Very nicely. Thank you for being here and update you on the progress weve made after a week of extraordinary mobilization. Its our war against the virus. Governors, mayors, businesses, charities, and citizens are working with urgency and speed toward one common goal. That is saving american lives. We are in communication with foreign countries. Now at 148 foreign countries. Can you believe that . You talk about a spread, a violent spread. 148 countries. Not even believable. There has been a week of National Action and Great National solidarity. People are getting along. Democrats, independents, liberals, conservatives. Its a very nice thing to see. We are all one beautiful american family. That is taking place right now. Last night, i approved a major disaster declaration for the state of new york. I work very closely with governor cuomo. Is the first time in our nations history that a president declared a major disaster and response to a Public Health crisis. Never happened before. Im considering other areas where we may or may not be doing that. Working very closely with gavin newsom, governor of california. We may be doing the same thing, depending on their needs, depending on what they are asking for. Its been unprecedented action in new york. Weve had a tremendous federal response. Weve reached agreements with canada and mexico. New travel rules at our northern and southern borders. It will halt the entry of the chinese virus while continuing trade and commerce. Weve had very good talks. Prime minister trudeau and president lopez. We talk about joint measures that we are taking to prevent the spread of the virus in our countries and to temporarily. Uspend nonessential travel we had a great conversation this morning, the president of mexico. Our close cooperation with mexico and canada will keep our people healthy, keep everybody safe. Yesterday i had a call with 12,000 Small Businesses, representatives of these businesses. Thats the engine of our country. People dont realize that. You think about the big ones. When you add up the Small Businesses together, it is the economic engine of our country. I assured them that my administration is doing everything within its considerable power to support them and their employees. Nobody has ever done what weve done. I had calls during the week with all sorts of representatives and systems like the hospital system. We spoke to many Hospital Systems throughout the country. Versus, doctors, representatives representing hundreds of thousands of nurses and doctors. Airlines and cruise ship companies. The Business Roundtable which was fully attended. Its all of the top ceos of our country and beyond, frankly. The businessmen of the world. These are businessmen that control the Biggest Companies in the world. Many of them have taken hits. Many of them businesses have been great. Some have been very badly affected. Some havent been affected at all. Frankly, some are doing very well. They continue to do very well. Walmart has been very hopeful to us. Doug mcmillon, really helpful to us. I assume they are doing pretty well. Even than buying more christmas. They are doing incredibly. They put on tremendous extra staff. They dont have empty shelves. A lot of things have happened that are very good. Restaurants, fast food executives, grocery stores. All retailers, literally all of them. In groups. We spoke with the g7 leaders at length, as you know. Governors,ny of the almost all of the governors had conference calls. Many of the governors individually. Most important like, the religious leaders. A great conversation yesterday with the religious leaders of our country. Many of the religious leaders. Weve had a number of them during the last two weeks. Yesterday, we had a very significant call with the religious leaders of our country. I signed legislation providing American Workers with paid sick leave and paid family medical leave. At no cost to employers. Free testing for those who need it. The testing is going very well. The admiral will speak to that along with tony. We are working quickly to pass additional legislation that will provide massive relief to Small Businesses and affected industries and give direct payments to our great workers and hardworking american families. Theres never been anything like we are doing on the hill right now. They are negotiating, mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer. They are all up there. Kevin mccarthy. Nancy pelosi. They are all negotiating. Everybody is working hard. They want to get to a solution that is the right solution. I think we are getting very close. Weve also announce that we have most tax day from april 15 to july 15 which is a big deal, giving businesses and individuals extra time to file and pay without interest or penalty. Weve moved the date. It will be july 15 instead of your traditional april 15. Very importantly, you will have a lot of time. You are not going to have interest penalties or any kind of penalties by filing at that later date. Foreclosures and evictions are suspended for singlefamily homeowners for the next 60 days. Our great head of hud who is with us today will say a few words in a moment. The department of education will not enforce standardized testing which is another big deal. Requirements for students for the Current School year. We are waving that. I would imagine its probably the First Time Ever that that has been waived. Its only fair that the students and parents. It is also waiving interest and other things that we are discussing right now on federally held Student Loans and directed that borrowers be allowed to suspend their student loan payments without penalty for at least 60 days. We will talk about Student Loans. Students are under a great burden right now. We will be talking about that further. During the 60 day time, we are waving various elements on Student Loans. Big subject. I signed an executive order invoking the defense production act, as you all know, giving us new authorities to help states, cities, and hospitals keep are needed supplies. Theres been a clear call to action to the private sector and the call is made right here. It has been amazing what has happened with the private sector. Responded in full force, helping to produce and supply muchneeded masks, swaps, sanitizers, ventilators, and everything else. Its incredible right now. Haynes, greatple, company. Great consumer cotton products. They are retrofitting their Manufacturing Capabilities in large sections of their plants to produce masks. They are in that process right now. At my direction, the fda has taken rapid steps to make these Items Available for medical use right now. Most exciting to me is what the fda has done in order to get sibly a very successful therapeutics, medicines that can help people that are already sick. Help people to not get sick. Obviously, you know about the vaccine. Tony will discuss that later. The vaccine is moving along. This is something for right now. This is incredible. And dr. Fda has done stephen hahn came as a highly respected man. Hes been fantastic. Hes only been here for a couple of months. Hes gotten thrown into this. Hes really standing up. The fda has moved mountains. They moved mountains. Thatng approvals on things maybe work. We will find out very soon. It wont take long. This is an example where we are repurpose thing alcohol. They repurpose best repurposed alcohol production capabilities to make can sanitize or. Thats a big difference. They been unbelievable. The first delivery will be on tuesday. Thats going to go to various states. It will start, i think, in new york. They will work their way around and making a tremendous amount of Hand Sanitizer at a very high level. Weve activated the National ResponseCoordination Center to level 1, the highest level. The nerve center of all of our government response to crises. It is coordinating very closely with our nations governors. Many of you were at the call yesterday with the governors. I think you can see the relationship. Weve had numerous calls with governors. The relationships are pretty amazing. They are loving what we are doing. The coordination between the federal government and the governors, states, and even local has been pretty incredible. Pete gainer will soon be providing you with an update on the Centers Operations and fema has been incredible. We got them involved last week. They are now involved nationwide. We dramatically expanded telehealth so americans can see a doctor without leaving home. Something which more and more people are using. Now they are really using it. Now the ones that are using it are loving it. I think we will change the way our country functions medically and probably in other ways because of whats going on right now. This will reduce the chance of infection and preserve Hospital Capacity. Its also a lot of problems. Every american has a role to play in defending our nation. Enemy. Visible, horrible, its an invisible enemy. Very much successful sooner than people would think. We say stay at home and save lives. Its a time of shared national sacrifice. Its also a time to treasurer loved ones and to take stock of what is most important. Our faith, our families, our neighbors, our great country. I want to thank all of the incredible people of our country, the citizens of our country. What youve done and the way you are responding has just been very special. Something that we will never forget, the history books will never forget. We will have a great victory. We will be celebrating a great victory in the nottoodistant future. I want to thank everybody. I will introduce our Vice President , mike pence, who has led the task force. I will tell you this. He has not slept much. Maybe a tiny bit. Not much. Hes done an incredible job. Thank you, please. Good afternoon. Thank you, mr. President. The White House Coronavirus task force met today. We briefed the president on our latest recommendations. Direction, wents continue to lead a whole of government approach, a whole of america approach. You heard the president described one spiraling story after another. The way the American People are responding, the way american businesses are responding, religious communities across this country. The American People are coming together. They are responding with common sense compassion, and generosity. People are heeding the advice of. Tate and local authorities tens of millions of americans are putting into practice, 15 days to slow the spread. We are officially at six days into our 15 days. ,s we look across the country while we strongly support the decisions that governors and states where we have significant outbreak, we encourage every american to listen to those state and local authorities for every american, this is what you can do to make a difference. Week and a few days to protect your health, protect your familys health, and slow the spread and the potential for the coronavirus to impact the most vulnerable. As the president said, weve almost been overwhelmed at the outpouring of support from american businesses. The president spoke yesterday to thousands of Small Businesses. We spoke to manufacturers yesterday. Timect, the fda, in record just approved one manufacturer to be producing millions of matter ofasks in a weeks for the American People. The pastors we spoke to, we want to thank all of the religious leaders from every community in the country. Making the hard choice to suspend services, to have online services. Even while those ministries are continuing to support food banks and come alongside the most honorable. The course of prayers coming out from communities of faith around the country is making the difference that it always has in the life of this nation. One thing we promised was to remind people that on the weekends that you are not in the idea to is still a good make that donation. All the ministries are continuing to play a vital role in our communities. We encourage your continued support. The president and i are grateful that people are listening to state and local authorities and putting into practice all of the recommendations in the coronavirus guidelines. As you will hear in a few moments, testing is expanding rapidly across the United States of america. State run drivers are expanding across the country. 195,000 americans and more who have been symptomatic have been tested. That number does not include county hospitals or health care labs around the nation. Some 15,000 in number. Among the number of the more than 195,000 that have been tested, it is important to remember that only 19,343 at this moment have tested positive for the coronavirus. Urgent to continue to state and local authorities to contact fema for all the latest developments and innovations in testing. We want to remind americans, if you dont have symptoms, dont do a test. It is another way that the American People can make sure that we are preserving the resources that are Health Care Workers need to minister and support those were dealing with the coronavirus. Moment, p gainer will be till the efforts at fema since the president s National Emergency declaration. We are working closely, hourbyhour through fema, processing requests from states most impacted like new york, washington state, and california and we will continue to work very closely with those states through the very traditional means of federal Emergency Management at fema. Secretary carson will describe decisive actions the president alluded to to bring foreclosure relief to americans. On the subject of supplies, and a moment, you will hear not only the progress were making on will bebut on monday we detailing for the American People the progress that we are making on the president s strategy of procuring more personal protective equipment and medical supplies, allocating them through the system of fema, and continuing to urge conservation by americans. In fact, im pleased to report that hhs just placed an order for hundreds of millions of n95 masks that will be made available to Health Care Providers across the country. President , wehe renew our call for americans to post bond elective medical procedures including dental services. This is another way that you were going to make sure that medical supplies are available. Postponing elective medical procedures, you are freeing up medical supplies for those dealing with the coronavirus. As the president mentioned, our team is on capitol hill working with members of congress in both political parties. They are making progress on a bipartisan bill. They worked late into the night last night, started early this morning. We are working to pass the legislation on monday in both the house and the senate. On a personal note, many of you may have been made aware that a member of my staff has tested positive for the coronavirus. We learned of that late yesterday. I am pleased to report that he is doing well. He had mild cold like symptoms for about 1. 5 days. He has not been to the white house since monday. Neither the president nor i had direct contact with that staff person. We worked immediately with the white house physician and cdc. Weve done all contact tracing. The white house doctor has indicated that he has no reason to believe that i was exposed and no need to be tested. Given the unique position that i have as Vice President and as leader of the White House Coronavirus task force, both i and my wife will be tested for the coronavirus later this afternoon. Let me say again how grateful the president and i are that every american has acted on the president s coronavirus guidelines. We are six days into 15 days. As dr. Fauci may reflect in a moment, its an opportunity for to lower the impact in our nation. We can save lives. Every american can do their part to slow the spread and we encourage you each to continue to do that. As the president says often, we are all in this together. Also remember that for most americans, the risk of serious illness from the coronavirus remains low. The reason we want to put into practice the president s coronavirus guidelines is because no american would want to inadvertently expose someone who is honorable, a senior with a serious Underlying Health condition, to the coronavirus. I heard one story this morning about a senior named jennifer woods. Shes at a Life Care Center in kirkland, washington. Shes a grandmother and a greatgreatgrandmother. 90 years young. She tested positive for the coronavirus on march 6. By all accounts, she is doing well. She wanted america to know that theres hope. Her strength and enthusiasm is truly an inspiration to the nation. As the president said many times, we will get through this and come out stronger than ever before. We will get through this has americans, together. Thank you. Pres. Trump thank you. Thank you. As i told you earlier last week, we are in the process of effectively transitioning to largescale testing by leveraging all of the components of the American Health care system. When we started it was cdc only. Then it was the state laboratories. Now we are transitioning into the mainstream of american testing. Currently, 91 Public Health laboratories, state Health Public laboratories, or up and running. In 50 states, the district of columbia, guam, and puerto rico. This is our curve. This only accounts for cdc state Public Health laboratories and the laboratories that are numbe