we have florida resident cases, then cases from people who are non-florida residents. i do not have the full information, but the recent information, the plurality have been from the new york city area who are not florida residents but have tested positive in florida. we are putting out updates via text message. covid-19 two 8887777. we appreciate everything everyone is doing. i know it is tough, but i think we are on a positive course. we have to keep going, and move ahead in a smart and safe direction. with that, i will take some questions. >> [indiscernible] gov. desantis: i am going to do a presentation on this this week. we have made a lot of great progress in the last 24 hours. they have done close to 150,000 claims, a combination of direct deposits, debit cards, and the deposit of the $600 federal. there has been a lot of great work done on this system. the state paid 77 million dollars for this thing, we have a lot of great talent working on fixing it, but you have this situation where it is not just the state, but federal sites being pinged. we are working on

so we've done those in southern florida, central florida. we did one at a housing project in jacksonville. so we're going to continue with this concept. that is a way, as you go get back to business, you can put this almost anywhere. you can put it in a business district and have people have access to. this we think that's very important. then of course our national guard strike team at the long-term care facility, has been very, very important. the support of the guard, the support of all the supplies whenever we needed them to get down, it's really made a difference. going forward, we've already done contract, dr. birx laid out how there's all this lab capacity. we already have contracts to uble our capacity in 24 to 48-hour type time frames and we'll turn our state labs into throughput - high labs also. we have seven drive through sates around the state of florida. our ability to test exceeds current demand. we don't have restrictive criteria. it started off more restrictive. if you have coronavirus symptoms, test. if you're a first respo

of florida has tested close to two hundred 80,000 individuals in the state of florida -- close 280,000 individuals. if you look at some of these states, they have 30%, 35 percent, 40% of everyone that gets tested tests positive. in florida, the number has been declining. if you look at the numbers, i think it is a little better than that. reportsrtment of health every new case that comes in. yesterday i think it was about 760. then if you look at the total test, there will be positives that are greater than that number. the reason is because when someone tests positive, in order for them to get out of quarantine, they need to test negative twice in a row. sometimes they test at the end of the 14-day and still have virus, so they test positive, so those positive results are included in that 10%. if you look at just the new people coming in, the actual positive rate is closer to 8%, which is a very, very good thing in a lot of places, and even with miami still being 15%, 16%, that shows you throughout the state a very good story to tell. i think we've done a good job of really -- if you

the book is about florida and the roaring 20s it's more importantly about the florida land boom which you may note was the greatest land boom in american history. as it happens one of the most impactful because of the role it played in the events that led up to the great depression. now at the moment, as a writer i am specializing in writing about these unusual speculative frenzies my previous book, "cattle kingdom" published in 2017 was about the open range cattle era after the civil war that's the cowboy era. i discovered that it was little more than an investment bubble, a lot like the.com bubble of the 1990s set of young men going out to california to join tech companies, they went to colorado and wyoming and montana to become cowboys and joint cattle ranches. one of these of course was teddy roosevelt. when i began prospecting for a sequel to "cattle kingdom", i quickly hit on the florida land boom of the 1920s which is something i was familiar with. i grew up with grandparents on both coasts of florida. both of whom had lived through the roaring 20s and also had a grandfather wh

the state of florida. an update on where we are with the cases and what it's looking in the state of florida. as many of you know, the reason the 15 days toon stop the spread and then the 30 was to stop the spread make sure that our hospitals had enough capacity to be able to handle patients who were going to be infected by covid-19 and slowhought is if you could the spread, hospitals would be able to absorb and we'd be able to reduce any excess mortality. as of today, in the state of the available beds statewide, about 43% of the beds statewide are empty right now. if you look in miami-dade, it's 42% of the beds are empty. broward, almost 41%. palm beach, about 44% of the beds that are empty. numbersook at our statewide as of 8:00 p.m. last 774t, the state reported patients statewide in i.c.u.'s the lowest total number since april 9. so i think what you're seeing is progress is being made. the hospitalizations have been relatively flat. obviously, to see less people in the i.c.u. is a great thing. i have

because the governor of florida, ron desantis, is speaking. let's go there live. >> there are ways to deal with that. of course, my concern is simply that we have worked so hard to make sure we have adequate hospital space in the event of a covid-19 surge, that we wouldn't want those valuable beds to be taken. because of the cruise ship. but i think they are working to a solution on that. i did speak with the president this morning about it. i think he would like to see a solution, and i think the administration has seen a lot of the cruise ships take up a lot of resources. so we just wanted to get to a point where the resources can be used for folks here, particulary here in southern florida where we have most of our problems with covid-19, and not diver those elsewhere. but i think there are probably some more development on that today. speaking of south florida, one of the reasons we are concerned about what could happen in terms of new people coming in is just simply because broward and miami-dade represent over half the cases throughout t

an update on our situation here in florida. 320,000ave tested people in the state of florida. there was not very much testing going on anywhere in the country to month ago. we have been able to ramp up a lot. cleveland clinic is doing a great job. we, with the state and national guard have supported sites such as the one in broward county that has been very successful. if you look, the last two days, 7,000 testd close to 3 results. we had under 2000 positives out of that in terms of new cases. there are people who test positive in isolation because they need to negative skip to get out. -- because they need two negative to get out. new positives are declining. florida had a low percentage. some other places have been as high as 50%. some are still 30%, 25%. as of lastu look at week, the average positivity rate for new individuals was about 7.5%. that is a good sign that things are going in a good direction. and if you look at the hospitalizations, we are at the lowest number of patients in the icu statewide today than we have been for the last week, maybe for the last 10 days.

where we are, and obviously south florida is number one. we surge a lot of resources there and will continue to do it. if we can continue the testing, and with these new rapid test, that will help tremendously. once we hit about 105,000 tests, that puts us in the north korea range where they test one of every 200 folks. once you get that are better, you have a really good sense of how the virus is moving in all the different communities. there are some places, you get more positives, but it's kind of the same percentage every time, 6% positive. others like miami-dade, as you test more, you get more, but you also get a higher percentage testing positive so that suggests it is circulating a little bit differently in that area. i think that with the ability to test more, that will be a huge priority. at this point all the mitigation we could do is done. there's parts of the state for that will be tough medicine, but it's uniform, it's done, and now i think the testing and really embracing is much as we can there going to help provide us the in

in florida collapsed everywhere. but they did not get there and then by the carpet of time and you can understand why. and with that incredible act especially in this day and age. but i think he would find that interesting. so i will be her to sign copies and happy to chat answer questions. [applause]

know -- florida. there wasn'tow, much testing in the country. we have been able to ramp up a lot. cleveland clinic -- such is the one in broward county that has been successful. days, wet the last two have reported close to 37,000 test results. under 2000 positives out of that, so, in terms of new cases. because there are people that test positive while in isolation and they need two negatives to get out. what we see is the percentage of people going into test that test positive is declining. percentage and some other places have been as high as 50%. some of them are still 30%, 25%. here, if you look at the last week, the average positivity rate for new individuals was about 7.5%. that is a good sign things are going in a good direction. if you look at the hospitalizations, we are at the lowest number of patients in the icu statewide today then we have been certainly for the last week, maybe for the last 10 days, so you are not seeing people going into the icu or hospital at the same rate that you had

molly always a pleasure having you know it's interesting you're in florida. start with what's going on there for those estimated to lose $1000000.00 jobs by june with an unemployment rate of 15.5 percent by july it's needless to say the current system will fail unemployed floridians what can the state legislature do to assist residents during this time and will you know will federal assistance bail out the state of florida as it is one of trump's favorites. i no longer real question is what i can and do except to answer angry e-mails and calls and refute calls for them to step down from office because they're angry and they're definitely seeing the results of bad decisions like you mentioned governor scott i mean in florida as it stands now is already one of the lowest unemployment benefits. in the state in the nation so it's a bad situation for a lot of poor and now. dire package that they passed a little while ago and it has trickled down on what you know it's interesting that it was supposed to boost employment benefits federal benefits $600.00 a week. and

what happens to her family my daughter's in florida alone my other daughter is. there isn't a cemetery it really messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police need is a scapegoat so why not choose a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on him and what happens of course the. sharp sharp smart society we do if we don't know she'll just brutal. and do this fortunately you truly. still love no children. hello there i'm military and you're watching in question broadcasting from r.t. american national headquarters in washington d.c. welcome to our viewers from across the nation and all around the world here are tonight's top stories 1st prices spiral below 0 as the global demand collapses so what is the future hold for oil and how does this impact global markets a full report coming up then as world economies grapple with a coronavirus pandemic china is rolling out a trial program for digital currency we'll tell you what that is plus online scams are plaguing the internet as specia

and i am quoting from the book, florida of the 1920s, a precursor, in florida then as in the united states at the moment two affluent coasts, separated by a largely impoverished and agricultural interior, inequitable wealth distribution, racial intolerance, zeno phobia and rising nationalism, the kkk being the most emblematic back then. these were combined with a dangerous overreliance on laissez-faire economics and government structure where bankers and businesspeople wielded inordinate influence on policy. to complete the analogy, the political leadership of the day displayed a profound difference to the fate of the environment and society less fortunate. i find these uncanny, i remind the reader it didn't end well back then. at the risk of history repeating is real. the 20s was a glamorous prosperous decade full of sports stars, celebrities, starlets but also a reckless, disruptive, money upset, scandal ridden and polarizing decade too. in short, an era remarkably similar to the one we are living through today. i thank you for listening, i hope you read and enjoy the book and i a

florida, northeast florida so some of the things that have been done in southeast florida, we've worked with all those counties. you have seen really strong restrictions weeks ago there, but in some other parts of florida where the caseload is much lower, you are still doing things to be able to contain the virus. we have an integrated public health system so the county health departments are integrated with the state, and when you have an infectious disease in a place where you may have 20 cases in accounting of 150,000, the way to contain that that's most effective is to isolate the people that have the disease and then trace their contacts and then see who may have symptoms and that really has worked to help slow the spread. they have been doing the contracting throughout the state. we still have a lot of professionals who do a really good job at it. mark: when we come back i want to ask you two questions. how is your cooperation coordination with the white house and the media. the media nationwide is pushing for national shutdowns. it is rejecting what are positive therapies and it

the need in florida. president trump even offering to hold up some visual aids for him saying i can be your easel, again according to the reporters in the room. to take a step back, we know florida is planning to -- according to the governor -- reopen in what he calls baby steps starting at the end of this week. but it's not clear florida has met the grinds set by the administration, which, of course, is to have a downward trajectory of cases for 14 days. so far the death toll continues to mount in florida. 83 new reported deaths today alone, and so there is scepticism about whether or not this is happening too quickly. but, again, desantis making the case he is going to open up in a, quote, methodical way. again, we can't underscore this enough, it desantis is a republican ally of president trump. and worth he noting he didn't hold a similar press availability with andrew cuomo when he came to the white house. so certainly politics underscoring this event as well. >> kristen welker from 1600 pennsylvania

we've never had 2,000 new florida cases. you may see that. people will probably write that cases are, quote, spiking. that's not a good way to look at it. i mean, these are cases that are there, we're identifying it with aggressive testing. the rate would still be 5%, if you were doing it -- if you were looking at that. so we're looking at the positivity right more so than just the raw number of cases because the raw number of cases does have a relationship to how much you're testing. we had 530 new cases yesterday. but we only had 8 or 9,000 test results whereas we've had other days where we had 15,000 test results. looking at it that way is something that is going to be very, very important. those are going to be the type of metrics we're looking at. we'll also be looking at some of the sin douyndromatic symptoms. that's something we'll be looking at for sure. so we're going to be safe, smart, and we're going to do this step by step. we are trying to build a foundation for the future of the state of florida. we did not ask to be put into th

i don't know anything in the weirdness of florida is my daily reality and everybody is moving to florida and out now which is a lot more material for me. now he is down there golfing. the material is priceless. i talk about one of the first books i ever wrote with just my name on it was a book called tour season. they were traditional thrillers ripped out of our notebooks. one of the first reporters in beijing. those were kind of a straight thrillers. we have to sit down and plan and collaborate on fiction and it was a challenge. bill and i have very different writing styles. we would just each head chapters and characters. they would be facing typewriters like they were pns. and they would rip each other stuff apart. before there was computers or anything. we somehow came up with the singular voice that anyone who read those novels could not tell which of us had written which chapters or characters. bill, when he was a foreign correspondent he got very lonely. his wife and kids were back in miami so when i get the pages from him from china or wherever he was in the mideast. he might sen

lakh doctors across the state of florida -- black doctors across the state of florida. this coronavirus is killing african-americans at a greater rate than any other group across the nation. we do not want florida to reflect the nation in this way. that is why the governor's support and what he is doing here today, and the office of minority health, and the bureau of chronic disease prevention, and using models of social determinants of health is so important for us now, and will be imperative for us in the future. respecter of no age, race, ethnicity, income, or geography. it does not discriminate. we must speed up every effort we can to test and educate, to be able to prevent the spread and deeper penetration of this disease in our community. we know one way to reverse this is access to testing, like we are doing today in pompano and will be doing tomorrow here at the urban league. that is how we will slow this disease and hopefully end it in time to come. testing is one way. the other way is education and awareness. across the state of florida, the seven urban league

appreciation,e my i know a lot of appreciation from the state of florida. let me give these folks the opportunity to offer what they are doing. commissioner, will you just give a little color to what revenue is doing to be able to help in the capacity that you are able to bring? history.le bit of public display for a very long time. 1970, the great recession. i know this may be hard to hear but these are exciting times, we get to work early every morning, we work weekends, we worked nights. there are challenges on the property tax side on the general tax side, but leadership, if you it isor the governor, exceptional. a microphone, that's that. it's exceptional. when you get the all hands call, i've never seen that happen before since 1972 and i've been here a long time. you don't know how your staff is going to take that when you reach out and say those that are unemployed in the state of florida need help. situated in the department of revenue because the nature of child support has many of our employees on the child support side already working daily with

the seminole tribe of florida down in florida, which is our brothers and our brethren and we are the descendants of the ancestors that were brought as prisoners of war to the west, and i just want you to know that even though seminoles are associated with the overall indian removal act of the 1830s and what's known as the trail of tears, our people, our males were shackled in chains and brought to the west as prisoners of war. so the seminoles are a very well-stated native american people group. and a well-known people group, as well, when you think about american indians. a lot of times people will think of the seminoles. and we extend our invitation out to you. come visit us here in central oklahoma, the home of the seminole nation of oklahoma, wewoka. but let's take a look at the map. and it speaks a little bit about seminole beginnings. as we see the whole southeastern part of the united states was home to many tribes, as you can see in this map, and what became known as seminoles for you see, seminole is not the original name of the nation and the tribes that exists in florida t

new information about florida. it plans to open some businesses next week, except a giant exception, the state's most heavily populated counties in the south. there are now more than 60,000 reported deaths in the united states. more than 2500 reported yesterday a lolone. as so many people talk about turning a corner, the number of new deaths isn't dropping. at least not significantly. >> john, in morning there are encouraging signs for a coronavirus treatment. the experimental drug remdesivir is showing promise in speeding up the recovery of patients. "the new york times" reports that the fda is planning to announce approval for emergency use of the drug. but not everyone is so optimistic. so we'll get into the details of what the trial actually shows. also, new developments out of los angeles this morning. it becomes the first major city to offer a free coronavirus test to any resident who wants one. but there is so much demand at the moment, residents are having a hard time finding a slot. also, this morning, new

authorities don't want them to dock in florida. temporary hospitals going up in detroit, mississippi, dallas, parts of california tonight. and as we do every night, we'll get to it all and carefully. the president saying difficult days are ahead. a few days from now will be horrific. we begin with whit johnson tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a doctor taking us inside new york's mt. sinai queens hospital, now pushed to the brink. >> this is our e.d. you can see all the rooms are filled. usually these halls are very neat and empty. and now you can see there's patients everywhere because of this. makes it very hard to work and we're trying our best to treat everyone that we can. >> reporter: many of the patients immediately put on oxygen. >> all these patients here sitting out in the hallways because we are full. >> reporter: health care workers on the front lines, making painful sacrifices. >> i said good-bye to my wife and to my daughter for who knows how long. it's going to be several weeks probably before i see them in person again

everyone onboard desperate to dock in florida. but florida's governor ron desantis reluctant to let non-floridians into the state. >> clearly we're gonna be willing to accept any floridians who are onboard. >> reporter: that's good news for the 49 passengers from florida but there are still questions about how the more than 250 other americans on the ships are getting home, along with hundreds of foreign travelers. >> let's get to gio, tracking this all day long for us. i know florida is calling on the cruise company to come up with some sort of a plan for letting some passengers get off before any plan is approved? >> reporter: that's right. so far, holland america has not submitted any plans. but the port says they need to see the plans 24 hours in advance. david? >> gio, thank you. >>> we also have new reporting on the u.s. aircraft carrier with confirmed cases of coronavirus onboard, the uss theodore roosevelt, now with 93 cases. tonight, after a desperate plea from t mmr, new action. the ship now in guam. 1,700 sailors expect

and the governor of florida run the centers they do not want these people to be positioned in florida or to stay in florida so what we're being told is going to quote here the governor said this he says as the foreign nationals come off the ship as they leave they are going to be leaving the area on chartered planes and we have not going to coming back on track bad there's been no public just to let you know we got the pictures up of what you're describing right now the chartered plane used to be eastern airlines now it's a charter company flying out of fort lauderdale and miami international airport go on yes owner it to you again he says as foreign nationals leave there they are going to be a leaving on chartered planes they are not going to come in contact with the general public it is going to be a very controlled exit again those words from the governor of florida run the census so essentially what they're bussing um somehow from the. ship to fort lauderdale international airport and then getting on a plane and flying them out yes and not only not only is that going to be the for

everyone onboard desperate to dock in florida. but florida's governor ron desantis reluctant to let non-floridians into the state. >> clearly we're gonna be willing to accept any floridians who are onboard. >> reporter: that's good news for the 49 passengers from florida but there are still questions about how the more than 250 other americans on the ships are getting home, along with hundreds of foreign travelers. >> gio benitez back with us tonight on this. florida said it wants the company to come up with a plan, and just minutes ago, they released a new statement? >> reporter: that's right. they said they plan for passengers fit for travel to go straight to charter flights. but those who are sick need to stay onboard. >> gio, thank you. >>> we also have new reporting on the u.s. aircraft carrier with confirmed cases of coronavirus onboard, the uss theodore roosevelt, now with 93 cases. seeing cases climbing from 23 last week to at least 93 now. tonight, after a desperate plea from the ship's commander, the ship now in guam. 1,

if you look at florida's outbreak, just think of all the people who are in florida. january, february, disney was going although until mid-march. we didn't have outbreaks tied to a lot of that stuff, for whatever reason. maybe it's because most of our activities are outdoors. it's probably not as an efficient vector when you're outside in the sun compared to close contact indoors. all these different people in these industries, part of my task force -- and this isn't going to happen overnight -- they are all thinking about innovative ways to be able to do different things and do it safely. and we've seen that even on the basic level of, if you go and drive by home depot now, they will be 6 feet apart waiting to go in the store, and they are doing it. people are adapting and innovating. i think that will happen. i don't think it will happen overnight. i think we are going to have to be measured and thoughtful. but i think, as people see different things can happen safely, i think the confidence factor will go up. clearly, financially, it's an issue for florida. any ti

in florida for the 1000000 people that rely on those jobs anymore we're going to do more. and improve the opportunities for jobs and not just stand by governors and oh they're always looking to our i mean doubt they don't want to work. in trouble or any number of fraud allegations as well and so you know what about the real opportunities here to do the right thing and benefits everyone will they do when and chance it's always interesting during your wild west well you know it's interesting because i think florida is also a microcosm for a lot of issues that are happening that are that are affecting states across this country because of some of the policies that were in place before this this pandemic hit i want to jump you mentioned the you know before the cleared the essential business which look i have a history obviously with the given my father and all that you know but what with florida facing massive job losses and growing income inequality how can they possibly justify allowing wrestling with no one when you can even as a floridian go in and see it and pay money to

florida governor ron desantis says anyone flying to florida from new york, new jersey, or connecticut has to self-isolate for 14 days. alaska and hawaii also require anyone coming from other states to self-quarantine. now, the airlines and some health experts say flights are an essential service right now for people and for supplies and they need to continue during this crisis. >>> time is 4:37. tonight in florida, a stay-at- home order takes. florida governor ron densantes finally issued that order after being criticized that the state was not moving fast enough to prevent the coronavirus from overwhelming the state of florida. >> at this point, i think even though there is a lot of places in florida that have very low infection rates, it makes sense to make this move now, and you know, i did consult with folks in the white house. i did speak with the president about it. he agreed with the approach of focusing on the hotspots. >> right now, there are more than 7700 confirmed cases of coronavirus in florida and more than 1 hub people have died. >>> well, two virus-stricken cruiseships

tequesta, these were the original tribes of florida. what we do know, historically, they were decimated due to disease, slavery, early on as europeans come to this part of the world. so what became known as seminoles, they begin to settle in this area here as early as the 1700s, that will become associated with those particular tribal people groups. the capital of today, as people will call it, tallahassee, is actually probably where this name cap way is. tallahassee is right along this area, if i have the estimation of the area -- tallahassee is my tribal town. that is the tribal town i come from. we as seminoles have tribal towns, what we call bands today and the formation of our trouble government. we also have clans. so my clan is bird clan. all of this derives from my mother's side. so we are matrilineal. whatever your mother is is the line you follow, especially with a your clan. constitutionally, today, if your mother is not a member of the seminole nation, but your father is, then you can be a member of that band of your father.

the book is about the florida in the roaring 20s. more specifically, it's about the florida land boom, which as you may know was the greatest land boom in american history, and as it happens, one of the most impactful because of the role it played in the events that led up to the great depression. at the moment, as a writer, i'm specializing in writing about these unusual speculative frenzies. my previous book, cattle kingdom, published in 2017, was about the open range cattle era after the civil war. that's the cowboy era. and i discovered that it was really little more than an investment bubble, a lot like the do dot-com bubble of the 1990s instead of young enemy going to california to join tech companies, they went out to colorado and wyoming and montana to become cowboys. and join cattle ranches. and one of those was of course teddy roosevelt, who was one of that book's protagonisms. when i back prospect fargo sequel to cattle kingdom, i quickly hit on the florida land boom of the 1920s, which was something i was familiar with. i

for example, if a new yorker comes down to florida and dies from coronavirus in florida, florida's department of health would not record that as a florida death. they say that would be a new york death because that person was from new york. the medical examiner counts every person here. it's going to be interesting to see how or if these numbers will possibly sync up because you have the county officials counting every death and the department of health counting only residents, not visitors, not snow birds that come down here for the winter months. the florida department of health responding to that report saying reporting deaths by residency. >>> governor desantis also announcing his reopening plan. notably absent from phase one, the three largest counties in the state, one which includes the city of miami. tell us about this plan. >> right. so, the plan is going to be that the state will reopen except for those three counties on may 4th. this is phase one of his reopening plan. and as you said, the governor's plan -- he says that he's reopening the state of florida. but what he's not reopen

what do you attribute florida's to? >> specifically here in the city of tampa and hillsborough county, we put the safer at home order in place relatively early, and i have to give a lot of credit to my friend london breed because she talked about that, the significance of putting that in place and was the best step you could take, and so i was able to convince our emergency policy group to put that in place, but it really is the citizens who took their personal responsibility very, very seriously and adhered to that safer at home order, and i think that was a number of other smaller steps but that was the most significant one was that our citizens did the right thing. >> they certainly did. mayor breed, i want you to listen to something the president just said a few moments ago about sanctuary cities as he calls them like san francisco receiving coronavirus relief funding. listen to this and i'll get your reaction. >> i don't think you should have sanctuary cities if you get that kind of aid. as you're talking about bil

for example if a new yorker comes down to florida and dies from coronavirus in florida, florida's department of health would not record that as a florida death. that would be a new york death. the person was from new york. the medical examiner counts every death for the county no matter where they are from or where the person lives. it will be interesting to see if they will sync up. county officials county every death and only residents or visitors that come down here for the winter months. saying that reporting deaths by residency is the appropriate method. >> interesting on that one. okay. govern the three largest counties in the state and one includes the city of miami. >> the state will reopen except for those three counties on may 4th in phase one of his reopening plan. as you said the governor's plan. he said he is reopening the state of florida but not the largest counties and the most populous areas. those counties make up 30% of the state's population. all of those people are going to be under a stay at home order. here is what is opening. restaurants. outdoor seating. indoor at 25

it's called america's great barrier reef the coral reef system off the florida keys on the coast of florida the 3rd largest in the world it's being ravaged by an outbreak of what's called coral tissue loss disease that started in 2014 well scientists that the florida aquarium in tampa announced that for the 1st time ever they've successfully reproduced rigid cactus coral and human care and it could provide the necessary help to keep the florida reef system alive and healthy the aquarium released this video showing fully developed coral larva swimming immediately after release the next step is figuring out exactly how long the corals larva swims around before settling down and growing into adult coral roger german president and see. do you know of the florida aquarium said quote our resolve to say florida's endangered coral reefs continues and this historic breakthrough by our coral experts our 2nd in 8 months provides additional hope for the future of all coral reefs in our backyard and around the globe scientists hope to one day release the human grown coral back into the ocean assuming it

i mean in florida and now already one of the lowest unemployment benefits . in the state in the nation so it's a bad situation for a lot of people are in. dire packages. a little while ago. trickle down from what you know it's interesting that it was implemented federal benefits $600.00 a week namely individuals and something about you know the whole entire unemployment the government. i have those benefits as any human working properly and so a lot of those that need the money aren't getting the help and a good reason for that is because god and change that he made it the number we can do those employment benefits they could lower the amount of money they receive and you know when they want to go out and do so then the only benefit in this latest action $600.00 a week guess who are you against a former governor now senator guy he said no that's more than a lot of you are getting who are already unemployed it's going to discourage them from going back to where i don't think we could have a more out of touch center because this is a state where a lot of people

you see the numbers in florida. you and i discussed this privately, we were both very concerned about the elderly population, a lot of people retire in your state and in your district. you are acutely aware of this hyper, very censored focus on the elderly population in particular, it seems by these numbers to be paying off big time. >> history will judge governor desantis very favorably for focusing or efforts on those vulnerable. dr. birx said florida had a contract tracing system that was a model for america and that's the type of technology that we have to get people back to work. as it relates to iran, the united states doesn't seek a war with iran. such a war would be lost by iran but the winner would undoubtedly be china. we are not going to engage in endless foreignn wars, but we will take out terrorists. the message is clear to any iranian official who would engage in terrorism, either get your act together or get prepared to meet general soleimani. >> sean: that's a good line too. i think the military effo

the virus does not know the border between florida and georgia. and we have no national strategy. >> tom, thank you. i always appreciate talking to you. >> my pleasure. >>> next, las vegas casino owners, they want to open. nevada's governor now says wait. and is baseball about to come back? one season mlb reporter's source says yes. he will tell you what he's hearing. first up is this french onion dip. i'm going to start the bidding at $5. thank you, sir. $6 over there! going once. going twice. sold! don't get mad get e*trade and get more than just trading investing. banking. guidance. and get more than just trading if you have a garden you know, weeds are low down little scoundrels. with roundup sure shot wand you don't need to stoop to their level. draw the line. the sure shot wand extends with a protective shield to pinpoint those pesky bedfellows. it lets you kill what's bad right down to the root, while comfortably guarding the good. draw the line with the roundup sure shot wand. roundup brand. trusted for over 40 years. when things are tough

it wasn't just southern florida. many flights came into orlando and some when it to tampa. how that will manifest if those folks aren't self-isolating, i don't know but you also have international travel still. from brazil, people are going into orlando and i think we have to get a handle on that because florida, you will have kids out of school and businesses close and people may lose their jobs, these different things and sacrifices have someone gets airdropped and with more virus in these communities, how is that something that is good? the one thing that i am optimistic about is how you get society back on its feet. a week or two ago, people were talking about being in lockdown for nine months but that's not sustainable. if you look at the advent of things like the rapid testing, the antibodies test, it seems there is a new product that comes out every day. every great minds and our country is working on this. i think when you harness the technology, you will be able to have a society that protects against the virus but will allow people to do more than just work-at-hom

florida, we can think about it as miami-dade -- florida is one of the lowest amounts of mobilization, social mobilization in the state as measured by google. that means people have been staying home despite what we see of the scenes on the beaches and despite what we've seen from governor desantis. i think we've got an older community, we've got communities that are largely rural throughout the state and they have been, like the rest of the country, been following the stay-at-home order. hopefully this will stay. i would be cautious as governor i any state of taking a victory lap and nobody has immunity yet to coronavirus. so i think you got to be careful. i think that's what's going on. >> i think that's interesting. what you're saying is that even if a state or a governor has relatively lax social distancing protocols, people are policing themselves. basically an elderly population which florida is known for, doesn't want to go out and get sick. so they are -- they don't need to be told to stay home. they are voluntarily staying home. let me pull up the numbers which i think are int

i describe a scene in the book in florida. i was in fort myers at the hertz arena for a trump rally i had an interview with him backstage before the rally got started. it was a pretty contentious interview but a good interview. after it was over, he brought me out, you know, still backstage, to see ron desantis, campaigning with him. to see rick scott and their wives, and he introduces me, brings me into the room and says meet the great jonathan karl, and all complementary and then he asks me, joe, three times, if i was going to go out and watch his speech. are you going to go? are you going to be out there? i got a good run. were you going to be there? of course, i'm a reporter. i'm covering what he's doing and i went out there and with three minutes of him taking the stage, he had that, the 10,000 or so people in that arena screaming and taunting me and the fellow reporters in that press pen in the middle of the floor calling us horrible, nasty people. saying that we were contributing to the deep divide in our country. i mea

and folks from career sources across florida. by next week, there will be more than 1000 individuals. 750 contract call center employees, 500 department of revenue employees along with a call from the governor. as the governor said, this is all hands on deck. as he directed my department, we created a paper application for floridians to fill out to assist with taking the pressure off the system. which is now increasing the capacity. paper applications can be downloaded at www.floridajobs.org/covid/19. and mailed back to our department. beginning this week, career source locations will be providing paper applications and assisting floridians. who have completed their applications for reemployment assistance. going back to technology and the investment made by the governor, deo has worked with dms to enhance the capabilities of our online systems. this includes the servers. 72 servers have increased capacity. last week, we had 17,000 applications. as of last night, 62,000. that shows increasing speed and our ability to help floridi

only florida's natural is always made in florida by florida farmers. great taste. naturally. steve: welcome back. we learn how serious coronavirus is. we could do without the ridiculous media outlets that sensationalize every piece of coronavirus news. you highlight this trend on his show on friday. take a look. >> last month the washington post ran the headline it feels like a war zone with this picture. this is not a war zone. this is a man with a box of eggs and i've never seen a war zone with this much bacon. >> he ended that monologue with this, we need the news two calm down and treated like adults. trump called fake news. don't make him be right. i thought that was great. i don't know if you saw the whole thing but it was just a really good, very forensic look at some of the ways in which these headlines are so hysterical these days. as if it's bad enough without making it sound worse than it is. >> i will give you the most vile example of media hatred from just hours ago. a columnist with the miami herald tweeted essentially that it would work out nicely if crowded fl