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Threatening to halt much needed checks to millions of americans. Desperate times. Some hospitals now forcing two patients to share a single ventilator this morning a look inside one of new yorks busiest hospitals where doctors are doing anything they can to fight the virus. Those cases plus danger zone, deaths in louisiana. The dramatic spike blamed on new orleanss most iconic celebration. People werent only catching beads here, they were catching the coronavirus. Just ahead, desperate plea for help from louisianas governor and the nfl star stepping up in a big way. Drew brees joins us live january 27th, 2020 from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, the coronavirus pandemic with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb hi, everybody, good morning. Welcome to today. It is friday morning thank you for being with us. Im home again hoda, its been a lot week a lot of developments and that continues. A busy morning. Major developments on the coronavirus. The 85,000 cases in the u. S. , now the most in the world. At least 1200 deaths are being blamed on the virus. Here in new york the toll on doctors and nurses is growing with each passing day. Yesterday the number of patients in need of hospitalization jumped 40 to help, the navy will deploy usns comfort, a floating hospital used to treat noncoronavirus a similar ship arrives in los angeles today. Meantime amid its push to get america back to work, the president says new guidelines are established to let states decide when its safe to begin pulling back on social distancing our team is covering all of this Gabe Gutierrez joins us from the hospital where they were completely overwhelmed. Reporter hoda, good morning. Theres already another line for testing. The state is scouting new locations for overflow hospitals. Governor cuomo said the pressing need is ventilators. Doctors are being allowed to split two ventilators to help patients over time overnight President Trump said he wasnt so sure the projections for new york were accurate this morning, the u. S. Has the most coronavirus cases in the world. Ive never seen a Health Crisis like this before. In new york the number is skyrocketing now more than 37,000, a triple digit spike in deaths in just one day. Our station wnbc got rare access inside a hospital in the bronx the er i packed, patients with covid19 symptoms are isolated. Soon this triage tent may be necessary. The city sent 40 ventilators and dozens mor workers to a hospital in queens. Thirteen deaths in 24 hours. Outside the line of patients begin before dawn. I dont know whats going to happen. From a distance we spoke with Ignacio Ramirez who started feeling symptoms on saturday he waited five times for testing. A fever, headache, nothing has stopped. Its horrible. Reporter overnight on fox news, the president casting doubt on the number of ventilators being requested in new york. I have a feeling a lot of the numbers being said in some areas are just bigger than they are going to be. I dont believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. This from the White House Coronavirus response coordinator on the scope of the crisis coasttocoast to make the implication that when they need a hospital bed its got going to be there, when they need ventilator its not going to be there, we dont have evidence of that right now. The citys emt response approaching crisis with spike in 911 calls causing threehour delays for ambulances in nonemergencies. In two weeks we have a 20 or 30 on set. Across the country theres an increase in coronavirus cases. Doctors risking their health in atlanta, intubating critical patients. Youre aware every moment, youre aerosolizing this vicious virus. Her husband is also a physician with three children. Every day she worries about bringing it home this weekend they redid their will to make sure their children are cared for in case they dont make it. Theres a possibility one of us could be gone its affected our work life, our home life. Theres nothing thats separate from the virus at this point reporter here in new york, the governor says theres enough ppe for the moment for doctors and nurses he attributes any spot shortages around the city to distribution issues again, he says the main problem right now is the lack of ventilators, savannah. All right gabe, thank you so much. Now to the overnight drama tied to the rescue package on capitol hill there are fears todays scheduled vote in the house could be delayed because of objections of a single congressman. Nbcs tom costello has the latest on that this morning. Tom, good morning. Yeah, good morning. Thats right theres now a mad dash, members of congress trying to get back to washington as fast as possible to vote on that Emergency Rescue package the concern is that a Single Member of congress may not go along with plans to vote today this morning members of congress are scrambling back to washington over fears that passing the massive 2 trillion relief package could be delayed. With several lawmakers testing positive for the virus and others exposed at home, House Speaker nancy pelosi was planning a Long Distance voice vote overnight at least one member of the house, republican Thomas Massey might force a recorded vote, meaning at least 216 members must show up to vote on the house floor. The rescue plan aimed at helping American Families and businesses would provide an additional 13 weeks of Unemployment Benefits, plus an extra 600 per week for four months. It would send loans to Small Businesses that retain their employees and 1200 to most adults plus 500 per child the treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says those individuals could see that money direct deposited within three weeks it comes as President Trump is previewing new guidelines for state and local officials grappling with the outbreak, allowing them to set their own standard for social distancing. We may take sections of our country. We may take large sections of our country that arent so seriously affected and we may do it that way. But weve got to start the process pretty soon. The president in a letter to americas governors says his administration will classify counties as high, medium, and low risk based on coronavirus surveillance testing, mapping the spread of the virus. But some doctors are already blasting the administrations plan insisting the proposal is impractical and premature. I think its lunacy its the exact type of messaging we dont need. We need eight to ten weeks of lockdown, not a county by county approach thats never going to get implemented. Now the devastating financial toll is coming into focus. After a record 3. 2 million americans filed for unemployment last week. The question this morning, when can things get back to normal. Nba allstar steph curry with Anthony Fauci on instagram. What magic are you looking at to be able to then determine mass, sporting events are okay we can start thinking about getting back to some degree of normality when the country as a whole has turned that corner and starts coming down. Reporter okay. Also this morning dr. Fauci is responding to concerns that President Trumps desire to have the economy reopened by easter may, in fact, run contrary to the advice of his own medical experts. I think the president was trying to do, he was making an aspirational projection to give people some hope hes listening to us when we say weve really got to reevaluate it in realtime and any decision we make has to be based on the data. The white house had been interested, is interested in states deciding on their own, county by county, whether certain counties should be on lockdown, if you will. But the concern is if people move from county to county to county very easily back and forth, that may make those types of quarantine situations, those lockdowns really difficult to enforce. Savannah. All right tom, were going to talk about that very thing with our doctors now, medical correspondent dr. John torres joins us at home and nbc news contributor with us hes a virologist, on the front lines of africas ebola crisis before we get into this county by county idea, i do want to ask you about the pr fox news. He said i dont believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You go into major hospitals, sometimes they have two ventilators. Now they are saying can we order 30,000 ventilators. Dr. Torres, why would we need so many ventilators . Does the president have a point there . Thats the plan number one you do when theres any kind of disaster, you make sure you have enough equipment that you can supply the patients youre going to have. We know patients are cropping up especially in hotbed areas. Ventilators are crucial to keeping people alive. If you only have three or four ventilators and all of a sudden you need 20, youre behind the eight ball. If you have those supplied already, you can start savings lives right away. They are trying different tricks to get those ventilators to work better on different patients. Having that supply is crucially important. If you dont use it, you dont use it. At least you have access to it. Yeah. Dr. Torres, real quickly, dont these covid19 patients on average spend a lot longer on the ventilators than the average . They do. Typically patients are on a ventilator for a few days, week or so. These covid are on for weeks. If they are on that ventilator, they are taking that ventilator, you cant use it on new patients. Youre going to need new ventilators for those coming in. Thats something you cant predict so youre planning for worse case, moderate case scenario. Lets talk about the white house letter to governors suggesting there could soon be county by county guidance to assess the risk of low, high, or medium and suggest social distancing practices accordingly. Could that work . Would that be effective . It can only work if you have the data and the data is based on the testing and youre still seeing we dont have testing everywhere. If you dont have diagnostic testing in each and every one of the counties and everyone able to get the test, there is no data that could work. If there is data, you could do that. However, that being said, whats going to stop you from going to one county to the next county, which may be high risk to low risk. Theres no way to enforce that. So i would recommend that the governors ignore these guidelines and stick with their own guidelines they are doing right now, which is approximately 50 or more of the states are on a commercial shutdown and sticking to nonessential or essential services. Dr. Fair, you live in new orleans. We know that louisiana is getting hit hard and perhaps getting hit hard even more so. When you look at that map that shows up and Shows New York City as the epicenter with the most cases, is it a tad misleading . New york, of course, has more people. If you start looking at, for example, percentage of cases per capita, where do you start seeing there are other regions that are experiencing this significantly . Every major urban hub, so new orleans, chicago, detroit, were starting to see those as emerging hot spots and its not unexpected. The way we work in this country is we travel. Everybody has family in another state. A lot of people go home to their home areas when they are not working in times of crisis. So youre going to see a lot of transfer between places. Again, without that testing in every place, were not going to know who has the most cases. We referred to it earlier about mardi gras. It was obviously spreading during that time. As the individual said earlier you werent only passing beads, you were probably passing coronavirus, too. New orleans is definitely of major concern right now, as are other cities, and thats going to spread out to the country side as well. Its coming. Natural human behavior, if youre in a major suburban city undergoing a crisis youre going to want to get to your family in the country side. We cant call anywhere low risk right now. Dr. Torres, weve heard the stories from the front lines of doctors, particularly in the new york area, lack of resources, lack of that personal protective equipment, is that something thats a problem nationwide . It seems like its a problem nationwide. Doctor friends i talked to in other parts of the country are saying the same thing. They are hearing theres a lot of supply, a unique situation. They are having to reuse masks and reuse ppe. The big concern for them is the fact they might get infected. If they do get infected, get it for their families, pass it to the patients, might not be there to take care of them. They say its getting better, much better than it was a week ago but still not where they are where they can use it and use it as much as they need to. Dr. Fair, dr. Torres, thank you so much. I know youll be back later in the show. We have questions, including one a lot of people are asking, does ibuprofen really make the virus worse . Also, does it impact men more than women . Those are some of your questions well answer in a few. For now, hoda, well send it back to you. Savannah, thank you. Worldwide cases of the coronavirus now total more than half a million, doubling in just over a week. And we learned Boris Johnson tested positive. Correspondent keir simmons with the very latest on the situation overseas. Keir, good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning to you. He is holding up his phone, saying he tested positive for coronavirus, that he had a temperature, persistent cough, he says he has mild symptoms. We are hearing another member of british government, British Health secretary has also tested positive for the coronavirus. The british Prime Minister making the announcement on twitter, appearing upbeat. I developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus. Thats to say a temperature and persistent cough. His partner is pregnant, lives with him at downing street, he has been at News Conferences with scientists leading the coronavirus response. I want to thank everybody working to keep our country going through this epidemic, and we will get through it. Theyre putting them on trains to move them away from overstretched hospitals. There are signs the yurns aeuro are winning. People in the streets, clapping and cheering, overwhelmed health workers. Even the royal children. Even the royal children, prince george, louis, and princess charlotte. Prince charles pictured for the First Time Since news he has the coronavirus. The u. S. Military facing infections on the Aircraft Carrier uss roosevelt are based in south korea and in western germany two u. S. Air force personnel isolated as soon as they showed symptoms. Their commander speaking to today. European leaders, the president himself has described it as a war. Is it like a war . I think thats a good approach. Ive approached this just as we would any adversary. You have to understand the adversary. Disinfecting gear, closing childrens schools and playgrounds, operating a drivethrough clinic. 7,000 Service Members and families in five countries, shes working 15 hours a day and staying in touch with folks back home in tennessee. I actually was yelling at my mom yesterday about her being out and about because shes considered high risk, so we pull at mom sometimes. Reporter there are other members of staff on downing street that think they have symptoms, there are no further positive tests. Food is being left for the Prime Minister outside his door, conducting business by video krchls. From buckingham palace, they say that he met the queen back on the 11th of march and shes following advice, but the queen remains in good health, some reassuring news there. Awesome breaking news at the end there. Thank you. I know youll followup. What do you say we turn to mr. Roker who is once again working from his home. Hey, al, how is the weather looking . Well, hoda, weve got some Severe Weather to talk about. Already firing up from Central Illinois on into indiana were watching the system push through. As it does weve got a risk of Severe Weather, hail, damaging winds, possibility of tornadoes. Were really concerned about tomorrow. 41 Million People at risk. Hail, damaging winds, tornadoes. This hail could be upwards of 3 in diameter. These storms are fast moving. They will be moving 50 miles an hour. Its not unusual to see illinois tornadoes in march. Tomorrow a tomorrow a windswept rain pushing through. Sunday heavy rain entering into new england. Snow showers in the upper midwest with this thing. Rainfall amounts from the dakotas all the way to upstate new york back into the Mississippi River valley were talking anywhere from 1 to 3 of rain before its all over. Flooding may be a problem as well as we move into illinois and indiana. Thats whats going on around the country. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We are going to enjoy sunshine today and also cool temperatures. Were going to take a break from the rain, but it will return tomorrow as we start to see our temperatures cooling down even a few more degrees tomorrow. Off and on rain throughout the day on sunday. By monday the rain is clearing and our temperatures warm up significantly. In San Francisco well be in the upper 50s today but warming up into the mid60s by the middle of next week. And that is your weather. Ladies. All right al roker straight ahead, the latest hot spot why mardi gras may have worsened the situation. Also, drew brees hes going to talk about his familys generous donation to people in need there looking forward to that also, hoda, were spotlighting more heroes in this crisis in the age of social distancing how teachers from coasttocoast are getting creative to keep kids learning, and parents, too. But first, this is today on nbc. My money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. Today, im earning on a charger. So, just the charger then . Ummm. Yeah sarcastically fantastic. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Straight ahead, overnight news sure to put a smile on your face carson and siris baby girl arrives. Thats little goldie well celebrate with the proud dad after your local news. Ahey, aheyhey love like yours will surely come my way uhoh. No wifi at your inlaws house . Its switching time. And now its netflix time. Watch netflix offline. Switch to chromebook. 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A new internal report out of jose city hall projects across Santa Clara County there may be up to 19,000 more cases than the confirmed numbers show and if people dont fully comply with a shelter at home order there could be some 8,000 deaths over the next few weeks. Alhambra high school in martinez will soon be housing less critical hospital patients. The gym, adjoining kitchen, and common areas will be used but not the classrooms. This is in an effort to relieve the burden on east Bay Hospitals expecting to see a surge in covid19 patients. Lets get a look at the forecast for you this morning. Meteorology kari hall. Good friday morning to you. Chilly temperatures across the bay area. We started out below freezing. Elsewhere we are in the upper 30s with a very cool start. A live look outside in san jose now that the sun is rising. We are going to warm up going into the afternoon but look at where we are now, freezing in napa and in the upper 30s for the south bay as well as the south county. Dry today but rain returning tomorrow. Going into the rest of the weekend our temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. Sunshine and warmer weather back with us early next week. Whats happening out there for the commute, mike . Kari, we have a light commute because only the essential drivers should be out there. We have an incident, a report of a fire alongside eastbound 80, hilltop drive, should be on the shoulder. Probably no big deal. Well track that. The rest of your commute is not a commute. An easy flow of traffic but there are cars out there. Use caution and obey the speed limit. Back to you, mike. Well have another update in 30 minutes. Hey, everybody. 7 30 now on a friday morning. It is march 27th, 2020. Savannah, nice to see your face this morning . Nice to see you. Friday still feels good, even when so many of us are working from home. Lets get right to the 7 30 headlines. The very latest on the coronavirus pandemic. There are now more than half a million cases worldwide. The u. S. Is at the top of the list, surging past 85,000 cases since the start of this outbreak. Meanwhile, members of the house are racing back to washington over concern that 2 trillion rescue package could be delayed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was planning a Long Distance voice vote but leaders are now fearing that at least one member, congressman Thomas Massey, might demand a recorded vote on the house floor forcing members of congress back to washington. The new York Police Department was down more than 10 of its workforce yesterday after more than 3,000 officers have called out sick. In the meantime nypd Deputy Commissioner john miller has been hospitalized after he tested positive for coronavirus. We wish him the very best, hoda. Certainly do. Meantime louisiana has seep a seen a staggering new amount of coronavirus cases, many in new orleans. This morning some experts are pointing the finger at last months mardi gras celebration. Now, in a moment well talk to saints quarterback drew brees who is stepping up to help his adopted home state. First, nbcs blayne alexander is in new orleans. Hey, blayne, good morning. Reporter hoda, good morning to you. Of course we recognize the French Quarter but we have not seen it quite like this. Here on bourbon street, not only are the businesses closed, they are boarded up. Not a person in sight. Experts believe this area may play a role in the exploding cases were seeing right now thanks to the Biggest Party of the year, mardi gras. Across louisiana, the numbers are simply staggering. It scared me. I screamed. Im like, youre kidding me. Reporter the state has seen the fastest growth rates in the world. They soared to 2300 coronavirus cases and 83 deaths. If this spread continues on its current path, could it start to look like spain or italy . Absolutely. New orleans, nearly 1,000 cases with 46 dead. Now experts pointing to one major factor, mardi gras. People are drinking and sharing glasses, throwing beads off a float. Unfortunately people arent only catching beads from mardi gras but coronavirus. Oliver stokes, a popular d. J. Was riding one of those floats, now hes feeling sick. The comforter and provider. The doctor ordered no visitors in his final hours. His wife cassandra couldnt be by his side. I couldnt hold his hand, couldnt tell him i love him, nothing. That was the hardest part for me was that i couldnt be with him. Across new orleans, the heartache shows no mercy. Jay banks lost Three Friends in a single day. Two died still awaiting test results. It is crazy. Three people dead within three hours, all of which were living very vibrant, very, very, very fulfilling lives, now they are gone. Gone, too, the crowded restaurants, the bustling French Quarter, so much of the citys soul and livelihood. Its not normal. Is it ever going to get back. On thursday, a message of hope from new Orleans Saints quarterback drew brees who donated 5 million to help his city writing, lets all do our part, maintain hope, an get through this together. Most people are listening and staying home. But for those few exceptions, cassandra has this warning. They still dont get it. When it hits them, they will, because its a lifechanging experience. And the governor this morning is warning that the state will run out of hospital beds in less than two weeks, hoda. Now the Convention Center is being prepared as a backup to possibly house patients there. For many its recalling memories of the response to hurricane katerina in 2005. Hoda. Blayne alexander, thank you. We are so happy, so happy to be joined by our pal drew brees. Drew, its nice to see your face this morning. How are you . Its good to see you. Hopefully we have a good connection. I was heart broken watching blaynes piece about whats going on in new orleans. Theres such a need. They need hospital equipment, all kinds of stuff. All of a sudden on my twitter feed i saw 5 million from drew brees. I said, he came through again. Why did you decide to do that . Just like you said, theres so many people in need right now. Obviously the state of louisiana thrives on Small Businesses, and were a hospitality state. So many people have been affected by this around the country but especially in new orleans. So when brittany and i think about new orleans and peoples greatest just basic needs, that is to make sure they and their family are fed and that was where we wanted to start. Obviously theres a lot more work thats going to need to be done and well evaluate that as we go along but certainly we want to help. I think, drew, people dont know the need for food in new orleans. The numbers have always been staggering to me but one in six louisiana households struggle to put food on the table. One in four seniors are hungry. One in four children. I mean, if there ever was a need, this is it. You came to new orleans post katerina. Back then i thought that was the worst thing that could have happened to our state. How do you think this compares in your mind . Well, this is a devastating thing for a lot of people but especially for the state of the state of louisiana. Like i said, so many people are involved in the hospitality and restaurant industry, involved in a Small Business in some way or another, so obviously those have been some of the ones hardest hit. Even with the stimulus package that will hopefully get passed today, its probably going to take a while before people see the benefits of that how do they sustain, survive thats why we have to come together and make sure we get to this together. Youre not the mayor of new orleans but youre pretty doggone close, so if youre saying something to the people of new orleans that are probably watching you this morning, what would you say to them . Id say hang in there and maintain hope. Obviously weve been through a lot of tough times together, whether its hurricanes, oil spills, floods this is another one of those bits of adversity that were going to come out better on the other side weve got to stick together. Obviously it may get a little worse before it gets better but at the end of the day well be better because of it. Can we talk football for just a second your coach and friend has been diagnosed with the coronavirus sean peyton. How is he doing . Have you spoken with him i did speak with him when he was diagnosed and a few days ago when he got cleared. Hes maintaining good spirits, extremely positive attitude. He also recognizes, you know, just the danger in this. I know that hes encouraged everyone to follow the orders and guidelines put in place. Dont put yourself or your family in any type of risk lets get over the hump with this thing and move onto bigger and better times. You think well have a season, a football season . What do you think . Well, if i was speaking for the American People, i would say that one of the toughest things about this, honestly, typically sports brings america through tough situations, right . Its something people can look forward to it brings them hope. It brings them together. Yet right now you cant even turn on the tv and tune into any type of sport. Thats whats unprecedented about this as well so i think the American People would say, yes, we want football back as soon as possible so that we can start gathering together and have something to look forward to. I know youve got a lot of fans but i was struck by something i saw on twitter from khou in houston. Okay, houston, you have permission to root for a Saints Player just this one time. Thank you, drew. Thats pretty cool. That is pretty cool. I am a texas boy. I do still have my texas roots from austin. Just lastly, youve got four kids under 11. You guys are in san diego. I know your heart is in new orleans. How are you all handling being together like this you know, its the new normal for a lot of families, right we were all thrust into this situation where all of a sudden were getting lesson plans its like were going back to Elementary School trying to figure out how to teach our kids i cant tell you how much time i spent with my fifth grade son yesterday on his math. Im thinking to myself, if i had to take this test right now, i would be in trouble. So it has its frustrating moments. I think every parent would agree with me. Yet, i think if there is one positive at this point, its that so many families are coming together, maybe through what is normally a crazy, hectic life where youre going all kinds of different directions, especially parents with kids involved in tons of activities, all of a sudden now youre just together all the time and reconnecting. I hope this is something that when we come out of this, we say, you know what, it really brought families together. I think youre right. I think a lot of things are contagious, including generosity our hope is that because you let us know you made this big, generous donation, i think other people look and say, hey, maybe we can help out, too drew, we love you. Love you, too. A lot more. Sorry. Hoda, i know. Its a lot hoda, im so sorry, hon. Take a moment. Sorry. Its a lot. I know where your heart is, my dear i do how about i read the tease want me, too please. Okay. 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Because thats the way it should be. Carmax. Were back with indepth were back with indepth today. Today were celebrating another vital group of people stepping up and working during the coronavirus epidemic coasttocoast teachers are going all out and making huge adjustments to make sure our kids are still learning and connecting with each other Nbcs Joe Fryer has their story this morning joe, good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Its estimated School Closures have impacted at least 55 million American Students but kids are still learning and teachers are still teaching. Like us, they are using technology which presents both opportunities and challenges these days, this is one of the only way students are seeing teachers in person caravans of educators driving through neighbors. I just feel so brokenhearted i havent seen them. Im excited to see my teachers. They love seeing your faces. Beyond that, connections between teachers and students have been virtual. Leing place online. I think the Biggest Challenges are a lot of kids are fatigue, they are tired. Alexis teaches fifth graders at echo horizon in california. How are we providing the best education for our students, maintaining that bar of excellence while still having this humanity understanding their young children. Theyre young children. Its certainly a new experience for kids. I just think its really cool the things you can learn about them. It can be hard on low income families. We do have some students who dont have internet. Seventh grade teacher says they have a plan for kids who cant go online. A learning packet where we kind of create workbook materials, where the students can still engage in some sort of learning. And for kids who are homeless, the California Organization school on wheels is offering remote tutoring that shelters with internet access. In these tough times teachers everywhere are finding creative ways to connect. From brooklyn where mr. James keeps his phys ed kids moving to lakeville, minnesota, where teachers sent a musical message to their students. Every little thing is going to be all right prompting parents to give teachers an a plus. I know how hard trying something new in technology is for me. Their whole job interface technology. They make it easy and making my kids happy. Teachers tell us they are relying on parents as much as ever to give kids structure and to help with their assignments. After all, so many parents are now at home, too. Savannah. All right. Joe, thank you so much. We just give a big shout out to our teachers. Whether you know a teacher, health care worker, anybody else going above and beyond, we want to hear about it. Tell us their stories on facebook, instagram and twitter. Use our todayheroes. Shout out to candice as. Thats haleys teacher. Time for a shout out with the weather. Hey, al. Hey, hoda, glad youre feeling better. By the way, nick started his online classes using zoom with all his teachers yesterday. Its kind of interesting. Weve lost some snow. Spring is coming. Lets show you whats happening around the rest of the country today. Youll see basically were looking at record highs through the gulf, windy conditions in good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Today well enjoy sunshine and highs reaching into the low 60s. Rain comes back tomorrow and temperatures take a dip reaching into the upper 50s for the inland areas, low 60s on sunday. Next week sunny and reaching into the 70s inland while San Francisco will see temperatures in the mid50s with the rain throughout the next few days. Then going into next week well dry out there and reach the mid60s. Ok, al, gracias. All right, al. Thank you so much. Good to see your face. Coming up, some of the folks behind the unprecedented number of unemployment in america, from airport workers, bartenders. Were going to share their stories. 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And then by monday that storm system is gone and temperatures will be warming up with sunshine reaching into the low 70s. Well see some mid70s by the middle of the week. San francisco will see some showers this weekend. Were looking at some clearing and possibly several days of dry weather going into next week. Ill continue to watch those weekend rain chances right now watching the morning commute. Thats right, kari. A big view of the bay and no big problems. Thats great news. The south bay southbound 87 right around an earlier crash looks like everything is cleared. There may have been a traffic break there you go. A little bit of slowing. That will clear. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. A very easy drive. Notice the signs, the cash lanes, no cash, check mail for bill. Theyll get you. Back to you. Thanks, mike and kari. Happening now house lawmakers are debating the vote that will pave the way for 2 trillion in stimulus. 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Coming up, breaking news shocking reality america leading the world in coronavirus cases, big cities hardesthit, the virus on the move the president looks to track the virus county by county what you need to know just ahead. With you today, with millions of americans out of jobs, we breakdown everything you need to know hello goldie we talk to the proud papa coming up good morning everybody. Welcome back to today. We are glad to talk to carson. Coming up, something we havent done in a while, you, me, craig, carson together this is a celebration. We are going to join from home, facetime, from wherever. Well be together which will be sweet. Cannot wait first, lets get to the news it is 8 00 members of the house are suddenly in a mad scramble to make sure coronavirus Economic Relief package is not delayed. Urgent see underscored by news the u. S. Has more coronavirus cases than any other country tom costello joins us with three things he is watching today. Tom, good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah 86,000 cases, new york is the epicenter. The mayor of los angeles and governor of louisiana warn their residents are noi on the same path, same trajectory as new york meanwhile, members of Congress Rushing back to washington to vote on the massive 2 trillion economic rescue package, with several members of congress testing positive and others exposed to the virus, House Speaker nancy pelosi hoped to hold a Long Distance voice vote. A single republican lawmaker may not go along with plans demanding a floor vote instead house members are hoping to vote today. Leaders insist the rescue plan for businesses and workers is not in jeopardy. President trump is questioning whether new york and other states actually need the number of ventilators that they claim they do, thousands of ventilators they claim they do new york Governor Cuomo says his state needs another 20,000 as its hospitals are overwhelmed with critically sick patients, many more expected in the coming weeks. The federal government shipped 4,000 ventilators to new york. Hospitals there report splitting ventilators, hooking up two patients to a single machine ment president last night questioned whether they need the number of ventilators they say they do. Tom, thank you. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he tested positive for the coronavirus he is the first major world leader known to have covid19. Senior International Correspondent joins us with more on breaking news good morning reporter this is a shock for people in the uk Boris Johnson saying the last 24 hours developed a fever, temperature, and persistent cough. He says theyre mild symptoms, but he was tested and found he tested positive for coronavirus. He made the announcement on twitter. Appears to have self filmed on the phone because he is self isolating. No doubt that i can continue, thanks to wizardry of modern technology to talk with my top team, to lead the fight against coronavirus. Reporter some concerns are for his fiance that lives with him and is pregnant and for those around him, including the scientists that are leading the fight against coronavirus here who appeared with him regularly at News Conference again, the Prime Minister saying he believes he will be able to continue leading the country, albeit by Video Conference got it. Thanks for the update. We have the news covered we have a boost her dad brought her the theme park look at the splash we made splash mountain. He wanted to make it real. The best part, the spray bottle. They didnt have to wait 90 minutes to get on the ride hop in the laundry basket, boom. 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Kelly was told her job at a major hotel in seattle is suspended until at least may. I havent worked in over weef im three weeks and i dont know if i am going to run out of money before i can start working again. Reporter in alabama, matt west bury is in the same boat. Luckily i worked a few shifts before this happened, i had money to keep me afloat, but not enough to get me through a whole month. Reporter congress inches closer to passing a relief package to send money to americans, state unemployment offices are overwhelmed. Was fired last thursday, tried to file unemployment continuously to no avail the unemployment phone lines are always busy, been kicked off the website while filing my claim. Reporter with the first of the month days away, every hour of work lost, every delay in getting Unemployment Benefits matters. You know, i have rent i have to pay for, family to provide for. I have to make sure my kids are able to eat. You know, my wife able to eat. We all have a roof over our heads. Reporter on the other side, Small Business owners. This one forced to close two shops and says laying off almost two dozen employees was excruciating of being business, i had to tell them one by one, you know, were laying them off. Lot of them, you know, they become your family reporter many workers grasping at straws mike reed in new york is optimistic about a marketing job at a law firm. Firm i work for want to bring us back, several weeks, could be several months, dont know when. Reporter theres hope that some relief funds out of washington can bring relief to the ongoing struggle guys, we know a possible recession is on the horizon, and that can change the nature of work for so many people. As you can imagine looking ahead, theres a lot of anxiety and struggle out there, but we heard from so many people, personal, powerful stories, giving you insight into whats behind that massive unemployment claims number we got this week they pull at your heart there. We are joined by Senior Business correspondent steph ruhle. Yesterday, savannah spoke to the fed chair. He said we may already be in recession. Then horrible job numbers came out, everyone thought my god, these are staggering the question is how bad do you think it is going to get hoda, i think im going to be the house optimist today because in that very rare interview that fed chair jay powell did with savannah yesterday, he also said help is on the way, and it is. 3. 3 million jobless claims is a huge number. I know people are trying to get claims through, trying to file for unemployment, but its coming and whether you talk about the fed printing money and enabling banks to keep lending or this bill that the senate voted 960, you almost never see it happen, to offer 2 trillion in support to individuals, Small Business, to big business. Thats huge. The very clear message from the government is we know that this virus is ravaging us from a health perspective, but economically, the government is saying well bear hug the country through this and get you to the other side. April 1st is coming, that means bills are coming checks arent here yet a lot of people are freaking out basically. Now people are getting laid off. I was listening to that piece, people are like i am trying to file, cant get through the lines. Walk us through the abcs if you get laid off okay. So if you were in fact to get laid off, you need to apply for unemployment right now i hear people. The system is flooded, when you have all those people applying, websites are crashing. But yesterday the governor of california, connecticut, and other states said we are hiring and hiring to have people come in and help process the claims just yesterday when i was doing a facebook live, someone said get on the website late at night. So the system is flooded but these expanded benefits in the system are huge. Suddenly these Unemployment Benefits that Chuck Schumer says are super sized are being offered to freelance workers, to gig economy workers, for ten months, not just four months, and more like 100 of income, not 40 or 50 . Help is on the way i want to give you another anecdote that should give people comfort. Inside this senate bill, i know it is not approved yet, think of the support for Small Businesses, over 50 of businesses in this country remember last week when you and i were talking to the founder of pig beach and he said i had to layoff all my employees. He was devastated. In the paycheck protection program, the government will offer 8 weeks of loans to businesses that they can spend on anything to stay afloat if they keep their employees on staff. Youre going to see people laid off last week get calls from employers to say come back on. And by the way, that loan for eight weeks, if you keep the entire staff on, the loan is forgiven it will be a grant i know this pain is huge and i know were scared but the more information were giving people and the more the government is signaling we are here to help, people should feel some level of comfort. Even snap benefits have been expanded we know across the board from a state and federal level the government is saying i realize it will take some time, were here to help you, and i see it, im telling you, hoda. Thank you, stephanie. She always makes us feel better. We appreciate that lets turn to mr. Roker for another check of the weather hey, al. Hey, all right, thanks so much lets show you what we have going on we have Severe Weather looking at that make its way through the Central Plains storms firing up through Central Illinois into indiana. Some could be severe we are looking at Severe Weather again later tonight into tomorrow temperatures are soaring from florida into texas with temperatures and records in the 90s during the day today and tomorrow look for Rocky Mountain snow for today into tomorrow. Wet weather on the Pacific Northwest coast. Sunny skies in the northeast, plenty of sunshine through the good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. We have sunshine in our forecast today. A bit of a break in between these weather systems, and were going to see still mostly sunny skies. A live look outside in san jose and checking out our temperatures that will reach into the upper 50s and low 60s for today. Going into the weekend, well see that rain returning, especially for tomorrow, off and on throughout the day on sunday. Monday, were clearing out and also warming up with mid70s by next wednesday. If and that is your latest thats your latest weather. I know it has been awhile i am savannah, shes hoda. All right. Lets turn to with you today every day we learn more about the covid19 virus that means lots more questions youve been sending them to us in collaboration with facebook and instagram. Were really trying to answer as many of these questions as we can with the help of nbc medical correspondent dr. John torres. Hi, dr. John. Good morning. Lets get right to it the first question from reba on facebook she asks, is the virus mutating and becoming different from something that originally had in the country and can people be reinfected with it. They are looking at the genome of the virus, they found out overall its changing a little bit, overall its a stable virus it hasnt mutated. You think about the flu, every year its a different flu and mutates, needs different vaccines this is stable and they dont think its going to mutate much over the next year or so. So does that mean if you get it, you probably wont get it again . Thats the theory right now its looking like when people get it, they get this immunity to it because they build up their antibodies that immunity, were not sure how long they last sometimes they last a while, sometimes they go away after a little bit of time most experts say they think it will last a year hopefully a lot longer than that. Im not sure our next facebook question is on that, do they have Testing Available to test for antibodies in blood for those who think they may already have had it. Right now theres a test where they can test for antibodies its a bit of a cumbersome test. It requires a blood draw, has to be sent to the lab, takes a day or two to get results. What they talked about on a press conference, dr. Birx said we need a point of testing, do a fingerprick and they can tell in a few minutes whether they have the antibodies or not. This will help us with a couple of things, finding asymptomatic cases, which is probably a large number the convalescent plasma to treat somebody somebody infected with it, they have antibodies in their body, we can tell from that test if they have antibodies and use it to treat someone else. Thats going to be used on casebycase basis only for the critically ill. Its not quite up to fda approval yet so again, its just going to be used very sparingly and only if they need to. Okay. Ive got a couple more here we go next question from david on facebook is it true men seem to be suffering more seriously from the virus than women it is true men seem to be suffering more seriously couple of things they seem to be getting it more often and seem to be havin worse outcomes because of it theres more reasons number one, men tend to engage in riskier behaviors they arent listening to social behaviors. They are gathering more which spreads it around. On top of that, they have higher rates of smoking overall especially in china, europe, they have huge increases there women generally have stronger immune systems overall because of their genetics. That stronger immune system is helping them survive this more than men its not a huge difference but a big enough difference that its raising a few red flags. All right i really only have 20 seconds but valerie on Facebook Says is acetaminophen better to use rather than ibuprofen. People have said ibuprofen might make it worse . This is hitting a lot on social media experts are saying theres no credible evidence behind this. The World Health Organization did a quick review of the data and said they found no data to support this overall they are both equally good if youre excessively worried about it, then just switch to acetaminophen or tylenol at this point. Theres no evidence to say ibuprofen is any worse than acetaminophen. Dr. Torres, thank you keep the questions coming. Good morning. 8 26. Im marcus washington. A high school in martinez will soon be housing less critical high school patients. The gym and adjoining kitchen areas will be used but no classrooms. This is an effort to relieve some of the burden on east Bay Hospitals expecting to see a surge of covid19 patients. Starting today the dmv will be closed for a temporary statewide shut down. This comes after an employee tested positive at a Southern California dmv office. In all, Office Appointments are scheduled. Starting next week the dmv will reopen but only online. Lets get a look at the commute. Mike inouye is standing by. Mike . Thats right, marcus. The dmv also pushing back or authorities pushed back the need for real i. D. So a lot longer, another year. Check the dmv site. No rush there. No rush on the roadways. A smooth drive. Folks who need to get out to do essential duties we thank you and there should be no big deal. West 80 at ashby an earlier crash thats been cleared. And its all clear now. So is the bay bridge toll plaza. The live look shows you oakland with a smooth drive past the coliseum both directions. Same for the san mateo bridge. Theyre all cashless bridges. Fast track, no problem. Just send through the bill theyll bill you if you dont have a fast track is what i meant to say. Thanks, mike. Hi, guys, doing the tonight show from my home at home this whole week having interviews, online interviews and raising a lot of pony for a money for lot of great causes. Tune in every single night this week here we go good morning, everybody. Its 8 30. Its a friday morning. Thank goodness its friday right, hoda. So many people are just thinking this was one long week you know, its been a tough time, hasnt it . It sure has i feel like we need this break people have been home a lot of days and days are morphing into each other it is friday and it does matter. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. Definitely of course, with everyone focusing and having to face this together, we want to be part of the solution and provide you with information you need to stay healthy. Thats why launching cdc, a new set of Public Service announcements from the more you know campaign and its got some familiar faces take a look. Due to the coronavirus, a lot of us are staying home with our kids. Across the globe and even across our own communities. Our daily lives have changed. Be a role model for good behavior. Do what you can to stick with routines and be an example. Make time for working, learning, playing, and relaxing. Remember to reassure your kids things are okay. Were in this together. The more you know stand by you these Public Service announcements obviously feature members of our nbc family. They have tips from everything on how to stop the spread, talk to your kids about whats going on the cool thing, all of them were shot on our phones, right in our own homes. Yes so meantime, guys, weve got a special half hour ahead. We think its going to boost your mood. First off we are going to check in with carson as he introduces us to his new baby girl goldie is in the world. Good morning, carson. Weve missed your face we cant wait to see the newest face of the daly family. We have another ray of sunshine, Kristin Chenoweth. How shes helping fellow actors while broadway is on hiatus. Hi, cutie, love your pink. She will have a song put is in better spirits. Happy to see you. You, too. The guy who makes us smile, harry smith, sharing thoughts on our changing world first, mr. Roker, have you got a check of the weather hey, yes, we do, hoda so good to see all those faces cant wait to meet goldie. Lets show you whats happening as far as your weekend is concerned. After today, we are looking at Severe Weather in the upper midwest into the central midwest with tornadoes possible, record warmth through the southeast, unsettled weather. Sunday sunday that rafe heavy rain moves into the northeast in new england. More records into the southeast. Mountain snows through the intermountain regions, cascades. Look for wet weather down along the west coast all the way into the Pacific Northwest. Thats what go good morning. Im meteorologist kari hall. Live look outside and San Francisco we start out with clear sky and were going to see lots of sunshine today. Our wet weather has taken a break and moved away from the bay area. Well see another storm system approaching by tomorrow. In the meantime, were looking at highs in the upper 50s to low 60s today. And over the next several days, expect mostly sunny skies. As we go into the weekend, though, some rain moves in, but well see that sunshine and warmer weather returning early next week. Thats your latest weather. Actually, this dawns on me, this is my neck of the woods. Finally, its true. You are in your neck of the woods. Coming up next, the daly party, now a party of six. Wee going to check in wirth we are back. When i say we, weve got the brady bunch boxes up were all here, me, savannah, al, craig, and carson. Gangs all here. You know what, we had to get everyone together because weve got a new member of the family, mr. Daly and siri just welcomed through new baby girl goldie she is beautiful Goldie Patricia daly 8. 2 pounds, 20, drop dead gorgeous carson, tell us everything about goldie and how is siri feeling this morning . Guys, so great to be with you all. Shes doing great. Goldie is awesome. Her middle name is patricia, named after my mother, who you knew well. Her birthday would have been tomorrow so that worked out well i woke up today profoundly moved, two things come to mind number one, the strength of my wife watching siri, not to mention during the pregnancy but being pregnant at this time you cant imagine the anxiety this brought. I dropped her off at the hospital because the hospital in and around new york had new guidelines and she went alone on wednesday night. I could only join her for the birth, then i had to leave again as they are quickly trying to flip these rooms around. Her heroism, shes a superstar, a superhero. I wake up enamored by her and also the medical staff we worked with last night. The work they are doing on the front lines, you dont believe it until you are actually there and can see it. Carson, weve got other children as we know. I dont know who is on the other camera. Jackson is right here. Hey, jackson. Jackson. What do they all think about the new addition they are very excited for a little gogo as were going to call goldie. They are anxiously awaiting for mommy and gogo to come home also london, my fiveyearold reminded me, daddy, i think you said gogo was going to buy me a toy. When am i going to get my toy . Hey, buddy. Hey, car sentence, carson, where did the name goldie come from in this time we have quarantined, a lot of time on our families, i just got back my test, and i was looking at irish names on st. Patricks day morning, and i stumbled on goldie we had a list of names i thought about it seems like the fourth kid, seems like the pot of gold at the end of our family rainbow. I said what do you think about Goldie Patricia and that was it. One of these things we knew. Buddy, how are you and the gang holding up there just in general . You know what, were holding up pretty good obviously its an anxious time for everybody, having siri be pregnant were being extra cautious on the germ front were also in minor construction on the house were confined to several rooms. We have no kitchen but thats been good because it promotes us locally supporting our local restaurants and getting food and bringing it in so weve just been hunkering down doing what you tells us to do on the news and being extra cautious our circle is small. Were just remaining connected with the kids. The schooling, digital schooling helped, helped to put a little structure back in our life your wife, lindsay, was a big inspiration, too, craig, because she created time for the kids which included god time. We stole that idea now the kids have a routine. Its getting easier. We remain mindful of new york city, which has become the epicenter and all the people having a tough go. At the end of the day we feel quite blessed especially with goldie. Amen to that. Carson, she is a blessing siri is amazing, you are, too. I know theres nothing you love more than being at home with your family. I hope this time is so precious for all of you guys to just cuddle up and cozy up with gogo. When she comes home youve got gogo, lolo, jack, etta, can you believe how many kids you have no. Its a circus. We want to thank the doctors who delivered gogo. They were incredible on long island they were amazing. I want to thank them theres so many of them. Its crazy, like a College Campus last time youre on a College Campus, only then are you reminded how huge the institutions are hospitals are the same admin people, did you get your n95 mask yet i havent gotten mine yet. Its not until you realize what makes this mechanism work, theres so many people that do it all for us. Were incredibly grateful for all they are doing, not just maternity but ers around the country and around the world a shout out to them. I cant wait until i get back in the same room. Maybe pop start from here. Thats all of us. Were for it. There you go. Congrats, buddy. Thank you so much love you guys. Thank you, carson big hug. Send lots of pictures of goldie. We cant get enough, right oh, they are coming. All right, guys coming up next, were going to bring a taste of broadway to your morning thanks to the one, the only, our pal Kristin Chenoweth but first this is today on nbc when we face adversity, we find a way through it. Its about taking care of each other. Its the small parts that make a big difference. At chevy, we promise to do ours. Were offering chevy owners complimentary onstar crisis assist services and wifi data. If you need a new chevy, interestfree financing for 84 months with deferred payments for 120 days on many of our most popular models. You may even shop online and take delivery at home. Its just our way of doing our part. [car[clicking of ignition]rt] uh wha woof eeh woof wuh [silence] [engine roars to life] [dog howls] dramatic opera music swells from radio [howling continues] broadway may be dark for now but Kristin Chenoweth isnt letting that slow her down oscar and emmy winner has been donating time for the actors fund it meets the needs for Entertainment Community through funding and Affordable Housing and health care and beyond kristen is with us shes in her home. Shes right here in new york city i think youre in your kitchen. I am. Its so good to see your face. You, too, hoda. Theres lots of people in your home right now and they arn your home right now and they are watching you on the screen what would you say to them to fill you up. I would say limit your hours to too much watching you on the screen what would you say to them to fill you up. I would say limit your hours to too much the news is great but dont watch it all the time. Weve got to have breaks i would say bedazzle bedazzle a mask for fun. I like the work that youre doing there. Listen, what else am i supposed to do, hoda, im still me. Yes, you are. You are still you. Have you been able to keep like singing in your home is that what youre doing, just filling the house with it . Yes, this is what im doing im Walking Around with wipes, and im like just cleaning and cleaning and singing high notes im cleaning and getting my high cs in. Will you sing something for us, kristin . I think those at home could use a little what are you doing at home today . I went back and forth and decided on one of my favorite hymns. For me its god. For other people its other things, and thats fine, too i just want to sing this for everybody. E make an instrument lord me make an instrument of thy peac where there is hatred let me sow love where there is darkness let there be light when there is sadness let there be joy for i must sow the seed to be consoled as to console to be understood and to understand to be loved and to d to be loved and to lov love lord make me an instrument of thy peace an instrument of thy peace amen wow, kristin, keep filling your apartment with music and thank you for sharing with us today. That meant the world. I will. Love you, sis. Thank you so much for everything take care of yourself. We will we will. Love you. My love to goldie. Her love to goldie, savannah. Coming up next. Her singing that prayer, beautiful. Yes, gorgeous coming up next, weve got harry smith, hoda, a really unprecedented few weeks. She got harry. She got us all first, this is today on nbc. My money should work as hard as i do. So i use my freedom unlimited card to buy all the latest tech stuff. Today, im earning on a charger. So, just the charger then . Ummm. Yeah sarcastically fantastic. Earn 1. 5 cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. Chase. Make more of whats yours. Welcome back in difficult times like this, we like to turn to harry smith. Yeah. He always makes us feel better and has a unique way of putting things in perspective and giving us something to smile about, harry. So thats a pretty tall order. Do you think youre up to it, my friend ill tell you what, this half hour alone with carson and gogo and Kristin Chenoweth comes on lord make me an instrument of peace and i have tears in my eyes i dont know what i have to offer this morning but here is what ive been thinking about. So many people cooped up in their homes. They are sheltering in place, doing social distancing with their families they are like, i could use a little social distance from my wife or i could use a little social distance from my husband, even my kids its like, enough already. In the meantime we cope and turn to see what our friends and neighbors are doing online two weeks in and the end is not in sight, so we cope in ways both silly and sublime we scan our screens constantly looking for things to make us smile. And folks around the country are certainly rising to the occasion our isolation apparently has been the mother of a creative explosion. People buying out diapers. We need this, because there are still moments when our frustrations are more than we s most important moments in our lives go on in ways we couldnt dream can handle i cant afford to buy 20 at a time like you can as ever, though, some of the most important moments in our lives go on in ways we couldnt dream of a few weeks back. A mother welcomes her new baby home with a song how i wonder what you are beautiful and we wonder what we would do if we were told we could not be at the bedside of a loved one losing their battle with the virus. Its not easy, this moment in time, especially for the medical professionals. They are inspiring, selfless, heroic and we are in awe. Like the reserves in wartime, thousands more are answering the call, coming off the sidelines to pitch in. Theres a line in the hippocratic oath that seems particularly powerful now. It says, i will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeons knife or the chemists drug for all those people in medicine, the families they are serving, now is the time for thoughts and prayers, and especially for our gratitude you know, ive got to say, ive been paying so much attention to friends and neighbors and other people we know you see these pictures of these doctors who are selfisolating they have removed themselves from their families so they make sure they dont unintentionally spread the virus somehow theres the picture of the guy in his tent in his yard, separated from his family. All these folks doing their bit. I read about a fellow i know, a plastic surgeon, working 12hour shifts in the emergency room our old pediatrician, who is 74 years old, is out at one of those testing stations swabbing people to find out whether or not they have the virus. I have to say my heart is so full and so inspired it is beyond the reach of most of our imaginations. Our hearts are full, harry. Youve helped them heal a little bit with your words this morning. Thank you. Thank you, harry. Really miss all of you guys ill tell you, it reminds us how much we value our collegiality and the opportunity to do the jobs we have the opportunity to communicate like this, really important. We do miss you, harry speaking of our staff and us, we would like to take the opportunity to say thank you folks at home are working really hard at today. Take a look at this wall these are the people putting the show together, the producers, the writers, everybody working from home. People stepping up i like a slow pan. I want you to look at every single face. They work each day, and we just really want to say thank you. We do you know what, this is a family. One of the things we love about working here is being together, but were still together in our hearts hoda, ive got to say to you coming into that studio every good morning. 8 56. Im marcus washington. A live look at capitol hill where house lawmakers are debating ahead of that vote that would pave the way for 2 trillion in stimulus meant to help americans hit hard by the pandemic. If approved, americans making 75,000 a year or less would receive direct payments of 1200. It would also provide billions for unemployment and relief for hospitals and businesses. The Senate Unanimously approving this earlier this week. A new internal report out of San Jose City hall projects across Santa Clara County there may be up to 19,000 more cases than the confirmed number shows. And that report also says that people dont fully comply with the shelter at home order there could be some 8,000 deaths over the next few weeks. 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