Has left washington until at least may 4th the constitution provides a mechanism for the president to fill positions in such circumstances the recess appointment its called the senates practice of gaveling into socalled pro forma sessions where no one is even there has prevented me from using the Constitutional Authority that were giving that were given under the recess provisions the senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees or chit formally adjourn so that i can make recess appointments we have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government and now more so than ever before because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it and we have to do whatever we have to do theyve made it very very difficult to run government i dont think any administration has done anywhere near what weve done in 3 and a half years but every block every week they put up roadblocks whether its russia russia or russia or whether its impeachment or hoax or whatever it may be its always roadblocks and a waste of time if the house will not agree to that adjournment i will exercise my Constitutional Authority to adjourn both chambers of congress the Current Practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro forma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American People cannot afford during this crisis it is a scam what they do its a scam and Everybody Knows it and its been that way for a long time. And perhaps its never done before its never been done before nobodys even sure if it has but were going to do it we need these people here we need people for this crisis and we dont want to play anymore political games ive been waiting for 2 and a half years 3 years to some of these people and theyre great people they left law firms they left jobs they gave up everything to do it and theyve been waiting for 3 years 2 and a half years 2 years one year to get approved its ridiculous and everyone knows theyre going to be approved but theres only so many hours in the day when you go through judges and you go through lengthy hearings on judges that they know should be approved immediately and they could do it in one session one and they could do it in one hour. And it said it takes a many days in order to advance the health and security of our nation and all nations as we announced yesterday the u. S. Government has put a hold on funding to the w. H. O. World Health Organization pending a review of the organizations coverup and mismanagement of the corona Virus Outbreak over the objections of the w. H. O. We took Decisive Action and early lifesaving action to suspend travel from china they didnt want to do it they were angry that we did it it was early on they were angry that we did it to come a long time to realize what was going but i have a feeling they do exactly what was going on tragically other nations put their trust in the w. H. O. And they didnt do any form of band and you see what happened to italy you see what happened to spain you see what happened to france w h os guidance had failed to control their borders at a very crucial phase quickly unleashing the contagion around the world that was a horrible tragic mistake or perhaps they know im sure they didnt know the gravity of it but perhaps they knew it because if they knew the gravity that would be an even worse offense to ease the economic pain of millions of American Families weve now process 300000000000. 00 in loans to more than 1000000 Small Businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program this action has saved millions of american jobs its been an incredible success and they want to replenish it now but again the democrats dont want to do that this is money that goes to the workers of our country. Phase one was 350000000000. 00 and now phase 2 we want to do 250000000000. 00 this goes to workers and it goes to Small Businesses so we can save all the Small Businesses around our nation Mike Macfarlane from nebraska recently said this is stork relief has been a godsend for his small factory and the 136 americans who work there save those. Another Small Business owner tim miller from oklahoma called the program a total lifesaver for his auto repair shops for employees stories like these underscore why Congress Must replenish the Paycheck Protection Program immediately the republicans want to do it they want to do it immediately they want to do it now and the democrats are stopping it a short time ago the c. D. C. Issued Public Health guidelines for Critical Industries in a few moments agricultural secretary sonny perdue will elaborate on how these guidelines apply to our nations dedicated workers in the Food Processing profession because its a profession its incredible what they do. Food processing and keeping our Grocery Stores full the shelves are not bare like the shelves that i inherited when we took over the stockpile the medical stockpile where the shelves were bare the cupboard was bare i say tomorrow also be leading a call with elected officials who will consult with my administration as we work to restore our economy to full speed and we really think with all of the stimulus and all of the pent up demand were going to have an economy that really comes back quickly. And would like to see it more than match what we had before what we had before was a miracle and we think this is going to be even more than a miracle were going to do it because we have the greatest people in the world will also be speaking to americas governors tomorrow and then well be announcing exactly whats happening you already know will be opening up states some states much sooner than others and we think some of the states can actually open up before the deadline of may 1st and i think that will be a very exciting time indeed governors are looking forward that chomping at the bit to get going again not all states are the same theyre very different some are having very little problem some of done such a good job that they have very little problem and theyre ready to go so Vice President pence and i will be speaking with the governors tomorrow well be discussing procedures today i spoke with the leaders of many of our nations most Renowned Companies or organizations on how to achieve the full resurgence of the American Economy my discussions included the top leaders in health and health care Transportation TechnologyFinancial ServicesFood Beverages hospitality real estate retail agriculture Construction Energy labor manufacturing and Sports Industries we want to get our country open again we want to have our sports leagues open you want to watch sports its important we miss sports we miss everything we want to get back to these experts and innovators provided extremely productive feedback on how to safely reboot our economy they gave us a lot of great ideas we spoke to a lot of very very smart people the highest of the high tech. The level of i. Q. In some of those calls was about the highest youve ever seen in a phone call that i can tell you but we have a lot of great thought went into those calls and a lot of questions came out and also statements very strong statements as to what they recommend it was i think it was a great day we did a lotta a lot of calling with a lot of very prominent people but more importantly very smart people and people that love our country they talked about the vital importance of our wide array of relief measures to address the present crisis and they provided valuable insights on how to move forward including on the role of protective gear where we have tremendous amounts of protective gear coming in robust testing and the future use of therapies and treatments they also underscored the crucial importance of strong supply chains and Communications Infrastructure were talking about infrastructure for the middle of our country talking about broadband and things that they frankly dont have and havent had for a long time because a lot of politicians forgot about them you can forget about them theyre really the heart and soul cant forget about them and were talking about the tele medical its a new thing and its incredible what theyve been able to do this is an industry thats just growing but its take its grown by leaps and bounds over the last 5 weeks people are learning so much without the ability to see a doctor theyre learning so much and lot of good things are happening thats something thats really Going Forward i think going to be very important for a country as weve seen throughout our proud history americas never greater than when our people are working in unison toward a common goal thats whats happening right now. Will go ahead will forge an even Brighter Future today than we had and will be along with other nations hopefully were working with other nations will be the comeback kids all of us all of us its incredible whats going on. Im very proud of the people of this country im very proud of the people i spoke to today these are truly great brilliant people and weve gained tremendous insight so tomorrow is going to be a very big day were going to be speaking with the governors will have some information on some openings and again well have some openings that will be will exceed our expectations and theyll be safe theyll be strong but we want to get our country back we want to get our country back and were going to do it and were going to do it soon with that id like to ask dr brooks to come up and say a few words and then secretary sonny perdue and then Vice President pence thank you very much thank you thank you. Thank you mr president and thank you for summarizing the states and what were seeing so over the last 5 to 6 days weve seen declines in cases across the country and this its been very. Reassuring for us at the same time we know that mortality and the fatalities that were facing across the United States continue we know the number of people who are still in the hospitals in the i. C. U. Using we want to continue to recognize the Health Care Workers who are on the front lines and really recognize how low the United States case fatality rates are compared to other countries and this is really do not only to our technology but how that technology is utilized to save lives at the same time i am inspired by the American People who continue social distancing these cases continue to decline because of the strong work of the American People. Also i wanted to let you know that we do have 9 states that have less than a 1000 cases and less than 30 new cases per day so were looking at states and metro areas as individual individual areas we talked before how each of these curves or difference each of the kates is experiences are different we have some states like california and Washington State oregon they never really had a peak because of so much work that their populations did to decrease and keep the new cases down so each of these into individual states and individual metros are being studied sperry specifically i do want to highlight and we are remaining concerned and weve been having discussions with rhode island rhode island in providence are in a unique situation 1st they had increasing cases from the new york city area and now they have new new increasing cases from the boston area theyre caught between 2 incredible hot spots in the country and theyre doing an extraordinary job there caring for the individuals on the front lines but providence continues to have new cases and we do continue to work with specific states that have specific outbreaks related to individual occurrences i will just remind the American People again this is a highly contagious virus social gatherings coming together is there always a chance that a asymptomatic person can spread the virus on knowingly no one is intending to spread the virus we know if you are sick you will stay home but to all of you that are out there that would like to join together and just have that dinner party for 20 dont do it yet continue to follow the president ial guidelines we really appreciate the work of the American People we see as a country where improving we see as metro areas where improving we see as communities as counties. And as states were improving but that also still requires everyone to continue to social distance and in the end we do have states that have very few cases and very few new cases and so these are the ones the president is referring to that have been silent relatively silent throughout this epidemic and pandemic that many of us have faced and so these are the groups are working in with very specifically and each of these governors in each of these mayors will have to make decisions after generalized guidelines are put out so that they can do whats best for their communities they are at the front line and i wanted to conclude by really thinking my pepfar teams around the world who have been working tirelessly throughout the world to ensure they sitting to doctor their birks their outlining the latest impact on the krona of the coronavirus in the United States before her we heard from President Trump of course just 2 highlights of the things he said he said new guidelines on reopening the call to me would be announced on thursday so tomorrow and also he said he said that they took suggests that the race may have peaked for new cases while for more on that lets cross to mike hanna who is in washington d. C. Year 1st of all your reaction to the things the president said in that statement. Well President Trump insistent that he wants to open up the country as soon as possible this is something that hes been saying for weeks if not days making very clear that significantly and that he will be talking to all the states United States governors before announcing the guidelines for an easing of the restrictions in certain areas very clearly looking at specific areas you heard Deborah Biggs the white house medical adviser referring to roughly about 10 states in which the rate of coronavirus is very low these are the states that obviously the president has in mind hes talking about lifting restrictions in some states even before what he called a target date which is the 1st of may so these guidelines are going to be given in the next 24 hours but significant as i said that he is consulting the governors because President Trump maintained that he did not need governor acceptance to impose whatever lifting of restrictions he wanted to in whatever area the governors fought back against this insisting that it is in their power to decide timelines and not the executive so heres a situation where he is intent on lifting particular areas once again we will hear from his medical examiners in the court his medical advisers in the course of the day here president tramples theyre lashing out at political opponents very much in Campaign Mode accusing the members of the Democratic Party of obstructing everything he tries to do to get a threat from the podium in the rose garden against his political opponents. And not just lashing out a political opponent has also been lashing out not at in that News Conference obviously but earlier at the w. H. O. Saying that he would be withholding that the u. S. Would be withholding funds to the w h o i guess were still waiting for questions in the News Conference but how is that playing in the u. S. Well he did once again reiterate his criticism of the w. H. O. In the brief opening remarks or rather lengthy opening remarks that hes wanted to do that the democrats once again in congress are absolutely incensed at his decision to withhold funding from the w. H. O. Not only on a moral basis which they believe it is the wrong thing to do while the world is facing a pandemic but also want to political one their argument very strongly is that the executive the president does not have the power to withhold funding that has already been passed by congress and members of the Democratic Caucus in congress arguing very strongly that this is very similar to the issue with that ukraine which led to his impeachment in which he withheld funding from ukraine for a period of time in order to save the democrats to get some kind of political advantage so they are arguing very strongly that the president has exceeded his powers constitutionally in terms of withholding that funding from the w. H. O. Members of his administration though a walking delicately particularly a spokesman for the centers for Disease Control who had this to say to d. C. And had a long history of working together in multiple outbreaks throughout the world as we continue to do in this one and so weve had a very productive Public Health relationship we continue to have that. Well well for her there as i mentioned from the medical adviser to the white house deborah bricks saying that the curv