As President Trump calls for businesses to reopen and people to go back to work by Easter, the coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of slowing down. New York City is facing a sharp spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The city has become ground zero for the pandemic in the United States...so we'll take you there.

Here in California, coronavirus cases seem to be increasing at a slower rate but the numbers might not tell the whole story...and Governor Newsom is telling Californians to hunker down for what could be *two months* of sheltering in place.

And...back to the president, he keeps signaling that he's losing patience with the brakes on the economy.  Does it make sense to rush a country-wide quarantine?

As the closures of restaurants and retail shops stretch into the second week, the number of layoffs is growing proportions. Does it have to be this way? Could large corporations, which continue to enjoy record profits, pony up some cash to keep their workers paid through the crisis?

And coronavirus-themed scams...there are a lot of them.  We'll identify some of the big ones and tell you what to be on the lookout for.

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As President Trump calls for businesses to reopen and people to go back to work by Easter, the coronavirus outbreak shows no signs of slowing down. New York City is facing a sharp spike in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. The city has become ground zero for the pandemic in the United States...so we'll take you there.

Here in California, coronavirus cases seem to be increasing at a slower rate but the numbers might not tell the whole story...and Governor Newsom is telling Californians to hunker down for what could be *two months* of sheltering in place.

And...back to the president, he keeps signaling that he's losing patience with the brakes on the economy.  Does it make sense to rush a country-wide quarantine?

As the closures of restaurants and retail shops stretch into the second week, the number of layoffs is growing proportions. Does it have to be this way? Could large corporations, which continue to enjoy record profits, pony up some cash to keep their workers paid through the crisis?

And coronavirus-themed scams...there are a lot of them.  We'll identify some of the big ones and tell you what to be on the lookout for.

People are growing impatient after a week of being trapped inside -- trying to slow the outbreak of coronavirus.  There were big crowds at beaches and on hiking trails this weekend, largely ignoring the idea of social distancing.  Even President Trump himself is growing impatient -- so we'll ask: is the cure for the coronavirus outbreak more damaging than the illness itself?

There's an interesting symptom that's presenting in more COVID-19 patients: the loss of their sense of smell.  What does the loss of smell tell us about how to detect and possibly how to treat this coronavirus?  We'll go In Depth. 

If you went out to a grocery store this weekend, there were more empty shelves where the paper towels and toilet paper used to be. We'll explore - again - the reasons why we hoard.

And as the economy sinks further into a coronavirus daze and Congress stalls on a relief package, there are people raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in an effort to help out hourly workers who have lost their jobs amid the outbreak.

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A vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus is likely still some time off from reality, probably a year or more away.  So while researchers continue their work on a vaccine, attention is turning to existing drugs that might be able to treat coronavirus and buy us some time. 

While most viral outbreaks tend to hit the youngest and oldest among us the hardest, this coronavirus is so far behaving a little differently:  of the COVID-19 cases that required hospitalization, 40-percent of those people were young adults.

And then there's the coronavirus testing, which remains a big problem: there's a HUGE disparity in cases reported from LA and New York City.  Is that because New York was hit harder than we were..........or because New York has just been better at testing?

What's policing like in a pandemic?

The LAPD usually finds itself on the front lines of any big societal crisis, but during the coronavirus outbreak their challenges are double: helping to maintain public health and safety, while protecting its own officers from being infected.

Michael Moore, chief  of the LAPD, joins us for the second half of In Depth. 

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The possibility of one-third or maybe even half of the entire U.S. population eventually getting infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus will bring dramatic public health effects.  But what's happening to the economy right now, as businesses across the country grind to a halt for weeks or even months, could end up being even worse.

We will go In Depth on the tremendous economic consequences of the coronavirus outbreaks and the government's efforts to try to minimize the damage.

Will most Americans getting checks of 1-thousand dollars help? Should airlines see a dime of taxpayer bailout money?  We'll go In Depth on all of it.

Meanwhile it's still very difficult for doctors to get their hands on coronavirus testing kits, we'll talk with a lung specialist who--after weeks of promises of more testing kits on the way--can't test his high risk patients for coronavirus.

And we're going to have on a pair of doctors to answer a lot of simple but practical questions as the outbreak continues to expand, that's coming up at the bottom of the hour.

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Millions of people living in entire regions of the country given "shelter in place" orders to stay insider their homes, unless absolutely necessary.  A state-wide curfew ordered in New Jersey.  And here in California, restaurants, bars, gyms and pretty much all facets of public life......closed.  This is now life under the threat of coronavirus in America, and we will go in depth on all of it.

We'll start by asking what other drastic steps might be needed to stop the spread of coronavirus.

Then we'll look at the alarming run on grocery stores:  is there enough food to feed an anxious country, and will supermarkets be in short supply for the foreseeable future? 

You're likely listening to this at home today, as your office is closed and you're working from home--along with your spouse and kids, whose schools have closed.  How are you going to keep your productivity.......and sanity.......in the weeks ahead?

And many of the restaurants and bars in this state already live close to the economic margins:  can restaurants survive being closed down for weeks at a time, and how easy is it to switch to an "all delivery" business model?

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The coronavirus outbreak in the United States is now a national emergency.  After weeks of downplaying and minimizing the threat from coronavirus, President Trump today unleashed extensive resources from the federal government with his disaster declaration.  And he announced several partnerships with corporations, ranging from Google which is engineering a coronavirus testing database, to retailers like Walgreens and Target.

Will this be enough to slow the virus that has now shut down huge segments of modern American life? 

Later in the program, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti joins us in studio to look at the local response against coronavirus.........this on the day when Los Angeles Unified School District announced they were closing up shop for at least two weeks.

What is it like to be infected with the coronavirus and suffer through it for several weeks?  We'll talk with a woman who tested positive for COVID-19 and lived to tell the tale.

And Congresswoman Katie Porter, who held the director of the CDC to account on the slow pace of coronavirus testing, talks with In Depth about what has gone right, and what has gone wrong with the federal government's response.

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When the spread of coronavirus cases in the United States starting picking up speed a few weeks back, there were warnings that Americans should be prepared for massive disruptions of their everyday lives in an effort to slow the outbreak.  While it might have been an abstract idea even a few days ago, it's reality now: the suspension of all  professional sports, cancellations of movie premieres, conventions and conferences have become the norm within just the last 24 hours.

And will California's public schools soon be forced to make a tough decision on closing down for the time being? 

Then we get to the politics of the pandemic:  as his administration is criticized for its botched response to the coronavirus outbreak, could the public health crisis finally be the thing to breach President Trump's seemingly impenetrable armor to scandals?

We start with what might our biggest vulnerability to the pandemic: our hospitals.  There are urgent warnings that the country's hospitals are unprepared to handle an influx of coronavirus patients.

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When the spread of coronavirus cases in the United States starting picking up speed a few weeks back, there were warnings that Americans should be prepared for massive disruptions of their everyday lives in an effort to slow the outbreak.  While it might have been an abstract idea even a few days ago, it's reality now: the suspension of all  professional sports, cancellations of movie premieres, conventions and conferences have become the norm within just the last 24 hours.

And will California's public schools soon be forced to make a tough decision on closing down for the time being? 

Then we get to the politics of the pandemic:  as his administration is criticized for its botched response to the coronavirus outbreak, could the public health crisis finally be the thing to breach President Trump's seemingly impenetrable armor to scandals?

We start with what might our biggest vulnerability to the pandemic: our hospitals.  There are urgent warnings that the country's hospitals are unprepared to handle an influx of coronavirus patients.

There is no question this new coronavirus--which can cause a disease called Covid-19--is a bad thing. It is causing illness, death and financial interruption now all around the world. And, because it is spreading around the world, the World Health Organization today officially called it a pandemic. The word may scare you...but that's what it means--a disease spreading around the world.

We've seen coronavirus  infections before.  There was the SARS outbreak that started in China in 2002..........there was the MERS outbreak with its origins in Egypt in 2012. 

And on today's In Depth we're going to dissect COVID-19 and why this particular coronavirus represents such an acute global threat; and why the pandemic has led to unprecedented containment efforts, like canceling conferences, concerts and more.

The downfall of former Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is complete: he was sentenced today to 23 years in New York State prison, as LA county prosecutors started extradition efforts so Weinstein can face criminal sexual assault charges here.

And Bernie Sanders, in spite of suffering another bad night in Democratic primaries that have likely put the presidential nomination out of his reach, will stick around for a little longer.  

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