servers, cooks, employees living paycheck to paycheck. reporter: those delivery and take-out orders are helping. another way to help, restaurant.org. david: thanks, molly. thanks for placing your trust in us. stay safe. we'll see you tomorrow. liz: welcome to the show, i'm elizabeth macdonald. joining us tonight, ohio republican governor mike decline and republican michael cloud of texas, columnist kristin tate and general jack keane and more on the coronavirus outbreak and other stories as rush for cash rattled market. the dow popped 1200 points. coming up tonight we'll show what you is really fueling the market chaos. you will not believe this story. it is not just corona. volatility did drop. why? central banks around the world stepping up including the

federal reserve launching even more emergency measures. this as the president vows the u.s. will achieve, quote, total victory over the coronavirus, and says the new trillion dollar stimulus with 500 billion in cash headed to individuals, he thinks it may not be enough. we have news coming up on that. we have also got medical supply shortages hitting hospitals as across the country. tonight, positive news on drug results to battle the outbreak. president trump today pushing to fast track a dom mon anti-malaria drug, chloroquine saying it has shown encouraging results against the coronavirus. watch this. >> a drug called chloroquine, and some people would add to it hydroxychloroquine, so chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine. this is a common malaria drug. it is known as a malaria drug

and it's been around for a long time and it is very powerful but this has been used in different forms, very powerful drug in different forms and it's shown very encouraging, very, very encouraging early results. and we're going to be able to make that drug available almost immediately. liz: the dow was swinging today. it swung 1200 points t did finish the day up 188. the other indices ended the day in the green. it is the worst mon though since 1987 but china is claiming an optimistic outlook. no new locally transmitted cases. critics say china did drop an iron curtain on its outbreak earlier this year, if china did tell the world faster the cases would have been cut around the world dramatically. china, watch this. also trying to secure exclusive patent on gilead's

anti-coronavirus drug remdesivir before the world really knew about its outbreak. we have that story too. here in the u.s. the government is bracing for a potential 18-month battle and a battle to calm americans, expected rammed up in testing will show a steady spike higher in cases. that is why the u.s. reported cases did soar more than 40% in just 24 hours. new york governor andrew cuomo trying to calm new york as new york cases rise to about 4160. that is about 40% of the country's entire total. watch this. >> clear communication consistent communication, because misinformation, emotion, fear, panic, is truly more dangerous than the virus at this position in my opinion. liz: okay. get right to fox news

congressional correspondent chad pergram in d.c. chad? reporter: good evening, liz, in the past 45, 50 minutes, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell released a 247-page bill this is the phase three of the coronavirus response from capitol hill here. one key provision in this bill is that they would allocate a direct payment of up to $1200 for most taxpayers, if you make up to $75,000 a year, it would start to taper off a little bit up to $95,000. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says they need to get this bill through, but so far this is just a republican authored bill. listen. >> we need to have the american people's backs. this legislation is a significant next step and the senate is not going anywhere, the senate is not going anywhere until we take action. reporter: but there are some gop conter nation about the direct

payments both in the administration and republicans on capitol hill. south carolina senator lindsey graham, says the economy is growth padlocked. you can't stimulate something that is padlocked. mcconnell needs democrat buy-in. two republican senators are quarantined. cory gardner and rick scott. it comes down to the votes. they have to engage the senate democratic leader chuck schumer. >> many work part time, gig workers, many other reasons are not covered by unemployment reasons or new employment insurance must cover them all. second, the payments must be full. the payments should equal, or come as close to equaling as possible the salaries they got. reporter: schumer says there was no democratic input in this original bill. that is going to start tomorrow. schumer believes there are

bailouts in this piece of legislation. they will have to negotiate there, also with house speaker nancy pelosi. the house of remembers is not here right now they're waiting to come back once the senate passes something. the house majority leader steny hoyer sent a member to all house members today because they're concerned about contamination on the house floor. there are two house members, mario diaz-balart of florida, a republican, around ben mcadams, a democrat from utah who have contracted coronavirus and we have several other members who are quarantined including minority whip steve scalise this is what steny hoyer said, quote, the house will adjust our voting procedures in order to follow the cdc's recommendations. we'll discuss all options. they're talking about bringing members into the house chamber in groups of 10 or 15. none of that will probably happen until next week, liz. liz: chad, great to see you. the market ended up 188 points.

oil popped higher. we're on track for probably the worst week since 2008. the worst month since 1987. that is where we're at. all indices below of 200-day moving averages. the dow is swinging back and forth about 1200 points. up 188. get to it ohio governor, michael dewine. thanks for joining us. >> great to see you. >> before we get what is going on, when will ohio hold its democratic primary? >> it is democrat and republican primary. it is not just presidential. it is local. that is set for the beginning of june. unless the legislature comes in and changes that. what is important people will have the opportunity to vote by absentee ballot for an extended period of time. we had a situation where we were making people make choices over their health versus their constitutional right. it made no sense. liz: let's move on to what is going on in washington.

unprecedented government stimulus. now dwarfs the bailouts under president obama and george w. bush during the financial crisis. your take on what's going on in washington? >> well, quite honest with you, i'm very focused what we're doing here in ohio. we're very, very focused. i'm hearing some of the things you're carrying and other news media outlets are carrying but look, this is a bipartisan issue. i talked to our two senators. i talked to our members, congressional delegation. i'm glad they're looking forward, making things happen. what we would like, as far as any kind of money coming back to the states, as much flexability as humanly possible. we're here. we're dealing with the problems. we want to make those decisions. the trump administration has been very good, giving us waivers, we're very happy with that particularly in the area of food, school lunch programs.

school breakfast programs. liz: we have positive news on the drugs to fight the virus. president fast tracking malaria drug, chloroquine. it has seizures. japan has a drug that is promising. it helped clear virus in about a week. doesn't work in severe cases. australia are moving on aids and malaria drug cork tail, reportedly works in a lab test. i want to move on, i want to hear what is going on with the little guy in ohio, what they're feeling. because when we see markets whipsawed back and forth like this this, is dash for cash. people are selling stocks and u.s. treasurys to get cash. governor, we're finding what is causing chaos in markets not just this virus, it is hedge funds who leveraged up with a ton of debt. double-digit growth in debt versus holdings to amplify, boost their returns. now the virus hits, they're

de-leveraging. they are running to get cash faster than the 2018 financial crisis, sir. when you hear, we'll play bill ackman, ceo after hedge fund. when you hear what he says, what he said basically, was, that we're going to hell. he have said we're going to get a pushback on that from msnbc's stephanie rule on that. little guy in ohio, when they hear talk like this, this creates panic? listen to stephanie ruhle. >> he caused the market to puke and caused the circuit breakers to trigger. so it is taking advantage of the fact that cable news puts him on television, really hard-working cable news reporters, who are trying to get smart business leaders on tv, to explain the real picture, maybe urge the white house to make really good choices but what so many people wondering tonight, why bill ackman or has right idea, or

good intentions put on ridiculous show and cause such damage to already panicked market. liz: by the way bill ackman was wrong way on valiant, herbalife, other companies, jcpenney. he is both short and long. what was reaction to that story? >> look, we, ohio citizens have to focus on saving their lives and what they have to focus on is separation and keeping apart from other ohio citizens that is the message every single day. liz: they're seeing their 401(k)s get torched. that is my point. and stock holdings and bank accounts -- >> like i fully understand your point, i'm telling you i'm dealing with a crisis with people trying to save their lives. this is all fast nating. it is all interesting. i understand your point but we're focused in a life and death battle here. liz: what are you guys doing? we're seeing new jersey. we're seeing they're doing

curfews. see nag the bay area, california, there is a lockdown there, what are you guys doing toe stop -- to stop the outbreak there? >> we closed schools. we did that sometime ago. we shut down restaurants. we shut down bars. we've gone down to 50 person, can only 50 people together at a time. we've done everything we can to get people to basically go home, stay home. you know only essential industries are really rocking and rolling now. that has got to feed people. we have to take care of people. those things are still going. look, ohio economy is good. we'll come out of this. this country will come out of it. we'll be okay, but we're going through a long winter before the spring comes. liz: i hear you. governor. we'll stay on the ohio story. please stay safe. we're going to be watching what you guys are doing out there in ohio. good to have you on, governor. thank you so much for joining us. appreciate it. >> appreciate it. liz: next up, the white house

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of medicine at st. joseph university. dr. robert lahita. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, liz. elizabeth: we'll see number of cases spike in next two days, that's what the white house says. big backlog of tests getting pushed through right now. potentially up to 10,000 tested every day. the u.s. was being criticized slow at start of testing. now they're doing it. your take what is going on, sir? >> we're seeing up tick, we're seeing an uptick in cases for sure. just today i saw another three cases through the emergency room. remind you that we don't admit everybody that comes in thinking they have covid-19. we try to send people home if they're stable, they don't have problems breathing, just fever an a cough, we try to send them out but definitely increased numbers are coming in. this is our big concern, that we're going to get so many going forward that we're going to have

a problem with our icu beds and of course stamping. stamping is always a big problem. i'm happy to happy number of tests are going up. it means mortality is going down and test more people and find them to be positive. elizabeth: your take on the vaccine, drugs moving forward, your take on color -- chloroquine and japan's vaage and australia cocktail. they seem to be effective? >> they're very effective. i had a lot of experience with hydroxychloroquine. these drugs are very good. the anti-malarials. they treat connective tissues such as lupus and -- two well-known conditions to a lot of people that have them. we used these drugs. they're very, very safe. particularly hydroxychloroquine

which the president mentioned today. hydroxychloroquine is very inexpense system. i don't know how long that will last. you can get it while it is available. you need a doctor's prescription for it and what it does, i think it affects the cell's ability to bring the virus in. it sort of blocks in the lungs at the surface of the lungs alveolis, the little sack where the oxygen is exchanged, it solidifies that prevents the virus being engulfed or bought into the cell when it obviously kills when it infects the cell of the lungs. we have a major, major finding there. with regard to the other drugs that you mentioned, the japanese drug, avagen, today i had a delivery of remdesivir, which is just for two patients that are intubated in the intensive care unit and these patients are dreadfully sick and this drug is what we call an anti-viral, it

works on the virus itself. that is coming from japan. elizabeth: really interesting. >> they're experimental though. it is not for everybody. elizabeth: yeah. >> very tough to get, very hard to get. elizabeth: dr. lahita, thank you for what is going on inside hospitals with the drugs coming into play. thanks for having you on, thanks for joining news thank you for having me on. elizabeth: bernie sanders goes nuclear on a reporter. bernie sanders got really mad. we have the tape. we'll show it to you next. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... are you in good hands?

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♪. elizabeth: welcome back to "the evening edit." i would like to bring in conservative come men state tore kristin -- commentate, kristin tate. how are you holding up? >> pretty well. i'm up here in the new hampshire area. we've seen a lot of businesses close. my stepmother owns restaurants in boston. she has been ordered to close her businesses. i like so many other people seen a lot of goodwill during this time. business owners are still paying employees even though they're shut down. heartwarming for people to come together. i hope you and your viewers are staying safe as well. elizabeth: move on to what is

going on in the 2020 democrat race. bernie sanders back in vermont, reassesses after losing to joe biden by double digits in florida, arizona and illinois. your thoughts on this? >> in a perfect world for joe biden bernie sanders would gracefully step down and endorse him but, liz, i just don't think that is going to happen. bernie sanders and his support earns, they are still angry at the dnc for what happened back in 2016. bernie believes that that race was stolen from him. for good reason. bierne bernie has been treated unfairly every step of the way. in 2016 and this time around there is a real fracture in the democratic party this would really believe ultimately causes joe biden to lose in november because he is going to have to appeal to the moderates and to the progressives but right now, bernie sanders and his supporters are not warming to joe biden. elizabeth: interesting. bernie sanders on edge. he cursed out a cnn reporter.

let's watch this. >> what is the time frame? >> i'm dealing with a [bleep], global crisis. you know, we're dealing with this and you're asking me these questions. >> you're running for president. >> right now i'm running, right now i'm trying to do my best to make sure we don't have an economic melt down and people don't die. is that enough for you? elizabeth: the question was, basically when are you going to stop your campaign? then that happened. your reaction? >> bernie sanders is always so angry but you know what, liz? he is a fighter and i think that is why a lot of his supporters really like him. joe biden, sleepy joe has no energy. he doesn't have that fighting spirit the candidate is going to need to take on donald trump in november. even though bernie is so angry and becoming unhinged, at least he has a little bit of fight in him. that is more than joe biden. elizabeth: joe biden is now moving to general election campaign mode. as you noted he is moving to try to heal that split with the bernie supporters because they

gave the president the march begin of victory in battleground states, one out of eight bernie supporters went for the president, went for trump. the questions are, is biden the change candidate, can turn out the vote? not like an outsider like jimmy carter or bill clinton was. joe biden, he has been around since the nixon era in washington, d.c. he is also trying to attack the president over the coronavirus outbreak. let's show the viewer how joe biden is now getting fact checked for wrongfully trying to attack the president on the coronavirus outbreak. he is basically saying things like, you know, the president cut our investment in global health. "washington post" says, no, he doesn't or and on. your reaction to that? >> well during this crisis, this should pack sometime when republicans and democrats come together and unite. joe biden is really making himself look petty by trying to seize this opportunity to score political points and you know, blast donald trump.

so i don't think this is going to help him. on a broader scale, up until this point this has been a cakewalk for biden. he has been the defacto nominee. yet, as easy as it has been with him with the whole dnc behind him, he i am bear ass himself -- embarasses himself, stutters, can't get through a debate. if he thinks this is tough now, the real challenge is when he becomes the nominee and he needs to debate donald trump. he has a real challenge not just comes uniting a very fractured party, but actually facing donald trump. once this coronavirus pandemic is behind us, trump will turn his attention to november and biden is going to be the subject of many attacks from trump. so i'm not sure that biden has the fighting spirit, the leadership qualities that it is going to take to really, to really succeed when all attention is on him and this primary is over. elizabeth: kristin tate, thank

you so much. come back soon. >> thank you very much, liz. elizabeth: just ahead, retired four-star general jack keane, here with his take as secretary of state mike pompeo warns if we don't get to the bottom of what happened in china, it could happen again. that story next. ♪. ♪ limu emu & doug [ siren ] give me your hand! i can save you... lots of money with liberty mutual! we customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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♪. elizabeth: okay. china, it did drop an iron curtain on its coronavirus outbreak that tipped the world into a health crisis, killing thousands and it put the global economy on the brink. let's welcome my next guest retired four-star general jack keane. great to see you, general. >> good to see you. elizabeth: your take on china criticizing the u.s. again for saying the coronavirus pandemic is chinese in origin. your reaction to that? >> it fundamentally is. i really appreciate secretary pompeo calling out china for this because we've got to hold them accountable.

we're likely going to have pandemics in the future and actually we cannot tolerate that kind of behavior by any country. this is, this is a pandemic which began as an epidemic in their country in one city in november. they shut it down by destroying the tests, saying this was not contagious among humans. only contagious among animals. it was complete fabrication. it took a whistleblower doctor who began to expose some of this who tragically died because of the disease himself. the chinese were completely trying to keep the information away from the world. they're paranoid. they can't stand criticism. as a result of that, this epidemic that occurred in china became a global pandemic. they, caused that to be spread around the world because their population kept going in and out of that entire province, particularly that city in wuhan by tens of thousands every peek.

elizabeth: we five million left wuhan for lunar new year starting in october through the end of the year. we're tracking the timeline, the chinese government started detect clusters of pneumonia of unknown origin in november, december and they really didn't tell the public. i would like to get your reaction when they started to tell w.h.o., the world health organization, the global pandemic, china friday to secure the patent on remdesivir, the viral drug that would shut this down. they tried to get it exclusively from gilead in january 21st before the world really knew what it was going on in china. your reaction to that? >> that is another staggering example of the chinese communist party. we should think the chinese people to blame, they're not. the chinese communist party is

authoritarian repressive regime. it is the most repressive regime in china going all the way back to mao tse-tung. we've seen this pattern of behavior in hong kong what they have done in taiwan, what they're doing here is all part of the same fabric of this government, authoritarian and repressive and lying through their teeth and look at the disinformation campaign they're now conducting that began a number of weeks ago they were purporting to say that the united states military brought this disease to wuhan. there is nobody in the world that will buy that kind of nonsense but the fact that they're putting it out there is another indication of who they really are. elizabeth: we're going to -- look at the study from the university of southhampton in england. they said if china cracked down on the virus in one week, cases around the world would have been cut by 95%, 95%. chinese coverup, china's coverup, censoring whistleblowers, journalists,

detaining, arresting, censoring whistleblower doctors. now it has infected 178 nations and territories. it is killing tens of thousands. but now china is promoting image of itself as savior to nations hit hard by the virus it started, that started there. china is sending medical supplies to france and italy. your reaction to this soft brand, soft economic power push from china? >> that is another part of the playbook. one of the things i think is motivating them in terms of their paranoia and secrecy concerning this is many analysts believe that biowarfare lab, they have it by another name, that is in wuhan, because they're experimenting there with different pathogens that could be used in biological warfare. it is possible, that that pathogen actually became the genesis of the current coronavirus that has so infected

the world. that may be the thing that they're really trying to protect. elizabeth: can i step -- i'm researching this. we're digging deep into the science here and research papers. what you're saying is, we have been researching this as well, in 2003 after the sars coronavirus outbreak in china, the labs in beijing and elsewhere in china started studying sars. it broke out of the labs and infected three researchers in and around 2003, 2004. that certainly happened. two researchers were infected with the sars coronavirus after the outbreak. that happened in beijing. your reaction to that? >> well, that is another example. you know, their aggressiveness dealing with this. i don't believe that is further to protect their population. it is to use it as an instrument of war. i think that may be, what actually is the cause. i think that is why secretary pompeo is doing exactly the right thing.

we have to hold them accountable. we have to go back to find out how did this really get started and pull back the veil of mystery china wants to keep over that. elizabeth: what they're doing about that, china newspaper, we're running out of time, like your reaction to this, australian paper, cydey herald is disseminating disinformation from a canadian based disinformation website. we don't know whether this is russian disinformation or what. this website tried to say and claim, that the airline flight mh17 was not shut down by a russian miss sell over ukraine. you see what they're doing. they're retweeting propaganda and misinformation on twitter feeds coming out of china, your take on that? >> i already mentioned it this is part of the pattern. they don't want to accept blame. clearly in competition from the united states on many things. why not blame the united states

for it. no one will buy that nonsense. now of course, they're taking credit for, rightfully so, they have, they have flattened the curve as the new term we're all using in their own country, good news, thankful for that, because that is going to save lives. now they're, got a massive information campaign that china is out trying to save the world with sending their doctors and nurses and supplies all over the world to help save it. they're trying to compensate. that is a good thing they're doing. i'm not disabusing them of that, but it is china compensate for what they have done in the past. they're not going to be able to do that. you know, i think what is fundamentally happening now, liz, given all the things we've been dealing with china now for the last 18 months to two years, the world is really on to this regime. the chinese communist party and what they're doing, certainly in this country, not against the chinese people, but against the chinese communist regime, outcome will be largely negative. that is the reality of it. elizabeth: general, thank you

for coming on. thank you for your service to your country. congratulations on getting the medal of freedom. great to have you on, sir. >> thank you, thank you. very overwhelming experience. elizabeth: general jack keane. he will be back. next we're staying on the scientific research on the origins of the coronavirus and as we were talking about with the general, what are scientists doing to protect the public? there was a sars virus outbreak in 2003. chinese scientists were studying that in 2003, 2004. somehow that virus escaped a lab in beijing, infected chinese researchers, then may have gone into the population. we're on that story and also on breaking news that the president will convene a g7 meeting in april. the story next. at's why i've gor of 1, 2, 3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved once-daily 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy ♪ the power of 1,2,3

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with us. doctor, thanks so much for coming back on. we love having you on. >> thank you, liz. it is a pleasure to be here. elizabeth: we snow you have seen and worked through pandemics like sars in the past. we just had on general jack keane. he and i were talking about research we're basically working on here at "the evening edit," going through the nih, different studies with "jama," about sars, that sars virus, which is a coronavirus broke out of a beijing lab in 2003, 2004 after the outbreak, let me back up, how comfortable are you with bio research labs researching these viruses? three researchers got infected in china when they were trying to research this sars coronavirus decades ago? how comfortable are you with this. >> i'm extremely comfortable with the cdc in atlanta.

they have those same kind of labs. i have 100% china, probably believe them as as far as as i could throw a circus elephant. elizabeth: you're not comfortable with china, not comfortable with chinese scientists protecting public with research in coronavirus. again that sars coronavirus broke out after beijing lab in 2003, 2002, you're not comfortable, is that it? >> not quite. i feel like the general did. the chinese communist party, i have no confidence in but i have worked with doctors there. i had a program in china. i had a wonderful doctor. they have a cdc that is great. a lot of our doctors go consult with them. they have a great health care system but you can't believe a thing they say. the communist party is 100% control, and sew we're not sure what's coming out of there. the people of china are fine people. i worked with them. i really enjoyed it. elizabeth: so that is the issue. this is not about the chinese people.

it is about the regime they're living under. let's show the viewer, and get the doctor's reaction to this quote from this article warning about laboratories in china as a source of coronavirus outbreaks. it says the possibility of the reemergence of sars and other novel viruses from laboratories. therefore you need to be prepared. you can't ignore that issue. that is the research article we're finding clinical microbiology reviews. so that is an issue. >> yeah it is an issue. liz, we, we know that in china sow nottic diseases going from animals to people seem more common than anywhere in the world. why? i think it is as much cultural as it is viruses escaping laboratories. they have wet markets. these people have been dead a

few minutes. people walk by. the viruses get on people an mutate and become infectious. whether they get out of laboratories or not, i've been seeing that going around last month or two. there are conspiracy theories going back to the assassination of abraham lincoln. i don't know whether thee, this particular virus escaped from a lab or not. i know there are some good science basically coming from england where they claim it did originate in animals but i don't think we know and the chinese are not honest about it. so how can we tell. elizabeth: dr. weinberg, thanks for coming on. really appreciate it. >> thank you, liz. it's a pleasure. elizabeth: great to see you. we'll have you back in. let's bring in lou dobbs with a look what is coming up on his show. great to see you, lou. >> great to see you, liz, thanks. joining us tonight congressman doug collins, congressman kevin brady, "wall street journal" kimberly strassel and house

former overnight committee chairman jason chaffetz, former advisor to president trump kt mcfarland. all that at the top of the hour. back it to you, liz. elizabeth: great to see you, lou. ahead texas congressman michael cloud says it is time to dial back on china for all products and goods. this country's coronavirus blunder is the final straw. the congressman, michael cloud, makes his case next. juggled life for it. ♪ ♪ took charge for it. ♪ ♪ so care for it. look after it. invest with the expertise of j.p. morgan, either with an advisor or online, through chase. after all, it's yours. ..

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countries have travel bans against the u.k. that's way less than the 69 countries who have travel bans against italy. it's bad what's going on in the u.k. >> this is unfortunate. this could have been prevented if china had worked with us a little earlier. the human toll and economic toll occurring right now is devastating. liz: you put up an opinion piece on foxnews.com saying china's coronavirus blunder is the last straw. we have to end reliance on them. tell us more about your opinion piece. >> right now we are dealing with the pharmaceutical industry. a number of the drugs made in

the u.s. one in three companies surveyed said they had their technology stolen from china. this information is made to use competing products. they had cyber attacks. in china they are persecuting people of all faiths. that on top of this, this is the last straw i think for china to make its case. liz: your reaction to the atlantic * magazine saying they are confusing the authoritarian communist regime with those who have to live under it. they are trying to draw a moral equivalent between the chinese regime and their people. that's not the point. the chinese government is not a race. it's a regime. it's easily the most brutal in

our lifetime. >> we are blessed with one of the most diverse countries in the world. most of us have friends and neighbors from all over the world. this isn't about that. they have taken advantage for years. we have exerted a lot of goodwill towards china and that hasn't been reciprocal. instead of them becoming a responsible community of nations as people like to call it. liz: the president did not block the media from reporting on the coronavirus as china did. we know china kicked out "the washington post," the "wall street journal" and the "new

york times." the chinese people are genius. they are creative in their thinking. is that the point? what you are trying to say, it's the regime. >> exactly. if the people of china western able to work it so they would have new leadership in that country. and be a part of responsible community, then great. but what we have is a authoritarian regime using every ounce of goodwill given toward them against their own people and against the nations of the world. free loving people. liz: we reported on how the sars virus which is a coronavirus escaped from a beijing lab and three researchers got infected. china did not do a good job of protecting its

china did try to move to get an exclusive patent from gilead on remdesivir which is used to battle covid-19. they moved on that in the january 21 before the world health organization declared yes this is a global pandemic. your take on china's actions. >> china for a month was denying it was an issue until we saw the first case from china in the united states. they are trying to play this to the totalitarian regime's advantage. and even against their own people. china have not been our friends, or a fend of th -- or noted a fe world. and this is bad behavior from an economic and humanitarian standpoint.

it's time to reevaluate our supply chain issue. liz: thank you for watching. thank you for having us in your homes. lou dobbs is next. have a good evening. [♪] lou: good evening, everybody. president trump today made another major announcement directing the food and drug administration to make experimental drugs available to stop the spread of the wuhan virus. president trump: i directed the fda to lip state in outdated rules and bureaucracy so this working proceed rapidly, quickly, fast. we have to remove he barrier. there were a lot of barriers that were unnecessary. and they have done that to get the rapid deployment of safe, effective