A show of solidarity and american resolve, honoring all who are keeping this nation if moving forward through the Global Pandemic on the front lines of the battle in our health care and hospitals and clinics. Todays mission the first of several across the country planned for the next few weeks. Our thanks to the air force, the navy acrobatic teams and all they honored today, all the Great Health Care workers battling against this pandemic. President trump and his administration preparing for parts of the country to get back to work as soon as its safe to open for business. President trump today in the white house east room touted some of the success of the Small Business administrations paycheck protection program. That program, after having its funds replenished by congress, approving nearly half a million new forgivable loans worth 52 billion just since yesterday morning. President trump added the program has saved 30 million jobs and will help this countrys economy quickly, quickly bounce back. Back, and were coming back strong. We built the the greatest economy anywhere in the world two months ago, were going to build it again, were going to build it fast. Its going to go very quickly. Lou the president also meeting the oval office with Florida Governor ron desantis. Hes expected to announce his states plans to reopen tomorrow. And during that event, President Trump sparring with a reporter from yahoo news who, incredibly, insisted the United States was lagging behind south korea in testing for the virus. Lets just say it didnt work out too well for the reporter. Mr. President , overall south korea has done five times more tests than the u. S. Per capita. Why is that . I dont think thats true. That is true. You said e this morning, the white house said [inaudible] who are you with . Yahoo news. Its not per capita. Do you want to respond to that . South koreas testing was 11 per 100,000, and were at 17 per 100,000. All right. Are you going to apologize, yahoo . Thats why youre yahoo . Go ahead. Go ahead. The point, nobody knows who you are, including me. Go ahead. Check it again. You ought to get your facts right. Well, we have well, your facts are wrong. Lou incredible. Its just incredible what this president and the white house put up with day in and day out from the socalled press corps. Its an embarrassment not only to them, but to anyone who ever held a job. I cant imagine what they think of this, this mess in the Briefing Room or wherever they happen to be with the president of the United States. In this case it was yahoo reporter Hunter Walker who did, by the way, apparently come to his senses and later apologized, but on twitter. He said we passed south korea in the number of tests conducted per capita. I misread the mobile version of this chart, and im sorry about that, real donald trump. Our infection rate is far higher though, as i noted. This silly little addendum mars what could have been an appropriate and rare apology by the press. I have no idea what these people are thinking or where they learned their manners. Well, while americas testing has far surpassed that of other nations, the white house yesterday unveiled new guidelines to increase that capacity and, at a minimum, test 2 of every states population. These new guidelines will prove if vital in how states move ahead with allowing companies to return to business. How exactly will that plan be executed . Jackie deangelis is in new york with a look at a few of the quickest tests now on the market. Reporter good evening to you, lou. You know, testing is going to be key when you get people back to work here. If they can walk in, get a test if theyre not feeling well and then be told go home and isolate or you need more intensive care, it will solve a lot of problems in terms of the spread of the virus. Lets talk numbers for a second. In terms of what its going to take to get back to business, a new state by state analysis by harvard researchers and staff shows right now 31 states and washington, d. C. Doesnt test enough last week to isolate quickly enough those infected with the virus. Theres 10 states that would need the increase daily testing by at least 10,000 to reopen on may 1st. Thats on friday. In new york its going to take 100,000 more tests per day, in new jersey 68,000 more per day, but 19 states do have enough Testing Capacity to get back to business. Now, the key here is time and turn around of these tests. The three quickest tests currently approved by the fda, theyre done by swabbing the nasal cavity. The first one comes from abbott labs, and its actually they have shipped more than a million tests to 50 states. Now, abbott say its manufacturing 50,000 tests a day, it plans to increase production to 2 million a month by june and go even farther in terms of numbers beyond that. Its called the id now test, and it can offer results in less than 15 minutes. Then theres mesa biotech in san diego. Those results come back in 30 minutes. But remember, this Rapid Response is so important because the physician can basically dictate treatment on the spot to the patient. Finally, theres a test with results in less than an hour. One issue, lou, being flagged is false negatives. People dont want to have this false sense of confidence because sometimes the testing can be wrong. But even if you get a negative, you can walk out today and get the test tomorrow. So social distancing, washing your hands, all these practices are going to be really important. But i can tell you this here in new york city, i walked into several urgent cares, and they actually will let you walk in and take a covid19 test. That wasnt possible in new york city just a few weeks ago, so this is a major step in moving forward. Back to you. Lou jackie, thank you very much. Progress is critical these days of. Jackie deangelis reporting, thanks so much. Well, as the fight against the coronavirus pandemic marches on, there have been major new developments involving the deep states efforts to overthrow President Trump. There are new reports that christopher steele, the former mi6 operative who admitted in a Court Hearing that parts of that dirty dossier he created, that fraudulent document, were based on a tip from an attorney at perkins coy who represents the dnc, did represent the Hillary Clinton campaign and many topline democrats. Steele used that tip from Michael Sussman to claim there was a secret communication between the 2016 Trump Campaign and a russian bank that had ties to russian president putin. Theres also rising speculation that recently unearthed evidence will prove that Lieutenant GeneralMichael Flynn was set up, even framed by the corrupt fbi agents who withheld exculpatory material. And joining us tonight is general flynns attorney, sidney powell. Shes also a former federal prosecutor, author of the new book conviction machine standing up to federal prosecutorial abuse, available everywhere, we recommend it highly. Sidney, great to have you with us. Straightforwardly, did the government and, most specifically, the fbi officials and Justice Department officials under the obama administration, did they frame general flynn . Yes, sir, they did. Theres no doubt about it. August 15, strzok and page texted each other about the insurance policy they discussed in mccabes office. The very next day they opened the, quote, investigation, end quote, on general flynn. And the day after that as we just learned from the i. G. Report in december, they sent an agent into what was supposed to be a trusted president ial briefing solely because again flynn was going to be there, and they wanted to collect information on him, gauge his mannerisms in the event they needed to interview him later, i. E. , if trump was elected to the presidency and flynn wound up in the white house. Lou its stunning what were learning three, more than three years now distant from these events, these criminal acts and the subsequent coverups that persist to this very day. Because you are just now receiving evidence and documents that some had told you didnt exist and that apparently no one else believed existed either. Your thoughts. No one but me, apparently. [laughter] ive known the whole time they were hiding any number of things, and they had even produced summaries of documents they admitted were exculpatory to general flynn but only gave us three or fourline summaries. And inexplicably, judge sullivan would not order them to produce the whole document. You cant rely on a summary of a document by the government, it doesnt meet the qualifications, because a summary isnt evidence. They should have given us all those documents, and there are more notes and emails in our sealed filing last friday. The government has advised now theyre working with the fbi to make some redactions to protect the names of the guilty. Not their words, but mine. They should be ready to give us by tomorrow at the latest. Lou this is, this is simply if awful. Because it raises into question question, obviously, we know what the Justice Department and fbi leaderships were under president obama and those holdovers that President Trump had the misfortune to inherit, but we are talking now about a Justice Department led by will qualm with barr william barr, and there isnt a person ive talked with who for a moment thinks barr should not have thrown this entire matter out and brought some sense of decency to a Justice Department that has lacked it for a very long time. Well, he appointed mr. Jensen from missouri to review the case file, i believe in january, and its that nobody knew about it. And this is the result of him providing adult supervision to what our former members of the mueller hit squad, i. E. Mr. Van grack in particular, to produce the actual evidence of what they did. Lou whats the next step . How in the world what in the world is this judge doing . The judge himself has the power to end all of this nonsense. Hes chosen not to, so i dont know what to make of judge suggesting van. What is the sullivan. What is the next episode in federal court with him on the bench, at the bench . Well, the latest Development Today is that covington, flynns former law firm, produced to us an additional 17,500 pages from the flynn file that were not produced back last august when they certified that the entire file had been produced. So judge sullivan just issued a blistering minute order demanding that covington go back and do another search of all of its flynn files to make sure it has given us everything and do another certification by monday, may 4th. So that is in the works now. And hes ordered the government to respond to our motion to unseal by monday, but theyre in the process of doing that hopefully by tomorrow, and then they have to respond to our motion to dismiss by may 11th. Lou surely this judge is, hes a federal judge. Hes been on the bench for some time. Surely he understands that general Michael Flynn, a patriot, a man who serve offed his nation served his nation with distinction, is the victim here, and the perpetrators are are apparently the representative, his Representation Team that preceded you, the fbi and the Justice Department. Why doesnt he just bring the hammer down op this mess on this mess and set general flynn free of this nonsense . This is an outrage, and it just goes on and on. Its as if whoevers not corrupt in the judicial system apparently is just stupid. It is beyond an outrage, lou. It is a travesty of justice, its a blight on the face of our entire country. But i do believe the department of justice under bill barr is going to produce the evidence that were entitled to, and then the only result, the only possible result is for the entire matter to be dismissed. Lou you know, i sympathize and i applaud both your commiseration, your understanding. But, frankly, i have to tell you i have none of it. Im so sick and tired of a judicial system, a Justice Department, an fbi that thinks nothing of taking year after year of a mans life and without cause, without so much as, apparently, any remorse or contrition. The hell with em, is sydney, thats all ive got to say, the hell with them. This is just not the way american justice is supposed to work. Youre right. Its been far too , its been far too long a fight and far too difficult to get to the truth, but we will get to the truth, and it will set him free. Lou well, a lot of people bear great guilt for not having already achieved that result. Sydney powell, thank you for what youve been doing for general flynn and for justice. Thank you. Good to see you. Thank you. Lou up next, one of the worlds thank you, sydney. One of the worlds topics perts on Infectious Diseases joins us, dr. Ian lipkin. Hes producting the most effective test to get people back to work. Well be talking with him in this hour. 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For more information, visit cdc. Gov covid19. This message brought to you by the National Association of broadcasters and this station. Lou the directer of the Wuhan Institute of virology once again has denied the virus had any the link to his laboratory despite numerous claims linking the virus to wuhan lab. The director says the origin of the virus remain a mystery. If isnt that interesting . However, we should note that in 2018 the state department warned of safety issues at the wuhan lab including the potential for human transmission of a new sarslike pandemic, and that is exactly what we got. The United States now conducting an investigation of the origin of that virus. The Chinese Military accusing an american guided missile destroyer of intruding in chinese waterses saying the ship violated chinese sovereignty. Members of the pla say the uss mary intriewlded in waters near islands in vietnam causing them to scramble air and sea patrols to, quote, monitor, identify and expel the ship. The u. S. Navy if reportedly says the mary was well, we do know theres no reportedly, we know they did. The ship was on a mission for free navigation near the island chain, saying the operation proceed as planned without any conflict. A lot of tension in the south and east china seas. Well, joining us tonight to take all of this up, dr. Michael pillsbury, director of the center for chinese strategy at the hudson institute, author of the 100year marathon. The origin of this, this virus is certainly a mystery as the Wuhan Laboratory officials have acknowledged. The president has ordered an investigation. How does one investigate if one cant get access to that laboratory . Well, its impossible. Thats why secretary of state pompeo has been demanding for some time now that we need a sample of the virus, we need access to the laboratory for interviews. With weve got diplomats a few miles away in our consulate in wuhan. So far the chinese are saying no, but they, lou, they have begun to tell their side of the story. This laboratorys key investigator, fondly known in her profile as bat woman. Shes been making statements of great interest to me. She says the virus was wrought to her was brought to her december 30th. She checked the lou let me, let me [inaudible] lou there she is, the bat lady, as she is known. The yes. Lou im sorry. Go ahead, michael. Well, shes going to explain her side of, the laboratory side of it. But shes digging herself deeper and deeper lou what is that side . I mean [laughter] she says lou how . Shes tweeting and giving interviews. Shes got a friend in new york whos speaking for her. Her story basically is, yes, i have held the virus hundreds of times in my laboratory which was set up in 2017. Its biosafety level iv. This is a good thing because im looking at a vaccine for sars. December 30th, she says lou forgive me, michael they bring her the virus. Lou or forgive me, is there a specific point that shes made that somehow connects, gives us some sort of greater glimpse of the origin of this virus . What would that be . She admitted the virus was brought to her, she had it. Thats whats new. Lou who brought it to her . Well, she doesnt say. Public Health Officials in wuhan city bring this virus to her lab and say, basically, you know what this is, do you have this here in your lab. Now, she might have answered yes, but in fact she claims lou this sounds like a massive, this sounds like a massive rabbit hole that we have entered here. It doesnt seem to answer much. It only raises more questions. Let me is ask you this, is there in your judgment any possibility that it was engineered . Thats what part of the investigation the president has started. I think thats one of the crucial questions. Does china have the capability to bioengineer a virus are. The answers clearly, yes. Are those who have examined [inaudible] they say this is not bioengineered, but that leaves a lot of area of unknown and mystery about the exact nature of the virus. Thats why secretary pompeo kee