right now, but we have to keep the public health and safety of north carolinians as the number one priority here. our our department of health and human services, we're going to continue to work with those businesses. but many of them are high risk for transfer of covid for example, the state of georgia, which moved a lot faster and easing restrictions, still has not opened bars as of now. i think we all would know the reason why that would be the case. what we're doing is moving cautiously, trying not to move with haste. making sure that in this phase we can watch our numbers to see how north carolina is doing and then, hopefully, we can include those businesses as we move on through the phases in north carolina. but we've got to keep the safety of north carolinians as the number one priority. thanks very much for being with us today and i hope everyone has a wonderful memorial day weekend. thank you so much. ♪ >> georgia governor reports less than a thousand people are hospitalized due to the coronavirus and talks about transparency in publishing virus data and how this is used to determine further statewide openings. gov. kemp: good afterno

right now, but we have to keep the public health and safety of north carolinians as the number one priority here. our our department of health and human services, we're going to continue to work with those businesses. but many of them are high risk for transfer of covid for example, the state of georgia, which moved a lot faster and easing restrictions, still has not opened bars as of now. i think we all would know the reason why that would be the case. what we're doing is moving cautiously, trying not to move with haste. making sure that iis

an interagency report that you're quoting there and that was made by the department of homeland security and the department of health and human services and reportedly there and now is is projects up to $3000.00 casualties per day by the month of june and it also predicts 200000 new kovac $1000.00 cases in the u.s. per day and already until the end of may so that's of course a significant rise from the current rate plus it will certainly mean a significant setback also for president trump and his administration as they're currently trying to reel open the economy trump is at the forefront of doing so although it's the local governors who are in charge but he is really encouraging everyone to go ahead and go back to work and real to the economy so for him it would be no great news at all and also let's not forget that many experts have been warning the trump administration that the u.s. might see some heavy push backs and setbacks as the country is trying to go back to normal out of us out in washington thank you so much and you study estimates that the number of actual covert 1000 cases in germany is far higher than official report sa

of consultants who, quote, had little to no experience with government procurement procedures or medical equipment. and now we are reading reports of a whistle-blower from the department of health and human services who reports that there was, quote, pressure from h.h.j. leadership to ignore scientific merit and expert recommendations and instead to award lucrative contracts based on political connections and cronyism. this whistle-blower is scheduled to appear before a house committee next week. this whistle-blower should come before the senate as well. senators have many questions to ask him. i believe senators on both sides of the aisle would have those questions. so this was and is a time when the american people need the executive branch to lead a coordinated response to this evil virus. to listen to medical experts, to heed their advice, to respect and listen to science. but president trump seems unwilling and unable to handle the truth. and it is hurting our country each and every day. i yield the

in a statement, the department of health and human services said mr. bright had limited visibility into the whole of government response to covid-19 and i want you to respond to the cliff that we just heard from health and human services secretary alex azar. let's run that again. . >> everything he's complaining about was achieved. everything he talked about was done. oh, and by the way, whose job was it to actually lead the development of vaccines? dr. bright. so while we're launching operation warp speed, he's not showing up for work to be a part of that. >> so there are two accusations in there. let's take them one at a time, if we could, miss katz, so, azar says everything he's complaining about was achieved, everything he talked about was done. is that not true? >> of course, it's not true. and that is such a tragic response. there's no responsibility being taken for the fact that lives are being lost needlessly every single day. we still do not have very, very basic things that dr. bright testified were needed. and the fact that this administratio

virginians have tested positive for covid and 68 have died according to our state department of health and human services. we mourn each one of those lost lives for their families, and remember the families that grieve for them now and thel friends who have lost a loved one. all of us joined together prayed we think all the heroes who were on the frontline performing lifesaving and life-sustaining jobs during this pandemic. the economic consequences of this pandemic have been devastating as well. but the health devastation is what really breaks all of our collective hearts. on the economic front nationally the unemployment rate 14.7%, 36.5 million americans have filed for unemployment, that's been since mid march an incredible number in our small state of west virginia 164,000 unemployment claims have been processed since march and the unemployment rate is over 15%. with these facts and the omurgency of them is right for congress to come together to take bold action. we have enacted for major pieces of bipartisan legislation to help ease this crisis. most significant of those is sick care sack which pass

the crisis has actually required numerous transactions, and so we help basically the department of public health, the department of human services, and the department of homelessness determine where they can put the services that they need. so, for example, if they need a testing site or if they need a building -- a vacant building to put supplies or if they need to put some trucks, we will help them locate that office building or that property based on their factors that they need. we will then contact the landlord or the property owner of the space or the building owner decides they want, and then, we negotiate the terms that they need, whether it's a permit or a lease, we'll help the city attorney draft that agreement. >> nice. so can you talk about how some of our iconic buildings, such address the palace of -- such as the palace of fine arts, has been repurposed during the pandemic? >> certainly. the city needs as much space as it can use during this pandemic, and the department had to relocate to moscone south convention center so that we could do social distancing as required by both the city and the state. we have hundre

you wrote a strong letter a few days ago to the department of transportation and the department of health and human servicesi want to read part of it. we are calling on the department of transportation in coordination with the department of health and human services and other relevant agencies to use its authority to mandate masks in aviation for crew, employees, and passengers, require personal protective equipment, and end all leisure travel until the virus is contained. end all leisure travel is a strong demand. what feedback have you gotten from that and how do you make that demand knowing that the aviation airlines that you work for are dying to sell every single ticket they can? >> we have made a lot of progress since we sent that letter nine days ago. in fact, now we do have masks required at all airlines and we're starting to get the social distancing policies in place. that letter is very full of all of the steps we need to take to regain trust from the traveling public in being able to fly safely. safety and security are the bread and butter of aviation. so that letter is about having the departme

of the experts across the federal government from places like the nih cdc fda. >>and many other agencies this historic partnership will now bring together the full resources of the department of health and human services. with the department of defense. and we know what that means that means the full power and strength of. military the military and that. really talking about the logistics. we get it when we get it that means a logistics getting it out so that everybody can take it. >>the president giving us the latest and we are going to continue to follow this so you can also count on kron on our ♪ ♪ when you need it, jack delivers: order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. my new bite-sized, crispy popcorn chicken is so when you need it, jack delivers: irresistible you'll want them whenever, so don't resist! pop 'em while you game, hang, or do your thing. pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. the class of 2020 this morning, we're shining a spotlight on a j lou nye he's graduating from a royal high in san lorenzo and has been accepted to sacramento state. he's going to study to be an engineer congratulations and you can submit your graduate by going to kro

of leading the charge when it comes to the production and purchase of vaccines. so obviously it's important right now. rick bright has formally filed a complaint with the inspector general for the department of health and human serviceslly saying he was retaliated against by being removed from his job. this is a lengthy complaint. we're still going through it. we know a lot of the basis of it from when he was dismissed. as we were going through this complaint, you're seeing rick bright tell the story of how he believes he was trying to sound the alarm about coronavirus back in january, meeting with top leadership at hhs, including this secretary alex azar, who of course has been in the news for the last several weeks, but also other deputies at hhs, including someone we reported on extensively, basically saying he was going to them, telling them he was seeing serious warning signs and the u.s. kneaded to be prepared when it came to resources, masks, vaccine of course, and how they were going to move forward. he was saying a lot of those complaints were ignored by the leadership. we're looking into the complaints specifically. it's in pretty big detail as you're reading through this. of course, the question will be ho

health and economic crisis. it is that pandemic we'll focus on today. joining me now to talk about the pandemic, secretary of the department of health and human services alex azar. secretary, thanks for joining us. 48 states will have eased restrictions in some form by tomorrow. it's unclear how many of these states have met the coronavirus task force guidelines to begin stage 1. we see a crowded bar in wisconsin, a boardwalk in new jersey, another crowded bar in ohio. does it concerns awe heal you a secretary to see these images? >> jake, thanks to the president's historic response efforts and the collaborative work of our governors and heroic health care workers on the front lines, we're in a position to reopen. the president has left it up to the states to know their local situation the best. it's very hard to judge in any community whether a bar being open, a restaurant, a school is the right thing. that's why the local leaders lead this, the state supervises, and the federal government provides expertise and support from our level. it depends so much on what the disease burden is. in almost half of our reported counties, we've had not a single death.

and obviously they don't agree with his description. what is the white house saying? >> reporter: that's right, jake. look, the official side of the white house and the department of health and human services on this specific complaint, they have so far declined to comment. but in reporting on dr. bright's initial allegations which surfaced a couple of weeks ago, we uncovered reporting sources, two administration officials familiar with the situation, who said dr. bright mistreated staff. several sources told me they believe dr. bright was in fact slowing the response to the coronavirus rather than speeding it up. but what is clear, jake, is that this is going to continue to be a story for weeks to come. keep in mind, dr. bright here is alleging that his ouster violated the whistle-blower protection act and we're learning from dr. bright's attorney that congresswoman eshoo has scheduled a hearing for may 14 and dr. bright will indeed be testifying. jake? >> all right, jeremy diamond at the white house with all the day's breaking news, thank you so much. joining me to discuss, chief political correspondent dana bash and chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta, to cover both ends of this, t

the crisis has actually required numerous transactions, and so we help basically the department of public health, the department of human services, and the department of homelessness determine where they can put the services that they need. so, for example, if they need a testing site or if they need a building -- a vacant building to put supplies or if they need to put some trucks, we will help them locate that office building or that property based on their factors that they need. we will then contact the landlord or the property owner of the space or the building owner decides they want, and then, we negotiate the terms that they need, whether it's a permit or a lease, we'll help the city attorney draft that agreement. >> nice. so can you talk about how some of our iconic buildings, such address the palace of -- such as the palace of fine arts, has been repurposed during the pandemic? >> certainly. the city needs as much space as it can use during this pandemic, and the department had to relocate to moscone south convention center so that we could do social distancing as required by both the city and the state. we have hundre

the health and human -- department of health and human services put out a statement that really didn'tddress the allegations. but this is obviously not coming -- this is not coming at a good time, for him to come in front of congress when the president and the vice president and the administration is pushing that things are going well, that they did a good job. this is going to show, if true, these allegations that we heard about for the last couple months, that newspapers and others have reported, but this is going to put a face with that. it's going to actually go into details about the things that we've been hearing the last couple months. i think one of the things that's sort of the most telling, as phil just mentioned, is that this talks about how the administration did not take this seriously in january. and that's been sort of the center and the focus of a lot of these criticisms. if they had taken this seriously, there would have been tests, there would have been medical supplies for the states. there would have been drugs already being worked on, and so, it goes to the heart o

bright said we have the world's greatest scientist and let us speak without fear of retribution. the department of health and human services said ewg ys the complaint and full w ouof washi senator richard burr is stepping down as chairman of the and he was served with a search warrant and took a self-phone and will step down at the end of the day tomorrow . >>> more unsettled weather and a chance of showers in the bay area tomorrow. we have a closer look. mary. lighted rain in the area. as we go through the day, mostly cloudy skies and catching a few more showers heading through the afternoon but tomorrow sunshine and through fridand most of saturday when the next storm system arrives. 69 in fremont, 72 for san jose and 71 for concord. daytime highs running seasonal if not just a bit below average for this time of year. there we go with that seven day forecast looking at sunshine friday, most of saturday and then rain returns with a stronger storm system sunday into monday. now let's listen into governor gavin newsom. >> that was january a few weeks after the budget we worked with the government on repatriation flights fro

of the experts across the federal government from places like the nih, cdc, fda and many other agencies. this historic partnership will now bring together a full resources of the department of health and human services, with the department of defense and we know what that means. that means the full power and strength of military, the military, and that really talking about the logistics. we did it when we get it. that means the logistics, getting it out so everybody can take it. and today we are proud to announce the addition of two of the most highly respected skilled professionals in our country, worldwide respected. operation what speed chief scientist will be doctor -- a world renowned immunologist will create or team new vaccines -- that's a lot of our new vaccines -- in ten years during his time in the private sector, what i most respected men in the world. in the production and really in the formulation of vaccines. joining him is chief operating officer will be general gas hernia, , a four star general wo currently oversees 190,000 190,0 servicemembers come surveys and contractors as command of the u.s. army material command. that means logistics. that means getting it out. we've got to get

however, i learned the department of health and human services were struggling to make that drug available outside of that to flood new york with this drug despite recommendations of the e.r.a. when i spoke with the government and shared my concerns with the public, that, i believe, was the straw that broke the camel's back and escalated my removal. >> thank you. >> the gentleman's time sis expired. a pleasure to introduce the congressman from kentucky. >> thank you very much. reading your complaint, i think the chairman said earlier, talked about the lack of urgency and implies the president's lack of urgency? i think most of my constituents want to know that things are getting done and where is the president on this? and you're having issues with the leadership at health and human services and you're giving them recommendations, so if they're not accepting your recommendations, i would, i think, fairly surmise they're not passing that on to the white house, so the president is probably unaware of what you're putting forth, because it says in your complaint, fortunately, white house trade

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. >> a lot of it i dboected at hies at the department of health and human services, talking aut warningse issued them, on getting samples of the ccine from china early on. process of getting the wholee country back to normal and needless deaths will have happened because of delays. he was also one of those people pushing back on the presidents fetish, if u like, with hydroxychloroquine. the president was pushing it for a long time. take it. what have you got to lose?em youber thpresident said that. richard bright said there were no safety evaluions done and it was not something he would support. as aest of that pushback, he was frozen out of meetings. w a senior official at hhs. he was eventually fired from the job. host: the first cases of coronarus have reached the world'largest refugee camp in banglaarsh. the camphome to more than 800,000 people. they fled persecution in myanmar. officials are now trying to trace anyone who might have come into c with those who have the virus. ourde corsp reports. c for weeks, the world's largest refugeep has been in lockdown. now,he news they have be

and yet the indian health service, which is run by the department of health and human services, saw fit him $3 million plus to supply masks to navajo nation hospitals. just that part alone is its own rich scandal, but it gets worse. according to propublica, quote, what's more, the masks fuentes agreed to provide have come under intense scrutiny from u.s. regulators amid concerns that they offered inadequate protection. quote, the indian health service tells propublica it has found that 247,000 of the masks delivered by fuentes' company may be unsuitable for medical use. in normal times, the federal government might not be looking toward former white house stowaways for help in a fatal crisis like this. but we have the government we have, and that government has made a profound and elaborate practice of failing america's frontline workers when it comes to protective gear. today on capitol hill, the lead watchdog at hhs testified before congress. in march as head of the hhs inspector general's office, she wrote a report that documented severe shortages of ppe in our hospitals for our fron

and at least two have died. the demand to know how office of personnel management is protecting front-line workers. they demand to know if the department of health and human servicesas been able to ensure if testing and treatment is free for all americans including communities of color. they demand to know why disproportionate number of deaths are happening in the african-american community. in milwaukee county, i know you 52% ofack people make up the deaths. this pandemic is the biggest crisis our country has faced since this committee was created. have the government response will defund the future of our country. yet mr. chairman you made a unilateral decision to convened this meeting on a matter wholly unrelated to the deadly threat facing our constituents. you made this decision to force a vote on a purely political matter that will do absolutely nothing for those at risk. the matter you want us to consider is to grant you additional legal authority to demand documents from a public relations firm i understand is willing to give documents to the committee. so this is not nearly as urgent as covid-19, and our duty to perform oversight over the federal agencies

the views are my own and not those of the department of health and human services. i joined barta in 2010, and fort last three and a half years, until april 21st of this year, i had the privilege of serving as its director. barta partners with private industry and others in governments to address national health security threats. today the world is confronting a public health emergency unlike any we've seen in over a century. we are facing a highly trance mi -- transmissible and deadly drug which not only interrupts lives but the debt of our society. our economy is spiraling downward and our population is being paralyzed by fear stemming from a lack of a coordinated response and a dearth of adequate, clear communication about the path forward. americans yearn to get back to work, to open their businesses and provide for their families. i get that. however, what we do must be done carefully and with guidance from the best scientific minds. our window of opportunity is closing. if we fail to improve our response now based on science, i fear the pandemic will get worse

doctor rick wright says he was transferred from directing a vaccine team at the department of health and human services after he pushed back on the wide use of anti-malaria drugs. the white house says his complaint is one-sided and full of misinformation. >> when i spoke outside of our government and shared my concerns for the american public, that i believe was the straw that broke the camels back. >> investigators believe alcohol was a factor in a crash that killed four people on highway 85 in san jose. an suv with six people inside rolled over several times near connell road last night. three men and woman were killed , 26-year-old driver suffered minor injuries and could face manslaughter charges. >>> amazons jeff bezos is trending tonight, he's on track to become the world's first trillionaire, it's predicted to happen by the year 2030, he is already the wealthiest man on the planet with a net worth of about $140 billion. >>> up next, do you have your social party yet? the new pandemic trend that could help keep your mental health intact this summer. >> it could be a good way to get some time for

of retaliation which of course he alleged in that very lengthy complaint we brought you earlier this week. and they are requesting that the department of health and human services reinstate him in his position as this vaccine chief for the next 45 days as they continue to look into his complaint further. we should note so far hhs has not commented on this, so it's not clear where this is go, but it's notable, so far this office does believe he should be put back in his job for the time being. >> all right, kaitlan collins at the white house, thank you so much. i want to bring in cnn chief political correspondent dana bash. dana, first of all, obviously, on a human level, this is sad, we wish the navy officer who serves president trump and katie miller with the vice president's office, we wish them both speedy recoveries. we hope that they are healthy and remain asymptomatic first and foremost. >> absolutely. >> but beyond that, you can't ignore the symbolic concern, the vice president is the man in charge of the coronavirus task force. communication is a major part of that. his press secretary now has coronavirus, she's supposed to be helping with the messaging

however, my concerns were escalated when i learned that leadership in the department of health and human services were pushing to make that drug available outside of this emergency use authorization to flood new york and new jersey with this drug regardless of the eua. when i spoke outside of our government and shared my concerns for the american public, that i believe is the straw that broke the camel's back and escalated my removal. >> thank you. thank you, madam chair. >> the gentleman's time has expired. pleasure to recognize the gentleman from kentucky, mr. guthrie for his five minutes of questions. >> thank you very much. thank you, dr. bright for being here. we appreciate it very much. reading through your complaint, i want to point out, i think the chairman said earlier, talked about the lack of urgency and implies the president's lack of urgency. i think most of my constituents want to know that things are getting done and where is the president on this. you're having issues with that, leadership at health and human services, and you're giving them recommendations. if they're not accepti

somber and mailed right, i can't even explain to you and april inspection by the department of health and human services found 23 health citations it was given a rating of much below average strange she is still making its that's the grand daughter of maria an 86 year-old resident of the nursing home who was tested again for the virus thursday her family says the alzheimer's patient has been neglected and mistreated there. >>and fear the care center has been understaffed and overwhelmed as covid-19 has taken hold windsor needs to dig a little deeper into their pockets and bring in some. >>really for the score nursing stops. i don't believe that's happening and i just based that with my grandmother being left in a soiled diaper 4 hours a statement from the windsor vallejo care center says they cannot address complaints made by the residents or their families because of privacy concerns. >>but they say they are being hyper vigilant in taking every recommended safety measure to minimize the continued spread of the virus. >>in addition to solano county public health having staff on the ground there. the sta

house of representatives tried to get answers from a government watchdog about the department of health and human services. a report last month by a change agent specter christi grimm found that the state that the at the start of the pandemic there was a severe shortage of personal protective equipment for healthcare workers. president trump has criticized the report. republicans laid blame on china. but democrats say part of the problem was the lack of federal guidance. >>i was reported that quote government intervention and coordination could help reconcile this problem you not include ongoing effort by the administration to address the mbe shortage has put them in a report i was really designed to be a quick snapshot of what was happening on the ground in hospitals. >>graham told lawmakers the report was produced quickly to get a sense of what was needed not the underlying cause. she also said discussions are underway to investigate how the federal government gave out emergency supplies from the national stockpile. and tune in next wednesday may 27th for our congressional town hall special the road to

somber and mailed right, i can't even explain to you and april inspection by the department of health and human services found 23 health citations it was given a rating of much below average strange she is still making and that's the grand daughter of maria an 86 year-old resident of the nursing home who was tested again for the virus thursday her family says the alzheimer's patient has been neglected and mistreated there. >>and fear the care center has been understaffed and overwhelmed as covid-19 has taken hold windsor needs to dig a little deeper into their pockets and bring in some. >>really for the score nursing stops. i don't believe that's happening and i just may start with my grandmother being left in a soiled diaper 4 hours a statement from the windsor vallejo care center says they cannot address complaints made by the residents or their families because of privacy concerns. >>but they say they are being hyper vigilant in taking every recommended safety measure to minimize the continued spread of the virus. >>in addition to solano county public health having staff on the ground there. the stat

has fallen to senior officials of the fda and the department of health and human services to gather those companies together and light a fire under them and say it is time to ramp up building the testing capacity. -- now we havee tons of diagnostic tests. the fda has factory -- fast-track a number of them. cdc made thise test that turned out to be corrupted. there were three elements and wasn'tthe elements properly working. there were a lot of false negatives and false positives. basically the cdc testing didn't work but there was no back end fill from the private industry until the fda gave the emergency use authorization in late february. basically we lost this month of time when we should have been testing as many people as possible so we could have found the virus when it was contained in tiny clusters as opposed to when it was turning to overwhelm our hospitals. host: we want to invite our viewers to join in on this conversation. lessons learned from the ebola outbreak to the coronavirus pandemic we are seeing now. if you live in the eastern or central part of the country, (202)-748-

this is a medicare inspection report from the department of health and human services from april 12th that lists 23 health citations including one which found the facility failed to ensure that infection control principals were being followed it was given a rating of much below average you need be mindful. >>people that cannot do for themselves. and it's you know you are, but compassion said that then you're in the wrong business. the windsor vallejo care center issued a statement this week that staff are constantly getting updated training on best practices. >>in regard to infection control and that they're adhering to all federal and state recommendations to minimize the spread of this virus. bennett's aunt says the doctors hope to wean him from the ventilator over the next 2 days. she says when her nephew is out of the hospital he will not be going back to that nursing home. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we have the latest numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in the bay area santa clara county still reporting the most nearly 2300 cases, 128 deaths followed by san mateo county, sa

of the experts from places like the n.i.h., c.d.c., f.d.a. and many other agencies. this historic partnership will now bring together the full resources of the department of health and human services with the department of defense and we know what that means. that means the full power and strength of military, the military. and that really talking about the logistics. we get it when we get it. that means the logistics getting it out so that everybody can take it. and today, we're proud to announce the addition of two of the most highly respected skilled professionals in our country -- wordwide respected. operation warp speed's chief ientists will be dr. mosab slowi who helped create 14 new vaccines -- that's a lot of our new vaccines in 10 years during his time in the proy -- private sector, one of the most respected men in the world in the production and really the formulation of vaccines. joining the doctor is chief operating officer will be general gus perna, a four-star general currently overseas, 190,000 service members, civilians and contractors as commander of the u.s. army, material command. that means logistics. that means get it out. we've got to get it out there. so gen

of reported cases at long-term care facilities and the reopening and economic recovery of the state. due to technical difficulties, a portion of this briefing could not be shown. >> the u.s. department of health and human services announced the allocation plan for the drug remdesivir. they are delivering 110 cases to new jersey. each case has 40 vials of the drug. the department is working with the hospitals on a distribution plan that will be equitable and consistent to where the greatest need is. these supplies are part of the donation made by gilead sciences. remdesivir is an antiviral that improves the time to recovery from 15 days to 11 days. can blockes this drug the virus. now for my daily report, as the governor shared, our hospitals reported 4628 hospitalizations and persons of covid-19 and under investigation. 1416 individuals in critical care, with 74% on ventilators. the governor reviewed the new cases reported today. in terms of deaths, the breakdown by race and ethnicity basically unchanged. white, 52 point 5%. black, 19.2 percent. hispanic, 17.5 percent. asian, 17.3%. other, 5.4 percent. 515 long-term care facilities in our state now reporting covid-19 cases. 173tate veterans homes, residents, 36

right now, but we have to keep the public health and safety of north carolinians as the number one priority here. our our department of health and human services, we're going to continue to work with those businesses. but many of them are high risk for transfer of covid for example, the state of georgia, which moved a lot faster and easing restrictions, still has not opened bars as of now. i think we all would know the reason why that would be the case. what we're doing is moving cautiously, trying not to move with haste. making sure that in this phase we can watch our numbers to see how north carolina is doing and then, hopefully, we can include those businesses as we move on through the phases in north carolina. but we've got to keep the safety of north carolinians as the number one priority. thanks very much for being with us today and i hope everyone has a wonderful memorial day weekend. thank you so much. ♪ >> florida governor ron desantis announced he is lifting restrictions on all youth sporting activities and left specific regulations of the local officials. he criticized leaders in illinois, michigan and new york for their handling of

mario ramirez, former acting director for pandemics and emerging threats at the department of health and human services. dr. vita patel, primary care physician and former policy director in the obama administration. and white house correspondent kristen welker. garrett, first to you. we were in the room. we have been listening for more than two hours. tell us about the highlights, how are dr. bright's allegations holding up? >> bright is painting a picture of a federal bureaucracy, particularly at hhs, that was very slow to respond to concerns about everything from the virus itself to lack of ppe to a general lack of preparedness. and then when it did respond focused on, in his view, the wrong things. it's always interesting to hear a scientist or any kind of technical professional questioned by largely nontechnical members of congress, but you are in the course of this hearing having teased out some of these important elements of alarms that dr. bright says were raised and ignored. as to the hearing itself, this is another example of congress continuing to find its footing in the coronavirus era, bein

and replacing truth tellers. government watchdogs, such as the acting inspector general of the department of health and human serviceswas telling a truth that, apparently, president trump did not want told. the time to get these facts on the record is when memories are fresh, and when people can remember what was done and what could have been done faster or better. or at all. >>> hey, i'm chris cuomo. anderson cooper, the man i call coop, he is home doing daddy duty. so welcome to prime time. we're back, says the president. even without a vaccine. while, still touting the effort to get one, at warp speed. now, tonight, we're going to talk about what this is all about. this warp-speed vaccine pitch. and take us back to the reality of where we really are. it has never been about reopen or not reopen. that's a false choice. the only choice is reopen. it's how. can you do it smart, through science, testing? no? without tracing measures? without a real plan? is that reopening? or is that re-inviting disaster? we don't even know what's right, right now, except to wear masks and keep our distance. and, of course, how many o

joining us is the former chief medical officer of the department of health and human services. you wrote about the importance of prioritizing veterans. why are they more vulnerable? >> the thank you so much for having me. it is an honor to speak about our heroes and recall or remember why we need to keep them as a priority. the vulnerabilities are tremendous. even mental health issues that they experience with ptsd, anxiety, and depression that is worsened by the current social isolation. many of them have age-related issues. there a special population when you think about veterans and active duty members. there are so many reasons why veterans are heroes for sacrificing so much for our country and they are disproportionately affected during this crisis. >> indeed the risk is higher. you talk about prioritizing veterans. what are the steps that we should be taking? >> from a societal perspective being in touch with those folks who have served making sure that they're not feeling undo isolation. they may be suffering. we need to look to wounded warriors and the other groups that

this is a medicare inspection report from the department of health and human services from april 12th that lists 23 health citations including one which found the facility failed to ensure that infection control principals were being followed it was given a rating of much below average so they need to clean. >>that and to hire people, let's compassion and peace to management. if you can't do that. then you need to shut at the windsor vallejo care center issued a statement this week that staff are constantly getting updated training on best practices in regard to infection control and that they're adhering to all federal and state recommendations to minimize the spread of this virus. bennett's aunt says the doctors hope to wean him from the ventilator over the next 2 days. >>she says when her nephew is out of the hospital he will not be going back to that nursing home. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>the alameda county fair county fair it has been canceled this is the first time in 100 years the 18 day fair was scheduled to run from june 19 through july 12th the fair is 108 years old this

health crisis kron four's been honoring people doing great things and their community in this morning. >>we're highlighting cathy cole blic the public health director for marine county's department of health and human services. she is right there kathy help pick stab lish a drive-thru coronavirus testing site and the rain county and over the last few weeks they focused on testing first responders and county workers in the next week, they'll test grocery store employees and other workers in essential services so kathy. we appreciate you. she says it's been on president of time, but she's inspired to tackle the challenge of fighting the virus and her community and she's doing a fantastic job remember you can spotlight people like this making a difference in your community we have a special section on our website, it's called kron 4 heroes. you go there you fill out a quick form you let us know about your hero and you can find that page on our website kron 4 dot com. >>elk and our weather situation things will be getting mighty hot this week ahead, you know they want to call it the unofficial start to summer so i the forces of nature said fine. well the light with your quest of culture. so here's a look at our

they're demanding that the facility shut down in april inspection by the department of health and human services found 23 helped citations right there that care center and gave it a rating of much below average. the state has said since an infection control strike team to access for. >>exposures and also monitor the outbreak. >>well a san francisco man is back home with his family after 2 months in the hospital battling covid-19 and the emotional reunion was caught on camera kron four's michelle kingston reports. >>the moment on tenneco has been waiting for for 2 months. >>there must have been no less than a 100 people in this hall ways as i walked through with signs clapping cheering, i mean it was. >>it was unbelievable. >>seeing his family after winning his fight against covid-19 a battle that started in mid-march after returning home to san francisco from a trip to europe, he was coughing had a fever in tested positive for coronavirus the 69 year-old was on a ventilator for 40 days when i just spoke with them a nurse that you know this and she said that. it is now in the ventilator that was