50state strategy . You could argue thats a down side. Theres no perfect way to do this. Im trying to do it as a region, right . Im trying to do it as a region, because i think thats better, but yeah, when you do individual strategies, the tension with that and i think the rationale for the president is you have different problems in different states, and i think the president leaving it to the states was not just right and legal and constitutional. I think hes right that its different in different places. When we look at this state and talk about reopening, were going to talk about different strategies in different parts of the state, because the numbers dictate the strategy, and you have different numbers in different parts of the state. You raise the counterveiling point, which yeah, somebody could drive from place to place. Yeah, i understand that. Thats why were trying to balance with a regional approach. I dont want people going to new jersey or connecticut, and how do we coordinate that, but you do have different issues. [ inaudible question ] that would be a factor for sure. Lets not get ahead of ourselves. We are barely in this part of the world barely stabilizing our Public Health system now youre not seeing a total overload of the emergency rooms. That doesnt mean happy days are here again, right . The First Priority is life and death, Public Health. Were not at a point where well be reopening anything immediately, but we are planning. In the planning phase, yes, different numbers would suggest a different strategy balanced bid, your point, people are mobile and not only are people mobile you cant create unintended consequences. You open one area, but you dont open another area, and now i can drive to that area and i can go to a restaurant and go to a bar, i can go to do whatever i want in that area a now you could create an unintended consequence where you have a flood of people there. They opened a beach in jacksonville, i think it was, or some beach in florida the whole beach was filled. You have a pentup demand. You open a beach, people will drive from everywhere to go to a beach. If it was a little closer, i might drive to a beach. So you have to factor all of this in. Thats why its a very complicated equation. Reporter a number of state legislators, including speaker ainsley have they had they can and should move the legislative session, some taxpayers are saying its their job. Do you agree they can, and if so, is there Something LikeRecreational Marijuana at a time when the state really needs revenue . Look, first of all its totally up to them. Different branches of government. I spoke with the speaker yesterday. He speak with the speaker often. Hes working. I can tell you that. From a taxpayers point of view, if you think theyre legislator is not working, think again. They are working probably harder than they normally would, because you have all those constituents in that area with all these issues calling them and their phone is ringing off the hook and theyre calling me. I can tell from how much im talking to them, im talking to them more much, of more than usual. So theyre working. In terms of passing legislation remotely, they can do that. Thats up to them. As far as a complex issue that requires real analysis and real data, trying to do that on zoom, you know, conferences . I dont know that thats the best way to do it. But thats up to them also. Reporter marriage breweureaus . Reporter yes. What are we doing about marriage bureaus . We actually have thought about it. We are today signing an executive order allowing people to get their marriage licenses remotely and also allowing clerks to perform ceremonies over video. If thats an avenue people want to go down, it will be available to them. Video marriage ceremonies. Theres now no excuse when the question comes up for marriage. No excuse. You can do it by zoom. Say yes or no. Reporter your administration announce a process of going to release older prisoners who are near the end of their sentence on certain crimes. Can you speak to how many prisoners that would release from the state prisons. Melissa, do you have those numbers . Earlier in the week, docs made a decision over 55yearold with 90 days or less on their sentences, who were not found guilty of a felony or Sexual Assault offense, would begin the process earp they were going to be let out in the next 90 days anyway. They had served the entirety of their term and not a threat to public safety. I think that number is a little over 200, but i could get you the precise number. Reporter is it a rolling release . That they could become eligible . If they fit that criteria, yes, it will roll out throughout this current emergency. Reporter governor, can you speak to how many tests are being performed on prisoners . It seems like there arent as many tests being given to state prisoners, can you speak to that . Yeah. There are not enough tests being performed on any group anywhere in the state, okay . Theres not enough in buffalo, rochester, albany, north country, westchester, not for prisoners, not for the black and brown population, not enough for health care workers, not enough for police officers. Thats true across the board. Thats why we have to bring testing to scale across the board, because its true for everyone. Reporter the numbers in the prison system are so low, and with the way this spreads so quick lip, is that a concern for you . Any congreggant. Prisons are also a concern, but Nursing Homes by far and away are the number one longterm really devastate iing consequence of this disease. So to the extent i argue prioritization, you have congregant care, at the top of the list is Nursing Homes. Lets take two more questions. Reporter the communication yesterday was about residents in Nursing Homes who have been diagnosed with covid or suffered a loss related. What is the expectation of communications to loved once in staffers test positive . People are telling us theyre not get any communication still, even after everything you said yesterday. Nursing homes are privately run facilities for the most part. A nursing home will have rules of operation whether a person went into that nursing home. We have basic regulations of Nursing Homes. We dont get into a fine detail of what a nursing home does in their policy of community indication with Family Members and what Family Members do they commune wait with . Do they talk to only the immediate family, et cetera . I think we release probably more than any other state in terms of nursing home data. There may be im not an expert, but i dont know what else we could release beyond number of deaths per nursing home that doesnt violate health care privacy. If theres a complaint that a nursing home is nonresponsive, then we will talk to that nursing home and follow up. But i dont know that we have any state regulations on this. Not a regulation, but we do work on issues of communications between Nursing Homes and it is residents and their families. Reporter are you finding that Nursing Homes are not reporting fully or underreporting, or keeping information because theyre afraid of the stigma . I hear you. I dont know if thats what it is, because the dplum bers will come out. Any nursing home that thinking theyll sit there and people wont figure out how many people passed away, theyre kidding them selves. I have spoken to a number of newsing homes. Think more than anything theyre overwhelmed. They have staff shortages, staff are getting sick. The residence of the nursing home are under tremendous pressure. They havent seen a loved one. They havent had visitors. You have a large number of people dying, youre in a nursing home, Everybody Knows everyone, and people are dying. Then you have the state coming in, saying, you must report this, i want this report by 5 00 . And theyre saying to me, with all due respect, govern op, im taking care of peoples lives and youre saying do paperwork. Im saying its not really do paperwork, its important that people know and theyre concerned, but you have to see the dynamic of the situation. I dont think theres anything nefarious. Last question. Reporter have we gone federal approval to scale it up . We are working with the both the private sector as well as our own lab, and getting the information, sending a her to the fda about and well see where that comes. Theyre reviewing that at that point. That will help us scale up. Last question. Reporter how many nursing home residents have actually been tested. Yesterday you mentioned they would increase testing at Nursing Homes. How would you do that . I dont know that we would know. You know, Nursing Homes conduct their own tests. Again theyre private facilities, privately run facilities. We would have to do a surveying Nursing Homes and ask the Nursing Homes how many tests have been performed . How often have you performed them . But its not a question we would normally ask. We dont perform testing, by and large, in Nursing Homes. If theres a problem, we do, but theres about 600 Nursing Homes, and they do their own testing, which is another complication on this testing world. They also contract for tests, right . Theyre contracting for tests, hospitals are contracting. Private corporations are contracting for tests. I know, im the acme corporation, i want to go back to work, they are calling labs saying i want to buy testing, because i want to test my employees. You have all these sources coming into these testing sites. I have to go to work. A. All right. Everyone, there you were listening to the Daily Briefing by govern orr cuomo, at the end there you heard about testing as well as the number one congregant issue in the state. Welcome to all of you. Good day from msnbc world headquarters. Approaching a quarterback noon here in the east, 9 00 a. M. Out west. Heres the latest facts during this house. Mower than 700,000 confirmed cases across the country. 37,310 people have died. In fact just moments ago, as you were hearing, the governor of new york announcing 540 people died in the state yesterday, which remains the epicenter of this crisis in the united states, but that is the lowest daily increase in deaths that new york has seen in well over a week. The statewide death toll is now over 13,000. Stunning number there. Also today, new reporting from nbc news says that advisers are warning the president against moving too quickly to reopen the economy, saying hes walk ago fine political line. Well have more on that in a minute. First, more protests are expected today in several cities, rallies for an end to all the stay adhome orders after controversial tweets by the president calling to liberate certain states. We have new information from a leading democrat. We have to dial it down on both sides. Weve got to get the politics out of this right now. Its not going to help anybody. But when you have the president saying to liberate your state, liberate minnesota . Liberate virginia . That political right there. Yes, it is. You know what . I have tell people, lets not bite. Some states are already starting to ease re strikz. In florida very popular beaches, they are open today. Governor desantis great the approval, despite the outbrack. They emphasized theyre for exercise only, and not for gathering or tanning. New york times reporting a staggering 7,000 coronavirus deaths at Nursing Homes around this country. Lets go right now to corey kauffman. Where do states stand on this push to reopen their economies in just a couple short weeks, may 1st . Thats the goal, alex. Still, even with some states partially reopening by may 1st, no state will be fully open at that time. My colleague has a look around the nation at what some states are doing. Reporter new york and San Francisco tightening the rules, requiring all residents to wear a Face Covering in public, while some parts of the country may be back in business sooner rather than later, as governors look to lift orders. Opening texas must occur in stages. Obviously not all businesses can open all ought one. Texas aloning product pickup and beaches in jacksonville, florida, are now open for limited hours. In michigan, some of the strictest social distancing rules in the nation may loosen up for businesses on may 1st. This comes after protesters clogged roads in front of state capital, demanding they get back to work. The frustration also building in new jersey. And oklahoma. Why crater the economy when the virus is not fortunately not as bad as what it was anticipated to be . Reporter new york does remain the state with the most amount of cases. The governor has a goal of may 15th at the very earliest, alex. He does say testing will be a major requirement for reopening. He hayes said over and over again he knees more assistants from the federal government. That drew the ire of the president ,st, tweeting he should do more time doing and less time complaining. Quoto says hes done enough . None of us have done enough. This is not over. And this nursing home in queens reporting 29 deaths, but staffers think that could be closer to 60. Over in new Jersey Police discovered 17 bodies in a makeshift mohr. That is a major concern for them, the governor saying that Nursing Homes is his number one concern today. Thank you, cori. The president s advisers are warning about political risks. Lets go to monica at the without. Good morning to you. Alex, a balances act that continuing here for the president as he trying to assure americans he a reopening parts of the country safely and in phases, while also evaluating political what they might mean for his reelection down the road. Our reporting shows that top his top aiding are warning him about easing restrictions too soon, in part maybe because of some polls that Shows Americans are worried that those will be eased too quickly and lifted too soon. A pugh report in particular from the last couple weeks showed that 66 are too afraid that those guidelines will be lifted too quickly while only 32 feel they may not be lifted quickly enough. In those states that the president highlighted yesterday, were talking about michigan, minnesota and virginia, those are all led by democratic governors. Those are states that would be key to his reelection in november. The president seems to be targeting a message to his supporters. We saw there many of those are carrying trump flags where some of the most economic anxiety is being put forth by these protesters. Take a listen to what the president s message is, because he says he knows theyre listening. This is from the briefing. Reporter protesters to listen to local authorities . I think theyre listening. I think they listen to me. There seems to be protester that respect my opinion, and my opinion is the same as just about all of the governors. Reporter the 79s campaign is telling me they are also actively planning now future rallies, with only six months to go until the general election. Thats something theyre looking ahead to. The president himself has indicated he hopes to get back on the campaign trail, too. Experts are warning that really Mass Gatherings should be avoided in the weeks if not maybe months to come, alex. Thats something well be tracking. Monica alba, thank you. In maryland this hour, protest to reopen the country just one day after his calling. He were at the capital there. What are you seeing on the ground there, ali . Reporter alex, you were talking about the protests we have seen across the country, places like michigan and virginia. Today thats the case here in annapolis, where protesters are mostly from their cars urging officials to reopen the state. Larry hogan says hes seen cases on the rise here. And in the larger dmv alone, their cases doubled this week. Clearly, as Governor Hogan said, theyre not seeing signs that theyre ready to reopen the state yet. In terms of the people showing up here, yes there are people who seem to be here for the boldfaced reason theyre in support of trump. But then there are also people say that politics is a secondary concern. I talked with one woman in her car, shes a Business Owner here who hasnt gotten a stimulus check, and who really want to see herself have the ability to work and bring in her money. She owns a beauty salon, and so, yes, for the most part im seeing people out here who are keeping politics urging Governor Hogan, who is a republican i would add, to reopen the state supporting the work that President Trump has done. At the same time, though, there are the people out here talking about the need to keep businesses open and keep the economy going. Looking behind you, im concerned about the lack of everybody having a mask there. I know its not the case in the state of maryland. Theyre not required as they are here in new york, and in los angeles, california now. Thats concerning. Just look around for your own safety and move away, right . Reporter ill be honest, im not seeing people adhere to the social distancing we often talk about on this network and elsewhere. Ali, thank you very much. Joining me right now, ned lamont. Im so gad to have you, sir. What do you think when you see people not respecting social distancing, as we just saw in that live shot there . How concerning is that to you . I think theyre crazy. Just when were beginning to flatten. Curve, if we can keep our discipline a bit longer, it would be much better when we get our businesses open again. Lets get to the protests against those stayathome orders. How about your react . Do you think they are political driven rather than economically driven . Is the president agitating some of these folks with his tweets . No question. Theres Politics Around the edges right now, but theres also spring fever. Its getting warmer. People have been stay safe stay at home for more than a month now. Theyre getting edgy. Peoples businesses have collapsed in many cases, i understand the frustration, but eel get more frustrated if you rush back to work too soon and let this