named the white house. matthew: exactly. if you look at the exterior of the white house, that particular sandstone, much of it which came from virginia, particularly aquia creek and the aquia quarries in stafford county, a lot of the sandstone produced had a gray color so you have to imagine the white house as a gray building and what they did, because sandstone is so porous, you have to seal it and protect it from winter months because if water gets into the stone's pores, it freezes and then it cracks because water expands in those pores so what the scottish stone masons did and the workers who built the white house, enslaved and free workers who built the white house, they applied a coat of lime based white wash in 1798. white wash is different than the white paint they use today but that was really where the story began of starting to call it the white house because it was a white wash that was first applied so they do add the first coat of lead white paint in 1818. this is after the burning. but that c

we're standing by for a white house briefing. the vice president, mike pence, and his task force, will be going into the briefing room, making statements, updating us and answering reporters' questions. let's go to our white house correspondent boris sanchez, working this part of the story for us. boris, some lawmakers, four at least, are in self-quarantine. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. four republican lawmakers now under self-quarantine. two of them actually coming into close contact with president trump in recent days. i asked the white house for comment on this but they have yet to respond. further, the white house so far has just told the public there's no reason to panic, that everything is fine, and that president trump is healthy. some of those comment have irked experts that are meant to lead the charge, the response to this virus. tonight the white house facing questions about how close president trump may have come into contact with the coronavirus, as three republican lawmakers are now under self-quarantine after a

we had the white house curator worked for 40 years at the white house. he said i had no expenses and do not believe in them. some of the other ones -- she said i had no experience has with them. -- he said. there was one that looked like a ghost of a teenage boy called the thing during the taft administration. archibald but talks about that story. people said they saw this boy. and taft told his staff, do not let this leak to the press. this is ridiculous. we are not going to talk about it. there are stories, some people say they have seen a specter of a british soldier carrying a torch. that david burns the original landowner the white house is built on, that he shows up and cackles and laughs here and there. andrew jackson the same. it seems everyone saw abraham lincoln's ghost. churchill, that was one of the hyphen may of her that story. churchill was actually naked at the time. and it was sort of like, mr. president, you have come exposed. and the lincoln ghost smirked and disappeared. so there are these different stories. [laughter] during truman's

house. >> host: did she visit you at the white house? >> guest: we have a couple pictures of the parties. >> host: you write about her in mothers race black-and-white and we are going to show a video a woman this is april 2015. you can go ahead and tell us what is going on here. i did an interview that she chose not to go on the record. some people view that as corporalat punishment. i grew up around around that sk used to have piano lessons there. ret there's something and ate about a mother. she didn't have to see the whole face as she picked out a little boy and she said not you, no you won't. she tried to kee keep her alive. i couldn't get into the interview because i wasn't allowed but her story is everyone's story. i'm a divorced mother and you try to protect your children especially when you cannot pull up from the depths of hurt and pain some of us have been afforded an opportunity to get out and others are still climbing. i will never forget that day i was leaving the white house and i think it to baptist church fights broke out

april ryan as she said has been at the white house as a white house correspondent, longtime, the only black female with a permanent pass at wh the white house. >> covering black issues gotta add that. >> she is the author of three books begetting with the presidency in "black and white" which came out in 2015 followed by "at mama's knee" and "under fire" came out in 2017 mostly about her time in the trump administration covering the trump administration and we will talk about all three of those. april ryan, again becoming part of the story but unintentionally let's go to october 6, 2003. just a little bit of video. >> the president has agreed to take a couple of questions and so have i. we will start with the american side and alternate back and forth. >> you're welcome to call on sunday from your pressroom mr. president. >> april you're not in this press corps you're trying to play like that. [laughter] >> what was that about. the worst thing you can do is be on c-span. you know the receipt you back up. i said in my book and talk about that. that was the most awkward moment and first

did she ever visit you at the white house? >> we've got a couple pictures at the christmas parties and events we used to have. at the white house. >> you write about her in "at mama's knee". another mother you talk about and we will show video when you talk about this. but a woman named toya graham. this is from april 2015 and this is just b roll you can tell us what's going on here. >> that book was actually written for this woman. the unfortunate thing, because of her life after the story got out, people were taking advantage of her and i did an interview with her but she chose not to go on the record. some people do that as - - punishment. i grew up around that mall. i used to have piano lessons on the side streets. but there is something innate about a mother. she doesn't have to see the whole face. the sheep picked up that little boy and she said, not you. no you won't. she tried to keep her children alive. i can't get into the interview because i wasn't allowed. her story is everyone's story. i'm a divorced mother and yo

april ryan has been at the white house as a white house correspondent long time. the only black female with a permanent path at the white house. covering black issues. the author of three books. beginning with "the presidency in black and white" which came out in 2015, followed by "at mama's knee" and then "under fire" came out in 2017. mostly about her time in the trump administration. covering the trump administration. we will talk about all three of those. april ryan again being coming part of a story but unintentionally. let's go to october 6, 2003. show just a little bit of video. [laughter] okay. >> the president has kindly agreed to take a couple of questions and so a five. we will start with the american side an alternate back and forth >> april, you are not in his press corps. you are not in his press corps. >> this is subversion. [laughter] >> what was thatt about? >> the worst thing you could do is be on c-span. you have tape on everything. you backed up what i said and there. i talk about that. that was the most awkward moment. first of all, george w b

host: meredith mcgraw covers the white house for "politico." we thank you for being with us, this sunday. guest: thanks for having me.

close as you white house myth number two. white house tunnels. we were just talking about this before class. the existence of tunnels, who used them and why did they use them. so one of the stories that there were tunnels beneath the white that allowed for a quick escape, that one could get all way to the potomac river and that dolley madison used the tunnel to escape to octagon house and abraham lincoln had an tunnel. these are not true. we know the architect of the build severald sewer systems and my guess is that dolley madison wouldn't through the sewer. and these were installed for running water but there really any full-sized tunnels anyone could have used. octagoncourse here's house where the madisons lived for about six months after the theing and it's just down street from the white house. war,during the civil general win field scott did ofgest the possibility adding a tunnel between the white house and the treasury treasuryand here's the building down at the bottom and up at the top you have the war department. point it would have been

let's go to the white house right now, chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. jim, the pandemic is worsening by the hour but the president says he wants u.s. businesses to reopen by easter, he would like to see churches full on easter sunday. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. there will be a coronavirus task force press conference this evening. the president said he wants to see packed churches on that sunday. the president's push to return to normal life causes many, including republicans, to say the president is risking american lives. the president, a fox town hall this morning. >> i would like to see the country opened up and raring to go by easter. i think easter sunday, and you'll have packed churches all over our country. i think it would be a beautiful time. >> reporter: the president insisted his plan could work by encouraging americans to go back to their jobs in the weeks to come while still practicing social distancing. >> we can socially distance ourselves and go to work and you'll have to work a little bit harder, you don't have to shake hands anym

but i'm now going back to the white house. you have great professionals and -- if there's anything that comes up, if there's anything -- >> sir -- >> mr. president -- >> thank you, mr. president. i just wanted to follow up on that. are you considering other travel restrictions perhaps domestically in that regard? >> yes. >> can you describe what -- >> specifically from certain areas, yes, we purpose we're working with the states and we're considering other restrictions. >> mr. president -- >> reuters is reporting that you're going to extend the european travel ban to the uk and ireland on monday? >> we're looking at it seriously. they've had a little bit of activity, unfortunately. we'll be looking into that. we already have looked at it and that is going to be announced. >> you just criticized the fed again. it's been a hallmark of your presidency. you're always going after the fed. if you feel so strongly about it y don't you dismiss the chairman or do you think you're powerless to do so? >> no, i think i have the right to d

larry kudlow is in in the white house. what's your reaction to these two people going out there and telling america that this is contained? >> in a crisis, credibility is precious. credibility is a terrible thing to waste. once you waste it, you can't get it back. right now across this country, beyond what we've normally ever dealt with in consumer spending, it's not just people who fear losing their job. every single american family is sitting around the kitchen table wondering what they should do, wondering how to protect the health of their parents, themselves, their children. and now you have the president of the united states calling it a hoax, as you say, it's a clown show. the person in my job is telling people to buy the market, things are fine. they have now destroyed any ability to later offer the type of reassurance that might be justified later because they're all people whose parents apparently never read to them "the boy who cried wolf" because their credibility is gone at this point. >> but their credibility

white house. >> phil rucker, it's the end of the day. you're the president. you're in the oval office. you're in the residence perhaps. you need your go-to advisers to get advice. who does this president turn to according to your reporting? >> well, brian, there's an array of people that the president's been talking to as is normally the case in crises like this. certainly vice president pence and jared kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, are leading the effort inside the administration. but the president is seeking advice far outside the administration and beyond the experts like dr. fauci. he's talking to a lot of business leaders. he's talking to buddies in the hospitality industry and other sectors. he's talking to allied congressmen and women, hardline conservatives who are loyal to him. and he's seeking input anywhere he can turn. and part of the problem according to many public health officials and experts and scientists is that he's not necessarily taking what dr. fauci and dr. bir

for the people in the white house, who know this sets back the white house's efforts to calm the markets, to calm americans, and to try to keep some kind of response apace with what's coming. the testing has been drastically delayed. people are going to learn that. we're in early stages of the number of infections because the transmission is happening but we don't know, you know, who has tested positive. as tests became available and the infection rate skyrockets -- and we hope that the hospitals are not overrun -- this is just really not something the president can use lies and very difficult for people around him who keep trying to run to the cameras like dr. fauci, our leading infectious disease expert in the country, to try to sort of, you know, give us some morse code of good information to make sure that they do so in a way that's effective to us and doesn't offend him. you can see a lot of officials bending over backwards. >> when the surgeon general goes on tv on sunday to talk about how much better shape the president, it's gross to watch. hey, karine, also the president has ins

house coverage and actually sign on the daily beast in february of 2017 is a white house reporter. i sort of got roped into this. we look back on may of 2017 as sort of the december know, like a month from help in white house coverage. and james kobe being fired, the russian investigations were kicking into gear. you trump giving information to the russian foreign minister in the oval office. it was story after story is breaking a month anybody will live through it knows that there would be 56:00 p.m. every day and there would be some new washington post and new york times story that would be like needing to be covered and i'm not ashamed to say that we were chasing a lot of these stories of the time. none of us and cover the white house before and wait sort of thunderhead together to try to figure out what value we can add to the legions of the reporters that were covering the stuff on a daily basis. and we sort of organically set on looking at the mid-level we like to call it the warm side view of that sort of function in the white house having to deal with fall out of every one

ody to go out and get robert: watch you learned inside the white house briefing rmim? e: first, the president is saying he hasn't heard of the issue that people who have symptoms in this country can'tt. simy ge wrong. everyone on cla khalil and testing.e nation is -- on abt anthonyou said specificically today -- fauci heid today, people who are sick can't get tts. esi pthre from accountability. the president stands at the podium every day and unfortunately whiles halking about himself as tel a he's fact that there was b approved. f. we need to get he president, ty more cash to americans right eow. ilt borl $1,200 per american but the president wants way more checks to go out. robert: what about the defense production act, whiched peppep -- help the president? yamiche: the presideaid yesterday that he wouldn't invoke that act unless there was a worst-case scenari today he said, actually, i did invokehat act yesterday and thng im direc companies to start mass producing medical equipment that is badly needed because hospitals say they' in dirpe shortages of things like ma

think of the meaning of that phrase in a white house that had been an exclusively white house except for a few servants, not even all the servants. they were not even allowed to be servants. think of the meaning of that. here comes my friend douglass, after that kind of an inaugural address. there's a long receiving line, and lincoln beckons douglass to break the line, which he did when douglass visited the white house privately a year earlier. and as douglass approaches, lincoln says, douglass, i saw you in the crowd listening to my address. there is no man's opinion i value more than yours. what did you think of it? that is classic, enough about you, what about me? but still, it is great moment. [laughter] and douglass replies, mr. lincoln, it was a sacred effort. and lincoln's final words to this man with whom he had collaborated on a plan of further liberation after emancipation was, i'm glad you liked it. it was, as douglass remembered it, the last time i saw him to speak to him. the address became iconic. lincoln posed two days later for a photograph on the white house balcony.

ashley parker, white house reporter. phil rucker, white house bureau chief. also happens to be the co-author along with his "post" colleague carol leonnig of the best-selling book "a very stable genius." also joining us again tonight, dr. natalie azar, an assistant clinical professor of medicine who has been in private practice for over two decades. ashley parker, i'd like to begin with you because i'd like to begin with the trump white house. has someone over there reached their social distancing attention span in effect? >> yes. in effect, the president has. he's grown incredibly frustrated with the economy basically being shut down. he's hearing from people like steve mnuchin and larry kudlow and outside sort of wall street voices, business community people, that he needs to jump start the economy, and that's what he wants to do. you saw this start sunday night with his tweet that the cure cannot be worse than the virus itself. that's something he's repeated. and you are seeing a real eagerness by this president to jump start the economy, and that is being

kate. >> kelly o'donnell at the white house. thank you, kelly dr. john, the white house led us to believe yesterday today they would announce nationwide testing rolling out. it's not just that, it's in the states that are hardest hit. is that going help >> it's going to help. we're behind the curve a little bit. this would have helped two or three weeks ago. they're certainly making good movement and they need to continue that moment item to understand where the outbreaks are. >> all right the demand for medical care in the midst of this crisis being called an unprecedented challenge. hospitals are saying they're not ready, not enough equipment, or don't have enough personnel. one governor wants the military to step in eric mclaughlin has that part of the story. >> reporter: tonight in seattle, a healthcare system under strain. >> it's a new world for everybody, including people who work on the front lines. >> reporter: and across the country, concern hospitals in other cities aren't far behind >> it is going to be a wave. and it is going to be a wa

let's go to the white house right now. our chief white house correspondent jim acosta joins us. jim, after days of uncertainty, the president has now actually invoked what's called the defense production act. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. definitely some action but still some confusion in washington on the coronavirus. president trump has signed the stimulus bill into law and invoked the defense production act, as you said, to order general motors to produce badly-needed ventilators. but we're still awaiting details from the white house on how the administration plans to open parts of the u.s. while the nation is still battling the pandemic. with the number of deaths growing rapidly from coronavirus, top administration officials sound like they're throwing cold water on the president's goal to reopen the u.s. by easter. >> the president expressed an aspirational goal. the president said he would love to see it around easter. but whenever that day is that we can responsibly begin to open up portions of the country. but let me be very clear, there's going to be areas of the cou

house, a white house, by the way, that often does not use the press briefing for daily presentations of any kind. mike pence taking questions. let's go ahead and listen in a little bit and see if there's any news made. >> proximity to somebody who had the virus. >> let me get you an answer to that. i honestly don't know the answer to the question, but we'll refer that question and we will get you an answer from the white house physician very quickly. let me ask dr. fauci and dr. burnindr. dr. burks to come to the podium. you all in the american public will have at their fingertips guidance, this is for every american. we're working with communities like the seattle area, like portions of california, new york, and florida that have what we call community spread, a concentration of coronavirus cases, but we directed our team to come up with helpful recommendations for every american, every american family, every american business and school, and if dr. burks and dr. fauci step forward, they can outline that for you. >> great, thank you, good evening. we've been -- it was good getting o

we begin with white house myths with matthew costello. american history tv tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 3. >> american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-spanstore.org for more and check out all of the products. >>> next, from lectures in history purdue university professor katherine brownell teaches about advertising in the 1950s. she compares radio and early con televised ads. her class is about an hour and ten minutes. sful. >>> nothing perhaps captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan "i like ike." this idea that this pin that so many people wore around the pin campaign of 1952 and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia th and simplicity. it really emphasizes this idea of the 1950s as this era offpr prosperity where america was a world leader and american people were happy in their suburban hopes with near nuclear families. "i like ike" is so simple and it conveys happiness. but this is a myth and a political construction. the 1950s in fact was a time full of racial discrimina

we're getting conflicting numbers from the white house. vice president pence earlier this week saying that 4 million testing kits would be available by the end of this week. the president yesterday saying 5 million will soon be available. no real clear date. elizabeth, when we talk about the testing, two things i want to pick up on. there's been a lot made about when the vice president said that we didn't need the tests from the w.h.o. because we just do things our own way. is that sort of standard operating procedure for the united states, to just say, we don't need it. we're going to do our own thing, even if it may mean we're behind a little bit? >> right. i don't think that's written in stone anywhere. that's certainly not standard operating procedure all the time. i have to tell you, erica, i was emailing with a gentleman who runs a lab in germany. he had testing kits out in the thousands upon thousands on january 13th. that was a very long time ago. why wasn't that happening here? and just to say oh, that's not how we do it. we do it

so let's go to chief white house correspondent jim acosta. and the virus is spreading, but the white house is continuing to downplay the outbreak. >> that is right, wolf. mike pence is going to be out here shortly the give another briefing of the coronavirus response. as you know the president was visiting the cdc and talking to reporters about what is happening in that facility, and in the meantime, the white house under scrutiny for some of the assessments they have been offering for the administration's coronavirus response. the officials are saying that coronavirus has been contained when the data shows that it is not the case. >> reporter: with president trump urging americans to remain calm and avoid panicking over the coronavirus. >> you have to be calm. it is going to go away. >> reporter: the top white house officials are misleading the public about the true nature of the outbreak insisting that it has been contained when the data is showing that it is spreading causing more illnesses and more deaths. the officials offering the rosey

white house myth number two, white house tunnels. in fact, we were just talking about this before class the existence of tunnels who used them and why did they use them. so, one of the stories there were tunnels beneath the white house that allowed for a quick escape, that one could actually get all the way to the potomac river and that dolly madison used the tunnel to escape the octagon house and lincoln had an escape tunnel. unfortunately these are not true. the architect of the white house did build james hoeng, several sewor systems. dolly madison probably wouldn't have climbed through the sewor. she wouldn't have wanted to travel that way. and these were installed for running water but there really weren't any full-size tunnels anyone could have used. now, here of course is octagon house the madisons lived for six months after the burning. and it's just down the street from the white house. now, during the civil war, genuinefield scott did suggest the possibility of adding a tunnel between the white house and the treasury buildi

let's go to the white house right now, our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. jim, you're hearing the president is losing patience with some of the restrictions now in place? >> reporter: that's right, wolf. and we should report, a source close to the coronavirus task force says dr. anthony fauci, one of the administration's top medical experts, is continuing to recommend appropriate public health measures to combat the pandemic, even as white house officials, including president trump, are toying with the idea of scaling back on these social social distancing guidelines. the source said everything is on the table including easing back on these measures. but fauci, the source said, is trying to steer officials toward the safest path. with an economy that's all but shut down and wall street teetering on the edge, president trump appears to be toying with the idea of easing the nation's 15-day social distancing period, aimed at flattening the deadly curve of the coronavirus. the president tweeted, we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself. at the en

reaches a deal with the white house. donald trump made his declaration in a rose garden address. this marked the first time he had spoken at length about the virus as a domestic crisis and public health crisis. it marked a change in tone from an oval office speech he gave. >> i am officially declaring a national emergency. it will open up access of very importantly and a large amount of money. every state to set up emergency operation centers. >> wall street rallied, the down gaining nearly 2,000 points wiping out of most of yesterday's loss and house speaker pelosi said she reached a deal with the secretary to provide paid leave for workers, expand food aid and free testing for the ill. it does not have a payroll tax cut. trump sent out this message. i fully support families first response act and encourage all republicans to come together and vote yes. look forward to signing the final bill asap. the house leaders for both parties were in agreement about the personalitiance of the legislation. >> we could have passed t

at a white house coronavirus briefing yesterday, dr. anthony fauci told reporters that healthy volunteers in the seattle area became the first to test a remedy for the rapidly spreading disease. >> what it is is a trial of 45 normal individuals between the ages of 18 and 55. the trial is taking place in seattle. there will be two injections, one at zero day, first one, then 28 days. there will be three separate doses. 25 milligrams, 100 milligrams and 250 milligrams and the individuals will be followed for one year, both for safety and whether it induces the kind of response that we predict would be protective. >> scientists at the kaiser permanente washington research institute are conducting the first stage study, which is expected to take up to 18 months to complete. joining me now public health professor at george washington universi university, previously served at baltimore's health commissioner. as we work to spread the word, the president's tone yesterday was far more serious, asking people not to gather in groups over ten peopl

we start with cnn's jeremy diamond at the white house. jeremy what do we expect the task force will be talking about today? >> reporter: well, fredricka, those 15-day guidelines the white house issued nearly two weeks ago to slow the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in the united states, those are coming to an end's in a matter of days. we know the president and hid coronavirus task force have begun considering whether or not to begin to relax some of the guidelines, the social distancing guidelines for at least parts of country. cnn now learned according to a senior federal health official have federal health experts proposed recommendations that could allow some schools and some businesses in parts of the country that have lower infection rates to begin to reopen. but that is just something that the federal government is currently considering that the faske force is reviewing looking at the latest data and evidence. as that proposal works its way through the white house, we know dr. anthony fauci this morning said he's in favor of beg

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in the white house photographer takes the picture. [laughter]. it really creeps about comments one of my favorite photographs. but to keep it in my bedroom. [laughter]. there is a picture of him any be was put into handcuffs. in two officers, look i was mayor, and these were my people. so the put them in handcuffs. and i was like oh buddy, you got me but i just got you back. susan: it is good to know that you have a good sense of humor amongst all of the pressure. karl: you have to prayed. susan: the white house and the vice president's house, there is a reason why there's a downstairs, official area in the living quarters upstairs because there really is a difference between the public life and the private life. what about you. have you had strange ones as well from that. lynne: this is funny and strange. we spent a lot of time at camp david. after 911. it was the undisclosed location. then we had our kids, it is the same as carl's story and says . you find joy even though you're in that dreadful time. we also had her dog. the big yellow lab nam

a press aide and white house physician going by room to room in the white house press area, essentially taking our temperatures, going by one with unof the non-touching thermometers and make being sure we didn't have a fever. one reporter got turned away from the briefing because multiple times the white house physician took the temperature and it was too high, not consistent with a normal temperature, the cdc guidelines saying it was in a fever zone. clearly this is a ramping up here of the precautions set to protect the president. i mean, this is night and day from what we saw just yesterday. yesterday we saw president trump in the rose garden, shaking hands with everyone, close to everyone, clearly no one there having their temperature taken. today we know it wasn't just members of the press but also members of the task force. and we're hearing it's going to be run of business now. it's going to be what we see on a regular occasion if the president or vice president is in any sort of proximity. and i think this is making many people feel a lot more secure. we heard president trump ov

that's not what you heard from this white house. there's also a fundamental nonunderstanding of how bureaucracy works and everything that's at your fingertips. when i remember 9/11 and the two situations are very different mind you -- >> let me say something about that. the tragedies were very different. the attack was very different, but i think when you look at the psychology that a white house has to try to make better, not worse, i think the public fears there are similarities. the trump white house should look at the public outreach and some of the ways of working with local leaders that were applied at that time. >> i was here in new york and you had mayor giuliani who i'm not a fan of but he stepped up to the plate, mike bloomberg after him. basically what they did was tell people stay at home, we're going to manage this for you and give you information regularly on what you need to do, even to the point of understanding how the markets work because if you can't get people out to buy things, demand is down, and that fuels a d

reaches a deal with the white house on an economic relief package. donald trump made his declaration in a rose garden address surrounded by multiple ceos and senior administration officials. this marked the first time he'd spoken at length about the virus as a domestic crisis, as a public health crisis, as opposed to something beyond our borders that needed to be kept out. it also marked a change in tone from the oval office speech that he gave on wednesday night. >> i am officially declaring a national emergency. two very big words. the action i am taking will open up access to up to $50 billion of very importantly -- very important and a large amount of money for states and territories or localities. in furtherance of the order, i'm urging every state to set up emergency operation centers effective immediately. we've been working very hard on this. we've made tremendous progress. >> wall street rallied on the news of trump's declaration. the dow gaining nearly 2,000 points, almost 10%, wiping out most of yesterday's historic loss. and then less tha

that is a long time to controlfo the white house. and they had done so in a way that built a coalitionars. with very specific new deal programs that gave benefits to voters, that brought workers and farmers into that democratic coalition with all of the programs that we looked at. deso they were relying on those structures of economic incentive to bring voters to the polls. they weren't worried about getting new voters. they just wanted to capitalize on the coalition eco mobilized for't the last 20 years. ters.so in many ways, they're ug the same strategies in terms of the rhetoric and who they're appealing to, to turn out to the polls. >> on the subject of lack of create "it, " one thing i -- creativity, one thing i just realized is both of those adss used already commonly known, commonly accepted meters and musical structures that they just twisted slightly. there really was no creativity at all. >> or they tried to build oncre familiarity rather than>> wherey bringing something new and innovative. again, i thi it's really importan

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and more than anything, that is what this white house is bracing for. they are seeing that they suspect that the number of cases are going to surge in the next few weeks, and americans really don't know what's coming. >> steph, go ahead. >> brian, i would just say and people across the board are wanting solidarity from business leaders, medical professionals, and the white house. and jonathan makes a great point that the president is making this turn today, but it was earlier this morning his economic adviser, larry kudlow, reiterated that this is a good time to buy stocks if you're a long-term investor. i can tell you some of the biggest investors in the world right now do not care whether or not it's a good time to buy stocks. they see this as the massive health crisis that it is, and it is not just larry kudlow. yesterday, yesterday treasury secretary steve mnuchin said he doesn't see a recession coming. survey any professional investor on planet earth, and they will say, yes, without a doubt we're going to face one. we're in one right now. it's a gl

but the white house says the same role its exist, just under different titles. the team president obama had to deal with epidemics after the ebola outbreak was gone. >> i think it made us slower and more prone to must say takes. >> reporter: jeremy, who used to run foreign disaster assistance for u.s. aid says all the shortages from testing to swabs to masks can in part be traced back to that one decision. beth cameron, who under barack obama ran the pandemic response unit says there is no doubt. >> would we have gotten more ahead of this if the office had been intact? i think absolutely. >> reporter: the president, who alternately said he didn't know anything about disbanding the pandemic team and also defended it now denies his coronavirus response has been anything but perfect. >> we were very prepared. the only thing we weren't prepared for was the media. >> wolf, just this past november another warning ignored. the center for strategic and international studies releasing an urgent report asking the white house to reverse its decisions on the pandemic office

house back because this white house has not been very good in this crisis but they have not been very good for workers throughout the process. anit sounds as if endorsement of joe biden is almost inevitable. joe biden is not done yet. the primary is not done yet. bernie sanders is still there. will make a decision if he is still in at that point. in november of course we will have the election. the intersection of politics and the pandemic, with people having to go into the voting box. are you favoring any sort of votingvoting or all-male mail voting? pres. trumka: we have always been in favor of having an expanded early voting system. it works tremendously. gives you time to think and look at the ballot. you do not have to worry about whether it is a bad day on election day or if it is raining. you can get it done. we have always been an advocate of that. we want to expand early voting, not let it be contracted. we don't want them to use it as an excuse to reduce the number of people who vote but make it come to more people and have more people people to vote and avail themselves of

sources say he's privately concerned about getting the white house. last week trump told aides he is afraid journalists will try to purposefully contract coronavirus to give it to him on air force one. the source also said trump has asked the secret service to set up a screening program and bar anyone who has had a cough from the white house grounds. he's definitely melting down over this. >> well, there hasn't been any measures imposed yet. the white house just put out a statement denying basically every aspect of that story and is suggesting that the reporter had not asked for comment. he has said that he did and he stands by husband reporting. >> all right. let's talk about the president going against what his own health officials have been saying. he's calling this nothing more than the flu and he's actually saying it's better than the flu because the flu kills a ton of people and this has only killed a few hundred he says, but at the same time his own health officials are saying you can't compare it to the flu because the flu has a vaccine. >> ri

right now. >> brian, we are half an hour out from a white house press briefing slated to include the vice president and the coronavirus task force aides throughout the evening last night and the day today have suggested that that could be a place where the president might roll out some of his economic ideas, but we are not hearing that at this point there is no plan as of right now, this moment, a half hour out for the president to attend that briefing. the president said last night that today he would roll out a news conference to roll out major economic initiatives that would be dramatic in scope so far today we have not heard any official confirmation of those the president has not held such a news conference and we don't know whether he's coming to this 5:30 news conference or not. so keep an eye peeled for that in the bottom half of this hour and we're getting details about what the president has been saying to lawmakers up on capitol hill including that the president pitched them behind closed doors on the idea of eliminating the payroll tax altogether, a 0% rate on the payroll

i spoke to a high level official at the white house before coming on today. they said the plan is not expected to include telling high risk people that live in high risk states or counties, telling them not the leave. they're not expecting any suggested restrictions on low rent states saying you shouldn't expect people. how do you prevent those spreading across counties, states that don't have a lot of cases from becoming the next new york, especially when we are at a point in testing in this country. >> exact especially. >> when people have symptoms. even people that want to be tested have not been tested. we have no idea what the rates are in so many of these places, even though dr. birx today talked about how they are working to gather information. >> as you said, other parts of the country doesn't want to become the next new york and the united states doesn't want to become china. we are second only to china. there are other countries that have been dealt tough hands but have used measures and their healthcare systems to try to combat this. some doing bet

we spoke to white house officials after the fact. they wouldn't give any more specifics but it does appear he will be attending that senate luncheon, andrea. so we will be watching that very closely. what did president trump tease out yesterday? he said he's looking at the possibility of a payroll tax cut and also relief for hour wlaj earners. the questions though around those potential proposals, andrea, are many. one, is he talking about a payroll tax holiday or just cutting payroll taxes around the edges? would that apply to employees and employers or just employees? what is the scope of it? how would it be paid for? and would the house be on board? that's the big question. the house guoes on recess next week. the calendar not on the president's side. devils in the details certainly. at announcement yesterday reported by cnbc seemed to catch his own administration off guard. as we've been trying to drill out on details today, it seems that's the case. officials struggling to answer questions about whether the president will make s

separately at the white house t they looked apublic health proposals. tell us what they're saying in that regard. >>he president is approaching the rier veer outbreak like we are a nation at war.ee he says this like wartime and americans shoullook at this as if they can do anything ey can for their nation. he says be vigilant, do what you can to help this virus outbreak stop many this country on testing, specifically something that's been on the mind of a lot of americans every single kay. the white house says the f.d.a., which is a large governing body that los at drugs and testing, they are now giving states the ability to look at andvelop and approve their own testing so that states likusmassats and other places can come up with their tests and use those tests. the prident, though, has been getting some pushback when it comes to public health because he's been referring to the virus as the chinese virerus. are also some white house officials who called it the kung flu virus toda a lot of critics say it's racist, xenhobic language. the president says

let's go now to kristen welker at the white house. kristen, this travel ban drew u strong reaction to from the european union who say you know, they were not aware of this beforehand and they say quote, the european union disapproves of the fact that the u.s. decision to impose a travel ban was taken without consultation. what are we hearing frg the white house at this hour? you also heard david mentioning that the markets are nervous because he didn't talk at all about the testing. >> right, the white house clearly keeping a close eye on the market, casey. so far, no official response to that pushback by the european union, but privately, officials here insisting that that suspension of travel from foreign nationals from europe is necessary. that it's the best way to try to stem the flow of those who are coming into the country who may be infected with the virus. now we know that the vice president was out on the "today" show earlier today defending the administration's policies, the steps that were taken by president trump and annou