just like some states will --pen you for other states before other states, it is true across the state. north country has a totally different situation than new york city. central new york has a different situation. we operate as one state but we also have to understand you want to get this economy open as soon as possible. if the situation is radically different in one part of the state than the other part of the state, we take that into consideration. applies togic that the country applies to some states, the state, where you have those varieties across the state. we need to take that into consideration. the way we have been working on the economy in general, where we recognize there is one state, yes, but there are regional economies within the state and we have been working with each individual regional economy, we will do the same thing on this phase. let's talk about reopening economies in that regional context. and coordinated regionally, and that is what we are going to be doing. statewide, this let's not just talk about reopening. all we are going to do is go back to where we

some states. about $200,000 for every covid case, new york got case.$12,000 per covid have you justify that? wanted to give every state something so they can go home and do a press conference on it to their state -- press release for their state. need billions of dollars to do press releases. somee president said states would go into phase one ?mmediately >> what he is saying is it is up to the states, up to the governors who have states that have fewer cases can reopen faster. that has nothing to do with the president or federal policy or anything. all he is saying is it is up to the state and you will see state that have less of a problem opening sooner. totallyundeniable and logical, so it depends on that state and the numbers and the governors rely on numbers. [inaudible] >> we are .9 on the infection rate. 1.2 is the tipping scale were numbers go up so your margin of error is between .9 and 1.2. you have many states where the is minimal.te we are right up to the line of possible outbreak thom

that should be up to states. the tracing function, the function after testing that traces people who are positive, who did they come in contact with, who to isolate, that is state's responsibility? the problem with scale has been the national manufacturers of equipment who make testing kits, that they have to send to the state labs, so the state labs can perform them, those are done manufacturers, who have said they had a problem with the supply chain to quickly ramp up tests. they need swabs, vials, chemicals, "reagents." that is where the federal government can help. states cannot do international supply chains. i guess they could but not in this timeframe and it is not what we do. you should not have 50 states competing to do international supply chains. ofernor hogan, the chairman the national governors association, the governor of maryland, republican, good man, he was bringing tests in from south korea, very creative and proactive on this part but that is not what states normally do. let the federal governm

more than any state in the united states. more than any country has tested on a per capita basis. so nobody is better at testing than we are. with all the testing we have done since this started, 500,000 tests. wow, it's a lot. not really. it's been a month and we've done 500,000. at that rate, this is on for three months, we would have tested 1.5 million people. we have 9 million people in the workforce. we have 19 million people in the population. so we have to increase that rate. and that's why the partnership with the federal government to get the reagents, etc., is so important. and that the federal government provides the states with resources to do this. i mean, you have the president saying 15 times, it is up to the governors, it is up to the governors, it is up to the governors. and then they are going to pass legislation that gives, you know what to states? zero. zilch. nada. niente. nothing. but then how are the state supposed to do this? you know what happens, i will tell you exactly what happens. the state has ab

states. but let's be smart and let's be cooperative and learn from one another. let me turn it over to grofrove phil murphy. thank you so much for being with us. >> governor cuomo, thank you for hosting us so graciously and in the category known by the company you keep, i'm honored to be with you and governor lamont and governor wolf and cardy in this discussion and in this initiative. you know, just as we harmonized as states, you know, we're -- new jersey is the corridor that is so unique. it was imperative to not just do the things that we needed to do within our four walls as we closed our state down, but to do it in close coordination with new york and pennsylvania and delaware, connecticut, especially. and it's that same spirit that we're coming together and acknowledging as we -- whenever it is, and by the way, we have not yet plateaued. we're a couple beats behind new york. our positive tests have begun to flatten. but we're not yet there. but as we, you know, whenever it is that we d

state by state 42%. regionally 41%. if i do a little ciphering here, that gives me 83%, versus nationally 17%. really interesting. that's what we're getting. the plurality, state by state and some regionally. what else do we have? what came in social media wise this hour? with some states being opened what stops a resident who may be asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic from an unopened state travel to an open state? isn't there a risk from that traveler? there is. how about if you live in a border state where the policies differ and i want to go to dinner, what's going to stop you from going to dinner in the neighboring state because you have cabin fever? as i said at the outset, i'm not criticizing the decision made here, i don't see an alternative. i think it's problematic if people don't behave responsibly. the virus didn't respect international roboundaries and won't respect state boundaries. that's not me saying therefore this isn't the way to go because i'm not comfortable seeing a national standard that crushes the e

it is not state-by-state that declares war. it is not state-by-state that you go out. this is a global pandemic, it is a national situation. 98% of the country is under stay-at-home orders now. the federal government is the purchaser in chief, strategist in chief. fema buys the equipment, distributed to the states that need it. ok, that is option a. and i think that is a viable option, but people can say i don't want to do that. b could, ok, option theoretically be designed -- we have never done this -- if you are saying the states have to be responsible for their own stockpile and their own purchasing of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment for a global pandemic, then the states have to do it in a way where they are not competing with each other. this was just crazy that i am bidding on a machine that illinois is bidding on and california is bidding on and florida is bidding on and we are all bidding up each other. i'm trying to buy masks at the same time everyone else is trying to buy masks. that is just -- i am going through all of these efforts. i have to figure o

states is repeating what we did in 2008 which is to send mr amounts of resources to the banks so you are right that we can't continue the way we were and you're also right that a lot of transnational beats and state officials are recognizing that but that doesn't translate into the banks and the global corporations that drive the global economy to actually force them to undertake major restructuring and there is a robinson to be a fairy fairy i think what we see around the world is the government's giving assistance not only to use and large industries but also to the most vulnerable citizens there is a lot of talk about the introduction of basic income many governments are sending checks that isn't maybe that's not an odd. i think that. that's a bit of a difference from how it was handled in 2008 let's look at this the figure and this is the economist magazine economist just gave us a speaker that already 7 trillion dollars have been approved at least stimulus packages just in to european union and the united states 1st of all the best majority of that is going to corporate bailouts

can't do that they can't deficit spend it's a lot of times in their very state state constitutions that they can't do that so they're dependent so when they're being outbid or having to outbid the feds or other countries or whoever that's all coming out of that state budget that they can't get back you know and that's what's really bad colorado was in the process of buying ventilators when fema swooped in with them and just took them away governor jared polis declared either be in or out either let us know what we're going to get and when we're going to get them or stay out and let us buy them you can't play both sides and that's exactly what trump and the federal government congress and all them are doing right now because no one's put a stop to it and the governors have spoken about this and they've sounded you know loudly that they are not in a position to compete with the federal government in the open market for the reasons that you just stated you know a journalist david wall as well as actually wrote in new york magazine he really kind of sum this up i think really good in that a

states anyway. a story in today's wall street journal that i want to point you to wear some chains say they are going to sit out the reopening in states. states restart their economies after coronavirus closures, many big companies remain hesitant to open their doors. incorporated, gap incorporated, and tgi friday's incorporated are among the big national chains saying they will in georgia reopening and south carolina, citing health concerns and uncertain customer demand. other companies, such as best buy and starbucks, continue in lockdown mode, keeping stores closed to shoppers and fulfilling online orders or curbside pickup. chains say they are phased reopening plans will rely on ,tate and local guidelines their own market analysis, and consumer surveys. many large locations are not profitable if the number of shoppers who can safely enter is restricted to a handful of people. consultants say. retailers that have open want to reassure shoppers. dick's sporting goods incorporated open some stores

one of the interesting things is, as you may know, we were the second state in the united states to put forward our stay-at-home rule. people have really been abiding by it for the most part. and so, the result of that has been the pushing out of what had been anticipated to be a peaking in the middle or near the end of april. it has been pushed out now according to the models to maybe mid-may, but at a lower level. and so we are moving inching , toward that date. people are doing what they need to do in the state of illinois, staying indoors or staying at home. wearing masks outside, as i've urged everybody to do. making sure they are washing their hands, and all the other things that we've asked people to do. the result is that we have had many fewer deaths than were anticipated. our hospitalization rate is somewhat stable. climbing a little bit, but somewhat stabilizing. and of course our ventilator needs have gone down. interestingly, partly because we have bent the curve, but also because the treatment, the way the doctors are treating the people who seem like they need to go on ve

no state can get the ppe they need. no state can get the ventilators they need. the market has literally collapsed. the only operational model that i see is you have curves -- we've been talking about our curve. you have curves in different parts of the country, and those curves occur at different times. it depends on when the outbreak started in that region, how quickly it spread. so you have different curves in different parts of the country occurring at different times. i think the only practical solution at this point is focus on the emergency that is in front of you. focus on the emergency at the place and time that is in front of you. and then redeploy to the next situation. so new york is the tip of the spear, so to speak. we have the high numbers. we have the first major encounter. deploy resources to new york. we'll hit that curve, we'll be at the top of the curve, 17 days, 21 days, we're on the other side of the curve and we're coming down and then i don't need the ventilators that we've amassed and split and the bipapp machines. we can redeploy what we

specific to you or at that time the state the state guard the state police the state laws so some of it is just a structure and some of it is how each state is set up and some of it is a preference based on things like in st louis achievement missouri for example 2 major cities samus in kansas city we're in our state. that kind of tended to to adjust things in terms of the urban rural component to me you don't with that differently but then wearing a political hat these guys and gals at the top of these states these are the some of the coming you know most talented coming men and women in terms of their party so they're also trying to find their role and i you know we talked to our organization my realization the philosophical eagles are eagles are in most states and places like montana they want to do less right they think they want to do less and they want to be more you know kind of free and let things go and as you said in places where that's happened the governors have a rush to adjust their policies again we're dealing with a something it's everybody i think agrees is so once i

run by the state. i am hearing that they are getting the money out anyway. >> we are working with states to try to update their computers but it's a long haul. >> president trump: phase four. phase four. come on, steve. >> reporter: you said when someone is president of the united states, their authority is total. that is not true. >> president trump: we are going to write up papers on this. it's not going to be necessary because the governors need us one way or the other because ultimately it comes with the federal government. that being said, we are getting along very well with the the governors and i feel very certain that there won't be a problem. >> reporter: has any governor agreed that you have the authority to decide when their state opens? >> president trump: i haven't asked anybody. you know why? because i don't need to. please. >> reporter: you mentioned that the vice president called the governors. governor hogan of maryland has urged your administration, asked congress for 500 billion to h

in our state. thank you, director, for what you do in your department. as we move into the recovery phase, we must continue to prioritize not only the physical health of missouri, but also mental health. today, director stringer is here to give us an update on the department of mental health. thank you, governor. first, i want to express my sincere something for the missouri families who have lost loved ones to this virus. remain in our thoughts and prayers. second, i want to thank the department of middle health staff at all levels and settings that have performed spectacularly during this crisis, including the dedicated men and women who work in our state psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and state operated community programs. i cannot tell you how much we appreciate your ongoing commitment to serving some of the state's most vulnerable citizens. i also want to acknowledge my department's contracted community providers for treatment, prevention, recovery, and rehabilitation services.

by state. and it's the projected hospital resource use in the united states as a whole and state by state presuming that social distancing measures are put in place and kept there, at least until the end of may. it's sobering stuff. it led to this incredibly sober briefing, i think, for the first time today from the white house. it has led to these estimations about huge numbers of americans being killed by this thing even in the best of cases. but the best of cases really is what we have to aim at. covid-19.health data.org. we'll be right back. stay with us. is never touched once it comes out of the oven. and we're taking extra steps, like no contact delivery, to ensure it. today is the dawn of a new lawn. that's because roundup for lawns has arrived. now, there is a roundup brand product made just for your lawn. so you can put unwelcome lawn weeds to rest. draw the line. with roundup for lawns there's no better way to kill lawn weeds to the root without harming your grass. it's a great day to

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you can't have it state by state. let's say the swabs are made, and i'm just -- in california, and the machine, the little chemicals, are made somewhere else. you need the federal government to focus on it. i believe the federal government has not been focused enough on testing, that's why angus king was so upset. i think there is huge pressure for him to do it. i urged him to use the defense production act to get this money out, the way we've talked, $30 billion. but at least there ought to be one person appointed in charge and making sure there's a national focus and effort on testing. i would say this, jake. testing is the key. every expert says it. today's "new york times," one of the best experts says we only have about a third of the tests we need. we will not be able to get the economy going full-fledged unless we have testing. and we have examples, korea, south korea, i think they had a case, one day, the first case was within a day of each other in the u.s. and south korea, first case. but they did just what

this will be the first ever state endorsed, state backed, statewide clinical trial in the united states to help take care of our people here that would not only treat patients, but also give us the data we need to be prepared to fight this virus long into the future. over the weekend, we received the initial first doses of the drug. we will get the trial up and running. my understanding is some patients may already be receiving this today. thanks to the leadership of sanford health and the medical teams at avera and monument being willing to partner with us, i am excited about what is ahead. there are so many things today that can get discouraging. we see increasing positive cases in the state of south dakota. we see new people and families being impacted. we know all of this has been expected. for weeks we have been talking , for weeks about seeing this virus come. science tells us we cannot stop it, but we can slow it down. we can take care of people while we are dealing with it, and this announcement will make sure we can do that in the best way possible. we are going on offense to h

of critically-needed resources across our state. in coordination with private sector partners, the department of public safety, the department of natural resources, the department of transportation haneda georgia for street commission, are all working hard to restore power, clear debris, and provide assistance to the families and, and i would ask everyone to continue to keep these individuals, as well as their loved ones and those affected by the storms in your thoughts and prayers. helpll do our part to hard-working georgians recover. as you all know, i got a look at some of the damage in murray county today. i could tell you it is devastating. it looked a bomb went off into different neighborhoods i visited. and many of those georgians are already suffering from being out of work due to the covid-19 virus, and now, they've literally lost everything they owned. but i will tell you, they are strong-willed people. they are thankful that they have their families and their children. unfortunately, some lost their lives, and we continue

well when you go to war, you don't say to the states, every state has to buy its own tanks, every state has to buy its own guns. it doesn't work that way. this is a national situation. how do we do testing? where does the funding come from? either it's a or b. you can have a smart model either way, but either the federal government does it or the states do it in a clear delineation of responsibility and who performs what task. and the president is the president. let him put forth a model. but he has to put forth a model, wolf. >> let's see if he does. governor, when will you begin to feel confident that new york state is ready to begin to reopen? will it be testing or a data metric indicating it's safe to start loosening up all the stay-at-home orders? >> look, we say we're flattening the curve, we're on a plateau. remember how bad this plateau is, wolf. we have 2,000 new cases walking in hospital doors every day. we have about 18,000 people in the hospitals today with the virus. we lose about 600 people a day, all right? we're at 10,000 deaths. 9/11, we only had 2,700 deaths. so this i

if you look at the state, and this state is different than most states, this state has new york city, one of the most dense urban areas on the globe, and then we have upstate new york. and if you look at our infection rate upstate new york, it is very different than the rate of downstate new york. and if you look at the rate of upstate new york, it is comparable to many states in the midwest and the west. we hear the discussion every day, well, some states are reopening because that's don't have that bad of a problem. some of the places in upstate have a problem that is comparable to states in the midwest or the west. much, much different than new york city. ok, then let's come up with data points, factual points of what we have to do to reopen. so, everyone has the same opening template that we're dealing with. and we have to be smart about this. again, i know it is emotion, and i know that people are feeling emotional. but emotions can't drive a reopening process. we're talking about infection rate and hospital capacity. separate the emotion from the logic. and we have to act as our

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what else can the state to? are you confident that we will get enough money from the federal government to offset this? >> this crisis has taken an economic toll on household budgets, local government budgets, the state budget, business budgets. we are all going to have to navigate this to the best of our ability and protect as many people in the process. the federal kazakh dollars -- care act dollars have a lot of restrictions. they do not meet the eu -- needs of issues we will feel. that being said, continuing to work with our bipartisan congressional delegation to ensure that the next supplemental -- they are talking about another one. recognizing the incredible strain on state budgets and gives us the flexibility we need to really make sure that we shore up the core functions of state government. i think about our children who will be going, hopefully, back to school in the fall in a traditional sense. and who will need wraparound support to make up for the challenges that they have confronted as a result of

aren't states part of the united states and people citizens of the united states? >> the whole point of having a stockpile, don. the whole point of having a stockpile is for the federal government to use it for -- for the states. i mean, no matter what it says in the -- on the website. no matter how it's changed to, you know, match what jared kushner said last night, that's what it's for. full stop. >> yeah. that's the issue with, you know, having your kids as your advisor. all the best people. thank you. i appreciate it. >>> the cdc now recommending americans wear nonmedical grade masks. my next guest, a top doctor and former vice president cheney's cardiologist has some thoughts on that that you really need to hear. that's next. but when allergies and congestion strike, take allegra-d... a non-drowsy antihistamine plus a powerful decongestant. so you can always say "yes" to putting your true colors on display. say "yes" to allegra-d. - [announcer] at custom ink, we believe community is about having a common bond wherever you are. to putting your true colors on di

when you fund a state government, you are funding a state government to perform the functions you want us to perform which is the reopening function. i get it. i'll do it. but i need funding. and you're funding small businesses anyway and hospitals anyway and you're funding schools anyway. the republican doctrine used to be, limited government and state's rights. i'm a good distribution mechanism to small businesses and hospitals and schools because i know what's going on in the state. but if you want us to reopen, we need funding. national governors association is highly relevant because this is now all up to the governors. the national governors association is bipartisan. the chairman is a republican. i'm's vice chairman. i'm a democrat. i'm the incoming chairperson. we did a press release yesterday saying we need funding in this next bill. we need $500 billion for the states so we can do this reopening. the federal government yesterday sent 1.5 million cloth masks to new york state and i'm going to thank them for that. these are cloth masks that we can distribute to people to help i

they are run by the states. are mnuchin: some of them and some of the states aren't and we encourage, we are working with the states to update their computers. it is a long haul. >> thank you. sec. mnuchin: phase -- pres. trump: phase four, steve. >> you said when someone is president of the united states their authority is total. that is not true. pres. trump: you know what we are going to do? it is not going to be necessary because the governor's need us one way or the other because ultimately, it comes with the federal government. that being said, we are getting along well with the governors and i feel certain that there won't be a problem. >> has any governor agreed that you have the authority does -- to decide when their state -- pres. trump: i haven't asked anybody because i don't have to. >> who told you president has absolute authority of pres. trump: enough. >> governor hogan wants $500 billion to stabilize shortfalls. pres. trump: we appreciate governor hogan's statement. >> governor cuomo said [indisc

it state-by-state and so some states have 24 hours or 48 hours or both. outpatients and inpatients, others have shorter inmate inpatient and longer an outpatient. that's how we are reconciling those pieces. >> one of the data points we review is literally on a state-by-state basis with the turnaround time is for testing, and we continue to work that. these avid laboratory devices are, there are 18,000 of them across the country. when you go to the doctor's office and get the strep tests, it's that device. that's a 15 minute test. find your abbott device and we will work our hearts out to get a test to you. >> one for you and one for either of the doctors. we back this idea, and how did the administration envision this happening? is it guidance for the white house and we hope the governors follow it or do we put it in the governor's hands? how do you envision that all working together? >> one thing i can ensure you is the president has been informed by what the data shows. and that is what we can reopen for america and put america back to work. i can tell

states, one case. i'm supposed to shut down the government, the biggest economy in the history of the world, shut it down. we have one case. seven cases were on january 31st. now, january 21st, there was a case, not one person had died. you heard that, steve? not one person. so we have this massive country, the united states of america. we have the greatest economy in the world. w bigger than china's by a lot because of what we've done in the last 3 1/2 years. prior to the virus but including the virus. so we have the biggest economy, the greatest economy we've ever had, the highest employment numbers, best unemployment numbers also, the best of everything. so on january 31st, think of it, not one person has died. not one. nobody died. i don't think you'll find any. this is reported by cdc. confirmed by the news, which doesn't mean anything to me, because they don't tell the truth. but cdc reported january 31st, not one person has died. and i issued a travel restriction from china. think of it. so nobo

and yet we're the tenth largest state. we are having a disproportionate problem in the state of michigan. so we could take the same kinds of actions other states have, but it doesn't rise to the challenge we're confronted. and that's why we have to take a more aggressive stand. it's working. we are seeing the curve start to flatten. but as people come in from across the state and gather and congregate without masks, without standing six feet apart, without those important protections, it means that they might have gone back to these parts of our state and perhaps brought covid-19 along with them. our rural hospitals are not equipped to handle a big surge, and that's why this important step that we have taken are just critical to continuing to flatten that curve. >> governor whitmer, i want to stay with you here a minute on this issue. i'm just curious, what have you learned about people's patience, i guess, and your citizenry's patience? and are you contemplating figuring out how to balance that a little bit? how do you es

state level by the governor, not a large coordinated response between all of the states together. one state that feels as though it might have things under control, might have the testing levels there, fewer cases than, for example, new york state, they may decide to change the rules and open up much earlier, which is -- it's a very fine balance, i think. on one hand you've got to think about the hit to the economy, which is going to be major. united states is the biggest economy in the world, richest country in the world. the longer the lockdowns go on for the more the hits the sectors will take. it's a balance of the people as well. we need to make sure that the health population is the number one priority, i think. leaving lockdowns too soon is not the way to do that. >> gary mcclain talking to me earlier. >>> want to go to another story we are watching. the u.s. is monitoring intelligence. we are hearing leader kim jong-un is in grave danger after a surgery. these are the last images of kim to air on state media ten days ago. he missed the celebration of his grandfather's birt

when you find a state government, you are funding the state government to perform the functions you want us to perform, which is the reopening function. i get it. i will do it, but i need funding. when you fund state government, you are funding small business anyway, you are funding hospitals and schools anyway. your republican doctrine used to be, limited government and states rights. i am a good this tradition mechanism for small businesses and hospitals and schools, because i know what is going on in the state. but if you want us to reopen, we need funding. smallnal business association is highly relevant, because this is all -- of the national governors association is highly relevant cause this is now up to the governor's. it is bipartisan. i am the vice-chairman, i am a democrat. we did a press release yesterday saying we need funding in this next bill. we need 500 billion dollars for the states so we can do this reopening. the federal government yesterday sent 1.5 million cloth masks to new york state. i want to thank them for that. these are cloth masks that we can distribute to p

in fact, half of the states in america have less than 2,500 cases per state. this is a great tribute to the efforts of the people of those communities. as the president suggested when we unveil the guidelines the team has been working to present tomorrow to our nation's governors we were going to reflect on the fact that as the president said there will be areas of the country that will require continued mitigation and strong efforts, and there will be other areas of the country that will be given guidance for greater flexibility. the president has so directed our team. when you think of more than 619,000 americans having tested positive, more than 45,000 having recovered, we wanted to announce today that the fda recently announced efforts to facilitate the development and access to convalescent plasma. mr. president, you've spoken about this. people who have recovered from the coronavirus have antibodies in your bloodstream that can attack the virus. the mayo clinic today is working with the red cross to make sure that coronavirus patients have access to the

place than other states. it's going to be very, very close. maybe even before the date of may 1. so that will be for some states. actually, there are over 20 that are in extremely good shape. we think we are going to be able to get them open fairly quickly. and then others will follow. the federal government will be watching them very closely and will be there to help. will be there to help in many different ways as we were when we built hospital beds at a level nobody has seen before. foreign countries, even powerful countries can't believe what we were able to do with ventilators. powerful countries, big producing countries can't believe what we were able to do. we will hold the governors accountable, but, again, we will be working with them to make sure it works really well. now we have a list of people that i will be speaking to over the short period of time in many cases tomorrow. we will have elected officials and we will be submitting that list it out within the next 24 hours. we have a list of differe

it basically said, i'll tell you the state budget when i know the state budget, and the state budget is going to be a function of whatever the federal government gives us. the federal government has not funded states to date. the national governors association, bipartisan headed by a chairman, governor hogan, republican. i'm the vice chairman. we have said with one voice, you want the governors to do the job, we need to provide funding for state governments. there is now another piece of legislation they're talking about passing in washington, and again, it doesn't have state and local governments in it. but if this week we're going to do a state forecast. if they exclude state government again, our state forecast will project, without any federal funds, you can't spend what you can't spend what you don't have if you allocate on a flat basis for a sneeze. you will be cutting schools 20% and local government 20% and hospitals 20%. this is the worst time to do this. federal government says from day one don't worry, we'll provide funding from the states. yes, don't worry. i am worried b

they can't make health care policy from state to state. what they can do is try to put people back to work and make those out of work whole or try to. have they been overwhelmed thus far by these unemployment and economic numbers? >> they have been overwhelmed, but it's important to note that throughout the course of my reporting, that so many of these members of congress, democrats and republicans, they feel like bystanders at this time. they see what's happening with the economy, but they're back in their states, in their districts, and the governors in their states are really at the forefront of american politics along with president trump, and this current impasse about small business loans and whether it's going to be $250 billion or $500 billion -- a fight between leader mcconnell and pelosi. and you don't see a lot of side players coming to the foreground. and even the presidential campaign taking a back seat along with congress in many respects to what's happening. but at the same time, it's speaker pelosi. she is the key figure he

you look at our surrounding states, and two counties in our surrounding states, there are more covid-19 cases than there are in the entire state of arkansas. so we're doing that targeted approach to prevent that spread here in this state and we'll do more if need be. >> i certainly hope it continues to work. you have said that you support moving forward with no excuse mail-in absentee voting in your state given the issues with in-person voting that could be caused by coronavirus. so just to be clear, that means you do not believe that widespread absentee voting fraud exists? >> we have absentee voted in arkansas. but you have to have a reason for it. we have some special elections recently, and i said you can have no-excuse, as my emergency powers. we need to have that in november as well, in the event we still have this national emergency, because we want to have people be able to safely vote. no, with our absentee voting system, i'm not concerned about the fraud aspect of it. that's absentee, it's not mail-in, it's absentee, no-excuse voting, but they vote in person. >> today is eas

hot potato on a red state blue state scale as well. we have seen this phenomenon of southern states defying the federal guides that the president and dr. fauci and dr. birx laid out ten days ago when deciding how to open up. they said the state should are at least 14 days of declining cases before going into a very cautious phase one. georgia which opened on friday certainly doesn't fit that bill. georgia has had an increase number of cases not a decreasing number and they're the state that's moving most aggressively towards opening up. we know oklahoma has taken steps to open up. texas too shortly. south carolina. you see a theme, all southern states controlled by republic an governors and you recall in the early days of this pandemic when p president trump was down playing it and saying it wasn't going to get here from china or that it was going to be easily contained by just a few cases, fox news and other conservative media were amplifying that point and probably led many people in some of these states to believe it wasn't that big

we were one of the first states in the nation nearly a month ago to issue strong directives to state nursing home facilities, to restrict visitor access, to update infection control protocols, and to limit all staff travel. two days ago, and acted an additional executive order to further bolster mitigation and suppression efforts at maryland nursing homes. all long-term care facilities are required to direct all staff who interact with residents to wear personal protective equipment. all nursing homes are required to create separate observation and isolation areas for residents and to expedite all testing through the maryland state public health laboratory in order to get results in 24 hours rather than waiting up to seven days to get results from private labs. in addition, today we are launching statewide strike teams composed of members of the national guard, representatives of local and state health departments, the maryland institute for emergency medical services systems, and hospital systems to bring triage, emergency care, supplies and equipment to overburdened nursing homes.

two states in 2019 and 18 states this year. battleground states. i can tell you, number one, every state in america has the capacity to do and actually conducts mail-in balloting. the issue isn't one of scale and one of safety. the reality is if we go ahead and get mail-in ballots to as many voters as possible, you shorten the lines which means you can move as many people out of needing to be in person which lets you focus on those who must show up to vote in person. the disabled. those who have language barriers. the homeless and those who have been displaced by covid-19 and do not have mailing addresses that are stable. or those whose absentee ballots don't reach them. we have to follow gold standard which means we do what is necessary to protect those ballots. here's the thing. voter fraud is, by and large, a myth. the president of the united states, number one, voted by mail just recently. and so it worked for him. the concern he has is that it will actually work for every american. our elections are not partisan. the choices we make are, but t

and open their states. i'm afraid that the president were serious, he would have created a pandemic production board like fdr did, a way to streamline this. the whole story is getting test, test, test and nobody knows where the tests are. they've been promised. then they're not there. and so a lot of mixed messaging, gaslighting going on from this president. it adds up to donald trump doesn't have coronavirus and he's roaring to beat joe biden and he's going back to his playbook of finding ways to divide the nation. >> very much appreciate your perspective on this sunday. let's keep in touch as we watch how this plays out. a long way to go. thanks very much. >>> up next, joe biden wins giant endorsements and wrestles with how to campaign from home. and a quick look at coronavirus by the numbers. 1.7 billion small business loans. a 95% drop in air travel at l.a.x. 800 million verizon voice calls a day on average. that's more than double a normal mother's day. that enamel structure. pronamel repair allows mor

attorney general bill barr now threatening legal action against state governors who have ordered coronavirus lockdown all right it's time to boost your news i q. tensions are once again heating up in the persian gulf after a brief confrontation on the seas between the u.s. and iran which resulted in president calling for the take down of iranian gunboats that come too close rachel blevins us following the story she's joining us now from the news room with the details to this rachel what's happening there well manella president trump is now arming the u.s. navy with the shoot down a new stronger order after a close encounter with iran has increased fears of escalation in the persian gulf trump took to twitter wednesday morning writing i have instructed the united states navy to shoot down destroy any and all iranian gunboats if they harass our ship. see his warning follows an incident last week in which the us claims 11 vessels from iran's revolutionary guard came within 10 yards of u.s. navy and coast guard ships in the gulf near kuwait while the navy released footage calling the incident da

are states there? are states ready for that? >> so, jake, can i answer about los angeles. we are very lucky at ucla for doing our own in-house testing. so we have a turn around time of 3 hours from getting the specimens, getting the results. i will say we are definitely the exception and not the norm in l.a. county right now. my colleagues at other hospitals are very limited in the amount of testing they can do. one colleague can only returning even though they have the ab bought machine which has a 15 minute turn around. they can only do 100 tests in a week because they only have that many swabs. another can run 15 a day in another hospital because they don't have swabs a and the medium to transport the swabs so they're turning around hundreds of people every day with symptoms who they can't test because they don't have the materials that they need to perform the tests and even worse than that is the outpatient testing through the city of los angeles. the outpatient testing turn around time is anywhere from 7 to 9 days to get your results. so by the time you get the resul

state. he says there's a chance schools could reopen this academic year. governor cuomo announced today that while restrictions may continue in many parts of the states, some will begin easing. and the ceo of boeing now saying they think it could take two to three years for travel to return to 2019 levels. meanwhile, president trump pushing to pull out all u.s. troops from afghanistan. there is a coronavirus outbreak there. we have our nbc news team of reporters spread out across the nation, on the ground and ready to get into all of these stories. we begin in new jersey where with moments ago governor murphy addressed the state's plans for reopening. 42% of people there say someone in their household has lost a job because of the pandemic. the state also is looking to ease some of that's restrictions. jersey city reopening parks today. kathy park is there, what are you seeing? >> well, ari, five jersey city's largest parks are now open. if you do decide to come out here, you will be greeted

the last big war that the united states fought before then was that between the states from 1861 to 1865. and while the conflict raised a number of constitutional issues such as the legitimacy of the blockade, the emancipation of slaves and suspension of habeas corpus, they played a minor role. lincoln has been accused by southern sympathizers of ignoring the constitution anticipate acting as a tirade. lifrpgson denied either. did he stretch the constitution. before the civil war, the accepted view held that the constitution had created a government of restricted powers which could act only in those areas specifically adescribed to it. though had the delegated pow aerers and marshal referred to the government as one of limited authority. sovereigners took a narrower view of federal powers than did those in the north, even the latter shared this framework. the union would collapse. the obvious answer was to aem the constitution, this route was impractical with states in succession. to support lincoln's prosecution of the war, northern legal writers developed what the abolitionist scholar

we will always help states. there are different ways of helping states. some are better than others. it is interesting the states that are in trouble happen to be blue. it is interesting if you look around. the states that seem to have the problem happened to be democrat. reporter: new jersey got hit by this -- president trump: but new york and new jersey long before the plague came, they had a lot of problems. i spoke with governor cuomo, spoke to governor murphy, spoke with gavin newsom about it. i am speaking to a lot of people about it, because it will probably be the next thing on the list. people understand well what mitch is saying and understand the other side of the problem. i will be speaking about it. we will do the right thing for our country. the right thing for a lot of great people. reporter: after the presentation we just saw about the heat and humidity, is it dangerous to make people think it would be safe to go outside in the heat, considering so many people are dying in florida, considering this virus had an outbreak in places that are

states. the java center bill for our military will be manned by the military, they will be in place tomorrow and they will start sending a few people over to that center. it is convenient and in the middle of everything. that will be something great. governor'ste the really nice statements and likewise governor murphy. we have worked very well with both of them and with frankly all of the governors, vice president pence had a call this morning with them that lasted for close to two hours. i understand there was not a negative person on the call, 50 governors or just about 50 governors. i think they were all on from what i understood. they were very positive about everything. the federal government -- president was the talking about his conversation with governors around the country including governor andrew cuomo. talkingpresident trump about his phone conversation with former vice president joe biden. biden's spokesperson made some suggestions that there are actions you could take? pres. tru

california is a big state. we are hearing that folks in rural parts of the state are more resistant to some of these restrictions. more difficultt to have a uniform response across the state? gov. newsom: it does not help if everybody is not on the same page. we have been livened by the spirit of collaboration and cooperation broadening across the state. i have been impressed. i have been impressed. point,ave also made a not only have i been impressed, but it is demonstrable in the hospitalization and icu numbers that helped us to bend the curve, so i want to press upon ofple the importance continuing physical distancing and not taking a foot off the pedal, not taking things for granted, not slacking in terms of their own behavior, and not getting cabin fever, which trust me, is the reason we announced today with our surgeon general, because we recognize anxiety people are facing. most of the state is doing a fantastic job. but there are some pockets, not only in rural parts of the state but some coastal parts