redfield. very simply given the nature of our system and particularly the federal government where there are health components across the domain, department of defense, v.a., department of homeland security the responsibilities fall to my position to basically manage and integrate and sin kron nies those efforts so we can come with a unified response. most importantly, to support state and local authorities in disasters. mr. roy: thank you, dr. kadlec. appreciate it. >> thank you. the in just a moment illinois, ms. kelly, is recognized. ms. kelly: thank you, madam chair. thank you for being here. i know you have been working very hard and i have seen you multiple times myself. i'm the chair of the congressional black caucus health brain trust and also my district is urban suburban and rural. when i hear you talk about 30 states that have been affected so far, but within those states do you see it more urban or is it a mixture? i'm talking about the people that have it by no obvious means, not e

redfield? dr. redfield: i don't see it on that graph.orthi: i do not either, but i can assure you that the data is there. it just doesn't show up. it doesn't show up. it turns out that korea had tested tested 4,000 people for every million of its citizenry, and we are at 15 people for every million people in this country. that's a response, a testing response, that's almost 300 times for aggressive than what's here in this country. and the problem, dr. redfield, is that when we don't test as rapidly as we should, the virus spreads, and people die. now, let's talk about the situation going forward. vice president mike pence said on monday, "before the end of this week, another 4 million tests will be distributed," but the real question i submit is not when the tests will be distributed. it's when the tests will be performed on people so they can know whether they have contracted coronavirus. now, south korea currently tests 15,000 people per day, whether it is through high throughput, medium throughput, low throughput, it does not matter.

redfield. as well as all cdcri staff. i'm very concerned, i think we all are, abour nation's testing capabilities for coronavirus. other country have been testing thousands of people for weeks but the u.s. is behind the curve. the low number of positive tests in the u.s. is likely a byproduct of undertesting as opposed to an accurate count of the prevalence of coronavirus in the united states. my understanding is that the testing kits are being distributed across the country. but the delay is unacceptable. why the c.d.c. develops a new test for covid-19, the the majority of the initial test kits were faulty and there were weeks of delays before replacement kits were sent out. during this time, c.d.c. maintained a narrow testing criteria that makes us ask if the health of our country was further put at risk because of the actions. i expect there'll be a lot of questions today about testing and those delays. another concern is emergency funding. the congress came together last week and we passed

redfield. thank you for womanning to be with us this morning. i almost was going to do what i did with frances collings, how was your week, i think about you guys a lot, we know this has been a stressful time for you. i know coronavirus is at the forefront of everyone's mind this morning. you and the public health experts at c.d.c. are front and center in defending our people. in addition to hearing about coronavirus this morning i'm hoping we can also discuss other priorities. i know we all share. such as reducing opioid abuse and overdose deaths, addressing the threat of antibiotic resistance and preventing the growing problems soshed with chronic diseases, all critical public health issues for our country. as the united states continues to monitor and respond to coronavirus, i'm encouraged that congress and the administration work together across party lines to deliver critical resources for the days and weeks ahead. such a highly polarized and partisan environment, i'm very encourages that

redfield. given the nature of our system and the federal government where there are health departments across the domain, department of the defense, the veterans administration, the department of homeland security, the responsibilities fall to my position to basically manage and integrate and synchronize those efforts so we can come with a unified response. most importantly to support state and local authorities in disasters. >> thank you, dr. kadlec. madam chair, appreciate it. >> thank you. the gentleman woman from illinois, miss kelly is recognized. >> thank all of you. i'm the chair of the congressional black caucus trust and also my district is urban, sub urban and rural. when i hear you talk about there's 30 states affected so far, but within those states do you see it more urban or is it a >> just for clarification, when tony and i were mentioning the 30 out of 35 it comes from europe. as of this morning we have 44 states and the district of columbia that have reported at least one case.

redfield: i can assure ms. delauro: we have a lot of folks here. >> thank you very much for the opportunity and thank you for moving so quickly to provide us with the funding. our top priority is to get funding out to the state and local jurisdictions. using the congressional language that we received, our top priority is to get 90% of the preparedness grant amount out to the 62 current grantees. as quickly as we can. we plan to do that in the next two weeks. ms. delauro: do you have enough resources? do you have enough resources? dr. redfield: i think the most important thing that you all realize is to make sure that c.d.c. is overprepared for a response, not underprepared. ms. delauro: ok. that means resources. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, madam chair. i appreciate those questions on the testing. they were very much mine as well. let me ask you something very different that will probably be a more pleasant question in some ways. we're not going to cut c.d.c. by $700 million. what this committe

redfield, dr. redfield. >> that's all right. i would like to make two clarifications, one of which i did yesterday, and one of which i did today, if i could have a minute. >> absolutely. >> when i was asked about manufacturing of the original test i want to clarify that cdc did manufacture the original cdc test that we used at cdc, and also manufactured the initial test we sent out to states. i dt manufactured the kits after that. i wanted to get that on the record, and secondly in my comments today, i wanted to clarify, we're currently examining all avenues to ensure that uninsureds have access to treatment, and encouraging the use of federally qualified health centers that can do this reduced or free, and we will continue to update the congress and public on all available resources for this population. >> thank you for clarifying that. >> i have one errata from yesterday. i misspoke, when talking about b.a.r.t.a., i mentioned 53 approvals, i was incorrect, it's actually 54. >> that's very accurate. >> would anyone else like to

redfield? dr. redfield. >> that's right. i'd like to make two clarifications one of which i did yesterday and one today if i could have a second to do it. >> absolutely. >> so yesterday i want to clarify that when i was asked about manufacturing of the tests, the original tests, i just want to clarify that cdc did manufacture the original cdc tests that we used at cdc. and we also manufactured the initial tests we sent out to states. it's an idt manufactured kits after that. i want that on the record. secondly, my comments today. i wanted to just clarify that we're currently examining all avenues to try to ensure that uninsured have access to testing and treatment. and we're encouraging the use of the federal qualified health centers that can do this reduced or free. and we will continue to update both the congress and the public and all available resources for this population. >> thank you for clarifying that. yes, uh-huh? >> madam chairman, i do have one thing from yesterday. i misspoke when talking about barta. i mentione

redfield? >> the nih in no way would be responsible for setting that up. i can't tell you. >> dr. redfield? >> just to say very quickly, cdc's role in this was we very rapidly, within almost seven to ten days, developed a test from an unknown pathogen once we had the sequence. and we did that because we wanted to get eyes on it at cdc so health departments across the nation could send samples to us and we would test them. we rapidly tried to expand that and scale it up with a contractor. so each public health lab in this country would have that test. during the quality control, one of the reagents wasn't working appropriately and we had to modify that with the fda. it took several weeks to get that completed. but the test was always available in atlanta if you sent us the sample to t there was never a time when a health department could not get a test. they had to send it to atlanta. now we have 75,000 tests, over 75 health departments have the test. >> dr. redfield, how many tests are we plann

robert redfield. if you want to go back and watch that hearing in its entirety where he testified yesterday alongside some other medical professionals you can do that at our website at c-span.org, just type redfield in the search bar in the top of the page and you will have a chance to hear from dr. redfield again today, that hearing before the house oversight and reform committee beginning in about 45 minutes from now and we are going to air it on c-span 3. you can also watch it on c-span.org, listen it to it on the free c-span radio app and joining dr. redfield will be dr. anthony fauci, one of the other faces so far of the federal response. you mentioned just a second ago the democrats and republicans have to come together. what do you think that they can do this week possibly before this he leave town when it comes to blunting the economic downturn caused by coronavirus? >> sure. well, we came together really quickly last week and put together an $8.3 billion package that will be used for everythi

redfield. thank you for coming to be with us this morning. i'm going to do what i did with francis collins. how has your week been, i wonder? i think about you guys a lot. we know this has been an extraordinary stressful time for you, and one in which you're doing great work for the american people. coronavirus is at the forefront of everyone's mind this morning and you and the public health experts at the cdc are front and center to defending our people. in addition to hearing about coronavirus this morning, i'm hoping we can discuss other priorities i know we all share, such as produeventing opioid ab and deaths and problems associated with chronic diseases, all critical public health issues for our country. as the united states continues to monitor and respond to coronavirus, i'm encouraged that congress and the administration work together across party lines to deliver critical resource force the days and weeks ahead. such a highly polarized, partisan environment, i'm very encouraged we cou

robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci, both members of the white house coronavirus task force, live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. president trump addressed the nation regarding the federal response to the coronavirus. he announced that all travel from europe to the u.s. was suspended, and that he would be working with congress on measures to help small business and workers. >> my fellow americans. tonight i want to speak with you about our nations unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak that started in china and is now spreading throughout the world. today, the world health organization officially announced that this is a global pandemic. we have been in frequent contact with our allies and we are marshaling the full power of the federal government and the private sector to protect the american people. this is the most aggressive and comprehensive effort to confront a foreign virus in modern history. i'm confident that by continuing to take these tough measures, we will significantly reduce the threat to

robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci along with other public health officials returned to capitol hill to testify on the coronavirus outbreak before the house oversight and reform -- an reform committee. live coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three online as c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> diseases directory testified the worst of the coronavirus outbreak was yet to come in talked about the importance of testing to know how many pick -- how many people are infected. is the worst yet to come? >> yes, it is. >> can you elaborate? >> whenever you have an outbreak that you can start seeing community spread, which means you do not know what the index case is and the way you can approach it is by contact tracing, when you have enough of that, becomes a situation where you are not going to be able to efficiently contain it should you look at the -- contain it. when you look at the history of outbreaks, though we are containing it in some respects, you keep getting people co

redfield, you don't need to do any work to operationalize.d to make a commitment to the american people so they come in to get tested. you can operationalize the payment -- >> i think you're an excellent questioner. so my answer is yes. >> excellent. everybody in america, hear that. you are eligible to go get tested for coronavirus and have that covered regardless of insurance. please, if you believe you have the illness, follow precautions. call first. do everything the cdc and dr. fauci, god bless you for guiding americans in this time. but do not let a lack of insurance worsen this crisis. >> and with that katie porter saved lives today. never seen anything like it. the honorable katie porter will join us next. challenges and opportunities. at ameriprise financial we can't predict what tomorrow will bring. but our comprehensive approach to financial planning can help make sure you're prepared for what's expected and even what's not. and that kind of financial confidence can help you sleep better at night. ♪ with the right financial advisor

redfield, you have the existing authority. will you commit right now to using the authority that you law, vested in you under that provides in a public health emergency for testing, treatment, exam, isolation without cost. yes or no? >> what i am going to say is reviewed in detail with the cdc -- >> reclaiming my time. dr. redfield, respectfully, i wrote you this letter along with andolleagues rosa delauro lauren underwood. congressman underwood and congressman delauro. we wrote you this letter one week ago. we quoted that existing authority to you and laid out this problem. we asked for a response yesterday. the time for deadline and delay has passed. will you commit to invoking your existing authority to provide for coronavirus testing for every american, regardless of insurance coverage. iswhat i was trying to say cdc is working with hhs now to see how we operationalize that. >> dr. redfield. i hope that answer weighs heavily on you. because it is going to weigh very heavily on me and on every american. intent is to make su

redfield, do you want know who has the coronavirus and who doesn't? >> yes. >> not just rich people, but everybody who mighght have the virus? >> all of america. >> will you commit to the cdc right now using that existing authority to pay for diagnostic testing free to every american regardless of insurance? >> well, i can say we're going to do everything to make sure -- >> not good enough. have theeld, you existing authority. will you commimit right now to using the authority that you have invested in you under law that provides the public health treatment,rotesting, exam, isolation without cost, yes or no? >> what i'm going to say is i'm going to review in detail -- >> no. amy: in more news on coronavirus, the press secretary of brazilian president jair bolsonaro has tested positive for covid-19. the official was photographed last week standing shoulder-to-shoulder with president trump and just a few feet from vice president mike pence during bolsonaro's recent trip to florida. the official is also seen standing just behind trump in video taken at t

redfield, you don't need to do any work to operationalize.ment to the american people so they come in to get tested. you can operationalize the payment structure tomorrow. >> i think you're an excellent questioner, so my answer is yes. >> excellent. everybody in america, hear that. you are eligible to go get tested for coronavirus and have that covered regardless of insurance. please, if you believe you have the illness, follow precautions. call first. do everything the cdc and dr. fauci, god bless you for guiding americans in this time. but do not let a lack of insurance worsen this crisis. >> and with that, katie porter saved lives today. never seen anything like it. the honorable katie porter will join us next. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ we're finally back out in our yard, but so are they. dandelions, lurking crabgrass and weak, thin grass. but scotts turf builder triple action changes

robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci. they are expected to continue their testimony on the federal response to the spread of covid-19 before the house oversight and reform committee. this hearing began this morning at 9:30. they've been in recess since 11:40 this morning so the witnesses could attend meetings at the white house. live coverage of this hearing when it resumes here on c-span3. also, vice president mike pence was expected to meet with hospital executives this afternoon at 1:00 to talk about the federal response to the coronavirus. that meeting, we understand, has not yet gotten under way. we will be taping it and bringing it to you on the c-span networks. the hearing with ken cuccinelli, the acting deputy homeland security secretary will be available online at c-span.org. he's testifying before the house homeland security committee on how his department is responding to the coronavirus. that hearing online live now at -- it started at 2:00 p.m. eastern. you can see it at c-span.org. until this hearing, before

redfield. >> not 100% not what we would like and not what we know is possible. >> there's an initiative -- 75 and that would get a 400 and not only get is 200 but allow us to maintain that over time and be able to keep up and the difficulty were running into that you can m appreciate his methods are changing significantly faster than they ever have, tools are showing up faster than they ever have been in if we cannot keep up we will fall back even more, if we talk five years from now and do not make those changes it may be 50% instead of 55. >> i want to add one quick thing, it's fundamentally critical that every health department has the capacity to do. >> we heard from them and we talked about electronic medical records, they were talking about fax machines, individual excel worksheets and data entry et cetera were total the process. i'm making your point, we need to invest in this effort. then we just moved to you for second, the first time in 20 years, 2020 upper creation including funny fo

bob redfield, cdc. dr. redfield: thank you, mr. vice president. the cdc continues to provide support, the backbone of our public health system, state, local, tribal health departments. these teams continue to work to identify new cases, isolate to work together to try to limit the transmission of the coronavirus. working with our public health partners, we identify new community cases, as the secretary said. we always anticipated. and use assets to aggressively confirm those cases, isolate, to use our public health tools to limit the spread of this virus. i want to echo what was said by the vice president and secretary that despite seeing these new community cases that show you we have a public health community across this country in action, the risk to the american people is low. i also want to add i am looking forward to the president and vice president and secretary's visit to come to atlanta friday and meet with the wonderful people that form the backbone of this great agency. thank you. vice pres. pence: steve holland, reuters. >> based on wh

robert redfield and dr.nthony fauci, along with other emergency response officials, testify on the coronavirus outbreak before the house oversight and reform committee. watch live wednesday morning at 9:30 eastern on c-span 3. also on-line at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> acting deputy homeland security secretary ken cuccinelli heads to capitol hill wednesday to testify on the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak. watch that live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3, on-line at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> c-span, your unfiltered view of government. created by cable in 1979, and brought to you today by your television provider. >>> now a hearing on efforts to combat global disinformation campaigns, particularly from china and russia. a senate foreignrussia. a senate subcommittee hears from the coordinator of the global engagement center, daniel blumenthal also participates along with elaina from the center for european policy analysis. this is jus

redfield and dr. fauchi. both members of the coronavirus task force. that's live at 11:00 a.m. eastern. coming up in 30 minutes, senator angus king of mainend

cdc, bob redfield. bob? >> yes, thank you, mr. vice president. what i would like to highlight today first to echo what the vice president started with when he was giving the american people advice that we went through that we have listed out on the cdc website, cdc.gov. it is really important, and very pragmatic about washing your hand hands for 20 seconds with soap and water or using other disinfectants. obviously, training yourself to cover your sneeze with your elbow or kleenex that you will dispose of. these are important things. working hard not to touch your face. the most important thing for many of those individuals who might be a little type a if you are sick, stay home. you are not helping your colleagues by going to work sick. and again, these are very pragmatic. we have listed them. they are absolutely no different than what we ask the american public to do for flu. the second thing i would like to do is to continue to get the help from you, to get those messages out. the one that is the most important that the vice president also tal

on c-span three, the cdc director robert redfield joins public health officials on capitol hill for house oversight meeting on the coronavirus outbreak followed by another hearing at 2:00 p.m. eastern with the acting homeland security deputy secretary who is testifying on the coronavirus outbreak and the federal government's response. >> coming up on "washington journal" a republican representative joins us to discuss the economic effects of the coronavirus outbreak and steps congress may take in response. after that a democratic representative kim schrier talks about the

it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and a physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not disneyland is closing down in the u.s. and europe after this weekend it's parks in florida california and paris will stay closed until at least the end of march as will its cruise line business already shut burn its parks in asia for 2 months creating estimated losses of $175000000.00 . across the world sporting events are being hit to english premier league team chelsea have gone into self isolation that's after forward callum hudson tested positive for coverage 19 an emergency meeting is due in the coming hours to decide the future of premier league games this season earlier the arsenal manager had a tested positive for the virus in spain leaguer has been suspended after the real madrid team were placed in quarantine

it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and a physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not. well across the world sporting events are being hit and hit hard english premier league team chelsea have gone into self isolation that's after the forward calum hudson tested positive for coverage 19 an emergency meeting is due in the coming hours to decide the future of premier league games this season earlier the astral manager mikel arteta tested positive for the virus 2 in spain the leader has been suspended after the real madrid team were placed into quarantine all north american sports to have been cancelled all for sport and that includes the national hockey league major league baseball and the n.b.a. college basketball championships have also been called off the organizers of formula one have cancelled the aus

redfield for playing a little politics today. give him a pass. i am emulate your lead. i will be a member of the public health community for a while at least in my manners. thank you very much, doctor. i will give you the last word here, so at this point, are you optimistic about where we are as a country? are we doing enough? is the president doing enough to suit you? >> we need to do more, lou. the reason we don't have an emergency is the president acted at the end of january imposing the quarantines and the travel restrictions. it's not just china who has the disease. it's our allies, our friends. italy and south korea. we need to do more with the in and out of this country. lou: that's a terrific idea. i'm excited about that. gordon, i'm also excited about everything you have said, too. as always. stay with us. we'll come right back. i promise. ♪ it's surprising how the bigger a city gets... the smaller it starts to feel. which makes it even more surprising, how big it feels in here. with sliding rear seats... and more availa

it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and a physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not let's bring in alan fischer he's in washington d.c. so dr explaining some obvious holes and shortcomings and the broad federal system so tell me what states are doing to deal with corona. well those of obviously going to be a local response either from states or from counties from municipalities or from cities and a lot of people will look to those organizations those entities 1st to see what action they're taking because it affects them much more on the local level so for example in new york city the mayor there has declared a state of emergency that just gives them a few more powers if the situation gets much worse than the certainly working in coordination with new york state where the governor of course has said tha

it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and the physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not. the wife of canadian prime minister justin trudeau has tested positive for corona virus so if he had been experiencing flu like symptoms following a visit to the u.k. the prime minister says he doesn't have signs of infection but will stay in isolation for 14 days. and the move thought to be unprecedented in modern times the vatican has ordered the closure of wrongs catholic churches in response to the coronavirus pandemic the decree will stay in effect until early april follows cancellations of public engagements by the pope who's been live streaming prayers online to avoid big crowds vatican has also told rome's catholics they're not obliged to attend sunday mass while the pandemic is ongoing. across the world spor

robert redfield told congress this month we should know in a matter of weeks whether remdesivir is effective. when a treatment a vaccine are >>> we end this half hour with some final thoughts from lee cowan of cbs sunday morning. >> reporter: no, the world is not ending. the big blue marble sure feels more fragile than ever. as we sit here, continents, countries, time zones and zip codes have all blurred into a single global community. what used to worry us now feels almost embarrassingly trivial. we cared more about likes on social media than our social responsibilities. we were concerned about streaming our movies, not the f of shelters. we to look aur more than one another. w wut even owing wh isn't it strange that we're all craving human connection now that we can't have that connection for a while? the joy of breaking bread with friends or raising a glass at the bar, or kneeling together in worship has been replaced with empty chairs and empty pe those in their golden years, the ones who thought that they had seen everything, never thought they'd see the day where they couldn't visit wi

robert redfield and dr. steve hahn for the fast work that is leading to one million tests being available by the end of the week in this country and these are validated tests. these are quality american regulated tests that are available because of the work of these agencies. we also at the president's and vice president's direction are as usual leading the rest of the world in diagnose gnostic testing. there was a great article in the "wall street journal" today that actually discusses how america's practices on testing here are equal to or ahead of what the other major countries are. remember, we only have over 100 cases so far in the united states. we are not south korea. south korea may be doing tens of thousands of tests because they are in a different position. it is more like china's position or before we are at that point, we will have in the field millions of diagnose gnostics over the next several weeks ready for the challenge because of the president's and vice president's firm international relat

it the fact is the way the system was set up is that the public health component that dr that dr redfield was talking about was a system where you put it out there in the public and the physician asks for it and you get it the i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people who know the country are doing it we're not set up for that do i think we should be yes but we're not iran is asking for billions of dollars in loans from the international monetary fund to help fight the outbreak and health ministry says the number of infections has surpassed 10429 people have died but there are concerns those figures could be much higher as the government struggles to manage the spread of the outbreak this outbreak has compounded iran's economic woes with many neighboring countries sealing at their borders. the u.s. has launched retaliatory air strikes in iraq and response to a rocket attack that left 3 people dead this week that's after u.s. defense secretary mark esper announced he was given the green light to do so by president donald trump to americans and a british soldier were killed after a

robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci is taking a recess. it will resume tomorrow. we heard around 11:00. we'll let you know our coverage plans a little bit later here on the c-span networks. a short time ago, c-span has a one on one conversation with vice president mike pence where he talked about the coronavirus pandemic and how it's affecting the u.s. economy, among other items. >> mr. president vice president, dr. fauci saying that the coronavirus is going to spread. angela merkel saying as many of 70% of the germans could be affected. as head of the task force, what worries you personally the most? >> the american people can be confident that this president and our administration, leadership at every state in the country have no higher priority than the health and safety than the people of this nation. it's one of the reasons why president trump took unprecedented action in, declared a public health emergency, established the white house coronavirus task force, but also suspended all travel from china and then quarantined all americans that were coming back fro

robert redfield is the director of the center for disease control convention. they testified on capitol hill about the coronavirus outbreak. up next, a portion of their first of

robert redfield and dr. anthony fauci and other public health officials returned to capitol hill to testify on the coronavirus outbreak before the house oversight and reform committee after appearing for a couple of hours on wednesday. at 11:00rage begins a.m. eastern on c-span3, online, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. theuncer: early thursday, world health organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic. w.h.o.'s director general told reporters he was concerned by the severity of the disease and the levels of spreading. this runs an hour. >> thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. in the past two weeks, the number of cases of covid-19 outside china has increased 13-fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled. there are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives. sa

redfield. caller: dr. redfield giving their testimony in answering questions. feel like congresspeople are taking question seriously and doing a great job. the particular congresswoman who brought the whiteboard and got dr. redfield to agree he would to make surerity everybody could get a test and that it would be paid for out of the cdc's authority, she is my new hero. have been some heroes and the federal government between congress and the president have done some good things. i think there have been some opportunities missed to do better things and i have to agree with the caller who said the state responses. living in michigan, i have been proud of our governor witmer and i live close to detroit, about an hour away and i have seen the news coverage of their mayor and he has done quite well and we just had our first corona case diagnosed in county i live in and i have to say our public health director and our mayor has been wonderful about how fast they are trying to mitigate spread and close down large gatherings and things like that. it could have been be

dr.: the caller mentioned robert redfield. to watch that hearing in its entirety where he testified, you can do that on our website, c-span.org. redfield into the search bar at the top of the page. you will have another chance to hear from him today. the hearing for the house oversight and reform committee, beginning in about 45 minutes from now, airing on c-span3. you can also watch it on c-span.org, the free c-span radio app, and joining him will be dr. anthony fauci, one of the other faces so far of the federal response. a second ago you mentioned democrats and republicans coming together. what do you think they can do tos week when it comes blunting the economic downturn caused by coronavirus? well, we came together quickly last week to pick together a package to be used for everything from developing vaccines to evaluating treatments, getting them out with local public health. but they also have economic measures as well, thinking about what we need to do to keep small businesses up and running. our governor has gotten ah