Million. Nearly 19,000 americans have died in total. Global deaths now surpassing 100,000 with nearly 2 million cases, more than 300,000 people have recovered worldwide. Good morning to you. Im Griff Jenkins in washington with my colleagues, gillian and pete up in new york. Hi, guys. Good morning, griff. How are things in dc, give us the weekly update. The weekly update, they fear a spike here. Theyre urging the mayor to get you to wear masks, to continue the social distancing, much as the rest of the country, as you see signs of hope, glimmers of progress in new york. Other areas like dc are well aware this is not a time to take your eye off the ball. This is a time to stay steady, keep doing what youre doing. In new york, i see a ton of people wearing masks. Theyre taking precautions, wearing masks, wearing gloves, doing everything they can, the majority of the people ive seen to stay on course. Ive seen about ive been to the Grocery Store, liquor store, about half and half id say, mask, not mask. But everyone respecting social distancing, everyones aware. I mean, certainly the times are different. I will say a good sign, Governor Cuomo said 140,000 hospital beds would be needed by now, some projections said that. Only 18,500 in use total. If you look at where the projections were, again, im not dismissing the difficulty of where we are, but projections have outpaced where we are, probably because of the prudent measures people have taken. Were not out of it yet. It is important that we look at the number of recoveries. Thats the one thing people tell me on social media and when i talk to people on the phone. They say lets focus on the recoveries because its so important to look at that number, more than 29,000 in the u. S. Right now. Thats a glimmer of good news. Lots of questions coming up. Weve got the doctors. The other think we have to look at is the economy. 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So i have a task force, ill have a council, its going to be announced on tuesday, with names that have you a lot of respect for, a lot of great names, different businesses, different people, top bipartisan. I call it the opening our Country Task Force, our opening our country council. I would love to open it. Ive not determined anything. The facts will determine what i do. We do want to get the country open. I think the president understands the gravity of this decision and Going Forward how this is going to play out because he understands theres so many people right now who dont have jobs, who have lost their jobs, so many businesses who either have had to close or will have to close and if you do it too soon you risk having to do it again and that is certainly not what anybody wants. No, its a call of a lifetime indeed because the timing, he has proven he can cut red tape, thats happening right now, getting the checks out the door to the struggling americans. The call is going to be whether or not he can unleash this beast of an American Economy that hes developed over the last three years and get it done in a way that it doesnt feel like were taking four steps backwards and seeing spikes i and the hospitas overwhelmed. When he talks about the task force, im dying to know who is on the team, right. I mean, he says its going to be bubipartisan. Of course course hes proven e will get people to think outside of the box to give him advice. Mark cuban was on the ingram angle last night with brian guest hosting, he was asked whether he might join the team. Heres what cuban said. Would you like to be on that council or be considered. Yes, any way i can serve my country, im allin, if they ask me to, i would be happy to. You should have no doubt the president will look for everyone who can give him the best advice and council about how to do this. If you open the New York Times this morning, theyre talking about the statistical models and theyve acknowledged that it is a mix of guesswork and science, what you put into the model, the assumptions you make determine the models you get later on and everything changes once its confronted with reality. Its as much an art as it is a science and so finding the people who will think outside the box, help him determine is it a one size fits all, is it may 1st we start to open and people take their own personal precautions or is it a regional approach. But hes right to focus on this. Its been his instinct from the beginning. You could have if the solution is worse than the problem, when it comes to the economy, were in a tough spot. So i think the president is totally rights on his instincts here. Well see but making this call, wow, its a big one. Dr. Fauci agrees with you, pete, in that if you do this it cant be one size fits all. Here as little bit of what the doctor said about reopening the country. Listen. I think reopening it is not going to be like a light switch that you switch on or off. Because if you look at throughout the country, its a large country and the outbreaks are really quite different, depending upon where you are. New york, new jersey area is very different from now what weve seen in Washington State and in california. New orleans in some respects was very much like new york and detroit also, so if youre going to essentially make the first steps of trying to gradually open up the country and hence the economy, there are a lot of program officers. And you guys know that youve heard the president on multiple occasions talking about the in some cases better relationships that hes been able to form with a lot of governors in different states, how important thats been and thats going to continue to be such a priority. That is so important, communication at this point is key and back to your point that were you making earlier, pete, about how the president should be focused on this right now. This is going to take time. This is not going to happen overnight to reopen the economy and to reopen our country. So to be focused on this right now and to get this task force going earlier rather than later is going to benefit all of us in the long run. Youve got to get ahead of it and the relationship important because the president has taken the approach that we have a federalist system, which means states get to choose and make their own decisions, which means states get to decide when their economies open up as well. It those be a partnership. The president cant dictate it. Absolutely. Lets talk about this. Negotiations are underway on capitol hill for a new relief package for struggling families and business as democrats propose a 9 11 Style Commission to investigate the white houses coronavirus response. Garrett tenney joins us live with more on this. Good morning, garrett. Reporter good morning, yall. Those negotiations are very much underway with the white house agreeing to bipartisan talks. It appears theres a ways to go before theyre able to reach a deal. The clock is ticking because Small Businesses across the country are suffering and the add medicinadministration is pre 350 billion for loans in Small Businesses thats already been approved will be gone by the end of the next week. 168 billion have been approved by this government guarantee, as long as you keep your payroll intact, youll be forgiven for the loan. Those are enormous numbers. Thats one reason by the way our estimates are were going to run outs of money for the Small Business thing april 17th. Reporter while the u. S. Is in the middle of this fight against the coronavirus you, a p of democrat is proposing a 9 11 Style Commission to investigate the federal governments response to the pandemic. This comes as Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer is blasting the president for removing the pentagons Inspector General who was tasked with monitoring the coronavirus Economic Relief plan. Schumer said in a statement, President Trump is abusing the coronavirus pandemic to eliminate honest and independent Public Servants because theyre willing to speak truth to power and because hes so clearly afraid of strong oversight. The phase three legislation that was signed into law provided checks for most americans and fox news learned we have a Treasury Department that those checks will start to show up in the mail for most folks over the next few days. Back to yall. Garrett tenney, thank you. A little perspective here. The 9 11 commission happened more than a year after 9 11. So 9 11 happened, we react to it, people do the best they can and then theres a bipartisan commission. Youve got folks like adam schiff right now were in the middle of it. There are people in the middle of it right now, calling for a commission, reeks of nothing but partisanship. If you want a commission, put a commission on china. Find out what the communist chinese did to be come play senn the spread. This is people will see through this. Its not an earnest attempt. Its an attempt to try to get at the president. I think its disgusting. Yeah, i mean, listen, just for perspective, by the way, on Larry Kudlows hair blowing in that sound bite with garrett tenney, it was 50, 60mileanhour winds yesterday in washington. Ive never seen anything like it. It kept gusting. He hasnt gone off on the deepened. What kudlow was talking about is really the focus to some sort of partisanship, youve got to set the Small Businesses and bridging them long fluff before the president can long enough but the president can revamp the economy, youve got to do that. Why it didnt happen on friday is a shame well see if congress can set these two things apart come monday and tuesday because that is an issue that has to be dealt with whether they admit it or not through their partisanship. Partisanship. Well continw this. Did you want to Say Something . Thats the real issue, right. How do we deliver to Small Businesses that need this money right now . And instead, were talking about a 9 11 Style Commission and ways that we can point fingers at who is to blame in the middle of it . Fine. Wait a year. Do your commission, thats fine. I agree, lets learn from this. But thats the issue and i think people will see through that. Its unfortunate. Yeah, i think youre right as well. Because the Small Business owners and some of them are quite large that ive been talking to, have been blowing my phone up about the things that the democrats have put in there like the unemployment insurance. Well talk more about this throughout the morning. Absolutely. Now lets get tour headlines because were starting with this story. 25 veterans died from the coronavirus, federal officials are looking into whether the staterun facility provided veterans with adequate medical care. At least 59 veterans and 31 employees had tested positive for the virus. Employees claim management did not provide staff with protective equipment and placed patients with veterans who did not have the virus. A second chicago deliver has died from covid19. Purple ribbons lined city streets to honor the fallen sergeant. The 25 Year Department veteran has not been identified. This comes as two more nypd memberrinmembers passed away frm covid19. The Department Mourns the nypd commissioner, they say there are signs of hope. 27 Straight Days up, the number of people sick, until today. We had more people coming back to work than going out sick. There is light at the end of that tunnel. 600 nypd officers are back on duty after recovering from the virus. Nearly 3,000 members have tested positive. This easter weekend could bring brutal weather for Many Americans. Severe thunderstorms heading towards the south with potential hail and tornadoes. Colorado could see the snowest and coldest Easter Sunday in nearly a century with temperatures in the low 20s. Wow. Going to be a cold one. It will be. Coming up, a new treatment for covid19, just got emergency federal approval. But how does it work and how soon could doctors be using it. An Infectious Disease expert answers those questions. As a struggling actor, i need all the breaks that i can get. At liberty butchumal cut. Liberty biberty cut. Well dub it. 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Youve been doing this for a decade. Share what constituting america is all about. Yes, pete, constituting america is a nonpartisan educational foundation. We educate students about the u. S. Constitution and inspire them to become active and educated citizen. Weve been speaking go ahead. No, please. Weve been speaking live and remotely to schools now for many years and so when we heard of the school closures, we quickly pivoted and found a way we can still deliver our constitutional educational program. Absolutely. Youve been a part of this but also from what i understand students also teach other students in this program. So its not just adults talking to kids, its young people talking to young people. Tell me about your experience. Oh, absolutely. I actually started with constituting america in 2017 when i won their best psa competition scholarship. And since then, theyve been such a great asset in my life with promoting my winning works and ive been with them ever since. Theyre wonderful people and what better way to spread constitutional knowledge than through this organization. Are you a teacher at this point . Have you put out lessons or have you submitted things . How has it benefited your life . So as an actor myself, i am able to bring my acting into the organization. So i created a Public Service announcement in which i teach about the constitution and why you should learn it and my tag line is its an american thing, so know it. And thats on billboards all in texas as well as a short film that i did in charleston, going around interviewing people, asking them constitutional questions to see their knowledge. I love it. Thats fantastic. Kathy, where can folks get more information right now . Theyre looking for stuff to share with their kids. Help us out. They need to go to our website at constitutingamerica. Org and right on the front page they can register for our classes. 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