cases topping every country outside the united states. jillian: a stark warning that it may have hit its peak. todd pyro has the governor's message. >> reporter: close to 162,000 cases of coronavirus in new york, that is almost 10,000 more cases than the next closest country which is spain according to johns hopkins university when the state death toll eclipsed 7050100 of them in new york city alone. governor andrew cuomo with this grim morning. >> we can't handle the worst-case scenario. we can't even handle the moderate cases. is essential we keep the curve flat because we don't have the option of handling the curve if it goes higher. rob: hope the new york hit it speak continues to grow thanks to the drop in hospitalization thanks to anthony fauci showing how important it is to keep social distancing. >> what we were predicting, the increase in real adherence to physical separation, the guidelines the vice president talks about, the physical separation at the same time as we see the increase in death and a dramatic decrease in the need for hospitalization, something like 200 new hospitalizations, as high as 1400 at any given time so that is going in the right direction. rob: more tributes outside new york city hospitals. nypd officers outside the er at the same time as the city's a nightly ritual, cascading down from apartment windows all over the big apple. can't get enough of that, awesome to see. we should point out 26,000 patients of recovered from the virus so far. rob: that number climbing every day. jillian: donald trump promising the economy will recover from the pandemic. rob: as unemployment lines grow from coast-to-coast democrats are blocking additional relief money. richardson joins us with this battle on capitol hill. >> reporter: officials are debating when and how the us economy can safely reopen again. the president's top economic advisers say they hope in the next four to eight weeks. meanwhile the congress and federal reserve are pumping trillions into the economy. >> we have tremendous stimulus, tremendous stimulus plans, things in the works that are going to fire the country. i think what is going to happen is we are going to have a big bounce rather than a small bounce but we will be back. >> reporter: another round of one of those stimulus plans is stalled, senate democrats blocked a republican effort to spend $250 billion on small business. democrats want to direct a significant portion of that to farmers and minority women and veteran owned businesses. they want more funding for state and local governments. republicans tried pushing a bill to the senate quickly yesterday through a procedure called unanimous consent. >> i'm afraid this unanimous consent is a political stunt because it will not address the immediate need of small businesses. >> i want to add money to the only part of the bipartisan bill that is currently at risk of running out of money. >> congress is trying to provide more aid to the economy as the federal government says 17 million workers have filed for unemployment insurance over the past three weeks alone. 6.6 million in the last week. the federal reserve has announced a historic $2.3 trillion series of loan programs to help small and midsize businesses and state and local governments. donald trump's job approval inches up to record high levels in the latest fox news always voters rallied to the white house and congress in the fight against the coronavirus, 49%, look at 48% last month and 47% in february. back to you while i get a drink of water. jillian: a frog in the throat will always get you. rob: ousted uss the roosevelt captain could be reinstated according to the top admiral investigating his termination. >> i am taking no options off the table as i review the investigation. that is my responsibility to approach it in a way with due diligence to make sure it is completely fair and unbiased as i can make it. rob: he was fired after writing a scathing letter about the navy's response to the oregon his ship. 400 sailors tested positive, one of them rushed to the icu and found unresponsive. jillian: the cdc extending is no silver cruise ships, the 30 day order will stay in place until one of these conditions is met. the h h as public health emergency expires, the cdc director changes his decision or 100 days passes from the in order being published, the port of miami posting a photo of the coral princess cruise leaving to sell corn tenets he would 14 passengers for two weeks, travel restrictions prevent them from flying home and local authorities won't let them stay. rob: ice returning home 1000 american strapped overseas, the federal agency helping the state department after dropping off illegal immigrants in their native countries. isis travels back and forth from el salvador, honduras, nicaragua, colombia. they plan to work with the state department throughout the pandemic. >> reporter: baton rouge police interview with the louisiana pastor's plan for sunday service with more than 1000 people. the life tabernacle church, refusing to stop amid the pandemic despite the ban on gatherings of ten people. police believe they are broking the law as a publicity stunt, these are the rest of the case against the pastor. rob: severe weather sweeping across the nation, a beautiful picture snow dropping in maine, april snowstorm, 6 inches. jillian: in indiana communities cleaning up the path of destruction from a tornado, one of several slamming the midwest. rob: jana seen joins us with 70 million people bracing for severe weather for easter weekend, big part of the country. >> we are trying to warn everyone if you are slipping across the southern plains, mississippi, tennessee river valley into the ohio valley, this weekend will be pretty active. we have many reports of hail and rain and some reports of tornadoes in the last 18 hours and that is going to be an active pattern in the next couple days. we saw snow in maine, this system is bringing potential for very gusty winds across the northeast as well, behind that we still could see some snow in the forecast. as we get into today, saturday, and sunday things ramp up. in texas we looking at a threat for severe storms, for the western part of the state into new mexico. into saturday and sunday particularly easter sunday you see at least a dozen states under the red area, the severe threat will expand across portions of this after the ohio and tennessee river valley and they put a moderate risk over some of these states. we expect the severe weather outbreak including tornadoes. you could the long trek, very severe, damaging winds and potential for deadly weather into sunday for many of these states. along with that, flooding rainfall, flash flooding will be a concern. we are putting on the alert days ahead of this because we expect the potential for life-threatening whether as we get into saturday and sunday. know what to do if there is a watch or warning in your area, how are you going to get that warning if the power is out? noaa weather radio is on. if you have friends that live in these areas give them a call because we are expecting a big deal weather event on saturday, especially easter sunday. most people are sheltering in place and at home but you have a warning in your area, go to the lowest area of your house or interior room without windows and need to be on alert. this is the first big significant severe weather outbreak of the year. rob: see you later in the show. jillian: a patriotic show of support for healthcare workers outside two connecticut hospitals. a tree service company hanging a 50 foot american flag, crane with a sign reading thank you. rob: the healthcare workers waving back while wiping away tears. the ceo of k and j tree service showing them how much they are appreciated. for more inspiring stories like this 5 to foxnews.com/americatogether. janice will be back with the story. ten minutes after the hour, a field hospital built in a matter of days in new york's most iconic lands. and icu nurse joins us with an update on a life-saving operation that is happening in central park. jillian: proof that working from home can be glamorous. the woman going viral for getting dressed up to get the job done. we are coming right back. i get cash back on electronics, travel, clothes. you're talking about ebates. i can't stop talking about rakuten. pretty good deal - peter sfx [blender] ebates is now rakuten, sign up today. looking to repair dry, damaged hair without weighing it down? try pantene daily moisture renewal conditioner. its color-safe formula uses smart conditioners to micro-target damage helping to repair hair without weighing it down. try pantene. jillian: as covid-19 cases top every place in the world, field hospitals like the one in new york city's central park are bringing much-needed help and relief. rob: the hospital was built by samaritans nurse and has been treating patients for ten days. joining us with an update from the front lines, icu nurse for the assistance response team, she has her mask on and is ready. i know how busy you are. i want to start with some numbers that are really powerful. if you look at the hospitalizations by day, go back to april 2nd eight days ago, there were 1427 hospitalizations that day in two days ago, a lot of progress being made. are you seeing that? >> we are super busy here, we necessarily aren't slowing down. we are gearing up but those are so encouraging. jillian: what patient symptoms are you seeing as they are brought in? >> the more obvious is respiratory issues, difficulty breathing. what we learned in the icu is you will see a lot of cardiac issues and multi-system issues as well. rob: as a nurse you guys, this is -- you are the rock stars of this fight. what is it like doing this job? you are the busiest people in the world. >> it is exhausting mentally and emotionally. a lot of families can't be with patients, it is difficult on that. at the end of the day we are here to bring hope to the situation so part of our job is to bring hope to the icu so it is exhausting but an honor to help the people in new york city. jillian: i am sure you see a lot of tears shed day in and day out whether it is yourself or your coworkers or patients or family members. talk about how everyone is handling it mentally is what your patients are saying. >> most are patients are very sick, they are nonverbal at this time which is difficult to see all day. we work hard to support each other as a team. we rely on one another and work hard to support the families as well. healthcare workers are uniting in a way that i haven't seen before and i have been a nurse for nine years. the thing that gets me through the shift is my coworkers and also moments where you have patients would get better and those are the moments, the fuel that keeps us going. rob: talking about more as you see optimistic numbers in the flattening of the curve, new york plateauing, is the more our change, you and your fellow nurses? maybe you won't have to be in this tent for much longer? >> we are hopeful we are not here any longer than we have to be with the hope this virus will trend downward. we are here as long as we need to be here. with that it is encouraging. we are very busy, not necessarily slowing down yet. there is a lag because while there are not as many admissions coming in we still have a lot of patients being hospitalized. the trend for us we will see in a matter of days or weeks, we are not seeing the admission numbers go down but we see some hope at the end of the tunnel and that is our prayer that the city will continue to heal and trend the right way. jillian: thank you for joining us. rob: great story. appreciate that. inmates infected with covid-19 are dying. a judge is ordering a hotspot chicago jail to take action, a different look at this purpose. jillian: turning to technology to keep the faith, dialing into church services, kurt the cyber guy joins us with how to celebrate easter while social distancing. you doing okay? yeah. this moving thing never gets any easier. well, xfinity makes moving super easy. i can transfer my internet and tv service in about a minute. wow, that is easy. almost as easy as having those guys help you move. we are those guys. that's you? the truck adds 10 pounds. in the arms. -okay... transfer your service online in a few easy steps. now that's simple, easy, awesome. transfer your service in minutes, making moving with xfinity a breeze. visit xfinity.com/moving today. rob: easter sunday will look different through the stay-at-home orders spanning 42 states. how can american celebrate from home and keep the spirit alive? jillian: here is kurt the cyber guy, good to see you. >> happy easter. jillian: we are getting accustomed to doing this on a daily basis. >> number one question revolves around everybody in the family getting used to video apps and doing videoconference calls and easter is no exception and a brand-new apps just launched on the desktop, something we are familiar with, facebook has messenger apps rebuilt from the ground up on the mobile side and added to mac and windows pc making it easy to do group calls with the family and what i love about it is safe, private and secure and supereasy for everyone in the family to use and that will be a big help this easter. rob: you suggest and easter brunch by a video call. >> we did our passover last night and it was remarkable. what did not work was everybody had to read the same thing but everything else brought us together, we had so much fun. it is what you should do when you pour that mimosa on easter sunday morning and don't do it in your pjs, dress up a little bit, it is easter. put on your sunday best. jillian: from the waist up is all you need to do. we can have an easter egg hunt with video calls. >> i have a challenge for both of you. there are three eggs -- you want to make it more challenging at home for the kids and some kids who were disappointed there wasn't going to be a real easter egg hunt, they lit up and are ready for it. you can invite as many people as you want. you get the number of eggs where they are hidden in the background. for you guys, can you name them? jillian: over your shoulder. rob: you have hidden them to effect. over there. jillian: can't see the blue one over his other shoulder, the multicolored one. rob: there it is. she is so sharp. you suggest taking a family photo, get out of the pjs and take a family picture. >> at the onset of covid-19 infection as it went around what was happening was an out of work photographer started taking pictures of families on their front steps. that is not necessarily save any longer but what is safe now that we are keeping our distance is get out the latter, put on your easter duds and take the photo, share it on social media. a lot of people are starting to do it. jillian: these are for families who are quarantined together. the final thing, have your easter services online and a lot of people will be doing that this weekend. thank you for joining us. rob: i still don't see the edge. jillian: do you see the easter bunny? rob: mariah carey will sing hope. and kanye west even attending the lakewood church -- rob: it is still easter coronavirus or not. we appreciate it. >> happy easter. jillian: 26 after the hour, law enforcement finding creative ways to keep people apart. >> we apologize for the inconvenience but due to covid-19 this park is closed. rob: i in the sky to enforce social distancing. will the head of the police program join us to talk about this text driven strategy coming up. do the same for your mouth? now with crest pro/active defense, future proof your whole mouth. its active defense technology neutralizes bacteria to shield against potential issues. crest. if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why 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across the country turning into coronavirus hotspots. in chicago cook county jail has emerged as the nation's largest cluster of infections, more confirmed cases than the uss theodore roosevelt or the live care center nursing home in washington state, they are sounding the alarm on the ballooning outbreak, messages on windows reading help, we matter and we are dying. a newly released inmate describes the situation in the facility is complete chaos. >> everybody, not just the detainees. >> reporter: another protest breaking out of prison in washington state. dozens of inmates in the yard wednesday night after a number of men tested positive for covid-19. one mom says she feared the virus could turn her son's conviction into a death sentence. >> it is sickening and i'm sick to my stomach and somebody needs to do something. rob: advocates a social distancing is nearly impossible in prisons where inmates share cells, showers and other close quarters. on top of that, supplies like soap, hand sanitizer are often in short supply. >> too tighten this virus can live on metal for three days. so many surfaces people cough on and i your victim. >> reporter: some states like new york and california have begun releasing nonviolent inmates in response the number of cases while other states continue to resist the idea of releasing incorporated populations. in washington, kevin cork, fox news. rob: police combating covid-19 from the skies, patrolling via drone to enforce social distancing. >> the daytona beach police department, we apologize for the inconvenience but because of covid-19 this park is closed. please adhere to social distancing guidelines. jillian: this is fascinating, joining us is the head of the drone program, daytona beach police sergeant, thank you for being here, we appreciate it. tell me how this idea started. >> we started the drone program in 2017 and use it for missing persons, fleeing suspects, accident reconstruction and when covid-19 showed up, how can we leverage this technology to help keep the officers and community safe. a problem everyone is having is trying to adhere to the cdc guidelines for social distancing. we had a conversation and decided if we have drones with speakers on the we could fly over these crowds, make a gentle announcement, nobody wants to be yelled at, and ask for their safety and hours. at the end of the day, looks like everybody else. you don't know if i have it, i don't know if you have it. this is a chance for me to spread is you and you spread it to me and to make the same announcement to keep the officer safe and keep everybody happy. >> some of the uses during this pandemic are interesting. patrol areas using speakers, number 2, number 3, disinfecting hospitals and public spaces. how can a drone disinfect a hospital? how does that work? >> the ability to add sprayers onto the arms of them and you can load it up with whatever disinfectant you want to use, fly over an area and is in fact the area. you could get a whole park within a matter of 5 or 10 minutes and a crew of 20 people taking 2 hours to wipe everything down. better to get in with a cloth but to cover a large area you can't be having a drone. jillian: what have people said to people who have been greeted by this drone in the park or one of these public places? >> we have a great city and daytona beach, the police department and the community, they look at the drone in surprise, it never happened before and they waved to it at we had 100% compliance, people look at it and realize they shouldn't be there, turn around and walk away. we had no problems, nobody has been angry about it, they have been completely compliant. rob: promise you won't use these to catch speeders. >> absolutely not. jillian: thank you so much. jillian: we will be right back. at idaho potatoes we're working to support needy charities and healthy lifestyles as an official sponsor of rods racing. rods racing helps orphans with down syndrome through 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are made available and we will have a better grasp on it. >> we believe people we don't see and that is why the antibody test will be helpful to us. >> reporter: testing would make a better chance, but doesn't mean we can let the guard down and social distancing needs to be implemented, donald trump was asked if nationwide testing of covid-19 was needed to reopen the country, this was his response. >> the best testing system in the world, certain sections in the country, in phenomenal shape already. it is massive testing, it is not necessary but it is a good thing to have. >> reporter: us officials predicted the death toll from covid-19 was between 100-200,000, the new number looks to be more like 60,000. rob: emotional moment for a corpsman aboard the comfort when she explains why the mission to new york means so much to her. >> stationed on the comfort, work in the er, responded to 9/11 with the comfort having an opportunity to be here. you don't have to be afraid anymore. jillian: carley shimkus here with messages of thanks, i love the story. >> reporter: alexandria got emotional in that video not because she's upset or overwhelmed but is honored to serve the american people in the capacity she is not. they post the footage to social media calling at the true definition of service and countless people on twitter have responded. donna said thank you for what you are doing and showing your emotion. we need more people leaders like you. noel saying god bless you, alexandria, you are an angel from heaven and the warrior, thank you for your service, definitely a special person and a special moment shared on social media. jillian: a barone are doing their part to make sure the staff gets cash. mirror carley: look at the sandbar in georgia, forced to shutdown and the owner of the bar, jennifer knox, didn't know what to do and all of a sudden is surrounded by money, it is a tradition for patrons to leave dollar bills, pack them onto walls and ceiling. she and her staff got to work, took it down $3,714 on the wall and ceiling so each employee walked away with $600. people on social media are loving it. veronica says that left one dollar, never imagined the impact it would have on the long run. it was truly saving for a rainy day. it certainly was. i'm certain when the bar opens up people will put money back on the wall. rob: who thinks there will be that much before. rob: i need to go home and put on a dress. carley: a woman in new york dressing to impress while working from home. lucy rogers rented a bunch of dresses and all her plans got canceled. every single day on zoom calls chatting with employees and coworkers, she started and instagram account, say yes to the work from home address and it has taken off. i wear a 3-piece suit each day during covid-19. i have been working home for six years, lucky to get out of my pjs before 2:00 pm on most days, a lot of people can relate to. put on a dress. >> i will put on a formal dress. i will borrow one 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at this point, part on the ground across the country, the 6 biggest airlines are expected, american, united, delta, southwest, jetblue and alaska, what the term will be and will they expect the money? >> we will see you on the other side of this. >> amazon getting official goods delivered to people at home but now jumping into the testing game. >> amazon has a lot of cash on hand, looking to build their own testing capacity. they will use their own research scientists, software engineers, lab, and hopefully start testing frontline employees, they will test those with or without symptoms. amazon warehouses are in overdrive. there have been dozens of positive cases. here's the statement from the company, we are not sure how far we will get but we think it is worth trying and we are ready to share anything we learn with others and jeff bezos, i put my money behind him. he has a vision with how to move forward. rob: thank you, good to see you again. she is lifting spirits through the power of her music. ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah ♪ rob: a young woman with an incredible voice. jillian: who better to deliver the story than janice dean? we will be right back. . . even in the midst of a pandemic we are seeing communities across the world rallying together. jillian: that's right it. is beautiful. joining us thrive highlight this week's silver lining stories author of "mostly sunny" and fox news senior meteorologist and one of our dear friends, janice dean. good morning, janice. janice: good morning. you saw that amazing video earlier on of amelia from louisiana. she has an aincredible voice and she has been singing in her neighborhood. her mom posted it on facebook. leonard cohen's hallelujah. it has had 500,000 shares on facebook. >> and she is also going to be singing on easter sunday. and they are going to stream that live. she has incredible voice and we want to hear more of her. jillian: let's hear more of her right now. ♪ he died ♪ he saved us from our sins ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah ♪ hallelujah ♪ jillian: it really is beautiful. something that everybody needs to see right now. that's fantastic. janice: i agree. jillian: heart hunter. we saw this last week. kind of similar to the rainbows that some communities were placing as a scavenger hunt? >> yes. a woman in iowa started this on facebook. hunt hunters encouraging folks across communities to post hearts in their homes, in their windows and around their workplaces. this is laqueena cardiac surgeries. posted hearts around workplace encouraging people to social distancing so she can do her job. next one is from jennifer. her son is a marine and in honor of him serving right now, she put very nice patriotic hearts in her window. jillian: that's beautiful. rob: that is cool. what about this 10-year-old girl who is fighting for her life right now. what a moment for her. janice: yes. chloe is a make a wish child. she is 10 years old. she was supposed to go to disney. they had to cab sell the trip for obvious reasons so they brought disney to her home. look at all of these disney princesses and disney characters. but disney also promises when this is all over, chloe will get her make a wish trip to disney. jillian: that's incredible. rob: absolutely. then there is a texas veteran. look at that picture. texas veteran who turned 99 years old. tell us about him, janice. janice: yes. so his son, joe frazier sent me this. he direct messaged me on twitter which you can do as well janice dean to wish his wish his father a very happy 99th birthday. that's his granddaughter. joe frazier radcliff served for the national guard world war ii veteran. you look amazing my friend. happy birthday. jillian: that's beautiful. rob: grandpa looks fantastic at 99 years old. janice: i'm sure you will, too. rob: that's a big bet, janice. all right. thank you so much. great to see you. janice: love you guys. jail jail wait, before you go. i'm curious how you are holding up janice. janice: doing well. of the whole family is together. i thank my lucky stars that we are here and i'm very grateful. i'm grateful to be with my family. i'm grateful to work with you guys as well from home. jillian: absolutely. janice: love you: rob: great to see you janice. great numbers as far as hospitalizations in new york down to 200 on wednesday from 14, 1500 last week. so, the move is going to the right direction. the curve is flattening. that's the positive news on this friday. jillian: yes, it is. it doesn't mean we stop doing what we are doing. doctors say keep that social distancing in mind. also remember it is good friday. easter sunday this weekend. if you are going to be celebrating can you do it with your family or friends over face time or video messaging apps. it's one of those things that everyone has to get accustomed to right now. do it in the best way you can. rob: that's right. good to see you, jillian. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> we just continue to urge every american to put into practice the president's coronavirus guidelines. it's working, america. and it's working because you are doing it. and we encourage you onward in that. steve: you just heard him. it's working, america. vice president mike pence sending a message of hope as coronavirus cases here in the united states have topped 466,000. ainsley. ainsley: yeah. steve, the nation is showing progress in some of the nation's hardest hit areas. new york the epicenter seeing 200 new hospitalizations on wednesday. that's 1200 less than the previous average;an