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I dont know if you heard in the closing you and i like to go out and do things outside. People watch tv for hours, they binge watch. They have everything delivered at home all the time and now theyre being asked to do just that and theyre freaking out. Its hard to just sit on the couch, though. Im a recluse. I can sit on the couch a while. I do like to get out, but im a recluse. So all those things they were saying about social distancing, i was like i kind of do that all the time. You know, i dont have to leave my house. We can do this. Its not that big a deal. And if we do it for a few weeks...

Covid19, the president cited an estimate that if the federal government had done nothing, 2. 2 Million People could have died. He then said if 100,000 to 200,000 americans died, it would mean that the federal government did a good job. When i heard the number today, first time ive heard that number, because ive been asking the same question as some people have been asking, i felt even better about what we did last week with the 2. 2 trillion dlrsz, because youre talking about a potential of up to 2. 2 million, and some people say it could be higher than that, so youre talking about 2. 2 Millio...

He has a, quote, 15day initiative to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus, then get everyone back to work. Meanwhile, the reality not matching his plans. New cases continue to mount by the hour tonight. Donald trump says he also wants to loosen federal guidelines for some parts of the american workforce. In his briefing late tonight he said were near the end of our battle with this pandemic. Ultimately the goal is to ease the guidelines and open things up to very large sections of our country as we near the end of our historic battle with the invisible enemy. That is false. Not only false...

Thank you very much, mr. President. I want to just talk very briefly about two or three things. First, the issue of testing and how that has really changed the complex of the approach that were going to be able to take. Testing was an issue. We had many questions of testing in this room for a number of times. Now that we literally have hundreds and hundreds and thousands of testing out there, there are a few things that we can do with that. One of the things is when we make policy what were going to be doing with the rest of the country, particularly those areas that are not hot spots, we need...

Promptly, says he wont follow. And says you dont have to, either. So with the masks, its going to be really a voluntary thing. You can do it. You dont have to do it. Im choosing not to do it but some people may do it and thats okay. It may be good. Probably will. Only a recommendation. Its voluntary. I wish he would think, not about his own image but, about setting an example for the country. What would people gain from wearing a mask . And why are you opposed to wearing one yourself . Well, i just dont want to wear one myself. Its a recommendation. They recommend it. Im feeling good. I just d...