Good morning. And welcome to am joy. As of this morning, more than 930,000 americans have tested positive for covid19. In a little over a month, the death toll in the United States has gone from 41 reported deaths on march 15th to more than 53,000 today. The number of unemployed americans also skyrocketed with an additional 4. 4 million new unemployment claims just this week. Bringing the fiveweek total to more than 26 million. Congress passed yet another relief bill, which replenishes the paid Protection Plan for Small Businesses. And allocates more funding for hospitals and testing. Critics of the bill say it doesnt go far enough. The bill leaves out crucial funding for state and city governments, snap benefits and rent relief to name a few. Without that fund, state and local governments are bracing for and in some cases already enacting major layoffs and budget cuts that could impact essential services. Congress is already looking toward the next relief bill, while back at the white house donald trump skipped out on his Daily Campaign rally, disguised as a press briefing on saturday for first time in two weeks. Trump blamed the media for his absence in a tweet, but new nbc reporting tells a different story. The white house is considering reducing trumps briefing appearances, apparently aides are concerned the briefings are backfiring politically. Especially after the president suggested people ingest disinfectants to cure covid19, forcing Companies Like the makers of lysol to issue warnings to please not ingest their products. After the comments, which he later tried to rewrite as sarcastic, despite the entire exchange with the Scientific Team during the opening part of his briefing were on tape, new York City Poison Control Center reported that calls about exposure to bleach, lysol and other household cleaners more than doubled. Joining me now is speaker of the house nancy pelosi. Speaker pelosi, good morning. Thank you for being here. Good morning. My pleasure. I wish it were under different circumstances. I do indeed as well. This is an extraordinary circumstance that were seeing in which a president of the United States has had to walk back and pretend he did not suggest that the American People ingest disinfectants and shine uv light on themselves which could burn people, and that the white house is scrambling to prevepr pretend that wasnt real when we all saw that happen on live tv. Can you comment on the seriously of what we have seen happen and what comes out of Donald Trumps mouth these days. I just want to say how sad it all is, the numbers are staggering in terms of the infections, but also, of course, the deaths so serious, every family a tragedy. And yet we have these comments coming out of the white house of the president has been irresponsible and we have insisted on the truth. He said it was a hoax, he said it would go away magically, he said all kinds of things that were not true. And people believe him, hes the president of the United States, the president s words have weight. They have weight. So now that hes gone to this limit, at least it means that lots of scientists and medical professionals have come forth and said, no, he has gone too far this time. As i said, as a mom and a grandmother, im embarrassed sometimes how the president talks, hes crude in that you dont want children to hear that, but this is dangerous. This is dangerous. So speaker we have put forth four bills in a bipartisan way to help take us into the future. Ignoring some of his comments and instead paying attention to science, evidence, data, fact and truth, insisting on the truth. Lets talk about those bills. We do know there has been this next bite, we know there will be further bills, in the current relief bill, here are some of the highlights of the bill for the audience, the Paycheck Protection Program has been renewed with 320 billion in fresh funding, 75 billion for hospitals and healthcare workers, providers, Economic Disaster loan fund of 60 billion and covid19 testing of 25 billion. Some things did not make it into the bill. Take a listen. Where is the permanent sick leave . Where is the salary protection . Where is the represent forgiveness . Where is the guarantee that utilities cant be shut off . Where is the money are undocumented workers and the homeless . Where is the direct money for those communities people of color that are being hurt the most and poor communities like up in appalachia and kentucky . Were making a fundamental mistake. The data tells us pandemic spreads through the officials of this society and these bills are a dereliction of duty. It says too many people are still too comfortable with too many other peoples deaths. What is your response to that, madam speaker . Well, im a gradeeat admirer listen to stories from and hes absolutely right, we have to have many more things in this. And we did in c. A. R. E. S. One. We were preparing for c. A. R. E. S. Two when along came this intervention. And i really wish the people would understand better what Maxine Waters and Nydia Velazqu velazquez, the chair of the Financial Services committee and the Small Business committee chair, put into this bill to take it from a place of 250 first come first serve from the banks to community development, Financial Institutions now being able to lend to those who are previously had been underbanked. They dont have sophisticated relationships with banks. This is a specific interim bill and we changed it from ppp, which we all support, and we want to renew that, not without removing the hardening of the disparity to access to credit for so many of the underbanked, some of whom the reverend mentioned there. We it is hard to understand but we will get it in the next bill, why we couldnt get snap in this bill, snap that is food stamp program. First of all, it is a moral thing to do. People need it. Third of all, it is a stimulus to the economy. The in c. A. R. E. S. One and we will do it again in c. A. R. E. S. Two, in our bills, we have had legislation about evictions and mortgage foreclosure and the rest. That agenda is our agenda as well. So of it will be possible. Some not now. And depending on the timing. The president said he would do state and local. This bill we wanted to just do and move on. Chuck schumer fought very hard in the senate as i did in the house, but he, being the senators, you know, they speak from a state perspective, he fought very, very hard for state and local in the bill that we did. And they said, you know, youre having another bill, well do it then. And we will. And we will do it in a significant way. And why we will succeed is because the governors democrats and republicans, are insisting upon it. They have made outlays for the coronavirus that are extraordinary. And they have lost revenue and we want that covered because of the coronavirus. And what that covered too. State and local, lets say our heroes our heroes are healthcare workers, First Responders, police, fire, transportation workers, Emergency Services, postal service, food folks. All of the people who make our lives possible, many of them risking their lives in order to save lives and now theyre in danger of losing their jobs. So thats what when we say state and local, were talking about jobs. Jobs in the front line of the coronavirus. And thats what chuck fought for to ensure we would get it as soon as possible. The president , you know, understand, you have to have a signature from the white house. President says hes going to do it now. And we take take him at his word. But not only that, we are advocating in a bipartisan way governors, mayors, democrats, and republicans, to make sure that happens. Snap, for sure, rent assistance, the list everything is impacted here. We have to, again, working with our friends and labor talk about safety in the workplace, job security, pension security, we have an array of concerns that are other priorities of all of us and we have to get as much of it as possible. But understand, were two different parties, they do not share many of our values or our beliefs. So we just have to get the public as engaged as possible in that, and i always welcome the beautiful values based statements of the reverend. Yeah. And, you know, to that very point, i think that it is clear that the parties are markedly different in terms of values and what they value, what each party values and donald trump has Mitch Mcconnell fighting for what it is that he wants. I think for a lot of people the question is whether or not democrats have at any point said to Mitch Mcconnell, said to the white house, look, this is what were doing. We want there to be, for instance, we heard doctors and First Responders say, you know, they love to have loan forgiveness, crushing educational loans in a lot of cases. People who are in places like appalachia, people who are poor or saying, some benefits would be good here too, gig economy workers, et cetera, need help. And make the republicans say no. Make them say no publicly and make them pay the price for it. What do you make of that argument . Well, couple of things, first of all, we do have to recognize that there are those who need Debt Forgiveness or some percentage of it. We also need some people do not have school debt or but they are in a hazardous situation and we will have hazard pay. Chuck schumer is taking the lead on that in the United States senate and that is a priority for us on both sides of the aisle. What i said to some of my, shall we say, our impatient relentless persistent dissatisfied advocates and thats what advocates are, i say to them one thing we have to do is just curate, prioritize what we must have, recognizing that we have to have the public with us on this. And, ive said this to the on any number of occasions, you have to be ready to walk. You have to just say, im ready to walk. Now, what is the how do you weigh the equities in that . What do you lose . I had concerns they were not sufficiently committed to doing collecting the data so that we could see the disparity in how this was hitting coronavirus was hitting communities of color and the rest. I said, i cant even get the votes for that. Thats one way to we got that in the bill. Right. Well, let me ask you a couple of other specifics. Thats a good point of what is the politics of the possible her. We know now coming out of wisconsin, that there have been 40 coronavirus cases that have been directly linked to Milwaukee County and the forcing of voters in a lot of cases urban voters, black voter, to stand in line to vote. Senator Kamala Harris was on this program yesterday, discussing her vote save act that she is right now getting cosponsors for to try to protect the vote in november. What is the status of trying to get Election Protection and also help for the post office, which would be tied to that and making sure that the post office is not defunded because there are a lot of people who were worried we wont have a free and fair and safe election in november. We talk about this whole coronavirus challenge in three ways. The lives of the American People, the livelihood in terms of the economy, and the life of our democracy. It is very important for us. We have 400 million in c. A. R. E. S. One. We wanted more. We had put in 2 billion. We wanted more. And maybe more than that depending on the how long this persists. So it is very essential, it is essential that we can vote by mail and we had in our bill, im glad you asked about this, we had in our House Democratic bill that we sent over to the senate, we had requirements that states must send an absentee ballot to every registered voter. That they should have same day registration. Other opportunities to remove obstacles of participation. Instead, they took down the number, they took it way down, we got it back up to 400 million, which is a good start. Just a start. Down payment. And then we they put in in order for the states to participate in receiving those funds, they had to put up like 20 of it themselves. Well, forget that. Not only should they forget it, not only should i say that, but the state the National Association of secretaries of state, which is bipartisan, led by a republican, said get that requirement out of the bill. And there is some other bad things too. Theyre not it is unworkable, not going to be able to use the money if you have to pay to get it. So this is important. What they what happened in wisconsin was unconscionable on the part of the United StatesSupreme Court. They turned themselves into party hacks. Party hacks. The court said, the election had to take place on that day, the court the lower court also said, though, should be consideration for more time for getting and counting absentee ballots. The Supreme Court even reversed that. They said you cant do the election, you have to do the election that day, but no accommodation and why . Because they had a political purpose. Disgraceful. However, under the leadership of wisconsin, the Democratic Party and the democratic establishment there, and the messaging that went out to the public, they won the election, thank god. But they taught us a lot of things about Voter Protection and actually what the Supreme Court of the United States said to the state of wisconsin is why dont we all just go to the mardi gras together. So we can all be contaminated. Having those people stand in those lines for those hours having to interact with people and the polling place, unnecessarily, terrible. But in any event, they won, thank god, and they won a lot of it with the absentee ballots. Yeah. Indeed. In a rare case, absentee ballots, more democratic than republican. On a couple of other issues, one of them is the incarcerated population. A lot of that population is federal. There is a concern this could be a fresh source of outbreak and there could be a disaster for incarcerated people because of this virus. Is anything being considered for the next bill to deal with that . In our caucus, we are very devoted to the gospel of matthew when i was hungry, you fed me, when i was homeless, you sheltered me, when i was imprisoned, you visited me. And so this for us is a part of our value system. And our especially under the leadership of our congressional black caucus, and others, there has been a real focus on this. We will have language developed by the Judiciary Committee to have some order and clarity so that some people can leave who dont really need to be there but clarity because what the administration is doing is confusing. And not clear. But it must be addressed. And it must be addressed. It is so very sad. But, again, a priority for us. Everything should be about the truth and saying insist on the truth. What are the numbers . Lets find out. Lets find out what this is. What are the facts . What is the science of this, of these people being together there unnecessarily and then in cases some of them having served enough of a sentence to leave, but in any event, whatever it is, that they be protected, that their health be protected. Shouldnt be a risk of life. And thats largely the issue from there. We want to protect everyone. And we want it to be something that knows no economic, legal, ethnic, racial difference. And thats why were very proud of what we put into this bill that people are saying didnt do enough in there. But we did get the mobile mr. Clyburn our distinguished whip, was very much about getting the mobility of out there to test and to trace and the rest. But, again, lets come back. Science, science, science, testing, testing, testing, tracing, tracing, tracing. Isolation. Treatment, prevention for everyone because thats the right thing to do. But it is also the safest. Indeed. Hopefully it will also insist on the truth. Give us the facts. Insist on the truth and ignore some of what the president said. Ill tell you what the public wants us to see, they want to see our heroes protected and so thats part of our thrust as we go in for the state and local. They want their checks. Their unemployment checks, their rent payment checks, their the Small Business checks. And they dont want any of our money. Any taxpayer money being squandered by Big Industries who get this money, the money is to be spent, to keep people in jobs and not for enriching shareholders, dividends, bonuses, ceo pay or any of that. There are three things that in our what were doing we try to were very proud in c. A. R. E. S. One to take it from triple down to worker first bubble up. And thats what we did in the next bill by saying if we are going to do more on Small Business, we have to recognize what the Small Businesses are, women, minority, native american, rural, veteranowned businesses that have not had the same access and we must have hospital and testing to the tune of 100 billion. So we think we accomplished a lot in that few days that between the ask and the passage of the bill. Indeed. Madam speaker, i hope to have you back on. Were running up against a break. I want to thank you for being here. Hopefully when we bring you back, we can talk about what is going to be done regarding we know there are a lot of migrants still no idea how many are incarcerated. We would like to figure out what is being done about that population. Thank you. Stay safe. Thank you, joy. Stay safe. Thank you very much. Coming up next, beto orourke joins me to talk about the response to