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we are all eager to get america back to business again and that is what we'll focus on this hour. president trump is pushing hard for reopening and against state plans to stay closed. he is planning a briefing at the white house in a few hours. across the country, though, opinions are mixed. most of us are feeling a financial strain, perhaps you too. some of us are running out of time and money. we will take you to a variety of states and talk to the leaders that will make the decisions about what will open and when. kentucky's governor has a different view from the president about what should happen next, he will join us in a built. we begin with the push to restart the economy, that includes different protests with different purposes. many doctors and researchers have said it is too soon to get everyone back to work. contrast that with a protest that started a few hours ago in annapolis, maryland, a group called reopen maryland is demonstrating for what they argue is their right to get back

to work. a similar protest is happening today in texas. we've already sen demonstrations from north carolina to california. and this as maryland has a jump in cases, nearly 500 deaths. what is bringing people out to this protest? is it political, economic, or a bit of both? >> reporter: joshua, it seems like a bit of both. the honking has seemed to die down because much of this protest was happening with people in cars driving around the circle behind me. they seem to have stopped, they'd been going a few hours. the crux of the message was they want republican governor of maryland, larry hogan, to reopen the state. he said the way cases have been continuing to rise here, while he understands the frustration, now is not the time to do so. we already saw also that he pushed school closures until may

15th. on the other hand, though, organizers of the protest behind me say they would like to see a phase 1 by may 1, a phase one reopening by the first of the month. that remains unlikely, but as the governor is continuing to mull what a reopening would look like, parameters need to be met, including more protective equipment and things like that. things that the states are looking for and may not have. i want to play a chunk of our interview with one of the event organizers here and what she said this whole protest is about. what would you say to people who are skeptical when they see a protest like this? why are people out of their house, why are they not okay listening to the government, what would you say to that? >> if you are sick or immuno compromised, don't feel well, stay home, you should do that. but those of us who can want to work and able to, we should do that too. who's to say what's good or

right for 25 million people to get out of work, for minority, we are acknowledging there are some challenges there but the other side of that, those numbers are not adding up. >> reporter: the thing is, too, josh, she makes it sound simple, if you're healthy go out, if you're sick stay home. but experts say in order for states to reopen, testing is going to have to happen at a higher clip. joshua. >> now let's head to texas where governor greg abbott is working to slowly reopen that state, that's despite issues with getting statewide testing for the virus. right now texas has more than 18,300 confirmed cases and 566 known deaths. how are officials working to ramp up testing? priscilla thompson is live in

houston with more. what's being done right now? >> reporter: there were a number of testing sites that opened here in the houston area this week. one we're seeing more public/private partnerships. walgreens came in and opened two sites with the states, they'll be rapid response sites that prioritizes first responders, so if they think they're sick, they can get in and have the results in 15 minutes as opposed to waiting days and get back out there. the other thing the county has implemented these mobile testing sites like the one i'm at, a spran van or truck that will come out and provide testing in neighborhoods not near the testing sites to reach communities that may be impacted but we don't know because people aren't going to the testing sites. we spoke to a local official who

said these sites are important, especially given the landscape of texas. take a listen. >> we don't have the mass transit system people have on the east coast and other major cities around the country. so it's important to try and get testing facilities in our neighborhoods. it would be nice if we had the supplies and all the things we need to have permanent testing sites everywhere, but it's such a massive area to do that. >> reporter: so the next issue here is going to be scaling. so this pop up site i'm at can only do around 100 tests a day, and the wall green sites i mentioned are only testing about 200 people at each site. so the goal now is to see an increase and the governor says he wants to see testing continue to increase daily, hopefully with a larger influx at the end of the month. >> thank you, priscilla. new york has the most coronavirus cases. do you know which state has the

fewest? wyoming it has 305 cases and two deaths. they reported their first fatality this week. the public health restrictions are set to expire on may 30th. it may seem like the prime candidate to open there, but the governor, mark gordon, said it's too early to consider that. >> if someone thinks easing restrictions placed will lead to an immediate return to normal, they need to think again. it is critical that we continue to stay the course and adhere to the public health orders currently in place. while we continue to see variations on numbers of new cases and it's regionally -- how it's regionally allocated it remains too early to see if we are near the peak of these illnesses yet. >> joining us is seth clemen.

welcome to the program. >> thanks for having me. >> the governor has not given a solid answer when he might begin lifting statewide restrictions. what is the biggest factor that will drive him to set a date? >> i think the press conference he gave last week was the most forward looking. he started talking about a transition period, a stabilization period. i think he and our state health officer are going to look more at the curve, how many cases we're going to see, deaths we're going to see in the coming weeks. as you noted we had two deaths confirmed last week, our first two, our projected peak has been end of april, early may, so the next two weeks will be critical as he looks at extending the orders, changing them, loosening them, modifying them. >> how are wyoming residents dealing with this? is it a public health crisis, it

is a public health nuance? >> it's a mix. if you talk to health care providers they say it's serious. i think there's going to be people who don't support these restrictions on everyday life. i think obviously people are taking it seriously, increasingly so as we take more cases. i think it's a mix. if you go to the supermarket or out, some people are wearing masks and some aren't. but there's been a tampering down of public life, people going out on the streets and just emerging from their houses. >> it seems like wyoming, i'm gue guessing, does not feel hard hit, its a one of the states that has not enacted a staid wide stay-at-home order, so has life changed that much? >> sure. schools have been closed here for about a month. a lot of public facing businesses, gyms, salons, tattoo parlors have been closed about a month, restaurants only do curb

side pickup. we haven't had the shutdown order every other state has but public spaces have been closed and if you go out and about, you see -- you feel that, you see that. so we haven't had the shutdown order that has cleared the streets maybe as much as they could be, but there's certainly more of a change than there was six weeks ago. >> who would you say is the hardest hit by this? >> sure. titon county, which is jackson is the center of it on the way western part of the state, they have the highest per 1,000 caseload, just over 60 if my memory is right as of last night. fremont county, which is a rural area, landers, a small town there, had a cluster tied to an assisted living home. here in the middle of the state, a behavioral health institute has a pretty big cluster as

well, at least 22 cases. so i would say lander, the hospitals in fremont county has been pretty hard hit and titon county, which is a little bit more infrastructure is right behind them. >> seth of the casper star tribune. thanks for talking to us. >> of course. we have more to come on msnbc. kentucky is our next stop. how close is it to opening up. the governor, andy bashir, has set specific benchmarks for that. we'll ask him about that next as our trip across america continues. in nearly 100 years serving the military community, we've seen you go through tough times and every time, you've shown us, you're much tougher your heart, courage and commitment has always inspired us and now it's no different so, we're here with financial strength, stability and experience you can depend on and the online tools you need

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so we mentioned that wyoming only has a few hundred cases, but there are still places with zero confirmed cases. those include metcalfe county, kentucky, about 60 miles east of bowling green. it's very rural with about

10,000 residents, that low population density they say is why there are no cases. but a top medical director said all the counties have them, they have not been tested. kentucky has more than 2,500 confirmed cases and more than 130 known deaths. they've set seven benchmarks for returning the state to normal. bashir says kentucky will need to see new cases drop for two weeks before easing restrictions. that is among the more tangible criteria reflecting the white house's guidance, others include a vaccine and effective treatment. adding to that pressure, ohio's governor, mike dewine plans to

reopen that state on may 1st. joining us to discuss all of this is andy bashir of kentucky. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. let me say what you say every day, we're going to get through this and get through this together. >> i wonder with r5rd to getting through it what the biggest factor is in terms of getting through it, in terms of whether or not you should be leaning toward or away from lifting restrictions, what's the biggest t factor on your mind? >> when we got the guidance from the white house this week, i was pleased. when we looked at what the prerequisites to opening up were and the fazed approach they had, it was very similar to what we were thinking. we have taken significant action

in kentucky to protect our people. we have changed our way of life, our economy and it has worked. we have flattened a curve in kentucky that i think is one of the best in the country and i'm proud of our people for doing that. the first thing that we're going to look for is that we are past the peak, though ours is a plateau and we are on the downward slope. the second thing we look for is that we have the testing and the tracing capacity so that we can rapidly test folks and then ultimately have self-quarantines when they're necessary. we have to have the necessary ppe both for our hospitals to be able to open up, do elective procedures but there's also going to need to be ppe in the form of masks and gloves at our places of business. we have to make sure that we can protect our nursing homes and our senior living facilities. we are seeing the coronavirus get into more and more into kentucky and it just ravages those populations, and those are

our parents and grandparents. every step we take, every industry we look at, one thing we have to say is, first what's our ability to test and trace there, but second how close are they to those most at-risk populations? like governor dewine who we work close with, we see easing some restrictions, even as we get closer, even before may, those are probably small steps in our health care sector, but then as we move through may having certain specific areas we may be able to start making some changes in, but it's got to be gradual, and it's got to be data driven. we have sacrificed so much to save lives we have to make sure we don't give up at halftime, we don't start looking at the next game, we continue to win the next fight. >> do you feel like you and ohio are playing the same game right now? they have concrete plans to start reopening, how is the coordination going?

>> mike dewine and i have known each other since we were attorneys general together we talk at least once a week, we talked when we were putting in different steps, we talked about different things and i believe what he's doing and we're doing is pretty similar. i believe the other six governors, aside from us, or five governors aside from us that we are now coordinating with are all about in the same place. it's just sometimes the rhetoric that's out there gets in the way of actual concrete steps that people are taking. the science that they're following. we're all looking at the same guidelines i think and we all want to protect our people. >> there's been rhetoric of many different kinds, including some of the cultural fault lines that have sprung up as a result of this, there's been a number of lawsuits over measures you have taken to stop the spread of coronavirus in kentucky, there's a federal lawsuit from a church in kentucky that held easter services despite a statewide

stay in place order, they say you violated their first amend religious freedom rights. how do you respond to that claim? i see where they're coming from, but what do you think? >> it's amazing that one group that wasn't following the guidelines gets so much attention when we have over 6,000 churches and houses of worship that were doing the right thing. when we look back at last sunday, we only had one mass gathering in the entire state, isn't that incredible? that the state has come together in that way. people of different denominations or that would be going to other types of meeti s meetings, all but one made the right decision to protect each other. that is passing the test of humanity, and that's what this coronavirus is. it's knowing our decisions could impact and kill someone we don't know. and are we willing to change our life in a way to protect that person? we're passing that here in kentucky. now let me say i'm a person of

deep faith, church is very important to my family and my son was supposed to get baptized on sunday. our houses of worship have a number of options both virtual and we allow drive-in services here in the state, which some other states don't. the church in question you're talking about had both virtual and a drive-in option. all we were saying is don't have a third option where you spread the coronavirus because some of our church won't be there by christmas if we're having an in-person service right now. >> before i ask how you're doing working with washington, what did you decide in terms of the baptism? did you do anything on easter sunday, did you postpone it? that had to be tough. >> that's my son, will. my kids are a year apart. lila will be next year. he's an amazing kid. he told me, dad, i was really looking forward to this day but if it's going to help keep other people safe, i'm willing to

wait. that made me a proud dad in a lot of different ways. we're going to make sure we wait. we'll do it in person. we did watch our easter service virtually and they were able to take our kids through a zoom meeting, had put together an amazing song, and it was incredible. i think our whole congregation saw that and we knew in that instance that we were doing the right thing and that the joy that those kids were singing together and the way we were doing it, while we weren't there together spiritually, we were all together. >> let me ask you about your dealings with capitol hill. there's been an array of opinions about how different governors have dealt with closures. senator rand paul had his say about the measures you've taken, he's referred to them as totalitarian. how difficult does that criticism make it in a practical sense to deal with it in kentucky, is that mostly

politics or does that have a real world impact? >> rand paul doesn't have to make the decisions that a governor has to make that determine life or death. if we had not taken the steps we had taken. if we hadn't been willing to sacrifice, to shut down small businesses and so many have had to shutdown, if we hadn't taken steps that have so many people not going to work, and we hurt for them, but you know what, they are bought in. they know why we're making this sacrifice. we would have lost significantly more people than we have. i know this state is more united than ever before, despite some of the politics or tweets, or a couple dozen people that might not think the coronavirus is real, my state is more united than i have ever seen. no republicans, no democrats, just americans versus the coronavirus. that's what we got. we have an adversary that doesn't care about what state you're in, county line, doesn't

care about your politics, it is just deadly and spreads so quickly. and any individual's decision can ultimately protect or lead to the harm of another person. more than any crisis we've ever faced, everybody matters in this, every decision, every day. and our residents have responded in a way that makes me so proud to be their governor. >> there have been calls to expand medicaid in kentucky, what do you think of that? >> we expanded medicaid. we expanded medicaid a number of years ago, and i believe health care is a basic human right. i want to do more. i'd like to see better preventative programs. we work really hard on them. one of my first acts as governor was to rescind a medicaid waiver that would have kicked almost 100,000 people off their coverage. think if we were in the middle of this coronavirus virus and 100,000 kentucky-ans weren't

covered. i'm for the private insurance market and i'm promedicaid. when we look at our state and why we're concerned about the coronavirus, we need to get healthier. we're in the top in diabetes, heart disease and lung cancer. that means the coronavirus can take more of us per capita than other places. that factored into the steps we made. but i also hope we come out of the coronavirus committed to being healthier, committed to addressing inequalities to access in many health care and ultimately we have made good decisions. we have been good people and good neighbors willing to sacrifice during this. i hope when we come out of it we realize that everybody is our neighbor, regardless of our political party and we can be such better people that we can be a united kentucky and a united country again. >> governor andy bashir of kentucky. governor, thanks for making time for us. >> thank you for having me.

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in south carolina, the governor and the mayor of the capitol have different opinions on lifting restrictions. the mayor, steven benjamin is at odds with the governor, henry mcmaster. the mayor supported a city wide curfew and pushing for stronger stay-at-home orders. the governor wants to start opening businesses by next month. mcmaster announced a task force that will get the economy, in his words, humming by the end of

june. south carolina has more than 4,000 confirmed cases and rising as well as 116 deaths. joining us now is the mayor of columbia, south carolina, steven benjamin. welcome to the program. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk about the governor's plan to get everyone back to work. wants to open some businesses in may, all others in june. what will that take to make it happen? >> it's important we don't get stuck around dates, the president did it several times, talked about easter and different dates. we need to follow data, not dates. south carolina has yet to peak. may 1st is when we're expected to peak. we started slow in south carolina, like a number of southern states did. as a result we had significant infections, 4,000 cases, over 100 precious souls lost. we need to make sure the virus is no longer spreading with widely, make sure we have a robust and strong health care system and put in place in the

state a robust testing structure that allows people to return to work quickly and safely. >> how have things been going in columbia, particularly the relationship with the state government? >> sure. we were ahead of the curve. we established a stay at home, stay safe order a couple days after charleston did we invested in our own testing structure, purchased over 3,000 tests, used to first responders and front line staff. we see a spike somewhere in the community that has a significant need that's not being met by the private sector or by the state, we put in place a $6.5 million economic stimulus to help keep our small businesses up and running. and that's been going famously well. we've been ahead of the curve and trying to be thoughtful because we have so many different considerations. i will tell you essential business, non-essential business, every business is

essential to the person running it. but our calculus is what can we do together to save lives. we have to follow the data, not be stuck on some date. >> before i let you go, what's the one biggest thing that you as mayor of columbia need right now to serve the citizens of your city? particularly those who are the hardest hit, before we go? >> we all need tests. i think we all need robust infrastructure that allows us to test, contract trace so people have data to allow us to make decisions. i think often we don't understand that our citizens make difficult decisions every day. we can trust people if we give them data by taking care of our collective, by acting collectively we'll save lives, and that's our goal. >> mayor benjamin, thanks for talking to us. >> thank you, god bless you. in vermont some folks could

get back to work as soon as monday with strict social distancing. it's part of the governor's phase one plan to restart the economy. >> we've developed a plan to allow certain businesses, such as property management and one to two person crews of workers in construction and similar trades. as well as low or no contact professional services, like appraisers, realtors, municipal clerks and attorneys to get back to work beginning april 20th. this will not be an opening of the floodgates. instead, we will slowly turn on the spigot. >> vermont has more than 800 confirmed cases and 38 deaths. yesterday, its health commissioner said he believes the caseload is leveling off. joining us to discuss it is ann galw galway, the founder and editor of vt digger. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> vermont is bordered by states with a lot of cases, new york

and massachusetts, how has that influenced the governor's decision to begin easing restrictions? >> yeah, so we have had a response to social distancing for some time and it's really been -- >> i think you need to mute your computer, we're getting feedback. >> sorry. okay. is that better? >> see how hard it is when you have to be your own tv studio. it's not fair. it's not fair. but it's okay. how has that been going in terms of dealing with new york on one side, massachusetts on the other side and vermont wedged in between. how has that effected the discussion about reopening? >> the governor put in a quarantine order two weeks ago, so anyone who comes to the state has to quarantine for at least 14 days. and it's going to be a long time before airbnb, for example, is able to operate here in the state again. they basically stopped allowing any reservations until october.

so we have -- this is a tourist state, that's the third largest part of our economy, and that's of great concern to everyone here, but until we're able to see changes in the region, i doubt that the state is going to open up tourism in a serious way, which could have a dramatic impact on the economy in the summer. >> what is the bite on tourism in vermont look like? are there any parts that have been hit harder than others? >> the ski industry was hit very hard. luckily it was the end of the season but every ski area closed at the end of the march, that's the period of time, the last six weeks, is very important to the industry. and typically this time of year you see industry would be selling passes, you know, season passes for the next year. so that hasn't happened yet. and the jury is out on when that will take place, we have a lot

of weddings here in the summertime and of course hiking and biking, all part of our economy here in vermont. >> what's your sense of how folks in vermont are feeling about it? do they support it, are they concerned about it, what's your read? >> i think there's a lot of faith in the way governor phil scott and the administration and lawmakers have handled this whole thing. it's been a highly nonpartisan issue in our state. people understand that this is about saving lives. this is about protecting older people and people who are vulnerable. and the governor just says that over and over again. and i think his message has been heard. there has been, you know, some frustration, but i think that largely people have truly been willing to do their part. you know, the schools were closed march 15th, bars and restaurants were closed march 15th. we now have a 30% unemployment rate. people are suffering. i think people are actually more concerned about the fact that

the states had trouble getting unemployment benefits out -- they're more concerned about that right now than they are even the slow economy rollbacks that we're seeing -- or the slow rollback with some of the covid distancing. >> you said 30% unemployment? 3-0 percent? >> that's correct. >> ann galloway of vt digger. thanks very much. >> thank you. we checked in on a number of smaller states. next we head to the biggest, california, how ready is it to reopen? we look to see when their plan might realistically pull forward. also this year is the 50th year of lgbt pride but in san francisco the parade is cancelled. how will the lgbt community keep the celebration alive? the head of lgbt pride joins us. stick close. you can deposit it from here.

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and parks are beginning to reopen, including one of the most spectacular spots on the pacific coast highway. surfers and swimmers returned to the water on friday in santa cruz. social distancing is still encouraged of course. california will issue citations for gatherings with too many people or other activities deemed nonessential. it's hard to look at that picture and not miss california, whose governor, gavin newsom unveiled his framework for reopening the state. it has more than 29,000 confirmed cases and more than 1,000 deaths. w alexa, governor newsom spoke a few moments ago, as i understand it, what did we learn? >> reporter: that's right, governor newsom talked about the key metrics we spoke about ea earlier this week and talked about how the state would be

helping the homeless population with regard to spreading the curve of covid-19, he talked about the initiative, and talked about the partners that have been able to come together to secure more hotel rooms, that's a huge part of this project and again emphasizing the progress, partnering with world central kitchen as well, take a listen to what he had to say. >> good news, real progress in just a few weeks. in just a few weeks to procure these sites to get people off the streets, out of the shelters and into these safer settings. i want to remind people the subset of people that we are prioritizing in project room key are individuals that have tested positive for covid-19, individuals that are in congregate settings that have been exposed to covid-19, or elderly individuals that are vulnerable, as well as -- >> reporter: and joshua, this fits into the broader framework

that you mentioned earlier that the six indicators ranging from enhancing testing and contact tracing capacity to protecting vulnerable populations, also to ensuring communities in california have the physical infrastructure to support social distancing once the more severe restrictions are lifted. as for those restrictions, it appears that california is taking a more surgical approach, you mentioned santa cruz reopening beaches and hiking trails, but here in san francisco, a new face mask policy enacted last night. but a slow and steady process that could be a model for the rest of the country, joshua. >> thank you, alexa. thanks very much. many big cities are canceling large events until the outbreak ends including one of the largest pride parades in the world. officials with san francisco pride made the tough decision to cancel the 50th anniversary celebration. this parade has never been

cancelled since it began one year after the stone wall riots. joining us is the board president of san francisco pride. carolyn, welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> why cancel? why not just postpone it? >> our big concern was the public health. we went through a lot of different scenarios where we thought of maybe postponing to the end of the year, but as we hear from the governor newsom on the daily press conference, we don't know what's going to happen. we know at san francisco pride we bring in at least a million people between our two day celebration, this was our 50th anniversary we protected we might bring in about a million and a half to the city of san francisco, that's over half the city with if you've ever been to pride we take up about half the city for the two-day celebration. one thing we did not want is to be the center of a second outbreak. i know i saw on msnbc yesterday you had someone in the hospital who said they fear a second outbreak. we didn't want to be that second

outbreak. >> talk about the importance of pride in the context of everything else that happens in san francisco with regard to preserving the legacy of the lgbt community. there's a history center in the castro, there's a new plaza outside the san francisco eagle, there are other events that take place that kind of keep that community cohesive, so why is sf pride so important? >> sf pride is the place where all of those communities come together. so you have our leather community, you have our castro community, our new transgender cultural community, our african-american, asian-american, everyone comes to that two-day pride, that's what makes it so great and important. i have been told by a member of our board we may have missed one pride. so it's a very important culture landmark. the community has a history of being resilient, you know we

survived an outbreak before, the grid outbreak which turned into the aids epidemic. so we know about outbreaks and we stood within them. we want to make sure we stand next year after the covid outbreak. >> on social i heard a number of people say i've been through an outbreak before and seeing the government ignore it is nothing new to me. what's your sense of how san francisco's lgbt community has dealt with coronavirus especially because one of the concerns is people with compromised immune systems, which affects people with hiv today? >> i think the reaction here has been a little bit of all of that. we survived the aids epidemic. we have the trauma of having people ignored until it was kind of too late or it got bad. so we have that trauma. but at the same time we always had each other. which is what makes this cancellation such a heart breaking thing because we always

had each other to lean on. we're going into what we call virtual pride, which is a way for us to congregate and celebrate our history. that's one of the things that makes this important. >> i noticed on facebook, the night life fund to help pay the salaries of people out of work because of this, san francisco's number one industry is not tech, it's tourism. so that business of the service industry is super important in the city. before i let you go, for people thinking, oh, man, i can't do pride this year, but i hope to do it again next year, what is your number one biggest thought in terms of the future of pride? especially for people who say that the concept of these parades is obsolete. >> i think the big thing that i'm taking away from this, and our board is taking away, it's actually presenting us an opportunity that we would have never thought of before. i think the idea of transforming what pride looks like, being

able to reach out to more individuals through virtual parti parties, events, broadcasting, it is forcing us to think of this in a different way. so i don't think the celebration itself is obsolete. but 50 2020, this is definitely the time for transformation. >> carolyn, the board president of sf pride. i've been to the parade many times when i lived in san francisco. >> come back. >> i've walked in it twice. this story made me so sad. i'm glad there are efforts to keep the party going virtually. carolyn, thanks for talking to us. >> thank you very much. if you've never been, go. gay, straight or otherwise. it's worth it. it takes a lot of people to bring all this coverage to you. we're dealing with covid-19 along with you as we work to tell your stories. 30 rock is pretty empty these days with a skeleton crew for safety's sake. but the work is no less challenging or essential. join us in thanking some of the

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