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it's tracy morgan, everybody how are you doing, tracy >> yo, what up, what up? this is crazy, man this is freaky-deaky, man. i made love with my wife like this last night. [ laughter ] >> seth: oh, man, my goodness. tracy, you've gone through some - >> yeah, foreplay went like this this was our foreplay. [ laughter ] i took the mask off. that's foreplay. >> seth: tracy, where are you in the house right now? >> right now i'm in my great room see my piano, the dogs way back there. it's huge, man >> seth: yeah, do you play the piano? >> what? >> seth: do you play the piano >> what? do i look like i'm down with the commodores to you? i look like i was the son of the bass player from earth, wind and fire come on. that's for looks, brother. >> seth: let me ask you about something i know you know something about. your aquarium. how are your -- i know you have sharks you got eels you got an octopus how are the fish holding up? >> they're fighting. >> seth: yeah. >> they don't like wearing hospital masks in the water. >> seth: you're making the marine life wear the masks

and i never thought i would say this but listen to tracy moore begun on howard stern other day. >> if all of us are scared then we're going to die and never going to live. >> well -- i just feel you're being a little cavalier about it and i'm worried with all of the people. >> not being cavalier i don't live in fear all day long. if you're not partying, we're concerned we just don't see people going to tv set all day long. i don't to count no more bodies. no i rather see people that are recovering. i would rather give us some type of hope. out there world is still spinning. mean to tell me you're staying in your house for a month straight who do you think you are noah's ark? >> that's what i'm doing. that's what i'm doing. [bleep] better get out you're going to become like mannable that's like on the hill -- [laughter] now tracy is cracking jokes but seriously folks keep your chin up out there. this is the united states of america. we'll battle back and once we do we'll be better than ever. joining me now dr. anthony fauci, director of the national institute of allergy infectious dise

we have a live look at the amazon distribution center in tracy.loyee last worked at that facility on april 1st, and it's not clear how the person became infected. but tomorrow workers from companies including amazon, target and fedex plan to hold may day strikes over what they say are unsafe work conditions. >>> new details this morning in a month's old mystery finally solved. maybe you remember dashcam video that showed a car plunging off a cliff in late december. divers tried for weeks to find signs of the car, and some even thought maybe that video had been doctored. but chp just announcing the driver was a san francisco woman named tracy ivory sinclair. they id'd her from the remains eventually recovered and matched it with the type of car she owned. that car still has not been found. >>> pg&e will have to revamp the way it inspects high-voltage power lines. that's what a judge ordered. the judge said pg&e will have to hire in-house experts to over see, and they are requiring better record keeping. pg&e has until the end of may to respond. >>>

tracie? >> reporter: hi, good morning, marcus. good morning, everyone. well, both sides are concerned about health and the economy and the president's new coronavirus task force will be looking at both this week. the president wants to reopen the country as of may 1st. some health experts say we are not ready yet. and this morning on the "today" show we have heard, you will soon hear from, the director of the cdc talking about what it's going to take to get this country to a point where we can reopen for business. >> again, central to the success of that so we stay open is to be able t

reporting live here in tracy, rob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. now to a big development if treating the coronavirus. a drug made by a bay area company is showing promising signs in showing the sickest patients faster. gilead scientists says it's new dr promising results in clinical trials. the anti-viral drug is given to the sickest patients by iv. the national institutes of health preliminary data shows it reduced recovery time in the hospital by four days. this morning on the "today" show, dr. fauci talked about the drug's promise. >> that's important. it's the first step in what we project will be better and better drugs coming along, either alone of this type and drugs addressing other targets of the virus. so it's good news. >> the fda is expected to grant emergency approval for the drug as a front line treatment. >>> well, a small sign of a leak across the bay area. the number of covid-19 patients in intensive care units has declined 30% in three day, according to state data, there are 149 confirmed coronavirus patients in icu care in all n

tracy morgan has the answer.s "today" ont mrs. walker. we're going to talk to him live but firsthis is "today" ont michael vasquez! come over here. i've heard such good things about you, your company. well, i wouldn't have done any of it without you. without this place. this is for you. michael, you didn't have to... and, we're going to need some help with the rest. you've worked so hard to achieve so much. perhaps it's time to partner with someone who knows you and your business well enough to understand what your wealth is really for. come to the right place. one of the funniest guys around, our pal tracy morgan he's with us, his show "the last o.g." returns to tbs tonight with his character tray continuing the fight of reminding people of what his brooklyn used to be like take a look. >> this coffee shop has been a staple in brooklyn for over 30 months, that's over four decades in hipster coffee shop years >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> pardon me, these people paid good money for an authentic tour of brooklyn. so if

i'm tracie potts, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, tracie. a lot of small businesses still waiting for that money to come in and also if you are among the 2 million californians that were left unemployed during this covid crisis, your money may be coming your way as well very soon. about a quarter of a million payments should be hitting mailboxes and debit cards as well within the week. state staffers worked throughout the weekend. let's check in with "today in the bay's" kris sanchez this morning. kris, the stimulus funds went out, too. >> reporter: yeah, and governor gavin newsom said the state of california was among the first states to try to get that money into the hands of people who are so desperate waiting for that life line. i want to show you what you can expect in terms of financial help at this point. if you filed for unemployment, you can expect your weekly benefit as usual, however, with that $600 weekly boost through the federal c.a.r.e.s. act for the next four months should be coming through. those were processed over the week

but the chp has just announced the driver was a san francisco woman named tracy sinclair.hey id'd her remains and the car itself has not been found still. >>> we are learning more than 50 people that voted in person or worked at polls during wisconsin's presidential primary this month tested positive for the coronavirus. the governor there was concerned about the spread and tried to change it to mail-in only and the state supreme court blocked him from doing that. >>> and mike pence will visit an indiana general motors planted today. he made headlines earlier this week when he ignored the face covering rules when he visited a facility. gm plans to build 30,000 machines to add to the national stockpile. >>> happening today the "uss comfort" leaves new york city city. it's set to depart new york harbor this afternoon. the "comfort" docked in march to assist in overloaded hospitals. >>> and then the cockpit view when they flew over new york city earlier this week. operation america strong plans to put on similar aerial shows all the way to texas. >> i love the blue angels. th

himself, tracy morgan with a look at the hilarious new season. plus, nanny to the stars, connie simpson. and all new "tamron hall" starts now. ♪ >> tamron: welcome to "tamron hall" from my home. so, we've been quarantined now for five weeks, and we are surviving and we are getting through this. we've talked a lot about comfort food and cocktails, the way folks are coping with stay-at-home orders, but one thing i can tell you that really helps and doesn't have any calories or side effects is laughter. if there is one person on gods green earth who can crack me up like nobody's business, it is tracy morgan, who is my all-time favorite comedian. you can ask anyone, this is a fact. on his hit tbs show, "the last o.g.," tracy plays an ex-con who returns home to a whole new brooklyn after 15 years in prison. his ex-girlfriend is played by the hilarious tiffany haddish. i love her, as well. they raise their twins with her new husband, the show was amazing. it's smart, relevant, and i'm not kidding, it has literally gotten me through my pregnancy. now "t

just because he was surprising in so many different ways. >> he inspired dick tracy. and he we leaves into that public image and yet was so interpersonal and shy and couldn't think about approaching a stranger in that way or hear somebody who turns down adjusted for inflation one.$5 million a year in bribes. but yet lies about his age on the job application become a prohibition agent. someone we remember as robert stack as the federal agent and yet who has ideas about law enforcement that are progressive for today standard and as much as we owe hollywood for remembering the way the films in the tv shows have mischaracterized and obscured so we find themselves and currently finishing up a sql about the rest of his life. but hopefully we can bring about to the public's attention. >> we have 15 minutes and to have some questions to my vote one - - 11 the discussion further. >> my name is maggie. and this is an interesting talk but my question is your own biases going into write all of your books with a larger than life mythological. and how do you disentangle your biases

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live with this one. tracie? >> reporter: marcus, health experts are calling the president's comments about disinfectants, wiping out this virus extremely dangerous, that no one should be ingesting the produc products. the impact and the new money congress has tried to approve to fix it. with unemployment hitting 26 million in the last month today president trump signed a $484 billion coronavirus stimulus adding millions for small businesses to pay their workers. >> all of it in the interest of job retention and, first and foremost, to address the key issue of health. >> reporter: the science of covid-19 landing president trump in the spotlight again sugge suggesting sun light and ingesting disinfectants. >> we hit the body with tremendous ultraviolet or very powerful light. and then i see the disinfectant knocks it out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside. >> we don't do that within our lab. >> reporter: his own experts refuting disinfectants and heat -- >

potts joins us with the latest tracie, the move is sparking concern about the health of these workers. >> right, frances. some workers are concerned that they will now be required to go back to work in areas and plants where this virus is known to be spreading. more than a dozen meat processing plants have closed around the country, including a couple of the largest. the union for some of these meat processing workers say that as many as 20 have died and they want to see daily testing. president trump says it is his responsibility to protect the food supply. >> we're working with tyson, which is one of the big companies in that world. we always work with the farmers. there's plenty of supply there's plenty of supply, as you know it's distribution. we will probably have that today solved there was a unique circumstance because of liability >> i never thought that ever in the united states, unless there was an act of war declared on us that we would ever, ever have an issue like this. >> now, the president is taking criticism from democrats for using the defense production act to make s

. >> dinner served with a smile and a side ofess.ur dy drive th evening is tracie pasenti. she was showing homes t with volunteers. >> why are you doing this? >> to help people who are in need and can't leave their homes and go grocery shopping or who have a difficult time making a meal for themselves and for those first responders in the emergency room, handling cases of people with coronavirus and they come home exhausted after 12 and 14 hour shifts. >> let's backtrack. before tracie showed up at sycamore place senior living in danville with hot food for residents she started here at a restaurant a couple of miles away. this traditional italian restaurant and owned and operated by a traditional italian. most of his family, including his beloved mother, still lives in italy. hit especially hard by the virus. >> must be very worried about them. >> i am, thank god i've called them every day, and thank god that they are safe. but it's been very tough. for us and for them. >> and so had two thriving restaurantsef pandemic, he had to lay off 80 workers. he tried when he had to

more than 50 people are infected in tracy.t safeway confirmed the death and says their hearts go out to the family. safeway says it has procedures in place if someone gets infected. more than 1,000 people work at that distribution center. >>> president trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen is getting out of jail early due to concerns over the coronavirus. the 53-year-old is at a federal facility in new york where several people have tested positive. cohen will be out in two weeks. he'll be under house arrest until november of next year. that's when his three-year sentence for tax fraud and lying to congress ends. >>> it is 4:50 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: where is your stimulus money? i don't know. but we are trying to get answers from the irs. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. that's next. >>> happening now a u.s./russian space crew is back on earth. the three were stationed at the international space station for more than 200 days. the astronauts landed in

tracie? >> reporter: hi, good morning, marcus. good morning, everyone. well, both sides are concerned about health and the economy and the president's new coronavirus task force will be looking at both this week. the president wants to reopen the country as of may 1st. some health experts say we are not ready yet. and this morning on the "today" show we have heard, you will soon hear from, the director of the cdc talking about what it's going to take to get this country to a point where we can reopen for business. >> again, central to the success of that so we stay open is to be able to do early case identification, isolation and contact tracing, and to basically prevent the opportunity for community transmission to come back into the system. antibody testing is going to give us a good idea from a surveillance point of view of how significant the outbreak was. >> reporter: so more widespread testing critical to making sure that once the country starts to reopen and we're hearing from a lot of health and economic experts that's going to have to happen gra

tracie potts, nbc news. >> thank you very much, tracie. >>> in just a few hours nurses throughout the state in the bay area will pro-it test in the fight against covid-19. bob, the governor says help is on the way. >> reporter: many nurses say it's not soon enough. starting at 8:00. they will be demanding more personal safety equipment. we've heard nurses wearing the same n95 facemask for an entire shift. that's how bad the shortage is, they can't change out when they intervene with a different patient. in an interview to be broadcast with ellen degenerous governor newsom says he's trying to secure more masks per month. >> rather than waiting around for the national stockpile to arrive or pointing fingers, we decided to go out and procure a number of large contracts using the nation's state status of california and committing over a billion and a half dollars to that cause. we haven't yet seen the benefits of those efforts. we expect to see the first deliveries. i'm not holding my breath. we have backups to that backup. it is an effort to provide resources so we can meet this moment t

dick tracy and al capone a certain way. but you have to be open to having your mind be changed, to want to be challenged. that is the most important thing about what you find and i will say that the characters that had come through the historical research, the cardboard cutouts we get in popular culture, and their flaws and mistakes often make them interesting. so with eliot ness you have someone who i don't think creates the untouchable image necessarily but leans into it and i talk about how it becomes a shield, as later, without getting too far ahead there are places in their where if you are dealing with a public servant, looking back we can see a dangerous blind spot, we need to address that and talk about ways he failed to serve all of the public all of the time and that will be a big part of this new book that i am so excited about. >> thank you very much. >> questions? seeing none, one more, we have one. thank you. >> as a journalist i appreciate the research, relying on the factual record. i wonder if any of you, h

good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. we just learned this morning some of those applicants have had their information, their personal data, taken or exposed. the small business administration confirming this morning a data breach among applicants as they tried to re-fund and make more of those loans available. the house votes tomorrow on $484 billion that cleared the senate, most to help small businesses shut down by the coronavirus, including money for those owned by women and minorities. >> this is a real victory for smaller businesses. the leader has said we didn't have the banking relationships. >> reporter: it includes items democrats insisted on adding. >> $75 billion to aid hospitals, which really need the aid and very badly. very proud of that. and $25 billion to support coronavirus testing efforts. >> we need help from the federal government to make the supply chain work. >> reporter: republicans worry about the cost. >> think about the implications to the country's future for this level of national debt. >> rep

tracie? >> reporter: marcus, those projections are grim, they're more than we heard a few days ago in terms of how many people could die from this virus. but there's a way to change those numbers, and what the white house is saying is that if we all follow the instructions for social distancing, things may get worse, but we could impact those numbers significantly. 240,000 -- that's the new white house prediction of how many americans could die from the coronavirus. >> it's going to be a tough couple of weeks coming up. >> reporter: health experts believe we can literally flatten this curve and cut the death rate in half or less if americans stop crowding places like beaches and bars. >> not only are you putting yourself in danger but you're putting society in danger because, as you get infected, you may be inadvertently and even innocently infecting others particularly those who are vulnerable. >> reporter: the federal government is leaving stay home orders up to each state. so far 32 states

and i didn't say, "hi, mom," or and she looked at me, you're tracy. that's teresa, the other twin. we were able to have 30 minutes of mom visiting back and forth, and we had our older sister on iphone, facetiming. and then we just lost mom. and that was like waited to get there. >> i'm so sorry. >> as we watched as the hours and then the minutes -- >> i'm sorry, we just had a bit of a delay there. i know you must have been grateful to have that, be together with your twin and other sister. i know she was on facetime but to be able to say goodbye. >> absolutely. >> then i know though you weren't able to mourn, to be with her, i know she wanted to be buried with your father and that's in kansas. you're in colorado where she was in the hospital, and you're in a stay-at-home order, you couldn't go to that funeral. >> no. >> what was that like, tracy? that's important part of being able to say truly goodbye, to have to do that via facetime. >> it was hard, because when i left the hospital i knew i wouldn't get to say goodbye to mom. and watching the service on the iphone, it was like i

tracie, good morning what can we expect from this bill >> reporter: well, phillip, we can expect that most of that 484 billion is going to support small businesses here's the breakdown $320 billion for the paycheck protection prom. and some of that 60 billion will be earmarked for they businesses and those owned by a minority. plus, 75 billion nor hospitals, 25 billion for testing and another 60 billion flr the small business disaster relief program so that's separate from the loans. a lot of money and a lot of focus oon getting people back to work >> we need to work together as close as we could to try to develop a rescue package that would make sense for the country. >> the bill we passed was greatly improved leader mcconnell simply tried to steam roll us and because we had input into the bill, it's a much better bill. >> and president obama explaining a bit more on this executive order he wants to issu says the president wants to shut down the country to immigration which has largely been done. he says that means 60 days with no green cards but temporary workers he insists will not

"today in the bay's" tracy poie potts is live from her home. the markets are responding. >> reporter: they are responding, marcus this is a company called gilead testing a drug called remdesivir. early results from the trial, 125 people, most of them severely ill with covid-19 and based on the early trial results it looks like most of those people were able to get out of the hospital in a week or less. the vast majority recovered and recovered quickly. yes, the markets are responding. the company's stock is up 16%. futures are up. at one point more than 700 points. promising news. >> three phases in restoring -- >> reporter: ready for a reboot. >> we are not opening all at once, but one careful step at a time. >> reporter: president trump says 29 states are ready to start reopening, some before may 1st. his three phase plan, a gradual return to work and public life with social distancing and schools still closed. high-risk individuals stay home. then, resume nonessential travel, open schools and ease restrictions on restaurants, sports, and lar

tracie potts joins us live from washington, d.c., this morning with the very latest. tracie? >> reporter: laura, good morning. they say we are going to see the numbers soar this week and it will be a tough week. while things are getting worse in some areas they're starting to get better in others. >> i see light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: with coronavirus cases expected to peak this week, the white house is hopeful. >> we're also hopeful to see a stabilization of cases across the large metro areas where the outbreak began. >> reporter: washington state is it giving away ventilators. >> because we acted relatively early. >> reporter: in new york most hospitalized are going home. >> the number of deaths has been dropping for the first time. >> reporter: new hot spots are popping up in illinois, colorado, pennsylvania, and washington, d.c. >> we are struggling to get it under control. >> reporter: it's a critical week. health experts are warning americans to even avoid grocery stores and pharmacies. the federal government has millions of gloves and masks on the way.

from tracy watkin. if someone for you. from tracy watkin.those germs again? yes, so that's really a good question from tracy. if you have coronavirus and you become immune, if you come in contact with someone who has coronavirus, and we know that it's spread through respiratory secretions, if that lands on your clothes your skin and you come in contact with someone who is not immune, there is a risk that that person can then go on to develop coronavirus. we know that looking at the research, that it can last for several hours to days on surfaces. it's important that you stay away from people who have coronavirus and practice safe social distancing. 0k. i'm amir, back to for this one. what are the first sign or symptoms of coronavirus? lots of people worry about the symptoms of coronavirus, because they are varied from person to person, and it all depends on how your immune system responds to it. at its goes back to the symptoms that we've been talking about since the beginning of this, really. temperature and a cough. so if you develop eithe

tracie potts is with us. what can you tell us about this brewing battle between states and president trump? >> it is a battle. these states insist that they have authority over when to reopen and how to reopen business in their states but president trump is insisting that's his job >> the president of the united states calls the shots >> president trump says he has the right to decide when to reopen business in every state >> when somebody is the president of the united states, the authority is total that's the way it has got to be. it is total. the governors know that. they will cooperate perfectly. watch. >> right now they are not seven governors have partnered to come up with their own plans on when to ease social distancing >> california is putting together a plan for targeting intervention and easing. >> the government doesn't get opened up via twitter. it gets opened at the state level. we are going to make decisions based on science >> legal experts agree the president has no authority he's defending h

tracy, were you surprised when gaby started working on masks?no, i really wasn't surprised because her sewing teacher had posted a tutorial, her teacher deanna from in stitches in quincy posted a tutorial. and you know, gaby, when she sets her mind to something, she does it. she likes to practice. she's very determined. so this was a way since gymnastics and dance and sewing were all canceled, this was a way for her to do her sewing and to get something done. >> and gaby, when you go back to st. brendan's, do you think you'll be bringing masks if they need them for your fellow students in fourth grade? >> definitely. >> and gaby, is the fourth-grade classroom up on the top floor like it used to be? >> yep. >> and it was a big event when i was at st. brendan's when you got out of third grade you were allowed to go upstairs finally to the higher grades. is that the way it still works there? >> no. because there -- like grade 5 is the -- it's the highest grade, but it's downstairs. it's the highest grade downstairs. sixth grade and fourth grade's u

they asked us to protect their identities, but this mother and son work at a warehouse in tracy.that's where 51 employees have tested positive for the virus, and one person has died. the woman we heard from said the outbreak is tragic, and could have betait home being told that you have to do the work. it's quiet. it's hush hush. i was told yesterday it's everywhere. so with the hand sanitizer bottle, they're empty. >> safe way tells us that health screenings are now in place at that facility, every worker must go up there one before entering the warehouse. >>> let's take a live look at ocean beach in san francisco. another pretty gray spring day for us. paul heggen is here. paul, looks like the clouds will be sticking around for the weekend? >> yeah, a lot of the weekend, but i am cautiously optimistic that we're going to break through to a little bit more sunshine just a little earlier in the day tomorrow. it's not going to happen for everybody. along the coast, you'll be socked in with the low clouds with the onshore breeze continuing to lock those cloud cover in place. the cl

we've got to act now. >> traci, what's the biggest fear among the families you serve?> well, getting -- like any of us, it's the same fear we have. it's protecting your family. it's making sure that you have the essentials that you need. our folks shouldn't have to choose between rent and food. they shouldn't have to decide that, you know, i have to go and work. our people cannot follow the cdc and the world health organization social distancing. all the types of things that we are able to do, they can't do. they have to go to work. most of them are service providers. some of them are essential workers. and they need to go to work to make sure they can bring the resources into their home to provide for their families. but when they're going out, they're coming back in and endangering the very folks they live with in the name of being on the front lines. we have a thousand employees and 400 of them are really hired directly from the communities in which they -- we are serving. so we van obligation to care for our frontline staff which are not for profit staff also provi

good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. redent has said he has total authority on t country. as you know states' governors including california's disagree. the president backing off that a bit saying that he will work with governors for a gradual phase-in rollout in their states. overnight

tracie? >> reporter: well, what he said, marcus, was let's take a look at whether ingesting disinfectants can kill the virus, as in humans. lysol saying under no circumstances should anyone ingest their products. what the president said in reaction to it. today he's pivoting focusing more on the economy and getting people back to work. with unemployment hitting a record 26 million in the last month today president trump signed a $484 billion coronavirus stimulus adding billions for small businesses to pay their workers. >> all of it in the interest of job retention and first and foremost to address the key issue of your health. >> the science of covid-19 landing president trump in the spotlight again suggesting sun light and ingesting disinfectants may kill the virus. >> supposing we hit the body with a tremendous ultraviolet or very powerful light. and then i see the disinfectant knocks it out in a minute, one minute, and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside. >> w

it's 9.25 at a hospital in tracy has a new way of spread of coronavirus is e kristi gross shows us they e using disinfecting robots. >>that are tracy community hospital is using germ killing robots to ep their facility sanitize says they treat covid-19 and worth t first one that we know in our area to have this hospital ce david thompson says this guy trump surface. i use the robots are just anoer tool in the fight against coronavirus in other hospital infections. you turn the unit on it will disinfectthe bathroom of the. a patient's roomy th 3 wers work in tandem one set up the eu's ultraviolence erased his app and kill potentily harmful microorganisms takes abt 25 minutes and you're done and then the staff from and wi it win nt >>we go on down thline and got to spend his john thompson says the robots will be used in addition the cleaning already done by hospital staff, the light is so poweul that none can be another layer, a vel of that just affectingand it's another process that we can use to. >>try to ensure that thdo not have an seions of the hospital and that we may peak people ou

tracie potts, thank you. >> been tough to follow the numbers every day and the global numbers of the virus continue to grow the u.s. and italy with the highest number of cases. the u.n. chief has called the outbreak the biggest challenge for the world since world war ii a decrease in new infections and international health experts says the epidemic in that region is far from over for the latest we turn to chapman bell who is live in london good morning >> reporter: good morning. yeah, we've seen a spike in deaths in several countries across europe including here in the uk more than 25,000 cases recorded. almost 1,800 have die as a temporary field hospital is being set up in london, it's been set up quickly by the military and the health service. it will initially have 500 beds with oxygen and ventilators but it could grow to more than 4,000 beds if needed that as france has more than 50,000 cases recorded now, around 3,500 there are dead. the french president visiting a factory where he's called on a company to up their production of protective equipment in their response to the cris

tracy townsend with the medicine being used to keep covid-19 patients out of intensive care. >> they are talking about a turnaround from about with coronavirus he says her symptoms will hit hardest on easter sunday. >> i was coughing quite a bit, i got very winded, shorter breath, my temperature also spiked over 102.>> reporter: at the medical center, they say the popping continue for hours. >> my lungs were starting to shut down. so, i had to go on oxygen and fortunately come i stabilize because my oxygen levels were dropping. >> the next step would have been intensive care. instead, he was a go for a clinical trial using nitrous oxide. >> once it is inhaled it seems to help the body actually fight the virus it has antiviral properties. >> ohio state cardiologist is investigating gave me the treatments in a new way instead of through a facemask. >> we hope to see their breathing patterns improve, their need for extra oxygen decrease obviously been avoiding the need to go to the icu. >> scientist say there's already a sort of blueprint because covid-19 is caused by a form of the sars

tracie potts is live for us in her washington, d.c. home with the latest. >> marcus, now lawmakers want to put more money in the pot, more money for small businesses to get the checks, but the problem is the checks have not started rolling yet. the senate votes today to add $250 billion to the paycheck protection program, loans for small businesses to paid workers laid off due to the coronavirus. >> we do not have time for the partisan games, we don't want that. the obstruction. it's totally unrelated, and we want to do this for the small businesses and workers. >> senator majority leader, mitch mcconnell, says the ppe is where the light is already flashing red because it's running out of money. billions have been requested but little paid. many of the nation's 30 million small businesses owners are waiting. >> it's emotional draining and physically draining and i pray a lot and that's about all i can do. >> democrats want a quarter of the newmany set aside for small businesses that don't have that. >> we cannot solidify the inequality

"today in the bay's" tracie potts has more reaction this morning. >> reporter: insisting the worst is behind us president trump is using the defense production act to order meat and poultry plants hit hard by the coronavirus to stay open. >> they're having a liability that's really unfair to them. >> reporter: more than a dozen plants have closed because of covid-19, among their workers one union says 20 employees have died. the president's order provides more protective gear but workers fear it's not enough. they want daily testing. >> people are dying every day but yet still he wants people to go into these facilities. >> reporter: the senate is back in washington next week but the house reversed course and decided not to return after a rise in covid-19 cases in the nation's capital. >> we had no choice but to take that advice and continue to work from home. >> reporter: lawmakers ready to consider the next round of funding including money for cash-strapped states. >> we're not interested in rescuing badly run states from the mistakes they've made completely unrelated to the coronav

. >>> an employee at the safeway distribution center in tracy has died and it is lame on the coronavirus the family of pedro zuniga of turlock first started having symptoms early this month and he died monday but the chronicle reports several other employees at the tracy plant had tested positive for the virus and safeway says it is trying to make sure that its employees are safe with temperature screenings, facemasks, and it sanitizer stations and they are taking other precautions as well. >>> grocery store workers and others with jobs in the food delivery system are getting help from the state. governor newsom just announced a statewide executive order which will provide two weeks of supplemental paid sick leave for food workers who are exposed to or who were diagnosed with covid 19. that sick leave also applies to those subject to local stay at home and quarantine orders. >> i hope this will significantly address some of the anxiety our farmworkers have and anxiety that are fast food workers have and anxiety around delivery of our food and those workers have about their own health, we

>> she reminds me every day. >> o'donnell: for tracy, his new job is personal. sister was recently hospitalized after a severe asthma attack. >> she was on the ventilator for a couple weeks, and they were... basically, it was keeping her alive. i'm building the very thing that saved my sister's life. it kind of puts that in a sense and makes it surreal. >> o'donnell: all the workers we spoke with were driven by one thing-- purpose. >> this is probably the greatest thing i have done in the 25 years that i've been working in general motors. >> o'donnell: billy pagan communicates daily with his 15- year-old daughter via snapchat. >> i think that my daughter looks up to me. i know when she sees me doing something like this, that there's a little extra, right, a little extra pride that she has knowing that i'm doing this. >> o'donnell: and that sense of pride, and purpose, is what made putting off retirement for g.m.'s george vandermeir worth it. you know, some have even compared this to the efforts that the automakers made in world war ii. >> you know, i have been t

i'll take it from here, tracie. thank you. >>> a new emergency measure in san francisco will help shelter thousands of the homeless in hotels. this comes at a cost of nearly $200 a night per room and that's before the add-on expenses. thom jensen live for us in the city with details on what may amount to $100 million. that's a lot of money, thom. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. yes, easily over $100 million if you listen to the city's controller. mayor london breed was reluctant to say she would pay -- the city would pay for the housing within the city of san francisco. the city's own estimations it would close to 10,000 people. now the mayor agreeing the cost not to do it might be too great. supervisors unanimously passed this emergency ordinance requiring the city now to lease more than 8,200 for the homeless and first responders over the next three months. the city's controller estimated tuesday that the price tag to do this for the 7,000 rooms dedicated for the homeless population solely over that period woul

"today in the bay's" tracie potts live with reaction to president trump's explosive comments. a lot of people have a lot to say about this one, tracie. >> reporter: yeah, we're going to let you hear exactly what he had to say about that, marcus. the president claiming total authority and the constitutional right to tell california and the 49 other states when to open for business. >> the president of the united states calls the shots. >> reporter: president trump says he has the right to decide when to reopen business in every state. >> when somebody is the president of the united states, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be. >> total? your authority is total? >> total. it's total. and the governors know that

treasury secretary steven mnuchin says the package would shore up the e nbc's tracie potts joining us with the latest out of d.c we're hearing negotiations could wrap up today. >> reporter: right, cori in fact the treasury secretary says they could wrap up negotiations the senate could vote today. the house could vote tomorrow and then president trump could sign off on this and the small business loans could get started again on wednesday that's the ambitious plan. they do have $250 billion in to replenish ma paycheck protection program, the small business fund that's giving out loans so if businesses can pay their workers but it would also include some of the things that democrats wanted, namely, money set aside for minority businesses and for rural businesses plus for help and $25 billion for testing which the president has insisted is up to the states. >> we're continuing to negotiate with the democrats to get our great workers and small businesses all over the country taken care of. i think we are getting close to a deal >> he hasn't lifted a finger he could have told mitch mcconn

tracie potts joins us with more. a lot of finger pointing when it comes to that and not a whole lot of answers >> reporter: right a lot of finger pointing going on between the banks and the government the government says they've already processed billions of dollars in loan requests the banks say that the way they were processed they can't be assured they will be holding the bag that these loans are fraudulent or processed incorrectly. so while the loans have been approved, the checks have yet to be written and now president trump and lawmakers want to a add another $250 billion to that fund >> i ask congress to provide additional $250 billion to expand the paycheck protection program. you've seen what's gone on there. it's incredible actually which is allowing our small businesses keep employees on the payroll. >> i've heard nothing or received nothing >> we're still going to see a large number of businesses fail because of this coronavirus crisis >> reporter: and now president trump is taking some heat for firing t

safeway director of public affairs wendy gutchow also says all workers at the tracy center now have to wear masks, stagger breaks for social distancing, and she says the company also instituted a number of new sanitizing efforts. >> meanwhile, san joaquin county public health services sent out a memo to neighboring distribution centers, and other businesses, across the county, asking them to report covid-19 outbreaks. the memo says if there are three or more lab confirmed cases, it is considered an outbreak at a workplace. a spokesperson for the agency says so far, she does not know of any other outbreaks that have been reported since the memo went out. >> safeway also said, according to the food and drug administration, there is no reason to believe the virus could be transferred through any of its products or packages. its full statement is on our web site at nbcbayarea.com. in tracy thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> and still a good reminder, we have been talking about it the last several week, wipe down all of the packages and jeff, you talked about it at length, wh

tracie? >> reporter: it is developing. we do have new reaction this morning for you, marcus. the president came up with this late last night. we don't have details. we don't know when he plans to do it. but a senior administration official says this has been in consideration for some time and we could see some action. the president could sign off on this early this week. shutting down immigration. president trump says he'll sign an executive order. officials say early this week, to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states to protect jobs and americans from the coronavirus. senator kamala harris accuses him of shamelessly politicizing the pandemic. travel was already banned from china and europe, the northern border with canada is closed and migrants from the southern border are regularly being deported. this unexpected shutdown comes as congress tries to add $310 billion for more small business loans. overnight we learned the senate may take action this afternoon. >> it's past time, past >> reporter: the house is scrambling to get lawmakers back to vote thursday

"today in the bay's" tracie potts is live with this developing story and the reaction. tracie? >> reporter: yeah, we're starting to get reaction. it's a big announcement short on details at this point. the president didn't say when although a senior official says it's been in the works for some time, the president has been considering it and it will likely happen soon. shutting down immigration, president trump says he'll sign an executive order. officials say early this week to temp rarely suspend immigration into the united states to protect jobs and americans from the coronavirus. senator kamala harris accuses him of shamelessly politicizing the pandemic. travel was already banned from china and europe, the northern border with canada is closed and migrants from the southern border are regularly being deported. this unexpected shutdown comes as congress tries to add $310 billion for more small business loans. overnight we learned the senate may take action this afternoon. >> it's pastime to get this done for the country. >> reporter: the house is scrambling to get lawmakers

tracie potts, i know we are talking about another $250 billion in aid. >> yeah, exactly. hopefully aid that goes to those businesses so they can pay their workers. that's been the hang banks. the government says they approved the loans, and the banks can't give out the checks because of the way the government approved the loans, it may leave them holding the bag. we learned president trump is planning to create a second coronavirus task force, and this one focused on the economy and a big part of the economy is getting these businesses, especially small businesses to work again. president trump says he hopes this new money that the senate is expected to vote on today will help. >> we do not have time for the partisan games. we don't want that, the obstruction. the totally unrelated agendas, we want to do this for the small businesses and workers. >> we cannot solidify the inequality of access to capital while addressing the coronavirus. >> some banks are restricting the loans to existing customers, and that's what democrats are worried about. >> tracie potts in washington

thank you, tracie. some parents, you have a few hours left to claim an extra $500 on your stimulus check for your children for people receiving social security and other benefits and did not yet file a tax return this year. parents or guardians need to take that extra step to receive those funds. the deadline is 9:00 a.m. this morning. >>> we're hearing from the hayward mayor about the city's recent decision to delay the minimum wage hike. mayor barbara holiday says the increase will now happen july of 2021. >> if this was an effort to save jobs we know our businesses are struggling. we're worried some of them might not come back because of the lost revenue and so we want to keep as many jobs i possible. >> the city has also started a grant program for small businesses. $350,000 provides $5,000 grants to keep people employed. >>> activists are organizing an unusual rally on the peninsula. this one is billed as a rally by car. this is to support inmates and detainees. they'll be planning to hold a rally

thanks, tracie. >>> new details this morning. one not so small restaurant chain is now returning the loan it received as part of the federal c.a.r.e.s. act. shake shack received $10 million. that's because technically each shake shack eatery employs less than 500 workers. shake shack says they had no idea the small business fund would dry up so quickly. >>> new research shows covid-19 may not be as bad or lethal as originally feared. bob redell joins us live from his home. bob, what are scientists saying? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. scientists and medical experts believe the numbers of reported infections are possibly grossly underreported because a number of people aren't showing symptoms. the head of the cdc says a quarter of infected people may be asymptomatic. the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs believes that could be 60% to 70% of members of the military. a doctor tells us that the reported numbers of infections can't be trusted because they are based on flawed and inadequate testing. on friday a sta