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Woodruff Coronavirus Infections have passed the halfmillion mark worldwide tonight, with 23,000 deaths. And, the United States is closing in on having more cases than any other country, including more than 1,000 deaths. Meanwhile, a huge economic rescue bill is nearing final approval in congress, amid a tidal wave of claims for benefits by peop thrown out of work. Amna nawaz begins our coverage. Nawaz in one of the firasst major es of the pandemics economic impact, a staggering figure 3. 3 million americansfo fileUnemployment Benefits in the last week alone. The head of the Federal Reserve, jerome powell, offered this assessment on the today show. We may well be in a recession, but again, i would point to the difference betwema this and a nrecession. This isnt theres nothing fundamentally wrong with our economy. Quite the contrary. E economperformed very well right through february. Nawaz the increase in jobless claims is by far the biggest ever in a single week, as more and more binesses are forced to close, or shed jobs. Stephanie myers was recentlyro laid offtwo restaurant server jobs near charlotte, y rth carolina. Ive been preood at holding it together, and i finally just broke down and cried, because you have to think about whatsn that bank account, how youre going to start paying bills. Nawaz some help for thos bill payments is on the way. The sete last night unanimously passed a massive 2. 2 trillion rescue package. Speaker nancy pelosi set a house vote for friday. We will have a victory tomorrow for americas workers. Nawaz the bill thegon to President Trump, to be signed into law. Most americans can expect to receive payments of around a 1,000 omore within three weeks. Thats according to treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, speaking with cc this morning. Were determined to get money in peoples pocket immediately. Nawaz the pandemicson ecic and health hits go handinhand. According to one study this week, in hardhit new york city, nearly a third of residents lost a job in their household over the last two weeks. Among latinos . A devastating 40 . New york state accounts for more than half of all u. S. Cases. Ct inns here, as across the country, are on the rise, and systems are straining to cope. This is how one intensive care doctor in new york described the scene at his hospital hell. Biblical. I kid you not. Ople come in, they get intubated, they die. The cycle repeats. Nawaz farther south, louisiana now has the third highest number of confirmed cases per capheita in. S. The National Guard has deployed in new orleans to help run mobile testing sites. Local officials fear the city will be inundated with infections by the end of next week. Michigan has also seen a dramatic spike in cases in recent days, especially as its ramped up its testing. Ive never seen anything likn thisfrankly, our u. S. Healthcare system has never seen anything like tls. And so, rey, theyre dealing with something that this is a firstever kind of event for u. S. Health care. Nawaz and in another first, attorney general william barr, told the federal bureau of prisons to use more home confinement where possible. In other cloe quarters, 5,000 Service Members on a u. S. Ft aircarrier in the pacific are being diverted to guam, after dozes tested positive for the virus. President trump today sent a letter to state governors, alerting them to new white house guideles soon, classifying counties by risk high, medium or low as testing capabilities expand. At a press briefing late today, the president defended the National Response so far. Were sending more every dt , and weve emendous amounts of equip coming in, a lot of Great Companies are making equipment right now. The ventilators, obviously the take longer to make, but we have a lot of Companies Making them. Shape. In great nawaz at a Virtual Meeting today, World Health Organization officials rned leaders fr the g20 nations that the virus spread is now exponential. People more than a third of the earths population are now under severe travel restrictions. In spain, as the death toll is still soaring, madrid hospitals are stretched past capacity, relying on a daily convoy to carry away the dead to a makeshift morgue in an ice rink. Italy maintains the most infections in europe, and though they leveled off earlier this week, the numbers are rising again in the worsthit region of lombardy. In china, meanwhile, arnew ban tempy barring foreigners from entering, to prevent a potential second wave of thef virus. For the pbs newshour, im amna nawaz. Aid plan in Congress Helped toge wall street in a rally for a third day, despite surging unemployment. Thdow jones industrial average gained 1,350 points, 6 , to close above 22,550. The nasdaq rose 413 points, and the s p 500 added 154. Now, to help us understand how the nations worker force will be impacted by congress 2 trillion coronavirus aid package, im joined by our own lisa desjardi so lisa, lets take it one by one, first with those people who are already theyve already lost their jobs or theyre about the lose them, what does this package mean for them . How quickly can theyet it . It comes from a close reading of the bill and also talking to sources, so unemploymentbe fits, this bill increases Unemployment Benefits by 600 per week for everyone who is able to receive them, and that could be a very big group. It would add 13 weeks of unemployment over what your state allows now. Judy, thats the key issue. How long will it take for these increased benefits to get to people . It dependspl cely on the state, and their sysem as well as how long it takes each state toed administer this money. That could be significant. Woodruff so lisa,ets focus on what this means for jobs and people worried about this direct money, it goes to people directly. How does it work . There are so many questions about this, and i got a lot of information about it today. So a reminr, were talking about those individual checks. Now, they go to a very wide group, searchly everyone who has a tax i. D. Number. That does include people on social security. There is a limit. It goe ps tople, individuals making under 75,000, married couples making under 150,000. If youre single and have cha d, your limit is different. One other thing, when could these checks be in our mailboxes or Bank Accounts . If you use direct deposit, i told that in that case it could be three to four weeks. If youo not use direct deposit, it will be longer. One other note out these checks, they are not taxable. Woodruff lisa, apologies for some of the audio difficulties were having. Everybody knows youre working with a computer. But lets talk about the money thats going to companies. Obviously some oin this to Big Companies, but what about Small Businesses . What are they getting abhow is that going to work . Right. Bill, judy. Uge part of this this is payments that theyre going to try to keep workers on the payrl for Small Businesses. Th35 billion, people should know that money is meant to take care of eight weeks of payroll and that money will also be retroactively used to pay back possibly as fareb asary. That will go up to june 30th. Initially it will be a loan, but it will become a grant ifit is used only for workers, and its going to be a loof money woodruff lisa, how fast can these Small Businesses get this money . I only had one source who was able to give me an answer on dthat, because thisends on banks being able to get this money out. They are going to move as fast as possible, but for Small Business, it doesikot looke this loan will get in their bank theyre hoping for maybe around then, but much to be determinedn hat. Woodruff and in brief, what do we know about what the money thats going to go to the Big Companies . Right. This money could go out more quickly, judy. Thats the 500 million in loans. Its allut leveraged a very large core of cash the government already has. It could happen quick. One thing, mnuchin in this law n wants ify the public of every transaction within 72 hours some once those large loans go out the bioig corpor we will hear about it. Woodruff all right. Lisa desjardins doing some legislation, which sts to go to the house of representatives. Lisa, thank you so much. Youre welcome. Woodruff the huge rise in unemployment claims today nearly 3. 3 million filed over the past week dwarfs al Historical Records in the u. S. Many economists say that number doesnt fully capture the true laid off or furloughed, or are out of work because they are losing their busiss. We asked people today to share some of their stories, ugd the real ses they are facing right now. Heres just a sampling of wha we heard. My name is brittany picuri. My name is allyson jaffe. My name is ababuti olok. My name is larrilou carumba. My name is edan alva. My name is candace rogers. I just embked on buying my first home. And that happened almost a month before this happened. So i think being a firsttime homebuyer and trying to navigate unemployment at this moment is, you know, the most scary for me. Im a coowner here at the d. C. Improv comedy club. This has been horrific. I had to lay off my staff of 50 on march 16, and it was just devaating. You know, theyre hard workers. Theyre hourly workers. They you kn, ey have families, and we dont know how long were going to be closed. And thats that uncertainty has been the worst part. Ive beenheworking at airport, logan airport. Originally am from ethiopia i came in 201 as a refugee. Now im a u. S. Citizen. I dont have any clue or anywhere to go to pay my rent. I have two boys, which is make me to worry theost. My moms here. My wife got laid off, too. So my thinking now is not for myself, but for my kids. I was a server at the legal seafoods in the king of prussia mall. I have a child with special needs and i havent taken my daughter outside because shes and i cant even fathom taking her to the hospital. I am a lyft driver. Were being put in a particularly difficult situation where we have to make a choice between going out there unprotected, and losing our homes, losing our car loans or all the ings that might happen financially when you dont make your payments. Im a housekeeper. Im a ngle mom of three. We are really scared how long this will last. I just want everybody to be safe, and i hope that everybody will really be will shelter in place, because to control this virus, because everybodys being so excited about ats happening, because we dont know what would happen next. And i really dont know when im going to go bk to work. Woodruff hso hard r. And there are so many more just like them. Lets go back to the Financial Rescue plan what it does, and what might be left to do. We turn to someone with deep Lawrence Summers served asicy. Secretary of the treasury under president clinton, and was director of the National Economic council during the obama administration. Tly a professor economics at harvard university. Yesterday, he joined a Bipartisan Group of 34 former treasury sretaries, fed chairs and economic scholars who signed a statement urging authorities that the bestad way tess the economic fallt of the coronavirus was to first attend to the medical emergency. Lawrence summers, thank you so much for joining us. Its so hard the hear these stories. I want to ask you first about these unemployment claims today. 3 Million People. How much worse could this get . Judy, were at war with this virus, and you showed some of the casualties of that war, and thats not as war thoing to end soon. There will be millions more people who will be filing for Unemployment Insurance and who will lose their jobs. Fortunately, that 2. 2 trillion dollars is providings oad a point. Net as we can at this a lot of money and little do a lot of good, but im sure its not going to be the endf the things we do to keep our economy going and to maintain our economic system. Woodruff and thats what ci but whats c in a war like this, and thats what the letter i signed refers to, is that we do it with a strategy to win as rapidly as possible. And that means we nt abandon the war too early, because if we do, well lose an ground we gained and well have that much longer a struggle. And thats why were going to have to see through this period untilre t enough progress that Public Health authorities tell us that we can letp on this current period of painful social isolation. Woodruff and we understand the letter directed at least in part to President Trump, who has been talking about opening up businesses soon, within weeks, wherever the virus stands, at the same time targeting the virus, but larry summers, lets talk about what more needto be done. Great and this 2. 2 trillionf is bill, but it will only last stwe heard Lisa Desjardins say eight weeks in some instances. What is themo powerful thing that can be done in addition to this . Is more cash directly to individuals . Is it loanto Small Business . What exactly is it . All of the above, jy. I think the highest priority right now would be to add enough money for state and local governments, for mayors to take care of theiple. Thats the first priority. Second priority is weve got to be on a wartime footing with respect to wgetting testh respect to getting protective equipment, wiesthct to getting ventilators to take care of people. And we need to spend whatever it tas, we need to use whatever authorities the government has to deliver the resources so that we can target people, get the assistance to the people who need it, and be secure in the knowledge that were identifying the people who are victims, and also recognizing the people for whom it issafe to go out and go back to work again. Make no mistake, no matter how m muey the Federal Reserve commits, no matter how big a budget deficit weun, we cannot solve this problem untile w contain the virus. Th ans why a careful, strategic, determined strategy of the kind tha dr. Fauci is pushing is what we need, but above all, in a war, and thats what were in, you have to be steadfast. You have to be moving forward in a consistent direction, and you have to not change course every few days. And thats why the president s talk about easter, about 15 days is so potentily danrous and destabilizing. Woodruff so it sounds like youre saying not enough money direction right nr testing, for research, not enoughty prion that direction, but im hearing you say, yes, we need a lotore money o the medical side, at the same time, we shore up individual peoples lives. When you hear mothers with children with special needs, man says, i dont know if i can meet my rent this month, people are anrting, panicking in some instances right now. Hi s is probably the most profound test ofmerican Society Since pearl harbor. Whetheran we manage the resources to contain the virus and at the same time protect and maintain the most vulnerable among us as a society. Its a test of our competence. Its a tt of our compassion. Its a test of o will. I think ultimately me willt it, but certainly there have been some falsest ts, although there have also been some encouraging signs, the speed with which congress was able to pass thisonassive legisla the way the fed has been able to step in andss addhe financial problems. But the really important thing is the strength of our efforts around addressing the disease and protecting its vctims. Thats what history is going to judge us on. Uf woo forme treasury secretary larry summers, thank you very much. Woodruff in the days other news, the u. S. Justice department announced indictments of venezuelaa president Nicolas Maduro and his top allies on charges of naoterrorism. U. S. Attorney general william barr said that they conspired to flood the u. S. With cocaine, and to loot theirbiwn country of ions of dollars. Maduro and his otheran defe have betrayed the venezuelan people and corrupted venezuelas institutions. While the venezlan people suffer, this l cabes their pockets with drug money and the proceeds of their corruption, and this has to come to an end. Woodruff the trump to oust maduro since his disputed reelection in 2018. Israels yearlong political deadlock may be ending, after a key vote in parliament today. Lawmakers elected opposition figure benny gantz to be the he won the support of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus followers, signaling a possible deal for a unity government. Gantz defended his decision, saying the coronavirus emergey overrides everything else. translated these are not normal days,and they call for special decisions. Therefore, as ive said, ia intend to mine and advance, in any possible way, the creation o a National Emergency government. Woodruff netanyahu is under criminal indictment, and up to now, gantz had ruled out serving with him in any coalition. Da in iran , officials again denied any knowledge of ra ert levinsonormer f. B. I. Agent who disappearedthhere in 2007. Foreign Ministry Said he had left the country years ago. Levinsons family said wednesday that u. S. Officials told them he diedn iranian custody in recent years. A u. S. Navy veteran held in iran says he that has covid19 symptoms, and wants to sent home. Michael white was released from furlough last week, but was not permitted to trleave the co he has been held since 2018, on charges of insulting iran supreme leadr. Chinese officials fired back at u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo today, over the coronavirus pandemic. Pompeo had urged leading dustrial nations to label covid19 as the wuhan virus, after the chinese city where it first appeared. We urge this u. S. Politician not to go further o. The wrong ro otherwise, it could only ill intentions, which willsy and arouse more indignation and opposition of the Chinese People and people around the world. Woodruff the World Health Organization opposes giving the rus a geographical name, because it has spread globally. Others say it foments discriminatin against asians. Back in this country, the pandemic has led to the postponementof another major sporting event, the indianapolis 500. The famed auto race will run on august 23, instead of memorial day weekend. That hasnt happened since 1946. And, author and journalist Richard Reeves has died, after suffering a heart attack at his home in los angeles. He was known for his books on president s, from john f. Kennedy to bill clinton. For 35 years,e also penned a syndicated column, and appeared often on pbs Public Affairs programs. Richard reeves was 83 years old. And, fred curly neal of Harlem Globetrotters fame died todayea at his home houston. Of the death. Word on the cause over two decades, he dazzled millions of globetrotters fans with his dribbling magic, before retiring in 1985. Curly nealwas 77 years old. Still to come on the newshour the view from the hospitals, as a crush of patients crash againsthe countrys frontline defense. The pandemic across the border. Life in limbo, as migrants wait for entry into the u. S. A silent tragedy of social distance examining the rising risk of Domestic Violence. And, the latest moves from the white house amid skyrocketing unemployment. Woodruff hospitals in more and more cities are feeling the pressure and consequences of the spread of covid19 cases. New york state is still at the center of some of the worst of it. E spitalizations shot up 40 in one day, and thre 100 deaths there in just about 24 hours. An william ham gets a view from the front lines of whats being done to adjust to a worsening situation. Brangham thats right. Some hospitalare already being overrun, and many are taking extraordinary stepso prepare for the wave of patients to come. Stony Brook University hoital on long island, new york is one of those places. Theyve been asked by Governor Andrew Cuomo to double their d capacity in just a few weeks. Ca rol gomes is the c. E. O. Of that hospital. Ms. Gomes, thank you very much for being here. I wonder if you could just start off by giving us a sense ofow is your hospital, hows your system doing right now . So, clearly, with this pandemic underway and the apex of the storm at us, approachings uickly in the next 14 to 21 days, there is a concerted effort of focus, a concerted effort to address safety, and a concerted effort to take care of oupatients. Its a very serious nature, but were tackling this with all of our might right now. Brangham and can you give us a sense of how many coronavirus, how many covid19 pattlnts you currhave . Sure. Well, each day, obviously, it escalates, anthnumbers that we received this morning could potentially be different than the ones we have currently now or in the nextmi fivtes. But last we heard, there were 70plus cases positive. And we have many persons under investigation, who are pending laboratory te and the numbers continue to escalate each day. T here we are constructing tents in a parking lot a large tent. We are able to see hundreds of patients coming through, particularfor covid testing. Brangham i mean, i know that you have a relatively large hospital. The idea tha youre building a tent out in the parking lot seems to signal the depth of how serious this is. This is extremely serious. The governor of n york asked each c. E. O. Of every hospital in new york state to increase its Surge Capacity by aleast 50 , and then subsequently a day or two later requested for all of us to increase our capacity by an additional 100 . So, we have 624 beds. That means we need to create another 624 beds. And so, when you only have a limited amount of space, you have to start to be creative. Brangham ive been talking wi doctors and hospital officials at several different locatis this week, and ive been hearing a real sense of anxiety and concern about this. The storm that in some places is already there, in certainn hospitals,d the storm that is coming to others. Im curious how your staff is doing. Ldhow are people g up under all this . I cant be more proud ofmur stony brooicine team. They come in every day. They are seriousminded. Theyre laserfocused. We know we have a job to do, we know we ha to care for these patients who will be coming in by the droves, d we will do everything we can to ensure their safety and the safety of our team. We have to prepare for is surge in every way, shape and form possible staffing, supplies, and space, and so everyone is completely laser cused on this task. Brangham do you have enough supplies right w . Weve certainly been reading about the shortage of n95 mask the shortage of ventilators, the shortage of protective gowns. Do you feel like you have enough equipment to do the job safely that you needel to do . I dont believe were any different than any other supplies, n95s, face shields, the like. So, we have the good fortune of professors and researchers and scientists who are on campus at niversitook u we have folks who are working on usg 3d printers to create face shields. So this is really an enormous effort and everyone is involvedo we alsd a link on how to make Hand Sanitizer and sent it to our chemisy department. And, lo and behold, they started making gallond s llons of Hand Sanitizer. So, yes, the resupplies limited, but were certainly not hem to come to u were taking matters into our own hands as best as we can to control what is in our control. Brangham i d ink anyone wook at what youre doing, and salute the ingenuity ngd t tahis on yourself. but it does seem like that this is aign of something very, very serious, where you guys are having to make supplies that, just a month ago, most hospitals took for granted and took as just thats just relar equipment that we have. No and yohave to make it yourselves yes. Ye but when you dont have a choice in the matter, you have to ke action. And thats precisely what were doing to ensure the safety of our team. Brangham we know that the governor of new york has asked everyone who is not involved in what are called essential services to largely stay at home. What is your sense about how the new york the Long Island Community is heeding that request . Are people following those recommendations . Well, you know, ive been spending most of my time in the hospitals, so its hard to be able to say firsthand. I certainly do hope people are heeding those warnings, a it will give e opportunity to flatten the curve and potentially slow that surge of patients. And that our goal, is to flatten that curve and prepte for the wond hope for the best. Brangham all righ carol gomes, c. E. O. Of stony Brook University hospital, thank you very much. And best of luck tothll of you oue. Thank you. Woodruff now, for a look outside the u. S. La week, President Trump announced strict new border contls, citing concerns over the coronavirus. Officials will now turn away most migrants entering the country from the southern border. That includes people fleeing violence, even if they come legally and show no signs of being sick. Jean guerrero of member station kpbs spoke to families stuck in limbo at the countrys busiest land Border Crossing just south of san diego, in tijuana. Reporter this family om michoacan, mexico wants to askyl for in the u. S. Last week, after seven months on sylum wait list, it was finally their turn to enter and start pleading their case. But, when they came to the port of entry, they learned the border had been shut down becae of the coronavirus. They asked us to hide their identities for safety reasons. translated were fleeing a place where you truly cant live. They extort you, and if you dont pay, they kill you. Rorter ana has pictures of her house from when she says it was riddled with bullets and marks on her body from when she was beaten by the local gang. D the virus worrs me, because of my health, but what worries me much moreat ive experienced. We are truly in danger mexico. Reporter she has audio of when she says the gang ented her house d threatened her. screams, sobs, shouting reporter the family and tens of thousands want refuge, but theyre stuck in mexico. Its unclear when the porwill reopen. Lines at the oncebustling port dwindled drastically after the u. S. Banned nonessential travel at the border last week, in adtion to the ban on everyone without u. S. Documents. Tens of thousdsf people normally cross daily to work and shop. Paola avila of the San Diego Regional Chamber of commerce says the impact on workers will be severe, but that the halted affic is necessary. People are going to lose jobs, our buinesses are going to suffer from that halt, but itsomething that we need to contribute. Reporter vulnerable families fleeing deat threats could be the most affected. Some jump the border wall out of desperation. President trump says new restrictions are meant to prevent an outbreak in border stations and ndbe our nations Top Health Care officials are extremely concerned aboatut the g Public Health consequences of mass uncontrolled crossborder movement. Reporter tijuana migrant shelters are scrambling to keep up with the need for beds. Casa del migrantes director, father pat murphyrolled out new rules to try to prevent an outbthak. One o decisions we made is to put less people in each room. Instead of ten, there are five, so they can be a little separate reporter migrants hands are sanitized each time they enter, checking temperatures every day. The shelter is reducing intake to 80 people, half its usual capacity, to keep people spread out. Murphys worried he and others could get the virus. Im 68. I shouldnt even be down here. I should be up in my room the next two months but my heart doesnt t me do that. Reporter here, Asylum Seekers have a place to eat andf feel se until its their turn to enter the u. S. But, the shelter doesnt have room for everyone. N many sleep the street, where theyre exposed to cartel violence. Others stay in cramped tents, where its hard to protect themselves from getting sick. Murphy says the Trump Administration is using the conavirus to push a political agenda, and hurt some of the worlds most abvuln people. Hes taking advantage of this situation to take away the few rights people have left to ask r political asylum. He has no idea the suffering. Reporter but the acting secretary of othe departme homeland security, chad wolf, says the decision to turn these people away is based on input from the nations top health aders at the center for Disease Control and prevention. The introduction and spread of the coronavirus in the departments stborder patrol ions and detention facilities presents a serious danger to migrants, our frontline agents and e american people. Reporter but, whilthe u. S. Has more than 53,000 confirmed coronavirus cas, mexico has around 500. This private crossborder Health Care Provider helped set up checkpointin tijuana, a short walk from the u. S. , to give free coronavirus symptom screenings. Ricardo vega, president of the baja health cluster, says they want to prevent the spread in mexico, including among migrants, where the risk is particularly high due to unsanitary, crowded conditions. They are confined in places where we know they dont have enough toilets or flushing water or separatspaces. Reporter at one shelter, a guatemalanit Asylum Seeker three children faced an uncertain future. translated i never wanted to leave my country. I never wanted to expose my kids to so much danger. Reporter bushe says she had no choice the people threatr ing to kill mily in guatemala were scarier than the coronavirus. For the pbs newshour, im Jean Guerrero in tijuana. Woodruff with so many woodruff with so Many Americans now staying home, the pandemic continues to have a major pact on nearly all aspects of our lives. Attention is how that isolation can exacerbate the problem of Domestic Violence. John yang has a closer look. Yang judy, in past times of stress, like 9 11, the economic downturn of 2008 and hurricane katrina, experts say th the intensity and frequency of Domestic Abuse has gone up katie rayjones is the c. E. O. Of the national iodomesticnce hotline. She joins us by skype from austin, texas. Katie, thanks so much for being with us. In the current situation, the e curreironment, what concerns you most . What are you most worried about . I think for us, john, what were most worried about, the National Domestic violence hotline,s knowing that many victims, survivors, are currently livoning in isola with their abusive partner, and their ability to seek help or guidance is significantly abusive partners are observing phone calls or watching what material sombeone migh looking at on their device. So, were really concerned right now, knowing that history has shown us, with an end to increased severity of abuse and increased frequency of abuse that many survivors are currently in dire situations. Yang to what extent is this social distancing to try to stop the virus spreading, contributing, or aiding and abetting, people who commit this violence and abuse . Its a great question. What we know is that oftentimes abusive partners will leverage something hapening in society as a further means to isolate, create fear, rintimidate coerce a victim. We have already started to hear stors from survivors who are reaching out to the hotline, who are indicating that their abusive partner has indicated that they cant go to work, they cant see family, they cant see friends, as a means to what they feel is further isolate them, and leveraging covid19 as a means to do that. Weve alrearddy home really distressing stories, where, one woman shared that, you know, her community, where shes currently residing, does not have shelterinplace protocols ployer was indicating it was safe for her to go to work, and her abusve partner essentially said, youre not going. And when she stated she was, he actually took the firearm out in their home and began to load the firearm. And she said that this is not something he had ever done, that th have an abusiv relationship, but hed never and this was causing her rely great concern. So we know that at times when theres fear, misinformation in society, that oftentimes people who haveontrol issues, power issues, they may exacerbate those dynamics in their abusive yang how is this complicating your work . For instance,he areers operating . Are they worried about social yes. Hat sense, too . So weve already seen our ability to even connect some survivors to shelters or exit strategies be greatly impacted. We know shelters are going Great Lengths to deeply sanitize shelters, keep existing residents safe. So it absolutely makes sense that ones ability to continue to do intakes, to take in new clients, may be limited. Weve heard from survivors who were really holding out for their custody hearing, their divorce hearing, or protective order hearing, that those arect being imd. So a lot of the dynamics, in terms of systems that survivorsy n, and what we would say many of the tools that were keeping in a survivors toolbox, feel like theyre disappearing rapidly. And so thats real t concerning. Of what might beg happen their home already. Ta yang let about you mentioned this before, but i want to sort of expand. Onwant you to expant. The idea that when youre isolated with someone who may be necessarily call the hotline and seek help. Yeah, i think that is one of the most distressing things about this. We know and we hear from survivors precovid19 that their behaviors werd being monitown to spyware being installed on their computers and watching what theyre lmsking at in tf material online. So when youre in close proximity to someone, having the ability to make a phone call and sharing the very intimate details of usive re tionship may really significantly impacted, which is why were really trying to encourage friends, family, neighbors to ntact the hotline and get information about resources, safety Planning Strategies that might be available for someone, because you may be their only lifeline right now to information and help and even emotional support. Yang and with social distancing, could it be that people dont know that its people, friends, neighbors may not know, and may not know to call to reach out for help . Yeah, i think oftentimes Domestic Violence is the secret that happens behind closed ors and its not our problem. And so were really encouraging folks to understand that right now we ne everybody to be activated, to be aware of whats happening around them. Coming out of their neighbors house and being thoughtful about what that might mlln, sometimes g the police may not be an option. The hotline is here to serve anyone who is concerned about not directly being impacted. So really encouraging people to get educated and linerage the ho as a resource to increase your knowledge about safety planning, because you may be safety planning with your neighbor right now. Yang are there similar t ncerns about abuse agaie violence against children as against people who are partners in intimate relationships . Yes. And so while our mission is really focused on int partner violence, we have had individuals reach out iicating concerns with abuse happening at home towards children, and were providing support aund that area as well. The other piece we know is thath dren are often leveraged in abusive relationships, and so ki can be often in the midst of a violent situation where things might be being thrown and the kids accidentally get in the crossfire of whats happening. So were wanting to safety plan around kids in the home as well. And what that might be looking like. Really takinghe whole family as a unit to think throh what safetyplanning in place is possible, what exit strategies may be avlable to a survivor, as well as safety planning for kids. Yang katie rayjones, c. E. O. Heofational Domestic Violence hotline, thank y very much. And for anyone in the audience, if you or someone ye know is expencing abuse, please call on his desk. You can sign it as early as this week t. I wa walk through one big and thats how passengerublicans airlines are dealt with in this bill to put um for people. He thing thats going here is youre getting 25 billion for worker salaries and benefits. Oney would not need to be repaid directly, but airlines may offer the government some stock to compensate taxpayers. There is another 25 billion in loans and loan guarantees. Airles had been lobbying aggressively for direct grants and not just loans. That waprthe cise. There is also 3 billion for contract workers. Those are people who helph w baggaging, who help with ticketing, so theres not just only airlinemployees but contractors who are getting the help. Woodruff and separately, yamiche, at this briefing, we understand the president was asked about and talked about those huge new numbers of unemployment claim, 3. 3 Million People filing for claims in the last week, whae, is what are white house officials saying about it . Leoods these well, thunesployment claim numbers are stunning, 3. 3 million filing unemployment claims the president said its no ones fault, but he talked about the fact that this meansmericans need to get back to work. Hes what he said just moments ago from the white house. I hrd it could be six million. It could be seven million. Its 3. 3 or 3. 2, but its a lot of jobs, but i think well come back very strong. Every day that we stay i out,t gets harder to bring it back very quickly. People dont want to stay out. So the president there stressing again that he really wants to try to get people back to work. He has said that he wants to get people back as easly aster sunday, which would be only in about 17 days. That said, there a Health Officials who are saying, we have not reached the peak of the coronavus outbreak, so theyre not sure whether or not well even know how bad this outbreakt might t a time when the back to work. Another thing, treasury secrery Steve Mnuchin talked about the unemployment clad ims. He sthese are irrelevant numbereos. He saide shouldnt focus too much on them. He said that because things might get worse. The president said he was thinking there might be six miliion or seven m unemployment claims. We might see more staggering numbers as the wee go on. Woodruff sounds like theyre expecting it to get worse. What are they sayin about a efforts ress this headon country . s needed in this well, there continues to be this tension between the federal governmst and the white he and state governments and governors. The president today heldca with governors. There was some backandforth. The president saidt wasnt a too contentious call, but the president also had a backandforth with washington jay inslee said after the president said the federal government should be a backup. The vernor said we dontneed a backup. We need a tom brady, referring to the super bowlmp cn tom brady. Talking about the fact that the federal government needs to be doing more. So you hear a lot of governors sag we want more. The president also wrote ato letter overnors today saying that he is thinking about maintaini, reducing, or increasing social distancing mitigation measures. He said thats going to be based on data. Up for people. Letr well it says the government is thinking about categorizing counties as high risk, medium risk, or low risk. You have there President Trump again pushing, forwarying to get people back to work sooner. You even have some republicano govers including larry hogan in maryland saying, welk we need help with tesieng facil on that call. So even as President Trump is writing to governors saying, we hied to getball rolling and get the Government Back up, you have both democrats and republicans telling the more resources and we still need to figure out how bad this is woodruff theres still this kind of disagreement at such a high level. Yamiche reporthng for us from white house. Thank you, yamiche. Woodruff many families are finding it a challenge in deciding how much coronavirus news is too much when it comes to theidrr ch and teens. With the televisions in many households on around the clock, its tod ugh to shids from the constant stream of reporting. At the same time, many teens may not betaking the pandemic as seriously as they should. Shares her humble opinion on how to keep children safe. If youre a parent of a teenager, shelterinplace is a strange and serious gift. By now weve all seen the determined spring breakers shdaldertoshoulder in flo and friends across the country tell me they are still going toes toe with their ker every conceivable outing. Our quainrabegan with my teenager asking if she could have a darty, a daytime party. She would serve coronas and quarantinis. I said no chance. There were tears. Parents who were psycho about this new virus. Anyway, young people are on an idea that is quicklyeaning proving false. Then came shelter in place, and our bay area town was sequestered. At that point, our teenagers pleas became much smaller can i have dinner for one hour with one friend . Can i watch tv during the day . Coronavirus after 5 00 p. M. . The theme of all their requests is the essamepe. Can we please turn our backs to the world map blowing up with hot ots . We can. We can play rummy 500 and read books and rewatch the office. We can paint each others toe nails and make up dance routines and learn to draw. As far as k old enough to dream up quarantinis ha husband and i decided that a steady stream of information may be less of a comfort and more hi speed onramp to unmanageable stress. Its our job to stay up to date, not theirs. So, while they deal the next hand, we take turns checking the hello, everyone. Welcome to amanpour co. Heres whats coming up. The coronavirus is hitting spain hard now. E death toll overtakes chinas and the Spanish Foreign minister joins me to explain Desperate Measures taken. Then as you have cases climb, hospitals need backup comfortable the veteranson administraill this gap . I ask the former v. A. Secretary dr. David shulkin. And im anxious. The lockdown is working, right . So the is no mor people getting infected. But when they open, then what happens