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This, too, is proving to be a very busy one tonight.

The death toll mounting in the US now at least 100 dead as the number of cases of Corona virus tops 5800.

And, of course, authorities do believe that number is likely far higher, given the testing in this country behind and tonight, as so many families wonder where the next paycheck is coming from.

The White House now hoping to send families in this country a check tonight, President Trump proposing a massive relief plan promising to quote Go big against the invisible enemy with a trillion dollar aid package for the airlines businesses.

And there is where the administration wants to send those checks to American families.

The amount unclear tonight, but we'll break it down.

And this evening, images of a country under stress empty streets in San Francisco after a shelter in place order kicked in there and in New York City tonight, an empty Times square, the city seeing the most cases in the country and the mayor tonight with an ominous warning of a possible citywide quarantine.

Jenn Aston tonight on what they're seeing inside the E.

The military now stepping in the Pentagon, offering five million respirator masks and other medical equipment in short supply.

The Navy now readying to hospital ships for possible deployment to U S Cities.

And tonight that news on N B A star Kevin Durant, who has now passed, tested positive with several other players.

We will carefully get through it all again tonight here, and we begin with a B C's.

With Johnson on the worsening scene in New York and across this country tonight, the nation's largest city bracing for more drastic measures New York's mayor, now warning residents to prepare for a possible order to shelter in place is even though a decision has not yet been made by the city or by the state.

I think New Yorkers should be prepared right now for the possibility of a shelter in place, order the mayor, conceding that would pose tremendously substantial challenges in a city of more than eight million people.

I believe that decision should be made in the next 48 hours, and it's a very, very difficult decision.

I want to emphasize that New York state now with the most infections in the country, more than 1300 cases of Cove in 19.

And just today, the Brooklyn Nets announcing four players have tested positive, including mega star Kevin Durant.

The team says only one player is showing symptoms.

Governor Cuomo urging President Trump to take action and deploy the Army Corps of Engineers to help construct temporary hospitals, citing the impending shortage of hospital beds.

I know what the Army Corps of Engineers can do.

They have a capacity that we simply do not have, I said to the president, who is in New Yorker.

I want your help today, President Trump promising the work with the governor.

We're dealing with the Army Corps of Engineers.

We have them working in some cases on standby.

In other cases, and the navy is readying to hospital ships were possible deployment to both coasts to assist with patients who don't have the virus freeing up valuable hospital beds.

At least 22 states activating the National Guard, the San Francisco Bay Area, heading into another night under that shelter in place order.

Whatever we need to do to stay alive, then that's what we need to do.

Peggy Ivy among the nearly seven million people told to stay home for atleast the next three weeks except to buy food medicine and to exercise the most drastic steps so far nationwide.

My major concern is, am I gonna live through this?

And health care workers on the front lines sounding the alarm, saying They're running out of supplies.

It's mainly mask I shields and 95 respirators, gloves, gowns, face shields, goggles, all the things that you need, um, to take care of these folks obviously makes a situation where we are in desperate need of these and where we actually have to lock them up.

All these things are disappearing from hospitals.

The White House asking construction companies to donate their industrial mask toe local hospitals and the Pentagon making over five million mass available immediately, along with 2000 ventilators manufacturers of those vital breathing machines, now ramping up production to meet a surge in demand, and the American Red Cross now says it's facing a severe blood shortage as blood drives across the country are canceled with the virus spreading.

Shortage is also hurting millions of Americans at the grocery stores lines.

Shelves are empty, so it's kind of scary.

A growing number of stores like Stop and Shop, Dollar General and Food Town setting aside early hours for seniors, so many now ordering household essentials online.

Amazon announcing it will hire 100,000 warehouse and delivery workers hoping to jump start the supply chain.

But major grocers like Target, Kroger and Publix are warning shoppers they could see limits on what they can buy.

With Johnson back with us tonight and with the nation's top infectious disease, doctor Anthony Fauci was asked the White House today, When will you know?

In this country these new guidelines are actually working to slow down a Corona virus here in the U.

David, Dr Fauci says it could be difficult to track because you could still see a dramatic increase in the number of cases in this country.

While these extreme measures are beginning toe work behind the scenes, he added that it could still be several weeks, maybe longer, before we know if these tough new restrictions are having an impact.

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