everyone, i'm dana perino, i will see one story time, 3:30 p.m. eastern today, streams live on foxnews.com, facebook, and youtube. then i will be on "the five" later on, force that will be fun. here's bill hemmer. >> bill: dana, thank you, on a monday afternoon, good afternoon, i'm bill hemmer, more states across the country slowly reopening today as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to climb in the u.s. here is where we stand, 3:00 east coast time. restaurants and movie theaters are allowed to reopen in the state of georgia with the new social distancing guidelines. restaurants in tennessee also opening their doors with reduced seating for diners inside. in minnesota, thousands of workers can go back to work, also with new safety guidelines in that state. moments ago, the governor of ohio just announcing offices can reopen a week from today, but telecommuting is still encouraged.

this crossing the wires now. also, retail stores in ohio can open about two weeks from now. that's about mid-may. covid-19 has now killed more than 55,000 americans and infected nearly 1 million people across the country. we have fox news coverage beginning this hour the white house. kristin fisher with brand-new testing guidelines from the white house there. casey stegall is watching things in texas. we begin with jonathan serrie in atlanta where that state is slowly reopening again today. slowly, it appears. jonathan. >> indeed, bill, good afternoon to you. today, george expanded the list of businesses that can reopen. that includes movie theaters and restaurant dining rooms. but some business owners and customers are choosing to play it safe. bill, as a former atlanta resident, i know you're familiar with the historic plaza theater, while it is moving operations outdoors, converting its back parking lot into a drive-in. while some restaurants are

reopening dining rooms with social distancing and enhanced cleaning, many customers say they feel safer sticking with take-out. >> i think it's safer for me so that if i go home and start wondering okay, who else was in there. >> hospitals, which temporarily suspended elective procedures are looking to increase antibody testing on their workforces so they can safely return to normal operations. >> the purpose of doing the testing is to prepare ourselves to have a reentry of health care workers into the system so we can get our business model back on track. bring all our surgeries back, our cancer patients back. >> bell, governor brian kemp has announced a 4:30 news conference this afternoon. also some news out of north carolina, the charlotte observer is reporting that one

of the organizers of a movement against lockdowns, agal distancing in a home guidelines has admitted on social media that she tested positive for covid-19 and just recently came out of quarantine on sunday. the "charlotte observer" has said she is not responded to a request for information on whether she attended any of those rallies during the quarantine period. bill. >> bill: allowed to watch there, thank you governor, we will 90 minutes away, fox news coverage continue, kristin fisher at the white house now the more on the new plans for testing that we are just the learning of now. kristin. >> that's right, bill, the white house is saying it wants to dramatically increase testing in this country over the next two months in an effort to really try to help the state go comfortable with reopening their economies and getting people back to work. these blueprints were just released about an hour ago, and they really detail how the white house wants to do this,

and what the goals are. the blueprint calls for a robust diagnostic testing plan, a timely monitoring system, and a rapid response program to isolate those who test positive and identify those that they came in contact with. just to dig into that a little bit deeper in terms of what exactly this means, the white house wants diagnostic testing for anyone who is symptomatic plus the first responders and medical personnel. they also want surveillance testing for high risk populations, people in nursing homes, and whatnot. so, in total, the white house wants to be able for the state to test about 2% of its population. some governors may want to do more. if that is the case, like governors in new york, andrew cuomo, if that's the case, the white house as it is going to work with those states individually to try to increase that testing capacity even further. but this is a big increase.

i mean, right now, according to the covid tracking projects, the u.s. have tested about 1.6% of the entire population, the entire country. now, the white house wants to test about 2% of people per state. so that is a dramatic increase, there's going to be a lot of questions today about how exactly the white house is going to be able to help states do that, and those questions are going to come in a briefing in the rose garden today. the white house press secretary kaylee mack and annie, she put out a tweet saying "though the safely opening up america. again, president trump will brief the nation during a press conference this evening." he will likely address all of us tonight. again, bill, there was going to be a briefing today, now there is not, now the briefing is back on, a lot of questions about these new blueprint, and right now, i should point out then in about an hour, president trump is going to be meeting with the

ceos of companies like walmart, walgreens, he may make an announcement about this blueprint at that point in time, if he doesn't, you will hear in the briefing at the rose garden. bill. >> bill: kristin fisher from the north lawn, that briefing two hours from now. want to bring an director of the harvard global institute to react to this. doctor, things are coming back. as kristin points out, this would be a massive move forward. what is your take on what you're hearing right now, doctor? >> to say thank goodness. a look, i look at the blueprints, i don't know the details yet, i will do that after we get off here. but for a lot of us, i've been calling for a lot more testing for a lot more time, we've been pretty flat for the last month. so, i am thrilled to see the white house finally get on board on this, and more testing is absolutely central to opening up our economy and letting people get back to their lives. so i'm really, really happy to hear.

>> bill: right on. do we have the capacity, now, or did we have it a month ago? >> i think we've had a capacity for the last month. it's required, there is a lot of road box that need fixing, and tackling, all of that just requires leadership and a focus on trying to expand testing, i believe we've had the capacity and it's great to see the white house now fully on board with the pressure that they can put on the market place, we can get there. >> bill: okay, dr. burke at mbc over the weekend said social distancing, in all likelihood will last until the end of the summer. she also said this about a breakthrough, watch here. >> we have to be able to detect antigens, rather than constantly trying to detect the actual live virus, or the viral particles it self. and to really move into antigen testing. i know corporations and diagnostics are working on that now. we have to have a breakthrough.

this rna testing will carry us certainly through the spring and summer. but we need to have a huge technology breakthrough. >> bill: so go ahead and define with this technology breakthrough is or could become a doctor. what is that? >> so first of all, dr. burke is completely right. we do need a technology breakthrough. right now, we are looking through that genetic material of the virus to figure out if you're infected, that's fine, that's a good thing to do, but we can't scale it up as much as he would like. antigen looks for the protein on the virus. a lot of people get the flu swab, that's what that is for the influenza, we need a similar thing for covid. it will allow us to do millions of tests a day and it will be fast, and this is the kind of technology breakthrough we need. and again, the market will eventually figure it out, but we need the push of the federal government to get us there much, much faster, and i hope we get there. >> bill: okay, with regard to the swab, i thought that was the company labcorp, last week when we had their leading medical

officer on, they can do that, can't they? but perhaps not to the scale that you're asking for. >> yeah, so they are talking about swabs were again, looking for that virus, that is a pcr test, that's a 20-year-old technology that doesn't scale super well. what dr. birx is talking about also requires a swab, it might be able to be done with just a saliva, but it's looking for something totally different, a different technology called an antigen test, and i'm hopeful, it's not there yet, the science isn't perfect yet, but i'm hopeful we will have that so we can do millions and millions of tests a day. that's what's going to give people confidence to go back to restaurants and get on airplanes and get back to work. >> bill: okay, you're exactly right about that. now, cdc and the last couple of days, they came with new guidelines about what we look for. here's what you say "chills, shaking, muscle pain, headaches, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell." i think we heard about a lot of those, but what we are hearing in new york is that those admitted to the hospital, only

30% of those patients complained of a fever. we thought all along here that a fever was the number one towel. how do we make sense of that? >> yeah, i think this is cdc catching up to things that we've already known. we've known people with covid will get chills. the loss of sense of smell and taste, we've known about really in the last several weeks, it's nice to see cdc update its guidelines. you know, the fever issue is interesting, because when you do careful studies, even when people don't necessarily know that they have fevers, it turns out most people with covid really do have fevers, sometimes they're not aware of it. so it still remains one of the hallmarks of the disease. not everybody, but most people still do have a fever. >> bill: well, thank you for taking all of our questions, excellent work, thank you, from harvard, back with us today. nice to see you, doctor. in a moment here, thousands of small businesses getting a second chance is a second round of government loans rollout, how long will that pile of money

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but there was a state order that requires the facilities to admit people who have tested positive for covid-19. in new york, officials are blaming the virus for nearly 3,000 deaths at nursing homes. i want to bring in new your columnist and fox news contributor michael goodwin writing about this over the weekend, michael, thank you for your time. it's really a sad story that comes down to it in the very end. here's the title of your piece from over the weekend "state lack common sense in nursing homes coronavirus approach." michael, what if you been able to figure out as to what happened based on this policy? >> well, bill, thank you, the state was looking for a way to get people out of hospitals who no longer needed to be there. coronavirus patients who were stable. and in normal situations, 70 has any replacement, or even a heart attack, and they're stable. they are then moved it to a nursing home or rehabilitation center. well, the state acted as though there is nothing different about the coronavirus in that policy,

and so it directed and forced, in fact, that nursing home and rehabilitation centers take these coronavirus patients who were stable. but they were still infected. and they were still contagious. and, as a result, i believe that we are going to be able to show that many of the people who died in nursing homes in the new york state, now, that's over 3500, that many of them died after the state started to send these infected patients to the nursing homes. if you talk to the nursing home owners, and the managers, many of the families who lost love loans bear, they will tell you that it all change when these infected patients started to arrive. and the patients who arrived, the infected patients who were referred by the hospital's, most of them were stable, and so they continue to recover. but it's the residents and others who were there in the nursing homes, they are the ones who got infected because many of

these nursing homes did not have that bread spaces, they didn't have private rooms, they didn't have the staff to segregate staff, so you ended up with the whole building, largely becoming infected. and so you had just scores of people, just to scores of people dropping dead. new jersey did the same thing. >> bill: it's such a tragedy, too, when you think about this, now. department of health said no resident shall be denied readmission or admission to the nursing home solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of covid-19. i'm guessing you have to be able to test them, or you have to have protective equipment to key people inside the nursing center safe. clearly they did not have that. this is part of the reason why the comfort was brought to new york, the convention center was converted to a 2500 beds site. why would they not have been allowed to take refuge they are, as opposed to going back into a nursing center where so many are

sitting there as deadly ducks, they are, michael? >> well, that's exactly what a lot of the nursing home owners and of the families who lost 12 ones, that's what they want to know, why were they sent to the nursing homes? everything we knew about the coronavirus in the beginning, it started largely in a nursing home in the state of washington. and, we know, from studies around the world that it's the elderly, and particularly the elderly with comorbidity, meaning other serious health issues. that defines a nursing home. and so, to say that we are going to send the sick people they are, it defies common sense. and it's inexplicable given the results that it still continues. i mean. the overcrowding in the hospitals has abated. nonetheless, that that policy is still in effect. when the governor says that you don't have to keep them, you can transfer them out, what he's implying is you have to take

them in the first place. and it's that taking that in the first place, i mean, families couldn't even come into visit, but infected coronavirus patients were forced in. i mean, does not make any sense in this world? >> bill: no. it's a real tragedy here. i'm under the understanding that the states investigation began today. we will see what comes from that, michael. thank you for your time today. michael goodwin from "the new york post" and a fox news contributor. what a shame. thank you michael. in a moment here the treasury secretary saying he will see the economy bounce back this fall. maybe earlier. small businesses getting another boost in federal funding. the senate majority whip is on doc on that. also, the rookie of the year pete alonso was giving back in a big way. the star explains how you can help, and whether or not baseball comes back. in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people.

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starting to allow some businesses to reopen with new safety guidelines, casey stegall watching part of that, he is live in arlington, texas, what's happening there, casey? >> hey, bill, good to see you, yeah, we are moments away right now from the press conference down in austin, where texas governor greg abbott is expected to unveil the next round of restrictions that will be lifted and of course, where we are going to be moving next with a timeline. no matter what he says, however, he likely will not be able to appease those protesters, because there are lots and lots of people who gathered and marched in various cities across the state, critical of how long the whole thing is taking to get the economic engines revving again. last week, they gradually started running again, parks were opened, elective surgeries resumed, and retail got going with certain limitations. now, dining restaurants remain closed, as do spas, salons, gyms, and movie theaters.

but over the weekend, a dallas solano noller says she was not waiting around, and open her business anyway, then she got hit with a citation. >> everything has been vague because they are all looking at each other saying what do we do because this is unprecedented. and if they want to lock those doors, i will put chairs out here, and my salas can work on the patio, gladly. >> now come over in louisiana today, the majority of elective surgeries resumed. that's a big deal, says governor john bel edwards, considering his state was once a coronavirus hot spot, behind new york and new jersey, but infection levels have greatly improved, according to health data, so officials say that they feel comfortable with easing restrictions on those procedures, as far as the next steps for gradually opening the state of louisiana, we are expected to hear more on that later this week. phil. >> bill: thank you, casey, casey stegall watching that in texas, thank you, sir. this room a bit earlier today, let's listen.

>> ppp one and ppp two is just a short-term band-aid that will run out of monday the next 7-8 weeds, and when business is open, they will be forced to close by labor day because they will not be able to sustain the level of business that they currently have. >> bill: strong statement, that's the starbucks ceo howard schultz saying to billions paid out so far is not enough. what will washington do next, then? chad pergram has got that lie from the hill with more today. chad, what's up? >> good afternoon, bill. well, it's unclear what will be in this package, or even if there will be another package.

money for the states is going to be central according to democrats. also voting by mail, you mentioned the ppp, could there be another request there? house speaker nancy pelosi says there are calls now for more direct checks. listen. >> let's see what works, what is operational, and what needs other attention, other has a suggested minimum income, a guaranteed income for people, is that worthy of attention now, perhaps so. >> democrats contend aids to states in the next bill. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has faced criticism from democrats on this. mcconnell suggested the federal government shouldn't help states with potential bankruptcies. the white house hasn't slammed the door on assisting states, but white house economic advisor kevin haps is talking to lawmakers this week engaging the makeup of the next bill. >> we get to that last phase, then were going to need more legislation. for the next three or four months, this is going to be so much startlingly bad economic data, because of the shutdown, that i think policymakers, like they have been, should be able to come together in a bipartisan way and make, you know, smart move. >> now, republicans are leery of more spending. they've already spiked the debt. they spent $3 trillion i'm

coronavirus alone. mitch mcconnell is going to reconvene the senate one week from today. they have one confirmation vote set up. mcconnell says they are going to address coronavirus, but it's hard to do without spending a lot more money, bill, back to you. >> bill: no doubt. thank you chad pergram for that. and, speaking of money, here's the treasury secretary. >> as we began to reopen the economy in may and june, you're going to see the economy really bounce back in july, august, september. and we are putting an unprecedented amount of physical relief into the economy. you are seeing trillions of dollars that's making its way into the economy, and i think this is going to have a significant impact. >> bill: so making a protection they are, clearly as to when the economy comes back, july, august, september, that's what he said. want to bring in republican center of south dakota, majority whip, thank you for your time today. just listening to chad there, and steve minasian over that weekend, it really seems as if the next big battle in washington is what you do about

the states, do you go ahead and give them more money, and if so, how do you do it, what you think as of today, senator is the right answer? >> i think that right now, there's a hundred $50 billion that's being made available to the states, bill, specifically for corona relief efforts, and i know the states would like to have greater flexibility. that's something, i think there are a number of senators and members of congress who would consider what the democrats are talking about, is adding a whole bunch more money. hundreds of billions of dollars in addition to what has artie been done, and i think what many of our members are prepared to do at this point is let's see what's working, what's not working, let's not borrow another several hundred billion dollars and add to the dollars that we are already putting out there before we see what kind of impact they have had. you know, obviously, states are in tough spots, we know that, but i don't think there's any amount of money in washington, or money in the world, for that matter that can hold everybody

harmless, and at some point, i think we have to come to grips with reality that all of this is borrowed money, and you know, we are about $3.7 trillion in deficit this year alone. so i think we have to look long and hard at what's working, what's not working, see what's effective, and build on that before coming up with all kind of new ideas about how to spend even more money. >> bill: a couple things, you mention 3.7 trillion, and the deficit, it's staggering, that number was put out at the end of last week. cbo also said 16% on employment in september. i mean, can you imagine if sitting here with 60% on appointment in september? so many months down the line, and then perhaps, at that point, maybe the majority leader mitch mcconnell revisits this whole decision as to how much money should be paid back out to the states and cities then. >> well, i don't think there's any question that we will be looking and re-examining throughout this entire process, were going to monitor what's happening out there, bill, we've made it very clear, we will do

whatever it takes, respond to this crisis, to get america back on its feet. but remember, there is no amount of federal spending in washington that can substitute for a dynamic, growing economy. and that's why we've got to get this economy opened up again. we've got a deal with a health emergency. i think a big part of that solution is having a massive amount of tests available out there so we know who has it and who doesn't so we can get people back into the workplace, get consumers confidence again. i'm hopeful that over the course of the next few weeks and months, we will see some improvement as he heard secretary mnuchin say. but remember, we have had to be thinking about not only the near-term, but also the long-term. and what's the best way to get this economy back on track, pull out of this thing, and get people back to work. >> bill: yeah. speaking of that, tyson foods took out a whole page out over the weekend, talk about a delicate balance. they are saying that the closures right now are so costly that the food supply is breaki breaking. you saw that.

and it would appear that if we continue down this road, that they've got a legitimate point here, senator. >> they do. i think at some point, that's why the usda a couple of days ago came out with guidance for meat-packing plants, working with the cdc, and the department of labor. to figure out how to get these plants operating in a safe way. i mean obviously, the first job is to protect the health and safety of the workers, but there are lots of recommendations that have been made by the cdc and others about how to open up these plans, because this food supply issue is an incredible important one. this is essential. and the security of our food supply in this country is directly related to these processing facilities. were talking literally, about euthanizing you know, hundreds and thousands of hogs here in this region, because they have no place to go. to get processed right now. and eventually, that's going to be felt by every consumer at the supermarket. so this is a very real issue, and i think these are the types of hard decisions we have to make. we've got a find out ways in

which, and i think there are a lot of recommendations that came out over the past few days about how to do this in a way that keeps workers a safe, but also allows these plants get open and running again. >> bill: it's really important stuff. i know you will be back in washington next monday. the 4th of may. the date when the senate comes back to work. sir, congratulations, became a grandfather today. >> yes or, how about that. >> bill: congratulations senator, terrific news. in a moment here, china reporting that zero people are now in the hospital for coronavirus in the epicenter of wuhan. that's where the outbreak started. a trump administration official telling fox news china may have a lot more cases than it claimed. also, what are we hearing today about north korea and the reports of health trouble for dictator kim jong un and?

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>> bill: british prime minister boris johnson after work after recovering from covid-19 which sent them to the icu several weeks ago. he says britain is on the right track but that it's too soon to listen restriction there. >> i will get this economy moving as fast as i can, but i refuse to throw away all the efforts in the sacrifice of the british people, and to risk a second major outbreak and an overwhelming of the nhs. >> bill: he says the government is reaching out to businesses and across party lines about reopening, but he is offering few details about when that might happen. the u.k. crossed 20,000 deaths over the weekend. fox news alert now, north korean state media claiming king drunk

and sent a message to the president of south africa today. this after conflicting reports about the dictator having health problems. want to bring in michael pillsbury strategy at hudson institute, nonprofit think tank in washington, d.c. michael, thanks for coming back, how in the world to be pieced together what's happening with kim jong un inside north korea, do you think? >> well, keep in mind a couple of words that the cia has been using for 20 years about north korea, bill. the two words are "hard target." that means it's pretty difficult to get accurate information and have good sources at the top. obviously, something's happened, he hasn't shown up for two weeks. the concern everybody has, at least i have, is if there is a power struggle that breaks out among the three main factions, shall we say, his sister, his uncle, and the military, men were talking about a potential coup, violence, worst-case civil war war. the chinese intervened,

south korea and american forces go in, this is a nightmare that's been talked about for more than 20 years. i kind of coup power struggle inside pyongyang. that's a concern about where he is. it's not just about him missing for the last two weeks, it's a possibility of a real crisis. >> bill: i thought it was interesting, last week, i think it was thursday when the president was asked about it, he thought kim was okay. that was just an interesting data point as we look back on that now on this monday. in the meantime, with regard to china, peter navarro -- i'm sorry, michael. yeah. but he also suggested that he was doing okay based on the information he was given. we will see where that goes. here is navarro from the white house earlier today with heavy charges leveled at china. >> looked, china spot that virus. they hit it for six weeks, they could've contained it in wuhan, they didn't, they seeded the

world with this with hundreds of thousands of chinese getting on aircraft's to milan, to new york, and other places. during that six week period, what they did was they vacuumed up the world for a personal protective equipment, over 2 billion masks, depriving public health care workers around the world for them the defenses they need. and today, china's profiteering basically from the situation. >> bill: that is an amazing statement to make from the white house. what do you think of that charge that he's leveling against the communist party in beijing? >> well, he did say they quite a few times. china spun the virus, they sent it out, they did this, they did that. i think that's a mistake. i think his boss, president trump has said several times, this might have been a mistake. i'm going to have an investigation. china's doing the investigation. so peter, who is a friend of mine, i admire him.

for peter to apply that xi jinping deliberately did all this, that's quite a split from the president of the united states. i advise peter modify this. he has changed things before. he wants to use very harsh language about the prime minister of canada, then he took it back a few days later and apologized. maybe, one chance in a thousand xi jinping did all these things, but the presidencies there is no evidence yet, so this seems to be premature for me for peter did everything on xi jinping himself. >> bill: i've had 15 seconds for this, did you see bill gates interview on sunday? he talked about don't assign blame to china now, put your focus on a vaccine, it is just a distraction when you start to ask these questions about a cover-up. what do you think about bill gates comment, they are, about that? >> now, bill gates is among many billionaires who made a lot of money in china, who were basically trying to help china avoid a lawsuit and liability,

for possible negligence or mistake. you know, the $2.7 billion settlement that libyans had to pay had to do with their being false, it took more than 20 years to prove the case. china could be liable for hundreds of billions of dollars, so bill gates is trying to be helpful saying don't worry about this. i don't think he said stop the investigation. because china itself claims it was having an investigation. but it's going pretty far to be helping china. >> bill: he suggested that an investigation now is a distraction, but your focus on the vaccine. we will see where that goes. michael, thank you for coming back. i'm out of time, but thank you for years today. michael pillsbury, thank you. in a moment, the new york mets pedal alonzo burst onto the pro baseball scene about a year ago, now he's got a new foundation to help pay it forward. he is next with a great story. it's the next one. you always drive this slow? how did you make someone i love? that must be why you're always so late. i do not speed.

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>> bill: we were looking for great americans during the americans things. reigning rookie of the year launching a new charity called hummers for heroes. great effort, well done. we were going to? >> thank you. homer's for heroes basically brings people to light that are going above and beyond their call of duty. whoever is basically hero in their community than any of the platform. i have been blessed with an opportunity with a huge platfo platform. over the course of last year, i have a voice. what i want to do is help people that are helping others and that are kind of in the shadows. those people that are doing things out of the goodness of their heart, the whole ethos of this foundation is to bring those people to light, bring

their missions to fight. help them out any chance we get. this pandemic -- everyone is affected. this pandemic knows no race, no boundary. it was affecting everybody globally. right now, there are so many people that are going above and beyond. there are too many stories out there. the tile in a day. what we want to do is be a platform to help and share the untold stories and bring those people to light. >> bill: that's fantastic. we've got the website on the screen, homers for heroes. i know our viewers, and they are so generous, pete. i think you'll really love the reaction you get on this. you are helping first responders and teachers. i know that you are involved

with wounded warriors and organizations that we know and love. we want to give them a shout out as well. i applaud the initiative you're taking here, pete. in the meantime, and 30 seconds i have here, are you going to play baseball this year? is it going to happen? >> i believe so, yes. i really do think so. whenever it starts, i'm excited for it. >> do you have a date? you know how it happens? are there fans in the stands? out of that come together? >> i guess everything needs to be taking care of legally. so the cdc and the government need to get the blessing or give the green light or the thumbs thumbs up. i can't tell you how frustrating it is not being able to get out there and work and do what i love. >> i bet.

>> it is whenever -- >> good luck. i love the organization. i love what you are doing. my best to you. we'll talk again down the road. we've got to run. here is neil. >> neil: all right, bill, thank you very, very much. let them continue to reopen. three more states, mississippi, tennessee, montana. five others are going to dip their toes into the water. the president of the united states meet with ceos. walgreens and rite aid and walmart, qwest diagnostics. he is looking out a way and a method to make this all habit as he has been pushing for -- all need to see before they can give the green light to even fractional restrictions being eased. it's going to