DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW. THERE’S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS ON
THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION.
>> WE CERTAINLY HAVE THOSE.
WE’RE GOING TO GET RIGHT TO THE
LATEST.
LATEST. ONCE AGAIN, WE’VE SEEN ANOTHER
SURGE IN U.S. CASES NOW.
NOW THERE ARE MORE THAN 44,000
WITH 550 DEATHS WITH YESTERDAY
MARKING THE DEADLIEST DAY YET
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
>>> ALSO BREAKING OVERNIGHT, A
DEAL APPEARS TO BE CLOSE ON THAT
NEARLY $2 TRILLION ECONOMIC
RESCUE BILL AS PRESIDENT TRUMP
ANNOUNCE S
ANNOUNCE S ANNOUNCES THE BUSINESS.
>>> NATIONS CALLING ON THE TOKYO
GAMES TO BE POSTPONED.
OFFICIALS IN CHINA HAVE
ANNOUNCED THE LOCKDOWN IN WUHAN
WHERE THE OUTBREAK BEGAN WILL
END ON APRIL 8th.
THAT’S NEARLY 2 1/2 MONTHS AFTER
IT STARTED.
IT STARTED. IN A MOMENT WE WILL TALK TO THE
CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE COORDINATOR
BUT FIRST LET’S GO TO NBC’S TOM
COSTELLO WHO STARTS OFF OUR
COVERAGE.
COVERAGE. HEY, TOM, GOOD MORNING.
>> Reporter: GOOD MORNING, HODA.
WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF MOVING
PIECES.
PIECES. LET’S BEGIN WITH AIRPORTS AND
AIRLINES.
AIRLINES. DEVASTATED, AS YOU KNOW.
THIS AIRPORT IS EMPTY, THE
PARKING LOT IS EMPTY.
THE AIRLINES ARE DRAWING UP
CONTINGENCY PLANS TO SHUT DOWN
DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL.
OUR SOURCES SAY IT’S PREMATURE
AT THIS POINT.
HOWEVER, THEY ACKNOWLEDGE THEY
HAVE PLANES FLYING WITH SINGLE
DIGIT NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS.
IT HAS BEEN DEVASTATING FOR
THEM.
THEM. FLORIDA REQUIRES ANYBODY FLYING
IN FOR NEW YORK TO BE
QUARANTINED FOR 14 DAYS.
IN THE MEANTIME THE PRESIDENT
SAYS HE WANTS TO GET THE ECONOMY
AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MOVING
AGAIN.
AGAIN. BUT EXPERTS SAY IF WE REMOVE OR
SCALE BACK THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
REQUIREMENTS, THE RESULTS COULD
BE DISASTROUS.
BE DISASTROUS. >> OUR COUNTRY WASN’T BUILT TO
BE SHUT DOWN.
>> WITH THE U.S. ECONOMY
GRINDING NEARLY TO A HALT,
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARING TO
SEND MIXED SIGNALS, SUGGESTING
THE RESPONSE TO THE CRISIS MAY
BE OVERBLOWN AND WARNING THE
LASTING FINANCIAL IMPACTS COULD
BE SEVERE.
BE SEVERE. >> AMERICA WILL BEGIN AND SOON
BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
VERY SOON.
VERY SOON. A LOT SOONER THAN THREE OR FOUR
MONTHS THAT SOMEBODY WAS
SUGGESTING.
SUGGESTING. >> WHILE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THE
CORONAVIRUS SITUATION WILL GET
WORSE.
WORSE. >> CERTAINLY THIS IS GOING TO BE
BAD.
BAD. WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SO THAT
IT’S MUCH, MUCH LESS BAD.
>> THE PRESIDENT DOWNPLAYING
WHAT EXPERTS HAVE SAID IS THE
CONTINUED NEED TO RESTRICT
SOCIAL MOVEMENT FLOWED TO SLOW
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND THE
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES
AND DEATHS IN THE U.S.
>> IF IT WERE UP TO THE DOCTORS,
THEY SAY LET’S KEEP IT SHUT
DOWN.
DOWN. LET’S SHUT DOWN THE ENTIRE
WORLD.
WORLD. >> OVERNIGHT BACKLASH AFTER THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
SUGGESTED SOME SENIORS ARE
WILLING TO DIE TO GET THE
ECONOMY MOVING AGAIN.
>> THOSE OF US WHO ARE 70 PLUS
WE’LL TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES BUT
DON’T SACRIFICE THE COUNTRY
PURCHASE THE EPICENTER IN NEW
YORK, WHICH HAS SEEN A SURGE OF
NEW CASES, SOCIAL DISTANCING IS
STILL IN ORDER.
>> THIS IS THE GROUP THAT NEEDS
TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND
SELF-ISOLATE AT THIS TIME.
>> DR. DEBORAH BIRX, A MEMBER OF
THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE
REINFORCED HER DECISION TO STAY
HOME WHEN SHE WAS SICK.
>> SATURDAY I HAD A LITTLE LOW
GRADE FEVER, SO I GOT A TEST
SATURDAY NIGHT AND I’M NEGATIVE.
I STAYED HOME ANOTHER DAY --
>> AS THE WHITE HOUSE IS FOCUSED
ON FLATTENING THE CORONAVIRUS
CURVE, ON CAPITOL HILL AN
INTENSE BACK AND FORTH OVER
RELIEF FUNDING.
RELIEF FUNDING. >> THEY OUGHT TO BE EMBARRASSED.
THIS IS NOT A USESY OPPORTUNITY.
>> WE DEMOCRATS ARE TRYING TO
GET THINGS DONE, NOT MAKING
PARTISAN SPEECH AFTER PARTISAN
SPEECH.
SPEECH. >> MEANWHILE WITH HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS FACING CRITICAL
SHORTAGES, THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT SAID THEY WILL
PROSECUTE PEOPLE WHO HORDE
ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN AN EFFORT
TO PRICE GOUGE.
ONE DEVELOPMENT, AN ARIZONA MAN
DIED AFTER HE TOOK CHLOROQUINE
PHOSPHATE BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IT
WOULD PROTECT HIM FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. YOU MAY RECALL THE PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TALKING TOUT
CHLOROQUINE, IN TABLET FORM, HE
BELIEVES MAY HELP PEOPLE
STRUGGLING WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
WE TALKED TO THIS MAN’S WYCHE,
WHO IS NOW ALSO IN THE ICU ABOUT
WHY AND WHERE HE TOOK IT.
>> DID YOU SEE THE PRESIDENT’S
PRESS CONFERENCE?
PRESS CONFERENCE? >> YEAH, WE SAW HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE.
CONFERENCE. IT WAS ON A LOT.
>> AND THEN WHAT, DID YOU SEEK
OUT CHLOROQUINE?
OUT CHLOROQUINE? >> I HAD IT IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE
I USED TO HAVE COY FISH.
>> Reporter: SO THIS PARTICULAR
FORM OF IT THAT HE TOOK WAS USED
TO KILL PARASITES IN FISH,
APPARENTLY.
APPARENTLY. AS YOU KNOW, THE FDA IS LOOKING
AT WHETHER CHLOROQUINE COULD BE
USED -- IT’S A MALARIA DRUG --
COULD BE USED WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS BUT NOT IN THE RAW
FORM THAT YOU WOULD USE TO KILL
FISH PARASITES.
FISH PARASITES. SAVANNAH, BACK TO YOU.
>> AN AWFUL STORY.
THIS TIME TOMORROW, MORE THAN
40% OF THE COUNTRY WILL BE UNDER
STAY AT HOME ORDER.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT’S
CRITICAL TO PREVENT FURTHER
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
ARE PEOPLE HEEDING THE WARNING.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER WITH MORE ON
THAT STORY.
THAT STORY. MIGUEL, GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
>> SAVANNAH, GOOD MORNING.
HERE IN CALIFORNIA, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS PEOPLE NEED TO BETTER
SELF-REGULATE SOCIAL DISTANCING
BUT MANY PEOPLE POUR NOT IN
COMPLIANCE
COMPLIANCE COMPLIANCE.
COMPLIANCE. MANY STATES ARE THREATENING JAIL
TIME.
TIME. >> WHILE MANY OF THE CONGESTED
HIGHWAYS AND BUSY STREETS HAVE
GONE GHOSTLY EMPTY.
BEACHES, BASKETBALL COURTS,
CANCELED FESTIVALS IN FARMERS
MARKETS DREW MASSIVE CROWDS
DESPITE THE NATIONAL CALL FOR
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. AFTER SCENES LIKE THESE IN
CALIFORNIA, OVERNIGHT L.A.
COUNTY PARK TRAILS WERE CLOSED.
PARKING LOTS AT BEACHES WERE
SHUTTERED AND MANY RECREATIONAL
PLAYGROUNDS WERE LOCKED DOWN.
>> THE YOUNG AND HEALTHY HAVE A
UNIQUE OBLIGATION TO SENIORS TO
KEEP THEM SAFE.
YOU CAN’T DO THAT AT A PICKUP
BASKETBALL GAME.
BASKETBALL GAME. >> WITH NO FEDERAL MANDATE ON
PUBLIC GATHERINGS, INDIVIDUAL
STATES, COUNTIES, AND CITIES ARE
HANDLING RESTRICTIONS
HANDLING RESTRICTIONS DIFFERENTLY, LEAVING SOME SIMPLY
IGNORING ORDERS TO STAY AWAY
FROM CROWDS.
FROM CROWDS. >> THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY
VIRUSES I’VE SEEN THROUGHOUT MY
LIFETIME.
LIFETIME. >> AS STATES TRY TO SIMPLIFY
THEIR MESSAGE, WELL OVER A
DOZEN, WITH MORE LIKELY TO JOIN
TODAY, HAVE TOLD HALF THE
NATION’S POPULATION TO STAY AT
HOME.
HOME. >> DON’T LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS
SOMEONE’S LIFE DEPENDS ON YOUR
LEAVING.
LEAVING. >> THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE OR
SOLITARY EXERCISE IS PERMITTED.
BUT IN OREGON, WHERE THOUSANDS
FLOODED BEACHES, FAILURE TO
COMPLY COULD NOW RESULT IN UP TO
30 DAYS IN JAIL, A FINE OF UP TO
$1250, OR BOTH.
ACROSS THE NATION IN FLORIDA,
THE GOVERNOR IS REFUSING TO
INSTITUTE A STAY AT HOME ORDER
BUT HE IS DISCOURAGING VISITORS
COMING FROM NEW YORK.
A NEW MANDATE REQUIRES THOSE
ARRIVES ON A FLIGHT FROM NEW
YORK’S TRI-STATE AREA TO
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS.
THIS MORNING A NATION CONNECTED
BY A GROWING CALL TO PUSH US ALL
APART.
APART. >> SOCIAL DISTANCING IS
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY
IN BUSY METRO AREAS LIKE THE NEW
YORK AREA, WHERE THE ATTACK RATE
IS SAID TO BE FIVE TIMES HIGHER
THAN OTHER AREAS.
WHILE THERE ARE NO MANDATES
REGARDING SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID ALL
AMERICANS NEED TO KEEP AT LEAST
6 FEET AWAY FROM EACH OTHER NO
MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.
SAVANNAH.
SAVANNAH. >> ALL RIGHT.
MIGUEL ALMAGUER, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
MUCH. WE’RE JOINED NOW BY DR. DEBRA
BIRKS.
BIRKS. THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS
COORDINATOR.
COORDINATOR. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS PRESS
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY.
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY. YOU WERE RIGHT THERE.
HE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT EASING
SOCIAL DISTANCING SOONER RATHER
THAN LATER.
THAN LATER. SAID WEEKS NOT MONTHS.
IS THAT ADVISABLE?
>> I THINK WE’RE LOOKING VERY
CLOSELY AROUND THE WORLD ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY ITALY RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE THEY ARE REACHING THEIR
TWO WEEKS OF CLEAR SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND LOOKING AT THE
IMPACT.
IMPACT. WE ARE SEEING THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS STARTING TO DECLINE.
SO WE’RE IN A SPACE WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE MADE GENERALIZED
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MANY DECADES
ON HOW TO CONFRONT AN EPIDEMIC.
NOW WE’RE CONFRONTING A REAL
EPIDEMIC AND WE HAVE TO BE
WILLING TO ADJUST OUR PLANS AS
WE SEE IMPACT.
>> DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE WEEKS
NOT MONTHS THAT SOCIAL
DISTANCING WILL BE REQUIRED?
>> I THINK THE QUESTION IS
REALLY CAN WE BE LASER FOCUSED
RATHER THAN GENERIC ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IN OTHER WORDS, CAN WE USE OUR
DATA IN A LASER FOCUSED,
GRANULAR WAY TO LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENING ON THE GROUND AND
ADJUST OUR HEALTH MESSAGES BASED
ON WHAT IS NEEDED BY THE NUMBER
OF CASES AND THE WORK THAT WE’RE
DOING WITH THE COMMUNITIES.
>> CAN YOU DO THAT?
IS IT REALLY FEASIBLE TO ISOLATE
THOSE HOT SPOTS AND PREVENT THE
VIRUS FROM SPREADING?
>> I THINK THAT IS THE QUESTION
THAT WE’RE ALL LOOKING AT VERY
CAREFULLY NOW.
CAREFULLY NOW. SO WE’RE COMING FROM MODELS.
AGAIN, WE’VE NEVER REALLY
CONFRONTED THIS TYPE OF EPIDEMIC
BEFORE THAT HIT DURING A FLU
SEASON TO REALLY DISSECT OUT
WHAT WAS FLU, WHAT WAS COVID,
AND UNDERSTAND WHO WAS AT RISK
AND HOW THEY WERE AT RISK.
SO WE’RE GETTING CRITICAL
INFORMATION FROM THE FRONT
LINES.
LINES. WE KNOW IN METRO AREAS AND ALL
THE AREAS THAT HAVE RISING
NUMBER OF CASES, LINES ARE
CLEAR, SENT OUT A WEEK AGO.
THIS IS MY PLEA TO EVERY
AMERICAN.
AMERICAN. PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE
PRESIDENTIAL GUIDE LINES.
>> ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT THE
PRESIDENT WILL LISTEN TO YOU, TO
DR. FAUCI, TO DR. ADAMS, THE
SURGEON GENERAL, IF YOU WERE TO
SAY, LOOK, WE KNOW IT IS A HARD
PILL TO SWALLOW, SO TO SPEAK FOR
THE ECONOMY, BUT TO SAVE LIVES
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE THIS
LOCKDOWN.
LOCKDOWN. ARE YOU CONFIDENT HE WOULD
LISTEN TO THAT ADVICE AND TAKE
THAT ADVICE?
THAT ADVICE? >> I AM CONFIDENT THE PRESIDENT
HAS LISTENED TO AND SEE THAT THE
PRESIDENT OVER THESE WEEKS HAS
BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED BOTH
ECONOMICALLY AND HEALTHWISE.
I THINK IT’S INCUMBENT ON EVERY
HEALTH OFFICIAL TO BE LOOKING AT
THEIR DATA IN A GRANULAR WAY,
WHO IS AT RISK, WHO IS AT RISK
OF HOSPITALIZATION, MORTALITY.
HOW DO WE STOP THE SPREAD AND
REALLY MOVE TO A 21st CENTURY
SUPER COMPUTING APPROACH MORE
THAN A GENERIC SLIDE RULE
APPROACH.
APPROACH. >> BUT IN THE MEANTIME, TIME IS
NOT ON OUR SIDE, AS WE ARE
LOOKING AT THAT DATA AND
CERTAINLY SUCH AN APPROACH WOULD
BE PREFERABLE.
BE PREFERABLE. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE
SOCIAL DISTANCING, RIGHT?
I HAVE SEEN ONE ESTIMATE THAT
SAYS IF YOU DON’T FLATTEN THE
CURVE, WE COULD HAVE 2 MILLION
DEATHS.
DEATHS. >> THIS IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THAT’S WHY THE PRESIDENT AND THE
VICE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY KEPT
COMING BACK TO WHAT WE NEED TO
BE DOING RIGHT NOW.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS DOING IS
LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE AND
LOOKING WHAT WE CAN DO IN THE
FUTURE.
FUTURE. NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE WHAT WE’RE
DOING NOW.
DOING NOW. PLEASE, HE’S MADE IT CLEAR AND
THE VICE PRESIDENT, CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING. ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS ABOUT
KNOWING WHERE YOUR HANDS ARE AND
WASHING YOUR HANDS.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS PHRASE
THAT’S BEEN SAID BY THE
PRESIDENT AND LOTS OF PEOPLE
THAT WE CAN’T HAVE THE CURE BE
WORSE THAN THE DISEASE, MEANING
YOU CAN’T HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND ECONOMIC LOCKDOWN, SHUTDOWN
OF AMERICA, BE WORSE THAN WHAT
TRANSPIRES WHEN YOU HAVE THE
VIRUS.
VIRUS. THERE’S A DOCTOR WRITING IN THE
"NEW YORK TIMES" OVER THE
WEEKEND, DR. DAVID KATZ, THE
PUBLIC HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF
THIS NEAR MELTDOWN OF NORMAL
LIFE WILL BE LONG LASTING AND
CALAMITOUS, POSSIBLY GRAVER THAN
THE DIRECT TOLL OF THE VIRUS
ITSELF.
ITSELF. THE STOCK MARKET WILL BOUNCE
BACK.
BACK. LIKELY RESULT WILL BE PUBLIC
HEALTH SCOURGES OF THE FIRST
ORDER.
ORDER. HE IS ARGUING THAT WHAT DOCTORS
SUCH AS YOURSELF ARE ADVISING
RIGHT NOW IS WORSE THAN THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
DO YOU AGREE?
>> I THINK WE’RE FACTORING ALL
OF THOSE ELEMENTS IN, AND I
THINK THERE IS -- THERE’S A FINE
LINE AND A PLACE TO GO THAT
BALANCES THE NEEDS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE BOTH TODAY AND
TOMORROW WITH THE REALITY OF THE
EPIDEMIC.
EPIDEMIC. THAT’S GOING TO REQUIRE REALLY
PRECISION, GRANULAR DATA AND
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE COLLECTING NOW
IN ORDER TO SEE THAT AND
UNDERSTAND THAT.
UNDERSTAND THAT. TO EVERYONE IN NEW YORK, YOU ARE
IN A VERY DIFFICULT PLACE.
IF ANY CITY SHOULD BE ADHERING
TO THE PRESIDENTIAL GUIDELINES,
YOUR GOVERNOR AND MAYOR, IT’S
NEW YORK AND THE NEW YORK METRO
AREA RIGHT NOW.
>> RIGHT NOW NEW YORK IS GETTING
POSITIVE RATES BACK AT A RATE
THREE TIMES THAN WHAT WE’RE
SEEING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
COUNTRY, CORRECT?
COUNTRY, CORRECT? >> THE REASON THIS IS IS BECAUSE
WE HAD A BACKLOG.
IT’S DIFFICULT AT THIS MOMENT TO
DETERMINE THE TEST POSITIVE DATA
BECAUSE WE’RE RUNNING TESTS --
WE GOT THE HIGH THROUGH PUT
EIGHT DAYS AGO.
THERE WAS A BACKLOG.
MANY OF THE POSITIVES YOU’RE
SEEING IN THIS SURGE ARE PEOPLE
WHOSE TEST CAME IN THREE OR FOUR
DAYS AGO.
DAYS AGO. WE’RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE
THROUGH THAT BACKLOG SOON.
>> DR. BIRX, BEFORE I LET YOU
GO, THE SURGEON GENERAL WAS ON
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. HE SAID VERY BLUNT AND SAID HE
WANTED TO TELL AMERICANS IT’S
GOING TO GET BAD THIS WEEK.
DO YOU AGREE?
IN WHAT WAY?
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT?
>> THE CASES YOU’RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW HOSPITALIZED, AND THIS IS A
VERY IMPORTANT POINT FOR THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC, WHAT WE’RE
SEEING IN HOSPITALS NOW ARE
PEOPLE WHO MOST LIKELY GOT
EXPOSED AND SICK MORE THAN TWO
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. SO YOU’RE SEEING WHAT’S
OCCURRING TWO AND THREE WEEKS
AGO.
AGO. THE THINGS WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE
OVER THE LAST EIGHT DAYS AND
WHAT THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR HAS
DONE OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS,
YOU WON’T SEE THE IMPACT OF THAT
FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER SEVEN OR
FOURTEEN DAYS.
FOURTEEN DAYS. THAT’S WHY YOU CAN’T ALWAYS JUST
LOOK AT THE HOSPITAL RATES TO
DETERMINE WHETHER YOU’RE HAVING
AN IMPACT EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, DR. DEBORAH BIRX,
IT’S A BUSY MORNING.
I’M GLAD YOU’RE FEELING BETTER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
>> HODA, OVER TO YOU.
>> SAVANNAH, THANK YOU.
SPAIN HAS BEEN HIT ESPECIALLY
HARD BY THE CORONAVIRUS
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. RESIDENTS THERE ARE UNDER THESE
VERY STRICT STAY AT HOME ORDERS.
SO A GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS
DOING ITS PART TO LIFT THE
SPIRITS OF EVERYONE WHO WAS
STUCK INSIDE THEIR HOMES, TAKE A
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN A FEW
iOS ROLLED UP INTO A
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. ♪
♪ ♪
♪ >> COME ON.
HOW ABOUT THAT IMPROMPTU
PERFORMANCE.
PERFORMANCE. IT TURNED INTO A SING ALONG.
RESIDENTS JOINED IN FROM WINDOWS
AND BALCONIES.
AND BALCONIES. THE OFFICERS PROMISED THE STREET
SHOW WAS NOT A ONE-NIGHT ONLY
GIG.
GIG. THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO BE
SINGING THAT SONG UNTIL LIFE
RETURNS TO NORMAL.
IMAGINE POLICE CARS COMING UP
WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS AND THEN
BREAKING INTO MUSIC.
SPEAKING OF UPLIFTING, LET’S GO
TO MR. ROKER WITH A CHECK OF THE
WEATHER.
WEATHER. HEY, AL.
HEY, AL. >> HEY, HODA.
THAT’S KIND OF LIKE A S.W.A.T.
TEAM SINGING WITH A TENOR.
I LIKE IT.
VERY NICE.
VERY NICE. I KNOW, BAD DAD JOKE.
I’VE BEEN COOPED UP.
SEVERE WEATHER, MIDSECTIONS OF
THE COUNTRY, SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA, THIS IS ALL PUSHING TO
THE EAST.
THE EAST. WE’VE ALSO GOT AN AREA FOR SIX
STATES.
STATES. WE’RE LOOKING AT SEVERE WEATHER
FOR 8 MILLION PEOPLE FROM
MISSOURI ON INTO ARKANSAS, PARTS
OF TENNESSEE, INTO GEORGIA WHERE
WE COULD SEE SOME TORNADOES.
HEAVY RAIN FROM MISSOURI TO
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA. GUSTY STORMS INTO THE TENNESSEE
RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING.
TOMORROW THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH
THIS CURRENT STORM TRACK SHOULD
STAY SOUTH OF NEW YORK WITH
LIGHT, WET SNOW WITH THE
APPALACHIANS.
APPALACHIANS. BUT IF THAT STORM MOVES A LITTLE
TO THE NORTH, WE COULD BE
LOOKING AT HEAVIER RAIN AND
STORMS IN THE NORTHEAST.
LOCALLY, TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY,
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY, COULD
BE UPWARDS OF 4" OF RAIN.
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, NICER
DAY IN THE NORTHEAST.