beautiful. carley: she looks so gorgeous. rob: good stuff. carley, thank you so much. we appreciate it as always. that's going to do it for us today. jillian: that's right. rob: "fox & friends" starts right now. happy wednesday. jillian: bye. ♪ >> the plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized. the day will be very close because certain states, as you know, are in much different condition and in a much different place than other states. it's going to be very, very close, maybe even before the date of may 1st. we will hold the governors accountable but, again, we are going to be working with them to make sure it works really well. ainsley: leaving it to the states. president trump says he is going to work with governors to put america back to work.

brian: yeah, i don't know what the drama was about. the president is targeting may 1st. dr. fauci says that's in bold letters too optimistic and the u.s. isn't there yet. steve: just hours after those comments vice president pence revealed the fda is expected to approve a new immunity test in the coming days. over 600,000 cases have been reported with over 26,000 deaths. nearly 50,000 people, however, have recovered. and, good morning, everybody, it is wednesday, april 15th, that's right, april 15th. tax day, right? not this year. because of the coronavirus pandemic across the country, the federal government has extended it to july the 15th. so that's when you have got to file your taxes. speaking of the irs, they are helping to district the stimulus checks, 80 million americans should have them by wednesday, today. and what's different about the paper checks is first time in

irs history a sitting president, donald j. trump's name is actually going to be on the check, ainsley. ainsley: yeah, that's right, steve. the headlines yesterday the president is now leaving it up to the governors, walking back what he said the day before saying that he had the authority. he is now going to work all the governors. he is going to have conversationconversations with f them in the coming days. he is also working with ceos of companies and union leaders to put our country back to work. because every state is hit differently. he wants to put it up -- make it up to the governors. we do have a huge show for you guys. we have kellyanne conway. she's going to be talking about everything napping washington. we have mayor bill de blasio to talk about getting new york back to work. we have cal ripken jr. on. and we have our doctors. we have dr. oz, dr. saphier, and dr. siegel, brian. brian: together we should all meet their deductible as a country with them as they continue to give us the cutting edge advice.

look at "the washington post" today there is a program out there to get us back to work and reopen america. we will go over some of the highlights throughout the show. president trump making good on his threats though. guess what? he did, in fact, who accusing it down playing the pandemic we are all in the middle of right now. griff jenkins in washington. democrats aren't happy. griff: they're not. the president doesn't wanting to fight with the governors but is he willing to fight with the w.h.o. he cut off funding and launching an investigation into there being slow to report the outbreak and mishandling the spread. >> the w.h.o. failed to adequately obtain that and share information in a timely and transparent fashion. if it's not to independently tell the world the truth about what is happening, the w.h.o. failed in this basic duty and must be held accountable. griff: this is drawing heavy criticism from house democrats

issuing this statement while we may agree that the w.h.o. has shortcomings, that must be corrected, your attack on the global health organization can easily be seen as a deliberate but transparent effort to deflect responsibility for your own failures on to others. the u.n. secretary general also joining, blasting the president saying now is not the time to cut funding the u.s. is the largest contributor. australia's prime minister scott morrison is sympathizing with the president's criticism calling the support of reopening china's wet markets unfathomable. this as the president announces the creation of a large advisory group of industry leaders across multiple sectors. you see many of them here; so, we will see exactly how that plays out. finally some positive news guys for the airline industry. treasury secretary mnuchin says they reached a deal with the major airlines payroll program worth some 25 billion.

steve, ainsley, brian? steve: all right, very good. griff, thank you very much. it is 6:04 in the east. let's bring in congressman brian mast who represents florida. he is also an army veteran. congressman, good morning to you. >> good morning to you. ainsley: good morning. steve: what do you make of the president's announcement yesterday that he is going to suspend funding to the w.h.o. for 60 to 90 days to review things because, you know, china wasn't truthful with us and then the w.h.o. pretty much pair routed exactly what china was saying. >> i think this is what we love about president trump. that he looks to see if something is producing results. is an entity producing results? if they are not, he says sorry, you are cut off. you are not doing what you were hired to do. get packing and we are going to find somebody else that will do. this obviously we have a virus that originated in a really disgusting market in china that they weren't willing to go out there and condemn. so they're not doing the job.

i think it makes sense for the president to do this. ainsley: congressman, i was thinking about in this morning, it is called the world health organization. it is their job to provide information to our country around the world and keep us all safe. they criticized the president when he -- when he enforced his travel ban at the end of january. saying we didn't need that we don't need to halt trade with them. here is what mike pompeo said last night with sean hannity. >> we know they have this lab. we know about the wet market. we know that the virus itself did originate in wuhan. all those things come together. there is still a lot we don't know. this is what the president was talking about today. we need to know answers to these things. we still have this virus out there. talked about trying to get the economy going not only in the united states but around the world, we need answers to these questions. we need transparency and we need the world health organization to do its job to perform its primary function which is to make sure that the world has accurate, timely, effective real information about what's going on in the global health space.

and didn't get that done here. ainsley: now, congressman, china gives the world health organization about 40 million a year. we give on average between 400 and 500 million a year. how is this going to effect them. >> the point here is we can't allow them be the world political correctness organization. they need to be the health organization. they need to simply assess what is out there and give their analysis of what's happening. not go out there and look at what is china giving, what is the u.s. giving? they are supported to go out there and do a job. they haven't done it. if this is going to effect them if the u.s. is going to say sorry, you are not cutting the mustard. we're going to cut you off. it's going to hurt them bad. brian: first off a penetrating question. a lot of times we have fake background something. that your kitchen behind you or a fake background. if it's really love it. what a great kitchen. fantastic. hurt. so,. >> the kids are starting to

stir. brian: i will keep my voice down. brian: i will keep my voice down, i promise. congressman, we are getting these reports now in 2018, the state department put out a concern, a memo of concern about wuhan labs. and some of their practices. that they might not be the safeeth. >> even though we put a lot of money into it. we evidently couldn't control their policies and procedures. as you answer that think about this: senator kennedy said last night as they investigate what started this virus they keep on talking about wet markets which is disgusting to think about that somebody sold an infected bat and they ate it. it turns out that's as horrific as it sounds they don't have bats and don't serve them or sell them. so this is getting really intriguing. senator cotton's comments in january certainly were something that was a concern back in 2018. what do you think? what do you hear? >> i think there is no holds

barred when it comes to what's going on with economic warfare going on. obviously china wants to be the biggest global. i wouldn't put it past them. these are things we should be investigating in washington right now and the foreign affairs committee. what is going to be the u.s.' global response or our encouragement to other nations in terms of responding to china whether it came out of a wet market or wet lab. we know they did their absolute best to keep the street from the people and the world arranged allowed it 20 spread in this pandemic way. there needs to be a an aability. >> i think senator cotton has spoke about that well. that is some of the work we should be doing in washington right now and it's timely. steve: of course, you are in the house of representatives. nancy pelosi is the speaker of the house. she had a letter she sent out that said ignore trump and listen to the scientists. amongst the quotes. here is one we have selected for you to comment on. she said we will overcome this

moment, but success requires one fundamental from which all actions will follow. we need the truth. the street that donald trump dismantled the infrastructure handed to him which was meant to plan for and overcome a pandemic resulting in unnecessary deaths and economic disaster. what's your comment to the speaker about her comment, sir? >> the truth of the matter is that there was zero reaction to swine flu back at the time. there was no work that was done following that to go out there and prepare the country or the globe for a global pandemic of that kind of scale. i think one of the more scary things that she wrote in her same letter was to say that there should be no return to normalcy until coronavirus has been totally eradicated. you think about that as the standard that we're not going to be able to go out there and bear the risk for ourselves, allow people to get back to work. to go out there until there is zero trace of that? that is probably one of the most authoritarian scariest thoughts

that i can think of for this country. it's the most unnatural thing for us as americans to not hustle, to not bust our butts and go to work and inspire each other with our grit and ten nasa state of ohio overcome the challenges in front of us. it ticks me off because we are not in washington doing that exact thing. contains. ainsley: we keep hearing the first case in the case january 21st. the president did the travel ban end of january. criticized by the democrats for that nancy pelosi at the end of february was saying come down to chinatown to celebrate the chinese new year. lindsey graham was commenting on what the democrat leaders were focused on in january and february. watch this. >> if you look at the democratic leadership activities in january and february, they were more focused on destroying donald trump than they everywhere the virus. the impeachment trial went to february the 6th. and we had to reject the request for witnesses by schumer. if schumer had his way, the trial would have gone all the way through february. so, in january and february, the

democratic leaders were trying to destroy donald trump not the virus. ainsley: congressman, yesterday i heard the president say look, you can criticize me. i know i'm going to be criticized. don't criticize me if i was right. what do you say? >> i sat in hearings in that exact moment where every comment from those that were sitting on the dais from the democratic party was you can't go out there and have this kind of ban this is xenophobic. this is the biggest concern. how are the people that are chinese dissent going to feel about this that you are not allowing freedom china in. these are the conversations from china going on. not asking the hard-hitting questions what is this going to do? why is this happening? why are we trying to prevent the spread of? it was political correctnes cort its worse not allowing the american people to be protected. that was the wrong decision on nancy pelosi' side. the president was making the right decision. and i don't think that there is one american in the country that would go back and say hey, let

me monday morning quarterback this. president trump, go on back. you probably shouldn't have cut off that travel from china or europe. i don't think there is anybody that would go back and say that he was correct. brian: end the way it started talking about china. that is not only are they not apologetic but poisoning 180 countries. they have a disinformation campaign that is thankfully getting pushback. the latest one in france where they were criticizing the french response to it by letting old people die until they called in their ambassador. something very similar in britain. they are going into germany having them egging them on to say some positive things about china. how long are we going to let them try to p.r. their way out of this without taking responsibility for this? >> look, we are not going to. again, this someone of these things we look at and say this is why we are proud to be americans because of the value that we place on life that they don't necessarily place on it in china. we should be looking for how do we react to china's government

in this situation? should would he be holding their hold in the u.s. or should every country look at debt that china honir nation and say we are going to hold that forfeit because of what you allowed to happen that has effected all of our economies. these are real conversations that need to happen right now. brian: because they want to emerge as the dominant super power, brian, out of this, and i think it's up to you guys to go on the offense to stop it. >> this is one of the situations that only the u.s. can lead in this kind of effort. it's not in all likelihood going to be france or great britain or somebody else that steps up and says, you know what? we're going to hold your debt liable or the debt that you hold liable to us. that's not going to happen. the u.s. has to lead on this kind of charge to say there's going to be a global response to china because of what they allowed to happen because of their secrecy and we have to lead on that front. if we don't, it's not going to happen. steve: all right. he's not in the house of representatives today. he is actually at his house in

palm city down in florida. congressman, thanks for joining us from your kitchen. it's safe now to make a pop tart. >> wish you the best. ainsley: thank you. steve: 6:14 nau here in the east. jillian joins us from our world headquarters with some news from germany. jillian: that's right. good morning. begin headlines with a fox news alert. isis attack on american troops thwarted overnight. german police arresting four suspected terrorists planning to hit our military bases in that country. this all went down in different locations in western germany. prosecutors say all of the men swore allegiance to isis last year and had contact with high ranking members of the group. well, first bernie sanders then former president barack obama. and now this morning joe biden may be nearing his third big endorsement in three days. overnight, politico reporting his former rival elizabeth warren will soon add her name to that list. the website citing courses quote familiar with discussions.

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>> i'm so proud to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. choosing joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions i ever made and he became a close friend. and i believe joe has all the qualities we need in a president right now. ainsley: president obama officially endorsing joe biden for president after months of silence. so, will this be enough to unite the party around the former vice president. here to with a in is radio talk show host tony katz. hey, tony. good morning. >> glad to see you. glad everybody is healthy. ainsley: i know, right? thank god on our end but praying for all those people that

aren't. what do you make of this? do you think this is going to help unite the party? >> no. unfortunately, i don't think president obama has for democrats the fire power that he used to have. and to give an endorsement now when it's all said and done? that's not a leadership position. that's not staking your claim. and that's, you know, i think that's a bit of a backfire for the former president. i think the bigger question will be can joe biden get bernie supporters to support him and you see him tacking more and more to the left and telling bernie sanders how i'm going to need your help governing, things like that. the bernie sanders supporter is a true believer, right? they believe in what bernie sanders has put forth and made part of the democratic party. so for them to even go for what they consider to be a moderate joe biden is a very difficult pullover. bernie might be able to help that happen, barack obama doesn't help that part happen in terms of bringing together the democratic party. it's just not enough. ainsley: what about the

african-american vote? they love president obama. many people in this country do and because of that they will put their support behind joe biden. >> and it's the black vote that got joe biden to this moment. of course. it's representative jim clyburn in south carolina who made it all happen for joe biden. so i don't think that's ever been biden's real problem in terms of the whole of the democratic party. his problem is the more progressive side of the democratic party that has no faith in him whatsoever. it's kind of interesting you saw how obamacare was discussed during the debates. it went from this very far left position to something that wasn't even good enough in these most recent debates. so his problems are policy problems and his pat not the black vote in america. i don't think that's where his biggest issue is. ainsley: i know you are in indianapolis right now. let's talk about getting this country back to work. the president last night or yesterday said he wants this to be up to the governors now.

do you agree with that? because new york might be a different story than indianapolis or middle america where you are not seeing as many cases. >> right, so nebraska and indiana are not new york and connecticut. that's important to keep in this conversation. it's also important that the president understands that he can say hey, the country is open but the states still make the decisions, federalism is real and governors like governor rickets in nebraska and governor holcomb in indiana get to make that call. i think the right call is for governors to say we are open. that doesn't mean people are going to rush right back. i think this is where there is some really great divide. thomas soul the economists who said there are no solutions there are only tradeoffs. i'm not saying that we want people to die. that is a naunce sense garbage, really awful position that very often gets taken in social media and other places. but we have people who are remarkably damaged in their economic health, in their spiritual health, in their mental health and we have to ask ourselves exactly what has been the success or failure of

shutting things down versus the success and failure of social distancing? it's grown up time to ask grown up questions about what it is that we have done. if you take a look at south dakota and they talk about the smithfield plant, yes, you have 300 cases in a smithfield plant unfortunately that had to shut down. there were 900 plus cases in south dakota all together. take out those 300 the number, of course, is less around the rest of the state. and was the question whether or not that plant was open or there was no social distancing or government plan put together by the governor? or was it because people weren't 6 feet apart? it's okay to ask the question which one is it? do you need a government order for people to be safe i don't think there are many americans or i should say there are definitely americans who don't feel that is the case. ainsley: we interviewed kristi noem yesterday i asked her that why did you keep this plant open? let's be clear thi this is an essential plants it would have been open no matter what. i'm glad she brought up that

point. >> that's the truth an essential business that feeds america. ainsley: you are right. thanks so much, tony, good to see you. stay well. >> you too, take care. ainsley: thank you. it's 25 minutes after the top of the hour. still ahead in less than two weeks more than one million loans approved to help those small businesses. our next guest runs a community bank getting that money out and recovered covid-19 patients meet the president, including the democratic lawmaker who credited him with helping save her life and she is going to join us coming up. ♪

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yifan that i thought thank you meant thank you. had you not brought this to the forefront of the hq of being able to put this out here, i wouldn't be here today to even have this conversation. steve: president trump meeting with survivors of the coronavirus, including the democratic lawmaker from michigan who credited him for helping to save her life. michigan state representative karen whit set and former nfl player mark campbell who have both fully recovered and were at the white house yesterday join us live today. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having us. steve: you bet, representative, let me start with you initially you thought you simply had gnome. you didn't realize you had covid but once you did your health

took a turn for the worse, didn't it? >> it was very fast and that was a nose dive for me. it was a very scary moment. so, yes, it was very fast. steve: i can imagine. at what point did you hear about this hydroxychloroquine which the president has been talking about as perhaps something that could be of assistance to you? >> well, i had been on hydroxychloroquine in the past for lyme disease but that was many, many years ago. back in 2014. but it would not have been made readily available to me if it was not for the president making his comments. this was something that the day that i actually had hit rock bottom the governor in michigan placed exexecutive order in place very confusing for the doctors in our state. and i was not able to get it from the doctor who actually wrote the prescription for my

husband jason and i to go and get tested for the covid-19 virus. so you can imagine the frustration, the scariness and it sickened me to my stomach to have to use my name as a state representative in order to be able to even get tested and go through this entire process. i want to go out there and this is unbelievable the things that i am enduring that other people who do not have a name are being turned away. steve: absolutely. that's happening across the country as well because there simply are not enough tests right now. mark, you are in the nfl. you are a big tough guy. you thought you would just grind this out. it just ground you down, didn't it? >> it sure did. steve. it was one of those things for me it was a little bit different than representative whitsett. for me it was a gradual increase or decrease of lung capacity

with pneumonia-like symptoms. so over the course of 17 days it was a struggle. it was a struggle. and also 30 days of quarantine without being able to hug and kiss your wife, your kids. that's not easy. steve: man, that's right. and i read you were down in the basement. you had a fever for 16 days over 101. you think you picked it up, covid-19, from bumping your own gas on a family trip, which is crazy. at what point, mark, did somebody said hydroxychloroquine because i understand it was just four days after you took the first dose you were better. >> that's right. march 27th, actually my business partner troy evans sent me a text and said hey, check out this and ask the doctor about this. and quite honestly at that time i had a hard time pronouncing the name and i just knew it as the malaria drug. i asked the doctor about it she

said you know what? we are actually going to administer that today. that was a turning point for me. steve: it was a turning point for you. and, representative whitsett it was a turning points for you as well. you heard about it from donald trump. >> yes. steve: has said it has not been approved per se by the fda. everybody has to have a conversation with their own doctor about whether or not it's right for your circumstances. but, nonetheless, the president has said what do you have to lose by taking it? you feel you could have lost your life without taking it, right? >> oh, absolutely. i definitely agree with that statement 11 110%. if you have a choice between taking that medication and a ventilator, you tell me what your choice would be. i mean i definitely would take the medication. steve: absolutely you are a democrat. you were there at the white house yesterday with the republican president. just to say thank you.

that had to feel good to say hey, you know, i could be alive because you said try it and i did and i'm here today. recovered. >> well, my thing is this: you know what? politics needs to be put aside at a time like this. we are in pandemic. steve: absolutely it? >> sickens me when i have to hear that time and time again about politics and being republican and democrat. you know, we have a president that's in the white house, not a republican president. we have a president that is in the white house. and at this time right now, everyone needs to get behind the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states and we need to simply unite together. we have people that are in our united states, which is united, that we need to be working to save and that takes all of us. so, whatever your party is, that is neither here nor there at this time. right now we are human beings in the united states of america and we need to unite.

steve: that is so well put. mark, i will give you the final word. what would you like people to know about hydroxychloroquine, covid, anything? >> yeah, well, actually, i am also a small business owner going through all the struggles that all the other small businesses are going through, right? it's a tough time. the interesting part and i really want to raise some awareness to something that's been happening to me for the past 10 years now as a business owner, it's really been a tough road because this is an opportunity with the covid-19 testing i own a molecular testing lab. we can't help and we can't help because we don't have in network contracts with all the major insurance payers. all the large companies handle those. we could certainly handle locally i promise you in detroit regionally and provide support. but unfortunately because of you who this is, if we were to do that we would literally have to close our doors. we wouldn't be able to survive because we would be losing mon

money. steve: that is a situation did i not realize. >> and that's what we need. we need it desperately. steve: indeed. representative karen whitsett and mark campbell, we are glad that you have recovered and thank you very much for joining us today to tell us your stories. >> thank you. >> thank you, steve. have a great day. >> thank you, have a great day. steve: you as well. all right. finally some good news, right? meanwhile, 22 minutes before the top of the hour, a brand new saliva test is rolling out today. and it could be a game changer for healthcare workers. dr. nicole saphier explains how it works next.

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from patients. these tests can be self-administered by patients in healthcare settings, which will reduce exposure for medical workers and save personal protective equipment. steve: it is being touted as the potential game changer in the fight against covid-19, brian. brian: brand new i saliva test ruled out in new jersey limit healthcare workers risks of getting the virus. ainsley: here to discuss is fox news medical contributor dr. nicole saphier. hey, dr. saphier. >> good morning, guys. ainsley: good morning. this is great news. especially for folks in new jersey. when is it going to be rolled out? do you know the details for the rest of the country and how does the test work? >> sure. so rutgers university has announced that they just received fda emergency authorization for their spit test to look for the virus. and now this isn't looking for the antibody again.

this is a substitute potentially for that deep nasal swab that we have been talking about that actually looks for the presentation of the virus. they are starting to roll it out at rutgers and within their barnabas health system. we don't have a lot of data on this test at all. that's one of the caveats to just doing the emergency use authorization as opposed to real fda approval. so we don't actually know the sensitivity or the specificity of this test yet; however, testing spew tum for other viruses and presence of drugs and genetic sequencing we have been doing that before. this is exciting because we do know this works in a lot of various other methods. here is one of the main benefits to it. it's not as invasive as that nasal if if a rangial swab. we can ask them for a spit sample. there are a few -- there are a few methods that we have to try to talk to the patient about to make sure they get a good sample because we again don't want a

false negative. this is a game changer in the sense that patients are going to be able to do their own samples on their own. it's not going to put a healthcare worker at risk and can i only hope they do have good democra data comes throughe we need another way to test for the presence of this virus. brian: you are not kidding. there is a story today in politico backed up with hard numbers that testing this week is down 30% than the previous weeks. and it has a lot to do with the fact that the cdc has not loosened up or revised any of their guidelines from march. that's inexcusable. we are going to get back to work unless testing increases. we can't have a 30% decrease. what's going on here? >> well, brian, you are absolutely right. it is those restrictions that the cdc put on in march which is why that a lot of physicians are extremely angry because they want to get their patients tested. and if we are saying that 25% to 50% of patients can be positive for the viral infection without

having symptoms, they are not going to be able to get tested. because that doesn't fall in line with the cdc recommendations. here's the thing though, we have tested over 3 million people. we're getting an idea of how many people have been infected. we are getting a better idea of the fatality rate which is probably going to be less than 1% compared to what we have been talking about before. and to roll out opening up businesses, it's not going to be a matter of how many people can we test for this virus. it's going to be we need -- we want to look at the antibody test. we want to see how many people are potentially immune to this. and we want to start stratifying risk to keep those people protected. there is still going to be some level of social distancing in the future when we start opening things up. now that we know one of the unique characteristics of covid-19 is effects the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions. that means the workforce can go to work as well as children potentially going back to some of their children's activities. i'm not saying everything can start right away because that won't work at all.

we have a lot of multi-generational families for sure. however, now that we are really clear and those at higher risk at dying of this illness and severe systems. we need to stratify the risk for them but also get people back to work. ainsley: okay, thanks, dr. saphier. steve: thank you very much. ainsley: did you have another question? sorry. steve: i was going to ask about the immunity test, actually, dr. saphier. right now there is only one that the government has approved and there are like 10 others that they haven't approved yet because, apparently you mentioned false positives. a lot of them simply don't work right yet. >> well, steve, that's a great thing. and actually there is only one approved as you mentioned. i think there are about 70 different companies working on this antibody test. although i do think the testing for antibody is extremely important. my owner concern with putting all of our eggs in that bask is we are not even 100 percent certain if you are positive to antibodies you are immune to this virus.

there are reports of reinfection, reactivation. we don't know. it's likely that you are going to be immune to this virus if you have presence of antibodies still have a less severe course next time you are infected. we don't know. we can't sit and wait for antibody test before we open up our businesses before we open up our economy. because that -- if we wait for that, the entire economy is going to collapse. so, it is a multi-prong openings and we have to get to it. ainsley: okay. dr. saphier. thank you so much for joining us. her book is "make america healthy again" if you want to pick it up on amazon. we have a lot of time to read these days. more than 1 million loans approved to help small businesses in less than two weeks. our next guest runs a community bank getting that money out. our members understand social distancing. being prepared and overcoming challenges. usaa has been standing with them for nearly a hundred years. and we'll be here to serve you for a hundred more.

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>> we're nearly two weeks designed pandemic. so for more than 1 million loans worth $268 billion roughly have been approved almost out of money with 4700 lenders one is cedar stone bank in tennessee. bob mcdonald joins us now. when they did this program in

washington, i was wondering how it works for the neighborhood banks, for the big banks give me an idea how it's working for you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. we have had a great experience with this, brian can i remember on march 26th during the press conference president trump and secretary mnuchin was having i was watching on it fox news and they announced this new program and we got excited. our board of directors embraced it. our employees engaged it. we began immediately learning about it. and, brian, we learned about it through the help of our -- through the american bank association. the independent community banker association. and of course the tennessee banker's association and they have been very helpful. our president has been terrific with that leading us through. this brian, we learned about the program quickly. by the following tuesday application was already available on the fda website for our customers. we held a conference call with our customers who expressed

interest. and by friday we were receiving applications and by friday throughout weekend we were submitting applications to the sba and the very next week, brian, we were already funding loans. so, within a week, we were able to fund loans. brian: that's great. how many have you done so far and are these all returning customers? >> they are, brian. we are focused on our existing customers. we did last night 113 boons totaling $13.3 million which is quite significant because if you can imagine that money is going into pockets of employees and workers and so it's enabling these folks to continue to pay their mortgage and pay their rent and pay their bills. brian: right. which is great. i understand you are going to sell back and you will get 5% on these loans, maybe even sell them back to the government the whole key for the small business owner is going to be a loan or is it going to be a grant?

one of the criterias is that 75/25. i understand last night speaking to marco rubio there is language in one of the last pages that says if you try to get your payroll, you make the offer to your employees to say hey, come back, and they decide not to or take unemployment or whatever, you could still qualify for that being a grant. do you know that to be the case? >> brian, we have not heard that again, information comes out on regular basis. and i think that's what's caused some confusion out there, brian. is information is coming. it's not always verified or confirmed. and i have no doubt that something like that will be in place to help accommodate businesses who have not been able to either retain their exact head count that was on their application or if they did not use 100% of those funds, 75% of which is intended for payroll. brian: how many rejections have you had to give out? how many did you say sorry i

can't do this? we are working with existing customers. we know who they're and what kind of business people they are. every loan -- brian, it only takes about 10 minutes to put the loan application to submit that to the sba and immediately got notification number. we have had no denials or anything like that. brian: bob, thanks so much. neighborhood banks helping out the narnsd. bob mcdonald, keeping it up. >> hey, brian, one more thing. brian: yes. >> tell ainsley my wife susan adpi she says tell her susan says roar lion. brian: coming up in a minute.

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there are 609,000 cases deaths topping 26,000. nearly 50,000 people have recovered. that number will certainly go up. let's bring in jason chaffetz to talk about this and where we go from here. he is the former chairman of oversight and reform committee. on top of his resume is fox news contributor. congressman, so fauci says we are not quite ready yet. the president and in the "the washington post" today they have a whole series of things that are going to take place as they try to start up this country again. one of the highlights? 20 states pretty much ready to go now. your thoughts? >> i think that's right. i think there are a lot of states. i think utah and others are ready to go. i think there are smart personal hygiene things that have to take place. i don't care how much the federal or state government does. if you don't engage in personal hygiene and wash your hands and do basic things, you're never ever going to solve this problem anyway. but, i got to tell you it's got to be these local places some of

these places are ready to go and yet government is holding back. ainsley: we give to the world health organization so that they can keep the world healthy. but the president is saying this are not using that money correctly they are not informing us and getting us the information that we need. he is going to halt funding the w.h.o. at least for now. what do you think? hats off to president trump tore faking bold action. madeleine albright said she wouldn't hold back funding. i have got to tell you the president is doing the right thing. you don't want politics injected in to what they're doing at a health organization. and, yet, ho has demonstrated time and time again, they seem to be a political puppet of china. that's not acceptable. so, i'm glad he is not going to give them anymore u.s. tax dollars. steve: jason, something that has been a conversation piece with

the president for the last couple of weeks is whether or not this hydroxychloroquine is an effective treatment when paired with z-pack and other things to combat covid-19. you know, there are a number of people who have talked to the president about it. yesterday, he had 8 people who have recovered from it. at the white house, including a democrat from michigan. she is the state representative there i asked her a question about being a democrat being at the white house with a republican president who was pushing hydroxychloroquine. he said what else do you have to lose. and she heard the label democrat and republicans and, you know, she said this is not the time for that. here's karen whitsett. >> politics needs to be put aside at a time like this. we are in a pandemic. and it really sickens me when i have to hear that time and time again about politics and being republican or democrat. you know, we have a president

that's in the white house. not a republican president. we have a president that is in the white house. and at this time right now, everyone needs to get behind the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states. and we need to simply unite together. we have people that are in our united states, which is united that we need to be working to save. and that takes all of us. steve: jason, she senchts how refreshing is -- steve: yeah. the president has suggested that but then again, her bigger message is we can have finger pointing later. let's just set politics aside. >> yeah. how refreshing is that? you love to hear that i hope congress hears that. because they need to replenish that paycheck protection plan because that's going to run out of money. yet, congress isn't going back into session until, i think the senate is may 4th and the house

is may 8th. yet, you already know there is going to be games played and people trying to inject new things instead of doing the right thing and replenishing we know trajectory to run out of money. i love that that representative said that and i loved that donald trump gave her the forum to actually do it. hats off to both of them. brian: yeah. we will see where that goes. hydroxychloroquine. we know the after-effects rita and tom hanks' wife were not good but she is better. the president of the united states says has a plan to reopen the united states. going to give governors the freedom to decide when. he is going to provide the guidelines. most of which are in the "the washington post" today. here is the president yesterday. >> the plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized. and we will soon be sharing details and new guidelines with everybody. i will be speaking to all 50

governors very shortly. and i will then be authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening and a very powerful reopening plan of their state at a time and in a manner as most appropriate. brian: and for the most part universally he says he will reopen community settings where children are cared for, including k through 12, day cares and locally attended summer camps to allow the workforce to return to work. other communities will follow. we know that good afternoon newsom had some criteria. everybody says it's got to be testing and monitoring and preparing for a second wave or meny wave and making sure all those things are in place. your thoughts because dr. fauci said too soon. >> i want to happen as soon as

possible. some places much more palatable to do so. i think testing is going to be an impediment because your inability to know who has it and doesn't have it makes it very, very difficult. at the same time the president is moving in the right direction i think local jurisdictions have tough decisions to make. i do have this op-ed that's up on foxnews.com about states and counties and cities have to make hard decisions. they know their revenues are going to be down but they are doing nothing to cut expenses. i worry that this is just you going to be an excuse at the local level to just raise taxes if you are a retiree and counting on a pension from one of those local place, don't count on it, folks. i have got to tell you the rate of return that they're getting on these pensions is suspect at best. i worked with devin nunes on this very closely while i was in congress. it's a huge problem,

multitrillion-dollar problem that's going to be exacerbated by this problem. ainsley: first it was bernie endorsing joe biden and yesterday it was barack obama. watch this. >> that's why i'm so proud to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. choosing joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions i ever made. and he became a close friend. if i were running today, i wouldn't run the same race or have the same platform as i did in 2008. the world is different and joe understands that it's one of the reasons that joe already has what is the most progressive platform of any major party nominee in history. ainsley: most progressive platform. what do you think? the party is changing, right? >> i think barack obama took a long sweet time to get to the point to endorse him. that's fine. it was expected.

joe biden has two key problems. number one is nobody wakes up in the morning and says boy, i really wish joe biden was the president of the united states. that is just something that has never happened for joe biden. number two and barack obama was alluding to it, the fact of the matter is, he doesn't have the socialist wing of the party. has taken, joe biden has, these radical positions that are -- i think when the american people ceases them and get exposed to them are going to say oh my gosh, what are these? he doesn't have alexandria ocasio-cortez, that whole socialist side of the wing. and there are millions of them and they don't support joe biden at this point. they are certainly not going to be enthusiastic about joe biden. steve: jason, have you run some groeschel campaigns in your life. you know how grueling it is. you know how important it is to get out there and shake as many hands as you possibly can every day of the week. but given the global pandemic and the fact that they, you know, they are moving the convention.

they are talking about social distancing, what does the campaign look like three months from now? >> i think one of the best things that happens as a candidate in the interaction is not just your ability to share a message but it's to get feedback from the people. you can see what's working, what's not working, you get to hear their stories. and if it's all going to be virtual for joe biden, he has lived in a bubble in washington, d.c. he was elected four years before jimmy carter became the president of the united states. he is not going to get that feedback and i don't think it's going to catch fire. i think joe biden is an after thought at this point. it will heat up in the fall. brian: real quick, jason, aoc gave a press conference yesterday and she was asked about the 1993 accusation of sexual assault against joe biden. she said you know what? we should hear about from the alleged victim. we should be, you know, we should be fair about this. we can't just say it's for people who are accused on the right. where do you think this is

going? >> she happens to be right on that. you know, all these people that attack judge kavanaugh and didn't give him any due process have suddenly flipped and changed their tune. and i have got to tell you, i think you need to hear this out. there seems to be some credibility to this. i don't know what the conclusion of that is, but i think aoc in this case is right. they should actually hear from the victim and let's sort this out. ainsley: jason, thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you. ainsley: you are welcome. okay. jillian has some more headlines for us, hey, jillian. jillian: good morning to the three of you and to you at home as well. isis attack on american troops thwarted overnight. german police arresting four suspected tears planning to hit our military bases in that country. this all went down at different locations in western germany. prosecutors say all of the men swore allegiance to isis last year and had contact with high ranking contact with the group.

keep you updated on details. general motors will deliver first batch of ventilators to fema this week. that's ahead of schedule. the automaker partnerin partnerh medical tech company to build 330,000 ventilators. employees have been working around the clock. more than 6,000 devices will be available by june. the rest by the end of august. good news there vice president mike pence will be traveling to colorado to give the keynote speech at the air force academy graduation in person. he was always slated to speak at saturday's ceremony but was to deliver the speech i have a video conference amid the pandemic. 950 seniors will be graduating six weeks early. their families aren't allowed to attend. the graduates will be kept 8 feet apart. brian kilmeade, this one is for you. a florida judge ordering people to get out of bed and get dressed. when appearing before him in in individual conferences. broward circuit judge dennis bailey making a plea to the local bar association.

he says one lawyer was shirtless during a zoom conference. another was still in bed. what do you think about that brian? [laughter] brian: i think it's about time. the courts are getting on my bandwagon. i just want people to get dressed and get going and now i'm just asking people to wear pants. i'm not even asking to get fully dressed. just wear pants. steve: we're seeing a lot with these zoom conferences, indeed. jillian, thank you. ainsley: no shirt for a zoom conference. sorry. steve: that's just a little crazy. exactly right. brian: a lot of chest hair. steve: l.a. law enforcement sounding the alarm as thousands of inmates are set free to prevent the spread of covid-19. >> we are adding to the mix. it's unchartered territory that we are headed into. steve: we're going to speak to one new york sheriff fighting to keep inmates in his county in the jail.

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>> what's going to happen is some of those are not going to go back to court. people not in jail or losing their job or much less those

that didn't have a job to begin with are out on the street. we are adding to the mix. it's unchartered territory that we are headed into. ainsley: the los angeles county sheriff warning of a potential crime spree after releasing over 4,000 inmates to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. this as one long island sheriff was able to keep his inmates behind bars thanks to a ruling from a new york supreme court. that suffolk county sheriff is earl tulon and he joins us now. good morning, sheriff, thanks for being with us. >> good morning, ainsley. thanks for having me. ainsley: you are welcome. so this organization legal aid society brought an alawsuit against suffolk county. they tried to get to you release your inmates? >> that's correct. about 120 inmates they wanted released from our custody. ainsley: do you have a problem with coronavirus in your prisons? >> no. we are very lucky. in our jail we only have one case of one inmate who has been infected with the virus. my staff has done a fantastic

job in keeping the virus out of the -- out of our jail which really helped the judge in his ruling. ainsley: so they are trying to weigh options, i guess. you don't want coronavirus to spread through the prison, through the jail because it could infect not only the inmates but also the people working there. but then if you release them, they are violent criminals. >> you are exactly right. you know, we have inmates who have mental illness, homelessness. domestic violence, substance abuse issues and these men and women will then be returned back to the street without the proper help to really, one, monitor them and then, two, assist them in the issues that they are facing. if they are in jail, at least they are getting the medical care that they need while they are there. if you put them out into the street, especially with the issues, the pandemic issues that we're currently facing, they will then have an opportunity to contract the virus. we have done a great job. they have committed crimes. they are awaiting trial. they are still innocent until proven guilty, but i think that

we're doing a good enough job that they should stay where they're at. ainsley: yeah. you bring up a really good point. especially if they're homeless, where would they go? how would they get the care that they need? how did you end up treating that one patient that had corona? >> well, they were hospitalized for a couple of days. and now they are back in our facility. we have actually been able to quarantine those inmates that were around him so that we can monitor them to see if there is any signs or symptoms. and so far this is almost day 8. and none of them have started to display any of the signs or symptoms of the covid-19. so, you know, we feel very fortunate that we are really doing a good job in monitoring our population. ainsley: you know, for folks at home that live in the middle of the country that aren't familiar with your county. if you drive out of new york city you go through nassau county and the tip of long island you get to the hamptons area which is suffolk county. a lot of people left new york who had houses out there. how are your deputies dealing with all of this? >> you know, we are monitoring

our parks to make sure that we're enforcing social distancing. so far we haven't had any issues. we are very compliant out here. and i think everybody understands the gravity of the situation. no one wants to contract the virus. nor does no one want to transmit it. ainsley: yeah. well, sheriff, thank you so much. i know a lot of the locals were upset with a lot of the new yorkers, city people coming out there. hopefully that's all been resolved and everyone is all getting along. thank you for your help you're a hero. we appreciate all do you for that community. >> thank you for having me. ainsley: you are welcome. the number of virus deaths in new york city jumping by nearly 4,000 after they include people who were never tested. why the change in the way they're reporting? we are going to ask mayor bill de blasio live next. open road and telling peopleee that liberty mutual customizes your insurance, so you only pay for what you need! [squawks]

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♪ steve: coronavirus deaths surging as officials revise their statistics to include deaths previously unaccounted for. the city adding over 3700 probable deaths to their count pushing the total past 10,000.

here with an update we have new york city bill de blasio joining us from city hall in new york city. mayor, good morning to you. >> good morning, steve so you have added probable deaths these are people who have had contact with covid-19 but they never got a test per se before they died, right? >> yeah, steve. it was important -- look, we got to say the whole truth as we know it. and these are people who the healthcare providers who were with them toward the end of their life they thought it was covid-19 but they weren't sure. and they mark that down as their assumption. and it's important to be honest about this. i mean, look, these families have been through hell. and the first thing to think about is the human reality of thousands more human beings we lost and families that are in pain. but then we also have to think about what it means for all of us and to really recognize the shear ferocity of this disease and why we have to be very

careful in how we handle it going forward. so we just wanted this larger truth to come out. even though it is not 100 percent confirmed and i want to be really clear about that. it is probable and important to say that. steve: indeed. the metrics yesterday were grim. over 10,000 new york city residents have died since this pandemic started. however, on the good news, the stabilizations in the hospital. you know, that is the number. that is what everybody has been talking about. i know that the federal government built thousands of extra hospital beds. they brought that hospital ship in. you haven't needed them at maximum capacity, which is terrific. but the other problem has been and we have seen you on this channel talking to me about how you needed ventilators and things just in case. it's been hard to get stuff like surgical gowns and face shields and tests. so, rather than wait for somebody else to make them, new

york city companies have actually started the cavalry is coming to the rescue to make this stuff at the brooklyn navy yard. >> that's right, steve. it's actually a very inspiring story. even amidst all these problems and all the pain. here is something good. we got together, the city of new york got together with companies, research labs, universities, and we said look, everyone, we have got to solve our own problem. we have been waiting for testing from the federal government. we have been trying to get tonight international market. we can't get it. face shields, surgical gowns that protected our healthcare workers. our heroic healthcare workers. they have been running out all the time. we just said let's make our own? what's it going to take? even though we don't make these things here, let's use american ingenuity and creativity new york city is known for. they are mass producing these things. there is not a factory line that doesn't exist. so they are doing it by hand. they are creating, they are taking machinery, retooling it.

but this testing is amazing. we didn't think even a few days ago you could create a whole test kit in new york city. but we brought enough brain power to the table and in fact by the beginning of may we will be able to do 50,000 test kits a week for starters and hopefully a whole lot more after that. so this is part of what we have to learn from this crisis. we are not waiting on anyone else. we are going to use what we have to protect our own people. steve: absolutely. of course, protecting the people is what the president wants to continue to do but at the same time, he wants to reopen america for business, essentially. but we know it's not going to be just like flipping a light switch. you know, new york city, look at the numbers of people with covid in the region. that's going to be one of the last places to open. so i know you think about this day and night, what's it going to take for new york city to slowly get back to work. >> steve, you are saying exactly right.

we have got to get back to work. we have got to be smart about it. because if we act the wrong way, if we jump too soon, then you could see a resurgence of this disease. that's something we should all be really mindful of. we have seen that in some parts of asia. they opened up a little too quickly and then bang, here is the disease coming back and growing again. we cannot allow that we have one chance to get it right. in this case i will call myself a conservative. we have to be smart about doing it in stages, making sure we can confirm that we're containing the disease more and more. getting it back to where it was, you know, a month or two ago, before you really start to open up a lot. and, look, i want to see people back to work as much as anyone. i feel it urgently. but, we have got secure the health and safety first of all new yorkers and obviously all americans. so do it smart. do it in stages, and then if we're going to get our economy up and running, we have got to make sure that our cities can function, our states can

function again because i'm concerned about i need to make sure that i have a city that works. that police, firefighters, sanitation, all the things that we do all the time are working to have a vibrant economy. if we can't provide those basic services. we are not going to be able to restart our economy. and that's why it's so important that we get another stimulus action from the congress that focuses on making local governments and state governments whole so we can get us back where we were. provide those services and actually have a normal. steve: next phase i'm sure congress has got to deal with that because you make such a good point. because you are thinking all the time, mayor, about the next step and how do would get back to normal. what does new york city look like three months from now. >> >> steve that's the exact way to look at it. i do not want to see our schools

reopen prematurely. i don't think it's safe for our kids, our parents, our families, our educators that's where we go especially slow and be smart. by september, so you are talking, you know, three or four months, by september then we are hopeful to be back to something like normal. the way we get there is with that smart, cautious approach. if by september schools are open again and more and more people going back to work, even if we still have to keep a lot of social distancing in place or other measures, then i could see us sustaining. because that's what i think want we want to think about getting it right the first time. and then from fall on actually resuming more and more being a normal country. what i would hate to see is, you know, jumping too soon in may or june the wrongs way. having that boomerang effect, the disease come back, and then you are delaying potentially well into the year anything like

normalcy. steve: sure. you say in your previous answer was to get us to that stage for new york city, you need help from the federal government. you need the stimulus to make sure that the first responders, the infrastructure of the city that is supposed to operate every day is able to operate every day. >> they have been heroes. look. steve, the first responders of this city, police, fire, e.m.s., heroes throughout this crisis. healthcare workers. heroes what they have done to save lives. buff we are now going to be out between five and $10 billion in what's been lost in our economy. what's been lost in our revenue that keeps the city going. if we're going to have a functioning strong economy. if we are going to be that economic engine that we are for our region and for our whole nation. we have to be able to have our first responders. we have to be able to have a functioning healthcare system. we have got to have stability. there's no way we are going to be able to make up that money on our own. that's where the congress has to

step up and say we have got to get this congress back to work. but to do it our cities and states have to be able to function properly and support a strong economy and give people the services they need. if they act soon. if the congress acts, that's a pathway to a real recovery. steve: let's see what happens. mayor bill de blasio, sir, i know you are really busy. thank you very much for spending a little time with us here today on fox. >> thank you, steve. thanks so much for having me. steve: you bet. all right. it is 25 minutes now before the top of the hour. still ahead, a renewed spotlight on this lab in china as a possible source of the coronavirus pandemic. a new report revealing u.s. officials warned about safety concerns there two years ago. will the u.s. government investigate. kellyanne conway from the white house next.

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>> if we act the wrong way, we jump too soon, then you could

see a resurgence of this disease. that's something we should ail be really mindful of. we got one chance to get it right. in this case i will call myself a conservative. i think we have to be smart about doing it in stages, making sure we can confirm that we're containing the disease more and more, getting it back to where it was, you know, a month or two ago. before you really start to open up a lot. and, look, i want to see people back to work as much as anyone. i feel it urgently. but we have got to secure the health and safety first of all new yorkers and obviously all americans. brian: and you have got to wonder what states open up first and would new york be at the bottom of that list? let's ask kellyanne conway, counselor to the president. the big focus this week in the rose garden is getting the economy going again. how reality based is may 1st? kellyanne conway? >> for some places it certainly can be a reality. if there is testing available,

if you your infection rates are low, death rates are low. hospital capacity is there, including ventilators and medical personnel beds, beds in the icu. all of that is taken into account. the president has made clear from the beginning is he not looking at a date. is he looking at data. he will listen to the health and medical experts as well. these are parallel tracks. they soon will join. now, the mayor of new york city, i agree completely that he would be incredibly cautious to look at a may 1st date or any time soon. new york city has been among the hardest hit, half of the deaths in the entire country sadly have occurred in that state. we have 24% of our nation's counties that have had no infections. we have got about 29 states that would meet. so criteria that i have put out first. i think the fundamental point here is that the best person to revive the donald trump economy is donald trump. and with him in the lead working with the governors, working on that health and economic

guidance, and now working with so many leaders in the private sector who will come forth and share their best practices, talking about what they may want to do in their places of work. and i would say to everyone, take a look at what was put out a week ago. the cdc and the white house put out updated guidance for critical infrastructure workers. that covered about 16 different types of work. everything from our food supply to energy, waste management, sanitation, and a number of different areas that are considered to be critical infrastructure. that guidance also gives us a good look ahead. because, we're talking about asymptomatic and expose, never exposed, temperature checks should happen. here's how the facilities and the places of work should continue to sanitize their workplace. everybody should continue the physical distancing. wearing a mask or face cloth, according to the cdc's guidance of two weeks ago now. so there are protocols in place that will continue this new normal that we have all become

accustomed to and americans have been practicing routinely so well to their credit. we will continue in our places of work. it won't happen in new york, i would doubt it, by a certain date any time soon. opening up places of worship, places of work, some ever our schools and places where children are cared for seems to be one of the keys unlocking the economy. this will be the great american come back. we have 17 million americans who have filed for unemployment. 1/3 of renters did not pay their rent last month. this is tragic for this country. and it's through no fault of those individuals. we want individuals and industries to come roaring back in this trump economy. ainsley: kellyanne conway, you mentioned the guidelines and getting back to work a lot. how will we do this? who will help with this? will it be guidelines that dr. fauci and dr. birx come up with or someone else? >> both of the above. they are working hard on that. so is the whole team. in the situation room most days have you got the vice president, dr. birx, dr. fauci, i sit right

behind them in the second row as do a number of white house staffers, we hear them every day. they are working collaboratively on the health outcomes talking about the new health outcomes, for example, state by state, county by county, region by region. but now they're also talking in tandem about what it would take to open up pieces of the economy. so dr. birx, obviously the coronavirus coordinator here at the white house for the task force and the head of the cdc dr. red field along with fema, cdc and fema will have major big pens, if you will, in perms of the guidance and what has to happen. and that will be issued soon it. is exactly that. it's guidance. as the president made clear in the rose garden the governors will come forward with own plans, some are banding together for regional discussions based on their needs and their interconnected, i guess, market system. but, again, it took a businessman to become president

to juice this economy in a fairly historic way for modern times. completing these trade deals, the unemployment ratings were low. the taxes were lower. all of that the energy dominance. the deregulation. all of this created a booming economy for some americans and this president helped create that economy. this president will be in the lead to resurge that economy. steve: right. kellyanne conway last night the president did announce he was going to suspend payments to the w.h.o. as he tries to figure out what exactly was going on there. trying tchina was clearly decept the early stages of the pandemic and the w.h.o. repeated a lot of that to the world as if it was exactly accurate. there was a story -- i'm looking at foxnews.com. the state department has leaked cables that renewed theories on the origin of the coronavirus. apparently two years ago the state department was concerned about what was going on in a

particular lab in wuhan. what can you tell us about that? >> sure. well, that's all out in the public domain, everything that you have just said. first, let me take it -- the w.h.o. funding. this is a president who recognizes that our country, ladies and gentlemen, you the taxpayers have paid 830-some million dollars over the last two years to the w.h.o. china paid 10% of that. china, france, italy and india combined paid about one tenth what the united states has paid into the world health organization. it's meant to coordinate responses and keep an eye on things. particularly in the case of infectious diseases. for the entire world. so we pay into that, and is it so much to ask the minor dividend, the minor return on our investment is for the w.h.o. to be honest about the origins of the virus in wuhan, about the fact that it was human-to-human transmission? they lied about that or weren't transparent about that.

so this is about transparish is i and accountability, because we have been so hard hit in this country and we were listening to the health professionals around the world. i sat in some of those early meetings. we were getting americans and repatriating them from wuhan and other parts in china. the president took decisive and immediate action the end of january to shut down flights in china that was criticized by the w.h.o. it was criticized by other people as general know phobic and racist and travel bans don't work. this one sure did. we have every right to know. and every right to know because because what has what happened in pandemic. another reason, some of the scientists and doctors say there could be other strains later on this. could come back in the fall in a limited way. this is covid-19, not covid 1, folks. you would think that people charged with the world health organization facts and figures would be on top of that this is just a pause right now. so there is an investigation, examination to what happened. but people should know the facts. we paid over 830 million in the

last two years china paid one tenth of that. brian: china fundamentally lied and we still don't have the truth and the w.h.o. didn't stop it. but china is the problem. meanwhile, the president is trying to get this economy rebooted again. and he is calling on some experts from all differential aspects of our economy one of the things we hear mark could you begin constant guest on our show and network wants to help out 100 businesses as well as the sports thing going with the nba. what could you tell us about this? >> there are many people involved and many people involved who are on the list who will participate in calls and give advice as well. the list is illustrative. i doubt it's exhaustive. there are so many talented men and women across this country who want to bring to bear their successes, their best practices and their places of work and figure out who they, too, can be part of the great american comeback. the president a couple weeks ago

had a fabulous call with the heads of all the sports leagues. we know emotionally and economically restarting some of our live sports action would goal along way coming back. captains of industry, really runs the gamut of the private sector to combine with public sector efforts that congress is passing trillions of dollars in relief. the president is working 24/7. brian: gotcha. >> public sector. level go back to one thing you said about china this is important. dr. redfield. brian: we just have to runchts i'm sorry. on february 28th, we had 14 cases in this country. 14. we had had two human-to-human transmissions and they were spouses. one in california, one in illinois. this just catapulted and you know that w.h.o. did not call this a global pandemic until march? i had referred to it as a pandemic on your show as a layperson before they had referred to it. so the foot-dragging is also a concern. the president wants to tap into

private industry. public sector and get this economy roaring for many americans. brian: all right. thanks, kellyanne, appreciate it? >> thank you, take care. brian: all right. meanwhile, president trump saying he has created a federal ventilator stockpile yesterday after what he calls the stairiest day of his life. dr. marc siegel on how significant that is. that story next. your lips are like no others, and need a lip routine that's just right for you chapstick has you covered chapstick. put your lips first.

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♪ >> scariest day of my life was about a month ago when after a long day of meetings, my team told me that we were going to be needing 130,000 ventilators that we were short hundreds of thousands of ventilators. this is the system we inherited. brian: president trump taking action since then announcing his administration will build the federal ventilator reserve. here to discuss is fox news medical contributor dr. marc siegel. dr. siegel, i'm surprised we never had a reserve. do you think by in a few weeks we will begin to have a surplus? >> yeah. there is no question about both of those points, brian. i like the way that the president phrased that. it's called a dynamic ventilator

reserve program. and do you know what's interesting about it? it's a flexible public-private partnership where can you take ventilators from one area where they're no longer needed or not being used and transfer them to other areas. the american hospital association is involved. already 20 major plans have signed up, including cleveland clinic. here's what this means. right now we have over 6 or 7,000 ventilators here in new york. they are not all being used. more are on the way here. what happens if, thank god, this hot spot decreases and another hot spot goes up more in florida or new orleans we are talking about. brian: right. >> do you know what? this plan will allow us to transfer ventilators through the agreement of the public-private partnership from a place that no longer needs them to a place that does. up to 60,000 ventilators involved. brian: dr. siegel, there is a report today in politico that the number of tests are down 30% in a week instead of up 30%.

what the heck is going on? we have the innovation but we don't have the mass production. what's happening here? >> i'm deeply disturbed by. this as you know i have been talking about this on our show here and other shows. look, yesterday we found out that rutgers came out with a saliva test where you literally can spit into a cup and they can test it without all the protective equipment. we are now going over nasal swabs which doesn't need all the protective equipment. point of care testing where you can have the results right away with abbott. now all these antibody tests are starting to come out and i spoke to dr. redfield of cdc that they have got to be standardized. we have the technology for this. we need it so millions of people can be tested. brian: dr. siegel, we will have to hold it there. so frustrating. big hour coming your way cap ripken jr. straight ahead.

>> the plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized. the day will be very close because certain states as you know are in much different condition and much different place than other states. it's going to be very, very close. maybe even before the date of may first. we will hold the governors accountable but, again, we will be working with them to make sure it works really well.

brian: president trump says he will work with governors on reopening businesses an getting americans back to work comes as california governor gavin newsom to lift the stay at home orders. things going well there. steve: meanwhile in europe, nations are starting to ease restrictions including slowly lifting lockdowns and reopening some stores, ainsley. ainsley: yeah, that's right, that's good news. back here at home nearly 610,000 u.s. coronavirus cases with deaths topping 26,000, nearly 50,000 people have recovered. brian: you have to figure that that was going to go higher in recoveries. big gap. president trump halting funding to world health organization. kristin fisher live at the white house with the president's decision. kristin, 20 plus percent of

their entire budget, are they going to feel it? kristin: i'm sure they will feel it. this is something that president trump has been talking about and considering doing for several days. yesterday he made it official. the united states immediately suspending funding to the world health organization and i will let president trump explain why. >> the w.h.o. fail today -- failed to share information in timely and transparent fashion. if it's not too independently tell the world what was happening and must be held accountable. kristin: top two democrats on house overnight committee say they are stunned that president trump would have done this in the middle of a pandemic.

meanwhile your attempt to blame w.h.o. for trusting china reflects astonishing level of hypocrisy givenning -- giving publicized praise of xi jinping. the washington post first reported about multiple warnings from inside the state department dating way back to january of 2018 about scientists conducting risky research in chinese lab in wuhan from bats and fueling speculation that perhaps covid-19 came from the lab and not wet market an accidentally got out. the chairman of the joint chief of staff saying that the u.s. military is looking into it but right now it is inclusive. brian, ainsley and steve.

steve: kristin fisher over in lafayette square at the white house. we had kellyanne conway saying that the white house is looking very closely into what the world health organization has told the world. >> we've been so hard hit in this country. we were listening to the health professionals around the world. some of the scientists and doctors saying that there could be strings later on, it can come in the fall in a limited way. this is covid-19. you would think that the world health organization facts and figures would be on top of that. this is just a pause right now. there's an investigation, examination to what happened, people should know the facts. we paid over 830 million last year. china paid 10% of that. ainsley: all right, let's bring in dr. memet oz.

good morning, dr. oz. >> good morning. ainsley: so steve interviewed, he had a great interview with two people who have recovered using that hydroxychloroquine and they were at the white house yesterday talking with the president. it was an excellent interview because she's a democrat and she said, you know, when you say thank you to the president, your thank you should be thank you, shouldn't be political. let's listen to the interview that steve conducted in the first hour of the show. >> i had been on hydroxychloroquine back many years ago for lyme disease. >> actual my business partner sent me a text and said check out this and ask the doctor about this. i had a hard time pronouncing the name and i just knew it as the malaria drug, right, so i asked the doctor about it and she said, you know what, we are actually going to administer that today and that was a turning point for me.

ainsley: dr. oz, nfl player, affecting some of the healthiest in the country. why you think this should be one of the viable options? >> yesterday we discussed with south dakota, sanford health meeting to figure out if it has benefit for prevention and treatment, but data keeps accumulating and fascinating terrain. i just got a report from china, a study in shanghai, randomized trial. the one that you want to see. 150 patients and they didn't show that the virus decreased the way the french demonstrated but they did show improvement of symptoms, significantly and

showed patients had deinflammatory markers and maybe this medication is working not because of the virus itself but because it's dealing with the inflammatory response that the virus is causing in our body which a big part of the problem. here is what they said. the result of the trial did not show biologic response but the administration of hydroxychloroquine was clearly associated with a greater decline in the srp which everyone knows the major way we look at protein in the body. higher reduction of symptoms. so they they it's well tolerated. this is in china. in the u.s. we should wait for trials to be done, there's no reason to restrict doctors and patients. brian: meanwhile, let's

fast-forward to more advances. the fda about the immunity testing. they are set to improve immunity testing. i would like to see in mass way. here is what the vice president told laura engram last night. >> how close are we on the immunity testing, though? >> we expect the fda to approve antibody test during days and if approved literally can create 20 million new tests a month. to your point, laura, that will be a test that will tell you whether you have had the coronavirus in the past and that where you might, in fact, be immune to it going forward. brian: from what he just said, cut through it dr. oz, when are we going to get the immunity test. they want to see if they had it and worry about getting it. >> doctor oz: some of them don't seem to work very well.

now you're telling someone that you're immune theoretically for at least the next year and yet maybe the test was wrong. they are apparently going to really approve one, this one works and then allow 20 million a month to be made. we need that kind of studying to find out how widespread it is. we know so little about this. and i will give you a big issue for me, traditional testing is not done right. like everyone is making their own jigsaw puzzle and the pieces of the puzzle you may have, ainsley, you have a couple. instead we have to centralize this and everyone is going to put their hands, i have the chemicals, you the kits, he has the machines, let's run more tests. we need 750,000 a week for this to really work. we can do better, america. brian: we are doing 150. steve: yeah. in that interview that we did with the lawmaker from michigan and the former nfl player dr. oz

in 6:00 o'clock hour, he thinks he picked up the coronavirus when he was pumping gas because he had his bare hand on the gas pump and then later probably touched his eye or something like that. i think the mind set probably has to be that if you are outside of your house, anything you touch could have it on it, right? >> dr. oz: for sure. we know the virus lives for hours and hours in the case of metal which is gasoline is made up could live for 48 hours. in the urban areas we got into trouble because of toilets, elevators, place where is the virus was circulating in the case of elevator 15, 20 minutes after the person got out and could still infect you and becomes a pool. we want to identify the hot spots when there's still little

brush fires otherwise governors will be struggling deciding we can open it or not. we have to start today. we are getting close to may first. ainsley: dr. oz, thank you so much, we will see you tomorrow. >> dr. oz: see you tomorrow. ainsley: we will hand it over to jillian. jillian: i was wondering about the elevators this morning. he just answered my question. crews are cleaning up a massive 50-car pileup, 14 people are hurt, rushed to the hospital for treatment. 13 of them with minor injuries. 45 others evaluated by fist responders and released. firefighters believe slick conditions caused the trash after early morning snow. all lanes are closed. broking overnight, isis attack on american troops in germany, police arresting 4 suspected terrorists plan to go hit military bases in the country. prosecutors say all of the men

swore allegiance to isis last year and had contact with high-ranking members of the group. first bernie sanders and then former barack obama and this morning joe biden maybe nearing his third big endorsement in 3 days. overnight politico reporting former rival elizabeth warren will soon add her name to that list. website citing sources, quote, familiar with discussion. we will keep you updated. a professor son provides comic relief when he interrupts his dad's online classes. watch this. ♪ [laughter] jillian: the teen dressing up in hilarious costumes walking behind his dad during english class. hills dad was in on the joke firing shots at his son with the nerve gun. video going viral with millions of views.

[laughter] jillian: didn't know they were doing this for fun. steve: eventually he will run out of costumes just saying as long as this goes on. thank you, jillian. straight ahead president obama finally endorsed his vice president joe biden. why did it take so long? we will talk to robert wolf. he joins us next. ♪

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>> i'm so proud to endorse joe biden for president of the united states. chosing joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions i have ever made and has become a close friend and i believe joe has all the qualities that we need in a president right now. steve: president obama finally endorsing his former vice president joe biden for president. what does this mean for the 2020 race this november? here to discuss president obama's former economic adviser and fox news contributor, there's our buddy, robert wolf. good morning to you. >> robert: good to see you. steve: why did it take so long

for president obama endorse joe biden? >> robert: he didn't endorse secretary clinton till june 2016. this is months in advance and now the party can come together and also senator sanders didn't, you know, he was still fighting with hillary going into the convention in philadelphia in '16, so this is a good day for the democratic party. i know that many people would -- would disagree with that but i would just say this is a good day for the party. you know, bernie endorsement, the obama endorsement, you know, the president obama had 115 million twitter followers and president trump 70 million. 40 million views just yesterday and we know it's a two-person race between the president and the former vice president and now both sides will go to their corners for the next six months.

steve: yeah, you mentioned now the party can come together, you know the party has been fractionalized. bernie sanders has a much different follower than vice president biden does and sounds like elizabeth warren could be endorsing joe biden perhaps later today as well, but do you think that the bernie sanders supporters are going to say, you know what, i was for the democratic socialist 100% behind him, now i'm going get behind this guy? >> robert: listen, i think you and i spoke about it through the primary season. the whole idea of firing squad and when do they come together and the truth is joe biden's platform is incredible by progressive. now it can be progressive moderate or progressive populist, but they're all for gun reform, climate change and health care as a right and immigration reform and criminal justice, so for the most part the party is actually together

although, we know, we argue on the edges, i actually think we are more together than what the media gives us -- gives us the idea that how they want us to kind of go out differently. what i would say is bernie has been very clear and i think he did a great job with what we call the bernie bros, he was very clear, listen, you to get out there and you need to vote and you need to vote for joe biden and i think that was important and now you have president obama and hopefully elizabeth warren, so i think the party is going to come together and i think part of it is that it's april. it's not june like hillary clinton where bernie and hillary were still going like this. now i think it would give us more time to get together. steve: but going back to my earlier point, when you look at the bernie sanders supporters therefore medicare for all, medicaid for all whereas joe biden is for obamacare because that was during the administration and fix it and

it'll be interesting how that plays out going forward. the party does coalesce. i wanted to ask you, robert, about this, here we are in mid-april, should be tax day but it's not because we've got this global pandemic. it doesn't seem like so many people are really tuned in to politics right now because they are thinking about, you know, what's my health going to be like in november, how much money am i going to lose, is there going to be a recession. we have said historically at the wintertime before the election, people haven't tuned in yet. well now is the time when people normally tune in but because of the pandemic, not so much. >> robert: steve, you're absolutely right. the pandemic and the recession and there's no question that there's an incredible nervousnesses in the country.

what is the new normal going to be? what's work going to be like? we are talking about the second quarter, you and i have been talking about it, unemployment possibly north of 15% and gdp negative 25% and we are seeing things close the other great depression of the 30's than we are seeing of the great recession of '08 and '09. you and i have never seen anything like this before. the question that we have to ask ourself is the recovery going to be an l shape, u shape or a v shape and who is best president trump or former vice president joe biden to take us into the recovery and that's going to be the debate and this debate will be about the economy and also who is best to lead the country during this time and that's going to be a real debate and i think we are going to have, at the beginning it's going to be both sides go to the corner and then we will decide who will do better for the center which is why your prior question about bernie, i'm not as concerned because the truth is, all of

those people actually believe that health care is a right, so the idea that president trump has been doing by taking away health care, we have more people uninsured, we have less people protected on health care, that's why this is a debate we are going to have. everyone gets a vote and you and i have a fun six months debating it. steve: it's always enjoyable talking to you. robert, thank you very much for joining us it looks like your home office. thank you very much, sir. >> robert: stay healthy, steve. steve: you as well. 8:24 here in the east. meanwhile he's a 19-time all-star and world series champ and this morning cal ripken, jr. is stepping up to the plate feeding families. baseball hall of famer joins us live coming up.

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brian: he's a 19-time all-star, world series champion, one of the greatest ever cal ripken, jr., taking aim at ending pandemic. >> address pressing needs of

family who are struggling with food insecurities. we have launched the campaign and to get things started we are contributing initial one hundred thousand dollars. brian: joining us now cal ripken, jr., cal, you used the opportunity to use social media and what struck you about feed america now that you had to take action? >> well, our foundation has built a wonderful infrastructure. as you know, brian, national foundation and serve a lot of the communities. we built field, put programming in there so we know that the issue of food insecurity in normal times and our foundation said we are not going to sit around and wait until this is over. let's shift our focus temporarily. let's focus on the immediate problem and put infrastructure to work. i used it as an opportunity to

get on social media because there's a power of social med tie ask for help and if you look at it this way, one dollar given is ten meals distributed. so you can immediately see the effect of $5 or $10 will have on these kids in these communities and families. brian: so what i was struck by was the lines of people in their cars who pulled boxes of groceries for basic needs in texas and florida in specifically. did that strike you too? >> well, for sure. we all take for granted the food that you put on your table is going to happen every single day. there's communities around us that they might eat once or twice a day and they rely on the boys and girls club. they relies on schools and those sorts of things and so in this crisis, we were quick to act and really shift our focus because we understand that need. feeding america. we don't know anything about

distributing food but feed america does and they -- they have relationships with local food banks. we have relationships with local food banks. they are the expert here, we are providing an infrastructure, resource and maybe an awareness that's going to help the issue. brian: yeah, i see there's a way to do it. you go to #strikeouthunger2020 and that's the way to contribute, right? >> yeah. my handle is cal ripken, jr. and there's a lot of instructions on how to give and it's what i understand a really simple process. i'm having fun with social media. i always thought you had to be more outgoing to make that work, but i'm having fun with it. my dog nash seems to be the star of social media right now but it's a great -- it's a great vehicle to have, use power of social media.

brian: right. i see on twitter you 13,000 followers, so people want to get on. people want to say i want to help, where do i go, it'll get to the right place if it goes to you. i'm convinced of that. the other thing is, the other thing that you have a passion for little league baseball. you started your own as well as major league baseball as commentator and hall of famer. what advice do you have for the kid, for the coach who have watched their season in high school, junior high school and college go by the boards. a lot of them this is chance to be recruited for college or play in the minors like your son. what do you say to them? >> cal: you can't replace the senior year in any way, shape or form. maybe some opportunity is missed but i'm sure the system will start to reboot in ways. the recruiting for colleges start much earlier than senior year. decisions are made in junior

year and sophomore year. we are not expectater per se. their challenge is to have people put together in close proximity, so there are challenges in that arena but i applaud the commissioner for figuring out ways to bring baseball back because historically it's played a role in difficult times. i know the commissioner feels that way. i know there's huge hurdles and logistics to figure out which blows my mind. i'm happy that he's trying to figure out how to bring that back. brian: yeah, they are talking about doing major league baseball back in arizona and florida. let's hope they do that.

we will bring the fans in later. cal, we will talk to you about that, right now you came on because people are hungry and you're helping. if you want to help go to strikeouthunger visit ripkenfoundation.org. i have something else to share with you. we have the strikeouthunger2020 which is the hash tag, another way to give. yeah. we appreciate that. thanks so much for joining us, cal. >> cal: thank you, brian, thanks for your help. brian: good luck in social media, it's a jungle out there. you can find all that at foxnews.com/americatogether. meanwhile the southern u.s. still reeling from deadly tornadoes over easter. 12 people killed in mississippi alone. the governor of that state tate reed joins us live with an update. that would be next.

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steve: this is a fox news extreme weather alert. no hugs or handshakes. the pandemic hampering relief efforts all across the u.s., ainsley. ainsley: that's right, trying to follow social distancing guidelines, the red cross

putting more than 150 storm victims in hotels across 4 different states to avoid large gatherings at the shelters. brian: at least dozen tornadoes touched down in mississippi alone. so that's pretty, pretty noteworthy. let's bring in mississippi governor tate reeves, how would you describe what you're seeing when you walk through your state. i know on other states throughout the easter sunday, we are used to seeing tornadoes in mississippi, what we are not used to what we saw on sunday, two different tornadoes basically taking the exact same path approximately one hour apart and one of those tornadoes was packing winds in excess of 200 miles an hour and stayed on the ground for 89 miles. that's unheard of. steve: governor, what's

difference about this is it happen at the height of the pandemic and so the people whose homes are destroyed normally you would set up a shelter in a high school gymnasium or something like that, but because of this, you can't really do that and ainsley just mentioned a number of the governors are trying to figure out what to do with them and figuring them out on case-by-case basis and sometimes it comes out to rent. >> literally we have been in partnership with the carlson. we did make the decision that the number one thing to do protect life and we had to get people protected given the severity of the storms, but, you know, one of the things that i said repeatedly is the coronavirus is complicating the recovery from the tornado while at the same time the tornadoes are complicating our efforts to

stop the spread of the coronavirus and so they both happening at the same time is exceptionally complicated. ainsley: governor, i was glued to the conversation displaced because of bad weather but lost their jobs so they don't have the money to rebuild and their lives are just literally turned upside down. i know the president will work with all the governors to try to get the economy back up and running. he said he's going to conference call all 50 governors. what are you going to talk to him about, what is your message to him? >> well, we appreciate everything that president trump has done during this unprecedented disaster. no one alive has dealt with this pandemic of this magnitude. the president and the vice president, their team have been transparent and reached out, they've listened to governors' request and what i would say

that no one wants to open up the economy more than i do. i want to work with president trump to get our economy running. we've had approximately 120 deaths in mississippi. aye had a hundred thousand people file for unemployment insurance. we cannot shelter weeks and weeks. it's not sustainable. in the long-term it would do more damage if we keep the economy closed on end than the virus is doing. brian: governor, one disaster to overcome, i get that, the other the pandemic in all 50 states. what are the things you need to see happen before you can turn to dry cleaner, stationary story and dick's sporting goods in your neighborhood to open up? >> well, i will tell you we are having conversations with public health officials.

we were one of the latest states to issue stay in place. we made progress by doing so, our goal this whole time has not been so necessarily stop the spread to have virus but to contain it to ensure that our public health system is not overwhelmed, to ensure that we have adequate number of hospital beds and adequate number of ventilators. we are becoming increasingly confident that we are going to be able to do that so we are having conversations right now. what does it look like, we have been shelter in place for approximately 2 weeks now. my order is set to expire on monday, the 20th and we are looking at every possibility right now. everything from letting the shelter in place expire all the way to continuing it but also there's a number of options in between where we can begin to open up nonessential businesses. we have essential businesses that are open and mississippians are working in a responsible way as we speak.

steve: that's ultimately what it's going to come down in the future. governor tate reeves from mississippi where you've had a lot of bad news lately. thank you for taking the time to talk to us today. >> thank you and god bless. ainsley: god bless you. steve: quarter before the top of the hour on april 15th. jillian: let's start with this, violent attack caught on camera inside chicago's cook county jail. take a look at the video. hot spots for coronavirus by the way, watch as an inmate put the prison guard in choke hold knocking him unconscious. the inmate stealing the guard's keys before striking another second officer unconscious. one guard is still in the hospital. more than 30 inmates and nearly 200 guards have tested positive for covid at the jail. at least 3 inmates have died.

a cargoes airborne after hitting around, watch this as the driver loses control, look at that, this is near church in poland. firefighters had to cut through it to free the man from behind the wheel. he's expected to be okay. no one else was hurt, thankfully, wow. a democratic lawmaker is criticize for backing president trump's campaign. president trump's handling of the economy, his support for his -- historically black colleges. calling him embarrassment, some of them endorsing primary challenger. and now to the top 3 stories trending on foxnews.com right now. that was the wrong video a minute ago, by the way. let start with this, a bicyclist

files a police report against chris cuomo after fiery spat with cnn anchor after violating quarantine after what he says being diagnosed with covid-19. it does not ban people from buying children's car seats, her explanation comes after she was slammed by the view cohost megan mccain for the alleged ban. california mayor to resign. you can read all the stories and more, you can download the fox news app to do. a look at the headlines, back to you. ainsley: thank you, jillian. vice president mike pence updates us on covid-19 from the white house every day. well, now his daughter charlotte is doing the same king for children. charlotte pence is going to join us live next, but first let's check in with ed henry with what's coming on his show at the top of the hour. ed: good morning, always great to see you. president trump's council teed

up now. a key member, mark cuban, owner of the nba's dallas mavericks and we will ask him about that. mark esper is here as well. wall street up big yesterday but bouncing around again this morning. maria bartiromo joins us at the opening bell. paycheck protection program running out of cash. join sandra and me 9:00 to noon but one thing hasn't: breakfast. and, if that feels like a little bit of comfort, it's thanks to... the farmers, the line workers and truckers, the grocery stockers and cashiers, and the food bank workers, because right now breakfast as usual is more essential than ever. to everyone around the world working so hard to bring breakfast to the table, thank you.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> right now you're probably hearing a lot about the coronavirus, so i will be giving you a briefing every couple of days on the coronavirus, what we can do to stay safe, what the guidelines are that we should be following and i will also talk to experts and get questions from answers to kids just like you. ainsley: vice president mike pence's daughter charlotte launching a new youtube show for children to help them understand the impact of covid-19 and she hopes that the little news briefing will help calm their fears.

charlotte pence bond, good morning, charlotte. >> hay, ainsley, good morning. ainsley: what acute idea, tell us why you did this. >> charlotte: i was thinking what i could do to kids to help them more secure and more informed and i was remembering 9/11 when i was 8 year's old and i wasn't allowed to watch the news because it would have scared me and i thought that maybe kids were in a position like that right now that a lot of parents are probably watching the news a lot more and they are all at home and so i wanted to create a show that kids could have their own little news briefing and feel like they have information that they need to. ainsley: where can the children find your messages -- how many times a week are you doing it? >> every other day. they can go to my youtube channel. if you want to listen to audio in podcast, you can download in

itunes or spotify too. ainsley: how are you explaining to them in a safe way that they can understand? >> charlotte: yeah, i'm really trying to break it down by giving them facts, so the first episode i interviewed my dad and i asked him questions about the guidelines are but i also asked him questions about that kids actually sent in to me. kids are allowed to send a video in and can make it on the show but we listen to all of them and really take into consideration, so in this episode i asked my dad about school because that's what a lot of the kid want to know, they want to know when they can go back to school and so we got to talk a little bit about that too. ainsley: okay, i think we have a clip. >> many states around the country have asked children and parents to learn at home and i just want to say thank you to all of the kids that are still

doing your homework and taking time every single day to do your studies and, you know, i also want to encourage all the kids looking on, tell your teachers how much you appreciate them. ainsley: great message. what are some of the questions? i like that you said that kids are sending you questions, what are you getting from them? >> charlotte: a lot of kids want to know when they can see their friends again. that's a big one which i definitely understand. they also want to know how it spreads. they are very interested in why this virus is such a big deal as opposed to maybe the flu, so my next episode we will be talking about the guidelines that we are supposed to be following and i will do an episode on how it spreads and to kind of explain, you know, why we are taking the precautions right now but also to reassure children that they don't -- you can be afraid. we are all in this together and

working on it to make sure everybody stays safe. ainsley: yeah, they can watch it from ages 5 to about 14 year's ole. my little daughter is 4 and we are not really talking about it much because i don't think she would understand it. thank you so much, charlotte, congratulations on the wedding. >> charlotte: thank you so much. ainsley: listen to the podcast at ricochet.com and children can send to littlenews briefing at gmail.com. more news moments away safety g. vaccines at no cost. and extend obamacare enrollment. when i'm president, we will be better prepared, respond better and recover better. unite the country is responsible

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>> sandra: fox news alert, more than 600,000 americans infected around the world, president trump says he's freezing funds to the world health organization pending review of the agency. good morning everyone, and sandra smith. >> ed: and a very good morning to you sandra, i'm ed henry. this comes amid the big debate over how to reopen america. breaking this morning, dr. tony fauci says why he's a cautious person, he sings in light at the end of the tunnel. the president says it's all in the hands of the governors while also slamming the w.h.o. was saying that u.n. health agency he failed in its basic