i'm marcus. >> hi. hi, marcus, gerri. >> gerri, nice to meet you. [horn honks] this is the whole kitchen? >> this is the entire kitchen. >> this kitchen is tiny. i'm shocked by the size of this kitchen and the lack of equipment in there. i don't know how she even cooks anything, let alone contribute to the $500,000 coming out of her department. be nice if you had more space. >> it would be great to have more space. that's the biggest problem we have. when we're plating at night and a full bar of 75 people, it's really hard. it's tight. [car alarm chirps] >> just hearing from some of the other team members about the place, i think the biggest thing is there is no leader. >> no. >> no? when i was called to come here, i think they assumed that i would just come in and just write a check. >> yeah. [laughs] >> and the reality of it is, is that i am not convinced yet. >> are you the grim reaper, or--[laughs] >> me? >> yeah. >> sometimes. i don't really know where the leadership is. i don't know who the owners really are. >> if there's changes to be made a

tom: hey, marcus. tom etheridge. nice to meet you. lemonis: how are you? tom: good. lemonis: this is the headquarters for worldwide trailer? nancy: yep. tom: this is the headquarters. lemonis: how much revenue will your company do? tom: we did $4 million last year. lemonis: and so how much of that actually fell to the bottom line? how much did you make? tom: maybe $400,000. amber: you have a lot more hair here. lemonis: no, i don't. not there i don't. no. amber: you do. lemonis: i don't. look at how much forehead -- amber: it's -- on the sides, it's -- lemonis: that's 'cause i wasn't trimming it tighter. tom: we've built mortuary trailers, casket trailers. we're pretty good at what we do, marcus. we've been doing it for a long time. lemonis: who's that? tom: that's kita. nancy: that's kita. tom: that's the shop dog. nancy: yeah. lemonis: whose dog is that? nancy: mine. tom: it's my dog. nancy: no, no. that's my dog. lemonis: your dog, his dog? nancy: no, it's mine. lemonis: oh. tom: it used to be my do

and i think that a lot of the questions that i have are similar to yours. >> marcus, marcus, i'm really sorry... but any number-talking--mm-mm. sharla needs to be here. >> she knew we were gonna do this, though. >> but she's texting me. >> she's saying, "i don't want any accounting discussed"? >> unless she's here. >> all we're talking about is the balance sheet. you want to call her and just tell her? >> you talk to her, 'cause i'm nobody, i mean-- >> except you're the lender. >> yeah. >> just so you know, you've put money in this business... >> oh, i know. >> and it says that the business has made money, except hundreds of thousands of dollars have disappeared... >> okay. >> and the lenders aren't getting paid back. all we're discussing-- >> i just think you just ought to--till she's here. >> uh-huh. sharla's mom said that sharla was very uncomfortable with me going through the financials, especially without her there. what's odd about that is 20 minutes earlier, sharla told me it was okay. something smells very fishy right now. we stopped. >> thank you so much. i appreciate that. sha

mike: the whole deal with marcus. and i got fed up there because every time i'd come in and it would be, "well, if we didn't have to do this because of marcus, then blah, blah, blah." paul: ultimately, i was in favor, and i signed through it and went through it. lemonis: just to be clear, mike has a well-documented history of blaming others, including paul, for everything that goes wrong here. mike: some of the areas that paul was in, he is not good at. that said... lemonis: why are you blaming everybody else? mike: i'm not blaming everybody else. i said... lemonis: well, you said paul should have done this. what about you? and so as he's telling me things, i'm taking it all with a grain of salt. the two of you, your relationship is no longer? you guys have no relationship anymore? paul: not really. no. lemonis: how come, paul? paul: all the tension and stress of locations and closing, and that all fell apart. lemonis: it didn't fall apart on my end. my money got spent. i haven't gotten one license fee of any kind, no

trevor: hey, marcus! lemonis: one of the things that i thought we could talk about is what the plan and the process are gonna be. we're gonna rebuild a brand using social media, using packaging, using product development. my biggest concern is, i don't know what your story is today. we probably need to go back and make a brand-new generation-one watch. and it needs to be something different and proprietary that nobody else can get to. we're no longer gonna downplay the fact that this company has a mission. in fact, we're gonna amp it up. we're gonna get back to the 10 colors and the 10 charities, and then we're gonna add some things that make it even more unique. all right. let's go to work, guys. trevor: beautiful. ♪ karlo: hello, guys. welcome to shiekh. lemonis: how are you?! karlo: how you doing? lemonis: i'm marcus. karlo: my name is karlo. nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: are you the manager here? karlo: yes, sir. i'm the store manager. lemonis: one of the things that the guys need to think abou

bobbitt he's a political analyst and editor in a semi internet media project and in london we cross to marcus papadopoulos he is editor of politics 1st magazine our german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was a preacher let me go to marcus 1st in london as this pandemic continues and there is no end in sight different countries are experiencing different levels of this pandemic and there's been pointed out by the media and by people around the world what actions work and what don't work but there's a much broader discussion that needs to be taken in that it's the nature of globalization and how globalization has allowed a pandemic like this to spread become a pandemic itself here and when i say globalization i'm talking about the nature of trade borders the very nature of the nation state and even talking about sovereignty again which is for bowden on both sides of the spectrum but it's something that has to be talked about because at the end of the day the nation state is required to take care of its own citizens your reflection there go ahead marc

lemonis: i'm marcus. karlo: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: are you the manager here? karlo: i'm the store manager. lemonis: how has flex watches done with your store? karlo: they did very well. good price point. we had the other, different design. it wasn't these. it was a different rubber-style watch. lemonis: generation one. and you still carry those today? karlo: that style, no. lemonis: what happened to the old style? travis: there was a corporate office and they requested that we had a more expensive price point 'cause it was just not worth his time to sell the watch. lemonis: so you did $1 million with the watches and then, all of a sudden, you're like, "that's too much." travis: essentially. lemonis: brad, were you consulted in that process? brad: yeah. i was. if it's not broke, don't fix it. lemonis: what do you think this company, the corporate office, would say if there was a display that was built on our dime just for them that was really beautiful and it told the story? trevor: i think they'd be onboard. lemonis: do you know what a silent salesperson is? t

michael: marcus, please... lemonis: listen, i wish you a ton of luck. ♪ angela: if he wants to be bought out, i'm okay with that, you know? maybe it will be better for michael. miguel: i wasn't expecting this, so right now, i'm kind of shocked a little bit. lemonis: for exclusives, extras, and business advice, visit theprofit.cnbc.com. hello, i saw you move in, and i wanted to welcome you to the neighborhood with some homemade biscuits! >>oh, that's so nice! and a little tip, geico could help you save on homeowners insurance. >>hmm! >>cookies! uhh, biscuits. >>mmmm, is there a little nutmeg in there? oh it's my mum's secret recipe. >>you can tell me. it's a secret. >>is it cinnamon? it's my mum's secret recipe. call geico and see how easy saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. i'll come back for the plate. we'the conference room.ore. saving on homeowners and condo insurance can be. the speaker phone. the missing files. not in the room? then you're not in the know. well, this has been nice, but can w

marcus, thank you so much. marcus ashworth joining us. late today this conversation, larry kudlow, financial counsel economic director, that conversation with jon ferro at 9:45 a.m. it is always a fascinating conversation. this is bloomberg. ♪ "surveillance," guy johnson in for francine. ,eterioration of the market -285 and futures, -650. that jumpstatistics out on the page in a historic week. week in "the this telegraph," capital economics boutle onbrutal -- china gdp. we are thrilled he could join us. your statistic on the collapse of china gdp is stunning. does that signal global recession? roger: not necessarily, because of course although china is a very big economy, second largest in the world, the rest of the world economy matters more. for us in europe, if the united states holds up and the rest of the world holds up even if china is in a bad way, that does not necessarily mean recession, but the way things are going it does not look as if the rest of the world is going to hold up. tom: one of the things that is so important as

i'm marcus. man: marcus. pleasure to meet you, sir. lemonis: so, are you guys getting into the lifestyle? jeannie: yeah. man: yeah, yeah. lemonis: are you -- do you have a home today or an rv today? man: we actually own our own home, but we plan on spending the rest of our useful life traveling in the van. lemonis: and will you sell your home? man: no. jeannie: uh, no. lemonis: so, how did you find this company? man: man, we called everybody. jeannie: we did. the internet, yeah. man: yeah. lemonis: what will it cost you to do the conversion? man: a little better than $40,000. lemonis: and what did the van cost you? man: $37,000. lemonis: so you're gonna have a big chunk of change in it. jeannie: yeah. lemonis: why did you not go with a traditional rv? man: we couldn't find anything that was suitable for jeannie. [ laughter ] jeannie: i just didn't want this bulging motor home where you can't even move. a little freedom. and lower gas and... lemonis: well, nice meeting you guys. jeannie: nice meeting you. lemonis: thank you. for $77,000

tad: thank you, marcus. lemonis: look, i've told the team that they need to to upgrade their game when it comes to presentation -- the tables, the signage. and tomorrow's going to be our first test. what is tomorrow's event? tad: barbecue at a chevy dealership. lemonis: so i brought everyone to an auto-parts store simply to get inspiration and some props. tad: i'm just thinking of something for the front. lemonis: see, like, look. tad: yes, yes, yes, yes. i love it. for the signs, let's get a few of these. man #5: yup. tad: i'm gonna get like four of these, because we've got a few salads. man #5: real quick, so how many of these do you want? tad: maybe six. man #5: yeah. lemonis: for me, catering is nothing more than putting on a show. it's theater. and the more memorable we are, the more business we're going to attract. tad: okay. lemonis: all right. tad: let's head back to the shop. tad: okay, bye. lemonis: all right, guys. yeah, let's go. tad: i think we got some good stuff. ♪ tad: mikey, give us as muc

i'm marcus washington. >>> a disturbing number coming out today. u.s. deaths have now increased to more than 3,000. that's more americans killed by coronavirus than in the 9/11 terror attacks. here in the bay area coronavirus cases now top iping 848 in sant clara county. 55 people have died so far in the bay area. because our cases keep going up, it's expected that the leaders will today extend the stay-at-home order. nbc bay area's sharon katsuda is watching officials as they hold meetings right now. she joins us live. sharon, any action so far? >> reporter: well, marcus, mayor london breed made the announcement yesterday that the shelter in place will be extended through may 1st. now, several county boards of supervisors are taking on the issue this morning. they're doing virtual meetings. i've been watching this meeting with the contra costa county board of supervisors and public comments sent in earlier are now going into the second hour of the meeting. so many pleas for help, residents describing how t

greg: thank you, marcus. lemonis: this is just the beginning for an amazing future for lyles, and i'm happy just to be a part of it. all right, guys, we'll see you soon. jennifer: thanks. greg: safe travels. ♪ jennifer: [ laughs ] greg: that is so cool, son. i'm so proud of you. ♪ trevor:: we're flex watches.fit"... we make watches that give back. lemonis: at an l.a. watch business with a powerful mission... travis: each color represented a different charity. lemonis: ...the owners have lost their way, and now they're losing time. how much longer could you keep the business open? travis: another few months. [ sighs ] lemonis: their branding is unfocused. this is a total mess. there's no signage. there's no point-of-purchase material. there's nothing. their process is rushed. feels like a high-school art project. and a painful tragedy has them questioning their purpose. travis: you're allowed to talk about the fact that we did charity and -- trevor: that is not our direction. travis: let's be honest. trevo

the media's presentation of it just from what we just heard from alex and when we heard from marcus in the 1st part of the program here they're doing a huge disservice to the public because they're they have weapon dies this issue in a way that is to their own benefit that serves their own ideological interests and it's not addressing the real problem but one of the real problems is here is the patchwork of american medicine ok there is no national medicine and in it's basically individual corporations so no wonder it's very difficult for this administration because they have to talk not to officials in the administration but officials in the administration that are talking to the corporate world they're not all on the same page and they all in the corporate world will never move away from their bottom line that's one of the difficulties alex brought up the lack of testing that's that's from a corporate point of view go ahead well again just a few facts weeks before they spend them extend that. asked for $740000000000.00 for what you know we read the newspapers the primary targets are

the day the nation state is required to take care of its own citizens your reflection there go ahead marcus. indeed that's one of the consequences of the emergence of the coronavirus as beings who shine a light on the dangers olf globalization and that is something a cool spots a western media can simply american major and british major is not going to discuss because globalization is a very they are so nominal and at the same time the coronavirus as demonstrates it the importance of borders of security all nation states and incidentally in britain and america the worst. along with the worst coach are and religion are regarded as dirty words which is not just idiocy but it is absolutely laughable now with a coronavirus results in the downfall of globalization in the downfall of the new world order which is being in existence since the end of the soviet union and the soviet communism i believe not why firstly because a shim in because there is an assumption that the ordinary man or woman in the west principally britain and america has made the connection between the emergence olf and the spr

i'm marcus. stevie: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: you're steven also? stevie: yeah, it's a terrible story really. steve: i'm steve. he's steven. he's esteban. lemonis: okay. so, three generations right here. generational businesses often struggle. we know that second generational business fail at about a 60% rate, and we know that it's even worse for third generational businesses that fail at almost 90%. how is it working for your dad? stevie: it's great and stressful. amber: so, multi-generational businesses don't ever last? lemonis: usually, what happens is, when the founder starts a business, they have a reason for starting the business, and it's more than just financial. they are trying to solve a problem. there's some interest that they have in it. and i think that there's this misnomer that multi-generational businesses fail because the kids or the grandkids are bad, or they're not smart, but the reality of it is that, they don't necessarily do well because they're just not interested in it. amber: are you guys interested in it, or do you feel lik

marcus. >> right. thank you, bob. we are also going to take your questions about the coronavirus to experts adopted with stanford health care and this is first on today in the bay, that doctor is reiterating that the elderly and the people with chronic illnesses are the most vulnerable when it is coming to the potential or the deadly infections, and also, if you feel like you are getting sick, pay attention. >> we all need to pay attention if we are having cough, fever, shortness of breath, but especially those in the higher risk groups need to try to get testing and treatment soon if they do experience more severe symptoms of respiratory illness. >> now, if you have questions about the coronavirus, you can send them to us on social media, and you can also find your full coverage on nbcbayarea.com, and click on the coronavirus tab from our home page. >> let's turn to the microclimate forecast and live look at freemont. nice and sunny for us, and more warm weather in and meteorologist kari hall is tracking the temperat

. >> and i'm marcus washington. developing in the pandemic, not only changing by the hour, but also having more and more impact on everyday life. >> right here things will look a little different from here on out on "today in the bay," but we're certainly here for you. we're just practicing a little social distancing here. i'm in the studio. >> elbow bump. >> i have to go this way. oh, wait! we're going to work on that, won't we? >> we will. >> but we're certainly here for you bringing you all the latest news. in fact, the number of confirmed bay area cases is growing. there are updated numbers by county. santa clara county has the most by far with more than 100. alameda county jumped to 15 cases and gilroy's mayor announced overnight one person there has died from the virus. we're still not sure if this is one of the two previous deaths announced in santa clara county but we're working to confirm that for you. >> governor gavin newsom is encouraging seniors to stay home and for all bars, wineries, nightclubs and br

steve: marcus, i wanted to introduce you to lee. lee: hi, marcus. lemonis: hi, lee, how are you, sir? what do you do here, lee? lee: c.o.o. lemonis: okay. steve: lee is brand-new. he's been with us a week and a half. lemonis: and so how does the reporting structure work here? austin: so we have employee. lemonis: yup, one. austin: we have leads. lemonis: two. austin: we have the foreman. lemonis: three. austin: you have the production manager. lemonis: four. austin: then i have steven slosher, who's the gm. lemonis: five. austin: then that's his boss. lemonis: six. austin: who's his boss. lemonis: seven. austin: yeah. lemonis: so seven layers between you and the people that make the magic happen. steve: correct. lemonis: does that seem like a lot to you? steve: yes, it does. lemonis: how about to you? lee: no, it doesn't. the only redundancy that we might have is austin because... lemonis: meaning... lee: ...you have a general manager, foreman. the foreman is over the two leads. lemonis: pause. did you catch what he said? john: "the only redundancy

i'm marcus. >> hi, marcus. my name is raul. nice to meet you. >> raul, nice to meet you. >> veronica. >> both: nice to meet you. >> are there ever days when you come in here and you wonder, "can the business make it in this tough economy?" >> yeah, that's been in the back of my mind. i know it can grow, but will it grow? >> so tell me about your process. >> come get the bottles. okay. >> so we got a blank bottle. >> then we take it to label it. these labels are probably too big. the roll is too long, so it will not fit on that machine here. >> what are you, rigging the thing? >> yeah, because the roll is too big. >> not only do you not have the automated machine, this machine doesn't even work for what you have. >> right. >> how long does this normally take? >> on a good day, we can probably get maybe 1,200 bottles. >> this is just a bull[bleep] process. >> very long, very tedious. >> now let's see over here. what happens over here? >> this is the filler machine. >> you have one. >> one. >> wow. these machines are small and jer

barb: thank you, marcus. ♪ lemonis: what's up? barb: hi, marcus. how are you? lemonis: is this your commercial setup? kurt: it is. lemonis: any time i go and invest in a business, i'm looking for the people, the process, and the product. i clearly love the people, and the product is amazing, but it's still unclear to me what the process is, so i wanted to visit their commercial kitchen to understand how they develop ideas and how they bring them to market. kurt: so because the oat milk market is really growing... lemonis: yeah. kurt: ...you know, there's some that we've worked with before. these guys are local, so they're willing to kind of work with us on, like, size. lemonis: califia is in california. kurt: they're here in l.a. lemonis: you got a hibiscus, a green, a coffee, and a thai. what's the next flavor? kurt: i have an ube latte kegged and ready to go. lemonis: that [bleep] is purple. kurt: yeah, so you see how that comes out. lemonis: feel like i'm drinking barney. [ laughter ] is there oat milk in here? kurt: that one is almond and coconut. that's wh

. >> i'm marcus washington. the shelter in place order started in the bay area. >> many people are finally getting that message to just stay home and limit your exposure to others. we're practicing social distancing at work as well, i'm in the studio, marcus is in the newsroom. >> this will be our new normal for at least the next couple of weeks. here's how to make sure you know the important facts of what's going on with the bay area. the latest for you this midday, president trump holding a news conference this morning, nbc bay area just aired that news conference. president trump wants to send checks to americans in the next two weeks in an effort to curb the economic disruption from the pandemic. it's not clear how much money americans would get and who would get it. the president is proposing $50 billion in loans for small businesses, part of the white house's roughly $850 billion emergency stimulus package to help taxpayers and businesses. the president is already answering critics who say that it's too mu

. >> and i'm marcus washington. developments in the coronavirus pandemic are changing by the hour and having an impact on all of our lives. >> exactly. obviously right here things are going to look different from here on out on "today in the bay." but, remember, we're here for you. we're practicing some social distancing, so marcus is in our newsroom, i'm in the studio. high-five to you, buddy. we're going to get through it together, won't we? >> absolutely>>> santa clara by far has the most cases with more than 100 people infected. alameda county jumped to 15 cases. gilroy's mayor announced overnight one person has died from the virus. we've learned two new patients have been diagnosed at travis air force base including an active duty airman and a dependent of a service member. >> governor gavin newsom is calling for all bars, wineries and nightclubs and brew clubs to close. the state will reduce current occupancy in restaurants by half. >> but first, a micro climate weather alert. a live look outside and of course

i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. developments in the coronavirus outbreak are changing by the hour. here in the crisis center with the latest on what you need to know this tuesday. first there are 86 confirm cases of coronavirus across the bay area. santa clara county still with the most cases at 43 people and the county is now confirming the first death in the bay area. and around the world the virus infected more than 113,000 people and more than 4,000 people have died. >> much more ahead with you for live team coverage. but first a live look outside for san francisco and san jose. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the forecast. it's starting out nice and cool. >> nice and cool. we are seeing rain getting close to the bay area but check out all the downpours happening around l.a. and san diego and we're seeing some of that moisture coming far enough north to possibly bring us a few sprinkles but it's still to the south of us now occurring around mon at that ray and approaching santa cruz. the potential of s

i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. as you can tell, we're in the new station, but we're practicing social distancing. i am on the news set and marcus is in the newsroom. >> a little different for you but it is still our mission to bring you information. a lot is happening midday. a news conference with the white house coronavirus team is expected to start in about an hour and a half, 12:30, we'll bring that to you live. >>> we've learned ten firefighters have tested positive for the coronavirus. 57 who have been exposed are being monitored. >> a live look at sfo this morning. americans are scrambling to return to the u.s. this is from europe. president trump is extending the travel ban to the uk and ireland to try to contain the spread of the virus. >> the number of confirmed bay area cases is growing. here are the updated numbers by county. within the past few hours ten new cases were confirmed in san mateo county bringing the total number there to 42. and now that includes one death. there are also three new cases in

i'm marcus washington. right now we're just learning san francisco is reporting its third coronavirus-related death and now the county is up to 279 cases. san francisco city officials are expected to give an update on how they are dealing with this pandemic in about half an hour. we'll bring that to you live as soon as it happens. >>> breaking news this midday out of washington, house lawmakers just passing that $2 trillion stimulus bill. here's video from inside the house. most americans will receive direct payments of $1,200. it also will provide billions for unemployment, businesses, and disaster relief. that bill unanimously passed in the senate earlier this week. >>> the dow is down right now about 629 points. >>> and the latest battle between the president and the states is over ventilators. scott ma grcgrew, the president asking why the hospitals need so many. >> reporter: that's right, and the reason, marcus, the hospitals need so many is they help you breathe, and if you don't have enough of them w

the situation right now in europe we want to bring in correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris and marcus finishes reporting in madrid for us if we have those 2 markets i want to ask you 47000000 people in spain they're ordered to stay inside now how do things look where you are . but it seems that it works at least here in madrid this is maybe because madrid is 4 days now the hotspot in spain. all over the country we have 2000 more infections within. 24 hours so people here are taking it seriously there are only a few people in the streets of what i've seen especially some remaining tourists lisa let's go to you now strict lockdown measures in france as well how are people responding in paris. well i've been talking to some people who told me that they understood the measures that they understood that the cases needed contaminated people had gone up but when you walk through the streets here in paris there are not deserted the local food shop for example there are lots of people there who are not keeping and distance and also their pictures of packed farmer's market here in paris it look

i am in the newsroom -- marcus is in the newsroom. i'm in the studio. marcus, tell us where scott is. >> scott is at home, but he's still working hard for us this morning. scott, you have a look at those stocks for us this morning. >> reporter: good morning. i wish i could give you better news. it looks like it is going to be rough as we continue this social distancing and that's having a real effect on the economy as everyone or many people stay at home like i am and try to do their jobs as best they can from their homes. you saw the fed cut interest rates to zero. they have other things to do but the idea is to get as much money in as possible. during a recession or some sort of catastrophe, getting money into the economy helps because then people go out and they spend because they can borrow so cheaply. nobody is going out so it's not clear what the fed will do. as we look at the futures, the wall street places on the open, they're looking for an opening of about 1,000 points, rather, to the negative. they had to stop offering the futures. they had t

guy: that is true over there, but not true over here, marcus, and europe -- marcus, in europe. marcus: in the u.k., we are about to see exactly what should be done with the muska were needed fiscal and monetary response. thus the previous bank of england governor pointed out today, fiscal is not a magic wand, and clearly monetary as an tither. requires more about small cash flow, sme companies making sure they don't go bankrupt. i have no idea how they expect to deliver that. the french government has said they want to do a massive stimulus plan. i can't see how the every with germany on this. some nice words coming out. it seems to be arriving in dribs and drabs. we need a coordinated g7 response, and we need it focused on short-term cash measures. guy: you got a small company that doesn't have the cash buffers necessary to deal with what it needs to do right now to make payroll, whatever it is. how are the banks going to treat these kind of companies right now? mike: look at bank of america. they were already underwriting customers as if it were already a recession. so the cr

taylor: i like the name marcus lemonis in it. juli: their main thing was they wanted marcus lemonis on it. lemonis: i don't want it just to take on my personality. i want it to take on your personality. taylor: and it will. yeah. lemonis: it doesn't seem centered on the glass. there you go. i also want taylor and parker to get started on our first line of revenue, and that's driving sales for the original five products. so i've tasked them to come up with a campaign for flex watches. what's the business objective? taylor: the business objective is to show that if you buy this watch, you'll be supporting -- how much is it? clean water? is it you're supporting a kid for a day or -- lemonis: in order for you to sell anybody's products, including your own, you got to know the dna of all of it. you're gonna put a watch in there. and, yeah, it's gonna be a cool visual, but you don't even know what you're telling people. taylor: yeah. i think it's 'cause i've always got by just kind of winging it on the fly. lemonis: did you do that as

>> reporter: hi there, marcus and laura. you may not find your dream job in this particular moment but if your goal is to keep your family afloat while you are out of work there are companies that are hiring temporary jobs but full time and permanent positions. i want to show you that it's probably no surprise at this point that your local grocery store, your pharmacies are very busy right nowne adding 50,000 across the country. some of those jobs temporary. if you already work for cvs the company says you will be getting bonuses and other benefits through this time. our grocery stores are also hiring including safeway, costco and walmart. walmart just announcing $550 million in cash bonuses to reward workers putting in extra hours during this time as well. dollar general is hiring. they are hiring their distribution center as well as their fleet. with so many of us ordering essentials online you won't be surprised to hear amazon is also hiring adding 100,000 full and part-time positioning paying employees $2 more per hour r

i'm marcus washington. i want to get you the latest on this special edition of nbc bay area news at mid-day. you know, more than 3.2 million americans filing for unemployment, that's breaking records and it's all because of the coronavirus shutdown taking a look at the big board for us this mid-day and the dow is up 926 points. it's a 3-minute gains to nearly 20%. >>> and the $2 trillion emergency plan to rescue the u.s. economy clears a major hurdle in the senate. the package now heads to the house. even if it quickly passes, it could be a few weeks before many americans see direct financial health in their bank accounts. nbc news' tom costello reports. >> reporter: this morning the largest economic rescue package in u.s. history is one step closer to delivering a desperately needed financial injection to both american workers and businesses devastated by the coronavirus crisis. >> on this vote, the yays are 96. the nays are 0. >> reporter: the senate unanimously passing its version of the bill overnight.

let's get the latest from spain joining me on the line correspondent marcus burnish he's reporting in madrid marcus so some 47000000 people essentially ordered to stay inside i mean how do things look where you are. i have to. help. 'd 'd 2 policemen in front of me and they're up to my eyes so i brought it out this is an example 'd of the slowdown hopefully i can be back within the next hour migrant story let's get you to a safe place there are a correspondent on marcus burnish and you can see how seriously countries like spain are taking these orders to essentially self isolate being escorted off the streets there by officials are those change gears now to germany authorities have not yet in posts the kind of streets nationwide measures seen in other european countries but authorities are urging people to take precautions to slow the spread of the virus shops have been busy as people stock up on essential that's leading to shortages of some items toilet paper detergent and vegetables many german states have now shut down schools and tourist attractions the capital berlin has ordered

i'm marcus washington and we have just learned that santa clara county has two more confirmed cases of coronavirus bringing the number to nine. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. right to the latest information. this is just in and nbc news is reporting that fema is reporting for the infectious disease declaration from president trump that would allow fema to allow disaster relief funding to state and local governments as well as federal assistance for response to the coronavirus. cases of the coronavirus have been reported in 61 countries and more than 8,700 people, 87,000 people worldwide have been infected. president trump spoke less than 2ho two hours ago. >> working hard with everybody in the cdc on a subject that is a becoming a very big subject. our country is doing well and the professionals are doing an incredible job. we will be working with other countries to help them. >> and president trump is meeting with the drug companies to work on finding a vaccine. in three hours vice president mike pence is going to hold a coronavirus briefing. it comes as the second death was

>> reporter: it really is, marcus. local authorities tell us this morning they are ready to respond to the federal government's decision to dock this ship right here at the port of oakland. the ship has been sitting off the coast for several days while the cdc tested those onboard, about 2 dozen people onboard, mostly crew members, tested positive. they will stay onboard and move on to a different location. the other 2,000 plus passengers who did not test positive will be transported to different location locations foreign travelers will be transported to oakland international airport and mayor libby schaaf and governor newsom say they've been advised by the federal government passengers will only be on the tarmac, never in public space at the airport. >> the vice president himself individually working. we had three conversations in the last 24 hours directly. >> reporter: the passengers who need medical help will come off first and a couple passengers who tested positive will be quarantined and treated at local hospit

back to you, marcus. >>> thanks, mike. this morning all eyes in the world and right here in the u.s. watching that cruise ship carrying people who tested positive for the coronavirus as it continues to circle outside the san francisco bay. in just hours that ship will head to the port of oakland. this is where we're tracking the ship now about ten miles off the coast. and here is a map showing where the ship is set to arrive. some of those passengers on "the grand princess" have coronavirus, and some of the 3,000 passengers will face two weeks quarantine once they make it back here to land. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda live where they're planning for that arrival. sharon? >> reporter: the port authorities and local officials say they are ready to respond to the government's decision to let the cruise ship dock here at the port of oakland. the ship has been sitting off the coast for several days while the cdc tested those onboard, about 2 dozen people onboard, mostly crew members, tested positive. they will stay onbo