Now is just under 5,000 across the country with now 95 deaths. And from the white house, the president is notably changing his tone, no longer saying that its all under control, instead admitting that it is bad. The white house also issuing new guidelines advising that people should not gather in groups of more than ten people at this point, and yes, that is another number that has been all over the map. Some folks remember he said at first it was no more than 500 people at a gathering, then 250 people, then 50 people. Now its down to 10. You can clearly see the trend here. One by one, cities and states are taking matters into their own hands. Across the San Francisco area, 7 Million People are being ordered to shelter in place. That is their wording. Well have more on that move in a second, but first lets get to washington. Cnns Kristin Holmes is standing by and john salt tis at the hei whou white house. John, what are you learning there . Reporter well see what developments they have when the task force comes out and briefs us at 11 30, but what that brings with it is a heightened sense of seriousness about the economic response as well, because weve got the administration at noon preparing to lay out its fiscal stimulus package which is larger than officials were talking about even yesterday, 850 billion or so, and there is talk of combining both the administrations payroll tax cut with some of the proposals that have gained strength among democrats and republicans for cutting direct checks to americans to try to ease some of the demand crunch and prevent people from losing their homes and losing their ability to support their families. All in all from the white house, from the administration, a ratcheting up of the seriousness of this threat, and well see what else that brings with it in terms of the Health Response in a few minutes. Thats exactly right. Theres that fiscal stimulus response that you obviously see the president pushing, and then the actual response to the health and safety of every american, that everyone is waiting for that update in just a few minutes. John is there. Well get back to you, john. Thank you so much. Kristen, what are you learning about this National Shortage of medical supplies . Tell us your reporting. Reporter well, kate, to put it bluntly, this is not a good situation. Weve been talking to these Health Care Workers who are on the front lines, as i know you have, too, who are really scared, particularly in these hardest hit areas. Theyre already seeing shortages of medical supplies. Now we hear that on a phone call last night, a top u. S. Health official telling Industry Leaders there are not enough supplies, there is not enough in the stockpile to combat this pandemic, and that they didnt have enough supplies here on the ground. I want to be very clear about something. There was never an assumption that the stockpile was going to have everything that everyone needed. Generally in the case of an emergency like this, that is considered a bandaid while we ramp up production. But there is an added problem here, which is that those medical supplies, so many of them, are made in china, so that entire supply chain got messed up, shut down during the massive outbreak that we saw in china, and now American Companies are having to ramp up their production. Its unclear right now how exactly theyre going to do that. There is a lot of speculation, a lot of different ideas being thrown out there, but the problem is were already seeing those shortages now. So how long is this process going to take and how many people are going to have to start reusing those masks or participating in other dangerous activi activities while they are trying to get more of this personal protective equipment, kate. You can see the Ripple Effect if stockpiles run out of personal protective equipment, what that means for doctors on the front lines and then their patients. Kristen, thank you very much. Great reporting. Much on that ahead. Lets get to whats happening now in northern california. The most severe restrictions in the country yet. Some 7 million residents are in a shelter in plals ordce order. Dan simon is there with this. Dan, what does shelter in place, what does this order mean . Reporter it really means they want folks staying in their homes as much as possible. They really only want you leaving if there is some kind of essential activity were talking about here. Kate, let me explain why we are. Were on chestnut street. This is normally one of the busiest streets in all of San Francisco. It wouldnt necessarily be packed by people right now given the hour, but nevertheless, the fact im standing in the street right now is remarkable. Normally you have this whole area just packed with cars, you wouldnt really even be able to park on the street. Let me give you an example. You can see apple behind me. Thats considered a nonessential business. They preemptively shut all their stores so they wouldnt be open, anyway. You can see walgreens, there is a line to get into walgreens this morning. That is an essential business. Let me go over some of the exempt activities, things you can do despite this order, tasks essential to maintain health ask safety, such as obtaining medicine or seeing a doctor, you can do that. You can get necessary items like food and supplies. Outdoor activity, you can go for a walk, you can go for a hike, you can take your kids out, they can ride their bikes, things of that nature. Youre allowed to take care of a Family Member in another household, you can take care of the elderly with disabilities, et cetera. As for the essential businesses that can continue operating, lets go over some of those. Health care operations, of course, thats considered essential. Essential infrastructure including operation of Public Transportation and there is a bus right there. You can see that its continuing to operate. You got grocery stores, they can stay open, convenience stores, pharmacies, gas stations, auto repair facilities, banks. You get the idea. All of those things are considered essential, and people who work in those industries are exempt from this order. Now, kate, one thing we should point out, San Francisco, of course, has a tremendous homelessness issue. Theyre exempt from this order, as you might expect, but those folks are encouraged, at least, to seek some shelter. Kate, well send it back to you. Dan, thank you so much. Dan has been covering that and what the Ripple Effect is there. Just this morning, the mayor of new york city says hes considering taking a similar action as dan laid out is happening in the San Francisco area. New york city and the entire state of new york has already implemented sweeping restrictions on bars and restaurants and banning any gathering of 50 people or more as the number of cases in the state is now nearing a thousand. But just last hour, new yorks Governor Andrew Cuomo says he has no interest in any city ordering a quarantine. Cnns brynn gingras, shes following this. Shes at macys, the companys Flagship Store in manhattan. What are you hearing about the restrictions in place here and also the suggestion coming from mayor de blasio . Reporter yeah, and the thing is, kate, its a different story from coast to coast. Here on the east coast, outside this macys, dan saw those si s signs lines outside a walgreens, and we saw the lines outside a macys. Macys, other retail stores, they can remain open right now, so the question is will they eventually have to be closed like youre seeing in San Francisco . Will the mayor take that action . Will the governor take even more action . The governor just had a News Conference and he says hes not resistant to anything at this point. But as far as a quarantine to really lock people in, to have some sort of lockdown, he said thats just rumors at this point. Take a listen. We hear new york city is going to quarantine itself. That is not true. That cannot happen. It cannot happen legally. No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval. And i have no interest whatsoever and no plan whatsoever to quarantine any city. Reporter again, he said the reason for that is because it would just cause widespread panic. He used the State Capitol as an example. If you quarantine to albany, there would be albany in a panic and people would try to go somewhere else and this virus would just move. So essentially the idea here is, yes, there are more restrictive measures that could go in place. As you said, we saw bars, we saw restaurants, movie theaters, casinos, those are all pretty much shut down, restaurants only for takeout and delivery. But hes open to more options, businesses primarily if needed. At this point its very possible it will be. Kate . Absolutely. I will say the candor with which the governor of new york has been speaking on really a daily basis, generally right during our show, brynn, is something folks should watch. Because he does offer clarity amongst the rumors that a lot of folks are hearing that can be very reassuring for at least what you know is happening at this moment and what the near future may look like. Thanks, brynn. Coming up fourr us, doctors and nurses sounding the alarms of shortages of medical supplies they need for patients and protecting themselves. Ill talk to a doctor about what he sees on the front lines of this crisis. And how should parents talk to their kids about whats happening around them . 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Joining my right now is a doctor who is on the front lines of this, dr. Jeremy fouse. Doctor, thank you for being with us. My pleasure. How would describe as the spread has gone from bad to now worse . What has changed for you all . I think the number one thing that were all confronting here is the issue of capacity, whether its an issue of supplies or hospital beds. I know that if we have the supplies that we need, the emergency teams, we got this. Well be okay and well be fine, but the issue is capacity. Doctors like me have to make face to face, minute by minute decisions about who to hospitalize and who to send home. We do that all the time, but now the calculation has changed and i need to be able to confidently sign a patient home which a week ago i maybe wouldnt have done to keep that patient safe from getting infected or keep that capacity issue under control. We all talk about flattening the curve. We cant be looking over our shoulders and worrying, so we actually need Legal Support there and thats what im thinking will make a really large difference here is if governors and states attorneys general actually make the decisions that a week ago might have been a little bit risky in terms of medical, legal considerations but today would save the most lives. And i encourage people you wrote an opinion piece on this going into more detail on this. Its really interesting. It sounds small but it could be a very big deal. Its something to look at. You talked about just capacity, right . You have medical professionals who have been raising alarms for weeks now that there arent enough icu beds if a surge comes, there are not enough breathing machines in the country if a surge comes. There seems to be a fight of some sort between the president and states governors on who is responsible for getting you what you need in the event of a surge. What is it going to be like for you if you dont get it . Can you describe to people what thats going to look like . Well, what i can say is we dont want to reach that point and we dont want to reach it soon, and the best thing we can do is stave it off. All i can say is we cant do our jobs if we dont have access to our equipment, access to fresh supply lines. We need to do everything we can to stave that off. Under normal circumstances, states governors dont get to save lives just by the stroke of a pen. They can do incremental changes but theres never an opportunity like this. What we need to do is not just rise to the occasion but with the occasion as it keeps piling on. That means thinking outside of the box, including proposals like the one that i shared. I was really gratified to hear that the governor of new york, cuomo and others, even attorney general healey here, theyve seen the proposal and its circulating. Its amazing to see people step up because there is no playbook here. The only playbook is to think beyond the normal and to do whatever it takes to make a change so that we dont confront that situation. Were also hearing stories about doctors themselves, nurses themselves, having to essentially selfquarantine when not at work, when they go home, apart from even their families because of the risk of exposure. What are you and your family doing . What steps are you taking . Yeah, its a great question and its a moving target. The thing that i think most people dont realize is that there is no one answer for that. This is not a one size fits all. Thats one of the things thats so scary right now, is not that we know how bad it is, its that we dont know what it is. Good news, bad news, we can handle that. As an er doctor, i give people good news and thats great, but they actually tolerate bad news better than you think. People are amazing, kate, they are. One thing is uncertainty and i think thats whats driving the panic. We can follow these things and actually know what to do next. If youre not armed with data, i cant answer your question. What i will say is there are some universal things that are really important. Social distancing is very important and obviously more hand washing. But one thing i think is really a concept that people arent so aware of is the idea that there is something as trying to be perfect, like a god. We are human and we have to focus on doing a few things really well and not trying to do a hundred things well. Everyone is saying, oh, gosh, can i do this or that. If you need me to get eggs at the store and i cant miss it from the recipe, give me a thre threeitem list and i wont mess it up. If you give me a 50item list, im going to miss the eggs. Im thinking a little bit more along lines of, hey, youre human. Give yourself a break. Do the best you can. Wash your hands like youre scrubbing into an appendectomy. Im still kissing my kids my kid my daughter and my wife. Thats my personal approach but that doesnt mean thats everyones approach. Everyone has different risks, so just because im not personally worried at that level at this time, it doesnt mean other people dont have a good reason to, so we have to give each other permission to adopt in accordance to whats going on in our situation, in our own unique situations. And the highlight of my day being youre able to share a picture of your wife and your daughter doing a very good job at washing her hands at a very young age. At least we can have that little smile in our day when were covering this unfolding crisis. Dr. Faust, thank you for what you do and thank you so much for coming on. Appreciate it, thank you. Still ahead for us, news about the coronavirus is impossible to avoid, even for children, of course. So how should parents talk to them about it . How much should you tell them . I had those questions and two experts join me next to discuss. And 1 gram sugar. 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Get your coupon code at jacksonhewitt. Com and get 100 today. We are keeping an eye on the White House Briefing room. You can see there the Coronavirus Task force is set to give an update on the outbreak any minute. Once it begins, we will bring it to you. Meantime, schools closed, activities canceled, playdates off limits and lives interrupted. Thats what children across the country are dealing with right now, many too young to really grasp whats going on around them for the most part, and that means tough questions for millions of parents. I am definitely one of them. As weve been doing throughout this crisis, let us turn to the experts. Joining me right now is dr. Sally goja. These president of the American Academy of pediatrics, and covin klein. Thank you both for joining me. Dr. Goja, this is scary enough for adults, so its justifiable that it is scary for children of all ages. What is it we need to know when talking to children about the coronavirus . The most important thing is for parents to be reassuring to their children. We need to ensure them that were doing everything we can to keep them safe and healthy. Children will do better if they have information fr, but we wano keep the information simple and in terms they can unders