there is work for the north carolina governors department of health and human services to work on funding for the school nurses and pp for them. under the governor requirements we are not looking at having the requirement for ppe. the federal cares act dollars will be going to district that is something districts could use that money for if they decided to go be on the guidelines from our north carolina department of health and human services. >> right. are you looking at what other states are doing and having a good level of communication, seeing he might have best ideas and doing comparisons? >> yes, absolutely. we have been, a lot of education seats around the nation -- chiefs around the nation have been in frequent contact and we have been making sure we listen to staff and teachers on the ground in north carolina and also where watching other nations who have opened up schools to see how they are handling the situation. are you figuring out a budget estimate for the first tranche, related to ppe in the classroom and in general? >> we are at the beginning stages of that and i would no

the other thing that's notable is it's happening in this building behind me, at the department of health and human services. because typically these task force briefings happen in the situation room at the white house, and then of course you saw those briefings happening there in the briefing room at the white house. and instead they have changed the venue. we do not expect president trump himself to be here, as of course he has continued to really downplay the coronavirus. and he's trying to resume a normal presidential schedule, inviting a foreign leader this week, taking three trips out of washington. and we should note as i'm talking about the three trips the president has taken, he was scheduled to go to new jersey this weekend to go to his golf club. and the white house said he was not going to follow that quarantine mandate that you saw come from the new jersey governor for people who have been in states with rising cases like arizona. and we just found out in the last few minutes that the white house has canceled that trip, and the president is no longer going to be going to new jersey this afterno

fauci is the head of the seas department of health and human services. schools can reopen and how people can get back to work safely. they are taking questions from senators. the assistant secretary with the department of health and human services, says, the first thing is to control the virus by extinguishing outbreaks and minimizing community transmission. the cdc is initiating surge testing with communities of highest concern and will release recommendations which will include surveillance testing. dr. steven han, commissioner of the fda, is optimistic they will be more than one potential treatment option for those affected by the virus by the fall. as for a vaccine, there is no guarantee there will be a safe and effective one that soon. in the doses will be available by next year. senator bernie sanders asked if vaccines should be given to everyone regardless of income and they all agreed. read brief saying the object in cases comes down to personal rackspace responsibility. they called urgency and millennials for not calling their faces and fauci ec

be doses available by the beginning of next year. >> as for getting back to work and school this assessment secretary with the department of health and human services says, the first thing is to extinguish our breaks and minimize community transmission. dr. hahn is hopeful there will be more than one potential treatment option for those affected by the virus in the fall. that gives parents some peace of mind. the cdc released recommendations for schools and businesses which integrates business testing into their reopening plans. they agree personal responsibility is what can reverse the upward trend we see now. >> it is critical we take the personal responsibility to slow the transmission of covid-19 and rear embrace the universal use of face coverings. i'm addressing the younger members of our society and the millennials and generation disease. >> even though we are still in the thick of this pandemic of four health officials were out of the country can prepare for the next one and they say having more of a coordinated response as a nation and being overly prepared and investing in more data infrastructure will help navigate the next public health

not at white house but at the department of health and human services. mr. trump was not there. instead vice president mike pence seemed to tiptoe around the issues of wearing masks and holding rallies. dr. anthony fauci fauwas much m direct telling americans they aren't doing enough to control the virus. the administration's task force finally reemerged with vice president mike pence appear to be looking at the soaring number of cases through rose colored glasses. >> all 50 states and territories are opening up safely and responsibly. reslowed the spread. we flattened the curve. we saved lives. >> reporter: that's not quite true. as surprising spike in coronavirus cases is spreading from florida to southern california forcing some states to pause their reopenings. task force dr. anthony fauci tried to add a dose of reality gently putting his finger on some of the nation's missteps. >> everything from maybe opening too early on some to opening at the right time but not actually following the steps in an orderly fashion. to actually trying to follow the steps in an orderly fashion

and the revitalization of the economy. it's significant the location for today's briefing will be at the department of health and human services not here because the white house seems to be una bit of a different page from its own task force. you see there dr. fauci giving that warning that something is not working. you haven't heard that from the president or the vice president in those stark terms. they haven't wanted to say there's any issue with testing. they taut their own testing. over the last weeks you and i have reported that some members of the task force did want to resume these briefings and they wanted to do it from the white house complex. that's not the case today. it will be very interesting to see exactly who is at this briefing. they haven't given us a list. we expect the doctors to be there. there's a chance they won't be. we know the vice president is going to be leading that. we hope he takes many questions on this uptick in cases and what the latest is if the u.s. does need to rethink its testing strategy. kristen? >> absolutely right, monica. what will the strategy be moving forward. that's going to be t

as officials addressed the pandemic at the department of health and human services instead of at the white house. >> then i see the disinfectant. knocks it out in a minute. >> where the briefings came to a screeching halt in april when the president suggested that americans inject themselves with disinfek tants to kill the virus. as for the wisdom of holding crowded campaign events like the president's rally in tulsa last weekend, pence tried to dance around the question. >> we want to give people the freedom to participate in the political process. >> how u can you say that the campaign is not part of the problem? >> even in a crisis, the people don't forfeit their rights. >> he also declined to give a full throated endorsement for masks. >> people ought to listen to their state and local authorities. >> joe biden said he would try to mandate masks. >> i would insist everybody in public be wearing a mask. anyone wanting to reopen would have to make sure they walked into a business that had masks. >> the administration is considering a new approach to halting spread with something ca

that communities have access to health care, my order directs the north carolina department of health and human services in partnership with local health departments, rural health centers and free and charitable clinics to provide covid-19 testing and related health care to uninsured north carolina . people who are uninsured in our state. we know the best thing we can do to improve health care for everyone in our state is to expand medicaid. north carolina should have done this years ago and i will keep fighting to close the health care coverage gap. going to a doctor should not be a luxury weather were not there is a pandemic. provides also direction for other state agencies. i know that those marching and protesting right now are lifting up their voices for more than just health disparities. we hear you. and there is more to come. today, we are taking steps to help reverse the impacts of long-standing inequality made worse by this pandemic. my administration is committed to helping to eliminate these disparities. we will keep listening. we will continue to work with communities all across our state to

so that spokesperson for the department of health and human services told me that there have been forabout 19,000 ventilators in the national stockpile. and they said 16,660 were ready for immediate use in march before the trump administration started buying more. and when i asked them how many of those 16,660 were purchased by the trump administration and they said none of them. all of those, every single one was inherented. this does two things. it blows up the president's narrative in a he was left nothing at all. and the spokesperson, number two, told me they've distributed fewer than 11 through thousand the pandemic crisis. so they had 16,660 ready to use and they distributed less than that. that is important information. >> thank you for breaking that down for us. and we're back in a moment. ie yr devoted husband. without him, things were tough. her last option was to sell her home, but... her home meant everything to her. her husband had been a high school football coach and it turned out, one of his former players came up with an answer. a loan, created just for older homeowne

of social, economic, and environmental as well as cultural determinants of health. i look forward to working and collaborating with state leaders and the department of health and human -- health and human services, the office of environmental quality, the office of minority health and health disparity, the pandemic recovery office, members of the commission on indian affair, the commission on inclusion, the hispanic latino council and the council for women advisory board, as well as partners and experts and stake holders across the state of north carolina. in addressing these issues for more equitable and unified north carolina for all people. and as president of -- as president obama said, change isn't easy but it is always possible. and we are going to work to achieve that possibility for the state of north carolina. thank you. gov. cooper: thank you, secretary sanders. here today we also have dr. carter burns, the senior deputy director of the division of public health, to announce some new tools that we're engaging in our fight against covid-19. dr. burns, we welcome you today. >> thank you, governor and secretary sanders for your leadership. in almost every health measure, communities of c

this time at the department of health and human services, not at the white house. and president trump, a fixture of former task force briefings, did not attend dr. anthony fauci today pleading with americans to take the virus mo >> you have an individualsibility, because if we want to end this outbreak we've got to realize that we are part of the process. >> reporter: the vice president, while encouraging americans to take steps to keep themselves safe -- >> wash your hands, avoid touching your face, disinfect frequently >> reporter: conspicuously skipped over one part of the cdc's advice to wear a face mask in public pence pressed by reporters. >> is there a message you would like to send to people about the importance of wearing masks. >> well, we think that where -- the first principle is that people ought to listen to their state and local authorities. >> reporter: the vp challenged for a recent political event where trump's supporters did not wear masks or observe social distancing guidelines. >> you're saying do as we say, not as we do how can you say that out

of april, but not at the white house and not with the president scheduled to attend. instead the group will assemble in the next half hour at the department of health and human services. veteran c a veteran cbs white house correspondent calling it "political distancing." >>> the united states is continuing to lead the world in infection and deaths from covid-19. more than 8,000 new cases in florida and peak infection rates in alabama, missouri, montana, and utah. and at least four other states have now been forced to pause their reopening plans. in texas, governor greg abbott this morning ordering bars to shut down and new limits on indoor dining, as the cdc suggests new antibody tests suggests the number of cases could be ten times higher than reported and that 90% of americans are still susceptible to getting the virus. >>> and despite the ongoing pandemic, the trump administration chose this of all moments to file an appeal last night with the supreme court to scrap obamacare even as a record half million americans have enrolled as of last month, because they are newly unemployed and have lost their health benefits. doctors and nurses on the front lines are all too

department of health and human services he says that the last shipment of remdesivir year goes out june 29th. the company that makes it is wrapping up production and hopes to have more this summer. a study showing that the drug reduces the number of days coronavirus patients spend in the hospitals. the reason why that drug is so popular. let's talk about our weaher forecast now as we take a live look outside here in san francisco along the embarcadero what a beautiful. kind of like summer day we had today monday way to kick off the week right and joining us now working from the kron 4 news studio is lawrence karnow he is back after working at home. since mid-march it is so good to see you at to see you in person. a 6 foot distancing high-five and hug welcome back from your tower of power and back into the newsroom, we're so happy you're here also good to come back in the city of life elikann new employee today just coming in walking in the studio today, but. >>nice to get back your great to see everybody see that everybody's doing pretty well. >>hey you know what outside today we have s

recipients part of a group that received $20000000000.00 in emergency funding from the department of health and human services have paid millions in recent years either in criminal penalties or to settle allegations related to improper billing and other practices of course no one knows better than a perpetual litigant president that these hospitals need to recoup those legal fees plus think of the consequences if this country didn't reward obvious prods with billions in cash then we'd have to admit that every televangelist is actually not a vessel of god. one of the bailout recipients is the florida cancer specialist and research institute. a juggernaut among us oncology centers which received $67000000.00 in bailout money despite the fact the institute said it would pay a $100000000.00 penalty for engaging in a nearly 2 decades long antitrust scheme to suppress competition in a just society so the people who gained a 1000000 from monopolizing cancer treatments would be publicly shamed do we revamp cancer charity events like purple ripple stride or the susan g. komen beat down for the cure. but instead we liv

our department of health and human services team is pushing local health departments, especially in counties experiencing the highest growth. forsyth, lee, mecklenburg, and wake are of particular concern. over the weekend i talked with vice president pence. i asked him and the federal government to help us with increasing testing sites and capabilities. another focus will be testing all nursing home residents and staff and this testing is ongoing. ournow going to ask secretary of health and human services to share an update for us. dr. cohen? >> thank you, governor. slowing the spread of the virus early on has allowed us to build our capabilities to be ready to respond to this surge in covid-19 cases. that included building up supplies of protective equipment, strengthening and expanding hospital capacity, expanding our ability to test people, and staffing for contact tracing. we are now drawing on these capabilities. including ramping up testing in harder hit communities. as the governor mentioned, we are targeting additional resources to nine counties. mecklenburg, wake, durham, johnston,

the department of health and human services says it will now be enforcing sex discrimination protections according to the plain meaning of the word "sex" as male or female and as determined by biology. changes are being applauded by many of the president's conservative religious base. critics say it's a big step back for those seeking sex reassignment treatment or even transgender people who need care for common illnesses. >>> mark zuckerberg is responding to scrutiny over facebook's management of president trump's account. at issue, last month's tweet in which the president called minneapolis protesters thugs, adding when the looting starts, the shooting starts. twitter flagged it for violence, but facebook declined to act. hundreds of scientists backed by the nonprofit chan zuckerberg initiative expressed concern about facebook allowing the spread of misinformation. in an email, priscilla chan and zuckerberg wrote they are shakin' and disgusted by the president's words but did not promise action. >>> the man accused of ambushing and killing a santa cruz county sheriff's deputy made his

it was at the department of health and human services. the group initially met daily but its savings were limited a few weeks ago. it was full of contradictory and spin. >> watching that press briefing, did feel like an alternate reality. if you look at the graphic, we can see how much things have changed. the numbers are going up. now, at the highest level they've been, with new insections. i think when you have a task force meeting, they would address these plans forward. this wasn't any of that. it was more of the minimizing of the current state of affairs. vice president saying that eight states have put the pause on and will be opening up. that's not true. there was a downturn for a little bit. but the lowest number of cases in this country, about 17,000 cases at june 1st. that's the best they can do. they greatly expanded the testing. whatever the testing is, it's not enough in this country. if you look at the road maps to tests. they talk about 5,000 tests per day. and the idea of testing has caused some flash points, even in the co

and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. francine: thank you. former united states assistant secretary for health to the u.s. department of health and human servicesill talk about this pandemic and we will talk about covid-19. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: good morning. "bloomberg surveillance." we will have to see on that. also, jes staley of barclays will stop by for an extended conversation. out ofe to karen leigh hong kong. right now, our interview of the day on the pandemic, howard koh is exceptionally qualified to speak across the medicine and political span of our public health right now. shes a distinguished that has a distinguished career out of yale medicine. -- good morning. question, the article i have been looking for, and i see it today, there is very good non-peer-reviewed notes that the virus has mutated. talk about that. it is normal for viruses to mutate, right? howard: it is. a virus that has humbled us from the beginning. we are entering month six in this pandemic and learning about the science. we have to follow the science of this mutation news carefully. meantime, we have to emphasize prevention and maximize public health. we ha

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

and more than 110,000 deaths. the government is running low on the only drug capable of alleviating some strain on patients. according to a u.s. department of health and human services official, supplies of recommemdr proven to shorten hospital stays will run out by the end of this month. the company behind the drug is ramping up production but the time line is unclear. >>> hard hit new york is heading in the right direction though. the state has seen more than 30,000 deaths but the governor says the trend now justifys entering phase one of reopening today. dr. rog kelce joining me from chicago. good to see you. thanks for coming on. >> good to see you, natalie. thanks for having me on. >> sure thing. the world is grappling with the pandemic and we have support and protests all over the world of george floyd and black lives matter. there's concern for the protesters macing together. first i want to get your thoughts on the data. the number of deaths and hospitalizations for covid has been steadily been moving lower. what's your reaction to that? >> i believe it because i see it in my own experience in the different hospitals i work at, in particular one major instit

of our witnesses today and i am including in the record two of his speeches. our next witness serves as chief medical executive and chief deputy director for health at michigan depart on the department of health and human services to helps to work coordinate the state's response to covid-19 third serving as director of the cdc under president george w. bush , she has helped to lead the preparedness efforts in response to sars and west nine oh virus h1n1 and the rise of multi- drug-resistant bacteria like merced. governor of utah and secretary of hhs and administrator of the epa under george w. bush following the emergence of the avian flu he left into focused on pandemic preparedness. and he said this 13 years ago the only thing we do have one - - before pandemic is alarms everything after pandemic we see an adequate that's the ngdilemma we face but that should not stop us from doing what we can do to prepare. congress has passed legislation to prepare for tpandemics befor before, during the last 20 years for president presidents, clinton, bush, obamd several congresses have enacted nine significant lives to help local and faye is and then including a public health emergency including a pandemic. $18billion to

our department of health and human services is pushing assistance, local health departments especially in the counties experiencing the highest growth. lee, mecklenburg and weick are our particular concern. d over the weekend i talked to vice president depends about north carolina's concern in numbers and i asked him in the federal government to help us with increasing our testing sites and his capabilities, especially focused on these counties. another focus will be testing all nursing home residents and staff and this testing is ongoing. i now will ask our secretary of health and human services doctor mandy: to share an update for us. doctor cohen. >> thank you, governor. slowing the spread of the virus early on has allowed us to build our capabilities to be ready to respond to this surgeon covid-19 cases that we are seeing. that included building up our inpplies of protective equipment, strengthening and expanding our hospital capacities, expanding our ability to test people for covid-19 and staffing up our contact tracing. we are now drawing on these capabilities as we respond to t

several weeks ago, the department of health and human services said the u.s. is at risk of running out of remdesivir by the end of the month. at the time gilyard sciences planned to ramp up their production, so we'll see how that goes. >>> in developing news, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus is exploding at san quentin prison. it jumped to 48 cases on june 14 and then 499 cases last friday. at last check, there are 523 active cases among inmates. and inmates are telling abc 7 news that the prison is rotating guards from infected areas to uninfected areas daily. and officials are even investigating if a death row inmate has died from the virus. meanwhile, a team of uc berkeley and ucsf health experts told the "chronicle" they are worried that an outbreak inside the prison could lead to a spike in covid cases across the bay area as workers return to the community. >>> good news for new drivers. the dmv will start offering behind the wheel driving tests again today. the economy including a reopening is one of the main things we're following in our evi

department of health and human services. >> i appreciate the challenges that exist there when you're considering public health risk. you have to consider the socioeconomic risk because those are determinants of health. >> ktvu fox2 news. >>> today marin county move deeper into phase 2 of its reopening plan. under the new guidelines stores can allow customers inside other businesses including personal cleaning services. the businesses are required to clean and sanitize their stores and employees must wear face coverings. >>> all wineries and breweries and sonoma county are allowed to reopen. the counties updated health order allows them to open without the previous work wire meant of serving a meal. disposable menus are being used in the number of people inside will be limited. reservations are required and timed. >> we will let certain groups in and it will feel like you have the place to yourself.'s time to shine. >> they say that 95% of the wineries will reopening during phase 2. >>> san francisco is the latest city with a mural painted on the street singable letters black lives ma

and retired after 20 years of service with the u.s. army medical corps. third, admiral brett giroir. admiral giroir is the assistant secretary for health at the u.s. department of health and humanvices, he oversees the development of the department's public health policy recommendations. specific to covid-19 response, admiral giroir has taken on testing and focused on increasing the number of tests we can do with existing technology. his federal service includes directing the defense sciences office of the defense advanced research projects, agency, and a variety of other important responsibilities. finally, we will hear from dr. stephen hahn, dr. hahn is commissioner of the u.s. food and drug administration, the fda, before joining fda he had a leadership position as chief medical executive at the university of texas md anderson cancer center and is chair of the department of radiation, oncology at the university of pennsylvania. early in his career he was senior investigator at the national cancer institute, at the national institutes of health. he's been commander of the u.s. public health service commission corps in 2005. we welcome our witnesses. dr. fauci, welcome, let's

health care and other aspects. my understanding of the law, according to my friend chase, sorry, chase, talk to chase if i'm wrong. that this is moot from the department of health and human services. insanely gorgeous. and hud wants to do something similar. different from the supreme court also making that attempt to make discrimination legal also moot from the department of -- what is it? hud. >> and we just want to share just how broadly this is now supported. the polling shows this as well as take a look at this rally. a black trans lives matter rally in brooklyn this past weekend. look at that crowd. it's extraordinary when you see, this is a large diverse crowd, as we understand it, from all the people who are reporting there, just look at the -- the resounding support. things do change, and this is one of the issues on which there has been more change in a shorter period of time than almost anything we can remember. laverne? >> absolutely. i think it's important for folks to remember that just because public policy changes, it does not mean that the heart and minds of americans change. each and every one of us has to do the work and hopefully we are all doing it now interro

department of health and human services. how much does that set backhe state's efforts to keep a record, to keep track of what is going on? well, any timeptyou dishe supply chain with a faulty product, that's a problem. and we had not distributed that widely. we are trying to trace it down but we can oveom that but it is a gap in our supply chain. and re you've got many southern states thahave an upsurge in our number of cases, we'rrtesting moand so that puts a strain on the supply chait and so our ional message needs to be let's continue that investment in testing, let's make sure that we do our social distancing. let's take thi seriously, do what you can from an individual discipline standpoint. we've got to build the infrastructure for this fall. we don't know whether it's going to be anotheresurgence in the fall or whether this is going to be a constant flow and epidimiologists were cited both ways. so we have to be prepared rerdless and build that national intra fruk ture because the need will continue. w that just quick

and you do not need health insurance and you will not be asked about your status. >>> happening today there are two mask give aways in partnership with the solano department of health and human services. it will be at the mount cavaly baptist church. the second is at the miller cal worship center on east eighth street. participants will receive a bag that includes a washable reusable mask and information on staying safe during the pandemic. >>> protestors are torn down some statues in golden gate park. one of francis scott key and a statue of junipero serra. >>> now to the juneteenth celebrations held in the bay area, thousands of people marched and rallied to mark what is called freedom day, the end of slavery. >>> thousands of people gathered at lake merit in oakland last night to celebrate juneteenth. police said a happenedful of people set off fire works. >>> we flew over the scene of the celebration, you can see the big turn out. plus said that the celebration remained peaceful, it was described as a party atmosphere. >>> earlier today thousands of people gathered for one of the bay area's largest demonstrations, the long shore man's union shut down the port. yesterday's demonst

department of health and human services, i appreciate the challenges that exist there. but you also have to consider where the socioeconomic risk is because those are also determinants of health. >> reporter: we reached out to the alameda county public health department but did not hear back. christina? >> rob, thank you. >>> we are following breaking news in sacramento county where are wind driven breast fire has the grant fire has now burned more than 2000 acres. this is near grant line road in the sleuth on syria east of sacramento about 18 miles east of downtown sacramento. this is generally a rural area but there are some neighborhoods on the west side of this fire and some homes have been evacuated. the fire is threaded rapidly and hot conditions. there is no word on how this fire started. >>> it was decades in the making and now bart finally extends to the south bay. we will talk to the ceo about the new stations that just opened. >>> around the bay area this afternoon it is breezy and much cooler. we will check in on your current conditions and let you know what

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eliminates obama-era protections against discrimination in health care and health insurance for transgender patients. the department of health and human servicesreturn to defining sex as male or female and as determined by biology. the ruling taking place during pride month an anversy the deadly pulse nightclub shooting in orlando. >>> and merriam webster is updating its definition of the word racism. the move comes after a recent college graduate contacted the dictionary's editors to say the current definition didn't do enough to highlight that racism is a systematic -- a systemic issue and the editors agreed with that complaint, and they're currently drafting a new definition. >>> we are going to shift gears here because it is time now for -- [ air horn ] >> -- "binge this." if you have downtime we have entertainment for you. janai is bringing that to us. good morning, janai. >> good morning. it is always a good time when you hear that air horn. all right, so here to break it all down for "binge this" is "people now's" andrea boehlke. andrea, thank you so much for being with us. an important special just came out. tell us more about that. >>

department of health and human services. ncerned are you that these protests could lead to more cases of coronavirus? >> it is such an important question. there is lots of news about it over the internet. the concern of course is that people who were in these protests are not able to social distance even though many are wearing masks. the concern is a social distancing issue. and certainly if someone has a cough or recalled r is shouting out slogans or singing, they can spread those respiratory droplets. the one upside is that it is warmer weather and we have seen literature that the virus is more susceptible to uv rays. during the day i think it's a safer issue. and the issue of being out doors which it seems most viral outbreaks in those studies we have seen from around the world have really been indoors. but the one thing that i would like to caution the young protesters out there is that they may have family members or close friend stacy afterwords and even if they themselves do not have symptoms, if they've come into clo

and they were set -- exactly. they say they made them available. i want to go back to kaitlan collins. she's outside of the health and human services department. i'm going to have you pick up where you left off. >> and i want to reiterate where they only took a handful of questions from reporters, even though we have many more to ask and several states have paused reopening and in texas we're seeing them scale back and reverse some of those decisions they've made. and as dr. burkes is speaking, as they have several experts we have not heard from in several weeks, she was showing us several graphs. and one of those refuted something the president has been saying repeatedly, which is he believes the only reason there are more cases in the united states is because there is more testing. at one point, he showed a graph where you're seeing an outbreak happening right now and their positivity rates was declining. even as their testing has increased and positivity rate is increasing. so, it's obviously attributable to other factors, even though the vice president said he thought was inargiable to say the reason there are more cases is babecause there

department of health and human services pick >> i appreciate the challenges that exist there. but you also have to consider the socioeconomic risk because h . >> the new directive allows for visiting outdoor museums and taking outdoor fitness classes. >>> small businesses looking to reopen within this pandemic. thank you so much. >>> if you're in san jose and looking for fresh produce today the san jose farmers market opened with fresh fruits, veggies, hot food and prepackaged foods. social distancing procedures are in place. congregating is not allowed. there are plenty of handwashing stations. organizers say the reopening is good for shoppers and local farmers. >> it is a way for people to get healthy food to their family especially now that everybody's kids are home. on the flipside, though small farmers cannot go out of business for more than a couple of weeks. they don't have a bunch of capital to sit on. >> the farmers market is on san pedro street between st. john and santa clara street and open between 10 am and 2 pm on fridays. >>> people who did their own nasal swabs

from the top coronavirus task force as a briefer the first time in many weeks at the department of health and human services of cases in spots in the country undoubtably is rising. the vice president and the top doctors talking about in the south, the sunbelt, florida, arizona, texas, the vice president seen 16 states with rising cases and rising percentages, there was also a message to millennial's all across the country, here is the director of the center for disease control robert redfield. >> it's really important that this group really commit themselves, were very thankful that the group is coming forward to get tested, but i also want this group to put into vigilant practice the importance of our social distancing. >> the discussion about wearing a mask will not be settled at the white house at least for now, mike pence was asked about the importance of wearing facial coverings and he said that is a more targeted topic of conversation. >> what is most important that people listen to the leadership in their state and the leadership in the local community and adhere to the facial coverings or the size o

of so many people packed closely together on transmission rates. >>> health care providers will finally get federal coronavirus relief. department of health and human servicesns to send $15 billion to providers participating in medicaid and children's health insurance program. the first 30 billion was doled out based on hospital's prior medicare reimbursements not their share of coronavirus patients president that meant hard-hit areas didn't get an extra boost when they needed it most. the additional money will help support pediatricians, dentist, assisted living munts. >>> the administration walking back comments. the remarks sparked confusion. elizabeth cohen explains. >> reporter: officials at the world health organization are clarifying some comments they had made earlier about asymptomatic transmission. on moan they said asymptomatic transmission, meaning transmajor leagues without feeling symptoms happen rarely but then on tuesday they clarified and said we don't know how often it happens. both sets of comments had many infectious disease experts scratching their heads. they said it's clear that asymptomatic transmission happens. in other words people

department of health and human services, he said the last shipment of remdesivir goes out on june 29.he company that makes it is ramping up production and hopes to have more this summer. study show that remdesivir reduces the number of days that covid-19 patients spend inthe hoital. 3000 san francisco have been reassigned to completely different jobs during the covid- 19 pandemic. the disaster service workers list is made up of 100 library staff now working at the sf the bank. other folks are monitoring homeless hotels and doing contact tracing at ucsf and some employees with science backgrounds are making hand sanitizer. it goes to the field groups testing water quality from the sierra foothills to ocean beach. >>> it was unplanned but it made sense to do and it was something that helped a lot of other people. >> i'm proud of our staff and their willingness and ability to step up during this particular emergency and all the things that we need to do. >> other employees have added mandatory -- from six fire hydrants. hundreds of 2400 employees who can't work from mey reasgnedto with e

of as 33,000 if more americans would wear facial coverings. >>> and providing free cloth- based masks to every american who needs one. introducing legislation called the mask work act. it would tell the department of health and human services to set up a program to mail cloth face coverings to anyone who asks for them. it would also direct the cdc to create a psa campaign emphasizing why experts say masks will cut down the spread of covid-19. >>> in other news this morning, people in death valley are reeling from a 5.8 earthquake that hit the eastern sierra. some people in the south bay felt it about 400 miles away from the epicenter. the u.s. geological survey said the quake hit at 10:40 yesterday morning. aftershocks have ranged from two point five up to 4.4. clouds of dusk could be seen rising from the sierra and there was a landslide near mount whitney. in the sherrif's department close to camping area but no deaths or injuries are reported at this point. >>> the time is 6:10. let's talk about the weather. steve paulson is in the home castle right now. how does it look ? >> it looks the same as tuesday and wednesday. no changes until the weekend. right now we have clouds and fog and they burn off around 9:00 or 10:00.

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

of not knowing whether or not it is truly safe and truly effective. >> desjardins: also testifying today, admiral brett giroir, assistant secretary of health at the department of health and human services. he focused on testing. >> the only way that we will be able to understand who has the disease, who is infected and can pass it, and do appropriate contact tracing, is to test appropriately, smartly, as many people as we can. >> desjardins: that's become a contentious point within the administration, after president trump said he called for scaling back tests-- he said bluntly because testing was driving up case numbers. aides said he was kidding, but today came this. >> i don't kid. let me just tell you, let me make it clear. >> desjardins: leaving the white house for arizona this morning, mr. trump doubled down >> testing is a double-edge sword. in one way, it tells you, you have cases. in another way, you find out where the cases are and you do a good job. >> desjardins: back at the house committee hearing, fauci said that, in fact, the president has never asked them to cut back on testing. >> none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. that just is a fact. in fact, we

department of health and human services. >> spikes are in some cases going to be inevitable even whene are trying to do everything just as proposed. nothing is foolproof. then what we have to do is contain it, identify it and where it is happ beng and limit the bad outcomes as much as possible. >> reporter: county health workers are planning to speak to workers at the facility tomorrow and to answer any questions. frank. >> rob roth, live for us tonight. thank you. with most of the country under some lockdown, many are dreaming of a summer getaway. warm weather, beach destinations are the most popular vacation searches right now. san diego, myrtle beach, south carolina and florida are among the top kid races. according to trip advisor 50% of travelers are looking to book a one to five-day trip this month. the problem is many of those states are now seeing cases of coronavirus spike. >>> health ass are reporting a surge in cases at the prison in marin county. 159 prisoners and more than 30 staffers have all tested positive for the virus. in late may, 121 inmates from chino were transfe

how can you say one thing from the department of health and human services and have these rallies? this is a freedom of expression, freedom of speech. despite the fact the ordinances in the communities said people should be wearing masks and doing all they can to mitigate the spread. with regard to young people specifically, there's no question and we've known this for some time, this is not science to say people have spread this virus, even if they're not showing symptoms. young people are far less likely to develop symptoms. but they can still spread this virus and we're clearly seeing that now. they can spread it. and one of the point dr. burks made, who is at risk, really? we know older people are at risk but people with cormorbidties. diabetes, cardio vascular disease. when you look at those and apply it to the population of the united states, despite your age, you're starting to look at a large segment of the country that would be considered vulner able in some ways. i think dr. fauci struck a different tone, basically saying, look, i don't care if your state is beige or gree