Response. We begin with Steve Harrigan reporting live from cdc headquarters in atlanta. Steve . Reporter jon, georgia and several other states are really taking the lead in attempting to reopen their economies, establishing small retail businesses, allowing them to open and allowing Retail Shopping as well with curbside pickup, restaurants in several states beginning to open. Officials are limiting the amount of people inside those restaurants. The percentages that can go in. But georgia as well as south carolina, alaska, oklahoma and tennessee all really getting a start. Officials continue to emphasize social instancing, but as you look at some of the beaches in california, not everyone is observing that. Many people say we need to get out, we need a break. Open up all the beaches. Let people have a little bit of fun. No work, no i mean, were just dying at home. Working hard to be smart and stay home, but at the same time, like, we need a little bit of outlet. Reporter some states are going in a very different direction. Hawaii, for example, has extended its stay at home order now until may 31st. They also have a quarantine in place of two weeks for any visitors. Officials are concerned about undoing all the progress theyve made by reopening their economy. And, of course, the key to reopening is testing. Right now the u. S. Testing 1. 52 Million People each week. Officials on the task force, including dr. Fauci, say that number really needs to double before the economy can gradually be reopened. There are also concerns about the meat supply in the u. S. There have been outbreaks of the coronavirus in several meat packing plants, people often work in close quarters, they live in close quarters, there have been major outbreaks. Core production down by onethird. Some Industry Analysts predict there could be a meat shortage in the u. S. In the coming weeks. Jon, back to you. Jon Steve Harrigan at the cdc in atlanta. Thank you, steve. President trump pulling the plug on the Daily White HouseCoronavirus Task force briefings for now, tweeting last night that they are, quote, not worth the time and effort. The president blasting the media for what he calls hostile questions at those briefings. It comes as the white house responds to a politico report that its looking at replacing health and Human Services secretary alex azar over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Mark meredith is live at the white house with the latest. Mark. Reporter good evening, jon. Several governors are trying to figure out exactly when its safe for their businesses and their states to reopen, but here at the white house officials are trying to brace americans for the bad Economic News thats likely to come out in the days and weeks ahead. The next couple of months are going to look terrible. Youre going to see numbers that are as bad as anything that weve ever seen. We, basically, stopped everything. And so output has kind of gone to zero for huge swaths of the economy. And so that unprecedented move gives us a really, really big negative shock. Reporter several governors are calling on congress to send the states money to make up for lost revenue. Among those governors is phil murphy of new jersey. We need the states to be fully funded at the point of attack, being there for our residents. And and so we need a big slug. Not just new jersey if, theres a bill senator menendez and senator cassidy, i might add bipartisan, for 500 billion. Thats exactly what the doctor ordered. Reporter treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin says the administration is willing to consider the idea, however, no Firm Commitment yet. House speaker ploys city had pelosi had this message for governors who were upset money wasnt included in last weeks stimulus package. Just calm down. We will have state and local, and we will have it in a very significant way. Its no use going on to what might have been. Reporter meanwhile, the Trump Administration is denying reports health and Human Services secretary alex azar is being pushed aside. A Senior Administration official tells fox there are no plans for any imminent personnel changes. Azar has been hhs secretary since 2018. Normally wed be seeing that typical daleically white house Daily White House briefing, there was no briefing yesterday, theres not going to be one today. President trump has been tweeting quite a bit, and one tweet standing out today, he had a special appreciation for his wife, the first lady melania trump, as she celebrates her 50th birthday today. Jon . Jon happy birthday. Mark meredith at the white house, thank you. And now to nations epicenter of the virus, new york. That state seeing its lowest number of daily fatalities recorded this month, 367 deaths. This as new york citys mayor, bill de blasio, promises hes working on a plan to reopen the city. Aisha huffny with more on that. Reporter the mayor says the city has to reopen in phases, but as to when or how that happens, he hasnt decided yet. He will be getting some help with that though today, mayor bill de blasio announcing the creation of Advisory Councils for several different sectors like Small Business and tourism. They are all tasked with building a preliminary recovery road map by june 1st. The mayor also says the city lost 7. 4 billion, and its going to need that money now from the federal government. Here he is on sunday morning futures earlier today. New york citys not whole, it will drag down the entire region, and it will hold up the entire National Economic restart. Reporter now, meantime upstate new york likely to reopen first sometime after may 15th. Heres a look at the states plan. Phase one includes construction and manufacturing jobs after a two week monitoring period, phase two can be with more essential and low risk jobs. Governor cuomo asking businesses here to weigh in on that part. How essential a service does that business provide and how risky is that business. What precautions are they going to take in the workplace. What safeguards are they going to put in place. Reporter now there cannot be any openings in the state that would draw out of state crowds, and everything really has to be coordinated with other states in this north ian corridor. Northeastern corridor. The rate of transmission in the state is at. 8, and the governor says that it has to remain below 1. Back to you. Jon thank you. Meanwhile, in the north, sheriff adam fortny announcing last week his office will no longer enforce washington governor jay inslees stay at home order saying it is a, quote, violation of our constitutional righting. Hes one of two sheriffs in washington to stop enforcing the order. Dan springer just north of seattle with more on that. Dan . Reporter yeah, jon, as we start to see some states taking steps to open up their economies, frustration is building in places that still have very tight restrictions. Here in washington state, for example, thats led to some open defiance of the governors stay at home order. This county had the very first known case of coronavirus back in january, and its been a hot spot with 2300 cases and 102 deaths, but the peak for infections was four weeks ago, and the county sheriff says he will not enforce the order. In a Facebook Post the week he wrote i believe that preventing Business Owners to operate their businesses and provide for their families intrudes on our life to life, or liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For his decision intruding on our constitutional rights, i dont think you can say otherwise. They are. Now, he does have some authority in that area, absolutely. But he damn well better be right, and there better be a good reason behind it. Reporter governor jay inslee says hes being guided by science and disease modeling, but he has not given any specific benchmarks for easing restrictions. Hes being criticized for not laying out a plan while the economy is in a freefall. Hes letting boeing workers get back on the job, but Small Businesses remain shut. Our office will not be guided by irrational force that would really gamble with our health. And if we we placed that bet and lost, we would be giving up the hardwon gains already made because of the dedication to have washingtonians to this order. Reporter inslee says businesses are not protected from penalties and prosecution just because theres no local Law Enforcement to his order. Ing Franklin County commissioners passed a resolution this week that the county open for business but then rescinded after realizing the governor really does have the authority for what hes doing. This kind of tension, of course, jon, is playing out across the country as we have people worrying about the virus but also worrying about the economy and their jobs. Jon . Jon dan springer from mill creek, washington. Dan, thank you. The state of texas is moving forward with plans to rope. Last week it eased restrictions for parks, doctors offices and retail stores. Governor greg abbott is set to announce the next phase tomorrow with stay at home orders scheduled to expire on thursday. Here to talk about whats ahead, Texas Attorney general ken paxton. General paxton, you just heard in that report from dan springer, im sure that texas is going through some of the same issues washington is, theres a battle between individual rights and individual freedoms and the public safety. How do you balance that as youre trying to reopen your state . Well, i think you might have asked the hardest question you could ask me. Theres, obviously, some balancing that these to be done, but youve got two very important needs. One, health and safety and saving lives and, two, you know, allowing people to do their job and work and provide an income for their families. It is definitely a challenge every governors going to have to address differently depending on the needs of their state and the risk involved in their state. Jon well, we got a list of texas counties that require face coverings starting with dallas county, Harris County and so on. But its my understanding that the statewide order, the stay at home order that [audio difficulty] i dont have prompter. And were going to be right back with this programming. Stick with us. Safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. Safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Jon we are back with Texas Attorney general ken paxton. I apologize for the interruption. Youve had 24,600, plus or minus, cases of coronavirus diagnosed in your state. Approximately 650 deaths. As you go through this reopening process, you are relying on texans to simply be smart about how they get out and about, is that right . Thats absolutely true. I mean, theres a lot of common sense involved in this. I mean, if youre not feeling well, go call your doctor. Dont connect with other people. Follow the hygiene and suggestions that have been put out there for months and just do things that make sense. I think texans have done that, you know, thats how we live here. So i truly believe we can handle this. Jon but there are critics who are saying that, you know, states like texas are jumping into this too early. I know that you are following the center for Disease Control guidelines. Are you confident that its not going to result in some kind of a second spike in the number of covid cases . You know, i dont think theres any perfect way to do this. I dont think anybody knows. I mean, id remember numbers being predicted that there would be 250,000 deaths in the United States. I dont think were anywhere close to that. Im really glad. I dont think anybody knows exactly how this is going to play out or exactly how to handle it. So i think our governor and our state leaders are trying to do the very best they can to balance what we were talking about when we started talking about. Theres a balance between health, safety, lyes and peoples lives and peoples a ability to take care of their families economically. Jon jon i know youre going to be relying on the National Guard to help you with some of the testing. Can you tell us how that would work . Yeah. So theyve been activated since march. The governor activated them. They have been working to prepare to go out and test people. I think that the goal is for them to test up to 3500 people a day now. Were going to need to test a whole lot more people than that to make sure we dont have, you know, another outbreak in any part of the state. So theyre doing their part. Were going to have to relie on the private sector to do more than that. Jon i know that there are unfortunate aspects that come with this whole coronavirus situation, is and one of them is that youve accused the major egg producer in texas of price gouging. Tell us whats happened there. Yeah. So i think when this whole coronavirus outbreak started, eggs were about 1 a dozen. Now theyre selling for, by this company theyre closing to three and a half times that. So in texas we have laws against price gouging. The legislature put that in place years ago related to essential item or services that are provided during a crisis or a disaster. You cannot massively increase the price. There are obviously market fluctuations, but this is more than just regular market fluctuations. Jon so you cant argue or they cant argue that they dont have people to drive the trucks, that they have to hire people or pay people extra to come out during this Coronavirus Crisis . Well, i think thats what theyre going to argue. It remains to be seen whether they can demonstrate that thats actually true. There doesnt seem to be a lack of supply of eggs. Id be shocked if theyre having to pay people three that have times what they were paying before to drive a truck. Jon yeah. And they arent alone. There are other companies that youre accusing of price gouging. Thats true. We, i think, have received at this point about 9,000 complaints. Its only a small fraction that we actually pursue. We investigate all of them. Obviously, it takes time to do that, but we investigate all of them. We only pursue a small percentage of them and only the ones that are clearly, to us, look like price gouging. Jon well, we are looking forward to hearing what Governor Abbott has to say on monday when he makes his big announcement about continuing the reopening of texas. Obviously, it is one of the countrys economic engines. It would be good if texas could get back on its feet and get back to work. I couldnt agree with you more. We hope [inaudible conversations] thank you. Jon we appreciate your time tonight, sir. Thanks very much. The coronavirus has struck Nursing Homes and other longcare facilities particularly hard. Tonight correspondent bryan llenas looks at whats being done to try and remedy those problems. Reporter nationwide longterm care facilities like Nursing Homes are struggling to combat covid19. We need help, specifically we need to be a higher priority for testing. We still need equipment, the masks, the gowns and the face the shields, to stop this. Reporter two months after the first major outbreak killed 35 elderly residents in a seattle area nursing home, longterm care facilities say they are still in desperate need of personal protective equipment and testing. We feel like we have been ignored. Our residents are amazing people. Whats left of the greatest generation, theyve been treated as third class citizens. Reporter more than 10,000 people, or 1 in every 5 covid19 deaths nationwide have reportly occurred in longterm care facilities in 35 states. The u. S. National guard has deployed to more than a dozen states to disinfect Nursing Homes, provide ppe and mobile testing. But in hardesthit where more than 3500 elderly residents have died, Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered an investigation by the states attorney general into Nursing Homes over concern they are not transferring residents they cant add a adequately take care of to other facilities. When a person gets transferred, then they lose a patient, they lose that revenue. I understand. But the relationship is, the contract is you have this resident, you get paid, you must provide adequate care. Reporter 73yearold jimmy dune is a resident of the long island state residents home. His wife carol is nervous because there are covid19 cases on his floor. I guess just not knowing what is actually happening over there, yes, thats very difficult. Reporter 55 people have died here at the Cobble Hill Health center, thats the most in the state. New york city is now doubling its volunteers and increasing ppe shipments to its Nursing Homes. In brooklyn, bryan llenas, fox news. Jon the Veterans Affairs department facing scrutiny after asking fema for help with masks and other medical supplies to deal with the growing number of coronavirus cases. Some critics say the departments not doing enough to protect veterans and Health Care Workers at v. A. Hospitals. Jacqui heinrich is live in new york city with more on that. Reporter well, jon, for weeks v. A. Officials denied claims about any ppe shortages, but now the chief in charge of that agency is departing from that narrative not only acknowledging a shortage, but also saying that orders intended for the v. A. Were directed to fema. Richard stone, whos a former combat surgeon and Army Deputy Surgeon general told the Washington Post, i had 5 Million Masks incoming that disappeared, and responding to fee that, i couldnt fema, i couldnt tell you when my next delivery is coming in. But fox news learned fema has not and will not divert from local partners. They dont have the authority to do so. The account from stone is another question mark following weeks of conflicting accounts over shortages. And nurse it is are reportedly upset about the conditions. The labor departments reportedly investigating one hospitals complaint alleging employees sick with covid19 were told to keep working. And the unito onrepresenting hundreds of thousands of employees says nurses have been told to repair and disinfect masks, also saying theyre not given the n95s which offer the most protection. On thursday Senate Democrats appealed to Vice President mike pence for help with distributing supplies, calling the federal process broken. And in response to the v. A. s calls for help, fema sent a half Million Masks telling fox news to date, fema has coordinated shipments of more than 4. 3 million various type of masks, 1. 5 million gloves and 14,000 face shields to v. A. Facilities across the country. To date, the v. A. Has more than 6800 positive cases and more than 400 deaths. More than 2,000 employees have also fallen ill and 20 employees have died. Despite this incident, the v. A. s handling of the Coronavirus Crisis has roundly been commended. Their Hospital System has so far not been overwhelmed with cases, thats in part due to early restrictions on visitation, screening and also recruitment of extra workers for their hospitals. Of jon . Jon Jacqui Heinrich in new york, thank you. As jacqui was just saying, the pandemic is putting a massive strain on medical work with ors including hospital chaplains. Theyre finding new ways to try to comfort patients while following social distancing guidelines. Lauren green has more. Im observing what i think is a second wave of this virus, the wave of depression, exhaustion and weariness on the part of the Health Care Workers. Reporter this man nose a thing or two about going to battle. He served on the front lines of Operation Desert Storm in iraq more than 30 years ago. Now a hospital chaplain, he says hes witnessing a worse conflict, the coronavirus. I feel like im much closer to death now than i was then. Reporter walker is one of several staff chaplains in new york city, the epicenter of americas war against covid19. This was the first unit to go covid. To walk in here then, it was terrifying. Reporter his video diary shows a cardiovascular wing now treating covid19 patients. Most of the patients in this icu arent able to talk. So were in a place where we have to learn everything about them from their family members. Reporter walker sees the most severe cases, finding a unique way for families to communicate, sometimes providing a facetime chat. At that time its very personal between them and the family. Sometimes i agree with them, sometimes i just let them look. Reporter walker says witnessing dozens of deaths has been painful, the hardest cases when the end comes too quickly. The patient die before we could bring the family in, and thats hard. Reporter walker sees his job as a humbling spiritual responsibility. As the virus continues to claim victims, his task now i is also to help medical staff deal with mounting battle fatigue. In new york, lauren green, fox newsment. Jon the World Food Program is sounding the alarm saying the pandemic could double. The number of people suffering from acute hunger. Amy kellogg has more from florence, italy. Reporter hi, jon. Well, the World Food Program had its hands really full before the coronavirus pandemic hit, struggling to get food to millions of people across the globe. And now with this they are trying to make sure that theyre one step ahead of the game not just getting food supplies, but getting medical supplies out today neediest people to avoid that onequarter of a billion people around the globe they fear could face acute hunger in the worst Case Scenario with covid19. Meantime, italy yesterday marked liberation day, but the coronavirus czar here said this country is not liberated from covid19. The Prime Minister this evening announced a plan for living with the virus going forward. May 4th is the day that factories and manufacturing will get back up and running, of course, with masks and social distancing and all of that. And between that day and june 1st life will move back towards the way it was, but for now you still need a valid reason to leave your house, and there is a warning that these restrictions can be rolled back at any moment if need be. Now in spain today, children got outside after six weeks of being cooped up at home. Everyone else will be allowed to take walks, short walks, from next weekend. In israel some shops have been allowed to reopen, but some market vendors in jerusalem were not allowed to do so, and they scuffled with police. Israel has had 15,000 cases of coronavirus in just about and just about 200 deaths. Iran, meanwhile, with 88,000 cases and 5500 deaths seems to have avoided the worst situation that it seemed to be headed for earlier. It has eased its lockdown a bit. Its ramadan, theres no congregational praying, no meetings in the mosques and no big parties in the evening, but people were seen out and about shopping. However, sales people at this market complained that sales have been down 80. And finally, south koreas largest churches reopened today. Again, social distancing, masks all required. One of the largest churches in seoul normally takes in 3,000 worshipers on a sunday. Theyve had to limit their capacity to 700. And finally, you know, south korea was one of the first countries to really get hit but then also, jon, was very aggressive with Contact Tracing and testing. They got their, they got their outbreak under control. There have been a few flareups, but for the most part, theyve been moving ahead pretty steadily. Jon, back to you. Jon amy kellogg, thank you. Coming up, the pandemics economic toll fuels debate over when and how to get this country reopened again. 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And we are putting in an unprecedented amount of first if call relief into the Fiscal Relief into the economy. Youre seeing trillions of dollars thats making its way into the economy, and i think this is going to have a significant impact. Jon im jon scott, and this is an expanded edition of the fox report. Its the bottom of the hour. If youre just joining us, a look into how the krone e that virus is impacting the u. S. Economy. The dow, s p 500 and the nasdaq all down last week as states debate plans on when and how to reopen individual economies. Joining us now with a look ahead is university of maryland business professor and former chief economist for the u. S. International trade commission peter morici. Peter, i saw an oped that you just put out that had an interesting and maybe ominous line in it. You write that if the economy stays closed through may, unemployment measured and hidden will likely jump well above 20 , and that implies a 5 trillion plus drop in wages and productivity. Isnt that the kind of thing, though, that the stimulus package is supposed to help us avoid . It helps us ameliorate the problem, but it doesnt e limb it it eliminate it completely. Its a huge forest fire, and theres a limited apt of water. Amount of water with. So many people that need assistance has been missed, and so many people is have lost jobs because, frankly, when you put the skids on an economy, just shut it down and reopen it, a lot of jobs dont come back. Do we really can expect as many people to fly the on airplanes as they did before, to be as many mergers and acquisitions as there were going to be . I think not. And most people think not. What were going to have is a truncated v. Therell be a bounce, as the secretary says, but it wont be the same level, and it wont be for a long time. So its going to need continuing support. Jon so the secretary is saying he expects july, august and september to be pretty good. You agree with that . I think were going to see a bounce. People are going to go back to work. So far 27 Million People have filed for unemployment, and were not done. By the time were done, its probably going to be about 35 million. As we go through july and august, were going to create millions of jobs, but were not going to create 35 million. Its that simple. Come september were going to have 10, 15 Million People unemployed who feel like its permanent. Its not permanent, but itll be a struggle to get them working again. Jon well, you say that there are permanent changes coming to the economy, that companies will learn that their employees can use zoom and devices like it and dont have to fly on airplanes quite so much. For someone whos sitting at home right now maybe jobless, what do you say about the future after coronavirus . Well, think about the changes that we knew were evolving in the economy beforehand, you know . The Movement TowardsArtificial Intelligence and the automation of jobs and so forth. This process has accelerated everything. So if people need to right now be focus on is my job going to come back. If i work for an airline, am i really going to get that job back . If not, use this time to start to retrain. People who are considering college in the fall, it is not necessary to go to a brick and Mortar University like the university of maryland and spend so much money. And you dont have to go to some fly by night, shady operation to get a good degree online. Harvard University Offers bachelors degrees online at a very reasonable price. Now, should you go to kalamazoo tech and get a degree in liberal arts and spend 100,000 that way, or should you stay at home with your parents maybe not as much fun as a fraternity e house and for 60,000 or so get a degree on line from Harvard University . Identify got a simple ive got a simple answer to that, lower price, better value. Those kinds of changes are going to have a riveting effect in my economy, my business, and we need to accept that. A lot of people have to think about making other plans. Jon the republicans and democrats are fighting on capitol hill over the stimulus packages that have been passed so far and whether or not they will be effective. Kevin mccarthy, the House Minority leader, is suggesting we not pass anything new until we see the results of whats been done so far. Listen. We have just passed four bills, more than 2. 7 trillion, and you combine this with what the fed e is doing, thats 7 trillion into the economy. Lets first look at the results before we want to go back and try to rework another bill. Lets look at results before we react to anything else moving forward. Jon would you agree with that assessment, peter . No. I dont agree with that assessment any more than nancy pelosi wants to throw, you know, 250 billion or whatever towards state and local governments. Theyve already gotten a considerable amount of aid and sitting back and waiting until its too late to act . We know the economys not going to completely bounce back, its going to require continuing support. Paying people not to work is not the answer because then they become reluctant to go back to work. So we have to think about beyond these four months coming up with another kind of benefit structure. My feeling is we ought to simply pay each firm for every worker it employs, say 1,000 a month for the next 18 months. Just count heads, subtract that from the payroll tax payment every month, the moneys yours, do what you need to do. Likewise, every person in america give them a stipend for the next 18 months so theyre free to spend money. Theres lots of folks who have suffered very significant income losses that simply arent getting any cash. And there are people who cant get their unemployment benefits. You try filing for Unemployment Insurance right now in the city of new york. Youll basically,ing you know, get an on hold, you make a phone call, they promise to call you back, they dont call you back. The situation in manhattan is abysmal when it comes to that. If mr. Cuomo wants to do something, he better straighten that one out. Jon yeah and that repeats itself across the country. Its very hard to get that money. Jon interesting proposal, direct payments to companies as well as individuals. Peter morici, thanks for joining us this evening. Tonight on fox news sunday, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin talks about the administrations next step steps on stimulating the economy. Oklahoma governor kevin state on the gradual reopening of his state and an exclusive interview with dr. Tom since inglesby. 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An Italian Design Company is taking social distancing to a whole new height, plexiglas barriers and scattered seating make up the sphere yours interiors. When those closed restaurant signs flip over to say open, expect to walk in and see visible changes. I think everybody in the industry is looking for the best crystal ball they can find. Reporter Larry E Lynch is with the National Restaurant association representing almost 400,000 restaurant locations across the country. I think youre going to see a number of significant changes depending on the kind of restaurant. Reporter some of those changes, according to lynch, plexiglas between booths, tables spread out to conform to social distancing guidelines and those men yous you touch menus you touch will be sanitized between customers. Its a conversation he continues to have with restaurant owners. Theyre recognizing that theyve got to build a Comfort Level with their customers to get them to come back. Reporter other businesses improvised more than a month ago. Megan owns this yoga studio. Her business is entirely virtual now and may stay that way for the rest of the year. If this ended tomorrow, lets say everything was lifted and you were still able to have inperson classes, we would continue the virtual experience for our clients. Reporter in columbus, ohio, a popular boutique called tiger tree e is telling customers now about the changes. Whether its temperature checks, plexiglas, masks, purell, i think they seemed jarring and odd by the beginning of march. But i i think when you go into fourth quarter, were going to be so used to adapting to those things in Society Reporter the profit levels are down, no question about that, jon, but industry executives all the way down to Small Business owners agree the number one priority when people walk through those doors, whenever that may be, has to be health. Jon . Jon david spunt. David, thank you. The virus is take its toll on dining out, most restaurants seeing a 70100 reduction in revenues. Now the organization is asking congress to help out. Christina coleman live from los angeles with details on that. Christina. Reporter jon, the National RestaurantAssociation Says the existing federal Relief Programs will not prevent restaurants from having to lay off even more people. So theyre asking congress to approve this restaurant the industry blueprint for recovery. This lays out details for a temporary emergency 240 billion Recovery Fund. They say it would help restaurants with rent, utilities and ongoing debt obligations and each roping expenses like sanitation reopening expenses. Finish the National Restaurant association or says the shortcomings of the Small BusinessPaycheck Protection Program makes it tough for restaurants to even use the loans at all. So far the programs that have been created by Congress Just dont work for the unique Business Model of the Restaurant Industry and the really unique path to recovery that were going to have in a socially distanced era. Youre looking to create Service Recovery funds that would allow the nations second largest employer to make sure that our doors can stay open when were allowed to rope. Reporter based on a recent survey, more than eight million restaurant employees have been laid off or furloughed since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak. Two out of three restaurant employees have lost their jobs, four in ten restaurants are closed, or and 61 of operators say existing federal relief wont prevent more restaurant layoffs. We have had to furlough approximately 80 of our hourly team members, and we are keeping in contact with them and, you know, were still looking forward to the day that we do get some clarity on when our dining rooms can reopen, and that will be our first call to start bringing them back. Reporter as you know, many restaurants are doing curbside pick ups, but the economic hit is still huge. As of now, the National RestaurantAssociation Says this industry the can lose more than 50 billion in sales this month. Jon . Jon Christina Coleman, thank you. Back in just a moment. This virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. Heavy storms knocking out power in wide parts of florida, while in tennessee, a reported tornado hitting near nashville, destroying buildings and overturning semis. Marblesized hail battering parts of texas. Those severe storms clearing from the region today. Meantime, a heat wave is hitting the west coast. Temperatures in the 90s, resulting in crowded beaches in california, despite the stay at home order. Adam klotz is live with more on your forecast. Adam . Adam hey, there, jon, yeah, a lot of wild weather across the country here on this sunday, even spots where were talking about snow. Lets take a look at the maps. Were tracking a large system thats brought rain for portions of tennessee up towards maine but Higher Elevations in portions of new england, those are spots where, yes, we are talking about snow. This is our forecasted precipitation model. Everything you are seeing there in the white, somewhere between 3, as much as 6 inches of snow. That obviously at some of the Higher Elevations. Otherwise, temperatures across the country, fairly comfortable, especially in the middle. You have spots running up into the 70s. However, if you look out to the desert southwest, were going to be talking about big heat in the next few days. 101 degrees currently in phoenix, arizona. Weve got heat advisories stretching from outside of l. A. Up towards las vegas, back down towards phoenix. Phoenix is an area thats going to be very hot over the next week, 101 degrees today. 102 degrees tomorrow. Were going to be talking about some real heat in the next couple of days. Jon . Jon adam klotz, adam, thank you. And stay tuned for a brandnew hour of the fox report. Straight ahead our live special coverage continues with new reports on the pandemic. Jon President Trump tweeting that the Daily White HouseCoronavirus Task force briefings are, quote, not worth the time and effort, as the head of health and Human Services could reportedly be on his way out. Good evening, im jon scott. This is a brand new hour of the fox report. Tonight there are over 963,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in the u. S. , with at least 54,000 deaths resulting. President trump blasting the media for what he believes are hostile questions, during the briefings, which didnt take place yesterday or today. And this comes as politico reports that white house officials are looking into replacing health and Human Services secretary alex azar, with officials reportedly frustrated with azars handling of the coronavirus outbreak. We have Fox Team Coverage throughout the United States. But we begin with mark meredith. He is live right now at the white house. Mark . Good evening, jon. The president s Economic Team remains hopeful that the u. S. Economy can recover fairly fast after this outbreak is contained, but the economists are also preparing for the worst news, especially when it comes to the jobs report that will be due out in early may. The treasury secretary, though, he believes more americans are getting the help they need as Congress Spends billions of dollars in aid. Were very sympathetic to all the people that are out of work, but there is enhanced unemployment, theres ppp, theres direct deposits which will put a lot of liquidity. As businesses begin to open, you will see demand side of the economy rebound. On friday the president signed a bill replenishing funds for the Paycheck Protection Program, the Small Business administration is expected to begin processing loans again tomorrow. Treasury department putting out a statement as businesses prepare for this, saying quote we encourage all approved lenders to process loan applications previously submitted by eligible borrowers and disperse funds expeditiously. All borrowers who need these funds should work with an approved lender to apply. Several governors are upset that their states are not getting the money they need to replenish their coffers because of the coronavirus outbreak. We have seen a number of governors say they need help from congress now, not later. The latest stimulus bill did not provide money for congress sorry, provide money from congress to the states. Thats something we have heard about, but the speaker today had a message for those governors. Just calm down. We will have state and local, and we will have it in a very significant way. Its no use going on to what might have been. Now, this weekend, President Trump is denying reports he denied it a few minutes ago saying he has no plans to oust the health and Human Services secretary alex azar. There was a report that came out saturday night. We heard from white house Officials Saying they didnt think the report was true. The president tweeting moments ago that is not true and he believes secretary azar is doing a good job. No new update from the administration on the status of kim jongun. A lot of reports coming out of asia, questioning the health of the north korean leader, but the white house said saturday, that they were monitoring those reports and had no major updates. We havent seen any other updates today. Jon . Jon thank you, mark, at the white house. More states are beginning the gradual process of reopening this week. Thats giving hope to some out of work americans, but its also alarming some experts say it is still too early to let up. Steve harrigan reporting from cdc headquarters in atlanta. Jon, a few states are ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to reopening their economies, among them, georgia, tennessee, and south carolina. Theyve opened several forms of Small Business. Theyve allowed retail sales with curbside pickup, and theyve opened up restaurants with limited seating. The next week we could see as many as 31 states begin to relax the rules on their economies, and for some of those who do decide to go back to work, it is often not an easy decision. I aint crazy about wearing gloves cutting hair. I aint crazy about wearing a mask, but im going to comply with our government and do what we need to do to be operating. But its better to do this than sit at home and lose my business. One fifth of georgians are currently unemployed. Some states going in the opposite direction. Hawaii, for example, has extended its stay at home rules. This until may 31st. They have also had a two f h week quarantine twoweek quarantine in effect for visitors. Hawaii Officials Say if you come, you have to sit in a hotel for two weeks. They are worried about undoing the progress they have made with the shutdown so far. As far as testing goes, a key component of reopening the economy, the u. S. Right now testing 1. 5 to 2 Million People each week. There are real concerns too about the nations meat supply. There have been outbreaks of the coronavirus in several meat packing plants across the u. S. Several have had to shut down. So the output of pork in the u. S. Is down by one third. The people who work in Meat Processing plants often work in very close quarters, often live in very close quarters so theres been some real hot spots there. Some Industry Analysts warn there could be a meat shortage in the u. S. In the coming weeks. Jon, back to you. Jon Steve Harrigan reporting from the cdc in atlanta. Steve, thank you. New york remains the nations epicenter of the virus. That state seeing its lowest number of daily fatalities recorded this month, 367 deaths. That brings the total to more than 22,000 since the pandemic began. In a press conference earlier today, new york city mayor bill de blasio promising to work on a plan to reopen the big apple and get its people back to work. We are live from midtown manhattan with more on that. Jon, the mayor says the city has to reopen in phases, but as to when that will happen or how that will happen, he hasnt made a Decision Just yet. We will have some help, though, making those decisions. The mayor announced earlier today the creation of Advisory Councils for several different sectors, like Small Businesses and tourism. Now, they are all tasked with building a preliminary recovery road map by june 1st. The mayor also says the city lost 7. 4 billion dollars. Its going to ask for that money from the federal government, and here he is saying that on sunday morning futures earlier today. Just like the federal government bailed out the airline industry, to the tune of 58 billion dollars, bail out the largest city in the country, so we can restart and be able to be strong leaders in an economic revitalization in this country. Meantime, up state new york likely will be the first to reopen, sometime after may 15th. Heres a look at that states plan phase one to include construction and manufacturing jobs. After a twoweek monitoring period, phase two convenes with more essential low risk jobs. Governor cuomo asking businesses to weigh in on that part. How essential a service does that business provide . And how risky is that business . What precautions are they going to take in the workplace . What safeguards are they going to put in place . Now, there cannot be any openings that would draw out of state crowds, and everything has to be coordinated with other states in the region. There are some positive signs, though, jon. The rate of transmission in new york state is now at about. 8. That means 10 positive people infect about eight others. The governor says that has to stay below one. Jon . Jon thank you. The county sheriff in americas first coronavirus hot spot says his office will no longer enforce washington governors stay at home order, calling it, quote, a violation of our constitutional rights. He is one of two sheriffs in that state refusing to enforce the order. Dan springer is live in mill creek, just north of seattle with that. Dan . Yeah, the county has been a hot spot with 2300 cases and 102 deaths. Also you may remember that this county had the very first known case in the country, back in mid january. But now its been four weeks since this state hit its infection peak, and a growing number of people are calling for some easing of the governors stay at home order. While not encouraging people to break it, the county sheriff says he and his deputies will not enforce the order. In a Facebook Post this week, he wrote, i believe that preventing Business Owners to operate their businesses and provide for their families intrudes on our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In the last four weeks as the number of new infections has been coming down, 84,000 people have filed new unemployment claims in the county. That represents over 10 of the total population. The sheriff says the governor has not laid out a specific plan for getting people back to work. The impact to people who i dont think have had a voice in this from elected officials, i want to try to give them a voice. There are people who they cant go two months without a paycheck. Meantime, commissioners in Franklin County went even further, passing a resolution that said the county is open for business. It was later rescinded, but the sheriff there also say governor inslees order is not being enforced, bringing this reaction from inslee. Law enforcement officers who i have huge respect for who thousands of them today are not going off and saying they are not going to enforce the law, they are enforcing the law. There are just two of them that i know of that want to make a political statement. Governor inslee says he is relying on science and data, but he hasnt gotten more specific, even as other states that flatten their curves after washington start to open up their economies. Jon . Jon dan springer from washington state. Dan, thank you. The Veterans Affairs department facing scrutiny after asking fema for help with masks and other medical supplies to deal with the growing number of coronavirus cases. Some critics say the department is not doing enough to protect veterans and healthcare workers at va hospitals. Jacqui heinrich is live in new york city with more on that. Jacqui . Well, jon, after the va claimed for weeks there was no shortage of ppe, the va health chief is now acknowledging the shortages and also accusing fema of diverting supplies intended for the va to the national stockpile. Richard stone, who is a former combat surgeon and Army Deputy Surgeon general, told the Washington Post the vas supply was nearly gone, writing, i had 5 Million Masks incoming that disappeared and the supply system was responding to fema. I couldnt tell you when my next deliverly was coming in delivery was coming in. But fox has been told fema doesnt have the Legal Authority to do so. We asked the va for the response and didnt address the discrepancy between stone and fema but said they are grateful from femas support. Leaving the account from stone as another question mark following weeks of conflicting accounts over shortages. Fema sent half a Million Masks to the va this week after the secretary asked for help and stone said a similar shipment arrived last week, allowing him to loosen the mask policy providing employees working with covid19 patients one mask per day. But hospitals are reportedly still preparing to deal with shortages. The Union Representing hundreds of thousands of employees says nurses have been told to prepare to reuse disinfect and also repair masks also saying they are often not given the n 95 which offer the most protection. On thursday Senate Democrats appealed to Vice President pence for help with distributing supplies calling the federal process broken. Fema tells us they have coordinated with the va supplying millions of masks and equipment. Fema tells fox news this is a whole government effort and fema appreciates their support in opening their facilities. Va has made 1400 acute and intensive Care Hospital beds available to nonveteran patients if necessary. The va has more than 6800 cases and more than 400 deaths. However, those numbers are far short of the reported 200,000 cases that they expected they would see. Jon . Jon Jacqui Heinrich in new york city, thank you. Speculation continues on the health of north korean dictator kim john kim jongun. Reportedly hes in grave danger following a stent procedure. What could this mean for relations in china and chinas position as a global superpower . Lets bring in retired lieutenant colonel, the Heritage FoundationVice President for National Security and foreign policy. Obviously in washington and in capitals all over the world, james, people are wondering about the health of kim jongun. He hasnt been seen in public. What raised a lot of questions is that he did not appear in public to celebrate the birthday of his grand father, back on april 15th. Thats a celebration that he hasnt missed during his time as north koreas leader. Any idea whats going on . Yeah, breaking news, like from our per spekfecspectivperst matter if the guy is alive or dead. You never make policy on north korea thinking you know whats actually going on inside in north korea. Our policy should be the same regardless of who is in charge, maximum presh sh that protects our interest pressure that protects our interest, nuclear deterrence, heavy sanctioning, that limits the north koreans and continues to pressure them to come to the table to denuclearization. Whoever is in charge tomorrow, they know theres one fact in their life that wont change and thats the United States policy isnt going anywhere. Jon reportedly he was sounding like he was in ill health during this meeting with President Trump last summer, where they shook hands over the border. People who were there, our tucker carlson, for instance, said he was wheezing like, you know, a very old man, not a guy in his mid 30s. Right. Yeah. Its long been rumored that hes had health issues. Thats not new. But again, we really dont know what the dynamics are inside, and if there is a regime change, we dont know how it will unfold. We do know that we have now gone from three generations of change in this country, with some degree of consistency on that, and i think from the u. S. Perspective what you bank on is whoever is in charge of the regime, their number one goal is going to be whats always been their goal which is keep the regime in charge. Jon lets talk a little bit about china now and its behavior as a result of this coronavirus pandemic which began in that country. Senator tom cotton says at a minimum, he believes china allowed the virus to escape its borders. Listen to this. I believe the Chinese Communist leaders, they were aware of those facts, by mid january, made the conscious decision not to explain to the world that it was transmissible between humans, not to shut down travel, not to ask for american or other kind of International Scientific help, but to allow this virus to escape their borders because if they were going to suffer an economic contraction, they were not going to allow the world to continue to prosper and china be the only country whose economy was declining. Jon whats your assessment of chinas behavior here . I go whats indisputable which the facts cannot be questioned whatsoever. They knew it was highly contagious. They let millions of people leave the country knowing it would infect the world. Thats a fact. They hid the information on how actually infectious it was for many many weeks. That prefvented a lot of countries including the u. S. From taking adequate preparations. We didnt know the real deal until we got data from places like taiwan, south korea, italy and spain. They are responsible for the global pandemic. Thats not news. The question is, how do we do payback . I think this is really important. Everybody says lets get back at china. Okay, fine. Lets get the American Economy up and running again. That is equally, if not more important. We got to figure out how to do these things. Were in a competition here. You win a competition by pressing the other guy but not by hurting yourself. We have to get our economy up and running even as we think how were going to learn from this and how we deal with china in the future. Jon regarding with how we deal with china in the future, senator cotton says he would like to see a more muscular approach in the future. Here he is on sunday morning futures. So many of our basic drugs are made in china. We need to stop that and bring it back to the United States and get it out of china, so we would give incentives to companies to build more plants here, create more jobs here, cracking down on hong kong and violation of its commitments to Great Britain when Great Britain returned hong kong taking aggressive action to south china sea. We need more ships, more submarin submarines, more bombers, more fighters. Jon would you agree with that, that bringing more industry out of china and back home would help our own economy as you suggest would be helpful . You know, a three part plan on the foxnews. Com opinion site, number one, transparency. As much as transparency we bring with what the chinese are doing, then people will make smart decisions about dealing with china. The second is people are talking about what can we do to keep people from doing business in china . I would flip that on its head and say why cant we make it easier for people to do business in america . So lets look internally and take away every excuse from anybody to want to do business here. I think the third one is were never going to make everything here. We dont need to. But we dont have to do business with china. If you just take, for example, india, vietnam, bangladesh, and, say, indonesia, thats an Industrial Base thats everything is cheap, ever as useful as china, we can do business with those guys. I think we need to be smarter about doing business with our friends. Jon without perhaps the theft of intellectual property. Absolutely. Jon that often comes with doing business with china. James carafano from the Heritage Foundation, we appreciate it, thank you. Thanks for having me. Jon more Team Coverage on the Coronavirus Crisis from around the globe. Straight ahead, we will tell you which countries are easing lockdown restrictions and why the United NationsWorld Food Program is issuing a dire warning. Octors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. 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This as the nationwide lockdown there is due to end. And in spain, children under 14 were allowed outside for the first time in six weeks. Italy will allow some businesses to reopen as soon as this week, while numerous other industries throughout the country will reopen in may. And in australias queensland state, stay at home restrictions will ease starting may 2nd. They will be reviewed after two weeks. Elsewhere around the globe, a dire warning from the World Food Program that covid19 could double the number of people suffering acute hunger to a quarter of a billion people by the end of the year. Amy kellogg has more from florence, italy. Pope francis today prayed for people who are sad and scared about what the future holds for them economically and otherwise. We are all too aware of the problems caused by this pandemic, in the developed world, including desperation and poverty, but imagine what it is like for those who live in very dire circumstances to begin with in wartorn countries or places with drought. Covid19 may be the straw that breaks the camels back for many people pushing as many as 130 million additional people into an acute hunger situation around the world, according to the World Food Program. This as africa braces for the worst. Cases on the continent have risen 40 in the last ten days, and Healthcare Systems are not equipped. Here you see the red cross handing out food in nigeria. The World Food Program already feeding millions is helping many countries prepare for worsening conditions under covid19. They are prepositioning supplies, both food and medical, getting components for field hospitals ready to ship out. World food depends on donations, and they warn if it doesnt come through from donor countries, perhaps swamped by their own domestic problems, the result could be deadly. Before covid even hit, we have 135 Million People around the world marching toward the brink of starvation because of wars and conflicts and weather extremes and deteriorating conditions in many different countries, and now on top of this, covid. This is a catastrophe. Jon, there are a lot of other factors right now in the mix. For example, south sudan, beyond having conflict, derives 95 of its income from oil, and the price of oil has fallen, so theres that. Then ethiopia depends on tourism for 50 of its gdp. That is all but dead now. And finally, think of all the children around the world who rely on School Lunches often for their one nutritional meal of the day. Now with schools being suspended, and quarantines in place, that is simply not happening. Jon . Jon amy kellogg, amy, thank you. 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We are putting the appropriate measures in place to respond to the covid19 crisis and to protect our force, cadets and families. While Many Americans are struggling to put food on the table, farmers are actually destroying crops during this pandemic. Up next, we will tell you why and how the white house plans to fix the problem. Your work is essential. Thats why kubotas 1,100 dealers are working to keep you working. Call or email your kubota dealer about 0 financing. No payments for 90 days offer expires 5 31. Together we do more. However, there is one thing you can be certain of. The men and women of the United States postal service. Were here to deliver cards and packages from loved ones and also deliver the peace of mind of knowing that essentials like prescriptions are on their way. Every day, all across america, we deliver for you. And we always will. So to breathe better i started oncedaily anoro. Go your own way copd tries to say go this way i say ill go my own way with anoro. 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This is an expanded edition of the fox report. 32 minutes past the hour, if you are just joining us. Growers and producers from coast to coast facing a massive surplus of highly perishable items now left in the fields to rot. This as food lines continue to grow across the country. Garrett tenney takes a look. The timing of this shutdown couldnt be worse for farmers in florida where peak harvest season is already underway. Hank scott has been farming cucumbers for more than 40 years. This years harvest was poised to be his best ever until the coronavirus forced most of the states restaurants and Tourism Industry to shut down. Hank has already lost half of his crop and is poised to lose his entire three and a half Million Dollars harvest if things dont turn around soon. We dont want any handouts. We dont want any people to feel sorry for us. We chose this profession, but we might need a hand up. There are hundreds of millions of pounds of food across the country that are going to waste because of break downs in the supply chain. Food banks are seeing record demand and some farmers have been able to donate a part of their harvest, but in march, several Industry Groups contacted the usda pleading for help with this surplus of perishable food, and it wasnt until a month later that the agency announced last week a new aid program to buy 100 Million Dollars worth of excess produce, meat and dairy each month until october. Floridas agricultural commissioner called that too little too late. And we really were hoping that that stimulus money was going to come down from the usda quicker. We just heard friday that it was released agriculture is dealing with crisis in meat industry, with dozens of plants closing their doors due to outbreaks among their workers. There is a concern over food supply chain. If we dont have enough Food Processing workers to manage these plants then that backs up our food supply. In the shortterm that means over the next month or so, some meats may be a little harder to come by, but in the longterm, the ag industry says without more federal help, these shutdowns could force a lot of these processers and farmers out of business for good. Jon . Jon garrett tenney, garrett, thank you. For more on this, were joined by dana gunders, executive director of refed, a group that tries to reduce food waste. Dana, its so ironic that, you know, food is rotting in the fields right now because farmers cant get it to market and so many people are going hungry. Whats the best way to approach a solution to that problem . Its true. You know, even in normal times, food is the number one product going into our land fills, and about 40 of all food goes uneaten. With the pandemic, the food system has been completely upended, and, you know, with restaurants, hotels, schools all closing, its just left with nowhere for that product to go. Thats whats led to these heart breaking pictures of so many millions of pounds of perfectly good fruits and vegetables going to waste on the field and thousands of gallons of milk just being dumped. Jon yeah. And so many food banks are seeing such a rush for services because people who, you know, had a pretty good paycheck and a pretty good lifestyle all of a sudden arent able to put food on the table so the food banks are being overrun right now. Thats right. Were seeing about a 70 increase in demand at food banks. So the need is just enormous, and to have that alongside all of the food going away on farms is truly just a dichotomy we cant bear right now. [talking over each other] there are quite a few solutions. You know, people are resourceful and theyre creative and dedicated, and were seeing some really Exciting Solutions on the ground that are coming to help this. The problem is that jon right and your organization sorry. I know your organization is trying to fix some of those gaps, trying to get people who are hungry, get them the food they need. Thats right. Thats right. Because we are just seeing so much need out there and a lot of Creative Solutions that dont have the amount of funding, we have launched a Food Waste Solutions fund to try to get more of this healthy food that might otherwise go to waste into the hands of the people who need it. And so anyone who is interested in donating can go to refed. Com. Thats refed. Com. Our goal is to save 10 Million Pounds of produce in the next 90 days. But thats just a drop in the bucket of the need thats out there. And we also need to look at kind of the inflexibility of the food system today and think about how in the future were going to avoid so much food going to waste while people really need it. Jon just as we leave, i wanted to put up a full screen of some of the Food Processors that have been shut down as a result of the covid19 epidemic. That includes smithfield foods, tyson food, cargill, jbs and conagra. A number of those plants have had to close as a result of covid19. Dana gunders executive director of refed. Thank you. Thank you. Jon in a bit, on fox news sunday, treasury secretary mnuchin talks about the administrations next steps on stimulating the economy. Oklahoma governor on the gradual reopening process in his state. And an exclusive interview with Johns Hopkins professor. Johns hopkins of course integral in reporting about this disease along with predicting some of the trends. It airs tonight 7 00 p. M. Eastern, about 20 minutes from now, right here on fox news channel. 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Jon the woman who accuses joe biden of Sexual Assault speaking exclusively to fox news slamming the media for failing to press biden on her allegations. Tara reade who worked as a Senate Staffer for biden singling out Anderson Cooper for criticism, accusing the cnn anchor of passing up two opportunities to question the former Vice President on the matter. Meantime, senator harris has announced a coronavirus town hall for tomorrow, with biden advisor simone sanders. Harris is widely seen as a top candidate to serve as bidens running mate. The biden and Trump Campaigns each seeing the 2020 president ial map in their own ways, and coming up with very different game plans for trying to seal the deal in key battleground states. Peter doocy takes a look at that. This is how trump is trying to go 2 and 0 in president ial elections we start from with the states that the president won in 2016, and we intend to keep all those states, and we also think that there are some states that we can add to that total. In three states trump won last time, michigan pennsylvania and florida he trails biden according to new fox polls. Certainly there are some new opportunities that have opened for democrats. Her Group Democratic superpac priorities usa is spending the most trying to flip states trump won in 2016, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and florida. I think that as we move threw move through the pandemic and the lackluster response, you will see that voters will be able to see a clear delineation between the candidate. Joe bidens attempt to unite progressives behind him may be hitting a speed bump. After spending weeks courting sanders and telling sanders supporters h knows what needs to be done, biden criticized trumps response. I think people are realizing look whats possible look the institutional changes we can make without us becoming a socialist country or any of that malarkey. No comment about that from sanders but both he and cortez say they will vote for biden as the trump team emphasizes the economy. I think it is quite clear that the president with his strong record of achievement on behalf of the American People against joe biden who can barely rub a noun and a verb together is going to be no contest on the campaign trail. The white house isnt booking Campaign Travel yet. If he has a rally where people are physically distanced and there arent as many people next to each other look a little bit like a biden rally. The Trump Campaign is trying to keep supporters interested with a new app that lets the most engaged users earn rewards points that could add up to a picture with the president. Think of it like a trump 2020 frequent flier program. Peter doocy, fox news. Jon peter thank you. People in some parts of florida left without electricity, after strong storms knocked out the power. A reported tornado near nashville, tennessee, destroying buildings there. Severe storms clearing out of texas today after bombarding parts of it with marblesized hail. A heat wave is hitting the west coast, causing people to crowd the beaches in california despite stay at home orders. Adam klotz is live with more on your forecast. Adam . Adam a little snow moving into new england currently, all part of a larger system thats been sweeping across the country. Here it is, rain currently from tennessee up into maine. Some Higher Elevations, and thats going to be in up state new york, farther north into new england, those are areas where were currently seeing some snowfall. It will intensify overnight. Everything you are seeing there, the areas white, some of that gray colors, that is anywhere from snowfall. Otherwise temperatures looking beautiful across the country especially in the middle of the country. You are seeing 70s. The desert southwest, though, maybe a little bit too much on the warm side. Currently 101 degrees in phoenix. We have heat across that entire region. It is going to stay hot in the week ahead. Your forecast in phoenix, were look at days getting up to about 100 degrees. A big heat wave [inaudible]. Back to you. Jon adam klotz, adam, thanks. Up next, why the National RestaurantAssociation SaysCongress Needs to do more to help businesses get through this pandemic. Family at home or those at work, principal is by your side. Were working hard to answer your questions. Like helping you understand what the recently passed economic package can mean for you. Were more than a financial company. Were a together we can get through anything company. Now, more than ever. Jon as Many Americans stay in their homes amid lockdown orders due to the coronavirus pandemic, many construction workers are still on the job and working faster than ever to get projects completed while streets are empty. Claudia cowan explains. Call it the Silver Lining to so many people staying home and off the roads because less traffic means construction crews can get a lot more work done, faster and safer and with more workers assigned to each shift, thanks to expanded lane closures. That is expediting road repairs across the country, including here on one of san franciscos busiest thoroughfares, 19th avenue. Whats really allowing us to do is work during the day, do it safely, better quality, asphalt is always better when its done during the day and has warmer temperatures than at night. So a tremendous opportunity, not impacting the traffic at all. According to state transportation officials, traffic is down 36 , and thats helping to accelerate numerous projects, including work along 70 miles of scenic highway, one in carmel, with workers Wearing Masks and keeping safe. Most of our people are by themselves in the cab in the piece of a heavy equipment. Often a lot of that work is just naturally already socially distant from each other, so it is an easy way to help keep the economy moving and still work on something important for our society and not put our people necessarily at risk. Across the country, nearly empty airports and train stations are also taking care of needed repairs, to escalators, bathrooms and railroad tracks, this window of opportunity means thousands of construction workers are able to stay on the job and in some cases tackle projects that have not been upgraded in decades. Also means once the orders are lifted and people are able to start traveling again, they will notice smoother roads and a lot of other improvements to infrastructure that will keep people safe outside their homes. Jon . Jon claudia cowan, claudia, thank you. The coronavirus pandemic taking a devastating toll on restaurants nationwide. The National Restaurant association predicts 5 to 7 million jobs will be lost, but says a new plan could save the industry. Christina coleman live from los angeles with more on that. Christina . Jon, the National RestaurantAssociation Says the existing federal Relief Programs will not prevent restaurants from having to lay off even more people and that the shortcomings of the Small BusinessPaycheck Protection Program makes it tough for restaurants to even use these loans at all. U. S. Restaurants are asking congress to improve a restaurant blueprint for recovery, 240 billion dollars Recovery Fund to help with rent, utilities and ongoing debt obligations and even reopening expenses, like Sanitation Equipment and inventory. Congress is very focused on the workforce, the population, public health. We appreciate those needs. We represent one out of every ten workers right now. Were looking to congress to create a food Service Recovery fund that would allow the nations seconds largest employer to make sure our doors can stay open when were lied to reopen. Allowed to reopen. It is estimated more than 8 million restaurant employees have been laid off or furloughed since the beginning of march. A tough situation for a lot of people and their families. Jon . Jon Christina Coleman in los angeles, thank you, christina. More fox report ahead after this break. 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Jon thats billy schultz. He was given a 50 50 chance of living after he was hospitalized with coronavirus ten days ago. His condition was getting worse until he was transferred to another facility where doctors put him on a ventilator, called ecmo, decades Old Technology which is normally used to treat heart and lung patients. Schultz was released from the hospital were happy to say yesterday. Leading fox news personalities are sharing their favorite stories that showcase the resilient american spirit tonight. Tune into america together 10 00 p. M. Eastern right here on fox news channel. The onehour special to be hosted by fox friends cohost pete hegseth. Thats how fox reports this sunday, april 26th. Thanks for watching. Chris im chris wallace. Closing america was hard, but could the reopening be each harder . I think our economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open. Chris some governors announce plans to get back to business and start returning to normal life. But with 26 million losing their jobs since march, how quickly account country can the country bounce back . Well discuss that and new relief with treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin only on fox news sunday. And how best to balance economic recovery with keeping americans safe. Were joined by dr. Tom inglesby, direc