the state of play in wisconsin. wisconsin also had two elections. host: i want to focus on campaign 2020 that let us go back to 2016 with the results between then candidate donald trump former secretary of state hillary clinton. we are reminded about how close the race was. less than one percentage points between the two of them. what were the mistakes that the democrats made and what did the trump campaign do right? craig: i think it had more to do with what the democrats did wrong. they took it for granted. they thought they had the upper hand. thats not strange wisconsin had a close election because we had close elections forces and 2004 but the that went into that election were very rock -- were very odd. you had trump underperforming in some suburban areas. i don't second get -- i don't second guess the campaigns. i think you do have to second-guess the clinton campaign for not mounting a serious campaign. berniet was a state that sanders won over hillary clinton in the democratic primary. after the start of the pandemic come it was an easy vic

consent that the german from wisconsin be permitted -- gentleman from wisconsin be permitted to take the oath of office today. his certificate of election has not arrived, but there is no contest and no question has been raised with regard. speaker pelosi: will the representatives elect and the members of congress from wisconsin and california please present themselves. speaker pelosi: all members will rise and the representative elects will please raise their right hands. do you swallow me -- do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that you pledge allegiance to the same, that you take this obligation without any mental purpose of evasion, and that you will faithfully have the duties of the office about -- upon which you are about to enter the help you god? congratulations, you are now members of congress. [applause] the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. by tradition, the dean of the delegations introduces new members from their state and swearing-in after a special e

wisconsin ted to the assembly in 2008, and two years elected to the first of two terms in the wisconsin senate. very strong and vocal proponent of the interest and ople in northern western wisconsin, and he will continue to do so on the national stage. so it's now my honor to yield to my new colleague from wisconsin, tom tiffany. tiffany: well, thank you, madam speaker. to k unanimous consent revise and extend my remarks. will the gentleman please use the mic? on.sensenbrenner: it's not the speaker: thank you. recognized.n is mr. tiffany: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to thank leader of the and members wisconsin delegation in attendance here today and thank ou, congressman sensenbrenner for the kind introduction. i wish you the best as you serving the years people of wisconsin in the halls of congress. for you, speaker pelosi, taking time out of your busy day to conduct this swearing in. thank you. my message is simple -- 10 years ago i was given the great the lege to represent people of northern wisconsin in the state legislature in madison. made one commitment to them -- to advan

wisconsin ted to the assembly in 2008, and two years elected to the first of two terms in the wisconsin senate. very strong and vocal proponent of the interest and ople in northern western wisconsin, and he will continue to do so on the national stage. so it's now my honor to yield to my new colleague from wisconsin, tom tiffany. tiffany: well, thank you, madam speaker. to k unanimous consent revise and extend my remarks. will the gentleman please use the mic? on.sensenbrenner: it's not the speaker: thank you. recognized.n is mr. tiffany: thank you, madam speaker. i'd like to thank leader of the and members wisconsin delegation in attendance here today and thank ou, congressman sensenbrenner for the kind introduction. i wish you the best as you serving the years people of wisconsin in the halls of congress. for you, speaker pelosi, taking time out of your busy day to conduct this swearing in. thank you. my message is simple -- 10 years ago i was given the great the lege to represent people of northern wisconsin in the state legislature in madison. made one commitment to them -- to advan

now to rich cramer from wisconsin public radio. rich. >> and a reminder, on the phones, rich cramer from wisconsin public radio. >> sorry about that. thanks for taking the question. i'm just wondering since -- it seems that the court order allows dhs some authority over the public school system. i'm wondering if there's any timeline or dates for when public schools may open? i mean, summer classes, i don't know about that, but at least for this fall? >> we are working along with the state superintendent of schools, carol stanford taylor, lots of groups interested in helping plan that. in fact, two legislatures i was with today they wanted to have a chance to have that conversation. so it's ongoing, no decision has been made. it's my preference would be that in the k through 12 world that we-- it should be our goal to have school open next fall, but we certainly must have a plan a, b, c, d and e because given the circumstances, we're not sure what things are going to look like this fall. but ongoing discussions are happening. >> tha

just this evening, we got breaking news out of wisconsin. that that state's supreme court has struck down the state's stay-at-home order, which the governor had issued to combat the spread of the coronavirus. the state's republican-controlled legislature, sued wisconsin's democratic governor, over the order. the case went to the state's conservative majority high court. and this evening, the court ruled against the governor. saying that his order is unconstitutional. now, this is the first time that a state supreme court has thrown out a state stay-at-home order in its entirety. and this has huge implications for the state of wisconsin, and potentially for other states as well. michigan's republican legislature, for instance, is also suing its state's democratic governor, over her stay-at-home order. we have more on the story coming up in just a minute. including a live interview with wisconsin's governor, but there's a lot to get to tonight. stocks fell today. a lot. the dow jones industrial average sank more than 500 points, after donald t

in a 4-3 decision the wisconsin high court has thrown out the stay-at-home order put in place by wisconsin's democratic governor tony evers. the case was brought by the republican-controlled state legislature, as the milwaukee journal sentinel reports tonight, this ruling is the first time that a high court has thrown out a state-level restriction designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus. it also portends a potential stalemate on policy at a critical moment. the milwaukee paper reports quote, it will force the democratic governor and republican-controlled legislature to work together on the state's response to the ebbs and flows of the outbreak, a dynamic the two sides have rarely been able to achieve before. joining us now, tony evers, the governor of wisconsin. governor, good to see you again. thank you for making time for us tonight. >> thank you. >> the supreme court in its ruling has said that it was not challenging your power to declare emergencies, quote, but in the case of a pandemic, which lasts month after month, the governor cannot rely on emergency powers indefinitely. this

now to rich kramer from wisconsin public radio. rich? a reminder, unmute your phones. >> sorry about that. thanks for taking the question. i'm just wondering, since it seems that the court order s some authority over the public school system, i am wondering if there is any timeline or date for when public schools may reopen? at least for the fall? >> we are working, along with the state superintendent, with lots of groups that are interested in helping plan that. two legislators are was with today also want to have a chance to have that conversation. it is ongoing. no decision has been made. it is my preference it would be that in a k-12 world, it should be our goal to have school open next phone -- fall. ,e certainly must have a plan a, b, c, d. we arehe circumstances, not sure what things are going to look like in the fall but ongoing discussions are happening. >> now to jessica from up north news. jessica? >> yes, my question has to do with last night's ruling. i am wondering what the state and may be dhs specifically is still able to

>> reporter: well, alisyn, wisconsin as a state no longer under this

i don't know if you've seen the video from wisconsin but last night the wisconsin state supreme court decided that the stay-at-home order that the governor had issued was over effective immediately. they ruled against the governor and within 45 minutes, this video was taken. people in wisconsin were apparently very thirsty because they raced out and you see them reveling in bars. obviously, new yorkers want to be able to do the same thing. what's your timeline? >> what the supreme court did in wisconsin is just dangerous. a governor, mayor, we're elected by the people to make decisions about health and safety. that's what we do. for a court to interfere with that is very problematic. the idea of people rushing to gather together in a moment where the coronavirus is still alive and well, that worries me deeply. so alisyn, we're going to be slow and steady here in new york city. we're going to be very careful. it's about health and safety first. it's about avoiding that boomerang where the disease reasserts which will be worst of all worlds if we are not careful and that disease makes a

donald trump has a 44% approval in wisconsin. 51% disapproval in wisconsin. and so it's very clear that the majority of voters support the governor across the board on this and so what do you expect the behavior to be given that most people are now internalizing these rules for their own safety. what do you expect to see generally in wisconsin tomorrow beyond madison? >> listen, the safer at home order has been working. we have been fect effectively flattening the curve in madison but we have hot spots. i'm actually quite worried that we're going to see an increase in cases because of this order. it really irresponsible. this is the same supreme court that thought it was a good idea for us to hold an election during a pandemic, and as a result, dozens and dozens of people have gotten sick. the court didn't learn from that experience, and they've opened up the state without a plan. lawrence, this is what happens when you mix politics with pandemic planning. >> and milwaukee paper saying the governor and legislature have to work together. there is polling infor

the people of wisconsin are the ones that should be very upset. i'm upset, but we worked really hard to stay at home and do all the right things around social distancing and so on and so forth. we established high-quality criteria and we met most of those. a recent marquette poll shows that 69% of the people are supporting their efforts, and it's been a wisconsin effort. so today, absolutely, wisconsin republican legislators and those four supreme court justices decided that facts don't matter, the statutes don't matter and, frankly, it's going to -- it puts our state into chaos. we have no -- there's no regulations out there right now. period. >> so then what do you do then? what's the next step? does this mean all businesses, even bars, restaurants can open up like usual if you're -- in your state starting tomorrow or right away? >> yes. the tavern league of wisconsin sent the message to all their -- all the people that are a part of their organization saying tonight you can open now. that's happening all across the state of wisconsin, as we spe

and the wisconsin state legislator. as i tell people all the time, we are in a difficult time coming out of the recession. we made a hard decision to turn our state around. that's why i ran for congress. that's why i ran for congress. we need that same attitude in washington, d.c. you are seeing the leading edge of it right now. people want reform. they want our country to get back up on its feet again. that means government needs to be responsive to the citizens of this country. that's what i will fight for every day. on maya decisive victory 12. just like representative garcia, i cannot thank my constituents enough for entrusting me to be able to defeat sean duffy and do good things for america. because we are going to get america back up on our feet again. thank you. [applause] rep. mccarthy: let's open it up for questions. ask about the coronavirus protection act. that is one of the things you are going to sign. , andou elaborate on that why it was so important for you to sign it? rep. tiffany: it's one of my first

the stay at home order in wisconsin knocked down. what the ruling means for people opposing orders nationwide. >>> trouble brewing for the senate intelligence chairman. why richard burr had his cell phone seized by the fbi. >>> and an ousted vaccine expert testifies today with a warning for america. rick bright says time is running out to effectively fight coronavirus. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good to see you, christine. i'm laura jarrett. thursday, may 14th, 5 a.m. in new york. we begin with the big, breaking news overnight. a major decision on stay at home orders that could reverberate nationwide. the wisconsin supreme court overturning the state's mandate to stay at home as unenforceable under state law. a big victory for the republican led legislature and gives new hope that those across the country opposing directives aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus. similar legal challenges are pending in michigan, california, kentucky, illin

plymouth wisconsin area your online with ourguests, go ahead with your question . >> i have a comment, and then aquestion . and we had a spike in cases after that election so i think their use of the word successful is pretty important. i did try to contact the heritage foundation about some of your references to voter fraud that were incorrect and never got a response back but what i really like you to do this morning is walk us through a case of one person committing voter fraud, why they would do this for one vote and risk a felony and how they would do this? i've never been able to get anybody to actually walk through what the point would be for one worse person to risk afelony for one vote . i'm calling you out on this. i think that there's voter suppression walk-through why one personwould do this, thank you . >> first of all, the medical report that i just cited which people can easily find says that no, there's been no spike in covid-19 because of the elections, this is offered by professors from stanford and another medical professional who works with the world health organiz

wisconsin now exceeds 11,000 cases. case totals are increasing. there was clearly a public health justification for the order. which ordered stay-at-home order and closure of non essence businesses from late april through late may. it was a very narrowly tailored order. ali, something we have not discussed is the state republican leadership took this case to the wisconsin supreme court's original jurisdiction. that means they went to the highest court. courts that usually hear appeals without proceedings to develop evidence in the trial courts. we know this was purely a political action, not a solid legal proposition. >> joyce, thank you for joining me this morning. making things clearer. joyce vance. >>> former federal judge is taking on the justice department. this comes after the department of justice moves to drop its case against the former national security adviser michael flynn. why he is now at odds with president trump's justice department. that's next. e department that's next. to renovate your e, from inspiration to installation. like w

they even had the national guard on the university of wisconsin campus. i was flying to berkeley and reading the article about the vietnam war. it suddenly popped into my head, why not have a nationwide environmental teach in? so at berkeley, i gave a speech and spoke with students and professors and they all thought it was a wonderful idea. i came back to washington and set up a nonprofit organization, made all the preparations and plans, and then announced it at a conservation speech in early september, seattle, and it made the front page, a lot of newspapers. it just took off, a really remarkable, grassroots response. it got so big that after three months, i could not run anymore in my office. all of the telephone calls and stuff could be referred to. the last three months, it kept going. we did not have to do an awful lot. it just grew on its own. >> what was the reaction in the places you spoke? were you the voice in the wilderness? did they listen to what you had to say and say that is nice and met not pay much attention? sen. nelson: i did speak to

i don't think it's lost on you, or anyone, that wisconsin is a swing state. an important state in national elections. yous obviously a very important state in terms of how do you think politics is playing in this? >> i don't think the decision was political. it was brought, the original cases brought by the republican legislature. and remember, this is the same supreme court that thought it was safe for us to hold an in-person election during a pandemic. and what we saw was that dozens and dozens of people got sick as a result, and the court apparently has not learned from that. >> let me ask you, madison is, of course, one of the great college towns on earth, the university of wisconsin, 45,000 students there. what's your opinion of whether or not in-person college classes should begin again in the fall. >> the chancellor and i are in regular contact about their planning process, but i know that uw just like madison will be guided by science and data and do what's best for their students. >> what's your gut tell you about whether or not you'll see the studen

constitution and wisconsin laws. by doing that it insulated the outcome from review to the supreme court. the supreme court of the united states has ruled many times that a state supreme court has the final say on the meaning of a state constitution and state statutes. so this is it. the governors people know it's not even worth trying to file an appeal because the supreme court simply won't. >> bill: is wisconsin that exclusive or could you find this elsewhere? >> you could find this in almost any state in the union. it actually begin right here where i am in new jersey, the new jersey supreme court which had been repeatedly reversed by the u.s. supreme court for making rulings on federal issues and realize if it based its rulings on state issues, the u.s. supreme court would not get involved. the state supreme court ruled 4-3 upholding the authority of the governors locked on orders. same orders, different state constitution, different state statutes and different state supreme court. so you may have as these cases

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cnn's omar jimenez joins us from green bay, wisconsin, where three facilities in that area account for half of all of the confirmed cases in that county. omar, what is special to these meatpacking facilities that has led to such outbreaks there? >> reporter: yeah, well, talking to some of the workers here, one of the things that makes it so tough is when you're inside these places, you're most often working side by side with a lot of people, it is a very collaborative process. the conditions sometimes again can be a little crowded depending on the facilities. so when executive order like the president trump's comes through, some of the workers i spoke with are skeptical that these plants will be able to open and stay open safely. and as you mentioned, as we have seen here in at least the green bay area, these three meatpacking facilities not only account for more than half in the county, but have contributed to this county having the highest infection rate in the entire state of wisconsin. and this type of impact isn't

>> reporter: another spike in wisconsin. what officials are not saying, they're not making the connection with the election that you had on april 7th. they're saying because the -- because of the long incubation period which you were talking about earlier, it's hard to make that direct connection. they don't know when people contracted the virus. the latest number that the state released was about 51 people who went out and voted or were poll workers, did end up contracting the coronavirus. but one thing that you're also seeing in wisconsin that you're seeing here in illinois and michigan is the republican-led legislature not in illinois because this is democratic run legislature. but republican run legislatures are pushing back and threatening to sue. wisconsin is an active lawsuit with the supreme court trying to block that extension of the stay-at-home order. chuck? >> all right. shaquille brewster starting us off on the streets of chicago there. let me go to bring you in here, peter baker. peter, it's sort of a -- we're

so, here's what happens in wisconsin. they have a state law that makes them different than new york and a lot of other states and places that have high cases. we'll bring the governor in now so he can tell me if i'm getting any of this wrong. welcome to "prime time," sir, it's good to have you. you have a law that says this kind of order has to be done through the appropriate state agency which in this case is hhs. then they sue you, essentially the republicans in the state legislature and they win because the court says yes, you cannot have unelected lawmakers -- unelected people doing the equivalent of making law, that that has to be through an elected body. so, that law is in conflict with this ruling. and really it leaves you in nowhere land because you can't fix it by just doing it yourself. i thought that would be an end around. the governor is elected. he'll do it. no, the state law says you can't. so, there's no way unless your legislature wants to, for you to have a rule in wisconsin that people need to stay home

we have the governor of wisconsin tonight. governor evers did not want what you are just seeing in those pictures. he will make the case to his state and this country. now, the day after trump says that kids are in great shape, there is a new, nationwide warning for children. we'll give you the real deal, here, tonight. and we're, also, finally hearing from the attorneys for the accused in the georgia killing. let's get to the facts. let's unravel them, and understand what happened there. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> well, ready or not, the reality is the country is out and about, again. it's always been our fate to reopen. but how you do it matters. the president's ousted vaccine chief was on the hill today. he says the way we're reopening is wrong. >> our window of opportunity is closing. there'll be, likely, a resurgence of covid-19 this fall. 2020 could be the darkest winter in modern history. >> that's rick bright. he testified after filing a whistle-blower report, claiming retaliation for sounding alarms. he

i want to go to cnn omar jimenez in wisconsin. what are you hearing from business owners where you are? >> reporter: well, washington, at its core the state stream e supreme court order declared it unlawful and unenforceable and left these local and city jurisdictions in some cases scrambling to try and put in place an order that lines up with how they wanted to proceed. so we saw in milwaukee, for example, the city had to remind people there of their city stay-at-home order still in place despite the state one that shut down. in counties that include green bay and the state capital of madison, for example, they put in place new safe stay-at-home orders again despite the state wide one shot down. here in waukesha county, the county decided we will let businesses reopen and put the responsibility of doing it safely on the business owners, which is what we are seeing here at this bar, where i am standing in the park lot of right now. we have 18 they just opened 30 minutes ago, people are filing in like it's any normal happy hour. we

>> lots of confusion there in wisconsin. alex, thank you. >>> and of course, all of this as the toll on american families grows tonight. the new numbers here. nearly 3 million more workers filing for unemployment benefits last week alone. now more than 36 million americans out of work since this started. here's will carr. >> reporter: tonight, the exploding unemployment numbers. more than 1 in 5 working americans filed for unemployment in the last two months. >> i'm a single income with a special needs son who can't work. i don't know how i'm going to continue. >> the job losses have been broad-based across almost every industry. it's also been broad-based across every community across the country, and that's only going to intensify. >> reporter: in rural texas -- >> i have six kids and there's five g boys, so they like to eat a lot. >> reporter: julie estes-gibbs, a schoolteacher with six kids, is struggling to keep food on the table. the situation is so dire, she bought her own chickens for eggs. >> we weren't able to get

wisconsin and the polling in michigan, in wisconsin with tony evers and in michigan with gretchen whitmer, most of their citizens, like 60% plus, support the governors in terms of limited slow opening. they are going along with the white house guidelines. why is the white house? why is the president -- >> dana: we have to get jesse in here, juan. jesse watters. i can give you the floor. i do think people are being quite responsive. people on the fringes but people are trying to figure it out in a responsible way. you can trust americans to do that. >> greg: right. sorry. >> jesse: yes, i will be quick because i know we went a little longer. the american people allowed the government to lock us down. he was a consent of the governed -- it was a consent of the governed. we are going to let you sit in your house, not going to go to work, close your private business but at the end the day, we are not peasants. we are not going to sit here

so the federal district court in wisconsin had ordered a couple of things one of those in the supreme court was a world that said if you had the deal election on april 7 and if you had sent your ballot back and it was received by april 13, this would be days after the election then the ballot would count. so this part of the court order was bought to the supreme court to try to get the court to reverse it and that's of the court did on a 5 -4 vote raking along the traditional ideological lines that we see with the courts, the conservative saying even in the context of an emergency you cannot change the rules from an election close to an election and liberals on the court say while these are really extraordinary circumstances, we have a pandemic going on in there going to be some voters who are not even going to receive their ballot in the mail that will have a chance to vote, those of be disenfranchised, voters should not have to put their health up against the right to vote. and in the end we know that voting took place, many more people voted by absentee ballots, the turnout overall

joining me now is wisconsin lieutenant governor mandela bonds. lieutenant governor bonds, your reaction first to the state supreme court's ruling. >> the reaction is great frustration. like i said, with no guidance from the federal government to give all of us a streamline set of guidance and rules for us to make sure we're keeping people safe, states were left to figure it out on their own. and now our supreme court has ruled that our stay-at-home order, which has been proven to save lives, we've been performing at a much greater level than our neighbors. it's hard to say that, too, when we're talking about death and sickness. when you look at the potential death that wisconsin could have seen, we beat those expectations. what we were doing was working. you mentioned different counties having different rules. what's even more confusing is that within certain counties you have municipalities with different rules than the ones that border them. so it's all chaos and we have our supreme court to thank for it and we have our president to thank for i

wisconsin moved so fast that unfortunately the district judge was trying to do the right thing. missed a remedy that might have brought all nine justices together and avoided this ugly 5 to 4 ideological split and what that remedy would be would be an emergency backupballot . this actually exists now as a matter of federal law for military and overseas voters because congress said we can't disenfranchise the people who are protection ice overseas but they often don't get their official ballots from the state government on time because the mail is slow going overseas so they can cast a generic ballot. any state, any race in the election and it will still count but it has to be cast by election day. it can arrive later, but the divide between the majority and the dissent in the supreme court was over this timing point. the majority was willing to accept ballots that were delivered late as long as they were cast ontime . the district court got it wrong by saying you could cast the ballot after election day so a remedy what weather enacted by state, congress or legislature to avoid

from brian in wisconsin. you are on with the doctor. go ahead. >> caller: my question relates to any research for children who have developmental disabilities, intellectual or physical and i will hang up and listen, thank you. >> i am assuming you mean research related to the covid-19 disease, to my knowledge there are not such studies being run at this time. the nih released information recently like this week on a study that they are going to be doing in children with asthma. my understanding is just from press releases, i have not seen scientific details but it is a study that is ongoing. a longitudinal study or study over time of this cohort of children with asthma and they are going to be watching for the coronavirus infection in that population but that is not an intellectually impaired population and those studies are not being done or not being done yet. >> host: stephen green says how can a parent determine earliest morning of covid-19 in a child? >> guest: right now our understanding of what covid-19 looks like in children is

we go to madison with wisconsin governor mandela barnes. the supreme court told your governor, your administration, you went too far. what is happening now in terms of the mayors or county commissioners or county health officials. how much back and forth is there between the state administration and the local governments about, hey, if you want, scramble and do restrictions? >> reporter: hey, thank you so much for having me. at this moment there is a lot of communication because there is so much uncertainty. so you have county executives and mayors across the state who stepped up and filled the gap. because it's all about keeping people safe. so you have the city of milwaukee, you have bayonne county where madison is, grand county where the meat packing processing facility is. the cities and counties have all stepped up and we're helping them divise a set of guidelines where they may need it. it's unfortunate the supreme court made this decision. it feels like the leadership and the legislature was more concerned about getting a political w

the trial court federal district court in wisconsin had ordered a couple of things. one of those going to the supreme court was a rule that said that if the daily election was april 7, if you had sent to her ballot back and it was received by april 13, this would be days after the election, then the ballot would count. this parts of the court order was brought by republicans to the supreme court to try to get the courts to reverse it and that's what the courts did on 5 Ã4 vote breaking along the traditional ideological lines we've seen with the courts the conservatives saying even in the context of emergency you can't change the rules for election close to an election, that's the per Ãbthere are going to be some voters who will not even receive their ballots absentee ballots in the mail we will have a chance to bow, those voters will be disenfranchised, voters should have to put their health up against the right to vote. in the end we know that voting took place many more people voted by a valid turnout overall was not Ãbwe know at least hundreds of voters probabl

cbs's adriana diaz reports from cbs's adriana diaz reports from waukesha, wisconsin. waukesha, wisconsin. >> reporter: a number of local bars swung open their doors hours after the state supreme court said they could. today food is flying out of the kitchen at the neighbor's bar and grill. and grill. the tables are spread out, but servers aren't wearing masks or gloves. owner chris potratz: >> i'm feeling all kinds of different things, worried because my main concern is the safety of everybody. >> reporter: why not keep your doors shut if you have a little bit of trepidation? >> because i can't afford to. my thing is we can't stay locked down forever. >> reporter: the justices threw out the governor's stay-at-home order, calling them "the definition of tyranny." today the governor said this: >> even amongst all this chaos, we cannot let the court's ruling undo all the work we have done to keep our families, our neighbors, and our communities safe. >> reporter: in michigan, some 250 protesters returned to the capitol to demand their statewide restrictions be lifted. te

wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. each is now the front line for an increasingly partisan battle on when and how to reopen. as noted by "the new york times," democratic governors in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania backed by public health experts have urged caution before reopening. republican legislatures in the state have pushed in opposite direction, citing economic necessity and personal freedom. on wednesday, a divided wisconsin supreme court voted 4-3, sided with republican lawmakers when it found democratic officer tony evers extension of stay-at-home order unconstitutional. this is the stapame court to postpone the primary. one day later in michigan, protests in front of the state capitol, for gretchen whitmer's stay-at-home order purged physical. few protesters wore masks or practiced social distancing protocol. some were armed. many wielded homemade signs. president trump tweeted support for protesters. meanwhile in pennsylvania, president trump made a trip to a lehigh supply company among the lawmakers

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wisconsin governor reacted to the ruling last night while speaking with velshi >> the wild west, there are no restrictions at all across the state of wisconsin when you have no requirements anymore, that's a problem. and we're just leaving it open we'll have more cases, we're going to have more deaths and it's a sad occasion for the state. >> a place called nick's bar shared this photo on twitter claiming it was taking 45 minutes after bars opened in wisconsin. >>> there is growing concern about the inflammatory syndrome hitting children as a surge of new cases have now shown up in at least 17 states so far three children have died. >> reporter: good morning. well, later on this morning the cdc is expected to issue its alert to thousands of doctors nationwide about the new inflammatory syndrome as we are now seeing cases spread across the country. >> in oregon a state with one of the nowest numbers of coronavirus cases 14-year-old lopez didn't know what to think when she developed red eyes, a fever and searing abdom noll pain >> it was probably a 10. >> by the time he got to the hospit

i guess we shouldn't expect any common sense from the tavern league of wisconsin. their motto is, "don't let 'em take your keys, bro!" and open immediately they did. here's footage of nick's bar in wisconsin last night, no social distancing, no masks. and if you think nick's is bad, you should've seen the crew over at p.j. lick 'n coughs. we've got a show for you tonight. john lithgow is here. but when we come back, "meanwhile!" stick around, it will be very pleasant. how's that? >>ck aro ♪ ♪ if for people living with h-i-v, keep being you. and ask your doctor about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured by a lab test. research shows people who take h-i-v treatment every day and get to and stay undetectable can no longer transmit h-i-v through sex. serious side effects can occur, including kidney problems and kidney failure. rare, life

but it's not exactly business as usual here in wisconsin just yet. fearing the virus could continue to spread, many local counties and cities have now enacted their own restrictions for residents and businesses. the governor here now going back to the drawing board, this time working with the legislature, hoping to come out with a new statewide plan very soon. alex perez, abc news, kenosha, wisconsin. >> thank you, alex. >>> also set to reopen, the nation's largest shopping complex. officials say the mall of america outside of minneapolis will be open for business on june 1st. only retail stores will be welcoming shoppers. the president's mar-a-lago resort in florida will partially reopen this weekend. members have been told the pool will reopen with lounge chairs six feet apart, but they will have to bring their own towels. the building that includes the president's residence will remain closed. >>> crowds are flocking back to venice beach, california and other beaches in the los angeles community -- county excuse me. swimming and surfing are allowe

wisconsin has not gotten the brunt of it, stephanie. >>> all right. steve, those numbers are the facts. let's go to the feelings. charlie sikes joins us, and ron fournier, longtime michigan journalist. charlie, take ups to wisconsin. what are people most concerned about? >> as steve just pointed out, we haven't been hit as hard. as of this morning we've hit about five of the six categories for reopening the state that the governor has set. but having said that, there's an incredible partisan divide here in wisconsin as elsewhere. it's become very much a red versus blue. support for the closure breaks down along partisan lines. only 49% of republicans support it, but there was also a poll by the marquette university law school that asked what people would be comfortable in doing. what makes it clear is people, even if reopening they're not comfortable going to big venues, sports events, so i suspect wisconsin will be opening up shortly, but it will not be back to normal anytime soon. >> ron, michigan has one of the strictest stay-at-home orders across

chaos in wisconsin after the state's supreme court threw out the governor's stay-at-home order. some bars immediately reopened last night leading to scenes like this, large crowds reveling in their freedom but not socially distancing, not wearing masks. the governor likens this situation to the wild west saying that the state has no plan and no protections for its residents. >> and just a little later this morning, what could be an electric moment of testimony on capitol hill, the ousted head of the department overseeing vaccine research is expected to testify about what he sees as missed signals and opportunities to confront the pandemic in the united states in jachb and februa january and february and he will issue a warning that the darkest winter in more than history lies ahead if the federal coronavirus response is not accelerated immediately. >> and let's begin our coverage with dr. sanjay gupta and also correspondent john harwood. sanjay, let's start in wisconsin and what has happened overnight because it is so striking to see these videos of so many people rushing out to

>> right, you mean like how the wisconsin supreme court by teleconference to go out in public and defy that people should go out and vote in public, that kind of suppression. and may i ask david a question around what he was talking about. and a comment and a question. one thing that people don't understand about 2010 is how much there was a lack of voter turnout on the democratic side, and so there's a misperception what happened and all of these people voted for obama and changed their mind and voted republican because of health care. but that's actually not what the data shows. the democratic vote dropped dramatically. so, you know, it's important for people to bear in mind, but i was interested in terms of your research, david. who was behind and who had both the insight and if you know anything about the funding on the right, to say this is what we're going after? because clearly it was not a priority on the progressive side. how they came to focus on that as the thing to go after. >> it's a fascinating story and it really starts as simple as a republican strategist chris ja jahnc

>>as of tonight, wisconsin had more than. had more than 10,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and over 400 yes. new tonight at 5 the napa county board of supervisors has now given the green light to a plan that would allow more businesses including wineries to reopen. a number of it or say they've already been. >>they've already been getting ready for when they will be allowed to reopen their doors members of the napa valley vintners submitted their ideas to county leaders and how they plan to make sure the customers and workers are protected. >>once they reopen. the wrecked recommendations were part of the county's plan that were submitted to state leaders to move deeper into the state's recovery plan. some of the suggestions include reservations for visits spacing tables, at least 10 feet apart. temperature checks for workers. the rest of the hotel's private writers and we're all anxious to get somewhere and and and separate really see again i'm just like your >>the county plan now heads to sacramento where state meters cou

so who is a mayor in wisconsin in 2020 to do in the middle of a pandemic? >> well, brian, we're trying to do our absolute best to keep everyone safe, to follow the science, to listen to our public health professionals and to reopen our economy in a really prudent and measured way that follows the data. >> and what does that mean? and what kind of behavior are you seeing? if you and i took a walk through the center of the city tomorrow, for starters, what percentage of the population would we see wearing masks and keeping their distance? >> i think people have been doing a really good job of keeping their distance. people have been staying home, for the most part, unless they're essential workers. i don't think enough people are wearing masks yet. that's something that we are working on here to get the word out, i will wear a mask for you. i hope you will wear a mask for me to keep everybody safe. >> i mention it's a college town and the college, the university is going to go to something they're calling phased reopening. however you phase it, i'm pretty sur

one wisconsin and one in california. in wisconsin, a conservative won handily. in california, a republican may flip a district held by a democrat. .e welcome greg start with california. that may have been a switch. garcia isblican mike imposition to flip a district held by katie hill. it had a republican orientation for decades but was trending, craddick and voted for hillary clinton over president trump in 2016. the special election has not been called for mike garcia. he has about an advantage of 12 percentage points, 17,000 votes. that will be hard for democrat kristi smith to overcome. that's a big margin. it looks like garcia will win the election and flip a democratic-held seat in california for the first time for republicans and more than 20 years. california we think of as a particularly red state. was this a surprise to you? greg: it would have been a surprise about too much ago when the campaign began in earnest. the district has been trending democratic. it does vote for democratic candidates, at least it did in 2016 and 2018. garcia's advantages came

joining me at the wisconsin governor scott walker. governor walker it is good to see you and thank you for being with us tonight. >> my pleasure. >> martha: there is always a battle in wisconsin, right? and this time it is between these guys who want to open up their businesses and the governor, who got overruled by the state supreme court. that is a pretty interesting situation. >> well, yes 4-3 vote and the justices that i wanted as my time as governor a part of that majority. it is simple, the rule of law must be upheld in times of emergency and not only the governor but his administration aren't above the law no matter what the circumstances. once temporal, wisconsin, yet again, is back open for business. we need to be reasonable and responsible, but we've done it for almost two months and is central businesses like grocery stores like convenience stores, hardware stores and we need to apply the same responsible, reasonable health standards to make sure we do the same as everybody else. i believe that is exactly what is going to h

the three states where he won the election, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, he didn't win a majority in those states. you had people splintering and going to third and fourth parties. his popularity, his approval ratings have never gone above 50%. he may be close to the height, giving him the benefit of the doubt around the pandemic, but it's already coming back down. and he's never had majority support. it will feel like anybody that confident and, you know, cavalier and what not must have support, but he does not. and so i think it's very important that progressives carry themself with the confidence that we, in fact, represent the majority of people in this country, and he does not. and what he is advance ising does not. many people do support him, but that's not the majority of people. >> yeah. and i think that's one thing that i think about a lot in this conversation about how how are we going to win over trump voters. i think, you know, if you look at his approval ratings, they've been -- well, they've moved some is, but they haven't moved that dramatically. and i also think to