The salons, tattoo parlors, and gyms. President trump saying he never okayed the plan but things are moving too quickly. Using restrictions allowing Curbside Pickup at retail stores. And tennessee opening up most state parks today. At first, the president making a lot of news during that signing including addressing the controversy over disinfectants. Lets bring in our chief White House Correspondent john roberts alive on the north lawn. John . Good afternoon to you. This is in response to comments the president made last night during the Coronavirus Briefing after bill brian who was the head of science and technology at dhs came up to give a presentation on how long the coronavirus lives on hard surfaces under certain circumstances. Mr. Brian saying that when you added disinfectant and sunlight, uv light to the virus it doesnt last very long at all. So the president said something about the potential for introducing disinfectants into the body through injection or some other means, bu
In the meantime, six states starting to loosening restrictions. But debate in america building whether they are doing it to too soon. Defending his decision to let businesses reopen, including gyms, hair salons, and tattoo shops. The president saying that he thinks it is being done too quickly. Texas taking a moderate approach, letting Retail Stores do curbside pickup. Anna gretchen whitmer, she is still feeling the heat. She is extending stay at home orders until may 15th, but also loosening some controversial restrictions on gardening, golfing, and boating. Jesse, let me begin with you. I just was curious of what you would think, because georgia has been aggressive in Going Forward with reopening, but the president says he does not approve. A strongly disagrees. So what are other states to take from this . How can they go about reopening of the president is critical of Governor Kemp in georgia . Jesse he did not stop the governor, he said he was critical. To the governor has to make
Meanwhile, the coronavirus death toll in the United States has now topped 50,000 people. This is amid a highstakes debate over when lockdowns should be lifted nationwide. Youre watching outnumbered overtime. Im harris faulkner. At this moment, dueling protests in atlanta over Governor Brian Kemps decision to reopen some businesses there. Both supporters and opponents are rallying. One side and the other. Georgia is 1 of 6 states loosening stay loosening stayathome rules in some form today, allowing businesses such as gyms, hair salons, tattoo parlors, bowling alleys, to reopen. This, despite renewed pushback, even from President Trump. Watch. I wasnt happy with it, and i wasnt happy with brian kemp. I wasnt at all happy. I said, you make your decision. I told him that. Youre not in the guidelines, but im making dont like letting you make your own decision. But i want people to be safe, and i want the people in georgia to be safe. I dont want this thing to flare up because you doing som
I see the disinfectant knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do Something Like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning. You see it gets in the lungs and it will be interesting to check that so you can use medical doctors. I was asking a sarcastic and very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside. It would kill it on the hands. And that would make things much better. That was done in a form of a sarcastic question to the reporters. To be clear investing chemicals like bleach can be fatal. And this morning lysol issued a warning saying nor circumstances should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body. And now the fda is issuing a warning for another one of the president s suggestions, for weeks the president touted an antimalaria drug called hydr y hydroxychloroquine. They say the drug should not be used outside of a hospital or Clinical Trial explaining the drug has been linked to serious heart
Securing the border. I will continue to support all efforts to address the humanitarian and security crisis on the border. She never led the facts or the underlying data get in if way of a policy. While drug related murders have reached epidemic proportions, this is a phenomenon that has not tranlated to spill over into the guidan united states. Absolutely. All stations. We have a church on fire. South Louisiana Community is on edge after three historically black churches burned in ten days. We do believe that crimes have occurred. We believe that the three fires obviously are not coincidental. Were doing everything we can collectively to solve this crime. 2020 heads to vegas. Amy klobuchar and Bernie Sanders are speaking at a conference there as Pete Buttigieg gets deeply deeply person. If you had offered me a pill to make my straight, i would have swallowed it before the time you were able to get me a glass of water. A lot to cover here. We know a little bit about the rift between th