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state of rhode island. it was an outcry after president rob first suggested new york, newjersey and the state of connecticuto quarantine to slow the spread of the coronavirus. he is worried about the number of people leaving new york, going to other parts of the country, he specifically mentioned florida where there has been an increase in cases. those people possibly carrying with them the infection. the governor of new york came out and said he strongly object to this suggestion, he said it was legally questionable and also that he believed it was because chaos. the president has now back down and said that the quarantine idea wasn't necessary , quarantine idea wasn't necessary, having consulted with the governors of all three states involved, having also spoken to members of the white house of the coronavirus task force. another issue that has emerged that has angered so many new york and public officials there is a fact that the state of rhode island is 110w the state of rhode island is now using the police to stop and question people in cars with license plates from new york, that i have travelled into

new york state would pay 25% -- the costs pay 75% of of a disaster in new york city. new york state would pay 25 percent. i have worked on many disasters. fema has waived the 25%. if there is any situation where fema should waive the 25% of this is the situation. we are also working with the federal government. we are requesting for field each.als at 250 capacity that would give us 1000 field hospital beds. people -- we will be looking at javits for those field hospitals. be asking the army corps of engineers for temporary hospitals. westberry, westchester convention center and javits. that it can big take for field hospitals and and army corps of engineers temporary hospital. we are also requesting assistance with medical supplies, which has been a very big topic of conversation all across the country. her federal asking congressional delegation to fix a law that was passed on the coronavirus federal aid because of a technical issue. the way the bill was written, new york does not qualify for aid. that is $6 billion. that is a lot of money. we need the federal delega

governor cuomo: self-quarantine in new york state? reporter: the president says that anyone who traveled to new york city should self-quarantine for two weeks. governor cuomo: in new york? reporter: in new york city. governor cuomo: no. if you were in new york city, you must quarantine in new york state. you don't have to go back to new york city to quarantine. i'm going to quarantine in new york state. reporter: what do you make of that dictum and -- governor cuomo: that is a medical advisory. most important thing in life is to know what you don't know. i don't know medicine. i would turn to the doctor. >> i think you need to follow the c.d.c. guidelines and the c.d.c. guidelines recommend that you stay a distance away -- social distancing as well, whether it's in new york or not, and this is beyond new york, as the governors a mentioned. it's not just in new york, these cases. reporter: they're saying if you've been to new york city you should quarantine for two weeks, right? >> i would not follow that. i believe that you should foll

new york governor andrew cuomo holds a briefing on the coronavirus. he updated the number of cases in the state, and as he ascended new york city one million respirator masks for health care workers, and asked the army corps of engineers to set up hospitals. governor cuomo: good morning. happy saturday. i will briefly on rarely are today. we will go out and do some real work. get out of this building before we get cabin fever. you know that people who are here today from my far-right, she is in charge of managing supplies, which is a major function for us. robert is the director of the division of the budget. moneys is the secretary to the governor. james has been tremendous help here. the numbers are still increasing. that is the line we are tracking. this is all about the increase in the number of cases and managing to the capacity of our health care system. spread andcing the the rate of the spread to match the increase in the number of cases. and increasing hospital capacity at the same time. just how do our hospitals manage the rate of the spread. we're trying to reduce the spread to over

been pleading for more funds now the trumpet administration has been arguing with regard to new york state new york city and indeed other states that have been hard hit in the united states that the response to the virus must start at state level at the county level mayors and governors must lead the fight against a virus the federal government says president trump is there to help to back up well new york state in particular has been saying actually no federal government should be leading this fight against the spread of the virus it should be providing us with the supplies that we need to do so and most importantly it should be providing us with the supplies that will enable to treat those infected new york city's hospitals are already at full capacity they need tens of thousands of more beds they need tens of thousands of more ventilators they've been asking central government to provide some of these items it's as date what has been supplied is far too little according to the politicians in new york state so the situation dire indeed and both governor of new york and the mayor of new y

we're working on getting the new york state new york state also manufactures uniforms. if i can get the material, we'll make them in the state. i have companies in new york where we're buying equipment sewing equipment for them so they can manufacture them. but we have a gown shortage statewide. >> a couple of questions. >> not just -- it's worse than that. it's a gown shortage statewide. we're doing better with masks. we're doing better with ventilators. nowhere near where we need to be with ventilators. we need 30,000 ventilators. we're at 6,000. but at least we've got the 6,000. the masks, the medical community has told me over and over again, the masks are the priority for the covid-19. so we have made progress on masks. gowns are also very important no doubt. but we have not been successful as of yet with finding a supply of gowns. but we are searching high and low. >> with the number of masks i think you said two million, the masks, one million are going to the city. i forget the other numbers that you were saying. what about here in upstate new york? >> we have e

maria: i understand, but you are doing we have shutdowns in various states new york, california, obviouslythe entire country down. steve bannon, bill ackman say give people an end date shut everything down cross the country not the specific states so that we understand, when the end date is and we understand when we can get back and we can get this virusv passing through, with everybody shut down. are you considering a full shutdown secretary? on the phone: maria what i would say nothing against the financial people, and me, we should leave the medical suggestions to the medical professionals we have great medical -- he -- >> it is also economic suggestion not just medical this is economic suggestion as well we have got businesses that you have been on the phone with this weekend who say i am out of cash i need cash now. of the i need to shut down reassess, i need this now, and you've got politicians dealing with this in senate want to throw things in this bill have nothing to do with coronavirus. . on the phone: maria let me be clear. for businesses that have to shut down, this bill gives

york? well, think that the action by the president came after a number of angry remarks from the governor of the stateas other governors concerned about exactly what this quarantine would look like that. the president made this remark kind of casually this afternoon, but it set up a great deal of alarm against not only are residents of new york city, but environments around the city, which is suffering a pretty high toll right now from coronavirus stop the newest numbers out of the city this evening were that 222 people have died injust evening were that 222 people have died in just the last 2a hours. that's leading to concern not only about the virus itself, but about possible restrictions. and after the president made these remarks, people were even more upset. so i think the president heard that and then backtracked quite quickly. you know the area well, do you think such a quarantine would have been impossible? think it would have been very difficult. anyone who has been to new york city as it isa has been to new york city as it is a sprawling metropolis. it has 9 million people in the city proper

we're working on getting the new york state -- new york state also manufacturers uniforms. if i can get the material, we'll make them in the state. i have companies in the -- in new york where we're buying equipment, sewing equipment for them so they can manufacture them. but we have a gown shortage statewide. >> i just have a couple questions -- >> it's not just albany, it's worse than that. it's a gown shortage statewide. we're doing better with masks. we're doing better with ventilators, nowhere near where we need to be with ventilators, we need 30,000 ventilators, we're at 6,000. but at least we got to 6,000. the masks, the medical community has told me over and over again, the masks are the priority for the covid-19. so we have made progress on masks. gowns are also very important no doubt. but we have not been successful, as of yet, with finding a supplier of gowns. but we are searching high and low. >> with the number of masks. i think you said 2 million, right, the n-95 masks, 1 million going to the city, i forget the other numbers you're saying, but they're not sta

i think 532 cases so far just today in new york state. will you get to the point, governor, where a situation warrants what washington state is for example now doing, a shelter in place order? >> yeah, the shelter in place is little deceptive. it sounds like you are imprisoned in your home, but that's not actually what it is. it says you can go to the doctor, go to the store and you can go outside for exercise. so i am not going to imprison anywhere individual mobility and liberty. it's a cornerstone of who we are, and there are ways to do this without -- without that. the real question, wolf, is how the close down of businesses -- that's what is driving the density, right? and we went to 50% of the work force today. if that does not slow the spread of the virus, we will go higher on that because that's what's driving density, people coming out of their homes to go to work. obviously the flip side is the more you close down businesses, the worse on the economy. and on individual incomes. >> yeah, but priority number one is the health of th

a quarter of the deaths are in new york state. ates under quarantine to slow the spread of the virus. italy has become the first country in which more than 10,000 people have died of the coronavirus. the economy minister says europe will need a great learn to relaunch its economy after the pandemic similarto its economy after the pandemic similar to the scheme funded rebuilding after the second world war. this is bbc news. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

different situations so the coasts here west and you skills aren't more affected with states like california or new york we just talked about it and then in comparison to states like never asking for instance that don't have many cases as of now so president trump says it's not necessary to put all the same measures on on every american state and so he leaves it up to the governors and mayors to find individual solutions for his individual states and that is exactly what's happening right now but of course this could change very quickly if the situation in the u.s. deteriorates. all of the food and drug administration has approved its 1st rapid coronavirus tests and results are available in around 45 minutes could this be some kind of game changer. yet it pencil was quicker results are certainly good but people are advised to stay at home anyway plus an epi centers like in new york there is actually a policy shift right now taking place they want to not test people with minor syndromes in the future and that's another piece of evidence that the health care system there is increasingly overwhelmed you kn

also coming up the growing virus crisis deepens in the united states president donald trump passed away from a controversial idea to 14 in new york and its neighboring states where the infection rate has so. bust thank you for your cooperation that's the message from chancellor angela merkel as she asks the german public to stay patient saying restrictions on public life will continue for at least 3 more weeks. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us the coronavirus is reaching across the globe and just starting to spread more rapidly now across africa with more than 1000 and factions south africa is the worst hit nation on the continent the country has just begun the us 3 week national lockdown and local authorities are taking a hard line in forcing it or i don't know modern the army is out on the streets here in one of johannesburg's poor neighborhoods it's trying to enforce what seems difficult for many staying at home for the lead while about family lockdown means 6 people sharing 12 square meters. normally only happens at night when they sleep and they have no running water they have to collect it themselves from a tap a kil

also coming up the coronavirus crisis deepens in the united states president gul trump backs away from a controversial idea to quarantine new york and neighboring states where the infection rate is so. i'm called aspen thanks for joining us the corona virus is reaching across the globe and it's just starting to spread more rapidly now across africa but more than $1000.00 infections south africa is the worst hit nation on the continent the country has just begun a 3 week national walk down and local authorities are taking a hard line in forcing it. or no no my learner the army is out on the streets here in one of johannesburg's poor neighborhoods it's trying to enforce what seems difficult for many staying at home for the lead while the family lockdown means 6 people sharing 12 square metres that normally only happens at night when they sleep and they have no running water they have to collect it themselves from a tap a kilometer away social distancing doesn't really work here but it's badly needed millions suffer from tuberculosis and aids and particular risk as night. we have no choice we have to come to this place to get water

unfortunately, today in new york state we had our first two fatalities related to the covid—19 outbreak. she had been hospitalised on march 3, and then she died on friday night, last night. and then this afternoon in the hudson valley, about 40 miles north of new york city, another woman, this one 64 years old, she had died on thursday. well, the report came back from the medical examiner this afternoon that it was, indeed, of covid—19. and the rockland county executive, the county in which the woman had died, has said it is time to take more severe local action. he is going to work through the weekend and make an announcement on monday at one o'clock. we don't know if it could involve quarantines or what it might involve, but he is taking this very seriously. so what's been done so far and is there a sense amongst people that that it is enough? yeah, well, no. they definitely don't feel that way. there's a lot of anxiety, there is a lot of panic buying at the supermarkets. and that's a whole other issue in itself, because they're making a big point about social distancing, which is ver

now, again, new york may very well be testing at a multiple of the other states. so does new york necessarily have 7,000 -- seven times more people infected than california? you don't know. you know that we are doing more tests per capita, but you don't know what the actual infection rate is. in total, we tested 32,000 people. we did 10,000 tests last night. i said last week we had hoped we would get to 6,000 tests. we've gotten to 10,000 tests which, again, i'm very proud of the operation. but again, that's why you see the number going up. the rate of hospitalization -- watch this number -- it's 18%, 1200 out of 7100. again, overall perspective, look at the johns hopkins numbers, people will get sick, people will resolve. you look at our case, the first case we had, the first health care worker, that case, she was never hospitalized. she stayed home and she now tests negative. that's what's going to happen with 80% of the people. so why is new york taking these dramatic actions? we know from past history that what a locality does matters. the 1918 spanish flu whic

self-serving but new york state has 15 times more cases than any other state right now. fund the state, fund the places that need it. follow the number of cases and use need as the basis for funding. it's commonsense, it will be respected by the people of this nation. the alternative to politicize this funding process is intolerable. to my congressional delegation, i say look, new york received no funding from the first coronavirus bill. even though new york has the greatest need. that was a technical mistake in the way they wrote the bill. political custom is one politician or elected official should not pressure people of their own party. my congressional delegation is largely democrat. so political custom would be, well, don't pressure another democratic elected official. i say that is baloney. i represent all the citizens of the state of new york. that is my job. it's a very simple job i have. i fight for new yorkers. period. democrats, republicans, period. and this is no time to play politics. we need our congressional delegation to stand up and fight for new york.

i don't believe you can say you cannot leave the state of new york or state of new jersey or state ofifornia. if you wanted to start to do that, that would ripple across the country. new york, new jersey, connecticut today, tomorrow new orleans, then detroit, texas, then florida, then california. at the same time we say we try to restart the economy, i mean, i can't remember in history when it was done. you would have to go back to the civil war to talk about borders of states like that. i think it would paralyze the economy, i think it would shock the economic markets in a way we've never seen before. as a governor, i'm not going to close off my borders. trucks have to come in, food has to come in, mail has to come in. i'm not going to put health and safety of my people at risk. and it is not what the president has been trying to achieve. he's worked very hard to be working with the governors, he's worked very hard to be working with the state of new york. i spoke to him this morning. we have a good cooperative relationship. so it would be exactly opposite everything he has said and

reaching across the globe with the largest number of confirmed cases currently in the united states new york is the hardest hit state with 43 percent of more than 120000 cases president donald trump has a sided against sealing off new york and neighboring states after he briefly flirted with the idea on saturday instead the government has issued a travel advisory the centers for disease control is urging residents of new york new jersey and connecticut super frayne from nonessential travel for the next 2 weeks. so how will trump's decision go down in new york and the surrounding region and what consequences could that bring journalist james rial give us his assessment well i think with some degree of relief obviously in the city new york with a mounting death toll and a really large number of confirmed cases you could say that nerves have been frayed and i guess to anything that isn't going to involve a significant increase they restrict jones about people's ordinary daily life is going to be something that people are going to appreciate of course with still waiting on tenterhooks to find ou

he is indeed and one must remember that new york city at the moment is some 30 percent of all cases within the united states just the city itself not to the new york why the new york state so certainly this is the epicenter of the pandemic that the governor of the new york state and the mayor of new york city have been pleading for resources from the federal government asking for more cookman ventilators great assistance for hospitals and of course funds new york has been spending a great deal of fans but basically though we heard president trump refer there to being very concerned about the situation in new york the federal government continues to insist that it is there to back up not to lead it says that it's up to the states to do what they need to do the federal government the trumpet ministration will be there to help when they can now this is the way it is played out in many parts of the united states and certainly it's in the crisis areas washington state california and in the last few weeks the massive pandemic in new york where they have most suffered from this basic policy of allowing it from the

or president trump says he's working closely with leaders across the country particularly in new york state. we're also as you know building numerous hospitals and medical centers. throughout certain areas in new york it's at the convention center the javits convention center. we're doing 4 hospitals and we're doing throughout the state for medical centers they're somewhat different i want you to know they're doing everything in my power to help the city pull through this challenge i'm working very hard in new york it's really by far our biggest problem maybe it will be maybe one plea but there's a lot of good capable people working on it with us where the senate is due to vote on a deal for a 2 trillion dollars package to help fight the virus the funds are aimed at keeping the world's biggest economy afloat and helping frontline medical workers from his days of ogmund between the democrats and the republicans and how the money should be used well as we said new york has 10 times more cases than any other state in the u.s. governor andrew cuomo says dealing with the pandemic has proven expe

senate to include real money for new york city and new york state in this stimulus bill and yet it didn't happen and we know why because mitch mcconnell wouldn't let it happen. the battle against the spread of corona virus in new york city continues new measures include the closure of streets as hospitals work to increase capacity numbers the governor of new york sought the support of fellow democrats in congress and more amendments to the stimulus bill may be demanded when it finally passes in the senate and goes to the democrat dominated house for a vote mike hanna al-jazeera washington canada's bottom end has passed a 57000000000 dollars package just simulated sea khana me a 1000000 canadians have filed jobless claims in a week prime minister just in children spoke about the financial aid outside his home ways in south isolation. this is an unprecedented situation with an overwhelming amount of demand by canadians to get money as quickly as possible we need to make sure we're getting that money out quickly but also reliably to canadians are not means doing things that government hasn't

new york state had its first case of covid just 27 days ago. new york schools closed only 10 days ago. the new rochelle cluster, which was the highest cluster in the united states, which thanks to the good work of our health department has now come down, that was 18 days ago when we started the school closings in new rochelle and we started the testing and the drive-throughs. overall shutdown of nonessential workers was only eight days ago, it feels like a lifetime. perspective, well, how long does this go on. how long do we expect it? china was the first test case, south korea started nine weeks ago, italy about eight weeks ago. so all, keep it all in perspective during this disorienting time where one day is blurring into the next. a lot of people ask me why is there so much talk about the ventilators? i never heard about a ventilator before. you're not alone. i never really heard about a ventilator before either. but every emergency situation is unique and every emergency situation winds up focusing on an issue that you would have never thoug

>> self-quarantine in new york state? >> the president's team said anyone who traveled to new york city should self-quarantine for two weeks. >> in new york. >> in new york city. >> no, i don't think -- if you were in new york city, you must quarantine in new york state. you don't have to go back to new york city to quarantine. i'm going to quarantine in new york state. >> what do you make of that victim and what will he -- >> that is a medical advisory. most important thing in life is to know what you don't know. i don't know medicine. i would turn to the doctor. >> so, i think you need to follow the cdc guidelines, and the cdc guidelines recommend that you stay a distance away, social distancing as well, whether it's in new york or not. and this is beyond new york, as the governor's mentioned. it's not just in new york that these cases. >> the feds are saying that if you've been in new york city, you should quarantine for two weeks, right? >> i would not follow that. i believe that you should follow the guidelines in gen

new york has more coronavirus cases than any other state. medical experts warn that the hospital system here could soon be overwhelmed, not weeks but days. the state has resorted to asking for donations from big companies, philanthropic organizations and even celebrities to meet its basic equipment needs. and some hospitals here in the city have started sharing ventilators with two patients on the same piece of equipment, not necessarily a practice that is often encouraged. as one doctor told "the new york times," quote, it is suboptimal, but the other option is death. this is the reality on the ground, according to the people on the front lines treating coronavirus patients, the ones wearing the personal protective gear, if they can get it. the president of the united states says, they're wrong. so, mr. president, today we are asking you what are you seeing that these people are not? these people that are on the front lines. joining me outside elmhurst hospital, ron allen. so we're going to be getting to what the president is saying with re

like new york and california are warning panicked people are flooding hospitals. they're causing fears that medical supplies will soon run out. statef new york is changing how it's prioritizing testing for the virus at the same time. christina aleshi is joining us from new york right now. >> new york city mayor bill deblasio calling new york city the epicenter of the outbreak. let me tell you why that's a correct statement to make. new york state ranks among the highest, the highest state with the highest number of cases and within new york state, new york city accounts for a majority of those cases. the reason for that probably is two-fold as we heard from the governor yesterday. it's probably a mix of the high density pop laying in the city and the high number of testing done. governor cuomo pointing out that new york state has done double the amount of testing as opposed to california, for example. on that issue of testing, this has become a critical issue. what we are hearing from state and city officials, the issue is that now city and state officials are realizing let's give up on the testing, not totally, but let's cut back

direction for the health chiefs right up o'brien thank you for that update now 100 people in new york state have died from corona virus in just the past 24 hours governor andrew cuomo says officials are scouting for additional locations to expand hospital capacity but warns the state isn't prepared to handle the rising number of cases. almost any scenario that is realistic will overwhelm the capacity of the current health care system we've approved the technology that allows one ventilator to serve 2 patients what they call splitting which is where you add a 2nd set of tubes to a ventilator to do 2 patients it's not ideal but we believe it's workable. and even though the city is under lockdown new york is struggling with a lack of police stuff nearly 3000 stuff called in sick on wednesday just under 200 officers and 39 civilian employees have confirmed corona virus cases and the number of people off work is nearly 3 times the daily average new york state has seen the most cases and deaths of any in the u.s. let's get an update from deborah is on the he's joining us from new york so clearly

the 40% to 80% potentially of the citizens and people of new york state, population of new york, what? about 15 million people? is that right? >> yeah. in 19 -- 19 million. >> because i just want to say, if these steps aren't taken and millions of people come down with coronavirus in new york state, you, even if the army corps of engineers builds a lot of hospitals you're not going to have enough hospitals. >> well -- that's -- that's the 64,000 dollar question. it depends on what the rate of the increase and the rate of spread is. if you can get it over a period of months, then we could get it down to a rate that we could handle. and remember -- let's not lose the forest for the trees. the overwhelming majority of people will self-resolve. many people have had coronavirus, didn't even know it. we're talking about people who would need hospitalization, need acute beds. we're talking about senior citizens, immune compromised and people with underlying illnesses. that's the population we're talking about, but they will need acute beds. so get down the rate of spread so the hospital syst

a coronavirus containment zone is put in place around a city new york state with troops sent in to help. lay watching al jazeera live from doha with me fully back to war also ahead a u.k. health minister tests positive for corona virus she recently attended an event with a minister boris johnson plus 6 u.s. states hold presidential primaries including michigan where bernie sanders is hoping to stop joe biden's momentum and it's usually a breast of cholera but coronavirus is india's only celebration. i am. so u.s. national guard troops are being deployed to a city in new york state now thought to be the center of the corona virus outbreak in the country new rochelle north of new york city has been sealed off it has the largest known cluster of cases in the u.s. troops will be sent in to help disinfect areas and quarantine people meanwhile the trump administration is drafting an economic stimulus package to ease the burden of the outbreak expected to include payroll tax relief and paid family leave for small and medium sized businesses as get the latest from roslyn jordan in washington d.

it is just new york state and new york state alone. i am going down that track and doing everything possible on every level to do just that. that is increasing the hospital capacity, minimum percent. goal of 100%. they have to come up with a staffing plan to do that. that is finding the medical supplies for them. we are manufacturing masks, i am talking to uniform manufacturers to get them sewing machines to convert. thate apparel companies manufacture in china to stop making dresses, start making gallons. we are doing -- start making gowns. childcare facilities for health-care workers. special protection for health-care workers. assume the federal government does nothing. am saying toime, i the federal government, you need to do what you need to do. there is a federal role here. this emergency management protocol, we support the state. yes, you support the states if the states can do it. that is what emergency management protocol is. there is a flood in here he county. ok, you are in charge. call me if you need something. i get that.

new york state has surpassed washington state with the most cases at 142, the official who oversees the region's airports, bridges and bus term analysis.

for new york state government lead by example, lead by example. all nonessential personnel in the state are asked to stay at home from rockland county south. that's about half of the workforce of the state in that area. why rockland county south? that's the area of highest density of the number of cases. remember again, the number of cases various widely across the state. you're doing different things in new york city in a county up state that only has 1 or 2 cases. this is a calibration by science to the facts. the new york state court system congregates many people, tens of thousands of people all across the state. i spoke to the chief judge. i asked her to come up with a plan that keeps the essential services operational. criminal justice service, emergency family services. the essential services available, but nonessential services, actions that can be postponed to postpone them. again, reduce the density coming into the court system, private businesses to stay home, reduce the density coming into the court system. don't jeopardize the criminal

rob: here to answer that question, new york state senator george amedore junior. thank you for coming on today. so how is this enforced? >> well, good morning and jillian, rob, thanks for having me and you know, it's enforced through as the president had mentioned through the issuance of this advisory, through the governors. it's very difficult right now to really for these states to use their resources to enforce such curfew if one was mandatory throughout the states of new york, new jersey and connecticut. our resources are running thin, as you can hear in other news reports about the pandemic that is our law enforcement agencies and our first responder as well as our care workers, really need to do everything they can to be safe but to also help those who are sick. so i think the cdc, the professional experts got it right by not requiring such a

brent: in the united states, new york has joined california in confining nearly all residents to theiromes, 60 million people in total, a drastic step designed to prevent a run on hospitals like we have seen in italy. the rate of increase in the number of cases risks overwhelming new york's hospital system. that is the word today from governor andrew cuomo, as cases in the state climbed to more than 7000, and the death colder reached -- the death toll of their reached 38. here is part of what cuomo had to say today. >> today we are bringing it to 100% of the workforce must stay home. these are nonessential services. essential services have to continue to function, groceries need food, pharmacies need drugs, your internet has to continue to work, water has to turn on when you turn the faucet. so there are essential services that will continue to function, but 100% of the workforce. and when i talk about the most drastic action we can take, this is the most drastic action we can take. brent: that was new york governor cuomo speaking earlier today or let's go to washington dc, our corresp

nearly 17,000 of those cases are in new york state. that's the most of any state in the country. on is in second now. here is president trump on the administration's plan to fight this virus. >> president trump: today i'm announcing action to help new york, california and washington ensure that the national guard can effectively respond to this crisis. we have large quantities of medical equipment and supplies on the way based on all of this to those states, including respirators, surgical masks and gowns, face shields, coverals and gloves with large quantities already delivered to washington and new york. in addition to large quantities of supplies -- >> sandra: griff jenkins is live in washington with more. >> good morning. deploying the national guard part of the administration's latest effort to combat the spread of the virus. the president declaring those three hardest hit states as disaster zones and you are in the epicenter of this epidemic in the u.s. cases in the state of new york are up 37% from yesterday morning. of those cases more than 63% are in new york city alone.

the fda approved new york state department of health to proceed with an experimental drug, again on a compassionate care basis. what it does is it takes the plasma from a person who has been infected with the virus, processes the plasma, and injects the anti bodies into a person who is sick. and there have been tests that show when a person is injected with the antibodies, that stimulates and promotes their immune system against that disease. it's only a trial. it's a trial for people who are in serious condition but the new york state department of health has been working on this with some of new york's best health care agencies and we think it shows promise and we're going to be starting that this week. there's also work on a seriological drug where you test the antibodies of a person and see if they have the virus already. we all believe thousands and thousands of people have had the virus and self-resolved. if you knew that you would know who is now immune to the virus and who you could send back to work, et cetera. so we're also working on that. the numbers today, total tested, u

president donald trump has decided against sealing off new york and pots of neighboring states he had earlier said he was considering quarantining in the hot spots trump tweeted that after consulting his fars task force and governors of new york new jersey and connecticut he asked the center for disease control to issue a strong travel advisory to be administered by the governors in consultation with the federal government a quarantine will not be necessary he said the c.d.c. has told residents to refrain from non-essential travel for 2 weeks. so how will trump's decision go down in new york and the surrounding region journalist and drano give us his thoughts well i think with some degree of relief obviously in the city new york with a mounting death toll and a really large number of confirmed cases you could say that nerves have been frayed and i guess the anything that isn't going to involve a significant increase a restriction about people's ordinary daily life is going to be something that people are going to appreciate of course with still waiting on tenterhooks to find out exact

earlier this week, it was made the center of a "containment area" by the state of new york. for two weeks, for one mile in every direction, large gatherings would be banned. that meant closing schools, local colleges, and community institutions.ell as religiou the state's national guard would also be deployed. >> it's a sensibleeans of controlling the spread of the virus in an area where it has a high concentration.t 's not an exclusion zone. it's not a quarantine zone. no one is prevented from entering or aving. >> reporter: noam bramson is the mayor of new rochelle.he says tl guard's role in the containmenti area is lited. >> t guard is here in new rochelle to provide logistical and operational support, principally delivering meals to students who cannot receive them at the public schools, providing supplies, providing cleaning services to large facilities. these are things that be entirely beyond the capacity of a municipality e size of new rochelle. so we're grateful to have their support, but they're not here in a military or policing functn. and i think it's very import

trial.nly a it is a trial for people who are in serious condition, but the new york state department of health has been working on this with some of new york's best health care agencies, and we think it shows promise and we're going to be starting that this week. there is also work on a serological drug where you test the antibodies of a person and see if they have the virus already. we all believe thousands and thousands of people have had the virus and self resolve. if you knew that, you would know who is now immune to the virus and who you can send back to work, etc. we are also working on that. total testedoday, up to 78,000. tested overnight, 24 hour period, 16,000. as of yesterday, about 25% of all the testing nationwide is being produced right here. the number of positive cases, we are up to 20,000 statewide. 5000 new cases. which is obviously significant increase, and eyes i say, that trajectory is going up. the wave is still going up. we have a lot of work to do to get that rate down and get the hospital capacity. you see it spreading across the state. it has spread across th

new york state is going to be shut down extraordinary thank you. in new york let's head across town and talk to james bays our diplomatic editor james we heard from the world health organization a little bit earlier as well thing i noticed coming out of there was a sort of change in phrasing we use used to talking about social distancing the official term now physical distancing. yes keep your distance is one of the main messages the other main message of the day is one that we've heard from other sources in the last 24 hours but now coming from the world health organization which is a message to young people you are not invincible now i think that is true they they know that young people can get infected and can get seriously ill and can possibly die but i also think they know that young people in many places are not taking this seriously and are not practicing that social or physical distancing and in places are still going to bars still partying still socializing with one another so i think the message to young people is twofold they want to keep