humid -- strong human desire to not think you have covid. so when i have a headache, i would rather think i have a migraine then covid until it smacks me in the face. as we about control measures, it's very difficult to believe on people's to rely reporting of their symptoms as a fail proof measure of preventing transmission. fever night be different, but clearly there are a lot of people who are carrying the virus who don't have fever. the other question on home remedies, i think people should do what makes them feel safer and i'm a big believer in home remedies if you are actually sick. that evento just say in a clinical trial --

>> good afternoon. i have an announcement for you for hospital funding in the third phase of coronavirus relief. the trumpet ministration will distribute $12 billion to 395 hospitals across the country that have been hardest hit by the covid-19 pandemic. these hospitals have collectively cared for 70% of the 184,000 americans that required hospital inpatient care. $10 billion of the $12 billion will go toward hospitals treating 100 or more covid-19 admissions. hhs is distributive and additional $2 billion to these 300 95 hospitals in proportion to the amount of care they provide to low income and uninsured patients. this is consistent with our effort to ensure americans who need federal government assistance the most receive it. we will be releasing a breakdown of the states receiving this funding and the counties receiving this funding, but new

york, new jersey, and illinois received the most funding by state, while new york, new york, the bronx received the most per county as determined by our metrics. our health care providers, as president trump has repeatedly acknowledged, are our heroes as we work to defeat the invisible enemy. this funding will help defeat the virus. i love what this one provider said -- he said thank you and god for this relief. i have tears in my eyes out of gratitude for these funds. thank you so, so, so much. part of project air bridge have been completed stop they have expedited one million pieces of ppe for our heroes. the third phase of coronavirus relief included $320 billion in additional funding for the paycheck protection program, which as you know provides forgivable loans to small businesses to keep their employees on payroll. this program has been extra nearly successful.

during the first round of ppp loans, 1.6 million loans went to small businesses. of those, one million were given to companies with 10 or fewer employees. so it has gone to small businesses and businesses that need it most. that ppp is not just another government program. this is supporting every day americans who through no fault of their own have found themselves in this predicament. we saw this at the white house on tuesday. on tuesday, president trump welcomed small business owners and employees to the white house. they received ppp loans which help them pay their employees during the pandemic. gideon bowes was one of the businesses welcome to the white house. they employ 100 20 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. it is a coffee shop not far away from here. they had to temporarily close their doors but they were able to rehire all of their employees and i had the honor of meeting

michael, one of the employees, and he offered words of encouragement to our country and they touched my heart and i think they will touch the heart of america if you guys would not mind playing those remarks. >> thank you, mr. president for having us. i love my job and i am excited about going back to work. phrase called the not broken. that means me and all my amazing coworkers are not broken and we have lots to offer. and the great country of the united states is not broken either. so on behalf of myself, megan, and all of the employees, thank you for inviting us over. [applause] michael is an

incredible young man. i gave him a call yesterday and asked what he was up to. he said he and his fellow employees were handwriting notes to put in with the coffee packages they send out to their consumers. it really does put a smile on your face. michael is doing that every day. they represent the hope and opportunity on the horizon for america's workers as their business embodies the american spirit. workers like michael show this country is not broken and that we will recover together. michael, thank you. you are an american hero. thank you for sharing that message of hope and with that, i will take questions. >> welcome to the podium for the first time as well. marcus -- the markets are down substantially after the president yesterday suggested he might use tariffs to punish china over the coronavirus. is there any serious consideration being given to

putting tariffs on china was the president spit bawling? ms. mcenany: i won't get ahead of any remarks by the president, but i will echo the presence displeasure with china. it's no secret china mishandled the situation. they did not share the genetic sequence until the professor in shanghai did so on his own the next day. lab forut down his rectification and slow walked the information alongside the world health organization and did not let u.s. health investigators in at a good time. i certainly won't get ahead of the president with those announcements. >> is the president seriously considering china to plate -- to pay some sort of compensation or reparations? ms. mcenany: when it comes to retaliatory measures, i will not get ahead of the president on that. >> welcome to the podium. the president says he has a high degree of confidence that the coronavirus originated in a lab

in wuhan, china, yet his own intelligence agencies say they are still investigating. does the president have information and has he drawn the conclusion that the intelligence community has not yet? ms. mcenany: the president's statement is consistent with the other intelligence assessments. while we continue to have dubious data from china, current assessments indicate president trump's statement is consistent with what analysts believe is where the virus began and i would note the intelligent statement you are pointing to makes two points. one, that this virus originated in china and two, that it began with contact with infected animals or was the result of an accident at a laboratory in wuhan. so i consider that consistent with what the president said, that he has seen intelligence suggesting it could be in a wuhan laboratory. >> he seems to be reading into the idea that this started in a laboratory where the statements we saw from the dni says we are still investigating those two options. is the president in any way

creating mixed messages? remindnany: let me everyone that intelligence is just an estimate and it is up to policy makers decide what to do with that estimate. policymakers decide and he will make that decision at the right time. >> is the president close to deciding what to do about china? is he anywhere near a decision? ms. mcenany: i won't get ahead of the president's decision or the timing of the decision, but he takes this very seriously because the decisions of china that i referenced, slow walking some of that information, put american lives at risk and this president has one priority and that is the safety and well-being of american lives. >> welcome. dayss been more than 100 since a press secretary stood there and you say you have been planning to do these daily at one point. also, will you pledge never to lie to us from that podium?

ms. mcenany: i will never lie to you. you have my word on that. as for the timing of the briefings, i will announce that forthcoming, but we plan to continue these. >> welcome to the podium. about projectink warp speed? can you give us more details about the president being in charge of this and what would be the day today point person, what is the budget and when can the american people realistically expect there will be a vaccine available? ms. mcenany: there is a day today point person and that is the president of the united states, president trump. with regards to the vaccine, i would note the words of dr. fauci -- going into the phase of one trial within three months of eating the sequence is unquestionable, the world record, nothing has ever gone this fast. under the president's leadership, we are going faster than ever before, according to dr. fauci.

>> there is really no other point person? i guess the buck stops with the president? somebody on the staff? ms. mcenany: i'm not going to get into any details on how that works, but rest assured we are on an accelerated pace for the vaccine, at least for phase one of the clinical trials. >> the fed took an action bailrday that appeared to out oil companies. i wonder if the president has determined -- if he's happy about any additional assistance? ms. mcenany: i won't get into the president's personal discussions, but i would note the president is always looking out for the nearly 11 million american workers in the oil industry. i would note that we are filling the strategic petroleum reserve by 75 billionst barrels and that's the only announcement i have on the oil front today. >> the president tweeted this

morning about the protests in michigan. he essentially said the governor of michigan should work with the protesters and called them very good people and said they are very angry. some of those protesters included heavily armed protesters, members of a militia group. i wonder if the president was speaking about those specific members when he was talking about very good people? ms. mcenany: what the president was referencing is that generally in this country, you have a first amendment right to protest. i think that is something we all treasure here and we should. you have the right to do that, constitutionally, but you must protest within the bounds of the law. he encourages everyone to protest lawfully and to engage in social distancing guidelines which we think all americans should engage in. >> do you have any response to the people with long guns potentially storming the capital and facing off with police officers and intimidating in some ways -- ms. mcenany: the president says

we must protest lawfully and act within the bounds of the law. someen the president -- -- do youfear understand their reaction? ms. mcenany: jared kushner has first of all been a great job for this administration. what i would say to that is when he talks about a success story, he is talking about the story of this administration, which is the story of mobilization for the american people, the greatest mobilization of american industry since world war ii. we grieve for every american life that has been lost, but we want the american people to be confident in the response of this administration. that is what he was referring to. in the average year, the health care industry uses 25 million n95 masks, and we the liver in this short time 75 million, more than three times what the health care sector uses in a year. it is extraordinary that some in

the mediated -- some in the media were saying we needed ventilators -- not a single american has died or lack of a ventilator and the fact that this president can look the american people in the eye and say i'm producing 100,000 ventilators this year alongside the private sector, three times what we produce in the average year, i consider that a great success on behalf of the american people. >> it more about the toned and the policy itself? ms. mcenany: we want to give the american people confidence that they have a federal government doing everything in our power to provide the necessary equipment to combat this invisible enemy. we grieve for the american lives i will echo that today. i pray regularly for those affected by the coronavirus, but we are going to give confidence to the american people that you have a president under donald trump going to give the greatest mobilization of the private sector since world war ii. >> thank you so much for being here.

president trump mentioned the situation in brazil two times this week. of there talks in terms sending assistance to brazil, sending ppe or ventilators and he said that the president had to talk with president bolsonaro. ms. mcenany: the president has said any excess supply, we certainly help other countries, but in terms of a specific announcement regarding brazil, i don't have any announcement for you on that front today. >> welcome. one of the most important parts of your job is to have access to the president. can you give us some indication since you have been press what kind of access to the president do you have to get what he is thinking and relate it to us? ms. mcenany: i'm around the president almost the entire day. i was with him just before i came to speak with you guys stop my staff has a hard time finding me because i'm normally with the

president in the oval office. i'm consistently with him, absorbing his thinking and it is my mission to bring you the mindset of the president so that the president gets fair and accurate reporting and the american people get fair and accurate information. is blocking the world health organization from coming in and investigating how this started. shouldn't it internal -- shouldn't external investigators be allowed into determine how the pandemic started and expedite a way of finding a cure for this thing? secretnany: there is no that china stopped investigators from coming in. it's of paramount importance that we not into china in an expedited fashion and that did not happen. with respect to the world health organization, they have questions of their own to answer. the united states provides about $400 million to $500 million a year compared to china at roughly $40 million a year. but the who clear -- is clearly

having a china bias and its damming for the who when they consider the fact on december 31, you had taiwanese officials warning about human to human transmission and the who did not make that public. on january 9, the who repeated china's claim that the virus does not transmit readily between people. that was clearly false. the who repeated china's talking points but no human transmission and praised china's leadership on the 22nd on the 23rd they said the pandemic did not represent a public health emergency of international concern and on february 29, you had the who saying when the coronavirus was spreading around the world, they chose political correctness by opposing lifesaving travel restrictions. the travel restrictions the president put in place, the restrictions dr. fauci praised

as saving lives and you have the world health organization opposing a measure that saved american lives. that is unacceptable, especially at a time when the u.s. was providing $400 million to $500 million >> this time last week, the president was saying he was not happy with georgia's governor for the opening process. there have been some peaks and valleys in new cases, but overall, the trendline is down. do you know what the president is thinking about the georgette reopening? ms. mcenany: the president is resolute in state -- in saying that the state take the lead here. it's the decision of governors to decide what is best for their states. i've talked to experts, i've talked to dr. birx and to dr. fauci and they say this president has always cited on the side of data, which is why he encourages all states to follow the data guidelines to reopening, all states from georgia on down the line, but ultimately, it's the decision of the states.

one note i would make about the president, and times of national emergency, we have a trend in this country where presidents aggregate power at the federal level, but this president has invested in a principal which is federalism and i think that's the right decision. >> has he mentioned how he has felt about governor kemp in the last few days? ms. mcenany: i am not spoken to him about governor kemp in the last few days. >> as the president is looking forward to opening the country, does that mean he will be campaigning in those states that will be reopening? ms. mcenany: i would refer you to the trump campaign on that question. >> you mentioned dr. fauci a minute ago. are we going to have any more press briefings with health experts or has the white house shifted the message to focus more on the economy and less on the public health aspect? ms. mcenany: let me back up and talk to you about how we approach disseminating information. when i talk with my colleague

and we plan out the commute occasion strategy for this white house along with the president, we say what is the best mode for public to receive this information at the time? we allow the news cycle to guide us. i hinted at this last week. i use 35 states and probably more. americans are looking to reopening the country. we have had several events this week. dr. birx and dr. fauci on the airwaves, they have done a great service. we allow the news of the day to guide us. right now we are in a reopening phase which is why you see the president with ceo's and small business owners and small business employees, the great heroes that have emerged from this pandemic and done the hard work. every day we approach this as how can we disseminate information? the efforts of this president to

get the message out. the most accessible president. you hear from him quite often as well as the medical experts. >> is the task force still beating? -- meeting? we have hundreds of people dying. what role does the task force have? ms. mcenany: they meet regularly. i go to the meetings. dr. birx is meticulously reviewing the data in granular detail. those are still ongoing. rest assured we want a safe reopening. we are prioritizing the health of the american people and looking forward to reopening this country. [indiscernible] there is a quote i would like to get your response. it says the community concurs with the consensus that the

covid-19 virus was not man-made or genetically modified. how do you view this -- how do you understand the? [indiscernible] to hunt for evidence to support the theory that covid-19 was made in a wuhan laboratory? ms. mcenany: i can ensure you the no one is present -- communication stands. it is in concert with what the president said. i encourage the media to convey the facts to the american people which is we are in line as administration and stand by the intelligence community. that is in concert with what the president said yesterday. that is almost everyone. that is great. >> today former vice president joe biden denied allegations of

sexual misconduct against -- does president trump take him at his word, given he has denied allegations against himself? ms. mcenany: we are pleased the former vice president has gone on the record. we are glad to see he is on the record about this. far more compelling than anything they have with respect to brett kavanaugh. what did he mean by that and compelling? ms. mcenany: that is the president's assessment. it was a grave miscarriage of justice with justice brett kavanaugh. there is no need to bring of the awful and false allegations that were made against justice kavanaugh. that was an embarrassment for the democrat party to have dragged the name of a respectable man through the mud.

i will leave it at that. [indiscernible] there is word the decision to release michael: from prison -- michael cohen from prison has been reversed. is this intervening? ms. mcenany: no. i'm glad you brought up justice. there is a case of injustice that is yet to be brought up today. i would like to bring it up. that is the case of michael flynn. what we have learned from that should scare every american citizen. the fact you had jim comey admitting december last year that he violated a protocol by directing agents to confront flynn, something he would not have gotten away with under previous administrations. the fbi told flynn he didn't need a lawyer. agents he didn't think he was lying.

and the information we have learned the last months and years culminates in the fact we have a handwritten fbi note that says we need to get flynn to lie and get him fired area there is an unfair target on the back of general michael flynn that should concern every american, anytime there is a partisan pursuit of an individual. those questions are raised with regard to general michael flynn, and honorable man who served his country. >> when the president fired michael flynn, he said he was doing so because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. given all you have said, is it still through the president still believes michael flynn lied to vice president pence and the fbi? ms. mcenany: vice president pence is on the record about this. he is inclined to believe flynn did not --

i guess i would ask what it trouble you the fbi so we got to get flynn to lie? doesn't that trouble you? >> it is not my job to say whether or not it is troubling. the bottom line is the president said flynn lied to the fbi and the vice president asking a direct question. in the still believe -- does he still believe this? ms. mcenany: i point you to the statement that the vice president is inclined to believe flynn did not intentionally mislead him. i'm asking you to report what is a very scary story when the fbi is saying let us get someone to lie. i have seen scant coverage of that. i hope the american people, if you haven't heard it yet, are getting to hear it for the first time. going back to the south china sea, we have an issue this

morning where you had the uss barry causing international -- crossing international maritime waters. chinese officials are saying this will be a dead-end endeavor. withhe president spoken any side on the chinese as perez what the u.s. is going to continue to -- as far as what the u.s. is going to keep doing, going through these international waters? what are your responses to china's increasing aggression? ms. mcenany: there is no news after the president's conversation. i would redirect you to the -- >> democrats would have to give up a lot for aid for states. what is the white house asking for? in with governor cuomo that said the president has told me a few

weeks ago he would support this type of assistance. why are we bailing out airlines and defense contractors but not the states that pay teachers and first responders? ms. mcenany: it is a good time to remind everyone governor cuomo has praised the president's response in this crisis, what the president has achieved is a phenomenal accomplishment. we thank him for those words. fourng for states, phase is something we want to start negotiating on immediately and get to work on. the president has said, i will look to consider helping states who have coronavirus reasons for the financial situation, but he doesn't want this to be an excuse of bad democrat governance that have run the states into a financial predicament. he has mentioned that.

in terms of the types of things, don't want to get ahead of negotiations but want to emphasize he has mentioned sanctuary cities. that is an important issue that has cost american lives. last year ice officers arrested 20,000 criminal aliens with 5000 sexual assaults, 45 -- trafficking episodes. american lives matter. the brave ice men and women matter. it is something he would like to see an phase four. youn you explicitly -- are exquisitely conditioning [indiscernible] sanctuary city policies. ms. mcenany: that is not conditioning anything but something the president will bring up. >> the president has in the past denied -- [please stand by]

incredible than the ones against brett kavanaugh? what about the allegations raised against -- watching the public, what makes them any less credible than the allegations from tara reade? ms. mcenany: the president has swiftly denied these allegations raised four years ago. he has always told the truth on these issues. he has denied them immediately. you are bringing up issues from four years ago. the american people had their say in the matter. >> suggested that two things could be true at the same time.

we have had the president -- the vice president say it is his belief that general plan met -- general flynn may have unintentionally misled him. that is three years after the fact. flynn lied to the vice president and also to the fbi. if you go with the fbi piece of that, with the president have -- would the president still have fired him? it ms. mcenany: i will not engage in a hypothetical. i was they again this was a miscarriage of justice. i'm glad the fbi kept a paper trail. what many have said for a long time, the first few facts dominating in the handwritten -- in the handwritten note, glad they kept documentation of putting him in a trap and create a miscarriage of in the handwritten note, glad they justice. the fbi, we can thank you for the great notetaking. >> brings up a point general flynn pleaded guilty.

to lying to the fbi. ms. mcenany: i will not get involved in what was a matter -- do you not consider it a miscarriage of justice when you have the fbi writing "we want to get someone to lie." is that a miscarriage of justice? >> in the end he pleaded guilty. ms. mcenany: the answer is yes and i would encourage the media's coverage, because i have read a lot of your papers and seen a lot of scant information about michael flynn when there was a lot of speculation about russia, russia, russia culminating and $40 million of taxpayer money being lost and the complete and total exoneration. thank you. i will cut this short now and see my little five-month-old. the president at 5:00 p.m. leaves for camp david.

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