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we're gonna start with mixed news on the
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corona virus outbreak while New York is
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seeing the curve flattened this morning
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the state has more confirmed cases
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162,000 than any country in the world
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nationwide the total is quickly
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approaching a half million with nearly
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17,000 deaths there are also more new
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signs of the economic impact during what
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would normally be a busy week nearly 80
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percent of the nation's hotels are
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vacant right now and we have some
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positive news on the health front the
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health of British prime minister Boris
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Johnson who's now been moved out of ICU
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we do have complete coverage we're going
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to start with NBC's Gabe Gutierrez he's
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at the National Tennis Center in Queens
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where a new field hospital is set to
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open hey Gabe good morning how'd a good
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morning this is normally the site of the
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US Open but later today it's set to see
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its first kovin 19 patients the indoor
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training facility here is being
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converted into a nearly 500 bed hospital
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but the hope is all of that space won't
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be needed this morning in hard-hit New
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York the curve is flattening the latest
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numbers show hospitalizations ICU
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admissions and intubation have slowed
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dramatically we had 200 net increase in
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hospitalizations which you can see is
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the lowest number we've had since this
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nightmare started but deaths spiked yet
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again to the highest level of the
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pandemic nearly 800 lives lost in just
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24 hours so far more than 7,000 have
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died in New York State alone leading to
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this startling sight at a city cemetery
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workers and protective hazmat suits
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burying five times more unclaimed bodies
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in a mass grave in New York men are
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dying almost twice as often as women and
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nationally they're getting tested less
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this is to all of our men out there no
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matter what age group if you have
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symptoms you should be tested still
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while the health system is stressed it's
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not over capacity though a new temporary
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hospital is set to open today at the
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National Tennis Center the Javits
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Convention Center converted to housed
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2,500 patients as few
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than 2-hundred right now Mount Sinai
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Hospital has scrapped plans to stage the
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sick inside the Cathedral of st. John
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the Divine but Mayor Bill de Blasio says
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he expects social distancing
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restrictions will stay in place here
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through at least mid-may you cannot for
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a moment get ahead of things that sort
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of count your chickens before they're
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hatched or this disease will have a
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resurgence and we could actually be
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worse off I've just still at Mount Sinai
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doctor Sonam Ahmed sees hope returning
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we hear good things every day she got a
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text from a colleague before she started
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her night shift she texted a number and
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said this is the number of patients
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whose lives we have been saving over
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just the past day together we're gonna
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overcome this a new study by Mount Sinai
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found that the virus began circulating
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here in New York in mid-february and
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came largely from Europe not China as
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for this facility it's now meant to
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provide relief to nearby Elmhurst
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Hospital which has seen some of the
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worst of this crisis Savannah all right
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Gabe your chair is leading us off thank
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you and in the meantime the toll on the
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US economy continues to mount more and
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more laid off workers or filing
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unemployment claims 10% of the US labor
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force in the last three weeks have filed
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for claims and it's adding urgency to
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this debate when can the economy reopen
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and when should it NBC's Kristen Welker
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has the latest on that Kristen good
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morning Savannah good morning to you
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president Trump has said he wants to
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reopen the economy with a bang some of
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his top officials say they want to start
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that process as early as May but some
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health officials are warning that moving
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too quickly could lead to a renewed
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outbreak and even more economic pain
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this morning the debate over when to
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reopen the economy is intensifying with
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some administration officials eyeing
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next month as a possible target eight on
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Thursday President Trump predicting a
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rapid turnaround
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when the country is back in business I
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think we're going to open up strong I
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think we're going to open up very
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successfully and I'd like to say even
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more successfully than before adding
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urgency in additional six point six
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million Americans filed jobless claims
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last week bringing the total number of
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Americans seeking unemployment benefits
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to more than 17 million in the past
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month but is the country ready to get
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back to work
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given the virus is still spreading so
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you need a nationwide we have a great
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testing system we have the best right
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now the best testing system in the world
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and while some top Democrats acknowledge
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testing has improved they also argue any
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discussion of reopening the economy is
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premature without more testing all
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across the country shelter-in-place is
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making a very big difference but we
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really don't have an evaluation until we
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know the extent of the problem
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testing testing yes still plans are
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underway to lay the groundwork with
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administration officials telling NBC
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News the president is poised to announce
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a second economic task force that will
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focus on reopening the country in phases
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I think as soon as the president feels
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comfortable with the medical issues we
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are making everything necessary that
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American companies and American workers
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can be open for business but help cannot
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come soon enough for Americans like
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Kelly Thompson the single mom in Texas
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laid off from her job as a store manager
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has been struggling to get unemployment
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benefits I've set my alarm to try to do
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it at different times I've done it right
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before 8 a.m. when they open and there's
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just no getting through Congress has
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passed trillions of dollars in stimulus
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and this week lawmakers were trying to
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pass an additional 250 billion dollars
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for small businesses those talks have
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hit a snag with sticking points
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including how much money to spend on
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hospitals state and local governments
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the Senate is going to be back next week
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with a lot of pressure on both sides of
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the aisle to get something done Hoda all
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right Kristin thank you let's bring in
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NBC News senior business correspondent
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Stephanie ruhle Steph those numbers
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again 17 million people who filed for
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unemployment and I
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can't get that image out of my head in
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San Antonio like 6000 people lined up to
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get food at a food bank I mean I guess
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the question is like when are people
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gonna get their checks where's the money
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so the thing is Hoda Kristin made a
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great point the government is making
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massive efforts from the Treasury
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Department to the Fed to Congress
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passing huge stimulus bills but remember
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this is a country of 330 million people
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we've got 30 million small businesses
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and almost 50,000 corporations so to get
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this money out logistically is proving
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massively difficult and it's only adding
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to people's frustrations listen you
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completely understand why the President
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or Secretary minuchin would want to get
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people enthusiastic and excited about
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saying we're gonna get right back out
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there and get back to work but when
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people are saying I can't apply for
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unemployment because the website isn't
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working or the small business loan that
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Kristin was referring to that's caused
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huge strain this week so one of the
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reasons the government is now asking for
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more money to give to small businesses
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is because there's such demand and one
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of the reasons there's a delay in it the
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question is how do we get the money to
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the most needy people Hoda let's say you
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run a small daycare center at home and
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you don't have a sophisticated payroll
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system but you're a small business and
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let's say I'm a small business that runs
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a law firm should you and I both get in
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line at the same time to get that loan
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well chances are if I'm the law firm I'm
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gonna get that application in because
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I've got a tax lawyer an accountant and
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I can make that happen but if you run
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that small daycare center
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you're completely shut down you really
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need that money and right now there
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hasn't been prioritization for those who
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need it most but that's one of the
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things they've got to figure out how to
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address let's talk about the reopening
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of business secretary minuchin said he
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was hoping for May I mean is the economy
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one of these things that you just flip a
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switch and boom everyone's back to work
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well that's the thing it's not Hoda you
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cannot look at this like it's a snow day
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and we said well the roads are clear
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let's all head back out there remember
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it wasn't the President or even the
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federal government that
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things down the first time you and I had
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this conversation in a world moment when
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it was business that did it it was the
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NBA Adam Silver that listened to health
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experts that said I've got to put health
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first and shut my season down so yes
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many people the president is putting
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together this economic taskforce the
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question is who is the public health
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expert leading or at least part of that
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task force to say all right in every
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city and state is the federal government
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going to provide the money for mass
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testing to make sure when we head back
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out there we're going to be safe because
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you've seen in other places for example
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in Asia in Singapore where they said
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let's get people back out there and
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unless you do that with mass testing you
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run the risk of people getting sicker
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and that's shutting right back down all
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right all right Stephanie ruhle Steph
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thank you
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Savannah over to you yeah Hoda another
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big impact of this health crisis and
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we've been talking about it all week
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long how people are changing their plans
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to celebrate the holiest days of the
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year but in some places across the
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country in-person services are still
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going to be held against the advice of
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public health authorities nbc's sam
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brock is in florida one of the states
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that giving folks a choice about that
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Sam good morning Savannah good morning
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on this Good Friday normally you would
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expect to see this Cathedral packed with
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people getting ready to pray but instead
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the services here are going to be
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streamed online as they will for every
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single parish in the Archdiocese of
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Miami this is the state though says you
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can still observe in person despite the
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potential health consequences
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this Easter Sunday a once unimaginable
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sight many churches nationwide sitting
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empty on the holiest day of the year the
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worship from home approach extending
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from Washington will be attending church
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right in the living room at the vice
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president's residence dick Ovid 19
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hotspots all across the country
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including South Florida where more than
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a hundred parishes in the Miami area
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will be live-streaming for safety we're
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not going to bring bring crowds together
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to put these people our congregants in
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danger but the state's governor refuses
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to extend Florida's stay-at-home order
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to religious services as we've said many
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times the state of Florida is not going
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to through government coercion closed a
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church synagogue or place of worship the
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debate playing out in several virus
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stricken areas we should not be fearful
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a Philadelphia pastor doubling down on
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in-person prayer facemasks will be
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provided to all who walk through the
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church doors on Sunday for those who
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attend there will be no more than three
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per pew while in hard-hit Louisiana
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drive-thru benedictions with hundreds of
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cars in New Orleans Archbishop Gregory
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Aymond who recovered from the
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coronavirus offering a real blessing
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from up high boarding a world war two
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ear a plane with a local rabbi for a
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spirit flight at the same time near
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Baton Rouge pastor Tony spell says he'll
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hold services at his church defying not
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only his own governor but the advice of
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many health experts we pray for all
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those that are fighting the disease Joel
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Osteen's megachurch plans to stream
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services with Kanye West and Mariah
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Carey providing the music millions of
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Americans separated by distance but
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celebrating together it will be even
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harder not to be in the pew on Easter
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Sunday but it's the right thing to do if
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we care about each other and for the
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states that do still allow in-person
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services social distancing guidelines
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still apply that means six feet in
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between people and no hugs or handshakes
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many officials though suggesting this
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year put tradition aside and practice
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your faith from your home Savannah back
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to you
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Thank You Sam in just ahead we're gonna
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have a live report from the Vatican on
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how the pandemic is impacting services
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at the world's most famous church hotel
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all right now Savannah's something that
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will brighten up our morning cities
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across the country there lighten up blue
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to show their support and gratitude for
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our health care heroes first responders
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and other essential workers so last
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night buildings and bridges and sports
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stadiums and landmarks from coast to
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coast
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they were illuminated with bright blue
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lights so more than 400 businesses and
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venues participated in the light at blue
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campaign organizers call it simply a
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heartfelt thank you to those who are
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going to work to keep our country going
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and we say hats off yeah yeah I called
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it a blue light special what you've got
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going heading into Easter weekend well
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I'm wearing blue too unfortunately we've
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got some severe weather to talk about
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starting tomorrow for a big swath of the
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country take a look right now we've got
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a risk of severe weather tomorrow into
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tomorrow night hail damaging winds for
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20 people in the plains southern plains
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isolated tornado threat and then look at
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this Easter Sunday sadly we've got 56
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million people thankfully everybody
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hunkered down at home but we could see
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large and long tract tornadoes damaging
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wind gusts of 75 miles per hour and hail
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one inch or longer Saturday it
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intensifies over the plains gusty storms
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for Texas Sunday Louisiana to Ohio heavy
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rain and isolated flooding possible
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monday very heavy rain for the Northeast
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with blustery winds and snow into
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Wisconsin and Michigan rainfall amounts
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we're talking flooding possible at
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possibilities 4 to 6 inches from Texas
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all the way into the Virginia's and the
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Appalachians and then behind the system
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look at this snowfall we're talking
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anywhere from 3 to 12 inches of snow
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from the Dakotas Montana all the way to
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the U P of Michigan
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