they're won't be able to make i up there in time to help so the turn around. >> so what do cm houstonand company to do? >> around the tenth of march or so they receive a letter from houston that says gather up all your forces and head east and join up with me. by that point, they garrison knows the aloe low has fallen. the texans realize it's time to gather up the forces that they have and consolidate. >> fanon received word that a company of his men are pinned down by general urea of mexico. he sends reinforcements to extricate the men back to gilly at. but the men would not make the return trip. >> art of the men that we're there were killed, the other part of the men break off acros the prairie headed back towards victoria. what slows down fanon as he doesn't know what's going on. >> so he has two contingents down, doesn't find out what happen. communication is terrible. he doesn't know what to do. he finally decides i have an idea. i think i'm going to leave. this is a fortress, it still stands hundreds of euros later, so i'm wondering would he have been better off staying? get th

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cms survey and the facility, the cms survey and the state surveyor is complete. a conference call was held with the owner and nursing consultant yesterday. he received several citations. he is required to submit a plan of correction on monday. the plan of correction includes on-site inspection prevention specialist, chief nurse officer and leadership administrative manager. on camden, i don't have the exact percentage. i can tell you overall in new jersey 40% of our deaths are related in some way to long-term care. i don't have camden's specifics. yes, we will be looking at all deaths, particularly individuals from our urban centers by zip code. i don't have that with me. it is certainly information we need. gov. murphy: thank you, john and judy. in addition to the cms, you had your people at andover and the attorney general is conducting an investigation as well. thank you, john. good afternoon. >> the first questions are from maria kramer from the new york times. she asks are the fatality numbers provided every day suspected cases plus confirmed cases? or are t

cms is revising new guidelines for doctors to resume elective surgeries. if anything. a lot of hospitals were closed, they couldn't do any elective surgeries, they will be able to start doing that. procedures and medical care that needs to be done in person, as long as the rate of infections remains low and in the community we want patients to be able to go to the doctors, get clinically tested and have work done, surgeries, receive fitment for chronic conditions and resume preventative care. —— received treatment, so we will be allowing that to happen very soon. we had no capacity in hospitals with what happened with the plague. we had no capacity. if your doctor believes you need a treatment in person you can get a treatment now. you can and should get a treatment now. we are asking healthcare facilities to have plans in place to give patients safe during their visits. some places like new york, newjersey, where they really got hit hard, it's going to be a little bit tougher. they've done a great job stop but they really were a centre. i mean, they were a centre. i w

they do have cms warning signs an effect. if you are taking the san mateo bridge, you are definitely going to run into some fog this morning. also, more public transit changes. they are making more modifications due to the covid- 19 pandemic. today's changes include remaini surface, let's check the schedule before you head out the door. the changes begin today and you also have changes starting tomorrow. as for bart, it is also slashing service starting tuesday. of course we will have all that information on our website at kpix.com. >>> meanwhile, muni says five of its employees had tested positive for covid-19, others are quarantining. about 40% of the drivers will be out in the coming week.>>> we are going to be keeping an eye on the demonstration this morning. unions are going to be holding a solidarity picket line as the ship sails back into the san francisco bay. they are responsibility for the death of a filipino member, they want to get some additional health services. the ship had been anchored in the bay for more tha

. >> republican cms gone but not forgotten. >> i don't think i've ever seen a member of a party change party as much as senator sanders has without being the head of the party. >> the new head of the party is biden and this month he plans to vet female running mates. he's already high on kamala harris saying the only thing we can do is make donald trump a one-term president so i'm coming for you, kid. barack obama may come off the head sidelines to help biden but right now, biden is still trying to woo burning. >> he not only ran a campaign but created a movement. >> that's what he's trying to do as president mixes that up with reporters every night. this is shaping up to be the briefing room versus the rec room. >> bret: peter, thanks. we are getting ready to go to the briefing room. former trump campaign advisor george papadopoulos emphatically denied the organization was involved in russian meddling during the 2016 election. that is according to a transcript of a recording with papadopoulos and on fbi confidential human source. fox news obtained the transcript of the secretly record

you hadion to the cms, your people at andover and the attorney general is conducting an investigation as well. thank you, john. good afternoon. frome first questions are maria kramer from the new york times. the fatality numbers provided every day suspected cases plus confirmed cases? or are they just confirmed cases? totalso asks whether the number of nursing home deaths released yesterday and those today had up to 1655? my own questions, is new jersey relying solely on the federal government for test kits? is it making any testing kit purchases itself? if so, from what sources and in what quantities? down the road, what would a widescale testing program look like? are you talking about all 9 million residents? what is a realistic timetable to start? most important, what do you do with this testing data? elise, judy and pat with your blessing, i will say couple of things here. questions, let me just say one thing we have said before. i mentioned it fatality could be someone -- correct me if i'm wrong -- could be someone infected some two or three weeks ago. they did not all necessari

states not stimulus bill so far this year chicago right now think we really stick to that but former cms administrator andy slavitt argues the federal government will have to spend the money either way we can spend less if we keep people healthier more. if we wait until they get sick or so far president trump has chosen to give hospitals money to treat uninsured coronavirus patients rather than encourage states to expand their medicaid coverage in washington, i'm jessi to norm. >>northern california victims of the 2017 2018 wildfires caused by pg and e we'll have at least million siphoned off from a $13.5 billion fund for their losses. a bankruptcy judge says he'll approve fat after pg and e and a committee representing the victims they agreed on a budget for administering that fund to thousands of people. some people had feared that because of the pen death of the pandemic victims would never seen any settlement money. it has been a beautiful day, some changes in store, let's a check in with on the forecast with my bree sir roderick us again my braces. >>hi catherine yeah, and we defini

obviously, with the coronavirus, the task of our administration as well as cms -- ia well -- i don't want to speak for the director, but i know they are all hands on deck in response to this virus. there are things we will continue to look at them work on -- look at and work on in the days ahead. do you want to give a ppe update real quick and anything else on the storm today? >> good afternoon. we all know that this is a issue that no one thing can fix. surge beds cannot fix it by themselves. ppe cannot fix it by itself. it is a combination of all of solveworking together to the issue and to move us forward. ppe continues to be a struggle for us. it is a struggle for every state in the nation. it is a struggle for the world at this point. but we have worked diligently with federal partners. we have had some success in the private sector. we have been very fortunate with donations, and we are making strides in providing the ppe necessary for medical folks and first responders. regarding the weather this , unfortunately, the forecast was correct this time. don't say that very often. p

we say there in the room the fda commissioner, the cms administrator.t is possible they will be taking a lot more questions on testing as they have received a lot of bipartisan criticism today and specifically questions of why isn't the fda helping with matters of reagents for example, for these testing kits? it is not just a matter of the actual tests. it is a question of swabs as you heard there from republican governor dewine of ohio. it is a question of why isn't there more on the reagent front that can be done by the federal government. but the president has been insistent today that it is not his responsibility, that he really wants the stakes the take charge on this issue. so you can expect a lot of questions on that. and then absolutely questions on new reporting from the "washington post" about the world health organization and some cdc/u.s. officials who were detailed and embedded into that late last year and who were conveying really time information on the coronavirus pandemic to officials here at the white house. it is unclear exactly how h

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to get surprises you could be related to a match i mean think about that you could have shared the cm's with a match and that can make you think twice do you really want to marry someone that you may be related to well that's why these being a dating apps i think are so critical right now because they to prevent that d.n.a. doesn't lie well he will do d.n.a. disease ancestry things inevitably find out that they are the 60 because i'm of ronald reagan or mark twain or somebody but they hand as you mentioned earlier turn up helps trace tell you if your intended is a distant cousin the feel as though this is a biological compatibility breakthrough or are we entering toward a less romantic test future. i don't see it as designer babies or a test to future i think that this information is the future personalized medicine and if used correctly it can be very helpful for people to know i don't think it's i actually think you have way more access to information than just making a choice based on how someone looks in a profile photo when you're swiping left or right now you can actually see a nu

gold, gotomeeting, cm also teaches appearances from other barnyard animals.et back to it. 2009 with a packed year. japan was as brilliantly japanese as ever. we bought a botnet, and all magnet reality was a reality. —— augmented reality. social media was getting so fast we didn't know what we need it for. and then smart tvs arrived and the answer was everything. 3d tv resurfaced like some blurry white elephant in stupid glasses. we told you it would never catch on. but that's what i said to this guy as well, but daniel ek didn't listen and spotify happen anyway. lj became and spotify happen anyway. lj became a cyborg and dan did something with technology, i have 90 what he is doing now. it is a new decade, and 2010 starts with a bang. well a crack, actually as dan is told that this phone is completely unbreakable. so he broke it. this phone is completely unbreakable. so he broke itm actually broke the phone. do not challenge us. play music with lightning? check. go skiing in dubai desert was my check. make high—tech fashion look cool? um... here is mark out s

cms was greatmic, about opening the door and allowing these hospitals to expand their numbers so they could take care of patients. in many of those hotspots, they had to expand their bed count from 25 to 35 so they could accommodate the patients coming in. and then actually partnered with neighboring community hospitals to send some of those patients there. the vast majority of rural hospitals have not had that influx of patients coming through. we have had patients admitted, where they have been treated at home and shelter-in-place, but we have not been overwhelmed, other than those particular hotspots. a hospital works very hard at controlling it, separating people when they come in with suspected cases in the triage area, so we really try hard to control the onset of that in our rural communities. host: let slip some of our viewers take part in the conversation. we will open it up, special phone lines for this conversation. if you live in a rural area, not the people who live in the city, if you live in the rural area and you would like to talk about health care and what you think

yesterday, we received our emergency medicaid waiver from cms. in one week.around we thank them and the administration for a quick turnaround. medical services approved to remove prior authorization, so we are working with the mco's in the state. we will be removing prior authorizations april 1. existingon, all three authorizations will be extended. greats also done a provision of services at an alternative care setting and provider enrollment have been approved to immediately increase access to expand the provider network. we are streamlining that process . i want to thank our health care workers. please stay safe. thank you. >> we certainly have teams regionally working with local health departments in collaboration with the national doing outbreaknd investigation at the community level. that is moving forward well. 185 testingt locations identified across the state. probably around 4000 west virginians, so that is moving forward. the other thing i just want to clearly,lks of, there's a lot of support going on. we've been hearing from our partn

when i went to ibm, , eventualli got a job working on cp-67 cms.hought it was just interesting that i was doing the same work that my dad had been doing, until i think 1974 i was approached by the cia and asked apple wanted to work for them. i said no. but it made me question if my dad had also said no. thanks. >> could you wait into the microphone is there? great. >> how old were you when you realize you are part of the social experiment? >> i did not realize, the question was how old was i when i realized i was part of the social experiment preps at ibm. i did not realize that throughout my career at ibm. i worked at ibm from 1971-77. i didn't have any understanding of history to live at the book. really was only when i tried answer my editors question, who was watson a new ibm, that i uncovered any of this information. most people have no clue that this is the history of technology. in the book i was also able to trace this idea of the relationship between technology and race and hatred back much further than even eugenics. i go back in the book

was one of the projects that came out of darpa funding and the development of technology for cp 67/cms that was the full name actually was the technology that became pretty much the foundation for the modern day internet, so i know the government was involved because it was the government providing the funds for the research in order to create the technology which now tech companies like google, apple, microsoft, are using. without what was done there in cambridge, none of what we're seeing, your cell phones wouldn't be available. you know, twitter wouldn't be around. none of that would be around, so, yes, there is real clear understanding and cia was there because they also understood that they wanted to get out in front of that technology because it would be very useful for intelligence, and that is how intelligence would be gathered in the future. i don't know if my dad ever worked for the cia, but i do know this, when i went to ibm, eventually i got a job working on cp 67 cms. i thought it was just interesting that i was doing the same work that my dad had been doing, until in -- i

but i do know this, when i went to ibm, eventually i got a job working on cp 67/cms.t was just interesting that i was doing the same work that my dad had been doing, until in -- i think it was 1974, i was approached by the cia and asked if i wanted to work for them. i said no, but it made me question if my dad had also said no. thanks. yes? could you wait until the microphone is there? great. >> how old were you when you realized you were a part of the social experiment? >> you know, i did not realize -- the question was how old was i when i realized i was part of a social experiment perhaps at ibm? i did not realize that throughout my career at ibm. i worked at ibm from 1971 to 77. i didn't have any understanding of this history until i wrote the book, and really it was only when i tried to answer my editor's question, who was watson? who was ibm? that i uncovered any of this information, and i think that's one of the reasons why most people have no clue that this is the history of technology. in the book, i was also able to trace this idea of the relationship betwee

cms is finalizing new guidelines for doctors and patients to resume elective surgeries. it's a big thing. lots of hospitals were closed. couldn't do any elective surgeries. they will be able to start doing that. procedures and medical care that needs to be done in person, as long as the rate of infections remains low in a community we want patients to be able to go to their doctor, get clinically tested, and have work done, surgeries. receive treatment for chronic conditions and resume preventative care. we will be allowing that to happen very soon. we had no capacity in the hospitals with what happened with the plague. they had no capacity to do it. if your doctor believes you need a treatment in person, you can get a treatment now. you can and should get a treatment now. we are asking that health care facilities have plans in place to keep patients safe during their visit. some places like new york, new jersey where they got hit hard, it's gonna be a little tougher. they have done a really great job, but they really were a center. they were a center. i was watching tha

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we appreciate the administration of cms on relaxing at a lot regulations and guidelines on telehealth at this time, but medical students, retired physicians and others can be available to triage for phone connect withybe to families, with their loved ones in the hospital. we know there is limited to no visitation, so there are many opportunities that of course physicians, medical students, and residents are answering the call. we take an oath to do so. i have heard from so many of my colleagues. yes, this is an emotionally taxing time for all of us, particularly those on the front line, but for all of us. we have to remember that health needs do not go away and will not go away. people are postponing routine issues, but they will not go away during this time, so we need to make sure we provide some platform and structure of physicians' practices large and small. there are many ways physicians can answer the call, and of course, physicians, medical residents and others are doing so. of when a your sense vaccine might realistically be available? dr. harris: i certainly would leave that

that backup extends to the condo cm coliseum.e taking 880, you will see a lot of break lights. that construction project will be out there at least until 7:00 am this morning. at least another hour or so before they open up those lanes in that area. definitely use 580 if you want to avoid this brake lights. 580 is wide open. there are no accidents, that is good news, just construction happening to that area. roadwork on the flipside on the southbound side of 880 heading into hayward, we have construction there, as well. we have brake lights and typical traffic problems. the san mateo bridge has slow and go conditions. the bridge and south looks really good with no delays. it is an easy right between 880 and 101. getting onto 101 should be no problem. there are a few construction problems in the currying clearing stages but other than that things are wide open. all the way from the south bay northbound to san francisco, pharrell takes you there, you should be good to go. it looks like they are still doing roadwork southbound 101 a

memo to cms professionals to umbrella group that coordinates emergency servicese quote, emergency departmentsrcrowded, transporting patients on to the scene, increases ed, emergency department workload and exposes emergency department staff and patients to covid-19. in mount sinai hospital they're creating negative pressure rooms. window vents were installed to create lower air pressure where covid-19 patients are treated over the corridors. likely to reduce air flow to stop the spread of the virus. much is said about the vulnerability of seniors. we're hearing no one is immune that has been said before. we're getting confirmation of that from the state of connecticut. a seven-week old infant that died has tested positive for the virus. officials have not released the cause of death. melissa. melissa: wow, that is so sad. david lee, thank you. connell. connell: there are a lot of different efforts to ease up on the hospital demand. not very far from where david is reporting from, samaritan purse field hospital set up in central park, officially treating patients as a record number of new york

some other reports about chinese doctors coming to cm about the heart procedure being done with the man'sg. if i were performing a heart procedure on chairman kim my hands would be shaking too. i don't know what happened afterwards, the risk with the complication, a stroke, extremely high. >> tucker: interesting. dr. siegel, thank you so much for that. >> thanks, tucker. >> tucker: as you just heard there is a lot of rumors about everything that happens in north korea. tonight, south korean officials say that those rumors are untrue, that kim jong un is alive and well. keep in mind that doesn't mean it's true. what is going on exactly? gordon chang is the author of the "coming collapse of china" and knows an awful lot about north korea. what you think is happening in real life? >> i don't know, tucker. i think there was nonelective emergency surgery because he did miss two very important events. the april 15th day that you pointed out. also on saturday he missed the celebrations for the founding of the north korean army. there are a number of things that could happen. i think the most lik

cms is finalizing new guidelines for doctors and patients to resume elective surgeries. lot of hospitals were closed and they couldn't do any elective sung are yous. procedures and medical care that needs to be done in person as long as the rate of infections remains low. we want patients to go to their doctors and get clinically tested and have work done, surgeries, receive treatment for chronic conditions and be resume preventative care. we had no capacity in the hospitals with what happened with the plague. we had no capacity to do it. if your doctor believes you have need a treatment in person you can get a treatment now. you can and should get a treatment now. we are asking healthcare facilities have plans in place to keep patients safeguarded with their visits. some places like new york and new jersey where they got hit hard it will be tougher. but they were a center. they were a center. i was watching that. now they are leveling off and i think they will be coming down very soon. administrator seeadmin. seema will speak. my administration continues to supply our h

israel i didn't member if it was true three years ago there was an exhibit of those pictures and then cmlem. maybe you can look into is a very interesting exhibit, a lot of the paintings portrayed the times, the movements, the colors, all of these were forbidden to be shown. >> guest: good point. >> i think will take on question think of one in the back. >> you had mentioned you lived in germany for quite a few years and interacted with the culture, the majority of american go there don't as obviously the way you have. you think there is an attitude among the germans amongst the politicians, people in power, we paid the jews back enough, stop bothering us is not worth our time, do you get a sense of that? >> guest: i think certainly a lot of jewish people who were kicked out of germany, who went there homes and stuff back definitely feel that way. there's peter toren, was given back to writers on the beach he has a quote in the book he's a liar now, i think here in america he says the general sense is these -- he is 50 so he's not even live at the time he should shut up and be happy livi

i don't know all the interworkings of hhs and cms and i'm told that is who is trying to figure it out. you'll need the authority of congress because it involves money which is what congress controls. >> right. again, today, shannon giving us a preview of today's briefing. i guess the economic security issue is about the best way to describe what the theme will be. thank you, shannon. let me turn to a couple of doctors for nar tatheir take on current situation. she's a general surgeon in teaneck, new jersey. dr. gupta let me start with you. i go back to we're still sitting in this testing choke hold. i feel like in some ways the reason the entire country may feel as -- i feel like we're all being held hostage over this testing debacle. is there any light at the end of the tunnel as far as anything you have been able to observe? >> from what i've seen, we're only a million tests in. it's important for your audience to really understand the difference between the tests that are coming online. there's the tests where you stick a swab into your nose or somebody does it for you and that wil

and at the, at the white house coronavirus task force today, we tasked the fda and cms to review the of allowing hospital workers to use cloth gowns for performing procedures. it was observed that 20 years #, most physicians, most surgeons, washed cloth gowns and lawn dered them. but it transition toddies poseable gowns. we're working very rapidly in next 24 hours and we'll have guidance for hospitals an healthcare workers to in effect recycle gowns and make sure we have supplies that we need. as president mentioned today, the president and first lady and i and my wife care return were hon noord to be part of a conference call with mental health professionals around the country. families are struggling with the coronavirus and struggling with heartbreaking loss from the coronavirus we understand this is a very challenging time for every american but, most especially americans who struggle with mental disorders or struggle with addiction and the president brought some incredibly dedicated people together to make sure we know we're with them. earlier on the president expanded access to

first of all, the ama and physicians across the country are very appreciative of the work of cms to expand opportunities for telehealth. of course, that required loosening some restrictions, even allowing visits via the telephone. because you know what? not everyone has broadband internet access. not everyone has an internet data plan. and some folks, like my father who is 86, they are not proficient. so, relaxation of some of those regulations were very helpful. but here is what i want us to all think. certainly in the midst of this pandemic, we need to have an all hands on deck approach and do whatever we need. going forward, after we get around the acute phase of this pandemic, we are going to have to be very thoughtful about the learnings from this pandemic. and so some of the things we should probably continue and some of the things we're doing now that are appropriate for the emergency, we should perhaps discontinue. and we are going to have to have those thoughtful conversations. we are going to have to look at the data and the evidence. i know the ama will be willing to lead those

at the white house coronavirus task force today, we tasked the fda and cms to review the feasibilitylowing hospital workers to use cloth gowns for performing procedures. it was observed that 20 years ago, most physicians, most surgeons wore clothe gowns every day and laundered them. but it's transitioned to disposable gowns. we're working very rapidly in the next 24 hours and will have guidance for hospitals and health care workers about the ability to in effect recycle gowns and make sure that we have the supplies that we need. as the president mentioned today, the president and the first lady and i and my wife, karen, were honored to be a part of a conference call with mental health professionals from all around the country. we know while there are families struggling with the coronavirus and struggling with heartbreaking loss to the coronavirus, we understand this is a very challenging time for every american. but most especially americans who struggle with mental disorders or struggle with addiction and the president brought some incredibly dedicated people together to make sure

i had a letter to hhs and cms to saying you need to tell us, not just the families, not just the residentst also the public what is going on in nursing homes. you know, we don't know the scope of the problem and we need to have a picture of it. >> the relief bill that the house is going to vote on tomorrow, the reason you're in washington to vote on the bill, as far as i understand it, i'm not totally clear on it but i think there is about $25 billioner mabillion er marked for testing. is any of that for nursing homes. >> none of it is officially designate for the nursing homes. it supposed to be for the high risk areas and i hope that will happen and i want to communicate with the powers that be that that be one of the areas with 1.3 million nursing homes in this country, there are chronic problems but right now we really need to focus on the nursing homes and make sure we're testing. testing, testing, testing. encourage my colleagues to say nursing homes need to be at the top of the list. >> we're going to stay on nursing home issues as long as it continues to be a problem here. because

the feds from cms are all over it. judy's team is overrated. we will leave it at that for the time being, but our authority is significant. tracking and staffing at s perhaps not ai robust testing regime as possible. it is undercounted on one hand. the dnr point is possible it may be inflated on the other end. ofon the testing, almost all the long-term care facilities are doing testing. but we are counting positives and pui's, assuming they are positive. that's how we are co-hoarding patients. and do track pe. we track staffing. cohort. weatherization that's the physical limitations in the staffing limitations. .hat's how we know and we expect them to call us if they are having staffing shortages that they are not take care ofto the activities of daily living on the residents that are there feeding, bathing, changing, and making sure the basic needs are taken care of. in names andg leads from our volunteer portal. >> i will just say a couple of things before we break. we have talked about the national and new jersey postmortem we will have to g

>> so, this is being led by the cms director under president obama and president trump's own fda commissioner. and the idea is that we have to be able to respond to cases in ways other than just shutting everything down. we have to be able to find people with infections, help them to isolate themselves, find their contacts, help them to quarantine. and that may require giving them a hotel room or even providing money so that they don't have to go out and work or get, you know, keep going out for food again and again. we have to treat this as a public health crisis and respond by cutting off the virus' ability to spread from one person to another. and if we invest in those types of activities, it will not only reduce the spread, it will reduce the chance that we have to shut everything down again. so, that's why we got such broad support for this, and i really hope that congress is listening. >> it's a really important step towards solutions, possible solutions, as we face this over the long term. dr. sharfastein, as always, thank you so much, and dr. dara kass as well. >>> there will not be a

problems with the -- and i believe that it is in response to 78 of us, i led a letter, to hhs and to cmsneed to tell us, not just the families, not just the residents, but also the public what is going on in nursing homes. you know, rachel, we don't know the scope of this problem. and we need to have a picture of it. >> the relief bill that the house is going to vote on tomorrow, the reason you're in washington so you can vote on that bill, as far as i understand it, i'm not totally clear on it, but i think there is about $25 billion earmarked in that bill for testing. do you know if any of that is going to be for testing nursing homes? >> none of it has been officially designated for nursing homes. it's supposed to be for the high-risk areas. and i certainly hope that will happen. and i want to communicate with the powers that be that that be one of the areas. with 1.3 million nursing homes in this country there are chronic problems, but right now we really need to focus on those nursing homes and make sure that we're testing. as nancy pelosi said from the beginning, testing, testing, t

by working together with cms, and we've got a lot of support from their leadership, the blue cross, blue shield association, i want to get to 100 million americans and confirm what the rheumatologists are observing which is it does not seem right, but the patients are not getting covid-19. maybe there is something there, because if that's true, we might consider using this after trials with doctors and nurses and people who are at risk for getting this infection. >> sean: this is really important because it may have prophylactic qualities. this show, and on my radio show, your website, you're asking people if you have lupus, if you have rheumatoid arthritis, if you are taking hydroxychloroquine, and you did contract covid-19, you want to hear from those people in particular, you are looking for them. >> i want to know what happened. because it seems so rare. if i can identify these folks, understand why they contracted it, it might help us a lot. if a lot of people right in, we start finding people who got the covid-19 illness, i don't know if this the right way to go, but we are using a

an incredibly important component of cms health care system but has done a incredible job operationally, logistically bringing everyone together. we have focused on every piece of the supply chain that relates to testing down to the most minute detail and he is going to talk to you about some of that. that started in the second week of march with starting an airlift because the only supplier, the main supplier of swabs at that time was a place in italy that was completely shut off because of the outbreak in italy. so admiral polowczyk got a plane to go to italy to bring back millions of swabs to secure. that is how it started and expanded since then. we're marrying the logistics this is the beauty, logistics and supply to the overall strategy. two pieces of strategy. number one, what is the overall testing strategy? dr. birx has had an elegant strategy in the past, even more important in the future when we make sure we take care of indigent populations and most popular. clinical, contact tracing and monitoring of those who are at most risk. we also married it to the strategy you heard m

working together with cms and we've gotten a lot of support from their leadership, the blue cross blue shield organization have gotten together, they are writing the numbers and i want to confirm what the rheumatologists are observing which is it doesn't seem right, but their patients aren't getting covid-19 and maybe there's something there because if that's true, we might consider using this after trials with doctors and nurses and people who are at risk of getting this infection. >> sean: this is really important that it might have prophylactic qualities. this showing on my radio show, on your web site, you are asking people if you have lupus, if you have rheumatoid arthritis, if you are taking hydroxychloroquine and you did contract covid-19, you want to hear from those people in particular. you looking for them. >> i want to know what happened because it seems so rare. i can identify these folks and understand why they contracted it, it might help us a lot and if a lot of people writing and we start finding a lot of people got the covid-19 illness, then i'll know this is in the ri

joining now live is the cms administrator, seema verma. great to see you. dr.gram yesterday with both of us and he talked about glimmers of hope, that he's starting to see signs of optimism. reducing more that this morning? >> that's right. even though it's been a very tough week and our hearts and minds are with all the friends and families that have lost loved ones, we are starting to see a little bit of that flattening of the curve. i think that has to do with the great work that every american is doing to implement 30 days to slow the spread. those actions that we are taking to not go out and to be socially distant, tuesday 6 feet away from people, all of that is starting to have an impact but it doesn't mean that we should stop. we need to continue to do those things that we can get through this quicker. >> ed: we noted at the top you been providing in the last week or so 34 million in money to get support to health care workers but house democrats released a report that you only sent about 1% of the 3.5 billion masks that you said were needed out there to