"politics nation." tonight's lead this week in the spirit of unity, i made a moral appeal to the white house, to consider the homeless and the incarcerated amid the covid-19

crisis. to my surprise, donald trump called me to discuss it. he and i have exchanged some words over the years but we did talk about the fact that in the midst of this pandemic, people that may be on different sides politically must discuss and try to come to some kind of common ground to deal with those in this country and around the world that are most vulnerable. i wanted to raise the point of those that are homeless and those that are incarcerated. they must be part of the equation because it is a moral issue, it is a humanitarian issue and it is impractical to tell people that are homeless, that are not even in shelters to stay home. it is really against any form of logic to tell people incarcerated in 6 x 12 cells to

stay social distance six feet away from each other. so how do we test them and how do we make sure that they are not, in fact, ineffectifeb fin others. most people in jail have been convicted of nothing and therefore would be dealing with life sentences if they get the coronavirus while awaiting trial. he said he would consider it, made no promises, but the fact we talked helped put it on the national radar. we also had a discussion, various civil rights leaders and i, those of the urban league and derek johnson of the naacp, mel a -- melanie campbell and chuck schumer, we're challenging all sides of the leadership to do

what is right but don't forget the underserved communities and don't forget the most vulnerable. today where i do my weekly rallies in harlem every saturday, the national action, we gave prepackaged food to those tho nese who needed prepackaged deal. we're all together and we need to sometimes deal with adversaries so we can get past this together. on the show tonight, the economic impact that's about to hit us on when the specific focus on people of color. joining me is the mayor of san francisco. madam mayor, thank you for being with me. you chose earlier than most to have your city go into an area

really of shutdown, where the restaurants and the clubs and the spots like that were closed down and you've had people stay at home. how has that worked so far? >> well, it's of course been very challenging. it's been working. people have been keeping their distance and only going out for essential services. you see people out walking their dogs or walking with their family members, trying to com y comply. i think when i declared a state of emergency back in february when we had not one case in san francisco, that really started a chain of events in our city where people were beginning to get ready for what they knew might occur. not only a spike but also the possibility that they may not be going to work, there might be some serious changes in our economy and we need to get prepared. so for the most part, people have been complying.

we've been actually -- i know you mentioned the homeless population earlier. we have been working to acquire a number of hotels, which we have already in order to move some of our homeless people into those hotels and also with the whole social distancing, we have challenges in our shelters so we're going to be moving people out of some of our shelters into hotels so we can comply with the order. >> now, as mayor of a major city with a major economic community, an economic ramifications on the communities, both those that of high income and low income, as you look at the stimulus package being debated in the senate, i talked to a businessman friend of mine today who said they're going to needed 3 trillion because you're going to have to bring back businesses, look at low-income people that are going to have to be able to pay their bills, even if they are not at

this time evicted or foreclosed on, you're going to need a lot of money. as a mayor, what has been your appeal to those in the senate and to the white house on what resources are going to be needed to help through this period and after this period? >> well, the fact is there are so many people living paycheck to pay economic and oncheck and away from being homeless themselves. the fact that this money is not reaching our city is definitely problematic. we need more but they also need to move faster people have already been lay out. we put a moratorium on residence and commercial evictions. we not only extended sick leave to our city employees, but we put out $10 million of our city money to pay for private businesses to extend sick leave for their employees.

we worked with the state to embassy te extend the requirements for those getting laid off and coordinated with the private sector to invest and contribute to a fund where people who are struggling and they meet certain criteria, they can get money right away. we have to act sooner rather than later. we talk about a shelter in place, we want people to stay home. what happens if you have no income coming in and you can't go out and buy even some of the simple groceries that you need? we have to act sooner rather than later for artists, for musicians who are no longer playing at venues. they need relief. we have to be a lot more considerate towards the population we know will be most impacted. we already in california are in the midst of a homeless crisis and it's only going to get worse if we don't get support from our

federal government. there's only so much we can do loc locally but we're doing everything we can. >> there are different needs that survive paycheck to paycheck, some that live on tips, they can't hold on. many people do not understand while we're playing poll tickit washington, people on the ground, people on the other side of some of these cities that are of low income and that are making it the best way they can with an honest living, they can't wait on us to decide to play politics. listen to the president talking about economic incentives. >> we're not talking about a thousand dollars check, we're talking about much more than that. we're also talking about doing phases. if this doesn't work, we're going to keep going until we get it going and, frankly, once we get the economy back and once this enemy is defeated, the invisible enemy, as i call it and we get the economy back, it's going to all come back to us very quickly. >> what do you feel about what

the president and the white house is saying and what incentives do you need as a mayor of a major city that has really understood all sides? i frequently come to san francisco, we have chapters out there of national action network and everyone says you are one that really understands all sides of the city. it not just a golden gate bridge there, there are different sides that you've had to manage. what do you need to hear from them that you can give some kind of comfort and some realistic, not some unrealistic comfort to your constituents? >> we don't need to hear the talk about what the economy is going to do in the future. we need support now. when you've had to live paycheck to paycheck, when you've lived in poverty like i have and sadly like so many residents are all over this country, you don't want to hear talk, you want to see the results. the reality is the impacts on our economy are going to last,

even the impacts of what we're dealing with around this public health crisis so part of what we have to do fast and we have to do now is mitigate those impacts by taking into consideration things that we normally don't look at, including our homeless population, including those who work for small businesses, those who are laid off who don't necessarily qualify for unemployment insurance, our immigrant community. like all of these things matter and the need to get something going sooner rather than later and to make it easier for people to access food, for them to be able to stay in the homes they live in or to be provided with access to homes, this is going to be critical to our ability to get through even the public health challenges we're dealing with. the economy is going to feel this for i think many years to come, but the fact is we need to act now in order to help get so many people through what we know is going to be a very challenging time.

it's already been this way in other countries. we can see from their examples in italy and iran and other places that this is a problem and if we don't act faster than what we're doing to deal with the public health challenges as well as the economy simultaneously, we are going to be in trouble and here in san francisco we're doing everything we can in the state of california but it is definitely challenging not seeing the leadership and the support from our federal government. our delegation from san francisco and the bay area is incredible. they're fighting what seems to be an uphill battle with the president who still -- i really don't know where the president is on this. i hear the conversations, i hear the misinformation, i hear the divisiveness around calling this a chinese virus. now is not the time for that. time is to come together to distribute resources, to lead our country and move us in the right direction. time is not on our side at this point. >> all right. i think the urgency of now is

what we all must deal with. >> yes. >> thank you so much, mayor. happening now, florida governor ron desantis is holding a press conference regarding a fight regarding the coronavirus. let listen in for a minute. >> we're asking all these questions about all kind of these really, really far out things. i would just tell everyone just keep cool and calm down. there's no need to panic about this. you just need to take the proper precautions and take the proper steps to protect yourself. at the end of the day if you follow the basic rules that the cdc has recommended, such as maintaining good hygiene, washing your hands religiously, maintaining proper social distance from people, you are going to be okay if you follow those guidelines. and you're the -- individual floridians are the best people who can really help us get past

this and successfully past it. and remember, this is something -- it's a contagious viral infection but it's not something like the measles where if you had an unvaccinated population, someone walks through the room just by being around you could potentially breathe in and get the measles. this is something that is passed along with person-to-person contact. most of the infections are going to be from that. it's passed on when you have respiratory droplets when somebody coughs and niessneezes. if you're in close contact with someone within six feet, especially for a sustained period of time. can you get it by toughing a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching your face. but that's not the main way. the main way is close contact with somebody who is infected. >> we will keep you posted if

more comes out of the news conference. now for the politics of the coronavirus, joining me is know -- noelle, an author. as i was listening to the governor of florida and talking about how you can be infected or not and the fact that he did not close the beaches where you had thousands of beaches, youngsters in many ways talking about social distancing was turned on his head, all of what he was talking about really does not follow the policies that he displayed and many are criticizi criticizing. >> right, reverend al. you know, independent sitting here in florida as we speak,

specifically palm beach. palm beach was one of the first to close its public beaches, which i commend them for. they took this very seriously. i don't know why the governor of florida did not act quicker, especially sense florida is a main staple to a lot of teen-agers for spring break. even governors like governor hutch hutchinson of arkansas, which didn't have that many cases, he had more mandatory shuttings than governor desantis. i'm not really sure other than maybe he just decided he felt he put enough things in order. i really don't know. but a lot of republicans were not very pleased with the fact that it was slow to happen, and there were so many teen-agers not only in south beach and different peaches in southern florida, but they were laughing and partying and pretty much

making fun of what was going on. >> and some of them could have gone home after spring break and infected others. i mean, the dangers that it caused seemed totally reckless from my vantage point and i don't understand what this governor didn't get. it's not like spring break is something new. it's been going on forever. you know it's going to happen and you know we're in the middle of a pandemic. this is not a joke and is not a dress rehearsal. this is the real deal. >> well, you're right, reverend al. this is why a will the lot of p florida were very upset. we have a lot of retired people in the state of florida. the whole state. the fact that there were mass amounts of teen-agers that were headed down here, first of all, governor desantis should have gotten ahead of this. second of all, the parents of all these children that let

their kids, whether they're in college or high school or whatever come down here and get in a car, that was horrible, too. there are a lot of fingers to blame. ultimately just like governor cuomo in new york says, if you want to end the blame, you got to end it with the governor and governor desantis should have acted a lot quicker, not only for the retired people that live here and have residency in florida, but for the rest of us that are here that, you know, the teen-agers think it was a joke. >> well, we're also dealing with the whole economic help that is needed as they debate the second part of the stimulus plan to deal with this. listen to senator chuck schumer on who should get economic help first. >> workers first. that's our motto and what we're proposing. that means help for all workers, service workers, industry workers, factory workers, office tower workers, small business

workers, gig workers, freelancers, bartenders, retail workers, airline attendants and so many more. we owe a great deal of gratitude to the working people of america, whether they be blue collar or white collar. >> there is a concern, noelle that the bailout that comes about does not just go to big corporations. many of us remember in '08 a lot of those corporations reinvested that money in buying their own stock and didn't look out for workers, didn't look out for those that most needed it and i was part of many of the civil and human rights leaders that had a conference call with senator schumer this afternoon. he was getting ready to meet with secretary mnuchin and they are going back and forth on what will be acceptable. >> what do you hope to see come out? certainly they need to get a lot more money to the people. what do you in your perspective

think is something that is the bottom of what they could come out with, the least they can come out with that would effectively help people that are suffering at this time to no fault of their own? >> well, you know, reverend al, that's a great question. we are looking for extreme leadership here. we have a crisis now. it's not going to be 30 days from now. it's right now. and we have an obligation, the republicans, the democrats, all parties have an obligation to protect the workers, to protect the middle class, to protect the poor, but we also have, you know, a duty to protect the people that give us jobs, the business owners. you know, with the stock buybacks, you know, there's arguments for and against it. you talk to an economist, depends on which view you're looking at but a lot of the buybacks, a lot of the reasons the company did that is because they owe a responsibility to the shareholders, too. so there are a lot of people that are feeling pain in this.

obviously the first priority is to get the person living check to check, the working man, the working woman to get money in their pocket. that is the need right now. that is the need. and i think a lot of people, reverend al, are going to need to know who they call? where do they call? where is this thousand dollars, $2,000, whatever it is, as soon as working people can find out where their next check is going to come from, i think the better off we are. a lot of other things that people are wondering about is the guy that owns the restaurant. he's got to make a mortgage payment. so a rent payment to himself facility for his restaurant or -- or whatever business. >> and his workers that survive on tips, you can't replace that. churches that cannot have services now, many of whom depend on their parishioners giving in the collection, they can't get that back. there are going to be a lot of

things that cannot make up what it has lost, no fault of their own. >> true. but if you notice one good thing that happened is immediately donald trump did move the tax date that's looming, april 15th, he moved it to july 15th. whatever, you know, business sector you're in, a lot of people have to pay $50 taxes, a thousand dollars taxes, $50,000 taxes, whatever your taxes are, he's moved the ball immediately so people don't have to worry about are they going to get penalized with taxes, too. the next step, i feel like democrats, republicans, everybody needs to take together is where do these people that need that thousand dollars, $2,000 a month from the government, where do they go and apply for this so that they can get that money today? they can get that money next week. >> and what are the qualifications to get that money

and how much because we're hearing they're going to are scaled out. is the scale fair and is the scale going to deal with those that need it most? noelle nikpour, thanks for being with us. >> coming up, the impact of the coronavirus on communities of color. we'll be right back. ronavirus o color. we'll be right back. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements-neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration.

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welcome back to politi "pol nation." with confirmed cases of the coronavirus multiplying every day, black communities may be uniquely at risk as they are overrepresented among low-wage workers who don't have job that don't provide a single day of paid sick leave. some even with no medical insurance. and are also likely to work in the industries currently experiencing massive layoffs as the economy grinds to a halt for

all but, quote, essential worke workers. joining me is dr. cory abear, chief editor of the black news channel and ceo of black health tv. doctor, break down for our viewers why this is of a particular concern in the black community because we are overindexed in all of the bad areas in terms of health problems and we are overindexed in terms of being underserved. so it is clear that we would be the ones that should be most concerned and sometimes the most neglected when we talk about health services. >> yes. i mean, well, we've known that for a long time, reverend. that's not something new and i think that black people when this coronavirus pandemic first started, there was a myth out

that black people couldn't even get this. we had about two weeks where black people thought they couldn't get it. in new orleans and louisiana the first two people that died were black. so we already -- >> no, we couldn't get the test. it wasn't that we couldn't get the coronavirus. but go ahead. >> exactly. exactly. and what you have to remember is that people are thinking that african-americans are obviously having the most issue with the economic part, but i want them to realize that black people are going to have a lot of issue with the way that this is spreading because i know you've been to rwuhan, china. a lot haven't, i have. when you look at the amount of people, the density, that looks like new york, atlanta, new york city. we are at the beginning of the middle of this right now. i say that because what's going to happen in the next week or so is that we're going to have these tests readily available, the numbers are going to skyrocket, people are going to

panic and when you panic, people start getting more anxious, they start getting less afraid because they're like either this is real or it's not so they get polar. but if they feel it's real they're going to panic. when you increase your panic, you increase your cortisol. your immune system goes down, your immune system when it's down, you're more apt to get the disease, which means the more you panic, the more you're likely to get this devastating disease. we to -- everybody has to act as if we have it and use the a acronym w.i.n. we talk about flattening that curve, flattening the curve means that we don't want everyone to be expose pd at one time because we know the

incubation period is about 14 days. if sh's haeverybody's hanging o central park, everybody's going to come to the hospital at the same time. we don't have enough resources to deal with that. we want people to keep their distance. the same amount of people are going to get infected over time. we want them to come and be infected in spurts as opposed to all at one time. if it's 100,000 in central park at one time, they're all going to come at one time. if we have 10,000 per day at the hospital for ten straight days,y canhandle that but we cannot handle 100,000 at one people. >> listen to governor andrew cuomo asking for help with medical supplies. ppe, masks, gowns, i'm asking all providers and companies in this business, we will pay a

premium for these products. a mask is not a complicated item to make. a ppe gown is not a complicated item. gloves, night trial gloves are not a complicated item. if you can make them, we will give you funding to do it. >> he is asking for supplies. they did not have the supplies, they're just starting to get some. part of what many of us are raising is as the supplies come in, will they also equally service underserved communities, black communities and communities of color that don't have as many of the health facilities and the health outlets that they're talking about? when the president talked about they're going to distribute a lot of this to 2,000 medical centers, where are they and how accessible are they to our community? when you talk about drive-by

testing, what about the people that are in communities that don't have cars? how do you do a drive-by test? there are unique questions that are being raised about the unique social dynamics of being black in america. >> exactly. what i want you to really think about is that we're talking about the protective gear, okay? let's go a little bit further. i'm a doctor. i have practiced medicine for 25 years. for the last five weeks before covid-19 became in the forefront and our president didn't ever put it in the forefront for people to know, doctors were seeing 35, 45 patients a day thinking it was flu. so what's going to happen, okay, is the people now, those doctors that were exposed to covid-19 because they weren't wearing anything because they didn't know about covid-19 are going to all start getting infected and showing symptoms. they're going to get the tests because doctors are getting the test and then what's going to

happen is those doctors will then have to quarantine themselves. those nurses, those medical office assistants and once that happens, there's going to be a doctor shortage. when you know there's a doctor shortage, don't worry about masks about your hospital in the hood. there won't be a medical professional at your hospital or your doctor's office in the hood. and that is going to be when the rubber really hits the road, when people don't even have access to doctors and that is when i'm -- i'm really okay with this, ref rent al. i know we're going to get this. i've worked through this. it's just how scarred are we're going to be as an african-american community to get through this. >> absolutely. >> if they get the flu -- if they get a cold, we get the flu, always. >> let me ask you this before we go because there's another aspect that concerns me. for example, under the los

angeles stay-at-home order, marijuana dispensaries are considered essential services alongside grocery stores and pharmacies and hardware stores. meanwhile, thousands of black and brown people are sitting in jail cells at greater risk of the contagion for selling marijuana. the dispensaries are left open as being essential, but those that have sold it are in jail for selling marijuana. is it time to commute those sentences in the name of both justice and public health? >> we should have been commuting those sentences a long time ago, but reverend al, don't forget this. public health is a four legged stool. you got public outcry, economics, politics and science. science is always last. we need to make sure public outcry at least can get our brothers out of jail that are

doing time for something that surfers on the beaches in malibu are hanging out and smoking. you got to get us out of jail for that. science should prevail but it never does when it comes to this. it's so long outcry and politics. we have to play politics to get our brothers out of jail for that for sure. >> doctor, thank you for being with us. >> coming up coronavirus's impact on black universities. we'll be right back. k. everything's stuck in the drawers! i'm sorry! oh, jeez. hi. kelly clarkson. try wayfair! oh, ok. it's going to help you, with all of... this! yeah, here you go. thank you! oh, i like that one! [ laugh ] that's a lot of storage! perfect. you're welcome! i love it. how did you do all this? wayfair! speaking of dinner, what're we eating, guys? so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support,

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someone who tested positive for covid-19. we're going to get through this. this is a new reality for folks all over this country. >> welcome back. schools and universities all over the country are keeping their students home in an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus. and hvcus are no exception. but while many primarily white institutions have large endowments and thousands of wealthy alumni to fall back on, hvcus are still dealing with the legacy of historical disenfranchisement and some leaders feel their schools and students may never recover from this crisis. joining me is wayne frederick, president of howard university. dr. frederick, let me say for people tonight know why this is

such an important issue, because hbcus may represent a small number of total colleges in the united states, but 40% of black members of congress were hbcu graduates, in addition to all black lawyers and 80% of all black judges. wi these closures have a ripple effect on black leadership for years ahead in this country, don't they? >> that's correct. we represent a significant pipeline that has diversified many fields in this country, as you just demonstrated in that graphic. just as important as we look at this current generation, we look at howard university, 49% of my students actually are program eligible. these students are coming for financial circumstances that leave them disadvantaged and

we're giving they an opportunity to really get into some of these professions, et cetera. and something like this could really devastate that pipeline and really impact their ability to matriculate at our universities and colleges. >> so when we look at the closure of hbcus, we're looking at the fact that for a generation or two, it could be a major impact on where we get black lawyers, black doctors, black members of congress, black judges, we're talking about a whole social shift in terms of black community empowerment and the social standing and development of our entire race in this country. >> yeah. you have to remember that right now we actually are already in a crisis. when you look at medical school applicants, for instance, there were more black men who applied to medical school back in 1978 than did in 2014-2015 academic

year. howard university sends more. s to -- african-americans to medical school than anyone in this country. so if you start closing that pipeline, you're absolutely right. and that's just one example. there's several other industries and fields of study where you can really harm that pipeline and, therefore, change the entire landscape of what it looks like. despite the fact that we only represent 3% of higher ed institutions in this country. so you're slightly right. that is something that i think we all need to be concerned about. >> we always hear people say they only represent 3% and these days blacks can go to other schools, ivy league schools, but you still produce the most black professionals in hbcus. so in 2020, it is just as relevant and needed as it was

before when we couldn't go to the ivy league schools. >> well, i'm going to say something here that probably will be a little more provocative. i would say it's probably even more necessary now. i'll give you some statistics to support that. when you look at the -- when you look at the undergrad schools that supply them, again, if you look at that data in particular, howard university in the past decade has sent just as many african-americans from our ubd grads to programs all around this country, as many as m.i.t., harvard as yale. you're talking about potentially $120 billion against 700 million. >> wow. >> you really see the impact despite the fact we're punching well above our weight. so today i would argue that it's

absolutely critical that these institutions are served well and in a circumstance like this where to find that we could be in a very severe recession, our institutions can be hurt even more so than the rest of the higher ed landscape. >> has anyone spoke to you, other hbcu presidents that there ought to be an emphasis and probably even more resources took into hbcus as they entertain that part of it because you are more impacted than other colleges? >> yes. have i to admit our congressman and congresswoman, as well as a few senators have reached out. as you know, representative add amounts started an hbcu focus so she's been at the forefront of it, senator von holland has

reached out as well, we sent a letter to senator harris. she's been advocating to take a good look at it, the senator from oregon as well. so there are quite a few people who have reached out and touched base with us who have been an i that within that, we're going to have a significant disruption as a result of this pandemic. they also appreciate the fact that these issues in particular could be harmed even more so. >> we're going to stay on. this people need to know the difference in different communities. as we go through this, we're all in this together. but we don't enter in an equal way. president of the university, thank you very much. up next, my final thoughts. ity, thanyok u very much. up next, my final thoughts when you shop with wayfair, you spend less and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than one.

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