A brief iing where his two top medical experts were absent. No sign of doctors anthony fauih or deborah birx. The reason like ly the blowback President Trump is getting for his shockingly irresponsible comment suggesting a person could try to inject a disinfectant. The cdc, multiple states and cities warned americans not to listen to his medical suggestions. They are comments President Trump attempted to walk back earlier today. I was asking a question sarcastically to reporters like you, just to see what would happen. But twit was not said in sah chasm and he wasnt asking him team to look into it. Lets just play. Here is what President Trump originally said. Supposedly hit the body with a tremendous, whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful light. And i think you said that has but youre going to test it then b i said supposing put the light inside the body through the skin or in some other way. And i think you said youre going to test that, too . Sounds interesting. Right then i see the disinfectant where it knocks it out u in a minute. One minute. And is there way we can do Something Like that . By ingestijection inside or alm cleaning because you see from the lungs and it does a tremendous number. It would be interesting to check that. Youre going to have f to use medical doctorses, but it sounds interesting to me. Okay. So it is what it is. Thats what he said. Thats what he meant. He wasnt being sarcastic, but if he was, why didnt he say so when it came up again minutes later. The president mentioned the idea of cleaner, bleach, theres no scenario that that could be injected into a person, is there . Im here to talk b about the find we had a we dont do that within our labs. Talking about almost a cleaning sterilization of an area. More than 50,000 americans have died from this virus. And we are quickly approaching a million diagnosed cases. Kaitlyn collins begins our coverage at the white house. The president , you hear what he said, he was not being sarcastic. He was laying it out and he wanted them to look into it. Clearly tonight, e he had no intentions of answering any questions about it. Yeah and dr. Birx who was seated in the Briefing Room last night offered a different defensive of him he was being sarcastic, which is what he said today or what the white house said which is that his words are being taken out of context. She said he was digesting information in real time, saying the president likes to talk out loud ideas when hes been presented with information though of course thats what the president was doing on Television Cameras in the Briefing Room where millions of people were watching. So today, he has faced backlash over this. The president came into the Briefing Room. Did not take any questions tonight. Which is incredibly rare for him. And typically, these briefings are at least an hour long affair. This was a very brief one tonight where the president didnt even speak that much. He instead let the fda commissioner and Vice President do a lot of talking and didnt seem to want to talk any other questions on the backlash he was facing on the remarks. Youve seen the cdc and even the Surgeon General saying people should consult with their physicians before they take any steps forward for any treatment for coronavirus. All right. Thank you very much. And i want to go outfront now to the Los Angeles CountyPublic Health director. And i appreciate your time. We just played again what the president said. Is there a way we can do Something Like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, talking about a disinfectant, saying gets in the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that. Today, you have taken an extraordinary step to warn los angeles residents, just moments ago, not to inject or ingest disinfecta disinfectant. Did you ever think youd have to xw give a warning like that . I dont think we expected wed be spending today talking about that because really what we want to talk about is what should we do to prevent more people from being infected. How do we slow the spread. We have an enormous task in front of us. The entire country, and we need the stay focused on this. Theres ins that tells us what we need to be doing right now to prevent people from dying and to slow the spread and you know thats what we wanted to be doing. I do want to make it clear that you know people in the public need to understand it would be extroaordinarily dangerous for them to ingest or try to inject any of these disinfectants and we worry because we want hope right now. Every single one of us wants out, we want life to go back to normal. Were also look for miracles, but that isnt an appropriate step for anybody to take and i think right now, we just need to stay the course. Work hard and do what we know. Just to make the point, the fact that you had to Say Something at all is obviously because you had concern. I would assume some people, somebody b might have seen that and tried to follow up on the president s suggestion and that could have deadly consequences. Yeah, i mean we always worry about misinformation. You know we spent three months trying to make sure that people have good information. That theyre getting information thats reliable and that they can use that information to take steps to protect themselves. I think this was just a case of us wanting to make sure that nobody took that information seriously. That nobody really tried to figure out you know can this help me. I really would like something to be able to help me or fix me or make me feel better and thats just not the way this would work. Disinfectants are extraordinarily powerful and they will just harm a persons body if theyre ingested or even if you tried to rub it on yourself, it could be dangerous. Its called poison control. Because theyre toxic for human beings. Yesterday you announced that the virus has now become the leading cause of death in Los Angeles County u. Which i just think is just for people to take a moment to think about this. The leading cause of death. More than cancer, more than heart attacks and that is with shutting down your economy and social distancing. Do you see this changing anytime soon . Well, right now, more people die every day in Los Angeles County from covid19 than they die from any other one disease. So if you look at even our leading cause of death, which is you know u, related to cardiac, coronary Heart Disease, about 31 people die a day here from coronary Heart Disease and right now, were averaging about 44 people dying a day here from covid19. And without having a they are put ic medicines right now, and without having a vaccine, weve seen sort of that number of deaths every day for the last few weeks and we anticipate well continue to see a relatively high death rate. So yeah, its extraordinarily concerning to us. We do hope that people understand that while the vast majority of people dont die from covid19 and many people are asymptomatic it looks like we just lost the connection but a stun stunning thing to think about that statistic. I want to go now to dr. Rheiner who advised the white house cal team under george bush. So thanks for being back. So the Task Force Briefing tonight, it was 22 minutes. The shortest one that we have seen thus far. No questions. And the top doctors that we are accustomed to seeing, usually one of them, if not both, dr. Birx, dr. Fauci, both not there and a source close to the task force tells jim acosta that President Trump was upset about the flak, his word, or the word the source used, that the president s been taking for these injection of disinfection comments and thats part of the reason why the president cut short the briefing. What do you make of that . The president has an enormous voice. In fact, as hes tweeted many times, these briefings have enormous ratings. So things that he says carry tremendous weight. And its one thing for the president to promote an unproven yet unproven strategy like hydroxychloroquine. Its another thing for the president to you know, mention something that is frankly toxic an that if use ed as he directe would kill people. But on a different level, this is really a distraction. And as dr. Ferreira was saying, it does distract us from the things that are important right now. It distracts us from the fact we stil dont have enough tests. From the fact that we dont have enough ppe still for our Health Care Providers or that the public cant get a proper mask. And most importantly, its distracting us from the fact that this virus is killing thousands of americans and that by next time this week, it will have killed more people in this country than died during the entire vietnam war. So its a terrible distraction. And you know when you make that point, there is this question though when things like that are made or when the these briefings as they do, daily, go in the direction the president wants about whatever you know thing of the day hes talking about, what the doctors can do to bring it back to where it needs to be b. Okay. And as i mentioned, dr. Birx was not at the meeting and its perhaps because of this. Her reaction is getting a lot of attention today. I want to show you a reporter in the room was able to video her while the president was saying that. So the president is talking about someone inject a disinfectant to kill coronavirus. Lets just watch her while he says that. Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether its ultraviolet or just very powerful light and i think you said that has youre going to test it then i said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do, either through the skin or in some other way. And i think you said youre going to test that, too . Sounds interesting. Right then i see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in minutes. One minute and is there a way we can do Something Like that . By injection or almost a cleaning. It does a tremendous number. It would be interesting to check that. So you would have to use medical docto doctors, but it sounds intere interesting to me. And you know, when you can also zoom in on her face and see it. Look, she was extre dismayed. She was upset. She was, it was clear. But you know, to the point here that this matters, its not just that what they should be talking about wasnt being talked about. Its that some people might listen to this. In late march, a couple heard the president talking about hydroxychloroquine and they decided to ingest a fish tank cleaner. The husband died. The wife was in critical care. So should dr. Birx be at that moment stand up, interrupt, Say Something tor not to correct the president . I admire dr. Birx and dr. Fauci enormously and they have an essential job. We need them for our families and for this country. But they have to walk a r very tight line. They have a boss that does not like to be countered and he does not want to be shown up. He has a very thin skin. But yet they need to keep their jobs so they have a very, very difficult job to do. So i dont envy her. I wouldnt want to be in her shoes. I think she handled it as best as could be. All right. Thank you very much. Sure. And next, much of georgia opened for business tonight, but are businesses ready to open their doors . Were going to talk to two Business Owners that went through this today. What happened . What are their opinions . Plus the fda respond tog a cnn report that the agency allowed more than 100 Antibody Tests to be sold despite having no proof they worked. Plus, a new vaccine now beginning human trials. Researchers say it could be raeld this fall, a year ahead of other vak serevaccines. The leading scientist is outfront. A fence. A barn. An arena. More fence. And hay. Lots of hay. So you need a tractor built to do it all. And do it right. You need the power to handle anything. You need versatile performance matchedattachments. You need the 1 selling compact tractor for a decade. The kubota l series tractors. Thweve never seen it look quite like this, but theres no mistaking it. And its our job to protect it. Because the best people to fight for our communities are those within them. 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We dont have a cure to this virus. The only thing thats helped us is that we have stayed apart from one another and im simply asking people to continue to do that. Customers weighing Health Concerns as owners must also confront mounting bills. Im going to try it. I just feel like us as a country were going to have much bigger problems financially if we dont. Meantime, b about an hour south, cars lining up for food at the atlanta motor speedway. Neighboring North Carolina is noting easing up yet. We love our friends in georgia but were really concerned about how quickly this is happening and we want to make sure that we keep our numbers as low as possible. Oklahoma moving forward with a plan similar to georgias. The mayor of tulsa noting cases in his city are still on the rise. And expects that will continue. Waiting on those cases to decline as people for 100 miles in every direction are being encouraged to ease social distancing would be futile. Golf courses opening in wisconsin friday. Libraries and craft stores can offer curb side pick up. The state reporting 23 people who voted in person or worked the polls at the primary there earlier this month have now tested positive for covid19. Curb side pick up is available today at Retail Stores in texas. Colorados stay at home order will end sunday. Though not in denver. Nothing will change until may the 8th or at least midnight on may 9th. Tennessee state parks have reopened, florida breaches and diners are eat at restaurants in alaska. The capacity is limited to 25 . Patchwork response unfolding as experts warn the country is is not out of the woods. People are keeping you know, talking about the end game. It is not the end game. Its simply a model. California announcing a new partnership to get restaurants back online and deliver meals to at risk seniors. Its not just about the meals. Its ab about a human connection. Its about someone just checking in as theyre delivering those meals and making sure people are okay. A chance to reconnect and to help as this crisis continues. We also learned tonight the california state fair and food expo which was set to take place in mid july through august has been canceled. We should point out, too, that that venue space is being used for drive through testing at the moment and also as an isolation space for some homeless folks as they deal with covid19. All right, thank you very much. And i want to go outfront now as erica was reporting on what happened in atlanta today, in georgia, to two georgia Business Owners. Tim is the opener of salon gloss and christopher owns the plaza theatre, the only independent movie theatre in atlanta and i know can seat up to 500, so youve got a big venue there. I want to start, tim, with you though. You admit you were as shocked as anyone when you heard the governor say go ahead and reopen today. But you did decide to open. Why . Well as you said, i was extremely shocked when i heard him say that. I expected him to lengthen the time we had to be closed actually. Well after he made that announcement, i got with my team. My team has been suffering. Theyve been out of work. Theyre not getting any assistance. No unemployment. No stimulus money for the business and these are real people with real problems and they have to put food in their table. Have Single Parents this dont have gas money. So we got together and we asked a lot of tough questions. Had some tough answers and decided it was in their best interest to get back to work. So that they could buy the essentials. And from a business standpoint, you know, i worked about nine years on my brand and im at the point where i have to do something. Its im about ready to lose my business if i dont. So we followed the safety stapf dards set by the Georgia State board of koz me toll ji and opened our doors today. How was business . How many people came in . We were fully booked today. Weve been now were booked for three weeks out. Wow. And fully booked. So im sure theyre very grateful for that. So how are you doing things . There have been some video out of hong kong a few weeks ago where people literally having six foot long brush they had built just for this. At the time, people thought it might be satire, but it was reality. What were you doing . Is it the same proximity but masks and gloves and do the customers wear them, too . Not the same approximate pro. We have really put a lot of space between each of our stations. Were about 14 feet apart. Were not running on a full staff. Were doing split shifts so we can have the distance between us and when a client enters establishment, they have their temperature taken. They answer a series of questions. They sign a certification saying that they have not been exposed, been around to their knowledge or taken care of anybody with the virus. They are given gloves, masks, my staff has gone through the procedure and we go through the added protection of the face shields. So can you, can you keep your business in i know