3700 and is rising. The centers for Disease Control and prevention warning against large gatherings for at least the next eight weeks. And the Surgeon General this morning saying officials must act now to avoid going through what italy has. Critical Inflection Point in this country, people, we are where italy was two weeks ago in terms of our numbers. We have a choice to make as a nation. Do we want to go the direction of south korea and really be aggressive and lower mortality rates . Or do we want to go the direction of italy . Dana the same warning coming from Newt Gingrich who was in italy, his wife is the United States ambassador to the vatican and we will speak to him in just a moment. But first lets check in with alex hogan, here in new york. Alex. Dana, covid19 affecting all aspects of life from school to businesses around the city, to restaurants, the governors of new york, new jersey, and connecticut now telling all the public that they want them to ko gathering of 50 people