during covid-19, it's very essence is now it's greatest threat. >> we have got to protect san francisco, chinatown, from spread. >> reporter: malcolm young is the director of the chinatown community development center and is especially worried about people living in sros, which are single rooms occupied by low-income families, usually they're about 80 square feet of space and make up a large portion of chinatown. >> it's like living on a cruise ship in many ways. >> reporter: he introduced us to a woman who lives with u.s. her husband and three boys in a single room an grant street. he translated our interview. >> she said the room that she lives in is very small. in that room, they basically is to eat, live, congregate. they have two beds, and it's just a very small space. >> reporter: the story offers a glimpse into the inequities that existed before this crisis and is now being exacerbated by it. >> if you're asking me whether i feel safe in an sro, if you were living in a space with so many people, you know, sitting on top of each other, would you feel healthy? i don't think i do. >> reporter:

it's very essence is now its greatest threat during covid-19. >> we have to protect san francisco, chinatownf >> reporterolm young is the of esallyriabout people living in those are single rooms occupied by low income families. usually they're about 80 square feet of space, and makeup a large portion of chinatown. >> it's like living on a cruise ship in many ways. >> reporter: malcolm introduced us to a woman that lives with her husband and three boys in a single room on grant street. he translated our interview. >> she said the room she lives in is very, very small. in that room they basically have to eat, live, congregate. they have two beds, and it's just a very small space. >> reporter: her story offers a glimpse into the inequity that existed before the crisis, and now is exacerbated by it. >> if you're asking me whether i feel safe in an sro, if you were living in a space with so many people, you know, sitting on top of each other, would you feel healthy? >> reporter: she's one of hundreds of people lining up every day outside this restaurant to pick up free food for families living in

pelosi toward her district in san francisco's chinatown inviting the media long to stifle the growing fears of this pandemic and of public shopping and dining there. pelosi spent several hours speaking with business owners and visitors and here's what the president had to say about that move as well as the w h o today. >>they didn't want us to close our borders to china to specifically that it won a border straws you take a look mike was there were all there and they're criticizing made for closing the border. i did that very early by the way did that very early well. nancy pelosi was trying to have in san francisco parties and chinatown because they she thought it would be great you want to show that this thing doesn't exist. these are people we have some politicians or the other side that don't know what they're doing. >>president trump accused the world health organization force mismanagement, but critics say that that's just a deflection from his own administration's falling short of getting a handle on the outbreak before an infected more people in the united states and anywhere

when nancy pelosi, as an example, you don't say this when she is , having her rally in san francisco in chinatown in san

we talked to families in san francisco's chinatown that needs your help. >> reporter: one of chinatown's charms is its bustle. this tightknit neighborhood is known for being just that, community oriented and dense. during covid-19 it 's very essence is its greatest threat. >> we've got to protect san francisco in chinatown from the spread. >> reporter: this is the executive director of the chinatown development center. he is especially worried about people living in sros, single rooms occupied by low income families. they are usually about 80 ft.b2 of space and make up a large portion of chinatown. >> there are the hotels, in many ways it is like living on a cruise ship. >> reporter: he introduced us to a woman who lives with her husband and three boys in a single room. he translated our interview. >> she said the room she lives in is very, very small. in that room, they basically have to eat, live and congregate. they have two beds. it is a very small space. >> reporter: that story is being exacerbated by the crisis. >> if you are asking me if i feel safe in an sro, if you are living in

she wants a street fair in san francisco in chinatown to prove -- you know what the purpose of it was? to prove there is no problem. many other politicians did the

i love san francisco chinatown as much as the next person, i love to eat there, but i'm sure glad peoplee not walking around in chinatown in san francisco in the middle of february. >> shannon: well, and you talk about the accusations the president was facing back in january of xenophobia coming from the price president, he has a new ad, i want to play a bit and we will talk about the backlash he is getting to this ad. >> i would be on the phone with china and making it clear, we are going to need to be in your country. you have to be open, you have to be clear, we have to know what is going on. >> shannon: those who look at this full ad, very negative, they say, against china, borderline xenophobic. cecelia long, the aclu deputy legal director tweeted this. "wow, joe biden, already trying to out-trump trump. this kind of fearmongering is causing attacks on asian-americans. if you're trying to reform your past history of policymaking like you're 1994 crime bill, do your homework. this ink it closed would. have you seen the ad? what do you think? >> i've seen the ad. i didn't think about

>>in san francisco, i'm jason dumas scrum for news. >>throwing parties in chinatown that's what president trump had to say about house speaker nancy pelosi during the white house news briefing today's accusing her and the world health organization of mismanaging the pandemic kron four's ella sogomonian is live in the newsroom and she has details. hello what did he mean exactly. >>catherine president trump was asked about his decision to pull funding from the world health organization and he used that time to explain that he believes that it has been unfairly backing china and has been operating as what he called their tool and then to bash house speaker nancy pelosi you may remember back on february 24th. pelosi toward her district that san francisco's chinatown inviting the media long to stifle growing fears from the public of shopping and dining there. pelosi spent several hours speaking with business owners and visitors. here's what the president said today about that move and the w h o. >>they didn't want us to close our borders to china to specifically that it w

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. >> reporter: second only to manhattan, san francisco's chinatown is the most densely populated neighborhood in the entire country. and young's program has been able to help about 150 families so far, but they know the need is much greater. he estimates as many as 8,000 sros are in this neighborhood alone. >> yeah, we need help. >> reporter: the program is largely dependent on volunteers. kitty picks up meals for seniors who can't leave their homes four days a week. >> it's unfortunately unfortunate that daughter the shelter-in-place seniors have to be trapped in their homes. it's almost like a prison for them. >> reporter: they also perform daily wellness checks, but notice something else spreading amongst seniors, loneliness. >> these are designed to take five minutes per call. we're finding our staff talking to seniors up for half an hour, just because they want that kind of close contact and conversation. >> reporter: the food being sent to families is, the legal translation is to touch your heart. mall tom said that is exactly what is being delivered. >>s the program is really a product

san francisco's chinatown has in the eyes of many experts defied the odds when it comes to covid-19. >> the chinese-american community of san francisco, particularly in chinatown was way ahead of this curve for many, many reasons. the chinese hospitals and sick companies, many of the institutions that have been part of the history of chinatown have been we ahead of the curve and flattened that in chinatown in february, long before it became common practice elsewhere. >> why does criminal have fewer cases of the virus that be new york. we put the states side by side for comparison and what woo found was california's quick action really made all the difference. here's dion lim. >> new york saw their first case on march 1st, but the empire state saw nearly ten times as many cases of the coronavirus. why? an interactive timeline lays out day by day the difference in how two of the country's largest states handled the outbreak of the coronavirus differently. >> woo need to tack an official action. >> reporter: while some were both leaders setting the stage for the pandemic that would sweep

. >>> police have made a third arrest in connection with a brutal assault and robbery in san francisco's chinatown. the attack happened last sum and surveillance shows the suspects walking near stockton and pacific. police say that's when sle a waa 56-year-old man. they also lifted him and threw him on to the ground. a 69-year-old man was also knocked out while trying to intervene. that attack was so brutal it prompted sftd to increase patrols around chinatown. police took 22-year-old sacramento resident christopher jefferson into custody last week and investigators were able to track jefferson down after arresting 19-year-old desean pearson at his home in oakland. and 20-year-old sacramento resident akeem smith, all three men facing several charges including robbery and assault. >>> salary cuts and furloughs at tesla as the company stops making cars during the shelter in place order. cnbc reports that all salaried employees are taking pay cuts and all hourly workers are being furloughed until may 4th, that's when the electric carmaker plans to resume production. >>> with passover beginning this s

nancy pelosi right here in san francisco wanted people to take walking tours of san francisco chinatown in february. i am sure glad people are not walking around in chinatown san francisco in the middle of february. >> you talk about accusations the president was facing of xenophobia coming from the vice president. 's got a new ad out. i want to play little bit of it, talk about the backlash is getting to be said. >> i would be on the phone with china making it clear, we're going to need to be in your country, you have to be open, you have to be clear, we have to know what is going on. >> those a look at the full ad, very negative take in china, borderline xenophobic. cecelia want, the aclu deputy legal director said wow, joe biden, trying to out trump trump, this fearmonger is causing violent attacks on asian americans. if you're trying to reform your past history of racist policymaking like in 1994 crime bill you better do some work, the sainted. what do you think? >> 1994, i thought about 1984 because this reminds me of things like the memory hole where the government would switch po

san francisco. let go to chinatown. that was a bug time after i closed up the country. go ahead.

so they start looking for someone to blame and they find it with chinese immigrants chinatown in san francisco is the largest chinatown outside of asia at the time and still is with 20 percent of those cities population and like immigrants anywhere the chinese are willing to do the jobs nobody else will. laundry and cooks and horde - - hotels and there is blatant racism and bigotry that now you look back it is shocking so the mayor at the time later becomes to run for the u.s. senate seat in california and his campaign signs say keep california white. that was the focus it was a very easy scapegoat for all the problems that were happening in san francisco. so the governor at the time was a man named henry gage and like politicians now, he pioneered the idea to call anything he did not agree with , fake news. so the worst of these in history coming to a place that in no way wants to deal with it or acknowledge it could be in any danger in this is also the gateway to the entire country. you have everything right for our crisis and lo and behold the crisis happens. a chinese immigrant is the firs

so much earlier when nancy pelosi, you do not save us, when she is having her rally in san francisco and chinatownat. if the doctor said that, if we did not close our country to china, we would've been so infected, like knowing one is ever seen. we saw the chart and we are at the top of the list in terms of success, and no way, it was emma going to use that chart in terms of mortality. you saw that. nobody wrote it. germany and our country, the most successful in terms of mortality, but nobody wrote it. it'll be great if you wrote the truth because i want mike to speak, let's get on with her. on the assumption that i think he probably will end it is been encouraging to watch the states begin to open up as it has been, it is a beautiful thing to see as the restrictions are lifted and we must maintain vigilance and continue practising social distancing. i encourage governors to follow a careful phased approach in a want to remind all americans to adhere to our guidelines very important. the governor's are going to eat here, hopefully and hopefully do what they think is best. we want them to do what

visited the crowded streets of san francisco, chinatown february 24th, come on down to chinatown, it's safe and sound. rated vice. comrade de blasio, the dumbest guy in politics encouraging people to go out on the town, in march, catch up later. governor cuomo claiming the disease would not be as bad in other countries, over their fake news cnn, that would be humpty dumpty's network. anderson cooper said we should more concerned about the flu than coronavirus, we are going to get lectured from them? today liberal morning joe took the cake, accusing the president of killing 50,000 americans. what you won't do for your career, take a look. >> you got a president who said "this is going to magically go away, we only have 15 people it's down to zero" when will these people learn? this is not breaking news. how could the president not learn from his mistakes? even navarro warned him 500,000 people -- the president ignored it, he didn't prepare. 50,000 people are dead now because of it, right? >> sean: okay, joe. when you think it can't get any worse you have another liberal hack over there,

nancy pelosi showing up,os implicitly publicity stunt, at san francisco's chinatown, hugging and shaking hands with supporters and urging everyone to socially on distance. february 26th, another unhinged op-ed called "let's call it trump virus." if you are feeling awful, you know who to blame. in march, fake news cnn said, "calling the coronavirus wuhan or chinese coronavirus was racist," even though fake news of the use the exact same terminology in january. march thek, 2nd, de blasio encouraging new yorkers to go out on the town and catch a plane. same day, governor cuomo said, excuse our arrogance, but this disease will not be as bad in new york as other countries. it was worse. and on march 4th, fake news cnn anderson cooper, here's what he said about the virus. let's pay attention to his timeline. >> -the people of america do not get a flu shot and the flu right now is far deadlier. if you are freaked out at all about the coronavirus, you should be more concerned about the flu and you can do something about it and get a flu shot. >> sean: the facts on the ground are the facts on the

earlier when nancy pelosi is an example you don't say this when she's having her rally in san francisco in chinatown in san francisco nobody wants to say that if we didn't get a doctor found she said this if we didn't close our country to china we would have been so infected like nobody's ever seen when you saw the chart and we were at the top of the list in terms of success nobody wrote it i said where is anybody could it is that your nobody wrote it in terms of mortality you saw that nobody wrote it germany and our country the most successful in terms of we're telling nobody wrote it it would be great if you wrote the truth but let's get on with it because i want mike to speak and they will take some more questions on the assumption good like 2 and i think you probably will it's been encouraging to watch states begin to open up as and it really has been it's a beautiful thing to see is restrictions are lifted we must maintain vigilance and continue practicing social distancing. i encourage governors to follow a careful phased approach and i want to remind all americans to adhere to our guidelines

there's nancy pelosi showing up, publicity stunt, crowded streets, san francisco's chinatown, hugging, shaking hands with her supporters and encouraging everyone to go and socially undistance. february 26, the times ran another unhinged op-ed entitled "let's call it from virus." "the new york times" that doesn't like me. if you're feeling awful, you know who to blame. in march, fake news cnn said that calling the coronavirus wuhan or china coronavirus was racist. even though fake news acosta himself used the exact same terminology in january. on march the 2nd, there's the mayor of new york, conrad de blasio encouraging new yorkers to go out on the ton to catch a flight. same day, coroner cuomo says excuse our arrogance, but this disease will not be as bad in nn other countries. it was worse, and on march the 4th, fake news cnn anderson cooper, here's what he had to say about the virus. let's pay attention to his timeline. >> half of the people in america do not get a flu shot had the flu right now is far deadlier so if you're freaked out at all about the coronavirus, you should be mor

pelosi, he said, had deleted this tweet in which encouraged people to visit businesses in san francisco's chinatownd do -- she did encourage people to visit but a check of websites that collect deleted tweets shows she never made such a tweet and her office confirms that. well, we are certainly making tweets we don't delete. follow me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> now during this pandemic state parks and beaches across the state have imposed some pretty major restrictions. just this week santa cruz county started lifting some of those rules but if you're thinking about returning fully back to normal think again. joining me now via skype this morning is the public safety superintendent for california state parks in the santa cruz district. thanks for getting up early and joining us this morning. >> absolutely. good morning. >> we're only about 24 hours into these new rules. can you tell us what they are and how people are responding? >> yeah, california state parks completely understands the need of the people of california to recreate and enjoy outdoor areas. so f

health emergency, pelosi, she shows up for a publicity stunt on thesi crowded streets of san francisco's chinatown. she's hugging, shaking hands with supporters and encouraging everyone to come to chinatown saying, everything is fine. safe here. turns out it was pelosi who was giving out false information. it was pelosi ignoring the warnings. it was pelosi who failed to take action. it was pelosi who failed to lead. it was pelosi who was so obsessed with impeachment and her stunt at the state of ugion's she couldn't see the forest for the trees in what what could easily be a moment of self reflection at the anna pelosi's prayers, a rant, a weak person, a poor leader takes no responsibilitywe. it weak person blames other. pelosi, you are that weak person, you are that poor leader, you are the reason that americans hate career politicians like yourself. even in the middle of a national emergency pandemic, pelosi is putting politics just like every other democrat before anything else. sick, disgusting. by the way, the country and here constituents certainly deserve better be here with moore, house mi

pelosi, he says, had deleted this tweet in which she encouraged people to visit businesses in san francisco's chinatownry. she did do that. she did encourage people to visit small businesses in chinatown, but a check of websites that collect deleted tweets shows she never made such a tweet much less deleted it and her office confirms she never did. we're tweeting and i don't think deleting anytime, not quite sure, but you can find me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. >>> we're now learning that warriors legend steph curry was the first nba player to be tested for coronavirus. curry told "time" magazine he got sick at the beginning of march with a fever of more than 100 degrees. so he self-quarantined while recovering from two surgeries from the broken hand. he says that his test came back negative but he knew some people weren't so lucky. so curry and his wife ayesha provided more than 1 million meals to observing kids and families during the pandemic. something else good to tell you about, animal shelters are doing great these days. check out this florida shelter that adopted out >> look

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she went down to the crowded streets of san francisco's chinatown, encouraged everyone to come visit. in march, the left was totally preoccupied with their insane political narrative that the president was racist for calling the coronavirus wuhan or the chinese coronavirus even though the virus originated in wuhan in china. >> we are not behaving well as the president does every day talking about the chinese virus, the wuhan flu, and all of these racist descriptions. >> why are you confusing this? >> this is a virus that came from the territory of china but came from bats. this is a bat virus, not a china virus. it doesn't speak chinese. >> the president says this is not racist at all one of course it's nakedly racist and obviously racist and blatantly racist. >> for the president to call it a chinese virus or a foreign virus, that is just so dangerous. >> the mob in the media spent march using the virus as a political weapon, which they did. other top democrats, they were still playing down the severity of the pandemic. comrade de blasio, march 2nd, encouraging new yorkers to go out

right there,ig the one wiping all that stuff on the podium, visited the crowded streets of san francisco, chinatown february 24th. come on down to chinatown. she says it's safe and sound. great advice. comrade de blasio, the mayor of new york, the dumbest guy in politics encouraging new yorkers to go out on the town in march. catch a play. cuomo claiming the disease would not be in as bad as other countries. cnn, that would be humpty dumpty's network.ty anderson cooper said we should be concerned about the flu than coronavirus. we are going to get lectured from them?m today, liberal morning joe took the cake. accusing the president of killing 50,000 americans. joel, what you won't do for your career. take a look. >> you've got a president who said that this is going to magically go away. we had when do these people learn? this is not breaking news! how could the president not learn from his mistakes? even than the bar awarded him 500,000 people, the president ignored it. he didn't prepare. 50,000 people are dead now because of him. >> sean: okay, joe. you think it can't get any worse, another liber

chinatown in san francisco is the largest chinatown outside of asia at the time and still is. it has about 20% of the city's population, and like immigrants anywhere, chinese are willing to do the jobs nobody else will. so it's laundry, cooks, porters in hotels, everything else, and there is rampant and blatant anti-asian bigotry and racism, in ways that now you look back, it is shocking, so the mayor at the time later becomes and runs for and wins the u.s. senate seat in california. his campaign signs really say literally keep california white. that was the focus that it was a very easy scapegoat for all the problems that were happening in san francisco. the governor at the time was a man named henry gage and like politicians now, he pioneered the idea of calling anything he didn't agree with or anything that was negative fake news. so you have the worst disease in history coming to a place that in no way wants to deal with it and in no way wants to acknowledge that it could be in any danger, and this is also the gateway to the entire country. so you have everything ripe for

a band and so you tell me nancy pelosi was having she wanted to have a street party in chinatown in san francisco at the end of february that's a month later. and then they tell me it's only a political talking point but you feed into it because you're too good a reporter to let that happen really you are a good reporter you too good a reporter to let that happen remember this so at the end of january put on a band people that were in that room will tell you that i think there were $21.00 people i was the only one of the whole room that wanted to do it what you i was the one that counted for that purpose we put on a band because i was reading bad things about china world health organization should have told us but i was reading it with or without them they should have known all they had to do is read it that didn't have to even be there but they tried to cover up for china world health coverage for china but no no way already you can say there you are 5 put out of ban in other words i stopped china from coming to the united states i stopped europe from coming into the united states long before th

born and raised in san francisco chinatown. i'm also the executive secretary -- >> far wall, it's a fire hazard. >> of the chinese benevolence association. this association is known as six company. it's like the chinatown city hall. i don't think we have the time or afforded the time to take a look at this plan that went through. and our understanding since it's going to be michelin star restaurant upstairs, our concern is what is going to happen downstairs. and we think that it needs to be revisited and that you accept appellants in support of his motion because currently chinatown is pretty much whittled down to two restaurants. and it would be historical for you guys right now, you can make history here, or you can turn -- change the hands of time here. because it's very important to our community that many of the people that work in these restaurants that are not michelin restaurants come from the community. and it gives them a time and also to be a part of the community. we like to say open it back up for us, which we did

san francisco. we will be strong. chinatown is very strong. thank you very much.plause] >> we have the vice president of the chinese chamber of commerce. >> on behalf of china town and chinese chamber of commerce. we are so glad that the mayor and supervisor are proactive with action against this virus. to promote the businesses in the community. i hope the community around the chinatown and san francisco we have to do something else. we have to do the business in our part. we come out to shopping, we come out to eat, to support the local business. we are working together, we can overcome this difficult time. now let me use a chinese word. [speaking chinese] (applause) >> now, i would like to ask our recorder to say a few words. >> i would like to ask our treasure to stand beside me. the leaders today not only the mayor and board of supervisors and state representatives but jose and i have been working around the clock to figure out ways to help to support our community. a lot has been said already about the importance of all of us taking decisive action to make s

square miles of san francisco by supporting local services in the neighborhood we help san francisco remain unique successful and vibrant so we're will you shop & dine in the 49 chinatown has to be one the best unique shopping areas in san francisco that is color fulfill and safe each vegetation and seafood and find everything in chinatown the walk shop in chinatown welcome to jason dessert i'm the fifth generation of candy in san francisco still that serves 2000 district in the chinatown in the past it was the tradition and my family was the royal chef in the pot pals that's why we learned this stuff and moved from here to have dragon candy i want people to know that is art we will explain a walk and they can't walk in and out it is different techniques from stir frying to smoking to steaming and they do show of. >> beer a royalty for the age berry up to now not people know that especially the toughest they think this is - i really appreciate they love this art. >> from the cantonese to the hypomania and we have hot pots we have all of the cuisines of china in our chinatown you don't have to go far. >> small business is important to our neighborhood because if we real

earlier when nancy pelosi as an example, you don't say this, when she is having her rally in san francisco in chinatownn san francisco, nobody wants to say that. if we didn't -- doctor fauci said this, if we don't close our country to china, we would have been so infected like nobody's ever seen. when you saw the chart, and with we were at the top of the list in terms ever success, nobody wrote it. is anybody going to use that chart? nobody wrote it in terms of mortality. you saw that. nobody wrote it. germany and our country. the most successful in terms of mortality. nobody wrote it. it would be great if you wrote the truth but let's get on with it because i want mike to speak. we'll take some more questions on the assumption you would like to, i think you probably will. it has been encouraging to watch states begin to open up as, really has been, it is a beautiful thing to see, as restrictions are lifted. we must maintain vigilance and continue practicing social distancing. i encourage governors to follow a careful, phased approach. i want to remind all americans to adhere to our guidelines, very im

san francisco. which is five times the city's population. he contains the disease and chinatown. s safe enough that he is sent out somewhere else to stop the next fire. and then there's the great earthquake in san francisco in 19 oh six. and now plague is spread everywhere. before assignment forms of the disease the most terrifying form is magic. this is what happened. sixty people die in the span of two weeks or so. and not only are people dying quickly, but they are throughout the city now. so it has the city's attention. you can no longer say it's a disease of chinatown disease of immigrants. now it is from north beach to this neighborhood, it's everywhere. and the geography of san francisco, when he think about it from a public health perspective, it is perhaps the most terrifying landscape you could ever deal with. it's everything from forests to oceans, skyscrapers horse stables. it's every possible thing you can think of you have to deal with. so blue, through the focus on public health and everything else. he is able to once again contain the disease. one of the big lesson

when she's having her rally in san francisco in chinatown in san francisco nobody wants to say that. if we didn't -- and dr. fauci said this. if we didn't close our country to china we would have been so infected like nobody's ever seen. when you saw the chart and we were at the top of the list in terms of success, nobody wrote it. i said is anybody going to use that chart? nobody wrote it in terms of mortality. you saw that. nobody wrote it. germany and our country, the most successful in terms of mortality. nobody wrote it. it would be great if you wrote the truth, but let's get on with it because i want mike to speak and then i'll take some more questions on the assumption you'd like to and you probably will. it's been encouraging to begin to watch states open up, and it really has been. it's a beautiful thing to see as restrictions are lifted. we must maintain vigilance and continue practicing social distancing. i encourage governor tuesday follow a careful phased approach, and i want to remind all americans to adhere to our guidelines, very important. the governors are going to

when nancy pelosi as an example -- you don't say this, when she is having her rally in san francisco in chinatown in san francisco, nobody wants to say that. if we didn't -- dr. fauci said this. if we didn't close our country to china, we would have been so infected, like nobody's ever seen. when you saw the chart. and we were at the top of the list in terms of success. nobody wrote it. is anybody going to use that chart? nobody wrote it, in terms of mortality. you saw that nobody wrote it. germany and our country, the most successful in terms of mortality. nobody wrote it. it would be great if you wrote the truth. but let's get on with it because i want mike to speak, and then we'll take more questions on the assumption you'd like, to and i think you probably will. it's been encouraging to watch states begin to open up as -- and it really has been, it's a beautiful thing to see as restrictions are lifted. we must maintain vigilance and continue practicing social distancing. i encourage governors to follow a careful phased approach, and i want to remind all americans to adhere to our guidelines.

she wants a street fair in san francisco and chinatown. the purpose was to prove there was no problem. many other politicians did the same thing and wanted to prove -- no, of course not. no, no, no peer people are amazed at how early i acted and i did act early. with that being said, it's very hard to say left closed on the greatest economy in the history of the world. i had it closed down. i and everybody else that works with me and 300, close to three and 50 million people built the greatest economy in the history of the world. best employment numbers, best stock market numbers, best numbers in virtually every category. even good manufacturing numbers. the previous administration said manufacturing was down for our country. even great manufacturing numbers. you know what, i do that something want in my, you're going to have to close down the economy. you're going to have to close the country. but you know what i say to you? where going to rebuild it and we are going to rebuild it better not going to go faster than people think. i built i

nancy pelosi, she wanted to have a street party in chinatown in san francisco at the end of february. that's a month later. and then they tell me it's only a political talking point. but you feed into it because you're too good a reporter to let that happen, really, you are a good reporter. you're too good a reporter to let that happen. remember this. so at the end of january, i put on a ban. people who were in that room will tell you, i think there were 21 people, i was the only one in that whole room that wanted to do it. fortunately i was the only one who counted. because i was reading bad things about china. world health organization should have told us. but i was reading it, all they had to do was read it, but they tried to cover up for china. wait, you can't say this -- >> reporter: in february and march -- >> you can't say this. i put on a ban. i stopped china from coming into the united states. i stopped europe from coming into the united states long before the march date you're talking about so people should say i acted very early. that was a very hard thing to do. doing that

. >> we took a drive through downtown san francisco and chinatown and saw all kinds of face coverings, including a scarf and a t-shirt. many people asking what should i be using? we put our viewer questions to epidemiologist at ucsf, dr. george rutherford. do i need a facemask standing outside my yard? >> if you're not doing anything, i don't think so. >> is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth? >> absolutely. we're trying to cut down on you expelling cough, sneeze, respiratory particles. that's the goal here is to protect other people from you. >> the next question is how should the cloth masks be laundered? any special instructions? >> i would wash them in hot water. >> what would be the best protection if you're going for a run or a bike? >> i would say you'll have to experiment, try a t-shirt or something like that, just a bandanna. >> experiment for comfort and fit but also how porous. we tried to spray through different materials from a thick to a thin scarf, a towel, and a thin t-shirt. the thinner the material, the less effective at holding the spray. online, on etsy

. >> we took a drive through downtown san francisco and chinatown and saw all kinds of face coverings, including a scarf and t-shirt many people asking, what should i be using. we put our viewer questions to dr. george rutherford. >> do i need a face mask if i'm standing outside my yard? >> if you're not doing anything, i don't think so. >> is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth? >> yes, absolutely. what we're trying to do is cut down on you expeling cough, sneeze, respiratory particles. that's the goal here, to protect other people from you. >> the next question is, how should the cloth masks be launderred? any special instructions? >> i would wash them in hot water. >> what would be the best protection if you're going for a run or a bike? >> i would say experiment, try a t-shirt or something like that, just a bandanna. >> experiment for comfort and fit but also how porous. we tried to spray through different materials from a thick to thin scarf, towel and a thin t-shirt. the thinner the material, the less effective at holding the spray. online, etsy and amazon, the choice

supervisors ronen and haney, the supervisor tenants union, the housing rights committee of san francisco, and chinatown community development center, i'm very proud to be introducing what i believe is the strongest possible legislation to prevent evictions in san francisco among those who are unable to pay rent due to the current health crisis. our initial focus during the crisis was to make sure that people didn't immediately lose their home, and we have basically shutdown the eviction machine for now. today, we're taking the next step to make sure that tenants, especially low-income, vulnerable tenants who are terrified of losing their homes once the state of emergency ends, today, they have the comfort of knowing that rent during this covid-19 crisis will not someday become grounds for evictions. the legislation that i'm introducing today specifically will permanently ban eviction for nonpayment of rent that accrued during the -- due to covid-19 and state of emergency. it will prohibit late fees, penalties, interest or other charges to tenants related to delayed payments from rent due during this ti

. >> we took a drive through downtown san francisco in chinatown and saw all kinds of face coverings, including a scarf and a t-shirt. many people asking what should i be using? we put our viewer questions to epidemiologist, dr. george rutte r ford. >> do i need a face mask in my yard? >> if you're not doing something, i don't think. >> is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth? >> yes. we're trying to cut down on you expelling, cough, sneeze, respiratory particles. the goal is to protect others from you. >> how should the cloth masks be laundered? any special instructions. >> i would wash them in hot water. >> what would be the best protection if you're going for a run or a bike? >> you have to experiment. try t-shirt or something like that. just a bandana. >> experiment for comfort and fit but also how we tried to spray through different materials from a thick to a thin scarf. a towel and a thin t-shirt. the thinner the material, the lest effective at holding the spray. online on et cetera i and amazon, the choices are endless. fashionable to high tech. this one boasts breat

this, over time, they kill something like 2 million rats in san francisco which is 5 times the city's population. he contains it in chinatown, is safe enough that he is sent somewhere else to stop the next fire. then there's the great earthquake in san francisco in 1906 and now plague has spread everywhere and there were different forms of the disease, the most terrifying is pneumatic. this is what happened. 60 people die in the span of two weeks and not only are people dying quickly but throughout the city now. so half the city's attention, you can no longer say it is a disease of chinatown or immigrants. now it is from north beach to this neighborhood. it is everywhere. the geography of san francisco when you think of it from a public health perspective is the most terrifying landscape you could deal with. everything from forest to oceans to skyscrapers to horse stables, everything you can deal with. so lou, through the focus on public health is able to contain the disease and one of the big lessons i took from this, diseases are not confined to the past. just see the measles outbreak, a lot of things we thought we moved

when nancy pelosi, as an example, you don't say this when she is , having her rally in san francisco in chinatown in san francisco nobody wants to say , that. if we didn't close our country to china, we would have been so infected like nobody has ever seen. when you saw the chart, and we were at the top of the list in terms of success, nobody wrote it. i said where -- is anybody going to use that chart? nobody read it. germany and our country, the most successful in terms of mortality -- nobody wrote it. it would be great if you wrote the truth. let's get on with it and i want mike to speak on the assumption you would like to and i think , you probably will. it has been encouraging to watch states begin to open up. it really has been. it's a beautiful thing to see as restrictions are lifted. we must maintain vigilance and continue practicing social distancing. i encourage governors to follow a careful faced approach -- phased approach and i want to remind americans to adhere to our guidelines, very important. the governors are going to adhere hopefully, or they are going to to do what they think

we took a drive through downtown san francisco and chinatown and saw all kinds of face covers, including a scarf and a t-shirt. many people asking what should i be using. we put our viewer questions to epidemiologist at ucsf dr. george rutherford. >> do i need a face mask if i'm standing in my yard? >> if you're not doing anything. >> and is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth? >> yes, absolutely. what we're trying to do is cut down on you expelling cough, sneeze respiratory particles. that's the goal is to protect other people from you. >> the next question is how should the cloth masks be laundered? >> i would waush them in hot water. >> what would be the best protection if you're going for a run or a bike? >> i would say you're going have to experiment. try a t-shirt or something like that. just a bandanna. >> experiment for comfort and fit, but also how porous. online, on etsy and amazon, the choices are endless. from fashionable to high-tech. this one boasts breathability and filter technology. but dr. rutherford says keep it simple. cover your nose and mouth and save the

. >> we took a drive through downtown san francisco and chinatown and saw all kinds of face coverings, including a scarf and a t-shirt. many people asking, what should i be using? we put our viewer questions to dr. george rutherford. do i need a face mask if i'm just standing outside my yard? >> if you're not doing anything, i don't think so. >> is it okay to wear a scarf over my nose and mouth? >> yes, absolutely. what we're trying to do is cut down on you expelling cough, sneeze, respiratory particles. that's the goal here, to protect other people from you. >> the next question is, how should the cloth masks be laundered? any special instructions? >> i would wash them in hot water. >> what would be the best protection if you're going for a run or a bike? >> i would say you're going to have to experiment. try a t-shirt or something like >> experiment for comfort and fit but also how porous. we tried to spray through different materials from a thick to thin scarf, towel and a thin t-shirt. the thinner the material, the online, etsy and amazon, the choices are endless, from fashionable

ban on so much earlier when nancy pelosi as an example, when she's having her rally in san francisco in chinatown, nobody wants to say that. dr. fauci said this, if we can enclose our country to china, we would've been so infected, like nobody has ever seen we were at the top of the list in terms of success, nobody wrote it, i said is anybody going to use that chart in terms of mortality, you saw that. germany and our country, the most successful in terms of mortality, nobody wrote it. it would be great if you wrote the truth, let's get on with it i want mike to speak and then we'll take more questions. it's been encouraging to watch states begin to open up and it has been, it's a beautiful thing to see as restrictions are lifted, we must maintain vigilance and continue practicing social distancing. i encouraged governors to follow a careful, phased approach and i want to remind all americans to adhere to our guidelines, very important. the governors are going to adhere or do what they think is best, i want them to do what they think is best -- wash your hands, avoid close physical contact is muc

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