southern bank corp. of arkansas and mississippi has already issued a number of loans.heir ceo, darren williams, joining us now from little rock. we appreciate you taking some time out. you were working on a saturday to try to get more of these loans approved. tell us what the process is and what you're hearing from your customers, sir. >> leland, first, thank you for having us on. you're right, we are working this saturday. i've got a team of folks at the office trying to get applications done. yesterday, we probably received over 100 applications from small businesses across our markets and just a little bit about who we are. kind of set the stage. we are a community development financial institution. we serve underserved communities and small businesses. you know, we serve communities throughout the arkansas, mississippi delta that have already experienced tough times. these businesses were trying to thrive and this pandemic really is making it very, very tough for them. so they need access to these resources. this paycheck protection program is a big deal for them.

bank corps, morgan stanley, james gorman, grand rapids state bank, southern bank corp, the construction labor workforce, international union of operating engineers-- ♪ ♪ jim callahan, the north american building trades union, sean mcgarvey-- these are a lot of friends of mine. >> stephen: and the band is playing him off. trump went on for ten full minutes listing companies and names, including some surprising health experts. >> mcdonald's, darden restaurants, coca-cola, pepsi-cola, chik-fil-a, subway, bloomin' brands, yum brands, papa john's, wendy's. >> stephen: not sure if those were the companies he was going to talk to or if he was just calling in his lunch order. let me remind you: this is a briefing about the coronavirus crisis. i say with all respect: what does yum brands know about that? they own pizza hut, taco bell, and k.f.c.-- delicious all, but famously, the colonel does only one thing really well, and it's not deep-fried epidemiology. i mean, for pete's sake, we're not even supposed to touch our face, and the colonel keeps tempting us to lick our fingers. i could just murd

grand rapids state bank, southern bank corps, all great institutions with lots to say and good ideas. if you look how the paycheck has been working out, the numbers are incredible. i hope congress will be able to supplement the amount of money going to our workers. i hope they can do that quickly. many are already spending the money and the money has been distributed at numbers nobody believed possible. it was only a week ago, but a lot of money had been distributed already. it will keep our businesses open. jim calahan, north america building trades union, labor international trade un yor, international brotherhood of teamsters, national electrical contractors association, bechtel, floor, national association of home builders, association of builders and contractors, associated general contractors, afl-cio, g.h. palmer. these are some of the unions, almost all of the ones will be on the line. in defense we have lockheed martin, honeywell, northrop grumman, ceos, chairmen, presidents. raytheon, energy. we had a tremendous conference with energy over the weekend with credit going to ru

bank, morgan stanley, james gorman, grand rapids estate bank, southern bank corp, all great institutions with lots to say and lots of good ideas. if you look at how paycheck has been working out, the numbers are incredible, and i hope congress will be able to supplement the amount of money going to our workers. i hope they are able to get that done very quickly, because it has been an incredible success, and many are already spending that money, and the money's been distributed at numbers nobody believed possible in this short period of time. it was only a week ago, but a lot of money's been disturbed it already. it will keep our small businesses open. the international union of operating engineers, the north american building trades union, a lot of friends of mine. ofternational brotherhood teamsters. electrical contractors association. national association of homebuilders. association of builders and contractors. associated general contractors. richard trumka, afl-cio. the unions,me of pretty much, almost all the ones that will be on the line. eeddefense, we have lockh martin, honeywel