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His job of 17 years gone. Just found out today i was let go. No severance package, Insurance Benefits end at the end of the month. In the blink of an eye, the army veteran and father of two, an athletic trainer in kansas, now one of too Many Americans left staring down an uncertain road. And i dont know how im going to pay my bills. We just dont know. I think not knowing is what the problem is. People are going to end up losing their homes, and, you know, we dont know if we might end up being one of them. The repercussions of covid19 twofold. The devastating number of deaths climbing every day. In the u. S. Alone, claiming at least 700 lives with more than 51,000 diagnosed cases. But its also upending lives in another way, hitting the lifeblood of this country, the economy. Congress debating a sweeping 2 trillion stimulus package tonight. We have a bipartisan agreement on the largest rescue package in americanisry. Enomionrns arees nd, eer for the shutdown to end in just weeks, not months. Its a very special day, easter is our timeline. What a great timeline that would be. Health and state officials have repeatedly cautioned against prematurely ending social distancing measures. You cant sacrifice human life to get the stock market up. That is a repugnant concept. It could be months before business open back up. Meanwhile, unemployment numbers are at unprecedented levels. Morgan stanley predicts in the last week weve seen 3. 5 million americans file for unemployment insurance, that would be nearly five times the record high set ever in one week. My name is melanie martinez. Im 29 years old. I am from houston, texas. Melanie martinez, a single mom in texas is still coming to terms with losing her job as assistant restaurant manager. Youve worked there five years. Youre a manager there. Did you see this coming . I felt safe in my job and lit railly the next day was loet go. How are you feeling . I feel hurt. I spent a lot of time there. With my employees, we called them tribe. We were like a family unit. On top of that, melanie is at home recovering from symptoms her doctor believes may be covid19. I think that one of the things that is getting to me the most is that i am alone in this apartment. And missing her daughter, 6yearold coral, now staying with her father. I feel totally alone. I would give anything for my daughter to be here right now and to just have her hug what are you most worried about right now . Whats most difficult for you right now . Paying my thats what im most worried about right now. I have rent to pay, and i am the only income for my household, you know, me and my daughter. Its totally up to me to provide for my home. If i may ask, how much longer can you go . How much longer can you sustain these things . For this month . I dont know. Im not sure after this month. Across the country, at least 24 states have now closed all nonessential businesses. Asking people to stay at home. Policies affecting millions, including here in wisconsin. Where ryan of pilgrow coffee was busy growing his small business. The market was responding pretty well to us. We building out another cafe. Sighieeing the writing on th wall he closed one of the locations and maid the diffic t locations and made the difficult decision to lay off many of his employees early on. I feel a little lost on what the right solution is. I think our government is lost, too. So i think right now, more than ever, you need to support your spot, because they are in the fight of their lives. The stimulus bills provisions would help Small Businesses like him and extend benefits to the selfemployed. A lot of selfemployed individuals can only supply their services or products if they have human contact, like a personal trainer or realtor. Jafrida brown is hearing these concerns day after day from selfemployed clients. Completely, 100 remotely now, its a big change. Jafrida herself, selfemployed says she can weather this storm a few more months, but for veteran danny smiley, he has no time to wait. He Needs Congress to act now. You served your country before. Yes. Do you think your country is serving you now . Thats a tough question, extremely disappointing that in our country, that our elected officials cannot put politics aside for a moment and think about those people. Forgive me, it pisses you off . Yes, it does. What will that money mean for you . For me it would be a lifesaver right there, it gives me a couple months rent. Here we go. Earlier today he walked into a meeting that would determine the fate of his job as an athletic trainer. Quick update on how the meeting went, apologize, im a little nervous and shaky from it. A little in shock still, but it went as expected. So there you have it. 17 years in a box. Just a few months ago he took on a second job as a substitute teacher. That job now gone as well. You have twin boys. Yes, with autism, yes. How are they doing . Have you told them yet . No, i have not. Theyre still trying to wrap their minds around school not being in session. Okay, on to the next step for me, which is to file for unemployment in the state of kansas. With only about two months of savings to keep himself going he is now filing for unemployment as he figures out the next source of income. Im all for the measures of social distancing. I got a kind of slap in the face today of the consequences of that. Tonight, like so many across america, danny smiley feels under attack by a virus of many names. Fear, uncertainty, covid19. But for now, his vaccine of choice, courage. So, im having to kind of sacrifice, and im willing to sacrifice my, my job and my benefits if its for the good of the people. And hopefully something will, good will come of it. Thats a courageous thing to say. Thank you. I hope it, i hope it was worth it. Ill hopefully find another job, but you cant replace family members and loved ones. Humans cant be replaced. Jobs can at some point. Love, courage, have many faces in battle. One American Company familiar with wartime footing, adapting to the needs at hand is the ford motor company. Earlier today i spoke with bill ford jr. , executive chairman at ford. Thank you for joining us tonight. Ford is one of americas most iconic companies. In this new time and socalled new economy, you announced today that you will be working with 3m and ge to produce medical equipment. Well be helping engineer and design a new ventilator that will be easier to produce in big numbers. With 3m, were doing res spratd irmasks that are so needed by first spopders and medical workers, and we aim to take their product up from six to ten times what they can currently do. With ourselves, we doing face shields, which we are testing a thousand this week with hospitals in the Metro Detroit area, and we can gear up to about 100,000 a week very soon. And finally, we are 3d printing n95 masks as well. Because hospitals have great need for that. How long before we can expect to see these products out and available to people . So were laying our facilities out with the proper social distancing, and proper protection. But then were just going to go like hell and get moving. One of the things that we do well is we know how to scale things quickly. We can really help 3m and ge in their facilities and also in ours crank up production, and we can go very quickly. Today you announced youll not be reopening your factories on march 30th as youd originally planned. How are the factories doing and the employees doing . In michigan for instance, were under a threeweek shutdown order. The Biggest Issue will be when the uaw and ourselves feel its safe to reopen. Our employees are doing well. Theyd love to get back to work but only when its safe. We know currently ford is paying its employees about 88 of their salaries during this shutdown. I think its important that we all do our part to make sure that we do get through this in good shape. Why did you feel the need to engage at this time in this way . Weve actually gotten involved with disease before. We built iron lungs when the polio crisis hit after world war ii. We also built incubators for babies in rural areas, so, you know, whatever our country needs, whether its First Responder vehicles or respirators and ventilators and masks, well be there for the country. Bill ford jr. , as a wise man once said, go like hell. Thank you. Sobering, encouraging words from detroit. When we come back, 40 years of nightline telling the truth and ted koppel with a message for today. Descovy for prep. A oncedaily prescription medicine that helps lower the chances of getting hiv through sex. 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Its a bit of nostalgia, perhaps, but you helped launch nightline during another critical moment in our nations history, which was the prolonged iran hostage crisis. Nightline began as something held hostage, day 30, day 100. Well, there was a National Obsession with that story. Very similar, in a sense, to what we find now, except that american lives were not as directly affected as three are now by the coronavirus. This is a much bigger crisis, and i hope it doesnt last as long. That one, as you may recall, lasted over a year, 444 days. Youve also dedicated nearly two decades to another mission, which is fighting copd. Which your wife, grace ann has struggled with. I dont think people understand how much of a National Problem copd is and how relevant it is to whats going on right now. Because coronavirus, as most of your viewers probably know, attacks the lungs. And copd is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It kills 155,000 americans a year. And people with copd are probably more vulnerable to the coronavirus than almost any other group. So during this time of crisis, how have you and grace ann been practicing social distancing and keeping yourselves safe. Grace ann has been training me for quite some time. We have been doing elbow bumps, washing other hands constantly. When you look at the wider population, how do you calibrate that message . How do you get people to take it seriously, for those who are vulnerable . Unfortunately, i think people only begin to take Something Like this seriously when someone in their circle becomes critically ill or even worse, tragically dies. We are going to see a great deal of that in this country over the next few weeks and months. Wake up. I mean, its, it really is too serious. Its going to be too damaging. Ted, so much of your legacy here at nightline was to be a calming voice in the midst of uncertainty, and this type of national crisis, what would you say to people who are having a hard time keeping perspective . I would say it is time more than ever in this country to come to the realization that what we need more than anything else is reliable, credible journalism. The fact that so much information is being conveyed by people who have no background in journalism whatsoever, but who do have the ability through the internet to communicate absolute nonsense and sometimes damaging nonsense over the internet. This is a time when rather than questioning the credibility of the media, we need to reenforce it. Its what we tried to do 40 years ago in a time of crisis, and what i know youre trying to do today. Well, ted, thats indeed your legacy. Thats nightlines legacy. Im so glad could you join us tonight. This is certainly a time when truth and science and facts matter. So thanks. 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