>> tucker: it is great to hear that. mr. pendley, thank you. it is blm.gov. getting outside and being with the ones you love. that will make you better. physically, spiritually. that's it. and for sean tonight. have the best weekend. ♪ >> welcome to this special edition of "hannity." covid-19, the impact on america. i'm mike huckabee in tonight for sean hannity. over the hour we are going to show you how this global pandemic is not just a deadly virus, but also a very serious threat to our very way of life. earlier tonight, president trump and held another task force briefing at the white house. joining us with all of the latest details, chief breaking news correspondent trace gallagher. >> governor, let's begin with breaking news out of the coronavirus task force where stephen kohn, fda commissioner, said the first at home covid-19

test unveiled this week and actually be mailed from doctors to patients, who can then self-swab and mail it back. expert table boost access to testing as well as test numbers. the president also signed legislation today replenishing the small business lending program with $484 billion, 310 billion of that goes towards the paycheck protection program, which quickly ran out of money a few weeks back. president trump and vice president pence also spoke with the nation's governors today. topic one was testing, with the vice president sang a month ago 80,000 americans had been tested. today it's 5 million. governors are also reporting that hospitals and i see nationwide are seeing very positive trends. and finally, one day after the president suggested that light and disinfectants might have the potential to treat covid-19, the white house says the media took the president's contents stomach comments out of context, and the president said it was sarcasm.

watch. >> a very sarcastic question to the reporters in the room about disinfectant on the inside, but it does kill it and it would kill it on the hands and that would make things much better. that was done in the fun about sarcastic question to the reporters. >> the department of homeland security did say sunshine and household bleach are extremely effective at killing the virus on surfaces. governor? >> mike: trace, thank you very much. tonight as president trump works around the clock to courtney the countries -- some are attempting to remake america in accordance with their own far left agenda. speaker nancy pelosi has her eyes on a massive new spending bill. it's a bill that would bail out liberal states on the brink of bankruptcy. now these are states that have squandered billions of dollars on entitlements, generous pension plans for public employee members, green energy

programs and much more. now nancy pelosi wants to give them more of your money. and while nancy pelosi tries to get all of her friends to get ag giant payday, other democrats are using the virus as a political weapon. house lawmakers led by congressman james clyburn have already assembled a panel to investigate the president on his handling of the virus. keep in mind it's the same james clyburn that told his colleagues that the coronavirus was a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision. meanwhile, one of james clyburn's colleagues accused senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of wanting americans to drop dead. watch this. >> our front-line workers right now cannot afford for us to stand by for politics. leader mcconnell said to our cities, are states, are cops, firemen and teachers, he told them to drop dead. well, why don't we put politics aside, rise up and tell him that

we put the country first? >> mike: joining us now, ohio congressman jim jordan and texas congressman louie gohmert. congressman jordan, let me start with you. this is pretty bold. the democrats are essentially saying, that republicans want to kill people. i'm going to ask you point-blank, you're a republican, do you want to kill babel? >> of course not. democrats never miss an opportunity to try to attack the president and attack republicans. think about what they have proposed during the pandemic, release illegal immigrants, deem abortion clinics as essential businesses and stop americans from purchasing a firearm and stop americans from going to church prayer that is what they flush during this crisis and they have attacked the president so much so they have now created a special, select committee. it wasn't good enough for the mueller investigation, couldn't get the president with this crazy impeachment over the ukrainian phone call, so now

they're going to create a committee to investigate the president, even though we already have eight different entities doing oversight over the coronavirus response. >> mike: congressman, governor, let's go into that. there are eight federal inquiries right now about this response. couldn't we use a ninth one customer coming, what's wrong? is that a problem to have another one? >> [laughs] governmengovernor, i love your . that is exactly speaker pelosi's solution. if you got eight committees in the hands of democrats who are simply not doing their job, the solution is create another committee in the hands of democrats! so that is what they did, and if you saw the speakers comments, she said we are going to do this in a bipartisan way, and probably has a 100% partisan vote to create a committee to try to impeach president trump.

that is what it's all boiling down to. and as far as our friend, max, when he first said what he did about disrespecting cops, telling cops drop dead, i had to ask him is he talking about mayor de blasio? but apparently he was talking about mitch mcconnell. saying estate might file for bankruptcy is not the same as telling a state o's employee's p dead. cops, firefighters, these essential employees are all essential in any bankruptcy court would rule that way. they are essential, they've got to keep being paid. but it's not lawful to file bankruptcy for estate at this time and a lot of it, jim and i have talked about it, we have been concerned all along that they would follow rahm emanuel's advice, not let a good crisis go to waste, and you've got democrat cities, controlled cities and states

that are basically bankrupt, and they might try to use this crisis to bail them out, and that is totally inappropriate. we are not standing for that. >> governor, if i could -- >> go ahead. >> the committee's work for the taxpayers. the ninth committees going to work for joe biden. who did they put in charge of that committee? jim clyburn, the guy who is most responsible for joe biden being the democrats nominee for president. jim clyburn, good man but he is the one who endorsed joe biden the south carolina primary. he is the reason why joe biden won that nomination. this committee is a bipartisan politics. it's about helping joe biden going after the president of the united states, just like the democrats have done since even before the president was elected since they started the trump-russia investigation in 2016. >> mike: you made a good point that it was jim clyburn who resuscitated joe biden's career. now he's down in the basement, we haven't seen much of him. when al gore did his endorseme

endorsement, one of the most awkward things i've ever seen. congressman gomer, you might speak to the fact that when al gore was there and joe was giving out some chop word salad you can almost see on al gore's face, what have i done? >> [laughs] it's very hard for me to read a blank face so i can't really comment on what it looks like al gore was thinking from my perspective, but they all looked somewhat uncomfortable when they do that endorsement and to me, that included former president obama. he could've done a whole lot sooner. i don't know why it took so lo long. >> mike: congressman jordan, we've only got about 30 seconds i've got to get it in quickly but there are some pretty crony and things that have been done in states during the stay at home order. do you think those things are going to be looked at, investigated by the department of justice as to whether they were over-the-top or just flat

too much? >> yeah, bill barr indicated as much and he gave a memo and a brief oh, a memo that said if you can go to the grocery store and maintain 6 feet of social distance you can certainly go to church and your car and maintain the appropriate distance in this idea that governments are stopping people from attending church particularly on easter sunday is flat out wrong. bill barr defending liberty has also said these protesters, he made statements in support of the people who are tired of what's taking place and simple he want to get back to work, want to get our country back on the right track. >> mike: congressman jordan and congressman louie gohmert, thank you both. delighted to have yo you here. >> thanks. >> mike: as we inched closer and closer to the presidential election, the rhetoric from the left is only going to get worse. some of you are thinking, how? speaking of which, someone might want to check up on joe biden during this nationwide lockdown. he is saying some very strange things. during a recent online fund-raiser, biden pushed a bizarre conspiracy theory.

it was that president trump may try to delay the 2020 election. biden reportedly told voters, and i quote, mark my words, i think he's going to try to kick back the election somehow. come up with some rationale why it can't be held. it's the only way trump thinks he can possibly win. joining us now with reaction, fox news contributor tammy bruce and dan bongino. tammy, are we going to have an election for president in november this year? >> we are. the president has of course assured us of that. maybe that was wishful thinking on joe biden's part. remember, this is the party that was talking about having a virtual convention, not having people gather there at all. they are the ones who seem to be concerned about people coming together. remember, they are going to have a pretty big platform fight about their policies and they don't want the american people to see that pair but this is during a fund-raising call, as . and i think there's a point here, because biden has had a horrible time fund-raising, and

will continue to have a difficult time compared to the historic fund-raising the president is enjoying. that is a sign of lack of enthusiasm. once again this is an attempt to frighten people. this is all the democrats have, is an effort to frighten their own people into thinking that this is going to be some kind of a coup. whereas in fact, the president i think is looking forward to this. clearly wants to have an election. it is something, it is a restatement about the reformation, and clearly the approval of the way he's been handling the 6 a situation that none of us could of predicted speaks to his leadership. so they are going to want to, as they've been doing for several years, besmirched his character, lied to people about the nature of what he's doing, and you're right, it's going to be awful but the fact is that's all they have. now they are also just lying to their own people in an attempt to create more confusion and more fear.

>> mike: dan bongino, the ever timid and oh so soft-spoken, let me ask you, do you think it's the democrats who think this election is going to be booted out in the future? or would they rather it may be be postponed for their benefit, not for the president's? >> first, governor, let me just i am actually stunned that biden remembers there is an election in november. he hasn't exactly -- some of his appearance is been downright disturbing. it's not that in these joe biden interviews that he forgets the question. he appears to forget he's actually doing an interview at times. you know, and listen, i know it's an election and obviously we should question joe biden's fitness for office, it is appropriate, but really sometimes, i mean it, it is like sad to watch. it seems like he is grossly under prepared for this. this is a bizarre conspiracy theory. tammy's absolutely right, you are right as well. that trump is somehow going to move -- it's just so dumb. i can't believe we have to cover this but we do because it was brought up by a major party

candidate. but what's weird, the democrats have their conspiracy theory boxes with the president. one conspiracy theory box is president trump is not fit, he doesn't do anything, he just sits there all day and because he missed the ball and all of those he is not suited for the job. the other conspiracy theory box is president's beloved is too much, he's the world's ultimate tyrant, he has this massive power he's abusing and he's all over everything all the time. this is from the trump is a tyrant box, that he has the power, despite trump clearly saying this is ridiculous, that he plans on delaying the election. this is from the tyrant box where they just pulled in a reasonably grabbed one. but this is really just dumb. let's be honest, this is stupid. >> mike: there something breaking tonight, got to get a reaction quickly from both of you. some video dug up, the internet is forever but so is videotape, and from 1993 on the larry king show came this little revelation about joe biden. let's listen.

>> california, hello. >> caller: yes, hello. i'm wondering what a staffer would do besides go to the press in washington. my daughter has just left there after working for a prominent senator and could not get through with her problems at all and the only thing she could've done was go to the press and she chose not to do it out of respect for him. >> so she had a story to tell but out of respect for the person she worked for she didn't tell it. >> that's true. >> mike: but we know who it was, it was joe biden. tammy bruce, pretty much a bombshell. the intercept picked it up, it is now breaking news on foxnews.com. what will the democrats be able to do in the age of m me too? >> what they tend to do is just ignore it and the media then supports them in that ignoring. during the brett kavanaugh hearings i noted that women should be taken seriously and enjoy due process as we look

into the nature of some of these allegations that phone calls are important. she told her mother, that was her mother, she told her brother and her friend and her mother, she said, had called "the larry king show" at the time she was aghast that this had happened, and somehow that now has been found once "the intercept" put up that this was out there and it would be good to find it. so this confirms the nature of the series of what she has said she did and this is now -- look, what we've known from the start is that, and what i've written about is that sexism, homophobia, and racism live on the left. they are using women, they ruined the dynamic about taking women seriously in the brett kavanaugh hearings because they said there needs to be no due process, that men are guilty until proven innocent, and in this case, they simply do nothing at all and they've been ignoring it. they will continue to ignore it but this is a lesson for the american people.

it reinforces the fact that the people who've said they are the champions for women and others who are disenfranchised have been lying for generations, and it's time to make a change when it comes to how we live our lives and who our leadership is. >> mike: it's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. and if they call for him to step down as they were calling for brett kavanaugh. thank you both. coming up, tensions rise all over the country's many state and local governments are accused of massive overreach. trey gowdy is going to be joining us after the break so stay with us as this special edition of "hannity" continues. e for back pain? before you take anything, i recommend applying topical relievers first. salonpas lidocaine patch blocks pain receptors for effective, non-addictive relief. salonpas lidocaine. patch, roll-on or cream. hisamitsu.

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as state and local governments attempt to mitigate the spread of covid-19, someone now being accused of trampling the constitutional rights of american citizens. for example, in houston a new mandate would find residence $1,000 for just not wearing a mask in public. houston's police union president is calling the measure draconian. others are protesting the mandate, which is now facing a court challenge. in michigan, state lawmakers are attempting to strain the government emergency powers after she issued widespread bands, at one point even prohibiting members of the same family from visiting each other. my guess is there are some families who would actually approve of that, but not many. governor gretchen whitmer announced today that she is going to ease some of the stay-at-home orders by the governor continues to face a wave of criticism. and in washington state, that stayed one vote away from releasing some of its most dangerous inmates. all to fight the spread of covid-19. and a 5-4 decision, the state

supreme court denies the release of these convicts, including potentially the green river killer. joining us now with more, fox news contributor trey gowdy. you were in congress long enough to not like it very well. you are back home in south carolina, but what we are seen all across the country is some very heavy handed policies being passed out at the local level by governors and mayors. is this a threat to the long-term life and liberty of the united states and its people? >> first of all, governor, it's great to be with you. there has to be irrationality. any time governor asks the citizenry to do something there has to be a rational basis for it in the greater the freedom you infringe, the more compelling the reason has to be. if i'm going to imprison you or fine you for not wearing a mask, why can i hold you down and vaccinate you against the flu this fall? you don't want the flu and

covid-19, so can i involuntarily vaccinate you customer can i show up at your house and make sure you are doing your burpee's and your jumping jacks because f obesity and covid-19 don't go wl together. where does it stop? and in houston, governor, if you can believe this, they are threatening to punish people for not wearing a mask. meanwhile on washington state they are going to let a serial killer, they are 1 foot away from letting a serial killer out because o of covid-19. go to jail for not wearing a mask but if you kill for a dozen women because of covid-19 we might let you out. that is a rational. >> mike: you are a prosecutor prior to going to congress he understand the justice department. we also understand the power of the government and what they can do. the federal government can also defend civil liberties right now and attorney general bill barr indicates he is willing to stand up for citizens to make sure that constitutional rights don't

get trampled on. what do you think is going to happen with that? >> we are lucky. we have a real lawyer as the ag. i mean, he is a real lawyer. he understands that for government to be able to impinge on a freedom that has to be a rational basis and sometimes a compelling reason. so, if i'm going to tell you, governor, that you can't visit your mom, that is a fundamental right that you have. so the reason i offered to keep you from doing that has to be incredibly compelling. it has to be more than just the governor of michigan thinks it's a good idea. if i tell you that you have to wear something in public, there has to be a rational basis for that. bill barr is smart enough to know that he will put the power of the federal government and grants in those states and municipalities who don't want to go along, the power to go to court. >> mike: congressman gaudi, we've seen some pretty crazy stuff.

michigan the governor says you can't mow your lawn. i have a hard time understanding how mowing my lawn is going to make me more subject to getting the covid-19 virus. >> it is the response -- you are the governor of the great state, arkansas. she's the governor of a great state. does her job job to persuade her citizenry that what she's telling them you cannot do is rationally rooted in public health. good luck convincing anyone that mowing your front lawn is going to make you more susceptible to covid-19. look, i get encouraging people not to see those who are vulnerable. but asking me to not see my mom is very different from telling me that i am forbidden on penalty of law from going to see my mom and that is what the protesters and others -- i'm not a protester but i want government to explain to me, if i'm going to infringe on your freedom for a compelling reason, americans are sacrificial. you know that. they are sacrificial. but it's not too much to ask, why are you making me do that? and is it rooted in some

rationality in what we are trying to prevent qwest market and if it's not that we have this thing called civil disobedience that people can engage in. >> mike: and i think that is what we are seeing. a lot of people are ready to engage in it. they are not unreasonable and i appreciate you saying that because the protesters aren't all just a bunch of crazies. these are people who fundamentally know what their basic rights are. congressman trey gowdy, so glad to have you here. thank you for joining us. delighted to se see you. >> thank you. >> mike: coming up, china's projected request for access to the wuhan lab. and later, look in the u.s. government actually do to hold china accountable? tom cotton has a plan and he's going to join us and explain exactly what that plan is. that and much more as this special edition of "hannity" continues. muc listen. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin,

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♪ >> mike: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." developing tonight, beijing rejecting secretary of state pompeo's request for access to the wuhan lab that u.s. intel officials believe is linked to the virus outbreak. and not only that, we are also now learning that china's coronavirus cases may have been up to four times would officials reported. that according to a study out of hong kong. here to explain more is the author of the book "the coming collapse of china," gordon chang. i'm delighted you are here. i don't know anyone who can speak to this more clearly and effectively. just how much misinformation do you believe we are seeing from china right now on coronavirus? >> from the very beginning of the outbreak until now, there

has been one piece of misinformation after another. and the reason is for the communist party, the most important thing is controlling the narrative. we learned that governor on january 26 when the communist party announced its task force for the coronavirus epidemic, there was nine people on the roster. almost all of them were propaganda types or political hacks. there was only one public health official and i believe that her degree wasn't something other than public health. this clearly was an attempt by the party to control narratives not only in china but around the world. >> mike: the secretary of state has been told no can do when it comes to having some people go over and take a look. what does that tell us? >> it tells us that china has something to hide. and there have been repeated attempts of american office of cooperation, going back to the first couple days of january.

they've all been rebuffed. there were a couple americans on the world health organization team that went to china for two weeks in the middle of february and they were basically shuttled around to various locations. they did get to go to wuhan for two days, february 20th and 21st, but they didn't get to do anything important. it was just sort of meet and greet, but i believe the americans were not permitted to go to wuhan, but i need to confirm that. but the point is china is obviously trying to throw us off the trail and indeed does not want us to understand the outbreak. >> mike: i'm not trying to throw something crazy out there, but is there at least the possibility that the chinese have developed some type of biological weaponry, and that's what got loose with all of this? is that even within the realm of possibility? would that explain some of the cover-up? >> you know, that is not crazy, governor.

at the wuhan institute of virology which is expected to be the source of the outbreak, they kept more than 1500 types of coronaviruses, and the question is, what were they doing their with those coronavirus'? now most scientists believe that the coronavirus that did get loose was naturally occurring, it was not spliced, but i think chinese officials, having seen what the disease did to china, crippling society, i think that what they tried to do was to try to make sure that it escaped china to level the playing field. they did two things, governor. first of all, they tried to convince the world that this disease was not human to human transmissible when they knew that it was. also they pressured countries to accept arrivals from china. you put those two things together in the inevitable conclusion is it wasn't a bio weapon when it started but it turned into one because chinese leaders saw an opportunity to cripple other societies.

>> mike: on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being we don't trust them at all, 10 being we absolutely trust everything they say, where should we put our trust level in the chinese? >> of the trust is absolutel absolutely zero trust, because we know that they have been lying from the very beginning of this. we know that there have been under accounts of both cases and deaths, and that undercounting appears to continue today, because what we are seeing are numbers that do not match with what chinese officials are doing. we see the evidence of a second wave of coronavirus infections in various parts of the country, but the numbers that china is reporting do not match up. >> mike: gordon chang, always a pleasure to talk to you. your insights are invaluable. thank you, sir. delighted to see you. >> thank you, governor. >> mike: up next, senator tom cotton has come up with some legislation as to how to hold china accountable for the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

he's coming up next to explain that in a whole lot more as the special edition of "hannity" continues.

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♪ >> mike: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." the coronavirus outbreak has raised questions about how can the u.s. hold china accountable for their lies, deceit, and flat out misinformation. a g.o.p. lawmakers senator tom cotton and senator dan crenshaw are proposing new legislation allowing americans to sue china in federal courts for that would be to recovered damages from the harm inflicted by china's cover appeared meanwhile, nikki haley is launching a edition urging congress to probe beijine operation. while republicans sound the alarm over china in the world health organization's failures, democrats play defense for america's foes. joining me now for reaction, senator tom cotton from my home

state of arkansas. senator, good to have you with us. thank you. >> good evening, governor. >> mike: i want to outline, you and dan crenshaw have put together a pack of legislation that would give americans some very special rights when it comes to holding china accountable. how would it work? >> governor, typically foreign officials are immune from lawsuits in the system but it's not absolute. we have waved at for instance for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. congressmen crenshaw and i think we should waive it for the victims of this terrible virus. because the chinese officials lied about the nature of this virus, they intentionally allowed this virus to escape outside their borders, to level the playing field, the rest of the world so they would not suffer all of these harms alone. they ought to pay the consequences beer that is the first step. there's a lot of other things we can do.

have legislation with congressman mike gallagher to bring back pharmaceutical manufacturing from china to the united states. we will invest a lot more in our military to deter chinese aggression in the western pacific but one immediate thing we can do is open records up up to the americans who have been brutally harmed by this virus. >> mike: if that were to happen, i mean, what's the likelihood of the chinese would even respond to the lawsuit, and if they just thumb their nose, then what do we do? >> yeah, well, in a lot of occasions they probably won't but there are consequences for that as well. default judgment can be entered, assets can be seized, you can put difficulty on them traveling or coming to the united states, so there can be serious consequences if our legislation passes and chinese officials refused to even respond to those lawsuits. our legislation will also allow china to fess up, say come forward for what they do, create a pool of money for which people can recover, as we also did for the 9/11 victims, and then we would turn off that sovereign

union. let's say i don't expect communist china to do that and therefore it's important that we open up our courts to the american people to sue the chinese officials who are responsible for unleashing this pandemic on the world. >> mike: senator, it would seem like this is such an easy bipartisan lift for the democrats and republicans, bipartisan, why aren't the democrats joining with you to hold the chinese accountable for this? i'm not trying to be partisan. and as they want to know, you rub shoulders with them all day, what are they thinking? why are they saying, that's great, let's go after them? >> well, i hope they will come a governor. in some cases in the past, i've worked together pretty well with for instance, chuck schumer on the issues related to china. maybe the only time we've worked together on a legislation, so i do suspect some democrats will join us, but unfortunately, some of the democratic party, some in the media basically want to take

the side of anyone donald trump as opposed to and president trump has made it clear that china is responsible for this virus. for example, he's made it clear that ted rose at the world health organization, probably was just spinning for china and what do you have customer democrats in the media jumping to the defense of the world health organization. i think in this issue, there's some major opposition to president trump. even as is so often the case he is on the right side of this issue. >> mike: we were seeing you throw some flags way back in january about the potential harm of this. a lot of people didn't take it seriously then. do you feel a little vindicated, and by the same token, what did you see that the rest of america just flat didn't see back then? >> no, governor, it's hard to say. one can feel vindicated or feel good about for seeing all of this when we have over 50,000

americans who have died in 27 million americans who have lost their livelihoods. that's not the thing about which one wishes to be proven right, but looking back in january when the rest of washington was obsessed about the impeachment trial, i saw the contrast between chinese rhetoric on the one hand that tried to say everything was calm and under control and this virus couldn't pass from human to human when they knew that it was highly contagious, even lethal, versus chinese action, which reflected that knowledge. they shut down schools in all of mainland china. they literally welded the doors shut. they banned travel from hong kong which that would otherwise never do. the contrast between their lying rhetoric and their drastic, extreme action told me that this had the potential to be a deadly pandemic. >> mike: thanks for joining us tonight, senator. great to see you. coming up next on "hannity," were going to be hearing more and more about the covid-19 antibody test. when can you get your hands on one of those tests?

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special edition of "hannity." a lot of americans are very curious about the antibody testing for covid-19, especially after new antibody study in new york suggests that nearly 3 million new yorkers may have actually had coronavirus. joining us now to weigh in is the author of the brand-new book "make america healthy again: how bad behavior and big government caused a trillion dollar crisis." fox news contributor dr. nicole saphier joins us. i want to start with the idea of testing. we keep hearing this is most important single thing we are going to have, are we getting tests that are going to be simpler, easier to administer? i'm hearing may some dumb economic some may even come in the mail to people. >> it's good to be on with you and we have been waiting for this testing because that really gives us a good idea of not only how many people have been infected with the virus but how many people have recovered and are possibly immune to it at this point. we've seen a couple small studies come out of california.

the biggest one being released from new york just this week. 3,000 patients, albeit but is still a small sample size when you're considering the population of new york state, but what it is telling us is it's a higher infection rate which means there's also going to be a lower fatality rate, meaning if you the fewer amount of people are actually going to die from this virus, but that being said, this is very different from that nasal swab that we've been talking about, that molecular test. that nasal swab is looking for the presence of the virus. the blood test is actually looking for the antibodies that your body has produced in response. so, it is much easier in the fact that you are just having to give blood like you've done many times before as opposed to the very invasive nasal swab. in terms of at home usage, not necessarily sure of that but i can tell you there are many, many, many private and public companies who are stepping up and developing their own antibody tests so that people can have increased access to

them. >> mike: over the past couple of months you have been a very common, reassuring voice from the medical community. helping people understand some of the specifics of this, giving people a due sense of concern, but not revving people up to be scared to death. i am wondering, at this point of our dealing with the coronavirus, should americans be hopeful, optimistic, or should we just crawl up under the bed, get in the fetal position and wait for the end? >> let me tell you, i believe in fax over fear. i think the more education you have the more empowered you are as an individual. so i try to provide that information. the truth is i'm extremely optimistic at this time. we have finally flattened the curve, over the last six weeks, we are actually seeing declining numbers but the truth is we have to be cautiously optimistic. yes, it is absolutely time that we start reopening but we have to do it in a smart manner because the economic fallout, the anxiety, the depression, the

suicide and drug overdose deaths that may happen after decreasing employment rates, we have to take that into account as well. we have to take people out of the house, we have to do that in a smart manner but i do see a lot of reason for optimism right now. >> mike: your book is so timely. "make america healthy again." it is more about prevention and intervention. why is that really the answer long term for the health issues of the country? >> it's quite interesting in the sense that the book is timely, although covid-19 didn't exist when i wrote the book but it's so relevant to what is going on right now because we have rendered ourselves vulnerable to covid-19. we know the elderly are dying from this but also those with pre-existing medical conditions. in new york, 94% of people with severe illness or who died had at least one pre-existing condition and when you have 60% of americans with pre-existing conditions, that is why so many people have fallen ill here.

we had makeshift hospitals in central park because we didn't have enough room in our hospital systems because of this chronic illness epidemic that we have in our country. had we been more prudent before, living healthier lifestyles and really just having positive incentives to live a healthier life, we would've been much more prepared for this virus. but unfortunately in my opinion, government intrusion into our health care system has taken us farther away from being a healthier nation. >> mike: dr. safire -- >> yeah, go ahead. >> mike: we've got to end it there, i'm so sorry, your book is great, "make america healthy again." people forgot to get it. coming up, ricky gervais' is going at hollywood elites again paid wait until you hear what he said this time here that is next as this addition of "hannity" continues.

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singing songs on social media to stay relevant. comedian breakage or base has been known to poke fun at self-important hollywood elites in the past. he's back at it again. in an interview with "the new york times" he says "i've been nothing against anyone being a celebrity or being famous. i think that people are just a bit tired of being lectured to." now celebrities think the general public needs to see my face. they can't get to the cinema, i need to do something. it's when you look in their eyes you know that even when they're doing something good come of there, i could weep at what a good person i am." i say bravo, breakage or base. unfortunately , that's all i have. my thanks to sean hannity for letting me host a night and an invitation to see my show hotly named "huckabee" 8:00/11:00 eastern. matt gaetz, and country singer clint black. cable, satellite and broadcast or you could go to huckabee.tv

for local listings or to watch online. thank you so much for joining us tonight. sean is going to be back on monday. i know you're glad to hear that. stay safe, be well this weekend. "the ingraham angle" starts right now. ♪ >> laura: i'm laura ingraham, this is "the ingraham angle" from washington. can america reopen responsibly to save our economy before it basically just craters to the next decade? georgia is out in front and you're going to hear from folks throwing their doors open. well, larry kudlow will tell us how the administration's focus for may has now changed. plus, what's the truth behind the fda's announcement today on hydroxychloroquine? and was trump write about uv rays customer care medicine cabinet takes those questions on. and, it's friday, is of course