todd elleren in massachusetts, and tom bossert, former homeland security adviser to president trump.thank you for joining us tonight. doctor, let me start but, sir. we had at least 185 deaths in the u.s. today, what does that tell you? >> it tells us the epidemic is worsening and it's not necessarily equal across the country. the other states shouldn't feel like, you know, we have a lot of time. we need to prepare just in case we're the next hot zone. >> tom, things are difficult right now in many places. as you know, the president is concerned about the economy, rightfully so. and wants the country up and running by easter. from your perspective, is this a wise decision? >> yeah, i was very encouraged to see the president clarify that message today from the podium. we can't have one standard for removing the isolation measures from anyo one community and we can't have one date to remove them. we're going to have to make those decisions based on where we see hotter and cooler spots, and we're going to have to make those decisions based on where we have the resources to execute the re

todd elleren outside boston says the hospital has been inundated with test requests. >> i've been floodediders who have flu-like symptoms and are testing negative for the flu and a broad range of respiratory viruses. we have to ask ourselves, what's filling in that gap? i think there's a good chance covid-19 is the pathogen. >> reporter: quick and accurate testing he says more important than ever. >> there's no question that at this point when we think we have community transmission, when you know there's community transmission that means there's a lot more undiagnosed cases than diagnosed cases. we have to up our level of testing. >> reporter: in washington state, the seattle mayor says the lack of tests played a vital role. ten nursing homes and long-term care facilities are reporting coronavirus. >> i think as a region and state, we do not yet have enough testing capacity. because we don't have enough testing and the cdc rules about who could get tested and the very few numbers of test kits we had we missed how widely and quickly this disease was spreading. >> reporter: washington gove