To order directly. Reporter one of the big weaknesses in our Health Care System is search Surge Capacity for medical facilities. I wanted to ask what precautions, what is being done to get china was able to build hospitals in a matter of days. Are you prepared to use the corps of engineers or fema to Start BuildingSearch Capacity that we may need in a couple of weeks . Pres. Trump first of all, we hope we dont get there and that is why we are taking a very strict look at this. We also are looking at areas, and not only looking, we are expanding certain areas. We are taking over buildings that arent used. We are doing a lot in that regard. We hope we dont have to get there, but we are doing a lot in that regard. Reporter could you clarify something . These guidelines say stay home if you are sick. Yesterday, the Vice President said no one should worry about losing a paycheck if they are sick. The house bill exempts companies of a 500 employees or more from the paid sick leave requirement. That is 54 of the american workplace. Why is it a good idea to only provide for Small Businesses . Pres. Trump we are looking at that and we may be expanding that. We want fairness for everybody. We are looking at that through the senate because the senate is now digesting that bill. We may very well be adding something. Reporter going off of what he was asking, how many ventilators do we have right now and will it be enough . Pres. Trump i could get back to you with that number. We have ordered a lot. We have quite a few, but it might not be enough. If it is not enough, we will have it by the time we need it. Hopefully we will not need them. Reporter and you will give us the exact number . So far, they have not given us one. Pres. Trump if it is important, we will give you the number. Reporter yesterday, you said this was under tremendous control. Do you want to revisit that statement if we are going to experience this until july or august, five more months . Pres. Trump when i talking about control, i am saying we are doing a very good to job within the confines of what we are dealing with. There is been a tremendous amount of the way they are working together. They are working handinhand. I think they are doing a really great job. From that standpoint, that is what i was referring to. Reporter you are not saying it is under control . Pres. Trump im not referring to it. Youre talking about the virus . No, that is not under control for anyplace in the world. I was talking about what we are doing is under control, but im not talking about the virus. Reporter the stock market took another hit today. Is the u. S. Economy heading into a recession . Pres. Trump it may be, but we are not thinking in terms of recession. We are thinking about the virus. I think there is pentup demand. Once this goes away, once it goes through and we are done with it, i think youre going to see a tremendous surge. Reporter are you looking at any Domestic Travel restrictions . I know that has been on the table before, but is that firming up at all . Pres. Trump we hope we dont have to. We think that hopefully we wont have to do it, but it is certainly something we talk about everyday. We havent made that decision. Reporter doctors and nurses in this country are telling us across the board that they are terrified of this virus, of the fact that they can get it, the fact that they might take it home to their families. What can you say to assure Healthcare Providers in this country that the federal government is doing something today to ensure that they get personal protective equipment to protect themselves and their families . Pres. Trump i think the federal government is doing everything we can possibly do. We made very good early decisions by keeping people out, keeping countries out, certain countries where the infection was very immense. I notice a lot of people are talking about south korea because they have done a good job on one side, but on the other side, tremendous problems at the beginning. They had tremendous problems and great numbers of death. I think we have done a fantastic job from just about every standpoint. With that being said, no matter where you look, this is something. It is an invisible enemy. We are speaking all the time, not only with the people, but also the professional people, the nurses, the doctors. They have been doing a fantastic job. We are also working very much im getting them the kind of equipment that they need. And for the most part, they either have it or they will be getting it. But, remember this, we want the governors, we want the mayors, we want them from a local standpoint because it can go quicker. We want them to work. We had a great talk with the governors today. There is a tremendous coordination, a tremendous spirit that we have together with the governors. That is pretty much, for the most part, bipartisan. Reporter you told john that you throughis could wash july or august. You said it may be a recession. Im curious, if there is one, when do you think it might hit . Pres. Trump i dont determine recession. I just say this, we have an invisible enemy. We have a problem that a month ago, nobody ever thought about. I read about it, i read many years ago, 1917, 1918. I have seen all of the different problems similar to this that we have had. This is a bad one. This is bad in the sense that it is so contagious, it is to so contagious. Sort of recordsetting type contagion. The good part is, the young people do very well. Healthy people do very well. Very bad for older people, especially older people with problems. My focus is really on getting rid of this problem, this virus problem. Once we do that, Everything Else is going to fall into place. Yes . Reporter a lot of rumors last night that you were going to put in a National Curfew or some kind of pres. Trump i have been watching. Reporter exactly, me too. People were saying this was a disinformation campaign. Are people messing with us on the internet . Pres. Trump i dont know. I cant tell you if they are or not. I think a lot of the media has been very fair. I think people are pulling together on this. I think the media has been very fair. It could be that you have some foreign groups that are playing games, but it doesnt matter. We havent really determined to do that at all. Hopefully, we wont have to. It is a step that we can take, but we have not decided to do it. Jennifer . Reporter mr. President , two things. One on jeff bezos. Can you talk about a bit specifically about what you would like to do to help the airlines. Second of all, we heard that jeff bezos has been in contact with the white house daily. Can you say what he has been asking for or proposing . Pres. Trump i heard that is true, but i know that some of my people, as i understand have been dealing with them or him. That is nice. We have had tremendous support from a lot of people that can help. I believe he was one of them. As far as the airlines are concerned, the airlines, we are going to back the airlines 100 . It is not their fault. It is nobodys fault unless you go to the original source, but it is nobodys fault. We are going to be in a position to help the airlines very much. We have told the airlines we are going to help them. We are going to be backstopping the airlines and helping them very much. Very important. Reporter what do you know about the stock market . Reporter 25 billion for Passenger Carriers and 4 for cargo . Billion pres. Trump we are going to be looking at it very strongly. It is not their fault. They were having record seasons and then this came out. It came out from nowhere. Not their fault, but we are going to be backing the airlines. Reporter stocks continue to fall today. Was the white house pres. Trump the best thing i can do for the stock market is we have to get through this crisis. That is what i think about. Once this virus is gone, i think you are going to have a stock market like nobody has ever seen before. Reporter will people be voting tomorrow . He will be back in a sec. I think the question john asked about until july, the guidelines are a 15 day trial guideline to be reconsidering. It is not that these guidelines are now going to be in effect until july, but the president was saying that the trajectory of the outbreak may go through until then. Make sure we dont think that these are solid in stone until july. Pres. Trump that would be the outside number. Reporter do you want Senate Republicans to change the package . Pres. Trump i think they may make it even better. They are working very well together with the house, very much in unison. They are working to only enhance it and make it better unfair for it better and fair for everyone. That is what we are looking to do. We may go back and forth with the house a little bit. Both will be in a very positive fashion. Reporter these new guidelines andavoid social gatherings groups of more than 10 people. The cdcs recommendation yesterday were for people to avoid gatherings of more than 50 people. What is involved in you and your teams thinking in the past 24 hours . And what do you need to see . Pres. Trump let me have the professionals answer that. Thank you for that question. We have been working on models day and night around the globe to really predict because some countries that are very early stage like the United States, we have been working with groups in the united kingdom. We have new information coming out from a model. What had the biggest impact in the model is social distancing, small groups, not going in public and large groups. The most important thing is if one person in the household became infected, the whole household selfquarantined for 14 days. Because that stops 100 of the transmission outside of the household. As we talked about, early on, it is silent. We had another silent epidemic, hiv. The hiv epidemic was solved by the community. The hiv advocates and activists who stood up when no one was listening and got everyones attention. We are asking that same sense of community to come together and stand up against this virus. If everybody in america does what we ask for over the next 15 days, we will see a dramatic difference and we wont have to worry about the ventilators. We wont have to worry about the icu beds because we wont have our elderly and people at the greatest risk having to be hospitalized. Vice pres. Pence thank you, mr. President. Very productive call today with governors. We talked about the new rollout of testing that we described yesterday and drive through an d committee based testing. I know how grateful the president is for the efforts that governors are making and now, with the admiral and the United StatesPublic Health service as well as fema, we made great progress today in coordinating those efforts. The other issue that was raised with the president was personal protective equipment. The reason i mention testing is because one of the recommendations that we have for states is that these remote testing sites make a priority of two groups. One would be people over the age of 65 that have symptoms. We dont want them to go to hospitals or emergency rooms. We want them to go to a remote site, a parking lot or at an isolated community location. The other category is our Health Care Workers. We want to make sure our Health Care Workers have the opportunity to be tested and using that new test that the president arranged with our major commercial labs. We will be able to do that much more expeditiously. We are putting a real priority on our extraordinary Health Care Workers that are at this very hour coming alongside people that are struggling with the coronavirus and people that are concerned that they may have been exposed. The other piece is, we are grateful that the legislation passed by the house of representatives includes Liability Protection for n95 masks produced by Companies Like 3m in minnesota, honeywell. Tens of millions of masks are produced every year for industrial purchases. Industrial purposes, construction. Health experts say they can be used to just as readily to protect health care from respiratory ailments. Notnd other companies were able to sell those two o hospitals, but the president negotiated with the democratic leadership of the house and senate. We have added a provision to the bill that will literally, from one company alone, add another 30 Million Masks per month back to the marketplace. We are strengthening the supply chain. Health care workers around america can be absolutely certain that the president and our entire team are going to continue to put the health of America First and put first our Health Care Workers across this country that are meeting the needs of the people of our country. Reporter how many test kits have been sent out and how many people can actually be tested . Pres. Trump you might want to talk about the thank you very much for that. As we talked about yesterday, we are really entering a new phase of testing. At first, we were at the initial phase where the cdc developed test was only available in Public Health laboratories and the cdc. Works very well for a few thousand tests per day after it gets running. We are now moving into a phase that the big commercial laboratories with high screening have availability. As we talked about last week, because of the historic efforts of the fda, a test and Thermo Fisher test were both produced last week under an emergency use authorization. 1. 9 million of those tests will be sequentially into the ecosystem this week. From the information we have right now, one million tests are available with all of the reagents and everything ready to go, primarily at the reference labs called quest, lab corps and a couple of others. Every day when people get tests, a little white box goes in front , gets shipped by an incredible testing center. These are available to people nationwide. We expect more than one million coming on board as the reagents come up in people with the Testing Capacity to that in capacity validate that in their own hospitals and other places. In the future, we expect 2 million next week and 5 million the week thereafter. There are also a whole growth of what are called laboratory determined testing or laboratory derived testing where individual laboratories, because of the regulatory deregulation of the fda, can develop their own test and start using them. If you are a Certified Lab with complexity, you can do that. The point is, testing is now entering sort of what we normally do in the Health Care System where big labs received these through normal channels. That part of it is really underway. Reporter do you know how any americans have actually been tested . Do you have a number . There is a number, i dont have that number because i have been working on setting up this distribution system. This is where we are. The state and Public Health laboratories and the cdc are published every day on the cdc website. The cdc gets feeds from lab corps and quest on a daily basis. What is not being received right birx is ambassador fixing, these home labs dont necessarily get reported into the system. As we move forward into the commercial phase of where we are now, we expect about 80 85 of the tests to flow right into the cdc. That is not good enough for irx. Ssador bo she wants 100 and we will work on that. Pres. Trump just to put it a different way, a lot of testing has been going on. I dont believe anybody has been able to do what we are doing and what we will be doing. Let me just say that we talked about the drivethrough testing yesterday. I want to be clear to everybody that this is just another tool for state and local Public Health systems and Health Care Systems to use. It is not replacing testing that it goes on out of Doctors Office or hospital, or if you go to your doctor and want to get tested in that office, this is just another tool that we are helping the states to have. As we talked about, this is modeled on the femabased point s of distribution system, optimized for testing. We expect this week, we now have gear, people being shipped right now that will be in over 12 states with multiple sites, many states having multiple sites to start augmenting the local capacity and providing local and state people what they need. Pres. Trump this has never been done before. That has never been done and certainly not on a level like that. I will say that i think i can speak for the professionals, if you dont have the symptoms, if your doctor doesnt think you need it, dont get the test. I think it is very important. Not everybody should run out and get the test. We are able to handle tremendous numbers. Reporter earlier today, Governor Cuomo of new york said that he believes that Hospital Capacity soon will be overwhelmed and implored you to call on the army corps of engineers to build temporary facilities to house patients. Is that something pres. Trump we are looking into it. We have heard it from two places. There are two places, new york being one, and we are looking into it very strongly. Reporter how have you changed your own behavior to take account of this virus . Are you washing your hands more . Pres. Trump i always wash my hands a lot. I wash my hands a lot, probably maybe if anything, more. Certainly not less. Reporter what was it like taking the test . Pres. Trump not something i want to do every day. I can tell you that. It is a little bit of good doctors in the white house, but it is a medical test. Nothing pleasant about it. Tweeter you said in a Governor Cuomo should be doing more. Pres. Trump i think he can do more. It is an area of the country that is very hot right now. I think new rochelle. That is a place i know very well. I think it is an area that has to be tamped down even more because it is a hotbed. There is no question. I think they can look at doing it, but we are ge