Transcripts For ALJAZ Counting The Cost 2020 Ep 16 20240713

Theyre also being manufactured as we speak following the announcement of our reopening guidelines there have been some very partisan voices in the media and politics who have spread false and misleading information about our Testing Capacity is totally false and misleading demonstrating a complete failure to understand the enormous scope of the testing capabilities that weve brought online and we started really from ground 0 we started from really being very very. Outdated an obsolete as a country from the past and i will say this if they didnt understand it its just really unfortunately i hate to say this because weve been getting along very well but it would be false reporting because they understand the capability and its going to be up to the states to use that capability the states have local points where they can go a governor can call the mayors and the mayors can call. Representatives and everybody everything is perfect and thats the way it should work and always should work will help new york and all of the other states get even better on their testing we have to get even better and some people think a little bit differently there are areas where you have best amounts of. Area where you have very few people and almost no people are infected and those places will be looked upon differently by different governors and i think you can have a lot of news coming out about that over the next few days i think certain states are going to. Come on line and theyre going to start the early stages of the puzzle that were putting together and its going to be together sooner rather than later a lot of really incredible things are happening and at some point in the not too distant future were going to have our country back and its going to be i think really with what were doing on stimulus and helping people keep their businesses together and their lives together and their jobs its going to be better than ever before i hope so i really do the current conversation is reminiscent of what happened on ventilators syria remember that when requests were made far beyond what was objective lead it we were hearing from a certain state and you were hearing from a lot that they need a far more ventilators in one case they wanted 40000 ventilators 40000 it turned out that they had plenty and they had a number of about 7 or 8000 and that was plenty we supplied them with a lot but that was the right number we got it just about right and if they did need more were ready to give more but i think the surge seems to be over and there are a lot of governors just doing a great and theyre working with us but were all working together. The research and development that weve done at the federal level has been absolutely incredible the media will be accepting of these figures when they get to see the end result i think theyre going to see it and i think theyre already seeing it that includes not only ventilators but beds we built in most cases far more than theyve been needed. But we wanted to err on the side of caution this is what the governors wanted they wanted a certain amount in louisiana. I spoke with the governor had a long talk with him and i said you think you need that final hospital and they actually didnt need it would build a lot of a lot of beds so appreciated from the governor. And we saved building a hospital in new york we did it i think just a spectacular job at the Javits Center and even sending the ship up became we brought it into cove it but they didnt and they didnt really need it didnt get much use but it was there and ready it wasnt supposed to be used for that purpose we changed it into that purpose and it was there ready willing and able same with javits but they didnt quite need the rooms that we the beds that we. We produced so we produced almost 2900 beds and i think id rather tell you that we were overprepare that we were then we were underprepared and that was a good faith effort by new york i have to say that a very good faith effort but its nice that we didnt need that instead of needing it it was not very occupied but it was ready to go still there should something happen but i think they have it under very good control as youll hear from our experts today weve already built sufficient Testing Capacity nationwide for states to begin their reopening and i think youll be hearing a lot about reopening soon the coming weeks and months. Most exciting lee in the coming weeks i think youre going to see some very very dramatic steps taken and very safely were putting safety 1st. We may be opening but were putting safety 1st and when you look at the numbers when you look at the possible number of death deaths at 2200000 people in it could have very well been that could have been more frankly have been look at numbers where could have been higher than that. 2200000. 00 people dying if you figure will d us 500000 maybe 600000 of the civil war 2200000. 00 people a minimum if we did nothing would have been 1. 6 if you cut that it half youre talking about 800900008 1000000 people dying but we did a lot of work and the people of this country were incredible i have to say and i think were heading to the other category and that would be if we if we did work and if it was successful they had between 100220000 to 240000 on the upset and i think will be substantially hopefully below the 100 number. And i think right now were heading at probably around 60 maybe 65001. 00 is too many now say one is too many is a horrible thing that happened to our country is a horrible thing that happened to 184 countries all over the world is a horrible thing there was no reason for it. And it should never ever happen again in a few minutes youll be hearing from dr redfield dr found she dr burkes and admiral war to explain these facts and in really great detail earlier this week the f. D. A. Authorized 2 new Antibody Tests which is a very exciting that will determine if someone has been previously infected with the virus bringing the total to 4 authorized Antibody Tests already this will help us assess the number of cases that have been asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and support our efforts to get americans back to work by showing us who might have developed the wonderful beautiful immunity ultimate victory in this war will be made possible by americas certificate brilliance there is nothing like us there is nobody like us not even close i wish i could tell you stories what other countries even powerful countries say to me the leaders they say it quietly and they say it off the record but they have Great Respect for what we can do in our country is. At a point few weeks ago i think of it for 5 weeks ago we were at a level that nobody had ever attain the best job numbers weve ever had the best economy weve ever had every company virtually was doing Better Business than ever before the stock market was at all time highs and then one day they said you got it close enough. And we did the right thing we saved maybe millions of lives by doing it the way we did it but were paying a price but that price is very unimportant compared to the number of lives were talking about the n. I. M. H. And others are conducting Clinical Trials of 35 different therapies and treatments their piece being so exciting to me because thats really like if something happens you going to get better. Reasonably quickly and without such a horrible deal as some people have to go through to that end today and i. H. Announced that it is launching a Public Private partnership with more than a dozen Bio Pharmaceutical Companies their h. H. S. F. D. A. C. D. C. And the European Medicines Agency the role what can we get a working together with a lot of other countries the partnership will marshal and coordinate the vast resources knowledge assets and. Authorities of more than a dozen organizations and agencies to accelerate development of the most promising therapies in vaccines of the axioms are coming along really really well johnson and johnson is very well advanced one thing is they have to having great Great Success but we have to test them and it takes a long period of time it takes us probably over a year unfortunately but there are pieces like was a coming along very very well therapies are immediate when we get that there will be a big day. Were also equipping medical warriors on the front lines in total. We have the project air bridge and the air bridge has been incredible the National Strategic stockpile and every other channel the federal government has deployed if you think about this 44500000 and 95 masks nearly 524000063500000 surgical masks and more than 10000000 gallons and we have 500000000 masts coming in very soon between manufacturing and orders 500000000 man 6 to less few months have been among the most challenging times in the history of our nation this invisible enemy is tough and its smart and its a vicious but every day were getting closer to the future that we all have been waiting for. I talk about the light at the end of the tunnel we are getting very very close to seeing that light shined very brightly at the end of that tunnel and its happening and i want to thank everybody in the room i want to thank i actually want to thank some of the media weve had some fair coverage some really fair coverage and i appreciate it what im going to do is im going to introduce our great Vice President mike pence and hes going to take over for a little while im going to leave and im. Coming right back and well take some questions are going to go over there are tremendous testing capabilities. And again ill be right back thank you thank you. Thank you mr president and good afternoon all. Today is that the president just reflected remains a challenging time in the life of our nation because of the extraordinary efforts of the American People because of the Strong Partnership the federal government has forged with states across the country were making progress america. Despite the. The tragic loss of more than 36000. 00 americans. According to our best data reporting this morning we continue to see new cases low unsteady on the west coast. And we continue to see cases and hospitalizations declining in the Greater New York city area in new orleans and detroit and elsewhere this is a tribute 1st and foremost to our our Health Care Doctors nurses all of those working on the front lines but its also a great tribute to the American People who have put into practice the social distancing the guidelines the guidance of state and local officials and we we hope that every american is encouraged by the steady progress that we are making. Were continuing to bring in the president s direction of the full resources of the federal government to bear today the president approved a major disaster declaration for American Samoa and now all 50 states and all territories are under major disaster declarations for the 1st time in american history. At this present. 33000 National Guardsmen are on duty 5500 active duty military personnel have been deployed to 9 states including 716 medical professionals doctors and nurses who deployed out to 14 different hospitals today among those were 10 hospitals in new york city and military personnel who are also serving today in hospitals in connecticut texas louisiana and new jersey yesterday as the president reflected we unveiled the president s guidelines for opening up america again there were 2 parts at the beginning of those guidelines 1st the criteria that we hope will guide the governors in their decisions about reopening their states either a statewide level or a county level and then also we outlined what we believe would be the the most important state responsibilities to have in place before moving into a re opening plan for phase one the president s guidelines youll recall advised that states that have a downward trajectory in cases over a 14 day period of time and ensure that they have proper capacity in their Health Care Facilities could move to phase one with the easing of some of the social distancing and the criteria that have been in place for states that meet the criteria we outlined specific responsibilities protecting workers in Critical Industries particularly protecting the most vulnerable those who live and work in senior care facilities and we also encourage states to have a plan for testing symptomatic individuals and ensuring testing to our most vulnerable populations as the president has made clear governors will decide the time and manner that their States Reopen and we. Well look to support them in that effort but as we sure the American People yesterday the president s direction our administration will continue to work with governors across the country to ensure that they have the equipment and the supplies and the testing resources to reopen safely and responsibly on the subject of supplies today we issued a letter to our nations governors summarizing all the medical equipment and supplies that have been distributed to their state from fema between the 1st of this month and april 14th through project air bridge and through the commercial supply network well be speaking with our nations governors on monday and detailing that information at that time as of april 16th as the president reflected briefly fema has coordinated the delivery of millions of pieces of medical equipment including 44000000 and 95 respirators 63000000 surgical masks more than 10000 ventilators and of course deployed more than 8600 federal federal medical station beds on the subject of testing resources were going to take some time to speak about our administrations approach and partnership with states to continue to expand testing across the country at this briefing but from the very outset of this epidemic the president made efforts to essentially reinvent testing in america the traditional testing in this country that takes place at c. D. C. Or it state labs was designed for basically the kind of diagnostic testing that is routinely required but the president early on in this effort brought together the leading commercial labs in america we forged a public and private partnership and 6 weeks ago we had performed some 25000 tests and at this stage where you have performed 3700000 tests we believe that labs and hospitals are now perform. More than 120000. 00 tests a day and weve actually stood up a team from walter reed under the direction of dr Deborah Burkes that is working around the clock to identify additional Testing Capacity across the country we believe that states could actually more than double the amount of daily testing that is happening today by simply activating all of the labs and dr burkes will detail some of those resources today and well be going over those very specifically with governors on monday weve also been promoting the development of new and innovative tests we all know about the 15 minute abbott test but the f. D. A. Is currently working on an Antibody Test that literally could add 20000000 new tests to our supply even before the end of april i want to assure the American People that were going to continue to work with your governors and with your state Health Officials to scale testing in the days ahead but as youll hear from all of our experts tonight our best scientists and Health Experts assess that states today have enough tests to implement the criteria of phase one if they choose to do so let me say that again. The given the given the guidance in the president s new guidelines for opening up america again states that meet the criteria for going into phase one and then are preparing the testing that is contemplated by going to phase one our best scientists and Health Experts assess that today we have a sufficient amount of testing to meet the requirements of a phase one reopening if state governors should choose to do that and youll hear more detail on that in just a moment at the president s direction were going to be presenting an outline of our approach to testing in partnership with states during this briefing our approach will continue to be locally executed state managed and federally supported dr felt she will give us a brief introduction to the overall approach to testing that is contemplated to deal with the corona virus dr redfield and c. D. C. Will describe our plan to mobilize c. D. C. Officials in all 50 states to specifically monitor coronavirus. Coronavirus incidents that occur in every state in the union of course dr Deborah Burkes will describe not only our test but also the current capability in the capability that we could expand to very readily and admiral gerar of the u. S. Public Health Service will summarize our approach but i want to assure the American People that at the president s direction we are going to continue to work every single day to make sure that our states and communities have the testing they need to reopen at the time and manner of their choosing and were going to work every day to make sure its the. So yes Vice President mike pence speaking at the Daily White House briefing a little bit earlier we heard from donald trump the president himself talking about well he was saying how well the United States is done and how the United States is my by World Leaders in its approach 36000. 00 americans have died in transit says that the United States is probably heading towards a death toll of 60000. 00 or 65000. 00 in total which he said is better than the original 4 costs also we went into some detail about testing and i think. She on the virus Testing Capacity<\/a> is totally false and misleading demonstrating a complete failure to understand the enormous scope of the testing capabilities that weve brought online and we started really from ground 0 we started from really being very very. Outdated an obsolete as a country from the past and i will say this if they didnt understand it its just really unfortunately i hate to say this because weve been getting along very well but it would be false reporting because they understand the capability and its going to be up to the states to use that capability the states have local points where they can go a governor can call the mayors and the mayors can call. Representatives and everybody everything is perfect and thats the way it should work and always should work will help new york and all of the other states get even better on their testing we have to get even better and some people think a little bit differently there are areas where you have best amounts of. Area where you have very few people and almost no people are infected and those places will be looked upon differently by different governors and i think you can have a lot of news coming out about that over the next few days i think certain states are going to. Come on line and theyre going to start the early stages of the puzzle that were putting together and its going to be together sooner rather than later a lot of really incredible things are happening and at some point in the not too distant future were going to have our country back and its going to be i think really with what were doing on stimulus and helping people keep their businesses together and their lives together and their jobs its going to be better than ever before i hope so i really do the current conversation is reminiscent of what happened on ventilators syria remember that when requests were made far beyond what was objective lead it we were hearing from a certain state and you were hearing from a lot that they need a far more ventilators in one case they wanted 40000 ventilators 40000 it turned out that they had plenty and they had a number of about 7 or 8000 and that was plenty we supplied them with a lot but that was the right number we got it just about right and if they did need more were ready to give more but i think the surge seems to be over and there are a lot of governors just doing a great and theyre working with us but were all working together. The research and development that weve done at the federal level has been absolutely incredible the media will be accepting of these figures when they get to see the end result i think theyre going to see it and i think theyre already seeing it that includes not only ventilators but beds we built in most cases far more than theyve been needed. But we wanted to err on the side of caution this is what the governors wanted they wanted a certain amount in louisiana. I spoke with the governor had a long talk with him and i said you think you need that final hospital and they actually didnt need it would build a lot of a lot of beds so appreciated from the governor. And we saved building a hospital in new york we did it i think just a spectacular job at the Javits Center<\/a> and even sending the ship up became we brought it into cove it but they didnt and they didnt really need it didnt get much use but it was there and ready it wasnt supposed to be used for that purpose we changed it into that purpose and it was there ready willing and able same with javits but they didnt quite need the rooms that we the beds that we. We produced so we produced almost 2900 beds and i think id rather tell you that we were overprepare that we were then we were underprepared and that was a good faith effort by new york i have to say that a very good faith effort but its nice that we didnt need that instead of needing it it was not very occupied but it was ready to go still there should something happen but i think they have it under very good control as youll hear from our experts today weve already built sufficient Testing Capacity<\/a> nationwide for states to begin their reopening and i think youll be hearing a lot about reopening soon the coming weeks and months. Most exciting lee in the coming weeks i think youre going to see some very very dramatic steps taken and very safely were putting safety 1st. We may be opening but were putting safety 1st and when you look at the numbers when you look at the possible number of death deaths at 2200000 people in it could have very well been that could have been more frankly have been look at numbers where could have been higher than that. 2200000. 00 people dying if you figure will d us 500000 maybe 600000 of the civil war 2200000. 00 people a minimum if we did nothing would have been 1. 6 if you cut that it half youre talking about 800900008 1000000 people dying but we did a lot of work and the people of this country were incredible i have to say and i think were heading to the other category and that would be if we if we did work and if it was successful they had between 100220000 to 240000 on the upset and i think will be substantially hopefully below the 100 number. And i think right now were heading at probably around 60 maybe 65001. 00 is too many now say one is too many is a horrible thing that happened to our country is a horrible thing that happened to 184 countries all over the world is a horrible thing there was no reason for it. And it should never ever happen again in a few minutes youll be hearing from dr redfield dr found she dr burkes and admiral war to explain these facts and in really great detail earlier this week the f. D. A. Authorized 2 new Antibody Test<\/a>s which is a very exciting that will determine if someone has been previously infected with the virus bringing the total to 4 authorized Antibody Test<\/a>s already this will help us assess the number of cases that have been asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic and support our efforts to get americans back to work by showing us who might have developed the wonderful beautiful immunity ultimate victory in this war will be made possible by americas certificate brilliance there is nothing like us there is nobody like us not even close i wish i could tell you stories what other countries even powerful countries say to me the leaders they say it quietly and they say it off the record but they have Great Respect<\/a> for what we can do in our country is. At a point few weeks ago i think of it for 5 weeks ago we were at a level that nobody had ever attain the best job numbers weve ever had the best economy weve ever had every company virtually was doing Better Business<\/a> than ever before the stock market was at all time highs and then one day they said you got it close enough. And we did the right thing we saved maybe millions of lives by doing it the way we did it but were paying a price but that price is very unimportant compared to the number of lives were talking about the n. I. M. H. And others are conducting Clinical Trials<\/a> of 35 different therapies and treatments their piece being so exciting to me because thats really like if something happens you going to get better. Reasonably quickly and without such a horrible deal as some people have to go through to that end today and i. H. Announced that it is launching a Public Private<\/a> partnership with more than a dozen Bio Pharmaceutical Companies<\/a> their h. H. S. F. D. A. C. D. C. And the European Medicines Agency<\/a> the role what can we get a working together with a lot of other countries the partnership will marshal and coordinate the vast resources knowledge assets and. Authorities of more than a dozen organizations and agencies to accelerate development of the most promising therapies in vaccines of the axioms are coming along really really well johnson and johnson is very well advanced one thing is they have to having great Great Success<\/a> but we have to test them and it takes a long period of time it takes us probably over a year unfortunately but there are pieces like was a coming along very very well therapies are immediate when we get that there will be a big day. Were also equipping medical warriors on the front lines in total. We have the project air bridge and the air bridge has been incredible the National Strategic<\/a> stockpile and every other channel the federal government has deployed if you think about this 44500000 and 95 masks nearly 524000063500000 surgical masks and more than 10000000 gallons and we have 500000000 masts coming in very soon between manufacturing and orders 500000000 man 6 to less few months have been among the most challenging times in the history of our nation this invisible enemy is tough and its smart and its a vicious but every day were getting closer to the future that we all have been waiting for. I talk about the light at the end of the tunnel we are getting very very close to seeing that light shined very brightly at the end of that tunnel and its happening and i want to thank everybody in the room i want to thank i actually want to thank some of the media weve had some fair coverage some really fair coverage and i appreciate it what im going to do is im going to introduce our great Vice President<\/a> mike pence and hes going to take over for a little while im going to leave and im. Coming right back and well take some questions are going to go over there are tremendous testing capabilities. And again ill be right back thank you thank you. Thank you mr president and good afternoon all. Today is that the president just reflected remains a challenging time in the life of our nation because of the extraordinary efforts of the American People<\/a> because of the Strong Partnership<\/a> the federal government has forged with states across the country were making progress america. Despite the. The tragic loss of more than 36000. 00 americans. According to our best data reporting this morning we continue to see new cases low unsteady on the west coast. And we continue to see cases and hospitalizations declining in the Greater New York<\/a> city area in new orleans and detroit and elsewhere this is a tribute 1st and foremost to our our Health Care Doctors<\/a> nurses all of those working on the front lines but its also a great tribute to the American People<\/a> who have put into practice the social distancing the guidelines the guidance of state and local officials and we we hope that every american is encouraged by the steady progress that we are making. Were continuing to bring in the president s direction of the full resources of the federal government to bear today the president approved a major disaster declaration for American Samoa<\/a> and now all 50 states and all territories are under major disaster declarations for the 1st time in american history. At this present. 33000 National Guardsmen<\/a> are on duty 5500 active duty military personnel have been deployed to 9 states including 716 medical professionals doctors and nurses who deployed out to 14 different hospitals today among those were 10 hospitals in new york city and military personnel who are also serving today in hospitals in connecticut texas louisiana and new jersey yesterday as the president reflected we unveiled the president s guidelines for opening up america again there were 2 parts at the beginning of those guidelines 1st the criteria that we hope will guide the governors in their decisions about reopening their states either a statewide level or a county level and then also we outlined what we believe would be the the most important state responsibilities to have in place before moving into a re opening plan for phase one the president s guidelines youll recall advised that states that have a downward trajectory in cases over a 14 day period of time and ensure that they have proper capacity in their Health Care Facilities<\/a> could move to phase one with the easing of some of the social distancing and the criteria that have been in place for states that meet the criteria we outlined specific responsibilities protecting workers in Critical Industries<\/a> particularly protecting the most vulnerable those who live and work in senior care facilities and we also encourage states to have a plan for testing symptomatic individuals and ensuring testing to our most vulnerable populations as the president has made clear governors will decide the time and manner that their States Reopen<\/a> and we. Well look to support them in that effort but as we sure the American People<\/a> yesterday the president s direction our administration will continue to work with governors across the country to ensure that they have the equipment and the supplies and the testing resources to reopen safely and responsibly on the subject of supplies today we issued a letter to our nations governors summarizing all the medical equipment and supplies that have been distributed to their state from fema between the 1st of this month and april 14th through project air bridge and through the commercial supply network well be speaking with our nations governors on monday and detailing that information at that time as of april 16th as the president reflected briefly fema has coordinated the delivery of millions of pieces of medical equipment including 44000000 and 95 respirators 63000000 surgical masks more than 10000 ventilators and of course deployed more than 8600 federal federal medical station beds on the subject of testing resources were going to take some time to speak about our administrations approach and partnership with states to continue to expand testing across the country at this briefing but from the very outset of this epidemic the president made efforts to essentially reinvent testing in america the traditional testing in this country that takes place at c. D. C. Or it state labs was designed for basically the kind of diagnostic testing that is routinely required but the president early on in this effort brought together the leading commercial labs in america we forged a public and private partnership and 6 weeks ago we had performed some 25000 tests and at this stage where you have performed 3700000 tests we believe that labs and hospitals are now perform. More than 120000. 00 tests a day and weve actually stood up a team from walter reed under the direction of dr Deborah Burkes<\/a> that is working around the clock to identify additional Testing Capacity<\/a> across the country we believe that states could actually more than double the amount of daily testing that is happening today by simply activating all of the labs and dr burkes will detail some of those resources today and well be going over those very specifically with governors on monday weve also been promoting the development of new and innovative tests we all know about the 15 minute abbott test but the f. D. A. Is currently working on an Antibody Test<\/a> that literally could add 20000000 new tests to our supply even before the end of april i want to assure the American People<\/a> that were going to continue to work with your governors and with your state Health Officials<\/a> to scale testing in the days ahead but as youll hear from all of our experts tonight our best scientists and Health Experts<\/a> assess that states today have enough tests to implement the criteria of phase one if they choose to do so let me say that again. The given the given the guidance in the president s new guidelines for opening up america again states that meet the criteria for going into phase one and then are preparing the testing that is contemplated by going to phase one our best scientists and Health Experts<\/a> assess that today we have a sufficient amount of testing to meet the requirements of a phase one reopening if state governors should choose to do that and youll hear more detail on that in just a moment at the president s direction were going to be presenting an outline of our approach to testing in partnership with states during this briefing our approach will continue to be locally executed state managed and federally supported dr felt she will give us a brief introduction to the overall approach to testing that is contemplated to deal with the corona virus dr redfield and c. D. C. Will describe our plan to mobilize c. D. C. Officials in all 50 states to specifically monitor coronavirus. Coronavirus incidents that occur in every state in the union of course dr Deborah Burkes<\/a> will describe not only our test but also the current capability in the capability that we could expand to very readily and admiral gerar of the u. S. Public Health Service<\/a> will summarize our approach but i want to assure the American People<\/a> that at the president s direction we are going to continue to work every single day to make sure that our states and communities have the testing they need to reopen at the time and manner of their choosing and were going to work every day to make sure its the. So yes Vice President<\/a> mike pence speaking at the Daily White House<\/a> briefing a little bit earlier we heard from donald trump the president himself talking about well he was saying how well the United States<\/a> is done and how the United States<\/a> is my by World Leaders<\/a> in its approach 36000. 00 americans have died in transit says that the United States<\/a> is probably heading towards a death toll of 60000. 00 or 65000. 00 in total which he said is better than the original 4 costs also we went into some detail about testing and i think. She on the virus Task Force Team<\/a> right now is going to further detail about that lets bring in across one gallagher. Donald trump says hes not politicizing this but i didnt have sound like a Party Political<\/a> broadcast to me. Yeah i mean if you look at the tweets he sent out on friday morning he really caused an ideological rift here basically addressing the protesters of the states of michigan minnesota and virginia saying liberate these states where is yesterdays briefing he said look ive made this pretty clear the decisions are down to the individual states i am hands off youre going to get federal back up this is not about politics and you get straight into an argument which is even got criticism from his conservative allies saying you shouldnt be doing this jay inslee the governor of washington saying look youre inciting violence potentially by saying these things but trump knows what hes doing this is his base the people out calling for the economy to reopen our Trump Supporters<\/a> many of them wearing trump regalia and many of them described as extreme right wing so this was something he got a great deal of criticism for but this was a series of 3 different tweets addressing 3 different states and the one in virginia he added and theyre coming after your guns as well so he may claim that hes not making this about politics and of course the president ial election is coming up in november but he absolutely is i think he got a lot of kickback from his own colleagues about tweeting out to these various states at such a delicate time because we are facing an ideological struggle in this country conservatives want to see the country reopen they think the cure could be worse than the disease democrats have been a lot more careful but its clear now that each state has to make its own decision in this 3 Phase Program<\/a> they have to see a continued drop in cases that isnt happening in here in florida the coronavirus is not expected to even peak for another few weeks so this is a delicate process and ultimately each decision will come down to each governor and each decision they make will really be life and death at this point right delicate process indeed and give us more context about the current state of it with coronavirus across the United States<\/a>. Well i mean if you look at here in florida where weve got a quarter of the population is age 60 or over were about 23000 or so cases close to 700 deaths one in 5 of those deaths nick is thought to be People Living<\/a> in these elderly care facility homes but the states governor here on dissenters wont release the names of those institutions citing privacy laws hes also backing up calls for those big corporations that run the Elderly Care Facilities<\/a> to to be legally limited in what they might have to pay out if someone dies and they get blamed so that gives you something of a picture of whats going on in this state which very much represents whats going on in the entire country because of the demographics here in florida so even some states like montana and wyoming which are very sparsely populated and wide open they may well be able to enter phase one today or tomorrow or the next few days but florida is way off that as is new york that thats really been seen as the epicenter here the governor of california is saying what were not out of the woods yet by any means were going to take this very very slowly but it is now clear that that power does lie with the governors no matter what trump tweets out in support of these people are taking to the streets saying look this is enough we want to get back to work but this has to be a science based approach and even President Trump<\/a> said that himself at last nights press conference he has to go on the advice of doctors he has to watch the figures but ultimately he has to leave these decisions to the individual states in this country are and will be back with you in the coming hours to talk more about this were watching the White House Press<\/a> briefing going on there. And to the front she is giving the current briefing weve heard from donald trump already who as i say was talking about the how the United States<\/a> is how well its done and the u. S. Is probably heading towards a coronavirus death toll of 60000 or perhaps 65000 which is a lot better. He said original forecasts indicated there will be plenty more on this in the coming hours ill be back with another half hour of news in just a couple of minutes so stay with us and well bring you everything weve got difficult website dot com everything that we covered right. 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Another Early Morning<\/a> another ceremony to bid Health Workers<\/a> farewell. 29000 to cuban doctors and nurses working in 59 countries around the world as confirmed cases of coronavirus increase so does demand for cuban medics medical services at the islands main export while western commentators assume keep a sense doctor has mainly to expand influence experts on the on his Health System<\/a> draw a different conclusion youre making a big sacrifice why are you willing to go look it up because there are other people that need me people that are sick and dying and not just and right people shouldnt be dying when there are people who can help them. The World Health Organization<\/a> warns africa could become the next epicenter for the coronavirus pandemic. And i make lot of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up relatives around europe demand on to serve the deaths of corona virus victims in care homes. 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