   >>> BREAKING NEWS 
   TONIGHT, THE 
   CORONAVIRUS FORCING 
   MILLIONS MORE 
   AMERICANS INTO VIRTUAL
   LOCKDOWN.
   OVER 75 MILLION PEOPLE
   IN NEW YORK, 
   CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS 
   AND CONNECTICUT 
   ORDERED TO STAY AT 
   HOME.
   THE U.S. BORDERS TO 
   MEXICO AND CANADA SET 
   TO CLOSE TO 
   NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL.
   A SPRING BREAK 
   CRACKDOWN, FLORIDA 
   COMMUNITIES CLOSING 
   BEACHES.
   IN EUROPE, THE CRISIS 
   GROWING.
   INSIDE THE ICU IN 
   ITALY.
   THE COUNTRY'S 
   DEADLIEST DAY. 
   >>> FEAR ON THE FRONT 
   LINES, E.R. DOCTORS 
   SAYING WE ARE ON THE 
   VERGE OF A MEDICAL 
   DISASTER.
   HEALTH CARE WORKERS' 
   LIVES AT RISK. 
   >> THERE'S A LOT OF 
   ANXIETY.
   THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR.
   THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU 
   KNOW, WONDERING IF 
   YOU'RE RISKING YOUR 
   LIFE GOING TO WORK. 
   >> CRITICAL SHORTAGES 
   OF LIFE-SAVING 
   EQUIPMENT.
   PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   INVOKING WAR POWERS TO
   ORDER COMPANIES TO 
   MANUFACTURE SUPPLIES.
   >>> THE TRILLION 
   DOLLARS RELIEF PLAN, 
   HOW COULD CONGRESS 
   APPROVE THE CHECKS?
   THE STAGGERING RISE IN
   UNEMPLOYMENT.
   PEOPLE OUT OF WORK 
   LINING UP FOR FREE 
   MEALS. 
   >>> THE HEALTH CARE 
   CRUSH, VITAL 
   TREATMENTS DELAYED.
   OR CORE SPON -- OUR 
   CORRESPONDENT BATTLING
   FEELING THE IMPACT 
   FIRSTHAND. UR CORRESPONDENT 
   BATTLING
   FEELING THE IMPACT 
   FIRSTHAND. 
   >> THE SURGE IN 
   STUDENTS LEARNING FROM
   HOME.
   50 MILLION TAKING 
   LESSONS ONLINE BUT 
   WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS 
   WITHOUT INTERNET 
   ACCESS?
   >>> DOES THE 
   CORONAVIRUS PRESENT A 
   BIGGER RISK TO 
   PREGNANT WOMEN?
   >>> GOOD EVENING.
   IT WAS JUST A LITTLE 
   OVER TEN DAYS AGO WE 
   WERE SHAKING OUR HEADS
   AT NEWS THAT ITALY WAS
   LOCKING DOWN THE 
   ENTIRE COUNTRY TO STOP
   THE SPREAD OF 
   COVID-19.
   AWFUL WE THOUGHT BUT 
   COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE, 
   EXCEPT IT SLOWLY IS.
   STATE BY STATE 
   RESIDENTS ORDERED TO 
   STAY INDOORS.
   NON-ESSENTIAL 
   BUSINESSES TOLD TO 
   CLOSE.
   THE LATEST, 
   CONNECTICUT AS THE 
   WAVE OF SICKNESS IS 
   FOLLOWING THE GRIM 
   PREDICTIONS.
   OUR TEAM IS GOING TO 
   EXPLORE THE FACTS, THE
   RAMIFICATIONS AND WHAT
   OUR LEADERS ARE DOING 
   TO PROTECT US.
   WE START WITH MIGUEL 
   ALMAGUER. 
   >> Reporter: TONIGHT, 
   THE GOVERNORS OF NEW 
   YORK, CALIFORNIA, 
   ILLINOIS AND 
   CONNECTICUT TAKING 
   DRASTIC AND HISTORIC 
   ACTION, RESIDENTS OF 
   MULTIPLE STATES TOLD 
   TO GO HOME AND STAY 
   HOME AS THE 
   CORONAVIRUS CRISIS 
   EXPLODES ACROSS THE 
   NATION AFFECTING AT 
   LEAST 76 MILLION 
   PEOPLE, THE ORDERS 
   WHICH IT VIOLATED 
   COULD INCLUDE A CIVIL 
   FINE, MEANS ALL 
   NON-ESSENTIAL 
   BUSINESSES MUST CLOSE 
   WHILE PLACES LIKE 
   GROCERY STORES, GAS 
   STATIONS, AND MASS 
   TRANSIT CONTINUE TO 
   OPERATE.
   GOING OUT TO PICK UP 
   FOOD OR SUPPLIES OR 
   SOLITARY EXERCISE, 
   LIKE A WALK OR HIKE 
   ARE PERMITTED. 
   >> WHEN I TALK ABOUT 
   THE MOST DRASTIC 
   ACTION WE CAN TAKE, 
   THIS IS THE MOST 
   DRASTIC ACTION WE CAN 
   TAKE. 
   >> Reporter: AS THE 
   NUMBER OF CONFIRMED 
   CASES SKYROCKETS IN 
   NEW YORK, IN 
   CALIFORNIA, THE MOST 
   POPULATED STATE IN THE
   NATION, THEY HAVE 
   DOUBLED.
   IN A LETTER TO 
   CONGRESS, GAVIN NEWSOM
   IS REQUESTING A 
   BILLION DOLLARS TO 
   FIGHT THE VIRUS AND 
   ASKING FOR THE "U.S. 
   N.S. MERCY" A FLOATING
   VESSEL TO DOCK IN LOS 
   ANGELES. 
   >> THIS IS A MOMENT WE
   NEED STRAIGHT TALK AND
   WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE
   THE TRUTH.
   WE NEED TO BEND THE 
   CURVE IN THE STATE OF 
   CALIFORNIA. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   CALIFORNIA BRACING FOR
   20% OF THOSE INFECTED 
   WITH THE CORONAVIRUS 
   TO BE HOSPITALIZED, IN
   WASHINGTON STATE, 
   WHERE THE DEATH TOLL 
   IS THE HIGHEST, 
   OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE
   PREPARING TO RATION 
   HEALTH CARE INCLUDING 
   VENTILATORS. 
   >> A NOTION THIS COULD
   HAPPEN IN AMERICA, 
   WHERE WE CAN SEE 
   SOMETHING HAPPENING 
   AND CAN'T GET THE 
   RESOURCES TO AVERT IT 
   IS RIDICULOUS.
   IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN. 
   >> Reporter: IN 
   UNCHARTED TERRITORY, 
   THE U.S. GOVERNMENT 
   EXTENDED THE FEDERAL 
   TAX DEADLINE 90 DAYS, 
   THE FIRST TIME IN 
   HISTORY HOPING TO EASE
   THE FINANCIAL BURDEN 
   ON ALL AMERICANS WITH 
   THE MEXICAN AND 
   CANADIAN BORDERS 
   CLOSING TO 
   NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL, 
   THE CDC IS WORRIED 
   BORDER PATROL AGENTS 
   FACE A SERIOUS RISK OF
   BECOMING INFECTED.
   THE CRACKDOWN ON LARGE
   GROWN UPS SPREADING 
   COAST-TO-COAST, ORANGE
   COUNTY, FLORIDA, WHICH
   INCLUDES ORLANDO WILL 
   HAVE A CURFEW 
   BEGINNING TONIGHT.
   KERRY SANDERS IS 
   ACROSS THE STATE. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   CONFLICTED IMAGES OF 
   STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA
   SHUT DOWN
   WHILE HERE IN 
   CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 
   SPRING BREAKERS 
   FINALLY HIT A BREAKING
   POINT.
   THIS BEACH WILL CLOSE 
   DOWN TONIGHT AND 
   ALREADY SOME COLLEGE 
   KIDS SEEM TO BE 
   GETTING THE MESSAGE, 
   PACKING UP AND HEADING
   HOME. 
   >> Reporter: JUST FOUR
   MONTHS AWAY FROM THE 
   TOKYO OLYMPICS, USA 
   SWIMMING IS OFFICIY  
   CALLING FOR A ONE-YEAR
   POSTPONEMENT OF THE 
   GAMES.
   FACING A NEW REALITY 
   TONIGHT WE ARE ALL 
   REMINDED OF WHAT'S AT 
   STAKE, THIS THE 
   CHANGING FACE OF THE 
   NATION PERHAPS MORE 
   CONNECTED THAN WE ARE 
   APART.
   THE U.S. OLYMPIC 
   COMMITTEE SAYS IT'S 
   PREMATURE TO MAKE A 
   DECISION ABOUT THE 
   SUMMER GAMES.
   FOR THE GO HOME ORDER 
   IN CALIFORNIA, IT'S 
   OPEN ENDED BUT THE 
   MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES 
   SAYS IT COULD LAST 
   UPWARDS OF TWO MONTHS,
   LESTER?
   >>> AT THE NATION'S 
   HOSPITALS A WORSENING 
   SITUATION AS DOCTORS 
   AND NURSES TRY TO SAVE
   LIVES INCREASINGLY 
   WITHOUT THE PROTECTIVE
   GEAR AND EQUIPMENT 
   THEY NEED.
   TOM COSTELLO HAS THE 
   LATEST. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   WARNING FROM THE 
   NATION'S FRONT LINE 
   E.R. DOCTORS, THE 
   SITUATION IS CRITICAL.
   >> WHAT WE'RE DEALING 
   WITH RIGHT NOW IS 
   SOMETHING MOST OF US 
   IN OUR CAREERS HAVE 
   NEVER SEEN, WHICH IS A
   SLOW ROLL MASS 
   CASUALTY INCIDENT. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   DOCTORS AND NURSES 
   RUNNING LOW AND 
   REUSING PERSONAL 
   PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, 
   COMMUNITIES ARE 
   STEPPING UP AND MAKING
   MASKS.
   NEW YORK CITY IS 
   WARNING IT WILL RUN 
   OUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
   U MASS MEDICAL NEAR 
   BOSTON SAYS IT'S A 
   MATTER OF DAYS. 
   >> RIGHT NOW, YOU 
   KNOW, OUR NUMBER ONE 
   PRIORITY IS GETTING 
   THE N95 MASKS AND 
   GOWNS WOULD BE NUMBER 
   TWO, GLOVERS AND EYE 
   SHIELDS WILL BE RIGHT 
   BEHIND IT, AS WELL. 
   >> Reporter: ALSO IN 
   HIGH DEMAND, 
   VENTILATORS FOR THE 
   MOST CRITICALLY ILL 
   PATIENTS. 
   >> WE NEED THOSE 
   VENTILATORS.
   THE VENTILATORS ARE TO
   THIS WAR WHAT MISSILES
   WERE TO WORLD WAR II. 
   >> Reporter: 
   NATIONWIDE HOSPITALS 
   HAVE ROUGHLY 160,000 
   VENTILATORS BUT 
   DOCTORS WARN THEY MAY 
   NEED AS MANY AS 
   960,000 IN A 
   WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
   COLOMBIA MEDICINE 
   SURGEON WROTE A "NEW 
   YORK TIMES" OP ED 
   WARNING THE SKY IS 
   FALLING. 
   >> IT FEELS LIKE 
   LIVING IN A TERRIFYING
   SCI-FI MOVIE, BUT THIS
   IS REAL LIFE.
   AND IN THE UNITED 
   STATES OUR HOSPITALS, 
   AT LEAST IN NEW YORK, 
   ARE GOING TO START TO 
   LOOK LIKE ITALY'S 
   HOSPITALS. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   PRESIDENT TODAY 
   ANNOUNCED AN AUTO 
   MAKER IS OFFERING TO 
   PRODUCE VENTILATORS. 
   >> ONE COMPANY THAT 
   HAS OPENLY STATED, IS 
   GENERAL MOTORS. 
   >> Reporter: FORD 
   TELLS NBC NEWS IT'S 
   ALSO OFFERED TO HELP 
   AND 3M IS MAKING 400 
   MILLION N95 
   RESPIRATORS A YEAR.
   MEANWHILE, CONTINUED 
   FRUSTRATION OVER 
   TESTING FOR THE VIRUS.
   >> THEY SAID YOU GOT 
   TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL 
   BUT THEN TELL YOU TO 
   STAY AWAY FROM THE 
   HOSPITAL. 
   >> Reporter: NBC NEWS 
   CALCULATES MORE THAN 
   117,000 COVID-19 TESTS
   HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
   AS MOST STATES 
   STRUGGLE TO MEET 
   DEMAND, A NEWLY OPEN 
   SITE IN NEW JERSEY 
   TODAY FILLED TO 
   CAPACITY AND FORCED TO
   CLOSE WITHIN FOUR 
   HOURS.
   ON THE FRONT LINES, 
   DOCTORS ARE ALREADY 
   BATTLING TO SAVE 
   LIVES. 
   >> THERE'S A LOT OF 
   ANXIETY, THERE'S A LOT
   OF FEAR.
   THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU 
   KNOW, WONDERING IF 
   YOU'RE RISKING YOUR 
   LIFE BY GOING TO WORK,
   BUT WE'RE FEELING 
   ABANDONED.
   WE'RE FEELING 
   ISOLATED. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   SUPPLIES AND MEDICINE 
   RUNNING LOW, HOSPITALS
   ARE PREPARING TO MAKE 
   TERRIBLE DECISIONS 
   ABOUT WHICH PATIENT 
   HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF
   SURVIVAL AND WHICH 
   PATIENT MAY BE DENIED 
   THE CARE THEY NEED.
   LESTER?
   >> TOM, THIS IS 
   TROUBLING.
   THESE ARE THE PEOPLE 
   WE ABSOLUTELY NEED.
   THANK YOU. 
   >>> THE DEVASTATING 
   AND DEEPENING IMPACT 
   ON BUSINESS PUSHED THE
   MARKETS DOWN AGAIN 
   TODAY.
   THE DOW TUMBLING MORE 
   THAN 900 POINTS TO END
   WALL STREET'S WORST 
   WEEK SINCE '08.
   GABE GUTIERREZ ON THE 
   SUDDEN AND STAGGERING 
   RISE ON UNEMPLOYMENT. 
   >> Reporter: IT BECOME
   A DAILY RITUAL.
   NEWLY UNEMPLOYED 
   HOSPITALITY WORKERS 
   ARE COMING TO HOOK 
   HALL.
   CORONAVIRUS FORCED 
   THIS BAR TO CLOSE AND 
   WITH DONATED SUPPLIES,
   VOLUNTEER CHEFS ARE 
   FEEDING THOSE OUT OF 
   WORK FROM AROUND THE 
   AREA. 
   >> IT'S JARRING.
   IT'S SO JARRING TO SEE
   THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE 
   COME THROUGH THE DOOR.
   >> Reporter: 
   YESTERDAY,THE LABOR 
   DEPARTMENT SAYS LAST 
   WEAK'S NATIONWIDE 
   UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS 
   WERE UP DRAMATICALLY, 
   TONIGHT AN EVEN 
   BLEAKER PICTURE FROM 
   INDIVIDUAL STATES.
   IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
   UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS 
   THIS WEEK SHOT UP AT 
   LEAST 400%, COLORADO 
   875%.
   OREGON MORE THAN 2100%
   IN JUST TWO DAYS. 
   >> THIS IS JUST THE 
   TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
   IT'S ONLY A COUPLE 
   DAYS AND ONLY 21 
   STATES.
   IT COULD BE AS MANY AS
   2 MILLION PEOPLE. 
   >> Reporter: ACROSS 
   THE COUNTRY. 
   >> I MEAN, IT'S A 
   MESS. 
   >> Reporter: WORKERS 
   LIKE LORENZO ARE 
   COMPLAINING OF JAMMED 
   PHONE LINES AND 
   CRASHING UNEMPLOYMENT 
   WEBSITES. 
   >> IT'S STRESSFUL.
   IT'S REALLY STRESSFUL 
   AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST 
   TIME I'VE BEEN 
   UNEMPLOYED IN MY 
   ENTIRE LIFE SINCE I 
   WAS 16. 
   >> Reporter: BARTENDER
   BEVERLY BARBER GOT HER
   LAST PAYCHECK TODAY. 
   >> YOU DON'T KNOW 
   WHERE YOUR NEXT DOLLAR
   IS COMING FROM. 
   >> Reporter: THE 
   OWNERS OF THE BAR ARE 
   FORCED TO FURLOUGH 
   DOZENS OF WORKERS, 
   WITH NO CUSTOMERS THEY
   ARE DOING WHAT THEY 
   CAN TO SERVE EACH 
   OTHER.
   LESTER?
   >> GABE, THANK YOU.
   >>> ALSO BREAKING, 
   THAT TRILLION-DOLLAR 
   RELIEF PACKAGE THAT 
   INCLUDES DIRECT 
   PAYMENTS TO AMERICANS 
   APPEARS TO BE COMING 
   TOGETHER.
   PLUS PRESIDENT TRUMP 
   ON WHETHER WE NEED A 
   NATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN.
   PETER ALEXANDER AT THE
   WHITE HOUSE NOW. 
   >> Reporter: WITH 
   STRICT NEW MEASURES 
   NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED 
   IN THE HARDEST HIT 
   STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA
   AND NEW YORK TO SLOW 
   THE SPREAD OF THE 
   VIRUS, TONIGHT 
   PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS A
   NATIONAL LOCKDOWN IS 
   NOT NEEDED. 
   >> WE'RE WORKING WITH 
   THE GOVERNORS AND I 
   DON'T THINK WE'LL EVER
   FIND THAT NECESSARY. 
   >> Reporter: LAWMAKERS
   TONIGHT ARE STILL 
   INCLUDING A STAGGERING
   
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