ashley? ashley: yeah. at least they're talking and it was warm and wonderful. let's take it at face value. good stuff. thank you. by the way, i want to get back to scott shellady. scott, i just want to ask you this. citi says global earnings may fall 50% and stock prices could then drop by the same amount. what do you say to that? >> well, we have done a lot of work already so i mean, to go another 50% from here would be pretty heady. i don't think that's going to be the case. i absolutely agree with a lot of these dire predictions because we have reports of yesterday losing 40% of the retail sales force. we have seen already at least 11% of our restaurants never going to reopen again. i reckon that goes higher. you have seen all the furloughs we have seen happening. so it's not good. again, back to what we just said, yeah, they are going to get a stimulus to stay in the game so they can really reopen and swhee what they can do but once they reopen, bills start coming back in, there is social distancing, w

ashley? ashley: yeah. great stuff, edward. thank you.as you can see, the bank stocks in premarket, all nicely higher as people line up for those loans they so desperately need as the economy is shut down. all right. let's try -- we mentioned this at the top of the show, some perhaps light at the end of the tunnel though i always wonder how long the tunnel is. a sign of hope. susan, coronavirus deaths in new york are now down, is that correct? susan: we are looking on sunday, 595 coronavirus deaths that were being reported. that's actually less than what they saw on saturday when 630 people died of coronavirus. also, if you look at the hospitalization rate, a very interesting chart andrew cuomo, the governor of new york state, put up yesterday and that means hospitalizations, try saying that so early, right, is half the rates. we are looking at 500 people that were hospitalized compared to 1,000 cases the previous day. that's half the rate. that's very, very promising given we are looking at 122,000 cases across new york state itself. ita

ashley. so you know, i'm not really saying anything new out there. but post-pandemic we will see a lot of retailers that will cease to exist. ashley: any big ones in particular? maybe jc penney, perhaps? >> i think so. i think jc penney, something like the gap, i would not be surprised, something like dillard's, i would not be surprised. ashley: wow. okay. we look at some perhaps value plays after the virus, once we get on the other side, you like walmart, costco and amazon. seems like pretty safe bets to me. >> very safe bets. i think walmart is in a very unique position here, because they have what amazon doesn't have, which is real estate. they are deftly moving towards their buy online, pick up in store. they want you out of the store, online and that actually would be less liability for them and a more cost-effective waf doiy ofg business. i really like walmart here. ashley: very quickly, you do like, and they are not cheap, restoration hardware. why rh? >> you know, for customers that a

ashley? ashley: all right, thank you very much, hillary.ime to bring in wyoming senator john barrasso. i don't get it, democrats blocking stimulus for small businesses. mitch mcconnell said yesterday all we have to do is raise out 350 billion, put in 600 billion and get that money out there for the people who need it most. why cannot everyone agree on that? >> because the democrats are blocking it. nancy pelosi is driving the party making the decisions for party and said no. this seems to be a no-brainer. in these very unusual times, the democrats are playing politics as usual. we need to get relief to the american people. this is the way to do it, through small businesses because they employ so many people across the country. we want the paychecks to keep going out through the small businesses, people stay tied to their jobs. you would have thought this would have passed unanimously because with the original bill, passed the senate 96 to nothing, all we've said is it's time to refill this part of the program that's been so popular, so succ

ashley? ashley: thank you very much, edward.he community banks have been doing a tremendous job. it's time now for the big banks to kick it into high gear. great job on tracking those numbers, edward, thank you. let's check hanes brands, if we can. the teeshirt maker is now producing cotton masks. that stock up about 10% today at $9.20. also donating -- looking to donate 320 million of those masks in the coming weeks. that's hanes brands. >>> take a look at disney. wells fargo downgrading the company saying it will take two years for park attendance to get back to full capacity. disney only just down slightly, right around $100 a share for disney. >>> also take a look at pinterest. they announced strong first quarter earnings and no debt. pretty impressive. but withdrew their full year guidance. we are hearing that a lot from companies. they simply don't know what the rest of the year holds. pinterest up 11% in today's session. >>> you know him from the hit show "top chef." tom colicchio, says it took him 19 years to build his r

-ashley: oh, yeah.g away from here, i don't know how i would get my 40 hours a week. lemonis: mm-hmm. they've been very honest with me that nobody's gonna let anything happen to you. nothing. while i'm having this conversation, i'm looking out of the corner of my eye, and miranda was lurking. she wouldn't even let me have a discussion with one of her employees without her standing over there monitoring what i was gonna say. ashley: i need this job to make ends meet. lemonis: i think you have to just trust people. and so if they're telling you that you're gonna get your hours, i think you got to just believe in what they tell you. it's gonna be okay. ashley: but i do love my job in here, marcus. lemonis: i know you do. keep your head up. it's obvious to me in this moment that miranda doesn't trust me. if this relationship's gonna work, it's gonna have to be built on trust. hey, miranda, is this, like, the flavor-of-the-month club right here? -miranda: yep. -lemonis: what is this? miranda: those are light

ashley? ashley: yeah.cial media accounts that in hunan province, which is in central china, about five and a half hours north of hubei where the coronavirus first was reported, there's a partial shutdown or closedown, if you like, lockdown in hunan province because of reported coronavirus cases. now, this is just on social media but scientists have been warning that once the pandemic seems to have died down a little bit in china, and the regulations are relaxed, scientists have feared a second wave of virus outbreak so it's interesting to see that these reports coming in from a province north of hubei that maybe they are seeing more coronavirus cases. this hasn't been confirmed but it is being picked up on social media. stuart: you know, that would be very bad news. that would mean that a second wave can come on pretty strong which affects us, because if we are wanting to try to get back to work in may, we have to be worried about a second wave coming here. are you with me on this? ashley: absolutely. that

ashley: sure. let me get back to this week at the white house and the virus task force briefing. mike lindell, the mypillow guy, he upset a lot of people and the media when he said this. roll tape, please. >> god gave us grace on november 8th, 2016 to change the course we were on. god had been taken out of our schools and lives, a nation turned its back on god. and i encourage you it use this time at home to get back in the word. read our bibles and spend time with our families. stuart: there you heard it. his advice was, get back to your family, read your bible. mike lindell joins us right know. he is on the screen, right-hand side of the screen right there. you faced quite a lot of backlash from this. why do you think that the -- >> reminds me of three years ago, when better business bureau attacked me when i went all-in for the p you remember that? stuart: i do remember that. why did you face such a backlash because you said go read the bible? >> you know, i don't understand it. i think, you kno

ashley: yes. the ceo has put out a note to employees and this paints a very dire financial situation. he says the company is bleeding cash at an unprecedented rate. he said they have already cut production by a third and in order to just survive, they are looking at more cuts, more job layoffs, more furloughs. the ceo of airbus saying we are in desperate straits, we need to get back to work, so really laying it on the line for the employees and certainly the french government as we know they do, they take a look at how it can help airbus survive. stuart: got it. overall, we just opened the market three minutes ago. we are up. it's not a huge gain by any means. a half percentage point up for the dow jones average. that's 120 points. >>> here's the anxiety indicator, the yield on the ten-year treasury. as the money goes into that treasury, the yield comes down. so when you see the yield go up, that means money's coming out of treasuries. perhaps going into stocks. that's what you've got right now. .

tell me what you've got, ashley. ashley: yeah. the board saying it's going to raise the dividend for its shareholders by 8%. actually, to 70 cents from 65 cents. the first one being payable may 15th. the latest report from costco show that net sales jumped 12% in march. online sales growth of 48%, comp sales up 9.6%. of course, one of the few bright spots in all of this. by the way, they also announced they are going big into china, going to set up a new operation outside of shanghai. costco hiking its dividend by 8%. stuart: and $312 per share. that's pretty good. let's get to google. lauren, are they -- they were on a hiring spree. are they scrapping it? lauren: yeah. they are. imagine that, stuart. this is like the richest company in silicon valley and even they are feeling the effects of coronavirus. obviously they make a lot of their money from ad spending and that has slowed down, so the ceo wrote a letter to employees and said, he said this. the entire global economy is hurting and google is not immune to the effects of thi

ashley, the details? ashley: yeah. the antiviral medicine according to the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases, met its primary end point, meaning they had done the trial, it appears to be, you know, worthy of more study so it will go on from here. we will hear more from that government agency today. but very encouraging. remdesivir, of course, has been around for awhile, first tried out with ebola patients. has not been licensed or approved anywhere in the world and gilead itself is in phase three trials on this drug, saying that five-day courses and ten-day courses seem to show the recovery rate among patients was around 50% for those patients who were totally recovered within 14 days. but again, still more trials to go but this is promising news. stuart: thanks very much indeed. let's get dr. siegel involved in this. welcome on board. you've got three studies here which suggest remdesivir is a promising and successful treatment for the virus. now, what do you make of these test results quickly? >>

ashley: no. bill deblasio not quite as optimistic at getting back to so-called normal in new york city. he says in an interview with bill hemmer on fox news, opening too early would be a big mistake. take a listen. >> i want school opening in september as normal. i want everything up and running. i don't want a false start. but the light at the end of the tunnel is later on in the summer, as we go into the fall, we can get it right. but a lot of discipline in july, august are the months where we have to get -- begin to get back to normal. ashley: there you have it. if you heard that, the mayor of new york saying it won't be until late july or august at the earliest before the city gets back to normal. we are talking well into the summer. stuart: i don't see that, ashley. in all honesty, i don't see that. this is new york city, closely packed, people in small apartments largely, and what have you got some summ? summer. you want to go to the park, you want to go to the beach. i think the mayor will

ashley: yes. very slowly and judiciously, says mcdonald's, especially in those states where we have already talked about lifting some restrictions, tennessee, georgia, south carolina. the company says it is going to be a slow process. they are going to enforce social distancing and they say they will take other steps to mitigate the spread of the virus. they are also going to do checks on their staff before they begin their shifts, screening them for temperatures and those kind of things. but they are slowly starting to reopen. stuart: okay. big picture right now is the dow is at its high of the day, a 400 point gain. there's green arrows across the board here. i think there are three factors involved. number one, we've got a lot of states beginning to open up and go back to work. number two, we've got something of a recovery in the price of oil. we have bounced up to $14 per barrel and treasury secretary mnuchin says that's going to $30 by august. that helps the market. number three, we've got th

come in, ashley. what's news on tesla? ashley: yeah.ell, they have already slashed salaries, furloughed almost all workers that can't work from home but still, like every other company, they are looking to save some money wherever they can. now they are sending out e-mails to their landlords asking for a reduction, in fact, the "wall street journal" got ahold of one of those e-mails that says because of the restrictions on conducting business, we will be reducing our monthly rent obligations effective immediately. by the way, office space rental company wework has already stopped paying rent at some of its locations. just another way to try and save money. tesla hopes to be back to work and producing cars again on may 4th. stuart: all right. thanks, ash. i'm just looking at this rally now, up 520 for the dow industrials. mike, before we close out, i want to give you the last word. looks like a very solid rally to me. >> it does, stuart. i think for your viewers watching at home, pay attention to what the president is saying. this has be

ashley: yeah. it's interesting, because they vary widely. let's take oklahoma, for example. they are planning on reopening some businesses tomorrow. governor kevin smith says that will include hair salons, spas, nar sal nail salons, pet groomers, they will be open via appointment only and will have to undergo strict sanitary protocols. by may 5th, gyms and churches can reopen. take a look at pennsylvania. they say they will begin reopening on may 8th. tom wolf, the democrat, says we are going to take a three-phase approach. many states are doing this. red, yellow, green. he said we are in the red right now. we get to yellow, that's when me health benchmarks are reached, continual lessening of new cases of the coronavirus. he says schools, though, will remain closed on may 8th and restaurants will only be available for curbside pickup and delivery. in maryland, the governor larry hogan is going to unveil his reopening plan today, calling it a roadmap to recovery. in maryland they want to see 14 stra

i'm ashley strohmier. it's part of a comically complicated scheme with different phases and benchmarks for different parts of the country. this plan would use mass virus testing not antibody testing and doctor fauci puts it to identify isolate, contact trait everyone who gets the virus. but the latest data tells us that many millions of americans have or will get the virus. the idea that the government can identify each of them, isolate them somewhere for weeks, trace all their contacts, it's insane. now we know that apple and google are right behind it ready to build their surveillance empire on the back of this crisis. let's call it gag for short. it's a technocrat dream and america's nightmare. to be effective, to bring certainty to business, to mastermind our chances of getting that big bounce back recovery working that so america so desperately needs, the right plan for america has to be safe, based on science and also simple. that's the plan we will present to now. here the people who put it together

ashley, do you have the numbers yet? ashley: i do.solutely right, stu, this latest number, a build of 19.248 million barrels. almost 20 million barrels. you add that to the 15 million-barrels last week. we're talking about just this last two weeks, 35 million-barrels of crude oil in storage. we're running out of places to put the stuff. and by the way that is the biggest build, weekly build ever recorded. stuart: that is extraordinary and the price of oil down a little bit because of that. you're at 19.87 as we speak. i want to bringing in zane tankel, a frequent guest on the program. he is involved in two different industries. he is involved in the oil industry and in the restaurant industry. zane, i will start with oil. this is an astonishing situation, $19 a barrel, i got to say that is a catastrophe for american drillers and american frackers. am i right? >> you're 100% right, stuart. you remember i was on air with you, a month or two ago, i said if i could be in another business other than oil i would be. the problem started befo

ashley: yeah. unbelievable, stu. 13 states. arkansas, colorado, iowa, kansas, kentucky, michigan, mississippi, missouri, new york, oklahoma, ohio, virginia and wisconsin. absolutely remarkable. 20% drop in gallons purchased in march. last we looked towards april, compared to late february and early march, the amount of gasoline being purchased has fallen 50% to 70%. in other words, these are remarkably low prices. we are going all the way back 18 years. however, the reason is that no one's using it. everyone is in lockdown, no one is filling up their vehicles. therefore, we are running out of place to store the crude oil and no one is taking advantage of these incredibly low prices at the pump. stuart: just to be clear, that list of states that you read out at the top there, that's where there's at least one or two stations at 99 cents a gallon. 99 cents. ashley: 99 cents. stuart: just hold on to that thought. thanks very much. let me get back to this rescue deal for small businesses which has not

ashley parker is back. former top state steve stengel here. we'll start with nbc political reporter vaughn hilyard. vaughn, what does it look like. >> reporter: nicolle, i was talking to the gentleman from mesa, a population of about 5 million, nicolle, the folks here, several hundred of them gathered here on the arizona state capital ground before marching over the capitol. john was among those and he said his line here that we heard the refrain, he believes that the virus or the cure is worse than the virus itself. when you looking at numbers out of arizona, they don't compare to the numbers out of new york and new jersey, three weeks ago, nicolle, the republican governor of arizona ordered a stay at home shelt policy. much like governor dewine of ohio. you have seen these protests across the country -- in michigan, in ohio, our colleague was in pennsylvania, in harrisburg, today. here in phoenix, hundreds of folks who have gathered up, calling for the reopening of the arizona economy. now i was talking with one mother who came here with fou

ashley: yeah.g put out right now by the "wall street journal" says the investigation into the production of the 737 max is expanding. expanding on what is already a grand jury investigation which looked into perhaps poor designing that led to problems with the stall prevention feature on these planes. now they are looking at widespread or alleged widespread quality control lapses in the production on the assembly lines. also, they are wanting to look more at debris left behind by workers, as has been talked about before, some of that debris found in fuel tanks and other inside spaces. now, boeing says we are aware of these issues and have taken steps to address all of them. however, this increased investigation, stu, could open up boeing to even greater legal liability. that is the issue. not having a huge impact on the stock right now but they could be facing more fines and as we know, they are trying to ramp up the 737 max production again in the coming months. but this news of federal prosecutor

ashley, do we have those numbers yet? ashley: we do.now what, not as bad as we thought, stuart. coming in at 52.5 which means anything above 50 is still an expansion. the expectation was for it to crash down to a level of 44, which would have been contraction, would have been the first time since december of 2009. but a little bit of a surprise on the upside, coming in at 52.5 for the service sector in march. better than expected. stuart: i can't explain that, because the service sector has been utterly clobbered and that was true all the way through the month of march. so to have that reading, i just don't get it. can't understand it. however, i've got jack hough with me, bar ron's associate editor. also greg valliere. jack hough, first to you. what's going on here? the service sector, i thought it was going to crash. >> with all of these numbers, the jobs numbers are awful but is that normal? these are the job losses that we need to see in the near term if we shut down these businesses so that we can do what we need to do for this vir

are currently in place to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala has been following the story from the very beginning she joins us now live from sacramento th more on what we can expect to hear from the governor on wednesday, ashley. yeah tomorrow governor gavin newsome is supposed to give n update on how far california is getting on the road mato lifting the stay at home orders. it's the first announcement in a series the governor is expected to give. >overnor gavin newsome wednesday will gi the first update on how far cafornia is getting on its road map to lifting stay at home orders when a when you see a little can lay out some little is pressure that we i know we're all feeling around the stay at home order and the like governor, newsome is using 6 factors o determine how soon the state can ease its restrictions he says dnesday's update will be spific to onof the key pieces of evience his administration wants see which requires expanded testing and trackingof the infection mo tests will be made available. weare seen a significant increas

ashley parker is back. and director for center of vaccine development, dr. peter hodes is here. stay on this staggering announcement, this number had been out there for a couple of days, but the official announcement from the white house that the best case scenario for this country is that we lose 100,000 to 240,000 of our neighbors, fellow americans in this pandemic, i have been asking this every day this week, how do you process that. >> that's a great question. you know, if we look at an average influenza season there are a lot of variations. we have known for a while that this is last four-times, five-times more lethal than influenza. there are different models out there depending on the various assumptions and this's important to note because we're still in the steep learning curve about this virus and the models are only as good as the assumptions. we're hearing 100,000 and 240,000. we have come up with a number of 93,000 between now and august. the exact numbers mean less to me that we're in a significant public health problem and deaths. . the key now is to avoid the cit

ashley, the president came out, said your newspaper misquoted the head of the cdc. turns out he didn't like the headline. also turns out if you're a doctor or a scientist the president may have trouble with you. >> that's exactly right. the president didn't like the headline and more specifically he didn't like the way cnn seemed to characterize the "post's" interview with dr. redfield. but the broader issue here is that the president has a task force understandably in the middle of a pandemic stocked with doctors, scientists, public health officials and these are the people who should be guiding the response. and they are doing the absolute best that they can. and they've found that they can somewhat speak truth to power but only to an extent, and if they say something that contrasts with the president's world view, and this is a world view that in some moments is data driven but more frequently is prone to magical thinking and false statements and citing drugs with no evidence that they work as a possible cure-all, if you are a scientist in this administration you

ashley: yeah. really interesting. let's get straight to the tweet to explain what the president said. he said in this tweet in light of the attack from the invisible enemy as well as the need to protect the jobs of our great american citizens, i will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the united states. now, this will be an extension on to already travel restrictions in place for most of europe, china, canada, mexico and what we don't know is when it will go into effect and for how long it will last. there are reports out there that it could be for about 120 days or so on some work visas. you know, those that support this move say it protects american jobs, millions and millions of people want jobs and they should get access to those as opposed to immigrants coming into the country. interesting with those, you can imagine democrats calling it xenophobic scapegoating. stuart: why am i not surprised. ash, thanks very much indeed. i want to turn to edward lawrence. we've g

ashley: yes.d town, they have decided to opt out of the drone program, a drone that could detect if someone had a fever or even cough, and they could detect it from up high. when the news of this came out, lot of people started to weigh in, criticizing organizations, protesting, saying this is a major, major violation of privacy. the drone is manufactured by dragonfly. a canadian company, who invited the police department to try the pilot program or in this case, no-pilot program. westport says we are not going to use it. stuart: did you know, ashley, that way back in the early 1970s, i got off a plane, arrived in america first time at night, went to westport, connecticut, woke up the next morning and i thought my goodness me, the streets are indeed paved with gold. i thought all of america was like that. ashley: very nice. stuart: nice place. thanks, ash. all right. next case, susan, zoom fatigue. have we all got a case of that? susan: new phenomenon, feelings of tiredness, anxiousness or worry.

gary g has a question in your lane, ashley webster.owner with four employees. i was told today by my bank that it could be 15 days before an sba fault small business administration has a processor small businesses to apply for stimulus money. do you have any better info on this process?" link than that out if you can come ashley. >> yes, indeed. first they said they can get it as quickly as possible, but the treasury secretary said today, "we are aware of the desperate need." for people like gary and thousands of others, they are going to try turning these applications around, as they say, within a day or two. whether the rush will overwhelm the system, i hope not. the bottom line, gary, go to treasury.gov. you can't do anything until you go to that website and get your application in as soon as possible. >> harris: that's great information. ashley webster, thank you so much. good to see you today. >> same here, harris. my pleasure. >> harris: absolutely. at least one governor has reversed course. will new york's promo do the same? the

ashley, let me start with you. is all that reporting that preceded the most recent trump press conference that just wrapped up within the last few minutes that perhaps the white house was rethinking how they were going to be done. it was not the on schedule. it was added later. it did not feature dr. fauci. did not feature dr. birx. is this a new model we saw today? >> well, i think they are trying to push the president to a new model. talking to white house officials over the weekend and frankly before the president had a bad news psych wrl he suggested injecting disinfectants, they are going to keep the president more economic. think think that is area where the president is more comfortable. where he has better chance for success. if he says something hyperbol ginnic about the economy, it's not dangerous like passing false health information is. there is a new model to a separate economic venn eye for the president. the one challenge of course is this is a president who is incredibly responsive to news coverage.

our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>we believe we do have a framework that we can achieve and we can achieve together under the current stay at home order california is currently in phase. one state health officials say california will move into stage 2 in a matter of weeks allowing employees in occupations that low risk of spreading covid-19 with physical distancing to go back to work like retail and manufacturers the state will also begin opening up public spaces like beaches and parks along with school programs and child care facilities childcare is economic development childcare is foundational to getting people back to work stage 3 allows those in high-risk jobs to go back to work such as personal care salons and entertainment venues in person, religious services and weddings can resume stage for marks the end of california stay at home order allowing for concerts live sporting events and conventions phase 2 is in weeks not months face 3, 4, months, not weeks. so when governor gavin newsome says it's weeks until

capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. >>governor gavin newsome wednesday will give the first update on how far california is getting on its road map to lifting stay at home orders when a when you see a little bit of release in the so we can lay out some little is pressure that we i know we're all feeling around the stay at home order and the like governor, newsome is using 6 factors to determine how soon the state can ease its restrictions he says wednesday's update will be specific to one of the key pieces of evidence his administration wants to see which requires expanded

ashley is right. there's a real tension in the white house right now from the public health officials who are suggesting a slow, cautious approach here as to whether or not to -- when the nation's economy should reopen. others, including a task force that the president is going to announce tomorrow that's going to include the likes of larry kudlow, steve mnuchin, ben carson and others who are forging forward to see how can the nation reopen and when. and we know what the president wants. he was close to pulling the trig trigger to have it open on easter. it took fauci and birx to show him the models of how bad things could get if we were to do that to ward him off that idea. he is pretty centered on this may 1st date. he's given himself some wiggle room, yes, but that is what he wants. i think we're going to see in the coming days attempts to sort of justify that decision. this is a president whose whole re-election is based on a strong economy. he needs to get it going again. >> hey, doctor, far from

ashley, thank you very much and kristen welker. as kristen was just mentioning, senator bernie sanders took himself out of the race, pretty much. although he is still resisting a full-throated endorsement of joe biden. last night he went on late-night tv, his first interview with colbert since ending his presidential run. sanders and colbert both speaking from their homes, stopping short of the full endorsement but also sanders expressing hope that he can still have some impact on the race. >> you know, it's no way a secret that joe biden's applications are different than mine. but i have known joe since i came to the senate in 2006, worked with him when he was vice president in the obama administration. and i would say to me is joe is a very decent human being. i know his wife jill, who is a wonderful person. and that i hope to be able to work with joe to move him in a more progressive election. i think joe is a good politician. and he understands in order to defeat the president, in order to defeat trump, he's going to have to br

ashley webster is with us. he has more. ashley?ng to be a big struggle, charles. many businesses carry what is called interruption insurance, but it turns out that almost all of these policies do not cover viruses or pandemics. but a question being asked right now, did businesses close because of the virus or because of government telling them to lock their doors? does that make a difference? we can expect thousands of lawsuits in the court system to try and solve that issue. but as it stands right now, most insurance companies will deny the virus claims, saying the business actually suffered no physical damage, and oh by the way, they say, a pandemic is simply not insureable. >> the reason why a pandemic is excluded simply because it is unpredictable in nature. what we're experiencing now is extraordinary. it is something that's happening in the united states, all 50 states, all the economies within all at the same time. this is an extraordinary catastrophe that simply is not insurable. for that reason, a standard business interru

our guest is matt lee-ashley, senior fellow at the center for american progress. we are talking about the loss of world biodiversity and the emergence of coronavirus. for those of you on the central and eastern time zones. (202) 748-8001 for those of you in the mountain and pacific. what else in your background has you interested in this topic? i spent time at the u.s. department of the interior, working for the obama administration, and the interior department is the main natural resources agency for the federal government. i also worked in the u.s. senate on natural resource policy. domestichas been on nature policy. shows theart fragmentation of the american landscape is worsening. fragmentation has become so extensive that if a person were to parachute into a random spot in the lower 48, they could expect to be no more than a 10 minute walk from human development. what is fragmentation and what are you getting at here? guest: the point is that the united states is not immune from the nature crisis. we are losing natural areas very quickly. the human footprint

white house reporter for the washington post, ashley parker. and ron klain is here. dr. hotez, can you take us through this new development? who is it for? and how do we know it will work for everything. >> the drug works by interfering with the production of rna. the covid-19 virus. the sars 2ally designed with the viruses in mind. they released very exciting information that it seems to be shortening the length of illness in the u.s. it's tempered by a study published in lancelet saying it's not working, a slight difference in the number of days of hospitalizations. we have to iron out those differences. you have to compare the two studies. the drug was given later on in the course of the virus in china. earlier in u.s. most anti-viral drugs work better early on in the course of the virus. but so far, the data coming out of the u.s. looks promising. this is an intraven ooshous dru. >> fingers crossed on that. ashley parker, it's the kind of news that a white house that didn't stand it 23% to 32% correct with the broader american public could really tout and create this

ashley webster has been monitoring that, hey, ashley.ey, neil, why not, indeed, medical students given the option. they don't have to taken but they are given the option and the help is needed. about a dozen medical schools across the country are making that offer. they would include new york university, harvard medical school, colombia medical school, the ucla school of medicine and ucla, arizona university. medical students will only be able to take part in virtual graduations and enjoy their celebrations on zoom and that would happen later this year, so for a lot of them it makes sense to jump in early we spoke with maggie, four-year student and says you know what, i'm ready to put my training into practice at such a vital time. take a listen. >> it's certainly not how i expected to end medical school but i think that while the circumstances are different i think what we will be doing is fundamentally the same, you know, we expected to graduate on a later date and in a more controlled setting because we are still helping take care of

at the time, ashley described her as a time—waster. the process of carrying out its owners and directors checks. former newcastle defender steve howey says the club needs an injection of cash. i think you need to invest in the clu b i think you need to invest in the club itself, invest in players, and that grows and helps the area. on the inside, the club really hasn't been touched, so that needs addressing, but obviously, as all fans, they want to see investment in the club on players. it's been somewhat lacking, shall we say, undermike somewhat lacking, shall we say, under mike ashley. the deputy general secretary of european leagues, the voice of professional football across 29 countries, says it's impossible to say when the game will return to normal. alberto colombo says that, although some clubs are back in training, it's only in preparation in case restrictions are lifted. of course, it's impossible to answer the question of when we will be back playing, and nobody in this world knows the answer, because this will depend on the

so really we are still hindered by testing to really understand where we are on the curve. >> ashley parker, is it possible that of all the death and despair around him that perhaps boris johnson has personalized this illness for his friend donald trump? >> that's a great question, and that's something we've been trying to figure out, just how the president more broadly is handling his own personal concerns and fears. you know, this president, before coronavirus, was a germaphobe. people originally thought he wouldn't be able to run for office because he wouldn't be able to handle shaking hands with other people. and there's mixed signs out of the white house. on the one hand he's been tested a number of times. he said he'll be tested going forward as you mentioned. the people who now come in close contact with him are tested. and then there's other moments where he exhibits very poor social distancing at those daily news conferences. he has sort of even on the day when the message from the white house was everyone, the guidance is to wear a mask, he sort of vainly said he couldn't i

full disclosure to everyone watching, ashley -- dr.little sister, and i'm very proud of you. you keep up the great work, okay? i hope so you again someday soon next time i'm hope. >> yeah. hopefully not virtually. arthel: thank you. [laughter] eric: we all owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to dr. staton and the doctors and nurses on the front lines. well, at the same hospital where where she works, there is a show of gratitude for health care workers, this colorful sidewalk art right outside the medical center where she works. the messages -- [inaudible] start and end their long and grueling shifts. here's their reaction. >> it definitely meant a lot to me and was a surprise, a colorful surprise walking out and going home to go to bed after a long shift. >> it's nice, it's really nice. yeah, gives us hope. finish -- eric: well, as we showed you, the writer touching hearts of many at the medical center. as we said, still a mystery who exactly is doing that, but certainly that person writing in colorful chalk is expressing the feelings

want to go to ashley webster with more. ashley? >> good afternoon to you, charles. as the u.s.round the world slowly reopen business, the key to a rebound of course is consumer confidence and that could take a while, but, according to the furniture store or company you like, ikea, that operates shopping centers around the world that rebound is already being seen in china. ikea says the latest report there shows foot traffic is0, 80% of normal. that is pretty strong number. in germany the ikea there, the turn out is 63% with shoppers being more cautious as the stores slowly reopen in europe. for the u.s. of course consumer confidence will be critical getting the economy up and running. consumer spending is 70% of gdp. the national retail federation says essential stores that have remained opened will play a big role helping other retailers reopen. >> we'll see other retailers beginning to open and there's a lot they can learn from those businesses that have been open these last six weeks and we gradually get back to more normal activity. that is what we need to insure to put mil

ashley parker covers the white house for the "washington post." yash shell sender. michael steele is a former rnc chairman, former lieutenant governor of maryland, and dr. patel of the brookings institution. ashley, you and your colleague phil bump writing about how the president has been spending his briefing time. it is extraordinary, because frankly, he has spent a lot less time, as you have pointed out in your story -- a lot less time on the medical facts than on praising himself. and he also, ashley, doesn't spend a whole lot of time empathizing with the tragedy that 54,000 americans have now died. we are approaching the number of people who died in the last 12 weeks, the number of people who died in the vietnam war over a dozen years. >> that's exactly right. president trump is not playing the role of consoler in chief. and to tell you a little bit about what we did, we went back and we did a very close in and exhaustive analysis on his past three weeks of briefings. so in that time, he spoke for over 13 hours. two of those hours, a little over two were spent

>>a 21 year-old ashley lawrence is learning a new skill you want needle to go late in the year my mom really likes to craft and she's really get it ju picking stuff up and just doing it so i kinda morning and i was like what if we made a mess but these aren't just any masks there for the deaand hard of hearing people who for a family just to use a cell as their primary ode of communication and so is very big on facial expressions and it it is that's part of the grammar so i don't know you haveseen virginia more on to a new year's things at 5 o'clock but she's very motive and a half of that is gone because you're wearing a mask half of what you're saying is being missed so even if it's not physically talking just using a cell that you need to have that kind of access ashley is studying education for the deaf and hard of hearing so this is bit of a passion project i felt like there was a huge population that was being looked over because stayed. were all panicking right now and so a lot of people are just not being thought of. so i felt like that was very important even in a time like t

a result of this >>reporting at the state capitol ashley zavala kron 4 news.>today governor newsom announced the state will be sending more than 70,000 laptops chromebooks and tablets to students across the state to help with distance learning.first partner jennifer newsome says those devices will be delivered to mmunities in nd by the end of this week callinit a the state's digital divide. i have been so moved by the generosity and the willingness to step up and help lose. >>the state's digital divide. when some of them ha already maxed they're giving across the country and around the worldthat means hundreds of thousands of cifornia students can continue to learn online and become e leaders, we know they are meant to be and the california nds some to be. those donations are coming from companies, including t mobile amazon apple and verizon have all partnered with the state to make this governor's office e in 5 students in the state do not have high speeinternet or computer at home. up to this point many low income families venot had the necessary devices to