fashion designer christian siriano.lp last week with this tweet. siriano sees it and he responds, i'm in, and he gets his whole team to start making masks. guess how many he's made in just days? let's hear it from him. christian siriano, welcome to "prime time" and thank you for what you're doing, brother. >> thank you so much. >> so how many masks? >> we are -- we are up to almost 500 a day. so we will have a couple thousand by the end of the week and we're really excited. i mean, who knew that that was what we were going to be doing. >> why did you do it? >> i think it just was like, it felt like the right moment. i think, you know, i was listening to the governor every day, and i felt kind of like we couldn't do anything. i mean, my whole team, we make gowns all day so i was like, well, we can sew, we can try to help. even if we help 2,000 people. that's 2,000 more than we didn't before, so why not? >> the need is so desperate. i know the state is grateful and they've reached out to you. so because you're a designer,

christian siriano is open for business.s of masks a day for health care workers and first responders. >> we need those masks, those gowns, gloves and we need them now. >> reporter: this after new york governor andrew cuomo made the urgent plea last week for medical gear. siriano, one of the first to jump into action tweeting that he has, quote, a full sewing team still on staff working from home that can help. cuomo applauding siriano responding, appreciate his help so much. who's next? let's do this together, new york. siriano honoring his offer to help as many as he can. now christian siriano joins us live from his new york studio along with his amazing team. we thank you for getting up and showing us what you are doing. what made you get motivated to get to work on these masks? >> i just felt like it was kind of, like, well, what can we do? we have an office, but we can't really do everything from home. we were, like, how can we help in some way? we make clothes every day, so we can make masks every day. it was really a

siriano posted this photo tonight of a prototype. he didn't wait to jump in.nity and he is helping where he is needed because he knows that he can. thank you for being an american. more of our best. you hear about the distilleries switching to producing hand sanitizer? their main ingredient, alcohol, right? no brainer. so they are using their stock, adding inactive ingredients, churning out the recipe that will help save lives. that's what i'm talking about. that's who we are when things get tough. we can all be part of the solution. little things. doing what we're asked to do. ordering restaurant takeout or delivery. tip generously. give blood. this is, truly, a roll-up-your-sleeves moment. together, as always, as one. that's all for us. d. lemon's going to be back sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern with a special edition of cnn tonight with the latest, of course, on the crisis. we have the news. we're here for you. stay with cnn. . we've got the retinol that gives you results in one week. not just any retinol. accelerated retinol sa. for not only smoother skin in o

like fashion designer christian siriano.he tweets an offer today to my brother, the governor of new york. he says i've got, you know, people who can sew. we're ready to go. we'll make masks using the full team. and the governor's office hears about it. takes him up on that. and look at this. siriano posted this photo tonight of a prototype. he didn't wait to jump in. he saw an opportunity, and he's helping where he is needed because he knows that he can. thank you for being an american. more of our best. you hear about the distilleries? switching to producing hand sanitizer. their main ingredient, alcohol, right? no brainer. so they are using their stock, adding inactive ingredients. churning out the recipe that will help save lives. that's what i'm talking about. that's who we are when things get tough. we can all be part of the solution. little things. doing what we're asked to do. ordering restaurant takeout or delivery. tip generously. give blood. this is truly a roll-up-your-sleeves moment. together, as always, as one.

it was great to see christian siriano. where are you zach posen? where are the other designers in you know, i'm not calling anybody out. but you know what i'm saying. >> you did just call them out by the way. look. i think what -- what this is reminding all of us, and i think one of the things that took you and i by surprise. and we say this to people all the time, don and i. you know, one of the regrets right now is i'm not seeing don as often as i normally would. people see us together all the time and they say, oh, you're really friends. we all have to care about one another. i love don lemon. he is the family i choose. and there is a lot of love that goes into doing the job. because it's not easy right now. it's scary for us, too. we got families and we're traveling around but the commitment is real and that's why people watch your show because the fact that you care comes pouring out everything about you. >> everything -- what you see on tv is same thing in person. chris and i -- so you'll see -- you'll see chris and i, we'll disagree on camer

christiane siriano said his staff is standing by with sewing machines, ready to make masks. the project runway winner and governor cuomo had discussions about it. >>> still to come, the state of california is essentially on lockdown after the governor issued a stay-at-home order for nonessential workers. we'll talk with california democratic congresswoman judy chu about if there should be a national lockdown stay at home order and what she wants to see in the relief bill negotiated by the senate today. that's next. ts with moderately to severely active crohn's disease, stelara® works differently. studies showed relief and remission, with dosing every 8 weeks. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection or flu-like symptoms or sores, have had cancer, or develop new skin growths, or if anyone in your house needs or recently had a vaccine. alert your doctor of new or worsening problems, inclu

with a nationwide shortage of medical supplies, fashion designer christian siriano offered to make maskswhich helps answers questions about what to do when you've got nothing but peanut butter and beans. a chef a musician and the host of the song explorer pod cast. they both join me now. i'm so excited to have you here and about this podcast. tell me what inspired you to do this as a podcast? >> well, he's my good friend and we've been talking about doing a podcast together for over a year, and i'm always like i don't want to do it but right now we're all trapped at home and under constraint is kind of where i shine and i'm happy to help. i'm happy to serve. so she'll he texted me about a week ago like let's do this and i said okay and within 15 minutes he had set the whole thing, talked with the podcast, apple producing everything and we started going. >> what is the best story that has come out of your producing this podcast so far? >> as simin said, it's only been a week but i think we've gotten a lot of great e-mails from strangers and also from friends. it's been really nice to see

good to see christian siriano. i know zach. christian is a great guy. where is zach and the other designers? i'm not calling anybody out, but you know what i'm saying? >> you did just call him out, by the way. look. i think what this is reminding all of us and i think one of the things that took you and i by surprise and we say this to people all the time, don and i. one of the regrets right now i'm not seeing don as often as i normally would. we spend a lot of time together and people see us together all the time and say you really are friends. we all have to care about one another. i love don lemon. he is the family i choose and a lot of love goes into doing the job because it's not easy right now. it's scary for us too. we have families too and traveling around and the commitment is real and we will get through it and people watch your show because the way you care comes pouring out everything on tv. >> you'll see chris and i, we will disagree on camera and you'll see governor kasich and i getting in an argument. chris and i fight the same way in per

. >> reporter: fashion designer christian siriano also offering to help.ing his sewing team could make masks. throughout this past week celebrities stepping up. >> please donate if you can. >> reporter: donating their time, resources and influence to help during this uncertain time for so many americans. ♪ >> reporter: from concerts streamed right to our living rooms to story time, brought to us by our favorite stars. taylor swift and kylie jenner. >> please stay inside, you guys. >> reporter: urging the millions of fans to take social distancing seriously. and stars making big donations. >> my bag's gone. >> "modern family's" eric stone street donating 200,000 meals for food banks in his city. justin timberlake supporting his tome houn, memphis, with donations for food banks. kristen bell announcing she'll give $150,000, plus $7.96 to no her ungry, the extra $7.96 fro and blake lively and ryan reynolds donating $1 million to food banks in canada. the executive producers of "grey's anatomy" tells us we're overwhelmed with dprat gratitude for our health car

you saw christian siriano and fashion designers making masks.e people stepping up to try to get this done. new york, we need you. >> all right. councilman corey johnson. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thanks, chris. >>> coming up, the dangerous emerging red state/blue state divide when it comes to handling the global pandemic. why so believe it is more important to send people back to work than it is to save the lives of fellow americans, next. - i've been pretty stable with my schizophrenia for a while, and then my kids asked me why my body was rocking back and forth. my doctor said i have tardive dyskinesia, which may be related to important medications i take for my schizophrenia. i also felt my tongue darting and pushing against my cheeks. i was worried what others would think. td can affect different parts of the body, and it may also affect people who take medications for depression and bipolar disorder. i know i shouldn't change or stop my medication so i was relieved there are treatment options for td. - if this sounds like

you saw christian siriano and fashion designers making masks.ou have people stepping up to try to get this done. new york, we need you. >> all right. councilman corey johnson. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thanks, chris. >>> coming up, the dangerous emerging red state/blue state divide when it comes to handling the global pandemic. why so believe it is more important to send people back to work than it is to save the lives of fellow americans, next. >>> you may have noticed there's a growing chorus of conservatives now saying essentially, look, it is maybe worth killing off a huge number of old people in order to get the economy humming. lieutenant governor of texas dan patrick made essentially that very argument on trump tv last night. >> no one reached out to me and said as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the america that all-america loves for your children and grandchildren. and if that's the exchange, i'm all in. those of us who are 70-plus, we'll take care of ourselve

and across the globe, and fashion designer and "project runway" host christian siriano is stepping upf cuomo says we need masks, my team will help make some. i have a full sewing team working from home that can help. he's just waiting on approval to mass produce and distribute a few thousand masks a week for hospitals in new york and california. thank you, christian. >>> and tv hospitals are helping the real ones. medical shows currently on high yay tus like "grey's anatoanato and "the good doctor" have donated gowns and masks from their wardrobe departments. and look at the haul the fox show "the resident" just dropped off at grady hospital in atlanta. thank you so much. abc's "station 19" dropped off 300 of the coveted n95 medical masks that they use to wear on the show, at the ontario fire department. the fire department so grateful, thanking them on instagram with the hashtag heros not just on tv. and we agree. everybody doing their part. >> what a wonderful idea for medical shows to do that. >> yep. they don't need it for the time being and so many sure do, so happy to report tha

tomorrow on "gma," fashion designer christian siriano is going to join us live from his studio as heh care workers on the front lines. really appreciate him for doing that. >> i know. >> how great. >>> right now it is time for "pop news" with lara spencer. take us away. >>> good morning, everybody. good morning to you. we're going to begin with tito's vodka and -- >> whoo! >> yeah. >> not just because it's rather popular in these days -- >> in the studio. >> i'm sorry. did i say that out loud? >> it's a disin fek >> the makers of tito's are doing double duty, using their knowledge and ingredients to help make much needed hand sanitizer, announcing on twitter that the tito's distillery would be working hard on the production of 24 tons of sanitizer that meets industry standards. they plan to give away their sanitizer free of charge to those who need it most. and another company stepping up, louis vuitton, moet hennessy, also known as lvmh, the titan that produces fragrances has added sanitizer to its list of products, and no luxury price tag here. the french conglomerate will deliver