This is something we have not seen in modern times.

Life in this country, really changing in unimaginable ways, very likely for several weeks, if not months, to come tonight.

The number of cases of the Corona virus has now soared past 17,000.

1/3 of those cases here in New York City at least 200 dead again, they think this is much higher than number of cases in this country.

Of course, the testing still catching up and will likely reflect that number tonight.

President Trump saying Quote.

We will win this war, confirming, he has invoked that Korean War era law that allows the president to ask manufacturers to produce needed medical supplies.

But has he asked for those supplies to be made?

What he's saying tonight, the president is also asked about the potential for a nationwide locked down, and you'll hear what the president said about that the US tonight tightening the border, imposing new restrictions on non essential travel between the US and Mexico.

Of course, those restrictions already in place with Canada and states taking extraordinary action in this country first California's governor, ordering the state's 40 million people to stay home.

And we saw those images.

Highway's empty Today Tonight news that New York's governor has issued something very similar tightening workplace restrictions as well, now ordering non essential businesses too close and that public transportation only be used for an emergency.

The governor also calling ventilators what missiles were the World War two and what the health commissioner revealed in New York today.

The demand for testing tonight.

The National Guard, arriving before dawn to help set up one of New Jersey's first drive through testing sites, and within hours, police were turning people with turning family's away.

Tonight, right here, the new data about who is most at risk, the warning from the World Health Organization for younger people and the difference between men and women and what could be driving that will guide you through it all on a Friday night.

We're gonna begin here with a B.

C's chief national affairs correspondent, Tom Thomas, tonight, a new phase in the war on the Corona virus, and it starts at home.

This is the most drastic action we can take.

The governor of New York joining California Issuing new mandates beginning Sunday, all non essential workers ordered to stay home, even limiting New Yorkers from using public transportation unless it's urgent and absolutely necessary.

Nonstop.

New YORK Quickly slowing down.

This is Grand Central normally, but take a look at today near rush hour, when Grand Central should be packed with people, it's nearly empty.

The goal of the ramped up measures is simple.

Stop the spread of the virus, with more than 8500 infected.

The case is in New York are the highest in the nation.

The governor says the high number do tome or testing, with 10,000 tests conducted in New York state alone overnight.

Governor Cuomo asking businesses to help with the shortage of crucial medical equipment, offering to pay a premium.

Ventilators are to this war What missiles were to World War two today.

President Trump calling this battle against the virus a war, announcing he's enacted the Korean War era Defense Production Act, asking American companies that can, including automakers, to now manufacture masks, gowns, gloves and ventilators.

So we're invoking it to use the powers of the federal government to help states get things that they need like the masks, Like the ventilators you name in the other companies that you've asked to start making these ventilators.

Thanks, man.

I will be.

But first I want to get the approval from the company because I don't want to be doing that.

I assumed they'd like it, cos I didn't speak to them about announcing it, but I'll announce that I'm sure they wouldn't be.

But we have others.

Also, health officials here in this country alarmed at some of the figures coming in from around the globe, especially Italy from Italy.

We're seeing it there.

Another concerning trend that the mortality and mail seems to be twice in every age group of females tonight.

President Trump still insisting he is not considering implementing stay at home measures nationwide.

I don't think so, Uh, essentially have done that in California.

You've done that in New York.

There's a really too hot beds as it probably the two hottest of them all in terms of hot spots.

This morning, almost 40 million Californians waking up to a new normal.

We direct a statewide order for people to stay at home.

Residents allowed out for essential trips on Lee including the grocery store in the Pharmacy for Medicine.

Governor Newsome predicting If the virus is not contained, 56% of the state's population more than 25 million people will have the virus in the next eight weeks.

Already, you can see signs of the virtual lock down the famed Santa Monica Pier deserted, and tonight more states are joined the effort, like Nevada and Illinois.

I fully recognize that in some cases I am choosing between saving people's lives and saving people's livelihoods.

Now that California is on basically locked down.

Now we're really trying to limit our activities.

And tonight we're hearing from so many Americans across the country about how this crisis is affecting their families.

I am very nervous just feeling like, When is this all going to end?

How hard is it?

Right now?

It's extremely hard, and we're assuming it will get harder.

We're even debating.

Should we come out to the part where we feel guilty coming out of the park right now For one New Jersey family, the virus taking an unimaginable toll, four members of the tight knit Fusco family dine within days of each other, some still hospitalized the second we start to grieve about one.

The phone rings and there is another person gone taken from us forever.

Just incredible what that family in New Jersey has gone through.

And luckily, that's been a rare case, and I know there are prayers coming in from all over the country for them were with Tom Llamas.

Now he's live in New York and Tom after the restrictions in California.

We know the restrictions here in New York officially take effect Sunday evening, and the health commissioner Now it's something else today that got our attention that they have already begun to use their crucial stockpile.

And we're still early in this fight.

Yeah, David, that's right, the health commissioner here in the state of New York, Howard Zucker, said.

They've already dipped into that supply.

They're gonna hand out all those medical supplies to hospitals across the state, and he hopes to resupply them.

And David.

Just before we came on the air, a grim headlines for anybody that lives here in New York City.

Mayor de Blasio, saying New York City is now the epicenter of the Corona virus crisis in the United States of America.

1/3 of all Corona virus cases are right here in New York City.

David Tom Llamas Tonight Tom will see you here this weekend.

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