of the nation's hot spots. president trump calls those guidelines voluntary and saying he is choosing not to cover his face. we have fox team coverage on the coronavirus crisis here at home and abroad. steve harrigan is outside cdc headquarters in atlanta with the latest. steve? >> jon, the death toll numbers continue to get worse. out of the 300,000 cases so far, in the u.s., 8,000 deaths, including 1,000 deaths in just the past 24 hours. president trump in that briefing that just concluded said there are very tough times ahead in the next coming weeks. >> this will be probably the toughest week between this week and next week, and there will be a lot of deaths, unfortunately. >> the cdc has asked people to wear masks when leaving their house, cloth masks or some kind of clothing to cover their noses and mouths. this is a suggestion, a request, and urging it is not mandatory. it is voluntary. president trump has already indicated he will not be wearing a mask in the very near future. also, nine states continue to have partial stay at home orders. out of those nine, five still have no stay at home orders. those five states with no restrictions, iowa, arkansas, nebraska, north dakota and south dakota. finally, the cruise ship, the coral princess is docked at the port of miami on saturday. two of those passengers on board have died. there are at least 60 still quarantined, being taken care of by medical staff on board that ship. back to you, jon. jon: steve harrigan at cdc headquarters in atlanta. thank you. meanwhile, in new york city, the epicenter of the u.s. pandemic these days, governor andrew cuomo says the state is within days of reaching what he calls the top of the coronavirus mountain. all this as the need for more medical personnel and supplies is becoming more critical. we are tracking all of this from new york. >> jon, as you said, new york is still the epicenter, but the entire northeast really taking a beating. let's take a look at the numbers right now. cases in new york shot up by 10,000 just overnight to now 113,000. new jersey follows with nearly 30,000 cases, and massachusetts also in the top five with more than 10,000 cases. michigan and california are also on that list. the governor's office says a plane from china filled with more than a thousand ventilators arrived at jfk today. it may not be enough, though. the state put in an order for 17,000 ventilators, will only be getting 2500 from that order. an emergency text alert went out in new york city yesterday calling for doctors and nurses to volunteer on the front lines of this. governor cuomo says the state is about a week away now from its apex, and it's still not yet prepared. >> if there was anything i could do to accelerate getting it over, i would. in some ways i want to get to that apex. i want to get on the other side of the apex, and let's just slide down that mountain. on the other hand, we have to be ready for the fight, and we have to handle that fight. >> we've seen people following mayor bill de blasio's recommendation to cover their faces when out in public. pennsylvania's governor also recommending that for his residents. and still some confusion out there on whether or not you should be wiping down your groceries. one food safety expert says do whatever gives you peace of mind, but the risk of transmission through handling the package foods is very low. >> the best thing that i'm doing is really just being mindful of my hands because the virus itself is not going to jump off of my food or food packaging, even if it's there in that very very small chance. the only way that it's going to sort of move around my house is through my hands. >> now, there aren't any cdc guidelines out there for how to handle groceries, but the u.s. surgeon general dr. jerome adams told fox news earlier this week that he himself wipes down his groceries when he brings them inside his house. back to you, jon. jon: thanks. at least 41 states and the district of columbia are under movement restrictions. that means stay at home orders of some kind as effecting 93% of all americans. so what does it mean for essential workers? some of the lowest income populations increasingly at risk. jacqui heinrich is live from new york city with more on that. jacqui? >> well, jon, data from a smart phone tracking company showed income inequality is linked to virus exposure, with those who are making more money staying home sooner and also staying home more than those who make less. in new york city, the consequences were visible within the first month of the outbreak. of the 20 zip codes with the fewest coronavirus cases, 19 were wealthy areas, according to city data. the most cases were in the poorest neighborhoods. analysts think there could be several reasons why, including more low income people working essential jobs, delivery drivers, grocery clerks and care givers, more exposure on public transportation and crowding among families in small apartments. but a bureau of labor stay statistics from last year showed the risk factors existed before this virus. about 60% of people who worked in management, business and other jobs could work from home, but less than 10% of service workers could. 37% of asians said they could work remotely. 30% for whites. 20% for african-americans and 16% for hispanics. more than half of those with college degree or higher could work from home. without a high school diploma only 4% could. the virus is ravaging low income people working essential jobs many without health insurance and without undiagnosed preexisting conditions. >> poverty makes you more likely to be sick. being sick makes you more likely to be poor. the kinds of jobs that people have when they are low income put them at greater risk. >> many essential workers are now demanding hazard pay and better protection from the virus. workers at amazon, whole foods and instacart all staged protests last week. jon? jon: jacqui heinrich in new york city, thanks. with this outbreak sof of covid-19 aboard the aircraft carrier uss roosevelt and the number of nearly a thousand being affected, questions remain on the military being ready of potential conflict at the expense of the health of the troops. meanwhile the armed services are running short on new recruits. lucas tomlinson has the latest on that from the pentagon. lucas? >> jon, that major recruiting depot there in time square has been empty last few days thousand additional military medical personnel will be going to new york, the hottest of the hot spots said the president. >> we're going to be adding tremendous amount of military to help supplement the states. thousands of soldiers, thousands of medical workers, professionals, nurses, doctors, and it will be a large number, we will be telling them over the next very short period where they are going. they are going into war -- >> in the pacific, 155 positive cases of covid-19 of its crew of nearly 5,000. more than half of the navy's cases are aboard the aircraft carrier. only 40% of the crew has been tested for the virus right now. president trump says he supports the navy secretary's decision to fire the carrier's skipper captain. also questioned the loij logic of sending the aircraft carrier to vietnam. half the people infected with covid-19 show no symptoms according to the latest data. officials say a handful of patients from the javits center were taken to the hospital ship comfort friday one day after president trump approved new york governor cuomo's request to turn the javits center to treat covid patients. the dozen or so patients removed from the javits center, some of those patients later tested positive. the military is short of recruits. that affects the pipeline. the fewer recruits you have putting into the pipeline the less you have preparing for war. jon? jon: lucas tomlinson with some of the conundrums tat pentagon. -- at the pentagon. thank you. italy seems to have turned a corner in its own battle with covid-19. the numbers of new cases there have hit a plateau after four weeks of lockdown. this as the pope sends a video message of encouragement to catholics around the world ahead of holy week celebrations. amy kellogg is in florence with more. >> -- in terms of the numbers of coronavirus infections, but italy still has the largest number of deaths. it was here where coronavirus really exploded first in europe of course, and that didn't give hospitals time to prepare. in some cases they just assumed they were dealing with regular flu cases and sometimes those doctors and nurses went on to infect other patients not knowing. the hospitals became hot spots and in many cases those doctors and nurses too became sick. in the south, where they worry about booming cases that hasn't yet come, at least one hospital in naples has taken advantage of the lessons of the north and has managed to procure totally protective equipment and put in place protocols that separate front line doctors from all others, and it's an example for other hospitals everywhere. this as pope francis sent out a video message of solidarity last night saying let's make the most of this time. let's be generous and help those in need in our neighborhoods. let's look out for the most lonely either by phone or social networks. in the spirit of generosity, in a wide range of places here, italian paratroopers in this hospital saying happy birthday and present a cake to a patient. people have been making food donations around italy, hunger and poverty have shown themselves to be big problems in this crisis. some of italy's most famous industrialists are helping fill voids, turning over their factually production or much of it for protective gear for hospital workers. italians are saying they feel proud that armani is making clothes, the gucci is making face masks. jon? jon: thanks, amy. the prime minister of spain saying the country will extend its current lockdown for three additional weeks. spain has the second highest number of coronavirus cases, as well as deaths in the world. but a decrease in the number of new deaths for a second straight day is offering some optimism. ryan chilcote has more on that from london. >> jon, spain has overtaken italy as the country in europe with the highest number of confirmed cases, nearly 125,000 confirmed cases. only the united states has more. meanwhile, the death toll in spain keeps rising, approaching 12,000, more than 800 deaths in just the last 24 hours. as tragic as that is, it's actually less than the previous 24 hours and the infection rate also appears to be falling. still spaniards who have already spent three weeks in a national lock down are looking at another three weeks confined to their homes. here in the u.k., where people are in the second week of a national lockdown, the number of deaths over the last 24 hours also hit a new high, with more than 700 people succumbing to the coronavirus. at least one hospital on the outskirts of london is telling people not to go to its emergency ward anymore because it is running out of oxygen. still, like in spain, there is some encouraging news in the u.k., saturday the number of new reported cases fell from the previous day. finally, it was a day of national mourning in china, as people stood for three minutes silence, the sound of air sirens blasted through the air across the country. on top of all the tragic deaths, there is severe economic distress coming. today the imf said that the consequences of this pandemic will be much worse than the global financial crisis, just 12 years ago. jon? jon: ryan chilcote from london, thank you. more team coverage on the coronavirus pandemic straight ahead. we're taking a closer look at the mental toll of all this among some americans. as a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ jon: the public health crisis stemming from the covid-19 pandemic taking a heavy toll on millions of americans coast to coast. a new poll shows more than 1/3 of americans say coronavirus is seriously impacting their mental health. most of those surveyed say they feel a serious impact in their every day lives. jonathan hunt is live in los angeles with more on that. jonathan? >> jon, these are the worst of times for so many people, loved ones sick or dying, jobs lost, schools closed, fear, isolation. in one f -- none of us is immune to the stress of this extraordinary time. as we look around the deserted streets, our favorite stores, restaurants or bars shuttered, more and more of us are feeling the mental health effects, according to the american psychiatric association which founded a new poll that about half of all americans are anxious about contracting covid-19. 40% are anxious about becoming seriously ill. and more than a third say it is having a serious effect on their mental health. the association's president says we should all be on the lookout for warning signs. >> i think for anyone who notices that they're starting to sort of drink more or that their sleep is disturbed, or they can't stop worrying, you know, about their own health and being terrified, you know, that they are going to die, those are the people who really should reach out to other people. >> now, california is among many states that have set up mental health hot lines you can call if you're experiencing anxiety. the advice from experts to try to cope with those feelings include being good to yourself. >> you need to treat ourselves with some compassion and gentleness around the things that we can't control, so the experiences you might have of disappointment or grief, anxiety, sadness. it is important that people bring the loving kindness that they would bring to their loved ones to themselves in these really difficult times and to stay engaged with things that matter to you >> the cdc also has an entire section of its website dedicated to stress and coping during this crisis. there is a wealth of information there at cdc.gov. jon? jon: jonathan hunt, thank you. our next guest is a molecular biologist, who is joining us via skype. dr. robinson, i know you had your own covid-19 scare at least. can you tell us about that and what transpired? >> yes, yes. absolutely. well, i'm actually down in -- [inaudible] -- at the moment. i became ill after my boyfriend came from new york city and developed a fever. we both had all the symptoms, fever, cough, aches, chills, both of us about ten days with really challenging systems. unfortunately, we were unable to get tests because as we know with a lot of places testing is really limited at the moment and reserved for critical cases. however, i did test negative for flu, bacterial infection, so most of the evidence would point at it being covid. i think in these times it is really important that if you are experiencing any symptoms, assume you have covid and take the appropriate measures to prevent the transmission of the disease to others. jon: here's one of the problems and we're learning more and more about this disease every day, but one of the problems is that people can be carrying the virus before they show any symptom; right? >> absolutely. i think one of the things that distinguishes this virus from others is that there's actually a really long incubation period from the time you are exposed to the time that you actually demonstrate symptoms. right now that's looking like about five days before you actually would notice any symptoms. of course majority of people are either asymptomatic or only experience mild symptoms. meanwhile all of those people actually have virus in their body and able to transmit it to others. jon: i feel fortunate that my four children are grown and i'm not having to keep them home from school, but kids are little germ factories anyway. if you have young children, they are not immune to this and they can pick up the virus and bring it home just as an adult can. >> that is absolutely true. and many children, again, are asymptomatic, so they can pick it up. they can spread it to their parents, grandparents, other kids that they are playing with. one of the most critical things that we're all doing right now is really practicing the physical distancing because it is hard to know. you can't really be sure if you have the virus unless you've actually tested positive, and i'd like to say that there's even a chance -- i think it's 18 to 25 percent of negative results from those tests are false-negatives, which is to say that someone might have the virus and get a test and get a negative result, but they actually do have the virus. so now it's critical more than ever to all of us take responsibility to make sure that we're reducing spread. we're wearing masks. you know, we're staying home, all those measures. jon: yeah, the numbers on the testing not necessarily reassuring. last thought, i mean, we just showed some video of someone wearing a mask and gloves. i mean wearing rubber gloves i suppose is a help in some respects, but if you touch something that's contaminated with the virus and then touch something elsewhere you've got gloves -- whether you've got gloves or not you're still potentially spreading the virus. >> it is tough. i think the deal with masks and gloves, we're trying to prevent touching your eyes, nose, and mouth. if you're wearing a mask, even if you have gloves on, and you touch your mask, you won't have that transmission available. that's true. it is also important to note that if you are wearing gloves which i think is a good idea you remove them before you go into your house or before you're touching your phone or other things where you can sort of have that transmission occur and have the virus move from your gloves to your phone or door handle or whatnot. jon: dr. robinson, i wanted to clear up something we just had on the banner underneath your image there. it said you tested positive for covid-19. you did not test positive, but you had something, and you think it probably was covid-19. right? >> correct. i did not test -- i did not get a test. sadly i was not able to get a test, but some of the measures that are being taken if you are unable to gain access to a test are testing for flu or bacterial infection, both of which i did. both of which came back negative, between that and sort of contact tracing with previous people who i had interactions with who had tested positive for covid-19, that really is the evidence that i was using for that. jon: we hope you are feeling healthy now, and we wish you well. thanks for spending some time with us this evening. dr. daisy robinson. unfortunately three more members of the new york police department family have died from covid-19. school safety agents and auxiliary police lieutenant all dying from complications of the virus. 11 nypd members have died from covid-19 in all. there are nearly 2,000 coronavirus cases inside the department. that's up 53% since tuesday. more than 6,000 nypd officers are out sick. the chicago police department also is mourning its first covid-19 loss. officer marco defranco passing away earlier this week. the department says his death is considered in the line of duty. a detroit bus driver dies of covid-19 after posting a video on social media that went viral. jason hargrove dying two weeks after calling out a woman who coughed multiple times on the bus without covering her mouth. the city's mayor saying hargrove's death should resonate with everyone, because he knew the risks but went to work anyway. up next, looking into the past, to try to move forward in the present. a deep dive into how the world survived past pandemics to learn what it will take to beat this one. we're finally back out in our yard, but so are they. scotts turf builder triple action. it kills weeds, prevents crabgrass and feeds so grass can thrive, guaranteed. get everything you need for spring at scotts.com order today. jon: more than 300,000 coronavirus cases now confirmed across the united states with more than 8,000 of its victims already dead as officials worry that a now round of hot spots could emerge in states including, texas, florida and michigan. i'm jon scott. this is a special edition of "the fox report". bottom of the hour, if you are just joining us, as we battle the spread of the coronavirus, we take a look back more than 100 years as we try to make sure history does not repeat itself. rich edson shows us the lessons learned from a past pandemic. >> christmas 1918, angelina brought her 5 month old daughter to new york to visit her parents for the holidays. less than a week after the 1919 new year, angelina was dead, one of the 50 to 100 million victims of a worldwide flu pandemic. she had just turned 19. >> one of the big differences between coronavirus and 1918 is that 1918 targeted otherwise healthy young adults. >> it's unclear where that flu started. reports of flu infection surfaced among american troops, who were traveling throughout the country and across the atlantic ocean. a volunteer nurse assigned to military installations treating the infected wrote to a friend, quote, when i was in the officer's barracks four of the five officers of whom i had charged died. the first one that died sure unnerved me i had to go the nurse's quarters and cry it out. a highly fatal second wave struck in fall of 1918. like today cities like new york encouraged social distancing and staggered business hours. unlike today, even as the city posted public warnings, new york kept theaters and schools open, figuring they could educate and monitor the public. >> most places did not impose these restrictions until it was too late. >> by the summer of 1919, the flu ended, as those infected either died or developed immunity. in new york, angelina was buried in calvary cemetery with thousands of other flu victims. her baby daughter stayed in new york, where angelina's parents were left to raise her. that little girl grew up to have three children of her own, including a daughter who is currently a nurse working at a hospital inundated with coronavirus patients. she also had seven grandchildren, of which i'm the youngest. up until her death, in 2016, my grandmother would still talk about that 1918 flu pandemic that took her mother, altered her life, and changed the world now more than 100 years ago. at the state department, rich edson, fox news. jon: rich edson with a very personal report, thank you, rich. for more on lessons learned from the 1918 flu pandemic, and current efforts to develop treatment options and a vaccine to fight covid-19, let's bring in chief medical advisor at the bipartisan policy center and former deputy assistant secretary for health at the u.s. department of health and human services. while at hhs from 08 to 15, he played key roles in public health emergency preparedness efforts related to pandemic influenza such as bird flu, swine flu and ebola as well as government preparedness to fight bioterrorism. so give us your assessment, doctor, on how we are doing in fighting this particular outbreak. >> well, jon, right now really it's the three pronged response. the first is social distancing, where we need to double down. we really need the whole country under a stay at home order because we know that reducing the contact rate is what reduces infections, and all the models, the thing that distinguishes one model from another is how well we do at social distancing. the second prong is of course testing, which we've already talked about. we need to really expand testing so we know how broad this virus has been transmitted across the country, point of care testing, quality testing, and of course the third is ensuring that critical medical material and personal protective equipment gets to the right areas at the right time, and the federal government has a key role there. i think there's a lot of focus on those three prongs right now. there's so much to do, and it's really all hands on deck. and then of course in the background, there's also tremendous work that is needed looking at therapeutics, from treatments and vaccines we know we're at least a year away plus for a vaccine. having some sort of treatment out there, whether it's anti-viral, antibody is going to be really critical. we're going to have to let science and data really drive us there. jon: president trump seems fairly hopeful about hydroxychloroquine. i want to play that for you right here. >> it's going into the strategic national stockpile to treat certain patients. we have millions and millions of doses of it. 29 million to be exact, in addition to that, we're making it, and we're also getting it from various other locations. jon: why would a malaria drug, doctor, why would it serve in this particular circumstance? >> well, it's thought that that drug also has some anti-viral properties as well as some anti-inflammatory properties. i think the concern here at least i think we have to be cautious is as the studies come in, jon, they're really all over the place. some are positive. some are negative. most of them are very small studies, not very well done. really what we need is clinical trials here, and we also need the clinicians right now who are prescribing these medications in the intensive care units and in the hospitals really to document for which patients at what time course, all of these questions that are absolutely critical moving forward. jon: you said earlier that you think really the entire nation should be under a stay at home order as it is right now, 93% of all americans are under stay at home orders. the states outlined in gray there are the ones that do not have stay at home orders. i should say the orange states, i believe. utah, wyoming, oklahoma, arkansas, nebraska, the dakotas, iowa and south carolina. those do not have stay at home orders. if you were advising the governors of those states, you would say do it now? >> absolutely right now, for really two reasons. the first is because we haven't been able to expand testing as well as we've needed to, we don't quite know the full sort of distribution or transmission of the virus, so there are likely many fold more cases in these states than they think they have. the second is we know the pandemic curve will hit every state, every community. you need to put into practice social distancing ahead of time to see the differences several weeks down the road. this is the time to really prepare the healthcare system, and the best way to do that, to reduce that surge in the coming weeks is right now to ensure that social distancing is implemented at its maximum. that's really what the stay at home order is trying to do, reduce all the non-essential travel and movement, reduce the contact rate, reduce the number of infections. jon, that is the most important thing we can do right now, to reduce future deaths. jon: after this pandemic began in china, and it reached this country, it was primarily on the two coasts, california and washington and then new york and new england. now it is hitting in the heartland and the coronavirus task force says states like michigan, louisiana and georgia can expect significant spikes, and they are likely to become the next hot spots. nobody is going to be immune from this, doctor? >> that's right. you know, the only way you can have immunity is either a vaccine, again, we're a year out, or you have sufficient number of americans, you would need 90 to 95 percent who were infected and we're nowhere close to that. you're right, jon, we don't have immunity. that's why we need to double down on social distancing. we need to support our healthcare system. we need to accelerate all our efforts looking for a treatment, and hopefully we'll get something in next few months. that's what we have in terms of our current, and we've got to use it all of it. it is all hands on deck. jon: we appreciate your time tonight, doctor. thank you. >> thank you. jon: be sure to tune into "fox news sunday" for much more on the latest developments to curb the spread of coronavirus with united states surgeon general dr. jerome adams, host chris wallace also will speak with michigan's governor gretchen whitmer on her state's efforts to try to avoid becoming a hot spot of covid-19 infections. also hear from microsoft founder bill gates on the bill and melinda gates foundation's contributions to the coronavirus fight. you can catch "fox news sunday" on fox news channel. check your local listings for the times it runs on your local fox affiliate. coming up, the extreme measures the u.s. military is taking to protect its most senior commanders and special ops forces amid this growing pandemic. 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department took the extraordinary measure of isolating mission critical personnel, and right now they are inside cheyenne mountain near colorado springs ready to carry out the u.s. military's homeland defense mission if necessary, to ensure they are not infected with covid-19, crews went into the cold war era bunker after a 14-day quarantine. they are serving on 30-day rotations. the location can operate as its own self-sufficient city, with food, water, power and sewage. it came on-line in the 60s and is kept ready to receive crews 24/7, 365 days a year. >> cheyenne mountain was originally designed really for a nuclear fight, but we actually find it really gives us a great command-and-control platform to use. it is 1800 feet of granite, air ventilation system. we have taken a portion of our team, put them up on cheyenne mountain and isolated them >> the general also commands u.s. military assets in the war against covid-19. that includes deploying hospital ships like the usns mercy to california and the usns comfort to new york. all part of our nation's cumulative effort. >> and so whether it be an army capability, navy capability, we're actually bringing them under u.s. northern command-and-control, that way we can have a holistic response and we can respond all across this great nation from east coast, west coast, all the way up to alaska. >> the general told us he believes we will all come out of this on the other side, a stronger america. jon? jon: alicia acuna from denver, thank you. america together, how the coronavirus pandemic is bringing out the best in us, plus we're speaking with the national commander of the salvation army to discuss how that organization is helping those in crisis. at&t has connected us every day for over 100 years. and we're here for you - especially now, doing everything possible to keep you connected. through the resilience of our network and people... we can keep learning, keep sharing, keep watching, and most of all, keep together. it's the job we've always done... it is the job we will always do. jon: some good news and signs of hope during this pandemic, what two people are doing to help those who are most at risk of contracting the coronavirus in the nation's epicenter, new york. we have a look. >> well, a lot of americans are at home right now, probably feeling isolated, feeling like they can't do much by staying at home, but two very young new yorkers put their gloves on quite literally and they got to work to change all of that. they are 20-year-old liam and 25-year-old simone of new york who created invisible hands. it is a free delivery service for older new yorkers and the immuno compromised who just can't go out and get groceries anymore or run to the pharmacy because it's too much of a health hazard. now, the group takes orders on-line or by phone. a volunteer goes shopping and then delivers the goods right to the customer's door step all while practicing social distancing. in just one week, liam and simone amassed 7,000 volunteers. already made more than 600 deliveries, and they have also expanded their service to parts of jersey city, with calls now coming in from all over the country. >> people are scared right now, and they're stressed, and they're looking for somebody to reach out, and this is one of those times when i remember that new york is such a small town, and people are willing to look out for one another and have each other's back. >> unfortunately, a crisis like this very often brings out the very best. >> if you feel inspired to volunteer and help them out, there are some rules that you have to follow. first of all, you must not have traveled in the last 14 days out of the country. you can't be showing any symptoms of covid-19. and you can't have been in contact with anyone that has tested positive, but this group is hoping that it really does inspire people all across the country to pitch in and help out. in new york, fox news. jon: good for them. another organization working hard during this crisis. joining me now the national commander of the salvation army, david hudson. thanks for being with us. >> thanks for having me. jon: your organization, i know you deal with, you know, hurricanes, tornadoes, the aftermath of natural disasters, have you been prepared for a pandemic? >> well, it's interesting. well, the easy answer is no, but usually a disaster is confined to one area, and the people that are in the area only have to deal with it for a little while before people can come in to relieve them. we're now facing a worldwide pandemic, and so we're all being impacted, so no, we're not ready for this. jon: well, we are all being impacted, and that includes the members of the salvation army. i mean, are you seeing people who are not able to come to work to do some of the jobs that you would like to have done? >> well, yeah, i mean, the salvation army pre-covid-19 serves 23 million people every year in the united states. well, we are seeing a dramatic increase in those services. for instance, in los angeles, on a given night, we would serve -- we would shelter about 4500 people every night in southern cal. but now we've already increased that by 1500 by having these pop-up shelters, working with other organizations and the county and the city of los angeles and orange county, and we'll be opening up additional shelter and hotels and motels. in chicago, the salvation army is the lead agency for food distribution, whether that's food for first responders or whether it's food for families and food boxes or meals that will be home delivered, so we're seeing an incredible increase of the demand on services on top of the millions that we already serve. jon: some of the activities that you get involved in and you've just mentioned many of them, emergency assistance, food pantries and programs, family shelters and residential treatment facilities, and the support hotline, all of those areas are being impacted. i mean, there are so many people who have lost incomes, are having to struggle to buy groceries, all of these things have to be very strained right now. >> yeah, it's -- you know, the people that we serve again pre this time were at best one paycheck away. well, now they are no paychecks away. a lot of them were on fixed incomes. the pandemic really hit in mid march. well, the mad rush on grocery stores and all of the supplies and for our people, the people we serve could get to the grocery store even those that could afford now to purchase things were not able to purchase things k , and so it is stretching us at all levels. jon: david hudson the national commander of the salvation army. we hope our viewers will help out. thank you. >> thank you. jon: for more information on what you can do you can either dial 1-800-sal-army or go to salvation army usa.org. our coverage continues with a special expanded edition of the "fox report" live straight ahead. i'm jon scott. at bayer, we create 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wearing face masks, now recommending people wear a non-medical cloth in public. meanwhile, the numbers continue to go up, seemingly by the minute. the u.s. death toll now stands at 8,000. more than 64,000 have died worldwide. we have fox team coverage on the response both at home and abroad. we begin with steve harrigan. he's reporting live from cdc headquarters in atlanta. steve? >> jon, the u.s. numbers grow worse each day. 300,000 cases in the u.s., 8,000 deaths. out of those 8,000 deaths, 1,000 have taken place in just the last 24 hours alone. one key number, one key figure to keep an eye on, according to task force officials, the rates of new cases in the u.s. here's dr. fauci. >> seeing an increase in deaths, we want to focus on the effect of mitigation is really the number of new cases. that's what we will be thinking about and looking about. we're going to pay close attention to that and hopefully the kinds of mitigations that we're talking about are going to have the impact to allow us to begin to think about maybe changing -- [inaudible]. >> the cdc is now recommending that all americans wear cloth masks that cover their noses and their mouths, when they leave home. in the meantime, new york, which has been so badly hit, got some relief today, 1,000 ventilators arriving from the chinese government. also 140 ventilators on loan from oregon. in the meantime, two passengers on board the coral princess docked in the port of miami died. there are still at least 65 people on board that ship that are under quarantine and being treated by local medical staff on board the cruise ship. jon, back to you. jon: steve harrigan from atlanta, thank you, steve. today's white house task force briefing finished up a little more than an hour ago. president trump stressing americans need to continue to follow the guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus. but the president also says there will be many lives lost in the coming weeks. mark meredith was part of that briefing. he joins us now. >> jon, good evening, the white house believes by sending additional military support to new york the country will have a much better chance in combatting the outbreak. these thousand medical personnel will be heading there soon. the president talked about it at his briefing moments ago. >> we're going to be adding a tremendous amount of military to help supplement the states. thousands of soldiers, thousands of medical workers, professionals, nurses, doctors, they're going into war. they're going into a battle that they've never really trained for. nobody's trained for this. nobody's seen this. >> during his nearly two-hour long briefing, the president also encouraged americans to keep their social distancing safeguards up, and that the administration expects this up coming week to be one of the deadliest if not the deadliest so far. >> the next two weeks are extraordinarily important, and this is the moment to do everything that you can on the presidential guide lines. this is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe. >> the president is going to be speaking with america's governors via video conference on monday. some of those governors have been saying that the federal government has not been doing enough to make sure the states have the supplies they need. the administration has been pushing back against this. this all comes as the march jobs report came out on friday showing 701,000 jobs lost in the month of march. the unemployment rate also going up to 4.4%. the president said it is what he expected. also it was interesting to hear the president say that tomorrow with it being called sunday, he's going to be watching a church service via a laptop. he says that's something he never thought he would be doing as millions of americans are also trying to figure out what that will mean for them as they carry on the new routine. jon? jon: mark meredith from white house, thanks. coronavirus spike in new york, the city seeing its largest surge in 24 hours in both deaths and the number of cases. the virus killing more than 3,000 people in the empire state overall. we are in new york city, the epicenter of the outbreak. we have more. >> jon, new york, for new york, time is running out right now. governor cuomo says the state will hit its apex in just about a week, and the state is not ready. >> our reading of the projections is we're somewhere in the seven-day range. i call it the battle of the mountaintop because that's what it is going to be. that's going to be the number one point of engagement of the enemy. >> cases in new york shot up by 10,000 overnight to 113,704 cases. now new jersey follows with nearly 30,000 cases. massachusetts surpassing 10,000. and pennsylvania is at 8400. help is on the way. a plane from china filled with a thousand ventilators arrived at jfk today. now, governor cuomo has also ordered medical schools in the area to allow students who were slated to graduate this year to begin practicing now, and calls for more doctors and nurses continues as 85,000 medical workers have already signed up to volunteer with 22,000 coming in from out of state. meantime, new york city's mayor bill de blasio now urging new yorkers to cover their faces when they are out in public, with a scarf or a bandana. we've seen that right here in midtown manhattan. and pennsylvania's governor tom wolf also recommending that for his residents as well. and still some confusion out there over whether or not you should be wiping down your groceries. food safety experts say the risk of transmission through handling that packaged food is low, but u.s. surgeon general dr. jerome adams told fox news earlier this week he himself wipes down his groceries when they brings them inside. of course if you aren't able to wipe down your groceries, if you run out of those lysol wipes, the most important piece of this is to wash your hands when you are done handling the groceries. jon? jon: the streets pretty empty behind you, thanks. 93% of americans now under stay at home orders because of the coronavirus outbreak. only five states, arkansas, iowa, nebraska, and the dakotas are now allowing residents to move about without any restrictions. meanwhile, the stay at home orders nearly stopping travel for most americans, except those in florida and other eastern states which did not enact the orders until recently. jacqui heinrich live in new york city with more on that. jacqui? >> well, jon, cell phone tracking data shows higher wage earners are staying home more than low income people, and it points to a connection between poverty and exposure to the virus. analysts think there might be several reasons why, including more low income people working essential jobs as delivery drivers, grocery clerks and care givers, more reliance on public transportation and crowding in small apartments. in new york city, the consequences were visible within the first month of the outbreak. city data shows the most coronavirus cases were in low income areas. a snapshot of a subway train tuesday morning in the bronx says it all. the platform is packed with essential workers commuting shoulder to shoulder made more crowded by a reduced train schedule, happening in one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods. doctors say the virus is ravaging low income people working essential jobs, many without health insurance and with undiagnosed preexisting conditions. >> poverty makes you more likely to be sick. being sick makes you more likely to be poor. and the kinds of jobs that people have when they're low income put them at greater risk. >> but a survey from last year shows the risk factors already existed before this virus. along race and class lines. 37% of asians said they could work remotely. 30% for white people. 20% for african-americans and 16% for hispanics. more than half of those with college degree or higher said remote work was an option but without a high school diploma only 4% could work from home. many seessential sent workers a demanding hazard pay and more protection from the virus. amazon, insta cart and whole foods all staging protests this week. jon? jon: let's bring in a private practice anesthesiologist, dr. radcliffe, we keep hearing the disturbing information that people who might have the virus, might be carrying the virus don't necessarily know that they have it. there is is a long period before the symptoms start to show. >> well, in some people, one out of four people who are infected they may have no symptoms whatsoever. they may not have a cough, fever, no muscle aches, so they have no idea they have it, and then the people who do have symptoms, it may take between 2 to 14 days with the average amount of time being five days. and that's concerning because that could be a significant source of spread in this country. jon: what is the single-most important thing that americans should be doing? is it washing their hands? is it maintaining social distance? what is it? >> it's all of the above. social distancing, we need to stay 6 feet away from people, stay at home, except for essential activities such as getting medical care, going to the grocery store. we do need to be washing our hands, even if we go out and socially distance and we come home with groceries, we still need to wash our hands. these are important. mitigation does work. we need to commit to that, not just every person, but communities in general. in washington state, when the outbreak started to occur there, they started to crack down. they decided it was important to them. they did this two weeks before what happened in new york. california did it about a week before new york and new jersey did. they've gotten it under control. we need to follow suit and keep doing that. we need to keep an eye on this, over the next 30 days, we need to stay home as much as possible. we need to socially distance, and we need to continue washing our hands. we don't want to touch our eyes, nose, and mouth, and anything we bring home from the grocery store, we want to wash down. jon: the hope of a vaccine or some kind of, you know, preventive device, antibodies injection, something, that's still a long way away. the one thing we can do to try to prevent the spread of the virus is to just not contact those who have it and not contact a lot of other people ourselves. >> right. we're trying to buy time, until we have that solution. but it's still far ahead. that's the future hope. we want to remain on the current hope, which is what we need to do. what the coronavirus task force has said over and over again, and i know people are getting tired of hearing this, but it works. at this time that's the only thing we have control over, while everything else is being decided for us. so if we can take responsibility for looking at it as a patriotic duty, that this is what we need to do, so that the healthcare workers, they can do their job, and they can take in the people who are sick, the sickest of the sick and be able to take care of them jon: for those parents who are stuck at home with screaming children who are bouncing off the walls, that is some good advice, the next couple of weeks, as we heard from the president, going to be tough ones. dr. nina radcliffe, thank you. >> thank you. jon: here's a bit of a bright spot. italy is beginning to see a flattening of the curve, but the fight is far from over there. that nation reporting more than 15,000 deaths, far more than other countries. the pope even posting a video message on the crisis, just last night. amy kellogg is in florence italy with more. >> jon, spain has surpassed italy in terms of the numbers of coronavirus infections. but italy still has the largest number of deaths. it was here where coronavirus really exploded first in europe of course, and that didn't give hospitals time to prepare. in some cases they just assumed they were dealing with regular flu cases and sometimes those doctors and nurses went on unwittingly to infect other patients. the hospitals became hot spots, and in many cases those doctors and nurses too became sick. now, in the south, where they worry about a booming cases that hasn't yet come, at least one hospital in naples has taken advantage of the lessons of the north and has managed to procure totally protective equipment and put in place protocols that separate front line doctors from all others, and it's an example for other hospitals everywhere. this as pope francis sent out a video message of solidarity last night saying let's make the most of this time. let's be generous and help those in need in our neighborhoods. let's look out for the most lonely, either by phone or through social networks. and in the spirit of generosity is present in a wide range of places here, italian paratroopers in this hospital sing happy birthday and present a cake to a patient. people have been making food donations around italy. hunger and poverty have shown themselves to be big problems in this crisis. some of italy's most famous industrialists like ar manyny -- armani are helping fill voids. he's turned much of his factory production for production of protective gear for hospital workers. a lot of italians are saying they feel proud that armani is making clothing, gucci is making face masks. jon? jon: never thought i would see gucci and prada face masks, thank you. spain now surpasses italy in the number of confirmed cases making it the nation with the second most infections behind the united states. this as a scientist advising the british government says it might be possible to loosen some lockdown measures there, by the end of may. ryan chilcote has more on the pandemic's global impact. >> jon, spain has overtaken italy as the country in europe with the highest number of confirmed cases, nearly 125,000 confirmed cases. only the united states has more. meanwhile, the death toll in spain keeps rising, approaching 12,000. more than 800 deaths in just the last 24 hours. but as tragic as that is, it's actually less than in the previous 24 hours, and the infection rate also appears to be falling. still, spaniards who have already spent three weeks in a national lockdown are looking at another three weeks confined to their homes. here in the u.k., where people are in the second week of national lockdown the number of deaths in the last 24 hours also hit a new high with more than 700 people succumbing to the coronavirus. at least one hospital on the outskirts of london is telling people not to go to its emergency ward anymore because it's running out of oxygen. still, like in spain, there is some encouraging news in the u.k. saturday the number of new reported cases fell from the previous day. finally, it was a day of national mourning in china as people stood for three minutes silent, the sound of air sirens blasted through the air across the country. and on top of all the tragic deaths, there is severe economic distress coming. today the imf said that the consequences of this pandemic will be much worse than the global financial crisis just 12 years ago. jon? jon: ryan chilcote from london, thanks. fox news is now exclusively learning that multiple patients infected with the novel coronavirus were mistakenly transferred to the navy hospital ship comfort, docked in new york city, from the javits center, also in new york. we will tell you how that happened, next. there will be parties again soon, and family gatherings. there will be parades and sporting events and concerts. to help our communities when they come back together, respond to the 2020 census now. spend a few minutes online today to impact the next 10 years of healthcare, infrastructure and education. go to 2020census.gov and respond today to make america's tomorrow brighter. it's time to shape our future. from anyone else. so why accept it from 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don't do that in the middle of a pandemic or something that looked like it was going to be. history would say you don't necessarily stop and let your sailors get off, number one, but more importantly he wrote a letter. the letter was a five-page letter from a captain, and the letter was all over the place. that's not appropriate. >> president trump was referring to the aircraft carrier stopping in vietnam in early march, as the coronavirus raged next door in china. now hours after the captain was leaved of command, he left the carrier for the last time, but he was not alone. hundreds of sailors packed into the hangar bay ignoring the guidance about social distancing, the crew wanteded to send their beloved skipper -- the crew wanted to send their beloved skipper off in style. half the people infected with covid-19 show no symptoms according to the latest data. officials say a handful of patients from the javits center were taken to the hospital ship comfort friday one day after president trump approved new york governor cuomo's request to turn the javits center into a place to treat covid patients. the about face came after a dozen or so patients removed from the javits sent tore the hospital -- -- center to the hospital, tested positive for coronavirus later. that letter united the crew and evidenced by that video displayed later. jon? jon: lucas tomlinson, thanks. servicemembers overseeing domestic defense are now moved into an underground bunker deep in colorado's rocky mountains. alicia acuna explains from denver. >> as we battle coronavirus, u.s. northern command headquartered in colorado springs is maintaining what it calls the homeland defense mission, protecting our country in the event of an attack and mission critical personnel is now isolated inside this mountain right here. it is part of the cheyenne mountain complex, where last month the defense department separated crews from the rest of the world and protected them from covid-19. 1800 feet beneath solid granite america's fortress was originally designed to withstand a nuclear or biological attack. we talked to the commander in charge of this mission who told us no matter what happens on the outside, the u.s. military will be able to maintain command-and-control in the protection of our nation. >> our cheyenne mountain crews right now on 30 day location. that way they can spend their time up there, away from their families, do the mission, but then we can rotate out another crew. each individual crew is on a 30-day rotation. we have a 14-daytime that we have to put them in isolation before. that way it is sustainable. we always have a crew in preparation to go to the mountain, a crew just coming off the mountain and crew in the mountain doing the mission >> the air force general says the continuity of their operations is critical, and because of that, the mountain is kept ready to receive crews 24/7, 365 days a year, so that at a moment's notice, jon, they can respond to a threat. jon? jon: alicia acuna thanks. new evidence of chinese authorities covering up the true extent of the coronavirus outbreak as it unfolded in that nation. what u.s. officials are now learning and how china could be held accountable. we're finally back out in our yard, but so are they. scotts turf builder triple action. it kills weeds, prevents crabgrass and feeds so grass can thrive, guaranteed. get everything you need for spring at scotts.com order today. outbaso now, you can enjoy great steaks here... big game platters here... and date night essentials here. get free delivery when you order now through outback.com outback steakhouse. jon: i'm jon scott this is a special edition of "the fox report". it is the bottom of the hour if you are just joining u. the u.s. intelligence community concluding in a classified report to the white house that china is covering up the true extent of its coronavirus out break, underreporting both total cases and the number of deaths. all this putting more scrutiny on the country's so-called wet markets. gillian turner has more. >> u.s. public health officials are ramping up pressure on the chinese government to share information about the pandemic's origins. first up, they're putting china's now-infamous wet markets in their crosshairs. >> it boggles my mind how when we have so many diseases that emanate out of that unusual human animal interface that we don't just shut it down. >> key lawmakers including senator lindsay graham agrees. they are also calling on china to immediately close all operating wet markets that have a potential to expose humans to risk through the introduction of exotic and wild animals into the food chain. but china hawks like senator tom cotton tells fox news they question whether the chinese communist party is being truthful about that wet market origin story. >> we do know that there are laboratories researching coronaviruses within just a few miles of that food market. now, the chinese communist party is going to great lengths to conceal what happened in those laboratories. >> now he's calling on the trump administration to investigate and get to the bottom of exactly how the virus was introduced into the general population last december. >> i think it's only responsible that we ask the question, and that we demand the answers from china about what they know on the origins of this virus and the potential connections to the research done in those laboratories. >> questions of covid-19's origins are echoed that china has been forthcoming about the data. >> we're not in a position to confirm any of the numbers coming out of china. >> i think probably we were missing significant amount of the data. >> china's government is fighting back. they say while they have sympathy for the suffering of the american people, the accusations from american politicians has been, quote, despicable and immoral. in washington, gillian turner, fox news. jon: meanwhile, china is joining the u.s. human rights council this week. that move drawing widespread criticism in light of beijing's record on human rights, as well as the increasing scrutiny of its response to coronavirus. here to talk about rebecca grant, national security and military analyst and president of iris independent research. dr. grant, the official chinese story is that there have been about 2500 coronavirus deaths just in wuhan, 2500. many of the residents there are skeptical of that number. they say it is upwards likely of 40,000. could it be that big a spread? >> yes, jon, the spread absolutely could be that big because we know china fakes data on everything from air pollution to military spending to their economic growth rates. there are researchers in britain who suggest that that wuhan number may actually be 15 to 40 times higher. so there's no doubt that we are seeing some fake data from china, and it's really tragic. jon: yeah. there was one report that just one funeral home, one funeral home in china received a shipment of 5,000 crematory urns. that would lead you to believe there are an awful lot of deaths that are not being counted there. >> and we just don't know what the true extent of it is. is it just because wuhan was under lockdown and couldn't carry out those ceremonial rights, or have they really covered something up? what we are seeing, though, is some additional lockdowns across china. i think what the real tragedy here is we know china covered up the information about the human to human transmission of this disease for probably about two months. that and their lack of transparenency to the world heah organization lost time to the rest of the planet and we are seeing those terrible consequences right now. >> right because nations were basing their modelling about what the chinese were reporting about the number of infections they had versus the number of deaths, and if the number of deaths was way way higher than they reported, it obviously led to a slow response or a problem in how these other nations responded to the spread of the virus. >> dr. birx referred to it as the missing data. the dates that stick out to me are january 14th, when the world health organization still said that there was no human to human transmission. and then late january, when the world health organization finally, way too late, got into visit china, see what was going on, and came out and said hey, they did a great job with all this, and then waited so long to declare the pandemic. china's depression of the data which probably started with local communist parties not reporting it up, but definitely there's been a larger chinese communist party cover up of this data and there's no question it threw off the models for other countries and made it much much harder for other countries to cope with the covid-19 outbreak. jon: there are indications and only indications that the outbreak was first noticed in china in october or november. we don't know or we don't have a report of the first patient falling victim until the 10th of december. we will put up a timeline that shows how china and the rest of the world responded. december 10th, that was one of the earliest known coronavirus patients in china. it wasn't until the 31st of december, three weeks later, that china tells the world health organization hey, we've got a bit of a problem here. it was then on january 31st, a month after that, that president trump restricted flights from china and travel from china because apparently the white house was already getting indications that this thing was a lot worse than the chinese government was leading us to believe. and then if you look down at the bottom of the charts, as of march 19th, china is reporting no new local cases. do you believe that, dr. grant? >> the no new local cases seems contradicted by what we're hearing of a lockdown in a different province of china. i think it shows us what the chinese communist party is trying to do now is to cover this up. i think they thought they could get away with a cover-up and they are trying to extend that, and then of course with their propaganda offensive to try to shed blame on other countries and change that dialogue, but the fact remains, our national security advisor has said and he sees the intelligence to know that they covered things up for two months, and just like you showed in that time line, we know there were cases as early as november. china is supposed to report any new virus to the world health organization, within 24 hours. and yet they really waited two months to report covid-19. jon: senator blackburn told sean hannity that china should be made to pay. listen. >> and of course they should compensate us. they should compensate these victims and these families. we need to begin to talk about an exit strategy. we need to be talking about how we are going to bring manufacturing back to the united states, how we bring our pharmaceutical manufacturing back and our supply chains, and that is also a way we can make china pay. jon: in a few seconds, dr. grant, do you agree? >> it sounds good to me, and i'd add that the world health organization really needs a top to bottom look. the who needs to investigate how this happened and show that they can be a responsible actor. they've really got a lot to answer for and so does china. jon: this as china joins the u.n. human rights commission. dr. grant, we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you. jon: straight ahead, we will show you uplifting stories as to how this pandemic is bringing out the best in americans, when uniting communities all across the nation. i'm your mother in law. and i like to question your every move. like this left turn. it's the next one. you always drive this slow? how did you make someone i love? that must be why you're always so late. i do not speed. and that's saving me cash with drivewise. my son, he did say that you were the safe option. and that's the nicest thing you ever said 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what kind of advice are you getting? >>i'm just advising for people to protect themselves and do the things that we've always done, you know, wear your gloves, cover your face with a mask, if you can, if you're going into areas with a lot of people. i've always taken the time to wipe everything down in my truck and being constantly aware of everything that i touch. so if you're going into an area like new york city, you need to be even more aware of that. jon: so many businesses are taking such a beating right now, the restaurant business, the hospitality business, hotels, that kind of thing, how is the trucking business right now? >> we're very busy right now. ever since this all started, trying to replenish stores, restocking the shelves and warehouses. i run from denver to salt lake city on i 85 which is one of -- i-80 which is one of the busiest truck lanes in the country. i'm seeing it very busy. over segment of our industry has been working hard together, like pieces in a puzzle to make sure this country keeps moving right now. we're still very busy right now. jon: charles, there aren't too many business areas that are very busy right now. trucking obviously is one of them. and that's good news. but that 700,000 unemployment report from march is just going to be the tip of the iceberg, i think, isn't it? >> its's undoubtedly going to get a lot worse. we saw the unemployment claims in the last two weeks reach 10 million people, so there are a lot more people who are going to end up in the unemployment figures who are already unemployed. the question is, as you have been saying, how long does it last? how quickly can the economy be turned back on? what does the economy look like when it is turned back on? all the work that's being done to reconfigure supply chains, to get goods to places where they need to go, that are different from where they needed to go before is essential to try to get us to a place where when it's safe to resume normal activities that the economy looks something like what it was. jon: when the economy -- i mean, when america opens for business again, for lack of a better term, there will be all kinds of pent-up demand, isn't there? >> there should be. there should be pent-up demand for some things. the question is, what do you do about the things that you might have purchased during the time when things were closed? that's to a great extent, your answer to that question is whether you have a job or not. if i had job going into this, i may not buy a car for the next couple of months or maybe i will buy a car in june or july, but if i lose my job between now and then, i'm not going to buy the car. the unemployment situation and you add to that, the situation in small businesses, staying afloat, will determine -- [inaudible]. jon: so many americans are saluting our medical professionals who are on the front lines fighting in virus. it is my understanding you are getting a lot of kudos in the trucking businessing a well. -- trucking business as well. >> it is really encouraging, everything i'm seeing. what we've always done 24/7, 365 days a year. it is nice to be recognized right now for the hard work we've always done out there, people holding up signs and thanking us for what we're doing, people in passing cars giving us a thumbs up or giving us the fist pump to honk their corn when they're going by. -- honk their horn when they are going by. it is very encouraging. we're all working hard right now. people are foregoing time off. it's energized the industry and kept us wanting to keep this country moving forward right now. jon: charles, we understand the next few weeks will be pretty grim in this country. they are not going to be hanging out the open for business sign at least for two more weeks. long-term, what's the prognosis here? >> it's really hard to say what the prognosis is long-term. i think what we'll see -- we'll be able to answer that question better in the next few weeks when we see how effective programs like the loan program that the treasury and small business administration kicked off on friday, is going to be, whether that's able to get money to the right people to keep them from falling into permanent unemployment or to keep small businesses from permanently closing, the restaurants, dry cleaners, the store around the corner, is it able to stay around for two weeks, three weeks, two months? that depends on how successful those programs are. jon: so many businesses are hurting right now. nate mccarty is not among them, that's one bright spot. nate and charles, thank you both >> thank you. jon: coming up, kobe bryant now honored with basketball's most prestigious award after his untimely death. in nearly 100 years serving the military community, we've seen you go through tough times and every time, you've shown us, you're much tougher your heart, courage and commitment has always inspired us and now it's no different so, we're here with financial strength, stability and experience you can depend on and the online tools you need because you have always set the highest standard and reaching that standard is what we're made for ♪ . . . jon: kobe bryant receiving basketball's highest honor more than two months after his untimely death. the los angeles laker legend elected to the basketball hall of fame today along with tim duncan and kevin garnett. bryant won five championships in 20 years with the lakers, is also fourth on the all-time nba scoring list. chris wallace will anchor an all-star lineup of guests tomorrow on fox news sunday. dr. jerome adams will give the latest on how the trump administration is handling the coronavirus outbreak. gretchen whitmer will break down her state's response to the pandemic. bill gates will discuss how his foundation is helping to find a coronavirus vaccine. fox news sunday airs at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. eastern on fox news channel, also on your local fox station. and that is how fox reports on this saturday, the 20th -- i'm sorry, april 4th of 2020. i'm jon scott, we will see you tomorrow for another special edition of the fox report beginning at 5:00 p.m. eastern time, live on fox news channel. stay safe and thanks for watching. ♪ jesse: welcome to "watters world." i'm jesse watters. keeping score, that's the subject of tonight's "watters world." i've had enough of the media pointing fingers at fox. i've had enough of the media acting like they saw the virus coming. i've had enough of democrats blaming trump instead of china. they're not going to rewrite history on my match. liars and hypocrites will get called out. let's start with msnbc. >> everybody saw this coming. everybody saw this coming in early january. jesse: who is everybody? it wasn't morning joe. you know how many segments morn joe did on coronavirus in january? one. and this is what their guest said. >> americans do not need to panic.