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Reporter this morning in harrisburg, pennsylvania hundreds of protesters defied the states stayathome order and lined the streets in front of the State Capitol. Give me liberty or give me death reporter to voice their frustrations around their states lockdown. I dont think its a good thing for our economy or our country to shut down businesses. Because in the end whos going to pay for it . Reporter for the past few days this sentiment has moved throughout the country in small pockets. We had a really smoking economy. Reporter many of the protests organized by conservative groups. But for some their reasons go beyond politics. We want to go back to work. Reporter from wisconsin to colorado to maryland. At the same time the death toll climbing, now topping 42,000, including some of the youngest victims weve seen. Like 5yearold skyler herbert. Making this a difficult and heated debate about how and when to reopen america. Unless we get the virus under control, the Real Recovery economically is not going to happen. So what you do if you jump the gun and go into a situation where you have a big spike, youre going to set yourself back. Reporter on friday the president tweeted some states needed to be, quote, liberated. Today he said hes working with state governors to figure out how to repope responsibly. Its critical to continue the medical war while reopening the economy in a safe and responsible fashion. People i think have forgotten that the original plan was not to get rid of coronavirus and not to stop any fatalities or hospitalizations but to lower the peak. And it seems many places have begun to lower that peak. Reporter on the streets of harrisburg some protesters say they need relief now. As a Small Business owner i want to stand up for my employees and our way of life to be able to earn a living. Reporter aaron riddle says the governors order has forced him to lay off 30 of his employees. Hes closed construction business. Hes one of five states that deem construction nonessential, nonlife sustaining. So i had to lay off my employees. We have no work. Were exercising our First Amendment by saying we think this is unfair and americans need to get back to work. Reopening the state shouldnt be a political issue. We voted in a governor and we want to work with that governor. Reporter matthew belles organized this rally on facebook. We feel the governor has really kept us in the dark and we havent had a voice yet to know exactly how and why the decisions are made to put this lockdown in place and what measures were going to take to reopen the state. Were not subjects. Were citizens. Were free people. We need to know exactly whats happening with our government. Reporter protester Diana Schafer agrees. Lets start opening p. A. Safely. Were ready to get back to work. Reporter over a month out of work as a photographer and her pay as a parttime teachers aide on pause, the single mother of two is starting to feel the effects of not being able to work. Normally at this time i would be slammed with senior pictures. That is a huge seller in the spring and also weddings start becoming prevalent. And instead i just have a bunch of free time and frustration. Reporter she says her views have been met with harsh criticism. I was getting comments like youre part of the problem, youre going to kill everybody, things like that. Just really off the wall i actually thought i would get more support and i did not. At least not at first. Until i realized there was a lot of people that felt the same way that i did but they just didnt have the courage to speak out about it. Reporter but she believes its worth it. Im not sure if it will make a difference with the governors decision to reopen things. But at least he knows we have a voice and were not going to back down. Reporter pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf reacted to the protests by saying he will ease some restrictions on may 8th and allow limited construction to resume in the state as long as social distancing protocols are in place. We have to figure out how to open up the workforce in a strategic and safe way. That may mean that were masked. We may have to space out individual work stations. So those are the type of workplace Infection Control measures that will be necessary in order to make sure that we decrease the number of cases that we see. Reporter some governors are slowly reopening their states now. In Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declared gyms, barbershops, bowling alleys can reopen on friday. Texas will reopen some businesses on friday as well. I think were going to see red states respond differently than blue states. Its that balance of making sure that we can treat people that are sick in our hospitals while also understanding that we have to open up our economy at some point. Certain states are going to be ready before others, and not just states but even within the states there may be certain towns or cities that have less cases than others. So those towns or cities could open up before other places within that state. Reporter one of the first places in our country to kick off this kind of protest was lansing, michigan. Dubbed operation gridlock, more than 3,000 protesters took to their cars last wednesday to oppose the governor of michigans stayathome order. Its time for our state to be opened up. Were tired of not being able to buy the things that we need, go to the hairdressers, get our hair done. Its time to open up. Reporter the protest was organized by a group called the michigan conservative coalition. My name is Marian Sheridan. Reporter Marian Sheridan is the groups cofounder. It was a great avenue for people to express their frustration with our governor and her heavyhanded policies. Reporter Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has imposed some of the strictest stayathome orders in the nation. You are also not allowed to gather in groups of more than three or more people. I think that she just went too far. Wayne, oakland and mccomb counties have 85 of the corona cases in our state. So we have 80 other counties who have very few or none even corona cases. Yet theyre all being held under the same standard. Reporter is there any thought, though, that because this virus can spread so quickly that those counties that dont have it currently, thank god, but it could very easily move there if they dont, if there isnt one standard for the entire state . Well, i think that people are very smart now. We learned we need to wash our hands, keep our social distancing. It means common sense. And we really feel the governor is a little bit more interested in politics because shes a possible pick for the Vice President ial candidacy. Reporter really . You dont think that her motivation is a love for your great state, to keep her citizens safe . No . Well, i just think that a great leader unites people and a great leader doesnt criticize the federal government. You need to unite people and give people hope. And in michigan she has failed to do that. Reporter but the purpose of the lansing rally seemed to shift. Some protesters took to the steps of the State Capitol armed with assault rifles. What was the point of bringing weapons to the State Capitol . What does that have to do with covid19 . What does that have to do with the economy . I think it just has to do with a show of constitutional rights. Our message was also consistently stay in your cars, stay safe. Im not going to claim any responsibility for the people on the lawn because we didnt encourage that. Reporter michigan is the third hardesthit state in the country. To date over 30,000 have tested positive. More than 2,300 have died. But sheridan says some attention must now be turned to getting michigans economy back up and running. If the state economically is destroyed, were going to ruin an awful lot of lives. Reporter dr. Fauci has said that unless we get the virus under control economic recovery isnt going to happen. Well, i agree with him. And you know, i do see in michigan its starting to become under control. So why are we under these same stringent guidelines put out by the governor . Reporter less than 600 miles away Diana Shaffer is wondering the same way. So our numbers have been going down, and things are starting to be on the upswing. So i dont see why pennsylvania wouldnt be considered one of the states to start may 1st. Reporter until then she hopes people will see that although her view is different people will respect it. 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And health care in denmark is free to all citizens. Which helped us getting the virus under control. And that was the key to flatten the curve. Reporter the continent slowly crawling back to life. Germany, italy, and spain among other countries easing restrictions. But nowhere more so than denmark. Today on the streets of copenhagen locals breathing in freedom on an unseasonably warm day. Oneonone businesses like hairdressers and beauty salons are open. So ill bet youre fully blocked. Yes, i am. Reporter for tom his face mask is now as essential as his shears. What other measures do you have to take . Were using all this alcohol to cleaning all the stuff, cleaning the seats and everything. And cleaning around here. And towels, throwing them out. Only used once. Reporter only Elementary Schools have been open. Classrooms often split in two to avoid crowding. 12yearold liv is enjoying a whole desk to herself. But its not easy. Is it hard to keep the rules of social distancing at school . Very much. Ive missed my friends and its hard not to hug my friends very much because i just missed my friends so much. Reporter social distancing still in place. And yes, hand washing. At the beginning they were quite good at keeping themselves apart but we must remember these are children. They are magnets. They want to be together. We must remember this is not an event, this is here for a long time. And weve got to continue this. Reporter denmark has been able to do this because they moved fast to lock down. But theyre cautious of a second wave. No one has tried this before. So we are moving on very cautious and moving on step by step and making sure that those small steps that we are taking, they are grounded in what our experts are telling us. Reporter one step at a time for this country. And a glimpse of hope to others, cautiously looking to take their first steps. Our thanks to james. Weve just seen steps to recovery in denmark. This as america struggles to contain a rise in covid19 cases. Some states seeing Better Success rates than others. Earlier today i spoke to Connecticut Governor ned lamont. Governor, thank you so much for joining us. First question, across the country including in connecticut tonight there have been protests by people who are pushing for the economy to reopen. What do you say to those people who want the economy open now . Youre rushing things. Itll make it worse for the long term. Weve got a plan to reopen the economy carefully. And were following actually the lead of the pence covid counsel down in washington, d. C. In terms of how we open this up on a strategic basis that keeps people safe. You mentioned whats being said out of washington. How do you square what you see as the path forward with how the president sees the path forward . Hes made clear he wants the economy open as quickly as possible. Yep. Leaving that aside, the covid council, theyve got a phased way that we get the economies open again, starting with retail and essential and then nonessential, do that on a safe basis, use masks wherever possible if youre in close contact, say, a barber or nail salon, fever testing for the big manufacturing like we have in connecticut with Pratt Whitney and electric boat. I think theres a thoughtful way we are going to give people back to work, and ive got to give people a sense of direction. Were going to get it done and get it done safely. At this point do you have a ballpark idea, an aspirational date when you think you could reopen connecticut for people going back to work . I think we can start reopening connecticut may 20th. But then its going to phase in over a period of time. The governors are leading on this, which is how i think it should be. But we also need good guidance from the federal government. Guidance in terms of testing protocols, help in terms of purchasing things. There the federal government can be really helpful. How do you assure them that were considering health and the economy with equal intensity . Nobody wants to get this economy open again more than i do. I know what its meaning to Small Business. I know what its doing to our budgets. I understand that. But a false start, getting people back too soon and then having a second wave of this, that would be a body blow to the economy we couldnt handle. And governor, final question. These demonstrations weve seen over the weekend and this evening have ratcheted up for many people in this country the tension that exists because of covid19 and peoples concerns about getting the economy going. What would you say specifically to them, not just to the people of your state but to the country . As dr. Albert ko, whos leading our way out of this, said the other day, before you protest why dont you take a walk through one of our icu units . Why dont you see the agony these folks are going through . 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