Reopen this morning. Ed lavandera joins us live from dallas with that. Reporter good morning, john. 31 states across the country will begin the process of partially reopening here in the coming days. But it is a patch work of rules, regulations, standards, guidelines that and businesses in the economy have. It is like baby steps. The economy learning to walk again. The question is, will it fall down . After seeing packed beaches in Southern California last weekend, governor gavin newsom will announce the closure of all state beaches and parks indefinitely, starting friday. According to a California PoliceChiefs Association memo sent to cnn. As california completes its sixth week under stay at home orders, newsom reminded residents why it is crucial to stay the course. What has taken us almost two months to produce in terms of getting stable numbers could be unwound in a period of just a week or two. Why put ourselves in that position. Reporter it is the last day under stay at home orders here in texas. Tomorrow, malls, Retail Stores, theaters and restaurants can resume business at 25 capacity. Floridas governor is giving the green light to some businesses too. Unless you live in miamidade, broward or palm beach counties. We do have hope. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Ill outline the steps that well be taking going forward. This new phase will start on monday, may 4th. Reporter but as federal guidelines on social distancing end today, some states like arizona are extending stay at home orders through may 15th. Yet allowing Retail Stores to offer curb side and Delivery Services starting may 4th. Were going to bring back a small step in terms of revival to main street with a partial reopening to retail. Reporter meantime, despite state leaders saying they need to ramp up testing, President Trump continues to downplay the need for a Robust National program. We have done incredible with the testing and youll see over the next coming weeks, but over the next coming weeks youll see some astonishing numbers. I dont know that all of that is even necessary. Reporter but it is necessary according to members of Trumps Coronavirus Task force. And many state leaders are evaluating whether it is safe to restart certain sector of the economy. Every state in the country needs testing to be able to double or more than double the testing were currently doing to protect people as we reopen our economy in a phased kind of way. Reporter los angeles is becoming the first major u. S. City to provide free coronavirus testing to all residents with or without symptoms. We all know this is a silent killer, that moves quietly through the population. It is still not enough tests as you heard. But it is a great and bold step forward. Reporter just because businesses can reopen doesnt necessarily mean they will and were hearing anecdotally many businesses who are concerned and worried about reopening. At this particular location, trinity groves, poply ar lular restaurants, businesses do plan to launch and relaunch tomorrow. Okay, good to know. Ed, thank you very much for that report. Joining us now is cnns chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, great to see you. Lets start with the news about remdesivir. So are you in the this is very exciting camp or the lets pump the brakes camp . Well, it is exciting. There has been nothing else out there that has done anything for this. So, you know, there is not a lot to compare it to. It is not, you know, pick whatever Sports Metaphor you want, home run, knockout punch or anything like that, it is an existing drug that has not been approved for anything in the past. Ive been following the story of remdesivir since 2014 with ebola. There has always been promise around this drug. Since the beginning of this outbreak, alisyn, as well, the World Health Organization has been optimistic about remdesivir, this antiviral being able to show some effect, but this is the first time we have actually seen the proof of concept as dr. Fauci put it that it can work. When you look at the numbers in terms of what it can do, youre not likely to be blown away by it. Youve seen these numbers already, we can show them again, but in terms of overall recovery, it did decrease the recovery by 31 , in 15 days to 11 days. The mortality rate trended downward, but the reason they say thats not significant is because basically the study is not large enough to say that the difference in mortality between 8 and 11 was because of the medication itself. It could have been other things. But, yeah, im not one of these guys who likes to jump up and down about things, im a realist. But we havent had anything that has shown any promise. So for that reason, i think it is exciting. Dr. Fauci is a realist also, sanjay. There is some breaking news this morning. Moments ago, dr. Fauci suggested that it is possible that there be a vaccine by january. Now, he also noted hes been saying all along, it can take a year to 18 months and he was saying starting in january, so he said, you know, if it is january 2021, thats not far off from what i originally said. But january 2021 would be very, very soon, and at least allowed for the possibility, given where we are with the pfizer trials or oxford that something could happen by january. Yeah. He has been striking more optimistic tones the last few days. There is no question. This is an accelerated timetable, i think, by all accounts. 12 to 18 months i think sort of people have been saying. And thats also to make sure that we can manufacture enough of this vaccine as well. I think what dr. Fauci is saying is when you start to see, if you start to see signals that this is effective, and you start to see some what they call efficacy signals in the population early on, definitely seems to be causing a decline in infection rates among certain groups of people versus a group of people who are not receiving the vaccine, then you go ahead and start manufacturing at that point. I think it is what dr. Fauci is saying. If you wait for all the results to come in, the manufacturing process, which can take a while, will, you know, end up being the rate limiting step here. So hes basically said, he said this before, that he started seeing the signals, just go ahead and start making it. It may be that it doesnt work and it may be that you lose all that manufacturing, you know, the money you spent on that. But unless you do that, you get so far behind that it is not going to have the impact that you would want. So still optimistic, i think. But well see what happens. I feel like dr. Fauci has been more optimistic ever since the brad pitt thing. Am i right . That was your idea, wasnt it . I wasnt going to bring that up, sanjay, but thank you for mentioning that. Okay, lets talk about whats happening in l. A. I need you to help explain this. So mayor garcetti has announced that anyone who wants covid19 test in l. A. County can get a free test. How are they able to administer that amount of tests, how do they have the swabs when it is so hard it has been so hard for other states to do this. Im not sure theyre going to be able to keep up. I think there may be a lot of demand for these tests. A lot of people are curious, do they have it, do they want to start having the psychological confidence. I think they may have a hard Time Starting to keep up with the demand there. I also think that, you know, until we have widespread testing, we probably do need to be a bit more strategic. Im not saying they should cost anything, but be more strategic in terms of who should be getting the tests, at least initially. I think the idea that there are still high risk populations, not necessarily populations that have symptoms, but just high risk populations, people who live in nursing homes, people who live in areas of housing where they simply cannot maintain physical distance with other people, those should be prioritized in some way. But i do think the idea of whatever strategy you use making it more widely available is going to be the key to reopening as we have always said. So it is a strategy, it is a good start. Yeah, it is free, which means people might be more likely to go try and get tested right now, it is so jammed with requests that you cant get an appointment on the website. But, you know, they will try to get there and thats important. More news out of california, cnn reported overnight that today we expect the California Governor Gavin Newsom to declare all beaches closed in the state as of tomorrow. Why . It was these pictures. I know the pictures drive you crazy of people over the weekend who crowded the beaches, not social distancing there. The governor is going to close them. Thats hard, though, obviously on people who want to be outside, particularly as it gets hotter out there. Yeah. These are tough choices, i can imagine. But thats the right choice. You know, john, we have been talking about this for months, this is a serious virus and it is a contagious virus and i know that people want to be outside. And theyre still looking for the loopholes in order to allow them to get outside and do that, but thats not the way we should be approaching it, to say, okay, here it says i can absolutely do this, and therefore im going to go ahead and do it. Were all in this together. I mean, you know, we said that so many times, it is not a euphemism. If People Choose to do these things, theyre taking a risk and the risk theyre taking is not just for themselves, it is for everybody else. They could contain that virus, harbor that virus in their body and spread it. Everyone knows that at this point. They touch surfaces that other people may touch, one bathroom, whatever it may be. It is just very hard to stay as safe as we need to stay right now by, you know, engaging in the images we just saw there. Okay, sanjay, thank you very much for all the info as always. So cnn has learned that President Trump erupted in a phone call with his Campaign Manager, the president is reportedly fuming over his sliding poll numbers. And growing criticism of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. So cnns jeremy dimon first broke this story, he joins us live from washington. What did you learn, jeremy . Thats right, alisyn. President over the last week has grown increasingly unnerved by his reelection prospects. Three sources familiar with the matter telling me that on friday evening the president s frustrations and concerns about his 2020 reelection prospects boiled over in a conversation with his Campaign Manager. Im told the president berated Brad Parscale for his own slide in the polls and threatened to sue him. It is not clear what the president would sue his Campaign Manager over or how serious the president was about that threat. But, again, it just underscores the extent to which the president s state of mind about the 2020 campaign. Beyond that, of course, we know that it came at a time when the president was facing a ton of criticism for his comments last week about ingesting disinfectant in order to cure the coronavirus, something that is in the true and even dangerous. One source close to the white house telling me the president knew he had messed up at those briefings and was lashing out. So is he upset about the polls that we all see from time to time, or is this internal polling . Well, two days before the president s outburst at his Campaign Manager, alisyn, im told the president was briefed on internal rnc and Trump Campaign polling, that showed him heading for defeat, really in some of these key battleground states. It also showed that the president s briefings were really rubbing swing voters the wrong way, the combative presence, the comments, sometimes outlandish comments he made at those briefings. Keep in mind, those internal polls really reflect what were seeing in the public polling, in some battleground states, like michigan, pennsylvania, where the president is trailing the former Vice President by a significant amount. Now what we have seen from the president is not only in private as hes talking to his aides, but even publicly in an interview with reuters yesterday and on twitter this morning, the president saying i dont believe the polls. And that has been, of course, a consistent theme for the president is whenever the polls show something he doesnt want to see, he doesnt believe them, but, of course if the polls show hes leading in a state, youll bet hes going to be touting it. So now we hear that he will be going out, because he wants to get back to doing big rallies, and so obviously that may affect his poll numbers, who knows. Thank you very much for all of the reporting, jeremy, and sharing it with us. So coming up in just moments, we have House Speaker nancy pelosi, she will join us to talk about the governments response to the pandemic as well as the jobs numbers. Some businesses in texas will reopen tomorrow. A long time Health Official there talks about how to move forward safely. What the plan is next. Since 1926, nationwide has been on your side. Weve been there in person, during trying times. Today, being on your side means staying home. Nationwide office of customer advocacy. 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Awe are standing by for the latest unemployment numbers. Some restaurants are struggling to rehire their workers, some of whom might make more money being unemployed. Vanessa yurkevich explains this. It is a surreal experience to try to create something with somebody and just feels incredibly powerful to have to shut it all down. Reporter it has been over a month since kurt huffman closed 20 restaurants, furloughing 700 employees. I apologize. Reporter his emotions still raw. Clearly still it is still weighing on me a lot. Reporter covid19 wreaking havoc on businesses and employees, tens of millions of americans already filed for unemployment, millions more are expected. But as some states reopen, businesses are starting to rehire. Once the 600 federal money started arriving, we noticed it was almost impossible to get people to come back to work. Reporter the federal stimulus gives unemployed workers an extra 600 a week through july. Unemployment now pays equal to or more than average weekly wages in 38 states. Including oregon where huffman owns restaurants. Our employees are confronted with the decision which is do i want to go back into work, an environment im not exactly positive is safe because there is no testing available, and make less money . So the obvious answer is no way. Why would you do that . I wouldnt do that if i was them. Lots of low wage workers, front line workers who lost their jobs quickly due to social distancing measures, in some cases those workers can earn more on unemployment than they were in their old jobs which does just highlight, we had a wage problem in these jobs before this crisis ever happened. Reporter in minnesota, christian opsendorf owns five dunn brother coffee shops. Revenue is down 85 and he furloughed 46 of his 60 employees. But slowly hes coming back online. We have been trying to bring people back on, especially our key employees. Because it costs us about 3500 per employee to train them. Reporter but employees face new challenges beyond health concerns. Like home schooling kids or taking care of loved ones. And with limited and uncertain work hours to offer, he says rehiring has been more challenging. That would be like any other employer that is paying more in wages, where would that employee go . Theyre going to do whats best for their family. Reporter minnesota plans to lift its stay at home order next week, while oregon continues to evaluate. Do you expect even if your restaurants may be able to open at a greater capacity that youll still have trouble bringing people back . It is like do i want to reopen in a context where i have to ask my employees it come back to work and take a pay cut . I dont think it is fair to ask people to come back when there is no testing available. Reporter several states, including iowa and texas, are warning some employees that if they refuse to take their old jobs back that they will be cut off from unemployment. But, alisyn, the question is how many hours can Restaurant Owners and Small Businesses really afford to offer employees at this point. Several states are not lifting their stay at home orders, so restaurants dont even have that opportunity to reopen. And so that is why, alisyn, were going to continue to see the millions of americans applying for unemployment, just a short time, were going to get a new set of numbers from the department of labor and it is looking like that number is going to continue, alisyn, to be in the millions. My gosh, such a great point. There is no playbook for how employers are supposed to do this and it is this pandemic, thank you very much. As vanessa said, well bring you the latest unemployment numbers in a few minutes and well discuss the plan for americas economy coming up. 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