hello i'm tim wilcox, welcome to viewers on bbc news we arejoined by we are joined by our international view is right around the world. in a moment we'll cross to washington where president donald trump is due to hold the daily press briefing, but before then, originally told he wasn't going to be holding a press conference. the secretary said to be a change of mind it was due to start this press briefing about one half hour ago but has been pushed back. we expect to see the president there and also industry leaders with the latest guidelines about how the country is dealing with the pandemic and indeed the opening up of various states. as soon as that starts we will return

to washington and listen to that. before that though, let's catch up with some of the first editions of the national and international papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. much of it of course focus on the coronavirus pandemic. much of it of course focus on the coronavirus pandemic. with me is the chief executive of the cross—party think tank, demos, polly mackenzie and the westminster editor of the daily record, torcuil crichton. let's just go through some of the papers that we've already got in. the times says the uk prime minister will unveil plans this week to start easing the lockdown, and is expected

to allow some nonessential shops to re—open if they can keep customers at a safe distance from each other. the telegraph says borisjohnson will hold a series of meeeting with key ministers to finalise details for how sectors, including business and schools, could reopen without risking a second wave of the virus. and the ft reports that chancellor uk chancellor rishi sunak willl begin to wind down the government's job support scheme, in an attempt to avert a surge in unemployment after its scheduled expiry on june 30. the international addition of the new york times takes a look at the impact of the lockdown on the french capital, paris. the daily mail says a quarter of doctors in the uk are having

to re—use protective kit meant to be wornjust once. and the guardian says uk ministers are holding a series of high level meetings with trades unions and business leaders amid fears that millions of people will be too fearful to return to work when the lockdown begins to be lifted. so let's begin... let's get through as many of these papers as we can before that press briefing starts at the white house. welcome to you both. let's start with the times polly, borisjohnson giving that briefing, that statement outside number ten. some people described it as a pep talk really, we didn't learn that much. indicating we were moving to the second phase. i think what he was trying to do was convey that he was back. gave a lengthy extended message about mugging that i didn't quite understand the stock the idea is... sorry. didn't you? saying if

you thought of it some sort of like a mugging, that's what it happened to him. yes, i suppose. this is the moment when we all wrestle the mugger to the ground? who wrestles mortgage to the ground? who knows, never mind. perhaps you've been in more successful fights that i have, ido more successful fights that i have, i do know. the question is how will these restrictions be adopted or changed? these restrictions be adopted or changed ? they are these restrictions be adopted or changed? they are not saying really on the move. the talk about how they can be adapted to allow more flexibility whether it's can be adapted to allow more flexibility whether its public services, schools, hospitals perhaps allowing some electric surgeries to go ahead that have been exposed bone. and shops, can they keep people two metres apart? basically they're just spent this week exploring announcing at least what the plan is by the end of the week. what did you make of it is interesting for schools to stay closed until june. interesting for schools to stay closed untiljune. because a lot of people have thought that it would be schools the first to open? yeah,

borisjohnson three schools the first to open? yeah, boris johnson three appearances morning was it meant about reassuring the public but it was really about trying to win that cast as well. to keep them on board he's going to have to spell out how this lockdown is going to end. and frances elliott and chris smith on the front of the times they are a fairly comprehensive wrap up of what the measures could be. the schools, bad news for her parents. they'll stay shut until june bad news for her parents. they'll stay shut untiljune at least. some shops could open, some extra shops could open that are not essential as long as their social distancing. football could start again behind closed doors. like formula 1 once you start behind closed doors. we could all end up with a bubble of ten family or friends. nicola sturgeon talked last week and she's been setting this case in scotland on explaining to the public how this might come to an end. this idea of a bubble of ten that you might be able to extend that lockdown to other

people. be careful who you choose, of course will stop you don't want to offend anyone. there is a bit of activity at the white house. that's move on to the telegraph and see if we can get some of that in. johnson says it's time to fire up the engine. that's what quoted in the times as well. i thought it was interesting that the police saying that would be very difficult to impose this lockdown if you got people going to diy shops and things like that. yes, sorry. he's not in favour of the lockdown. it's that sense that if people are in queues our warehouses delivering out parcels it feels absurd at least having to disrupt some staying three of our metres away from everybody else. we are just not used to having the police enforcing our social behaviour in this country. and so i just don't think they can continue. interesting also talk mentioning that he wanted to include other

parties and transparency to give this transparency but without giving any up—to—date. this transparency but without giving any up-to-date. yeah, well you wouldn't want to be starting here. he talks about transparency six weeks into this crisis was stop he talks about corporation months into this crisis. it shows that where beginning on a bit of the back foot on this all the time. and he's now stung by criticism that the government isn't listening. and the government isn't listening. and the government isn't listening. and the government isn't trusted. so he's trying to come back in his second phase as he calls it to be more thrusting, more open —— trusting. try get one of the story end. sage scientists is a bit of a facemask for public. always strikes me as strange when the government talks about you know, we follow the science. but now seems the science and scientists having just as many disagreement as politicians do. it's incredibly complicated. because the question is of course having a mask

might prevent you from breathing out coronavirus is on to other people if you got it. but you might end up top touching your face you got it. but you might end up top touching yourface a you got it. but you might end up top touching your face a lot more. you got it. but you might end up top touching your face a lot morelj you got it. but you might end up top touching your face a lot more. i did warn you i'm sorry. i think i'm coming down the steps now. we are going to cross to the white house and we will return to you later on. thank you very much, thank you. today i would like to provide you with an update in our war against the coronavirus. thanks to our comprehensive strategy and extraordinary devotion to our citizens we've had such tremendous support all over. we continue to see encouraging signs of progress, cases in new york area, new orleans, detroit, boston and houston are declining. denver, seattle, thea washington, dc, atlanta indianapolis

and st. louis are all stable and declining. all parts of the country are either in good shape, getting better in all cases getting better. and we are saying very little that we re and we are saying very little that were going to look at it as a superseding hotspot. things are moving along. really a horrible situation that we've been confronted with. but they are moving along. as we ex press with. but they are moving along. as we express our gratitude for these ha rd we express our gratitude for these hard fought gains however, we continue to mourn with thousands of families across the country as loved ones have been stolen from us by the invisible enemy. we grieved by their side as one family. this great american family. and we do grieve. we also stand in solidarity with the thousands of americans who are ill and waging a brave fight against the virus. we are doing everything in our power to heal the sick and to gradually reopen our nation. and to

safely get our people back to work. they want to get back to work and they want to get back to work soon. there is a hungerfor getting our country back and it's happening. and it's happening faster than people would think. ensuring the health of our economy is vital to ensure the health of our nation, these goals work in tandem. they work side—by—side. it's clear that our aggressive strategy to slow the spread has been working and is saving countless lives. for those who are infected, we've taken unprecedented action to assure they have the highest level of care anywhere in the world. the federal government is built more than 11,000 extra beds, shipped or delivered hundreds of millions of pieces of personal protective equipment as you know. in fact some of the people here are going to be talking about it. some of our greatest executives, some of the greatest anywhere in the world and distributed over 10,000

ventilators. we now have in a very short period of time, many have been delivered and hundreds of thousands are being built and frankly, every governor has more ventilators right now than they know what to do with. they're actually shipping them to different locations. and where shipping some to our allies and others throughout the world. because we have ventilators like the job that they done and getting this very complex piece of equipment built is actually incredible. you don't hear about ventilators any more except in about ventilators any more except in a positive way. we've launched the most ambitious testing effort. likewise on earth. the united states is now conducted more than 5.4 million test. nearly doubled the number tested than any other country. more than twice as much as any other country. in combat. moments ago i came from a meeting with some of our nations largest retailers including walmart,

walgreens, cvs, rite aid and kroger. we arejoined by walgreens, cvs, rite aid and kroger. we are joined by the leaders of those great companies and we also have with us the leaders from the worlds top medical diagnostics companies and suppliers, thermo fisher. lab core, qwest, us cotton and the american clinical laboratory association. these are great companies. these private—sector leaders along with others such as roche, abba, back and in certain, coal objects and suffer hard. have been exceptional partners and our unprecedented drive to expand our states capabilities in our countries capabilities. the job they've done is been incredible. the testing being developed and being developed right now has been truly an amazing thing. iwant right now has been truly an amazing thing. i want to thank abbot laboratories for thejob thing. i want to thank abbot laboratories for the job they've

done. i want to thank roche and particular those two have really stepped forward, and have it with a five minute test that people can take. and a five—minute know what the answer is. i'd like to asked if i could, the exit of the eight executives of these great companies and they are, they have really helped us a lot over the last 45 day period. were talking about a 45 day period. were talking about a 45 day period when many of us met. and since then like walmart and the others have done has been nothing short of amazing. i just want to ask them to come forward and say a few words about their company. plus they are going to make a big contribution to our country. please, come forward , to our country. please, come forward, please. thank you. thanks very much. thank you, mr president. and thank you for all you being here today. and what would like to talk about is the progress we made. the la st about is the progress we made. the last time we were here was march 13,

none of that progress could be made without the 47,000 people at quest diagnostics that are working around the clock. working up the tests and running the test. in delivering the results that we need. as far as results, we've made tremendous progress. we are currently at quest diagnostics testing about 50,000 tests per day. we've been pushed by the task force to bring up that number by the end of may will have 100,000 test per day. about 3 million test. these are the molecular test that we do today. we've also brought up serological testing. we started that this past week and by the end of may we will be close to 250,000 a day. about 7000 a month. you put those two numbers together, it's about 10 million test by the end of may will be doing at quest diagnostics. we are doing that also in a quicker way. around times was somewhat of an issue. in the early days we reduce

after want to do days. turnaround time for people in beds, hospital bedsis time for people in beds, hospital beds is less than 25 hours. we are doing that in the same way we dealt with the fda where clear delivering the quality that you expect. convenience will improve as well with convenient solutions. they will be able to swap individuals more easily. also delivered to consumer will need to have consumers choose a test online with a telehealth provider. better like to offer my colleague the podium as well. mr president, thank you very much for your leadership and for having us all here today. our scientists and ourlab all here today. our scientists and our lab technicians are working day and night in order to do as many times as we possibly can for the american public. and to turn those tests are run as quickly as possible. just 45 days ago we said we could do several thousand tests a day. we can now do 60,000 tests a

day. we can now do 60,000 tests a day and were continuing to