joining us to discuss all of this is andy bashir of kentucky.hank 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

stark warnings have ce from governors like kentucky's andy bashir. >> i hope people will see what is out there we are living our faith by being willing to change the way we're worshipinghis weekend. >> reporter: bute's warning of cording license platesf churchgos andorcing them to quarantine drawing a rebuke from senator ted cruz. #stoppersecutingfaith. adding i live in texas where we protect publicafy but aren't authoritian zealots. coming with high stakes. of the 15 states with the pose vulnerable populations to coronavirus, 11 have some kind of religious exemption. florida's governor giving this guidance. >> t state of florida is not going to through government coercion close a church synagoe or placef worship. >> reporr: in sth florida all 109 parishes under the archdiocese o miami, 1.3 million catholics will only havehe option ttream serves online. >> that's kind of tempting god, it's being foolish and, you know, the gospel tells us to be ureous butot foalish. >> reporte the boundaries being tested as christians prepare for the holiestay on the calendar. >> sam brock reporting.

it has been under a mandatory lockdown for weeks now by governor andy bashir and they've found a precarious case there and one man who lives with a confirmed positive coronavirus patient and another roommate who is suspected of having the virus so this man was supposed to isolate for 2 weeks while this man apparently kept leaving us house so i jabbed placed and monitor on this man could this be a peek into our future especially given that in china they were forced to download this app that somehow monitors their health and tracks their movements. it's a great question the ultimate goal here of these types of programs has to be the overall safety and security of the american public i don't think anybody can argue with that you're discussing a specific state lockdown here related to cove it the states actually have a lot more authority in these types of cases than the federal government does for example deployment of the national guard we see them helping in on the medical side right now so in that situation you really are dealing with a criminal offense and what you have is you have the stat

governor andy bashir says that kentucky is experiencing a surge in cases. he has opinion one of the most aggressive governors is battling the coronavirus. cnn's jeff zeleny has more now. >> reporter: he's been on the job less than four months, one of the nation's newest and youngest governors. >> the office of governor of the commonwealth of kentucky -- >> but andy beshear of kentucky is standing out in the by state fight against the novel coronavirus where some governors are leading and others following. it was back on march 6 when beshear declared a state of emergency. >> we now have every resource available to us to respond. >> one day before governor andrew cuomo would do so in new york and a full week before president trump would do it nationally. the next day, he introduced kentucky to the art of social distancing well before the phrase needed any such introduction. >> try to say about six feet apart. >> this week he signed an unusual executive order, telling kentucky residents not only to hunker down at home, but not to leave the state unless it was

>>kentucky governor andy bashir will allow a gradual reopening in the healthcare sector monday.ngs like dentists physical therapy and lab services as for the rest if we don't do this right and we have a second spike. >>we end up with more economic damage new york's current restrictions run until may 15th governor andrew cuomo acknowledges the 7 weeks of limitations so far have been difficult but said they are worth it may be the life you saved is not your own. >>you still saved a life. >>and that's not a bad way to spend one day for 56 states, the white house coronavirus task force meanwhile met on saturday but did not hold a public briefing. >>in washington, i'm karen caifa. all remaining patients on the u.s. naval ship comfort will be transferred off of the ship by tomorrow. >>the naval hospital ship has been docked in new york city for weeks to help with the influx of coronavirus patients in the area. the ship's initial mission was to treat people who did not have coronavirus but the u.s. military later said the comfort would take on those patients, 42 patients run the ship a

in kentucky, governor andy bashir says anyone gathering at in-person church services will be requirednd in new york state the hardest-hit area in the u.s., the virus has killed more than 8,600 residents, but officials say there are encouraging signs. >> the number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex and the apex appears to be a plateau, which is what many of the models predicted that it wasn't going to be a straight up and straight down. it was going to be a straight up, you hit the top number, and then you plateau for a period of time, and that looks like what we are doing. >> reporter: in michigan, governor fregretchen whitmer banning travel between two residences with only a few exceptions. in texas governor greg abbott also increasing travel restrictions to his state, including quarantines and on to the economy, nearly 17 million filing for unemployment over the past three weeks. abc news has learned the first stimulus checks started going out this weekend. in cities across the country, lines of cars stretching for blocks outside local food banks. for alice sanford, a

erin, in kentucky today, the governor there, andy bashir, saying they will be taking down the license plate information of people who attend a mass gathering this weekend. that information will be given to the health department, and those individuals will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days. he went on to say, they shouldn't need to do this, saying he didn't think it's an act of faith to attend a service in person, but it is an act of faith to sacrifice to protect your fellow americans, erin. >> all right. well said. thank you very much, erica. and "outfront" tonight, dr. sanjay gupta. so, sanjay, i want to start with a point here, one of the main headlines today, these projections from the department of homeland security and health and human services that "the new york times" has obtained. basically saying if stay-at-home orders are lifted after 30 days, there will be a dramatic spike in coronavirus cases this summer and the death tolls would be similar to what would have happened if nothing had been done in the first place. for a lot of places, that puts you, having these ord

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since we last spoke, i spoke with governor laura kelly of kansas, governor andy bashir of kentucky, also to governors of texas and rhode island. i assured each one of them as we continue to work through the process of making sure that we distribute the resources at the point of the need, is at president trump's direction, our objective working through fema is to make sure that states have what they need when they need it. and to see the progress that we have made. the president just reflected on and new york and new jersey, louisiana and the partnership we forge with governors in those states. california and washington state before. most importantly, our dedicated health care workers that we will be there to meet that need should that need arise. at the present moment, fema reports the president has approved 54 major disaster declarations, and tats around the country have stood up 29,000 national guard, 11,000 of which are fully funded by the federal government under title xxxii. also speaking of our military, at the present moment we received a report today from the department of defens

joining us now the governor of kentucky andy bashir. let me get your reaction to this top official who had been working on finding a vaccine, the head of this federal agency says he was pushed out on this drug hydroxychloroquine a drug the president has touted as a miracle cure. how concerned are you experts like dr. bright, fram, are being side lined by the administration? >> wolf, thanks for having me and let me start by saying what i say to kentuckians every day, and that's we'll get through it and get through it together. and the way we get through it is to make sure that we listen to the experts, we follow the science. and now that we are this far into it we make sure wii don't frustrate the sacrifices that so many kentuckians and americans have made. we're at a place in kentucky where we have flattened this curve. what it looks like right now we won't suffer nearly the loss this virus truly threatened. and now we have made that sacrifice, now we have flattened the curve, yes we're going to take steps to work on reopening our econo

>>kentucky governor andy bashir will allow a gradual reopening in the healthcare sector monday.like dentists physical therapy and lab services as for the rest if we don't do this right and we have a second spike. >>we end up with more economic damage new york's current restrictions run until may 15th governor andrew cuomo acknowledges the 7 weeks of limitations so far have been difficult but said they are worth it may be the life you saved is not your own. >>you still saved a life. >>and that's not a bad way to spend one day or 56 states. the white house coronavirus task force meanwhile met on saturday but did not hold a public briefing. >>in washington, i'm karen caifa. a poison centers all around the country are reporting an uptick in calls following the president trump's comments on thursday. >>about ingesting disinfectant as a possible treatment for coronavirus president trump has since walked back on his words saying that he was making a sarcastic comment. but a local medical professor says this is not something to joke about. >>you inject it's injecting it is far worse bec