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painting there could be a second round of checks for americans who are still waiting for the first round to hit their bank accounts. we begin with housing and urban development secretary dr. ben carson, he is also a member of the white house coronavirus task force and he drains me now from the north line, thank you sir, i know you are very busy. i want to get your take, one of the things you had said yesterday was that it does appear that the virus is moving faster than people may have thought. so that could be a sign of good things, i guess i will ask your expert opinion on that. >> well, it appears that the number of new cases maybe starting to slow down. we may be starting to level out. and it's possible that that could occur a little bit before the models have predicted that it was going to, and i think that has a lot to do with the fact that people are really taking it seriously. i mean, just here in washington, d.c., the fact that i can drive from home to the hard building or to the white house and 15-20 minutes as opposed to the usual 40 minutes tells you that people are staying off the roads. you look at the pictures in new york city. so people understand that they have something to do with the mitigation process, and we can turn the duration of this, and we can flatten that curve much faster if we all cooperate. >> dana: i also wanted to ask you about something that has been appearing in the news, there seems to be an alarming rate of infections and cases and also death amongst the african-american community, and i wanted to get your take on why, but first, listen to mayor lori lightfoot of chicago who was describing was yesterday. >> among chicagoans with coronavirus, for whom we have data on race and ethnicity, more than half are african-americans. less than two months ago, i proclaimed before all chicago that poverty is killing us literally and figuratively. that reality was just as true ten, 20, 30, or hundred years ago, and it is here on our doorstep today. >> harris: dr. carson, any thoughts on that trend, and what could be done about it? >> well, one of the things we know, in the african-american community, there is a higher incidence of hypertension, a higher incidence of diabetes, asthma, and many of the underlying conditions that we associate with a higher mortality rate. it is one of the reasons that we really need to concentrate seriously on this particular population when it comes to health in general. because it will exacerbate anything that comes along, including something like this virus. >> dana: looking ahead, for you, at hide, obviously the economic impacts of this are widespread, were going to talk about the possibility of a fourth round of legislation to help americans in a moment, but from your perch as the hud secretary, how will you get in demand of housing from your vantage point? >> the last thing we need something to be worried about is whether they want to lose their house, or whether they're going to lose their apartment when you are concerned about your life, and you are concerned about your loved ones. and therefore, we have been taking don't like thinking proactively, that's why, early e president's guidance, you know, imposed a moratorium on foreclosures for fha backed products. and foreclosures, and evictions, and we have also been talking to the public housing authorities, and to the various people who would deal with multifamily on how to avoid evictions, what other steps can be taken. that's really the key. because there's always something else which always exacerbates the problem for the entire server via d society. don't wait until sunday gets an infection. this is something i've been talking about, actually, four-year, what happens if an epidemic comes and strikes these people. finally, people are starting to listen, finally, were going to get something done about this. i hope we can use some of the monies that have been allocated through the cares act to come up with permanent solutions for homelessness, and some of the problems that affect our socie society. >> dana: maybe a last thought from you about the observations that were hearing about from hospitals all across the country, but really in new york in particular, right now, is the doctor there, the health care workers, orderlies, the janitors, everybody feeling quite overwhelmed, obviously you have had a lot of time of hospitals, and your thoughts about what they're going through as they are on the front lines for us in this. >> well, it's a very difficult place to be because you feel your obligation to your patients, you feel an obligation to your family, you want to protect yourself, but i was talking to one of the hud employees today whose daughter is an emergency room physician in louisiana who unfortunately has come down with the virus. was really quite ill, but appears to be on the mend at this time. but was really complaining about the fact that they don't have all the ppe that they need. and this is a bit of a logistics problem, it is in the process of being worked out, i think fema is doing a good job. but you know when it comes to the various states, there is quite a lot of variation in terms of how efficient they are. and people need to really take some responsibility for making sure that that equipment gets out there. you should be thinking, okay, they delivered equipment to me, out there as my mother come out there as my father, my sister, my brother, how would i get stuff to them? that's the mind-set that needs to be adopted. >> dana: all right, secretary ben carson, thank you so much for your expertise today, we will let you get back to work, thank you. let's bring in bret baier, anchor of "special report," brett, i've been missing you, we had all the time together during the primary runoff, number separated, it's good to have you on the program. one of the things that has come up today is the possibility of another round of congressional action because, i think it's becoming very clear, even just after ten days of the cares act being signed that congress is going to have to do more in order to help people live been put in this position of not being able to work and the cascading effect of that is becoming quite dire. >> bret: it really is, dana, it is a serious situation, especially for small businesses. they are really in a quandary, because many of them haven't gotten the first tranche of money yet even though they've started this process and going through the banks. there are two things happening on capitol hill. one is $200 billion, probably by a forced vote this week to increase the money to small businesses. that is in addition to the phase three that has already passed. but it would pump up even more lawns. two is the phase four that they are talking about, the big infrastructure, maybe another trillion dollars. but to the small businesses specifically, anecdotally, around the country, i've talked to a number of small business people. they're having a hard time. it is not as smooth as it sounds from the administration, there are banks that take the applications, but they don't have the money, yet, to go out the door, there are questions about what the sba, small business administration is doing, and then with the banks are doing, and the bottom line is, these people have to make a decision, whether they furlough workers and let them go, and month and get unemployment, or whether they try to keep them and going dead, and try to keep those employees before they get the money that they need. and it is really tough. >> dana: is tough. it is understandable that they would be kinks that need to be worked out, but do you think the administration is concerned that the problem with people being able to get these things done, if they're trying to do all the right things, that that could catch up to them? >> bret: yes. i think so. i mean, listen, it is a monumental logistics task. to the credit of secretary mnuchin in the small business administration, they are really looking to get this money out the door. but that's a lot of logistics. in these banks were not positioned at the beginning to be able to do it, because they are in the mind-set of regulations, and making sure they don't do anything wrong, and this is like just get that money out the door. so it is a different mentality, that's why maybe, it's being slowed up. >> dana: and i wanted to ask you about this, because it's an unusual time for all of us, very unusual in an election year. sometimes crises have a way of bringing people together. yesterday, former vice president joe biden had a phone call with president trump, president trump talked a little bit about this last night at his breathing. take a look. >> president trump: weed a very good talk. we agree that we weren't going to talk about what we said. we'd a very good talk, it was a long talk. i enjoyed it. i hope you enjoyed it too. it was short, it was 15 minutes. >> reporter: to have any suggestions? >> president trump: he had suggestions, it doesn't mean i agree with those suggestions, but really had suggestions. >> dana: i think one of the great things about america is we can fight it out on the campaign trail, but americans are patriotic people, and these are leaders, president trump, obviously, and joe biden wanting to make the call, they couldn't come up with anything. >> bret: the audio just cut out, but i think i got the gist of your question. that is the give-and-take in the present tromp there. i'm going to guess that's what you're talking about, and the interaction between the president and the reporters, listen, those are legitimate questions that they are asking, kristin fisher asked a legitimate question the other day on substance, and the president, you know, pushes back very hard on things that he perceives as an attack. i think giancarlo is not a third-rate reporter, he has been around, he's the president of the white house's press correspondence association. those give-and-take's are the president in his element, and i think were going to see more of that. we will see if we see it today, he was a bit salty yesterday, it seemed, to some of those questions at the press briefing. that is me interpreting what your question was, because i can't hear you currently. so with that, i will toss it back to you. >> dana: it's is hard to read my mind, i was actually asking about joe biden swan, president trump, but that was a great answer about the back-and-forth with the press corps yesterday in the briefing, bret baier, thank you. up next, we check on the condition of prime minister boris johnson. he's in the hospital in intensive care, battling coronavirus, we will have an update for you. we're all in this fight, all the way. the heroic doctors and nurses on the front lines. the 7,000 cigna clinicians beside them. and everyone staying home to protect others. we will get through this together. >> dana: british prime minister boris johnson remains in the icu where he was admitted last night when his coronavirus symptoms worsened. us monks been no confirming he is receiving oxygen but he is not on a ventilator. get well wishes now pouring in from around the world. benjamin hall is in london with an update for us. benjamin. >> good afternoon, dana, when this happened yesterday, there was frankly shocked, there is panic in the u.k. because no one knew what condition johnson was in. he was russia suddenly to the icu. that now seems to have calm, it is apparent that he is at least able. that being said, he did spend last night in intensive care. he remains are at the moment. that's because he suffered breathing difficulties as his symptoms got worse. according to the london times, he required around 4 liters of oxygen. for comparison, an average covid-19 icu patient requires 50 leaders. so that is a positive sign. cabinet today met at downing street without johnson to continue discussing coronavirus response measures. dominic raab, the foreign secretary is now acting prime minister, though it today he was saying he was merely carrying out the instructions that johnson had given him. >> he's not just our boss, he's also a colleague, he's also our friend. so all of our thoughts and prayers are with the prime minister at this time, with carrie, and with his whole family. i'm confident you will pull through, because if there's one thing i know about this prime minister, he's a fighter, and he will be back at the helm leading us through this crisis in short order. >> there are still questions, though, about how transparent the government has been. practically no details on johnson's condition were released all week until he was suddenly rushed to hospital. now that debate about whether the prime minister's health is a private issue when many people in the media are saying it is not, it is up of public interest. of course the question out about the line of succession, the u.k. has no constitution, it is not for mines, dominic raab was appointed last week when johnson's symptoms got worse. that is something people are saying will have to be looked at more closely when johnson is feeling better. dana. >> dana: hopefully that will be soon. thank you, benjamin. new york reaching a troubling milestone as the number of condo rotavirus cases in the state just surpasses those in hard-hit italy. this comes as the first usns comfort crewmember tested positive for covid-19. the navy hospital ship was just approved to treat patients with the virus, and bryan llenas is live at 90 in new york city. bryan. >> dana, good afternoon, fox news has learned of the comfort crewmember who tested positive for covid-19 yesterday is a merchant mariner and not part of the medical personnel. that crewmember is now isolated, away from patients, and from other crewmembers in his cabin. now, the navy emphasizing that this crewmember did not have any contact with any of the patients. we are told those who had contact with the crewmember have been tested and will remain in isolation for several days regardless of the test result out of an abundance of caution. now, yesterday, president trump approved governor andrew cuomo's request to allow covid-19 patients to be treated on board the comfort. in order to do this, though, the u.s. naval hospital ship has had to reconfigure itself to separate the covid-19 patients from the rest of the ship, as a result, the ship capacity has been cut in half from 1,000 beds to 500. additionally, the comfort moved 800 of their personnel to state a local hotel that's just for them, and make it easier to social distance while on board. meantime, here in new york, a stark reminder of the grim reality of this virus is total, 5,489 people have died of covid-19 in this state. a 731 new yorkers died yesterday alone. that's the biggest one-day death increase. dana, governor cuomo said that his death toll is actually a lagging indicator, even though hospitalizations are down, the latest deaths were actually people who are hospitalized and then recently died. they were hospitalized last week. dana. >> dana: bryan llenas worse in new york, thank you. meanwhile, new report from the cdc suggests that covid-19 is hitting adults harder than children. according to the data, about one in five u.s. kids infected with the virus and up in the hospital, compared to one in three adults. johnson is live at our atlanta bureau with the details as we keep learning more about this virus, jonathan. >> we do indeed, dana, people under the age of 18 account for roughly 2%, in fact, less than 2% of all confirmed covid-19 cases, according to this new analysis by the centers for disease control and prevention. relatively few children are hospitalized, and many who are infected do not experience the classic symptoms, talking about fever, cough, shortness of breath. nevertheless, the cdc says it's important kids participate in social distancing, with every other age group, because they pose a risk of transmitting this disease even with mild or no symptoms. now, earlier in the show, we were talking about this disease apparent disproportionate impact on the poor and minority communities, especially in major metropolitan areas like new york, chicago, detroit, new orleans. well, today, chicago mayor lori lightfoot signed an executive order to ensure all immigrants and refugees in her city are able to receive covid-19 benefits from chicago. and back to the cdc, they have started sending out diagnostic tests that look for covid-19 antibodies, these will locate people who may have had the infection, maybe they didn't even know that they had it, but they have now recovered. this will give researchers a better idea of where the disease is spreading, geographically. that will help with planning. dana. >> dana: thank you jonathan, we appreciate it, new york still on lockdown as numbers show the first signs of controlling the crisis. what does that 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going through, that was really quite something to read. >> it is, they are cautiously optimistic too, but the hospitals are still full of patients and they are full of very, very sick patients. way more on that very sick side of things. this is a disease that, obviously, in people who get the bad version of it, takes a few weeks. when that manifests, now at the inside of the hospital, the intensive care unit, throughout new york city hospitals that are really feeling that additional burden. as we know, even as the numbers hopefully start to decline, of admissions, a lot of people need to be on those ventilators for sometimes even two weeks. so that means that there's still quite a difficult situation in our hospitals. they are really quite overstressed right now. >> dana: you wrote about a doctor who is also a teacher, he saw one of his residence there, he found out that that residents mother was in the hospital, right? >> actually, there were two incidents that really hit close to home. actually three. just in one shift. so there was a medical student whose mother was admitted into the icu, not doing well. there was a resident, another doctor, a young doctor in training who was admitted from the emergency room, very ill, right into the intensive care unit, and then, one of the most beloved, many of those doctors there, the brooklyn hospital that's really been in the community for hundred 75 euros, one of the many longtime physicians they are, his mother was on the intensive care unit as well. so in new york, we are a big city, but we are also a community. >> dana: we are. i know that doctors are worried about running out of protective equipment, and also may be medicine, but there are thousands of new york coronavirus patients that are being treated with the antimalarial drug that's getting a lot of attention, what do you hear about that? >> sure, i mean, you're right, running out of things. this past weekend they ran out of those plastic downs and they got a delivery of the rain jackets that people wear at baseball games, yankee baseball games, so they were using that. they ran out last week of some of the critical care medicine's, the basic things that you need to keep somebody sedated on a ventilator, to keep the blood pressure at a good level, of course they do have some alternatives, but that is very difficult to treat all these patients were on ventilators, big increase in the number compared with what they usually see. in terms of that hydroxy chloroquine, that drug that we all know about now, they are using that. they call at the covid cocktail at this hospital where they use the hydroxychloroquine and the azithromycin, but they don't know for sure if it works, they're saying you know, it's very hard to be a doctor and not have a treatment. this is a new disease, we don't know what works yet, and right when i was there in the intensive care unit, they had just had a patient who had a fatal heart arrhythmia, which is one of the risk factors in certain people with those drugs, and they had to shock that person back to life. so first, do no harm, that is also something that a doctor is required to do. this is very hard, trying to give people hope, try new things and have any chance of working, but making sure that it doesn't cause that harm. >> dana: dr. sherry think, thank you so much, we appreciate your expertise. still a lot more to cover this hour, we will talk to former house speaker, republican congressman dan french, and brett larson, that's ahead. at papa john's, we want you to know that from our 450-degree oven, to box, to you, it's our policy that your pizza is never touched once it comes out of the oven. and we're taking extra steps, like no contact delivery, to ensure it. that liberty mutual customizes your insurance, i just love hitting the open road and telling people so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> dana: more economic relief could be on its way says senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, senators are working to get more money to the paycheck protection program. as we reported, president trump is now asking congress to put $250 billion more into that loan program. congressional correspondent chad program with the latest on how this will all work out. chad. >> well, good afternoon, dana, it's going to be incredibly expensive. this is not coronavirus phase four, this is coronavirus phase 3.5. and the reason they are dealing with small business, they were just running dry, they need this infusion of cash, they need it right away. this came out just a couple of hour goes from mitch mcconnell, he said i will work with secretary mnuchin and leader schumer and hope to improve further funding for the paycheck protection program by unanimous consent or voice vote during the next scheduled senate session on thursday. now, we are told that they have not yet had a conversation. mcconnell's office with the minority leader chuck schumer, and asked the speaker of the houses office whether or not they might do it on friday, the next scheduled session, they said this is something that's being driven by minutia and, they really didn't have any comment at that point. regardless, they're starting to do work behind the scenes on the phase four coronavirus response, and every member has their own ideas about what should be in this. i talked to jerry connell, democrat from northern virginia, he thinks they should have addressed the postal service in phase three. listen. >> i think that is scandalous, the postal service serves every household in every business in america. it is required by law to provide universal service. it's got a workforce of 630,000 people, and we just take it for granted. >> another price tag is probably going to be about $2 trillion, i'm told they were probably focused mostly on health care costs, in this, but you know, the biggest problem, perhaps the biggest delay on the face for a bill might be developing a consensus because you have people all spread at four winds about what should be in this. something the democrats are talking about is putting in a provision that deals with voting by mail, article one section four of the constitution says that it's up to time, place, and manner, there is some lesson about whether or not they can mandate. it's up to the states, not the federal government's money comes to congressional and federal elections for the president. there's also some concern about the rebate checks. now, the treasury department has indicated that there is only about 4 million tracks going out week, and they were briefing some house democrats on this yesterday. one of the concerns is that they may not be able to get all the checks out until summer time, i'm told by the house ways and means committee that that is unacceptable. dana. >> dana: chad, thank you so much for the update. let's bring in rec republican congressman dan crenshaw from texas, he has a new book, out today, called "fortitude" american resilience in the air of outrage. i cannot think of a better title or a better author for this book. congressman, when it comes to that legislation, obviously this is not one of the reasons that you came to congress, to have tons of federal spending, but you were there to deal with emergencies, and crises, what would you like to see in this next round? >> yeah, this is one of those moments, this is why we don't like a huge debt, every once in a while we have to actually spend some money when there's an emergency. what i would like to see his careful analysis of what we actually need. we've already spent $2 trillion, this is a time for congresspeople to come to washington and then go back to their districts and say we want to spend more money, because in the end, you are taking their money, they being the taxpayers in order to give them more money. these are false promises. now, if we want to continue spending on programs that are working and keeping american businesses afloat, keeping people attached to their employers, like the paycheck protection program, that's pretty reasonable. if you start and down my gadabout bar spending to that without a really, really good reasoning why, then were going to have problems. >> dana: this is going to be interesting, we'll keep in touch with you about this. i also wanted to ask about this ongoing situation with the teddy roosevelt, then nuclear aircraft carrier. what do you think about what happened with the president, listen to him, talking about captain brett crozier, he put out the letter saying they needed to be rescued because they were so many people on board, so many sailors with coronavirus. here's what the president had to say. >> president trump: letters should not of been sent to many people. unclassified. that was a mistake. it's a mistake that should not of been made because it's unfair to the families of the people on the ship because they get nervous, and it shows weakness. i'm going to get involved and see exactly what's going on there, because i don't want to destroy somebody for having a bad day. >> dana: on the navy secretary did apologize for saying that brett crozier was stupid or inane. but obviously you serve, so what do you make of all this? >> this is the kind of subject actually talked about in my book a lot where, this one situation has caused so many people to react emotionally, when in reality, what you really need to do is stop and pull back a few layers, and see what happens. this is how i analyze this. two things can be trued once in the situation. the captain is a decent captain, very good captain. it's rare that you actually garner the support of so many of your sailors the way he has. he was clearly good-hearted and taking care of his people. that is true. another thing is also true. there was no reason to send that email out the way he did. help was already on the way, they were already in communication with the chain of command, yet he sent that letter out which created a firestorm, and made it seem like they was this injustice going on when in fact, there wasn't, and everybody jumped on that. he should know better. while he was clearly trying to do the right thing, of course he should know better. we can operate that way in the military where you can just go outside the chain of command like that. so the secretary of navy shipments of the things he said. that wasn't emotionally driven statement. i'm glad he apologized for it. god, we just need to be better because the people winning here are our adversaries because we do have a nuclear carrier that's not capable right now. >> dana: one last thing. so you write about resilience, in your book, so is there something that you learned in the navy seals, or something that can help us as we go through this, how do we channel our inner dan crenshaw in the time of coronavirus? >> one chapter in the book is called "be still." we learn how to be still in the seal teams underwater, we basically are brought to near drowning, then we are forced to problem solve when we can't breathe and we can't see. that teaches you to take a step back and calm down before you react to things. we need that in a big way right now. another chapter is called "a sense of duty" we need to be living with a sense of duty. we need to do the small things for each other. we need to not leave. i sought article where people were leaving gloves that they've used on the ground at the grocery store, than people who work there have to pick them up. we can't do this kind of stuff anymore. we all have a sense of duty to each other to wash her hands, to socially distance correctly, but to also support our small businesses, and by take-out. there somebody ways that we can help, and we have to find those ways and help each other. >> dana: congressman dan crenshaw, thank you, take care. former speaker of the house newt gingrich says the united states can do better in the fight against coronavirus, and needs to ramp up testing before the next wave hits. he joins me next, live where he has been living during the pan panic. 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what should we be doing to try to get out of this? >> well, living in rome where i have been with callisto while she is the ambassador, watching the italians deal with an absolute catastrophe, it is clear that the earlier you can do universal testing, the better off you are. with president trump leadership, we have come a long way from where we were back in january when the center for disease control bureaucracy just plain failed. they lost at least three weeks with the wrong capabilities. so we're getting there. we are now bringing them online at an amazing speed. i think we will be doing at least a million tests a week. my point is, when you look ahead, you start thinking about what's going to happen if we have a second wave, as dr. fauci and others have suggested in september, october, november. we need to be fully prepared and tested that we can drown the virus in information, know exactly who is at risk, take care of them, and do it without messing up the entire economy. i think we are not there yet, i think were getting there, i think the president's done an amazing job of getting companies to step up, do their job, create new tests, many of which now are like 5 minutes tests, which did not exist three months ago. so, i give him a lot of credit, but i think we still have a couple more steps to go to get this thing to work right. >> dana: have you seen, there innately, and i've been reading that social distancing seems overworked and that they are starting to think ahead and lift their gaze a little bit to the possibility of trying to reopen for some businesses. >> well, i think we've been here for almost four weeks, locked down, because the italian government got so far behind, originally, there were about a hundred thousand chinese workers in northern, they maintain three flights a week to wuhan, four weeks after the pandemic broke out, president trump in that sense was exactly right to cut off flights from china, the italians would not do it for political correctness, the resolve was, the virus here really blew up. so they had no choice, they had to go to a very draconian, very tough model, only grocery stores, pharmacies, gas stations are open. the police are in the street, and if you don't have a good excuse, you can get up to 3,000 euro fine just for being out of your house, the result is they've begun to get under control, i think the numbers were about 2.6% increase which is way down from where it was at about ten or 11%, just a month ago. we will begin to see hope, calista and i are both, frankly, have been in the house for several weeks we think it would be kind of cool to go outside. >> dana: i bet it would. make sure you take her her tea, do whatever she needs, she needs your support there in rome, no doubt you do that. for burst speaker gingrich, thank you so much. educators and businesses resorting to video chat rooms like zoom to keep communications, now, major warning about security issues. once again, bret larson, on the next. refinance to a lower rate? 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>> yes. yeah, it has become the conference platform of choice for everyone. it is interesting to note, dana, we actually heard from the creator of zoom, eric wall, he did a blog post last week, he said back in december we had 10 million users, they were mostly from a big companies where you have i.t. departments that can help you set the stuff off. and in the past couple weeks, they now have over 200 million users. and these are home users, like you mentioned, these are teachers who are using this stuff for the first time. these are people in their homes using it for the first time. so they are not setting the privacy settings appropriately. what is happening is, you send out a link to a zoom conference, and things are getting picked up by hackers who are posting them on message boards, then they are disrupting these videoconferences with what we are just going to call disruptive content. a lot of adult content comments as we definitely don't want kids to be seeing in a classroom. we have learned in the past couple of days, zoom bonding, as we have learned it is called, is a federal crime that can learn to both finds in potential jail time. this is a serious issue, zoom says they are working on this, they're going to spend the next 90 days locking down their platform, making sure it's secure. they're also going to provide workbooks for teachers and other people who are using it so you set it up properly, you set the privacy settings properly, you do everything that you can to make sure it is secure. >> dana: is there an alternative to zoom? if new york city teachers can use it, what else can they have? >> right, this is what is so frustrating, there are other things he could use. you could use facebook message, google do well, you can use that, you can use a skype for things like this. there are other platforms. a lot of people are just using face time on apple's platform which, granted, you can use that in a classroom environment because it is limited on the number of connections, and most people need to have ios devices, so there are a lot of them limitations on this. i hope educators don't just throw their hands up. i know google is working really hard. my sister is a teacher, i'm in touch with them to hear what they are being told to do, what platforms they are being asked to participate in. they have and all that back-to-school yet, but they are using a lot of google products. definitely, though, you want to password protect your zoom settings, otherwise, these are things you're going to potentially have come i heard rosie o'donnell this morning andra howard stern complaining she does do meet up with her fans, and she said it right out of the gate, it was hacked right away, and it just became unusable. >> dana: all right, brett, thank you so much. thank you for joining us, i'm dana perino. don't forget, story time is at 3:30 eastern today. it will stream live on foxnews.com, facebook, youtube, it will be available on demand on fox nation. i will see you there, and i'll see you on "the five," here's bill hemmer. >> bill: thank you, dana, i'm going to show you a live look right now of the white house. president trump, in moments, will receive an update on how the stimulus plan is working with millions of americans out of a job and businesses a shutdown from coast to coast. the small business loan program has been off to a rocky start this week. but president trump said ceos of major banks and credit card companies, we will bring you those comments momentarily live when they began from the white house. stay tuned for that. first, 3:00 east coast time back to the epicenter of the pandemic in the united states, good afternoon, yet again, i am bill h o
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