this point along briefing with his coronavirus task force, we've been watching the whole thing along with you at home and we will be back here tomorrow night. the story continues after this. >> president trump: taking care of our country but at the same time to have the country really. >> tucker: this is a fox news alert, the president speaking at this moment in the breathing room at the white house, we will continue to listen. >> a colleague who can't be in the room because of our social distancing, he wanted to ask should governor desantis have closed all of the beaches in the state? >> president trump: that is up to the governor. i think he is a great governor and has done an incredible job. then on the beaches, he has made a decision but you do have a lot of room on the beaches and is just a decision a lot of people

agree with what he's done but he's done a lot of things right and he has caring so much about health care, the cost of prescription drugs, been a fantastic governor for florida, very happy with him. the whole concept of the beach in the very interesting issue. a lot of open spaces that includes parks and other things. rather than relying on social distancing, when we make our decision, things like that will be open up. i want to thank everybody very much and we will see you tomorrow sometime and we will get this going really well, thank you all very much, appreciate it.

glenn met them it was, the president wrapping up the lengthy press conference. for many estimates, a lot of that is going to change this month but it will be especially true in the country's largest city. in america's 42,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, half are now in new york the numbers going by the thousands every d day. >> the number of positive cases, we are up to 20,000 statewide, 5,000 new cases. which is obviously a significant increase. >> tucker: so for perspective on that number, just two weeks ago, 1,000 cases into that a single state can add five cases in 24 hours. this morning, the surgeon general predicted the worst is yet to come. >> i didn't expect i would be on

"the today show" for such a somber occasion. i want america to understand, this week is going to get bad and we really need to come together as a nation. i heard the story that you were just playing, young people out on beaches, here in d.c., the district set up a camera for people to watch the cherry blossoms. you see more people walking around and this is how the spread is occurring. >> tucker: it is going to get bad this week so what does that mean exactly and what could that look like? in italy which is the best model we have, deaths peaked on saturday, a death toll of almost 800 that days of scale to a country the size of ours, that means 4,000 deaths a day, more than the number of people killed on 9/11. so when the face of this threat which is profound, we have shut down the country by and large, millions of americans have been ordered to stay in their homes. this was not done likely.

many of them have been thinking about this question and planning for pandemics, what we're doing doing now are trying to do grows from as close to a consensus as you're going to find in science at the moment. inform people thought we had no choice. it was made in good faith. but there's another side to that decision, the shutdown has come at a terrible cost for an awful lot of people. millions of americans have lost their jobs and it clearly looms in the near distance and is not a small thing. could change this country forever more even than the virus itself. and for a very good reason. and these are the people working and exposing themselves exposing themselves to great risk, but you can't just let epidemiologist when a country of 320 million people just as he would never turn over to a team of economist.

so what is the right balance here? how do you keep americans from dying of this plague which is essential while preserving the strong and independent country for your children and grandchildren. we are paying to formulate very clear views on things but the truth is, the answer to that question is not clear right now and anyone who tells you what is pedaling answers on television is misleading you on purpose for hasn't really thought about it, it's a very tough question and answering it correctly is vital. so we are inviting on to guests who have essentially opposing perspectives but they are not here to debate. we believe they both want what is best for this country. to listen to them and maybe the answer will become a little bit clearer. joining us versus dr. brandon clarke, the chairman of the emergency medical hospital and he joins us tonight, thank you a lot for coming on.

>> thanks so much to having me. >> tucker: of course we have not imposed a nationwide lockdown, we have in some places. judging by the numbers that are available from those places, do you think it's doing what it was supposed to do, as a working? >> is a good question that i think we just don't know the answer to yet. we have to remember the lead time on this virus is very long. the time that people feel symptoms as five days, most will have a bye 11 days after exposure so we are social distancing experiments have not been the full duration that we need to see a change in the slope of the new incidence of disease. >> tucker: give us a sense purely from a medical perspective leaving out economic or social considerations but here in epidemiologist trying to slow the spread of disease. how long would a quarantine need to last to be effective do you think? >> they were two pieces.

we would need to see the slope of the curve change, in this instance all of us waiting for this curved change, but the second piece is we need to think about how well we are doing it, how well we are actually following the rules and trying to distance ourselves. six and are emergency departments in new york city over the last couple of days and it is always a stark difference when you have very, very heavy conversations and make hard decisions with folks and then go on to the public and you see people enjoying life. is even more stark and more exaggerated now to see that contrast mostly because the frontline providers are afraid and we are the last line of defense. we need that first line of defense, we need the social distancing which seem so easy to help us. >> tucker: i think that message is definitely penetrated to most people who are paying attention, but maybe some of the details haven't.

so if you are in charge of the response and against looking at this from a purely medical perspective, how do you keep more people from getting this and dying from it, what would that look like, how long would it be and what would it mean specifically? >> i wish i could tell you the answer. the truth is until we see a change in the number of new cases, until it is going flat or going down, no one can make that decision. we have to reassess all the time because we see the slope change. i'm sorry. >> tucker: no, that's a very telling decision because you were hearing people act as if they know the answer and it is interesting to hear you confirmed that it is a moving target. >> it is very much a moving target. >> tucker: tellis finally what quarantine would actually look like. would it mean literally staying in your home and not leaving? that the only effective way to do it? >> the limitations that have

been put out already think pretty reasonable. a little bit of exercise, the grocery store, the drugstore. i don't think that we are necessarily really there yet most of us. i include myself, i talk about all the time. i feel like i'm allowed to go to work and a mellow stop and grab a couple of things from the grocery store. i could probably do that less frequently. i could probably do that just a little bit less. >> tucker: you certainly get a pass for leaving your home. thank you so much for that, really appreciate it. so this morning, we got a text from a politician and if you host a talk show, you get a lot of texts from politicians all pushing their own perspective but this one was very different. was from a lieutenant governor of texas, dan patrick who has been on the show before. he said something very long and thoughtful and i just want to share part of it here because it is worth hearing. "i don't pretend to be speaking

for everyone 70 plus, i think there were lots of grandparents out there who would agree with me that i want my grandchildren to live in the america i did. i want them to have a shot at the american dream but right now there's a virus which all the experts say that 98% of all people will survive is killing our country in another way, it could bring about a total economic collapse and potentially collapse of our society. so i say let's give this a few more days or weeks but after that, let's go back to work and go back to living. those we want to shelter in place can still do so but we can't live with this uncertain uncertainty. >> tucker: lieutenant governor patrick agreed to join us tonight, we are happy that he did. thanks so much for coming on. so you made clear and i want you to say this and not me but you made clear in this letter that you sent that you are in the category of people who risk that disease and would you explain that? >> i turned 70 next week and i sent a note about a week ago

that something has been really heavy on my heart since this started, so i am automatically in the higher risk pool. has governor, i work over 15 hours a day mostly from home but i travel when i need to. i am living smart listening to the president, the cdc guidelines like all people should, but i am not living in fear of covid-19. but i'm living in fear of is what's happening to this count country. no one reached out to me and said as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival and exchange for keeping the america that america loves for its children and grandchildren? and if that is the exchange, i'm all in. and that doesn't make me noble or brave, i just think there are lots of grandparents out there in this country, six grandchildren that what we all care about and i want to live

smart and see through this, but i don't want the whole country to be sacrificed. and that's what i see. i've talked to hundreds of people just in the last week and making calls all the time and everyone says pretty much the same thing, that we can't lose our whole country. we are having an economic collapse. i'm also a small businessman and i understand it, i talked to business people all the time and my heart is lifted tonight by what i heard the president same because we can do more than one thing at a time. we can do two things. so my messages that let's get back to work, let's get back to living and be smart about it and those of us who are 70 plus, we will take care of ourselves but don't sacrifice the country. don't do that. >> tucker: you are basically saying that this disease could

take your life but that's not the scariest thing to you. they were something that would be worse than dying. >> yes. i'm going to do everything i can to live but if you said are you willing to take the chance and if i get sick, i'll go and try to get better but if i don't, i don't and i'm not trying to think of any kind of morbid way, i'm just saying that we've got a choice here and we are going to be in a total collapse, recession, depression collapse in our society of this goes on another several months, there won't be any jobs to come back to for many people. so i'm going to be smart, all of my fellow grandparents out there going to be smart from what we want to live with our grandchildren as long as we can but the point is our biggest gift we give to our country and our children and our grandchildren is the legacy of our country and right now, that is at risk and i feel like as the president said, the mortality rate is so low, do we

have to shut down the whole country for this? i think we can get back to work and we should wait out his time and if he says we need another week, i trust his judgment but we have to have the time. we can't say in three months or six months or 12 months. these businesses can't wait that long. >> needed to hear that perspective also. we are going to make it. good to see you. american workers desperately need someone to step in and act on their behalf but right now, the house of representatives seems to have a lot of other priorities like dividing this country along racial lines. we have the details on that ne next. to help you stay informed

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>> tucker: these are fearful times in american life, obviously americans worry they can die of this disease and someone they love could die if they lose their jobs and could be crippled permanently in the wake of this disaster, it's a terrifying moment. in that moment, we need wisdom and study guidance from our leaders. we need altruism, need to care more about you than they care about themselves but in congress, they don't. the foremost concern of some members of saving their own investment portfolios are making stupid partisan points or indulging their creepy ideological obsessions. i wonder why congress hasn't yet passed a bill to help the country survive this? that's why. details of the democratic plan

became out today. parts had nothing to do with the pandemic, read it and you will find disgusting little handouts added by lobbyist. worse, it is suffused with cruel bigotry of identity politics at a time when america is so badly desperately needing to come together, democrats remain intent on splitting this country into warring tribes. is shocking. when asked about a bill today, nancy pelosi blames the pope. >> last thursday, pope francis offered the world this prayer. "enlighten those responsible for the common good so they might know how to care those entrusted to their responsibility. "today, house democrats are unveiling the responsibility act, a bill that takes responsibly for the health of workers. to put corporations first, but because of the insistence a

leader chuck schumer and democrats, progress has been made. >> tucker: even by washington standards, shamelessness like that, quoting the pope. is currently more than 1400 pages, not that long because it's a finely tuned fix, house democrats have crammed it with totally unrelated political priorities. stoking racial division as usual, global warming, open borders. he should read it. here is just some of what you will find if you do. the bill would require every corporation that receives coronavirus aid to have officers and a budget dedicated to diversity and inclusion initiatives for a minimum of five years after they get the money because that's going to keep america healthy and prosperous. more bean counters making sure you are the right color before they give you a job. companies would also have to produce elaborate racial reports for the government listing the

skin color and the of their officers and boards of directors. they have to prove they give enough money to firms owned by women and nonwhites and of course how much they spend on diversity initiatives. in all, this bill uses the word diverse or diversity more than 60 times. what does that have to do with the pandemic that might kill you? not one thing. just more ugly race politics, the kind they specialize in. democrats think that's much more important right now and then it gets worse than that. the bill allocates $300 million for hiring experts to manage coronavirus preparation and response. as her critical jobs but instead of looking for the most qualified people at a time of national emergency from the only criteria right now are you qualified instead of that, it orders employees be chosen on the basis of their race and disability status. this is dangerous insanity. who cares what color your scientists are? but it goes on. the bill would mandate that all 50 states have an early voter period as well as same-day voter

registration. y? democrats believe those changes would give them an electoral advantage. would expand collective bargaining rights for federal employees. that is likely the group least threatened by the effect of coronavirus. and this is the real point, the most faithful democratic voting block. on matters of policy, the bill doesn't even try. should the airlines get a federal bailout? that's an actual question, you could pick either side. too serious for them. instead, it would require any airline that takes federal money offset their carbon emissions within five years because climate activism is way more important than a disease that could kill your family next week. and then there is this. the house version of the bill include special provisions to protect foreign nationals working here in the u.s. so we are staring down the barrel of the most profound employment crisis of our lifetime, not an exaggeration and what are democrats doing? trying to automatically renew visas and work permits from all

immigrants because their jobs are very important. way more important than yours. democrats want to make certain that people who are replacing you are secure and happy. the whole thing defies belief and that's not a partisan observation. again, read it. the republican version of the bill is not that awful, nothing could be that awful but we want to be fair and tell you everything going on tonight on capitol hill capitol hill. according to an informed source that we spoke to, some senate republicans are trying to kill the requirement to companies that received bailout funds stop sending american jobs overseas. why would they do something like that? you would have to ask the business groups of the chamber of commerce that are funding it. also depressing. that was senator john kennedy's view of it, gave a speech on the senate floor today expressing as much. >> you know what the american people are thinking right now, mr. president? they are thinking this country was founded by geniuses but is

being run by a bunch of idiots. what are we going to leave to our children if we allow this economy to crash? >> tucker: senator kennedy joins us tonight, thank you so much for coming on. you've been in washington for a while, i have never seen anything really like the democratic version of this bill. almost sounds like a parody and i am not being partisan here, being sincere. did they think that this was going to be enacted into law? that they believe that mandating diversity officers and corporate america is an appropriate response to coronavirus? what is this? >> i think that they think that they have the republicans over a barrel and the president. reality calls and congress is hanging up. i meant what i said on the floor, tucker.

for charitable americans are thinking of themselves, they were some good members of congress but we can figure out what they are good for. less charitable americans are saying how did these make it through the birth canal. people are losing their jobs, they are losing their savings, they are losing their 401(k). we think we know how to get the economy back on its feet over the next 60 to 90 days until we can get control of the virus and some of my colleagues are acting like a holes. i'm sorry, i'm not saying they mean to but nonetheless, they are killing it. they are throwing in every special interest political want, not need thinking that they can

ram it through but because we are too scared to vote against and it is just wrong. it's just wrong. >> tucker: it is also counterproductive. this isn't renaming a post office. this is something of real interest of the whole country and people are paying attention. do they think no one was going to notice what was in the bill? >> i don't know. i'm not sure they are thinking at all. i saw a press conference the speaker and i mean no disrespect to her but basically she was saying she wants president trump to come out and endorsed obamacare. that's not going to happen, you know that and i know that. they have provisions, you did a good job in your commentary. corporate board diversity, same-day election registration, tax credits, solar tax credits.

this stuff is basically they want the green new deal and they are saying if you republicans don't endorse it, we are going to strangle the american people economically. now for small segment of our population, it's true, the coronavirus can kill you. for a small segment but you know what else can kill you? poverty. hunger. we need to stop thinking about the next election and try to think little more about the next generation and what we will leave to them which is going to be the end of nothing if we let this economy collapse. and it is avoidable. we can stand it back up. but we don't have months to do it. we've got days. >> tucker: it does feel like that, it feels like we've got days, i agree with that. thank you so much for coming on

tonight and assessing this abomination and it really is an abomination. >> it beats anything i've ever seen. >> tucker: is unbelievable, thank you. the media have not been shy about assigning blame for the coronavirus everywhere except where it actually belongs, china. so what is the press saying about coronavirus back when it was still possible to contain it in china was lying about it spread? we checked what they were saying, not sure if anyone else has, we did. he will be interested in what we found. also dr. marc siegel is here with more promising treatment potential for coronavirus. we will bring you the latest when we come right back. stay home when you are sick. cover your cough or sneeze. clean and disinfect frequently touched objects with household cleaning spray.

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>> tucker: for the past three or four weeks, media has been yelling at you and shouting at you, china had nothing to do with this pandemic, nothing in anyone that says otherwise is a bigot. now they've decided who is responsible for the pandemic, fox news. is fox news' fault. a city of 11 million people on lock down, shut the city down desperately trying to contain the coronavirus, but watching that it became very clear to the rest of the world they could be a threat to all of us and we should all pay attention. no reason to believe that china was somehow special, he could escape from china and it could

happen here we said as much on our show on january 28th. all of a sudden, the chinese coronavirus is looking like a real threat that could be a global academic or maybe even pandemic. it's impossible to know what is the kind of thing that could be very serious. thousands of cases already confirmed, more than 100 are dead and with the two-week incubation. matt, certainty. that is late january, that was the take. what were the other news outlets saying then, the ones who are telling you now that fox news did this? here's what they were saying. vaux tweeted this. is coronavirus going to be a global pandemic? no. "the washington post" launched a barrage of articles explaining how coronavirus fear is totally irrational. on january 31st, they wrote how our brain makes coronavirus seem scarier than it is. get a grip, america, the flu is

a much bigger threat than the coronavirus for now. february 3rd, why we should be weary of an aggressive government response to coronavirus. the response they are now demanding. as new cases of this disease popped up around the world, the delusion continued unabated, it got worse. on february 18th, "the new york times" scolding fox news said in europe, fear spreads faster, italy shut itself down and thousands died. cnn on february 21st, they said the real plague in america was racist assault and ignorant attacks against asians. that is always the fear and it's always aimed at you. wanting to protect the public from a pandemic is racist. that's how deluded they were. mark levine shares the health committee of the new york city council. on february 9th, he tweeted this

"enougand a powerful show would defiance, huge crowds gathering in chinatown for ceremony ahead of annual lunar new year parade. you are staying away, you are missing out." can you imagine? we took precedence over your life. that same day, new york city health commissioner tweeted this, "today, our city is celebrating the lunar new year in chinatown. i want to remind everyone to enjoy the parade and not change any plans due to misinformation spreading about coronavirus." what was that misinformation? that it came from china, was dangerous. it's at health director. none of these people cared about you, they didn't care about protecting public health or sharing accurate information, they cared about feeling virtuous. they put that above their life as they always do and always will. because of that is they still are, they spread lies and

talking points meant to advance a totally unrelated agenda of identity politics. now they are trying to use coronavirus as an excuse to grab even more power. today, "the washington post" published an article lamenting complaining that furloughed facebook employees weren't around to censor opinions they don't like. another "washington post" column over the weekend demands that tv channels stopped covering the president's daily coronavirus briefings he criticized the medias. don't listen to these people. they are the liars. that's pretty clear at this point. in addition to downplaying the early spread of coronavirus, the press and even health organizations have also actively covered up the role of the chinese government in fermenting this plague. is true. the executive director of the victims of the memorial foundation enjoins us tonight. thanks so much for coming on.

the world health organization is we've got to think kind of the backstop most people instinctively trust w.h.o., but you are saying it's more complicated than that. tell us why china is influencing w.h.o.? >> the director general was china's guy. he is appointed in that position a few years ago because china heavily campaigned for him to be in that post and prior to that in his home country of ethiopia, he was a proponent of chinese investment into africa and because of him and others in other u.n. bodies which are infiltrated by chinese communist party interests, you have a situation in which china is

putting that in december and to suppress the early responders, the doctors who try to raise the alarm throughout january, spreading misinformation and lies about the extent of the virus denying there was human to human transmission taking place. the world health organization defended those lies, did not investigate and as late as february 24th, you have the w.h.o. claiming there is no uncontained spread of the virus. a week or two ago, they declared it a pandemic. even now, not investigating claims that there were no more new cases in wuhan when we are hearing a growing body of evidence that these are affected individuals who are being forcibly quarantined in hotels, that they are no longer testing individuals, who are reportedly dying of the disease taking them

straight to the incinerator. we are hearing this is truly in the thousands. you have millions of cell phone accounts and landline accounts that have been canceled in china especially in wuhan in the last three months. the fact that we would know more about the nuclear proliferation program in russia today than we do about the medical situation in wuhan is a tragedy was dangerous and it is because they are more in interest and voice and advocate of the chinese communist party than they are for the health of the world. >> tucker: that is one of the most stunning things i have heard in a long time, that the bodies are being thrown into incinerators. i thank you for that. it's really important set of facts not being told anywhere else. thank you. shutting down the country and parts is designed to buy us time for a medical response to coronavirus, there has been

progress on that front, will give you an update on what exactly it's been after the break. [ sigh ] not gonna happen.

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>> that is certainly correct about a vaccine, one thing i'd like to point out is that this vaccine was developed in record time, it started and clinical trials last week, we do have a good start on that. with respect to other treatments, the cdc issued some guidance this weekend about the state of knowledge around treatment for covid-19. and so we have some information from other countries as well as beginning reports here in this country about what might be available. what's really important from an fda perspective is we need to use science and data to judge the safety and efficacy of any treatment. right now, we do not have a full set of science and data to make recommendations definitively about what is safe and effective for the american people but we are certainly committed to doing that. >> tucker: for sure. you are the fda, by definition, you play it as safe as it can be played, that's your job. tell me about the antimalarial

medication chloroquine, the president mentioned this in a press conference that some people with the virus are being treated with it, apparently successfully, i don't know if that's true or not. what do you know about it? >> both drugs, hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are drugs that have been used for malaria. hydroxychloroquine is approved by the fda for treating some arthritis conditions in the united states. so it has a couple of purposes. we do have data from other countries we are looking at and specifically one trial from france that suggests might have some benefit for hydroxychloroquine against the cove covid-19 disease. we also have data from test tube experiments that it does have data against the virus. that being said, this drug to make a final determination about the effectiveness.

in the meantime, this drug is available in the cdc guidance that was provided gives doctors the information about whether they could prescribe this drug. if i am sitting across the table from the patient and the patient is asking me about this drug, i want to know the fact, the state of knowledge around hydroxychloroquine, what are the risks, and the benefits and then for each individual patient, i need to make that determination. that's what the cdc guidance provides and that it is an available around the country for that purpose. >> tucker: interesting. thank you so much for clarifying that in coming on tonight, good to see you. >> you bet, thank you. >> tucker: just discussing eckstein as the name of the drug, heard a lot about it. there's a debate about how effective it is if at all. of the fda commissioner just said there is evidence it can be effective and under what

circumstances, we are not sure. a man in florida credits the drug was saving his life. >> i was at the point where i was barely able to speak and breathing was challenging and i thought my end was there so i made some calls, and my own way saying good-bye to friends and family. to me, there is no doubt in my mind that i wouldn't make it the next morning. so to me, the drug saved my li life. >> tucker: quite a testimonial. what should we take from that? dr. marc siegel is a medical contributor and joins us again tonight, thank you so much for coming on. so you just watch that, you are seeing other reports, all of us want to be cautious and responsible, we are completely committed to that on this show but it does sound promising. what is your assessment? >> by the way, we are talking about hydroxychloroquine versus chloroquine. is subtle, but both are malaria

drugs. hydroxychloroquine that the doctor was talking about in test tubes and seems to be more effective against the virus and this is the one that has been used more or less around the world. this is the one that the french looked at and had a pretty profound response. i was very impressed with the way the doctor just said i put my doctor hat on and from work i have a patient sitting across from me, they're not feeling well, they are getting worse, i'm going to tell them the benefits on the risks and make a decision. that's exactly what i would say. meanwhile, the world health organization which as you know in january, we called them out for suppressing this whole story, now they are involved in clinical trials around the world which i'm very happy about, university of minnesota is testing and studying this drug, university of washington is giving six patients and what it looks like it's coming out about this drug is it works better if it is used early in the process before the coronavirus covid-19 really takes on steam. so that's what i am looking at

in regards to when i would consider using it. i also as a clinician would consider using it under the right circumstances. >> tucker: so i wish we had more time but obviously you'll be back as you are, we are going to have some data on this drug was soon it sounds like it's being used extensively in washington state. >> a lot of early evidence looks good. thank you, tucker. >> tucker: that is good news, which we need. here are some more good news, thousands of businesses are responding to coronavirus by firing employees. one of the saddest things to happen in our country right now. but one pizza shop owner in new jersey has instead taking out a loan, personal line of credit to keep paying his employees. we want to hear more about that and talk to him. he will join us next.

>> i want to end tonight on a great story. something nice. something that makes you feel good about the country. frederick rose is a pizza restaurant. instead of laying off of his employees because the state shu down, he opened a $50,000 line of credit to continue playing his employees. thank you so much for coming on to keep my pleasure parakeet this seems like a big risk for you to take personally. i think it's a wonderful thing, let's be clear. how did you decide to do this?

>> i had to realize that all of my employees are like extended members of my own family. i have some guys that have been working with me for 19 years, two guys, 15 years. my store manager has been here for 12 years. it just seemed like the right thing to do. i didn't want them to worry about paying my mortgage, i didn't want these guys that hav to worry about paying their rent , their utilities and insurance and other stuff. >> i love the sentiments, and i think you're heroic for doing this, but your business is shutdown. most businesses when they don't have cash coming in don't like this and cash out the door. >> i took that money out just i case they did shut us down. currently here in new jersey, restaurants are still permitted to do delivery and takeouts. currently, we are still working but who knows, maybe one of the

employees actually gets the virus and then we will be force to close and be in quarantine for 14 days. as somebody comes down with it again we come back, who knows, it'll be another two weeks, bu i just took this out to guarantee that my employees, no matter what, we'll continue to be able to pay their bills. you got to take care of your employees. without your employees, you don't have a business. my employees have been with me so long, it's all about having the same team, producing the same products, consistency is s important to business such as a restaurant. >> i feel that way about our people to. i wish i could eat your pizza i support. >> thank you very much. >> i hope other much bigger companies can learn from you. >> i just want to say stay home

send takeouts, support your local pizzerias, your local hardware stores, all local business in their time of need if there are doors are still open. >> i agree. brian, thank you. sean hannity right now. >> sean: i love that story. you pick that amount, whatever you do, i will match it for tha guy and his employees. great story. >> done. >> sean: welcome to hannity. tonight, halt of a possible treatment now exists. it seems very very real. we will have a big report and a always we will bring you facts without fear, without hysteria, without panic. we are the land of the free and the home of the brave, those ar not just words. also tonight vice president pence will be joining us.