this is an alabama developed and alabama prepared step we are taking today. >> dr. harris, can you address, as you said before, the testing situation? in particular, some of the disparities we have seen particularly in rural areas? what is the state's testing right now? >> the question is what is the state of the tests, especially in the black belt areas and the wire grass? >> yes. >> we believe we have continued to increase capacity quite a bit. our county health department teams are doing clinics in all of these counties. not every county every day, but they are traveling to do those in every county certain days of the week at least. we have been in discussions recently with our federally qualified help centers. you may be aware that nationally they were awarded bout $400 million last week by congress for covid activities, and much of that we feel can be used to work with testing and possibly with other activities as well, possibly contact tracing as well. they are located in most counties in the state where a lot of people go to get their health care, and they wi

announcer: from alabama, we go to new york. governor andrew cuomo is giving an update on his state's to the pandemic. we joined this in progress live on c-span. governor cuomo: government policies put in place, i can't even remember the last time. theven't even seen in history books that the government was more disruptive to individual life. no businesses, everybody stays home. no schools. what happens if new yorkers said we are not doing that? we are not doing that. it is too much. it is an

that is just here in alabama. superintendent mike hill in a few minutes will give an update on what this program looks like for alabama's small businesses. as i've stated several times, getting our economy up and running is not as simple as flipping a switch. there has been no shortage of good ideas sent to us. they are coming from all corners of the state. we heard from arsenal business commission. -- from our small business commission. tomorrow we will hear from our federal house delegation in washington. we also had numerous suggestions from legislators, mayors, and private citizens alike. dr. harris agrees every good idea needs to be considered. he and i will be working closely with our executive committee to get alabama's economy up and running again. my fellow alabamians, during these unprecedented times, you have truly given new meaning to the words "together alabama." it has been a challenging month. we have lost too many of our loved ones. our way of life has been turned upside down. but better days are a

works in alabama. we may have some ideas they have not thought of, and they may have some ideas we have not thought of. we will certainly work together and cooperate. we are doing what we believe to be in the best interest of alabamians to get back to work any reasonable, orderly manner. justter: dr. harris reiterated that covid-19 is a lot worse for people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and so forth. those tend to be bad in rural areas where there are a lot of poor people. has this pandemic and the circumstances caused you to more strongly consider expanding medicare and medicaid services? you previously said all options are on the table. are you changing because of what happened here. gov. ivey: we are concerned about the health of all her citizens, wherever they may live. at the same time, it would be irresponsible to think about expanding medicaid just for the sake of expanding medicaid, without having a complete and honest discussion about the source of stable funding to pay, etc. it i

works in alabama works in alabama. we may have some ideas they have not thought of, and they may have some ideas we have not thought of. we will certainly work together and cooperate. do what will be in the best interest of alabamians to get back to work any reasonable, orderly manner. has reiterated that covid-19 is a lot worse for people with pre-existing conditions like diabetes and so forth. those tend to be bad in rural areas. has this pandemic and the circumstances because due to to more strongly consider expanding medicaid? you previously said all options are on the table. are you changing because of what happened here? gov. ivey: we are concerned about the health of all her citizens, wherever they may live. at the same time, it would be irresponsible to think about expanding medicaid just for the sake of expanding medicaid, without having a complete and honest discussion about the source of stable funding to pay, etc.. it is an option. i'm aware the interest is there. there is a lot of exploring that has to be

as our only alabama-based correspondent and the head of your one-man bureau, what are your friends and family in alabama saying about the possibility that we're all going to go outside, have a false start and a second curve? >> i said on your show i think a few days ago, brian, that i was worried about local compliance. it's quite extraordinary given what we saw in detroit today that alabamians who tend to be pretty individualistic are on the whole really altering their lifestyles. and i think they're feeling lucky right now. i don't think the public awareness has gotten around to talking about the renewed curve. but i must say we're doing a better job than i expected both at the citizen level and at the

alabama does not want a problem-solving governor. so for her to step up today in the right way, i think, was a signal of the public concern really growing down here. >> howell raines, reporting tonight from what i can attest is one of the prettiest towns in the south and maybe the country, fairhope, alabama. it's always a pleasure having you on. let's try to talk regularly during this thing, however long it lasts. >>> and coming up for us, a ten-week plan to defeat this virus. our next guest has a strategy to crush the curve, but how much of it are we following right now? people don't want to talk about it. so i share it. song by song. the dark and the light. the struggle and the joy with my mental health. what's your mission? use godaddy to help make it happen. they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial p

alabama does not want a problem-solving governor. so for her to step up today in the right way, i think, was a signal of the public concern really growing down here. >> howell raines, reporting tonight from what i can attest is one of the prettiest towns in the south and maybe the country, fairhome, alabama. it's always a pleasure having you on. let's try to talk regularly during this thing, however long it lasts. >>> and coming up for us, a ten-week plan to defeat this virus. our next guest has a strategy to crush the curve, but how much of it are we following right now? for nearly 100 years, we've worked to provide you with the financial strength, stability, and online tools you need. and now it's no different. because helping you through this crisis is what we're made for. - [female vo] restaurants are facing a crisis. and they're counting on your takeout and delivery orders to make it through. grubhub. together we can help save the restaurants we love. >>> so this got the attention of new yorkers a few hours ago. an alert sent to

only 40% of the state of alabama african-americans have been affected. what is the state doing to address that dispar isn't it >> we did not expand medicaid and we have to take a serious look at expanding medicaid. that is a little bit more, that's a short term and a long-term solution but we've got to get testing into some of these areas. we have seen in the black belt areas of alabama and our minority communities a lack of testing. we've been talking about that for the last month to try to get more testing in there. i think there will be more cases. what this is doing is shining a light, shining a spotlight on those things that we already know, that there are racial disparities, not just in the south and in alabama, but throughout the country. there are racial disparities, there are economic disparities, and we've got to start addressing those right now to save people and to also address the systemic problems that we see down the road. i think medicaid expansion in a state like alabama would be very, very important step for us to take. >> let me, sir,

i think for hudson, alabama, probably seen the grass. we're about two weeks out, maybe a little more than that with a huge surge. we're trying to do everything we can to prepare for that. trying to protect our employees, make sure we have enough employees when the surge hits. >> in alabama, are they doing social distancing? is there a statewide stay at home order? >> there is not a statewide stay at home order. i think there's, we have in our community what i think are some very progressive methods or policies to try to keep people doing social distancing. i think it's working to a large degree. i think we're not against populated states. people in the rural areas, it's a little easier to do social distancing there. our city's not densely populated. geographically, we're a large city, so we're able to have people over a large area. i think the in-home orders are clearly much more effective in very dense population areas. i think people here for the most part are adhering to the rules that are out there. so at this point, we're just doing

the internal alabama department of corrections document reveals that in the worst case scenario, nearly 200 inmates could die given that conditions will, quote, accelerate the transmission of disease among the inmate population as well as the alabama department of corrections staff. social or physical distancing is not an option. >> that's how close we are. >> reporter: while some states and attorney general bill barr have released some inmates early to help mitigate the oncoming disaster, alabama for the most part has not. >> these are the people that they should be letting go due to the coronavirus. what in the world can this man do? >> reporter: the alabama department of corrections gave us no specific response to our story, directing to us their website detailing their response to the outbreak in general which says in part, quote, rest assured that all inmates in our custody will continue to be provided with the services to which they are entitled including rehabilitative, medical, dental, and mental health through the duration of the covid-19 outbreak. a response seemingly from a w

called all key entities in that alabama race. in the meantime, other updates we get for you, concerns what's happening on workers who fear they're going to be fired or laid off or benefits cut. so far, the situation at the palo alto network, the ceo right now, right now no layoffs. he's personally foregoing salary and joining us right now. thank you for joining us. you're sticking to this, it's hard to stick to, not just the salary sacrifice you're making, but the no layoff pledge. the longer that drags on, that could be tough, couldn't it? >> yes, good morning, neil. neil: good morning. >> it's important at this point, i know there's a lot of conversation and debate why this is happening and what's happening and how did we do. we're focused on when we get out of this, we want to get out strong and in our small way, we have 8,000 employees, i want to make sure that our employees feel the security and the support from the company not only our employees, hourly wage workers and communities that we operate in, if we all can do our p

stay at home orders expire in alabama and texas on thursday. starting thursday, alabama will allow retail stores to reopen with occupancy limited to 50% starting friday, texas will allow stores to reopen at 25% occupancy. also friday, ohio will allow outpatient medical procedures including dental visits to resume may 4th. resume following by businesses on may 12th. friday, wisconsin will open 34 state parks and on may 5th, washington state will allow some outdoor recreation including hunting, fishing, golf, and day use of state parks. as economies open up, experts are urging people to practice social distancing. so the nation doesn't lose the gains its already achieved against this virus. >> if we are unsuccessful or prematurely try to open up, and we have additional outbreaks that are out of control, it could be much more than that. it could be a rebound. speak to different parts of his state will reopen at different times and different speeds. laces with higher case counts such as miami will have a very different plan and locations with lower

impossible and in some jails and prisons, specifically alabama and mississippi, the hygiene conditions are very lacking. in fact, and mississippi health department report from this past summer found dozens of broken sinks, toilets, soap dispensers with no soap. you can imagine it is virtually impossible for those behind bars to protect themselves from covid-19. host: talking about coronavirus in the prison system, a special line this morning for those who have family members in the prison system -- (202-748-8002). eastern or central time zone, (202-748-8000). mountain or pacific, (202-748-8001). you can start calling in for lauren-brooke eisen of the brennan center. you talked about the cook county jail system and new york specifically. what is being done to help combat infections and keep the prisoner safe? guest: the brennan center for justice has called on governors of all states to use their power and executive authority to release vulnerable people behind bars who do not pose a public safety risk. we know that about 40% of people behind bars in the unitedbars wc safety risk. state

in evergreen, we got something else today from alabama from east alabama medical center. this shows the hospital staff at east alabama medical center celebrating their first coronavirus patient who improved enough that he could be taken off a ventilator. and a 48-year-old man, he had been in the icu for more than two weeks. but he's off the vent. and that is great news. it's amazing footage. but he is the first, and so far, the only patient they have had at east alabama medical center who has gone on to a ventilator, and lived and been able to come off it. he's number one. as "the new york times" reported today, the rural epidemic in america is exploding. this week, the case rate in rural areas was more than double what it was six days earlier. governors of rural states who think it's not coming there are wrong. there is a rural coronavirus epidemic just taking off. this is a 50-state problem. it means as this moves into -- it moves into in significant quantity to places that have rural hospitals, that may not be well-equipped, that may not have good transfer facilities i

you can also see now, look at southern alabama. so we know this is occupied by native peoples. already white people are taking black people into that area. so here's the thing to understand about all of this. is that, even while the laws that lindsey is telling us about are being framed, white people are not waiting, they're pushing, infiltrating lands owned by native people, and they are taking slavery with them wherever they go. this is 1810 to 1820, the decade that embraces the war of 1812. this is when andrew jackson first surges into prominence of course by freeing new orleans but by taking millions and millions of acres of land from indigenous people as a result of that war. so some of the native people ally with the british or the spanish as ways to protect themselves. when the american win what they find is that they are forced treaties, you heard about the treaty of dancing rabbit creek. it's sort of a consequence of all this. you are seeing white people are still moving into the upper south. black populations far more concentrated in the plantation districts. so you g

in alexander, alabama fallen trees fell onto cars. hail was so intense it punched holes in the side of a house. the homeowner says the storm lasted about 30 minutes but that's all it takes. >> i don't spend time focusing on the national weather because i want to make sure what is going on here at home. tonight is unique. we are in the middle of this concern. let me show you what's going on. look at the bright yellows and oranges in the southeast. if we leave behind those thunderstorms and put this into where the tornado watches or warnings are in the red boxes, that's where we find warnings. if we watch this into futurecast, those storms will continue to march their way across alabama, georgia and south carolina through the duration of tonight and tomorrow morning. the pictures we saw, we may be seeing more of those tomorrow on the news. let's come back home. a totally different story. we have why did down and cleared out the clouds. daytime the warm-up will be the headlines by the end of the seven-day forecast. we will be from 15 to

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you are there at the university of alabama-birmingham. what advice do you get to the doctors there about how to keep up with all of this information, and how to sort through all the different treatments that are being tested or studied or written about? guest: it is a gigantic challenge. we, like many centers, who are treating these patients, have a group of physicians, about six to eight, and across disciplines, so long doctors, infectious disease doctors, icu doctors, rheumatology -inflammation doctors who get together every week, and review the relevant literature, and revise our recommendations. that is, i think, a good place to do it, but it is really challenging if you are not apart of a group like ours to figure out, not only what is going on, but what is reliable and what is not. there are some sources that i really recommend. there are some great people to follow on twitter and some fantastic science journalists. i have to say that this -- i have to say that the coverage of this pandemic has shown a light on how dramatically good

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they were never true slaves in the sense of southern alabama slavery to the seminole people. they would raise crops. they would raise produce. they would give a percentage of that to the chief of a tribal town. so it was that type of was annship that exchange back in that time. and whenever you have a people that has bonded together for the sake of freedom, then you have a faux and the united states found foe and the united states found that out because of the 42 years of the indian wars in florida with the seminole people. as late as the 1890's, the seminole nation and actually earlier than that there were learning institutions that were developed to educate boys and girls. there was an early academy. there was the ramsey mission run by presbyterians. there was oak ridge mission school in the creek nations but many seminoles went there. and later in the 1891 and 1893, there were two large schools developed totally under the watch of the seminole people themselves. this particular school became known as a mahogany and mission. the architectural design of the two schools is ve

some of these removal parties, they took counts that set we left georgia or alabama, particularly alabama, there were say 5000 people in the party we were responsible for. when you arrive at fort gibson, they took account to see how many survived to indian territory. that was the significance. the truth of the matter, many of those removal parties, there was significant loss of life that occurred during our removal to indian territory. not just for the muscogee people, but the other tribes removed here as well. numbers were in the thousands. when we talk about 15,000-20,000, you are talking 3000, 7000 who perished on the trails, particularly in the winter months. when we left, particularly in the 1836 and 1837 removal, we left, particularly the alabama area, in late august and september. you are leaving in attire that is appropriate for that type of travel, but by the time the muscogee people made their way closer to indian territory, you are on the western side of present-day little rock, arkansas, and winter is setting in. the documentation that goes along with that is that that was a p

they were never true slaves and the sense of southern alabama slavery to the seminole people, though. they would raise crops. they would raise produce. and they would give certain percentage of that to the mikko, who was the chief of a certain tribal town. so it was that type of a relationship that was an exchange back in that time. and whatever you have a people that is bonded together for the sake of freedom, then you have a foe and the united states found that out, because of the 42 years of indian wars in florida with the seminole people. of course the seminole nation, as late as the 1890s, actually, earlier than that, there was learning institutions that was developed to educate seminole boys and girls. there was an early academy called sussequa academy, there was ramsey mission, which was a mission ran by presbyterians. there was also okay ridge mission school, actually in the creek nation, but many seminoles went there. and then later in the 1890, '91 and '93, there were two large schools that was developed, totally under the watch of the seminole people themselves. and this pa

and that's what all of you do best, whether it's rushing to the site of a devastating storm in alabama, or braving danger to cover a revolution in the middle east. you know, in the last months, we have seen journalists threatened, arrested, beaten, attacked, and in some cases, even killed simply for doing their best to bring us the story, to give people a voice, and to hold leaders accountable. and through it all, we have seen daring men and women risk their lives for the simple idea that no one should be silenced, and everyone deserves to know the truth. that's what you do. at your best, that is what journalism is. that's the principle that you uphold. it is always important, but it's especially important in times of challenge, like the moment that america and the world is facing now. so i thank you for your service and the contributions that you make. and i want to close by recognizing not only your service, but also to remember those that have been lost as a consequence of the extraordinary reporting that they've done over recent weeks. they help, too, to defend our freedoms and all

you can also see now, look at southern alabama. we know this is occupied by native peoples, but already white people are taking black people into the area. here is the thing to understand about all of this -- even while the laws lindsay is telling us about are being framed, white people are pushing, they are infiltrating lands owned by native peoples, and they are taking slavery with them wherever they go. this is 1810-1820. this is the decade that embraces the war of 1812, when andrew jackson surges into prominence by freeing new orleans and taking millions and millions of acres of land from indigenous people as a result of the war. some of the native people ally with the british or the spanish as ways to protect themselves. when the americans win, they find they are forced treaties -- you heard about the treaty of rabbit creek. it is a consequence. white people are moving into the upper south, the black population is far more concentrated in the plantation district. what we are talking about here, this is something that happened

massachusetts and new jersey, we were helping alabama, florida, and tennessee. in nonveteran nursing home patients and state veterans nursing home patients into our v.a. facilities. elderly americans wherever we find them. mr. president, you should be very proud of the v.a. you have helped build. leftands of employees have into harms way, leaders like jim ,cinerney and martina prada brian little in boston, rima nelson in detroit. fernando rivera in new orleans. all of them have put service

and we add a huge thank you to the volunteers in alabama for making a difference. that's "nightline" for tonight. you can watch all of our full episodes on hulu. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america. stay safe. ♪ pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa, pa-da-pa ♪ ♪ jimmy kimmel live >> from his house! >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. welcome to my home. hard to believe it's already halloween, isn't it? i hope you had a good weekend. let me guess, you baked bread and watched the michael jordan documentary? i'm actually feeling great today. this morning i woke up, i rolled up my sleeves, i injected a big syringe of formula 409 into my arm and i am now coronavirus-free. the tide pods appear to be turning against president wackadoodle. dr. donald jingleheimer trump spent the weekend trying to pretend he wasn't really suggesting that maybe we should inject disinfectants into our bodies. he claimed he was being sarcastic with reporters, which was a lie, but i shouldn't say that. i'll let you be the judge of whether it was a lie or not. does this seem, in any way, like

there have been reports overnight of serious damage in alabama, georgia and northern florida. before the winds picked up again alabama had already been hit by storms powerful enough to rip off roofs and bring down trees this weather also brings the threat of severe flooding and more than 90,000 people across the southeast have lost power. >>> tracking all this wicked weather for us, nbc meteorologist janessa webb good morning, janessa. >> reporter: hey, good morning, good to see you too. good morning, everyone we still have a very fluid situation that continues to roar through the south and southeast. finally seeing a little bit of a break for louisiana but we've been tracking this since yesterday morning and now tornado watches still in place across northern florida, the panhandle and southern georgia making its way into the carolinas. we still have that enhanced risk of these severe storms that will make its way across coastal areas of the carolinas south carolina, north carolina throughout your morning and hopefully it starts to push offshore by early afternoon. the flood d

just leave you real quick with a story from alabama that really stays with me. there was a night in the 1990s? rural alabama that sherry lost her voting rights forever, and it was a night that might sound familiar to a lot of us. high school friends in a classmate's car and go through a drive-thru and someone passes around a joint and then there's the sound of a police car and a couple of white officers wondering what the owed door might be. a lot of cops might have looked the other way probably in a lot of other towns that night night clear's evening end its with drug possession charges for everybody. they were no longer senior eyes of the state. they were felons and in alabama drug possession, even a minor drug possession charge, also was called a crime of moral turpitude, and if you were guilty of a crime of moral turpitude, you forfeited you're right to vote forever. sherry was 17 years old she had never voted, never would. her most important right as a citizen forfeited before she had even been able to use it. we had no idea, she told me, we weren't thinkin

today, there are 1,300 people testing positive for covid in alabama. 21 have died. missouri tonight order only took effect today, cases spiked 20% in just 24 hours. georgia held out until earlier this week. the governor insisting he only now learned that people without symptoms could spread the disease. >> this is a game changer for us. >> reporter: but that information has been widely known for weeks. president trump has resisted pushing holdout states to act, but dr. anthony fauci has been blunt. >> if you look at what's going on in this country, i don't understand why we're not doing that. we really should be. >> reporter: tonight president trump with an announcement about masks. >> the cdc is advising the use of nonmedical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so it's voluntary. you don't have to do it. >> reporter: and in michigan, a warning about the need for social distancing. bus driver jason hardgrove on facebook, saying one of his passengers couldn't stop coughing. >> for you to get on the bus and stand on the bus -- and cou

here's alabama. also new today. testing reveals 36 cases at one nursing home in alabama. that also yields this gut-wrenching headline. she did not deserve this, nurse at alabama nursing home dies from covid-19. here's new jersey. three nursing homes in the town of elizabeth, new jersey, alone, have lost 45 residents to the covid-19 outbreak. here's north carolina. second veteran dies amid covid-19 outbreak at rowan county veterans home. here is another, 19 cases, at a nursing home in the great state of oregon. there's a different headline from louisiana today. coronavirus outbreak at louisville, excuse me, kentucky, here's a kentucky headline today, coronavirus outbreak at louisville nursing home infects 29 people, killing five. choose your state. choose your newspaper. choose your local tv station. you will find at least one story like this. wherever you look. it is ubiquitous local news everywhere in the country. but that's how it's being treated. local stories. that just happened to be happening everywhere at the same time. coronavirus hitting nursing home, veterans ho

let me just leave you really quick with a story from alabama that really stays with me. it was a night in the 19 nineties in rural alabama that lost their voting rights forever that was the night it might sound familiar to a lot of high school friends and classmates car they go through a drive-through and someone passes around the joint and then there is a police car and white officers are wondering what the odor might be other cops would've looked the other way and a lot of other towns that night. they did. but this evening they gave them drug possession charges for everybody now they are felons instead of seniors and drug possession even minor, also was called the crime of moral turpitude and if you are guilty of that you forfeit your right to vote forever. she was 17 years old and had never voted and never would her most important right as a citizen even before she was able to use it. she had no idea about voting but those who deny the alabama constitution were definitely thinking about voting back in the 18 seventies and those were the ones that attract or 120 years

and he triggered a reassessment of swain versus alabama. and then the court agreed with his position, agreed to reverse swain versus alabama. but then the justice wasn't satisfied with that. and i wrote a concurring opinion in which he said i agree with what the court is doing but the court is not going far enough. it should get rid of peremptory challenges altogether. and it was that pushing of the envelope that brings a smile to my face and makes me think of just that -- that is the justice thurgood marshall that i revere. since you mentioned two sorts of opinions, i'll mention one other. it is not just one opinion. it's a series. so, justice marshall came to the conclusion that capital punishment is in all circumstances in violation of constitutional standards. so he dissented in all capital punishment cases in which somebody was sentenced to death. and that stand, too, is a stand that makes me salute him. >> randy, let me ask you to elaborate about that because justice marshall and justice brennan reiterated that in every case that came

the president changed with a sharpie to include alabama. even though meteorologists said there would be no impact on the state. >> the president, of course, is not a fan of anyone whose messages run counter to his. so, after dr. nancy messonier spoke out in february, she wasn't fired but she was no longer allowed to speak on behalf of the cdc about coronavirus. we should note that the cdc hasn't held one of their own press briefings since last month. instead, the cdc now participates in the coronavirus task force briefing at the white house, which of course is now led daily by president donald trump. alex marquardt, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to alex for doing that story for us tonight. and remember, look, i know everything's heavy right now. this is all so scary. i am having a little fun with this because why? there's no question. don't try to make it okay. all right. don't flood me with these explanations. oh, but the homeland security guy said use uv light to kill the virus, and people use bleach. yeah, on surfaces. on surfaces, they

warning for thomasville, alabama. that means it's there. 10:00 in the morning, things are still firing. we go to 3:00 and things are farther to the south and southeast. we move you farther along all the way to 7:00, 8:00, you can see all the colors on the map. alisyn, thises going to be another very active day. yesterday, we had 26. today, i don't think we'll see that many. we certainly could. the same type of event and area that was hit on easter sunday. >> scary, chad. thank you very much for tracking that for us. >>> let's get a status report on how the virus is affecting people in every state. there have been at least 842,000 coronavirus cases in the united states. nearly 47,000 deaths. cnn has reporter across the country bringing the latest developments. >> i'm stephanie elam in los angeles. california governor gavin newsom is saying anyone in the state with symptoms of the coronavirus should get tested. on top of that, anyone who wants to be tested for their own peace of mind can now get the tests done. the stat

from well is joining us birmingham, alabama. student and i have a question about your thoughts on the continued entry of students into health care professions? it is a good question and a hard question. we do not want to put anybody in undue risk, but on the other education -- this is not a uab thing. part of education is learning how to be a health care professional. to the dean and leadership to determine what is the right thing to do, but some happy medium, we are using students to do research projects. that is a great place to start. thrown into will be this, i doubt it. residents at other institutions are involved, but we have to make sure that they have the right, protective, personal equipment. your opinion on whether couples looking to conceive. should they hold off? i have heard mixed information. guest: it is unclear. aboutreally a judgment what your relative risk of getting infected. i think that will be an .ndividual decision the answer is, what is your relative risk for acted and what if he wereerance for infected,

i just finished a 24-hour shift in rural alabama. i was there last friday and we had no covid-19 patients in another rural alabama hospital, and we had none in the community actually. yesterday i admitted one that i think is going to be positive for covid-19. that will make two at that hospital. and last wednesday when i was at another hospital, we had two covid-19 patients there with more on the way and one that we tested that was a health care worker. the virus is now there. it's infiltrated the rural community. this is real. this is very nerve-racking and scary for the staff. we have limited staff in these rural areas. most of the rural hospitals don't have an icu. they do not have a ventilator. and if they do have a ventilator, which will breathe for the patient, we don't have the staff to man the ventilators or the icu to keep the ventilated patient in the icu. so these patients would have to be transferred either by ground ambulance two hours away to a major hospital or life flight can come and get them. but what's happening is

melds of honor recipient benny of alabama has died from coronavirus. he reportedly hospitalized in critical condition after being diagnosed with covid-19 in late march. the vietnam war hero was 86 when he died yesterday. he spent 20 years in the army, 13 as green bray, he was deployed to vietnam three times. his heroic efforts in one 1966 battle recognized half a century later in 2014 with the awarding of the nation's highest honor the congressional medal of honor. the army corps of engineers is building make shift hospital in the nation's capitol. the d.c. convention center had will soon be packed with between 500 and 15 00 beds lucas tomlinson with more on that. >> army corps of engineers says he's ready to start buildinged a d.c. convention center as soon as next week and house anywhere between 500 and 1500 hospital beds. but across the u.s., many of these make shift military hospitals remain nearly empty. we thought this would be a much steeper spike and straight down so we didn't think we have as much time where we see we have more time to build o

. >> reporter: prisoners in the alabama correctional system fearing for their lives as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. >> it's going to be a mass grave site. >> reporter: cnn obtained this video from inside state prisons in just the last week capturing just how deplorable conditions are in the facilities. the state department of corrections in an internal document obtained by a.l..com sounding the alarm, 21,900 being housed in crowded dorm my tore ris creates a high exposure risk. >> they are not giving us hand sanitizer. they're not giving us soap. they're not giving us masks. >> reporter: inmates crammed together, overflowing in some spaces. >> super crowded. >> reporter: alabama state prisons are the most crowded in the country according to the bureau of justice statistics. 13 major facilities were 182% past capacity. one even at three times capacity. >> anything you see here, measures to stop coronavirus from coming in and by really being so over crowded, once it spreads, it will flood like wildfire. >> reporter: almost no testing of prisoners has been done. the internal document

amy: can n you t talk about alabama,t is happening there? there for injection that treats abortion like all medical care, allowing physicians to provide abortion using their medical judgment? >> yes. --terms of all thee respect with resespect to alabama and tennessee, we are using eveverythihing and our measure. we have e to be e able to defefd access to abortion in these various states wiwith executive ororders coming g down. we are tryining to ensure that people seeking abortioion get access as immediately as they can. i think when you lookok back in the bigger picture, what you're seeing is a number of reststrictions a around abortio. just last year there were 300 rerestrictions introduceced to 7 states across the cocountry. what we are e looking at iss infrastrucucture that has really tried to limit access to ababortion. when youayer a pandemic on top of that, we e feeling obviousl the impt of tha many stes -- the are fi stat now essentilyly aboion deserts, where it d diffilt to aess. we are adding these additional restrictions on it, wh