response coordination center at fema and outline president trump's decision to have fema take the lead in our national coronavirus response. our nation's response through fema will be locally executed, state managed and federally supported. on testing, we want the american people to know once again that testing is available in all 50 states. it is becoming increasingly available literally every hour of the day. because of the public/private partnership that the president initiated several weeks ago with major commercial labs i'm pleased to receive a report today that tens of thousands of tests are being performed every day and with the passage of last night's legislations a state and private labs are now required by law to report all coronavirus testing directly to the cdc which will give the american public and also give our researchers timely and important information. it is important for every american to remember that if you

don't have symptoms you don't need to get a test. we want to make sure the testing is available for people that are experiencing symptoms or have a genuine concern about having been exposed to someone with the coronavirus. dr. birx will address county level data as well as progress we made on testing and americans can expect to see how an increased number of cases as our new testing system comes on line should not be a cause of concern. she will explain the importance of taking into account our new testing system as new data arrives over the next several days. on supplies, a priority of the president has given to our task force, we continue to work with health care providers, businesses and state leadership to identify available supplies, not merely in the federal stockpile but much more importantly available across the private sector. we're encouraged to see companies like honey hewell andm

i visited a few weeks ago, take advantage of changes in the law last night, allow sale of industrial masks directly to hospitals. those companies greatly increased by tens of millions of their product of so-called n95 masks that will give our health care workers protection they need to minister to those that are dealing with the symptoms or the disease of coronavirus. following the signing of last night's bill, all of those masks now have liability protection in the company's can sell industrial masks, hospitals. it is encouraging as we called out yesterday to see construction companies all across america that are as we speak checking their supplies and donating those industrial masks to their local hospitals. i know i speak on behalf of the president who spent a lot of time as a buildwer when we thank builders across america for partnering with our local health care officials. on the subject of ventilators we're working with health care

providers around america and suppliers and we're encouraged to learn we literally identified tens of thousands of ventilators that can be converted to treat patients and we main increasingly confident we will have the ventilators that we need as the coronavirus makes its way across america. and as we said before, we're all in this together and before i step away and, give the podium back to the president and to dr. birx i want to call every american's attention again to the president's 15 days to slow the spread. we continue to hear one case after another, one city after another, where people are putting into practice the principles that the president outlined this monday. make no mistake about it, while for the american people as a whole the risk of serious illness remains low, these guidelines should be practiced by every american in every community not only to lessen the

spread of the coronavirus but to protect the most vulnerable among us. i think americans with their, with from their hearts are not only practicing these principles of social distancing and avoiding social gathers of 10 people and using drive-throughs of restaurants, and protecting the health of their family, no american wants to enat verdict antly convey the coronavirus to someone where the consequences could be quite serious. we'll marshall all resources at every level. we'll reiterate strong partnership with the states this afternoon with america's governors, pulling all private sector energy together, innovation you just heard described. i know on the first day of spring we'll get through this, and we'll get through this together. thank you, mr. president. >> thank you very much. dr. birx? >> thank you, thank you,

mr. president. i know you're watching the data carefully. you can see the dramatic increases in numbers of new cases based on our ability to test additional people. this will continue over the next two to three days as we begin to have backlogs reduced of the testing. you all have heard of antidotes of people waiting five or six days for their test results. we're moving through all of that, as well as testing individuals. i really want to applaud the front line health care workers, the nurses, the doctors, and testers that are really prioritize and the american people, who have a prioritized those with symptoms. the number of tests positive is increasing. that is a dramatically important signature that everybody is doing their job. those with mild symptoms are staying home, self-isolating. those with serious symptoms coming forward. our test positive rates are 10 to 11% range.

that means 90% of the illnesses out there, even severe ones are not covid-19. i know many of you are looking at the state level data, still over 50% of the cases come from flee states. this is why we continue to prioritize testing in those states. in addition, 50% of the cases come from 10 counties. we're very large country with very many counties. i want to applaud the local and state governments that are implementing their emergency operations centers and plans to insure. i want to also really thank the health care workers that have been asked to reduce all elective surgeries, medical and dental visits. this will dramatically increase the number of ventilators that are available in hospitals but also in ambulatory surgical centers that can be converted and utilized. also through the construction industry. we are deeply grateful the number, as vice president said, the number of individuals have come forward with their construction masks, their

booties, their tyveks suits and masks to con contribute them to the health care sector. the president's request to make them available in his legislation, increases our availability immediately by up to 75 to 90% range because of the amount of construction use of those elements. thank you. >> thank very much. jerome, please. >> thank you, mr. president, mr. vice president. today you heard a wonderful announcement from the fda and i just want to give a shout-out to steve, dr. hahn and folks at fda where several hundred of my commission officers work. you're right, mr. president, they're tireless. they are doing things never been done before to bring the most prudent advances to the american people but i want to talk about something different briefly. we know many of you are home practicing the president's guidelines for social distancing

but one thing we should all consider, especially our millenials and gen-z, is donated ing blood. as anesthesiologist who still practices at walter reed taking care of our wounded warriors and soldier, i know donated blood is essential part of caring for patient. one donation can save up to three lives. blood centers are open now, in need of your dough names. i want america to know that blood donation is safe and blood sent remembers taking extra precautions at this time based on new cdc recommendations, including spacing beds six feet apart, disinfecting surfaces between patients, temperature checking staff and encouraging appointments ahead of time so we can space them out. social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement. so give blood, today. you will feel good about it and you will be helping your country

and your community during this crisis and you might even safe a life. >> thank you, jerome. reporter: mr. president? >> go ahead, please, john. reporter: mr. president, switching to efforts to boost the economy with measures before congress, will you guarranty that the money, billions, tens of billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars even going to go to these industries will not go to executive bonuses or to more stock buybacks? >> we don't want that. in fact some companies as you know did stock buybacks i was never happy with that. it is very hard to tell them not to but i would tell them not to. i would say i don't like it for that reason. some did. turned out they could have waited a long time, would have been much better off if they did. >> reporter: you can make it conditional of the bill? >> takes many, many people in this case to tango, but as far as okay conditions like that would be okay with me. reporter: mr. president a question for you a question for

dr. hahn. you enabled i guess is probably the best way to put it the defense product act yesterday but didn't pull the trigger on it. >> nope. because we hope we don't need that. reporter: getting calls from the democrats on the hill to pull the trigger on it. what is the rationale? >> first of all governors are doing a lot of this work. they are doing a lot of this week. federal government is not supposed to be buying vast amount of items and we're not a shipping clerk. as with testing governors are supposed to be doing it. we'll help out, wherever we can. we can buy in volume, some cases great volume with the masks as an example which were really a problem. we have helped out. they're are right now millions of masks being made but this is really for the local governments, governors and people within the state, depending on the way they divide it up. they will do that and they're doing a very good job of it. where you have a problem with ventilators we're working with very hard to trying to find.

nobody in their wildest dreams would have ever thought we need tens of thousands of ventilators this is something that is very unique to this, to what happened. reporter: under what conditions would you put the defense product act into action? >> if we were desperately in need of something and we frankly, we'll know about that very shortly. we want to be ahead, we don't want to do it as it happens but before it happens. we'll know a lot over the next two or three days. we'll know a lot. reporter: dr. hahn, any idea when remdesivir will be available to the market and are there any drugs in the pipeline that you believe could qualify for a treatment imd? >> so with respect to the first question i'm prohibited by law to disclose confidential commercial information. what i can tell you we're working very closely with the company on this. we'll have additional information, they will, relatively soon. yes, there are drugs in the pipeline. we're looking at everyone. everyone on this dais gets calls

every day as do all our people at the fda about potential therapeutic options. we're looking at every single one of them. reporter: two questions for you. one on coronavirus but really quickly, are you confirming that austin tice is still alive? >> no i'm not. we're trying to find that out. many years they have been trying to find austin tice. he was in syria as you know. his mother is an incredible woman, and i'm doing it for him but i'm doing it for his mother. his mother is an incredible woman who is desfrat to find her son and i'm not confirming alive but if he is alive we would like very much to get him back quickly. reporter: on coronavirus, speaking of shortages of supplies, the cdc put out guidelines for hospitals that are dealing with a shortage of masks, use them beyond the shelf life. reuse them, instead of getting new ones, in a worst-case

scenario use a banana instead after mask. how is that acceptable at all? >> i haven't seen that i will let mike answer that question. >> i'm happy to, mr. president. i can't emphasize enough incredible progress made with legislation last night. let me go to minnesota, meet with 3m, manufacturers n95 mask as few weeks ago and we learned of their production of that facility of 35 million masks a month. less than five million of those were qualified to be sold to hospitals. the president worked with republican and democrat leadership. we extended liability protection. so now all industrial masks are manufactured as n95s are not available to hospitals. we're seeing a dramatic increase in production. honeywell alone is repurposing a factory destined for mexico to produce 120 million masks per we're. 3m is increasing out put to 420 million masks per year.

we really, we put a priority in president's direction on making sure those that are providing health care services to america have the protection to keep themselves and their families safe and with the legislation last night, with the incredible response among great private sector companies and as we mentioned repeatedly, with construction companies around america heeding the president's call to donate their industrial masks to hospitals. it is happening all over america, we know we'll meet that need. reporter: when will that be ready? >> when will they be ready? at least we start getting them ready? >> as i mentioned 3m is increasing their out put to 420 million a year. at production in january they make 35 million per month at that facility. and, we're prioritizing the distribution of those but the other thing, we'll emphasize this with governors this afternoon, is, we're working with governors to make sure that the health care providers, the

hospitals, and the clinics in their state are placing orders now that this tremendous increase in supply, particularly with industrial masks is now available. we're going to make sure they understand that the supply has greatly expanded thanks to a bipartisan legislation and the accomplishment the president and response by these companies is making more masks available. we're going to make sure health care providers are purchasing those and federal government will also make sure that our stoke pile properly reflects those increases as well. reporter: on president's question, when will those masks be ready? they need them like today? >> they're available now. the 3m facility i was at told me in january, they went to full production on 35 million masks. the legislative change means all 35 million of those that started to be produced at full capacity in january can now be sold to hospitals. that is the distinction here. very important change and it is

part of the way the president has been engaging the private sector, pushing the kind of regulatory reform and the kind of liability reform that has greatly expanded the availability of masks. so they're in the marketplace now. we're going to make it clear to governors, as we made it clear to health care providers in conference calls yesterday that those resources are now there. we vastly increased the supply of medical masks. we'll continue to put a priority on making sure that we're calling on industry at every level, calling on major suppliers that the president met with this week to make sure the personal protective equipment are there. >> has to do with the liability of the company. they had a big problem with liability. and an of it had to do with the liability to the company. reporter: two for you, one for dr. hahn. the american hospital association just told nbc news they need $100 billion in order to address shortages in equipment and other

infrastructure there. you signed two legislative packages. they say it didn't directly give money to address this issue. why not and will you commit to making sure -- >> we're looking at that issue directly with them. that is a separate issue. but we're looking at that issue very directly. the. reporter: can you make -- >> we'll do our best. we're working with democrats and republicans on that. we're looking at that very specifically. reporter: can you bottom line, people, when can americans expect their lives to go back to normal? will that not happen until there is a vaccine? >> i hope very soon. we'll see. this is uncharted territory as you know. we think we have ideas. does it help to say the ideas are? i would hope very soon. we pull together as a nation. people are for the most part doing what they're supposed to be doing. the social distancing is very interesting, whole new term, become somewhat after hot term but people are listening and they're really doing a great job. this country is an amazing

country. i think you're up to 141 different countries right now so it is very uncharted territory. could have been stopped, could have been stopped pretty easily if we had known, if everybody had known about it a number of months before people started reading about it. excuse me. before we started reading about it. it could have been stopped in its tracks. unfortunately they didn't decide to make it public but the whole world is suffering because of it. reporter: you did say a few days ago you did have a sense this was a pandemic, that it was coming. so why was the united states not prepared with more testing? >> we were very prepared. the only thing we weren't prepared for was the media, the media has not treated it fairly. i will i will tell you how prepared i was, i called for a ban of people coming into china long before anybody thought it was, in fact it was your network, i believe they called me a racist because i did that. it was, many of the people in the room, they called me racist

and other words because i did that, because i went so early. when you say we weren't prepared, had he let tens of thousands of people coming in from china a day, we would have had something right now you, you wouldn't even recognize it to compared to where we are. how many passed away, how many people decide as of this moment? could multiply that by a factor of many, many. you say i was not prepared. i was first one to do the ban. now other countries following what i did. the media doesn't acknowledge it. they know it is true. they don't want to write about it. reporter: follow up on john and kaitlin's questions. not just masks. doctors are saying they are desperate for other personal protective gear, gloves, other equipment. governors are saying they don't have access to respirators and they're terrified. with is your reticent. >> governors are supposed to get it, states are supposed to get it, but we're helping the

states. reporter: [inaudible] >> for years they're bought them. now all of sudden coming to the federal government. we're working with states, governors, federal government, the relationships are great. i spoke with mickey aronson of carnival cruise lines. he will make ships available. in addition to medical ships if we need ships with lots of rooms, they will be docked at new york, los angeles, san francisco, different place. i want to thank mickey aronson, carnival cruise lines. reporter: what is rhett at this sent of about defense production act. >> i have done it. you don't know what we've done. you don't know whether or not we ordered. you don't know whether we invoked or ordered. i have can only tell you, only tell you as san san an example masks. many are being made now.

many available now. people in the media probably don't know that. go ahead. reporter: could you explain the goop for the american people what you're saying here today about there being tens of thousands of tests available about how they're being, huge amount much masks available what we're seeing ground which is opposite of that? people are saying they can't get tested even when they have symptoms. people are saying, doctors are telling us they don't have access to vital equipment, can you explain that gap? >> i cannot explain a gap. i'm hearing very good things on the ground. they had to ramp up, they had an on so i heat system, and they had a system not meant for this. nobody knew there would be epidemic or pandemic of this proportion. nobody has seen anything like this before. i can tell you what we're doing, we're working with local governments, states governors and even mayors getting them to get what they need and the system is start to work out very

well. we had to break the system like break an egg. the system we had was obsolete and didn't work that was the system we inherited. we have something really been very good and certainly great for the future too. reporter: mr. president, there seems to be backlash building amongst congressional republicans and supporters about a corporate bailout. senator mike braun, this harkens back to 2008 we're picking winners and losers. he is indicating he and some of his colleagues may not be comfortable with that. what do you say to that? >> we don't want to pick winners and losers. we want workers to benefit. sometimes for workers to benefit you have to go through the company. they have thousands of workers f the company goes out of business, no fault of their own, those workers will not be able to receive a check. so we're, look, our ultimate goal are the people. our ultimate goal are the great people if this country. we'll have things worked out.

it is very complex formula, you understand that very complex, but it is working out. i think we'll have pretty uniform support for it. please. reporter: mr. president, we're hearing state department putting out advisory telling americans not to travel overseas at all. are you putting in a overseas travel ban? >> we're speaking with the state department later. i can't say now because i haven't had the meeting yet. reporter: president trump, i wanted to ask dr. hahn about today's announcement if i could. dr. hahn, thank you so much. i wanted to ask about remdesivir, if i pronounced that correctly, can you say currently approved for use on the virus? >> so, remdesivir, and it is a drug made by gilead, that has been in the press. it is currently in clinical trials here and around the world. we also made it available by the approach i told you called compassionate use where a doctor could ask the fda for that. the really positive thing about

that, that gives it rapidly to a doctor and a patient but allows us to collect the data because we really need to do is understand what the data and science are in order to make the appropriate decision about safety and effectiveness. reporter: how do you just make sure it is safe and -- is there any concern at all that it will be safe considering that it is not going through the normal pros? and could potentially cause negative effects? dr. fauci earlier talked about we do not want to put out anything that could cause negative effects. is there any concern of those kind of thing with this drug? >> thank you for that question because i just want to be clear about that. remdesivir is going through the normal process. we're using our internal processes at fda to set up with the company, the protocols actually to collect the data and you're right, we need to actually know about the safety and effectiveness and that's done through the clinical trial process. so it is those date that at that will inform the decisions

ultimately made about safety and efficacy. this is an unprecedented situation. this is a fairly significant time and one thing that, with the president's leadership fda has done said, okay, how do we approach these extraordinary times with extraordinary measures knowing that we have a sacred trust with the american people about safety and efficacy but still at the same time enable these treatments to get into patients and that's what we're doing. >> yes. reporter: mr. president, one for you and one for the doctors. how likely is it that the 15-day guidance you put through will be extended? >> i can only tell you on the 14th day. we'll have to see andcations very on. dr. birx indicated 10 states, 10 counties where 50% of the cases are focused. should those areas do more measures such as shelter in place? >> i think they're doing a lot. i know new york is work very

diligently, very strong. i assume san francisco is one much the areas and los angeles and state of washington obviously, one has to be up there. they're all working very hard to, to quarantine or words just about the equivalent of quarantine. reporter: plans, sir, for government workers? are you moving for the government as well to start dog more teleworking? >> we are and we're doing, we're using the medical term of telemedicine and it has been incredibly busy and people don't have -- some people can't do it anyway. they can't get up. they can't see a doctor but we're using this and it has been telehealth, different names. i will tell you that it has been really successful, helped a lot of people out they can't, even for safety reason if they are positive, if they are feeling poorly or they can't do it, or we don't want them transmitting anything to anybody else. reporter: mr. president, if i

could on china, they reported for the first time since the outbreak no new cases over 24 hour period. do you have any reason to disbelief them and second to that, national security council yesterday put out a tweet very critical of the chinese government saying the chinese communist party suppressed initial reports of the chinese virus and punished doctors and journalists causing chinese and international experts to miss critical opportunities to prevent a global pandemic. could you explain? >> it would have been much better if we had known about this a number of months earlier. it could have been contained to the one area in china where it started. certainly the world is paying a big price for what they did and world is paying a big price for not letting them come out. everybody knows that. we all know that. as far as, as far as believing what they're putting out know, i hope it's true. who knows but i hope it's true. i really do. reporter: quickly, a question for you and then also for the

doctor if possible. you have been talking about china quite a bit and you've been talking about the chinese virus, how if you had heard about this on day one, had more information, possibly you could have stopped it. >> big difference. reporter: are you thinking about any types of repercussions for china and are you also rethinking supply lines for our manufacturing industry? >> i don't want to comment on that right now. reporter: i have a question for you, and also a question for dr. birx. american workers across the country are losing their jobs in unprecedented rate and your former economist said we could see some of the worst job numbers ever. is the government prepared to see the spike in unemployment? >> worst-case scenario you would have terrible job numbers. if we can get this thing wrapped up and finished earlier things will go very nicely and one of the things working, as you know one of the elements is being worked on very much so on

"the hill" to keep the jobs going, when we do get rid of the virus we'll be able to just really, i think go like a rocket. i think the economy is going to be fantastic. when he said that he was using that as the ultimate bad outcome. i don't think anybody believes that's going to happen. go ahead. reporter: members of congress are now being tested positive for, members of congress are being tested positive for coronavirus and you have almost 2000 self-quarantining. do you have any guidance for congress should they -- >> i know all of them and, i don't know if they're sitting like you people are sitting. you're actually sitting too close. you really should probably get rid of about another 75, 80% of you. two or three i like in this room. we'll do a great way of doing. we're figuring a new way of doing it. you're actually much too close,

you should leave immediately. but look, look, i know all of them. they tested positive, hopefully they're all going to get better and, it is one of those things. it's congress. one of those things. reporter: should they keep going to the hill or? >> i don't think they're going to the hill. i know some tested positive they're in quarantine. i know lindsey and many others are, they didn't test but until they got the result they put themselves in quarantine. a number of people in congress right now are in quarantine. they don't know the results. when they get the results either stay there or get better because people get better. most people are getting better, most, by far, the people, you get better. doesn't mean it is not a tough one. it is a tough one. but no, when, many people in congress have felt not perfect or they met somebody that wasn't perfect. turned out to be positive and, they have put themselves in quarantine. now i think, i think congress

has behaved unbelievably well in that regard. reporter: mr. president on the stimulus sir, given what is happening to the economy do you think a trillion dollar stimulus is enough? >> we'll know about that later on. we'll see what happens. depend how long -- so much depend on what is going on in this room in terms of the medical. if we can stop it in its tracks, the virus, it's plenty. if we can't, we'll have to go back and talk. reporter: do you support the idea of government taking equity stake in certain companies? >> i do, i really do. reporter: which companies? >> not going to say, look, people are coming, people are coming in for money, in some cases no fault of their own but in some cases where they did certain things over the course of the years, including buying back stock. you know they bought back stock. they paid a high price for it as it turned out but maybe i view that as a little bit differently than somebody that didn't and somebody that built plants all

over the united states which there were plenty of them. reporter: speaking of airlines or boeing, what are you thinking? >> we'll be helping the airline industry. we'll be helping the cruise ship industry. we'll probably helping the hotel industry. we're -- where jobs are created, you don't want to lose industries like this. these rin credible industries. you can't lose them. we'll be focused on many industries. i have to say, i can't i say strongly enough, we'll be helping small businesses. that is where it is complicated. a lot of small, that is the engine of the country. we will be helping small businesses. reporter: dr. hahn, two members of congress have tested positive for coronavirus -- [inaudible] one trillion dollar stimulus package for the economy, do you expect this to slow down the delivery of checks for american families and are you considering executive action? >> no. there could be, could be looking at couple things i could do. hopefully won't need it.

there is a lot of executive power. if we don't have to use it that would be a good thing, not a bad thing. yeah, please. reporter: mr. president, one for you, potentially one for dr. birx and dr. adams. right now the economy essentially ground to a halt. >> thanks for telling us, we appreciate it. reporter: stores are closed, travel shut down,. >> what is the your question, everybody in the room knows that. what is your question. reporter: question how long for people business owners, making critical decision, how long should they expect state affairs as they know it to play out and for doctors -- >> we'll be able to tell you that i think in the near future. we'll see where we're going. you will see numbers. you've seen the graphs. you will see numbers. we'll be able to let you know. i will say that the american public has been incredible for the most part. not in all cases but for the most part. so you'll be able to see what's happening over, as we say we had a 15-day period. you will be able to tell a lot

in a week or so, not everything. we'll be able to see over a period of time. reporter: for all parents at home right now this, is question for dr. birx and dr. adams carrying for their children, with when will my kids go back to school, what do you think is a realistic timeline? >> i think you know, all of those decisions are made at the state and local government level around each state and local government handled it differently. that is why we put out from the president federal presidential guidance to every single person with what we think is important for the next two weeks. as we look at that data, we'll be able to see it having a impact. you've all seen modeling studies. those are driven by modeling studies if you add these things together they have a bigger impact than separately so then those are part of decision making. we had a group of modelers in and they're compositing the data

together to look at this carefully because everyone has the same questions what the impact will be and what pieces could essentially be removed and you still have the same level of impact in decreasing the spread of the virus. the absolute key to this though, is every single american looking at the president's guidelines and taking it seriously. the acts of selflessness i'm seeing are so impressive across the board. but if even 10 or 15% of the population decides that, what they're doing today is more important than the health and well fair of the rest of americans, they can spread the virus in a very strong way because you know the level of contagion. reporter: do you have a general timeline? >> i have to say, if chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine works or any of the other things they're looking at not quite as far out, if they work, your numbers will come down very rapidly. we'll see what happens. there is a real chance they might work. go ahead, please. in the back.

reporter: thank you so much. what is your message for some leaders in latin america like the president of brazil who just on sunday was taking note toes with supporters encouraging -- [inaudible]. just yesterday the president from brazil said we should not be surprised? we see him in the next few days in a crowded subway in sao paulo oreo? because the president should be with the people. what do you think about that? when is your message? >> he is a friend of mine, number one. number two we had dinner the other night. everybody said he was positive, he wasn't positive. he tested negative. i was quite happy when i heard that but i have no message for him other than he is doing a good job in brazil. he is doing a good job in brazil and he is very possible. reporter: how about encouraging maximum transportation at this moment? >> i can't tell you about that. i have not heard that. he is doing good job. brazil was very troubled before he got there. people love him.

he is popular. i think he is doing a good job. reporter: mr. president, there are americans traveling abroad essentially stuck unable to come home. we spoke 10 women -- >> where, where? reporter: spoke to 10 american women in morocco for instance. all flights have been canceled. their hotel is shutting down. they have literally no place to stay and no way to get home. they are asking you, they're asking the administration, u.s. government for help. what can be done? >> we know about it. we have groups, we have a group of young people in peru and we're working on taking care of that with the military. reporter: military evacuation. >> no, not evacuation. we're trying to get them out and you know, they got caught. they were late with their flights. we gave them a period of time. they didn't make it. we're looking to get them out with military, probably through the military. we have a group of young people, i think young men or young

people, could be women also with them from alabama, great state of alabama, they're in peru. we're working on that right now. it is a large group. it is about 300. we'll work it out. jeff? reporter: mr. president, soar of foreign policy related questions. in your talk with the g7 leaders earlier this week, did you discuss together ending or postponing the olympics? >> yeah. we did discuss it. as you know prime minister abe was on the call. that's a big decision for him. we don't know what his decision is, we live with the decision. it is a tough situation. they have done an incredible job. japan has done an incredible job, building venues, getting them built, you've seen so many olympic venues have been a disaster over the years where they cost five times more than they were supposed to. they weren't ready in time. japan has been opposite. they built it beautifully. built it what it was supposed to be built for but then he got hit with the same thing the rest of the world got hit with

unexpectedly. he has told us he has not made a decision what to do. reporter: also on foreign policy, have you spoken to the leaders of saudi arabia or russia and encouraged them to stop this glut of oil that is affecting market? >> one thing i will tell you from the standpoint, you always get a little bit torn, until we became the leading producer i was always for the person driving the car and filling up the tank of gas and you would have gasoline and prices were, if they were too high i would always raise hell with opec and i was always somebody that likes -- i never saw i would see 22, 24, and $28 a barrel but that's what we have. an in one way our consumer is very much helped. it is like a massive tax increase. that is bigger than tax increase, decrease you can give. we can give all the big tax cuts but they're paying so little for gasoline but on the other hand

it hurt as great industry and a very powerful industry. so i spoke with numerous people that have a lot to do with it and we have a lot of power over the situation and we're trying to find some kind of a medium ground. you know it is very devastating to russia, when you look, their whole economy is based on that. we have the lowest oil prices in decades. so it is very devastating to russia. i would say it is very bad for saudi arabia but they're in a fight. they're in a fight on price. they're in a fight on out put and at the appropriate time i will get involved, yeah. reporter: forgive me if i missed it, what would the carnival cruise ships be used for? >> mickey called up and he said if you need them, we haven't said yes, i will call governor cuomo, i will call gavin from, gavin newsom, governor, from california. i will call a few of the other governors, bring it up today because we're meeting through

phone, through phone telephonically as they say going over to fema from here. reporter: increase hospital beds? >> increase places to stay. say places to stay, if it works. i don't know, maybe people won't want them. he made the offer. it was a very generous offer. he said, he has some ships that would be ideally suited for what we're doing. certainly they have a lot of rooms. they're big and they have a lot of rooms. we appreciate it from carnival. [reporters shouting questions] reporter: at what point in the future will any american who wants a test be able to get a test? you're talking about not needing a test if you don't show symptoms. >> not needing tests? reporter: only getting tests if you're showing symptoms but -- >> you should, i didn't have any symptoms, i got a test. i got a test because you people were driving everybody crazy. that is only reason. i had no stops but i had a test. my doctor told me don't get it. you don't need it.

everybody said you don't need it because i had to do it because the press was going crazy. then after i got it, they said, you shouldn't have gotten it. the whole thing, i'm a unique case unfortunately but, know, people that don't show symptoms, people have doctors say they shouldn't get it, i would rely on that, yeah, i would rely on that. reporter: mr. president, thank you. mr. president, thank you. i have two questions. do you consider the term -- >> oan. very good. thank you very much. treat me very nicely. reporter: do you consider the term chinese food racist because food originates in china? >> no, i don't think it is racist. i don't think it is racist at all. reporter: on that note, major left-wing news media in this room, teamed up with chinese communist party narratives they're claiming you're a racist for making claims about chinese.

is it alarming major media players are consistently siding with foreign state propaganda, islamic radicals and latin gangs and cartels, they work here at the white house with direct access to you and your teams? >> it amazes me when i read the things i read. amazes me when i read "the wall street journal" which is always so negative, it amazes me when i read "the new york times," is not even -- i barely read it. we don't distribute it in the white house anymore. same thing with the "washington post." because you see i know the truth. people out there in the world, they really don't know the truth. they don't know what it is. they use different slogans and different concepts for me almost every week, trying to catch something. last week it was okay, you see me. there is no chaos. i'm the one telling everybody to be calm. there is no chaos in the white house. we have unbelievable professionals. it is really, i mean i think i came up with the term, i hope i

came up with the term it is fake news. it is more than fake news. it is corrupt news. they write stories without calling anybody. they write a story today, i had a couple of stories where, they never call me, ever, that i know of, at least nobody tells me. they will write a story about me without even asking my opinion on something. it's totally fake. i have never seen, i mean there is the story in "the wall street journal" today about, you know, about how we've done. we have done a phenomenal job on this the governors, even gavin newsom, i'm usually fighting with over the fires and i think he should do a different kind of a job, but, in the forests, lots of things, we argue a lot but gavin newsom has been very generous. andrew cuomo has been really very generous. they're saying we're doing a great job. everybody is saying you read this phony story in "the wall street journal" or, with "the washington post" is going wild lately. i don't know what happened to them.

i guess something happened we don't call them back or whatever, but "the washington post," these are very dishonest media sources, they're very dishonest and you know what? some day, hopefully in five years, i won't be here, and that will be fine. i will have done i think a great job because i don't think anyone has done as much in 3 1/2 years as i have done, i don't think, and the administration. this administration has done a great job but the press is very dishonest. reporter: more than dishonest, siding with state propaganda? >> i think they do. er in siding with china. they are doing things they shouldn't be doing. siding with many others. china is the least of it. why they're doing this, you will have ask them but, if we had an honest media in this country, our country would be even greater place. so ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. we are very excited about, we are very excited about

specifically what we talked about with the chloroquine. i think the, i think it could be something really incredible t could totally depress the times that we had mentioned. excuse me. excuse me. it could totally depress anytime we're talking about if it works. there are a lot of reasons that i have to believe, i again dr. hahn is the expert, a lot of reasons i have to believe it could have a very positive effect or a positive effect, maybe not very, but maybe, maybe positive. i think it is to me, very, very exciting and the beauty is, i think i can say this, steve, the beauty these drugs have been out there. so they're really danger part of the drugs, especially chloroquine, it has been out there for years, so we know it is something that can be taken safely. so it is very important. reporters shouting questions] >> go ahead. reporter: doctor hahn, give more

information about that, the process folks can use the medicines? at least two studies maybe more, how quickly do you think and update us on the vaccine, i know it is fast tracked. >> the president asked us to expedite this. i can assure you the questions that were asked, we want to make sure this is done well and right for the american people. the president is right of the off-the-shelf drug. we have a lot of information about the side effects of drug. that helps in terms of expediting. we are working quickly as we can. i don't want to speculate about a timeline at this point. with respect to vaccines that is phase one trial. we're expecting that to proceed moving forward. we're working with a number about different other companies about vaccine development. reporter: mt. noted phase one fast track. is it possible phase two, phase three can be fast-tracked we might see a vaccine, potentially be a year? >> this is terrific question. we are really trying hard at fda

to partner, with great industry academic partners? to do exactly that. no promises can be made. we're working hard to fast track as much as possible. >> and they are. reporter: dr. hahn -- >> we'll have other times to meet. we'll be meeting hopefully not for very long. i would like to see this get cleared up. it me this was a very important conference because i really think there is great potential here. and lot of people will be trying it soon, literally soon, literally in a matter of days, if not sooner in some cases. it is already being experimented with and there is some very good results. we'll see what happens but if we can be even partially right, maybe we'll be fully right, but even partially right on it this whole subject become as much more police an -- pleasant subject. we're going over to fema now. i don't know who is going.

we're going to fema, discussing with governors. a lot of other people. i think that is enough. thank you. reporter: [inaudible]. >> president of the united states, krona tax force with part of it there. -- corona task force. more good news out of china with no new cases. that is good news. if you increase the number of tests you get more cases. with the tests being produced 100,000 a week, sent out to various facilities across our great nation we're finding out a lot more people were infected than we realized. they're now 1522 new cases in the united states. 10 new deaths in the u.s. new york has the greatest number

of new cases, again partly because of the testing facilities have spread out so widely in the new york area, particularly in the new york metropolitan area in the cities. 1238 new cases in new york, 46 in california, two in missouri and it goes on. but good news from the task force and the president about drugs possibly being used effectively to combat the coronavirus. not so much on the virus front but on the treating people who have already been infected. remdesivir of course is one that is still in the experimental stage but it is being used come come -- compassionately the term the fda uses not generally available but in a case somebody really needs it and may be on their deathbed they will try out that drug. other drugs, hydroxychloroquine, hope i'm saying that right, chloroquine is the name ever it.

the president mentioned that as a potential came changer may turn out not to be so but there's a great possibility for it to be. so basically what the fda is trying to do right now is to clear out a lot of the red tape that prevents medicines from reaching americans in a dangerous fashion. of course with an emergency like this you have to take chances that normally you wouldn't take, sometimes, months and months will go by before a medicine reaches people but they're trying to clear out that red tape and trying to clear it out for a lot of businesses across the country, something that is of great interest to former trump senior economic advisor steve moore who joins us as well as former south carolina congressman trey gowdy. gentlemen, thank you very much for being here. trey, let me go to you first because one thing that this administration is trying to do is to utilize our greatest asset in america which is the people rather than just view the people as victims to be holed up

somewhere and getting them everything for free we can possibly think of, we're trying to utilize specifically the private sector and individuals in health care, industry, to take an active part. they have now the defense production act which would give the president authority to demand that certain industries do certain things. he hasn't invoked it specifically yet but but i liked attitude of putting our greatest asset to work, don't you? >> this is participatory democracy. we all have a role to play. scientists, health care providers, this particular, this particular catastrophe our country is facing. we're resill yen. we're does street just. if we could -- industrious. if we focus taking care of each other in sacrificial way follow government edicts and guidelines we'll get out of this storm. david: steve, people say you don't necessarily have to spend

money. one thing to throw out there, end all tariffs for duration of this crisis. that might be a great help not only to the united states but to the rest of the world economy, what do you think? >> yeah. i like that idea a lot. i think people, especially investors who are getting hammered obviously the last three weeks with this 10,000 point decline in the dow, i think the idea of expanding and reassuring people that the global trading system will remain intact by eliminating some of these tariffs would be a good idea. look, i'm so happy that we have a president and reassured with a president with a steady hand. he has a calming influence. that is so critical. one point the president made, i think, listening to it on the radio, i thought i heard him say, he might be in favor of the government taking an equity share in some of these companies. david: right. >> david, did i mishear that? david: no you did not. he said he likes that idea as a

possibility? >> i would say it makes me nervous. i don't like the government taking ownership. i think there is a precedent in that. i think in the 2008-2009 crisis when we helped some of these banks, i believe, again i'm not certain about this, that the government may have taken some kind of equity -- david: certainly did at gm. the taxpayer ended up losing $11 billion on that deal. hang on a second. i want to bring another guest if i can. arizona republican senator martha mcsally. thank you for being with us. you come from the military, senator, that is where you discover when you unite a group of americans with a single purpose you can get a lot done. it seems we are now putting politics aside to a certain extent, getting to that level, do you agree? >> i do. and i think this challenge is unprecedented and it can bring out the best in us as americans. we're doing our part here in d.c. the federal level, breaking

through the bureaucracy with the administration, the private sector coming online and then really across society we're hearing stories every single day, the faith-based community and neighbors and friends supporting each other, shopping for the vulnerable, babysitting for health care workers. this is i think, our opportunity. we know america will get through this. but we will do it together. by bringing the best of what everybody has to offer to help communities and individuals while we're continuing to insure that health care workers are supported and we protect the vulnerable. david: trey gowdy, what the senator was just mentioning were sort of volunteer efforts on the part of americans to help us in this situation. the defense production act goes beyond that. it really empowers the federal government beyond private industry to make certain things we need. the president said he will be very careful how we invoke that, because it could be too

powerful. what do you think? >> yeah, i think the president is right. fundamentally the state as responsibility. the states in the past have been principally charged with handling public safety and public but the best scenario is for the states to access the masks and ventilators, respirators, whatever they need and us to be kind of a safety net if needed and hopefully not needed. david: we have a health policy expert with us. dr. kline, are you encouraged by what you heard about the development of new drugs and getting them out there as quickly as possible. >> yeah, very much so. i think they are doing exactly the right thing. i think the president is doing the right thing. he's mobilizing the private sector and as others have said, bringing the energies of the american people together to fight this issue. david: senator, if i could go

back to you for a second, the president has said he is going to help out the airline industry which is devastated, and he mentioned a $50 billion figure. that wouldn't necessarily be grants. a lot of that would be in terms of loans the treasury department might underwrite. what about buying up all the jet fuel that we possibly can in the world right now when it's on sale, because of what the saudis and russians are doing, kind of call their bluff and say okay, you are providing the world with all this cheap oil and gas, we're going to buy everything we can, maybe use the defense production act to get industries to build holding facilities for the jet fuel, then give the airlines once they get back online, give them a year of free gas. >> that's an interesting idea. i know he talked about last week the strategic reserve to be able to help our oil and gas industry and the jobs that are out there because of this unrelated but poorly timed fight between saudi arabia and russia. another idea we'll bring back.

in the meantime, we are working fast on mayiking sure we get relief to workers, to seniors, to small businesses so that when we turn this around quickly and we keep employees connected to employers, that there's an opportunity for us to bounce back very quickly while getting people what they need for the basics for themselves and their families. david: that brings us to the cash payments treasury secretary mnuchin was talking about earlier with maria bartiromo, suggesting it be in two tranches, that individuals, heads of households would get a thousand bucks, you would get $500 for each kid. how effective would that be, particularly if you are going to lose your job? >> i never liked the idea of dropping money out of helicopters. it was milton friedman who taught us there ain't no free lunch. the only way the government can get $1,000 from someone is to take it away from someone else. we need to get this economy

reopened and i think, you know, i asked this of the senator, we can't have the american economy shut down for more than three, four weeks. the economic devastation to families would be so severe that i really believe that the cure is worse than the disease here and there's got to be a strategy for putting people back in their jobs, because the devastation could be unprecedented. david: senator mcsally, quick final question, if i could, for you. we are coming up to an election. we don't know what's going to happen between now and six months when the election takes place, or eight months, but bottom line is, how do you carry out an election under these circumstances? are we going to have to do all mail-ins or what? >> for now, we are not focused on that. we paused any advertising and door-to-door canvassing. my team is actually focusing on helping the vulnerable and needy right now out in arizona. we'll let the officials figure out the best way forward.

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about giving billions of dollars towards large industries like the airlines but also small businesses, he emphasized this is not a bailout. this is not something where a company made a mistake and they are needing to have the federal government bail them out of the situation. when it comes to the airlines and large sectors of the economy, these are loans that need to be repaid. but when talking about small businesses, he said that funds they are going to make available through borrowing, as long as those funds are used to pay their rent, pay their mortgage, pay their employees, that is going to be essentially converted into a grant. that money will not need to be paid back. we are also getting more information about what potentially the checks that are getting cut to taxpayers will look like in terms of size. my colleague edward lawrence reporting that one source tells him that the amount for that check could be $1200 per person, $500 per child. we also had treasury secretary steve mnuchin on "mornings with maria" earlier this morning

giving us some more details about what these checks could look like. >> the second component, i refer to this as checks in the mail, the plan is $500 billion in two tranches. the first one would be $1,000 per person, $500 per child. as soon as congress passes this, we get this out in three weeks, and then six weeks later, if the president still has a national emergency, we will deliver another $3,000. reporter: when looking at the timing ahead for this, this is moving a lot faster than any legislation normally would here on capitol hill. they're looking at revealing the text this afternoon, if they can get it together, then starting negotiations with democrats. david? david: hillary, thank you very much. we have robert wolf who will join us in just a second. he's getting mic'ed up. just imagine, ladies and gentlemen, what the crisis would look like if it wasn't for our gig economy. if it wasn't for all the miracle drugs we have in the united states.

if it wasn't essentially for the free market that has provided us with so much, particularly when you look at the gig economy, what would happen to our food lines, et cetera. we are in, you know, it's a terrible crisis but we are in great shape to face this crisis, probably better shape than we have ever been before. to robert wolf, who helped advise president obama during the financial crisis. you came up with some magnificent measures to get us out of that crisis and one in particular that you have mentioned to get us out of this crisis, robert, is something called a coronavirus bond, which you liken to a war bond from world war ii or something. explain how it would work. >> yeah, david, thank you. listen, this is very different than the financial crisis, when we were down there in the weeds with the recovery act. this is not about bank solvency, nor about the housing crisis. this is really about national spread of businesses closing and

huge unemployment from that. it's like you mentioned, it's more like furlough as opposed to true unemployment. we have to get these businesses going again. my approach as we spoke a few times is to be a three-prong approach. one, to make sure we get small businesses and these employees who have been hit by these closings back up and running again and have enough to put food on the table, pay their mortgage and do the things they do. the second stage would be much more what i would call the demand side. get the consumer going and that would be ridding sales tax and looking at the payroll tax. the big part we chatted about would be this coronavirus recovery bond. this is a way the government could really get the private sector to take these bonds up and buy them as well as get investors to participate in what's best for the nation. we did this post-september 11th with liberty bonds in new york city. we did them with build america bonds during the recovery act.

we did them in world war i, world war ii with defense and liberty bonds. this would be a way for the country to unite in a patriotic way. david: what i love about this, we just heard the head of the fda talk about this country having the most unbelievable innovators in the world. it's not only in terms of science, it's also in terms of finance. you mentioned the bonds and examples in the world war ii bonds. this is the kind of out of the box thinking that is really not only going to come to our rescue but that maybe set a precedent for instruments that we can use in the future. robert, i'm sorry, we've got to make this short because we have a guest. i hope they're listening. good to see you, my friend. thank you very much. well, republican louisiana senator and licensed physician bill cassidy joining us now. senator, that is our greatest asset, is it not, the fact that, and i love the way in which this administration is using the private sector, realizing that

it doesn't all come from government, that very often you guys are pushing on a string where it's the people in the private sector that come out with the rescues that save us. >> we recognize that we are all in this together, private, public sector, individuals, businesses and government. we will come through it. we started off in a strong place, get through the rough patch, return to the strong place. but to your point, absolutely. private sector, public sector, pp3, if you wish, get it together. i think the president is trying to do that good job. now -- david: one other thing i'm encouraged by is you have republicans and democrats, republicans like governor cuomo from new york working with the president. governor cuomo was on earlier in his daily press brief about the virus. he said the panic over the virus is in some ways more dangerous than the virus itself, that that sort of keeps people holed up in their houses or apartments, not thinking of doing something to

affect our life in america. do you agree? >> you know, to paraphrase another new york governor, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. david: fdr, yeah. >> we have to face this in a straightforward fashion. if we do that, we will get through. on the other hand, self-quarantining right now is not a bad idea. remember, one person can infect three people who infect nine people and then it keeps on spreading out. if you decide to self-quarantine, you will save lives by not spreading disease to others. david: then you have the problem of some people that don't take it seriously enough. you see the millenials partying on the beaches of miami. i understand most of those beaches have now been closed by the governor. so that's a good thing. but what would you tell those folks? >> self-quarantine for 14 days. you've had your good time. get a hotel room, stay there for 14 days. enjoy it. but stay there for 14 days. as i would say to anybody right now who is self-quarantining,

because you can work in your garden, read that book, start that book, spend time with your wife, your husband, et cetera. but you will do something positive for others if you make sure you don't spread the infection to others. david: there are other ways, we talked about it to steve moore about how to deal with this crisis economically coming out of it, and we are going to come out of it. we saw that china had the first 24-hour period without a new case. that is extraordinarily hopeful for the work that we're doing. but some things don't cost money. for example, maybe a temporary release of all the tariffs, we had this tariff war going on for a couple of years, not only with china but with certain european countries, just remove all tariffs until the duration of this crisis is finished. what do you think of that idea? >> i think it's a great idea. anything that you can pull off that is not essential for this moment, understanding the threat might still be there if it's a tariff or if the tax man has to be paid ultimately but not right now, you will do something

positive. you give a sigh of relief to that small business woman, that small businessman, who thinks now they can make payroll and they keep people on whom they might otherwise let go. we are in it together. we should behave as if we were in it together. david: you are a doctor, as i mentioned before. what do you think of the efforts of our health system now, which has been derided frankly by both sides in the past. i think it's shining through this pretty well, don't you? >> when i go back to louisiana, i see competitors cooperating, making sure that everybody has what they need. folks again are treating this as it is. that said, i will say if you want the health worker who is most essential, it is the person who decides to self-quarantine because the doctors and nurses will do what they can, but if it comes to the icu, that's difficult. if that person never gets infected, that's a life saved. we are all health care workers at this moment in time. david: good point. senator bill cassidy from louisiana, and licensed physician as well, good to have

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the message for spring breakers is that the party's over in florida. you're not going to be able to congregate on any beach in the state. many of the hot spots that people like to go to, whether it's miami beach, fort lauderdale, clearwater beach, are closed entirely for the time being. every single beach will have to abide by the cdc guidelines. no more than ten people. you have to be socially distant. david: better late than never, but for a lot of people, the damage may have been done. florida governor ron desantis issuing new guidelines for beaches in the state after thousands flocked to the shores despite cdc warnings. now miami-dade's mayor

officially closing down all of the city's beaches. fox news correspondent phil keating is in clearwater, florida, where the beaches are still open for now. are they going to be closed, phil? reporter: eventually they will, david. it is another gorgeous beach day here, blue skies and sunshine. we have been seeing all these people all day long arriving to the beach, setting up camp. right now, you look around, everybody is properly spaced out. big spring break crowds on florida beaches around the state have made national and viral news daily. targets of shame in a lot of the cdc's soecial distancing guidane which on this sand has basically been ignored. some of the beaches still do remain open but everyone is supposed to be spaced out, groups smaller than ten and six feet apart. here's what clearwater beach looked like this past week, despite the threat of the virus. so at an emergency meeting called last night, clearwater's council reacted to the heavy

dose of criticism, ruling all beaches in clearwater will be closed beginning monday. in cocoa beach on the space coast, more spring break crowds packed in with little concern for a virus. many young people think only seriously affects the older generation. >> family vacation. everyone is freaking out over this coronavirus. it's a cold. wash your hands. plain and simple. my wife's a nurse. it doesn't really affect us as long as we maintain what we are supposed to do. reporter: florida's very first beach town to enact beach bans were miami beach and fort lauderdale which on sunday shut the popular spring break hot spots and entertainment districts. >> the challenge of the youth is the big challenge for us. we're a spring break destination whether we like it or not. we've got a lot of young people coming here. it is hard to convince a kid to think they have a sense of

mortality. reporter: starting today, there will also be no more beach parking in bravard county. no parking near the beach. leaders there hope to curtail numbers of people making their way to the beach. another big challenge is that every beach town is basically making up their own rules. that's been kind of confusing for tourists. millenials with an invincibility complex ought to take note to this. the cdc now advising of all the people who get coronavirus between the ages of 20 and 44, 1 out of 5 of them gets so serious they have to go to the hospital. david? david: there are thousands of those party goers who are now spreading out in the general population and every one of them could infect a lot more than one other person. phil, thank you very much. so are people with blood type o more resistant to coronavirus? one study is saying so and says people with blood type a actually could be more

vulnerable to emergency medicine physician and the doctors podcast host, dr. travis stork, who has been following this closely. we are learning stuff fast, doctor, some things that may be headlines today, may be disproven tomorrow, but what is the latest on how your blood type corresponds to your susceptibility? >> we are learning things so fast that i am just hearing of this right now on live tv. david: okay. >> i think that that is a great example of how quickly this is moving but also how little we know. to m so extent right now, we are guessing with a lot of things and that is why all boots on the ground right now, but the time for action right now is whether you have blood type o or a or ab, this is the time to take action right now, because realistically we are all at risk. last week everyone was talking about if you're young, you're fine. now with the data out, that's not necessarily true. david: just to reemphasize what

phil said, 38% of coronavirus hospitalizations in the u.s. are adults between 20 and 54. the younger people, almost 40% of those people who are hospitalized so they are vulnerable and all those people are out there now, doctor. it does -- i don't get scared easily but it is frightening to consider how many people they could be infecting. >> it's so true. this is the time to respect this virus. i still think the hysteria is unnecessary but if we respect this virus, there's a silver lining here with these statistics in terms of younger people being the ones who are in a lot of the icus. i think it means that the elderly are heeding our calls for self-isolation. we did learn from the data overseas that the elderly are at most risk for dying. so that is a good sign. however, you know, everyone's talking about the beach scenes in florida.

some people are now taking action but everyone congregates together. tho theoretically this virus is passing from people who don't have symptoms. what i think is happening is the majority of people who are infected are the younger generations, passing it amongst themselves. what you have more people infected, that increases the risk that even though it may be a lower risk that those numbers themselves will be higher. i will tell you right now, all it takes is seeing one 20-something in the icu taking a look at their x-rays and what this virus can do to your lower respiratory tract, that one picture for a doctor raises your index of concern immediately. this is something we all have to -- david: we should get those pictures out and if anything's going to teach a lesson, that would be it. i don't want to sandbag you with another question you may not be prepared for. >> again, we are all learning together. david: we are learning together. there is some talk, in fact, the task force just talked about it moments ago, that plasma, blood

from individuals who have had the virus and been through it and recovered, may be useful to be taken as a preventive by those who haven't had it yet. what do you know about that? >> it's absolutely something that is plausible. not to plug it but i'm going to. i have a podcast right now, search travis stork. in today's podcast i talk about that, that ability to use antibodies that are able to attack this virus and take gives us hope because right now, what we need to do is slow down the spread and then have mitigating treatments and the beauty of having mitigating treatments is if we can decrease the number of people who might need ventilators, for instance, then nobody has to die unnecessarily. that should be our goal right now. david: very quickly, final question. lot of people are asking how much good it does to take supplements or massive doses of vitamins in order to prevent

from getting the virus. is that any good at all? >> let's focus on what we know is washing our hands, not touching our face, eating health y foods because that boosts your immune system. getting enough sleep. all the things we know to boost our immune system. taking a bunch of supplements, i have been doing this a long time, when it comes to prevention, that is probably not the biggest bang for your buck. david: dr. stork, good to see you. thank you for being here. appreciate it. stay healthy. amazon seeing the first coronavirus infection in a u.s. delivery network. the case reported at a facility in queens, new york. susan li has more. susan: first known case of an amazon warehouse worker who contracted and confirmed positive for coronavirus. amazon also confirming that five of its warehouse employees over in europe have also tested positive as well. this first warehouse employee for amazon working in queens, new york, at a delivery station and the employee they say, of course, amazon receiving medical

attention. let's bring up the statement, because they tell us we are supporting the individual who is now in quarantine in addition to our enhanced daily deep cleaning, we temporarily closed the queens delivery station for additional sanitation and sent everyone home with full pay. this is the first amazon warehouse worker who has confirmed positive for coronavirus but over in seattle at their hq headquarters, amazon also said they have one employee testing positive for covid-19 as well. in fact, they have advised most of their global employees to stay home until the end of march, but this only applies on the corporate offices. amazon employs around 125,000 fulfillment center workers across america. they actually announced this week they are hiring 100,000 more because of the increased demand for online ordering because of quarantines and people having to stay home because of coronavirus. in fact, paying $2 extra on top of the $15 minimum wage. only accepting essential items, by the way, into those

warehouses, medical supplies and household goods that people are really needing in this time and age of coronavirus. but outperforming so far, amazon because of increased demand, outperforming the rest of the technology sector in particular, if we can bring up the stock price there. i want to show you how amazon is being compared to the rest because of the higher demand in traffic they are receiving. let's move on to another technology company. i want to bring you up to speed on uber. uber today is rallying some 30%, 36%. it traded as low as $14 yesterday. don't forget, the ipo was at $45 and the reason why the stock is surging today is because they say they have plenty of cash to weather through the coronavirus crisis. in a call with investors, my sources, my reporting tells me that dara khosrowshahi, uber's ceo, said that yes, he talked about ample liquidity but he also talked 'the fact they have a lot of levers they can pull in

order to control costs. they are structural and geographical advantages but being a global platform, layers of business, uber eats, not just ride hailing, and they believe the ride business will bounce back quickly once cities start moving around. there's a lot of concern that maybe the ride segment might fall 60% to 70% because people are told not to travel, but uber today reassuring investors we have enough cash and we can weather through this. back to you. david: you don't want to share rides. the whole ride sharing concept sitting next to a stranger shoulder to shoulder is not what you want. amazon, to your question, is up over $90 a share right now. that's a 5% increase for amazon despite the fact that what happened at that warehouse. thank you very much. to everyday millionaires author and financial expert chris hogan for details on all this. chris, you know, we tend in times like this to think what can the government do to help us but to turn that thing around to what jfk said, it's not what the

government can do for you, it's what you can do for yourself. how can we, without the help of our government, do for ourselves what we need to do with our finances right now? >> well said, david. i think it's very important for us to understand, we need to stay in control of the controllables. what i mean by that is our attitude, outlook and actions. as we look at this, ni know the government is brainstorming ways the reach out and help those in need, that's a good thing. it's more important for us to be willing and able to help ourselves. so in the midst of all this uncertainty, i want people to be clear. i think there are three things we can protect as we walk through this. we can protect our emotions. i think it's important for us to be informed but not obsessed. be clear on that. the next thing we want to do is protect our investments. it's so important to understand that this ride is a roller coaster. the stock market is a living, breathing thing. it's going to go up and down. but as we look at history, we always come back.

right now with the coronavirus, as soon as this is contained, i do think we will start to see a rebound and continued growth on the track that we were on. but the third thing we can protect is our future. it's so important for us to understand we have got to grow our money. so the last thing you want to do is pull out a lot of money or make a knee-jerk reaction based on emotion. we need to remain clear. david: what if we need cash now? there are people who simply need cash for a myriad of things and will, for the next month or two. is it a time when you want to sell any asset? maybe you don't have any stocks but sell your car or sell something in order to get that cash? is it time? i know you are always advising people against credit card debt, that sort of thing, but what happens if i need the cash right now? >> i think the most important thing is to go into conserve mode. by conserve mode, what i mean is you are deleting any unnecessary spending. i tell people you want to focus on the four walls. that's your housing,

transportation, food and clothing. focusing on those three areas. you're not looking to pay extra on debt. i love for people to get out of debt but right now you will make some minimum payments and pile up some money. you're right, selling some stuff is always an option. look at taking on a part-time job. sell some unneeded things you have around the home. but let's get in this mindset that we are going to be in conserve mode for now and the unforeseeable future. david: what is your thought in general about how soon it will take to come out of this? >> you know, i was talking to my publicist about this earlier. looking back at different things we dealt with, 9/11, the '08-09 great recession at that time, you know, you look and it's unpredictable. but typically, it is going to take several months with this. so i don't want people to have a temporary mindset. we've got to change our minds and look at this and understand we can't wait on the government the try to save the day.

we need the government to step in and protect us from a health standpoint but financially, we have got to get our own cape. we have to have this mindset we are going to cconserve, be wiseh our resources and bring in extra money however we can. david: and help those around you. i know you guys think a lot about that as well. that's what we should spend a lot of our time doing, particularly if we are not working. you can work in terms of helping those people in your community and family. great to see you again, my friend. thank you very much. >> thank you, my friend. david: appreciate it. stocks whipsawing back and forth, even though we have a gain now, nice gain of 137 points on the dow, it has basically been flat after initially coming down, going up over 300, it's found a level off at just above 100 right now. we are back above 20,000, just barely. let's hope we keep it that way and end in a positive here. we'll be right back. driverless cars,

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in terms of companies -- david: by the way, excuse me for interrupting, we are looking on the screen right now at gold. you would think that at scary times like these, everybody would rush into gold. like you said, cash is even trumping gold right now. charlie: that's because gold, you have to trade out. it's easier to get a dollar for a dollar. that's -- people just want to conserve their wealth that they have right now. there's a massive influx into these treasury market funds, money market funds. i'm in one, you know, you could go to vanguard and get one. they're easy. they also offer less of an interest rate even though it's rock bottom to begin with than the other ones. that's what we've got. in terms of companies being able to finance their operations, i think we're okay like that. i don't think that's going to be an issue. the fed is backstopping commercial paper, as you know. they are backstopping some of these things. they are actually backstopping money market funds, too, i read. sounds like the plumbing is okay

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david: restaurants warning that they could be on the verge of collapse and there are so many of them. hard-working people, you think of all the thousands of employees. how could you possibly bail them out? to restaurant brands international ceo jose seal who was on the call with president trump and other restaurant executives this week. thank you for being here, jose. what percent of your restaurants are completely closed, either ones that your company owns or that are owned by franchisees? >> good afternoon, david. actually, all of our restaurants with a few exceptions are open today for business. we are working really hard with our franchise owners all across the country to make sure we are able to deliver and address the needs of our consumer so we are doing it through delivery and

drive-through, also through our mobile order and pay apps and having pick up at the restaurant as well. we are working really hard to meet both the government, federal and state level and local level as well along with the franchise owners to make sure we can do what we do best, especially in a time of need and making sure we continue to feed america and provide food to those folks that need the help. we also had an opportunity as we kind of learn more about what was happening with the schools and the closures, and schools tend to be a really important provider of nutrition to school-aged children, we decided with burger king to put an offer on our app for adults to bring in at least two children and two free kids' meals for adults if they use the app. we are grateful to address much-needed nutrition -- david: to put a fine point on that, if i'm an adult who has a couple of kids, i bring them in and the kids eat for free? >> that's right. that's right. you can bring them in --

david: good deal. >> you can do it through delivery or drive-through. the point is we are 100% in support of president trump's and the government's efforts to contain so we are doing everythi everything, limiting contact with the consumer so we can do it through delivery, we can do it through the drive-throughs and we have enhanced all of our procedures to ensure heightened hand washing and hygiene in our restaurants to make sure we deliver great tasting food to all of our consumers. david: you are the head of the parent company, restaurant brands international. i guess you guys own about 50 of them. but so many of them, i would imagine you have hundreds and hundreds of mom and pop owned franchises. burger king and popeyes as well. these folks operate on such a thin profit margin. i know some of them, for other companies as well, 5%, 10% at most perhaps. how do they operate at all if

they have lost 50%, 75% of their customers even with takeout orders? >> so we have about 10,000 restaurants in the u.s. with burger king, popeyes and tim horton's. the majority of them, 99% of them are owned by franchisees, small business owners, entrepreneurs that have put everything they have into this business. in many cases, it's multi-generational. it's one of those businesses that passes from the grandparents to the parents and now the adult children are running the business. david: forgive me for interrupting but believe me, we hold them in -- deeply in our hearts. we think they are the life blood of the economy but how long can they last under current situation where their customer revenue must be half of what it used to be? >> well, like i said, we are working really hard to make sure that they are able to continue to serve customers that helps drive revenue to the business through different service modes. we have also been working with the government to see how

quickly we can get funds to address liquidity issues that they are also going through a number of different local and federal provisions to address labor issues as well. there's a lot of work taking place daily, hourly, between us and our franchise owners as well as local authorities to be able to address liquidity issues. the principal focus here is safety and wellbeing, followed by ensuring that our small business owners and franchisees continue to drive revenue and ultimately address any short-term liquidity issues they may have and we are working with them closely on a one-on-one basis. david: what specifically did the president or treasury department offer to help you guys out, particularly the franchises? >> well, there's stimulus is going to help quite a bit on the consumption side and then on the small business side, there's support getting funds through local community banks and other local agencies to be able to get short-term funding, short-term

loans to franchisees to address any liquidity issues they may have. david: any way to calculate how many people have lost their jobs in these franchises? >> it's hard to say right now. as you know, it's a very fluid situation. we're working closely to make sure we keep business afloat and more importantly, keep serving guests and addressing safety and well-being. with that happening, i think we will be able to see these small businesses survive and thrive. david: final question. i got to run. how quickly do you think they could get back up to speed, rehire those people who had to be laid off, et cetera? >> our folks are incredible. our franchise owners at burger king, popeyes and tim's are incredible. they work quickly and very well with their community. i think we can ramp up really fast. like i said, we are open for business and feeding america. we are going to do this together -- david: popeyes and burger king. great to see you.

thank you for bowing hereing he. imagine this virus without the gig economy, no food delivery, no entertainment. ashley webster on more of what we have to be thankful for. ashley: we certainly do. just spare a thought, if you will, for those who are in the gig economy. an estimated 15 million americans make their living on gig economy jobs. as we have the health department and your government telling you, whatever you do, avoid face-to-face contact, that's exactly what these workers do for a living. it's also exposing, of course, the very fragile situation they are in. they are classified as freelancers for the most part. they have few protections like guaranteed wages, sick pay, health care, all of those things that of course are very critical in a crisis. of course, in this situation, their earnings have plummeted as social isolation is being touted. now, there is some help. uber, lyft, instacart, door

dash, for instance, say they will pay their workers 14 days' worth of wages if they do have, in fact, the coronavirus diagnosis and have to stay home. also, a number of companies including door dash and uber eats say they have introduced this no contact delivery service so they don't actually have to have any contact with a driver but if there's any, we all know how badly the economy is being hit by this. imagine being that gig driver, the one that hangs out at the airport, for instance, waiting for a next fare to come in. there are very few people on planes right now and they are having a very hard time paying their bills. david: indeed they are. ashley, thank you very much. markets have taken a turn up. the dow is now up 440 points. coming up, we have the miami mayor. he is under quarantine, self-imposed. he's next. t. rowe price experts go beyond the numbers to examine investment opportunities firsthand, like innovations in agricultural research.

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perdue says the supply chain will continue to rise to the occasion. negative for farmers, they were expecting a big ag for china, now they will not get that, or at least up in the air. they don't know when they will get that. that is helping drive commodity futures down. >> as things have progressed our commodity markets in many ways have mirrored the fall of the stock market. us on the farm watched our balance sheets erode away or income statements deteriorate, again much like if you were watching the stock market. we've been dealing with those same emotions. reporter: with all the school closures, some dairy farmers are starting to worry because that is a big customer for them. one of the farmers i spoke to says they need to make clear, farmers need to be considered essential. they need to stay open, one they can stay afloat, stay in business, number two so they can keep americans fed. david: we love our farmers. thank you, grady. miami mayor francis suarez

joining oust on the phone from quarantine after testing positive for the coronavirus. mayor, good talking to you. how are you feeling? >> david, thank you so much. i feel relatively well. i have been in quarantine a little over a week. i have cold-like, flu-like symptoms, but have not had fever yet, not had a severe cough. i'm fortunate i'm in 80% of tile ever people who get mild symptoms. david: you are fortunate. what can happen to you could happen to a lot of us. i have a wife and family. what happened to your wife and family being quarantined? >> what happened, they had to go to my in-laws house, my wife's parents house, they have been there ever since. thankfully been able to talk to them. we have technology like face time, so i can see them. really hard not to hug them or hold them as i normally would do. it has been tough but i have

been able to run the city remotely, putting in place measures to protect the residents. david: what were your first symptoms? >> i was actually in a meeting with a delegation with the brazilian president on mon and tuesday of last week. and so it was apparent one of the people in the delegation tested positive. someone sent me photos of myself in the picture with that person in very close proximity. i probably shook the person's hand. i probably spoke to the person but was asymptomatic until i got tested that day. next day i started getting symptoms. david: mayor, we have only 15 seconds. what would you tell all the young revelers coming to miami and those areas and with no care at all about getting the virus? >> i would tell them to go home. i would tell them miami is closed. pretty much every single restaurant or bar is closed by emergency edict. there will not be anything going on here, that they will be able

to enjoy. they can put themselves at risk and put their grandparents and those immunocompromised at risk. david: you don't want to hurt innocent people. mayor, so glad to hear you're doing well. really appreciate it. i will be back at 5:00 p.m. eastern with "bulls & bears". cheryl casone is in for charles payne. cheryl: thank you, david. i'm cheryl casone in for charles payne today. are we stopping the bleeding at least for now? are we finding a bottom in these markets. our experts are standing by waiting in for you. the white house is close to starting a trillion dollar stimulus package include being checks directly into the hands of americans. president trump is expressing optimism for coronavirus treatments. >> what we're doing with the fda is so