia.said i don't want to do that. , so then i had a third option, which is why don't we open , stores all over philadelphia? he said, i don't want to do that either. i said, dad, why don't you want to do this? he said, i am happy the way i am. i have a house. i have two cars. i have enough money to send you and your brothers to college and that is really all i want. i shook my head, and i went, i don't understand that. i just saw the opportunity to open stores all over the country. he just did not want to do it. what was surprising to me is he was very intelligent. david: you say in your book that he was far more intelligent than you that might be an , exaggeration, but he obviously was a smart person. steve: that was not an exaggeration. because i would talk to him when i was starting my career on things. no matter what i was working on, he could always find the weakness in the argument or the deal. david: what about your mother? what did she do? steve: she was just aggressive. she was a

an area of particular concern we were briefed on this morning is philadelphia. i spoke today to governor tom wolf. as we begin to see early trendlines in philadelphia, i assured him we will continue to flow resources and support to that community, but our message to the people of the philadelphia area is that now ofe than ever the practice social distancing, so extentlphia and to some even pittsburgh do not have to endure what other communities before them have had to endure. also today, at the president's direction, we hosted a conference call with every republican member of the house of representatives and every democrat member of the house of representatives. we expressed our appreciation to speaker nancy pelosi and leader kevin mccarthy for convening. we brought together key members of our task force team, the secretary of treasury discussed the progress we made on paycheck protection. he reported to members of congress that so far, we are working with more than 3600 lenders across the country, and have disbursed more than $98 billion in forgivable loans. th

it was done by a french portrait painter whil i was military governor in philadelphia. washington is with hamilton and knox and others at the hartford conference in downtown hartford conferring for three days with french general row sham bow and his retinue. this is september of 1780. it is the same stretch of time, those three days. around 21st, 22nd, 23nd, the same, 22nd is when alexander hamilton, benedict arnold rather, is meeting with john andre, aka john anderson, and they are meeting just south of west point. it is on the same day. uncanny timing. after that conference in hartford, washington is returning with hamilton and lafayette and others back to west point to meet with hamilton -- i mean, arnold rather to go over the fortifications at west point. arnold is absent. he's gone. washington is trying to figure out why isn't he here expecting the earth works with me? something is amiss. now, it is very clear that arnold has already decided he is going to escape on the apartmently named hms vulture. a great one for a trader. and hamilton decides immediately the qu

our message to the people of the philadelphia area is now more than ever. the practice, the social distancing so that philadelphia. to some extent even pittsburgh. do not have to endure. what other communities before them. they've had to endure and also this from the top health advisers to the president we always talk about honoring the fallen and i think for every american what we can do now to honor the fallen fallen. >>and given their really their deaths to this just horrible disease to the health care workers that are then front lines trying to save every single one to honor them and to honor our elders and the individuals that we know are at the greatest risk. >>for bad outcomes. we all need to continue to do our work. >>theresa kron 4 news. tonight house officials in the bay area have confirmed there are more than 4,000 cases of coronavirus here so here's a breakdown of the latest numbers by county. santa clara county still has the most cases and deaths with 46 people losing their lives so far san mateo county has 21 deaths, 10 people have died from c

ca[laughter] so he says send me an update of philadelphia. so he really does push the boundaries of confidentiality he really does want them to go further and says don't go too far but let me know what's happening. so what is happening with the foreign-policy crisis developing between united states and france. france has been seizing american ships at sea and john adams has sent envoys to france to negotiate a settlement is a long period of time everybody's waiting to find out you can see washington getting more and more agitated. what happened to the envoys they said were they guillotined? the answer comes it will up and his peaceful retirement. >> we will get to that but first we hear a lot these days about the relationship between presidents and the press what was thatpr relationship like back in washington's days? did he read the press to supplement what he was getting directly from the former appointees in w office? >> that's a great question. if you look back at this. it was always a difficult relationship. george washington, one of the

while in philadelphia he slaves.ed to retain his for those who escaped, were their efforts in philadelphia to change his views on slaveowning? and bonnie asks, how strongly did franklin push his position of antislavery on washington, and in what setting, such as the constitutional convention, did franklin speak on slavery? why don't you take both of those and add what you would like. edward: these are great questions, both of them. and that certainly was the achilles' heel for washington because, as your people, as these questioners ask, franklin was pushed on being a model to oppose slavery. remember, franklin had become the president of the first abolitionist society in america. franklin was taking the lead in opposing, calling for the end of slavery. he was working worldwide with abolitionist leaders in france and in england to abolish slavery. pennsylvania, first state to abolish slavery. washington comes there as president. now, he pressed washington, but more importantly, so did so many of his advisers. hamilton, lafayette, lawrence. they all pressed washington during the revolution.

this was done by a french portrait painter in philadelphia.washington is with lafayette, hamilton, and henry knox and others at the hartford conference in downtown hartford conferring for three days with french general rochambeau. it is the same stretch of time, the three days, the 21st, 22nd, 23rd, the same 22nd is when alexander hamilton -- benedict arnold, is meeting with john andre, a.k.a. john anderson, and they are meeting south on the same day. uncanny timing. after that conference in hartford, washington is returning with hamilton and lafayette and others back to west point to meet with them to go over the fortifications at west point. arnold is absent, he is gone. washington is trying to figure out, why isn't he here? something is amiss. it is very clear that arnold has decided he is going to escape on the hms vulture. that is a great one for a traitor. hamilton, the quick thinking officer he is, washington decides he must prepare the army for a counter attack. first, he attempts to capture arnold himself. he jumps on horseback with t

just yesterday the philadelphia health commissioner said another 33 people died in philadelphia. that's the highest spike in one day for coronavirus deaths. and so the mayor and the health minister are really focused on making sure they have enough supplies, protective gear, and tests necessary for protecting against and preventing coronavirus. luckily the state this week, the governor of pennsylvania put in an executive order that will allow hospitals around the state to share materials into high need, high population areas. that's here in philadelphia because obviously it's one of the denser areas just across the river from new jersey and only 2 hours south of new york city, guys. so i spoke with a nursing homeworker who's concerned about the lack of ppe that is available at her facility. she's up in schuylkill county so about an hour and a half north of here at a facility that houses 130 elderly residents and she's worked there for 17 years and she told me they're only getting one mask per week when they go into work, so they have to take care of their mask and save it for the

alex marquardt, cnn, philadelphia. >>> a surreal site at the vatican. st.eter's square deserted save for a cross. the pandemic is putting holy week in a new light for those who celebrate. more on that coming up. and... let's get started. (music fades in) hey! -hi! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound ♪ >>> churches around the world are closed due to the pandemic, but that is not stopping andrea a b bocelli from holding a free concert. the beloved tenor will be accompanied by the church organist and sfretreamed for dee through his youtube page. and he is also scheduled to perform next week. can't get enough of that beautiful voice. >>> pope francis is celebrating good friday in an empty st. peter's basilica. traditionally there is also a way of the cross at the coliseum but moved to the st. peter's square due to the health crisis. the pope has been praying for priests who have died during the pandemic calling them saints next door. >>> christians around the world this week's holy week has been filled with canceled or scaled back religious services. bu

but the other hot spot on the east coast is philadelphia america's 6th largest city has extended its stay at home order for about 12 days give it out as on those in philadelphia for us just give us an indication what the economic impact of this locks on has been there. it's been absolutely devastating not only on the city of philadelphia but the entire state of pennsylvania a very large state here in the northeast of the united states a population of about 12000000 people here in pennsylvania and the economic impact has been absolutely extreme as it has been on many states but particularly here just within the last 5 weeks or so about 1500000 people from pennsylvania have lost their jobs that means the unemployment rate here in the state is an astounding 23 percent this is the scene you're getting in many states around the country but particularly in states like pennsylvania just incredible amounts of unemployment because of factory jobs manufacturing jobs restaurants tourism here all of it is just been completely shut down now it's a little after 930 here in the morning in downtown

they foster 50 children and bring them back to philadelphia. what we're showing here is some americans who took these extraordinary risks and to think about what was in the realm of the possible. they are rescuing the children as congress is unwilling to pass a bill to aid refugee children. sometimes what the actions that individual americans take can have much more impact or impact individuals in a different way as the government is failing to take action on behalf of refugees. in the first half of the exhibition, you are looking at the early years, before world war ii begins. you are looking at 1933 to 1939. we're trying to ask some enduring questions in the exhibition. what do americans know about naziism early on? how do they respond to the collapse of a democracy? then especially in this section of the exhibition, how are americans debating their responsibility to respond to this refugee crisis? what actions are individual americans trying to take? how are some trying to sponsor refugees? what is the government doing or not doing on behalf

. >> so you reflect on the fact washington's farm felt very far from philadelphia but philadelphia was never far from his thoughts. how did he adjust to life back here in mount vernon? >> he was monitoring the improvements and then to get them in order at the same time the very hard time in the then capital of philadelphia he is a voracious reader of newspapers but they don't satisfy him. he wants to know more. so what does he do? he goes tom.m. the people the members of john adams cabinet. and to retain all cabinet secretaries. [laughter] so he really does push the boundaries of confidentiality. don't go too far but so what is happening with the foreign-policy crisis developing between united states and france. and has been seizing american ships at sea and he has been sending envoys to france to negotiate a settlement everybody is waiting to find out to these envoys so you can see washington is getting more and more agitated and finally he writes a letterin to say that he is very eager to know and when the answer comes it will completely upend his peaceful retirement. >> we will get

anyone who refuses or resists being sold is sent to philadelphia to the new jail in philadelphia whereellow fever is rampant. a group of 128 men who are confined there in philadelphia for one year, of the 128, 20 perished in philadelphia. that gives you some sense. washington was deeply, deeply upset by this. he could not control it. they could command his army, but not command congress. he was a subject of congress. congress was answerable to the states. he had no power over that. he continually tries to arrange informal exchanges with the british, to no avail. they continue trying and can never agree on terms. the states are guarding the prisoners not giving them back to washington. no, they are our prisoners now. we will hold them in exchange for our guys. washington has to confess he feels deeply embarrassed on the issue of prisoners. prisoners on both sides are going to languish in captivity until the treaty of paris. this is an image done of american prisoners on the famous jersey prison ship. showing the sunken faces of these men. we don't have any images for the british prisone

that report from wpvi in philadelphia. and a short time ago, president trump confirming he's now issuing new orders under the defense production act to make desperately needed equipment. the governor of new york today saying ventilators could run out in six days. and tonight, the numbers here at home. in just two weeks time, we've gone from 11,000 reported cases to 236,000 in the u.s. the death toll rising to more than 5,600. more than 1,100 dying in just 24 hours. and tonight, we've learned a staggering 6.6 million americans applying for unemployment benefits. that's 10 million in just the past two weeks. and if you've lost your job, what about health insurance? we have some important options for you right here tonight. the mayor of los angeles now urging people to wear masks. just a short time ago, new york city's mayor now telling new yorkers to wear masks when you leave home. and will the white house offer national guidelines? we're also out across the country. texas expected to be one of the next hot spots. this site

back to you. >> and from one epicenter, let's crossover to philadelphia.ow are hospitals bracing themselves for what is potentially going to be a break point next week? >> reporter: ayman, the hospitals and state officials say that the hospitals here are in fact prepared. this of course is as the federal government has designated philadelphia a potentially emerging hot spot. there are about 5,000 cases here in the city compared to 18,000 across the state. and in terms of deaths, philadelphia has seen about 100 deaths from coronavirus. just north of 300 deaths across the state. this is why the federal government has said it's basically going to bump up philadelphia in terms of priority when it comes to receiving those ventilators and ppe. but what's interesting is that when you talk to state and local officials, they say that they are prepared. they say those new cases are actually stabilizing and they've got about 40% of their icu beds that are available and 70% of their ventilators that are available. they expect to approach their peak in late april. and