>> ed: a president trump his call to make. >> president trump: i'm going to point it very simply. the president of the united states has the authority to do with the president has the authority to do which is very powerful. the president of the united states calls the shots.

if we were here for the states, we are here to back them up, we more than back them up. we did a job that nobody thought was possible. it's a decision for the president of the united states. >> sandra: fox team coverage for you this morning. david lee miller in new york city but we begin with john roberts from the north lawn this morning. >> sandra, edit, good morning to you. one of the biggest events as the president is expected to announce the members of if not the entire membership of the new advisory group that will give him information and more data on how and when america can reopen. at the coronavirus briefing will be in the rose garden this afternoon and that is suggestive that may be of the members of the advisory board might be there but i'm not sure at this point. we will see if that how things develop throughout the day. we don't know all of the members who will be on this advisory

board, but we do know, and we will put it up on the screen for you, that president trump will take a leading role. the chief of staff will play a supporting role and there will be a white variety of coordinators and it will not include ivanka trump and jared kushner as the earlier roster had suggested. at the president confirmed that last night. this will also not be like the coronavirus task force. that will help develop recommendations on how and when the country can be reopened. it won't be like the green flag is waved and everybody begins of race back to work, it will be more of a rolling reentry. >> the one thing we do know is health people, as physicians and scientists and public health people. as i mentioned i think over the weekend number of shows is that some people may think it may be a light switch on and off.

we are either out or in but it won't be that way because we have very large country and there are different impacts as you see. new york is very different from other parts of the country. >> is also another debate today on who has the authority to rent reopen the country. the president has issued travel restrictions and bora closings governors she stay at home orders. in a tweet yesterday president trump saying he has a ultimate authority to do that. >> president trump: when somebody is the president of the united states they authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be. it's total. and the governors know that. >> but the governors of at least nine states beg to differ. they announced yesterday that they will be working together to develop a plan to reopen. similarly the governors of california, oregon and washington state saying they will do the same thing.

constitutional scholars tell fox news that the president has persuasive authority over reopening. in other words he could encourage governors to do it but it's up to the governors to lift restrictions and individual states. andrew stockman is a law professor at northwestern university. >> president trump is absently positively wrong. it's constitutional black letter law, the president does not decide for example in this country reopens. it's the governors. now he can be very influential in terms of trying to browbeat governors and mayors and other people to try to open back up a constitutionally he has zero powers. >> again on those issues like bora closings and travel restrictions from international regions to the united states, the president and the state department have authority over that. he says he will overwork with governors on reopening america and according to constitutional

interpretations that we've gotten over the last 24 hours, he may just have to. >> sandra: more on all of that coming up. john roberts at the white house. >> ed: there are almost 2 million cases of coronavirus around the world and more than half a million right here in america. but there are signs the spread is finally slowing in some key parts of the country. new york governor andrew cuomo yesterday said it appears the worst is over in his state and that the curve is flattening. >> there will be no morning where the headline says, hallelujah, it's over. that's not going to happen. but yes, i think you could say the worst is over. because the worst here are people dying. that's the worst. >> ed: david lee miller is live again from mount sinai hospital. good morning david. >> new york remains the epicenter of a virus that has claimed more than 1.9 million

lives, rather has infected 1.9 million people around the globe and has caused 119,000 fatalities. new york governor andrew cuomo has been battling the spread of the virus and now he is battling the white house as well trying to come up with a plan to reopen the economy. president trump says as we just heard her, he calls the shots. andrew cuomo disagrees. he says the job of reopening the businesses are best dealt with region by region. he's formed an alliance to come up with a plan. each state will put together a three person team consisting of the governor 's chief of staff, economic official and medical policy official who will make recommendations to share with partner states on the best way to get back to business. president trump says he has final authority and governor cuomo on a media blitz says how to reopen is up to the states. >> i don't agree with the president's legal analysis, the

president doesn't have legal authority. we don't have a king, we have an elected president. >> according to the latest numbers 671 people died on easter sunday in new york state. more than 19,000 are hospitalized but the good news is the rate of fatalities is trending down. cuomo said yesterday that the worst is over unless people become complacent and ignore social distancing. underscoring, all this is a regional problem across the hudson river in new jersey, the number of fatalities continues to increase. as of now, 2,443 residents lost their lives to the virus and the governor there says that number is greater than the number of new jersey residents who died in the korean and vietnam wars combined.

>> ed: heavy toll indeed. david lee miller, thank you. sandra? >> sandra: the fda has given a green light to a less invasive test for coronavirus. rutgers university have developed the first saliva based test which could also reduce the risk of infection for health care workers. dr. debbie joins us now, the director of metropolis pain medicine and author of "coronavirus made simple. always good to catch up with you. how big of a deal is this that the fda has approved the saliva based test? >> is a very positive development for a couple reasons. right now we are relying on nasal swabs. so health care providers have ho come very close to the patients to get that swab. in order to do that, he or she has to have a lot of protective equipment on. gowns, gloves and masks. before they contest the next patient they have to switch a lot of that stuff out which means we've seen shortages in

that equipment which has caused problems in the health care system's ability to test patients. so with this type of test what people can do is basically take the tube, spit into it a few times and then hand the tube back to the nurse or doctor is testing them. that means because of the additional distance they don't have to change their outfits as much and it's much easier to actually get the test done and be able to do it on a larger scale. >> sandra: the fda commissioner having just approved this joined fox news earlier this morning and he said this is a big development. is the commissioner. >> you can use saliva rather than the swab in the nose. it's more comfortable for the patient and obviously can be repeated multiple times and it's actually safer for the health care provider. this is not an at-home test, this still has to be performed with the provider but it does provide a great advantage forward. >> sandra: this is andrew brooks, the chief operating

officer at the lab at rutgers that came up with this game changing test. he said saliva testing will help with the global shortage of swabs for sampling and increased testing of patients. it will not require health care professionals, as you mentioned, to be put at risk. saliva testing will also be important for people who are in quarantine because they don't know how long it will be until they are no longer infectious. that's important and leads into my next question, dr. debbie. what are we learning now because there seems to be mixed messages on this, about whether or not we can get the virus again. if someone had to tested positive for it, symptoms are no symptoms, can they get it again? >> there's a lot of unknown here. these reports are coming from the world health organization but sometimes people test positive for the coronavirus, then they test negative and then they test positive again. so the worst-case scenario is someone is getting reinfected with the virus or it's getting reactivated but i personally

think there could be other possibilities also. for example, let's say someone had absently no symptoms and tested negative for antibodies meaning that they were not able to fight the virus. the most logical conclusion is they never had the virus in the first place so if they had a positive test, let's say maybe they were exposed to the virus or were in close contact with someone and they happen to get a test. it's possible that that that was a false positive. early on when this virus came out there were a variety of tests that were being performed and there were questions about the accuracy of these tests across the world. i think that has to be looked at a little bit more, like what type of test that this person have? could there have been a false positive for the virus? sometimes it happens also, let's say someone is testing positive for the virus and it's a true positive but they didn't have any symptoms. right now, we don't know if that's because the virus is so mild and some people or if it's because they found out a different way besides antibodies

to fight that virus. so i will given example so people can understand. let's say if i'm walking on the street and i get mugged. i can try to find that person, scream for help and all kinds of things and that would be one way of kind of escaping. another way would be it if the police came to my rescue. so in this example let's say i'm an airway cell or lung cell and i'm trying to that's one way to fight the virus. if the police came that could be antibodies, the specialized proteins in your blood that come to your defense. so you are testing for antibodies and different types of antibodies so there's lots of potential for error. >> sandra: i've only got 30 seconds or so left here but if you could come at what two things look like when we come out of this at least for that rolling open of the economy and you have people starting to go out again and going to restaurants, going back to work. how are you managing your own expectations medically for what

that will eventually look like? >> we have to expect that some people will get sick when we start to reopen the economy. i don't think anyone has a doubts about that happening. as soon as we have more contact it's possible that people can get sick. the thing is, we have to do it in a way that makes sense so whether it's testing, treatment or the vaccine, we look at all of these three things to try to minimize the number of people that get sick and the severity of those illnesses. i don't think anyone should have the expectation that no one will get sick and we have to wait for that before we open the economy. at the same time we want to have as much control as possible over those variables. a >> sandra: that's been a huge learning curve as we've gone through this virus and the pandemic. it will be a big learning curve as we come out of it as well. dr. debbie, always great to have you. thank you. >> ed: in the meantime, some positive signs from louisiana on its coronavirus outbreak.

the state has over 21,000 cases but the numbers are flattening. the number of new cases just up to the lowest level since march 29th while the governor warned everyone not to relax those social distancing guidelines. >> the reason why we have the slowing the growth of cases and so forth, and at death's, is because of the social distancing. the hygiene practices. the stay-at-home order. all it takes to have a spike in cases and go back the other direction is for too many people to violate the order. >> ed: louisiana congressman steve scalise of course is the house minority whip. congressman, we especially appreciate you coming in. your state has been struggling as you all know but when you hear the governor there say don't relax those practices, but do you nonetheless believe the curve is finally flattening? >> we have deftly seen encouraging signs. i've talked to the head of our hospital in the new orleans area and they backed up with you just

heard the governor say. when you look at the indicators from may be a few weeks ago and where we are headed today, i think the things that people have been doing or having an impact. the ability to catch up and get more ppe to our hospitals and health professionals so they have the protection they need has also increased and i know the president was very aggressive net making sure that hospital systems like ours had everything they need from ppe to ventilators. so we are seeing now hopefully may be a spike, the worst days are behind us but you don't let your foot off the gas. as people start turning things back on and i do think we need to start having that conversation about when to start opening things back up again, i think people will be a lot smarter. they are just going to go back to doing things like they did where they are out in public. they will be washing their hands more, socially distancing more, but you can't just shut everything down for an endless amount of time either. and we see devastation that's

happening to people, they are losing everything right now. we have to balance both. >> ed: we have to balance it and you can't forget the devastation that you just mentioned but you also noted you wanted to have that conversation about how to reopen the economy. one piece of this is what used to work so hard on already which was at last stimulus with a paycheck protection. larry kudlow said it's running out of money. >> we are now at 661,000 loans approved, $168 billion. $160 billion have been approved by this government guarantee. and that's one reason of our estimates are, we will run out of money on april 17th which is why we would like congress to help us with an additional $250 billion. >> ed: the money is running out as you hear from the white house. they are trying to help a lot of people around the country, the

small businesses and others. and yet the hill said the senate has punted on this. what do you do about that? >> well you know you've got to keep coming back. the president fought to make sure there would be a program that would help keep our small businesses together, and help people hang onto this. so workers don't have to go up on the unemployment rolls and medicaid it can stay on their employer's payroll and health insurance. we see now over a million companies in america have now applied for this program and the checks will be going out soon. our local banks have done a phenomenal job at working with those local businesses. they don't want to see the small businesses go under because then all of a sudden you have a collapse in the fabric of our country and you have all this extra debt. hopefully we can see the small businesses make it through this and the ppp as it's called, paycheck protection program can get that extra $251 billion at the president called for and that larry talking about there.

the senate had a chance to get it done but unfortunately you saw chuck schumer and nancy pelosi come out with a list of demands that she would call them. instead of just saying this is something that's working for families, the checks are going to go out into people's automatic deposit accounts in the next few days and you will see that $1200 but you want their businesses to stay afloat. don't play games and say, i will give you that and keep this a successful program alive if you give me other things like the kennedy center debacle. hopefully we can get focused back on making sure this paycheck protection program stays afloat, not just for the million businesses that already applied but for the other may be million businesses that are waiting to come. >> ed: if you had the president at the top of the show saying he has total authority to open up states like yours and various governors saying, hang on a second, this is our domain. i was on your website this morning and you are pretty robust on the issue of states rights when it comes to issues

like guns and marriage. where do you come down on this, is it up to the governors or the president? >> if you watch over these last two months the states have been taking their cue from the president. it's been the president that came out and say, let socially distance and bring your crowds down to no more than ten people. for example when the president said that you saw almost every governor in the country take that cue and say we will institute a new set of policies. so while the president has not set every state has to do this he's been setting the guidance using expertise from cdc and other agencies and other states following suit. the governors ultimately go to the president when they need help and when they need extra ppe and ventilators and money, by the way. ultimately you see the president is the one that's leading that charge and president trump has done a great job leading that charge. let's continue to keep that momentum. >> ed: we will see if everyone can come together on reopening

the economy. we are certainly still thinking about your state and we appreciate you coming on. >> thank you for the press, be safe. >> sandra: states in the west tightening restrictions to contain coronavirus but now the governor of michigan is facing backlash over some of the major she's taken. do they go too far? michigan congresswoman elissa slotkin will be joining us live next hour. plus, thousands are killed a strong storms leave behind a path of destruction across several southern states. and now officials are getting a better look at just how bad it is. >> it's archambault. we can't even get in the living room. >> it's just a disaster. you've got a house and three fourths of it goes through the woods will then you ain't got nothing. ♪

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>> sandra: we are now hearing that at least 32 people were killed in those powerful storms that slammed the southeast. tornadoes from the deep south to the east coast. steve harrigan is live from atlanta with the very latest on all of this.

>> officials across the south are saying they have not seen a tornado outbreak like this one in decades. people have been killed in six different states and as many as 60 tornadoes have been reported to touch the ground. mississippi got it the worst with 11 data, south carolina with nine, georgia with eight. two mobile home parks were torn up badly by a tornado and because most of these happen overnight from sunday until monday, the first responders were often family members trying to save each other. >> my bed came around, came on the ground. we both pushed, and my son was trying to hold it in pulled my mom. we were just thankful to be alive. >> this is a first case the u.s. has had of a natural disaster during this pandemic and it's clear just how much harder things are right now. shelters are probably the worst place to try to practice social

distancing. initially people and soldiers were given masts and some spaces were marked off to try to keep family 7 feet apart but eventually the red cross moved some people to hotels. it's really hard for people in the south who already lost their jobs because of the virus, now many of those same people have lost their homes due to the storms. sandra, back to you. >> sandra: steve harrigan in atlanta for us. >> ed: stock futures right now rising sharply ahead of the opening bell. it is the worst behind us on wall street? maria bartiromo joins us next. plus transit workers are at high risk of contracting coronavirus. why they say they have been left vulnerable to the outbreak. >> i'm careful that people don't touch me, or get close to me. i'm careful for other people, too. but you know, new yorkers don't listen, that's a problem.

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hopes on restarting the economy. that is the speculation when the economy will reopen. maria bartiromo anchors mornings with maria on the fox business network and she joins us now. at least some parts of our economy will see this rolling open over the next few weeks at least, and that's leading to some optimism in the stock market. >> that's exactly what's behind this move this morning. just the fact that we are hearing this conversation. we are hearing task forces, different opinions on it. you had the governors out in force yesterday and you have the president looking for the right moment in the right tone to actually get things moving again. i spoke with leon black this morning, a major money manager from apollo global investors and he said it, look. we are modeling six months, nine months and 18 months before we really see things back to

normal. so i think most business people out there and individuals, too, will look at a reopening of the economy is just what you said it. it rolling. but we are not going to get back to true normal for a while. first of all, obviously not until there's a vaccine in place and we know that danger is no longer there. more so, we are fearful. we don't know that we want to go to restaurants sitting on top of each other anymore. we don't necessarily think that the current layout in restaurants and social places is going to work. when we start getting out there. i think you'll see a lot of retrofitting and a lot of investments into how things will change once the economy does reopen. that was a lien on black looking as far as 18 months. jpmorgan reported earnings today and jamie dimon to come up the ceo on the call, obviously profits plummeted. one thing that he mentioned interestingly is that they have been raising reserves because he expects that we have to raise

reserves because we are expecting the likelihood of a "fairly severe recession which made it necessary to build credit reserves of $6.8 billion that resulted in total credit costs of $8.3 billion. basically building it back drop there in case they have to bail out small bankruptcies, people are going to default on loans so they are building up their reserves expecting a severe recession. the good news is, it probably won't last very long and we will see a snap back at some point. whether it's fourth quarter or 2021 remains questionable. >> sandra: you look at those jpmorgan results in the profits were down 70% a year ago at the lowest since 2013. their markets revenues were hitting records based on the volatility that we are seeing. there you have some numbers that we are looking at. one bright spot is amazon. new record highs for amazon in trading this morning maria, as we all live in this new

stay-at-home world. people have been ordering on amazon. so that's a bright spot for the market. and now, goldman sachs is saying that we think the u.s. stock market has hit bottom, maria? >> yes. that's another good sign. they say that we have seen the worst levels but that doesn't mean we won't see massive declines along the way because we've rallied. the market has rallied pretty significantly off the bottom and we rallied like 25% from the actual lows so that's the actual wriggle mic wiggle room to go back and forth even if we have seen the worst of it. that's an important point because you know that the markets look ahead. the markets are not necessarily waiting until the last minute when we know the economy is going to open again. they are going to start trading up and buying stocks, looking out 18 months or so. i would also say we were expecting a very terrible quarter for jpmorgan and all the banks. we will see that increasingly and you mentioned amazon, and

other companies as well. look at companies like zoom. look at johnson & johnson, reporting better-than-expected earnings today and also raising the dividend. 6%. they are of course right now searching dramatically for a cure for a vaccine of covid-19 and they will start human trials after the summer or early fall. there's definitely some optimism happening. look at this market, up better than 500 points. >> sandra: yes, we are watching it. and gas prices, not always good to see oil and gas prices coming down because it's a reflection of a weak economy, but here's the national average. $1.85 and a month ago it was $2.28. one year ago we were looking at $2.82, almost a dollar more per gallon. you know that old trading outage, low prices cure low prices and we could see that

turn around soon. people are still not driving and demand is low. >> people need that gas prices, that's him is like a tax cut when you see gas prices move as low as they have. another thing about oil is it's an indicator of demand, global demand because oil prices, obviously it's a global market. you see oil prices where they are right now that's telling you there is no demand across the world because honestly the world has been shut down. this new oil deal that the president was helpful in in terms of brokering a deal between the saudis in the russians, the market's not believing that they will stick to their word. otherwise you see a much bigger rally in the price of oil. but as you said there's a good new side of that and that is gasoline. >> sandra: there you have it. i know some parts of in the country are seeing prices at the pump below a dollar per gallon. all right maria, thank you very much. the dow up 535 points as we start off on this tuesday morning. see you again soon maria.

thank you. >> ed: coronavirus having an impact as well on public transportation, like everything else right now. transportation officials nationwide are trying to protect workers and passengers. in new york city more than 50 bus and subway operators have died so far. bryan llenas is live in new york city this morning. >> here in new york city more public transit workers have died from covid-19 then the fdny and nypd combined. 559 mta workers are dead.the ms like oliver cyrus, a 20 year veteran bus operator described as a holland bull man who lived for his daughter. in response to covid-19, the mta a is requiring rear door entry on buses and his effort in classical's protection for its

drivers. it has eliminated hand-to-hand cash transactions, increased vehicle cleaning and temperature checks of 2,000 employees per day. some dell have called the mta response sluggish particularly in getting masks out to its workers. the mta denies this and blames the cdc for its misguided recommendations. >> we had a plan for this. we had a pandemic plan in place. we are responsible agency that took plaintiff or something like this very seriously and we have supplies on hand. we didn't distribute them early on because of medical experts told us not to. the cdcs that do not wear masks if you are healthy, only wear them if you are ill. >> nationally at least 75 public transit workers in 12 states have died from covid-19 according to transit unions. new jersey is requiring workers and passengers to wear face coverings and has limited bus

train capacity to 50%. chicago, philadelphia and san francisco have given bus operators the authority to even skip stops to avoid crowding. >> we are the circulatory system that delivers health care professionals and emergency responders and food service workers right to the front lines of this battle. and as a result of that, we are exposed. unfortunately most transit agencies if not every single transit agency has really dropped the ball in terms of providing profi proper protectir frontline transit workers. >> they are heroes. unions fear that if the federal government does not really standardize safety regulation across the board hundreds more transit workers will die. >> ed: bryan llenas, thanks for that report. sandra? >> sandra: is most america still stay home truck drivers continue to deliver the goods that we all need while putting themselves at risk. so what is the trucking industry

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>> so today, i'm asking every independent and republicans, they support that candidacy which i endorse. >> ed: finally behind joe biden's campaign for president. the two announced they are forming working groups on policy issues as biden hopes to win over sanders supporters.

main street columnists, former speechwriter for president george w. bush. good morning to you bill. what are your thoughts on these two men finally coming together? >> it actually shows bernie's strength because it looks like joe biden needs burning more than burning needs him. he spends sort of steadily moving in bernie's direction. >> ed: we got some examples of that. joe biden flipping out some things he wasn't so aggressive on in the campaign, lowering the medical medicare eligibility age, moving towards forgiving all student debt for low and middle income borrowers who attended public colleges or private historically black colleges and universities. does that play well in a general election when you look like you're moving so far to the left on some of these? >> i think that's his trap.

the other i would mention would be the hyde amendment. all these things call into question his character. if he's just going to heat them overboard when he thinks that he needs to. he has three big problems right now. because of coronavirus, he stuck in his basement. he's really been removed from the public square. he can make a video or something that he can't campaign and it helps the incumbent. the second are these flip-flops which people look at and say, what does this mean end. the third are the sort of eccentricities, to put it kindly, on the campaign trail where he gets into clashes with voters or doesn't remember where he is. the theme right now is he can't at eight alienate the bernie voters. if this will be a title action, he needs all these votes. he can't have 10% of them storming off and not voting.

>> ed: and what about the money factor, which is the fact that the president and the republican side yesterday revealed any early part of this year they raised over $200 billion, and but largely before this crisis. the president has a lot of firepower. >> yes the president does have a lot of firepower. i think joe biden will have the resources because i do think that democrats do want to defeat donald trump. and i think they are more agitated than last time. last time they wanted to defeat them big but they were coasting a little because everyone thought mrs. clinton would win. this time i think there will be no breaks, it will be an all out fight between the two of them and i don't think this helps joe biden and particularly it doesn't help him on the medicare. one of the things that he was a rather eloquent on in the primary debate is telling bernie how impractical his plan was and how it would cost too much money. now he hasn't embraced it fully,

maybe it's called medicare for not quite all but he's come much closer than he was before. >> ed: bill mcgurn, as a campaign starts to heat up slowly. we will be getting back to that. we appreciate you coming in. sandra? >> sandra: poll worker at eight voting precinct dies from coronavirus. officials now issuing warnings to hundreds of voters. with coronavirus spreading, people at higher risk must take extra precautions. you are at higher risk if you are over 65, or if you have an underlying medical condition. please visit coronavirus.gov for more information.

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>> sandra: the city of chicago warning some voters that they may have been exposed to the coronavirus after a poll worker and last month's primary election died from covid-19 and

several others tested positive. matt finn is in chicago with the latest on all of that. >> it was controversial in the first place for the illinois primary to carry on last month. by the time the march 17th election day rolled around the governor had already ordered bars and restaurants closed for dine in and for the first time in recent history, the city of chicago canceled its st. patrick's day parade out of coronavirus concerns which is a huge revenue generating event for the city. yet, voters were still asked to head to the polls. now a chicago election judge who tested positive for coronavirus days after the primary has died, and the chicago board of elections are scrambling to send letters to voters at for polling locations warning them they could have had contact with another voter or poll worker with covid-19. election officials riding in part, although the board took every precaution possible based supplying workers with saint hand sanitizer and gloves, the

fact remains that an individual that tested positive was likely present while you are voting. now the governor is being repeatedly asked if holding me in person voting was a mistake. the governor says that the time illinois did not have a stay at home order and he was encouraging people to vote by mail. >> i've said this before, the governor of illinois does not have the constitutional legal right to shut down the election year. it's different in different states and we don't have that here. so i couldn't shut it down. >> here is one elderly voter who said she had some concerns leaving her house to vote in illinois primary last month. >> i'm older. i'm 74 and it got underlying condition so i'm in that target category for the virus. so i was worried about looking crazy, but then i thought, who cares, right? this is more important. >> chicago's mayor is looking

ahead to the general election in september and said there cannot be a repeat of the primary last month. sandra? >> sandra: all right matt finn, thank you. >> ed: the president is set to meet with recovered it covid-19 patients, folks who battled the disease and got better, at the white house in less than two hours. meanwhile congress is still dead likdeadlocked on more money for small businesses. that's coming up in the next hour in this season talk of shortages is everywhere

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>> ed: fox news alert, a startling milestone this morning approaches in the global vital comic battle against coronavirus as the cdc releases a brand-new report showing lockdown in america are finally slowing the spread. i'm ed henry, good morning again sandra. i'm >> sandra: good to be with you on this tuesday morning. i'm sandra smith, a million cases worldwide. one seen by some as inconceivable and here in this country of the cdc finding that orders to hunkered down in four cities are helping to keep the virus in check. >> also to attribute the fact that the american people put into practice the mitigation efforts that the president counseled the nation to do on the advice of our best scientists. i encourage you to keep doing what you're doing. because the sacrifices of americans and american families have made through these

mitigation efforts, you are saving lives and saving our nation. >> meanwhile a brand-new battle brewing over who has the authority to reopen the government, the president or the governors. william la jeunesse is standing by but would begin with jonathan serrie was standing by at the cdc in atlanta. >> dr. anthony fauci says america has returned to work and school isn't going to be like and on-off switch nationwide but more of a tailored approach based on what's going on in individual communities. take a listen. >> as we discuss and consider the public health aspects it will likely be something that we referred to as a rolling reentry. it's not going to be one size fits all. >> has new cases in york plateau, he's partnering with governors and six neighboring states to's figure out reasonable solutions to get

people back to work and school safely. on the west coast governors from california, washington state and oregon have announced a similar partnership for reopening. we will hear more about that later in this newscast. here in georgia where hospitals are not expected to reach peak usage until around april 26, state officials are building surge capacity including a 200 bed a temporary hospital at the georgia world congress center, a major conference facility in downtown atlanta. >> if needed we can quickly expand capacity to 400 nonicu beds. >> of the is urging americans to ggo to uncrowded parks where you can stay at least 6 feet from others and swimming pools are actually okay as long as you can maintain the same distance.

the cdc is advising against hot tops, spas and playgrounds, where people are in close quarters and have contact with common services. surfaces. of course if you are feeling ill or you've been exposed to anyone with covid-19, do not go to public parks. >> sandra: meanwhile three west coast governors, and reopening the economy in the region while putting the health of their citizens first. >> we began a process of establishing more formally what it would look like and how to begin the process and the kind of incremental release of the stay-at-home orders that advance the fundamental principle of keeping people healthy, keeping people safe and using science to guide our decision making and

not political pressure. >> sandra: william la jeunesse is live from our los angeles bureau. >> senators are making their announcement of why california, washington and oregon did not say how their estates would reopen. or what metrics they would use to make their decision. hospital beds, fatalities or unemployment, and suggested it was all of the above. the three democratic governors lead against stay-at-home orders but governor inslee will said washington will not wait to reopen its economy even if oregon and california do not. the pact he says is more about leveraging their economic clout to having the test kits and manpower for contract tracing. the governors also said they would listen to their cities for direction. >> we continue to follow the data, science and facts. if you look at the evidence, some sorts of these are lifted

to relate. >> governor newsom and kate brown that today they would unveil a framework for what streets are open. what testing is required and are there limits to how many are required in the workplace. he also said he would rely on local rates of spread like los angeles before making a decision. >> with our infection a few weeks or more behind other countries, we are in a good position to watch them take these moves first and learn the lessons of what works and what might not. >> sandra, we talked about how medicine is really at a standstill because doctors aren't working. governors said yesterday the first restriction she will left its elective surgeries and medical procedures. she said she also wants zero fatalities for ten days before reopening. >> sandra: it will be a very delicate balance.

william la jeunesse, back to y you. >> president trump: it's a decision for the president of the united states. with that being said, you work with the united states because it's very important. the governors will agree to it. the authority of the president of the united states having to do with the subject we are talking about is total. >> ed: a constitutional clash seems to be in the works. some of the nation's governors going their own way arguing the decision is really up to them. john bussey is the associate editor of "the wall street journal" and fox news contributor. the president says he has total authority. does he? >> well, not really. the states have police powers and the health, well-being and safety of their citizens fall under those powers. so the states put these orders in place and if they created the

lockdown. they will be the ones that lift them but i think at the end of the day this is an academic argument and academic dispute. the presidency is very powerful and if the president is saying, it's time to go back to work, it will be a lot of pressure on the states to do something about that. at the same time, the states are not going to yield to the president and they want to see the science, as reports just indicated, showing that the safer people to go back to work. folks will not get on transport if they are worried about their own safety. >> ed: to your point, governor andrew cuomo, he's said that he is given the president i marks and is willing to work with them. he's singing a different tune this morning. >> i don't know what the president is talking about. the constitution is based on balance of powers. we don't have a king, we have a president so the president

doesn't have total authority. the constitution is there, the tenth amendment is there. it's very clear, states have power by the tenth amendment. the president is just wrong on that point. >> ed: the house republican whip steve scalise was on the program the last hour and said basically, it was a president and federal government that stepped in even as the governors and mayors were doing their thing. here are the guidelines, now extended another month and likewise as we sort of unwind that the federal government has a role to play. >> the government would argue that the president was pressured into making those statements, that we will have a 15 day. remember he wanted to lifted on easter and then finally pressure it again into making a 30 day period the governors and president are at odds about this. what the governors are most concerned about ted is, the

testing procedures and surveillance procedures are in place. they have to be in place that if any wash over from another state, infections coming from outside of the state, contact tracing happens and the quarantines are put in place around small clusters to keep the public safe. tell that safety and testing regimen that is robust enough. the governor will have a very hard time lifting any of these restrictions. >> an extraordinary news conference, the president open things up with dr. fauci. there have been a lot of reports that maybe they were at odds and i'm thinking as you mentioned a moment ago, president made that decision to have the guidelines to stop the spread. dr. fauci was very clear and said, he listen to me. then reporters tried to say, are you being forced to say this? and he got kind of angry at

dr. fauci and said everything is voluntary. it seemed to give the president some credit there but how does that inform their decision moving forward to reopen things? dr. fauci seem to be clear that the president has listen to th them. >> i think that that concern has been, medical advisors, science advisors and national security advisors were arguing within the white house much earlier than the president says and to certain restrictions had to be put in place to stop the epidemic from becoming a pandemic and sweeping through the united states as it has. dr. fauci i think, giving a president some credit for the president agreeing with him. the question is the timing and finally agreeing with him. in the ways that allowed for the disease to spread further, that's the argument and that's the point of tension. i don't think that's been

resolved he has sourced a lot of credibility for the white house and i don't think that he wants to undercut him too much in a public setting. >> ed: absolutely. no matter how this works out, the american workplace is changing dramatically. >> it really is. it will be interesting to watch how much of these changes continue on after the lockdown stops. i think that this notion of working from home or working remotely at a minimum will affect the way business handles its process. do you need to travel so much? do you have to go to that meeting? his resume or hang out or some other mechanism just as efficient? i think this will have a lasting effect on how business operates and business continuity and frankly preparation. this was a black swan. this will have a long list of possible black swans that it will now analyze and i think

society will, too. and, ask, are we prepared? >> ed: we appreciate it. >> sandra: health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis struggling to get the critical protective equipment they so desperately need. so what is being done to ensure this nationwide shortage does not happen again? plus, some michigan residents are angry at a range of social distancing orders put in place by the state's governor. with plans to protest the majors later this week. michigan congresswoman elissa slotkin will be weighing in on all of that, next. >> so i want to acknowledge, it's okay to be frustrated, it's okay to be angry. if it makes you feel better to directed at me then --

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>> ed: a breaking news for mike emanuel, our senior political correspondent. barack obama will endorse that man later today, and joe biden, he said he was going to stay on the sidelines and wasn't going to get involved early when it was contested primary. we are now told that later today we we should expect some kind of video released by the former

president officially endorsing his former running mate joe biden. of course this coming just one day after bernie sanders officially endorsed bryden and we will stay on top of that. more details as we get it. ♪ >> sandra: seven crew members on the navy hospital ship mercy testing positive for the coronavirus. those crewmembers have been isolated off the ship and those who came into close contact with them are being quarantined. the ship has been docked in los angeles for weeks to treat noncoronavirus patients. the navy says the new cases will not affect operations on these thousand vet hospital ships. >> ed: in the meantime, health care workers and first responders across america are struggling to get the critical protective gear they need it. our guest jumped into action when she saw firsthand how hard it was to get a hold of some of

these crucial medical supplies. congressman, we appreciate you coming in. talk about some areas where this protective gear has now come in. it appears that our health care workers on the front line are getting what they need it but it takes a lot of work as you know firsthand. >> yeah, and it's pretty spotty. i still know there are hospitals here in southeast michigan who simply do have enough equipment and i have spoken to tons of health care providers that are in the icus and integrating patients every day and they are using equipment that their brother got them or some among them. so i don't think it's easy to say that everyone has the equipment that they needed. but it's a bit of a wild west scenario particularly because so much of our supply chain on medical equipment and medical gear, we now know really comes from china. it's been a really difficult experience going through the process of getting hold of the

guy who has relationships in china with a factory, places that order, or delays in the customs, the chinese government getting involved with the middleman. that's been like a wild west. >> ed: on that last point, since day one of his administration, and i know you don't agree with them on a lot. but is this something that when this pandemic is through and we feel like we finally have our arms around it, do you think this is something both parties can work on and say this supply chain, the stranglehold by china doesn't make sense for america? >> yes i do. i just introduced a piece of legislation called the made in america supply chain initiative. it won't help us today but the goal is that we will never again be hamstrung by all of our supplies come from foreign countries when it's really so important for certain items.

i think this is an area that overlaps. i wanted to be bipartisan, but i don't think anyone wants to be beholden. that's american provision in the law on military equipment because we don't ever want to depend on another country for our military hardware. and, they are flattening the curve, are you flattening the curve there? >> we are in our worst two wee weeks. we've had more deaths per capita than anywhere in the country. we are hopefully at the tip of our curve and hopefully we are

going to come back down. i do think some of the aggressive action that we took in the state led by our governor is flattening the curve. they are in it right now and it's traumatizing for a lot of them. >> ed: you just mentioned that governor gretchen whitmer. as you know better than i she's faced a lot of criticism for some of those decisions, saying michigan areas cannot go to their second homes. these are not rich people but they are going to a lake home or cottage. some stores are being told you can't sell paint. if folks are saying how do stopping the sails of paint, how does that help you with the coronavirus. has some of this gone too far? >> i think there will be people who are alive in a few months because of the aggressive actions that are governor took. there will always be modern

comic monday morning quarterbacking. any crisis and of leadership will draw criticism. no one likes that we can't go up north in michigan, everybody goes up north. no one likes that we can't go to our lawn and garden store is. but we didn't do that in an arbitrary way. but if you happen to have the virus we don't want to spread it to the community up for mike north. it's not that we don't want people buying paint but it's a place they congregate and buy paint allows for more transmission. we all want to get back to work and that's everything we are talking about right now. we have to let the medical piece guide us because the worst-case scenario, can you imagine if we get back to work and suddenly the virus spreads again and we have a second wave? we have to kill this thing is much as possible. i know she's taken some hits and she's been an easy target, but i think if you are taking aggressive action you should be

rewarded. >> ed: you mentioned you worked at the pentagon and were a cia analyst as well. there are protesters now in your state saying the governor has violated the constitution in their eyes and gone after some of their fundamental freedom. your response? >> that's the right to protest. i hope they stay in their cars and don't congregate but listen. like every other governor, the governor has taken action based on the authority that she has just like in new york or louisiana or any other place. it doesn't violate their constitutional right to be forward thinking about public health. think about the human beings we are trying to help here. not just the people who get sick but those working on the front lines of america's latest work, in the health care communities and in the hospital. we are trying to make sure those hospitals are not overrun and support our front-line workers. >> ed: we've been talking about lawmakers and is trying to

get them what they need. we are still thinking about your estate as well. thank you. sandra? >> sandra: it's a new beat for law enforcement. police coast-to-coast r's reinforcing social distancing provisions. plus they are that heroes on the highway. america's truckers bringing food to our grocery stores and vital supplies to our hospitals. but it's enough being done to keep them safe during this pandemic? with their va streamline refi, there's no income verification or home appraisal. and this refi costs you absolutely nothing out of pocket. it's the quickest and easiest refi newday has ever offered. one call can save you $2000.

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>> ed: a fox news alert, one hour from now if the president set to meet with covid-19 patients at the white house. that's has a president faces backlash for his claim to have total authority to reopen the economy. we will bring you that meeting. >> sandra: they are on the road 24 hours per day, truck drivers bring you food, gas, medical supplies all across america amid the coronavirus outbreak. they are now being held at road heroes. how are trucking companies protecting their employees? joining us now is tom ostergaard, crete carrier's corporation ceo and chairman. thanks for joining us this morning. it's great to have you here and tell the side of the story. we are focusing the all those

who are actually keeping america running and so many of us are ordering things delivered to our doorstep. a lot of that takes those truckers staying on the road. tell us about the effort that you have employed for your employees? >> thank you sandra for having us on today. american truckers is one of the great unsung heroes of this pandemic crisis. i like to think all workers are essential, i think we have labeled this essential workers on things but i think all workers are essential and will be to get our economy back going. the truck drivers, the health workers and the first responders are all what i would call extraordinary workers which are the ones on the front line doing what it takes to keep everything going and drivers are certainly a big of that. >> sandra: part of keeping them going is keeping them safe. so what are you doing to keep

your truckers safe? >> it's been interesting to see how that's involved with possible, could couple of weeks. we are doing everything we can come out workforce is deployed over all 38 states so it's not like we can reach out and touch them personally every day but through our mobile communication devices and throughout our network we are communicating with them and making sure their health is at the top of our list. we are doing everything we can to comply with the cdc requirements in the state by. some of our customers, shippers and receivers have their own requirements. we are doing everything we can to comply with those and keep the driver safe. first and foremost on that is an overall awareness of making sure that they are aware of any symptoms they might be having so we can be proactive and addressing that if that occurs. >> sandra: many of us as we head to the grocery store, you've heard stories about they

are out of toilet paper or out of paper towels. you see those trucks roll up and you have hope that they are keeping things flowing into the store so we can get what we need to get through this. has it been hard to recruit drivers in the middle of all this considering they do have to go a lot of different places and interact with a lot of different people and expose themselves? >> actually are recruiting has been fairly strong the last couple of weeks. we continue to be aggressive on recruiting which certainly has its own challenges as well to make sure that we bring people in that are safe. we are taking temperatures when they arrive, we are doing anything we can to it mitigate challenges as they exist. we have to make sure it's business as usual. i think the supply chain has been remarkable. when i look at the shippers and receivers, the customers we deal with, they are doing an

outstanding job. it takes a lot of work and i i have been amazed at how everyone has worked together to make that happen. >> sandra: what have you seen as far as demand? often we turn to the railroads and the trucks to see what's being moved and what's being demanded by our consumers and businesses. how have you seen those needs changed first transportation of those goods? >> certainly the consumer packaged good products have been in high demand. you mentioned toilet paper but really virtually everything that's on the shelves at walmart is essential to the consumer is out there. so we have seen a lot of those basic necessities being in very high demand. the serial business has been very strong, kellogg's, those types of folks have been very busy. i'm just going down the list of

some of our customers that have been very busy throughout this period >> sandra: we love our truck drivers and it so important to keep them safe and keep them going throughout this period we talked about them being labeled a road heroes. after they have a great sense of pride in what they are doing and keeping america going? >> they really do. our drivers have been extremely patriotic and they take great pride in their job and the country and i think they do that recognize the vital role that they serve all the time but particularly, right now. if a truck driver brought it, it's ultimately that driver that makes that delivery. >> sandra: we thank them. people are driving places, they are staying home. but those trucks are out there and they are delivering those goods. what can we say to a truck driver. if we know one, we have one in

our family, what's a good way to say thank you? >> you know, i think just acknowledge them. if you see them come and say thank you. if you pass them on the highway, give them a thumbs up. they appreciate you as well. i do think we have an awful lot of heroes out there in the drivers are part of that group. >> sandra: tom ostergaard, we appreciate you coming on this morning. it's a great story to tell. >> ed: police in colorado now apologizing after handcuffing a man who allegedly violated social distancing rules. the former tripper wasn't at an empty softball field with his daughter. have authorities taken social distancing guidelines too far? good morning. >> here in lincoln park in the capitol hill neighborhood of washington, d.c., you have police officers at both ends of

the park. they are telling people, walk your dog, get your workout in and move along. officers are still trying to navigate these social distancing orders around the country. sometimes it's creating these uncomfortable situations and sometimes the authorities have backed down. you mentioned there was an issue in colorado where the man was playing with his 6-year-old daughter, and police officers handcuffed him in front of his daughter. eventually they let him go and issued an apology and said they were just trying to interpret several layers of public health orders and they may have been a misunderstanding. in philadelphia, officers dragged a man off a bus after he refused to wear a face mask. the transit authority is no longer enforcing the policy. and the united states is navigating this unprecedented shutdown. >> americans price their freedom and individual rights and civil liberties. but the american public by and

large understand their state and local health officials and their president for telling them that this is important. >> federal officials are saying americans are largely following these guidelines and decree orders for now and that is saving lives, although police officers and authorities are still trying to balance this. as the policies move forward they are trying to keep americans apart but also trying to keep people on board with doing what they are supposed to do. >> ed: at rich edson. thank you. the mother of minnesota timberwolves star carl anthony towns passing away after coronavirus complications. jaclyn cruz townes was a fiery, caring and extremely loving person who touched everyone she met. her death comes nearly three weeks after his son revealed that she was in a medically

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americans food supply still remain strong. >> sandra: we are watching a big rally on wall street this morning as investors appear optimistic about efforts to control the spread of the coronavirus. goldman sachs is now saying that the market has probably hit its floor, the stock market that is, and things may be looking up from here. the dow is up 524 points. let's bring in: mcshane, coanchor of "after the bell." we just saw the dowel moments ago and it's up more than 600 points. so what are you seeing? >> more than anything else, the ability of investors and thereby the markets looking forward which is on display today. you talked about the idea that the worst is over in some ways, and we also start to see the conversation happening. i know that's a lot of back and

who's in charge here but the conversation happening at both the federal and state and local level about some level of business activity resuming. you see all of that and also, this plays into things like goldman sachs, and you see investors looking at it. they say well, what has congress already done and what might congress do in the future? and also the federal reserve. the federal reserve has this unique ability to prop up assets, and it's been doing that the last few weeks. we knew we were going to go through and already have gone through with the real a real tough time economically. millions of people have already lost their jobs. you could still see a situation while wear while we are going through that the stock market has indeed bottomed and in fact tech stocks are doing really well today. i will give you one quick status, the nasdaq ends up, and

it will exit their market territory. and that hit back on the 23rd of march. >> sandra: amazon, one of those stocks hitting an all-time high. people hunkering down at home have been ordering a lot that they need off of amazon delivered to their doorstep. goldman sachs trying to pick a bottom here, and that's interesting. that's feeling some optimism out there. as we saw that first round of stimulus tech checks go out. they might get a prepaid card. what are we learning about that? >> that is a third option that has been talked about. i've been looking at the irs website, so people who think they are up for these checks, but if you go there you can put

your direct deposit information. that's the quickest way to get these checks. those eligible for the stimulus checks will be -- some have gotten them in by tomorrow. we should have 80 million people receiving checks. obviously that's going to take longer to get a paper check. so this middle ground where for certain people, it might work. officials talk about people who are under banked which means you don't have access to the banking system for one reason or another. a prepaid debit card might make sense for you and that you'd rather have that rather than having to cash a check or, really you don't have direct deposit information you can put online. that's another option being talked about. we talked about this with the paycheck protection program and there were some problems with the rollout and people getting access to their loans which they are starting to play catch up with now. we want to get these checks out

as quickly as we can and again 80 million will have the direct deposit version of this. with the debit card and also with the regular checks you have a couple of other options and we will be watching over the next few weeks. >> sandra: really interesting. i wonder how much of these are getting the worst behind us as far as our earnings season. now jpmorgan representing that 70% drop in profit. some of those numbers are getting out there and as investors can digest them and get over the rest of this. final thoughts? >> really quick on that. these earnings, we go in and say what did the company earned per share in the quarter? all of that seems so much less relevant now unfortunately because we now jpmorgan and other countries lost a ton of money. but what does their balance sheet look like?

how did they come into this crisis? the large companies in america had strong balance sheets and provided themselves to some sort of question coming in and maybe a little optimism building now that those companies can find their way through this to the other side. >> sandra: you talk about those darkest days, it's great to see you. thanks very much and we will see you again soon. >> ed: first responders on the front lines of risking their lives every single day and now, they are getting a little help from modern technology to help keep them safe. a look at the high tech, next. ♪

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>> ed: the danger of infection not stopping first responders from answering the call. those on the front lines that keep us safe or getting a big assist from technology in fighting the pandemic. phil keating is in miami with this part of the story. >> good morning, ed. ever since his pandemic began spreading from city to city, firefighters and paramedics transported symptomatic patients, quickly a paramount concern became how do we keep our first responders and

health care workers, people in the front lines, safety or all of this. up in north florida, take the past three years of testing of its autonomous vehicles and apply that technology now in real time to help protect health care workers on the front lines. so the beat mobile which drives around driverless pulls up at testing sites thanks to gps technology. and to maintain social distance, those testing people put a cooler full of samples into the vehicle which then drives them over to the lab on campus. that illuminates person to person contact with what could be samples laced with contagion. >> we are able to embrace technology, machine learning and artificial intelligence and then see how we can actually apply it

to the betterment of everybody. >> in volusia county, florida, deputies are protecting themselves with drones. the beaches there are technically closed but however they can get access and go fishing. the sheriff's department is using drones to disperse people who are simply too close for comfort. >> please adhere to social distance and guidelines thank you. >> is another tool in the toolbox. at the end of the day my job as a sheriff is to protect the deputies and the community and if this drone gets that extra level of protection there is an active shooter or a pandemic, i'm all for it. >> over this past weekend a lot of people have these makeshift backyard parties which perhaps had more people than is advised.

they use the drone to hover over the house and backyard, and they told those people to get out all without the deputy to interact with those people. >> phil keating, thank you. >> sandra: just about 30 minutes from now president trump is set to meet with coronavirus survivors of the white house. we will get a tape to turn around of that and we will play that for you. that will happen as soon as possible. we got a brand-new hour coming up.

>> ed: fox news alert, the president set to meet with coronavirus survivors amid growing controversy over reopening the economy. welcome back to "america's newsroom." good to see you again sandra. >> sandra: good morning. the u.s. now has half a million cases of covid-19 was more than 23,000 deaths. while the president gears up to meet with people who have recovered from the virus, he is also making it clear that he calls the shots when it comes to reopening the country. >> president trump: let me put it very simply. the president as united states has the authority to do with the president will do which is very powerful. the president of the united states has the authority

to make -- and that being said we will work with the states because it's very important. >> really the only way the situation gets worse as of the president creates a constitutional crisis. if he says to me i declare it open and that is a public health risk for its reckless with the welfare of the people of my state, i will oppose it. >> sandra: live fox team coverage for you now with dr. marc siegel. he's standing by. first to john roberts. a lot of reactions to the president's words in that briefing yesterday. >> there's a lot of weighing and saying who has the authority here. ed mentioned he will be meeting with people who have been sick and recovered from the coronavirus. it's likely we'll hear more about the new advisory board on reopening the country come up the president will be reading announcing today and probably have more on who has the

authority to reopen the country. the president tweeted within the last hour that the government ar has been begging daily and hourly, most of which should have been the states responsibility. i got it all done for him and everyone else and now he seems to want independence. that won't happen. governor cuomo and governors of five other states in the region banded together yesterday to come up with a plan. at the governors of california, oregon and washington state also taking similar action but the president declaring in his daily coronavirus briefing yesterday that the authority to reopen the nation remains heads. speak to the authority is total. >> the president has persuasive authority over reopening, in other words he can encourage governors to do about it then it's up to governors themselves

to lift restrictions in their individual states. here's judge napolitano on that earlier today on fox. >> the federal government can help out with cash, can help out with resources, can help out with information and can help out with guidelines. in terms of the actual power, for example to reopen broadway theaters and reopen stadiums, to reopen restaurants, to reopen other parts of the economy that have been shut down, it is the governors who have shut them down and it is that governors who will make the decision to open it up. >> and the president's new advisory board to reopen the country, the announcement expected later on today at the rose garden for the daily coronavirus briefing. and that will involve a wide variety of outside advisors coordinated by key administration and missiles. we are told by white house

officials that this will not be like the coronavirus task force that's how and when the country can be reopened. dr. anthony fauci saying yesterday that reopening the country won't be like the green flag is a way that i race track and everybody racist to get to work. dr. fauci said it will be more of a rolling reentry. >> some people may think it's like a light switch on and off. outward and in. it won't be that way because we have very large country and there are different impacts that you see. new york is very different from other parts of the country. >> we will see with the president has to say around 11:30. we will have more for you on that. the cbc out with a brand-new report on how well social distancing measures seem to be

working. they help slow the spread of the virus but also warning it's too soon to end those restrictions. i have to say, i'm a faithful were viewer of tucker carlson tonight. i was watching and standing by with everyone as you got that swab test and we were all grateful to learn that even though you had been coughing and whatnot that you tested negative for the virus. also the president is our, we focus on the people who have died and are suffering. president also wants to shine a light on the people who have gotten the coronavirus and are getting better. can you hear me, dr. siegel? >> i hear you. first of all regarding my test results, i'm very happy and that speaks to a larger point. i'd like testing to be rolled out at two as many people as

possible. the mitigation strategy will have to continue on past the next several weeks. there's no way of just letting go of it but it needs to be combined with the strategy of testing. and then people who are sick before he may have antibodies now. for us were worked out, and 80% of the people in those cities were freely mobile at the end of february. but you know what happened a month later? in the mid to end of march there was a decrease in mobility, and it went down 20-40%. that dramatic increase as a way to decrease vital spread and there is no doubt that it's having an impact. >> ed: interesting. the surgeon general tweeted this out, in the midst of the tragedy

there is hope. california and washington remain stable in terms of covid-19 cases. new orleans appeared to be leveling off, social distancing mitigation is working. there is light at the end of this dark tunnel. so keep at it. the importance of keeping at it in your view because there does seem to be real progress here? >> i think one of the ways we will keep at it is not announcing a strategy where, tomorrow let's have a party. we will keep at it by sticking to the things we've learned. washing hands more than we were use to come people out there never thought they were touching your face is so much. social distancing should always continue to occur and not shaking someone's hand is a way of showing you care about them rather than shaking her hand. the change in philosophy. i would add again that in a comic nih's testing whole communities.

and that's what we need to know. we already know it's widely convict a just and we need more information. but we can't let up or it's absolutely going to come back. >> we've been saluting and many others, and we carry that burden. it's as medical workers fighting covid-19 are facing now a mental health crisis, and among the issues they say 50% reported issues of depression and over 44 present symptoms of anxiety, 71%. certainly talk about the general public and the mental health challenges, but for folks on the front lines of the real issue. >> first of all i want to bear in on this important point. there was a study in the lancet

that said anyone that quarantines is facing eight issues of the anxiety, frustration and post-traumatic stress. but nothing more than the health care workers. the study you referred to as health care workers in china who are facing a sparsity of equipment. i want to report some pretty good news today which is we are starting to get the equipment into the hospitals that we need and less people are getting sick. in my own hospital there is a lot of camaraderie going on in the words and people that are sharing and looking after each other. the shared courage, that will mean less depression and less anxiety and again they are not getting sick because they have protective equipment. that's a lot of post-traumatic stress which could be shouldering on now. but later on they will for the impact of it as they come back to normal life. we have to support them and we have to support each other.

>> ed: absolutely. we're certainly glad that you tested negative and that your father who you mentioned on tucker's show as well is doing well. >> thank you. glad you are also healthy. >> sandra: fox news alert as well and that president obama will be endorsing joe biden today, sources telling fox out the former president will formally back his vice president in a video message to be released anytime now. peter doocy is live in arlington, virginia, with more. or i should say his vice president. peter, good morning. >> good morning. joe biden talked about barack obama on the campaign trail all the time and for months, joe biden's campaign endorsements on the tv and the internet have featured videos of barack obama with biden. and we detail the reasons why

that would be the 45th president. this would be a long time coming. the very first question joe biden got as a presidential candidate was about where his endorsement was. >> if you are the best choice for the democrats in 2020, why didn't president obama endorse you? >> i asked president obama not to endorse and whoever wins this nomination should win an honorable merit. welcome to delaware. >> we don't know exactly what will be in this video but hoping to negotiate the iran nuclear deal. with this, he is also being backed by his main primary rival a democratic socialist.

>> today i am asking all americans, asking every democrat and every independent and i'm asking a lot of republicans to come together in this campaign to support your candidacy which i endorse. >> ahead of today's barack obama endorsement, obama and biden had already been talking about the process of vetting of biden running mate, a process which i was told would be starting at the beginning of this month. >> ed: china has tightened restrictions about the virus. what experts are telling fox news and we will have that for you. retire to four-star general jack keane joins us straight ahead. pop plus death and destruction across the south.

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>> i can tell you it's devastating. it looks like a bomb went off into different neighborhoods i visited and many of those are already suffering being out of work due to the covid-19 virus. >> ed: he is talking about the damage to a state after a storm system ripped across the south. killed at least 32 people. steve harrigan is on top of that live in atlanta with the details. good morning, steve. >> people were killed and at least six separate states. nine in south carolina, eight in georgia and two mobile home parks in georgia pretty much it destroyed. georgia mother said she put her children in the bathtub, got on top of the men held on as her house was literally picked up off the ground and spun in circles.

>> he said mommy, are we going to die, are we going to die? i said we are going to be okay, god's got us. i pray the entire time. we could not take a second round, we would have been dead if another tornado came through. when that didn't work some of those people in shelters were taken to the hotels and it naturally after a disaster like that people are very quick to help with their neighbors to help with the rebound. because of fears with the virus that pace is much slower this time around. >> ed: steve harrigan, thank you for that report. >> sandra: mississippi reporting that at least 11 people were killed in storms that ripped through the state damaging hundreds of homes and leaving tens of thousands without power. joining us now by phone is mississippi governor tate reeves. thank you so much for being here and our deepest sympathies to

the people of our state having lost 11 lives. how are your residents doing this morning? >> they are struggling, and i'm actually in so-so mississippi right now as we speak. we just flew over the damage. most of these tornadoes that came through here in the george county area were on the ground for so long, probably 40 miles or so, at least longer than that. >> sandra: is there is still search and rescue organizations going on? >> there's still a large number of individuals that are cutting their way through various roadways that are cutting through the roadways, heavily damaged and in some of the more

rural areas. i would say that we are still conducting search and rescue missions and we do have a number of people who are in hospitals that are in serious or critical conditions. we have had additional fatalities reported in the last 24 hours and we do expect those numbers of fatalities and injuries to continue to rise. >> sandra: incredibly difficult situation there. we know there are power outages in your estate. we are home in the middle of all this and not at church, they were hunkered down due to the stay at home orders there in mississippi which were announced back on april 3rd. so how is it going? how is the stopping of the spread of the virus going? >> we instituted social

distancing and it reduce the number of people that could get in crowds. they did a shelter in place, and that's -- we are about halfway through that two week shelter in place order. there is no question that all of the measures put in place are working. we have contingency plans to make sure that our hospitals do not get overwhelmed and from the indication as it is this, exist today, everything we are doing is working. have thousands and thousands of people that are out, helping clean up their neighbors yards and i'm literally writing through it as we speak. it's great to see all the people helping themselves in helping their neighbors. >> sandra: it's amazing how complicated this all is, but as you said the search and rescue

operations going on and personnel on the ground, trying to get the power up and running. you mentioned that two week shelter in place order, the president made a lot of news at that briefing yesterday, talking about it being his decision when to reopen the economy. there's been a lot of reaction to that. anyway and on that and where you stand on making ultimately that decision to go back out and get to work? >> we will continue to work closely. we share the goal which is to make sure that we understand that we have a public health crisis with us, we have had approximately 110 fatalities in mississippi from the virus, and i've got already 95,000 people that have filed unemployment insurance claims just in the

last three weeks. so these people would need to have an opportunity to get back to work so they can provide for themselves and their families. it's generally weighing heavy on the mind, the importance of getting the economy back up and running. because if we don't do long-term financial effects are going to lead to significant damage in terms of mental health, in terms of suicide and other things in families being broken apart. it's an exceptionally complicated scenario that we find ourselves in but we have to understand that we can open the economy and still be smart. >> sandra: you got a huge job there in both the days after the storms hit, and this is a

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>> ed: at live look at the white house now. any moment now the president will be sitting down with some recovered covid-19 patients. president trying to shine a light on many people who have battled this virus and lived through it we will go live to the white house as soon as we get more details. >> sandra: as we await that the government in china is now under intense scrutiny over the origins of coronavirus. they said the agency bowed to pressure from beijing to downplay the threat in the early

days of the outbreak. >> good morning sandra. they had's alleged role is covering up the real origin of the coronavirus. it's got to state department cables from state officials that's like the chinese party obstructed evidence, we do know that the virus did not originate in the food market or wet market or whatever you want to call it. now, reports say that first cable dated january 14 potential human transmission represented a

risk of a new sars like pandemic. the cables note the lab institute's technicians or investigators to operate safely. they had bad safety practices. the state department is not commenting on the assistance of any of these one or two cables that washington report says to have seen. but they allegedly are marked but unclassified indication that the cables do contain sensitive national security information. they are making moves to tamp down on the free flow of scientific. all research papers pertaining to the virus have to now be approved by the government.

sources tell fox news this development is deeply worrisome. they are also saying it's even more reason why the trump administration should continue to pressure the world health organization to make transparent any information it has about the origin of the virus or the way that china manage the virus during the early days of outbreak. >> sandra: gillian turner live on that from washington. thank you. >> ed: for more on this let's bring our friend general jack keane. general, you will have to pardon me in advance. it's either governor cuomo starts talking more president trump. he has a meeting at the white house as well. we appreciate your insights as always. talk about the significance of china and all of this in terms of their lack of transparency at the beginning of the virus spread. now, we see them cracking down on any research at all as we try to get to the bottom of it.

>> well what's the evidence we have? we know for a fact that china has not given us with the origin of the diseases. by now if that disease had covered america we would have been foreclosing that to the entire world. obviously we have two labs that deal at this very thing in wuhan city and now this report makes a very suspicious that that could possibly be the origin. secondly they were very deceptive about the actual spread of the epidemic. they actually punish people. they put it in writing that it wasn't human to human transmission. this is all going on in december and january. by the end of december we know they had a 105 cases and 15 deaths. as late as mid-january the world health organization, after the director had gone to china, reported out that there were no human to human transmissions coming out of china. then on the 23rd of january president xi shuts down ground

traffic and air traffic coming out of the cube a province, and wuhan city is in that province. but guess what, he does not shutdown international flights. so hundreds of thousands of chinese were still on the move. three of those flights went into northern italy every single week, sadly. listen, they had their hands all over the spread of this. we don't know if it was intentional but we clearly know it was reckless for sure and very deceptive. >> ed: in terms of their intentions, not something that's going to be looked at very closely in the days ahead, no doubt about it. this "washington post" report, we see how it all plays out in how the trump administration responds. general jack keane, sorry for the short time today. we have governor cuomo up in new york. we will be back in the days ahead. >> ticked down, which is probably the first takedown

which is a good sign. it's basically flat so we think we are at the apex on the plateau. at the of hospitalizations went up, flattened, continuing to flatten. good sign. technically the numbers are down a tad and statistically irrelevant but better than being up. the net change in total hospitalizations if you look at the curve which is what we look at, the curve is down. when you do the three day average which is more accurate than any one day, because remember this reporting mechanism is new, we just put it in during the situation so i wouldn't bet all the chips on any one day. but you look at three days and the overall curve.

at the icu are down. into patients is a real number and the number of people put on a ventilator. about 80% of those people will never come off of the ventilat ventilator. when you see the intimations that is proportionate to the number of people we will lose and that's what we've been watching all along. most get treated and are discharged. some are not discharged and if they are intubated about 80% of the people who are intubated will not come off of the ventilator. the number of new people going into the hospital per day is also down but we still have 1600 new cobit cases yesterday.

so we have 1600 people that are new coming into the hospital and some being discharged and the net is what we've been watching but it's also interesting to note that you still have 1600 new people walking into the hospital or who are in hospital and then diagnosed with covid. so the volume is so high. the hospital is working very hard. we've been watching for growth outside of new york city, long island, and that has basically been flat. there have been little hot spots here and there in the department of health has been very good and aggressive in jumping on those hot spots and tamping them down. test, isolate, trace. you see the numbers by region across the state,

proportionately, obviously, downstate new york which is what we've been talking about. but looking for growth towards long island which is very, very low. this is something else we are watching. this is the number of deaths in nursing homes and the nursing homes have been in increasing issue. the nursing home has been flagged by the first cases in the state of washington and that is the vulnerable population in the vulnerable place. and we worry about nursing homes from day one. as we saw in the state of washington. you see the percentage of the loss of life is getting higher in the nursing homes compared to the hospitals. lives lost yesterday, 778. that number is up and that is to me the most painful number and

it has been the most painful number every day and those new yorkers are in our thoughts and prayers. you look at the past three days and the number of lives lost and it's basically flat at a devastating level of pain and grief. as evidenced by everything else we are seeing, it's basically a flattening at this level. the number of lives lost is a lagging indicator which is a nice scientific term. but it doesn't mean it isn't just terrible, terrible news. speak money given listening to the governor of new york andrew cuomo there again and

reiterating as he has in recent days that he believes the curve is flattening. yet positive news about new hospitalizations down in the state but he was careful to note there were 1600 new covid cases yesterday alone. that's supposedly 778 lives lost yesterday which was up from 671 the day before. nevertheless the governor same the numbers are flattening but heartbreaking nonetheless, these numbers are very high. >> sandra: a new way to wear a face mask while letting your personality shine through and help those in need at the same time. sa refinance o easy to that one call can save you $2000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised

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>> sandra: fox news alert. let's listen into the governor of new york talking about how to reopen. >> we reopen too fast and

there's unanticipated consequences and we see that number go up again. well, you are being hyper cautious. really? go look at other countries who went through exactly this. it started to reopen and then they saw the infection rate go back up again. so let's at least learn from past mistakes. we've laid out a way to reopen, coming up with the competence of plan that is regional in nature. we have seven states we are working with. the virus doesn't understand state boundaries. doesn't understand that it needs a passport. you know, it defies all of our norms. so how do you put the best minds together in the seven state ar area? come up with the regional strategy. the virus can get on a plane, or get in a car and drive up 95,

and in truth, because no one knows where they are going and no one has done this before, let's think together and plan together. if we can't come up with a common plan let's see if we can come up with a plan that's not contradictory. let's see if we can get to a place where what connecticut does and new jersey does not counter to what we are doing here in new york. that's part of the seven states working together. also it doesn't work unless you coordinate the reactivation of all the systems. i did this graphic because no one got it when i went like this yesterday. and i said the gears have to mesh. this is what i was saying. so that is a clarifier for you from yesterday. we also have to be clear on who is responsible for each element of the opening.

the president said last night that he has total authority for determining how and when states reopen. that's not an accurate statement in my opinion. the government is relevant and that government has to be smart. the the government is determining how this goes, it is literally determining in many ways life and death. the federal state relationship is central to our democracy. this is a topic to discuss since our founding fathers first decided to embark on this entire venture. this is basic federalism, the role of states and the role of the federal government.

it is important to get this right. the founding fathers understood and i remembered today that the balance between the state and the federal, the magnificent balance articulated in the constitution is the essence of our democracy. we don't have a king in this country. we didn't want a king, so we have a constitution and we elect the president. the states, the colonies formed the federal government. the federal government did not form the states. it's the colonies that seeded a certain responsibility from the federal government, and all the power remains with the states. it's basic to our constitution and of that federal state relationship.

hamilton, who in many ways was representative of this discussion of the balance of power, state governments possess inherent advantages, and will forever preclude the possibility of federal encroachment on the states. the federal head is repugnant to every rule of political calculations. strong language but that was a premise. so there are laws and there are facts even in this wild political environment. what do we do? we do what we do because we are new york tough. but tough is more complex than many people think it is within within that word tough is smart, united, disciplined and loving.

they are not inconsistent to be tough and to be loving. let me make a personal point. not necessarily a factual point. the president did his briefing last night and the president was clearly unhappy. the president did a number of tweets this morning where he is clearly unhappy. he did a tweet about mutant tea on the bounty and governors are mutineers. i didn't follow the exact meaning of the tweet. but the basic essence of the tweet was that he was not happy with governors and this was a mutiny. the president is clearly spoiling for a fight on this issue. the worst thing we can do in all of this is start with political

division. and start with partisanship. the best thing we have done throughout this past 44 days is we have worked together. and we haven't raised political flags. even though it's an election year, even though the politics is so intense, we said, not here, not in this. this is too important for anyone to play politics. it was a no politics zone. this is just about doing the right thing and working togeth together. and that's important. and we have to stay there. we are all in a little bit of a reflective mood, i'm in a reflective mood. everything we do here is so

important and every day is so important. i was thinking after the president made his comments and looking at some of the remarks and looking at the tweets, it reminded me of a poster that i saw in grade school. queens, new york, catholic school. red blazer, gray pants and white shirt. remember the hook tie that you had to put the hook on and it looked like you had a real tie? which i never understood because the hook was harder to do. then you had to adjust the band which was harder than just teaching a kid how to tie the tide, that would have been easier. but there was the grade school and there was that poster that came from a sandberg poem i guess, they gave us a war and

nobody came. so i'm looking at the poster in that priest came up behind me and said to come up what's andrew? and i said i don't understand that. he said that's the point. the point is what happened -- what would happen if people just refused to engage? they just refused to fight? and i still didn't get it. and i said sometimes it's better to walk away from a fight than engage. sometimes it takes more strength frankly to walk away from a fight than engage. the president will have no fight with me. i will not engage. i've sat here every day for 44 years asking new yorkers to remember that this is not about me, it's about we. i understand your personal inconvenience.

i understand you are frustrated and stressed and anxious. get past yourself and think about society and think about your family, think about interconnection. and act responsibly for everyone else. this is no time for politics and it's no time to fight. i put my hand out in total partnership and cooperation with the president. if he wants a fight, he's not going to get it for me. this is going to take us working together. we have a real challenge ahead, just because those numbers are flattening, it's no time to relax. we are not out of the woods. in this reopening we could lose all the progress we made in one week if we do it wrong. and we have a number of challenges ahead. we have to figure out how to do

this. how do you have a public health strategy that works with an economic and activation strategy. no one has done this before. how do you start to increase the number of essential workers? how do you learn the lessons of the past? how do you start to do the massive testing we are going to have to do here? and, that we don't have the capacity to do today. the capacity does not exist. the private sector companies that do testing can only get about 60,000 tests per month. how do we do this it is a real question. apple and other companies are working on, how do we do that and how do we do it fast?

and how do we take all of our strength, our collective strength and take the nations collective strength and figure out how to do those challenges. somehow they figure out how to get a spaceship back 220,000 miles 50 years ago. that's america. figure out how to do testing and that's what we have to work on. we have to do that together. we have to do as a government what our people have done. sometimes political leaders can learn can learn best from following people and people have

put their own agenda aside for the common good. you can't -- can't their leaders be as smart as they are? the answer has to be, yes. so i look forward to working with the partnership for cooperation but he has no fight here. and it looked. unless he suggested that we do something that would be reckless, then i would have no choice. but shy of that, i put my hand out to say let's do this together. >> reporter: [inaudible] >> you screamed at first.

screaming at first -- report of, you are talking about making peace with donald trump, with the president. and yet he went on television for times this morning and were asked about it and opined about it repeatedly. you call him a king, use it has press briefings were like a comedy sketch. why didn't you just say "no comment" if you're trying to make peace with him? speak of the first point is he doesn't have total authority. i am the governor of a state. the statement that he has total authority over the state and the nation cannot go uncorrected. i mean, it's just a factual statement that is factually wrong. the tenth amendment of the constitution. it's a whole body of case law. i mean, there are many things you can debate in the constitution, because they are ambiguous. this is not one of those things that is ambiguous. that statement cannot stand.

it's not only violated one of the constitution, it's violated up to the very concept of democracy. i mean, this was the first battle. to be want a king or do you want a president? we opted for president. that statement cannot stand, period. >> reporter: ad hominem attacks, calling the king, saying he's like a comedy sketch -- >> his proclamation is that he would be king. that's what a king is. a king has total authority. that statement cannot stand. the whole mutiny on the bounty, the governors are mutineers, whatever that means, whatever the rest of the theory was, i'm not going to fight. i'm not going to get into that fight. look, i bent over backwards. he said a nasty comment about what it was, but he's right. i work very hard to be in

partnership with the federal government this past month. i worked very hard to stay away from politics. and he is right, i did call and say, "i need federal assistance." i did call and say, "i need possible overflow beds." he is right, that he did move very quickly to get us javits and the usns comfort. and i've said that, repeatedly. and i've praised him for his actions, and he was right there, too. the federal government has a very important role. i was a cabinet secretary, i did it for eight years. i know how key the federal government is. frankly, i know how powerful they actually could be in being of assistance, and i don't even think they were as powerful as they could be.

and the federal government has tremendous, tremendous capacity that we need now. so, yes, he's right on all of that. he is right that we ask for cooperation and assistance, and he's right that he delivered. i've said that all along. but this mutineers -- it can't exist. >> reporter: [inaudible] >> i don't have anything specific to talk to him about today. there is no action item for us to talk about. >> reporter: [inaudible] >> it will be my pleasure to speak with him, but we don't have anything that is -- do we have anything pending? no, i did speak to the white house this morning about a