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course. a course that responsibly opens up businesses in texas. we will open in a way that uses safe standards. safe standards for businesses. for their employees as well as for their customers. standards based upon data and on doctors. >> ed: casey stegall's live in arlington, texas. good morning, casey. >> good morning. there is one big catch however when it comes to these businesses that will be reopening. they are not allowed to do so at full capacity. they will have their occupancies limited to about 25% at least for now. so libraries and museums, for instance, are on the list of things that can open this friday but say a library is normally allowed to hold a hundred people and they were only allowed 25 inside at one time. the same rules will also apply to the restaurants, retail and

also movie theaters. public sports venues are also allowed to resume, so as long as they are outdoors and following the state social distancing practices. that means that tennis courts and golf courses will be back open for business but it's still a ways off before any arenas or really large venues open. governor abbott says health officials believe it is still not safe to open salons, barbershops, spas, gyms and tattoo parlors. mid-may is a projection for that. reactions to those who have been affected by this are really mixed. the one salon owner says, waiting a little longer is just fine by her. >> to be quite honest, you know if i'm sick, or god forbid i die, i can't run a business. anything else i feel like you can bounce back from. >> the new executive orders also allow a licensed health care

workers to return to their jobs which does include dentists. so, many medical offices that have been closed for weeks can start booking appointments again and seeing patience but the only stipulation is there, every hospital must reserve at least 15% of its overall capacity exclusively for covid-19 patients. governor also announced new framework when it for when it comes to state testing and contact tracing programs. he said they are working closely with the state health departments and if new case pops up, they know how to isolate it. reach out to everyone who has been around that individual and they say that will also help greatly reduce the risk of spread. so lots of moving parts and a lot of different timelines as everyone is looking to get back to work and back to business. ed: thanks for starting us

off. >> sandra: for more on all this let's bring in texas senator john gordon. senator, good morning and thanks for being here. >> good morning. >> sandra: always good to see you. let's look at some of these businesses that are reopening in texas on friday. retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, libraries and even museums. do you believe this is the right timing that texas can reopen some of the businesses as soon as this week? >> sandra, there is no playbook for this, it's unprecedented. i know governor abbott is consulting with the best minds, the experts to try to guide his decision-making. but to me, the key is nobody is forced to open up, but they can gradually, subject to these guidelines and then we will have the pause button and see how it's going before we proceed to open up more. but nobody believes we can stay locked down and hunkered down in our homes and isolated forever.

>> sandra: and of course we heard from governor abbott as well that while some of those businesses will reopen and also the museums and libraries, social distancing measures will need to continue to take place. those operations that will not reopen our jams, barbershops, hair salons, bars, tattoo parlors. so what senator criteria do you think needs to be met in order to decide, okay. phase two. let's start opening some of these other businesses. >> i believe the reason we did the initial lockdown was primarily to protect our hospitals from getting overrun with covid-19 patients so they were told no elective surgery, you have to leave your beds open and you have to leave your icu available as well as ventilators. now it looks like these mitigation efforts have bent the curve, i think the governor is wisely and our mayors are doing the same thing at the local

level trying to see. okay. can we take a first step? can we step our big toe in the water and see how that works? i think we will be guided by what the experiences and what the reaction is because obviously public health and public safety comes first. >> sandra: at next, the question becomes so small businesses that have not been able to make it through this that are continuing to struggle and especially those that haven't been able to reopen or won't this week. his fox business.com article on stimulus phase four. you've heard a lot about it, the coronavirus stimulus phase four could exceed $1 trillion and include negative payroll tax. would you be able to support that and do you think it has a chance at passing customer >> sandra, i think it's premature to consider what additional steps we might take because we just spent roughly $2.8 trillion and, as you might expect any

time to do anything big and this fast, and again, it's unprecedented, there will be some bumps and some problems. what i'd like do is see how well what we have already done meets the need and then be guided by what we learned. i think it's premature to talk about a trillion dollars more added to the national debt. >> sandra: got it. meanwhile, mitch mcconnell has been getting some criticism for comments that he made suggesting bankruptcy for some states rather than federal bailouts. the president also agreeing with that, questioning and the tweet, why would we bail out some of the states that were already struggling before this hit? governor jay inslee from washington is the latest to criticize that suggestion from mitch mcconnell. let's listen together and i'll get your reaction. >> we are hoping that congress will roundly reject senator mcconnell's suggestion of the way to deal with this is to and allow states to go

bankrupt. that's the most ludicrous idea i've heard for a long, long ti time. >> sandra: so senator, what was your reaction to that suggestion from mitch mcconnell? >> i think it was largely unfortunately misinterpreted and what senator mcconnell was trying to say or he did say was that there are limits to the extent the federal government can pay the bills for the state and local government. states are sovereign. they have their own tax base and their own budgets and some states we know are notoriously bad about not balancing their budgets and having large unfunded public sector union pension plans for example. we are more than happy to do what's necessary to deal with the virus. this is an emergency which is why you see this unprecedented financial support for states and local government. but at some point we will have to have a serious conversation about what those limits are because the federal government can't continue to spend money

and add to our national debt and deficits. that i in and of itself can cree a dangerous situation. >> sandra: that is a debate that we will continue to see heat up in washington. among other things, including possible other round of stimulus, we will watching closely as things start to reopen there in texas and we hope to have you back soon senator, thank you very much. >> ed: thank you for the democratic perspective. now let's bring in the ranking member of the small business committee. senator, thanks for coming in? let's pick it up right where sandra was talking to your republican colleague about the possibility of a fourth stimulus plan. senator mcconnell after being resistant to more aid for state is saying, maybe we will do that if democrats like you are willing to limit liability for health care workers, business it

members and employees. make sure there are not lawsuits dumped on us. is that a fair trade? >> i think we need to negotiate a bipartisan agreement. the problem we had, i think we negotiate and sit down and go over their current issues of covid-19 and listen to each other, and come out with a bill like we did with the cares act, they are 96-0 on the floor of the united states sent it. but i am for a bipartisan process of negotiation. state and local government has but a huge loss of revenue and have a huge government. the federal governor needs to be there to help our state and local government. >> ed: the other thing they've been pushing for is a payroll tax cut.

here's kevin hassett making the case. >> the president has said he absolutely supports a payroll tax. we basically need to do things that stimulate demand and stingley to supply. you are not going to be optimistic about demand if you don't feel like there's going to be supply. the president says, let's put more money in the pockets of taxpayers in your state of maryland or the state of texas. why not do that? >> i think we have to be effective no matter what we do. we have to make sure state and local governments can continue services and the police and fire and be able to deal with those essential services. we need to make sure that small businesses remain viable, we need to take a look at that. we've already provided significant help to the individual, paid through the irs

checks that's being mailed out and unemployment insurance. we need to look at all three categories. >> ed: we pressed the white house secretary yesterday and so fair game we have to press you because senator schumer as you know was at the table negotiating with treasury secretary. there's all kinds of reports that mom-and-pop shops are not getting the money and meanwhile low los angeles lakers somehow got a small business loan. i understand they are giving the money back but they are not a small business. the white house has to be held accountable, what are you going to do to fix this to make sure money gets in the right hands? >> that's a critical question. i've been in touch with senator rubio, and we will find out how this money was distributed and who got it and whether they deserve it.

let's make sure we get it to the small businesses that really need it, that has significant revenue losses. we did that by sending a $50 billion. but we have to get the facts first. >> the last minute we have, the cases in maryland are 19,000 and now 945 deaths. there's been a recent spike and the governor may be in an opposite party you but it seems like you have been trying to work together. we heard from your colleague about what's happening in texas. what do you dissipate in the days ahead? >> i can assure you it's been team maryland. our federal delegation works closely with governor hogan and state and local officials. it put the public health of marylanders first and we will continue to do that and follow

recommendations as to how it relates to what we need to do and reopening our neighborhood. >> ed: so quickly in ten or 15 seconds, what's a target date now? mid-may or early june? >> what i've heard is that may still be a tough month for maryland. i think the governor will follow these will do this in a way that maximizes the safety of the people in maryland. >> ed: we certainly appreciate your perspective today. >> president trump ruling out new guidelines to ramp up covid-19 testing. so how much will it help in getting the country back up and running again. and more states easing those stay-at-home orders including new york, but what about the epicenter of the outbreak, new york city. >> i get a lot of officials

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the lakers are the latest of several large businesses opting to return funds acquired through a program made to help struggling small businesses. treasury secretary steven mnuchin sounding off on the team this morning. >> i must say i'm encouraged by the number of people who paid them back. i never would have expected in a million years that the los angeles lakers, which i'm a big fan of the team but not the fact that they took a $4.6 million loan. i think that's outrageous or they would have had liability. >> ed: the lakers are the second most valuable franchise with an estimated worth of $4.4 billion. >> president trump: we much more than doubled it and that will be doubling again very shortly. we are continuing to rapidly expand our testing in the reopening process. we want to get our country open.

and it testing is not going to be a problem at all. in fact it will be one of the great assets that we have. >> sandra: that was president trump saying testing is not a problem as he unveils new guidelines to help states with testing as they each try to reopen. the president also urging governors to "seriously consider reopening schools. john roberts is live at the white house was more. >> i think a lot of people have stances on the school issue, not how probable that is. the white house announced announcing a new plan yesterday to rapidly ramp up testing during the months of may and june as the nation struggles to reopen. the plan is for the federal government to be able to provide in conjunction with the nation's governor the testing supplies needed which would be a swabs and testing media so this states could meet a baseline testing of

2.4% of the population. if the government wants to increase testing beyond that the white house says it will work with them to increase that further. >> president trump: we are doing everything in power to heal the sick gradually reopen our nation and to safely get our people back to work. they want to get back to work and they want to get back to work soon. >> a lot of competing pressures about reopening the country. there seems to be a risk in the up taking of the coronavirus cases and deaths. in fact the institute of the health metrics and evaluation predicting that the number of deaths will rise as states begin to reopen. at the same time the risks of lasting damage to the u.s. economy and people's livelihoods increase the longer the country stays star shut down. the governor is discussing how to kick-start the economy but do it as safely as possible. >> president trump: we recommend they do it as quickly

as possible but safely. many are thinking about the school system, not a long way to go for the school system the season, this year. but i think you might see the schools open up for a short time, it would be a good thing. >> there are also a lot of frustrated parents out there dealing with distance learning which is not what they thought it would be. but i don't know what school district that he's talking about because most of the school districts i've heard of, including the one my children go to are staying close for the rest of the year and now they are just focusing on whether or not they can reopen at the end of august. the president says he has no plans to delay the federal election. he said he likes november 3rd and he plans to stick with it. we will hear from him a couple of times today. at 11:00 he needs with ron desantis and at 3:00 this afternoon a rose garden event for the paycheck protection program, the one ed was talking about regarding the l.a. lakers. however rain is in the forecast so that may need to be moved

inside. >> sandra: who will be watching for all of that. thank you john roberts at the white house this morning. >> ed: in the meantime, a number of states begin reopening parts of their economies. new york is extending closures in some areas. but restrictions could be relaxed if hospitalization rates start declining for 14 straight days. >> we have to take these circumstances and consideration and we have to bring forward and smart. because if you are not smart you will see that infection regal right back to her was and will be right back to where we were at 58 a is a gale. speak with david lee miller is live it with details. >> for the second straight day new york state has recorded less than 400 deaths caused by the coronavirus. new york governor andrew cuomo still cause the figure

tragically high at 337. antibody testing shows that nearly 25% of all new york city residents had the virus. the area will likely have the shutdown order extended beyond its may 15th expiration and other parts of the state with a lower infection rate will have a phased internet restarting of the economy. the governor warrants basic questions must be a address or progress against the virus will be lost. >> how do you incorporate how do you do your business and where you do your business the precautions that we want to take going forward? how do you do social distancing, how do you do monitoring? are you going to take the temperature of people who walk in the door. >> cuomo said he asked president trump about keeping temporary medical facilities provided by the government up and running in case there's a second wave of the virus during flu season in the fall. and of this morning, friends and family more in a of the

coronavirus. she died though from emotional trauma caused by the disease. emergency room physician dr. lana brain worked at presbyterian hospital recovered from the virus and was taking some time off with her family. her father tells "the new york times" she described to him the devastating scene of the toll the virus took on patients. on sunday, her father said she took her own life. he told the paper, and i quote "she tried to do her job and it killed her. she is a casualty just as much as anyone else who died. dr. green was 49 years old. >> ed: i hero. the toll still being felt. >> sandra: thank you, ada. the shock chicago cubs now using wrigley field to help thousands who fell on hard times in a pandemic. we are live at the iconic ballpark, next. plus, dow futures are way up right now set to add to monday's

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>> sandra: it is 9:30 a.m. on the east coast and that means opening bell on wall street. a fox news alert as we seek markets opening higher. we saw the futures trending higher as we talk about reopening some of the states in this country including alaska, georgia, south carolina, tennessee, texas and some others while we are slowly starting to see businesses come back. that optimism is what is leading to a rally on wall street. the dow is up after yesterday gaining 350 points and it closed above 24,000 for the first time since april 17th. so while you hear the economists that advise the president warning that the economic numbers that we will see over the coming works will be bad, in some cases the worst since the great depression, we do have the secretary steven mnuchin saying we will see us sharp bounce back in the economy so investors on wall street are trying to

balance those measured approaches to looking at these market and what the economic rebound will eventually look like. if you have the dow opening higher this morning and as we sometimes do we both simulcast stuart varney from varney and company on the fox business network. he will join us just moments from now. stuart, you are hosting your show and we are hosting hours here. what is driving markets this morning? >> several things going on here sandra come all good stuff. moments ago we had at treasury secretary steven mnuchin on this program and he said markets will start expanding in september. that's good news. second reason, we have $4 trillion flowing into the economy from the federal reserve and another $3 trillion flowing into the economy mandated by the

congress. that's a lot of money flowing into the economy. it has to have an impact and the impact will be to expand the economy. also and i think also perhaps more importantly, right now we are seeing this back to work get out of the house movement really gaining steam. it's going to gain even more steam at the end of this week, friday, which is made a comment when a lot of the stay these stay-at-home orders are either reviewed or reversed. when you get back to work, that's what puts some oomph back into the economy and that's why we will look back at they are rebounding economy later this year and that's why the market is up this morning. 300 points on the dow right now. >> sandra: it's a decent gain, we will get it. pfizer is one of the company's racing to find a vaccine, and also 3m, the maker of the masks. they both impressed wall street

with the results. perhaps the worst is behind us except that the market sell-off to some of the reaction to some of the gloom and doom out there, and i want to read this to you. this is goldman sachs and they are basically saying that socks don't need to fall on the economic damage from all of th that. investors usually predicted the next two and a half years and they look through bad news to the near term if it can reasonably be expected to reverse in the coming quarters. that's very interesting, because it's basically saying, markets are forward-looking. there is an expectation that the economy will rebound, and stocks may be have seen the worst. >> i agree entirely. the news is about the economy

today which is absently awful. tomorrow we get figures on the first quarter of the year and it's likely to show a significant contraction. next week we get the unemployment number which is likely to be huge. the market doesn't react to what's happening right now, the market reacts to what it thinks is going to happen six months or nine months down the road. and as you say it's quite prepared to look past the bad news and look towards a rebound and the good news which it believes is coming down the pike in the future. there are also analysts out there who say, a rally like we have seen from 18000-24000 on the dow, that sets up a big sell-off because that's the way markets move. up and down, up and down. you may see a pullback from these current levels of 24,000 but i don't figure -- well i shouldn't try to forecast the stock market. the odds are it is unlikely that we will get back down again to

18,000 on the dow industrials unless we are hit with a shocking second wave of the virus and we have to shut down all over again. >> sandra: which of course could happen. and not all, economists agree with that forecast from goldman sachs. it's one of them that's out there but certainly it's on the day when the markets are choosing to be optimistic. and you know what, after everyone had a look at their 401(k), their investment portfolios have taken a hit through all of that so we will take a positive day when we get one, and we are this morning. great to see you and we will see you more on the varney and company on the fox business network. >> ed: an iconic american ballpark doubling now is a food pantry to help people struggling to foo food and feed their fami. i'm wondering how you got this

assignment, i'm jealous. >> typically at this time of year, especially when the weather finally starts to warm up here in chicago, the iconic wrigley field is filled with families, children and of course the players. right now the stadium is in a hard lock down. but we were given access inside and i want to show you what is really an inspiring scene. a portion of the wrigley concourse has been transformed into an assembly line where a neighborhood of volunteers are packing food boxes that can feed a small family for days. like you pantry around the corner has been treating people for 50 years but because of the pandemic the demand surged by 300% and it certainly could not fit all of the volunteers inside of the facility. so the solution, they offered their wide-open facility to be used and will talk to some adult volunteers inside. >> i'm a flight attendant so i'm still traveling on occasion, not

as much. my schedule has been cut. i'm still working but i have vacation next month. i will be here volunteering something can't really travel. >> i was laid off and had some time on my hands so i thought, let's do something good with it. >> this morning in just a few hours people in need can line up in their cars and pick up one of more than 1,000 boxes filled with dry and frozen goods, dairy and produce. we saw some of those boxes and there are also bonus items like girl scout cookies. and the refrigerators that are usually used for concession stands goods here are now storing some of the donated foods and the cubs bullpen is being used to store hundreds of boxes of dry food. >> ed: got to get baseball back. it's great to see them doing good things. i think we were talking about the nfl draft, it opened the

door for baseball. people are craving sports right now, the draft had amazing ratings and people got engaged, but he still has to come back this summer. >> sandra: it's great to see in a time when they can't play ball that they are opening up that park for a good thing. as you know, wrigley field is close to my heart because we are a big cubs family but lakeview pantry is huge in chicago. >> ed: you know i have to be loyal to the white sox. i don't want to pick a fight with you because you're from chicago but i'm white socks, not cubs. >> sandra: you know, this relationship between you an ande is new and baseball will will play a role as we work through this. [laughs] but congratulations to them on getting this done. we will talk baseball later. >> ed: r8, go cubs. [laughs] how joe biden matches up against president trump and a brand-new pole. and how will the federal response to the debt pandemic

impact the presidential polls. d.c.'s mayor muriel bowser joins us live, and that's next.

>> sandra: south korea says it kim jong un's absence from public events may be his attempt to avoid contracting coronavirus. the north korean dictator has not been seen publicly since april 11, most notably missing a public celebration honoring his late grandfather. that fueled rumors that he was either dead or seriously ill. south korean officials insist he is alive and well. >> ed: some brand-new covid-19 antibody testing in washington, d.c., indicates a virus may have been spreading in our nation's capital weeks before anyone thought. so how assumed was the city hit?

and isn't d.c. making some progress in terms of reopening things? i appreciate you being here. >> thank you and thanks for having me. >> ed: originally we heard patient zero was a rector but it sounds like the virus hit washington as early as february. what new information have we learned? >> are department of health continues to confirm our first test based on the diagnostic test from march 7th. the thing about this virus is, we learn something new each and every day. and so our health experts and team are working to learn more about the impacts of this virus and what these antibody tests really mean. both our understanding of when the virus started but also to understand what immunity is they

suggest and how that will impact our reopening. >> ed: and how does it impact then? people can't get on planes and are not necessarily out in the open end up visiting those wonderful sites. what is your game plan in the weeks ahead? >> well, we have impaneled an advisory committee that is focused on 11 sectors in washington, d.c., and you are certainly right, we are looking forward to being able to open all of the events with arts and culture in our city but, more than that we are looking at how to get schools and government services and restaurants and bars open again as well. all of that really depends on how the virus is functioning and how we will be prepared to slowly turn it on, to test people who need to be tested and isolate positive cases, but also

be able to trace their contacts. we are in the planning stages of all of those things. >> ed: so you put together this advisory committee you mentioned a moment ago, and jose andres who has been on the program with sandra and i. he's obviously someone who is a celebrity chef but has been all around the world feeding people through various crises and we have seen them go to bat for people in your city and cities across america because of the coronavirus. what do you hope to gain from this task force? take us inside the room and how a big city mayor tries to put all this together and balance the needs to get the economy going but making sure your people are safe and healthy. >> first our health officials are deciding when we will be able to reopen and our advisory committee is able to listen to people on the ground who are doing the work on lot like small

business owners and others to advise on how and what our businesses and residences need in terms of protocols, new staffing, testing. communication strategies and all of these things, this toolkit if you will, and everyone who participates in our economy. that will also help us advise on the phase of reopening. one thing i know for sure is not everything will be able to be turned on immediately and we will be able to slowly turn on our economy. and if necessary, what will it mean to roll back some of these activities if our experience with the virus suggests that we must? >> ed: yes. in the last 30 seconds we have talked about states across the country who say weeding money from the federal government. are you seeking anything specific from the federal

government and is there a dollar figure? >> thanks, ada. first and foremost we need the federal government to correct what they did in carriers one to washington, d.c. you might remember in every state was appropriated, at at least $1.25 billion. washington, d.c., three was treated as a state and federal funding formulas. we are taxpaying americans and then we will talk about the rest of the state of federal funding. >> if there's a long line of people who are talking about the federal government and all of that. thank you. >> sandra: a quick dip into the mayor of new york city bill de blasio holding a news

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>> sandra: the thunder blues down the academic thunderbirds and blue angels are set to soar today. aishah hasnie is live with more on that. >> good morning sandra. they couldn't have picked up a better day for this, blue skies

and lots of sunshine. the navy is saluting our front line heroes today and in just about two hours they will be flying over dozens of hospitals and that's where they make their flight paths today. it starts at noon at george washington bridge. the 40 minute flight goes over newark, manhattan, the boroughs, long island and white plains, new york. you will see a precise formation of six f-14 fighting falcons and six f-18 aircraft. the thunderbirds did a similar trend viewed in las vegas and colorado earlier this month and the two teams typically fly 30 airshows per year that many of those have to be canceled because of the pandemic. it is also a flyover a little bit later. that should last about 30 minutes. mayor jim kenny expressing some criticism about that. they could have used the money spent on the flyover on perhaps

something else to fight the pandemic. but everyone, all the residents being advised to watch the flyover from the safety of their homes. that is all those crowds. and asking everyone to abide by that social distancing guidelines. back to you. >> sandra: aishah hasnie, thank you. >> ed: a lot of businesses are looking at opening back up as the u.s. closes in on 1 million cases of covid-19. how governors are reopening their economies, that's next. entresto is a heart failure medicine prescribed by most cardiologists. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. heart failure can change the structure of your heart so it may not work as well.

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>> ed: a fox news alert, more states are taking steps are trying to safely restart the economy. i met henry. good morning again, sandra. >> sandra: and good tuesday morning to you. i'm sandra smith. i'm guidelines and timelines at differing from state to state and governors moving to revive their own economies based on local conditions allowing millions of people to go back to work while protecting their health. >> because of our accomplishments, we now can cautiously and wisely begin to reopen misery. >> iowa has specific locations where virus activity is widespread and we have bite

areas were virus activity is sporadic and other locations where there is no activity at all. effective may 1st, and 77 counties the following businesses can choose to reopen but must comply with certain restrictions. >> all of this coming as the u.s. approach is 1 million cases of covid-19. meanwhile the debate continues over testing for antibodies and how to use the results going forward. jonathan serrie is live at cdc headquarters in atlanta for us this morning. >> good morning. a lot of us wonder about antibodies as kids. you are offered immunity, and researchers are hoping this is the same.

they have already been exposed. but until more research is done, the world health organization cautions that just because someone has antibodies to coronavirus doesn't mean they should abandon social distancing and other safety protocols. >> 's althoug although covid-19s originally designated as a respiratory disease, now they are seeing developments affecting the blood clots, the liver or stroke. it's too early to say right now whether the virus is directly causing the issue or whether the immune responses causing the problem or it's a combination of both. >> physicians say this doesn't

change at about the understanding of the disease. >> ed: we are about six months away from the 2020 election. the "usa today" poll fox news contributor joins us now. good morning. if you look state-by-state, as you know in florida, 46% in biden and 43% trump. actually the numbers on my sheet

were wrong. in florida, it was within the margin of error error of just three points at a time when the economy is essentially in a free fall. what does this tells tell us? >> we are still months away from the election and kind of years away, like dog years. that said, it's very interesting, ada. what is happening is biden is basically off-camera, there's not much politicking and rallies and painting going on. and the management, he said

essentially i walked them back and i built the greatest economy of the world ever known. and i'm the one who rebuilt it. >> that's a good argument to make, especially, but the number of deaths and number of infections, the lack of testing, all of these are problems. and i think the public, that's going to be hard for the president to overcome.

and it could exacerbate the problem. they may pull back through the summer, we just don't know yet. >> ed: stimulus plan, aid to states and also local governme government, the president's front and center there as well tweeting yesterday, why should the people and taxpayers of america be bailing out states. and now i pose that to you. everybody wants hospitals, but the state was always in trouble. is the case now, okay, we are

going to bail you out. >> some of these states, no matter what. if prices no prices. testing is needed if at much greater levels than the federal government has been able to execute, for anyone to feel confident enough to go back to work. and this happens on both sides of the political fence. but they talk about the democrat state, when in fact they are getting criticism from republican states. about levels of support, ppe and all of that. i'm not sure if that will be a successful route for the president to begin his campaign because the states can be expecting some kind of help from the federal government.

because only the federal government can do certain things. like national testing. i'm not sure the argument will work with the person who's out of a job right now. and also, what are you going to do about unemployment? it all comes down to presidential leadership. in the last 30 seconds we have, i checked on this last night because he made an important point. the rally in the nation is what gets presidents remember. in the last 30 seconds, what is the opportunity for the president in terms of rallying the nation? >> is an enormous opportunity. the nation wait to be rally to, they need a national footprint over this problem, it's the only way to deal with it. the virus doesn't pick political

parties, doesn't pick states, it crosses borders. by the federal government, this is a wall for the federal government and it's an enormous opportunity. the question is whether or not there is some management acumen in the administration right now and the inclination to take that off. whether politically it's easier just to blame the states. >> ed: all right, we appreciate your insight. thank you. >> sandra: meanwhile, the full extent of the coronavirus pandemic remains a mystery and some countries. russia, iran and north korea are believed to be hot spots with virus but do to their secretive natures, the u.s. security officials are trying to get an accurate assessment and it's all but impossible. gillian turner is outside of washington was more on what we are learning there. >> sandra, this is important because these three countries have for years pose major national security threats to

americans but now u.s. public health officials are starting to warn that there secrecy and mixed reporting of coronavirus cases has actually posed a direct health threat to americans as well. experts tell us they don't know exactly where and when or how a virus is spreading across the world but they cannot eradicate it. let's take a look at the numbers who are leading experts to call these countries coronavirus hot spots. over the past 48 hours russia has overtaken china and confirmed cases. the kremlin reports 93,558 cases and 867 deaths. but russian frontline medical workers are raising alarm bells saying the real numbers are likely much higher. this one was detained after speaking out two weeks ago. this week, and claiming a victory over the u.s. and the

fight against the virus. >> it turned out to be part of the so-called civilized western world. >> iran is not far behind with nearly 6,000 deaths but the state department says a regime is in being transparent even with these very high numbers. we are siding with iranian experts here in the united states to estimate the numbers are about five times higher than the initial count. north korea is claiming they have zero cases as of today, which is something that public health experts tell fox news and intelligence sources tell fox news is categorically impossible at this date and a time. even dr. birx who doesn't really criticize foreign countries and much is starting to say that this represents a moral

obligation. these countries have to come forward and report their numbers honestly to the rest of the world. >> sandra: they will be watching closely for sure. >> ed: in the meantime, newly released a video showing military pirates and their encounters with ufos. >the pentagon has now declassified a video after it was leaked, but what does it all mean? we will check it out. plus growing concerns about the food supply chain, and set about to break under the strain of this pandemic? >> what i've grown up loving to do. right now -- excuse me. right now it's on the line. le. with their va streamline refi, there's no income verification or home appraisal. and this refi costs you absolutely nothing

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>> ed: check this out, the pentagon officially releasing videos of ufos. the videos were originally leaked and later made public by a private company. one of the navy pilots that capture this footage said the wingless aircraft accelerated like nothing had ever seen before. the pentagon now says the aerial objects are nothing they've ever seen before. he said, i'm glad the pentagon is releasing this footage.

the u.s. needs to take a serious scientific look at this and any potential national security implications. the american people deserve to be informed. >> sandra: the food supply here in the united states is experiencing major problems and you've been hearing about them. with restaurants shut down, crops are going to waste. meanwhile, more people are lining up at food banks which can't keep up with demand. dave, good morning and thanks so much for being here. so many different angles, and you are looking at the crops angle, the protists angle. how has this pandemic affected our food supply? >> thanks for having me, sandra. it's been very difficult. we have in this country a very

efficient and very safe food supply structure and those supply chains have been developed over the years. when the shutdown happened it literally blew them up. we've been trying to continue food outlets, but the loss of the restaurant sector really threw a grenade into the middle of our food supply chain. >> sandra: so western growers supplies more than half of the fruits and vegetables in the united states. your farmers are based in california, arizona, new mexico and colorado? so give us an example of how you have had to just say some of that food to go to waste. you essentially don't have an end destination for it? >> last week i was in the desert area of california, one of my members plowed 350 acres of very high quality roaming lead us back into the ground.

there was nothing like no place to put that product. we've doubled our donation to food banks and there is still so much fresh produce which of course is highly perishable and doesn't have a market because of the loss of the market in the food service sector, the farmers have no choice. they spend about half of the total dollar harvesting the crop. if there is no place to sell that crop then you can't spend that money on harvest and have to put it back into the ground and it's very tragic. >> sandra: steve, let me ask you a question that we often hear, and that is if you go to some of your local grocery store there has been a rush on produce and fresh fruits and vegetables. why can't that produce, it was fruits and vegetables that we talk about make it directly to the grocery stores? or is that a realistic question. >> it is a realistic question. the question comes flipping over to our infrastructure that

quickly. the perishable food that we supply to restaurants, hotels and universities isn't package for retail. we have requirements for labeling and stories that we don't have in restaurants. and it's going to take time to adjust, it's very, very difficult. the loss to farmers are huge and mounting. >> sandra: dave, the biggest part of your job now is looking into the future and planning for what's to come. this is a week where we are starting to talk about some areas of the country reopening and some restaurants have in the opening. we might see some pickup and that demand again. >> obviously the sooner the better, and that's one of the huge impacts that are farmers say especially in the west.

that's a crop that will mature in 120 days and there may not be a restaurant market then. we don't know, we hope there is but that's a gamble that the farmers have to take and that's why the federal government has to help bridge them across this decide to mike this divide. >> sandra: we all have interest in keeping that food supply chain going in those farmers going. we hope yo we have you back sometime soon. >> ed: in the meantime the coronavirus pandemic leaving millions of restaurant workers out of a job now find out how a chef is making a difference for those in need of a helping hand. plus, questions over the future of their coronavirus task force briefings. should the president leave the updates to public health experts so he can focus on the economy? we will talk to ari fleischer

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so you can... retire better. >> ed: fox news alert from the white house, president trump set to meet with ron desantis in about 30 minutes, and this comes as florida is getting ready to reopen. we will watch it and obviously go there life if it happens. ♪ >> that briefings were a great opportunity for the present to speak directly to the american people and that's why millions tune in to see what he has to say. a president who is leading these briefings are excellent and it's a way for the president to speak

directly to the american people. >> sandra: that was kayleigh mcenany, and this is the white house changes its strategy on responding to the outbreak of made it criticism over president trump's recent comments. joining us now is ari fleischer, former white house press secretary and fox news contributor. sometimes i think, what does ari think. when you watch all this happening, it's such a depth delicate balance when it comes from the medical side of things and obviously the economic side of things and reopening the economy. what do you make of the shifting strategy that you are seeing on the part of the white house. >> i don't disagree with what the white house just said but it doesn't mean that it means you should do it every day. those things can be valid and can actually be even more valid

if the present is there two days a week or three days a week. there is nothing more pressurized and more unbalanced in the white house briefing room. anyone who steps into it, steps into it with their own power. it doesn't serve the press and dozens of the president, so i would. back and reduce the duration. >> sandra: very interesting. she suggested that it may not happen daily but she said she didn't want to get ahead of any announcement from the white house over how they were changed. but she suggested they wanted to have a different look and feel going forward. there have been suggestions and even reports that he has been advised by his own advisors to possibly just handle the economic side of things. would that be a good strategy going forward?

>> i think any time the president is out there he's going to get lots of questions. but let's just say on tuesday and thursday you have the vice president, dr. birx and dr. fauci and other experts. the tenor of questions to the medical doctors and vice president would be totally different. less political, less gotcha than the days the president was the there. when the presidents there, he just attracts reporters who want to play gotcha in addition to those with regular questions. but here's something else. and here's where social distancing and the fact that people are traveling makes it tougher on president trump. after previous crises, president bush could go out and visit the front lines. he could go to the red cross and go to places that were involved

in rebuilding america and get us back on our feet. he can't go to the amherst hospital in queens right now and put his arms around the emergency room doctors. there are things that he could travel and to do that are hard for him to do because of social distancing. once he can travel i think that would be a great way to substitute for those briefings. >> sandra: is interesting because the piece on the hill this morning does suggest and talk about the possibility that you will see the president. and with that be a good idea? >> absolutely, and this is what presidents do. they go to the front lines and they think the nurses and think the doctors and thank those who are helping us to recover. he is limited in his ability to do that now because of the position he's put on people who are visiting social distancing

protocols et cetera. but can and should be done. he could actually go around washington and visit some of the bureaucracies, make symbolic visits, go to the national institutes of health and some of the other agencies on the front line. there are things he could do there, but like visiting those buildings in washington that interfaced with the americans. there are other tools used to communicate and i recommend they do so. >> sandra: the president has received praise from any of his supporters thing they like the president get getting out there every single day, answering questions and talking about what they are looking at. that has run into some of the things he said that have run up against a lot of criticisms. it will be interesting in the coming days to see how he could restructure those briefings, whether or not they would be daily. ari fleischer, always good to

see you. thanks for coming on this morning. >> thanks sandra. >> ed: all right america. more than 8 million restaurant workers are so out of a job here in america. now our crisis relief organization is stepping up to the plate literally to help them out. alex hogan joins us live here in new york city. good morning alex. >> good morning, eddie. in new york state alone 93% of restaurants either had to furlough or let go of staff and people who are working in the industry, 80% of them are unemployed. each of them with unique struggles, struggled. so one chef in texas decided to step up. he said he can't change the economic industry. he has been raising money for

various causes it's now a nationwide safety net responding to a cry for help. >> you are taking that worry away and at some point the act of not -- getting food on the table for your kids, just making sure that you take your kids to the doctor. >> since the outbreak, southern smoke has received more than 20,000 applications and distributed more than a million dollars to help 611 people in need. one of those people being this new york bartender who lost his job just weeks before the birth of his first child. southern smoke is helped find a home midwife and both parents could be present and together for baby ella's birth. >> i can't express my feelings. they reached out in the email, me and my partner were sitting

next to each other and looking at each other and we were cryi crying. >> he says he wants no one to go through this alone no matter how alone they might feel. he received $6700 to make sure that could be together for them first. >> ed: alex hogan, thank you. now another personal note because sandra has been covering the story from day one. the epicenter is in new york city. and my sister and i come when we had our surgeries last year, i don't need a part of my liver to my sister, colleen, we did at mount sinai. people keep asking me how she's doing because she had a compromised immune system because of the transplant. and i can tell you, it was a long time ago, last summer. she's recovered very well. just last week she got some blood tests and came back from the doctor and flex some muscle

over text and said she's doing great. i bring that up because i'm announcing today that i've written a book about her called "saving colleen" to show that she is the real hero here. and also trying to inspire people to become living donors because i think the gift of life is very important. my parents gave me a t-shirt that said i donated part of my liver to my sister and all i got was this lousy t-shirt. and i mentioned at sinai at the top because i was just around christmas that we knew about the coronavirus and the full extent of what we would be dealing with. we went into side-by-side operating rooms and we get into every detail in the book. it's coming out and where all this was going and how it was all going to come out.

that was long last summer long before the pandemic. you hear people clapping and applauding and rightfully so, all these health care workers. i saw the heroic work they do a long time ago and i'm very thankful to them. >> sandra: i know i speak for everyone at the fox news channel when i say i'm proud of you and your sister. i think it's safe to say that "saving colleen" is what you are writing about and you certainly did that but, i think you did it for yourself, too. >> ed: she help me lose weigh weight, and it could be called saving ed because i couldn't have gotten through it without suzanne scott and everybody here at fox. you and the folks at fox & friends who all reached out to me and supported me, it's all one big family and i

thank you. >> sandra: congratulations and we all look forward to reading it. thank you. congrats again. meanwhile a group of business owners in pennsylvania challenging the governor's executive order keeping them closed amid the coronavirus pandemic and they are taking this all the way through to the supreme court. judge napolitano looking at the merit of that case for us, next. refinance with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call can save you $2000 every year. call my team at newday usa right now.

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>> ed: nursing homes across country are now pushing for states to give immunity from legal action. especially in environments like nursing homes, patient advocate groups opposed to legal immunity pushed thing homes accused of extreme neglect should not be off the hook. judge, good morning.

by the way ada, you are my hero. >> ed: thank you very much and i appreciate you saying that. it's hits even your citizens so hard, covid-19. if there is an elderly person who gets out of the hospital after battling covid-19, they have to go back to the nursing home. you can't just leave them out in the streets, it's a tough issue. then the nursing home brings him back in and maybe they infect others, so these nursing homes want to be immune from any lawsuits. where does this wind up, do they have a case? >> well, it's a complex issue edit, but the basic rule of thumb is if the government orders you to do something, you have no choice but to comply with that order. a nursing home taking the patient back. and a third party is injured as a result of your compliance, somebody already in the nursing home now gets covid-19 because

you took the contagious patient back in. the nursing home enjoys the same immunity that the government has so just as you can't sue governor cuomo for the damages because you were harmed by his order, you can't sue him firstly, you wouldn't be able to sue the nursing home for complying with that order. that's the general rule of thumb. nursing observe looking for broad form immunity, and even as a consequence from their own negligence during the covid-19 pandemic. and some governors give a signed executive order. but they say you can't hear a case with this as a defendant. the legislation grant at broad form immunity, which is what the nursing homes are looking for.

that type of immunity would reward the negligence and punish the innocent and it's terribly unpopular and unfair. >> ed: this will play out in many of the days ahead. they want to make sure that they don't get sued god forbid someone gets covid-19 in the days ahead to come this is something that will play out. in the meantime i want to move on to this other topic. there is now a politician in pennsylvania, a statehouse candidate as i understand and business groups who have gotten together and are asking the supreme court to take up on emergency basis this case saying that the democratic governor in pennsylvania has gone too far with the state home orders and it's hurting their businesses. do they have a case? >> i don't know that the supreme court or the united states will hear this. it went up to the pennsylvania system and just a few days ago the pennsylvania supreme court ruled 4-3 in favor of the governor. the reason i said -- it's not because they don't want to hear

it, but this is an application for preliminary relief, that is immediate relief before there is a trial or before they prove their case. that's the application that was denied by the supreme court of pennsylvania. the supreme court of the united states rarely gets involved with cases in which immediate relief is sought except when the government is defendant. but on the merits, the merits are that the governor of the state of pennsylvania like the governor of new york and the governor of new jersey can't write their own laws or assign their own penalties for the noncompliance with those laws. only the legislature can. the supreme court of pennsylvania said not in pennsylvania, under the pennsylvania constitution, you can't. i don't know which way the united states supreme court will go. but the argument of these governors who have forgotten about the bill of rights, you know me. it's a strong and serious argument that ought to be taken

seriously. >> ed: and he saying, these businesses will be irreparably harmed. judge andrew napolitano. it's called liberty filed on f fox. >> sandra: stocks right now are in the green as the market continues to react to the states easing restrictions and some economies. moneyman charles payne is fired up and he will joining us live come next.

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>> sandra: taking a look at the markets this morning we can see some mixed reaction to anticipation over some states starting to reopen. charles payne, host of "making money" over on the fox news network. charles, you look at the high anticipation and how much uncertainty there is over what that eventually looks like. markets are up triple digits and what are you seeing happening this morning? >> good morning sandra. putting it in total perspective, the market has made a remarkable rebound from the march 23rd lows and today's session is really about the big names that are

down. they are all weighing so much on the markets that when five days are down, and under the hood you can see how many more names are up in the last few weeks than down. so we are getting the markets spread out. retail names are up and mainstream names are up. so lawmakers and law firms, those kinds of things are doing better. i like the way the markets are reacting to the notion of reopening the economy, it's going back a long way in a very short period of time. part of this is the unknown but another part of this is the fact that we want to get back. we wanted to to be business as usual but we want to be turning the wheels of congress. >> you and i have been talking about this additional round of relief going out. the third round, this talk of a

fourth-round and whether or not we will see that happen, and it nancy pelosi talking about a guaranteed minimum income. here she is talking about it. >> again as we go forward, we see what works, what is operational and what needs other attention. others have suggested a minimum income for people, guaranteed income for people. is that worthy of attention now, perhaps so. >> sandra: charles, i've known you, and i've known you for a long time. could a guaranteed minimum income work in this environment? >> in this environment people are getting relief. and then i think as long as they need help, the government and the federal reserve will continue to step up. it's a misnomer to call in income, something that you earn for sitting at home.

these are the businesses that we are trying to save. it would be dumb to try to save them if you say six months from now you must pay your employees x amount of money. we've already learned that small businesses, 27 days cash on hand, restaurant 16 days and construction companies 18 days. we will tell them to raise the salaries. i have mark cuban on the special last week, he's getting behind this. i just don't think it's a great idea. it pains me to say that.

and that's the support, environment we are in. the dow dipped slightly negative, and there is lot of uncertainty about what happened last, next year. we will have you back again so soon. great to see you. >> okay, you got it. >> ed: fox news alert, the governor is set to meet with ron desantis as the state takes more steps to get people back to work. we expect to get some tape of that meeting and will will bring it to you as soon as it comes in from the white house. refinance t so easy o that one call can save you $2000 a year. newday's va streamline refi lets you refinance without having to verify your income, without getting your home appraised and without spending one dollar out of pocket to get it done. it is the quickest and easiest refi they've ever offered. one call can save you $2000 a year, every year.

>> ed: a fox news alert from the white house where we expect president trump to enter the meeting shortly. the sunshine state is preparing to reopen it some economy. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." while watching the white house this morning. >> sandra: right now, covid-19 cases is now 1 million in the u.s. with more than 66,000 deaths. meanwhile, white house coordinator dr. deborah birx is weighing in on new national testing guidelines to help states move forward with reopening their businesses. >> it's very important for people to know that the federal government is collecting data every day and doing everything they can to respond to this epidemic and then passing on insights throughout the country.

each state is seeing something different, and our job is to ensure that through the governor's call in this press conference, the press briefings, that we are actually able to communicate key new findings. >> sandra: chief correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. >> we will hear from the president in about 30 minutes time, he's meeting with florida governor ron desantis on the two of them will speak to the white house press pool. kayleigh mcenany tweeted there would be a press conference but i think what they are talking about here is what we are used to. talking about florida, because of their stay at home restriction is up on thursday and we don't yet know what governor desantis plans to do about the sunshine state. we do not know what will happen in texas over the next hours and days.

saying "testing to open in phases, great job by greg abbott. texas reopening will be a slow roll. abbott will allow restaurants, movie theaters, malls and some retail stores to reopen in limited capacity. is what he said. >> we are not just going to open up and hope for the best. instead we will contain the virus. understand this. i know there are those of you who are concerned about this. if you want to stay home then stay home. you have every right to choose your own pathway in life. you have ultimate control of your own personal safety.

that's what is happening in this atmosphere. the weather here is beginning to warm up in the upset of colder weather which could mean resurgence of the coronavirus. is dr. deborah birx. >> normally it will be very interesting to watch australia, new zealand, southern africa and argentina to see what happens with the virus in the summertime and what's happening to the virus here. >> that could give us a clue as to what we might be in for in the fall and hopefully schools and businesses will reopen hopefully it's back to normal. >> sandra: absolutely, we all look forward to that. john roberts in the white house. >> ed: nancy pelosi nancy pelosi says lawmakers might consider extending the

one-time check from the federal government. >> we may be just thinking of some different ways to put money in people's pockets. let's teach what works. and others and let's bring in jonathan, good morning. the republicans already raising eyebrows about whether this is the best idea and we heard this earlier in the campaign. >> i don't think that's going to happen. they had about staying in local

governments, in the businesses. that's the second time and senate. so we reach some kind of agreement but at the moment -- >> ed: i want to switch gears. he is now switching his decision, the house is not now returning to session this week. they were under pressure as you know to get back to work on some of these economic measures. but as you know, and we are not sure where all this is headed.

and it's interesting, it's a confined space. >> in the meantime, a fascinating story this morning, "the wall street journal" talked about this may not project type group, you have this eclectic group of scientists and billionaires and one of the folks running it out of their bedroom in an apartment in boston. tell us what you know about this and why people of the white house might be interested.

>> we put the white house in the outside of the government, and i would say more effective than a traditional house is to -- conventional voices and people on the outside having direct relationships. trump himself, and he likes to have a very, very broad way to michael ray. that could be very important. maybe bringing business leaders outside of that room as you know. could be interesting.

>> and this is doing it. great. a fascinating guest, you have new york governor andrew cuomo same things about this. >> we have our december, that china had a virus problem. china said it was clearly under control we should have went -- they are saying i blew the bugle about the wuhan province in china. interesting for one reason, one thing is we all expected potentially, the presidential election and prosecutor is an

indication of how the president handled it to start in part, he could have done a lot more. and a powerful democrat like andrew cuomo says, i wish i had done it. how do you mix all of that up as we get closer and closer to november? >> cuomo is interesting because it's just shocking in new york city, the death in new york city. but when you have -- it was very striking to have a personally that state. it's actually quite self-critical about introspective but also he said

the chinese have a lot to answer for and that it does actually need to be a proper accounting of what happened in wuhan and what happened in china in december or january. >> ed: holding china accountable to be front and center in this campaign. we appreciate all your insight this morning. thank you. >> sandra: and live from the white house, president trump will be meeting with ron desantis in the next hour. we expect some comments from the president and we will bring them to you as soon as we get them. plus, texas is getting ready to reopen. they got their green light as far as businesses opening up their doors. you can see light as far as, its health care crisis but it's also an economic crisis. just like medical vaccines, the mantra should be let's go as

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>> ed: this nation's second-largest economy is about to get back to business as the governor of texas kicks off the reopening process by allowing a

stay at home order to expire on thursday. casey stegall is live in texas with more details. >> the governor and all the officials pointed out yesterday that it's a very slow rolling phased process that is happening. the biggest restrictions, the amount of employees and customers it would be inside and allowed one of these restaurants and other stores that are opening. that will be a 25% occupancy. and that only 50 will be permitted. it set up for museums and dining restaurants. many eateries have set their phones are ringing off the hook

wanting to make reservations for friday night dinner and a large number of established assessments will offer patio dining with table spaced six mike apart versus their interior dining rooms. >> i don't know how dropping 75% of our revenue work by 75% workn any way. will my rent, utilities, electric, water, insurance, or my employees supposed to 25% less? hair salons, barbers, gyms and even child's summer camps. governor abbott says top health officials have advised against. that advised against a number of covid-19 cases and more testing is rolled out in the contact tracing programs. right now the plan is in mid-m

mid-may, and they will start lifting restrictions on salons and barbershops. roughly 2 million texans by the way have filed for unemployment since the outbreak began. so clearly, very, very important for people to get back out and back to work. they desperately needed. >> ed: absolutely. casey stegall. >> sandra: form on this let's bring in the lieutenant governor of texas, dan patrick. so what can you tell us about expectations as far as when we do see at least some of the businesses in texas reopen later this week. >> like all the men out there i want them.

it's a team effort, and that's 29, and put us in this position. what i said yesterday at the press conference was we need them to continue. we don't need to mandate a some local jurisdictions are masks, and our executive orders override those local borders. we recommend that you wear a mask and we still recommend you save distancing. we want to get full into our economy, and we want the restaurant and the businesses. we want all of these businesses to be open and to do that we need the team effort. look. we are, every life is precious, and as we look at this per capita, with lost a little over 700 people.

that's 70 plus, i had a lot of health issues. so we are looking at this, and we believe that our texans, and we think per capita that's the largest of the world. it's time to get back to work, and for everyone, you can get back out there, wear a mask and be careful but, wear a mask and stay in a little bit longer as the governor said. get up and running full speed very quickly. >> but of course, those younger folks could spread it to the older folks, and you are making a reference and you are highly criticized. in essence, you are willing to sacrifice some wives to keep the

economy going or at least reopen. so how confident are you in this stage in the game that this is the right move for texas and that this does not jeopardize lives to reopen at least some of these businesses. >> first of all, we are not telling anyone that goes at that business, but on the comments you just made sandra, that's not what i said. i didn't say we were willing to sacrifice lives and that's what the left has said and spun it. and that's what tucker said, it was totally taken out of context and this reported. could i have artfully said it better, maybe. but this is a shared effort by all of us. we have to protect our population of seniors, but i'm a senior. seniors need to be careful.

we don't have to shut the economy down at the same time. i have this watering hole theory and it's this. everyone goes to the water hole in the old days or they bring back water to everyone. our modern day watering hole sandra is the grocery store. and since day one, and texas all 29 million of us have been to the grocery store or we live with someone who has come back from the grocery store and we haven't seen this huge outbreak. and the grocery store workers have put themselves at risk, and they haven't seen this huge outbreak of overwhelming our hospitals. we haven't seen this huge outbreak in texas, and that's something we've all been doing in this country. or living with someone who did

and we haven't had this massive outbreak that we were all told we were going to have. and why can't we go to any store, because any store owner in any business is just as smart as the grocery store. they can do it in the same way. >> sandra: to be sure, we'd seen an overwhelming amount of deaths and an illness is in this country as a result of this but the grocery store could be a different scenario, because you could social distance when you walk in the door. but in barber barbershops you can't -- >> we have to leave it up to the american people in american business person to set that up. people are smart. and the hair salons and the barbershops, they will be smart. people aren't going to go to a place that's not safe. it's incumbent upon those businesses that we go to to be smart and make people safe so they will come. my point is, if you can do it in a grocery store where we've all been, there's no denying that.

everyone in america has been there and lives with someone, why can't we do that in every place and every business and leave it up in the private sector. the difference between the republicans and the democrats in this, if you look at all the states and all the county's and all the cities, it's democrats. >> sandra: i'm sorry to talk over jo, i will have to wrap you there. obviously the medical community said the idea was to flatten the curve and only go out if you have too. great to have you on, will follow-up with you and we are watching what's happening in your state of some of this businesses start to reopen. thanks so much. thank you. >> fox news alert, conflicting reports feeling more speculation over the health of kim jong un. the latest that's being said about the north korean dictator's absence and whether he's dead or alive. next. >> president trump: i can't tell you exactly. i do have a very good idea but i

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>> sandra: presumptive democratic nominee joe biden stay silence on those sexual assault allegations against him by a former staffer. new details emerge on that story and here peter doocy has the latest for us. >> good morning sandra.

the latest against him is coming from tara reid. this neighbor tells business insider now, i can't stand donald trump so i don't want him to win but this happened and i know it did because i remember talking about it. the biden campaign denies any wrongdoing by the former senator about the 77-year-old has been silent on the issue. and he hasn't hosted a conference with the press corps. he tweeted it takes courage to speak out against sexual assault or to step in to stop it from happening. if you know someone who stepped up to the front lines of this, i want to know about it. building a list of running mate candidates, one of them has already been asked about the

credibility of torah reads decades old the claim of unwanted contact from biden which is michigan governor gretchen whitmer. >> i think it is important that these allegations are vetted from the media and beyond and i think that it is something that no one takes lightly. >> biden's scheduled this afternoon includes the impact of covid-19. >> fox news alert, rumors still swirling about kim jong un's health and he was last seen in health comic public about two weeks ago. he knows how the north korean leader is doing but can't say. >> i do have a very good idea but i can't talk about it now. i hope he is fine, i do know how

he is doing but and relatively speaking we will see you probably in the not-too-distant future. >> ed: harry, the last time we spoke i was either in singapore or, it's good to have you back. is it fair to to it deduce what the president said it, i know how he's doing, it's impossible to guarantee he is alive. >> he's not dead. up to be honest with you, almost all of them are single source reports. now, you never want to go and report especially a world leader who has dozens of nuclear weapons, on a single source. i think with likely explanation, if that kid is alive and he's probably hiding out from the

coronavirus, north korea locked on the country in the middle of january. not likely to draw the chinese. so he has to hide. i think that's the most logical explanation. >> so on that point, do you put any stock into that and you have the right to clarify it. maybe one of those bodyguards should have covid-19 and was afraid of having it and that is maybe why he is in isolation? >> it that could be the most extreme form of social distancing on the planet, but he does fit the facts. you know, he would go there with his top advisors and be hidden in different areas of the complex but he would be able to have command and control. if that was the situation, would also make sense is that

different chinese doctors went to see him to maybe assess his condition, so again, it's better than some of the other things that have come out. >> as you continue to be together the intelligence that you know, we've heard from so many doctors that obesity is a huge factor in terms of covid being lethal. in fact, you go through it and our own tucker carlson was there interviewing president trump. when they crossed the dmz together some months ago, kim was out of breath when they walk just a short distance. >> i mean kim has a body mass index of 45. he is 300 pounds, they say he is 5.7 but he wears lifts a lot of the time so he may be as short

as 5'5". he has tremendous underlying issues and also possibly tremendous stress in his life. he is trying to navigate how to negotiate with donald trump. he works 12 or 15 hour days and this is a man who is under tremendous stress. he's a chain smoker. if you put covid-19 on top of all of that his mentality is not looking very good to come up my friend. >> ed: in the final minute we have given the fact that he survives this, what do you put the potential for a power struggle, and his sister or his uncle or someone else? >> well if kim jong un really is dead, which i don't think he is, i think his sister would take over. but if she didn't, if there was some sort of unsuccessful takeover by her, i think we are looking at the ultimate nightmare. a scenario where different factions in north korea would

not even nuclear weapons but chemical weapons. you would be looking at a scenario where you could see north korean civil war where you have the potential of millions of people dying. if you think about radioactive waste that would go across the order and china getting involved. that would bring the united states and that means trouble. >> all reasons why the stakes are very high here. sandra? >> georgia allows some nonessential businesses to reopen and we will be speaking to one small business owner who is still weighing the risks of that decision. plus the coronavirus response by governors in two different states has one city very confused. >> it's weird, that's these are

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>> ed: as governors across the state reopening businesses cities that straddle two states are running into some problems. market, good morning. >> good morning to you. bristol is a city that straddles two different states, tennessee and virginia. and while people like to think of it as one community they really are having to live by two different very sets of rules. sullivan county which manages the tennessee side is managing some of its businesses to start reopening but we have also seen on the virginia side a different story.

two different governors in two different sets of orders we have to abide by. there are no borders or checkpoints to keep people from crossing side so what's the point of keeping one side closed and the other side at least somewhat open? virginia's democratic governor ralph northam addressed the growing confusion in a news conference on monday. >> we are open-minded, can we open up different regions quicker or sooner than others? this is one of the things that we will be discussing. >> tennessee residents have been having easier access to testing and the mayor of the virginia

side set more testing is coming and that will start launching tomorrow. but of course these tests will only be on the virginia residents so it's a different story but depending on where you live in bristol. >> the owner of one atlanta beauty salon says she will stay close for now. allison whole egg is the owner of authentic beauty makeup salon and brow studio. allison, good morning and thank you so much for being here. >> hi, thank you. >> sandra: there are so many stories like yours out there and we feel for all the small businesses that have struggled through this. i know that you have nine employees that are mostly mothers that are the breadwinners of their family so this is difficult. the governor says that your business can open as of friday

but you feel it's not the right time. why? >> well, we received the news that we were allowed to open the other a press conference which i hadn't been watching, but as soon as it was announced to my phone, everything, started going crazy with people wanting to have services, you're going to be open. we have the order to shelter in place for the next several weeks. and until may 16 i believe is when we were mandated and we were also given no direction as to ensure our safety. that's another 24 hours to get the information from the state board of cosmetology to let us know what their recommendations as to what it was to be safe. and we are touching people, we are touching people's faces, we tweeze eyebrows only. and there's a sneeze response when you tweeze someone's

eyebrows so if the virus is spread by sneezing, we need to be in protective gear. i need the time to get the supplies to sterilize the studio. we are actually in the middle of renovating and painting and having to remove everything you see behind me to create a sterile environment is not going to happen overnight. i have to look to medical advice and infectious disease specialist and to make sure that not only my employees but also of course for my guests that have been my clients for over 20 years, i would never want to do anything to put any of us into harm's way. >> sandra: i understand, just by following up on some of the information you provided that you haven't had revenue since early march. so can you weather this storm if you decide to keep your doors shut until you feel it is safe for your employees and custome customers? >> well luckily as a small business owner i'm pretty

nimble. we've had a gofundme to support our clients -- i mean, to support our families of authentic beauty and our clients have been unbelievably supportive. when we open, we will probably have to only have a certain amount of clients in the studio for the day. which will decrease our revenue as it is. we were very fortunate to be a recipient of a small grant. we have not received any of the ppp funding or any of these small business funding and it's going to be incredibly difficult. i'm looking at actually being able to create a virtual platform and actually i'm in the middle of creating a virtual platform to be able to have our makeup services brought online and do everything that we can to reposition and create some revenue. it's incredibly difficult and the stress of trying to keep my business that i have worked so

hard for, it's just so real that this is happening right now. >> sandra: we hear you. we want this, and it's important that you are eventually able to reopen those doors and get those customers back. we think about renovating and changing the look and feel for your customer coming in, and allison, thanks for telling your story. we would love to follow up with you in the future. >> thank you so much for telling our story. >> ed: important story to hear. we are also watching the white house with this alert, the president meeting right now with florida governor ron desantis. we are starting to get some news out of there, the governor praising governor desantis for doing a "spectacular job."

the governor noting they've ramped up testing, right now in the sunshine state. the president praising him for that. the governor also came with a big sign touting the measures he's taken specifically protect nursing homes and overall the state has had a lower fatality rate than expected, something that both the president touted. they are trying to get people outside slowly and safely and they are edging closer over the next few days to opening some restaurants and getting some other merchants going. we watch that and watch this come out of the oval office and we should have a tape on that in just a few moments, we are back after this. did you know that feeling sluggish or weighed down could be signs that your digestive system isn't working at its best?

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>> ed: as we noted, companies are on the brink of reopening in many states and testing is supposed to play a major role in how they return to business. let's go to fox business networks, jackie deangelis. good morning, jackie. >> testing will definitely be key in this process. if you feel sick you can get this test immediately and you will know if you need to self isolate or get more attentive care. let's talk numbers for a second here. a new state-by-state analysis by harvard researchers and stats show that right now 31 states and washington, d.c., didn't testing of last week to isolate those infected a quickly enough. if there are ten that could reopen and in new york it will take 100,000 tests per day and in new jersey, 68,000 more.

there are three quick tests currently approved by the fda and there are they are all done by swabbing the nasal cavity. abbott said that its manufacturing 50,000 tests per day and plan to increase the production to 50 million in june. the audit i.d. now tests can offer results in 15 minutes. then there's mesa biotec. the rapid response time allows physicians to dictate treatments pretty much on the spot. then, there is a results in less than an hour. one of the issues being flagged though is false negative, the tests are perfect and there is concern that could lead to false assumptions, too. social distancing, washing hands and the medical community agrees. right now, people can't let up on those practices in addition to all this testing. >> ed: a advice.

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deadly pandemic. we have an eye on the skies over new york city. there is so much anticipation for what this moment will look and feel like. >> sandra, good morning to you. yeah, this is very exciting moment. we've already started to see those crowds form that were expected to read if you see, just to the left of me, some of those folks heading toward the pier right now. fortunately, though, there are nypd officers out, as well, fdny, and folks from the air force. marines are also lending a hand to make sure people are staying 6 feet apart. the flyover starts about 10 miles just north of where i am at the george washington bridge. they are ready to go, the folks from the thunderbirds tweeting just a little bit ago, they said, "new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania, the thunderbirds and blue angels are headed your way. the 40 minute flight goes over newark, manhattan, the boroughs,

long island, and white plains, new york. you see six f-16 fighting falcon and six f-18 hornet aircraft. they did a similar tribute in las vegas and collado earlier this month they typically fly through the air shows the year, but many of those of course cancel because of the pandemic. there's also a flyover happening at 1:45 p.m. in trenton and philadelphia. that should last about 30 minutes. the philly mayor accessing some criticism about that. the "philadelphia inquirer" reporting that he could have used that money on something else to fight the pandemic. again, back here in new york along the hudson full stomach folks are being asked if they can to just stay at home, watched from the safety of their home. we are seeing those crowds coming in, but we do have the nypd, the fdny, just making sure that people are staying apart. as we get ready for this, sand sandra. >> sandra: aisha, thank you so much. will be watching for that.

what a moment that'll be for so many, dealing out the window open your front door? >> ed: i think i can see the hudson. i will head over there right now. great day with you, sandra. >> sandra: fantastic. ed, again, congratulations. >> ed: thank you very much. >> sandra: thanks for watching, everybody. "outnumbered" starts now. >> melissa: fox news alert, president trump meeting with florida governor ron desantis at the white house to discuss plans to reopen the sunshine state. we will bring that to you just as soon as we get it. this, as governors across the country are facing a growing push to begin reopening their shattered economies. now texas governor greg abbott announcing his plans to do just that. starting friday, texas will allow some businesses like stores, restaurants, and movie theaters to begin reopening with limited capacity. lieutenant governor dan patrick a short time ago on why the state is doing this now.