Amendment fight. The states have power to reopen. New york state Governor Andrew Cuomo will sue the white house there are two task forces. One on the northeast, one on the west coast, how do you see this playing out . I think they will all end up working together. I think the president wants to be able to share his vision of the appropriate timing. He has got a lot of real professionals working with him and i think the governors do really want to work side by side there may be discussions who is in charge of what. Reality is, look, timing on this, the timing on this recovery will be depending on science. It will be dependent on our ability to get back to work as soon as possible. The president has the right idea. We need to open up the economy as soon as possible but at the same time these governors, i think they feel the same way. Theyre going to want, theyre going to want us to respect the federalist, the federalism that has been a part of our country but most certainly i think this will all end in a good light. I think the president s relationship in this particular case is going to be critical. Liz you know, the number of cases appear to be leveling off. We are now out of the woods yet in the u. S. It appears they have peaked in various parts of the u. S. Certainly in the eu, the uk as well, italy, france, spain, theyre talking about reopening their economies. Andrew cuomo, governor of new york, says he will take it into a lawsuit if he doesnt do it, if the president doesnt do it his way. I hear what youre saying about working together. The Texas Governor thinks most states can reopen even sooner than may 1st. What do you think . Well you know, were here in south dakota right now. I can tell you, a lot of the people out here, were doing daily work from daytoday because were in a sparse part of the country. Farmers have to be in the field right now. They are in the field. We know in order to do that we have to have trucking firms bringing in fertilizer necessary, the chemicals that are necessary. They are going to be able to have to transport their equipment back and forth. The smaller communities, where it is very widespread, they provide the services. If you dont plan on time, you will not get a crop. At the same time smithfield in sioux falls, one of those Critical Industries they provide somewhere between four and 5 of all the pork production in the entire United States. If theyre not, out and operating, were going to start to see shortages in food. So those critical types of Industries Like that, they need to be operational across the country. It is going to be a whole lot easier to keep those businesses that are operating, it is going to be a whole lot easier to open up the economy again in the future, if those businesses continue to operate do operate in a safe fashion. Liz yeah. In south dakota we want to be a part of the solution but we also understand you got to do this whole thing with some common sense. Liz yeah. Common sense is key. We hear joe biden saying, seize the opportunity right now to do a Green New Deal when americans are scared. Theyre scared. They have lost, a lot of them, millions of them lost their jobs and thats the issue. We want to also protect people and their livelihoods and lives with jobs. You need an economy to pay for things like Public Health. I want to move on to this. You know the media keeps reporting that the u. S. Has most cases in the world but not on per capita basis. That is the issue. They keep saying we have less testing than the rest of the world on per capita basis, but when it comes to cases they say the u. S. Is number one. The media reporting has been criticized on this too. People just want the facts. They want to know whats the status of the vaccine, where the status of the drugs . Would you, be for maybe a congressional, why doesnt congress do a task force saying to americans, here is where were at with all the vaccines . Because, sir, senator, there is a real issue with some of these tests that are not fda approved. They carry disclaimers saying these are not fda approved and go out with testing for covid19. We saw thousands of trade lent tests in places like laredo, texas. What do you think . Any test out there need to be approved. Tests that are not approved you simply cant trust them. We want tests with being available and very short turn around. That is the positive thing. That is something that the team right now, cdc, and hhs should be able to coordinate. In terms of doing a congressional investigation and so forth, that is not where this needs to go. This needs to be handled at the executive level. I think it will be but there is Something Else as well. Just remember, were a very open society and were reporting what we see. The press is reporting what we see right now on a community by community basis. A lot of the rest of the world you dont have that type of openness. China is a good example. If they would have told the truth to begin with we would have had more time to respond what is happening liz let me stay on that. Let me stay on that. Should the media be focusing their ire on china . Weve been on this story for a long time. In other words there is fears that we dont know what, what is the origin of covid19 of, sars cov2. There is fears, bulletin in the atomic scientists they have escaped from a Research Laboratory in china. Were already seeing sars research, the sars virus in 2003 escaped and killed at least eight people in china. Weve seen people in china trying to Sell Research animals into wet markets. We see all sorts of problems with the labs in china. Would you be for a level of a u. N. , international inspector to go. Go into Research Laboratories in china . Sort of like we do with Nuclear Laboratory inspectors around the world with the u. N. , what do you think . In the future, if we could go that but remember china will not let you simply walk in to do those inspections. Theyre a very closed society. Look the communist Party Controls china. This isnt a case where liz were, senator, i hear what youre saying. Were not fatally naive here but something has to be done to stop what china has been doing because it triggered humanitarian crises around the world. So how do you hold china accountable, how do you monitor what china is doing . We understand this is a closed communist nation but this cant happen again . When the time comes to hold them confidentable, it will not be right now. It will be once we get a handle on pandemic in front much us today. We know that they didnt tell the truth and they didnt tell it as quickly as they should have. This is something we have to do to the World Health Organization which also by the way has to be held accountable. We have people in the United States that are suffering. Well get the pandemic under control. Well get vaccines that we need. Well get the therapeutics. Focus on taking care of stuff in front of us. When it is all said and done, there needs to be accountability. The thing we always have to remember, until such time you have three societies elsewhere in the world you will never get the entire truth. So until such time as china is free, youre not going to be able to do anything except say you trust but you absolutely have to verify. I know the president wants to have a good working relationship with china, we all do but it comes with verification and lets get the verification in place. Lets not trust what they say. Lets verify what they say. Liz you know the World Health Organization, we know it has been roundly criticized for basically repeating what china was saying, there is no humantohuman transmission of covid19 when doctors were dying in china, treating patients in china. When the wuhan Health Bulletin out of that province warned there is humantohuman transmission and now were seeing the World Health Organization repeating what north korea is saying, claiming that north korea has no cases. There are only about 500 or so in quarantine there. So who can be, who is the world body to hold them accountable . You no republicans are saying bring a case to the International Court of justice or withhold debt payments. Make them repatriate to us the investments we made in china. So, again, i hear what youre saying. Now is not the time but again it cannot happen again. It cant happen again. Triggering a humanitarian crises and deaths around the world in nearly 200 countries out of china, it cant happen. I agree with you totally but lets first of all focus on the losses we have here in the United States. Lets get this under control. Lets get this thunk completed. Lets get the therapeutics in. Lets help our people right now. Then lets go back in to challenge these folks. Lets put additional safe guards place. World Health Organization should not be spouting what china is telling them. At the same time the Chinese Communist party did not do their country any favors whatsoever and certainly should not be trusted in the future to provide information without verification. Anything that comes out of china you verify first. And one more thing, lets make sure that in the future when we Start Talking about what is critical for our own survival in the United States, it include made in america products. Not only a lot of our own Food Products such as beef which right now, if you get a product in the u. S. Labeling on beef, doesnt necessarily means it comes from the United States t could come from outside of the United States. We need to fix those issues with identity and location of our food sources and our medical supplies. We have got Good Companies here in the United States that could provide a huge amount of our need but when we dont Pay Attention to them during the good times in tough times like this it shows up and most certainly we need to get back to looking at americas needs and our security needs with regard to those critical products. Liz okay. Senator mike rounds of south dakota, thanks for joining us. Really appreciate it. Come back soon. Thank you. Liz okay. We are still awaiting president trump. He will address the nation from the white house rose garden where the president is expected to announce his members of his new Economic Advisory group, to lead the reopening of the economy. Were going to bring that to you as soon as it starts. Stay with us. 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The airlines are now in good shape and they will get over a very tough period of time that was not caused by them. The United States is continuing to make substantial progress in our war against the virus. We grieve at every precious life that has been lost to the invisible enemy but through the darkness we can see the rays of light. We see that fun nil. And at the end of that tunnel we see light. Were starting to see it more than ever before. Weve held our rate, the numbers , everything weve done. Weve been very, very strong on it and very powerful on it. You look at whats happening in other countries. Spain, italy, united kingdom. Were working with them. Were trying to help them especially with ventilators. They have been calling a lot. They need ventilators so badly. 15 of counties within the United States have zero cases. Many counties in the United States have a very small number of cases. Large sections of our country are really looking at other sections saying wow, that looks bad but they dont have the problem. I salute the American People for following our guidelines on social distancing, even you people, so different looking out there when i look at you. Their devotion, your devotion is saving lives. Today im instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the World Health Organizations role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus. Everybody knows whats going on there. American taxpayers provide between 400 million and 500 million per year to the w. H. O. In contrast china contributes roughly 40 million a year and even less as the organizations leading sponsor, the United States, has a duty to insist on full accountability. One of the most dangerous and costly decisions from the w. H. O. Was its disasterous decision to oppose travel restrictions from china and other nations. They were very much opposed to what we did. Fortunately i was not convinced and suspended travel from china, saving untold numbers of lives, thousands and thousands of people would have died. Had other nations likewise suspended travel from china countless more lives would have been saved. Instead look at the rest of the world, look at parts of europe. Other nations and regions who followed w. H. O. Guidelines and kept their borders open to china accelerated the pandemic all around the world. Many countries said were going to listen to the w. H. O. And they have problems the likes of which they cannot believe. Nobody can believe. The decision of other major countries to keep travel open was one of the great tragedies and missed opportunity from the early days. The w. H. O. s attack on travel restrictions put Political Correctness above life saving measures. Travel bans work for the same reason that quarantines work. Pandemics depend on humantohuman transmission. Border control is fundamental to virus control. Since it Es Establishment in 1948 the American People have generously supported the World Health Organization to provide Better Health out comes for the world and most importantly to prevent Global Health crises. With the outbreak of the covid19 pandemic we have deep concerns whether americas generosity has been put to the best use possible. The reality is that the w. H. O. Failed to adequately obtain, vet, share information in a timely and transparent fashion. The world depends on the w. H. O. To work with countries to insure that Accurate Information about International Health threats is share in a timely manner and if its not, to independently tell the world the truth about what is happening. The w. H. O. Failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable. Its time after all of these decades. The w. H. O. Failed to investigate credible reports from sources in wuhan that conflicted directly with the chinese governments official accounts. There was credible information to suspect humantohuman transmission in december 2019, which should have spurred the w. H. O. To investigate and investigate immediately. Through the middle of january it parroted and publicly endorsed the idea that there was not humantohuman transmission happening despite reports and clear evidence to the contrary. The delays that the w. H. O. Experienced in declaring a Public Health emergency cost valuable time, tremendous amounts of time. More time was lost in the delay it took to get a team of International Experts in to examine the outbreak, which we wanted to do, which they should have done. The inability of the w. H. O. To obtain virus samples to this date has deprived the Scientific Community of essential data. New data that emerges across the world on a daily basis points to the unreliability of the initial reports and the world received all sorts of false information about transmission and mortality the silence of the w. H. O. On disappearance of scientific researchers and doctors and on new restrictions on sharing of research into the orrery begins of covid 19 in the country of origin is deeply concerning, especially when we put up by far the largest amount of money. Not even close. Had the w. H. O. Done its job to get medical experts into the china to objectively assess the situation on the ground and to call out chinas lack of transparency the outbreak could have been contained at its source with very little death, very little death and certainly very little death by comparison. This would have saved thousands of lives and avoided worldwide economic damage. Instead the w. H. O. Willingly took chinas assurances at face value, they took it just at face va