Im kendis gibson. Im lindsey reiser. Thank you for starting your day with us. Look at tampa, florida. The stayathome orders have been lifted except for hardhit south florida. Tomorrow, there will be a partial reopening of shops and restaurants, with social distancing. Capacity will be 20 . I dont think anybody in that picture or the shot got the m o memo. Starting tomorrow, more than two dozen states, home to roughly 146 Million People will be open for business. Arizona, indiana, kansas, nebraska, all of those set to ease stayathome orders, while implementing new restrictions. In florida, stores and restaurants will be able to open at 25 capacity at all but three counties. We spoke to a Restaurant Owner there yesterday who is excited to reopen. All businesses in missouri can reopen, so long as they maintain social distancing. The governor has given a green light for concerts to begin again in that state. In new york city, 1,000 Police Officers dispatched this weekend to enforce social distancing as warm weather draws crowds of people outside. The nypd has made 60 arrest s related to social distancing, since the citys stayathome policy began in march. New york has been the epicenter of the virus in the united states. Starting tomorrow, all costco shoppers and employees will have to wear face coverings in stores. A lot of costcos will be returning to normal hours tomorrow. On capitol hill, a live shot right here. The sun is coming up and senators are set to return to washington, d. C. This week. Nancy pelosi and Mitch Mcconnell, in a rare, joint statement, declined the white houses office to provide congress with rapid results tests. Congress will instead rely on the current testing protocol until the speedier tests become more widely available. Lets get you caught up on the numbers. As of this morning, theres 1. 1 confirmed cases across the country. 66,000 people have died. Lets head to monica alba, who is at the white house. Quite a sight, that flyover that took place. Well talk about the testing on capitol hill. Why did congress turn this offer down . Reporter good morning, guys. There was an outcry from senators who were concerned about having to return to work in washington, d. C. Tomorrow, without this ability to test everybody. So, they made an initial request over concerns of not having enough testing in the white house. And hhs secretary alex azar immediately offered the tests. He offered the testing that give results in a matter of minutes and 1,000 tests for capitol hill to distribute and use when they return this week. In a statement from nancy pelosi and Mitch Mcconnell you dont see the two agreeing on that much, unless and even issuing a statement together in their names, they said thanks but no thanks. I want to read you a part of that statement. Congress is grateful for the administrations generous offer to deploy rapid covid19 testing to capitol hill. But we decline at this time. Our countrys testing abilities is to scale up and Congress Wants to direct the sources to the front line facilities where they can do the most good, the most quickly. Youre hearing from both leaders saying, there isnt the right fit for us, but theres a need to test the senators. They will have to get creative about how that happens. In terms of the back and forth between them and the white house, listen to how White House Press secretary kalyleigh mcenay says, its not up to them to make. When we heard about the inquiry to asking tests for congress, we acted and wanted to provide the tests. Its the decision of leader mcconnell and Speaker Pelosi to decline that offer. Reporter and the president weighing in overnight with his own tweet, saying theres no reason to turn down the tests. And then, also taking a swipe at speaker nancy pelosi. Saying maybe she will use this as an excuse not to show up to work. Its worth pointing out that Speaker Pelosi has been on the hill in recent weeks, trying to negotiate the various relief packages and doing interviews. In terms of her not working, i believe she is working. Whether the house is not in session. But the Senate Returns next week, this will be a question for the aging population of senators. And then, washington, d. C. , also hasnt yet met its peak, according to health officials. So, double the concern there. Kendis and lindsey . Yeah. A lot of concern for the elderly senators and congressional leaders as they head back to capitol hill. Nancy pelosi has been wearing her mask, unlike many people in the administration. Nbcs monica alba at the white house. Thank you. Now, to the latest from new york. Heres a live look at times square. Pretty drizzly out there. Its the citys most popular tourist attraction. Is it . Yeah. Hard to tell. Sometimes you might see somebody actually laying in the street for a selfie, taking advantage of a photographic moment of all those empty streets. You know its weird times when elmo is not there in times square. Elmo and a few characters. Not the same in city parks, though. Look at this. Thats the famous mountain in central park. Crowds ventures out on what was a warm, spring day, with 1,000 nypd officers on their heels to enforce social distancing. A very strange sight. It was. Cori coffin joins us right now from times square. Amazed that you were able to get that location and a spot this morning. New york is still seeing an average of 1,000 people getting sick and going into the hospitals. Do they get the sense that the warm weather and temperatures will bring additional challenges in managing the spread . Reporter yeah, thats the number one concern, kendis and lindsey, as the warm weather brings people out. We saw the striking images. So many people clamoring to get out of their house. Once the rain lets up today, that will likely be the case again today. And Officials Say they will keep up enforcement. We saw some 1,000 cops yesterday, to warn people to keep their distance from each other. Theyll continue to do that today. And theyll continue to offer understanding that people need to get out of their house. They need to do it safely and smart. We expect people to come out. We dont want any organized activity. We dont want crowds gathering. We dont want someone barbecuing with their family and friends. We need people to stay apart, stay separate. Come out with your loved one. You can walk, exercise, ride a bike. But dont start gathering together. Were going to go out. Theres people without masks in the park. Were not looking to summons someone because they dont have a mask. Cops have the packages of cloth face masks that were giving out to people as theyre on the streets, reminding them, you save a life by covering up. Just keep smart, as you do this. And even still, the city is going to be closing some seven miles of streets. Those will be streets that are nearest the parks to allow people and bikes to be able to properly social distance. They can walk in the streets. That will be across all five boroughs. And mta will shut down service, from 1 00 to 5 00 a. M. They will disinfect buses, stations and trains in an effort to keep everyone safe. This will happen every 24 hours. And this is happening as new jersey, the neighboring state, starts to reopen, as well. They are seeing parks and beaches and golf courses opening. They have to be extra careful. They are reporting their second day of highest deaths, even higher now than the state of new york. Everybody wants to be out and soaking in the sunshine when the rain clears today. But theres a tension outside when youre on the path and youre like, okay, which way do i go to avoid this person . I had a woman walking opposite of me, going like this, to show her six feet apart. Absolutely. Its the same for Grocery Stores. How do you do that dance to get the apple around the person and not invade their space, too. Msnbcs cori coffin, painting the picture for us in times square. Pennsylvania will begin its regional reopening this week. But some businesses have the green light to resume operations. This week, Governor Wolf allowed private campgrounds, marinas and golf courses to open. But with changes to ensure social distancing. Maura barrett is live at a golf course just outside of philadelphia. Good morning to you. How are businesses and residents reacting to materially reopenings . Reporter guys, theyre really excited. Pennsylvania didnt have golf courses open for the past two months. They closed down back in midmarch because they were really trying to contain the spread of the virus. Same with the marinas and the private campgrounds. And so, Governor Wolf expressed concern about Peoples Mental Health as the weather gets nicer and he wants people to get out and about, socialize at a distance and get fresh air in. Thats why he allowed golf courses to open this weekend. Were outside of philadelphia. And the executive director of several courses in the area, tells me this is their busiest weekend in years. Tee times are booked about 95 capacity. But some of the restrictions theyre putting into place, theyre not opening clubhouses yet. Any golf courses are only doing carryout in restaurants. Theyre not allowing congregation on the putting green. We wont see people practicing there. And theyre only supposed to show up ten minutes before their tee time. And then, they walk the course, for the most part. The golf courses that are allowing carts, are limiting those people to one person per cart. Theyre doing a slow rollout into these openings. But the executive director here is telling me, theyre excited about being open, excited about people coming out. But theres a lot of uncertainty when it comes to looking ahead to the summer and how they will be able to develop business from there. Take a listen to what he told me just yesterday. Were spending a lot of time just researching and making sure that we can leverage other businesses and check in with the cdc on what the best practices are, so that we can keep everybody safe. I think most importantly, we have to be flexible because we dont we dont know what things are going to look like in a month. Reporter so, the northwest and the North Central parts of pennsylvania are allowed to slowly start reopening some businesses but not restaurants or beauty shops or anything like that, starting next friday. Here, closer to the southeastern portion of the state in philadelphia, theyre saying this wont start to reopen those types of businesses until a lot later. And just across the river, in new jersey, golf courses are opening there. But the governor warns this weekend, with the activities reopening, saying this is going to be a test for residents because, as easily as he can reopen the businesses, he can close them again if people arent being smart. Guys . I will say having the last couple of months off from golf, does give a great excuse for a lousy handicap once you get on the course. Its the quarantine. Seriously, its my quarantine swing. Well see. 14 l lets bring in dr. Benjamin salter. Were talking about states reopening. Dozens more tomorrow. Some golf courses in philadelphia and pennsylvania, 90 , 95 capacity for tee times. Is this too soon . Good morning, guys. Thats a really complicated question, i think. I was in the park yesterday, in central park. And the citizens of new york and everybody really just excited and anticipating just things slowly start to open. And i think everyone who led into my segment right now is right. We have to do it slowly. And we have to do it with flexibility, and we can go back and forth. If something happens like a second wave, or theres concern, we have to have the flexibility to do that. But every state is different. And every state has a different amount of cases. The businesses in every state are very, very different. Valid. Good point right there. You look at that map and look at the maps that show where it is all right now, at what point do we know whether some of the states were open too soon . And if thats the case, do you think that states will have to reinstate the stayathome orders . I think thats an excellent question. And i think states will have to be revisiting that idea every, single day, if they start to open. Youve seen the numbers. What about georgia . Did they reopen too soon . I think that, in my opinion, i think that a lot of the states are considering it a little bit too soon. But im more of a conservative when it comes to that. And im not really the expert in that area, to say that businesses should be reopening at a certain time, or any of that. Im just more conservative in that regard. Dr. Fauci has called a second coronavirus wave inevitable. Doctor, do you agree with that . And would a second wave happen in fall or winter alongside flu season . Or are we talking about a potential second wave because of the reopening . Specifically with regards to what dr. Fauci said, i dont think that im certainly not the person the expert to say there will be a second wave to talk really about the specifics of it. Do i think its possible . Absolutely. Do i think that opening up too soon can cause that . I absolutely do. But again, its something that Everybody Needs to be flexible about, if we start to reopen, it has to be on everybodys mind and we have to be smart about the precautions that we take and the social distancing. And you have to do it at a graded level. You have to go slowly to address everybodys fears. I mean, weve been in quarantine this long, why push it too quickly . Thats my opinion. I can understand that. Dr. Salter, youve been on the front lines for so many weeks at mt. Sinai hospital. Youve seen what a curve or wave that were on right now. What has been your experience there at the hospital . And where are we, as far as new york is concerned . I think that, you know, my personal experience has been, the best word to describe it would be overwhelming. Ive seen, you know, the overwhelming response of physicians and nurses and p. A. S and all of the Health Care Workers has been overwhelmingly awesome. But at the same time, the power of this virus has been overwhelmingly awesome. And its just been really, really lifechanging to see how quickly all of this happened in the hospitals. And the response has been really, really swift and solid in new york. I think were fortunately on a plateau and coming down a little bit from what our peak was a couple of weeks ago, which is excellent to see. At the same time, its very guarded, in that, like you guys have been talking about, a second wave can come if were not careful. And we have to remember that just because were on a downswing or a plateau, its not over. Theres lots of patients in hops and lots of loved ones that are still very, very sick and we cannot forget that. Thats a good point to make, dr. Benjamin salter. Thank you for the work you do. We hope you and your colleagues continue to stay safe. So many states reopening right now. We need to remember that just friday, the u. S. Recorded its highest number of deaths yet, in the daily total. It is still on the rise in many parts of this country. 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