♪ eric: well, it's a weekend for opening up. several dozen states are easing or lifting coronavirus restrictions, looking to return some sort of semblance of normalcy if we can have that, amid the ongoing tragedy of the coronavirus pandemic. you know, some governors across the country are facing that challenge, trying to keep their communities safe as possible while quarantine for some, the fatigue certainly is setting in. this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters.

hello, everyone. i'm eric shawn. arthel: hello, eric. hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. the u.s. is reporting more than 1.1 million confirmed cases of covid-19, over 65,000 americans have died with more than 65,000 families mourning the loss of a loved one since february. now, despite concerns we could see another spike in numbers, some states have already begun allowing nonessential businesses to reopen, getting people back to work. let's go to steve harrigan, he's live outside cdc headquarters in atlanta with more. steve. >> reporter: arthel, the flood has really begun, at least 12 states right now partially reopening their economies with some restrictions in place within one week that number is likely to double. a lot of florida beaches are open. in texas, restaurants are open with some real limitations on where you can sit and how many people can go in to dine. in new jersey, even though the state just posted its highest

single day death total since the crisis began, topping even new york for the past two days, it has double the population, new jersey has opened up its parks and golf courses. in california now, which has been battling beach-goer as well says its reopening of the economy is not weeks away but just days. arthel. arthel: steve, you know, the fda has granted emergency authorization for an experimental drug, remdesivir, to treat the virus. tell us more about that. >> reporter: this is a real bright spot. this is something that works. it's an anti-viral drug and researchers are saying it can speed up the healing time. it can reduce it from 15 days to 11 days, but it's usually used in a combination with other drugs as well. arthel.>> so 31% improvement ine in terms of how quickly you can get people out of the hospital isn't a miracle. it's not a knock-out punch.

it's not changing mortality. but it is something important. you have to remember that before remdesivir, there were zero drugs that we knew were effective against coronavirus. this is the first anti-viral against the coronavirus. >> reporter: so this newly approved drug does speed up the healing process but unfortunately it has been shown to have no effect on fatality rates. arthel. arthel: steve harrigan, live at the cdc headquarters in atlanta. thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, in california governor gavin newsom is ordering beaches in orange county to close completely. this comes after a lot of folks crowded the sunny shores this last week end. they held protests, trying to ignore and protest against the stay at home orders. some local officials say the closures are an overreaction despite the threat of the epidemic. christina coleman is in huntington beach, california now with the very latest. what's going on on the beaches? hey, christina.

>> reporter: hi, eric. well, nothing is going on at the beach right now. it looks so different than it did last weekend because of this order that the governor handed down, apparently he wants all of the beaches here in orange county closed. i had a chance to speak with the city attorney here for huntington beach. he says the move was a surprise to city officials and they had been adecemberring the situation -- assessing the situation allot and they determined it was safe to keep the beaches open. >> even with other beaches closed and perhaps an increase of beach attendance here in huntington beach, because of other closures, we still felt it was safe. for the governor to believe overwise, it just is not supported by the evidence or the data. >> reporter: yesterday, between 2500 to 3,000 people protested the governor's order here in huntington beach, many of them wanting an ease on the governor's stay at home order. there's been a small protest here today but, again, very small compared to yesterday.

and city leaders in orange county's dana point and huntington beach filed injunctions against the governor's order, arguing the move was unconstitutional and today also city officials in newport beach announced they are supporting that litigation. now, local lawmakers say although images appear to show crowded beaches in orange county last weekend, people were still practicing social distancing at the beach. the orange county sheriff says his department will not enforce the beach closure by making any arrests but instead will focus on education and voluntary compliance. here's the mayor of newport beach on fox last night. >> i think our governor did was he looked at photographs that were showing a mile of beach condensed into about a meter. it looked like everyone was on top of each other. he should have called me. i'm the mayor of newport beach. he should have asked what we were seeing on the ground. >> reporter: late yesterday a judge denied huntington beach's request for an injunction of the

order. the beaches were ordered closed after learning an estimated 80,000 people showed up to the beaches in the area last weekend. nearby beaches in la county had been closed. >> the only thing that is assured to advance the spread of the virus is thousands of people congregating together, not practicing social distancing or physical distancing. >> reporter: also yesterday governor newsom says that the state might be days, not weeks away from making some modifications to the state's stay at home order but he didn't give any specific details so we'll have to wait and see how all of this plays out. eric. eric: all right, christina. thanks so much. >> do you pledge never to lie to us. >> i will never lie to you. you have my word on that. eric: there it is i, kayleigh

mcenany making that pledge yesterday. the briefing in which she appeared was the first in over a year in that room. mcenany hinted the press conferences could become a regular occurrence now that she is the press secretary. there is one controversy brewing in washington, the white house decision to block dr. anthony fauci from testifying before a house panel on the administration's response to the pandemic, calling that, quote, counter productive at this time. but we are told that dr. fauci will appear before a senate health committee hearing set to happen in about two weeks and we have the press secretary herself, kayleigh mcenany, joining us from the north house of the white house. thank you for joining us this afternoon. as you know -- good to have you answer the questions. dr. fauci as you know has become a messenger of truth and reality, some say they're afraid the white house is trying to

muzzle them. he is set to appear before the senate. why was the decision made to have him not appear before the house. >> let me explain that, eric. first of all, we act in good faith and we expect the same of our of counterparts the democrats in congress, namely. we want to ensure that our experts, that it's the best use of their time at that moment. it doesn't detract from their day job, beyond that, ensuring that the right subject matter expert is there for the right testimony. so for instance, in this case chairman lowey made several calls to chief of staff mark meadows who i just spoke with and the chief of staff repeatedly asked what the subject matter of the hearing would be, besides giving vague responses she never gave too much detail as to what the actual subject matter would be other than it being a subcommittee for hhs funding which would have been an odd fit for dr. fauci given he's in a subdivision of secretary azar's hhs. when we pressed for details as

to why dr. fauci in particular was the right person for the testimony and this hearing, those details were never pro rided. in fact, -- provided. in fact the chief of staff gave his e-mail address and never received a response from the chairman. eric: they publicly said they want to investigate the administration response. they're going to have tom fremm on instead of the dr. what do you think of that. >> that's their decision. they were not acting in good faith. i would note where the senate gave us their plans to social distance and how to do it safely. the house has yet to do that. they're not acting in good faith. this was a publicity stunt on the part of democrats saying the white house blocked dr. touch eye. that's not the case. quite clearly not the case when he's going to be testifying before the senate in a number of weeks. leave it to the democrats to put out a publicity stunt.

eric: won't the democrat senators have the chance to ask the doctor questions. >> that's right. we provided dr. fauci but we would encourage chairman lowey to do the same and work with the chief of staff because we certainly are trying to do that here. eric: meanwhile, in terms of testing, i mean, you know the administration's been accused of not -- of being behind the ball on that, underplaying the threat, not getting enough testing out. what can you tell us about that to try and reassure americans because health experts as you know say testing and contact tracing are needed to finally put the virus away once and for all. >> we tested 6.75 million americans. that's more than any country in the world and in fact double what most countries have done. i was on the governor's call when the president, the vice president spoke with the governors and i heard admiral zuwa assure each and every one of them that we have enough testing supply to meet the state testing needs they've laid out.

as a reminder, it is up to the states to take a lead here so the federal government has supplemented that effort and done so in an ex straightforward mayly fashion -- extraordinary fashion. in terms of developing a test, one thing that is under-discussed is that the fda under the leadership of president trump issued 70 emergency use authorizations. you compare that to zika when there were the 20 and h1n1 where there were 17, that's an extraordinary accomplishment. the american people can be assured they have a business nan the white house and know how to get things done. eric: we had more tests than any other country in the world but not per capita. 40 countries are ahead of us. germany, spain, italy, canada, israel is at double the numbers. didn't the administration make a mistake by not following up strongly enough, by not having these tests, this testing in

action and starting in february. >> the administration acted quickly. per capita in our hot spots we have done more than each of those countries. i would note that sout south ko, which is hailed for their testing, dr. birx noted they're doing 11 tests per 1,000, we're doing 17 tests per 1,000. we're deploying testing strategically in areas where people need them, hot spots, for example. there's a greater need for people, for testing because there's symptomatic people. we've done it strategically 6.75 million is an extraordinary number. i mention the 70 emergency use registrations, comparing to president obama and vice president biden with swine flu, they had just 17. eric: you say the states need to take the lead. the states say it's the federal government. johns hopkins says we need

contract tracing program, $3.6 billion, some bills up in capitol hill for that. would the administration support what health experts say, a civilian conservation corps type, massive federal program that is needed to test and contact trace every single american, would the administration support that as something that we've seen pretty successfully done in some other countries in order to be able to follow the contact tracing? >> look, i won't get ahead of the president on saying if we would or would not support a certain federal measure. what i would say is the states have put together plans that they sent to the administration saying this is what we need to reopen. this is what we need in the way of testing and it's differed from each and every state but the administration has been able to look at that and guarantee that as we move to the phase one of reopening, the tests in accordance with their plans which they took the lead on, the states will have that testing. we have been a great partner. i heard one democrat governor say this week and i won't say his name but he said because of

this administration, lives were saved in my state. governor chris cuomo has said that we've been phenomenal partners here at the white house, president trump has. we've done a very good job. which is why you're hearing widespread praise for this effort on testing and otherwise. eric: other critics accuse the administration and the president of having blood on his hands, of saying they did not do enough at first. how would you respond to that? you see a lot of these critics and people who think it's the administration and the federal government didn't do enough to protect america. >> that is a completely inappropriate accusation and one that just has no bearing in the truth. when you consider these facts, that this is a greatest mobilization of the private sector since world war ii. when you consider the fact that this president was given a choice and that was 2.2 million american lives lost or shutting down the economy and he shut down the economy to save lives, to keep us far below that

2.2 million number and the mobilization of the private sector has been extraordinary. for instance, n95 masks alone, this president has deployed 75 million o. on the average year, the healthcare system uses 25 million. we have done three times that in just two months. this is a job that could have only been done by someone like president trump and those criticisms have no bearing in truth. eric: 2 million if there weren't any actions taken but ththerehave been actions taken. kayleigh mcenany, i'm sure we'll have a lot more interviews down the road. you certainly are full of facts, a graduate of georgetown and harvard law school, out on a saturday on the grass of the white house. >> thank you. eric: of course. arthel. arthel: eric, thank you. the governor of new mexico

blocking rows to a coronavirus hot spot. the governor invoking the state's riot control act yesterday, stopping nonessential traffic to the city of gallup, one of the largest communities bordering the navaho nation. businesses must close from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m., a part of the effort to stop the spread of infections in the area. and rural communities fear they will not have enough resources if the virus strikes. health officials warning even a small coronavirus outbreak could overwhelm them. alyssa cu acuna is live in denvr with story. >> reporter: as states begin to loosen stay at home restrictions, rural america is particularly vulnerable right now because as you mentioned, rural hospitals have limited resources. their patients are often geographically isolated and already have higher rates of chronic disease. in some places, elective procedures which are

traditionally a lifeblood for small hospitals are once again, but this comes after a severe loss of income for the past two months. >> likely that our hospitals that were vulnerable before might be in kind of immediate jeopardy now. >> reporter: the department of health and human services earmarked nearly $165 million to assist rural communities during this time. that will help nearly 1800 hospitals. we checked back in with lincoln community hospital in hugo, colorado. we introduced you to them last month as they braced for a possible surge. so far the ceo says they have not had one but have had some success in convincing their patients to use telehealth. >> there's still some stigma to whether or not i want to talk on the computer, but it's a lot easier for them to do that than to jump in their truck and come to town and maybe be away from their farm or ranch for half a day because of the travel time and then the time for the appointment.

>> reporter: folks who live 30 minutes or more from an emergency room or hospital are of great concern to healthcare providers. they're already operating with low head counts, staffing and budget stor shortages. >> in rural regions, it could lead to quite a few deaths or people being really sick because there could be just one doctor or a few nurses that could provide care. >> reporter: many of the regions are home to workplace hot spots that we've seen like meat processing plants, so that's really bad right now. arthel. arthel: very, very important reporting. allysia acuna, thank you very much. well, one state is backing away from some of its plans to get businesses back open after a spike in cases. mississippi's governor talks about his change in direction after this break. i just love hie open road and telling people

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>> i feel it. i get it. i disagree people who say open the economy even though you know there's a public health risk. i disagree with that. i'm not going to put dollar

signs over human lives. i'm not going to do that. eric: that's new york governor andrew cuomo with what governors across the country are facing. you know, in mississippi it's the same challenge as new york and a spike in coronavirus cases and deaths there prompted the state's governor, tate reeves, to pull back on some of the reopening plans. yesterday saw the largest number of new cases in the state, 397 and sadly the largest number of deaths in one day so far, 20. joining us now from the capital of jackson, mississippi is mississippi governor tate reeves. governor, thank you for joining us. you just heard what governor cuomo had to say and you face that same issue. what prompted you to pull back a bit on the reopening of your state? >> well, what we saw in the number of cases yesterday morning was about 390 as you mentioned earlier. we didn't know if maybe there was a data dump or perhaps there

was a reason for what happened. we spent most of yesterday looking at it, looking at the various factors and what we determined when we got our data this morning, we were back down to 220 cases, we said from the beginning we have a public health crisis in our state, in our country. we also know we have an economic crisis and you've got to be willing to look at both factors. as we saw significant fewer number of cases yesterday, what we believe is at least half of those deaths that we reported yesterday actually had been dark-had occurred many days and weeks prior so it really wasn't all on that particular day and so that gives us more comfort, we're still looking at monday for the potential for additional reopenings because we have to get our people back to work. we have over 200,000 from mississippi that lost their jobs in the last five weeks. eric: on monday, what are you going to announce? what steps do you want take on monday? what are you opening and what

are you still keeping closed? >> what i will tell you is that mississippi is one of the states that we actually very early on, we identified a number of businesses that could not be closed, could not be closed by the state but also we forbid our local governments from closing certain businesses. things like construction and manufacturing have never been closed in our state. grocery stores, obviously, and large retail stores have not been closed. the past monday we opened other retail shops outside of just those that carry groceries. in this upcoming monday, the only that is still closed is barber shops, salons, gyms, things that have close interpersonal contact so we're going to be looking at reopening eric: are you advising people to wear masks besides just keeping social distance? advise people, don't have big crowds. it's not a time yet to -- i'm sorry to say, but have a major shin dig or if you have a

barbecue, maybe sure everybody -- don't have a bar cue. >> well -- barbecue. >> the most important point you made there is in my opinion we don't need our government to tell us to use common sense. we don't need the government to force us to use common sense. i've been pleading with my constituents for 50 days, urging them not only maintain social distance, not gathering in groups of 10 or more and our people are actually by and large doing what we've asked them to do. the reason we closed -- obviously, yesterday was the largest one day number, today we reported 220 cases total, yesterday, and so what we've seen in our state is we haven't had the major spikes that you've seen in new york or new jersey or in places like louisiana. we've had a plateauing the last 30 days. we've had up to 250 cases just about every day. our hospital system is not at risk. we have plenty of ventilator as

it currently exists and, therefore, we believe we've got to get more and more of our people back to work so we curtailed the long-term economic damage the virus has caused. eric: finally, you just mentioned new york, new jersey. a lot of people around the country think, well, it's not where i live, i live in a rural area, i'm not in a big city. let me give you statistics, this is county by county, comparing some counties in your state. because i want folks who are watching to know that even if you're not in a big city, if you're one of the governor's constituents and you live in the mississippi delta or the middle of the black belt, you know that you can be at threat. take a look at this, governor. scott county, you're almost -- scott county, mississippi is almost at the same area as new york, manhattan where i'm at now, the same per capita, per 100,000. 1,198, and scott, 1,250 in new york. leak county, 962. that's almost the same as

detroit which is at 967 per 100,000. and finally, holmes county, mississippi, 868 per 100,000 residents, chicago, i mean, that's more than cook county which of course is chicago. finally, governor, your words of warning and your words of whichm to people who live in the rural areas of this nation, not just your constituents who think well, i'm not in a big city, i don't have to worry. >> right. what i will tell you in our state the virus is in every single county in our state. when you look at those counties, they're very, very small counties. but we have a large number of people in those counties, by the way, right next to each other. we're monitoring that very closely. we had our state health officer went to scott county yesterday, spent five or six hours with the local officials, trying to identify exactly what's going on over there. because you're right, this virus spreads very, very quickly, particularly in areas like

communal living processes and around some of the facilities that are existing. and so i am urging my citizens to be smart, to stay safe. you can get this virus if you do not wear a mask in public. if you can stay home at all, stay home, because that's the best way in which to protect yourself and to protect your family. eric: be smart and be safe says the governor of mississippi, advice that can affect all of us no matter where you live around the country. governor tate reeves of the great state of mississippi, governor, thank you for joining us on this saturday afternoon. >> thanks so much for having me. god bless. eric: of course. ♪ arthel: well an estimated 8 million restaurant workers have either been furloughed or laid off due to the coronavirus pandemic. now, lots of organizations are coming to the rescue including one in texas, helping those struggling to make ends meet.

alex hogan explains. >> reporter: when hurricane harvey hit houston in 2017, chef chris shepherd stepped up, raising money for restaurant workers who lost everything. >> when harvey came through you knew it was over. the watersy seeded and you could -- waters receded and you could see what damage had done. >> reporter: because of covid-19 an estimated 8 million restaurant workers across the country are out of work. >> we knew it was bad and we have been hearing from everybody how they had to lay off or furlough employees. >> reporter: so that's where shepherd's nonprofit, the southern smoke emergency relief fund comes in. >> this is a high stress, low return industry and when this all is taken away and it's not there, it's really painful. because there's not a way to make ends meet. >> reporter: over the past five years it's given out more than $2.7 million to food and beverage workers in need.

in three weeks it received 20,000 applications from people like newly unemployed bartender gokan resper from new york city. >> we couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: the allotment of $5,700 gave him stability during so many life changes. >> [ laughter ] >> reporter: the donation helped the newly unemployed dad and his partner pay for an at-home birth to safely welcome little baby ella into the world a week ago. >> we were super worried about her health and my health and what kind of situation we might end up in. >> and now, it's like there is this little baby that is totally depend den on you. >> this virus is done, every 20,000 person on that list is taken care of, right. that we have gone through made sure that people are whole.

>> reporter: shepherd says when the coronavirus has come and gone, their organization will be there for the next crisis facing restaurant workers. in new york, alex hogan, fox news. eric: there's a new statement from the former senate staffer of vice president joe biden who accused him of sexual assault. he denies it ever happened. what could come next, next. ♪ we hope you find our digital solutions helpful to bank safely from home. deposit a check with your phone or tablet. check balances, pay bills, transfer money and more. send money to people you know and trust with zelle. stay safe. stay home. together, we'll get through this. pnc bank

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friday, asking in help for filing a possible harassment case. jacqui heinrich is live in new york city. jacqui, the accuser, tara reade, has a new statement now on what happened. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: arthel, tara reade, the biden accuser, says in her complaint to the congressional office, she never alleged sexual harassment or sexual assault against former vice president joe biden. she said that rerecalls using language saying she felt uncomfortable and she recalled using the word retaliated, said she chickened out when she went to file the complaint so the allegations of harassment and assault would not be in those records. tara reade does not have a copy of that report, despite keeping her employment records and biden's office also says that they have no record of it. the dnc has pushed back on calls from the new york times editorial board to open sealed

senate documents being held by the university of delaware which may or may not contain said documents. biden has said that they would not contain any personnel records and in a bid for transparency has urged the senate to find any documents that may exist detailing this complaint which he thinks would be within the national archive. that answer has seemed to satisfy most democrats in biden's circles, eric holder says while the allegations should be taken seriously, the denial is consistent with the joe biden he knows and donna brazile, echoed his thoughts as did speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. >> i thought that he dealt with it complete denial, support for women, has been a champion, but that's not be purpose of the call. i said that in my press conference yesterday. >> reporter: republicans have not been so quick to close the book with claims against justice

brett kavanaugh not far in the rear view mirror. senator marsha blackburn on fox today. >> and they feel as if the me too movement has actually served a purpose, to make it easier for their daughters and granddaughters to say something wrong was done to me but then they see the democrats using me too when it's convenient and dismissing it when it is not convenient. >> reporter: the new york times he'editorial board called for biden's documents to be reviewed by an unbiased panel, saying his word enough is not enough to dispel the clouds. they also said sexual misconduct allegations against president trump should also be examined. arthel. arthel: jacqui heinrich, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, as some states here start to slowly reopen, in italy millions of people are set to go back to work on monday

morning. that as the country is preparing to begin what it calls phase two of its slow emergence from its lockdown. the italian prime minister is warning that strict measures will be reimposed if the numbers of coronavirus infections begin to climb. amy kellogg is live in florence with more on what we could soon be facing, and that means getting back to work. hi, amy. >> reporter: that's right, eric. part one of phase two starts on monday and then the next part won't happen for a couple of weeks and that is so we can see what the impact or the effect on that all-important curve is. now, it's largely factories going back to work on monday. it's not a free for all here. we expect more clarification by monday, because there's been some confusion about who you can visit and what you can do from may fourth, other than go to the grocery store, your job or the park. first, was you could now go see a relative but that has been clarified and not in the most

crystal clear of ways, to mean someone with whom you have, quote stable emotional relations or affection with. france is taking one step forward and one step back. may 11th some kids will be going bag to school and things will slowly open up but the health minister is asking for the state of emergency to be extended until july 24th and even french citizens returning from abroad in the near future will be held in quarantine for two weeks. russia had its highest daily rise in cases with over 9500 new registered infections of coronavirus. it now has one of the fastest growing rates of infection in the world. the prime minister and the housing minister both tested positive for covid-19 this week. south africa had among the strictest restrictions including bans on dog walking. south africa carried out widespread testing and actually had a much lower spread of the virus. but look at the lines here of people waiting for food, eric. some of those people say they

were waiting overnight for 14 hours. so the economic impact has been quite devastating. back to you, eric. eric: that's just heart-breaking. amy, thank you. arthel. arthel: that is heart-breaking, eric. more than 6 million covid-19 tests have been administered since the pandemic began but experts say that is far behind what is needed ahead. we're going to look at the government's goal for testing and if what is available is enough to keep us safe and allow many more millions to get back to work.

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this month alone. a large number, but is that enough. let's bring in dr. jennifer neso, a senior scholar and a lead epidemiologist at john hops kins testing, very glad to have you, doctor. i want to start here, though. until you and your colleagues in the science world are able to develop a vaccine and of course we're all very hopeful, testing remains critical. first, if you could explain why testing is critical. >> sure. so in the near term, testing is really important for us to understand how many infections are out there. particularly as states are looking at their case numbers and hopefully seeing some declines and thinking about whether or not it's time to reopen. the data that they may have may not reflect how many infections are out there if they're not doing enough testing. so in the short term we need testing to understand how many infections really are out there because even if people are

mildly ill and maybe they don't show up at a health facility to be tested, they're capable of transmitting and we need to know where they are. the second phase when we think about reopening, the virus is still out there. unless we want to see case numbers shoot back up again to the point where we might find ourselves back to where we started before we were confined to our homes, we're very much going to have to do testing to identify individual cases, make sure they stay at home so they can't infect others or in a hospital if they're really sick and then try and find who they may have exposed before they became a case. that's called contact tracing. we will also need to monitor those contacts and test them to see if they become -- if they are infected and if they're infected they'll have to be isolated. every phase, testing is going to be really important and we need to keep working to expand it. arthel: well, thank you for explaining that. let's get back to quantity. more than 6 million tests have

been administered nationwide. thus far. the assistant secretary for health and human services in charge of testing told newsweek this week that the goal is to perform 8 million tests this month. but a harvard university study that was out last week, a couple weeks ago, april 20th, i believe, said that is far behind what is needed to keep up with the continued reopening of the economy. so how do you see it? how many tests are needed to slowly restart our economy? and is the u.s. up to the task to produce the number of tests needed? >> so i think looking at the number of tests help us gauge our supply chain and whether we have enough and whether we need to make changes in certain areas. but the number of tests alone don't tell us a lot. it's not tied to how much infection is out there. i think probably a better metric we should be looking at is what proportion of the tests being done result in positives.

and ideally you want that percentage to be low. because if it's too high it means you're probably just testing the sickest individuals. the sickest individuals. and in places where they've done a lot of testing and it's worked to their advantage because they kept case numbers down, south korea and taiwan, they're testing -- their testing positivity percentages are quite low in 1 to 2%. so we would like to see the u.s.'s positivity come down lower. also, test numbers don't fully tell us if we've distributed our tests properly, if the state is doing a lot of testing but it's in one part of the state, they could miss a lot of infections out there. while i think it's important to talk about test numbers, i would really like us to kind of broaden that conversation to be thinking about how many tests we need with respect to the positivity. arthel: dr. nuzzo you raised a lot of great points. thank you very much for your time and expertise. when we come back, a salute to the nation's frontline workers

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eric: you know it's not often in the air force and navy get together over our heads but they did that today in a salute to

first responders and healthcare workers and did so in the skies over baltimore, washington and atlanta. lucas tomlinson is live at the pentagon with what was a spec tar later shoasm hi, lucas. >> reporter: it sure was. it's a fitting tribute on a beautiful day. i'm told to expect more of these flights across the country in the days ahead. they say the idea for the flyover's was the air force's. >> we decided to work together with the blue angels, come out to pensacola to their home station and put together the idea for the flyovers to salute all the healthcare first responders all over the country. >> reporter: the first lady enjoying the show from the white house, sending a salute with these photos over twitter. hundreds packed the national mall, some appearing to ignore social distancing protocols. the blue ingel angels and thunds through over baltimore, washington, d.c. and atlanta.

sadly, the virus canceled over two dozen air shows this spring. it's not clear when they will resume. this wasn't the only fly over. a few days ago a pair of bombers flew over the south china sea, flying 308 hours -- 30 hours round-trip nonstop to send a message to beijing. eric: just amazing and just so impressive. lucas, thank you. arthel. arthel: never gets old. the federal government threatening action against businesses that should not have accepted millions in emergency loans, as some businesses in compliance cry foul about how the money must be used. we'll have more after this break. & doug ♪ [ siren ] give me your hand! i can save you... lots of money with liberty mutual! we customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need!

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me too. me too. and if you're a small business, we're with you. standing by you every step of the way. bye bye. arthel: nearly two dozen states rolling back restrictions, allowing come businesses to reopen in hopes of reviving an economy crushed by coronavirus. this as the latest numbers show the virus on the rise in the u.s. there are now more than 1.1 million cases and just in the last hour the number of americans who died from covid-19 topping 66,000. hello, everyone. i'm. arthelarthel neville.welcome tof america's news headquarters. eric: good to be with you as always. hello, thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. even though there are some states that reopened, there are

still concerns in texas and florida because those two states hit the highest level of death toll just this past week, even as they are relaxing some of their restrictions. the grim toll of the virus taking on the country is coming into view, this as the white house is causing controversy by blocking the nation's top infectious disease doctor, dr. anthony fauci, from testifying before a house subcommittee hearing supposed to be happening next week. in the last hour, we talked to white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany and she accused the congressional democrats of pulling a stunt but they want to investigate the coronavirus response of the administration. fauci even though he will not be appearing before the house democrats will be appearing before a senate committee later this month. mark meredith is live at the white house with the very latest on these developments. hi, mark. >> reporter: eric, good afternoon. president trump is at camp david this weekend, he's due back at the white house on sunday.

we know he's had a chance to speem speak with some -- speak with some world leaders as the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus continues. an intelligence source tells john roberts that most u.s. intelligence agencies believe the virus began in a lab in china. officials say they're compiling information and there's no smoking gun at least not yet. the president discussed his displeasure with china before leaving washington on friday. >> there's a lot of things that are happening with respect to china. we're not happy obviously with what happened. this is a bad situation. all over the world, 182 countries. but we'll be having a lot to say about that. >> reporter: the president will also have a lot to say when it comes to the economy because of course so many americans are struggling to survive financially, something lawmakers are expected to deal with this week as the senate gets back to work. the house pose penned its plans to -- postponed its plans to

return. congressional leaders are refusing to accept additional testing that was offered to them. we got a joint statement from leader mcconnell and speaker pelosi. they write, quote, our country's testing capacities are continuing to scale up and congress wants to keep directing resource toss the frontline facilities where they can do the most good, the most quickly. as you mentioned, one person you're not going to see on capitol hill is dr. anthony fauci. he's become a household name since the crisis began. house democrats hoped he would testify before a subcommittee. a white house said no. a spokesperson called the request counter productive because he's busy responding to the outbreak. the white house says that they didn't feel like the house was giving a good enough reason of why they needed fauci to testify, that they needed better clarification. here's the key point. fauci is going to be going to testify in capitol hill later this month, happening before the senate. house democrats say that's not fair, if he can go to the senate, why not the house. it will be interesting to see as

this unfolds the next couple days as lawmakers get back to work here in d.c. eric. eric: as mcmcenany pointed out in the past hour, there are members of the democratic party who are senators who can ask drt hearing. mark, thanks so much. >> reporter: you bet. eric: arres arthel. arthel: thank you. lockdown restrictions lifted by several dozen states this weekend, range from allowing retail shops to open with limited capacity, to opening state parks and golf courses. steve harrigan is live outside the cdc in atlanta with more. steve. >> reporter: arthel, almost 12 states have already reopened their economies with restrictions and that number is expected to double in the next week. florida's opened a number of beaches, texas has opened shopping with curbside pickup as well as restaurants with limited seating. new jersey, despite suffering its single daily largest death toll since the virus began has opened up state parks and golf

courses. california's governor is in a battle with locals, in orange county, over access to the beaches. he was disappointed with crowding on the beaches, shut them down. that's a battle with many californians saying the beach is their birth right. >> this is the best freshest air that you can get, besides being at the mountains or something, and a lot of people live for coming here every morning. >> i think there's no safer place than where those people are right now. out there in the sun and the surf. >> reporter: an initial look at economic data in states that have at least partially reopened is not encouraging when you look at restaurant reservations, traffic on the street, total bills of sale. the numbers are all far below pre-pandemic levels even though the people have the right now in many states to go out and enter the economy, to work and shop, they are too weary to do so at pre-pandemic levels. arthel, back to you. arthel: steve harrigan, thank you very much. eric. eric: you know, arthel, more

than 30 million americans have lost their jobs due to the pandemic and another startling number we have for you, it's expected to come this week, that's when the labor department will release the april jobs report. you know, they say the unemployment rate could next be 16% or higher. garrett tenney has more. >> reporter: administration officials are expecting next week's jobs report to be one of the worst we've seen since the great depression. last week alone, 3.8 million americans filed jobless claims, pushing the six week total to more than 30 million according to data from the labor department. this morning, white house economist kevin hassett painted a bleak picture of the nation's short-term economic outlook, predicting next week's jobs report will show an unemployment rate between 16 and 19%. >> you're going to see some economic data over the next few months that's as bad as you've ever seen. we turned the economy completely off which is something that hasn't ever happened before. so you are going to see a very

big increase in the unemployment rate, very big decline as larry kudlow mentioned in second quarter gdp. most forecasters expect the second half can rebound from that. the sooner we get going, the more likely it will that that's true. >> reporter: next week, 20 states will start reopening economies. officials across the board will be keeping a close eye on the economic impact those moves have, as well as the impact on public health. with concerns that some states are opening too quickly and could cause the number of coronavirus cases to surge. despite the bashing our economy has taken during the pandemic, labor secretary eugene scalia believes it can make a quick turnaround. >> i think our economy has a chance as we reopen now to get back to where it was -- you know, we were so strong a couple months ago. we had to take this pause. but i think as we begin getting back, people are going to be pleased to be back at work and get that economy going. >> reporter: the next week we'll get a clearer picture of the impact the coronavirus has had on our economy when dozens of

major corporations release their earnings reports for the first quarter. in washington, i'm garrett tenney, fox news. arthel: well -- i thought we had a sound bite there. i guess we don't. treasury secretary steven mnuchin he had a certain warning as the justice department launches an investigation into companies applying for loans through an sba program meant to help small businesses amid this covid pandemic. so far, nearly $2 billion has been approved in the program's second round with the average loan toe at that timing just over -- totaling just over $109,000. california received the most in loans while texas has the highest number of loans approved. let's bring in gene marks, he is a cpa for the marks group and a small business consultant. so gene, let's start with some of these stats again. you've got 1.6 million eligible businesses have received loans so far, again, you've got

$85.4 billion having been doled out, the average loan as i said, $109,500. but still, so many small business owners, gene, have trouble getting their loans. but first, those who have gotten the loans should they be concerned about forgiveness if they received money through the ppp? >> so first of all, arthel, let's just talk about the business owners that are still waiting for their loans. if you are still waiting for your loan and you've already applied for a loan, you're going to have to follow up tenaciously with your financial lender and you might want to consider applying elsewhere. you can make multiple applications for the loans even if the loans get approved. it will be matched to your federal id number and then you'll only get that one loan. you can't have more than one loan. but you should be keeping all your options open and being really -- right now, my reports from the small business administration, arthel, is that

things are really backed up there and they're trying very, very hard to balance the number of applications coming from big banks and small banks as well as financial online lender as well. so stick in there. as you just said, arthel, there's $80 billion that's been given out. there's $310 billion available. so there's still a way toss go. so you got to make sure if you're in the queue, you follow up with your bank. that's number one. to answerer question, though, that you asked about should small business owners be concerned about forgiveness of their loan, no, you shouldn't be concerned about getting forgiveness for your loan if you have received the paycheck protection loan, if you are abiding by the rules and the rules are this, arthel. once you get your loan, and if you do, congratulations, over the next eight weeks you need to be spending that on payroll, which is the pay of your employees, group health insurance premiums, retirement benefits, state payroll taxes, all that stuff. you can then apply after those

eight weeks back to your financial lender and ask for forgiveness and as long as you are, again, you've been affected by covid-19, you're keeping good records and good documentation, you're using the money for your payroll, you cannot only get forgiveness for that but also you'll be able to get forgiveness for some of your rent and utilities and mortgage interest as well. obviously, there's some restrictions that are out there but i think what the treasury is telling people right now is, listen, if you're a bigger company, a publicly held company and you have other sources of capital, you might want to double think before you go after money that should be going to small businesses that could really use the money. and if you borrowed more than $2 million, well, you're allowed to borrow up to $10 million but even $2 million that's a lot of money and it might very well be eligible for that but the treasury is going to take a closer look. the lion's share of small business that's are applying for the loans, as long as you're abiding by the rules, you should be fine. one final thing, arthel,

remember if you're borrowing this money, again, if you've goten approval, that's fantastic news but you're working with your bank now. your lender. you're going to have a promissory note with your lender. read the agreement carefully before you sign it. don't just grab the money. make sure you understand all the ways that you can get forgiveness so you can be tracking those numbers carefully and then apply for forgiveness. you don't want a shouting match with your bank or financial institution in july or august when you're going to be applying for forgiveness. so long answer to a short question. i'm sorry but i want to get that out there. arthel: first of all, let me jump off where you just left off, which is the fine prink you're talking about. that concerns -- the fine print you're talking about that. that concerns me. these loans should be easy to apply for, easy to obtain, easy to understand. the small print you're talking about, does it vary from bank to bank and really how can you get

trapped up? >> right. so it shouldn't vary from bank to bank. the banks have been given specific guidelines to follow when they give their promissory notes. but you know, arthel, in the end and if you're a small business owner watching this, just remember, you're getting a loan from a bank that's backed by the federal government. you're not borrowing from the federal government. you're borrowing from a bank. and the banks will have a promissory note which is standard operating procedure for any loan that you get. and as a business owner, we've all got -- me as well, we have responsibilities to read that agreement and make sure we understand what's in it. there's not fine print as you said. arthel: i get tak that. i have to stop for a second. i get that. this is something that is implemented by the federal government in order to help the people who own small businesses who need to get this money to keep their employees on the payroll, to keep their businesses open through this, hopefully we can get them through this soon so they can get back to work full-time.

you know, so my point is, this is what i'm talking about, gene, i mean, shouldn't -- you told me you met with the folks in the trump administration who are working very hard to make sure this money, along with congress, to make sure the money gets to these people who need it by way of these banks but shouldn't they give the bank guidelines, they can't tell a bank what to do, i get it, it's a private institution but shouldn't they make sure the bank is not including too much bureaucracy and too much red tape that could trip up the business owners? >> i don't think that's the case, arthel, at least -- i mean, i've looked at a number of these promissory notes. they're all the same, following the guidelines issued by the treasury department. they're really under the instructions, the banks, as to what should be in the promissory notes. but just remember, it's still a promissory note. and again, if you're borrowing the money, you want to make sure that you understand the terms of any borrowing agreement you have and most importantly, arthel, when you look at the promissory note, there will be a sec spacen

that will say here are the terms for forgiveness when you submit for your payroll and utilities and other expenses. those terms are exactly the terms that are being consistent with what the treasury department has said but my advice as a business owner, make sure you understand those. that's all. arthel: bottom line, last question, i've got to go quickly, if you can. are there clear instructions on a government website that say if you are looking to go for one of these loans, here's what you make sure you have, a, b, c, and d and don't do one, two, three and four. >> that is such a great question and the answer is absolutely yes. if you want to clearest of instructions, go to the treasury department's website. you cannot get more authoritative than that. there was a link right on their home page for small business owners, where to go for relief and they have all the documentation including what documents or receipts you'll need to submit as well as instructions for filing for a paycheck protection program loan. that's where i am pointing all

of my followers, all of my clients to. you can't get more tho authorite than that. it's on the treasury department's website. just google it an and it will ce right up. arthel: at gene marks, there you are. thank you very much as always. >> take care. arthel: eric. eric: gene always had great financial advice for us every weekend. well, there's a new development in the allegation against former vice president joe biden on the sexual assault claim from a former staffer. she says senate documents will not back up exactly what she claims. we'll have the latest on this unfolding story, next. in these unprecedented times, your vision is as important as ever. most visionworks locations are open and we're here to help. if you have an essential eyecare need, visit our website to get connected to one of our doctors. visionworks. see the difference. i got this mountain bike for

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arthel: former vice president joe biden making his first public remarks about the sexual assault allegations against him, made by a former senate staffer. the likely democratic presidential nominee denying those claims and his now facing pressure to turn over confidential senate records. this as his accuser, tara reade, making new statements of her own. let's bring if anita kumar, a white house correspondent, an associate editor for politico.

i'm going to get to the new comments made by ms. reade momentarily, first let's start here. timing is everything, especially in politics, as you well know. what do you make of the timing of biden's public reaction, when he spoke out, how long it took him to speak out, and the timing of ms. reade's allegations? >> well, you're exactly right, timing is so important here. it took the former vice presidents about a month to talk about this. i think because this last week there were a lot of people or at least a few people that were corroborating what she said. we saw a neighbor come out, a former neighbor say she told her about this incident. you saw her brother come out, you've seen others come out. the pressure was mounting on joe biden to do something, that his campaign put out a statement but he hadn't said anything himself. you had a lot of members of congress, democrats around the country, even prospective vice presidental candidates for him getting questions and feeling

like at that point feeling like he needed to come forward. the question on timing on her, you've had a lot of people question her because she did come out if you'll recall last year and said she felt her former boss, then senator biden, she felt uncomfortable the way he acted around her, touched her but didn't mention anything about sexual assault. so people are saying why did she come forward just recently in the last month or so. arthel: moving on to another point in this story. if a search in the national archives for the name tara reade is done, would that be an entree into a slippery slope or is this the only way to set the record straight, one way or the other? >> well, joe biden is saying it those be there. if there's anything, if there was an investigation or at least paperwork, it those be at the national archive. but he's really set himself up here to get more criticism. he's saying that his papers that

have now -- other papers that have gone to the university of delaware are off limits. and while he says there's no personnel records there, there are a lot of people who are saying well, open it all up. why doesn't he open up both his records in delaware, but also his records at the national archives. and he's really said that he's not going to do that. so he's facing a lot of criticism from republicans, even some democrats who are saying well, why don't you just open up everything and let us see if there's anything there or not. arthel: in the meantime, i want to read a quote from tara reade, from an interview with the associated press today, saying, quote, in part, i remember talking about him wanting me to serve drinks because he liked my legs and thought i was pretty and it made me uncomfortable. i know that i was too scared to write about the sexual assault. the main word i used. and i know i didn't use sexual harassment. i used uncomfortable and i remember retaliation. also, as this story is phac

fast-move -- fast-moving, anita, this afternoon from the ap, this is reade's comments from this afternoon, saying she claims the ap article that says her report doesn't include sexual assault or harassment is false and that she tweeted, two tweets, she says the ap exclusive that says her quote limited report with a congressional personnel office does not explicitly accuse him of sexual assault or harassment is false, she said. of course we here at fox reached out to reade to get more comment on that, further comment is what i want to say. anita, back to you. how much will tara reade's credibility factor in. >> it's very confusing what she's saying. if what the associated press is reporting is correct and there is no report that mentioned sexual assault or even sexual harassment, it's going to be hard to prove this or not prove this. this is going to get back --

right back to where we are in so many of these difficult cases which is who can corroborate her story and who do you believe. do you believe him? do you know his character? do you believe her and do you believe her character. who will come forward and support her? that's why joe biden came forward because a few people came forward and said yes, she did tell me about this incident so many years ago. arthel: also coming forward, david axle rod, former senior advisor to president obama. he wrote around article last night, titled obama team fully vetted biden in 2008 and found no hint of former aid's allegations so in part, if i can put it on the screen, axlerod writes the comprehensive yet certainly -- the comprehensive vet, certainly would have turned up any formal complaints filed against biden during his 36-year career in the senate.

it did not. the team would have investigated any salacious rumors of the sort that travel far and wide in washington. there were none. while i was not on the vetting team as senior strategist to the campaign, i was briefed on their work and potential problems. so anita, does axlerod's assertion pour water or kerosene on tara reade's allegations. >> it is a very good point. you're going to see that republicans will say, well, he's a democrat, he worked for president obama, he obviously worked for the obama, biden team but he does make a good point. joe biden is not someone new. he's been in public life for many decades. he's run state-wide races. he's run for president many times and he's run for vice president. generally, as you know, there's all sorts of vetting that's done for these national and state-wide offices. it would be many things come up in these. so it's unclear why that didn't come up unless it's maybe not true.

that's what democrats are going to be counting on. why didn't this come up in all these decades thates been in public life before. they're saying well, it's probably not true. arthel: if i could get a quick answer on this one before we go, in terms of the trump campaign strategy with all of this on the table now, would it be a good idea for them to continue or try to hang this as a political albatross around the neck of joe biden? >> well, i think they are trying to do that. of course, the president has his own allegations of sexual assault to deal with. so, you know, you might be saying well, he shouldn't be talking about this. but the campaign is talking about it and they're saying that they feel like the former vice president should have come forward, there should be an investigation. he should get the treatment that former -- that then nominee for supreme court brett kavanaugh now justice of the supreme court got, where there's ani an

allegation, people should come forward, it should be investigated. people shouldn't be treated differently. that's what we're going to hear from their side. arthel: we have to leave it there. very nice to talk to you. take care. >> thank you. arthel: eric. eric: arthel, you know spring weather is finally here but how will you exactly stay six feet apart from somebody else, how will you maintain social distance? will you do that and keep your mask on a beautiful sunny spring day? we'll take a look at that, next. motor? nope. not motor? it's pronounced "motaur."

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arthel: new york governor andrew cuomo says at least 12% of residents who underwent an antibody test were infected with covid-19 at one point. this comes as the nypd is out in full force, making sure people follow social distancing

guidelines as the warm weather, well, it has arrived. aishah hasnie is live in new york city. hi, aishah. >> reporter: hi, there, arthel. yes, a lot of folks are out and about today in midtown manhattan, enjoying the nice, warm weather. new jersey's state parks are opening up today and this will be a test to see how people handle those social distancing guidelines in the warmer weather months. now, it is a big, bold move for new jersey, considering two days in a row this week new jersey reported more daily deaths than new york. yet, it has less than half the population of the empire state. today, that number did fall below new york's again. the nypd as you said has 1,000 officers out this weekend to enforce those guidelines, break up any crowds they see. in the meantime, new york's mta will start disinfecting subway trains every 24 hours. trains will shut down between 1:00 and 5:00 a.m. every night. here's governor cuomo.

>> i'm not going to say to essential workers you need to come every day, the food workers need to come, the nurses need to come, the doctors need to come and by the way, i don't know if i can tell you for sure that the trains and busses are clean. >> reporter: and the state also announced today that it will conduct antibody testing for those transit workers. so far, they've already done about 15,000 of these antibody tests and about 12% have tested positive. arthel. arthel: and aishah, sadly thousands have died in new york nursing homes. can you tell us more about that? >> reporter: yeah, the situation is not getting any better, arthel. in midtown manhattan there is a nursing home that is reporting 100 either suspected or confirmed deaths due to covid-19 and the governor of the state is really facing a lot of tough criticism now. especially for why the state

allowed nursing homes to admit sick patients into those homes. former governor told the new york post cuomo's handling of nursing homes was, quote, a disaster and called for an independent investigation. state officials have launched their own investigation into this and today governor cuomo announced that the state will be sending 7 million more masks to vulnerable populations, like those in nursing homes. arthel. arthel: that's good news and we all have to wear masks when we go outside. aishah hasnie, thank you. eric. eric: arthel, the life cycle of a typical east coast beach town, it's kind of unique. businesses boom during the summer and most of the winter it's shut tight. but as the summer is beginning to draw closer, the ongoing pandemic is becoming a cause for concern. for those who depend on the high season in their resort towns, molly line has more now from the

shore. >> reporter: with little guidance as to when covid restrictions will end, coastal communities that are dependents on seasonal tourism face a potential economic disaster unlike any they've seen before. on cape cod, usually busy businesses are closed. >> i'm sitting in an empty room with lots of tables and bar stools. never been done before this way. >> reporter: sam baxter is taking to-go orders but fear what will happen if covid restrictions remain and the water front restaurant founded by his father and grandfather in 1957 can't open for dine-in service soon. >> i really don't know if i'm going to make it. we'll see what happens. i know that people are just going to be practicing a different way to go out. >> reporter: even when businesses can reopen, the question remains, will tourists return? further south, a poll found more than half of people who planned

to visit the jersey shore this summer expect they won't go. 38% say probably not. 13% say definitely not. troubling numbers for those who depend on the short season. >> this is something i could have never, never imagined. >> reporter: the web of restaurants, bars, hotels and motels are already struggling and a looming kickoff holiday is being eyed with trepidation. >> without memorial day weekend itself, it will be catastrophic. businesses will close. unemployment will rise. the housing at the jersey shore is going to suffer tremendously. >> reporter: the financial toll of long closures at beach towns on the east coast could be calculated in the billions. molly line, fox news. arthel: trigic news for the -- tragic news for the family of a colorado paramedic. 66-year-old paul carrie lost his live to covid-19 while saving others in new york city. the father and grandfather was

one of many healthcare workers who answered new york city's 911 call to the nation, flying hundreds of miles away to help in the epicenter of the pandemic. kevin torres from our fox affiliate in denver has more. >> he was amazing. >> reporter: he carried a reputation. >> he was that guy that just took you under his wing. >> reporter: for keeping people close. >> he was the best husband. >> reporter: she will never forget. >> i met paul when i was 18 and a brand-new baby emt. >> reporter: he changed her life. >> you touch somebody's life for a few minutes, you choose to make that experience good or bad. >> reporter: he was dedicatedded to saving others. >> when you look at the lives saved, you're talking in the thousands. >> reporter: scott nelson came from the heart. >> he loved life, loved his family. >> reporter: heaven in his eye. >> that was his world. >> we lost someone who came to

our aid, to our defense. >> reporter: new yorkers reflected on his selfless and caring persona, with emergency personnel beaming with sadness and pride. >> to the carrie family, we honor paul's sacrifice. we honor what paul did. he clearly saved lives while he was here. >> reporter: one man, one moment. >> he was a really, really, really good guy. >> reporter: a legacy that will last a lifetime. >> he's going to be missed, for sure. arthel: paul carrie, god bless i and your family. and we'll be right back. at philadelphia, we know what makes the perfect schmear of cream cheese. you need only the freshest milk and cream. that one! and the world's best, and possibly only, schmelier. philadelphia. schmear perfection. there is one thing we can all do together:

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fertilizer plant yesterday. we cannot independently confirm the claims. this comes as the regime suffered a setback. thanks to the work november the family of otto warmbier. >> reporter: it looks like any youth hostel in a major city, the city, berlin. rooms cost $30 a night and trip advisor say see why so many make this their hotel of choice when visiting berlin. this place is no howard johnson's or marriott. authorities say it is owned by north korea and funnels $41,000 a month into the pockets of kim jong un's regime from unsuspecting guests. u.s. ambassador to germany rick gernell says it should be closed. >> our goal is to get this to shut down because it's inappropriate to have the north koreans collecting money in berlin while there are sanctions on the north korean regime i dia

the un. >> it is locate in the diplomatic compound in what was communist east berlin. it is leased to an independent company that runs it. that firm did not respond to our questions. german media reports say the company claimed to stop paying kim's regime three years ago. >> the north koreans have been doing it for a long time. if not for governments to stand up and specifically the trump administration to stand up and say this is a violation, it shouldn't happen, these types of businesses just continue. >> in january, a judge ordered the hostel closed and the german government agrees, saying we expect the order to be implemented once the court ruling takes legal fours. it's unclear when that will happen. cindy and fred warmbier say it should have already been done. their son, otto, was the college student who officials say was brutally tortured and sent home to die after being falsely

arrested by kim regime's in 2017. his father said kim has billions in swiss bank accounts and homes in switzerland and nobody challenges them on this. we are going to challenge north korea any way we can. >> i think it's important for the world to understand that the north korean state really operates and thinks like a criminal syndicate. >> a professor says the hostel is one example of how kim secretly finances the regime through foreign funds. >> it takes a lot of effort and work to go after north korea's illicit activities but it's the right approach. the international community has an obligation to try to do its best to try to stop the criminal proliferation of drugs, weapons and banned goods and counterfeit. >> grinel says shutting the hostel will show if un sanctions really work. >> it's not acceptable to just

raise your hand and say we're on board with sanctions but to have to leave the un chapter, have you to go back to the capital and implement the sanctions that you vote for. eric: north korea did not respond to our request for a comment but a judge has ordered the hostel to shut down, pending appeal. officials say they will next target other hotels that kim's regime also owns in europe, hotels and hostels that grinel says also violate un sanctions, like the one in berlin. arrest they'll. arthelarthel.arthel: consider a medical device that could pinpoint asymptomatic covid patients. could it be used at home to track the virus? we'll talk about that. guys! guys! safe drivers save 40%!!! safe drivers save 40%! safe drivers save 40%!!! that's safe drivers save 40%. it is, that's safe drivers save 40%. - he's right there. - it's him! safe drivers do save 40%. click or call for a quote today.

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artheleric: well, a life saving device can detect oxygen levels in your blood. it's become an indispensable tool for medical workers and it can help screen people those with coronavirus, especially those not preventing obvious symptoms. joining us now, dr. nina ratcliffe. i've got one of them, here it is right here. you go to the doctor, they put it on your finger to test your

oxygen level. why would this work like an early alarm? >> well, actually, eric, i do not recommend it. in fact, i caution against it. i know that everyone's eager to reopen our country. this invisible virus brought our world to a stand still. we want our children to get back to work, we want to get back to a new normal. we want to do it responsibly. we want to do it intelligently. we would love to have a device that we can have at our fingertips that is noninvasive, easy to understand but this is not it. it was not developed to work that way. and it cannot be adapted to work that way. and in fact, my concern is that it can give us a false sense of security that we're okay, that we don't have covid. but we know that many studies people who are infected with covid, about half of them don't even have symptoms. and the majority of people don't even have serious symptoms where the numbers would be low enough to cause caution. this can provide a false sense

of security. even if you have a good number, what was your number, do you have your number on there? eric: let me try it now. some of the studies -- i just turned it on. some of the studies say you could have hypoxia. you may be asymptomatic, you don't show it. if the number is really low, it is an alarm to show potentially you could have it. you don't think that is legitimate, then? >> no, i use the pulse objection i'oxymeterday in and day out. it was not designed for that purpose. one in three had numbers so low that they needed additional oxygen. there are times where this -- it just provides a false sense of security and it could cause panic if your number is low because maybe you didn't put it on correctly or your machine is not working properly. so there's a number of things, if you have nail polish on, don't have good circulation, the

temperature's cold, you can have a low number. eric: i'm at 98. out of what, 100? >> so essentially what that means to me, as a medical doctor, is that your partial pressure of oxygen is greater than 80. and how that's determined is by indirectly measuring what they call a wavelength. so when our protein versus a lost of oxygen on it, they're more red. they have a different wavelength than when they don't have it. and so then otherwise it's blue. so then it does a very fancy calculation to give us our numbers. but that has nothing to do with covid. again, most people are asymptomatic. their lungs haven't been affected. their oxygenating just fine. that can give a false sense of security where you may not wear a mask, you may want to visit grandma, you haven't seen grandma in a while or you may visit a friend who has cancer and so there's nothing that that number tells you.

it can't tell you don't have covid. it can't tell you that you don't have to wear a mask. it can't tell you anything that's useful. eric: all right. well, that's good advice. i know others say that it can be used but, you know, what is sad is that the engineer who designed it died today at 84 years old. so it certainly is a device that can be used for oxygen but nothing in it -- as the doctor says, don't rely on that. see your doctor if you have symptoms. dr. nina, thank you. and we'll be right back. y. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. stop chantix and get help right away if you have changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, depressed mood, ..

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they will. arthel: a quick reminder tomorrow, "america together, a town hall." jon: china facing new scrutiny stover he its coronavirus response. a leaked document is consistent with u.s. findings. good evening, i'm jon scott. the new developments come as the worldwide death toll tops 245,000. australia published the leaked document. it accuses the