speakingways valuable to you, senator bill cassidy.up next, we speak to eurasia group's ian bremmer about the geopolitics of the coronavirus. this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: welcome back to "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. i'm david westin. this pandemic has affected certainly the global economy. it has also affected global geopolitics. when we have questions about geopolitics, we turn to ian bremmer, founder of the eurasia group. let's start with china. that is where, after all, this coronavirus started. what is this doing to china, both internally and externally? ian: internally, the fact that xi jinping cover this up for the first month caused enormous opposition to him domestically, that they needed to battle. this was by far the biggest crisis he has faced, just like other leaders around the world. since then, their economy is restarting. tremendous quarantine, a lot of pride around that, but still a lot of domestic opposition. on top of that, internationally, the chinese

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senator cassidy of louisiana has joined me in developing the formula that we have.ipartisan proposal to start out with. i know the conference of mayors, league of cities is also advocating for resources. we think there will be widespread support. i cannot speak to the administration's views yet, but at the end of the day, we think helping the states is critical to reviving the national economy and meeting the challenges. we think there will be bipartisan support by the time we do covid. david: let's come back to your home state of new jersey. there is such a problem with the coronavirus there. let me ask you specifically about the nursing homes, extended care facilities. there are increasing reports of real difficulties at those facilities. do you know more about that? sen. menendez: i know that the governor has demanded real-time reporting on all of our nursing homes. obviously, we have a vulnerable population, particularly to covid-19, those that already have immune deficiencies and other challenges. i know that he has called on all the operators to give in time r

senator bill cassidy joins us right now and interesting in his case, he's a doctor as well, a gastroenterologist. and joining me. when is the time to ease up the lockdown. senator, how are you? >> i'm good, neil, how are you, man. neil: as a doctor, and you hear some of the numbers and the deaths are still high, too high. the number of cases still very, very high. but we keep hearing, it's a trend that's the friend, that they're not as high as they were, they're going down. the hospitalizations are not nearly as concerning as they were. what do you look at? >> there has to be a balance between what we do for someone's physical health and what we do for their financial health. we've been able to lower, to flatten the curve, the problem is that we've really kind of put the weight on the physical health and now the financial health is suffering. we've got to figure out how to bring it back to balance. how do we, of course, always have this risk, but at the same time, give some people some relief from the financial pain they're going through?. neil: now, the president says he's going to weigh all th

cassidy helped make this happen. i should have moved -- it's not moving forward. what's going on here? i'm sorry. there we go. i didn't realize this hadn't shifted. computer malfunction. there's george cassidy right there. a great photo of him taken in october of 1930. there is his green hat. he earned that nickname when he got arrest fed in 1925. some journalist pointed him out and said that guy over there in the green hat, he got arrested. the nickname stuck. we have a local distiller that opened up in 2012 that named the gin after him. it's a new columbia distillers. it's green hat gin. it's to honor george cassidy. the role of women is so important in undermining prohibition. in the late 1920s, this organization got together called the national organization for -- forgive me. it's the national organization -- women's organization for national prohibition reform. back up quickly. it was headed up by polly morten-saben who was the heir to the salt company. she got this organization together effectively to counterbalance the women's christian temperance union whi

sen cassidy: bill cassidy here, a doctor, but also a senator. in my medical practice i used to work in a hospital. that included many that had to come from our away from rural communities. then i realized these folks have transportation. a lot of folks in rural communities relying on others which is to say they may or may not have transportation. i am aware of the challenges, but how do we improve access and care to those in rural communities? this has been highlighted by the novel coronavirus epidemic. although right now, the rural communities have been relatively unscathed, i saw an article in the new york times in which we begin to see increasing numbers of cases in the rural communities. our challenge is how to preserve increased access, improve care in rural communities, and the future is now. the cost of health care is too high. insurance deductibles on these change plans are extremely high. the cost of medications are very high. if you look at diabetes in the rural areas, more of them are going to be diabetics, so the cost of insulin will

joining me now to discuss is republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana.s also a gastroenterologist and has advocated for the government to set up national registries, similar for those for childhood diseases. senator, thank you for coming back. you noted here last week that a successful strategy combining herd immunity with social distancing for the vulnerable requires that the authorities know and record who is and isn't immune. so how would that work? >> yeah, so, it actually builds upon current systems. we actually do not need to create anything different. there's a way to either check the nasal swab to see if someone is infected. or the blood test to see if someone has been infected. that establishes whether you're immune. we all use, when my wife gets her chickenpox shot, it's entered into an online registry. it's hipaa protected. you put that information in. now the individual knows it, he or she can show it to their employer, listen, i'm immune, i have a little more freedom to work where you wish me to work. >> dr. fauci yesterday spoke of certific

there is george cassidy right there. that is him in october, 1930.some journalists pointed them out and said that guy in the green hat, he just got arrested. we have a local distiller that opened up in 2012, that named gin after him. -- a gin after him, it is called green hat gin. the role of women is so important in undermining prohibition. in the late 1920's, this organization got together called the national organization for national prohibition reform. it was headed up by the heir to the morton salt family. she got this organization together to counter balance the women's christian temperanceunion with claims they spoke for all women nationally. pauline morton satan had supported the dry cause. she realized it wasn't working. these are all very famous women. they were very ecumenical. they were working-class women. they were targeting women of every stripe to get them involved in this. younger women got very heavily involved in the organization. it was a national movement to reform prohibition. they endorsed the democratic appeal. morton herself

cassidy. i'm interested in your perspective.is past week, after the doctor talked about sunlight and using disinfectant, you see a spike for searches for inject yourself with disinfectant. we're in the position this past week where the centers for the disease control and u.s. surgeon general had to put out public statements saying, this is my translation, don't listen to the president, be careful here. as a doctor, what goes through your mind when the president dispenses medical advice and have you ever thought about picking up the phone and saying, sir, please, don't. >> the president speaks in such a way, people are not going to inject themselves. when i hear this conversation around that, i think to myself, we should be talking about how do we use data to guide where we can reopen the economy. not about what the president said on lysol. because, really, no one is going to inject themselves with lysol. >> i need to interrupt there. i hope you're right. if you talk to the -- on the maryland -- on the maryland hotline, they got

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. >> joining us now, senator bill cassidy from louisiana. senator, thank you so much for joining us. i know you have a lot going on. we appreciate the time. as you heard the president is going after largely democratic governors for getting carried away with social distancing measures, blaming them for lack of testing. why is he doing this, instead of trying to bring the country together and avoiding all the partisanship? >> i can't speak for the president. he has a good, close working relationship with my governor, and he's done a good job in terms of encouraging people to stay home. but i think we have to look how to go forward. there is a mismatch between the people ordering tests and the amount of testing so far. there is capacity that is unused, and i would say if we're concerned about a racial disparity between people who are getting sick and dying versus not, why don't we go into neighborhoods that we can highlight, knowing they have a high degree of risk factors, proactively screen people, fill up all those testing trays. in the meant

bill cassidy of louisiana. to have both of you with us us. >> hey shannon, thanks for having us. >> shannon: it while we wait for a vaccine, which is at least 12-18 months away, let's talk about the other things we could be doing now, essentially those who have recovered and have the antibodies, various different drugs that are being tested for potential efficacy. what seems to be the most hopeful moment for you right now now? >> i really want to differentiate the vaccine and the treatments were looking for right now. the vaccine isn't going to get us out of the crisis we are in right now. it's for long-term management of the novel coronavirus. we are one of the largest cancer centers and immunotherapy is very big and what i do every day. it's very exciting to see that we're making progress when it comes to antibodies. it is the virus enters your body, your body then recognizes the virus, and it starts attacking it. it creates antibodies, that's what attacked the virus. it doesn't necessarily do a lot at that i

jon: for more on this, let's bring in louisiana senator bill cassidy.or cassidy, you are not only a senator obviously but also a medical doctor. you know how hard the coronavirus has hit really all across the country, in your state in particular. yours is one of the top ten states in terms of the number of cases. but the half billion dollars seems to be getting -- i'm sorry, the half trillion dollars relief bill that you're putting together with senator bob menendez seems to be getting a frosty reception in some circles in washington. >> been getting a very warm reception in others. we have put out roughly 500 billion dollars to support small businesses. if your city goes bankrupt because it's lost sales tax revenue, hotel bed tax, and maybe tourism, the industry that supports this economy, it cannot afford to pay those police officers, fire department, sanitation workers, and all that money we gave to the restaurant to keep its doors open will be lost as garbage builds up and there is no fire or security, fire protection or security. now, that does not

this is senator and doctor bill cassidy. senator, thank you for being here. before we focus on the subject that brought you here, what can you tell us about new orleans? >> yeah, clearly, we have an increasing rate of deaths. but i am told that emergency room admissions are beginning to decrease. hopefully, that is the kind of breaking of the wave. and although we know that icus will continue to be full for a while, if we have decreased admissions hopefully that means decreased transmissions. >> on the subject of a registry, you co-authored a piece for "the wall street journal" that caught my eye. i'll put a portion on the screen and read it to you. a vaccine works by mimicking the immune response of a naturally occurring infection. the herd immune develops which 40 to 70% of populations become immune. the herd of people who are immune blocks the virus from taking hold and infects other, a person's immune to the novel coronavirus could last 12 months. what are you proposing? >> i propose we set up an immunity register, similar to what we have for vaccinations

senator from louisiana, bill cassidy, tells cnn this morning that he believes that the numbers and the pressure on the hospitals across this region are starting to tick down, perhaps a sign of something good happening. >> we have an increasing rate of deaths but i am told that emergency room admissions are beginning to decrease. hopefully, that is the kind of the breaking of the wave and although we know that icus will continue to be full for a while, if we have decreased admissions hopefully that means decreased transmission. >> reporter: this is a really delicate situation, because many people here in this state simply don't want people to hear that and let their guard down. as we toured inside the convention center where the thousand-bed makeshift hospital has been set up and is on the verge of start running, the regional medical director for the state of louisiana's health department is basically saying that people should see all of those beds and prepare for what's to come. >> this should be a message that is not time to let up. look at what is happening here and the magnitude of

appreciate it, gerard cassidy of rbc. thank you very much.ram, morgan stanley takes its s&p targets backup. we will break that down with mike wilson, morgan stanley chief u.s. equity strategist. this is bloomberg. ♪ alix: morgan stanley's equity bet, the firm raising its s&p targeted 3000 because it sees higher multiples resulting from a faster and fuller normalization of the equity risk premium. 20 me is the man behind the call, mike wilson -- joining me is the man behind the call, mike wilson, morgan stanley chief u.s. equity strategist. walk me through year process here. mike: we are just kind of coming full circle to where we were at the beginning of the year. that was our original price target. that came down a bit as the recession began. but then, we've been impressed, to be honest come up with the reaction by the fed, how aggressive they've been in intervening directly in the credit markets. if there is one thing we've inrned in the last 10 years, an era of financial repression, you've got to grab the risk premium what is appears. back

wheezing and a senator bill cassidy believes we need an online immunity registry. he joins me now.enator, what information would be included in this registry? any time we are registry i think we all -- a little chill goes down our spine. but what would this be? could it be achieved in a reasonable amount of time scaled up fast and how would it work? >> we've been living with immunization registries since the mid-1990s. whenever a child is vaccinated at birth, hepatitis b, et cetera, it's entered online and in which entered college, law enforcement money five years later you pull it down, you say here's my record, i'm okay, you don't have to get revaccinated. so we've actually been living with these for quite some time and they are hipper protected. so what you want to have some evidence of the persons immunity so they can go back to work -- for example, think of the nurse's aide who, knowing that she is immune, would not need to wear a personal protective equipment when she works in a nursing home. she's not going to get infected, she's not going to affect other people. you can ima

. >> chris cassidy takes over command of the station. >> it's unlike any other time in our lives a as generation, really, right? to me, this goes into where were you when jfk was shot, when you landed on the moon, and where were you when coronavirus was happening, and i'll have my own intere c will until october. he said he was prepared for isolation with his crew mates in space, but never expected the rest of the world would have a similar mission. >>> well, chief meteorologist paul heggen is joining us now. no rain, but you're saying a little drizzle? >> yeah, a little drizzle along the coast, especially tonight into early tomorrow morning. possible again early sunday morning. that's about it in terms of moisture. we are not going to see much rain at all over the next several days. let's look at what you can expect as we head into the weekend. we'll see low cloud cover sticking around tonight. some of that patchy drizzle, but mainly along the coast. a mainly dry weekend, though. onshore wind will keep everybody on the cool side. farther away, we'll have a better chance of reaching t

laura: senator cassidy, thank you so much for joining us. senator: thank you.in france, president macron said the country will begin to come out of lockdown. gradually return to cafÉs, restaurants, and cinemas will remain shut. the president says it will beib po because there will be enough tests available for anyone showing coronavirus symptoms. our paris correspondent, lucy williams, reports. lucy: for months, the unthinkable has become the barely thought about. the extension of the french quaranti restrictions tonight caused little surprise. in a televised address, president macron said there would be no end to the lot down here for anoth four weeks. presidentro m from 11 may, we will open schools. it is a priority for me. the current situation is widening inequality. too many children, especially in our poor districts and rural areas cannot be helped by tir parents who are the same way. lucy: also, several bars, cluding this one in central paris. it has been very hard. first, they had to close for the yellow vestsrotests and now the coronavirus. he agrees w

open, and i said this today, i said it yesterday, look at senator menendez hooking up with senator cassidyn louisiana. i don't know how often they hook up for bipartisan legislation. my guess is it's not every day. it's a big step and big statement. and i think most folks have said responsible things and left their partisan affiliations at the door, which is why i said i would be saying it about his statement whether he was a democrat, republican, a martian, a communist. it is responsible and it's wrong. would i be willing to work with him? 100%. what would that look like? $500 billion direct state assistance from the federal government to states, measured in the right way such that new jersey gets its fair share. i would work 24/7 with him or anybody else to get that passed and signed by the president. thank you. reporter: we continue to hear from nursing home workers and administrators and the state data released on the numbers who died or tested positive does not present an accurate picture. while the commissioner addressed the issue briefly yesterday, does the department know why there

nasa astronaut chris cassidy is also there. the new cree for the international space station.he three men had been entitled: t than usual before lunch, with contacts kept to a bare minimum. and that meant no family members present for lift off. we would love to have our families present for lift off. we would love to have ourfamilies here present for lift off. we would love to have our families here with us, but it is we understand we have to do to be safe. you don't want to come down with covid—19 appear. but assuming they stay healthy, decree will be well away from the dramas back on earth. —— the crew. a translation: away from the dramas back on earth. -- the crew. a translation: of space flight -- the crew. a translation: of space flight carries a particular race, we understand that for the next few months, the international space station will probably be the safest place on earth. of course, self isolation comes naturally to a spaceman. no popping to the shops orjogging in the park up to the shops orjogging in the park up here. 250 miles above the surface of the earth, dec

strapped inside are cosmonauts anatoly ivanishin and ivan wagner and a nasa astronaut chris cassidy. had affected pre—flight preparation. the three men have been in a tighter quarantine than usual before a launch, with contact kept to a bare minimum. and that meant no family members present for liftoff. obviously we would love to have our families here with us but we understand we have to do this to be safe. you do not want to come down with covid—19 up here. but assuming they stay healthy, the crew will be well away from the dramas back on earth. translation: although spaceflight always carries a particular risk we understand that for the next few months the international space station will probably be the safest place on earth. of course, self isolation comes naturally to a spaceman. no popping off to the shops orjogging in the park up here. 250 miles above the surface of the earth, the crew will be setting an example to us all, on the international space station they will be staying home for the next six months. that is all from the bbc newsroom for now. plenty more on our website

senator cassidy, the beautiful state of louisiana.inding provisions here, taking things extremely cautiously. the senator was talking about states and what they want and what they are asking for. what we can tell you unequivocally, no matter where this goes, there is already an exodus in place from high tax states to lower tax states. that was already in place. with coronavirus and all this, it sped it up a lot. after this. staying connected your way is easier than ever. you're just a tap away from personalized support on xfinity.com. get faster internet speeds with a click. order xfi pods to your home in a snap. or change your xfinity services with just a touch. all in one place. you're only seconds away from all of that on xfinity.com. faster than a call. easy as a tap. now that's simple, easy, awesome. neil: you know, whether you are in a high tax or low tax state, you are still losing a lot of money because of this shutdown that's pretty much been country-wide. what do you do now? grady trimble has been following that dilemma for

and the much better approach is the one taken by senator cassidy working in a bipartisan fashion with senator menendez of new jersey. they would appropriate about $5 billion not all of which would go to states wit but muchf it would with tremendous flexibility to the states didn't have to do things like declare bankruptcy and have massive layoffs and other things. publicly the president has agreed that in the next phase. i'm hopeful that when senator mcconnell has a change of heart on this it would just be horrendous for the states to have to declare bankruptcy. i am not saying that louisiana would have to declare bankruptcy but to say we would rather or he would rather see the state declared bankruptcy then they receive help, second, the guidance from the treasury's office came today on the 1.8 billion which is the states share of the act and its four x. then the jurors own money as they caught the lost revenue. there are still some questions and it is our intention to honor the spirit of it and what we have been asked to do wit we wod be allocated to the government. it would be unde

astronaut was christy cassidy she becomes the last american now to go into space on the so use in a shared project with the russians this is kind of cool this is kind of important this is kind of neat they going to be up there for 6 months by the way if you're wondering i think some people at home are probably listening to go and they're still doing this with all the stuff going on with everything yes they decided in fact here there's this is a cool quote let me read it to you this is from nasa no virus is stronger than man's desire to explore we quarantined the crew for several weeks to ensure that nobody was infected but we're going to continue on so you know here we go this is the big this is the end of something that was very important this is the end of something that brought this sense of when spirit of cooperation between you know big bad russia we were all you know raised to think when we were kids and the united states and now it's going away but but. the united states is saying they will continue to fly missions with russians and continue to cooperate in space this program per se

blasted off to the i s s earlier today nasa astronauts chris cassidy was among those representing the u.s. side of this mission and for those wondering if the mission was done with the safety of crew members in mind given the coronavirus crisis russian space officials say they have taken extra precautions to protect the crew during training and preflight preparations following the outbreak. ok let's head over to regina hamm at the sports h.q. regina very there's little in the way of live soccer right now or really any sort of sports news so why not take us back for a throwback thursday to happier times we all love a throwback thursday or because you know you're right manila soccer headlines are few and far between these days so let's have a fun edition of hash tag t v t 20 players had a chance to make news on the pitch will keep it all in the most recent decades 2015 brazilian soccer great paley was gifted with a diamond adorned statue person many to celebrate the 1283 goals scored during his career he was superstar in the 1958 world cup won 3 cups. 17 masters spaniard sergio garcia d

stripped inside our cosmonauts anatoly and yvan and a nasa astronaut chris cassidy.e station. coronavirus had affected pre—flight preparation. the three men have been entitled warranting than usual before a launch with contact usual before a launch with co nta ct to usual before a launch with contact to a bare minimum. and that meant no family members present for liftoff. obviously we would love to have our family is here with us but we understand we have to do this to be safe. you do not want to come down with covid—19 up here. but assuming they stay healthy, the crew will be well away from the dramas back on earth. translation: although spaceflight always carries a particular risk we understand that for the next few months the international space station will probably be the safest place on earth. of course, self isolation comes naturally to a spaceman. no popping off to the shops orjogging in the park up here. 250 miles above the surface of the earth, the crew will be setting an example to us will be setting an example to us all on the international space station

blasted off to the international space station today nasa astronaut chris cassidy was among those representing the u.s. side of this mission and for those wondering if this mission was done with the safety of crew members in mind given the coronavirus crisis russian space officials say they have taken extra precautions to protect the crew during training and preflight preparations. following the outbreak. all right let's go over to regina hamm now sitting over at the sports h.q. so rigid there are a few countries with sports still going on and people are actually able to go attend the games they're sitting in the stands in some not into social distancing very well and delarue says actually defying the odds in this time of coronavirus as their top soccer league started the 1st leg of the belarusian cup final it's a quick one actually and what that most 6 minutes in and he gets the past takes a shot from beyond the box put this team up on the board. pretty happy about that one and it is going to be a beauty of a chip shot and shocked or has no chance there often does not seem to care and he foun

said this today and i said it yesterday, look at senator men nen did he dezz hooking up with senator cassidy from louisiana. my guess is it's not every day. it's a big step and big statement. and i think most folks have said responsible things and left their partisan affiliations at the door which is why i said i would be saying it about his statement whether he was a democrat, republican, a martian or communist. it is responsible and it's wrong. would i be willing to work with him? $500 billion direct state assistance from the states measured in the formulas. make sure new jersey gets its fair share and work with him 24/7 to get that passed and signed by the president. thank you. reporter: we continue to hear from nursing homeworkers and administrators and the state data released on the numbers who died or tested positive does not present an accurate picture. while the commissioner addressed it briefly does the commissioner know why twhrr soap discrepancies in the reporting and curious if you are separately counting staff members who tested positive for covid. and wonder if we have an updat

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nicole saphier and senator and doctor bill cassidy, good to have you with us.le we wait for a vaccine which is at least 12-18 months away there are discussions of many other things we could be doing, the plasma from people who have recovered and have the antibodies, very different drugs being tested for potential efficacy with all these cases. what seems to be the most helpful moment for you right now? >> i really want to differentiate the vaccine of the treatment we are looking for. the vaccine will not get us out of the crisis we are in it. it is for long-term management of the novel coronavirus. one of the largest cancer centers, very big and what i do every day. it is exciting to hear we are making progress when it comes to antibodies was the virus enters your body your body recognizes the virus and start attacking it and create antibodies. doesn't necessarily do a lot with the initial infection. subsequent infection as soon as the virus comes back your virus says i know this virus and have antibodies that recognize it and going to attack it. you take those

senator bill cassidy of louisiana, representative xochitl torres small of new mexico, health policy experts, and former lawmakers addressed the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on rural health care. the discussion was hosted by the bipartisan policy center based in washington, d.c. >> i think it's 10:02. we should get started. i have people who are continuing to join the video. we will get started right now since we have a lot to cover. virtual event we are having.

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senator bill cassidy is with us. he's one of the co-sponsors. senator, $500 billion added on to all the other rescue money that's out there in the economy. are you worried about building up a level of debt which is not sustainable, spending too much? >> clearly we are worried about the debt. one thing we can say now, interest rates for the federal taxpayer are 0%. so that mitigates it. on the other hand, if we go into a depression, we are going to really add debt and as much money as we give individuals, families and employers in order to get them through the rough patch, if we don't have police departments and emts and fire departments and garbage pickup, none of that will matter. a city will not open if the city is bankrupt and cannot pay for garbage relief. this is about helping cities which have totally lost their tax base because of covid-19 recover to provide those essential police, garbage, fire services to allow employers to reopen. stuart: $500 billion, half a trillion, enormous amount of money. how would you parcel it out to different

. >> this is a question from maygan cassidy. how many officers or sworn staffers have tested positive and how many have been exposed or quarantined on your staff? >> we have had two officers test positive. we have had 53 quarantined. some of those are back at work. we have been very fortunate working with the department of public health and the mayor and others who provided leadership early on. we hope we can continue to see this good fortune. we have not been severely impacted at this point. at this point only two. >> follow up from sf gate. do you have plans in plate for the a significant number of first responders become ill. >> we do. we have seen other places around the country with this. we started with modifying our protocols, administrative units and officers that work those units were rotating in patrol to supplement. we modified the patrol schedule and have several models in the event we have significant short sage ages of personal. we have several models to go to. depending on the shortages there are different models.

. >>> with over a quarter million americans infected with coronavirus, republican senator bill cassidy of louisiana is now calling for a national registry to track the number of people who have recovered from the virus. cnn's paul vercammen joining me from california where a recovered patient is doing his part to help those still in the fight. paul, explain. >> good morning, fred. yes, those recovered patients are critical because they have these antibodies in their plasma that are rich and can help patients right now fight the coronavirus. so we'll tell you the story of jason garcia. he's 36 years old. he's an aerospace engineer. he had been traveling a bit. and at the end of his trip, he starts to feel like he has a shortness of breath. it turns out jason has the coronavirus. well, he recovers early on, and they understand that jason is ready, healthy and willing to donate his plasma. so he comes here to st. joseph's hospital. and what he does is spends about 50 minutes and gives that antibody rich plasma over to the hospital and now he's helping a patient who is currently in icu. le

alexander,enators murray, cassidy and hoss on the rest of the senate health committee.he house energy and commerce committee, two representatives neil and brady and rest of the house ways and means committee. and two representatives scott and foxx and the rest of the education and labor committee. we would also like to thank the trump administration or its leadership thing it shattered and finding a bipartisan way to end surprise billing. and the secretary azar department of health and human services have acquired that doctors and hospitals that accept support from the covid-19 package commit to not saddling those they treat with covid-19 to surprise bills. help common sense americans' work is helpful to congress and the administration as they do the important work of editing surprise medical billing, and finding other common sense responses to covid 19. thank you also to christie todd whitman, todd daschle, sylvia leavitt, cape giffords, and jeff flake. and -- gabby giffords, and jeff flake. an icd.go to arizona.edu to find additional ways to join us in helping our cou

republican senator bill cassidy things we need an online immunity registry. he joins me now.enator, what information will be included in this registry? any time we hear a government registry, we all, a little chill goes down our spine. what will this be, could it be achieved in a reasonable amount of time, scaled up fast, and how would it work? >> yes. we've been living with immunity registry since the 1990s. whenever a child is backdated from birth firm hepatitis c, in general, it's online, when she enters college, medical school, law enforcement when he five years later, you pull it down from here is my record, you don't have to get revaccinated. we've been living with these first quite some time and they are hipaa protected. you want some evidence of a person's immunity so they can go back to work. knowing she is immune, want have to wear protective treatment promote wants to get infected, not going to get in other people. you can imagine how that keeps going out. allowing them for your access to the economy, if you will, in a way which follows them if they need to do, the

. >> this is a question from maygan cassidy. how many officers or sworn staffers have tested positive and how many have been exposed

i echo what i said, big shout out to senator bob menendez that he and senator cassidy from louisiana have cosponsored which would envision $500 billion of direct cash assistance. that is what the doctor ordered and we will stay on top of that. today we are announcing new measures to help renters and homeowners feel more secure as we continue our battle against covid-19. we recognize the anxiety so many feel about looming mortgage and rent payments especially with may 1 a week away. i had a conversation on this topic with another new jersey icon. expressing enormous concern about matters such as the one i will refer to now. we have been corrective and engaging with sickle to groups to gauge solutions. gaugekeholder groups to solutions. we have worked alongside mortgage lenders to implement a significant for parents program and worked through the housing and mortgage -- significant forbearance program and worked through the housing and mortgage . on housingproactive relief. first i am signing an executive order allowing renters to direct landlords to use security , whetherto pay rents