and joining me now is new jersey congresswoman bonny watson coleman. and congresswoman, thank you so much for being here. let's start with this idea that donald trump claims he can quarantine the new york tri-state area which includes new jersey. as a united states congresswoman are you aware that he has any such authority? >> thanks for having me, joy. first of all i don't know that he has that authority. i don't think that the governors know he has that authority either. one thing i do know it seems to me that the powers he does have he doesn't use appropriately. and the power he may not have he tries to invoke. so he just creates the chaos among our citizens that we're trying to avoid. we should not be where we are right now in the united states of america. and had he done the right thing from the very beginning with testing and surveilling and making sure that we have the supplies we would need, we wouldn't be having this scare town by town. the more tests that become available, the more we find out that there's infection. we're behind this eight b

and so, we've spent a lot of time talking to congress on bonnie watson coleman about this. and judy may want to add in some color on that. post office, it seems to be a some of the reality to our retail workers at the frontlines in supermarkets. have, obviously, there is a federal component to that. i would just repeat what i said otherur labor leaders the day that we are going to have to, until we have the amount of gear that we are going to need, masss, masks, etc. in a fashion, the fema administrator said today they were pursuing the manufacture 500 million masks. until we get to that point, will have to be an aggressive hygiene distancing mode. i want to thank the folks at the frontlines. i think it through every night when i come home at night open the mail. i go over and wash my hands with soap. i assume, if you are in that position you are in that in a hyper way. i had a very interesting shout out yesterday from a woman who for us aroundideo my state of the state address. she's a recovery coach. she and her daughter did a video. that highlighted different elements of

. >> congresswoman bonnie woits watson coleman, thank you for fighting the good fight. stay safe. >> you too and thank you for having me. >> thanks so much. let's dig into the constitutional questions. surrounding donald trump's state quarantine gambit. i'm joined by laurence tribe, author of the book "to end a presidency: the power of impeachment." thank you so much. appreciate your time tonight professor tribe. let's talk about whether or not this is even constitutional. i'm going to play for you first what governor cuomo has said about the this idea that donald trump believes he can quarantine three east coast states because of the coronavirus outbreak. take a listen. >> i don't believe that he could be serious -- that any federal administration could be serious about physical lockdowns of states or parts of states across this country. i don't believe it's legal. i think it would be economic chaos. i don't think the american people would stand for it. >> professor tribe, in short does president trump have the authority to quarantine states? >> certainly not in the co